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SEC. 1262. MODIFICATION TO REPORT ON LEGAL AND POL-
ICY FRAMEWORKS FOR THE USE OF MILITARY 
FORCE. 
Section 1264 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 
1689) is amended— 
(1) in the heading for subsection (a), by striking 
‘‘INITIAL’’ and inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘March 1 of each year’’; and 
(3) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘during the 
period’’ and all that follows to the end and inserting 
‘‘from the preceding year.’’. 
SEC. 1263. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
FUNDS UNTIL REPORT SUBMITTED ON DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE AWARDS AND DIS-
CIPLINARY ACTION AS A RESULT OF THE 2017 
INCIDENT IN NIGER. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020 for Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, Office of the Sec-
retary of Defense, for Travel of Persons, not more than 80 
percent of such funds may be obligated or expended until 
the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
congressional defense committees a report that contains a 
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description of each award and disciplinary action issued, 
by rank, as a result of the AR 15-6 investigation findings 
relating to the incident in Niger in 2017. The report shall 
be submitted in a format that protects personally identifi-
able information and is consistent with national security. 
SEC. 1264. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF SUFFICIENCY OF 
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO UNITED STATES 
SOUTHERN COMMAND AND UNITED STATES 
AFRICA COMMAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall seek 
to enter into a contract with a not-for-profit entity or feder-
ally funded research and development center independent 
of the Department of Defense to conduct an assessment of 
the sufficiency of resources available to United States 
Southern Command and United States Africa Command 
to carry out their respective missions. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The assessment de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) an assessment of the sufficiency of the re-
sources available to United States Southern Com-
mand and United States Africa Command, including 
personnel, human resources, and financial resources, 
in promoting United States national security inter-
ests; 
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(2) an assessment of the level of regional exper-
tise and experience of the leadership of each such com-
batant command and their subordinate organizations, 
service components, and task forces, to include per-
sonnel from agencies other than the Department of 
Defense; 
(3) a description of the strategic objectives and 
end states in the geographic region for which each 
such combatant command has responsibility and a 
comparison of the importance and priority of the re-
sources available to each such combatant command to 
perform its mission; and 
(4) an assessment of the ability of each such 
combatant command to carry out such strategic objec-
tives and end states, including an assessment of re-
sources available, forces available, and other inter-
agency resources available to the combatant com-
mand. 
(c) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The not-for-profit enti-
ty or federally funded research and development center with 
which the Secretary enters into the contract under sub-
section (a) shall have full and direct access to all informa-
tion related to resources available to United States Southern 
Command and United States Africa Command. 
(d) REPORT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the not-for-profit 
entity or federally funded research and development 
center with which the Secretary of Defense enters into 
the contract under subsection (a) shall submit to the 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development a report that contains the as-
sessment required by subsection (a). 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees— 
(A) a copy of such report without change; 
and 
(B) any comments, changes, recommenda-
tions, or other information of the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development relating to the assessment 
required by subsection (a) and contained in such 
report. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
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(1) the congressional defense committees; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1265. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO USE OF 
MILITARY FORCE. 
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 
Act may be construed to authorize the use of military force. 
SEC. 1266. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO USE OF 
MILITARY FORCE AGAINST VENEZUELA. 
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 
Act may be construed to authorize the use of military force 
against Venezuela. 
SEC. 1267. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACQUISITION BY TUR-
KEY OF PATRIOT SYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Government of Turkey has indicated in 
a communication to Congress that there remains an 
opportunity to meet Turkey’s requirement for an air 
and missile defense capability through the acquisition 
of the Patriot system from the United States. 
(2) The acquisition of the Patriot system could 
remove the need to acquire the S-400 air and missile 
defense system from Russia, which is incompatible 
with the integrated air and missile defense system of 
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the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and 
should preclude Turkey’s participation in the F-35 
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) consortium program with 
the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) supports the efforts of the United States Gov-
ernment to achieve a satisfactory arrangement with 
Turkey by which Turkey acquires the Patriot system 
to defend its airspace, which would preserve Turkey 
as a production partner in the F-35 JSF consortium 
program; 
(2) encourages the Department of Defense to se-
cure the deployment of a Patriot system to Turkey, 
under United States or NATO operational control, for 
the purpose of providing Turkey with an interim ca-
pability to address urgent vulnerabilities in Turkey’s 
air and missile defense during the period in which an 
agreement is reached for Turkey’s acquisition of the 
Patriot system; and 
(3) notes that any such deployment of the Pa-
triot or a NATO interoperable system in the interim 
is contingent on Turkey’s commitment to cancel the 
S-400 air and missile defense system acquisition. 
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Subtitle H—Baltic Reassurance Act 
SEC. 1271. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Russia seeks to diminish the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) and recreate its sphere 
of influence in Europe using coercion, intimidation, 
and outright aggression. 
(2) Deterring Russia from such aggression is 
vital for transatlantic security. 
