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 123STA T . 2 547PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 4 —O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9(1)Arevi e wofth e spac ea nd space - re l ated technolo g ies c u rrentl y on the U nited S tates M unitions L ist , to include sat- ellite syste m s, dedicated su b systems, and components . ( 2 ) An assessment of the national security ris k s of removing certain space and space-related technologies identified under paragraph (1) from the United States Munitions List. ( 3 )Ane x amination of the degree to which other nations ’ export control policies control or limit the export of space and space-related technologies for national security reasons. ( 4 ) R ecommendations for — (A) the space and space-related technologies that should remain on, or may be candidates for removal from, the United States Munitions List based on the national security risk assessment re q uired paragraph (2) ( B ) the safeguards and verifications necessary to— (i) prevent the proliferation and diversion of such space and space-related technologies; (ii) confirm appropriate end use and end users; and (iii) minimi z e the risk that such space and space- related technologies could be used in foreign missile, space, or other applications that may pose a threat to the security of the United States; and ( C ) improvements to the space export control policy and processes of the United States that do not adversely affect national security. (c) C ONSULTA T I ON.— I n conducting the assessment required under subsection (a), the Secretary of D efense and the Secretary of State may consult with the heads of other relevant departments and agencies of the United States G overnment as the Secretaries determine is necessary. (d) R EP O R T.— N ot later than 1 80 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on F oreign Affairs of the H ouse of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the assessment required under subsection (a). T he report shall be in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. (e) DE F INITION.—In this section, the term ‘ ‘United States Muni- tions List’’ means the list referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms E xport Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2 7 78(a)(1)). SEC.1249 . PATRIO TAIRA NDM ISSI L EDE F ENSE B ATTER Y IN POLAND. (a) FIN D IN G S.—Congress makes the following findings (1) O n August 20, 2008, representatives of the governments of the United States and P oland signed the ‘‘Declaration on Strategic Cooperation between the United States of America and the Republic of Poland’’. (2) The Declaration on Strategic Cooperation states, among other things, that the ‘‘United States and Poland intend to expand air and missile defense cooperation. In this regard, we have agreed on an important new area of such cooperation involving the deployment of a U.S. Army Patriot air and missile defense battery in Poland. W e intend to begin this cooperation next year and to expand it with the aim of establishing by 2012 a garrison to support the U.S. Army Patriot battery. The Government of Poland intends to provide an appropriate