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Sec. 1686. Limitation on availability of funds for Army lower tier air and missile 
defense sensor. 
Sec. 1687. Missile defense radar in Hawaii. 
Sec. 1688. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative 
missile defense program co-development and co-production. 
Sec. 1689. Acceleration of hypersonic missile defense program. 
Sec. 1690. Report on ballistic missile defense. 
Sec. 1691. Sense of Congress on allied partnerships for missile defense. 
Sec. 1692. Sense of Congress on testing by Missile Defense Agency. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 1695. Extension of Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from 
Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks and Similar Events. 
Sec. 1696. Procurement of ammonium perchlorate and other chemicals for use in 
solid rocket motors. 
Sec. 1697. Budget exhibit on support provided to entities outside Department of 
Defense. 
Sec. 1698. Conventional prompt global strike hypersonic capabilities. 
Sec. 1699. Report regarding industrial base for large solid rocket motors. 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
SEC. 1601. IMPROVEMENTS TO ACQUISITION SYSTEM, PERSONNEL, 
AND ORGANIZATION OF SPACE FORCES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SUBORDINATE UNIFIED COMMAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 6 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 169. Subordinate unified command of the United States 
Strategic Command 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—With the advice and assistance of the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the President, through the 
Secretary of Defense, shall establish under the United States Stra-
tegic Command a subordinate unified command to be known as 
the United States Space Command (in this section referred to 
as ‘space command’) for carrying out joint space warfighting oper-
ations. 
‘‘(b) ASSIGNMENT
OF FORCES.—Unless otherwise directed by 
the Secretary of Defense, all active and reserve space warfighting 
operational forces of the armed forces shall be assigned to the 
space command. 
‘‘(c) COMMANDER.—(1) The commander of the space command 
shall hold the grade of general or, in the case of an officer of 
the Navy, admiral while serving in that position, without vacating 
the permanent grade of the officer. The commander shall be 
appointed to that grade by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, for service in that position. The position 
shall be designated, pursuant to subsection (b) of section 526 of 
this title, as one of the general officer and flag officer positions 
to be excluded from the limitations in subsection (a) of such section. 
‘‘(2) During the three-year period following the date on which 
the space command is established, the commander of the Air Force 
Space Command may also serve as the commander of the space 
command so established. After such period, one individual may 
not concurrently serve as both such commanders. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORITY OF COMMANDER.—(1) Subject to the authority, 
direction, and control of the commander of the United States Stra-
tegic Command, the commander of the space command shall be 
responsible for, and shall have the authority to conduct, all affairs 
of such command relating to joint space warfighting operations.
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‘‘(2)(A) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense, the commander of the space command 
shall be responsible for, and shall have the authority to conduct, 
the following functions relating to joint space warfighting operations 
(whether or not relating to the space command): 
‘‘(i) Developing strategy, doctrine, and tactics. 
‘‘(ii) Preparing and submitting to the Secretary of Defense 
program recommendations and budget proposals for space oper-
ations forces and for other forces assigned to the space com-
mand. 
‘‘(iii) Exercising authority, direction, and control over the 
expenditure of funds for forces assigned directly to the space 
command. 
‘‘(iv) Training and certification of assigned joint forces. 
‘‘(v) Conducting specialized courses of instruction for 
commissioned and noncommissioned officers. 
‘‘(vi) Validating requirements. 
‘‘(vii) Establishing priorities for requirements. 
‘‘(viii) Ensuring the interoperability of equipment and 
forces. 
‘‘(ix) Formulating and submitting requirements for intel-
ligence support. 
‘‘(x) Monitoring the promotion of space operation forces 
and coordinating with the military departments regarding the 
assignment, retention, training, professional military education, 
and special and incentive pays of space operation forces. 
‘‘(B) The authority, direction, and control exercised by the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense for purposes of this paragraph is 
authority, direction, and control with respect to the administration 
and support of the space command, including readiness and 
organization of space operations forces, space operations-peculiar 
equipment and resources, and civilian personnel. 
‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as providing 
the Deputy Secretary of Defense authority, direction, and control 
of operational matters that are subject to the operational chain 
of command of the combatant commands or the exercise of authority, 
direction, and control of personnel, resources, equipment, and other 
matters that are not space-operations peculiar and that are in 
the purview of the armed forces. 
‘‘(3) The commander of the space command shall be responsible 
for— 
‘‘(A) ensuring the combat readiness of forces assigned to 
the space command; and 
‘‘(B) monitoring the preparedness to carry out assigned 
missions of space forces assigned to unified combatant com-
mands other than the United States Strategic Command. 
