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(9) Assessment, in partnership with the Director of the 
Defense Intelligence Agency, of the threat posed by adversaries’ 
use of artificial intelligence to the cyberspace operations and 
the security of the networks and artificial intelligence systems 
of the Department in the next five years, including a net 
technical assessment of United States and adversary activities 
to apply artificial intelligence to cyberspace operations, and 
actions planned to address that threat. 
(10) A detailed schedule with target milestones, invest-
ments, and required expenditures. 
(11) Interim and final metrics of adoption of artificial intel-
ligence for each activity identified in the roadmap. 
(12) Identification of such additional funding, authorities, 
and policies as the Commander and the Chief Information 
Officer jointly determine may be required. 
(13) Such other topics as the Commander and the Chief 
Information Officer jointly consider appropriate. 
(c) SYNCHRONIZATION.—The Commander and the Chief Informa-
tion Officer shall ensure that the roadmap and implementation 
plan under subsection (a) are synchronized and coordinated to be 
consistent with section 1509. 
(d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
the Commander and the Chief Information Officer complete develop-
ment of the roadmap and implementation plan under subsection 
(a), the Commander and the Chief Information Officer shall provide 
to the congressional defense committees a classified briefing on 
the roadmap and implementation plan. 
SEC. 1555. REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IMPLEMENTATION 
OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD 
CYBER REPORT. 
(a) REVIEW.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
complete a review of the findings and recommendations pre-
sented in the June 2018 Defense Science Board report titled 
‘‘Cyber as a Strategic Capability’’. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The review under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) Identification of, and description of implementation 
for, recommendations that have been implemented by the 
Secretary. 
(B) Identification of recommendations that have not 
yet been fully implemented by the Secretary. 
(C) Identification of the reasons why the recommenda-
tions identified under subparagraph (B) were not imple-
mented. 
(D) Identification of such legislative or administrative 
action as the Secretary determines necessary to implement 
the recommendations identified under subparagraph (B). 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the review is completed under paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report on the review, including a disclosure of the matters
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identified and developed under paragraph (2) of such sub-
section. 
(2) FORM.—The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 1556. ANNUAL BRIEFING ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL 
SECURITY AGENCY AND UNITED STATES CYBER COM-
MAND. 
(a) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2023, and not less frequently than once each year thereafter until 
March 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall provide the congres-
sional defense committees a briefing on the relationship between 
the National Security Agency and United States Cyber Command. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing provided under subsection (a) 
shall include an annual assessment of the following: 
(1) The resources, authorities, activities, missions, facilities, 
and personnel used to conduct the relevant missions at the 
National Security Agency as well as the cyber offense and 
defense missions of United States Cyber Command. 
(2) The processes used to manage risk, balance tradeoffs, 
and work with partners to execute operations. 
(3) An assessment of the operating environment and the 
continuous need to balance tradeoffs to meet mission necessity 
and effectiveness. 
(4) An assessment of the operational effects resulting from 
the relationship between the National Security Agency and 
United States Cyber Command, including a list of specific oper-
ations conducted over the previous year that were enabled 
by or benefitted from the relationship. 
(5) Such other topics as the Director of the National Secu-
rity Agency and the Commander of United States Cyber Com-
mand may consider appropriate. 
SEC. 1557. REVIEW OF DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CYBERSPACE 
OPERATIONS FORCES. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through 
the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense and 
the Principal Cyber Advisors of the military departments, shall— 
(1) review— 
(A) the memorandum of the Secretary of Defense dated 
December 12, 2019, concerning the definition of the term 
‘‘Department of Defense Cyberspace Operations Forces 
(DoD COF)’’; and 
(B) the responsibilities of the Commander of the United 
States Cyber Command as the Cyberspace Joint Force Pro-
vider and Cyberspace Joint Force Trainer, with respect 
to forces included and excluded from the Cyberspace Oper-
ations Forces; and 
(2) update such memorandum and, as appropriate, update 
such responsibilities. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review under subsection (a) shall include 
the following: 
(1) A comprehensive assessment of units and components 
of the Department of Defense conducting defensive cyberspace 
operations which are not currently included in the definition 
specified in paragraph (1)(A) of such subsection.
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(2) Consideration of options for participation in the Cyber-
space Operations Forces by forces without regard to whether 
the forces are included in such definition, including options 
under which— 
(A) forces currently excluded from the Cyberspace 
Operations Forces because of such definition may access 
training, resources, and expertise of the Cyberspace Oper-
ations Forces; 
(B) the Commander of the United States Cyber Com-
mand may issue advisory tasking to forces that are not 
Cyberspace Operations Forces pursuant to such definition; 
and 
(C) forces that are not Cyberspace Operations Forces 
pursuant to such definition are subject to training stand-
ards established by the Commander as the Cyberspace 
Joint Force Trainer. 
