TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE CAPABILITY.

SEC. 1604. TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE CAPABILITY. (a) Program.—Subsection (a) of section 1609 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended to read as follows: “(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.—Such section is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: “(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.—Subsection (c) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “launch program” and inserting “space program”; and (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph: “(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.” ; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking “for fiscal year 2023” and inserting “for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026”; and (ii) by striking “tactically responsive launch program” and inserting “tactically responsive space program”; (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking “launches” and inserting “capabilities”; and (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking “tactically responsive launch program” and inserting “tactically responsive space program”. (d) Conforming Amendment.—The heading of such section is amended in the heading by striking “launch operations” and inserting “space capability”.