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costs) over the short, medium, and long-term to erode, 
in the event of a conflict, the ability of China’s de-
fense industrial base to support the national objectives 
of China. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Not 
later than 210 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the federally funded research and development center 
shall submit to the Secretary a report containing the study 
conducted under subsection (a). 
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 240 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
the report submitted to the Secretary under subsection (c), 
without change but with any comments of the Secretary 
with respect to the report. 
SEC. 1256. REPORT ON CHINA’S ONE BELT, ONE ROAD INI-
TIATIVE IN AFRICA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director 
of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the military and de-
fense implications of China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative 
in Africa and a strategy to address impacts on United 
States military and defense interests in Africa. 
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(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 
by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of Chinese dual-use invest-
ments in Africa, including a description of which in-
vestments that are of greatest concern to United 
States military or defense interests. 
(2) A description of such investments that are 
associated with People’s Liberation Army cooperation 
with African countries. 
(3) An assessment of the potential military, in-
telligence, and logistical threats facing United States’ 
key regional military infrastructure, supply chains, 
and staging grounds due to such investments. 
(4) An identification of Department of Defense 
measures taken to mitigate the risk posed to United 
States forces and defense interests by such invest-
ments. 
(5) A strategy to address ongoing military and 
defense implications posed by the expansion of such 
investments. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) CHINESE DUAL-USE INVESTMENTS IN AFRI-
CA.—The term ‘‘Chinese dual-use investments in Afri-
ca’’ means investments made by the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Com-
munist Party, or companies owned or controlled by 
such Government or Party in the infrastructure of Af-
rican countries or related projects for both commercial 
and military or proliferation purposes. 
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) be submitted in unclassified form but may 
contain a classified annex; and 
(2) be made available to the public on the 
website of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 1257. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ENHANCEMENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES-TAIWAN DEFENSE RELATION-
SHIP. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) Taiwan is a vital partner of the United 
States and is critical to a free and open Indo-Pacific 
region; 
(2) the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et 
seq.) and the ‘‘Six Assurances’’ are both cornerstones 
of United States relations with Taiwan; 
(3) the United States should continue to 
strengthen defense and security cooperation with Tai-
wan to support the development of capable, ready, 
and modern defense forces necessary for Taiwan to 
maintain a sufficient self-defense capability; 
(4) consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act, the 
United States should strongly support the acquisition 
by Taiwan of defense articles and services through 
foreign military sales, direct commercial sales, and 
industrial cooperation, with an emphasis on anti- 
ship, coastal defense, anti-armor, air defense, defen-
sive naval mining, and resilient command and con-
trol capabilities that support the asymmetric defense 
strategy of Taiwan; 
(5) the President and Congress should determine 
the nature and quantity of such defense articles and 
services based solely upon their judgment of the needs 
of Taiwan, as required by the Taiwan Relations Act 
and in accordance with procedures established by law; 
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(6) the United States should continue efforts to 
improve the predictability of United States arms sales 
to Taiwan by ensuring timely review of and response 
to requests of Taiwan for defense articles and services; 
(7) the Secretary of Defense should promote poli-
cies concerning exchanges that enhance the security of 
Taiwan, including— 
(A) opportunities with Taiwan for practical 
training and military exercises that— 
(i) enable Taiwan to maintain a suffi-
cient self-defense capability, as described in 
section 3(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act 
(22 U.S.C. 3302(a)); and 
(ii) emphasize capabilities consistent 
with the asymmetric defense strategy of 
Taiwan; 
(B) exchanges between senior defense offi-
cials and general officers of the United States 
and Taiwan, consistent with the Taiwan Travel 
Act (Public Law 115–135), especially for the 
purpose of enhancing cooperation on defense 
planning and improving the interoperability of 
United States and Taiwan forces; and 
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(C) opportunities for exchanges between jun-
ior officers and senior enlisted personnel of the 