(3) The illegal occupation of Crimea by Russia 
and its continued engagement of destabilizing and 
subversive activities against independent and free 
states is of increasing concern. 
(4) Russia also continues to disregard treaties, 
international laws and rights to freedom of naviga-
tion, territorial integrity, and sovereign international 
borders. 
(5) Russia’s continued occupation of Georgian 
and Ukrainian territories and the sustained military 
buildup in Russia’s Western Military District and 
Kaliningrad has threatened continental peace and 
stability. 
(6) The Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and 
Lithuania are particularly vulnerable to an increas-
ingly aggressive and subversive Russia. 
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(7) In a declaration to celebrate 100 years of 
independence of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania 
issued on April 3, 2018, the Trump Administration 
reaffirmed United States commitments to these Baltic 
countries to ‘‘improve military readiness and capa-
bilities through sustained security assistance’’ and 
‘‘explore new ideas and opportunities, including air 
defense, bilaterally and in NATO, to enhance deter-
rence across the region’’. 
(8) These highly valued NATO allies of the 
United States have repeatedly demonstrated their 
commitment to advancing mutual interests as well as 
those of the NATO alliance. 
(9) The Baltic countries also continue to partici-
pate in United States-led exercises to further promote 
coordination, 
cooperation, 
and 
interoperability 
among allies and partner countries, and continue to 
demonstrate their reliability and commitment to pro-
vide for their own defense. 
(10) Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia each hosts 
a respected NATO Center of Excellence that provides 
expertise to educate and promote NATO allies and 
partners in areas of vital interest to the alliance. 
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(11) United States support and commitment to 
allies across Europe has been a lynchpin for peace 
and security on the continent for over 70 years. 
SEC. 1272. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress as follows: 
(1) The United States is committed to the secu-
rity of the Baltic countries and should strengthen co-
operation and support capacity-building initiatives 
aimed at improving the defense and security of such 
countries. 
(2) The United States should lead a multilateral 
effort to develop a strategy to deepen joint capabilities 
with Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, NATO allies, and 
other regional partners, to deter against aggression 
from Russia in the Baltic region, specifically in areas 
that would strengthen interoperability, joint capabili-
ties, and military readiness necessary for Baltic coun-
tries to strengthen their national resilience. 
(3) The United States should explore the feasi-
bility of providing additional air and missile defense 
systems in the Baltic region, including through 
leveraging cost-sharing mechanisms and multilateral 
deployment with NATO allies to reduce financial bur-
dens on host countries. 
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SEC. 1273. DEFENSE ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of State shall jointly conduct a comprehen-
sive, multilateral assessment of the military requirements 
of such countries to deter and resist aggression by Russia 
that— 
(1) provides an assessment of past and current 
initiatives to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, 
readiness and interoperability of Lithuania, Latvia, 
and Estonia’s national defense capabilities; and 
(2) assesses the manner in which to meet those 
objectives, including future resource requirements and 
recommendations, by undertaking activities in the fol-
lowing areas: 
(A) Activities to increase the rotational and 
forward presence, improve the capabilities, and 
enhance the posture and response readiness of the 
United States or forces of NATO in the Baltic 
region. 
(B) Activities to improve air defense sys-
tems, including modern air-surveillance capa-
bilities. 
(C) Activities to improve counter-unmanned 
aerial system capabilities. 
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(D) Activities to improve command and 
control capabilities through increasing commu-
nications, technology, and intelligence capacity 
and coordination, including secure and hardened 
communications. 
(E) Activities to improve intelligence, sur-
veillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. 
(F) Activities to enhance maritime domain 
awareness. 
(G) Activities to improve military and de-
fense infrastructure, logistics, and access, par-
ticularly transport of military supplies and 
equipment. 
(H) Investments to ammunition stocks and 
storage. 
(I) Activities and training to enhance cyber 
security and electronic warfare capabilities. 
(J) Bilateral and multilateral training and 
exercises. 
(K) New and existing cost-sharing mecha-
nisms with United States and NATO allies to re-
duce financial burden. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of State jointly shall submit to the appropriate 
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congressional committees a report, which shall be submitted 
in unclassified form but may include a classified annex, 
that includes each of the following: 
(1) A report on the findings of the assessment 
conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) A list of any recommendations resulting from 
such assessment. 
(3) An assessment of the resource requirements to 
achieve the objectives described in subsection (a)(1) 
with respect to the national defense capability of Bal-
tic countries, including potential investments by host 
countries. 
(4) A plan for the United States to use appro-
priate security cooperation authorities or other au-
thorities to— 
(A) facilitate relevant recommendations in-
cluded in the list described in paragraph (2); 
(B) expand joint training between the 
Armed Forces and the military of Lithuania, 
Latvia, or Estonia, including with the participa-
tion of other NATO allies; and 
(C) support United States foreign military 
sales and other equipment transfers to Baltic 
countries especially for the activities described in 
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subparagraphs (A) through (I) of subsection 
(a)(2). 
