,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #be1    
#bjbf,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 ,chief of ,space
 ,operations to submit a feasibility    
report on expanding the ,multinational  
,force ,operation ,olympic ,defender4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,indo-,pacific ,space           
,partnership ,act of #bjbf4  #b4        
,feasibility report on expanding        
,multinational ,force ,operation        
,olympic ,defender  7a7 ,in general ,not
 later than #a year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the ,chief  
of ,space ,operations shall submit to   
the appropriate committees of ,congress 
a report on the feasibility and         
advisability of expanding the           
,multinational ,force ,operation        
,olympic ,defender to include additional

 allies in the ,indo-,pacific region1   
including ,japan and the ,republic of   
,korea4  7b7 ,elements ,the report      
required by subsection 7a7 shall include
 the following3 7#a7 ,a description of  
current activities and initiatives to   
facilitate the expansion of the         
,multinational ,force ,operation        
,olympic ,defender to allied countries  
in the ,indo-,pacific region1 including 
,japan and the ,republic of ,korea4     
7#b7 ,an identification of any policy   
change the ,government of ,japan1 the   
,government of the ,republic of ,korea1 
and the government of any other allied  
country in the ,indo-,pacific region    
identified by the ,chief of ,space      
,operations would need to make in order 
for the ,united ,states to extend a     
formal invitation for such countries to 
join the ,multinational ,force          
,operation ,olympic ,defender4  7#c7 ,an
 identification of any funding or policy
 change necessary to facilitate the     
accession to the ,multinational ,force  

,operation ,olympic ,defender of ,japan1
 the ,republic of ,korea1 and any other 
allied country in the ,indo-,pacific    
region identified by the ,chief of      
,space ,operations4  7#d7 ,an assessment
 of each of the following3 7,a7 ,the    
manner in which the accession to the    
,multinational ,force ,operation        
,olympic ,defender of ,japan1 the       
,republic of ,korea1 and any other      
allied country in the ,indo-,pacific    
region identified by the ,chief of      
,space ,operations would affect ,united 
,states national security interests4    
7,b7 ,whether the accession to the      
,multinational ,force ,operation        
,olympic ,defender of ,japan and the    
,republic of ,korea-- 7i7 is feasible2  
and  7ii7 would be in the national      
interest of the ,united ,states4  7,c7  
,the additional resources or authorities
 needed from the executive and          
legislative branches to carry out the   
accession to the ,multinational ,force  
,operation ,olympic ,defender of ,japan 

and the ,republic of ,korea4  7c7       
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,armed   
,services and the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,relations of the ,senate2 and  7#b7   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services and  
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representatives4