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‘‘(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 objec-
tives of the Department of Defense with respect to nuclear 
weapons for that fiscal year, the Council shall submit to 
the Secretary of Energy a written description of funding 
levels and specific initiatives that would, in the determina-
tion 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 adequate to implement the objectives described in clause 
(i) for that fiscal year, the Council shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Energy a written statement confirming the ade-
quacy of the request. 
‘‘(iii) The Council shall maintain a record of each de-
scription submitted under clause (i) and each statement 
submitted 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: 
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‘‘(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 
National 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 ob-
jectives of the Department of Defense with 
respect to nuclear weapons for that fiscal 
year; and 
‘‘(ii) whether the plans and budget reviewed 
under paragraph (1) will enable the Adminis-
trator to meet— 
‘‘(I) the requirements to produce war 
reserve 
plutonium 
pits 
under 
section 
4219(a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a(a)); 
and 
‘‘(II) any other requirements under 
Federal law. 
‘‘(C) If the evaluation under subparagraph 
(B)(ii) determines that the plans and budget reviewed 
under paragraph (1) will not enable the Adminis-
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trator to meet the requirements to produce war re-
serve 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 
requirements by the Council to meet such re-
quirements. 
‘‘(4) If a member of the Council does not concur in 
any assessment or evaluation under this subsection, the re-
port or other information required to be submitted to the 
congressional defense committees regarding such assessment 
or evaluation shall include a written explanation from the 
non-concurring member describing the reasons for the mem-
ber’s nonconcurrence. 
‘‘(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 dur-
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ing 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 Govern-
ment 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 assess-
ment 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. 
‘‘(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 
budget request transmitted to the Council under para-
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graph (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 in-
serting ‘‘section 179(f)(2)(B)(i) of title 10, 
United States Code,’’; and 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the de-
scription under paragraph (2)(B)(i)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘that description’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘COUNCIL.—’’ in the head-
ing and all that follows through ‘‘At the time’’ 
and inserting ‘‘COUNCIL.—At the time’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2). 
(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
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 1061(c) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 
U.S.C. 111 note) is amended by striking paragraph (10). 
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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 section (and conforming the table of sections at the be-
ginning 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 frame-
work for nuclear forces of the United States that— 
‘‘(A) specifies the portfolio of nuclear forces 
covered by the framework; 
‘‘(B) establishes a portfolio governance 
structure for such forces that takes advantage of, 
or is modeled on, an existing portfolio govern-
ance structure, such as the Deputy’s Management 
Action Group described in Department of De-
fense Directive 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 Ac-
quisition and Sustainment, will coordinate such 
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identification, management, and prioritization 
with the Administrator 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 Enhance How They Manage Risk and 
Prioritize Efforts’ (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 
resources and the program management expertise 
within the Defense Acquisition University. 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS; NOTIFICATIONS.—(1) In 
conjunction with the submission of the budget of the Presi-
dent 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 identi-
fying and managing risk relating to nuclear forces and 
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prioritizing the efforts among such forces, including, with 
respect to the period covered by the briefing— 
‘‘(A) the current and projected operational re-
quirements for nuclear forces that were used for such 
identification, 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 Sec-
retary, 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 committees of the determination. 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—The requirements of this section 
shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the Sec-
retary certifies to the congressional defense committees that 
each of the following have achieved full operational capa-
bility: 
‘‘(1) The LGM–35A Sentinel intercontinental 
ballistic missile weapon system. 
‘‘(2) The Columbia-class ballistic missile sub-
marine program. 
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‘‘(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 nu-
clear weapons; 
‘‘(3) nuclear command, control, and communica-
tions systems; and 
‘‘(4) the infrastructure and facilities of the De-
partment of Defense and the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration that support nuclear weapons, 
the delivery platforms and systems for nuclear weap-
ons, and nuclear command, control, and communica-
tions systems, including with respect to personnel, 
construction, operation, and maintenance.’’. 