SEC. 1274. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
DEFINED. 
In this subtitle, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on 
Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION 
SEC. 1301. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. 
Of the $338,700,000 authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 in section 
301 and made available by the funding table in division 
D for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduc-
tion Program established under section 1321 of the Depart-
ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 
U.S.C. 3711), the following amounts may be obligated for 
the purposes specified: 
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(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, 
$492,000. 
(2) 
For 
chemical 
weapons 
destruction, 
$12,856,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $33,919,000. 
(4) 
For 
cooperative 
biological 
engagement, 
$183,642,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $79,869,000. 
(6) For activities designated as Other Assess-
ments/Administrative Costs, $27,922,000. 
SEC. 1302. SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-
DUCTION FUNDS. 
Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 301 and made available by the 
funding table in division D for the Department of Defense 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program shall be available 
for obligation for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2020 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
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providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC-
TION, DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruc-
tion, Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 
4501. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized for— 
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and 
munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the De-
partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 
U.S.C. 1521); and 
(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 
of the United States that is not covered by section 
1412 of such Act. 
SEC. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
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Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2020 for the Defense Health Program for use of 
the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the 
Department of Defense for providing for the health of eligi-
ble beneficiaries, as specified in the funding table in section 
4501. 
SEC. 1406. NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2020 for the National Defense Sealift Fund, as 
specified in the funding tables in section 4501. 
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Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 1411. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-
ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 
LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated by section 1405 and 
available for the Defense Health Program for operation and 
maintenance, $127,500,000 may be transferred by the Sec-
retary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense–De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstra-
tion Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of section 1704 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). For purposes 
of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, any funds so 
transferred shall be treated as amounts authorized and ap-
propriated specifically for the purpose of such a transfer. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the purposes 
of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility operations 
for which funds transferred under subsection (a) may be 
used are operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 
Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 
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Federal medical facility under an operational agreement 
covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
SEC. 1412. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2020 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund the sum of $64,300,000 for the operation of the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF 
ADDITIONAL 
APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR OVERSEAS CON-
TINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to authorize appropriations 
for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 to pro-
vide additional funds for overseas contingency operations 
being carried out by the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1502. PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2020 for procurement accounts for the Army, the 
Navy and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense- 
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wide activities, as specified in the funding table in section 
4102. 
SEC. 1503. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2020 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4202. 
SEC. 1504. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2020 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4302. 
SEC. 1505. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2020 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, military personnel ac-
counts, as specified in the funding table in section 4402. 
SEC. 1506. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2020 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
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providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1507. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1508. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1509. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health Program, as 
specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1511. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 
title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act. 
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SEC. 1512. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this title for fiscal year 2019 
between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authoriza-
tions so transferred shall be merged with and be 
available for the same purposes as the authorization 
to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of author-
izations that the Secretary may transfer under the 
authority 
of 
this 
subsection 
may 
not 
exceed 
$500,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Transfers under this section 
shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as 
transfers under section 1001. 
(2) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FOR 
DRUG
INTERDICTION
AND
COUNTER
DRUG
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The authority provided by subsection (a) may 
not be used to transfer any amount to Drug Interdic-
tion and Counter Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
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(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer authority 
provided by this section is in addition to the transfer au-
thority provided under section 1001. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 1521. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF PRIOR AUTHORITIES AND NO-
TICE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Funds available 
to the Department of Defense for the Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund for fiscal year 2020 shall be subject to the con-
ditions contained in— 
(1) subsections (b) through (f) of section 1513 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428); and 
(2) section 1521(d)(1) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114–328; 130 Stat. 2577). 
(b) EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION.— 
(1) ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.—Sub-
ject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may 
accept equipment that is procured using amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Afghanistan Secu-
rity Forces Fund by this Act and is intended for 
transfer to the security forces of the Ministry of De-
fense and the Ministry of the Interior of the Govern-
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ment of Afghanistan, but is not accepted by such secu-
rity forces. 
(2) CONDITIONS
ON
ACCEPTANCE
OF
EQUIP-
MENT.—Before accepting any equipment under the 
authority provided by paragraph (1), the Commander 
of United States forces in Afghanistan shall make a 
determination that such equipment was procured for 
the purpose of meeting requirements of the security 
forces of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of 
the Interior of the Government of Afghanistan, as 
agreed to by both the Government of Afghanistan and 
the Government of the United States, but is no longer 
required by such security forces or was damaged be-
fore transfer to such security forces. 
(3) ELEMENTS OF DETERMINATION.—In making 
a determination under paragraph (2) regarding 
equipment, the Commander of United States forces in 
Afghanistan shall consider alternatives to the accept-
ance of such equipment by the Secretary. An expla-
nation of each determination, including the basis for 
the determination and the alternatives considered, 
shall be included in the relevant quarterly report re-
quired under paragraph (5). 
