Report on continued United States presence in low-Earth orbit

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing an accounting of the following: (1) The five, ten, and twenty-year United States objectives for low-Earth orbit activities. (2) The type and extent of capabilities using low-Earth orbit platforms the Federal Government requires to support such United States objectives. (3) A description of the Federal Government’s current and planned future compliance with the following: (A) The policy on maintaining an uninterrupted capability for human space flight and operations in low-Earth orbit, in accordance with section 70501(a)(1) of title 51, United States Code. (B) Section 201(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18311(b)) regarding United States human space flight capabilities. (4) The preparedness of the United States to continue to satisfy the statutory direction referred to in paragraph (3) under the planned approach to deorbit the ISS by not later than the end of calendar year 2031.