,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhcf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ag 
7legislative day1 ,september #af71 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,toomey introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to provide for an integrated plan for
 the space launch activities of the     
,federal ,government4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,integrated ,space ,launch ,policy ,act 
of #bjad4  #b4 ,integrated plan on space
 launch activities of the ,federal      
,government  7a7 ,plan required ,the    
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,administrator of the ,national         
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration 
shall jointly1 in coordination with the 
,national ,security ,council1 the       
,director of the ,office of ,science and
 ,technology ,policy1 and the heads of  
other appropriate agencies of the       
,federal ,government1 develop a plan 7to

 be known as the ,integrated ,federal   
,space ,launch ,plan7 to achieve the    
effective planning1 coordination1 and   
execution of the civilian and national  
security space launch activities of the 
,federal ,government in order to ensure 
that the mission needs of the ,federal  
,government for reliable1 timely1 and   
affordable access to space are met in a 
cost-effective manner4  7b7 ,elements of
 plan ,the plan developed under         
subsection 7a7 shall include1 at a      
minimum1 the following3 7#a7 ,an        
estimate of the anticipated annual space
 launch demand of the ,federal          
,government during the #aj fiscal years 
beginning with the fiscal year beginning
 in the year in which the plan is       
developed4  7#b7 ,a description of the  
capabilities required to meet the demand
 estimated for purposes of paragraph    
7#a74  7#c7 ,a description of the       
acquisition plans of each ,federal      
agency covered by the plan for purposes 
of meeting the demand estimated for     

purposes of paragraph 7#a74  7#d7 ,an   
identification and assessment of        
opportunities for coordination among    
,federal agencies in space launch       
acquisition efforts1 and a summary of   
the lessons learned by the ,department  
of ,defense and the ,national           
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration 
regarding their launch service programs4
  7#e7 ,an assessment whether the       
,department of ,defense is currently    
achieving assured access to space with  
its space launch in a manner consistent 
with the provisions of section #bbgc of 
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7c7  
,submittal of plan to ,congress  7#a7   
,in general ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary and the            
,administrator shall jointly submit the 
plan developed under subsection 7a7 to  
the appropriate committees of ,congress4
  7#b7 ,form ,the plan shall be         
submitted in unclassified form1 but may 
include a classified annex4  7d7        

,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states assessment ,the ,comptroller    
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
submit to the appropriate committees of 
,congress a report setting forth an     
assessment of the adequacy of the plan  
developed under subsection 7a71         
including the extent to which the plan  
includes the launch needs and           
capabilities of the civilian agencies   
and the national security agencies of   
the ,federal ,government4  7e7          
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,armed   
,services1 the ,committee on ,commerce1 
,science1 and ,transportation1 the      
,committee on ,appropriations1 the      
,committee on the ,budget1 and the      
,select ,committee on ,intelligence of  
the ,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services1 the ,committee on    
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology1 the  
,committee on ,appropriations1 the      

,committee on the ,budget1 and the      
,permanent ,select ,committee on        
,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives4