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‘‘(2) to revert to the grade and status such mem-
ber held at the time of appointment under this sec-
tion.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 565 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 6222 and inserting the
following new item:
‘‘6222. United States Marine Band; United States Marine Drum and Bugle
Corps: composition; appointment and promotion of mem-
bers.’’.
SEC. 904. MILITARY DEPUTIES TO THE ASSISTANT SECRE-
TARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS FOR
ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS, AND TECHNOLOGY
MATTERS.
(a) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
POSITION.—There is
hereby established within the Department of the Army
the position of Military Deputy to the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and
Technology.
(2) LIEUTENANT
GENERAL.—The individual
serving in the position of Military Deputy to the As-
sistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logis-
tics, and Technology shall be a lieutenant general of
the Army on active duty.
(3) EXCLUSION FROM GRADE AND NUMBER LIMI-
TATIONS.—An officer serving in the position of Mili-
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tary Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology shall not be
counted against the numbers and percentages of offi-
cers of the Army of the grade of lieutenant general.
(b) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
POSITION.—There is
hereby established within the Department of the Navy
the position of Military Deputy to the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Navy for Research, Development, and
Acquisition.
(2) VICE ADMIRAL.—The individual serving in
the position of Military Deputy to the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Navy for Research, Development, and
Acquisition shall be a vice admiral on active duty.
(3) EXCLUSION FROM GRADE AND NUMBER LIMI-
TATIONS.—An officer serving in the position of Mili-
tary Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Research, Development, and Acquisition shall not
be counted against the numbers and percentages of of-
ficers of the grade of vice admiral.
(c) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
POSITION.—There is
hereby established within the Department of the Air
Force the position of Military Deputy to the Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.
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(2) LIEUTENANT
GENERAL.—The individual
serving in the position of Military Deputy to the As-
sistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition
shall be a lieutenant general of the Air Force on ac-
tive duty.
(3) EXCLUSION FROM GRADE AND NUMBER LIMI-
TATIONS.—An officer serving in the position of Mili-
tary Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Acquisition shall not be counted against the
numbers and percentages of officers of the Air Force
of the grade of lieutenant general.
Subtitle B—Space Activities
SEC. 911. ESTABLISHMENT OF OPERATIONALLY RESPON-
SIVE SPACE CAPABILITIES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Access to and use of space is critical for pre-
serving peace and protecting the national security,
commercial, and civil interests of the United States.
(2) Key priorities for the national security space
activities of the United States include improving the
capacity to support military operations worldwide
and responding to strategic military threats.
(3) To the maximum extent possible, space capa-
bilities should be integrated into the strategy, doc-
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trine, operations, and contingency plans of the Armed
Forces of the United States.
(4) The commanders of the combatant commands
should have access to responsive space capabilities
that provide prompt, focused support in their theater
of operations, which capabilities should compliment
other national and Department of Defense space as-
sets while providing direct and flexible support to the
warfighter on the battlefield.
(5) The United States Space Transportation Pol-
icy of January 6, 2005, calls for the demonstration,
before 2010, of an initial capability for operationally
responsive access to and use of space to support the
national security requirements of the United States.
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States—
(1) to demonstrate, acquire, and deploy an effec-
tive capability for operationally responsive space to
support the warfighter from space; and
(2) that the capability described in paragraph
(1) shall consist of—
(A) responsive satellite payloads;
(B) inexpensive space launch vehicles and
range procedures that facilitate the timely
launch of satellites;
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(C) common technical standards for satellite
busses; and
(D) a configuration of operations and com-
mand and control capabilities that permit the
warfighter to exploit responsive space assets for
combat operations.
(c) OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE HYBRID PRO-
GRAM OFFICE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall
establish within the Department of Defense an office
to be known as the Operationally Responsive Space
Hybrid Program Office (in this subsection referred to
as the ‘‘Office’’).
(2) ELEMENTS.—The Office shall consist of ele-
ments of the Department of Defense selected by the
Secretary from among the science and technology, ac-
quisition, and operations elements of the Department
having the capacity to contribute to the development
of capabilities for operationally responsive space.
Such elements shall be selected so as to achieve a bal-
anced representation of the military departments in
the Office in order to ensure proper acknowledgment
of joint considerations in the activities of the Office.
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(3) ORGANIZATION OF ELEMENTS.—The elements
of the Office under paragraph (2) shall be organized
by the Secretary into divisions as follows:
(A) A science and technology division that
shall pursue innovative approaches to the devel-
opment of capabilities for operationally respon-
sive space through basic and applied research fo-
cused on payloads, bus, and launch equipment.
(B) An acquisition division that shall un-
dertake the acquisition of systems necessary to
procure, integrate, sustain, and launch assets for
operationally responsive space.