(4) TREATMENT AS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
STOCKS.—Equipment accepted under the authority 
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provided by paragraph (1) may be treated as stocks 
of the Department of Defense upon notification to the 
congressional defense committees of such treatment. 
(5) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON EQUIPMENT DIS-
POSITION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
every 90-day period thereafter during which the 
authority provided by paragraph (1) is exer-
cised, the Secretary shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report describing the 
equipment accepted during the period covered by 
such report under the following: 
(i) This subsection. 
(ii) Section 1521(b) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2575). 
(iii) Section 1531(b) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1088). 
(iv) Section 1532(b) of the Carl Levin 
and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
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2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 
3613). 
(v) Section 1531(d) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 938; 
10 U.S.C. 2302 note). 
(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include a list of all equip-
ment that was accepted during the period cov-
ered by such report and treated as stocks of the 
Department of Defense and copies of the deter-
minations made under paragraph (2), as re-
quired by paragraph (3). 
(c) SECURITY OF AFGHAN WOMEN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds available to the 
Department of Defense for the Afghan Security Forces 
Fund for fiscal year 2020, it is the goal that 
$45,500,000, but in no event less than $10,000,000, 
shall be used for— 
(A) the recruitment, integration, retention, 
training, and treatment of women in the Afghan 
National Defense and Security Forces; and 
(B) the recruitment, training, and con-
tracting of female security personnel for future 
elections. 
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(2) TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—Such 
programs and activities may include— 
(A) efforts to recruit and retain women into 
the Afghan National Defense and Security 
Forces, including the special operations forces; 
(B) programs and activities of the Direc-
torate of Human Rights and Gender Integration 
of the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan and the 
Office of Human Rights, Gender and Child 
Rights of the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan; 
(C) development and dissemination of gen-
der and human rights educational and training 
materials and programs within the Ministry of 
Defense and the Ministry of Interior of Afghani-
stan; 
(D) efforts to address harassment and vio-
lence against women within the Afghan National 
Defense and Security Forces; 
(E) improvements to infrastructure that ad-
dress the requirements of women serving in the 
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, 
including appropriate equipment for female se-
curity and police forces, and transportation for 
policewomen to their station; 
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(F) support for Afghanistan National Police 
Family Response Units; and 
(G) security provisions for high-profile fe-
male police and military officers. 
(d) ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN PROGRESS ON OB-
JECTIVES.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 
June 1, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, submit to the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate an assessment de-
scribing— 
(A) the progress of the Government of the 
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan toward meeting 
shared security objectives; and 
(B) the efforts of the Government of the Is-
lamic Republic of Afghanistan to manage, em-
ploy, and sustain the equipment and inventory 
provided under subsection (a). 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—In conducting 
the assessment required by paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall include each of the following: 
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(A) A consideration of the extent to which 
the Government of Afghanistan has a strategy 
for, and has taken steps toward, increased ac-
countability and the reduction of corruption 
within the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry 
of Interior of Afghanistan. 
(B) A consideration of the extent to which 
the capability and capacity of the Afghan Na-
tional Defense and Security Forces have im-
proved as a result of Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund investment, including through 
training, and an articulation of the metrics used 
to assess such improvements. 
(C) A consideration of the extent to which 
the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces 
have been able to increase pressure on the 
Taliban, al-Qaeda, the Haqqani network, the Is-
lamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan, and 
other terrorist organizations, including by re- 
taking territory, defending territory, and dis-
rupting attacks. 
(D) A consideration of the distribution 
practices of the Afghan National Defense and Se-
curity Forces and whether the Government of Af-
ghanistan is ensuring that supplies, equipment, 
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and weaponry supplied by the United States are 
appropriately distributed to, and employed by, 
security forces charged with fighting the Taliban 
and other terrorist organizations. 
(E) A consideration of the extent to which 
the Government of Afghanistan has designated 
the appropriate staff, prioritized the development 
of relevant processes, and provided or requested 
the allocation of resources necessary to support a 
peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan. 
(F) A description of the ability of the Min-
istry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior of 
Afghanistan to manage and account for pre-
viously divested equipment, including a descrip-
tion of any vulnerabilities or weaknesses of the 
internal controls of such Ministry of Defense and 
Ministry of Interior and any plan in place to 
address shortfalls. 
(G) A description of the monitoring and 
evaluation systems in place to ensure assistance 
provided under subsection (a) is used only for 
the intended purposes. 
(H) A description of any significant irreg-
ularities in the divestment of equipment to the 
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces 
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during the period beginning on May 1, 2019, 
and ending on May 1, 2020, including any 
major losses of such equipment or any inability 
on the part of the Afghan National Defense and 
Security Forces to account for equipment so pro-
cured. 
(I) A description of the sustainment and 
maintenance costs required during the period be-
ginning on May 1, 2019, and ending on May 1, 
2020, for major weapons platforms previously 
divested, and a plan for how the Afghan Na-
tional Defense and Security Forces intends to 
maintain such platforms in the future. 
