Text of Senate Amendment 6426

On 2026-06-24, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6426" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6426

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3548] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6426. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in title XV, insert the following: SEC. __. SPACE CONTROL AND SPACE SUPERIORITY READINESS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) The space domain is critical to deterrence and warfighting. (2) The United States must maintain the ability to achieve space control in a conflict with the People's Republic of China. (b) Wargaming, Modeling, and Simulation.--The Secretary of Defense shall expand the capacity of the Space Force to conduct wargaming, modeling, and simulation of peer conflict scenarios in the space domain. (c) Training.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop training programs for space operators focused on tactics, techniques, and procedures necessary for space control operations. (d) Report.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on-- (A) Chinese commercial space capabilities; and (B) the potential military applications of such capabilities. (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form. ______