(C) An operations division that shall—
(i) sustain and maintain assets for
operationally responsive space prior to
launch;
(ii) integrate and launch such assets;
and
(iii) operate such assets in orbit.
(D) A combatant command support divi-
sion that shall serve as the primary inter-
mediary between the military departments and
the combatant commands on operationally re-
sponsive space, including the integration of as-
sets for operationally responsive space into—
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(i) the operations plans of the combat-
ant commands;
(ii) the training and tactics procedures
of the military departments; and
(iii) military exercises, demonstra-
tions, and war games.
(3) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The head of the Office
shall report to the Executive Agent for Space of the
Department of Defense regarding the activities of Of-
fice under this subsection.
(4) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The acquisition
activities of the Office shall be subject to the following:
(A) The Executive Agent for Space of the
Department of Defense shall be the senior acqui-
sition executive of the Office.
(B) The Joint Capabilities Integration and
Development System process shall not apply to
acquisitions by the Office.
(C) The commander of the United States
Strategic Command, or a designate of the com-
mander, shall—
(i) validate all system requirements for
systems to be acquired by the Office; and
(ii) participate in the approval of any
acquisition program initiated by the Office.
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(D) The unit procurement cost of a launch
vehicle procured by the Office may not exceed
$20,000,000.
(E) The unit procurement cost of an inte-
grated satellite procured by the Office may not
exceed $40,000,000.
(5) ADJUSTMENT OF UNIT PROCUREMENT COST
LIMITS.—The Executive Agent for Space shall adjust
the amounts specified in subparagraphs (D) and (E)
of paragraph (4) to take into account the effects of in-
flation. Such adjustment shall take place once every
five years.
(d) PLAN FOR OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE.—
(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 roles and mis-
sions of each military department, Defense Agen-
cy, and other component or element of the De-
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partment of Defense for the fulfillment of the
mission of the Department with respect to oper-
ationally responsive space.
(B) An identification of the capabilities re-
quired by the Department to fulfill such mission.
(C) A description of the chain of command
and reporting structure of the Operationally Re-
sponsive Space Hybrid Program Office under
subsection (c).
(D) The security classification level required
for the Office in order to ensure that the Office
carries out its responsibilities under subsection
(c) in a proper and efficient manner.
(E) A description of the acquisition policies
and procedures applicable to the 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 schedule for the implementation of the
plan.
(G) The funding and personnel required to
implement the plan over the course of the current
future-years defense program under section 221
of title 10, United States Code.
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘operationally responsive space’’
means the development and launch of space assets
upon demand in a low-cost manner.
(2) The term ‘‘procurement unit cost’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 2432(a) of title
10, United States Code.
SEC. 912. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM
ON 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 during the three-
year period beginning on a date specified by the Secretary
of Defense, which date shall be not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this section’’ and inserting
‘‘may be conducted through September 30, 2009’’.
SEC. 913. INDEPENDENT REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND
MANAGEMENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY IN
SPACE.
(a) INDEPENDENT REVIEW
AND ASSESSMENT RE-
QUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall
provide for an independent review and assessment of
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the organization and management of the Department
of Defense for national security in space.
(2) CONDUCT OF REVIEW.—The review and as-
sessment shall be conducted by an appropriate entity
outside the Department of Defense selected by the Sec-
retary for purposes of this section.
(3) ELEMENTS.—The review and assessment
shall address the following:
(A) The requirements of the Department of
Defense for national security space capabilities,
as identified by the Department, and the efforts
of the Department to fulfill such requirements.
(B) The future space missions of the De-
partment, and the plans of the Department to
meet the future space missions.
(C) The actions that could be taken by the
Department to modify the organization and
management of the Department over the near-
term, medium-term, and long-term in order to
strengthen United States national security in
space, and the ability of the Department to im-
plement its requirements and carry out the fu-
ture space missions, including the following:
(i) Actions to exploit existing and
planned military space assets to provide
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support for United States military oper-
ations.
(ii) Actions to improve or enhance cur-
rent interagency coordination processes re-
garding the operation of national security
space assets, including improvements or en-
hancements in interoperability and commu-
nications.
(iii) Actions to improve or enhance the
relationship between the intelligence aspects
of national security space (so-called ‘‘black
space’’) and the non-intelligence aspects of
national security space (so-called ‘‘white
space’’).
(iv) Actions to improve or enhance the
manner in which military space issues are
addressed by professional military edu-
cation institutions.
(4) LIAISON.—The Secretary shall designate at
least one senior civilian employee of the Department
of Defense, and at least one general or flag officer of
an Armed Force, to serve as liaison between the De-
partment, the Armed Forces, and the entity con-
ducting the review and assessment.
(b) REPORT.—