(b) INITIAL BRIEFING.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than June 1, 
2023, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 
congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
progress of the Secretary to— 
(A) develop the portfolio management 
framework for nuclear forces under section 499c 
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of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a); and 
(B) complete the assessment described in 
subsection (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 
NUCLEAR 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 AS-
SESSMENT OF CYBER RESILIENCE OF NU-
CLEAR COMMAND 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 
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 quar-
ter, including— 
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‘‘(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 infor-
mation 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 brief-
ing, a notification of such lack of intrusions and 
anomalies. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘anomaly’ means a malicious, 
suspicious or abnormal cyber incident that poten-
tially threatens the national security or interests of 
the United States, or that is likely to result in demon-
strable harm to the national security of the United 
States. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘intrusion’ means an unauthor-
ized and malicious cyber incident that compromises a 
nuclear command, control, and communications sys-
tem by breaking the security of such a system or caus-
ing it to enter into an insecure state.’’. 
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(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 POS-
TURE REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION. 
Section 491(c) of title 10, United States Code is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2010’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2012 through 2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2022 through 2031’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’; 
and 
(3) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following new paragraph (1.): 
‘‘(1) ensure that the report required by section 
492a of this title is transmitted to Congress, if so re-
quired under such section;’’. 
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SEC. 1638. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERCONTINENTAL BAL-
LISTIC 
MISSILE 
SITE 
ACTIVATION 
TASK 
FORCE FOR SENTINEL 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 re-
ferred 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 over-
seeing and coordinating the construction of fixed fa-
cilities and emplacements and the installation and 
checkout of supporting subsystems and equipment 
leading to the deployment 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. 
(b) DIRECTOR.— 
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(1) HEAD.—The Task Force shall be headed by 
the Director of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Mod-
ernization. 
(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 
Director, the Secretary shall give preference to 
individuals with expertise in intercontinental 
ballistic missile operations and large construc-
tion projects. 
(3) TERM OF OFFICE.— 
(A) TERM.—The Director shall be ap-
pointed for a term of three years. The Secretary 
may reappoint 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 personnel, operation and maintenance, 
and construction budgets for such deploy-
ment and retirement. 
(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to supersede or 
otherwise alter the organizational relationships 
and responsibilities regarding oversight and 
management of the LGM–35A Sentinel as a 
Major Capability Acquisition Program, as out-
lined in Department of Defense Instruction 
5000.85, ‘‘Major Capability Acquisition’’, dated 
November 4, 2021. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
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(1) REPORT TO SECRETARIES.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and annually thereafter until the date specified in 
subsection (e), the Director, in consultation with the 
milestone decision authority (as defined in section 
4251(d) of title 10, United States Code) for the LGM– 
35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile pro-
gram, 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 oper-
ational capability for the LGM–35A Sentinel inter-
continental 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 
committees the report. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude 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 
subsection (e), the Secretary of the Air Force shall 
provide to the congressional defense committees a 
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briefing regarding the progress made on activities by 
the Task Force to bring the LGM–35A Sentinel inter-
continental ballistic missile weapon system to oper-
ational 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 
configuration of the LGM–35A Sentinel interconti-
nental ballistic missile shall be considered a weapon 
system. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘weapon system’’ has the 
meaning 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 equipment of the LGM–35A Sentinel inter-
continental 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 Com-
mander of the United States Strategic Command and the 
Commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command (or 
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the heads of successor agencies of the United States Stra-
tegic Command and the Air Force Global Strike Command) 
jointly declare that the LGM–35A Sentinel intercontinental 
ballistic missile weapon system has achieved full oper-
ational capability. 
SEC. 1639. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF THE INTER-
CONTINENTAL 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 
Department 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 responsive-
ness or alert level of the intercontinental ballistic mis-
siles 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 inter-
continental ballistic missiles. 
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(2) Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of 
intercontinental ballistic missiles. 
(3) Facilitating the transition from the Minute-
man III intercontinental ballistic missile to the Sen-
tinel intercontinental ballistic missile (previously re-
ferred to as the ‘‘ground-based strategic deterrent 
weapon’’). 
SEC. 1640. PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF REENTRY VEHI-
CLES. 
