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Aerospace Defense Command, including a schedule for capabili-
ties being developed and deployed; 
(2) a list of all programs of record of the Air Force that 
contribute to such architecture; and 
(3) funding profile by year across the most recent future- 
years defense program submitted to Congress under section 
221 of title 10, United States Code, to develop, deploy, operate, 
and sustain such architecture. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
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 Secretary of the Air Force 
submits the report under subsection (b). 
SEC. 1662. STRATEGY TO USE ASYMMETRIC CAPABILITIES TO DEFEAT 
HYPERSONIC MISSILE THREATS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 1, 2023, the Secretary 
of Defense, acting through the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency, shall submit to the congressional defense 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 appropriate by 
the Secretary and Director; and 
(2) identify the funding required to implement the strategy 
during the period covered by the future-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 PARTNERS OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 
shall develop a technical fielding plan to deliver information under 
the Shared Early Warning System 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 Warning System could be 
provided to allies and partners of the United States that— 
(1) are not member states of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization; and 
(2) are under current or imminent hostile aggression and 
threat of missile attack.
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(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 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 Representa-
tives. 
(3) The Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1664. REPORTS ON GROUND-BASED INTERCEPTORS. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and on a quarterly basis thereafter until the date on 
which the next generation interceptor achieves initial operating 
capability, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, with the 
concurrence of the Commander of the United States Northern Com-
mand, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
that includes the following: 
(1) An identification of the number of ground-based inter-
ceptors operationally available to the Commander. 
(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. 
SEC. 1665. REPORT ON MISSILE DEFENSE INTERCEPTOR SITE IN 
CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES. 
Not later than March 31, 2023, the Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Director of the Missile Defense Agency and in coordina-
tion with the Commander of the United States Northern Command, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining— 
(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, considering the des-
ignation of Fort Drum, New York, as the conditionally des-
ignated preferred site. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 1671. COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS. 
(a) FUNDING ALLOCATION.—Of the $354,394,000 authorized to 
be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 
in section 301 and made available by the funding table in division 
D for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 
Program established under section 1321 of the Department of 
Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711), the 
following amounts may be obligated for the purposes specified: 
(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, $6,859,000. 
(2) For chemical security and elimination, $14,998,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $18,088,000. 
(4) For biological threat reduction, $225,000,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $45,890,000. 
(6) For activities designated as Other Assessments/ 
Administration Costs, $30,763,000.
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(b) 
SPECIFICATION
OF
COOPERATIVE
THREAT
REDUCTION 
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 2023, 2024, and 2025. 
SEC. 1672. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR REQUIREMENTS 
OF THE WHITE HOUSE MILITARY OFFICE. 
(a) MEMBERSHIP ON COUNCIL ON OVERSIGHT OF THE NATIONAL 
LEADERSHIP COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS 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 para-
graph (7): 
‘‘(7) The Director of the White House Military Office.’’. 
(b) PORTFOLIO MANAGER.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment, shall designate a senior official to coordinate and 
advocate for the portfolio of national level programs of the Depart-
ment 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 programmatic and 
budgetary information required to assess the efficacy of the national 
level programs covered by subsection (b) shall be provided to the 
senior official designated under such subsection by the following 
officials: 
(1) The Secretary of each military department. 
(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 
(3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
Engineering. 
(4) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
(5) The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evalua-
tion. 
(d) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the President submits to Congress a budget for each 
of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 pursuant to section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment, acting through the senior official 
designated under subsection (b), and the personnel of the White 
House Military Office that the Director of the White House Military 
Office determines appropriate shall jointly provide to the congres-
sional 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 REPORTING 
PROCEDURES. 
(a) MECHANISM FOR AUTHORIZED REPORTING.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the head of the Office and in consultation with the 
Director of National Intelligence, shall establish a secure 
mechanism for authorized reporting of— 
(A) any event relating to unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena; and
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(B) any activity or program by a department or agency 
of the Federal Government or a contractor of such a depart-
ment or agency relating to unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena, including with respect to material retrieval, mate-
rial analysis, reverse engineering, research and develop-
ment, detection and tracking, developmental or operational 
testing, and security protections and enforcement. 
(2) PROTECTION OF SYSTEMS, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITY.— 
The Secretary shall ensure that the mechanism for authorized 
reporting established under paragraph (1) prevents the 
unauthorized public reporting or compromise of classified mili-
tary and intelligence systems, programs, and related activity, 
including all categories and levels of special access and compart-
mented access programs. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 
mechanism for authorized reporting established under para-
graph (1) is administered by designated and appropriately 
cleared employees of the Department of Defense or elements 
of the intelligence community or contractors of the Department 
or such elements assigned to the Office. 
(4) SHARING OF INFORMATION.— 
(A) PROMPT SHARING WITHIN OFFICE.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that the mechanism for authorized reporting 
established under paragraph (1) provides for the sharing 
of an authorized disclosure to personnel and supporting 
analysts and scientists of the Office (regardless of the 
classification of information contained in the disclosure 
or any nondisclosure agreements), unless the employees 
or contractors administering the mechanism under para-
graph (3) conclude that the preponderance of information 
available regarding the disclosure indicates that the 
observed object and associated events and activities likely 
relate to a special access program or compartmented 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 pro-
gram, or a compartmented access program that has not 
been explicitly and clearly reported to the congressional 
defense committees or the congressional intelligence 
committees, the Secretary shall report such disclosure 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 committees, 
the congressional intelligence committees, and the congres-
sional leadership a report detailing the mechanism for 
authorized reporting established under paragraph (1); and 
(B) issue clear public guidance for how to securely 
access the mechanism for authorized reporting. 
(b) PROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS MAKING AUTHORIZED DISCLO-
SURES.—