,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aidf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #d1 #bjbe
 ,mr4 ,bennet 7for himself and ,mr4     
,cramer7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to initiate discussions1       
through the ,quad1 with ,australia1     
,india1 and ,japan to identify mutual   
areas of interest with respect to the   
formulation of best practices in space1 
cooperation on space situational        
awareness1 and space industrial policy1 
and for other purposes4  #a4  ,short    
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,quad ,space ,act4  #b4  ,space         
cooperation among ,quad countries  7a7  
,sense of ,congress  ,it is the sense of
 ,congress that-- 7#a7 as a ,pacific    
power1 the ,united ,states should       
strengthen cooperation with the         
,government of ,australia1 the          
,government of ,india1 and the          

,government of ,japan to address        
regional challenges and promote a free  
and open ,indo-,pacific region2  7#b7   
the ,united ,states should expand       
cooperation1 through the ,quad1 with the
 ,government of ,australia1 the         
,government of ,india1 and the          
,government of ,japan to address shared 
security challenges1 particularly in    
space2 and  7#c7 the revival of the     
,quad by ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump  
and the elevation of the ,quad to the   
leaders' level by ,president ,joseph ,r4
 ,biden were critical steps in advancing
 shared interests in the ,indo-,pacific 
region4  7b7  ,determination of areas of
 mutual interest in space  7#a7  ,in    
general  ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,secretary of ,defense shall seek  
to initiate discussions1 through the    
,quad1 with the ,government of          
,australia1 the ,government of ,india1  
and the ,government of ,japan to        
identify areas of mutual interest with  

respect to--  7,a7 the formulation of   
best practices in space2  7,b7          
cooperation on space situational        
awareness2 and  7,c7 space industrial   
policy4  7#b7  ,report  ,not later than 
#bgj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense shall submit to the         
,committees of ,armed ,services of the  
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives a report on the        
discussions under paragraph 7#a71       
including--  7,a7 a detailed description
 of potential areas of mutual interest  
identified through such discussions2 and
  7,b7 an identification of potential   
steps the ,secretary intends to take to 
formalize cooperation1 though the ,quad1
 among the ,united ,states1 ,australia1 
,india1 and ,japan4  7c7  ,definitions  
,in this section3 7#a7 ,quad ,the term  
,quad means the partnership among the   
,quad countries4  7#b7  ,quad countries 
,the term ,quad countries means the     
following3 7,a7 ,the ,united ,states4   

7,b7 ,australia4  7,c7 ,india4  7,d7    
,japan4