(a) PLAN.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition and Sustainment, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator for Nuclear Security and the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Research and Engineering, shall produce a plan 
for the development, 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 
missile 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 
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technologies similar 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 re-
entry vehicle described in such subsection, describe— 
(A) timed phases of production for the re-
entry aeroshell and the planned production and 
fielding of the reentry vehicle; 
(B) the required developmental and oper-
ational testing capabilities and capacities, in-
cluding such capabilities and capacities of the 
reentry vehicle; 
(C) the technology development and manu-
facturing capabilities that may require use of 
authorities under the Defense Production Act of 
1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.); and 
(D) the industrial base capabilities and ca-
pacities, including the availability of sufficient 
critical materials and staffing to ensure adequate 
competition between entities developing the re-
entry vehicle; 
(2) provide estimated cost projections for the de-
velopment of the first operational reentry vehicle and 
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the production of subsequent reentry vehicles to meet 
the requirements of the Navy and Air Force; and 
(3) provide for the coordination with and ac-
count for the needs of the development by the Depart-
ment of Defense of hypersonic systems using mate-
rials, staffing, and an industrial base similar to that 
required for the development of reentry vehicles de-
scribed 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 
Director of the Office of Cost Estimating and Pro-
gram Evaluation 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 
enactment 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 development center to conduct an assessment of 
the technology and manufacturing readiness levels 
with respect to the plan under subsection (a). 
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(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 SYS-
TEM. 
(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 
jointly provide to the congressional defense committees a 
briefing, with respect to each nuclear weapons delivery sys-
tem, missile warning system, hypersonic boost-glide missile 
system program, and weapon program or nuclear security 
enterprise infrastructure project of the National Nuclear Se-
curity Administration, on— 
(1) which such programs or projects have been 
reviewed or considered for a determination of DX pri-
ority rating under part 700 of title 15, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations; 
(2) which, if any, such programs or projects have 
been assigned a DX priority rating, or have been de-
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termined to require such rating and a timeline for as-
signment; 
(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 deter-
mine appropriate, including the potential impacts 
and risks to other programs. 
(b) MILESTONE REVIEW REQUIREMENT.—With re-
spect to any program or project that the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Energy identify under subsection 
(a)(1) as not having been reviewed or considered for a deter-
mination 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 
approval, Milestone B approval, and Milestone C ap-
proval, or equivalent; and 
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(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 the-
ater nuclear capabilities and doctrines of Russia, 
China, and North Korea; 
(2) an explanation of the strategy and capabili-
ties of the United States for deterring theater nuclear 
employment; and 
(3) a comparative assessment of options for 
strengthening deterrence of theater nuclear employ-
ment, 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.— 
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mander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report that describes the operational implications as-
sociated with deploying nuclear-capable sea-launched 
cruise missiles on naval vessels, including— 
(A) anticipated effects on the deterrence of 
regional nuclear use by Russia, China, and 
North Korea from such deployment; 
(B) expected adjustments in the regional 
balances of nuclear forces between the United 
States and Russia, China, and North Korea re-
spectively, based on the anticipated effects under 
subparagraph (A); 
(C) anticipated operational and deterrence 
implications of allocating missile or torpedo 
tubes from conventional munitions to nuclear 
munitions if additional vessels beyond current 
planning are not available; 
(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 operation-
ally available capabilities that may be required 
if the Navy is not provided with additional re-
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sources to support tactical nuclear operations, 
including potential costs and constraints relating 
to nuclear certification, modifications to port in-
frastructure, personnel training, and other fac-
tors; 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 Admin-
istrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congres-
sional 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 
(3) an assessment of how the pursuit of a vari-
ant of the W80–4 warhead may affect other planned 
warhead activities of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, including whether there would be 
risk to the cost and schedule of other warhead pro-
grams of the Administration if the Nuclear Weapons 
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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 war-
head 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 
reports under this section, not later than 30 days after the 
date 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 nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile. 
(g) LIMITATION.— 
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(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 Administra-
tion may be obligated or expended for a purpose spec-
ified in paragraph (2) until each of the reports under 
this section and a detailed, unclassified summary of 
the analysis of alternatives regarding the nuclear-ca-
pable 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 
Security Administration, development engineer-
ing for a modified, altered, or new warhead for 
a sea-launched cruise missile. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘development engineering’’ means 
activities 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 nuclear weapons life extension program. 
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(2) The term ‘‘system development and dem-
onstration’’ 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 
RELATED 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 re-
lated 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 re-
lating to missile defense policies, operations, technology de-
velopment, and other similar topics as requested by such 
committees. 