SEC. 1558. ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS AND REPORTS ON ASSIGNMENT OF 
CERTAIN BUDGET CONTROL RESPONSIBILITY TO COM-
MANDER OF UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND. 
(a) ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—During fiscal year 2023, and not less 
frequently than once each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal 
year 2028, the Commander of the United States Cyber Com-
mand, in coordination with the Principal Cyber Advisor of 
the Department of Defense, shall assess the implementation 
of the transition of responsibilities assigned to the Commander 
by section 1507(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each assessment carried out under para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the operational and organiza-
tional effect of section 1507(a)(1) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117– 
81) on the training, equipping, operation, sustainment, and 
readiness of the Cyber Mission Forces. 
(B) An inventory description of the cyber systems, 
activities, capabilities, resources, and functions that have 
been transferred from the military departments to control 
of the Commander and those that have not been 
transitioned pursuant to such section 1507(a)(1). 
(C) An opinion by the Commander as to whether the 
cyber systems, activities, capabilities, resources, and func-
tions that have not been so transitioned should be 
transitioned pursuant to such section 1507(a)(1). 
(D) An assessment of the adequacy of resources, 
authorities, and policies required to implement such section 
1507(a)(1), including organizational, functional, and per-
sonnel matters. 
(E) An assessment of the reliance on resources, authori-
ties, policies, or personnel external to United States Cyber 
Command in support of the budget control of the Com-
mander. 
(F) Identification of any outstanding areas for transi-
tion pursuant to such section 1507(a)(1).
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(G) An assessment of the organization established 
under section 1509 and its performance relative to the 
requirements of the Command. 
(H) Such other matters as the Commander considers 
appropriate. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than March 1, 2023, and 
annually thereafter through 2028, the Commander shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings 
of the Commander with respect to the assessments under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 1559. ASSESSMENTS OF WEAPONS SYSTEMS VULNERABILITIES 
TO RADIO-FREQUENCY ENABLED CYBER ATTACKS. 
(a) ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
the activities required by and conducted pursuant to section 1647 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1118), section 1637 of the John 
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 221 note), and the amendments 
made by section 1712 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 
283; 134 Stat. 4087) include regular assessments of the 
vulnerabilities to and mission risks presented by radio-frequency 
enabled cyber attacks with respect to the operational technology 
embedded in weapons systems, aircraft, ships, ground vehicles, 
space systems, sensors, and datalink networks of the Department 
of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessments under subsection (a) with 
respect to vulnerabilities and risks described in such subsection 
shall include— 
(1) identification of such vulnerabilities and risks; 
(2) ranking of vulnerability, severity, and priority; 
(3) development and selection of options, with associated 
costs and schedule, to correct such vulnerabilities, including 
installation of intrusion detection capabilities; 
(4) an evaluation of the cybersecurity sufficiency for Mili-
tary Standard 1553; and 
(5) development of integrated risk-based plans to imple-
ment the corrective actions selected. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT
OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.—In developing 
corrective actions under subsection (b)(3), the assessments under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) consider the missions supported by the assessed 
weapons systems, aircraft, ships, ground vehicles, space sys-
tems, sensors, or datalink networks, as the case may be, to 
ensure that the corrective actions focus on the vulnerabilities 
that create the greatest risks to the missions; 
(2) be shared and coordinated with the principal staff 
assistant with primary responsibility for the strategic cyberse-
curity program; and 
(3) address requirements for deployed and nondeployed 
members of the Armed Forces to analyze data collected on 
the weapons systems and respond to attacks. 
(d) INTELLIGENCE INFORMED ASSESSMENTS.—The assessments 
under subsection (a) shall be informed by intelligence, if available, 
and technical judgment regarding potential threats to embedded 
operational technology during operations of the Armed Forces.
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(e) COORDINATION.— 
(1) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The 
assessments under subsection (a) shall be fully coordinated 
and integrated with activities described in such subsection. 
(2) COORDINATION OF ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that the organizations conducting the assessments 
under subsection (a) in the military departments, the United 
States Special Operations Command, and the Defense Agencies 
coordinate with each other and share best practices, vulner-
ability analyses, and technical solutions with the principal staff 
assistant with primary responsibility for the Strategic Cyberse-
curity Program. 
(f) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the congres-
sional defense committees briefings from the organizations specified 
under subsection (e)(2), as appropriate, on the activities and plans 
required under this section. 
SEC. 1560. BRIEFING ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PLAN TO DETER 
AND COUNTER ADVERSARIES IN THE INFORMATION 
ENVIRONMENT. 
(a) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees a briefing on the following: 
(1) The status of the strategy and posture review required 
by section 1631(g) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 397 note). 