(J) A consideration of the extent to which 
the Government of Afghanistan is adhering to 
conditions for receiving assistance established in 
annual financial commitment letters or any 
other bilateral agreements with the United 
States. 
(K) A consideration of the extent to which 
the Government of Afghanistan has made 
progress in achieving security sector benchmarks 
as outlined by the United States-Afghan Com-
pact (commonly known as the ‘‘Kabul Com-
pact’’). 
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(L) Such other factors as the Secretaries 
consider appropriate. 
(3) FORM.—The assessment required by para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(4) WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR INSUFFI-
CIENT PROGRESS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of De-
fense determines, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State and pursuant to the assessment 
under paragraph (1), that the Government of Af-
ghanistan has made insufficient progress in the 
areas described in paragraph (2), the Secretary 
of Defense shall— 
(i) withhold $480,000,000, to be de-
rived from amounts made available for as-
sistance for the Afghan National Defense 
and Security Forces, from expenditure or 
obligation until the date on which the Sec-
retary certifies to Congress that the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan has made sufficient 
progress; and 
(ii) notify Congress not later than 30 
days before withholding such funds. 
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(B) WAIVER.—If the Secretary of Defense 
determines that withholding such assistance 
would impede the national security objectives of 
the United States by prohibiting, restricting, de-
laying, or otherwise limiting the provision of as-
sistance, the Secretary may waive the with-
holding requirement under subparagraph (A) if 
the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, certifies such determination to Congress 
not later than 30 days before the effective date of 
the waiver. 
TITLE 
XVI—STRATEGIC 
PRO-
GRAMS, CYBER, AND INTEL-
LIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
SEC. 1601. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) ensuring opportunities for future competition 
in the National Security Space Launch program of 
the Air Force will decrease the overall cost of the pro-
gram and increase the likelihood of success with re-
spect to the Department of Defense stopping the use 
of Russian-made RD–180 rocket engines, as required 
by section 1608 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
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‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 10 U.S.C. 
2271 note); and 
(2) while Congress supports robust competition 
within the National Security Space Launch program, 
Congress recognizes the importance of providing a 
regular launch manifest and incentives for a robust 
industrial base to support national security require-
ments. 
(b) PHASE TWO ACQUISITION STRATEGY.—In car-
rying out the phase two acquisition strategy, the Secretary 
of the Air Force— 
(1) shall ensure, except as provided by subsection 
(c), that launch services are procured only from Na-
tional Security Space Launch providers that are 
offerors using launch vehicles or families of launch ve-
hicles that meet all of the requirements of the Air 
Force for the delivery of all required payloads to all 
reference orbits; and 
(2) may not substantially change the acquisition 
schedule or mission performance requirements. 
(c) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES.—If the Secretary of 
the Air Force awards phase two contracts for more than 
a total of 29 launches, the Secretary shall ensure that each 
such contract for any launch after the 29th launch is 
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awarded using competitive procedures among all National 
Security Space Launch providers. 
(d) FUNDING FOR CERTIFICATION AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to section 2371b of 
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall enter into an agreement described in 
paragraph (2) with either National Security Space 
Launch providers that have not entered into a phase 
two contract for launch services occurring before fiscal 
year 2022 or National Security Space Launch pro-
viders that have entered into a phase two contract but 
have not entered into a launch services agreement for 
such phase, or both. 
(2) AGREEMENTS.—An agreement described in 
this paragraph is an agreement that provides a Na-
tional Security Space Launch provider with not more 
than $500,000,000 for the provider to meet the certifi-
cation and infrastructure requirements that are— 
(A) unique to national security space mis-
sions; and 
(B) necessary for a phase two contract, in-
cluding such contracts described in subsection 
(c). 
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(e) DOWN SELECT NOTIFICATION.—The Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees written notifi-
cation of the two National Security Space Launch pro-
viders selected during fiscal year 2020 by the Secretary of 
the Air Force to be awarded phase two contracts not later 
than 10 days before the Secretary publicly announces such 
selection. The notification shall include, at a minimum— 
(1) an identification of the selected providers; 
(2) the evaluation criteria used in the selection; 
(3) the total costs to the Air Force for such con-
tracts; and 
(4) a risk assessment of the selected providers in 
meeting national security requirements. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the date 
on which the Secretary of the Air Force awards phase two 
contracts during fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on— 
(1) the total defense investments made with re-
spect to launch service agreements and engine devel-
opment for each National Security Space Launch 
provider so awarded such phase two contracts; and 
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(2) how such investments in launch service pro-
viders were accounted for in the evaluation of the of-
fers for such phase two contracts. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘phase two acquisition strategy’’ 
means the process by which the Secretary of the Air 
Force enters into phase two contracts and carries out 
launches under the National Security Space Launch 
program during fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 
(3) The term ‘‘phase two contract’’ means a con-
tract for launch services under the National Security 
Space Launch program during fiscal years 2020 
through 2024, as described in solicitation number 
FA8811–19–R–0002 of the Air Force. 
