REPORT ON MILITARY USE OF NASA MANNED SPACE STATION

SEC. 255. REPORT ON MILITARY USE OF NASA MANNED SPACE STATION (a) Report Requirement.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the activities planned by the Department of Defense to be conducted on or in conjunction with the permanently manned space station to be developed and operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The report shall include a description of— (1) those planned activities, including research projects the Department intends to conduct from the space station; (2) the eventual applications for which the Department intends such research to be used; and (3) the relationship of those planned activities to activities of the Department of Defense for which funds are authorized by this Act (including offensive and defensive weapons systems) and how such activities will be coordinated. (b) Deadline for Report.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than March 1, 1988.