‘‘(b) OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.—The officials specified in 
this subsection are the following: 
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‘‘(1) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Ac-
quisition. 
‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Space Policy. 
‘‘(3) The Director of the Missile Defense Agency. 
‘‘(4) The Director for Strategy, Plans, and Pol-
icy of the Joint Staff. 
‘‘(c) DELEGATION.—An official specified in subsection 
(b) may delegate the authority to provide a briefing re-
quired by subsection (a) to a member of the Senior Execu-
tive Service 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 ACCOUNT-
ABILITY REPORTS ON THE BALLISTIC MIS-
SILE 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 
capability requirement or performance attribute 
identified through— 
‘‘(i) the missile defense warfighter in-
volvement 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 Re-
quirements 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 
period 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 pro-
gram joint cost analysis requirements descrip-
tion is not applicable, the rationale for such in-
applicability.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS ON ACQUISITION BASELINES.— 
Subsection (c) of such section is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii)— 
(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 
acquisition baseline for such program element or 
major subprogram under subsection (d).’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing 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, with-
out regard to funding source or management control (such 
as the Missile Defense Agency, a military department, or 
other element of the Department of Defense). 
‘‘(B) The elements described in this subparagraph shall 
include the following: 
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‘‘(i) Research and development. 
‘‘(ii) Procurement. 
‘‘(iii) Military construction. 
‘‘(iv) Operations and sustainment. 
‘‘(v) Disposal.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing 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 element or major subprogram that has 
no previous iterations and has not been adjusted or 
revised, including any adjustments or revisions pur-
suant to subsection (d). 
‘‘(B) The term ‘total system costs’ means, with 
respect to each element that comprises the missile de-
fense system— 
‘‘(i) all combined costs from closed, can-
celed, and active acquisition baselines; 
‘‘(ii) any costs shifted to or a part of future 
efforts without an established acquisition base-
line; and 
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‘‘(iii) any costs under the responsibility of 
a military department or other Department enti-
ty.’’. 
(c) OPERATIONS
AND
SUSTAINMENT
COST
ESTI-
MATES.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting 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 mili-
tary department or other element of the Department 
of Defense is responsible; and 
‘‘(4)(A) a citation to the source (such as a joint 
cost estimate or one or more military department es-
timates) that captures the operations and sustainment 
costs for which a military department or other ele-
ment 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 Pro-
gram Evaluation.’’. 
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SEC. 1653. MAKING PERMANENT PROHIBITIONS RELATING 
TO MISSILE DEFENSE INFORMATION AND 
SYSTEMS. 
Section 130h of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking subsection (e). 
SEC. 1654. NEXT GENERATION INTERCEPTORS FOR MISSILE 
DEFENSE 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 
inserting ‘‘90 days prior to implementation of 
a’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and 
inserting ‘‘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 re-
port on the funding profile necessary, by fiscal year, to ac-
quire no fewer than 64 operational next generation inter-
ceptors for the next generation interceptor program. 
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SEC. 1655. TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO TRANSI-
TION 
BALLISTIC 
MISSILE 
DEFENSE 
PRO-
GRAMS 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— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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 authori-
ties 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 de-
fense committees the report under section 1675(b) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2117).’’. 
SEC. 1656. PERSISTENT CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS FOR 
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND 
NETWORKS. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than May 1, 2023, the Director 
of the Missile Defense Agency and the Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation, in coordination with the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commander of 
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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 cybersecurity operations across all networks and 
information systems supporting the missile defense system. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An inventory of all networks and informa-
tion systems that support the missile defense system, 
including information about which components or ele-
ments of the networks and information systems are 
currently configured for persistent cybersecurity oper-
ations. 
(2) A strategy— 
(A) for coordinating with the applicable 
combatant commands on persistent cybersecurity 
operations; and 
(B) in which the Director for Operational 
Test and Evaluation monitors and reviews such 
operations and provides independent assessments 
of the adequacy and sufficiency of the operations. 
(3) A plan for how the Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency will respond to cybersecurity testing 
recommendations made by the Director for Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation. 
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(4) The timeline required to execute the plan. 
