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(2) SUPPORT
FOR
INTERNSHIP
ACTIVITIES.—The 
financial assistance for a person under this section may 
also be provided to support internship activities of the 
person in the Department of Defense and combat sup-
port agencies in periods between the academic years 
leading to the degree or specialized program certification 
for which assistance is provided the person under the 
Program. 
(3) PERIOD OF SUPPORT.—Each scholarship under 
the Program shall be for not more than 5 years. 
(4) 
ADDITIONAL
STIPEND.—Students 
dem-
onstrating financial need, as determined by the Sec-
retary, may be provided with an additional stipend under 
the Program. 
(d) POST-AWARD EMPLOYMENT OBLIGATIONS.—Each 
scholarship recipient, as a condition of receiving a scholarship 
under the Program, shall enter into an agreement under 
which the recipient agrees to work for a period equal to the 
length of the scholarship, following receipt of the student’s 
degree or specialized program certification, in the cyber- and 
digital technology-related missions of the Department, in ac-
cordance with the terms and conditions specified by the Sec-
retary in regulations the Secretary shall promulgate to carry 
out this subsection.
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(e) HIRING AUTHORITY.—In carrying out this section, 
specifically with respect to enforcing the obligations and con-
ditions of employment under subsection (d), the Secretary 
may use any authority otherwise available to the Secretary 
for the recruitment, employment, and retention of civilian 
personnel within the Department, including authority under 
section 1599f of title 10, United States Code. 
(f) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a scholarship 
under the Program, an individual shall— 
(1) be a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the 
United States; 
(2) demonstrate a commitment to a career in im-
proving the security of information technology or ad-
vancing the development and application of digital tech-
nology; 
(3) have demonstrated a high level of competency in 
relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities, as defined by the 
national cybersecurity awareness and education program 
under section 303 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement 
Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 7443); 
(4) be a full-time student, or have been accepted as 
a full-time student, in a program leading to a degree or 
specialized program certification in a covered discipline 
at an institution of higher education;
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(5) enter into an agreement accepting and acknowl-
edging the post award employment obligations, pursuant 
to section (d); 
(6) accept and acknowledge the conditions of sup-
port under section (g); and 
(7) meet such other requirements for a scholarship 
as determined appropriate by the Secretary. 
(g) CONDITIONS OF SUPPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving a 
scholarship under this section, a recipient shall agree to 
provide the Office of Personnel Management (in coordi-
nation with the Department of Defense) and the institu-
tions of higher education described in subsection (a)(1) 
with annual verifiable documentation of post-award em-
ployment and up-to-date contact information. 
(2) TERMS.—A scholarship recipient under the Pro-
gram shall be liable to the United States as provided in 
subsection (i) if the individual— 
(A) fails to maintain an acceptable level of aca-
demic standing at the applicable institution of high-
er education, as determined by the Secretary; 
(B) is dismissed from the applicable institution 
of higher education for disciplinary reasons; 
(C) withdraws from the eligible degree program 
before completing the Program;
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(D) declares that the individual does not in-
tend to fulfill the post-award employment obligation 
under this section; 
(E) fails to maintain or fulfill any of the post- 
graduation or post-award obligations or require-
ments of the individual; or 
(F) fails to fulfill the requirements of para-
graph (1). 
(h) MONITORING COMPLIANCE.—As a condition of par-
ticipating in the Program, an institution of higher education 
shall— 
(1) enter into an agreement with the Secretary to 
monitor the compliance of scholarship recipients with re-
spect to their post-award employment obligations; and 
(2) provide to the Secretary and the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management, on an annual basis, 
the post-award employment documentation required 
under subsection (g)(1) for scholarship recipients 
through the completion of their post-award employment 
obligations. 
(i) AMOUNT OF REPAYMENT.— 
(1) LESS
THAN
YEAR
OF
SERVICE.—If a cir-
cumstance described in subsection (g)(2) occurs before 
the completion of 1 year of a post-award employment ob-
ligation under the Program, the total amount of scholar-
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ship awards received by the individual under the Pro-
gram shall be considered a debt to the Government and 
repaid in its entirety. 
(2) 1 OR
MORE
YEARS
OF
SERVICE.—If a cir-
cumstance described in subparagraph (D) or (E) of sub-
section (g)(2) occurs after the completion of 1 or more 
years of a post-award employment obligation under the 
Program, the total amount of scholarship awards re-
ceived by the individual under the Program, reduced by 
the ratio of the number of years of service completed di-
vided by the number of years of service required, shall 
be considered a debt to the Government and repaid in 
accordance with subsection (j). 
(j) REPAYMENTS.—A debt described subsection (i) shall 
be subject to repayment, together with interest thereon accru-
ing from the date of the scholarship award, in accordance 
with terms and conditions specified by the Secretary in regu-
lations promulgated to carry out this subsection. 
(k) COLLECTION OF REPAYMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event that a scholarship 
recipient is required to repay the scholarship award 
under the Program, the institution of higher education 
providing the scholarship shall— 
(A) determine the repayment amounts and no-
tify the recipient, the Secretary, and the Director of
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the Office of Personnel Management of the amounts 
owed; and 
(B) collect the repayment amounts within a pe-
riod of time as determined by the Secretary. 
(2) RETURNED TO TREASURY.—Except as provided 
in paragraph (3), any repayment under this subsection 
shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States. 
(3) RETAIN PERCENTAGE.—An institution of higher 
education may retain a percentage of any repayment the 
institution collects under this subsection to defray ad-
ministrative costs associated with the collection. The 
Secretary shall establish a single, fixed percentage that 
will apply to all eligible entities. 
(l) PUBLIC INFORMATION.— 
(1) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, shall periodically evaluate and make public, in a 
manner that protects the personally identifiable informa-
tion of scholarship recipients, information on the success 
of recruiting individuals for scholarships under the Pro-
gram and on hiring and retaining those individuals in 
the Department of Defense workforce, including infor-
mation on— 
(A) placement rates;
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(B) where students are placed, including job ti-
tles and descriptions; 
(C) salary ranges for students not released 
from obligations under this section; 
(D) how long after graduation students are 
placed; 
(E) how long students stay in the positions 
they enter upon graduation; 
(F) how many students are released from obli-
gations; and 
(G) what, if any, remedial training is required. 
(2) REPORTS.—The Secretary, in consultation with 
the Office of Personnel Management, shall submit, not 
less frequently than once every two years, to Congress 
a report, including— 
(A) the results of the evaluation under para-
graph (1); 
(B) the disparity in any reporting between 
scholarship recipients and their respective institu-
tions of higher education; and 
(C) any recent statistics regarding the size, 
composition, and educational requirements of the 
relevant Department of Defense workforce. 
(3) RESOURCES.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
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ment, shall provide consolidated and user-friendly online 
resources for prospective scholarship recipients, includ-
ing, to the extent practicable— 
(A) searchable, up-to-date, and accurate infor-
mation about participating institutions of higher 
education and job opportunities relating to covered 
disciplines; and 
(B) a modernized description of careers in cov-
ered disciplines. 
(m) ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 50 percent of the 
amount available for financial assistance under this sec-
tion for a fiscal year shall be available only for providing 
financial assistance for the pursuit of programs of edu-
cation referred to in subsection (b)(1) at institutions of 
higher education that have established, improved, or are 
administering programs of education in disciplines under 
the grant program established in section 2200b of title 
10, United States Code, as determined by the Secretary. 
(2) ASSOCIATE DEGREES.—Not less than five per-
cent of the amount available for financial assistance 
under this section for a fiscal year shall be available for 
providing financial assistance for the pursuit of an asso-
ciate degree at an institution described in paragraph (1).
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(n) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—In order to help identify 
workforce needs and trends relevant to the Program, the Sec-
retary may establish a board of directors for the Program 
that consists of representatives of Federal departments and 
agencies. 
(o) COMMENCEMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall 
commence the Program as early as practicable, with the first 
scholarships awarded under the Program for the academic 
year beginning no later than the fall semester of 2024. 
SEC. 1536. REPORT ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM NAVY CIVIL-
IAN CAREER PATH STUDY. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the recommendations made in the re-
port submitted to the congressional defense committees 
under section 1653(a)(2) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116– 
92; 133 Stat. 1763) relating to improving cyber career 
paths in the Navy. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following:
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(A) A description of each recommendation de-
scribed in such paragraph that has already been im-
plemented. 
(B) A description of each recommendation de-
scribed in such paragraph that the Secretary has 
commenced implementing, including a justification 
for determining to commence implementing the rec-
ommendation. 
(C) A description of each recommendation de-
scribed in such paragraph that the Secretary has 
not implemented or commenced implementing and a 
determination as to whether or not to implement 
the recommendation. 
(D) For each recommendation under subpara-
graph (C) that the Secretary determines to imple-
ment— 
(i) a timeline for implementation; 
(ii) a description of any additional re-
sources or authorities required for implementa-
tion; and 
(iii) the plan for implementation. 
(E) For each recommendation under subpara-
graph (C) that the Secretary determines not to im-
plement, a justification for the determination not to 
implement.
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(3) FORMAT.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(b) REVIEW
BY
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE 
UNITED STATES.— 
(1) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the Secretary submits the report under 
subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a review of such report. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The review under paragraph (1) 
shall include an assessment of the following: 
(A) The extent to which the Secretary has im-
plemented the recommendations described in sub-
section (a)(1). 
(B) Additional recommended actions for the 
Secretary to take to improve the readiness and re-
tention of the cyber workforce of the Navy. 
(3) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the Secretary submits the report 
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall pro-
vide to the congressional defense committees a briefing 
on the preliminary findings of the Comptroller General 
with respect to the review conducted under paragraph 
(1).
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(4) FINAL REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the findings of the Comptroller General with respect 
to the review under paragraph (1) at such time and in 
such format as is mutually agreed upon by the commit-
tees and the Comptroller General at the time of the 
briefing under paragraph (3). 
SEC. 1537. STUDY TO DETERMINE OPTIMAL STRATEGY FOR 
STRUCTURING 
AND 
MANNING 
ELEMENTS 
OF 
JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS–CYBER ORGANIZA-
TIONS, JOINT MISSION OPERATIONS CENTERS, 
AND CYBER OPERATIONS-INTEGRATED PLANNING 
ELEMENTS. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Principal Cyber Advisor 
of the Department of Defense, in coordination with the 
commanders of the combatant commands, shall conduct 
a study to determine the optimal strategy for structuring 
and manning elements of the following: 
(A) Joint Force Headquarters Cyber Organiza-
tions. 
(B) Joint Mission Operations Centers. 
(C) Cyber Operations–Integrated Planning 
Elements. 
(D) Joint Cyber Centers.
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(2) ELEMENTS.—The study under paragraph (1) 
shall include an assessment of each of the following: 
(A) Operational effects on the military services 
if each of the entities listed in subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) of paragraph (1) are restructured from 
organizations that are components of the military 
services to joint organizations. 
(B) Existing barriers or impediments to des-
ignate positions within each of the entities listed in 
such subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as joint bil-
lets for joint qualification purposes. 
(C) Operational and organizational effects on 
the military services, the United States Cyber Com-
mand, other combatant commands, and the Joint 
Staff if the entities listed in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of paragraph (1) are realigned, re-
structured, or consolidated. 
(D) Operational and organizational effects and 
advisement of standardizing a minimum set of roles 
and responsibilities of the Joint Cyber Centers, or 
the equivalent entity, of the combatant commands. 
(E) Clarification of the relationship and dif-
ferentiation between Cyber Operations–Integrated 
Planning Elements and Joint Cyber Centers of the 
combatant commands.
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(F) A complete inventory of mission essential 
tasks for the entities listed in such subparagraphs 
(A) through (D). 
(G) A description of cyber activities in geo-
graphic and functional combatant command cam-
paign plans and resources aligned to those activi-
ties. 
(b) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
once every 120 days until March 31, 2024, the Principal 
Cyber Advisor of the Department shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a briefing on the status of the study under 
subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 31, 
2024, the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
study under subsection (a). 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall contain the following: 
(A) The findings of the Principal Cyber Advi-
sor with respect to the study under subsection (a).
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(B) Details of the operational and organiza-
tional effects assessed under paragraph (2) of such 
subsection. 
(C) A plan to carry out the transfer described 
in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph and the as-
sociated costs, as appropriate. 
(D) A plan to realign, restructure, or consoli-
date the entities listed in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of subsection (a)(1). 
(E) Such other matters as the Principal Cyber 
Advisor considers appropriate. 
SEC. 1538. MANNING REVIEW OF SPACE FORCE CYBER SQUAD-
RONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 210 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 
Force, in coordination with the Chief of Space Operations, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a review 
of the manning required to fully staff the current and 
planned cyber squadrons of the Space Force. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.— 
(1) ELEMENTS.—The review under subsection (a) 
shall include considerations of the following: 
(A) The specific sourcing of existing billets of 
the Space Force optimally postured for transfer to 
cyber squadrons.
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(B) The administrative processes required to 
shift billets and existing funding to cyber squad-
rons. 
(C) The responsibilities and functions per-
formed by military personnel and civilian personnel. 
(D) The benefits and risks to the Space Force 
approach of transferring billets to cyber squadrons. 
(2) ROADMAP.—The review under subsection (a) 
shall include a transition roadmap that outlines a com-
prehensive transition for the transfer of billets described 
in paragraph (1) by not later than September 30, 2024. 
SEC. 1539. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF POSTURE AND STAFFING 
LEVELS OF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION 
OFFICER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall seek to enter into an agreement with an appropriate 
non-Department of Defense entity for the conduct of a com-
prehensive review of the posture and adequacy of the staffing 
levels of the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Defense, as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) MATTERS
FOR
CONSIDERATION.—An agreement 
under subsection (a) shall specify that the review conducted
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under the agreement shall include the evaluation of each of 
the following: 
(1) Any limitations or constraints of the Office of 
the Chief Information Officer in performing the entirety 
of the responsibilities specified in section 142(b) of title 
10, United States Code, and responsibilities assigned by 
the Secretary of Defense, based on the staffing levels of 
the Office as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) The composition of civilian, military, and con-
tractor personnel assigned to the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, as of such date, including the occupa-
tional series and military occupational specialties of such 
personnel, relative to the responsibilities specified in 
paragraph (1). 
(3) The organizational construct of the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, as of such date. 
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—An agreement under sub-
section (a) shall specify that the review conducted under the 
agreement shall include recommendations for the Chief Infor-
mation Officer and the congressional defense committees, in-
cluding recommendations derived from the matters for con-
sideration specified under subsection (b). 
(d) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the completion of the review under subsection (a), the Sec-
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retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a copy of the review. 
SEC. 1540. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF CIVILIAN CYBERSE-
CURITY RESERVE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek 
to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit entity or a feder-
ally funded research and development center with expertise in 
cybersecurity and workforce management to conduct an as-
sessment of the feasibility and advisability of creating and 
maintaining a civilian cybersecurity reserve corps to enable 
the Department of Defense and military services to provide 
qualified civilian manpower to the Department of Defense to 
effectively respond to significant cyber incidents or to assist 
in solving other exceptionally difficult cyber workforce-related 
challenges. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF PRIOR REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the assessment re-
quired by subsection (a), the entity or center shall take 
into consideration the results of the evaluation of non-
traditional cyber support to the Department of Defense 
required by section 1730 of the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283).
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(2) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND-
ING SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made avail-
able for fiscal year 2023 for the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Policy, not more than 75 percent may be obli-
gated or expended until the date on which the Principal 
Cyber Advisor submits the report referenced in para-
graph (1). 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The assessment conducted under sub-
section (a) shall include analysis of the following matters: 
(1) The feasibility of the concept of a civilian cyber-
security reserve program, including an analysis of the 
available talent pool, potential impact on employers, and 
propensity to serve. 
(2) The likelihood of utilizing civilian cybersecurity 
reservists to augment the existing Department of De-
fense workforce, including an assessment of the duration 
of periods of activation. 
(3) The result of outreach conducted with industry 
and State and Federal Government agencies employing 
individuals likely to meet qualification criteria for service 
in such a program. 
(4) The necessity for participants to access classi-
fied information, and the need to maintain appropriate
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security clearances as a participant in the program, in-
cluding while not in Federal service. 
(5) Appropriate compensation and benefits for 
members of such a program. 
(6) Activities that members may undertake as part 
of their duties. 
(7) Methods for identifying and recruiting members, 
including alternative methods to traditional qualifica-
tions requirements. 
(8) Methods for preventing conflicts of interest or 
other ethical concerns as a result of participation in such 
a program. 
(9) Resources, including funding levels, necessary to 
carry out such a program. 
(10) Potential penalties or other adverse action 
taken against individuals who do not respond to activa-
tion when called. 
(11) Any other matters the Secretary considers rel-
evant for the purpose of this assessment. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date on which the Secretary enters into the agree-
ment described in subsection (a), such entity or center 
shall submit to the Secretary a report on the results of 
the research and analysis under such subsection.
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(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives each of the following: 
(A) A copy of the report submitted under para-
graph (1) without change. 
(B) Any comments, changes, recommendations, 
or other information provided by the Secretary of 
Defense relating to the research and analysis con-
ducted under subsection (a) and contained in such 
report, including a specific recommendation on 
whether a civilian cybersecurity reserve should be 
established, as described in such subsection, or with 
modification. 