‘‘(4) The staff of the commander shall include an inspector 
general who shall conduct internal audits and inspections of pur-
chasing and contracting actions through the space command and 
such other inspector general functions as may be assigned. 
‘‘(e) INTELLIGENCE AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES.—This section does 
not constitute authority to conduct any activity which, if carried 
out as an intelligence activity by the Department of Defense, would 
require a notice to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives under title V of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.).’’.
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 167b the following new item: 
‘‘169. Subordinate unified command of the United States Strategic Command’’. 
(3) BRIEFING.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall provide 
the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a briefing on the need to develop additional 
recruitment measures or Reserve Officer Training Corps pro-
grams relating to space career fields. 
(b) PLAN FOR ACQUISITION SYSTEM.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Deputy Secretary of Defense shall 
develop a plan to establish a separate, alternative acquisition 
system for defense space acquisitions, including with respect 
to procuring space vehicles, ground segments relating to such 
vehicles, and satellite terminals. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
PROCESS.—The plan developed under 
paragraph (1) shall include recommendations of the Deputy 
Secretary with respect to whether the separate, alternative 
acquisition system described in the plan should use the Joint 
Capabilities Integration and Development System process or 
instead use a new requirements process developed by the 
Deputy Secretary in a manner that ensures that requirements 
for a program are synchronized across the space vehicles, 
ground segments relating to such vehicles, and satellite termi-
nals, of the program. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—The plan developed under paragraph (1) 
shall cover defense space acquisitions except with respect to 
the National Reconnaissance Office and other elements of the 
Department of Defense that are elements of the intelligence 
community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)). 
(4) SUBMISSION.—Not later than December 31, 2019, the 
Deputy Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report containing the plan developed under para-
graph (1). 
(c) PLAN FOR CADRE DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
develop a plan to increase the number and improve the quality 
of the space cadre of the Air Force. 
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan developed under para-
graph (1) shall address the following: 
(A) Managing the career progression of members of 
the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department 
who form the space cadre of the Air Force throughout 
the military or civilian career of the member or the 
employee, as the case may be, including with respect to— 
(i) defining career professional milestones; 
(ii) pay and incentive structures; 
(iii) the management and oversight of the space 
cadre; 
(iv) training relating to planning and executing 
warfighting missions and operations in space; 
(v) conducting periodic cadre-wide professional 
assessments to determine how the cadre is developing 
as a group; and
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(vi) establishing a centralized method to control 
personnel assignments and distribution. 
(B) The identification of future space-related career 
fields that the Secretary determines appropriate, including 
a space acquisition career field. 
(C) The identification of any overlap that exists among 
operations and acquisitions career fields to determine 
opportunities for cross-functional career opportunities. 
(3) SUBMISSION.—Not later than March 1, 2019, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the plan developed under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 1602. MODIFICATIONS TO SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES OFFICE. 
Section 2273a of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2273a. Space Rapid Capabilities Office 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is within the Air Force Space Com-
mand a program office known as the Space Rapid Capabilities 
Office (in this section referred to as the ‘Office’). The facilities 
of the Office may not be co-located with the headquarters facilities 
of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. 
‘‘(b) HEAD OF OFFICE.—The head of the Office shall be the 
designee of the Secretary of the Air Force. The head of the Office 
shall report to the Commander of the Air Force Space Command. 
‘‘(c) MISSION.—The mission of the Office shall be— 
‘‘(1) to contribute to the development of low-cost, rapid 
reaction payloads, busses, launch, and launch control capabili-
ties in order to fulfill joint military operational requirements 
for on-demand space support and reconstitution; 
‘‘(2) to coordinate and execute space rapid capabilities 
efforts across the Department of Defense with respect to plan-
ning, acquisition, and operations; and 
‘‘(3) to rapidly develop and field new classified space 
capabilities. 
‘‘(d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The acquisition activities of the 
Office shall be subject to the following: 
‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall designate the 
acquisition executive of the Office who shall provide streamlined 
acquisition authorities for projects of the Office. 
‘‘(2) The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development 
System process shall not apply to acquisitions by the Office. 
‘‘(3) The Commander of the United States Strategic Com-
mand, acting through the United States Space Command, 
shall— 
‘‘(A) establish and validate capability requirements; 
and 
‘‘(B) recommend priorities as the Commander deter-
mines appropriate. 
‘‘(e) REQUIRED PROGRAM ELEMENT.—(1) The Secretary of the 
Air Force shall ensure, within budget program elements for space 
programs, that— 
‘‘(A) there are separate, dedicated unclassified and 
classified program elements for space rapid capabilities; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Office executes the responsibilities of the Office 
through such program elements.