(c) BRIEFINGS.—The Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency and the Director for Operational Test and Evalua-
tion shall jointly provide to the congressional defense com-
mittees a briefing— 
(1) not later than May 15, 2023, on the plan de-
veloped 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 archi-
tectures, 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 require-
ments 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 
ballistic and hypersonic threats as described in section 1645 
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au-
thorization 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 
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Center concludes the analysis of candidate fire control ar-
chitectures, the Director shall provide to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a briefing on the results of the analysis, including 
the findings of the Director and the architecture rec-
ommended by the Director for a future fire control architec-
ture 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 
allies and partners in the Middle East with respect to im-
plementing an integrated air and missile defense architec-
ture 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. 
(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 sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
strategy on cooperation with allies and partners in 
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the area of responsibility of the United States Central 
Command to implement a multinational integrated 
air and missile defense architecture to protect the peo-
ple, infrastructure, and territory of such countries 
from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and un-
manned aerial systems, and rocket attacks from Iran 
and groups linked to Iran. 
(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 aer-
ial 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 Command. 
(B) A description of current efforts to co-
ordinate indicators and warnings from such at-
tacks with allies and partners within such area 
of responsibility. 
(C) An analysis of current integrated air 
and missile defense systems to defend against at-
tacks, in coordination with allies and partners 
within such area of responsibility. 
(D) An explanation of how a multinational 
integrated air and missile defense architecture 
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would improve collective security in such area of 
responsibility. 
(E) A description of efforts to engage speci-
fied foreign partners in establishing such an ar-
chitecture. 
(F) An identification of elements of the 
multinational integrated air and missile defense 
architecture that— 
(i) can be acquired and operated by 
specified foreign partners; and 
(ii) can only be provided and operated 
by members of the Armed Forces. 
(G) An identification of any challenges in 
establishing 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 tech-
nical components of such an architecture, includ-
ing radars and interceptor 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. 
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(I) Recommendations for addressing the 
challenges identified in subparagraph (G) so that 
the strategy can be implemented effectively. 
(J) Such other matters as the Secretary con-
siders relevant. 
(3) PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION.— 
Any activity carried out under paragraph (1) shall be 
conducted in a manner that is consistent with protec-
tion of intelligence sources and methods and appro-
priately protects sensitive information and the na-
tional security interests of the United States. 
(4) FORMAT.—The strategy submitted under 
paragraph (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 congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(3) The Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
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SEC. 1659. IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE 
SYSTEM AND ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE 
DEFENSE PROGRAM CO-DEVELOPMENT AND 
CO-PRODUCTION. 
(a) IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE 
SYSTEM.— 
(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 defense system through co-production of 
such components in the United States by industry of 
the United States. 
(2) CONDITIONS.— 
(A) 
AGREEMENT.—Funds 
described 
in 
paragraph (1) for the Iron Dome short-range 
rocket defense program shall be available subject 
to the terms and conditions in the Agreement Be-
tween the Department of Defense of the United 
States of America and the Ministry of Defense of 
the State of Israel Concerning Iron Dome De-
fense System Procurement, signed on March 5, 
2014, as amended to include co-production for 
Tamir interceptors. 
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(B) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 
days prior to the initial obligation of funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
(i) a certification that the amended bi-
lateral international agreement specified in 
subparagraph (A) is being implemented as 
provided in such agreement; 
(ii) an assessment detailing any risks 
relating to the implementation of such 
agreement; and 
(iii) for system improvements resulting 
in modified Iron Dome components and 
Tamir interceptor sub-components, a certifi-
cation that the Government of Israel has 
demonstrated successful completion of Pro-
duction Readiness Reviews, including the 
validation 
of 
production 
lines, 
the 
verification of component conformance, and 
the verification of performance to specifica-
tion as defined in the Iron Dome Defense 
System Procurement Agreement, as further 
amended. 
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(b) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM, DAVID’S
SLING
WEAPON
SYSTEM
CO-PRODUC-
TION.— 
(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 pro-
cure the David’s Sling Weapon System, including for 
co-production 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 
conditions in the bilateral co-production agreement, 
including— 
(A) a one-for-one cash match is made by 
Israel or in another matching amount that oth-
erwise 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 per-
cent. 
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(3) 
CERTIFICATION
AND
ASSESSMENT.—The 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(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 
research, development, and technology agreement 
and the bilateral co-production agreement for the 
David’s Sling Weapon System; and 
(B) an assessment detailing any risks relat-
ing to the implementation of such agreement. 
