TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE SPACE CAPABILITY.

SEC. 1609. [10 U.S.C. 2271 note] TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE SPACE CAPABILITY. (a) Program.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the Space Force has a tactically responsive space capability that— (1) addresses all lifecycle elements; and (2) addresses rapid deployment and reconstitution requirements— (A) to provide long-term continuity for tactically responsive space capabilities across the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code; (B) to continue the development of concepts of operations, including with respect to tactics, training, and procedures; (C) to develop appropriate processes for tactically responsive space launch, including— (i) mission assurance processes; and (ii) command and control, tracking, telemetry, and communications; and (D) to identify basing requirements necessary to enable tactically responsive space capabilities. (b) Requirements.—The Chief of Space Operations shall establish tactically responsive requirements for all national security space capabilities, if applicable, carried out under title 10, United States Code. (c) Support.— (1) Elements.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall support the tactically responsive space program under subsection (a) during the period covered by the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code, in 2022 to ensure that the program addresses the following: (A) The ability to rapidly place on-orbit systems to respond to urgent needs of the commanders of the combatant commands or to reconstitute space assets and capabilities to support national security priorities if such assets and capabilities are degraded, attacked, or otherwise impaired, including such assets and capabilities relating to protected communications and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. (B) The entire end-to-end tactically responsive space capability, including with respect to the launch vehicle, ground infrastructure, bus, payload, operations and on-orbit sustainment. (2) Plan.—As a part of the defense budget materials (as defined in section 239 of title 10, United States Code) for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a plan for the tactically responsive space program to address the elements under paragraph (1). Such plan shall include the following: (A) Lessons learned from the Space Safari tactically responsive launch-2 mission of the Space Systems Command of the Space Force, and how to incorporate such lessons into future efforts regarding tactically responsive capabilities. (B) How to achieve responsive acquisition timelines within the adaptive acquisition framework for space acquisition pursuant to section 807. (C) Plans to address supply chain issues and leverage commercial capabilities to support future reconstitution and urgent space requirements leveraging the tactically responsive space program under subsection (a).