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Stat. 1103), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION OF GOALS.—In developing 
and carrying out the pilot program under subsection 
(a)(1), by not later than September 30, 2017, the Sec-
retary shall take actions to begin the implementation 
of each goal specified in subsection (b).’’. 
SEC. 1605. SPACE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING. 
(a) ROLES OF DOD AND NOAA.— 
(1) MECHANISMS.—The Secretary of Defense and 
the Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration shall jointly establish mechanisms to 
collaborate and coordinate in defining the roles and 
responsibilities of the Department of Defense and the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
to— 
(A) carry out space-based environmental 
monitoring; and 
(B) plan for future non-governmental space- 
based environmental monitoring capabilities. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in para-
graph (1) may be construed to authorize a joint sat-
ellite program of the Department of Defense and the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Director 
shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the mechanisms established under sub-
section (a)(1). 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate. 
SEC. 1606. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN NON-ALLIED 
POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING SYS-
TEMS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—During the period beginning not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and ending on September 30, 2018, the Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure that the Armed Forces and each ele-
ment of the Department of Defense do not use a non-allied 
positioning, navigation, and timing system or service pro-
vided by such a system. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the prohibi-
tion in subsection (a) if— 
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(1) the Secretary determines that the waiver is— 
(A) in the national security interest of the 
United States; and 
(B) necessary to mitigate exigent oper-
ational concerns; 
(2) the Secretary notifies, in writing, the appro-
priate congressional committees of such waiver; and 
(3) a period of 30 days has elapsed following the 
date of such notification. 
(c) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director 
of National Intelligence shall jointly submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees an assessment of the risks 
to national security and to the operations and plans of the 
Department of Defense from using a non-allied positioning, 
navigation, and timing system or service provided by such 
a system. Such assessment shall— 
(1) address risks regarding— 
(A) espionage, counterintelligence, and tar-
geting; 
(B) the use of the Global Positioning Sys-
tem by allies and partners of the United States 
and others; and 
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(C) harmful interference to the Global Posi-
tioning System; and 
(2) include any other matters the Secretary, the 
Chairman, and the Director determine appropriate. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘non-allied positioning, naviga-
tion, and timing system’’ means any of the following 
systems: 
(A) The Beidou system. 
(B) The Glonass global navigation satellite 
system. 
SEC. 1607. LIMITATION OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
THE JOINT SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER MIS-
SION SYSTEM. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for incre-
ment 3 of the Joint Space Operations Center Mission Sys-
tem, not more than 25 percent may be obligated or expended 
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until the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force, in 
coordination with the Commander of the United States 
Strategic Command, submits to the congressional defense 
committees a report on such increment, including— 
(1) an acquisition strategy for such increment; 
(2) the requirements of such increment; 
(3) the funding and schedule for such increment; 
(4) the strategy for use of commercially available 
capabilities, as appropriate, relating to such incre-
ment to rapidly address warfighter requirements, in-
cluding the market research and evaluation of such 
commercial capabilities; and 
(5) the relationship of such increment with the 
other related activities and investments of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 1608. SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYSTEM AND AD-
VANCED EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The recently completed analysis of alter-
natives for the space-based infrared system program 
identified the cost and capability trades of various al-
ternatives, however the criteria and assessment for re-
silience and mission assurance was undefined. 
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(2) The analysis of alternatives for the advanced 
extremely high frequency program is ongoing. 
(b) LIMITATION ON DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION 
OF ALTERNATIVES.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided by para-
graph (4), the Secretary of Defense may not develop 
or acquire an alternative to the space-based infrared 
system program of record or develop or acquire an al-
ternative to the advanced extremely high frequency 
program of record until the date on which the Com-
mander of the United States Strategic Command and 
the Director of the Space Security and Defense Pro-
gram, in consultation with the Defense Intelligence 
Officer for Science and Technology of the Defense In-
telligence Agency, jointly submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees the assessments described in 
paragraph (2) for the respective program. 
(2) ASSESSMENT.—The assessments described in 
this paragraph are— 
(A) an assessment of the resilience and mis-
sion assurance of each alternative to the space- 
based infrared system being considered by the 
Secretary of the Air Force; and 
(B) an assessment of the resilience and mis-
sion assurance of each alternative to the ad-
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(4) With respect to both the five- and ten-year 
periods beginning on the date of the review, the 
planned and desired end-state of the missile defeat 
programs of the United States, including regarding 
the integration and interoperability of such programs 
with the joint forces and the integration and inter-
operability of such programs with allies, and specific 
benchmarks, milestones, and key steps required to 
reach such end-states. 
(5) The organization, discharge, and oversight of 
acquisition for the missile defeat programs of the 
United States. 
(6) The roles and responsibilities of the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense, Defense Agencies, combatant 
commands, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the military 
departments in such programs and the process for en-
suring accountability of each stakeholder. 
(7) The process for determining requirements for 
missile defeat capabilities under such programs, in-
cluding input from the joint military requirements 
process. 
(8) The process for determining the force struc-
ture and inventory objectives for such programs. 
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