SEC. 1541. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF CYBER EXCEPTED 
SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer 
of the Department of Defense and the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in coordination with 
the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer and the 
Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department, shall conduct a 
comprehensive review of the Cyber Excepted Service estab-
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lished pursuant to section 1599f of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of barriers to participation in 
Cyber Excepted Service positions, including— 
(A) criteria for eligibility of potential Depart-
ment of Defense components and entities for par-
ticipation in the Cyber Excepted Service; 
(B) potential and structural limitations of the 
Cyber Excepted Service, including impediments to 
mobility or advancement by civilian employees cur-
rently in billets coded for Cyber Excepted Service; 
(C) challenges to transition between competi-
tive and excepted service; 
(D) matters relating to pay disparity and chal-
lenges with compensation relative to the skill sets 
and value of such civilian employees in the private 
sector; 
(E) differences between compensation, incen-
tives, benefits, and access to career-broadening ex-
periences; 
(F) the eligibility for participation in the Cyber 
Excepted Service of civilian employees who are as-
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signed to the Office of the Chief Digital and Artifi-
cial Intelligence Officer; 
(G) the current and necessary mechanisms to 
deconflict occasions when individuals can be consid-
ered eligible for two or more excepted service sys-
tems; and 
(H) any other barriers as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(2) An evaluation of the process used in accepting 
applications, assessing candidates, and the process for 
and effect of adhering to provisions of law establishing 
preferences for hiring eligible veterans, and selecting ap-
plicants for vacancies to be filled by an individual for a 
Cyber Excepted Service position. 
(3) An evaluation of current efforts to recruit and 
retain employees in Cyber Excepted Service positions. 
(4) A description of current performance metrics 
used in evaluating the Cyber Excepted Service. 
(5) An assessment of how current efforts to de-
velop, sustain, and improve the Cyber Excepted Service 
are integrated into the strategic workforce planning of 
the Department. 
(6) Current metrics for—
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(A) the number of employees in Cyber Ex-
cepted Service positions, disaggregated by occupa-
tion, grade, and level or pay band; 
(B) the placement of employees in Cyber Ex-
cepted Service positions, disaggregated by military 
department, Defense agency, or other component 
within the Department; 
(C) the total number of veterans hired; 
(D) the number of separations of employees in 
Cyber Excepted Service positions, disaggregated by 
occupation, grade, and level or pay band; 
(E) the number of retirements of employees in 
Cyber Excepted Service positions, disaggregated by 
occupation, grade, and level or pay band; 
(F) the number and amounts of recruitment, 
relocation, and retention incentives paid to employ-
ees 
in 
Cyber 
Excepted 
Service 
positions, 
disaggregated by occupation, grade, and level or pay 
band; and 
(G) the number of employees who declined 
transition to qualified Cyber Excepted Service posi-
tions. 
(7) An assessment of the training provided to su-
pervisors of employees in Cyber Excepted Service posi-
tions on the use of the new authorities.
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(8) An assessment of the implementation of section 
1599f(a)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, includ-
ing— 
(A) how each military department, Defense 
agency, or other component within the Department 
is incorporating or intends to incorporate Cyber Ex-
cepted Service personnel in their cyber mission 
workforce; and 
(B) how the Cyber Excepted Service has al-
lowed each military department, Defense agency, or 
other component within the Department to estab-
lish, recruit and retain personnel to fill cyber mis-
sion workforce needs. 
(9) Recommendations for the Secretary of Defense 
and the congressional defense committees with respect to 
the improvement of the Cyber Excepted Service, includ-
ing recommendations derived from the consideration of 
the elements specified in paragraphs (1) through (8). 
(c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 30 days after the com-
pletion of the review under subsection (a), the Chief Informa-
tion Officer shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a copy of the review. 
(d) ANNUAL UPDATE.—Not later than one year after 
the submission of the review under subsection (c), and not 
less frequently than once each year thereafter until Sep-
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tember 30, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives an update on progress made in enacting recommenda-
tions identified pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection (b) 
and a detailed report on Cyber Excepted Service positions 
during the most recent one-year period, including— 
(1) the metrics described in paragraph (6) of such 
subsection; 
(2) an updated assessment under paragraph (8) of 
such subsection from the current reporting period; 
(3) an updated assessment on the effect of section 
1599f of title 10, United States Code, on the ability of 
the Department to recruit, retain, and develop cyber pro-
fessionals in the Department over the current reporting 
period; 
(4) an updated assessment on the barriers to par-
ticipation described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) 
from the current reporting period; 
(5) proposed modifications to the Cyber Excepted 
Service; and 
(6) such other matters as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘Cyber Excepted Service’’ consists of 
those positions established under section 1599f(a)(1)(A) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘Cyber Excepted Service position’’ 
means a position in the Cyber Excepted Service. 
Subtitle D—Reports and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 1551. PILOT PROGRAM FOR SHARING CYBER CAPABILI-
TIES AND RELATED INFORMATION WITH FOREIGN 
OPERATIONAL PARTNERS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Chapter 19 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 398. Pilot program for sharing cyber capabilities and 
related information with foreign operational 
partners 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PILOT PROGRAM TO 
SHARE CYBER CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary of Defense 
may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, provide 
cyber capabilities and related information developed or pro-
cured by the Department of Defense to foreign countries or 
organizations described in subsection (b) without compensa-
tion, to meet operational imperatives if the Secretary of De-
fense determines that the provision of such cyber capabilities 
is in the national security interests of the United States.
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‘‘(b) LIST OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES.—The Secretary of 
Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
shall— 
‘‘(1) establish— 
‘‘(A) a list of foreign countries that the Sec-
retary of Defense considers suitable for sharing of 
cyber capabilities and related information under the 
authority established under paragraph (a); and 
‘‘(B) criteria for establishing the list under 
subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(2) not later than 14 days after establishing the 
list required by paragraph (a), submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress such list; and 
‘‘(3) notify the appropriate committees of Congress 
in writing of any changes to the list established under 
clause (1) at least 14 days prior to the adoption of any 
such changes. 
‘‘(c) PROCEDURES.—Prior to the first use of the author-
ity provided by subsection (a), the Secretaries of Defense and 
State shall— 
‘‘(1) establish and submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress procedures for a coordination proc-
ess for subsection (a) that is consistent with the oper-
ational timelines required to support the national secu-
rity of the United States; and
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‘‘(2) notify the appropriate committees of Congress 
in writing of any changes to the procedures established 
under paragraph (1) at least 14 days prior to the adop-
tion of any such changes. 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of 
Defense and Secretary of State jointly shall promptly submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress notice in writing 
of any use of the authority provided by subsection (a) no 
later than 48 hours following the use of the authority. 
‘‘(2) Notification under paragraph (1) shall include a 
certification that the provision of the cyber capabilities was 
in the national security interests of the United States. 
‘‘(3) The notification under paragraph (1) shall include 
an analysis of whether the transfer and the underlying oper-
ational imperative could have been met using another author-
ity. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The authority established under 
paragraph (a) shall terminate on the date that is 3 years 
after the date on which this authority becomes law. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the congressional defense committees; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; and
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‘‘(C) Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘cyber capability’ means a device or 
computer program, including any combination of soft-
ware, firmware, or hardware, designed to create an ef-
fect in or through cyberspace. 
‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as amending, diminishing, or otherwise im-
pacting reporting or other obligations under the War Powers 
Resolution.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘398. Pilot program for sharing cyber capabilities and related information with 
foreign operational partners.’’. 
SEC. 1552. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR CYBER AND INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGY BUDGET DATA ANALYTICS. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than February 1, 
2024, the Chief Information Officer of the Department 
of Defense shall, in coordination with the Chief Digital 
and Artificial Intelligence Officer, complete a pilot pro-
gram to demonstrate the application of advanced data 
analytics to the fiscal year 2024 budget data of a mili-
tary department for the purpose of identifying total 
cyber and information technology spending and the dis-
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tribution of such resources across budget line items that 
are and are not identified, labeled, or categorized in a 
manner that would indicate that funds included in such 
line items will be expended on cyber and information 
technology activities. 
(2) 
COORDINATION
WITH
MILITARY
DEPART-
MENTS.—In carrying out the demonstration program 
under subsection (a), the Chief Information Officer shall, 
in coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force, the 
Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of the Navy, 
select a military department for participation in the 
demonstration program. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The demonstration program under 
subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) efforts to identify planned expenditures for 
cyber and information technology that are not captured 
in the total figures for cyber and information technology 
reported annually to Congress in support of the Presi-
dent’s budget submission and in budget documents and 
briefings to Congress on the cyber and information tech-
nology programs and activities; 
(2) efforts to improve transparency in cyber and in-
formation technology budget information to identify 
cyber and information technology activities funded out of 
noncyber and noninformation technology budget lines,
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including by the use of qualitative techniques such as se-
mantic analysis or natural language processing tech-
nologies; 
(3) metrics developed to assess the effectiveness of 
the demonstration program; 
(4) a cost tradeoff analysis of implementing these 
cyber and information technology data analytics across 
the entire budget of the Department of Defense; 
(5) existing or planned efforts to use these data 
analytics to make budget decisions; and 
(6) existing or planned efforts to incorporate these 
data analytics into materials presented to Congress 
through the budget submission process. 
(c) BRIEFING.— 
(1) INITIAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief In-
formation Officer shall provide the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a briefing on the plans and status of the 
Chief Information Officer with respect to the demonstra-
tion program under subsection (a). 
(2) FINAL
BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 
2024, the Chief Information Officer shall provide the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a briefing on the results and
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findings of the Chief Information Officer with respect to 
the demonstration program under subsection (a), includ-
ing the following: 
(A) Recommendations for expansion of the 
demonstration program to the entire cyber and in-
formation technology budget of the Department. 
(B) Plans for incorporating data analytics into 
the congressional budget submission process for the 
cyber and information technology budget of the De-
partment. 
SEC. 1553. PLAN FOR COMMERCIAL CLOUD TEST AND EVALUA-
TION. 
(a) POLICY AND PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
in consultation with commercial industry, shall implement a 
policy and plan for test and evaluation of the cybersecurity 
of the clouds of commercial cloud service providers that pro-
vide, or are intended to provide, storage or computing of clas-
sified data of the Department of Defense. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The policy and plan under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A requirement that, beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, future contracts with cloud 
service providers for storage or computing of classified 
data of the Department include provisions that permit
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the Secretary to conduct independent, threat-realistic as-
sessments of the commercial cloud infrastructure, includ-
ing with respect to— 
(A) the storage, compute, and enabling ele-
ments, including the control plane and virtualization 
hypervisor for mission elements of the Department 
supported by the cloud provider; and 
(B) the supporting systems used in the fulfill-
ment, facilitation, or operations relating to the mis-
sion of the Department under the contract, includ-
ing the interfaces with these systems. 
(2) An explanation as to how the Secretary intends 
to proceed on amending existing contracts with cloud 
service providers to permit the same level of assessments 
required for future contracts under paragraph (1). 
(3) Identification and description of any proposed 
tiered test and evaluation requirements aligned with dif-
ferent impact and classification levels. 
(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may include in 
the policy and plan under subsection (a) an authority to 
waive any requirement under subsection (b) if the waiver is 
jointly approved by the Chief Information Officer of the De-
partment of Defense and the Director of Operational Test 
and Evaluation.
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(d) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives the policy and plan under sub-
section (a). 
(e) THREAT-REALISTIC ASSESSMENT DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘threat-realistic assessments’’ means, with 
respect to commercial cloud infrastructure, activities that— 
(1) are designed to accurately emulate cyber threats 
from advanced nation state adversaries, such as Russia 
and China; and 
(2) include cooperative penetration testing and no- 
notice threat-emulation activities where personnel of the 
Department of Defense attempt to penetrate and gain 
control of the cloud-provider facilities, networks, sys-
tems, and defenses associated with, or which enable, the 
supported missions of the Department. 
SEC. 1554. ROADMAP AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR CYBER 
ADOPTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) 
ROADMAP
AND
IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN
RE-
QUIRED.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Commander of the United States 
Cyber Command and the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Defense, in coordination with the Chief Dig-
ital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department, the
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Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 
the Director of the National Security Agency, and the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall 
jointly develop a five-year roadmap and implementation plan 
for rapidly adopting and acquiring artificial intelligence sys-
tems, applications, and supporting data and data manage-
ment processes for the Cyberspace Operations Forces of the 
Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The roadmap and implementation plan 
required by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Identification and prioritization of artificial in-
telligence systems, applications, data identification, and 
processing to cyber missions within the Department, and 
ameliorating threats to, and from, artificial intelligence 
systems, including— 
(A) advancing the cybersecurity of Department 
systems with artificial intelligence; 
(B) uses of artificial intelligence for cyber ef-
fects operations; 
(C) assessing and mitigating vulnerabilities of 
artificial intelligence systems supporting cybersecu-
rity and cyber operations to attacks; and 
(D) defending against adversary artificial intel-
ligence-based cyber attacks.
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(2) A plan to develop, acquire, adopt, and sustain 
the artificial intelligence systems, applications, data, and 
processing identified in paragraph (1). 
(3) Roles and responsibilities for the following for 
adopting and acquiring artificial intelligence systems, ap-
plications, and data to cyber missions within the Depart-
ment: 
(A) The Commander of the United States 
Cyber Command. 
(B) The Commander of Joint-Force Head-
quarters Department of Defense Information Net-
works. 
(C) The Chief Information Officer of the De-
partment. 
(D) The Chief Digital and Artificial Intel-
ligence Officer of the Department. 
(E) The Under Secretary of Defense for Re-
search and Engineering. 
(F) The Secretaries of the military depart-
ments. 
(G) The Director of the National Security 
Agency. 
(4) Identification of currently deployed, adopted, 
and acquired artificial intelligence systems, applications, 
ongoing prototypes, and data.
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(5) Identification of current capability and skill 
gaps that must be addressed prior to the development 
and adoption of artificial intelligence applications identi-
fied in paragraph (1). 
(6) Identification of opportunities to solicit operator 
utility feedback through inclusion into research and de-
velopment processes and wargaming or experimentation 
events by developing a roadmap for such processes and 
events, as well as a formalized process for capturing and 
tracking lessons learned from such events to inform the 
development community. 
(7) Identification of long-term technology gaps for 
fulfilling the Department’s cyber warfighter mission to 
be addressed by research relating to artificial intelligence 
by the science and technology enterprise within the De-
partment. 
(8) Definition of a maturity model describing de-
sired cyber capabilities, agnostic of the enabling tech-
nology solutions, including phases in the maturity model 
or identified milestones and clearly identified areas for 
collaboration with relevant commercial off the shelf and 
government off the shelf developers to address require-
ments supporting capability gaps. 
(9) Assessment, in partnership with the Director of 
the Defense Intelligence Agency, of the threat posed by
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adversaries’ use of artificial intelligence to the cyber-
space operations and the security of the networks and 
artificial intelligence systems of the Department in the 
next five years, including a net technical assessment of 
United States and adversary activities to apply artificial 
intelligence to cyberspace operations, and actions 
planned to address that threat. 
(10) A detailed schedule with target milestones, in-
vestments, and required expenditures. 
(11) Interim and final metrics of adoption of artifi-
cial intelligence for each activity identified in the road-
map. 
(12) Identification of such additional funding, au-
thorities, and policies as the Commander and the Chief 
Information Officer jointly determine may be required. 
(13) Such other topics as the Commander and the 
Chief Information Officer jointly consider appropriate. 
(c) SYNCHRONIZATION.—The Commander and the Chief 
Information Officer shall ensure that the roadmap and imple-
mentation plan under subsection (a) are synchronized and co-
ordinated to be consistent with section 1509. 
(d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the Commander and the Chief Information Officer 
complete development of the roadmap and implementation 
plan under subsection (a), the Commander and the Chief In-
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formation Officer shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a classified briefing on the roadmap and imple-
mentation plan. 
SEC. 1555. REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IMPLEMEN-
TATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DEFENSE 
SCIENCE BOARD CYBER REPORT. 
(a) REVIEW.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall complete a review of the findings and rec-
ommendations presented in the June 2018 Defense 
Science Board report titled ‘‘Cyber as a Strategic Capa-
bility’’. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The review under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) Identification of, and description of imple-
mentation for, recommendations that have been im-
plemented by the Secretary. 
(B) Identification of recommendations that 
have not yet been fully implemented by the Sec-
retary. 
(C) Identification of the reasons why the rec-
ommendations identified under subparagraph (B) 
were not implemented.
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(D) Identification of such legislative or admin-
istrative action as the Secretary determines nec-
essary to implement the recommendations identified 
under subparagraph (B). 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the review is completed under para-
graph (1) of subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives a report on the review, in-
cluding a disclosure of the matters identified and devel-
oped under paragraph (2) of such subsection. 
(2) FORM.—The report submitted under paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
SEC. 1556. ANNUAL BRIEFING ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NA-
TIONAL SECURITY AGENCY AND UNITED STATES 
CYBER COMMAND. 
(a) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Not later than 
March 1, 2023, and not less frequently than once each year 
thereafter until March 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide the congressional defense committees a briefing 
on the relationship between the National Security Agency and 
United States Cyber Command.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing provided under sub-
section (a) shall include an annual assessment of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The resources, authorities, activities, missions, 
facilities, and personnel used to conduct the relevant 
missions at the National Security Agency as well as the 
cyber offense and defense missions of United States 
Cyber Command. 
