STUDY AND REPORT ON THE ROLE AND ORGANIZATION OF SPACE ASSETS IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS.

SEC. 913. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE ROLE AND ORGANIZATION OF SPACE ASSETS IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS. (a) Study.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to determine the appropriate role and organization of space-related assets within the reserve components of the Armed Forces. (b) Report.—Not later than March 31, 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a). (c) Elements.—The report under subsection (b) shall include the following: (1) The determinations of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the— (A) the organization and integration of space-related units within the reserve components of the Armed Forces; (B) the staffing of such units, including the recruitment and retention of personnel for such units (including any reserve units of the Space force); (C) the missions of such units; and (D) the operational requirements applicable to such units. (2) An analysis of— (A) the costs of establishing a Space National Guard in accordance with subtitle C of title IX of H.R. 4350, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on September 23, 2021; and (B) how a Space National Guard established in accordance with such subtitle would operate as part of the reserve components. (3) Based on the analysis under paragraph (2), the recommendations of the Secretary with respect to the potential establishment of a Space National Guard. (4) If applicable, any savings or costs that may result from the preservation of the space-related force structures of the Air National Guard, as such force structures are in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.