(2) A description of efforts of the Department of Defense, 
including such efforts conducted in consultation with relevant 
departments and agencies of the Federal Government, to effec-
tively deter and counter foreign adversaries in the information 
environment, including— 
(A) recent updates or modifications to existing policies 
to more effectively deter and counter adversaries; 
(B) a description of funding priorities and impacts to 
future budget requests; 
(C) recent updates to personnel policies to ensure the 
recruitment, promotion, retention, and compensation for 
individuals with the necessary skills in the information 
environment; and 
(D) a description of improvements required to the 
collection, prioritization, and analysis of intelligence, in 
particular open-source intelligence, to better inform the 
understanding of foreign adversaries in the information 
environment. 
(3) A description of any initiatives that are being taken, 
in cooperation with relevant departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government, to assist and incorporate allies and 
partner countries of the United States into efforts to effectively 
deter and counter foreign adversaries in the information 
environment. 
(4) A description of any additional actions the Secretary 
determines necessary to further ensure that the Department 
of Defense is appropriately postured to effectively deter and 
counter foreign adversaries in the information environment. 
(5) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines 
appropriate.
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(b) INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘information environment’’ has the meaning given in the 
publication of the Department of Defense titled ‘‘Joint Concept 
for Operating in the Information Environment (JCOIE)’’ dated July 
25, 2018. 
TITLE XVI—SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRA-
TEGIC 
PROGRAMS, 
AND 
INTEL-
LIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
Sec. 1601. Requirements for protection of satellites. 
Sec. 1602. Strategy on protection of satellites. 
Sec. 1603. Modification of reports on integration of acquisition and capability deliv-
ery schedules for segments of major satellite acquisitions programs and 
funding for such programs. 
Sec. 1604. Tactically responsive space capability. 
Sec. 1605. Extension of annual report on Space Command and Control. 
Sec. 1606. Allied responsive space capabilities. 
Sec. 1607. Applied research and educational activities to support space technology 
development. 
Sec. 1608. Review of Space Development Agency exemption from Joint Capabilities 
Integration and Development System. 
Sec. 1609. Update to plan to manage Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack As-
sessment System and multi-domain sensors. 
Sec. 1610. Report on space debris. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 1621. Congressional oversight of clandestine activities that support operational 
preparation of the environment. 
Subtitle C—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1631. Biannual briefing on nuclear weapons and related activities. 
Sec. 1632. Industrial base monitoring for B–21 and Sentinel programs. 
Sec. 1633. Improvements to Nuclear Weapons Council. 
Sec. 1634. Portfolio management framework for nuclear forces. 
Sec. 1635. Extension of requirement to report on nuclear weapons stockpile. 
Sec. 1636. Modification and extension of annual assessment of cyber resilience of 
nuclear command and control system. 
Sec. 1637. Modification of reports on Nuclear Posture Review implementation. 
Sec. 1638. Establishment of intercontinental ballistic missile site activation task 
force for Sentinel program. 
Sec. 1639. Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 
United States. 
Sec. 1640. Plan for development of reentry vehicles. 
Sec. 1641. Treatment of nuclear modernization and hypersonic missile programs 
within Defense Priorities and Allocations System. 
Sec. 1642. Matters relating to nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile. 
Subtitle D—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 1651. Biannual briefing on missile defense and related activities. 
Sec. 1652. Improvements to acquisition accountability reports on the ballistic mis-
sile defense system. 
Sec. 1653. Making permanent prohibitions relating to missile defense information 
and systems. 
Sec. 1654. Next generation interceptors for missile defense of United States home-
land. 
Sec. 1655. Termination of requirement to transition ballistic missile defense pro-
grams to the military departments. 
Sec. 1656. Persistent cybersecurity operations for ballistic missile defense systems 
and networks. 
Sec. 1657. Fire control architectures. 
Sec. 1658. Middle East integrated air and missile defense. 
Sec. 1659. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative 
missile defense program co-development and co-production.
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Sec. 1660. Integrated air and missile defense architecture for defense of Guam. 
Sec. 1661. Limitation on availability of certain funds until submission of report on 
implementation of the cruise missile defense architecture for the home-
land. 
Sec. 1662. Strategy to use asymmetric capabilities to defeat hypersonic missile 
threats. 
Sec. 1663. Plan on delivering Shared Early Warning System data to certain allies 
and partners of the United States. 
Sec. 1664. Reports on ground-based interceptors. 
Sec. 1665. Report on missile defense interceptor site in contiguous United States. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 1671. Cooperative threat reduction funds. 
Sec. 1672. Department of Defense support for requirements of the White House 
Military Office. 
Sec. 1673. Unidentified anomalous phenomena reporting procedures. 
