REPORT REGARDING ASSURED ACCESS TO SPACE FOR THE UNITED STATES.

SEC. 912. REPORT REGARDING ASSURED ACCESS TO SPACE FOR THE UNITED STATES. (a) Plan.—The Secretary of Defense shall—116 STAT. 2622 (1) evaluate all options for sustaining the space launch industrial base of the United States; and (2) develop an integrated, long-range, and adequately funded plan for assuring access to space by the United States. (b) Report.—Not later than March 1, 2003, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the plan developed under subsection (a)(2).