Two congressional officials said the bill would prohibit SPACECOM from spending money on constructing, leasing or modernizing facilities until the secretary of the Air Force formally selects and publicly announces the location of its permanent HQ.
Republican and Democratic members of Congress from Alabama submitted a draft House bill late last week that would block funding for the continued growth of U.S. Space Command's temporary headquarters in Colorado, according to documents reviewed by NBC News.
Air Force and defense officials also say that SPACECOM is on track to be fully operational by the end of this summer, months ahead of their last public statement, which said that would not occur until the end of 2023. “U.S. Space Command is months away from full operational capability at Peterson Space Force Base,” he wrote. “We cannot afford a self-imposed delay in FOC given the threats posed by China and Russia.”
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