(2) The processes used to manage risk, balance 
tradeoffs, and work with partners to execute operations. 
(3) An assessment of the operating environment 
and the continuous need to balance tradeoffs to meet 
mission necessity and effectiveness. 
(4) An assessment of the operational effects result-
ing from the relationship between the National Security 
Agency and United States Cyber Command, including a 
list of specific operations conducted over the previous 
year that were enabled by or benefitted from the rela-
tionship. 
(5) Such other topics as the Director of the Na-
tional Security Agency and the Commander of United 
States Cyber Command may consider appropriate.
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SEC. 1557. REVIEW OF DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CYBER-
SPACE OPERATIONS FORCES. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of 
Defense and the Principal Cyber Advisors of the military de-
partments, shall— 
(1) review— 
(A) the memorandum of the Secretary of De-
fense dated December 12, 2019, concerning the def-
inition of the term ‘‘Department of Defense Cyber-
space Operations Forces (DoD COF)’’; and 
(B) the responsibilities of the Commander of 
the United States Cyber Command as the Cyber-
space Joint Force Provider and Cyberspace Joint 
Force Trainer, with respect to forces included and 
excluded from the Cyberspace Operations Forces; 
and 
(2) update such memorandum and, as appropriate, 
update such responsibilities. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A comprehensive assessment of units and com-
ponents of the Department of Defense conducting defen-
sive cyberspace operations which are not currently in-
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cluded in the definition specified in paragraph (1)(A) of 
such subsection. 
(2) Consideration of options for participation in the 
Cyberspace Operations Forces by forces without regard 
to whether the forces are included in such definition, in-
cluding options under which— 
(A) forces currently excluded from the Cyber-
space Operations Forces because of such definition 
may access training, resources, and expertise of the 
Cyberspace Operations Forces; 
(B) the Commander of the United States 
Cyber Command may issue advisory tasking to 
forces that are not Cyberspace Operations Forces 
pursuant to such definition; and 
(C) forces that are not Cyberspace Operations 
Forces pursuant to such definition are subject to 
training standards established by the Commander 
as the Cyberspace Joint Force Trainer. 
SEC. 1558. ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS AND REPORTS ON ASSIGN-
MENT OF CERTAIN BUDGET CONTROL RESPONSI-
BILITY 
TO 
COMMANDER 
OF 
UNITED 
STATES 
CYBER COMMAND. 
(a) ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—During fiscal year 2023, and 
not less frequently than once each fiscal year thereafter
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through fiscal year 2028, the Commander of the United 
States Cyber Command, in coordination with the Prin-
cipal Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense, shall 
assess the implementation of the transition of respon-
sibilities assigned to the Commander by section 
1507(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each assessment carried out 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the operational and orga-
nizational effect of section 1507(a)(1) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2022 (Public Law 117–81) on the training, equip-
ping, operation, sustainment, and readiness of the 
Cyber Mission Forces. 
(B) An inventory description of the cyber sys-
tems, activities, capabilities, resources, and func-
tions that have been transferred from the military 
departments to control of the Commander and 
those that have not been transitioned pursuant to 
such section 1507(a)(1). 
(C) An opinion by the Commander as to 
whether the cyber systems, activities, capabilities, 
resources, and functions that have not been so
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transitioned should be transitioned pursuant to such 
section 1507(a)(1). 
(D) An assessment of the adequacy of re-
sources, authorities, and policies required to imple-
ment such section 1507(a)(1), including organiza-
tional, functional, and personnel matters. 
(E) An assessment of the reliance on re-
sources, authorities, policies, or personnel external 
to United States Cyber Command in support of the 
budget control of the Commander. 
(F) Identification of any outstanding areas for 
transition pursuant to such section 1507(a)(1). 
(G) An assessment of the organization estab-
lished under section 1509 and its performance rel-
ative to the requirements of the Command. 
(H) Such other matters as the Commander 
considers appropriate. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than March 1, 2023, 
and annually thereafter through 2028, the Commander shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the findings of the Commander with respect to the assess-
ments under subsection (a).
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SEC. 
1559. 
ASSESSMENTS 
OF 
WEAPONS 
SYSTEMS 
VULNERABILITIES 
TO 
RADIO-FREQUENCY 
EN-
ABLED CYBER ATTACKS. 
(a) ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall en-
sure that the activities required by and conducted pursuant 
to section 1647 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1118), 
section 1637 of the John S. McCain National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 
10 U.S.C. 221 note), and the amendments made by section 
1712 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 
283; 134 Stat. 4087) include regular assessments of the 
vulnerabilities to and mission risks presented by radio-fre-
quency enabled cyber attacks with respect to the operational 
technology embedded in weapons systems, aircraft, ships, 
ground vehicles, space systems, sensors, and datalink net-
works of the Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessments under subsection (a) 
with respect to vulnerabilities and risks described in such 
subsection shall include— 
(1) identification of such vulnerabilities and risks; 
(2) ranking of vulnerability, severity, and priority; 
(3) development and selection of options, with asso-
ciated costs and schedule, to correct such vulnerabilities, 
including installation of intrusion detection capabilities;
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(4) an evaluation of the cybersecurity sufficiency for 
Military Standard 1553; and 
(5) development of integrated risk-based plans to 
implement the corrective actions selected. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.—In devel-
oping corrective actions under subsection (b)(3), the assess-
ments under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) consider the missions supported by the assessed 
weapons systems, aircraft, ships, ground vehicles, space 
systems, sensors, or datalink networks, as the case may 
be, to ensure that the corrective actions focus on the 
vulnerabilities that create the greatest risks to the mis-
sions; 
(2) be shared and coordinated with the principal 
staff assistant with primary responsibility for the stra-
tegic cybersecurity program; and 
(3) address requirements for deployed and non-
deployed members of the Armed Forces to analyze data 
collected on the weapons systems and respond to at-
tacks. 
(d) INTELLIGENCE INFORMED ASSESSMENTS.—The as-
sessments under subsection (a) shall be informed by intel-
ligence, if available, and technical judgment regarding poten-
tial threats to embedded operational technology during oper-
ations of the Armed Forces.
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(e) COORDINATION.— 
(1) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF ACTIVI-
TIES.—The assessments under subsection (a) shall be 
fully coordinated and integrated with activities described 
in such subsection. 
(2) COORDINATION OF ORGANIZATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the organizations conducting the 
assessments under subsection (a) in the military depart-
ments, the United States Special Operations Command, 
and the Defense Agencies coordinate with each other 
and share best practices, vulnerability analyses, and 
technical solutions with the principal staff assistant with 
primary responsibility for the Strategic Cybersecurity 
Program. 
(f) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees briefings from the orga-
nizations specified under subsection (e)(2), as appropriate, on 
the activities and plans required under this section. 
SEC. 1560. BRIEFING ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PLAN TO 
DETER AND COUNTER ADVERSARIES IN THE IN-
FORMATION ENVIRONMENT. 
(a) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall pro-
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vide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
following: 
(1) The status of the strategy and posture review 
required by section 1631(g) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116– 
92; 10 U.S.C. 397 note). 
(2) A description of efforts of the Department of 
Defense, including such efforts conducted in consultation 
with relevant departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government, to effectively deter and counter foreign ad-
versaries in the information environment, including— 
(A) recent updates or modifications to existing 
policies to more effectively deter and counter adver-
saries; 
(B) a description of funding priorities and im-
pacts to future budget requests; 
(C) recent updates to personnel policies to en-
sure the recruitment, promotion, retention, and 
compensation for individuals with the necessary 
skills in the information environment; and 
(D) a description of improvements required to 
the collection, prioritization, and analysis of intel-
ligence, in particular open-source intelligence, to 
better inform the understanding of foreign adver-
saries in the information environment.
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(3) A description of any initiatives that are being 
taken, in cooperation with relevant departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government, to assist and incor-
porate allies and partner countries of the United States 
into efforts to effectively deter and counter foreign ad-
versaries in the information environment. 
(4) A description of any additional actions the Sec-
retary determines necessary to further ensure that the 
Department of Defense is appropriately postured to ef-
fectively deter and counter foreign adversaries in the in-
formation environment. 
(5) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense de-
termines appropriate. 
(b) INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘information environment’’ has the meaning 
given in the publication of the Department of Defense titled 
‘‘Joint Concept for Operating in the Information Environ-
ment (JCOIE)’’ dated July 25, 2018. 
TITLE 
XVI—SPACE 
ACTIVITIES, 
STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND IN-
TELLIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
Sec. 1601. Requirements for protection of satellites. 
Sec. 1602. Strategy on protection of satellites. 
Sec. 1603. Modification of reports on integration of acquisition and capability 
delivery schedules for segments of major satellite acquisitions 
programs and funding for such programs. 
Sec. 1604. Tactically responsive space capability. 
Sec. 1605. Extension of annual report on Space Command and Control.
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Sec. 1606. Allied responsive space capabilities. 
Sec. 1607. Applied research and educational activities to support space tech-
nology development. 
Sec. 1608. Review of Space Development Agency exemption from Joint Capa-
bilities Integration and Development System. 
Sec. 1609. Update to plan to manage Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack 
Assessment System and multi-domain sensors. 
Sec. 1610. Report on space debris. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 1621. Congressional oversight of clandestine activities that support oper-
ational preparation of the environment. 
Subtitle C—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1631. Biannual briefing on nuclear weapons and related activities. 
Sec. 1632. Industrial base monitoring for B–21 and Sentinel programs. 
Sec. 1633. Improvements to Nuclear Weapons Council. 
Sec. 1634. Portfolio management framework for nuclear forces. 
Sec. 1635. Extension of requirement to report on nuclear weapons stockpile. 
Sec. 1636. Modification and extension of annual assessment of cyber resilience 
of nuclear command and control system. 
Sec. 1637. Modification of reports on Nuclear Posture Review implementation. 
Sec. 1638. Establishment of intercontinental ballistic missile site activation task 
force for Sentinel program. 
Sec. 1639. Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of 
the United States. 
Sec. 1640. Plan for development of reentry vehicles. 
Sec. 1641. Treatment of nuclear modernization and hypersonic missile pro-
grams within Defense Priorities and Allocations System. 
Sec. 1642. Matters relating to nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile. 
Subtitle D—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 1651. Biannual briefing on missile defense and related activities. 
Sec. 1652. Improvements to acquisition accountability reports on the ballistic 
missile defense system. 
Sec. 1653. Making permanent prohibitions relating to missile defense informa-
tion and systems. 
Sec. 1654. Next generation interceptors for missile defense of United States 
homeland. 
Sec. 1655. Termination of requirement to transition ballistic missile defense 
programs to the military departments. 
Sec. 1656. Persistent cybersecurity operations for ballistic missile defense sys-
tems and networks. 
Sec. 1657. Fire control architectures. 
Sec. 1658. Middle East integrated air and missile defense. 
Sec. 1659. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative 
missile defense program co-development and co-production. 
Sec. 1660. Integrated air and missile defense architecture for defense of Guam. 
Sec. 1661. Limitation on availability of certain funds until submission of report 
on implementation of the cruise missile defense architecture for 
the homeland. 
Sec. 1662. Strategy to use asymmetric capabilities to defeat hypersonic missile 
threats.
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Sec. 1663. Plan on delivering Shared Early Warning System data to certain al-
lies and partners of the United States. 
Sec. 1664. Reports on ground-based interceptors. 
Sec. 1665. Report on missile defense interceptor site in contiguous United 
States. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 1671. Cooperative threat reduction funds. 
Sec. 1672. Department of Defense support for requirements of the White 
House Military Office. 
Sec. 1673. Unidentified anomalous phenomena reporting procedures. 
Sec. 1674. Study of weapons programs that allow Armed Forces to address 
hard and deeply buried targets. 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
SEC. 1601. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTION OF SATELLITES. 
Chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 2275 the following new section (and 
conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 2275a. Requirements for protection of satellites 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF REQUIREMENTS.—Before a 
major satellite acquisition program achieves Milestone A ap-
proval, or equivalent, the Chief of Staff of the Space Force, 
in consultation with the Commander of the United States 
Space Command, shall establish requirements for the defense 
and resilience of the satellites under that program against the 
capabilities of adversaries to target, degrade, or destroy the 
satellites. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘major satellite acquisition program’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 2275 of this 
title.
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‘‘(2) The term ‘Milestone A approval’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 4251 of this title 10.’’. 
SEC. 1602. STRATEGY ON PROTECTION OF SATELLITES. 
(a) STRATEGY.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Director of National 
Intelligence, shall make publicly available a strategy con-
taining the actions that will be taken to defend and pro-
tect on-orbit satellites of the Department of Defense and 
the intelligence community from the capabilities of ad-
versaries to target, degrade, or destroy satellites. 
(2) FORMS.—The Secretary shall— 
(A) make the strategy under paragraph (1) 
publicly available in unclassified form; and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an annex, which may be submitted in 
classified form, containing supporting documents to 
the strategy. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; and
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(B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
SEC. 1603. MODIFICATION OF REPORTS ON INTEGRATION OF 
ACQUISITION AND CAPABILITY DELIVERY SCHED-
ULES FOR SEGMENTS OF MAJOR SATELLITE AC-
QUISITIONS PROGRAMS AND FUNDING FOR SUCH 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 2275(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 1604. TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE CAPABILITY. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Subsection (a) of section 1609 of the 
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 
U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
ensure that the Space Force has a tactically responsive space 
capability that— 
‘‘(1) addresses all lifecycle elements; and 
‘‘(2) addresses rapid deployment and reconstitution 
requirements—
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‘‘(A) to provide long-term continuity for 
tactically responsive space capabilities across the fu-
ture-years defense program submitted to Congress 
under section 221 of title 10, United States Code; 
‘‘(B) to continue the development of concepts 
of operations, including with respect to tactics, 
training, and procedures; 
‘‘(C) to develop appropriate processes for 
tactically responsive space launch, including— 
‘‘(i) mission assurance processes; and 
‘‘(ii) command and control, tracking, te-
lemetry, and communications; and 
‘‘(D) to identify basing requirements necessary 
to enable tactically responsive space capabilities.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Such section is further amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Chief of Space Operations 
shall establish tactically responsive requirements for all na-
tional security space capabilities, if applicable, carried out 
under title 10, United States Code.’’.
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(c) SUPPORT.—Subsection (c) of such section, as redes-
ignated by subsection (b), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘launch program’’ and inserting ‘‘space 
program’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and insert-
ing the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) The entire end-to-end tactically respon-
sive space capability, including with respect to the 
launch vehicle, ground infrastructure, bus, payload, 
operations and on-orbit sustainment.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2026’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘tactically responsive 
launch program’’ and inserting ‘‘tactically re-
sponsive space program’’; 
(B) 
in 
subparagraph 
(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘launches’’ and inserting ‘‘capabilities’’; and
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(C) 
in 
subparagraph 
(C), 
by 
striking 
‘‘tactically responsive launch program’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘tactically responsive space program’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 
section is amended in the heading by striking ‘‘LAUNCH OP-
ERATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘SPACE CAPABILITY’’. 
SEC. 1605. EXTENSION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON SPACE COM-
MAND AND CONTROL. 
Section 1613(a)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 
1731) is amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 
SEC. 1606. ALLIED RESPONSIVE SPACE CAPABILITIES. 
(a) INITIATIVES.—The Secretary of the Defense and the 
Secretary of State shall jointly ensure that responsive space 
capabilities of the Department of Defense align with initia-
tives by Five Eyes countries, member states of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization, and other allies to promote a 
globally responsive space architecture. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Commander of 
the United States European Command, the Commander of 
the United States Indo-Pacific Command, and the Com-
mander of the United States Space Command, shall jointly 
submit to the congressional defense committees, the Com-
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mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a re-
port assessing current investments and partnerships by the 
United States with allies of the United States with respect 
to responsive space efforts. The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of the benefits of leveraging al-
lied and partner spaceports for responsive launch. 
(2) A discussion of current and future plans to en-
gage with allies and partners with respect to activities 
ensuring rapid reconstitution or augmentation of the 
space capabilities of the United States and allies. 
(3) An assessment of the shared costs and tech-
nology between the United States and allies, including if 
investments from the Pacific Deterrence Initiative and 
the European Deterrence Initiative could be considered 
for allied spaceports. 
(c) FIVE EYES COUNTRIES DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Five Eyes countries’’ means the following: 
(1) Australia. 
(2) Canada. 
(3) New Zealand. 
(4) The United Kingdom. 
(5) The United States.
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SEC. 1607. APPLIED RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 
TO 
SUPPORT 
SPACE 
TECHNOLOGY 
DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force and 
the Chief of Space Operations, in coordination with the Chief 
Technology and Innovation Office of the Space Force, may 
carry out applied research and educational activities to sup-
port space technology development. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—Activities carried out under subsection 
(a) shall support the applied research, development, and dem-
onstration needs of the Space Force, including by addressing 
and facilitating the advancement of capabilities related to— 
(1) space domain awareness; 
(2) positioning, navigation, and timing; 
(3) communications; 
(4) hypersonics; 
(5) cybersecurity; and 
(6) any other matter the Secretary of the Air Force 
considers relevant. 