(c) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM, ARROW 3 UPPER TIER INTERCEPTOR PROGRAM CO- 
PRODUCTION.— 
(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-production of parts and components in the 
United States by United States industry. 
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(2) CERTIFICATION.—The Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a certifi-
cation that— 
(A) the Government of Israel has dem-
onstrated the successful completion of the knowl-
edge points, technical milestones, and Production 
Readiness Reviews required by the research, de-
velopment, 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 
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 bi-
lateral international agreement with Israel that 
establishes, with respect to the use of such 
funds— 
(i) in accordance with subparagraph 
(D), the terms of co-production of parts and 
components on the basis of the greatest 
practicable co-production of parts, compo-
nents, and all-up rounds (if appropriate) 
by United States industry and minimizes 
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nonrecurring engineering and facilitization 
expenses to the costs needed for co-produc-
tion; 
(ii) complete transparency on the re-
quirement of Israel for the number of inter-
ceptors and batteries that will be procured, 
including with respect to the procurement 
plans, acquisition strategy, and funding 
profiles of Israel; 
(iii) technical milestones for co-produc-
tion of parts and components and procure-
ment; 
(iv) a joint affordability working 
group to consider cost reduction initiatives; 
and 
(v) joint approval processes for third- 
party sales; and 
(D) the level of co-production described in 
subparagraph (C)(i) for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier 
Interceptor 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— 
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(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 as-
sessment under subsection (b)(3) and the certification under 
subsection (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 pro-
vided to the Government of Israel. 
(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional 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. 
SEC. 1660. INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHI-
TECTURE 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 
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of Defense 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 para-
graph (1) shall include an analysis of each of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The proposed architecture capability to 
address 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 
proposed architecture, including the availability 
of housing and infrastructure on Guam to sup-
port 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 assessment under paragraph (1), without change. 
(b) DESIGNATION
OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE
FOR 
MISSILE DEFENSE OF GUAM.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
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Defense shall designate a senior official of the Depart-
ment of Defense who shall be responsible for the mis-
sile defense of Guam during the period preceding the 
date specified in paragraph (5). 
(2) DUTIES.—The duties of the official des-
ignated under paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Designing the architecture of the missile 
defense system for defending Guam. 
(B) Overseeing development of an integrated 
missile defense acquisition strategy for the mis-
sile defense of Guam. 
(C) Ensuring the military department and 
Defense Agency budgets are appropriate for the 
strategy described in subparagraph (B). 
(D) Siting the integrated missile defense 
system 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 de-
termines appropriate. 
(3) PROGRAM TREATMENT.—The integrated mis-
sile defense system referred to in paragraph (2) shall 
be designated as special interest acquisition category 
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1D program and shall be managed as consistent with 
Department 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 pre-
ceding the date specified in paragraph (5), the official 
designated under paragraph (1) shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the ac-
tions 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 
defense system described in paragraph (2) has 
achieved initial operational capability. 
(c) PROCUREMENT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided by 
paragraph (2), not later than December 31, 2023, the 
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of 
the Missile Defense Agency, shall rapidly procure and 
field up to three vertical launching systems that can 
accommodate planned interceptors operated by the 
Navy (that do not require major modification or inte-
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gration into the existing missile defense system), as of 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the re-
quirement under paragraph (1) if— 
(A) the Secretary determines that the waiv-
er is in the best interest of the national security 
of the United States; 
(B) the Secretary submits to the congres-
sional defense committees a notification of such 
waiver, including a justification; and 
(C) a period of 120 days has elapsed fol-
lowing the date of such notification. 
SEC. 1661. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
FUNDS UNTIL SUBMISSION OF REPORT ON 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CRUISE MISSILE 
DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE HOME-
LAND. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Deputy Sec-
retary of Defense made the determination that the Depart-
ment of the Air Force has acquisition authority with respect 
to the capability to defend the homeland from cruise mis-
siles, as required by section 1684(e) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
328; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 
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(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, in-
cluding 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 re-
cent future-years defense program submitted to Con-
gress under section 221 of title 10, United States 
Code, to develop, deploy, operate, and sustain such ar-
chitecture. 