United States and Taiwan; 
(8) the Secretary of Defense should consider ex-
panded air and naval engagements and training with 
Taiwan to enhance regional security; 
(9) the United States and Taiwan should expand 
cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster 
relief including conducting port calls in Taiwan with 
the United States Naval Ship Comfort and United 
States Naval Ship Mercy; 
(10) the Secretary of Defense should consider op-
tions, including exercising ship visits and port calls, 
as appropriate, to expand the scale and scope of hu-
manitarian assistance and disaster response coopera-
tion with Taiwan and other regional partners so as 
to improve disaster response planning and prepared-
ness; 
(11) the Secretary of Defense should continue 
regular transits of United States Navy vessels through 
the Taiwan Strait and encourage allies and partners 
to follow suit in conducting such transits to dem-
onstrate the commitment of the United States and its 
allies and partners to fly, sail, and operate anywhere 
international law allows; 
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(12) the violation of international law by the 
Government of China with respect to the Joint Dec-
laration of the Government of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China on the Ques-
tion of Hong Kong, done at Beijing December 19, 
1984, is gravely concerning and erodes international 
confidence in China’s willingness to honor its inter-
national commitments, including not to change the 
status quo with respect to Taiwan by force; 
(13) the increasingly coercive and aggressive be-
havior of China towards Taiwan, including growing 
military maneuvers targeting Taiwan, is contrary to 
the expectation of the peaceful resolution of the future 
of Taiwan; and 
(14) the United States and Taiwan should ex-
pand consultation and cooperation on combating the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (‘‘COVID-19’’) and seek to 
share the best practices and cooperate on a range of 
activities under this partnership. 
SEC. 1258. REPORT ON SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY COOPERA-
TION WITH TAIWAN. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the head of each appropriate Federal department and agen-
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cy, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the following: 
(1) The feasibility of establishing a high-level, 
interagency United States-Taiwan working group for 
coordinating cooperation related to supply chain se-
curity. 
(2) A discussion of the Department of Defense’s 
current and future plans to engage with Taiwan with 
respect to activities ensuring supply chain security. 
(3) A discussion of obstacles encountered in 
forming, executing, or implementing agreements with 
Taiwan for conducting activities to ensure supply 
chain security. 
(4) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense 
determines should be included. 
SEC. 1259. REPORT ON UNITED STATES-TAIWAN MEDICAL 
SECURITY PARTNERSHIP. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The goals, objectives, and feasibility of devel-
oping a United States-Taiwan medical security part-
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nership on issues related to pandemic preparedness 
and control. 
(2) A discussion of current and future plans to 
engage with Taiwan in medical security activities. 
(3) An evaluation of cooperation on a range of 
activities under the partnership to include— 
(A) research and production of vaccines and 
medicines; 
(B) joint conferences with scientists and ex-
perts; 
(C) collaboration relating to and exchanges 
of medical supplies and equipment; and 
(D) the use of hospital ships such as the 
United States Naval Ship Comfort and United 
States Naval Ship Mercy. 
(4) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense 
determines appropriate. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 1261. PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES TO KWAJA-
LEIN ATOLL. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERV-
ICES.—Chapter 767 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 7596. Provision of goods and services to Kwajalein 
Atoll 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 
may, subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State as provided in paragraph (2), use any amounts 
appropriated to the Department of the Army to pro-
vide goods and services, including inter-atoll trans-
portation, to the Government of the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands and to other eligible patrons at 
Kwajalein Atoll, under regulations and at rates to be 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Army in accordance 
with this section. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT
ON
COMPACT.—The Secretary of 
State may not concur to the provision of goods and 
services under paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines that such provision would be inconsistent with 
the Compact of Free Association between the Govern-
ment of the United States of America and the Govern-
ment of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (as set 
forth in title II of the Compact of Free Association 
Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.)) or with any 
subsidiary agreement or implementing arrangement 
with respect to such Compact. 