(c) EDUCATION AND TRAINING.—Activities carried out 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) promote education and training for students so 
as to support the future national security space work-
force of the United States; and 
(2) explore opportunities for international collabora-
tion.
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(d) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by this sec-
tion shall expire on December 31, 2027. 
SEC. 1608. REVIEW OF SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXEMP-
TION FROM JOINT CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION 
AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than March 31, 2023, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall complete a review regarding whether 
the Space Development Agency should be exempt from the 
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System. 
(b) RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the review under subsection (a) is com-
pleted, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a recommendation as to whether 
the exemption described in such subsection should apply to 
the Space Development Agency. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which the recommendation is submitted under sub-
section (b), the Secretary of the Air Force and the Director 
of the Space Development Agency shall implement the rec-
ommendation. 
SEC. 1609. UPDATE TO PLAN TO MANAGE INTEGRATED TAC-
TICAL WARNING AND ATTACK ASSESSMENT SYS-
TEM AND MULTI-DOMAIN SENSORS. 
(a) UPDATE REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
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Air Force shall update the plan that was developed pursuant 
to section 1669 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91). 
(b) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—In devel-
oping the update required by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall— 
(1) coordinate with the Secretary of the Army, the 
Secretary of the Navy, the Director of the Missile De-
fense Agency, the Director of the National Reconnais-
sance Office, and the Director of the Space Development 
Agency; and 
(2) solicit comments on the plan, if any, from the 
Commander of United States Strategic Command, the 
Commander of United States Northern Command, and 
the Commander of United States Space Command. 
(c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the update required by subsection (a) is complete, the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees— 
(1) the plan updated pursuant to subsection (a); 
and 
(2) the comments from the Commander of United 
States Strategic Command, the Commander of United 
States Northern Command, and the Commander of
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United States Space Command, if any, solicited under 
subsection (b)(2). 
SEC. 1610. REPORT ON SPACE DEBRIS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the 
portion of the report on the risks posed by man-made space 
debris in low-Earth orbit described in the explanatory state-
ment accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) that pertains to 
the Department of Defense. The portion of the report shall 
include— 
(1) an explanation of such risks to defense and na-
tional security space assets; 
(2) recommendations with respect to the remedi-
ation of such risks to defense and national security as-
sets; and 
(3) outlines of plans to reduce the incident of such 
space debris to defense and national security assets. 
(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
of Representatives; and
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(2) the Committee on Armed Services and Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and 
Intelligence-Related Activities 
SEC. 1621. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CLANDESTINE AC-
TIVITIES THAT SUPPORT OPERATIONAL PREPARA-
TION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. 
Section 127f of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as sub-
sections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) QUARTERLY BRIEFING.—On a quarterly basis, the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and 
Low Intensity Conflict, in coordination with elements of the 
Department of Defense that the Assistant Secretary deter-
mines appropriate, shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing outlining the clandestine activities car-
ried out pursuant to subsection (a) during the period covered 
by the briefing, including— 
‘‘(1) an update on such activities carried out in 
each geographic combatant command and a description
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of how such activities support the respective theater 
campaign plan; 
‘‘(2) an overview of the authorities and legal issues, 
including limitations, relating to such activities; and 
‘‘(3) any other matters the Assistant Secretary con-
siders appropriate.’’. 
Subtitle C—Nuclear Forces 
SEC. 1631. BIANNUAL BRIEFING ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND 
RELATED ACTIVITIES. 
Chapter 24 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 492a the following new section (and 
conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 492b. BIANNUAL BRIEFING ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND 
RELATED ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On or about May 1 and November 
1 of each year, the officials specified in subsection (b) shall 
provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a briefing on matters relat-
ing to nuclear weapons policies, operations, technology devel-
opment, and other similar topics as requested by such com-
mittees. 
‘‘(b) OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.—The officials specified in 
this subsection are the following:
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‘‘(1) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition. 
‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nu-
clear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs. 
‘‘(3) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space 
Policy. 
‘‘(4) The Deputy Administrator for Defense Pro-
grams of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 
‘‘(5) The Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy 
of the Joint Staff. 
‘‘(6) The Director for Capability and Resource Inte-
gration for the United States Strategic Command. 
‘‘(c) DELEGATION.—An official specified in subsection 
(b) may delegate the authority to provide a briefing under 
subsection (a) to a member of the Senior Executive Service 
who reports to the official. 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—The requirement to provide a 
briefing under subsection (a) shall terminate on January 1, 
2028.’’. 
SEC. 1632. INDUSTRIAL BASE MONITORING FOR B–21 AND SEN-
TINEL PROGRAMS. 
Chapter 24 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 493 the following new section (and 
conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter accordingly):
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‘‘§ 493a. Industrial base monitoring for B–21 and Sentinel 
programs 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force, 
acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall designate a sen-
ior official, who shall report to the Assistant Secretary, to 
monitor the combined industrial base supporting the acquisi-
tion of— 
‘‘(1) B–21 aircraft; and 
‘‘(2) the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile 
weapon system. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR MONITORING.—In monitoring 
the combined industrial base described in subsection (a), the 
senior official designated under such subsection shall— 
‘‘(1) have the authority to select staff to assist the 
senior official from among civilian employees of the De-
partment and members of the armed forces, who may 
provide such assistance concurrently while serving in an-
other position; 
‘‘(2) monitor the acquisition by the combined indus-
trial base of— 
‘‘(A) materials, technologies, and components 
associated with nuclear weapons systems; and 
‘‘(B) commodities purchased on a large scale; 
‘‘(3) monitor the hiring or contracting by the com-
bined industrial base of personnel with critical skills; and
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‘‘(4) assess whether personnel with critical skills 
and knowledge, intellectual property on manufacturing 
processes, and facilities and equipment necessary to de-
sign, develop, manufacture, repair, and support a pro-
gram are available and affordable within the scopes of 
the B–21 aircraft program and the Sentinel interconti-
nental ballistic missile weapon system program. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—At the same time as the sub-
mission of the budget of the President pursuant to section 
1105(a) of title 31 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report with re-
spect to the status of the combined industrial base described 
in subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 1633. IMPROVEMENTS TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUNCIL. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subsection (d) of section 179 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘, in coordination 
with the Joint Requirements Oversight Council,’’ after 
‘‘capabilities, and’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (10), (11), and 
(12) as paragraphs (11), (12), and (13), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following 
new paragraph (10): 
‘‘(10) With respect to nuclear warheads—
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‘‘(A) reviewing military requirements, perform-
ance requirements, and planned delivery schedules 
to evaluate whether such requirements and sched-
ules create significant risks to cost, schedules, or 
other matters regarding production, surveillance, re-
search, and other programs relating to nuclear 
weapons within the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration; and 
‘‘(B) if any such risk exists, proposing and 
analyzing adjustments to such requirements and 
schedules.’’; and 
(4) by striking paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 
and inserting the following new paragraph (13): 
‘‘(13) Coordinating risk management efforts be-
tween the Department of Defense and the National Nu-
clear Security Administration relating to the nuclear 
weapons stockpile, the nuclear security enterprise (as de-
fined in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 
(50 U.S.C. 2501)), and the delivery platforms for nu-
clear weapons, including with respect to identifying and 
analyzing risks and proposing actions to mitigate risks.’’. 
(b) PLANS AND BUDGET.—Subsection (f) of such section 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) BUDGET AND FUNDING MATTERS.—(1) The Coun-
cil shall annually review the plans and budget of the National
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Nuclear Security Administration and assess whether such 
plans and budget meet the current and projected require-
ments relating to nuclear weapons. 
‘‘(2)(A) The Council shall review each budget request 
transmitted by the Secretary of Energy to the Council under 
section 4717 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2757) and make a determination under subparagraph (B) re-
garding the adequacy of each such request. Not later than 30 
days after making such a determination, the Council shall no-
tify the congressional defense committees that such a deter-
mination has been made. 
‘‘(B)(i) If the Council determines that a budget request 
for a fiscal year transmitted to the Council under section 
4717 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2757) is 
inadequate, in whole or in part, to implement the objectives 
of the Department of Defense with respect to nuclear weap-
ons for that fiscal year, the Council shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Energy a written description of funding levels and 
specific initiatives that would, in the determination of the 
Council, make the budget request adequate to implement 
those objectives. 
‘‘(ii) If the Council determines that a budget request for 
a fiscal year transmitted to the Council under section 4717 
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2757) is ade-
quate to implement the objectives described in clause (i) for
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that fiscal year, the Council shall submit to the Secretary of 
Energy a written statement confirming the adequacy of the 
request. 
‘‘(iii) The Council shall maintain a record of each de-
scription submitted under clause (i) and each statement sub-
mitted under clause (ii). 
‘‘(3) Not later than 30 days after the President submits 
to Congress the budget for a fiscal year under section 
1105(a) of title 31, the Council shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report containing the following: 
‘‘(A) The results of the assessment conducted under 
paragraph (1) with respect to that budget. 
‘‘(B) An evaluation of— 
‘‘(i) whether the funding requested for the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration in such 
budget— 
‘‘(I) enables the Administrator for Nu-
clear Security to meet requirements relating to 
nuclear weapons for such fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) is adequate to implement the objec-
tives of the Department of Defense with re-
spect to nuclear weapons for that fiscal year; 
and
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‘‘(ii) whether the plans and budget reviewed 
under paragraph (1) will enable the Administrator 
to meet— 
‘‘(I) the requirements to produce war re-
serve plutonium pits under section 4219(a) of 
such Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a(a)); and 
‘‘(II) any other requirements under Fed-
eral law. 
‘‘(C) If the evaluation under subparagraph (B)(ii) 
determines that the plans and budget reviewed under 
paragraph (1) will not enable the Administrator to meet 
the requirements to produce war reserve plutonium pits 
under section 4219(a) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 
(50 U.S.C. 2538a(a))— 
‘‘(i) an explanation for why the plans and 
budget will not enable the Administrator to meet 
such requirements; and 
‘‘(ii) proposed alternative plans, budget, or re-
quirements by the Council to meet such require-
ments. 
‘‘(4) If a member of the Council does not concur in any 
assessment or evaluation under this subsection, the report or 
other information required to be submitted to the congres-
sional defense committees regarding such assessment or eval-
uation shall include a written explanation from the non-con-
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curring member describing the reasons for the member’s non-
concurrence. 
‘‘(5)(A) Not later than 30 days after the President sub-
mits to Congress the budget for a fiscal year under section 
1105(a) of title 31, the Commander of the United States 
Strategic Command shall submit to the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff an assessment of— 
‘‘(i) whether such budget allows the Federal 
Government to meet the nuclear stockpile and 
stockpile stewardship program requirements during 
the fiscal year covered by the budget and the four 
subsequent fiscal years; and 
‘‘(ii) if the Commander determines that such 
budget does not allow the Federal Government to 
meet such requirements, a description of the steps 
being taken to meet such requirements. 
‘‘(B) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff receives the assessment 
of the Commander of the United States Strategic Command 
under subparagraph (A), the Chairman shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees— 
‘‘(i) such assessment as it was submitted to the 
Chairman; and 
‘‘(ii) any comments of the Chairman.
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‘‘(6) In this subsection, the term ‘budget’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 231(f) of this title.’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF BUDGET REVIEW BY NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS COUNCIL.—Section 4717 of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2757) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) REVIEW.—The Council shall review each budg-
et request transmitted to the Council under paragraph 
(1) in accordance with section 179(f) of title 10, United 
States Code.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(B)(i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 179(f)(2)(B)(i) of title 10, United 
States Code,’’; and 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the descrip-
tion under paragraph (2)(B)(i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘that description’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘COUNCIL.—’’ in the heading 
and all that follows through ‘‘At the time’’ and in-
serting ‘‘COUNCIL.—At the time’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2).
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(d) UPDATES ON MEETINGS.—Section 179(g)(1)(A) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and 
the members who attended each meeting’’ before the semi-
colon. 
(e) REPEAL OF TERMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
COUNCIL CERTIFICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
Section 1061(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 111 
note) is amended by striking paragraph (10). 
SEC. 1634. PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR NU-
CLEAR FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 24 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion (and conforming the table of sections at the beginning 
of such chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 499c. Portfolio management framework for nuclear 
forces 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than January 1, 2024, 
the Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(1) implement a portfolio management framework 
for nuclear forces of the United States that— 
‘‘(A) specifies the portfolio of nuclear forces 
covered by the framework; 
‘‘(B) establishes a portfolio governance struc-
ture for such forces that takes advantage of, or is
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modeled on, an existing portfolio governance struc-
ture, such as the Deputy’s Management Action 
Group described in Department of Defense Direc-
tive 5105.79; 
‘‘(C) outlines the approach of the Secretary for 
identifying and managing risk relating to such 
forces and prioritizing the efforts among such 
forces, including how the Secretary, acting through 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment, will coordinate such identification, 
management, and prioritization with the Adminis-
trator for Nuclear Security using the coordination 
processes of the Nuclear Weapons Council; and 
‘‘(D) incorporates the findings and rec-
ommendations identified by the Comptroller General 
of the United States in the report titled ‘Nuclear 
Enterprise: DOD and NNSA Could Further En-
hance How They Manage Risk and Prioritize Ef-
forts’ (GAO–22–104061) and dated January 2022; 
and 
‘‘(2) complete a comprehensive assessment of the 
portfolio management capabilities required to identify 
and manage risk in the portfolio of nuclear forces, in-
cluding how to draw upon public and private sector re-
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sources and the program management expertise within 
the Defense Acquisition University. 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS; NOTIFICATIONS.—(1) In con-
junction with the submission of the budget of the President 
to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31 for fiscal 
year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter through the date 
specified in subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide to the 
congressional defense committees a briefing on identifying 
and managing risk relating to nuclear forces and prioritizing 
the efforts among such forces, including, with respect to the 
period covered by the briefing— 
‘‘(A) the current and projected operational require-
ments for nuclear forces that were used for such identi-
fication, management, and prioritization; 
‘‘(B) key areas of risk identified; and 
‘‘(C) a description of the actions proposed or car-
ried out to mitigate such risk. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may provide the briefings under 
paragraph (1) in classified form. 
‘‘(3) If a House of Congress adopts a bill authorizing or 
appropriating funds that, as determined by the Secretary, 
provides funds in an amount that will result in a significant 
delay in the nuclear certification or delivery of nuclear forces, 
the Secretary shall notify the congressional defense commit-
tees of the determination.
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‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—The requirements of this section 
shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the Secretary 
certifies to the congressional defense committees that each of 
the following have achieved full operational capability: 
‘‘(1) The LGM–35A Sentinel intercontinental bal-
listic missile weapon system. 
‘‘(2) The Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine 
program. 
‘‘(3) The long-range standoff weapon program. 
‘‘(4) The B–21 Raider bomber aircraft program. 
‘‘(5) The F–35A dual-capable aircraft program. 
‘‘(d) NUCLEAR FORCES DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘nuclear forces’ includes, at a minimum— 
‘‘(1) nuclear weapons; 
‘‘(2) the delivery platforms and systems for nuclear 
weapons; 
‘‘(3) nuclear command, control, and communica-
tions systems; and 
‘‘(4) the infrastructure and facilities of the Depart-
ment of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration that support nuclear weapons, the delivery 
platforms and systems for nuclear weapons, and nuclear 
command, control, and communications systems, includ-
ing with respect to personnel, construction, operation, 
and maintenance.’’.
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(b) INITIAL BRIEFING.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than June 1, 2023, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congres-
sional defense committees a briefing on the progress of 
the Secretary to— 
(A) develop the portfolio management frame-
work for nuclear forces under section 499c of title 
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a); 
and 
(B) complete the assessment described in sub-
section (a)(2) of such section. 
(2) FORM.—The Secretary may provide the briefing 
under paragraph (1) in classified form. 
SEC. 1635. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO REPORT ON NU-
CLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE. 
Section 492a(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 
SEC. 1636. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF ANNUAL ASSESS-
MENT OF CYBER RESILIENCE OF NUCLEAR COM-
MAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM. 
(a) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—Subsection (d) of section 
499 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(d) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—(1) Not less than once 
every quarter, the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Vice
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly provide to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate— 
‘‘(A) a briefing on any intrusion or anomaly in the 
nuclear command, control, and communications system 
that was identified during the previous quarter, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) an assessment of any known, suspected, or 
potential impacts of such intrusions and anomalies 
to the mission effectiveness of military capabilities 
as of the date of the briefing; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to cyber intrusions of con-
tractor networks known or suspected to have re-
sulted in the loss or compromise of design informa-
tion regarding the nuclear command, control, and 
communications system; or 
‘‘(B) if no such intrusion or anomaly occurred with 
respect to the quarter to be covered by that briefing, a 
notification of such lack of intrusions and anomalies. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘anomaly’ means a malicious, sus-
picious or abnormal cyber incident that potentially 
threatens the national security or interests of the United 
States, or that is likely to result in demonstrable harm 
to the national security of the United States.
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‘‘(B) The term ‘intrusion’ means an unauthorized 
and malicious cyber incident that compromises a nuclear 
command, control, and communications system by break-
ing the security of such a system or causing it to enter 
into an insecure state.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION.—Subsection (e) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2027’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2032’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 171a of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (h); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (i) through (l) as 
subsections (h) through (k), respectively. 