(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 
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Secretary of the Air Force submits the report under sub-
section (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 de-
fense committees a comprehensive layered strategy to use 
asymmetric 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 
technology; 
(B) microwave systems; 
(C) cyber capabilities; and 
(D) any other capabilities determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary and Director; and 
(2) identify the funding required to implement 
the strategy during the period covered by the future- 
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years defense program submitted to Congress under 
section 221 of title 10, United States Code, in 2023. 
SEC. 1663. PLAN ON DELIVERING SHARED EARLY WARNING 
SYSTEM DATA TO CERTAIN ALLIES AND PART-
NERS 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 de-
liver information under the Shared Early Warning System 
regarding a current or imminent missile threat to allies 
and partners 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 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on how rapid technical fielding of the Shared Early Warn-
ing 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 ag-
gression and threat of missile attack. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
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(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Permanent 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 ini-
tial operating capability, the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency, with the concurrence of the Commander of the 
United States Northern Command, shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An identification of the number of ground- 
based interceptors operationally available to the Com-
mander. 
(2) If such number is different from the report 
previously submitted under this section, the reasons 
for such difference. 
(3) Any anticipated changes to such number 
during the period covered by the report. 
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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 
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, con-
sidering 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 De-
fense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program established 
under section 1321 of the Department of Defense Coopera-
tive 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. 
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(2) For chemical security and elimination, 
$14,998,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $18,088,000. 
(4) For biological threat reduction, $225,000,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $45,890,000. 
(6) For activities designated as Other Assess-
ments/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 avail-
able by the funding table in division D for the Department 
of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program shall be 
available for obligation for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 
2025. 
SEC. 1672. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR RE-
QUIREMENTS OF THE WHITE HOUSE MILI-
TARY 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): 
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‘‘(7) The Director of the White House Military 
Office.’’. 
(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 
coordinate and advocate for the portfolio of national level 
programs 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 sub-
section (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 Pro-
gram Evaluation. 
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(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, act-
ing through the senior official designated under subsection 
(b), and the personnel of the White House Military Office 
that the Director of the White House Military Office deter-
mines 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 RE-
PORTING PROCEDURES. 
(a) MECHANISM FOR AUTHORIZED REPORTING.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the head of the Office and in consulta-
tion with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
establish a secure mechanism for authorized reporting 
of— 
(A) any event relating to unidentified 
anomalous phenomena; and 
(B) any activity or program by a depart-
ment or agency of the Federal Government or a 
contractor of such a department or agency relat-
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ing to unidentified anomalous phenomena, in-
cluding with respect to material retrieval, mate-
rial analysis, reverse engineering, research and 
development, detection and tracking, develop-
mental or operational testing, and security pro-
tections and enforcement. 
(2) PROTECTION OF SYSTEMS, PROGRAMS, AND 
ACTIVITY.—The Secretary shall ensure that the mech-
anism for authorized reporting established under 
paragraph (1) prevents the unauthorized public re-
porting or compromise of classified military and in-
telligence systems, programs, and related activity, in-
cluding all categories and levels of special access and 
compartmented access programs. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that the mechanism for authorized reporting es-
tablished under paragraph (1) is administered by des-
ignated 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 authorized reporting established under para-
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graph (1) provides for the sharing of an author-
ized disclosure to personnel and supporting ana-
lysts and scientists of the Office (regardless of the 
classification of information contained in the 
disclosure or any nondisclosure agreements), un-
less the employees or contractors administering 
the mechanism under paragraph (3) conclude 
that the preponderance of information available 
regarding the disclosure indicates that the ob-
served object and associated events and activities 
likely relate to a special access program or com-
partmented access program that, as of the date 
of the disclosure, has been explicitly and clearly 
reported to the congressional defense committees 
or the congressional intelligence committees, and 
is documented as meeting those criteria. 
(B) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Not 
later than 72 hours after determining that an 
authorized disclosure relates to a restricted access 
activity, a special access program, or a compart-
mented access program that has not been explic-
itly and clearly reported to the congressional de-
fense committees or the congressional intelligence 
committees, the Secretary shall report such dis-
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closure to such committees and the congressional 
leadership. 
