Flexibility for Department of Air Force to implement acquisition structure for optimal support of new portfolio acquisition executive system within Space Force

(a) Repeals to allow reorganization of space force acquisition entities (1) Space Rapid Capabilities Office Section 2273a of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. (2) Space Development Agency Section 9087 of such title is repealed. (b) Personnel management authority to attract experts in science, engineering, and certain other disciplines Section 4092 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(8)— (A) by striking SDA.—The Director of the Space Development Agency and inserting Air Force.—The Secretary of the Air Force; and (B) by striking the Agency and inserting the Space Force; (2) in subsection (b)(1)(H)— (A) by striking the Space Development Agency and inserting the Space Force; (B) by striking 25 and inserting 50; (C) by striking in the Agency and inserting in the Space Force (in addition to any positions in the Space Force to which appointments are made under subparagraph (A)); and (D) by striking of the Agency and inserting of the Space Force; and (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking the Space Development Agency and inserting the Space Force. (c) Functions of Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Section 9016(b)(6)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking clause (iii) and (iv); (2) by redesignating clause (v) and (vi) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; (3) in clause (iii), as so redesignated— (A) by striking Advise and synchronize and inserting Oversee and direct; (B) by inserting Department of the before Air Force; and (C) by striking, including and all that follows through Space Force Act; and (4) in clause (iv), as so redesignated, by striking Effective as of and all that follows through serve and inserting Serve. (d) Conforming amendments (1) Removal of requirement for consultation by Secretary of Defense with Space Rapid Capabilities Office Section 1609(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 2273 note) is amended by striking, including the Space Rapid Capabilities Office. (2) Repeal of requirement to use middle tier acquisition program for proliferated warfighter space architecture Section 1608 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note) is repealed.