Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/2389

 120 STAT. 2358

PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

(d) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED LAW.—Section 913 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109– 163; 119 Stat. 3408; 10 U.S.C. 2273a note) is repealed. SEC. 914. INDEPENDENT REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY IN SPACE.

(a) INDEPENDENT REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall select an appropriate entity outside the Department of Defense to conduct an independent review and assessment of the organization and management of the Department of Defense for national security in space. In selecting the entity to conduct the review and assessment, the Secretary shall consult with the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. (b) ELEMENTS.—The review and assessment required by this section shall address the following: (1) The requirements of the Department of Defense for national security space capabilities, as identified by the Department, and the efforts of the Department to fulfill such requirements. (2) The actions that could be taken by the Department to modify the organization and management of the Department over the near-term, medium-term, and long-term in order to strengthen United States national security in space, and the ability of the Department to implement its requirements and carry out the future space missions, including the following: (A) Actions to improve or enhance current interagency coordination processes regarding the operation of national security space assets, including improvements or enhancements in interoperability and communications. (B) Actions to improve or enhance the relationship between the intelligence aspects of national security space (so-called ‘‘black space’’) and the non-intelligence aspects of national security space (so-called ‘‘white space’’). (C) Actions to improve or enhance the manner in which military space issues are addressed by professional military education institutions. (D) Actions to create a specialized career field for military space acquisition personnel, to include an emphasis on long-term assignments, that could help develop and maintain a professional space acquisition cadre with technical expertise and institutional knowledge. (c) LIAISON.—The Secretary of Defense shall designate at least one senior civilian employee of the Department of Defense, and at least one general or flag officer, to serve as liaison between the Department, the Armed Forces, and the entity conducting the review and assessment under this section. (d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the entity conducting the review and assessment under this section shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees a report containing— (1) the results of the review and assessment; and

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