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(b) CLARIFICATION.—Such section is further amended 
by striking ‘‘interagency funding’’ and inserting ‘‘multi- 
agency funding’’. 
SEC. 912. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM 
FOR PROVISION OF SPACE SURVEILLANCE 
NETWORK SERVICES TO NON-UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. 
Section 2274(i) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘shall be conducted’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘may be conducted through September 
30, 2009.’’. 
SEC. 913. OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE. 
(a) OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE PROGRAM 
OFFICE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—Section 2273a 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘§ 2273a. Operationally Responsive Space Program 
Office 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—(1) The Secretary 
of Defense shall establish within the Department of Defense 
an office to be known as the Operationally Responsive 
Space Program Office. 
‘‘(2) The head of the Office shall be the official in the 
Department of Defense who is designated by the Secretary 
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of Defense as the Department of Defense Executive Agent 
for Space. 
‘‘(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Office shall be to 
contribute to the development of low-cost, rapid reaction 
payloads, spacelift, and launch control capabilities in order 
to fulfill joint military operational requirements for on-de-
mand space support or reconstitution. The Office shall 
manage the program element required under subsection (g). 
‘‘(c) ORGANIZATION.—The Office shall be organized 
into integrated and co-located elements that include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) A science and technology section, which 
shall perform the functions specified in subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) An operations section, which shall perform 
the functions specified in subsection (e). 
‘‘(3) An acquisition section, which shall perform 
the functions specified in subsection (f). 
‘‘(d) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.—As directed by the 
head of the Office, the science and technology section shall 
pursue innovative approaches to the development of capa-
bilities for operationally responsive space through basic and 
applied research focused on (but not limited to) payloads, 
bus, and launch equipment. 
‘‘(e) OPERATIONS.—As directed by the head of the Of-
fice, the operations section shall serve as the primary inter-
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mediary between the Office and the combatant commands 
in order to— 
‘‘(1) ascertain the needs of the warfighter; and 
‘‘(2) integrate operationally responsive space capabili-
ties into— 
‘‘(A) operations plans of the combatant com-
mands; 
‘‘(B) techniques, tactics, and procedures of the 
military departments; and 
‘‘(C) military exercises, demonstrations, and war 
games. 
‘‘(f) ACQUISITION.—(1) As directed by the head of the 
Office, the acquisition section shall undertake the acquisi-
tion of systems necessary to integrate, sustain, and launch 
assets for operationally responsive space. 
‘‘(2) In the case of any system or subsystem to be ac-
quired by the Office, the acquisition may be carried out only 
after the commander of the United States Strategic Com-
mand has validated the system requirements for the system 
or subsystem to be acquired. 
‘‘(3) The commander of the United States Strategic 
Command shall participate in the approval of any acquisi-
tion program initiated by the Office. 
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‘‘(g) REQUIRED PROGRAM ELEMENT.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that, within budget program 
elements for space programs of the Department of Defense— 
‘‘(A) that there is a separate, dedicated program 
element for operationally responsive national security 
payloads and buses of the Department of Defense for 
space satellites; and 
‘‘(B) that programs and activities for such pay-
loads and buses are planned, programmed, and budg-
eted for through that program element. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘operationally respon-
sive’, with respect to a national security payload and bus 
for a space satellite, means an experimental or operational 
payload and bus with a weight not in excess of 5,000 
pounds that— 
‘‘(A) can be developed and acquired within 18 
months after authority to proceed with development is 
granted; and 
‘‘(B) is responsive to requirements for capabili-
ties at the operational and tactical levels of warfare.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to that section in the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter 135 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘2273a. Operationally Responsive Space Program Office.’’. 
(b) PLAN FOR OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE.— 
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(1) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report setting forth a plan for the 
acquisition by the Department of Defense of capabili-
ties for operationally responsive space to support the 
warfighter. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An identification of the capabilities re-
quired by the Department to fulfill the mission 
of the Department with respect to operationally 
responsive space. 
(B) An identification of the roles and mis-
sions of each military department, Defense Agen-
cy, and other component or element of the De-
partment of Defense for the fulfillment of the 
mission of the Department with respect to oper-
ationally responsive space. 
(C) A description of the chain of command 
and reporting structure of the Operationally Re-
sponsive Space Program Office established under 
section 2273a of title 10, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (a). 
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(D) A description of the classification of in-
formation required for that Office in order to en-
sure that the Office carries out its responsibilities 
in a proper and efficient manner. 
(E) A description of the acquisition policies 
and procedures applicable to that Office, includ-
ing a description of any legislative or adminis-
trative action necessary to provide the Office ad-
ditional acquisition authority to carry out its re-
sponsibilities. 
(F) A complete schedule for the implementa-
tion of the plan. 
(G) The funding required to implement the 
plan over the course of the future-years defense 
program under section 221 of title 10, United 
States Code, in effect as of the submission of the 
plan. 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘operationally responsive space’’ means the develop-
ment and launch of space assets upon demand in a 
low-cost manner. 
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