No Militarization of Space Act
Bill: H.R.5335 | Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared (D-CA)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
No Militarization of Space Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and report on a plan to transfer all authorities, duties, functions, missions, personnel, units, facilities, and assets from the Space Force to the appropriate commands of the Armed Forces. As soon as practicable after such report is submitted and no later than one year after the enactment of this bill, DOD must abolish the Space Force as an armed force within the Department of the Air Force.
During the period preceding the abolishment of the Space Force, DOD is prohibited from transferring any authorities, duties, functions, missions, personnel, units, facilities, or assets from another armed force to the Space Force.
Any authorities, duties, functions, missions, personnel, units, facilities, and assets of the Space Force must be transferred to the Air Force Space Command (or other applicable command) upon the abolishment of the Space Force.

To abolish the Space Force as an Armed Force, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Militarization of Space Act''.

SEC. 2. ABOLISHMENT OF THE SPACE FORCE AS AN ARMED FORCE.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after submitting to the 
congressional defense committees the report required under subsection 
(c)(2), but not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Secretary of the 
Air Force, shall abolish the Space Force as an Armed Force within the 
Department of the Air Force in accordance with this section.
    (b) Cessation of Certain Transfer Activities.--During the period 
preceding the abolishment of the Space Force pursuant to subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Defense may not transfer any authorities, duties, 
functions, missions, personnel, units, facilities, or assets from 
another Armed Force to the Space Force.
    (c) Plan for Transfer.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
        complete the development of a plan to transfer all authorities, 
        duties, functions, missions, personnel, units, facilities, and 
        assets from the Space Force to the appropriate commands of the 
        Armed Forces.
            (2) Report to congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
        shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
        on the plan described in paragraph (1).
    (d) Dissolution of the Space Force.--
            (1) Transfer to air force space command.--Except as 
        provided by paragraph (2), effective upon the abolishment of 
        the Space Force, there are transferred to the Air Force Space 
        Command the authorities, duties, functions, missions, 
        personnel, units, facilities, and assets of the Space Force.
            (2) Transfer outside of air force space command.--Effective 
        upon the abolishment of the Space Force, any authorities, 
        duties, functions, missions, personnel, units, facilities, and 
        assets transferred to the Space Force from a command of an 
        Armed Force other than the Air Force Space Command shall be 
        returned to such other command.
    (e) Repeal of Relevant Laws.--Effective upon the abolishment of the 
Space Force, the following subtitles are repealed and any provisions of 
law amended or repealed by such subtitles are restored or revived as if 
such subtitles had not been enacted:
            (1) Subtitle D of title IX of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92).
            (2) Subtitle C of title IX of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
    (f) References in Law.--Effective upon the abolishment of the Space 
Force, any reference to the Space Force in any law, regulation, map, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the Air Force Space Command.
    (g) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--The term 
``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given such term in 
section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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