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(e) NUMBER.—In carrying out paragraph (2) of subsection (c) 
and paragraph (2) of subsection (d), the Under Secretary may 
submit— 
(1) one certification covering both the David’s Sling Weapon 
System and the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Program; or 
(2) separate certifications for each respective system. 
(f) TIMING.—The Under Secretary shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees the certifications under paragraph (2) 
of subsection (c) and paragraph (2) of subsection (d) by not later 
than 60 days before the funds specified in paragraph (1) of sub-
sections (c) and (d) for the respective system covered by the certifi-
cation are provided to the Government of Israel. 
(g) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means 
the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 1689. ACCELERATION OF HYPERSONIC MISSILE DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ACCELERATION
OF PROGRAM.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall 
accelerate the hypersonic missile defense program of the Missile 
Defense Agency. 
(b) DEPLOYMENT.—The Director shall deploy such program in 
conjunction with a persistent space-based missile defense sensor 
program. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on how 
hypersonic missile defense can be accelerated to meet emerging 
hypersonic threats. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) An estimate of the cost of the acceleration described 
in such paragraph. 
(B) The technical requirements and acquisition plan 
needed for the Director to develop and deploy a hypersonic 
missile defense program. 
(C) A testing campaign plan that accelerates the 
delivery of hypersonic defense systems to the warfighter. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 1690. REPORT ON BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date on which 
the Ballistic Missile Defense Review that commenced in 2017 is 
published, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report that addresses the implications 
of the recommendations of the Ballistic Missile Defense Review 
on current programs of record, costs and resource prioritization, 
and strategic stability. 
(b) CBO REPORT ON COSTS.—
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(1) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date on 
which the Ballistic Missile Defense Review that commenced 
in 2017 is published, the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report setting forth an estimate of the costs over the 10- 
year period beginning on the date of the report associated 
with implementing any recommendations of the Ballistic Mis-
sile Defense Review. 
(2) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 1691. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ALLIED PARTNERSHIPS FOR MIS-
SILE DEFENSE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should seek additional opportunities, 
at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels, to provide 
missile defense capabilities, doctrine, interoperability, and plan-
ning to allies and trusted partners of the United States; 
(2) an expedited foreign military sales arrangement would 
be beneficial in delivering such missile defenses to allies and 
trusted partners; and 
(3) it is important to continue to work with allies and 
trusted partners to learn from their experience deploying 
successful missile defense technologies. 
SEC. 1692. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TESTING BY MISSILE DEFENSE 
AGENCY. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Missile Defense Agency should, as part of the test 
program of the Agency, continue to build an independently 
accredited modeling and simulation element to better inform 
missile defense performance assessments and test criteria; and 
(2) the Missile Defense Agency should continue to pursue 
an increasingly rigorous testing regime, in coordination with 
the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, to more rap-
idly deliver capabilities to the warfighter as the threat evolves. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 1695. EXTENSION OF COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE THREAT TO 
THE UNITED STATES FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE 
ATTACKS AND SIMILAR EVENTS. 
Section 1691 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1786) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘April 1, 2019’’ 
and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2020’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2019’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘October 1, 2019’’ and 
inserting ‘‘October 1, 2020’’. 
SEC. 1696. PROCUREMENT OF AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE AND OTHER 
CHEMICALS FOR USE IN SOLID ROCKET MOTORS. 
(a) BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS.— 
(1) GOVERNMENT-OWNED, 
CONTRACTOR
OPERATED.—The 
Secretary of the Army and the Under Secretary of Defense
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for Acquisition and Sustainment shall jointly conduct a business 
case analysis of the Federal Government using a Government- 
owned, contractor-operated model to ensure a robust domestic 
industrial base to supply specialty chemicals, including ammo-
nium perchlorate, for use in solid rocket motors. Such analysis 
shall include assessments of the near- and long-term costs, 
operating and sustainment costs, program impacts, opportuni-
ties for competition, opportunities for redundant or complemen-
tary capabilities, and national security implications of using 
such a model. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2019, the Secretary 
and the Under Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees the business case analysis conducted under 
paragraph (1). 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS ON CERTAIN SOLID ROCKET MOTORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 2018, and 
each year thereafter through 2021, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees an annual 
report on rockets or missiles provided to the Department of 
Defense during the year covered by the report that use a 
solid rocket motor that was, in whole or in part, recovered 
or recycled from a rocket motor previously owned by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under paragraph (1) 
shall include, with respect to the year covered by the report, 
the following: 
(A) An identification of which rockets or missiles cov-
ered by the report use recycled ammonium perchlorate. 
(B) The quantity of such recovered or recycled ammo-
nium perchlorate. 
(C) Whether any of the solid rocket propellant, or 
sodium perchlorate precursor, to be used in the rocket 
or missile is imported from a foreign country, and if so, 
the identity of the country. 
(D) Any other information the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
SEC. 1697. BUDGET EXHIBIT ON SUPPORT PROVIDED TO ENTITIES 
OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) 
shall include in the budget justification materials submitted to 
Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for each 
fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a single budget 
exhibit containing relevant details pertaining to support provided 
by the Department of Defense to the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent related to senior leader communications and continuity of 
Government programs. 
(b) INCLUSIONS.—The budget exhibit required by subsection 
(a) shall include— 
(1) support provided by the White House Military Office, 
the White House Communications Agency, special mission area 
activities of the Defense Information Systems Agency, and other 
relevant programs; and 
(2) specific appropriation and line numbers where appro-
priate.
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(c) FORM.—The budget exhibit required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 1698. CONVENTIONAL PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE HYPERSONIC 
CAPABILITIES. 
(a) VALIDATED REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a validated 
requirement for ground-, sea-, or air-launched (or a combination 
thereof) conventional prompt global strike hypersonic capabilities. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 2019, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination 
with the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report that contains the 
following: 
(1) A plan to deliver a conventional prompt global strike 
weapon system that— 
(A) is in accordance with section 1693 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 
Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1791); and 
(B) includes— 
(i) options with cost estimates for accelerating the 
initial capability for such system; and 
(ii) a description of policy decisions by the Sec-
retary of Defense that are necessary to employ 
hypersonic offense capabilities from each potential 
launch platform of such system. 
(2) Details with respect to the assessed level of ambiguity 
and misinterpretation risk relating to the conventional prompt 
global strike weapon system, including such potential risks 
associated with weapon ambiguity (including if adversary sen-
sors are degraded), perceptions of the survivability of strategic 
nuclear forces, and likely adversary responses. 
(3) A description of whether, when, and how the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy would address the risks identi-
fied under paragraph (2) in developing and deploying the 
conventional prompt global strike weapon system and in devel-
oping the concept of operations for such system. 
SEC. 1699. REPORT REGARDING INDUSTRIAL BASE FOR LARGE SOLID 
ROCKET MOTORS. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 15, 2019, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in con-
sultation with the Secretaries of the military departments that 
the Under Secretary determines appropriate, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on whether, 
and if so, how, the Federal Government will sustain more 
than one supplier for large solid rocket motors. 
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include an assessment of the following: 
(A) The risks within the industrial base for large solid 
rocket motors, including the risks to national security. 
(B) The near- and long-term costs associated with 
having a single source of large solid rocket motors as com-
pared to having more than one such source.