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(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for each of fiscal 
years 2018 and 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘for a fiscal year’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘the budget if’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘the budget if additional resources had been avail-
able for the budget to fund the program, activity, or mission 
requirement.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION
HEADING.—Section 222b of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), is amended— 
(A) in the enumerator, by striking ‘‘SEC.’’ and inserting 
‘‘§’’; and 
(B) by striking the section heading and inserting 
‘‘Unfunded priorities of the Missile Defense Agency: 
annual report’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 222a the following 
new item: 
‘‘222b. Unfunded priorities of the Missile Defense Agency: annual report.’’. 
SEC. 1678. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION RELATING TO MISSILE 
DEFENSE INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS. 
Section 130h(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘January 1, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 
SEC. 1679. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT RELATING TO TRANSI-
TION OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS TO 
MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. 
Section 1676(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or equivalent approval’’ before the period 
at the end. 
SEC. 1680. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP A SPACE- 
BASED BALLISTIC MISSILE INTERCEPT LAYER. 
(a) DISSOCIATION WITH BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE REVIEW.— 
Subsection (a) of section 1688 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 2431 
note) is amended, in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘If consistent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the Director’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of such section 
is amended, in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘If 
the Director carries out subsection (a), not later’’ and inserting 
‘‘Not later’’. 
SEC. 1681. IMPROVEMENTS TO ACQUISITION PROCESSES OF MISSILE 
DEFENSE AGENCY. 
(a) NOTIFICATION ON CHANGES TO NON-STANDARD ACQUISITION 
PROCESSES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2019 for the Secretary of Defense may be obligated or expended 
to change the non-standard acquisition processes and respon-
sibilities described in paragraph (2) until—
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(A) the Secretary notifies the congressional defense 
committees of such proposed change; and 
(B) a period of 90 days has elapsed following the date 
of such notification. 
(2) NON-STANDARD
ACQUISITION
PROCESSES
AND
RESPON-
SIBILITIES DESCRIBED.—The non-standard acquisition processes 
and responsibilities described in this paragraph are such proc-
esses and responsibilities described in— 
(A) the memorandum of the Secretary of Defense titled 
‘‘Missile Defense Program Direction’’ signed on January 
2, 2002; 
(B) Department of Defense Directive 5134.09, as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(C) United States Strategic Command Instruction 583– 
3. 
(b) INTEGRATED MASTER TEST PLAN INFORMATION.—Together 
with the release of each integrated master test plan of the Missile 
Defense Agency, and at the same time as each budget of the 
President is submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 
shall make publicly available a version of each such plan that 
identifies the fiscal year and the fiscal quarter in which events 
under the plan will occur. 
(c) MISSILE DEFENSE EXECUTIVE BOARD.—In addition to the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering serving 
as chairman of the Missile Defense Executive Board pursuant to 
section 1676(c)(3)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1773), the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall 
serve— 
(1) as a member of the Board; and 
(2) as co-chairman with respect to decisions regarding 
acquisition and the approval of acquisition and production mile-
stones, including with respect to the use of other transaction 
authority contracts and transactions in excess of $500,000,000 
(including all options). 
SEC. 1682. LAYERED DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES HOMELAND. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the United States should— 
(1) continue to explore and deploy capabilities that increase 
the layered defense of the United States homeland; 
(2) support, if determined by the Secretary of Defense 
as necessary for the national security of the United States, 
the deployment of a ground-based interceptor site, or potential 
other ballistic missile defense systems pending successful 
testing, on the East Coast of the United States that— 
(A) weighs cost effectiveness and prioritization of capa-
bility; and 
(B) provides for increased protection of the continental 
United States from North Korean and Iranian threats; 
(3) support the ability of the Army, the Navy, and the 
Missile Defense Agency to deploy fixed, semi-fixed, and mobile 
at-sea and ashore assets to locations to increase the layered 
defense of all of the United States homeland; and
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(4) support, as appropriate, further analysis and testing 
for regional systems to be employed for the layered defense 
of the United States homeland. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Before the Secretary of Defense makes 
a potential determination to deploy regional assets to provide mis-
sile defense from longer range threats, the Secretary shall certify 
to the congressional defense committees that such deployment 
would not pose additional risk to strategic stability. 
