(A) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through
(11) as paragraphs (7) through (12), respectively;
and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (6):
‘‘(6) The Under Secretary of Defense for
Space, Intelligence, and Information.’’.
(3) Subject to subsection (d), the table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended—
(A) by striking the item relating to section 137
and inserting the following new item:
‘‘137. Under Secretary of Defense for Space, Intelligence, and Information.’’;
and
(B) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 139 the following new item:
‘‘139a. Director of Defense Research and Engineering.’’.
(f) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE.—Subject
to subsection (d), section 138 of such title is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘nine’’ and in-
serting ‘‘eleven’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting after para-
graph (2) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Not less than three of the Assistant Secretaries
shall be assigned duties under the authority of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Space, Intelligence, and Informa-
tion and shall report to that Under Secretary.’’.
(g) PAY RATES.—Subject to subsection (d), sub-
chapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in section 5314, by inserting after the para-
graph relating to the Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness the following:
‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Space, Intel-
ligence, and Information.’’; and
(2) in section 5315, by striking ‘‘(9)’’ after
‘‘Assistant Secretaries of Defense’’ and inserting
‘‘(11)’’.
(h) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days before exer-
cising the authority provided in subsection (a), the Presi-
dent shall submit to Congress a report on the proposed
organization of the office of the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Space, Intelligence, and Information. If such a
report has not been submitted as of April 15, 2002, the
President shall submit to Congress a report, not later than
that date, setting forth the President’s view as of that date
of the desirability of establishing the position of Under
Secretary of Defense for Space, Intelligence, and Informa-
tion in the Department of Defense.
SEC. 3. RESPONSIBILITY OF UNDER SECRETARY OF THE
AIR FORCE AS ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE FOR
SPACE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) EXECUTIVE AGENT.—Part IV of subtitle A of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
chapter 134 the following new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 135—SPACE PROGRAMS
‘‘Sec.
‘‘2271. Executive agent.
‘‘§ 2271. Executive agent
‘‘(a) SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall be the executive agent of the
Department of Defense—
‘‘(1) for the planning of the acquisition pro-
grams, projects, and activities of the Department
that relate to space; and
‘‘(2) for the execution of those programs,
projects, and activities.
‘‘(b) ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE.—The Secretary shall
designate the Under Secretary of the Air Force as the ac-
quisition executive of the Air Force for the programs,
projects, and activities referred to in subsection (a).’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The tables of chapters
at the beginning of such subtitle and the beginning of part
IV of such subtitle are amended by inserting after the item
relating to chapter 134 the following new item:
‘‘135. Space Programs ...................................................................... 2271’’.
SEC. 4. MAJOR FORCE PROGRAM CATEGORY FOR SPACE
PROGRAMS.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall
create a major force program category for space programs
for purposes of the future-years defense program under
section 221 of title 10, United States Code.
(b) COMMENCEMENT.—The category created under
subsection (a) shall be included in each future-years de-
fense program submitted to Congress under section 221
of title 10, United States Code, in fiscal years after fiscal
year 2002.
SEC. 5. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF IMPLE-
MENTATION 
OF 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
OF
SPACE COMMISSION.
(a) ASSESSMENT.—(1) The Comptroller General
shall carry out an assessment through February 15, 2003,
of the actions taken by the Secretary of Defense in imple-
menting the recommendations in the report of the Space
Commission that are applicable to the Department of De-
fense.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘report
of the Space Commission’’ means the report of the Com-
mission To Assess United States National Security Space
Management and Organization, dated January 11, 2001,
and submitted to Congress under section 1623 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
(Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 815).
(b) REPORTS.—Not later than February 15 of each
of 2002 and 2003, the Comptroller General shall submit
to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the assessment carried out under
subsection (a). Each report shall set forth the results of
the assessment as of the date of such report.
SEC. 6. COMMANDER OF AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 845 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 8584. Commander of Air Force Space Command
‘‘(a) The officer serving as commander of the Air
Force Space Command may not serve simultaneously as
commander of the United States Space Command (or any
successor combatant command with responsibility for
space) or as commander of the United States element of
the North American Air Defense Command.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘8584. Commander of Air Force Space Command.’’.
SEC. 7. REQUIREMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE
CAREER FIELD IN THE AIR FORCE FOR
SPACE.
The Secretary of the Air Force, acting through the
Under Secretary of the Air Force, shall establish and im-
plement policies and procedures to develop a cadre of tech-
nically competent officers with the capability to develop
space doctrine, concepts of space operations, and manage-
ment of space systems for the Air Force.
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