Sec. 1674. Study of weapons programs that allow Armed Forces to address hard 
and deeply buried targets. 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
SEC. 1601. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTION OF SATELLITES. 
Chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after section 2275 the following new section (and con-
forming the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
accordingly): 
‘‘§ 2275a. Requirements for protection of satellites 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIREMENTS.—Before a major sat-
ellite acquisition program achieves Milestone A approval, or equiva-
lent, the Chief of Staff of the Space Force, in consultation with 
the Commander of the United States Space Command, shall estab-
lish requirements for the defense and resilience of the satellites 
under that program against the capabilities of adversaries to target, 
degrade, or destroy the satellites. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘major satellite acquisition program’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2275 of this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Milestone A approval’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 4251 of this title 10.’’. 
SEC. 1602. STRATEGY ON PROTECTION OF SATELLITES. 
(a) STRATEGY.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
make publicly available a strategy containing the actions that 
will be taken to defend and protect on-orbit satellites of the 
Department of Defense and the intelligence community from 
the capabilities of adversaries to target, degrade, or destroy 
satellites. 
(2) FORMS.—The Secretary shall— 
(A) make the strategy under paragraph (1) publicly 
available in unclassified form; and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an annex, which may be submitted in classified form, con-
taining supporting documents to the strategy. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means—
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(A) the congressional defense committees; and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
SEC. 1603. MODIFICATION OF REPORTS ON INTEGRATION OF ACQUISI-
TION AND CAPABILITY DELIVERY SCHEDULES FOR SEG-
MENTS OF MAJOR SATELLITE ACQUISITIONS PROGRAMS 
AND FUNDING FOR SUCH PROGRAMS. 
Section 2275(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 1604. TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE CAPABILITY. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Subsection (a) of section 1609 of the William 
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure 
that the Space Force has a tactically responsive space capability 
that— 
‘‘(1) addresses all lifecycle elements; and 
‘‘(2) addresses rapid deployment and reconstitution require-
ments— 
‘‘(A) to provide long-term continuity for tactically 
responsive space capabilities across the future-years 
defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 
of title 10, United States Code; 
‘‘(B) to continue the development of concepts of oper-
ations, including with respect to tactics, training, and proce-
dures; 
‘‘(C) to develop appropriate processes for tactically 
responsive space launch, including— 
‘‘(i) mission assurance processes; and 
‘‘(ii) command and control, tracking, telemetry, and 
communications; and 
‘‘(D) to identify basing requirements necessary to 
enable tactically responsive space capabilities.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Chief of Space Operations shall 
establish tactically responsive requirements for all national security 
space capabilities, if applicable, carried out under title 10, United 
States Code.’’. 
(c) SUPPORT.—Subsection (c) of such section, as redesignated 
by subsection (b), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘launch program’’ and inserting ‘‘space program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) The entire end-to-end tactically responsive space 
capability, including with respect to the launch vehicle,
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ground infrastructure, bus, payload, operations and on- 
orbit sustainment.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘tactically responsive launch pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘tactically responsive space pro-
gram’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘launches’’ and 
inserting ‘‘capabilities’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘tactically respon-
sive launch program’’ and inserting ‘‘tactically responsive 
space program’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such section 
is amended in the heading by striking ‘‘LAUNCH OPERATIONS’’ and 
inserting ‘‘SPACE CAPABILITY’’. 
SEC. 1605. EXTENSION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON SPACE COMMAND AND 
CONTROL. 
Section 1613(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1731) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 
SEC. 1606. ALLIED RESPONSIVE SPACE CAPABILITIES. 
(a) INITIATIVES.—The Secretary of the Defense and the Sec-
retary of State shall jointly ensure that responsive space capabilities 
of the Department of Defense align with initiatives by Five Eyes 
countries, member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 
and other allies to promote a globally responsive space architecture. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Commander of the United States 
European Command, the Commander of the United States Indo- 
Pacific Command, and the Commander of the United States Space 
Command, shall jointly submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a 
report assessing current investments and partnerships by the 
United States with allies of the United States with respect to 
responsive space efforts. The report shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the benefits of leveraging allied and 
partner spaceports for responsive launch. 
(2) A discussion of current and future plans to engage 
with allies and partners with respect to activities ensuring 
rapid reconstitution or augmentation of the space capabilities 
of the United States and allies. 
(3) An assessment of the shared costs and technology 
between the United States and allies, including if investments 
from the Pacific Deterrence Initiative and the European Deter-
rence Initiative could be considered for allied spaceports. 
(c) FIVE EYES COUNTRIES DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Five Eyes countries’’ means the following: 
(1) Australia. 
(2) Canada. 
(3) New Zealand. 
(4) The United Kingdom. 
(5) The United States.