(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 Intelligence, shall— 
(A) submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees, the congressional intelligence committees, 
and the congressional leadership a report detail-
ing the mechanism for authorized reporting es-
tablished under paragraph (1); and 
(B) issue clear public guidance for how to 
securely access the mechanism for authorized re-
porting. 
(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 reg-
ulation or order issued under the authority of 
Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; re-
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lating to classified national security informa-
tion) 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 
relating to the disclosure of information. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON REPRISALS.— 
(A) PROTECTION.—An employee of a de-
partment or agency of the Federal Government, 
or of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, sub-
grantee, or personal services contractor of such a 
department or agency, who has authority to take, 
direct others to take, recommend, or approve any 
personnel action, 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 suspension of security clearances, 
or termination of employment, with respect to 
any individual as a reprisal for any authorized 
disclosure. 
(B) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of De-
fense and the Director of National Intelligence 
shall establish procedures for the enforcement of 
subparagraph (A) consistent with, as appro-
priate, section 1034 of title 10, United States 
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Code, section 1104 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234), or other similar provi-
sions of law regarding prohibited personnel ac-
tions. 
(3) NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.— 
(A) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary of De-
fense, the Director of National Intelligence, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the heads of 
such other departments and agencies of the Fed-
eral Government that have supported investiga-
tions of the types of events covered by subpara-
graph (A) of subsection (a)(1) and activities and 
programs described in subparagraph (B) of such 
subsection, and contractors of the Federal Gov-
ernment that have supported or are supporting 
such activities and programs, shall conduct com-
prehensive searches of all records relating to non-
disclosure orders relating to the types of events 
described in subsection (a) and provide copies of 
such orders, agreements, or obligations to the Of-
fice. 
(B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The head 
of the Office shall— 
(i) make the records compiled under 
subparagraph (A) accessible to the congres-
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sional defense committees, the congressional 
intelligence committees, and the congres-
sional leadership; and 
(ii) not later than September 30, 2023, 
and at least once each fiscal year thereafter 
through fiscal year 2026, provide to such 
committees 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’’; 
(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 es-
tablished under section 1673 of the James M. 
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (l)— 
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(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), re-
spectively; 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 Represent-
atives; and 
‘‘(D) the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives.’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘authorized disclosure’’ means a re-
port of any information through, and in compliance 
with, the mechanism for authorized reporting estab-
lished pursuant 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; 
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(C) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(D) the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(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 con-
straint on the individual making an authorized dis-
closure. 
(6) The term ‘‘Office’’ means the All-domain 
Anomaly Resolution Office established pursuant to 
section 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 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234(a)). 
(8) The term ‘‘unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena’’ 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)). 
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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 
coordination 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 con-
sultation 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 associ-
ated military requirements, including— 
(A) the number and locations of the targets, 
including facilities designed for the storage or 
manufacture 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, 
including the importance of effectively holding 
hard and deeply buried targets at risk in order 
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to meet the national security objectives of the 
United States; and 
(D) an evaluation of the sufficiency of cur-
rent and planned nuclear and nonnuclear mili-
tary capabilities 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 
delivery system the Secretary determines appro-
priate, including the cost, timeline for fielding, 
and likely effectiveness of any capability under 
consideration; and 
(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 capa-
bilities in sufficient quantities and making other ad-
justments 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 
minimum— 
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‘‘(A) completed a FedRAMP authorization 
process, as determined by the Administrator; or 
‘‘(B) received a FedRAMP provisional au-
thorization to operate, as determined by the 
FedRAMP Board. 
‘‘(8) FEDRAMP AUTHORIZATION PACKAGE.—The 
term ‘FedRAMP authorization package’ means the es-
sential information that can be used by an agency to 
determine whether to authorize the operation of an in-
formation system or the use of a designated set of 
common controls for all cloud computing products 
and services authorized by FedRAMP. 
‘‘(9) FEDRAMP BOARD.—The term ‘FedRAMP 
Board’ means the board established under section 
3610. 
‘‘(10) INDEPENDENT
ASSESSMENT
SERVICE.— 
The term ‘independent assessment service’ means a 
third-party organization accredited by the Adminis-
trator to undertake conformity assessments of cloud 
service providers and the products or services of cloud 
service providers. 
‘‘(11) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
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