SEC. 1637. MODIFICATION OF REPORTS ON NUCLEAR POSTURE 
REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION. 
Section 491(c) of title 10, United States Code is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2010’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2012 through 2021’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2022 through 2031’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph (1.):
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‘‘(1) ensure that the report required by section 
492a of this title is transmitted to Congress, if so re-
quired under such section;’’. 
SEC. 1638. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC 
MISSILE SITE ACTIVATION TASK FORCE FOR SEN-
TINEL PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) TASK FORCE.—There is established within the 
Air Force Global Strike Command a directorate to be 
known as the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 
Site Activation Task Force (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(2) SITE
ACTIVATION
TASK
FORCE.—The Task 
Force shall serve as the Site Activation Task Force (as 
that term is defined in Air Force Instruction 10–503, 
updated October 14, 2020) for purposes of overseeing 
and coordinating the construction of fixed facilities and 
emplacements and the installation and checkout of sup-
porting subsystems and equipment leading to the deploy-
ment and achievement of full operational capability of 
the LGM–35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile 
weapon system at each intercontinental ballistic missile 
wing for use by the Air Force Global Strike Command 
in support of plans and operations of the United States 
Strategic Command.
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(b) DIRECTOR.— 
(1) HEAD.—The Task Force shall be headed by the 
Director of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Moderniza-
tion. 
(2) APPOINTMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force shall appoint the Director from among the 
general officers of the Air Force. 
(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—In appointing the Di-
rector, the Secretary shall give preference to indi-
viduals with expertise in intercontinental ballistic 
missile operations and large construction projects. 
(3) TERM OF OFFICE.— 
(A) TERM.—The Director shall be appointed 
for a term of three years. The Secretary may re-
appoint the Director for one additional three-year 
term. 
(B) REMOVAL.—The Secretary may remove 
the Director for cause at any time. 
(4) DUTIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall— 
(i) oversee and coordinate the activities of 
the Air Force in support of—
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(I) the deployment of the LGM–35A 
Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile 
weapon system; and 
(II) the retirement of the LGM–30G 
Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic 
missile weapon system; and 
(ii) subject to the authority, direction, and 
control of the Commander of the Air Force 
Global Strike Command, the Chief of Staff of 
the Air Force, and the Secretary of the Air 
Force, prepare, justify, and execute the per-
sonnel, operation and maintenance, and con-
struction budgets for such deployment and re-
tirement. 
(B) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to supersede or 
otherwise alter the organizational relationships and 
responsibilities regarding oversight and manage-
ment of the LGM–35A Sentinel as a Major Capa-
bility Acquisition Program, as outlined in Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction 5000.85, ‘‘Major Capa-
bility Acquisition’’, dated November 4, 2021. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORT TO SECRETARIES.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
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nually thereafter until the date specified in subsection 
(e), the Director, in consultation with the milestone deci-
sion authority (as defined in section 4251(d) of title 10, 
United States Code) for the LGM–35A Sentinel inter-
continental ballistic missile program, shall submit to the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Air Force 
a report on the progress of the Air Force in achieving 
initial and full operational capability for the LGM–35A 
Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 
days after receiving a report under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall jointly submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees the report. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
classified annex. 
(4) QUARTERLY
BRIEFING.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 90 days thereafter until the date specified in sub-
section (e), the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide 
to the congressional defense committees a briefing re-
garding the progress made on activities by the Task 
Force to bring the LGM–35A Sentinel intercontinental
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ballistic missile weapon system to operational capability 
at each intercontinental ballistic missile wing. 
(d) WEAPON SYSTEM DESIGNATION.— 
(1) WEAPON
SYSTEM.—For purposes of nomen-
clature and life cycle maintenance, each wing level con-
figuration of the LGM–35A Sentinel intercontinental 
ballistic missile shall be considered a weapon system. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘weapon system’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in Department of the Air Force 
Pamphlet 63–128, updated February 3, 2021. 
(B) The term ‘‘wing level configuration’’ means 
the complete arrangement of subsystems and equip-
ment of the LGM–35A Sentinel intercontinental 
ballistic missile required to function as a wing. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The Task Force shall terminate not 
later than 90 days after the date on which the Commander 
of the United States Strategic Command and the Commander 
of the Air Force Global Strike Command (or the heads of 
successor agencies of the United States Strategic Command 
and the Air Force Global Strike Command) jointly declare 
that the LGM–35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile 
weapon system has achieved full operational capability.
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SEC. 1639. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF THE INTERCONTI-
NENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for the De-
partment of Defense may be obligated or expended for the 
following, and the Department may not otherwise take any 
action to do the following: 
(1) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the responsiveness 
or alert level of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of 
the United States. 
(2) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the quantity of 
deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United 
States to a number less than 400. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall 
not apply to any of the following activities: 
(1) The maintenance or sustainment of interconti-
nental ballistic missiles. 
(2) Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of 
intercontinental ballistic missiles. 
(3) Facilitating the transition from the Minuteman 
III intercontinental ballistic missile to the Sentinel inter-
continental ballistic missile (previously referred to as the 
‘‘ground-based strategic deterrent weapon’’).
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SEC. 1640. PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF REENTRY VEHICLES. 
(a) PLAN.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Sustainment, in consultation with the Administrator 
for Nuclear Security and the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Research and Engineering, shall produce a plan for the devel-
opment, during the 20-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, of— 
(1) the Mark 21A reentry vehicle for the Air Force; 
(2) the Mark 7 reentry vehicle for the Navy; and 
(3) any other reentry vehicles for— 
(A) the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic mis-
sile weapon system; 
(B) the Trident II (D5) submarine-launched 
ballistic missile, or subsequent missile; and 
(C) any other long-range ballistic or hypersonic 
strike missile that may rely upon technologies simi-
lar to the technologies used in the missiles described 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) with respect to the development of each reentry 
vehicle described in such subsection, describe— 
(A) timed phases of production for the reentry 
aeroshell and the planned production and fielding of 
the reentry vehicle;
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(B) the required developmental and operational 
testing capabilities and capacities, including such 
capabilities and capacities of the reentry vehicle; 
(C) the technology development and manufac-
turing capabilities that may require use of authori-
ties under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. 4501 et seq.); and 
(D) the industrial base capabilities and capac-
ities, including the availability of sufficient critical 
materials and staffing to ensure adequate competi-
tion between entities developing the reentry vehicle; 
(2) provide estimated cost projections for the devel-
opment of the first operational reentry vehicle and the 
production of subsequent reentry vehicles to meet the re-
quirements of the Navy and Air Force; and 
(3) provide for the coordination with and account 
for the needs of the development by the Department of 
Defense of hypersonic systems using materials, staffing, 
and an industrial base similar to that required for the 
development of reentry vehicles described in subsection 
(a). 
(c) ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) COST PROJECTIONS.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation of the 
Department of Defense, in coordination with the Direc-
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tor of the Office of Cost Estimating and Program Eval-
uation of the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
shall conduct an assessment of the costs of the plan 
under subsection (a). 
(2) TECHNOLOGY
AND
MANUFACTURING
READI-
NESS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment shall seek to enter into an 
agreement with a federally funded research and develop-
ment center to conduct an assessment of the technology 
and manufacturing readiness levels with respect to the 
plan under subsection (a). 
(d) SUBMISSION
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees the plan 
under subsection (a) and the assessments under subsection 
(c). 
SEC. 1641. TREATMENT OF NUCLEAR MODERNIZATION AND 
HYPERSONIC MISSILE PROGRAMS WITHIN DE-
FENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM. 
(a) REVIEW AND BRIEFING.—Not later than January 1, 
2023, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2028, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall joint-
ly provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing,
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with respect to each nuclear weapons delivery system, missile 
warning system, hypersonic boost-glide missile system pro-
gram, and weapon program or nuclear security enterprise in-
frastructure project of the National Nuclear Security Admin-
istration, on— 
(1) which such programs or projects have been re-
viewed or considered for a determination of DX priority 
rating under part 700 of title 15, Code of Federal Regu-
lations; 
(2) which, if any, such programs or projects have 
been assigned a DX priority rating, or have been deter-
mined to require such rating and a timeline for assign-
ment; 
(3) any such programs or projects that have sought 
DX rating but have been denied assignment, including 
a rationale for denial; 
(4) any such program or project which had pre-
viously obtained a DX rating and the designation was 
unassigned; and 
(5) other related matters the Secretaries determine 
appropriate, including the potential impacts and risks to 
other programs. 
(b) MILESTONE REVIEW REQUIREMENT.—With respect 
to any program or project that the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of Energy identify under subsection (a)(1) as
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not having been reviewed or considered for a determination 
of DX priority rating under part 700 of title 15, Code of 
Federal Regulations, the respective Secretary shall— 
(1) conduct an assessment regarding the need for 
such a DX priority rating not less frequently than prior 
to the program or project achieving Milestone A ap-
proval, Milestone B approval, and Milestone C approval, 
or equivalent; and 
(2) document such assessment within the acquisi-
tion decision memorandum, or equivalent, for the pro-
gram or project. 
SEC. 1642. MATTERS RELATING TO NUCLEAR-CAPABLE SEA- 
LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE. 
(a) REPORT
ON DETERRENCE.—Not later than 270 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report that describes the approach by the De-
partment of Defense for deterring theater nuclear employ-
ment by Russia, China, and North Korea, including— 
(1) an assessment of the current and future theater 
nuclear capabilities and doctrines of Russia, China, and 
North Korea; 
(2) an explanation of the strategy and capabilities 
of the United States for deterring theater nuclear em-
ployment; and
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(3) a comparative assessment of options for 
strengthening deterrence of theater nuclear employment, 
including pursuit of the nuclear-capable sea-launched 
cruise missile and other potential changes to the nuclear 
and conventional posture and capabilities of the United 
States. 
(b) CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONAL IM-
PLICATIONS.— 
(1) CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS.—Not later than 150 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in coordina-
tion with the Chief of Naval Operations, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Policy, the Commander of the 
United States Strategic Command, the Commander of 
the United States European Command, and the Com-
mander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, 
shall develop and validate a concept of operations for a 
nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile that provides 
options for, at a minimum— 
(A) regularly deploying the missile in relevant 
operational theaters; and 
(B) maintaining the missile in reserve and de-
ploying as needed to relevant operational theaters. 
(2) OPERATIONAL IMPLICATIONS.—Not later than 
270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
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and based upon the concept of operations developed pur-
suant to paragraph (1), the Chief of Naval Operations, 
in coordination with the Vice Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, the Commander of the United States 
Strategic Command, the Commander of the United 
States European Command, and the Commander of the 
United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report that de-
scribes the operational implications associated with de-
ploying nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missiles on 
naval vessels, including— 
(A) anticipated effects on the deterrence of re-
gional nuclear use by Russia, China, and North 
Korea from such deployment; 
(B) expected adjustments in the regional bal-
ances of nuclear forces between the United States 
and Russia, China, and North Korea respectively, 
based on the anticipated effects under subpara-
graph (A); 
(C) anticipated operational and deterrence im-
plications of allocating missile or torpedo tubes 
from conventional munitions to nuclear munitions if 
additional vessels beyond current planning are not 
available;
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(D) anticipated operational constraints and 
trade-offs associated with reserving or limiting 
naval vessels, if applicable, on account of nuclear 
mission requirements; 
(E) adjustments to posture and operationally 
available capabilities that may be required if the 
Navy is not provided with additional resources to 
support tactical nuclear operations, including poten-
tial costs and constraints relating to nuclear certifi-
cation, modifications to port infrastructure, per-
sonnel training, and other factors; and 
(F) any other issues identified by the Chief, 
Vice Chairman, and Commanders. 
(c) REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 270 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report that describes the cost and 
timeline of developing and producing a variation of the W80– 
4 warhead for a nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile, 
including— 
(1) the cost of developing, producing, and sus-
taining the warhead; 
(2) the timeline for the design, production, and 
fielding of the warhead; and
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(3) an assessment of how the pursuit of a variant 
of the W80–4 warhead may affect other planned war-
head activities of the National Nuclear Security Admin-
istration, including whether there would be risk to the 
cost and schedule of other warhead programs of the Ad-
ministration if the Nuclear Weapons Council added a 
nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile warhead to 
the portfolio of such programs. 
(d) SPEND PLAN.—Not later than 45 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy 
and the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees the anticipated spend 
plans for the research and development of a nuclear-capable 
sea-launched cruise missile and the associated warhead for 
the missile with respect to each of the following: 
(1) The funds for such research and development 
appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2022 (Public Law 117–103). 
(2) The funds for such research and development 
authorized to be appropriated by this Act. 
(e) CONSOLIDATED REPORT.—The reports required by 
subsections (a) and (b)(2) may be submitted in one consoli-
dated report. 
(f) PREFERRED COURSE OF ACTION.—To inform the re-
ports under this section, not later than 30 days after the date
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of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
identify one or more preferred courses of action from among 
the actions identified in the analysis of alternatives for a nu-
clear-capable sea-launched cruise missile. 
(g) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Defense or 
the National Nuclear Security Administration may be 
obligated or expended for a purpose specified in para-
graph (2) until each of the reports under this section 
and a detailed, unclassified summary of the analysis of 
alternatives regarding the nuclear-capable sea-launched 
cruise missile have been submitted to the congressional 
defense committees. 
(2) FUNDS SPECIFIED.—The purposes specified in 
this paragraph are the following: 
(A) With respect to the Department of De-
fense, system development and demonstration of a 
nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile. 
(B) With respect to the National Nuclear Se-
curity Administration, development engineering for 
a modified, altered, or new warhead for a sea- 
launched cruise missile. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘development engineering’’ means ac-
tivities under phase 3 of the joint nuclear weapons life 
cycle (as defined in section 4220 of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538b) or phase 6.3 of a nu-
clear weapons life extension program. 
(2) The term ‘‘system development and demonstra-
tion’’ means the activities occurring in the phase after 
a program achieves Milestone B approval (as defined in 
section 4172 of title 10, United States Code). 
Subtitle D—Missile Defense Programs 
SEC. 1651. BIANNUAL BRIEFING ON MISSILE DEFENSE AND RE-
LATED ACTIVITIES. 
Chapter 23 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 486 the following new section (and 
conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 487. Biannual briefing on missile defense and related 
activities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On or about June 1 and December 
1 of each year, the officials specified in subsection (b) shall 
provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a briefing on matters relat-
ing to missile defense policies, operations, technology develop-
ment, and other similar topics as requested by such commit-
tees.
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‘‘(b) OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.—The officials specified in 
this subsection are the following: 
‘‘(1) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition. 
‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space 
Policy. 
‘‘(3) The Director of the Missile Defense Agency. 
‘‘(4) The Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy 
of the Joint Staff. 
‘‘(c) DELEGATION.—An official specified in subsection 
(b) may delegate the authority to provide a briefing required 
by subsection (a) to a member of the Senior Executive Serv-
ice who reports to the official. 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—The requirement to provide a 
briefing under subsection (a) shall terminate on January 1, 
2028.’’. 
SEC. 1652. IMPROVEMENTS TO ACQUISITION ACCOUNTABILITY 
REPORTS ON THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 
SYSTEM. 
(a) ELEMENTS OF BASELINES.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 225 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘and flight’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, flight, and cybersecurity’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (C) 
and inserting the following new subparagraph (C):
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‘‘(C) how the proposed capability satisfies a ca-
pability requirement or performance attribute iden-
tified through— 
‘‘(i) the missile defense warfighter involve-
ment process, as governed by United States 
Strategic Command Instruction 538-03, or 
such successor document; or 
‘‘(ii) processes and products approved by 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Joint Require-
ments Oversight Council;’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) an explanation for why a program joint 
cost analysis requirements description has not been 
prepared and approved, and, if a program joint cost 
analysis requirements description is not applicable, 
the rationale for such inapplicability.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS ON ACQUISITION BASELINES.— 
Subsection (c) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii)—
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(A) in subclause (I)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘initial’’ and inserting 
‘‘original’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(B) in subclause (II), by striking the period at 
the ending and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclause: 
‘‘(III) the most recent adjusted or revised ac-
quisition baseline for such program element or 
major subprogram under subsection (d).’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
(4); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include 
the total system costs for each element described in subpara-
graph (B) that comprises the missile defense system, without 
regard to funding source or management control (such as the 
Missile Defense Agency, a military department, or other ele-
ment of the Department of Defense). 
‘‘(B) The elements described in this subparagraph shall 
include the following: 
‘‘(i) Research and development.
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‘‘(ii) Procurement. 
‘‘(iii) Military construction. 
‘‘(iv) Operations and sustainment. 
‘‘(v) Disposal.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following 
new paragraph (5): 
‘‘(5) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘original acquisition baseline’ means, 
with respect to a program element or major subprogram, 
the first acquisition baseline created for the program ele-
ment or major subprogram that has no previous 
iterations and has not been adjusted or revised, includ-
ing any adjustments or revisions pursuant to subsection 
(d). 
‘‘(B) The term ‘total system costs’ means, with re-
spect to each element that comprises the missile defense 
system— 
‘‘(i) all combined costs from closed, canceled, 
and active acquisition baselines; 
‘‘(ii) any costs shifted to or a part of future ef-
forts without an established acquisition baseline; 
and 
‘‘(iii) any costs under the responsibility of a 
military department or other Department entity.’’.