SEC. 1602. PREPARATION TO IMPLEMENT PLAN FOR USE OF 
ALLIED LAUNCH VEHICLES. 
(a) PREPARATION.—The Secretary of Defense, in co-
ordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
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take actions necessary to prepare to implement the plan de-
veloped pursuant to section 1603 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
328; 130 Stat. 2584) regarding using allied launch vehicles 
to meet the requirements for achieving the policy relating 
to assured access to space set forth in section 2273 of title 
10, United States Code. 
(b) ACTIONS REQUIRED.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) identify the satellites of the United States 
that would be appropriate to be launched on an allied 
launch vehicle; 
(2) assess the relevant provisions of Federal law, 
regulations, and policies governing the launch of na-
tional security satellites and determine whether any 
legislative, regulatory, or policy actions (including 
with respect to waivers) would be necessary to allow 
for the launch of a national security satellite on an 
allied launch vehicle; and 
(3) address any certification requirements nec-
essary for such use of allied launch vehicles and the 
estimated cost, schedule, and actions necessary to cer-
tify allied launch vehicles for such use. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on preparing to implement the 
plan described in subsection (a), including information re-
garding each action required by paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) of subsection (b). 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and 
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1603. ANNUAL DETERMINATION ON PLAN ON FULL IN-
TEGRATION AND EXPLOITATION OF OVER-
HEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED CAPABILITY. 
Section 1618(c) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 
2431 note) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year preceding fiscal year 2029’’. 
SEC. 1604. SPACE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 
MISSION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) NRO.— 
(1) PROCUREMENT.—The Director of the Na-
tional Reconnaissance Office shall procure a modern-
ized pathfinder program free-flyer satellite that— 
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(A) addresses space-based environmental 
monitoring mission requirements; 
(B) reduces the risk that the Department of 
Defense experiences a gap in meeting such re-
quirements during the period beginning January 
1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2025; and 
(C) is launched not later than January 1, 
2023. 
(2) PLAN.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
plan for the Director to procure and launch the sat-
ellite under paragraph (1), including with respect 
to— 
(A) the requirements for such satellite, in-
cluding operational requirements; 
(B) timelines for such procurement and 
launch; 
(C) costs for such procurement and launch; 
and 
(D) the launch plan. 
(3) PROCEDURES.—The Director shall ensure 
that the satellite under paragraph (1) is procured 
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using full and open competition through the use of 
competitive procedures. 
(b) AIR FORCE.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
ensure that the electro-optical/infrared weather system sat-
ellite— 
(1) meets space-based environmental monitoring 
mission requirements; 
(2) is procured using full and open competition 
through the use of competitive procedures; and 
(3) is launched not later than September 30, 
2025. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘space-based environmental moni-
toring mission requirements’’ means the national se-
curity requirements for cloud characterization and 
theater weather imagery. 
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SEC. 1605. PROTOTYPE PROGRAM FOR MULTI-GLOBAL NAVI-
GATION SATELLITE SYSTEM RECEIVER DE-
VELOPMENT. 
(a) PROTOTYPE MULTI-GNSS PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall establish under the Space Develop-
ment Agency a program to prototype an M-code based, 
multi-global navigation satellite system receiver that is ca-
pable of receiving covered signals to increase the resilience 
and capability of military position, navigation, and timing 
equipment against threats to the Global Positioning System 
and to deter the likelihood of attack on the worldwide Global 
Positioning System by reducing the benefits of such an at-
tack. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) with respect to each covered signal that could 
be received by the prototype receiver under such pro-
gram, conduct an assessment of the relative benefits 
and risks of using that signal, including with respect 
to any existing or needed monitoring infrastructure 
that would alert users of the Department of Defense 
of potentially corrupted signal information, and the 
cyber risks and challenges of incorporating such sig-
nals into a properly designed receiver; 
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(2) ensure that monitoring systems are able to 
include any monitoring network of the United States 
or allies of the United States; 
(3) conduct an assessment of the benefits and 
risks, including with respect to the compatibility of 
non-United States global navigation satellite system 
signals with existing position, navigation, and timing 
equipment of the United States, and the extent to 
which the capability to receive such signals would im-
pact current receiver or antenna design; and 
(4) conduct an assessment of the desirability of 
establishing such program in a manner that— 
(A) is a cooperative effort, coordinated with 
the Secretary of State, between the United States 
and the allies of the United States that may also 
have interest in funding a multi-global naviga-
tion satellite system and M-code program; and 
(B) the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of State, ensures that the 
United States has access to sufficient insight into 
trusted signals of allied systems to assure poten-
tial reliance by the United States on such sig-
nals. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Space Devel-
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opment Agency, in coordination with the Air Force GPS 
User Equipment Program office, shall provide to the con-
gressional defense committees a briefing on a plan to carry 
out the program under subsection (a) that includes— 
(1) the estimated cost, including total cost and 
out-year funding requirements; 
(2) the schedule for such program; 
(3) a plan for how the results of the program 
could be incorporated into future blocks of the Global 
Positioning System military user equipment pro-
gram; and 
(4) the recommendations and analysis contained 
in the study sponsored by the Department of Defense 
conducted by the MITRE Corporation on the risks, 
benefits, and approaches to adding multi-global navi-
gation satellite system capabilities to military user 
equipment. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a 
report containing— 
(1) an explanation of how the Secretary intends 
to comply with section 1609 of the John S. McCain 
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2110); 
(2) an outline of any potential cooperative efforts 
acting in accordance with the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, the European Union, or Japan that 
would support such compliance; 
(3) an assessment of the potential to host, or in-
corporate through software-defined payloads, Global 
Positioning System M-code functionality onto allied 
global navigation satellite system systems; and 
(4) an assessment of new or enhanced moni-
toring capabilities that would be needed to incor-
porate global navigation satellite system functionality 
into weapon systems of the Department. 
