; and (B) not later than 14 days after making such determination, submits to the congressional defense committees notice of the intent of the Council to issue such a waiver. (e) Middle tier acquisition program defined In this section, the term middle tier acquisition program means an acquisition program or project that is carried out using the rapid fielding or rapid prototyping acquisition pathway under section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 3201 note prec.) in a manner consistent with Department of Defense Instruction 5000.80, titled Operation of the Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) and issued on December 30, 2019 (or a successor instruction). 1609. Process and plan for Space Force space situational awareness (a) In general The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, in consultation with Chief of Space Operations, shall— (1) establish a process to regularly identify and evaluate commercial space situational awareness capabilities, including the extent to which commercial space situational awareness data could meet needs of the Space Force with respect to maintaining situational awareness in space