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(c) OPERATIONS
AND
SUSTAINMENT
COST
ESTI-
MATES.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(3) the amount of operations and sustainment 
costs (dollar value and base year) for which the military 
department or other element of the Department of De-
fense is responsible; and 
‘‘(4)(A) a citation to the source (such as a joint 
cost estimate or one or more military department esti-
mates) that captures the operations and sustainment 
costs for which a military department or other element 
of the Department of Defense is responsible; 
‘‘(B) the date the source was prepared; and 
‘‘(C) if and when the source was independently 
verified by the Office for Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation.’’. 
SEC. 1653. MAKING PERMANENT PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO 
MISSILE DEFENSE INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS. 
Section 130h of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking subsection (e).
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SEC. 1654. NEXT GENERATION INTERCEPTORS FOR MISSILE DE-
FENSE OF UNITED STATES HOMELAND. 
(a) MODIFICATION TO CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION 
OF CANCELLATION.—Section 1668(c) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 
117–81) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘30 days prior to any’’ and in-
serting ‘‘90 days prior to implementation of a’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Defense’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(b) FUNDING
PROFILE
FOR
INCREASED
DEPLOY-
MENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the funding profile necessary, by fiscal year, to acquire no 
fewer than 64 operational next generation interceptors for the 
next generation interceptor program. 
SEC. 1655. TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO TRANSITION 
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS TO THE 
MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. 
Section 1676(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 
4205 note) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Except as provided by paragraph (4), not’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) TERMINATION
OF
REQUIREMENT.—The re-
quirement in paragraph (1) to transfer the authorities 
specified in such paragraph shall terminate on the date 
that is 60 days after the date on which the Secretary of 
Defense submits to the congressional defense committees 
the report under section 1675(b) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 
Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2117).’’. 
SEC. 1656. PERSISTENT CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS FOR 
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND NET-
WORKS. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than May 1, 2023, the Director of 
the Missile Defense Agency and the Director of Operational 
Test and Evaluation, in coordination with the Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commander of the United 
States Cyber Command, and other commanders of combatant 
commands and functions of the Joint Staff as appropriate, 
shall jointly develop a plan to allow for persistent cybersecu-
rity operations across all networks and information systems 
supporting the missile defense system.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a) shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) An inventory of all networks and information 
systems that support the missile defense system, includ-
ing information about which components or elements of 
the networks and information systems are currently con-
figured for persistent cybersecurity operations. 
(2) A strategy— 
(A) for coordinating with the applicable com-
batant commands on persistent cybersecurity oper-
ations; and 
(B) in which the Director for Operational Test 
and Evaluation monitors and reviews such oper-
ations and provides independent assessments of the 
adequacy and sufficiency of the operations. 
(3) A plan for how the Director of the Missile De-
fense Agency will respond to cybersecurity testing rec-
ommendations made by the Director for Operational 
Test and Evaluation. 
(4) The timeline required to execute the plan. 
(c) BRIEFINGS.—The Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency and the Director for Operational Test and Evaluation 
shall jointly provide to the congressional defense committees 
a briefing—
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(1) not later than May 15, 2023, on the plan devel-
oped under subsection (a); and 
(2) not later than December 30, 2023, on progress 
made toward implementing such plan. 
SEC. 1657. FIRE CONTROL ARCHITECTURES. 
(a) FIRE CONTROL QUALITY DATA REQUIREMENT.—In 
carrying out the analysis of candidate fire control architec-
tures, the Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the 
Director of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center of the 
Space Force, at a minimum, maintains the requirements 
needed for the missile defense command and control, battle 
management, and communications system to pass the needed 
quality data within the timelines needed for current and 
planned interceptor systems to support engagements of bal-
listic and hypersonic threats as described in section 1645 of 
the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 
Stat. 4062). 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 14 days after the date 
on which the Director of the Space Warfighting Analysis 
Center concludes the analysis of candidate fire control archi-
tectures, the Director shall provide to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate a briefing on the results of the analysis, including the 
findings of the Director and the architecture recommended by
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the Director for a future fire control architecture to support 
engagement of ballistic and hypersonic threats. 
SEC. 1658. MIDDLE EAST INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DE-
FENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of the 
Defense Intelligence Agency, shall seek to cooperate with al-
lies and partners in the Middle East with respect to imple-
menting an integrated air and missile defense architecture to 
protect the people, infrastructure, and territory of such coun-
tries from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and un-
manned aerial systems, and rocket attacks from Iran and 
groups linked to Iran. 
(b) STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a strategy on 
cooperation with allies and partners in the area of re-
sponsibility of the United States Central Command to 
implement a multinational integrated air and missile de-
fense architecture to protect the people, infrastructure, 
and territory of such countries from cruise and ballistic 
missiles, manned and unmanned aerial systems, and 
rocket attacks from Iran and groups linked to Iran.
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(2) CONTENTS.—The strategy submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the threat of ballistic 
and cruise missiles, manned and unmanned aerial 
systems, and rocket attacks from Iran and groups 
linked to Iran to allies and partners within the area 
of responsibility of the United States Central Com-
mand. 
(B) A description of current efforts to coordi-
nate indicators and warnings from such attacks 
with allies and partners within such area of respon-
sibility. 
(C) An analysis of current integrated air and 
missile defense systems to defend against attacks, 
in coordination with allies and partners within such 
area of responsibility. 
(D) An explanation of how a multinational in-
tegrated air and missile defense architecture would 
improve collective security in such area of responsi-
bility. 
(E) A description of efforts to engage specified 
foreign partners in establishing such an architec-
ture.
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(F) An identification of elements of the multi-
national integrated air and missile defense architec-
ture that— 
(i) can be acquired and operated by speci-
fied foreign partners; and 
(ii) can only be provided and operated by 
members of the Armed Forces. 
(G) An identification of any challenges in es-
tablishing a multinational integrated air and missile 
defense architecture with specified foreign partners, 
including assessments of the capacity and capability 
of specified foreign partners and their ability to 
independently operate key technical components of 
such an architecture, including radars and inter-
ceptor systems. 
(H) A description of relevant consultation with 
the Secretary of State and the ways in which such 
an architecture advances United States regional 
diplomatic goals and objectives. 
(I) Recommendations for addressing the chal-
lenges identified in subparagraph (G) so that the 
strategy can be implemented effectively. 
(J) Such other matters as the Secretary con-
siders relevant.
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(3) PROTECTION
OF
SENSITIVE
INFORMATION.— 
Any activity carried out under paragraph (1) shall be 
conducted in a manner that is consistent with protection 
of intelligence sources and methods and appropriately 
protects sensitive information and the national security 
interests of the United States. 
(4) FORMAT.—The strategy submitted under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives. 
(3) The Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1659. IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE SYS-
TEM AND ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DE-
FENSE PROGRAM CO-DEVELOPMENT AND CO-PRO-
DUCTION. 
(a) IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE SYS-
TEM.—
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(1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the funds au-
thorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 
2023 for procurement, Defense-wide, and available for 
the Missile Defense Agency, not more than $80,000,000 
may be provided to the Government of Israel to procure 
components for the Iron Dome short-range rocket de-
fense system through co-production of such components 
in the United States by industry of the United States. 
(2) CONDITIONS.— 
(A) AGREEMENT.—Funds described in para-
graph (1) for the Iron Dome short-range rocket de-
fense program shall be available subject to the 
terms and conditions in the Agreement Between the 
Department of Defense of the United States of 
America and the Ministry of Defense of the State 
of Israel Concerning Iron Dome Defense System 
Procurement, signed on March 5, 2014, as amended 
to include co-production for Tamir interceptors. 
(B) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days 
prior to the initial obligation of funds described in 
paragraph (1), the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees— 
(i) a certification that the amended bilat-
eral international agreement specified in sub-
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paragraph (A) is being implemented as pro-
vided in such agreement; 
(ii) an assessment detailing any risks re-
lating to the implementation of such agree-
ment; and 
(iii) for system improvements resulting in 
modified Iron Dome components and Tamir in-
terceptor sub-components, a certification that 
the Government of Israel has demonstrated 
successful completion of Production Readiness 
Reviews, including the validation of production 
lines, the verification of component conform-
ance, and the verification of performance to 
specification as defined in the Iron Dome De-
fense System Procurement Agreement, as fur-
ther amended. 
(b) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM, DAVID’S SLING WEAPON SYSTEM CO-PRODUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 
for procurement, Defense-wide, and available for the 
Missile Defense Agency not more than $40,000,000 may 
be provided to the Government of Israel to procure the 
David’s Sling Weapon System, including for co-produc-
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tion of parts and components in the United States by 
United States industry. 
(2) AGREEMENT.—Provision of funds specified in 
paragraph (1) shall be subject to the terms and condi-
tions in the bilateral co-production agreement, includ-
ing— 
(A) a one-for-one cash match is made by Israel 
or in another matching amount that otherwise 
meets best efforts (as mutually agreed to by the 
United States and Israel); and 
(B) co-production of parts, components, and 
all-up rounds (if appropriate) in the United States 
by United States industry for the David’s Sling 
Weapon System is not less than 50 percent. 
(3) CERTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT.—The Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
(A) a certification that the Government of 
Israel has demonstrated the successful completion 
of the knowledge points, technical milestones, and 
Production Readiness Reviews required by the re-
search, development, and technology agreement and 
the bilateral co-production agreement for the Da-
vid’s Sling Weapon System; and
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(B) an assessment detailing any risks relating 
to the implementation of such agreement. 
(c) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM, 
ARROW 3 UPPER TIER INTERCEPTOR PROGRAM CO-PRODUC-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 
for procurement, Defense-wide, and available for the 
Missile Defense Agency not more than $80,000,000 may 
be provided to the Government of Israel for the Arrow 
3 Upper Tier Interceptor Program, including for co-pro-
duction of parts and components in the United States by 
United States industry. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a certification 
that— 
(A) the Government of Israel has demonstrated 
the successful completion of the knowledge points, 
technical milestones, and Production Readiness Re-
views required by the research, development, and 
technology agreement for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier 
Interceptor Program; 
(B) funds specified in paragraph (1) will be 
provided on the basis of a one-for-one cash match
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made by Israel or in another matching amount that 
otherwise meets best efforts (as mutually agreed to 
by the United States and Israel); 
(C) the United States has entered into a bilat-
eral international agreement with Israel that estab-
lishes, with respect to the use of such funds— 
(i) in accordance with subparagraph (D), 
the terms of co-production of parts and compo-
nents on the basis of the greatest practicable 
co-production of parts, components, and all-up 
rounds (if appropriate) by United States indus-
try and minimizes nonrecurring engineering 
and facilitization expenses to the costs needed 
for co-production; 
(ii) complete transparency on the require-
ment of Israel for the number of interceptors 
and batteries that will be procured, including 
with respect to the procurement plans, acquisi-
tion strategy, and funding profiles of Israel; 
(iii) technical milestones for co-production 
of parts and components and procurement; 
(iv) a joint affordability working group to 
consider cost reduction initiatives; and 
(v) joint approval processes for third-party 
sales; and
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(D) the level of co-production described in sub-
paragraph (C)(i) for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Inter-
ceptor Program is not less than 50 percent. 
(d) NUMBER.—In carrying out paragraph (2) of sub-
section (b) and paragraph (2) of subsection (c), the Under 
Secretary may submit— 
(1) one certification covering both the David’s Sling 
Weapon System and the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor 
Program; or 
(2) separate certifications for each respective sys-
tem. 
(e) TIMING.—The Under Secretary shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees the certification and assess-
ment under subsection (b)(3) and the certification under sub-
section (c)(2) no later than 30 days before the funds specified 
in paragraph (1) of subsections (b) and (c) for the respective 
system covered by the certification are provided to the Gov-
ernment of Israel. 
(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives.
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SEC. 1660. INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHITEC-
TURE FOR DEFENSE OF GUAM. 
(a) REVIEW
OF INTEGRATED AIR
AND MISSILE DE-
FENSE ARCHITECTURE TO DEFEND GUAM.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally 
funded research and development center to conduct an 
independent assessment of the integrated air and missile 
defense architecture to defend Guam. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under paragraph 
(1) shall include an analysis of each of the following: 
(A) The proposed architecture capability to ad-
dress non-ballistic and ballistic missile threats to 
Guam, including the sensor, command and control, 
and interceptor systems being proposed. 
(B) The development and integration risk of 
the proposed architecture. 
(C) The manning required to operate the pro-
posed architecture, including the availability of 
housing and infrastructure on Guam to support the 
needed manning levels. 
(3) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees the as-
sessment under paragraph (1), without change.
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(b) DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR MIS-
SILE DEFENSE OF GUAM.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall designate a senior official of the Depart-
ment of Defense who shall be responsible for the missile 
defense of Guam during the period preceding the date 
specified in paragraph (5). 
(2) DUTIES.—The duties of the official designated 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Designing the architecture of the missile 
defense system for defending Guam. 
(B) Overseeing development of an integrated 
missile defense acquisition strategy for the missile 
defense of Guam. 
(C) Ensuring the military department and De-
fense Agency budgets are appropriate for the strat-
egy described in subparagraph (B). 
(D) Siting the integrated missile defense sys-
tem described in subparagraph (B). 
(E) Overseeing long-term acquisition and 
sustainment of the missile defense system for 
Guam. 
(F) Such other duties as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate.
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(3) PROGRAM TREATMENT.—The integrated missile 
defense system referred to in paragraph (2) shall be des-
ignated as special interest acquisition category 1D pro-
gram and shall be managed as consistent with Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction 5000.85 ‘‘Major Capability 
Acquisition’’. 
(4) REPORT.—Concurrent with the submission of 
each budget of the President under section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, during the period preceding 
the date specified in paragraph (5), the official des-
ignated under paragraph (1) shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the actions taken 
by the official to carry out the duties set forth under 
paragraph (2). 
(5) TERMINATION.—The authority of this sub-
section shall terminate on the date that is three years 
after the date on which the official designated under 
paragraph (1) determines that the integrated missile de-
fense system described in paragraph (2) has achieved 
initial operational capability. 
(c) PROCUREMENT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), not later than December 31, 2023, the Sec-
retary of Defense, acting through the Director of the 
Missile Defense Agency, shall rapidly procure and field
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up to three vertical launching systems that can accom-
modate planned interceptors operated by the Navy (that 
do not require major modification or integration into the 
existing missile defense system), as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the re-
quirement under paragraph (1) if— 
(A) the Secretary determines that the waiver is 
in the best interest of the national security of the 
United States; 
(B) the Secretary submits to the congressional 
defense committees a notification of such waiver, in-
cluding a justification; and 
(C) a period of 120 days has elapsed following 
the date of such notification. 
SEC. 1661. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS 
UNTIL SUBMISSION OF REPORT ON IMPLEMENTA-
TION OF THE CRUISE MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHI-
TECTURE FOR THE HOMELAND. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Deputy Secretary 
of Defense made the determination that the Department of 
the Air Force has acquisition authority with respect to the 
capability to defend the homeland from cruise missiles, as re-
quired by section 1684(e) of the National Defense Authoriza-
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tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 
U.S.C. 4205 note). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, in 
coordination with the Commander of the United States 
Northern Command, shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the implementation of the 
cruise missile defense architecture for the homeland, includ-
ing— 
(1) the architecture planned to meet the require-
ments of the United States Northern Command and the 
North American Aerospace Defense Command, including 
a schedule for capabilities being developed and deployed; 
(2) a list of all programs of record of the Air Force 
that contribute to such architecture; and 
(3) funding profile by year across the most recent 
future-years defense program submitted to Congress 
under section 221 of title 10, United States Code, to de-
velop, deploy, operate, and sustain such architecture. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2023 for the Department of the Air Force for travel by the 
Secretary of the Air Force, not more than 95 percent may 
be obligated or expended until the date on which the Sec-
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retary of the Air Force submits the report under subsection 
(b). 
SEC. 1662. STRATEGY TO USE ASYMMETRIC CAPABILITIES TO 
DEFEAT HYPERSONIC MISSILE THREATS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 1, 2023, the 
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Mis-
sile Defense Agency, shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a comprehensive layered strategy to use asym-
metric capabilities to defeat hypersonic missile threats. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) address all asymmetric capabilities of the 
United States, including with respect to— 
(A) directed energy, as described in section 
1664 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 
205 note) and including short-pulse laser tech-
nology; 
(B) microwave systems; 
(C) cyber capabilities; and 
(D) any other capabilities determined appro-
priate by the Secretary and Director; and 
(2) identify the funding required to implement the 
strategy during the period covered by the future-years
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defense program submitted to Congress under section 
221 of title 10, United States Code, in 2023. 
SEC. 1663. PLAN ON DELIVERING SHARED EARLY WARNING SYS-
TEM DATA TO CERTAIN ALLIES AND PARTNERS OF 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State and the Director of National 
Intelligence, shall develop a technical fielding plan to deliver 
information under the Shared Early Warning System regard-
ing a current or imminent missile threat to allies and part-
ners of the United States that, as of the date of the plan, 
do not receive such information. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
how rapid technical fielding of the Shared Early Warning 
System could be provided to allies and partners of the United 
States that— 
(1) are not member states of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization; and 
(2) are under current or imminent hostile aggres-
sion and threat of missile attack. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means the following:
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(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives. 