(e) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2020 for increment 2 of the acquisition of military 
Global Positioning System user equipment terminals, not 
more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended until 
the date on which the briefing has been provided under sub-
section (c) and the report has been submitted under sub-
section (d). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘allied systems’’ means— 
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(A) the Galileo system of the European 
Union; 
(B) the QZSS system of Japan; and 
(C) upon designation by the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence— 
(i) the NAVIC system of India; and 
(ii) any similarly associated wide area 
augmentation systems. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered signals’’— 
(A) means global navigation satellite system 
signals from— 
(i) allied systems; and 
(ii) non-allied systems; and 
(B) includes both trusted signals and open 
signals. 
(3) The term ‘‘M-code’’ means, with respect to 
global navigation satellite system signals, military 
code that provides enhanced positioning, navigation, 
and timing capabilities and improved resistance to 
existing and emerging threats, such as jamming. 
(4) The term ‘‘non-allied systems’’ means— 
(A) the Russian GLONASS system; and 
(B) the Chinese Beidou system. 
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(5) The term ‘‘open signals’’ means global navi-
gation satellite system that do not include encryption 
or other internal methods to authenticate signal infor-
mation. 
(6) The term ‘‘trusted signals’’ means global 
navigation satellite system signals that incorporate 
encryption or other internal methods to authenticate 
signal information. 
SEC. 1606. COMMERCIAL SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS 
CAPABILITIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Secretary of the Air Force is responsible 
for developing the hardware and software systems to 
provide space situational awareness data to the Com-
mander of the United States Strategic Command to 
meet warfighter requirements. 
(2) There have been significant delays and cost 
increases in the program of record that underpin 
space situational awareness. 
(3) The Secretary terminated the Joint Space 
Operations Center Mission Center and decided to 
operationally accept the Joint Space Operations Cen-
ter Mission Center Increment 2 despite the fact that 
only three of 12 planned capabilities in Joint Space 
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Operations Center Mission Center Increment 2 were 
accepted for use in operations. 
(4) Multiple commercial vendors have the cur-
rent capability to detect, maintain custody of, and 
provide analytical products that can address the 
warfighter space situational awareness requirements 
that were not filled in the Joint Space Operations 
Center Mission Center and that have been impacted 
by significant delays in the program of record. 
(b) PROCUREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Space 
Development Agency shall procure commercial space situa-
tional awareness services by awarding at least two contracts 
for such services. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2020 for the enterprise space battle management com-
mand and control, not more than 75 percent may be obli-
gated or expended until the date on which the Secretary 
of Defense, without delegation, certifies to the congressional 
committees that the Secretary has awarded the contracts 
under subsection (b). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 2020, the 
Director of the Space Development Agency, in coordination 
with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall submit to the con-
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gressional defense committees a report on using commercial 
space situational awareness services to fill the space situa-
tional awareness requirements that were not filled in the 
Joint Space Operations Center Mission Center. The report 
shall include the following: 
(1) A description of current domestic commercial 
capabilities to detect and track space objects in low 
earth orbit below the 10 centimeter threshold of legacy 
systems. 
(2) A description of current domestic best-in- 
breed commercial capabilities that can meet such re-
quirements. 
(3) Estimates of the timelines, milestones, and 
funding requirements to procure a near-term solution 
to meet such requirements until the development pro-
grams of the Air Force are projected to be operation-
ally fielded. 
(e) COMMERCIAL SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS 
SERVICES DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘commercial 
space situational awareness services’’ means commercial 
space situational awareness processing software and data 
to address warfighter requirements and fill gaps in current 
space situational capabilities of the Air Force. 
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SEC. 1607. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON PLAN FOR DETER-
RENCE IN SPACE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Threats to space systems of the United States 
have increased and continue to grow. 
(2) While the United States must invest in capa-
bilities to defend such systems in the event of an at-
tack in space, the United States must also identify 
and implement policies that will reduce the likelihood 
of such an attack. 
