The Pentagon is asking Congress for relief from a statutory requirement that the nation's missile defeat policy and strategy be modified by appointing one or more acquisition executives to oversee homeland cruise missile defense and left-of-launch capabilities. On March 6, the Defense Department sent Congress a package of legislative proposals to be considered along with the fiscal year 2021 spending plan that included a provision to amend the FY-18 National Defense Authorization Act which mandated the defense secretary explicitly vest these missile defense responsibilities in a military service or agency. "The Department is examining both issues as tasked in the 2019 Missile Defense Review, aligned with National Defense Strategy priorities and objectives," states an analysis accompanying the proposed legislation.
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