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‘‘(i) a comparison between that budget, the previous 
budget, the most recent and prior future-years defense 
program submitted to Congress under section 221 of this 
title, and the amounts appropriated for such programs 
during the previous fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) the specific identification, as a budgetary line item, 
for the funding under such programs. 
‘‘(B) An assessment of the budget, including significant 
changes, priorities, challenges, and risks. 
‘‘(C) Any additional matters the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
‘‘(3) Each report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal year, means 
the budget for that fiscal year that is submitted to Congress 
by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘defense budget materials’, with respect to 
a fiscal year, means the materials submitted to Congress by 
the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget for that 
fiscal year.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 238 the following new item: 
‘‘239. National security space programs: major force program and budget assess-
ment.’’. 
(b) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a plan to carry out the unified 
major force program designation required by section 239(a) of title 
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), including 
any recommendations for legislative action the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
SEC. 1602. PRINCIPAL ADVISOR ON SPACE CONTROL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2279a. Principal Advisor on Space Control 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall designate 
a senior official of the Department of Defense or a military depart-
ment to serve as the Principal Space Control Advisor, who, in 
addition to the other duties of such senior official, shall act as 
the principal advisor to the Secretary on space control activities. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Principal Space Control Advisor 
shall be responsible for the following: 
‘‘(1) Supervision of space control activities related to the 
development, procurement, and employment of, and strategy 
relating to, space control capabilities. 
‘‘(2) Oversight of policy, resources, personnel, and acquisi-
tion and technology relating to space control activities. 
‘‘(c) CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM.—The Principal Space Control 
Advisor shall integrate the space control expertise and perspectives 
of appropriate organizational entities of the Office of the Secretary 
of Defense, the Joint Staff, the military departments, the Defense 
Agencies, and the combatant commands, by establishing and
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maintaining a cross-functional team of subject-matter experts who 
are otherwise assigned or detailed to those entities.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 2279 the following new item: 
‘‘2279a. Principal Advisor on Space Control.’’. 
SEC. 1603. COUNCIL ON OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE 
POSITIONING, 
NAVIGATION, 
AND 
TIMING 
ENTERPRISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended by section 1602, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2279b. Council on Oversight of the Department of Defense 
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Enterprise 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is within the Department of 
Defense a council to be known as the ‘Council on Oversight of 
the Department of Defense Positioning, Navigation, and Timing 
Enterprise’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Council’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Council shall be as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 
‘‘(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech-
nology, and Logistics. 
‘‘(3) The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
‘‘(4) The Commander of the United States Strategic Com-
mand. 
‘‘(5) The Commander of the United States Northern Com-
mand. 
‘‘(6) The Commander of United States Cyber Command. 
‘‘(7) The Director of the National Security Agency. 
‘‘(8) The Chief Information Officer of the Department of 
Defense. 
‘‘(9) The Secretaries of the military departments, who shall 
be ex officio members. 
‘‘(10) Such other officers of the Department of Defense 
as the Secretary may designate. 
‘‘(c) CO-CHAIR.—The Council shall be co-chaired by the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and 
the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The Council shall be responsible 
for oversight of the Department of Defense positioning, navigation, 
and timing enterprise, including positioning, navigation, and timing 
services provided to civil, commercial, scientific, and international 
users. 
‘‘(2) In carrying out the responsibility for oversight of the 
Department of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing enter-
prise as specified in paragraph (1), the Council shall be responsible 
for the following: 
‘‘(A) Oversight of performance assessments (including inter-
operability). 
‘‘(B) Vulnerability identification and mitigation. 
‘‘(C) Architecture development. 
‘‘(D) Resource prioritization. 
‘‘(E) Such other responsibilities as the Secretary of Defense 
shall specify for purposes of this section.
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‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—At the same time each year that the 
budget of the President is submitted to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31, the Council shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the activities of the Council. Each 
report shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A description and assessment of the activities of the 
Council during the previous fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) A description of the activities proposed to be under-
taken by the Council during the period covered by the current 
future-years defense program under section 221 of this title. 
‘‘(3) Any changes to the requirements of the Department 
of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise made 
during the previous year, along with an explanation for why 
the changes were made and a description of the effects of 
the changes to the capability of such enterprise. 
‘‘(4) A breakdown of each program element in such budget 
that relates to the Department of Defense positioning, naviga-
tion, and timing enterprise, including how such program ele-
ment relates to the operation and sustainment, research and 
development, procurement, or other activity of such enterprise. 
‘‘(f) BUDGET AND FUNDING MATTERS.—(1) Not later than 30 
days after the President submits to Congress the budget for a 
fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, the Commander of 
the United States Strategic Command shall submit to the Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff an assessment of— 
‘‘(A) whether such budget allows the Federal Government 
to meet the required capabilities of the Department of Defense 
positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise during the fiscal 
year covered by the budget and the four subsequent fiscal 
years; and 
‘‘(B) if the Commander determines that such budget does 
not allow the Federal Government to meet such required 
capabilities, a description of the steps being taken to meet 
such required capabilities. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff receives the assessment of the 
Commander of the United States Strategic Command under para-
graph (1), the Chairman shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees— 
‘‘(A) such assessment as it was submitted to the Chairman; 
and 
‘‘(B) any comments of the Chairman. 
‘‘(3) If a House of Congress adopts a bill authorizing or appro-
priating funds for the activities of the Department of Defense posi-
tioning, navigation, and timing enterprise that, as determined by 
the Council, provides insufficient funds for such activities for the 
period covered by such bill, the Council shall notify the congres-
sional defense committees of the determination. 
‘‘(g) NOTIFICATION OF ANOMALIES.—(1) The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees written 
notification of an anomaly in the Department of Defense positioning, 
navigation, and timing enterprise that is reported to the Secretary 
or the Council by not later than 14 days after the date on which 
the Secretary or the Council learns of such anomaly, as the case 
may be.
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‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘anomaly’ means any 
unplanned, irregular, or abnormal event, whether unexplained or 
caused intentionally or unintentionally by a person or a system. 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—The Council shall terminate on the date 
that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter, as amended by section 1602, is further 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2279a the 
following new item: 
‘‘2279b. Council on Oversight of the Department of Defense Positioning, Navigation, 
and Timing Enterprise.’’. 
SEC. 1604. MODIFICATION TO DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY. 
Section 2272 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2272. Space science and technology strategy: coordination 
‘‘The Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall jointly develop and implement a space science and 
technology strategy and shall review and, as appropriate, revise 
the strategy biennially. Functions of the Secretary under this sec-
tion shall be carried out jointly by the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering and the official of the Depart-
ment of Defense designated as the Department of Defense Executive 
Agent for Space.’’. 
SEC. 1605. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY REGARDING PURCHASE OF 
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM USER EQUIPMENT. 
Section 913 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (10 U.S.C. 2281 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON DELEGATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The 
Secretary of Defense may not delegate the authority to make a 
waiver under subsection (c) to an official below the level of the 
Secretaries of the military departments or the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.’’. 
SEC. 1606. ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) STREAMLINED ACQUISITION.—Section 1604 of the Carl Levin 
and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3623; 
10 U.S.C. 2273 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) STREAMLINED
ACQUISITION.—In developing the rocket 
propulsion system required under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) use a streamlined acquisition approach, including tai-
lored documentation and review processes, that enables the 
effective, efficient, and expedient transition from the use of 
non-allied space launch engines to a domestic alternative for 
national security space launches; and 
‘‘(2) prior to establishing such acquisition approach, estab-
lish well-defined requirements with a clear acquisition 
strategy.’’.