(3) The Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1664. REPORTS ON GROUND-BASED INTERCEPTORS. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and on a quarterly basis thereafter until the date 
on which the next generation interceptor achieves initial oper-
ating capability, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, 
with the concurrence of the Commander of the United States 
Northern Command, shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report that includes the following: 
(1) An identification of the number of ground-based 
interceptors operationally available to the Commander. 
(2) If such number is different from the report pre-
viously submitted under this section, the reasons for 
such difference. 
(3) Any anticipated changes to such number during 
the period covered by the report. 
SEC. 1665. REPORT ON MISSILE DEFENSE INTERCEPTOR SITE 
IN CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES. 
Not later than March 31, 2023, the Secretary of De-
fense, acting through the Director of the Missile Defense
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Agency and in coordination with the Commander of the 
United States Northern Command, shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report containing— 
(1) an updated assessment of the requirement for 
a missile defense interceptor site in the contiguous 
United States; and 
(2) a funding profile, by year, of the total costs for 
the development and construction of such site, consid-
ering the designation of Fort Drum, New York, as the 
conditionally designated preferred site. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 1671. COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS. 
(a) FUNDING ALLOCATION.—Of the $354,394,000 au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2023 in section 301 and made available by the 
funding table in division D for the Department of Defense 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program established under 
section 1321 of the Department of Defense Cooperative 
Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711), the following 
amounts may be obligated for the purposes specified: 
(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, 
$6,859,000. 
(2) 
For 
chemical 
security 
and 
elimination, 
$14,998,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $18,088,000.
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(4) For biological threat reduction, $225,000,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $45,890,000. 
(6) For activities designated as Other Assessments/ 
Administration Costs, $30,763,000. 
(b) SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUC-
TION FUNDS.—Funds appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 301 and made available 
by the funding table in division D for the Department of De-
fense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program shall be avail-
able for obligation for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025. 
SEC. 1672. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR REQUIRE-
MENTS OF THE WHITE HOUSE MILITARY OFFICE. 
(a) MEMBERSHIP ON COUNCIL ON OVERSIGHT OF THE 
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMU-
NICATIONS SYSTEM.—Section 171a(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by— 
(1) redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); 
and 
(2) inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
paragraph (7): 
‘‘(7) The Director of the White House Military Of-
fice.’’. 
(b) PORTFOLIO MANAGER.—The Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Sustainment, shall designate a senior official to co-
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ordinate and advocate for the portfolio of national level pro-
grams of the Department of Defense that are either or 
both— 
(1) in direct support of requirements from the 
White House Military Office; or 
(2) operationally relevant to the mission areas of 
the White House Military Office. 
(c) 
ACCESSIBILITY
OF
INFORMATION.—The 
pro-
grammatic and budgetary information required to assess the 
efficacy of the national level programs covered by subsection 
(b) shall be provided to the senior official designated under 
such subsection by the following officials: 
(1) The Secretary of each military department. 
(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 
(3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Engineering. 
(4) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
(5) The Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation. 
(d) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the President submits to Congress a budg-
et for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 pursuant to 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, acting 
through the senior official designated under subsection (b),
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and the personnel of the White House Military Office that 
the Director of the White House Military Office determines 
appropriate shall jointly provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing on acquisition programs, plans, and 
other activities supporting the requirements of the White 
House Military Office. 
SEC. 1673. UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA REPORT-
ING PROCEDURES. 
(a) MECHANISM FOR AUTHORIZED REPORTING.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the head of the Office and in consultation 
with the Director of National Intelligence, shall establish 
a secure mechanism for authorized reporting of— 
(A) any event relating to unidentified anoma-
lous phenomena; and 
(B) any activity or program by a department 
or agency of the Federal Government or a con-
tractor of such a department or agency relating to 
unidentified anomalous phenomena, including with 
respect to material retrieval, material analysis, re-
verse engineering, research and development, detec-
tion and tracking, developmental or operational 
testing, and security protections and enforcement. 
(2) PROTECTION OF SYSTEMS, PROGRAMS, AND AC-
TIVITY.—The Secretary shall ensure that the mechanism
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for authorized reporting established under paragraph (1) 
prevents the unauthorized public reporting or com-
promise of classified military and intelligence systems, 
programs, and related activity, including all categories 
and levels of special access and compartmented access 
programs. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the mechanism for authorized reporting established 
under paragraph (1) is administered by designated and 
appropriately cleared employees of the Department of 
Defense or elements of the intelligence community or 
contractors of the Department or such elements assigned 
to the Office. 
(4) SHARING OF INFORMATION.— 
(A) PROMPT SHARING WITHIN OFFICE.—The 
Secretary shall ensure that the mechanism for au-
thorized reporting established under paragraph (1) 
provides for the sharing of an authorized disclosure 
to personnel and supporting analysts and scientists 
of the Office (regardless of the classification of in-
formation contained in the disclosure or any non-
disclosure agreements), unless the employees or 
contractors administering the mechanism under 
paragraph (3) conclude that the preponderance of 
information available regarding the disclosure indi-
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cates that the observed object and associated events 
and activities likely relate to a special access pro-
gram or compartmented access program that, as of 
the date of the disclosure, has been explicitly and 
clearly reported to the congressional defense com-
mittees or the congressional intelligence committees, 
and is documented as meeting those criteria. 
(B) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Not 
later than 72 hours after determining that an au-
thorized disclosure relates to a restricted access ac-
tivity, a special access program, or a compart-
mented access program that has not been explicitly 
and clearly reported to the congressional defense 
committees or the congressional intelligence com-
mittees, the Secretary shall report such disclosure 
to such committees and the congressional leader-
ship. 
(5) INITIAL REPORT AND PUBLICATION.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary, acting through the head of the Office 
and in consultation with the Director of National Intel-
ligence, shall— 
(A) submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees, the congressional intelligence committees, 
and the congressional leadership a report detailing
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the mechanism for authorized reporting established 
under paragraph (1); and 
(B) issue clear public guidance for how to se-
curely access the mechanism for authorized report-
ing. 
(b) PROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS MAKING AUTHOR-
IZED DISCLOSURES.— 
(1) AUTHORIZED
DISCLOSURES.—An authorized 
disclosure— 
(A) shall not be subject to a nondisclosure 
agreement entered into by the individual who makes 
the disclosure; 
(B) shall be deemed to comply with any regula-
tion or order issued under the authority of Execu-
tive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to 
classified national security information) or chapter 
18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2271 et seq.); and 
(C) is not a violation of section 798 of title 18, 
United States Code, or other provision of law relat-
ing to the disclosure of information. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON REPRISALS.— 
(A) PROTECTION.—An employee of a depart-
ment or agency of the Federal Government, or of 
a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or
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personal services contractor of such a department 
or agency, who has authority to take, direct others 
to take, recommend, or approve any personnel ac-
tion, shall not, with respect to such authority, take 
or fail to take, or threaten to take or fail to take, 
a personnel action, including the revocation or sus-
pension of security clearances, or termination of 
employment, with respect to any individual as a re-
prisal for any authorized disclosure. 
(B) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of Defense 
and the Director of National Intelligence shall es-
tablish procedures for the enforcement of subpara-
graph (A) consistent with, as appropriate, section 
1034 of title 10, United States Code, section 1104 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3234), or other similar provisions of law regarding 
prohibited personnel actions. 
(3) NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.— 
(A) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary of De-
fense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, the heads of such 
other departments and agencies of the Federal Gov-
ernment that have supported investigations of the 
types of events covered by subparagraph (A) of sub-
section (a)(1) and activities and programs described
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in subparagraph (B) of such subsection, and con-
tractors of the Federal Government that have sup-
ported or are supporting such activities and pro-
grams, shall conduct comprehensive searches of all 
records relating to nondisclosure orders relating to 
the types of events described in subsection (a) and 
provide copies of such orders, agreements, or obliga-
tions to the Office. 
(B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The head of 
the Office shall— 
(i) make the records compiled under sub-
paragraph (A) accessible to the congressional 
defense committees, the congressional intel-
ligence committees, and the congressional lead-
ership; and 
(ii) not later than September 30, 2023, 
and at least once each fiscal year thereafter 
through fiscal year 2026, provide to such com-
mittees and congressional leadership briefings 
and reports on such records. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 1683 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 
3373) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘aerial’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘anomalous’’;
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(2) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the 
congressional leadership’’ after ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(Q) A summary of the reports received using 
the mechanism for authorized reporting established 
under section 1673 of the James M. Inhofe Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (l)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) The term ‘congressional leadership’ means— 
‘‘(A) the majority leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the minority leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(C) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
‘‘(D) the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘authorized disclosure’’ means a re-
port of any information through, and in compliance with, 
the mechanism for authorized reporting established pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1). 
(2) The term ‘‘congressional intelligence commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given such term in section 3 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
(3) The term ‘‘congressional leadership’’ means— 
(A) the majority leader of the Senate; 
(B) the minority leader of the Senate; 
(C) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(D) the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(4) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
(5) The term ‘‘nondisclosure agreement’’ means any 
written or oral nondisclosure agreement, order, or other 
instrumentality or means entered into by an individual 
that could be interpreted as a legal constraint on the in-
dividual making an authorized disclosure. 
(6) The term ‘‘Office’’ means the All-domain Anom-
aly Resolution Office established pursuant to section
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1683(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373(a)). 
(7) The term ‘‘personnel action’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 1104(a) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234(a)). 
(8) The term ‘‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 1683(n) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373(l)). 
SEC. 1674. STUDY OF WEAPONS PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW 
ARMED FORCES TO ADDRESS HARD AND DEEPLY 
BURIED TARGETS. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in co-
ordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
the Commander of the United States Strategic Command, 
and the Administrator for Nuclear Security, and in consulta-
tion with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a study on options 
to hold at risk hard and deeply buried targets. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An analysis of the current and emerging hard 
and deeply buried target mission set and associated mili-
tary requirements, including—
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(A) the number and locations of the targets, 
including facilities designed for the storage or man-
ufacture of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons 
and the precursors of such weapons; 
(B) an identification of likely future trajec-
tories in the worldwide use and proliferation of hard 
and deeply buried targets; 
(C) the associated military requirements, in-
cluding the importance of effectively holding hard 
and deeply buried targets at risk in order to meet 
the national security objectives of the United 
States; and 
(D) an evaluation of the sufficiency of current 
and planned nuclear and nonnuclear military capa-
bilities to satisfy such requirements. 
(2) An evaluation of weapons programs that would 
allow the Armed Forces to effectively hold hard and 
deeply buried targets at risk, including— 
(A) any nuclear or nonnuclear weapon and de-
livery system the Secretary determines appropriate, 
including the cost, timeline for fielding, and likely 
effectiveness of any capability under consideration; 
and
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(B) an assessment of a service life extension or 
modification program of the B83 nuclear gravity 
bomb as one of the options. 
(3) A proposed strategy for fielding such capabili-
ties in sufficient quantities and making other adjust-
ments to the strategy and plans of the United States to 
account for the growing hard and deeply buried target 
set, including— 
(A) the resources, research and development 
efforts, and capability options needed; and 
(B) a five-year funding profile for, at a min-
imum— 
(i) a preferred capability; and 
(ii) an alternative capability evaluated 
under paragraph (2) that meets the require-
ments under paragraph (1). 
(c) FORM.—The study under subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the Secretary completes the study under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
briefing on the findings and recommendations of the study.
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(e) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Except as pro-
vided by subsection (f), none of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2023 for the Department of Defense or the Depart-
ment of Energy for the deactivation, dismantlement, or re-
tirement of the B83–1 nuclear gravity bomb may be obligated 
or expended to deactivate, dismantle, or retire more than 25 
percent of the B83–1 nuclear gravity bombs that were in the 
active stockpile as of September 30, 2022, until 90 days after 
the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives the study 
under subsection (a). 
(f) EXCEPTION.—The limitation on the use of funds 
under subsection (e) shall not apply to the deactivation, dis-
mantling, or retirement of B83–1 nuclear gravity bombs for 
the 
purpose 
of 
supporting 
safety 
and 
surveillance, 
sustainment, life extension, or modification programs for the 
B83–1 or other weapons currently in, or planned to become 
part of, the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States. 
TITLE XVII—MUNITIONS REPLEN-
ISHMENT 
AND 
FUTURE 
PRO-
CUREMENT 
TITLE XVII—MUNITIONS REPLENISHMENT AND FUTURE 
PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 1701. Annual report on industrial base constraints for munitions. 
Sec. 1702. Modification to Special Defense Acquisition Fund. 
Sec. 1703. Quarterly briefings on replenishment and revitalization of weapons 
provided to Ukraine.
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Sec. 1704. Assessment of requirements and acquisition objectives for Patriot 
air and missile defense battalions. 
Sec. 1705. Independent assessment of department of defense capability and ca-
pacity needs for munitions production and stockpiling. 
SEC. 1701. ANNUAL REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL BASE CON-
STRAINTS FOR MUNITIONS. 
(a) BRIEFING
ON FULFILLMENT
OF MUNITIONS RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall provide to the 
congressional defense committees a briefing regarding the 
current process for fulfilling the requirements of section 222c 
of title 10, United States Code, including a description of the 
timeliness of the process and any standardization of such 
process across the Department of Defense. 
(b) BRIEFING ON REVISION OF REQUIREMENTS.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing regarding the timeline for revision of 
munitions requirements generated by section 222c of title 10, 
United States Code as a result of actions taken in response 
to the conflict in Ukraine. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS ON OUT-YEAR 
UNCONSTRAINED TOTAL MUNITIONS REQUIREMENTS
AND 
OUT-YEAR INVENTORY NUMBERS.—Section 222c of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) Requirement for Protracted Warfare Sce-
narios, calculated by doubling the duration of each appli-
cable operation plan.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(f); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—Each report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) The number of years required to meet the Out- 
Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement at the 
rate requested for the fiscal year covered by the report. 
‘‘(2) The average rate of procurement during the 
three-year period preceding the date of the submission of 
the report, and the number of years required to meet the 
Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement 
at such three-year average rate. 
‘‘(3) The additional amount of funding that would 
be required, for each fiscal year, to meet the Out-Year 
Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement for each 
munition by the end of the period covered by the most 
recent future-years defense program submitted to Con-
gress pursuant to section 221 of this title.’’.
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(d) ANNUAL
REPORT
ON
INDUSTRIAL
BASE
CON-
STRAINTS FOR MUNITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 222c 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 222d. Annual report on industrial base constraints for 
munitions 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
submission of all reports required under section 222c(a) of 
this title, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment, in coordination with the service acquisition ex-
ecutive of each military department, shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report detailing the indus-
trial base constraints for each munition identified in the Out- 
Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements, broken down by mu-
nition: 
‘‘(1) Programmed purchase quantities per year. 
‘‘(2) Average procurement unit cost per year. 
‘‘(3) Contract type. 
‘‘(4) Current minimum sustaining rate of produc-
tion per month and year. 
‘‘(5) Current maximum rate of production per 
month and year.
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‘‘(6) Expected date to meet the Out-Year Uncon-
strained Total Munitions Requirement in section 222c of 
this title under the programmed purchase quantities es-
tablished for the period covered by the report. 
‘‘(7) A description of industrial base constraints on 
increased production of each munition, including any 
supply chain weaknesses. 
‘‘(8) A description of investments or policy changes 
made by a defense contractor or by the United States 
Government to increase production, enable more efficient 
production, or mitigate significant loss of stability in po-
tential production. 
‘‘(9) A description of potential investments or policy 
changes identified by a defense contractor or the United 
States Government to increase munitions production, en-
able more efficient production, or mitigate significant 
loss of stability in potential production, including— 
‘‘(A) direct investments in test and tooling 
equipment, workforce development, or improvements 
to existing production facilities; 
‘‘(B) a pool of rotable critical components or 
subcomponents for munitions; 
‘‘(C) multiyear contracts or other contracting 
strategies;
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‘‘(D) direct investments in components, sub-
components, or raw materials commonly used across 
the industrial base; 
‘‘(E) direct investments in additive manufac-
turing or expeditionary manufacturing capabilities; 
‘‘(F) direct investments in simplification of 
supply chains; and 
‘‘(G) direct investments in technologies or 
methods to enable increased scalability and reduced 
complexity of production processes for current or 
future munitions. 
‘‘(10) A list of each contract for a munition with a 
priority rating of ‘critical to national defense’ (commonly 
referred to as a ‘DO-rated order’) or a priority rating of 
‘highest national defense urgency’ (commonly referred to 
as a ‘DX-rated order’) in the Defense Priorities and Al-
location System pursuant to part 700 of title 15, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation). 
‘‘(11) A prioritized list of munitions judged to have 
high value for export for which additional investments 
would be necessary to enable export, including a descrip-
tion of such investments required. 
‘‘(12) A list of munitions subject to the require-
ments of chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) relating to foreign military sales
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that are anticipated to be exported based on develop-
ments in the conflict in Ukraine. 
‘‘(c) MUNITION DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘munition’ has the meaning given by the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 9 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 222c the following new item: 
‘‘222d. Annual report on industrial base constraints for munitions.’’. 