(3) The United States is developing new capa-
bilities for enhancing resilience of such systems. 
(4) However, the proper balance between active 
defense, resilience, and the still lagging investment 
area of reconstitution to enhance deterrence remains 
unclear, as does the balance between classified and 
unclassified activities needed to create deterrence. 
(5) Independent analysis and assessment is nec-
essary to identify steps to increase deterrence in 
space. 
(b) INDEPENDENT STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a fed-
erally funded research and development center or 
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other independent entity to conduct a study on deter-
rence in space. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The study under 
paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An assessment of the existing range of 
major studies and writings on space deterrence 
and a comprehensive comparative analysis of the 
conclusions of such studies and writings. 
(B) An examination, using appropriate an-
alytical tools, of the approaches proposed by such 
studies and writings with respect to creating 
conditions of deterrence suitable for use in the 
space domain, including, at a minimum, an as-
sessment of all aspects of deterrence in space, in-
cluding varying classification, strategies to deny 
benefit or impose cost, and space mission assur-
ance (including resilience, active defense, and re-
constitution). 
(C) A determination, made either by ex-
tending such studies and writings or through 
new analysis, of a holistic and comprehensive 
theory of deterrence in space appropriate for use 
in defense planning. 
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(D) An evaluation of existing policies, pro-
grams, and plans of the Department of Defense 
to provide an assessment of the likely effective-
ness of those policies, programs, and plans to 
achieve effective space deterrence. 
(c) ASSESSMENT BY DEFENSE POLICY BOARD.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Defense Policy Board shall submit to the Secretary 
of Defense an assessment of the study under subsection 
(b)(1), including, at a minimum— 
(1) a determination of the soundness of the 
study; 
(2) a description of any disagreements the Board 
has with the conclusions of such study, including rec-
ommended changes or clarifications to such conclu-
sions the Board determines appropriate; and 
(3) changes to the policies, programs, and plans 
of the Department of Defense that the Board rec-
ommends based on such study and the changes and 
clarifications described in paragraph (2). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees, the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
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dated intelligence and counterintelligence require-
ments of the relevant combatant commands. 
‘‘(D) A mitigation plan to balance and offset the 
gaps and shortfalls identified under subparagraph 
(C), including with respect to spaceborne, airborne, 
ground, maritime, and cyber intelligence, surveil-
lance, and reconnaissance capabilities. 
‘‘(E) For the year preceding the year in which 
the briefing is provided— 
‘‘(i) the number of intelligence and counter-
intelligence requests of each commander of a rel-
evant combatant command determined by the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff to be a validated require-
ment, and the total of capacity of such requests 
provided to each such commander; 
‘‘(ii) with respect to such validated require-
ments— 
‘‘(I) the quantity of intelligence and 
counterintelligence capabilities or activities, 
by specific intelligence capability type, that 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff requested each 
military department to provide; and 
‘‘(II) the total of capacity of such re-
quests so provided by each such military de-
partment; and 
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(ii) the use or planned use by each geo-
graphic and functional combatant com-
mand of intelligence collections capabilities 
and activities available to such command to 
address operational and strategic require-
ments of the Department of Defense; 
(iii) the gaps and deficiencies described 
in subsection (a)(1)(B)(iii), if any, that 
prohibit each geographic and functional 
combatant command from the most effective 
use of the intelligence collections capabilities 
and activities to address priority require-
ments of the Department of Defense; 
(iv) the accepted risk by the Secretary 
of Defense from the prioritization of certain 
Department of Defense requirements with 
respect to the allocation of intelligence col-
lections capabilities and activities; and 
(v) the alignment and responsiveness of 
intelligence collections capabilities and ac-
tivities with respect to the planning require-
ments for the Program of Analysis of each 
combat support agency that is part of— 
(I) the Defense Intelligence Enter-
prise; and 
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evaluation. Such a written notification shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) An identification of each major weapon sys-
tem requiring such an evaluation and the anticipated 
date of completion. 
‘‘(2) A justification for the inability to complete 
such an evaluation by the date specified in subsection 
(a)(1). 
‘‘(g) REPORT.—The Secretary, acting through the As-
sistant 
Secretary 
of 
Defense 
for 
Acquisition 
and 
Sustainment, shall provide a report to the congressional de-
fense committees upon completion of the requirement for an 
evaluation of the cyber vulnerabilities of each major weapon 
system of the Department under this section. Such report 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) An identification of cyber vulnerabilities of 
each major weapon system requiring mitigation. 
‘‘(2) An identification of current and planned ef-
forts to address the cyber vulnerabilities of each major 
weapon system requiring mitigation, including efforts 
across the doctrine, organization, training, materiel, 
leadership and education, personnel, and facilities of 
the Department. 
‘‘(3) A description of joint and common cyber 
vulnerability mitigation solutions and efforts, includ-
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