SEC. 1683. TESTING OF REDESIGNED KILL VEHICLE PRIOR TO 
PRODUCTION AND GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE 
ACCELERATION OPTIONS. 
(a) SUCCESSFUL TESTING REQUIRED.—Except as provided by 
subsection (b), the Director of the Missile Defense Agency may 
not make a lot production decision for the redesigned kill vehicle 
unless the vehicle has undergone at least one successful flight 
intercept test that meets the following criteria: 
(1) The test sufficiently assesses the performance of the 
vehicle in order to inform a lot production decision. 
(2) The results of the test demonstrate that the vehicle— 
(A) will work in an effective manner; and 
(B) has the ability to accomplish the intended mission 
of the vehicle. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense, without delegation, may 
waive subsection (a) if— 
(1) the Secretary determines that the waiver is in the 
interest of national security; 
(2) the Secretary determines that the threat of missiles 
is advancing at a pace that requires additional capacity of 
the ground-based midcourse system by 2023; 
(3) the Secretary determines that the waiver is appropriate 
in light of the assessment conducted by the Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation under subsection (c); 
(4) the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees a report containing— 
(A) a notice of the waiver, including the rationale of 
the Secretary for making the waiver; 
(B) a certification by the Secretary that the Secretary 
has analyzed and accepts the risk of making and imple-
menting a lot production decision for the redesigned kill 
vehicle prior to the vehicle undergoing a successful flight 
intercept test; and 
(C) the assessment of the Director of Operational Test 
and Evaluation under subsection (c); and 
(5) a period of 30 days elapses following the date on which 
the Secretary submits the report under paragraph (4). 
(c) ASSESSMENT ON RISKS.—The Director of Operational Test 
and Evaluation shall submit to the Secretary of Defense an assess-
ment on the risks of making a lot production decision for the 
redesigned kill vehicle prior to the vehicle undergoing a successful 
flight intercept test. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on ways the Director could accelerate by at least 
one year the construction of Missile Field 4 at Fort Greely,
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Alaska, as well as the deployment of 20 ground-based intercep-
tors with redesigned kill vehicles at such missile field. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) A threat-based description of the benefits and risks 
of accelerating the construction and deployment referred 
to in paragraph (1). 
(B) A description of the technical and acquisition risks 
and potential effects on the reliability of the redesigned 
kill vehicle if deployment is accelerated as described in 
paragraph (1). 
(C) A description of the cost implications of accelerating 
the construction and deployment referred to in paragraph 
(1). 
(D) A description of the effect such acceleration would 
have on the redesigned kill vehicle flight test schedule 
and the overall integrated master test plan. 
(E) A description of the effect that the acceleration 
described in paragraph (1) would have on re-tipping cur-
rently deployed exoatmospheric kill vehicles with the 
redesigned kill vehicle. 
(F) A description of how such acceleration would align 
with the deployment of the long-range discrimination radar 
and the discrimination radar for homeland defense to be 
made operational in Hawaii. 
(G) A cost-benefit analysis and a feasibility assessment 
for construction of a fifth missile field at Fort Greely, 
Alaska. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 
1684. 
REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
BALLISTIC 
MISSILE 
DEFENSE 
CAPABLE SHIPS. 
(a) FORCE STRUCTURE ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of the 
Navy, in consultation with the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency, shall include in the first force structure assessment con-
ducted following the date of the enactment of this Act the following: 
(1) An assessment of the requirements for ballistic missile 
defense capable ships. 
(2) The force structure requirements associated with 
advanced ballistic missile defense capabilities. 
(b) FORCE STRUCTURE ASSESSMENT DEFINED.—The term ‘‘force 
structure assessment’’ has the meaning given the term in Chief 
of Naval Operations Instruction 3050.27. 
SEC. 1685. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR STANDARD 
MISSILE–3 IB GUIDED MISSILES. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.—Subject to sec-
tion 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense 
may enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning with 
the fiscal year 2019 program year, for the procurement of standard 
missile–3 block IB guided missiles. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The Secretary 
may enter into one or more contracts for advance procurement 
associated with the missiles for which authorization to enter into 
a multiyear procurement contract is provided under subsection 
(a).