SEC. 1702. MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION 
FUND. 
Section 114(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,500,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$3,500,000,000’’. 
SEC. 1703. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS ON REPLENISHMENT AND 
REVITALIZATION 
OF 
WEAPONS 
PROVIDED 
TO 
UKRAINE. 
(a) BRIEFINGS ON COVERED SYSTEMS.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense commit-
tees quarterly briefings on the progress of the Department of 
Defense toward— 
(1) replenishing the inventory of covered systems; 
(2) expanding the production capacity of covered 
systems; and
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(3) increasing the resilience of the production ca-
pacity of covered systems. 
(b) GROUPING OF COVERED SYSTEMS.—For each brief-
ing required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 
may group covered systems together based on the relevant ca-
pabilities of such covered systems. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing required under sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to the period covered 
by such briefing, the following: 
(1) A description of any reprogramming carried out 
in accordance with established procedures for each cov-
ered system, with appropriate notation for— 
(A) the number of the replenishment tranche; 
and 
(B) a determination of whether each such re-
programming— 
(i) replaces covered systems; 
(ii) expands production capacity of cov-
ered systems; or 
(iii) increases the resilience of the produc-
tion capacity of covered systems. 
(2) A description of obligations applied to each cov-
ered system and expected timeline for future obligations.
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(3) A description of current and future production 
capacity for each covered system, broken down by month 
and calendar year. 
(4) A description of expected delivery of covered 
systems to the Department of Defense. 
(5) To the extent practicable, with respect to the 
total number of covered systems provided during the pe-
riod covered by the briefing, an estimate for the timing 
of the delivery of at least 50 percent of the replenish-
ment articles for a covered system and the delivery of 
100 percent of such replenishment articles, compared to 
the number of covered systems provided. 
(6) A description of overall actual and expected ob-
ligation rates for all reprogrammings applied to covered 
systems. 
(7) A description of any other investments made 
that significantly affect the replenishment timeline or 
production capacity of the covered systems. 
(8) A description of remaining industrial base risks 
or opportunities for increased competition for each cov-
ered system and detailed options to mitigate such risks 
or expand competition, including any changes necessary 
to authorities to enable risk reduction or expanded com-
petition.
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(9) To the extent practicable, a comparison of the 
expected inventory of covered systems over the next 5 
years compared to the requirements set forth under sec-
tion 222c of title 10, United States Code. 
(d) BRIEFINGS
ON STOCKS
OF ALLIES
AND PART-
NERS.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the con-
gressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate quarterly briefings that in-
clude the following: 
(1) A timeline and budgetary estimate for devel-
oping and procuring replacement stocks of covered sys-
tems for allies and partner countries of the United 
States. 
(2) An update on the efforts of the Department to 
work with such allies and partner countries to advance 
the replenishment of munitions stocks for such allies and 
partners that have provided, or are contemplating pro-
viding, such stocks to Ukraine. 
(e) TERMINATION.—This section and the requirements 
of this section shall terminate on December 31, 2026. 
(f) COVERED SYSTEM DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered system’’ means any system provided to the 
Government of Ukraine pursuant to any of the following:
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(1) Section 506 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318). 
(2) Section 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2364). 
(3) The Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative es-
tablished under section 1250 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114–92; 129 Stat. 1068), including as amended by this 
Act, if such system was provided to Ukraine after Feb-
ruary 24, 2022. 
SEC. 1704. ASSESSMENT OF REQUIREMENTS AND ACQUISITION 
OBJECTIVES FOR PATRIOT AIR AND MISSILE DE-
FENSE BATTALIONS. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
shall assess and validate the current and projected battalion 
and interceptor requirements and acquisition objectives for 
the Patriot air and missile defense system and Patriot ad-
vanced capability–3 missile segment enhancement missiles to 
determine whether such requirements and objectives are suffi-
cient to meet the requests for forces, war plans, and contin-
gency requirements of the commanders of the geographic 
combatant commands. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the Secretary completes the assessment under sub-
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section (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the assessment, including 
whether the requirements and acquisition objectives described 
in such subsection— 
(1) are sufficient to meet the requests for forces, 
war plans, and contingency requirements of the com-
manders of the geographic combatant commands; and 
(2) are valid or should be modified. 
(c) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations for such purpose, the Secretary of the Army may 
procure up to four additional Patriot air and missile defense 
battalions to achieve a total of up to 20 such battalions. 
SEC. 1705. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY NEEDS FOR 
MUNITIONS PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with an appropriate federally 
funded research and development center for the conduct of a 
detailed independent analysis of the extent to which the proc-
ess used by the chief of staff of an armed force to implement 
the Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement 
required under section 222c of title 10, United States Code, 
properly accounts for current and future requirements for the 
weapons described in subsection (c). Such an agreement shall
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provide that an analysis conducted pursuant to the agreement 
shall be completed within 180 days after the date on which 
such agreement was entered into. 
(b) MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.—An analysis con-
ducted pursuant to an agreement under subsection (a) shall 
include a consideration of each of the following with respect 
to each weapon described in subsection (c): 
(1) The sufficiency of efforts to implement section 
222c of title 10, United States Code, including— 
(A) whether the views of the commanders of 
each combatant command are adequately rep-
resented; 
(B) whether contributions by allies and partner 
countries are adequately represented; 
(C) whether excursions beyond the operational 
plans, including the potential of protracted warfare, 
are adequately represented; 
(D) the potential of simultaneous conflicts; and 
(E) the degree to which the elements of section 
222c(c) of title 10, United States Code, are appro-
priate functional categories. 
(2) Any recommendations that could be beneficial to 
the overall implementation of such section 222c. 
(c) WEAPONS DESCRIBED.—The weapons described in 
this subsection are the following:
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(1) Evolved sea sparrow missile. 
(2) MK–48 heavyweight torpedo. 
(3) Standard missile variants (including standard 
missile–6, standard missile–3 block IIA, and standard 
missile–3 block IIA). 
(4) Patriot guided missiles. 
(5) Terminal high altitude area defense intercep-
tors. 
(6) Guided and ballistic missiles fired from the mul-
tiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) or the high mobility 
artillery rocket system (HIMARS). 
(7) Javelin missile. 
(8) Stinger missile. 
(9) Air intercept missile (AIM)–9X–Sidewinder. 
(10) AIM–120D—Advanced medium range air-to- 
air missile (AMRAAM). 
(11) Air to ground (AGM)–114—hellfire missile. 
(12) Joint direct attack munition. 
(13) Tomahawk land attack missile. 
(14) Maritime strike tomahawk. 
(15) Long range anti-ship missile. 
(16) Naval strike missile. 
(17) Joint air-to-surface standoff missile extended 
range. 
(18) Harpoon anti-ship missile.
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(19) Naval mines. 
(20) Any other weapon that the Secretary of De-
fense or the federally funded research and development 
center determine should be included in the analysis. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 210 days after 
entering into an agreement under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees— 
(A) a complete independent assessment of the 
analysis completed pursuant to the agreement; and 
(B) any views from the Department of Defense 
the Secretary chooses to include. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
DIVISION B—MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division and title XLVI of division D may be cited 
as the ‘‘Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023’’.
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SEC. 2002. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AND AMOUNTS 
REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY LAW. 
(a) EXPIRATION
OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER THREE 
YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all authoriza-
tions contained in titles XXI through XXVII for military con-
struction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects 
and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Security Investment Program (and authoriza-
tions of appropriations therefor) shall expire on the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2025; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2026. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to au-
thorizations for military construction projects, land acquisi-
tion, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions 
to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Invest-
ment Program (and authorizations of appropriations there-
for), for which appropriated funds have been obligated before 
the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2025; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
funds for fiscal year 2026 for military construction 
projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and 
facilities, or contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Security Investment Program.
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SEC. 2803. EFFECTIVE DATE AND AUTOMATIC EXECUTION OF 
CONFORMING CHANGES TO TABLES OF SECTIONS, 
TABLES OF CONTENTS, AND SIMILAR TABULAR 
ENTRIES. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Titles XXI through XXVII shall 
take effect on the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2022; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF NEED FOR CERTAIN SEPARATE 
CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) 
AUTOMATIC
EXECUTION
OF
CONFORMING 
CHANGES.—When an amendment made by a provision of 
this division to a covered defense law adds a section or 
larger organizational unit to the covered defense law, re-
peals or transfers a section or larger organizational unit 
in the covered defense law, or amends the designation or 
heading of a section or larger organizational unit in the 
covered defense law, that amendment also shall have the 
effect of amending any table of sections, table of con-
tents, or similar table of tabular entries in the covered 
defense law to alter the table to conform to the changes 
made by the amendment. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
an amendment described in such paragraph when— 
(A) the amendment, or a separate clerical 
amendment enacted at the same time as the amend-
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ment, expressly amends a table of sections, table of 
contents, or similar table of tabular entries in the 
covered defense law to alter the table to conform to 
the changes made by the amendment; or 
(B) the amendment otherwise expressly ex-
empts itself from the operation of this section. 
(3) COVERED
DEFENSE
LAW
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered defense law’’ means— 
(A) titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States 
Code; 
(B) any national defense authorization Act or 
military construction authorization Act that author-
izes funds to be appropriated for a fiscal year to the 
Department of Defense; and 
(C) any other law designated in the text there-
of as a covered defense law for purposes of applica-
tion of this section. 
TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2102. Family housing. 
Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 
Sec. 2104. Demolition of District of Columbia Fort McNair Quarters 4, 13, 
and 15. 
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at 
Camp Tango, Korea. 
Sec. 2106. Extension and modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal 
year 2018 projects.
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SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND AC-
QUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2103(a) and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may acquire 
real property and carry out military construction projects for 
the installations or locations inside the United States, and in 
the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alabama ................................
Redstone Arsenal .........................................................
$102,000,000 
Alaska ....................................
Fort Wainwright ..........................................................
$99,000,000 
Colorado ................................
Fort Carson .................................................................
$14,200,000 
Hawaii ...................................
Fort Shafter .................................................................
$33,000,000 
Schofield Barracks .......................................................
$159,000,000 
Tripler Army Medical Center ......................................
$38,000,000 
Louisiana ...............................
Fort Polk .....................................................................
$32,000,000 
Maryland ...............................
Aberdeen Proving Ground ...........................................
$85,000,000 
Mississippi .............................
Engineer Research and Development Center ..............
$20,000,000 
New Jersey ............................
Picatinny Arsenal ........................................................
$15,654,000 
New York ..............................
Fort Drum ...................................................................
$3,600,000 
North Carolina ......................
Fort Bragg ...................................................................
$34,000,000 
Pennsylvania ..........................
Letterkenny Army Depot .............................................
$38,000,000 
Texas .....................................
Corpus Christi Army Depot .........................................
$103,000,000 
Fort Bliss .....................................................................
$15,000,000 
Fort Hood ....................................................................
$19,000,000 
Washington ............................
Joint Base Lewis-McChord .........................................
$49,000,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2103(a) and available for military construction 
projects outside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may acquire 
real property and carry out military construction projects for
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the installations outside the United States, and in the 
amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army: Outside the United States 
State 
Installation 
Amount 
Germany ................................
East Camp Grafenwoehr .............................................
$168,000,000 
Japan .....................................
Kadena Air Force Base ...............................................
$80,000,000 
Kwajalein .............................
Kwajalein Atoll ............................................................
$69,000,000 
SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2103(a) and available for military family housing 
functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 
the Secretary of the Army may construct or acquire family 
housing units (including land acquisition and supporting fa-
cilities) at the installation, in the number of units or for the 
purpose, and in the amount set forth in the following table: 
Army: Family Housing 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Units 
Amount 
Germany ..........
Baumholder ................................
Family Housing 
New Construc-
tion ....................
$81,000,000 
Italy ..................
Vincenza .....................................
Family Housing 
New Construc-
tion ....................
$95,000,000 
(b) PLANNING
AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2103(a) and available for military family housing 
functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 
the Secretary of the Army may carry out architectural and 
engineering services and construction design activities with
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respect to the construction or improvement of family housing 
units in an amount not to exceed $17,339,000. 
SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin-
ning after September 30, 2022, for military construction, 
land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the 
Department of the Army as specified in the funding table in 
section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON TOTAL COST
OF CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized 
by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any 
other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost of all 
projects carried out under section 2101 of this Act may not 
exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 
4601. 
SEC. 2104. DEMOLITION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FORT 
MCNAIR QUARTERS 4, 13, AND 15. 
Not later than one year after the date on which all the 
individuals occupying District of Columbia Fort McNair 
Quarters 4, 13, and 15, as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act, have moved out of such Quarters, the Secretary of 
the Army shall demolish such Quarters.
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SEC. 2105. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS-
CAL YEAR 2019 PROJECT AT CAMP TANGO, KOREA. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2101(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public 
Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2242) for Camp Tango, Korea, for 
construction of a command and control facility at the instal-
lation, the Secretary of the Army may increase scope for a 
dedicated, enclosed egress pathway out of the underground 
facility to facilitate safe escape in case of fire. 
SEC. 2106. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO 
CARRY 
OUT 
CERTAIN 
FISCAL 
YEAR 
2018 
PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2018 PROJECTS.— 
(1) 
EXTENSION.—(A) 
Notwithstanding 
section 
2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 
Stat. 1817), the authorization set forth in the table in 
subparagraph (B), as provided in section 2101(b) of that 
Act (131 Stat. 1819), shall remain in effect until Octo-
ber 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of an Act au-
thorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 
2024, whichever is later. 
(B) The table referred to in subparagraph (A) is as 
follows:
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Army: Extension of 2018 Project Authorization 
Country 
Installation or Lo-
cation 
Project 
Original Au-
thorized 
Amount 
Korea ................
Kunsan Air Base .............
Unmanned Aerial Ve-
hicle Hangar ...........
$53,000,000 
(2) ARMY FAMILY HOUSING.—(A) Notwithstanding 
section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 
115–91; 131 Stat. 1817), the authorization set forth in 
the table in subparagraph (B), as provided in section 
2102 of that Act (131 Stat. 1820), shall remain in effect 
until October 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of 
an Act authorizing funds for military construction for 
fiscal year 2024, whichever is later. 
(B) The table referred to in subparagraph (A) is as 
follows: 
Army: Extension of 2018 Project Authorization 
Country 
Installation or Lo-
cation 
Project 
Original Au-
thorized 
Amount 
Kwajalein ..........
Kwajalein Atoll ................
Family Housing Re-
placement Construc-
tion ..........................
$31,000,000 
(b) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2018 PROJECTS.— 
(1) KUNSAN AIR BASE, KOREA.—In the case of the 
authorization contained in the table in section 2101(b) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat.
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1819) for Kunsan Air Base, Korea, for construction of 
an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Hangar at the installation, 
the Secretary of the Army may— 
(A) construct the hangar at Camp Humphries, 
Korea; and 
(B) remove primary scope associated with the 
relocation of the air defense artillery battalion facili-
ties to include a ground based missile defense 
equipment area, fighting positions, a missile resup-
ply area air defense artillery facility, a ready build-
ing and command post, a battery command post 
area, a safety shelter, and a guard booth. 
(2) 
KWAJALEIN
ATOLL, 
HWAJALEIN.—Section 
2879(a)(1)(A) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 
115–91; 131 Stat. 1874) is amended by striking ‘‘at 
least 26 family housing units’’ and inserting ‘‘not more 
than 26 family housing units’’. 
TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2202. Family housing. 
Sec. 2203. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 
Sec. 2204. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 project. 
Sec. 2205. Transfer of customers from Navy electrical utility system at former 
Naval Air Station Barber’s Point, Hawaii, to new electrical 
system in Kalaeloa, Hawaii.
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SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND AC-
QUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2203(a) and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may acquire 
real property and carry out military construction projects for 
the installations or locations inside the United States, and in 
the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Navy: Inside the United States 
State or Territory 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
California ....................
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 
Twentynine Palms ...........................................
$137,235,000 
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton ..................
$145,079,000 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego .............
$94,848,000 
Naval Air Station Lemoore .................................
$247,633,000 
Naval Base Point Loma Annex ..........................
$64,353,000 
Naval Base San Diego ........................................
$151,278,000 
Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division
$17,100,000 
Connecticut .................
Naval Submarine Base New London ..................
$17,686,000 
Florida ........................
Naval Air Station Jacksonville ...........................
$100,570,000 
Naval Air Station Whiting Field ........................
$228,001,000 
Georgia ........................
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay .....................
$309,102,000 
Guam ..........................
Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz ...........................
$419,745,000 
Hawaii .........................
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam .......................
$3,780,475,000 
Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay .......................
$100,206,000 
Maryland .....................
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Divi-
sion ..................................................................
$2,363,000 
Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Di-
vision ...............................................................
$10,155,000 
Nevada ........................
Naval Air Station Fallon ....................................
$159,866,000 
North Carolina ............
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point .............
$44,830,000 
Marine Corps Air Station New River .................
$240,084,000 
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune .....................
$54,122,000 
Pennsylvania ...............
Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Di-
vision ...............................................................
$92,547,000 
South Carolina ............
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island ........
$166,930,000 
Virginia .......................
Naval Station Norfolk .........................................
$19,224,000 
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Divi-
sion ..................................................................
$2,853,000 
Washington .................
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island ......................
$120,340,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in