To require the Secretary of Defense to develop, in cooperation with allies and partners in the Middle East, an integrated space and satellite security capability, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · June 5, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The STARS Act of 2024 directs the Secretary of Defense, working with the State Department, to develop a coordinated space and satellite security strategy with Middle Eastern allies and partners, including Israel. The strategy aims to protect the region's infrastructure and territory from hostile activities targeting space systems by establishing a multilateral data-sharing agreement and an integrated security architecture. Within 60 days of enactment, the Defense Secretary must submit a detailed strategy to Congress that includes threat assessments, capability gaps, current defense systems, proposed shared data-sharing mechanisms, cost estimates, and metrics for measuring progress. The bill requires identification of which security elements can be operated by allied countries versus which must remain under U.S. military control, while protecting sensitive national security information. The legislation does not specify funding amounts but directs the Defense Secretary to assess what resources allied countries could contribute to establish and strengthen these capabilities.
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