‘‘(b) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
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‘‘(1) AUTHORITY
TO
COLLECT
REIMBURSE-
MENT.—The Secretary of the Army may collect reim-
bursement from the Government of the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands or eligible patrons for the provision 
of goods and services under this section in an amount 
that does not exceed the costs to the United States of 
providing such goods or services. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM
REIMBURSEMENT.—The total 
amount collected in a fiscal year pursuant to the au-
thority under paragraph (1) may not exceed 
$7,000,000.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents for 
chapter 767 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 7595. Provision of goods and services to Kwajalein Atoll.’’. 
SEC. 1262. ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN MILI-
TARY BASES OF ADVERSARIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 130l. Annual briefings on certain foreign military 
bases of adversaries. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than February 15 of 
each year, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 
the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, shall pro-
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vide to the congressional defense committees, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a briefing 
on— 
‘‘(1) covered foreign military bases and the re-
lated capabilities of that foreign military; and 
‘‘(2) the effects of such bases and capabilities 
on— 
‘‘(A) the military installations of the United 
States located outside the United States; and 
‘‘(B) current and future deployments and 
operations of the armed forces of the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) An assessment of covered foreign military 
bases, including such bases established by China, Rus-
sia, and Iran, and any updates to such assessment 
provided in a previous briefing under such subsection. 
‘‘(2) Information regarding known plans for any 
future covered foreign military base. 
‘‘(3) An assessment of the capabilities, including 
those pertaining to anti-access and area denial, pro-
vided by covered foreign military bases to that foreign 
military, including an assessment of how such capa-
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bilities could be used against the armed forces of the 
United States in the country and the geographic com-
batant command in which such base is located. 
‘‘(4) A description of known ongoing activities 
and capabilities at covered foreign military bases, 
and how such activities and capabilities advance the 
foreign policy and national security priorities of the 
relevant foreign countries. 
‘‘(5) The extent to which covered foreign military 
bases could be used to counter the defense priorities of 
the United States. 
‘‘(c) FORM.—Each briefing under subsection (a) shall 
be provided in classified form. 
‘‘(d) COVERED FOREIGN MILITARY BASE DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘covered foreign military base’ 
means, with respect to a foreign country that is an adver-
sary of the United States, a military base of that country 
located in a different country.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘130l. Annual briefings on certain foreign military bases of adversaries.’’. 
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SEC. 1263. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE WITH RESPECT TO DENYING A FAIT 
ACCOMPLI BY A STRATEGIC COMPETITOR 
AGAINST A COVERED DEFENSE PARTNER. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
DEFENSE
PARTNER.—The term 
‘‘covered defense partner’’ means a partner identified 
in the ‘‘Department of Defense Indo-Pacific Strategy 
Report’’ issued on June 1, 2019, located within 100 
miles off the coast of a strategic competitor. 
(2) FAIT ACCOMPLI.—The term ‘‘fait accompli’’ 
means the strategy of a strategic competitor designed 
to allow such strategic competitor to use military 
force to seize control of a covered defense partner be-
fore the United States Armed Forces are able to re-
spond effectively. 
(3) STRATEGIC COMPETITOR.—The term ‘‘stra-
tegic competitor’’ means a country labeled as a stra-
tegic competitor in the ‘‘Summary of the 2018 Na-
tional Defense Strategy of the United States of Amer-
ica: Sharpening the American Military’s Competitive 
Edge’’ issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to section 113 of title 10, United States Code. 
(b) REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE WITH RESPECT TO DENYING A FAIT ACCOMPLI 
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BY A STRATEGIC COMPETITOR AGAINST A COVERED DE-
FENSE PARTNER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 30 each 
year, beginning in 2021 and ending in 2026, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the progress of the De-
partment of Defense with respect to improving the 
ability of the United States Armed Forces to conduct 
combined joint operations to deny the ability of a 
strategic competitor to execute a fait accompli against 
a covered defense partner. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An explanation of the objectives for the 
United States Armed Forces that would be nec-
essary to deny the fait accompli by a strategic 
competitor against a covered defense partner. 
(B) An identification of joint warfighting 
capabilities and current efforts to organize, 
train, and equip the United States Armed Forces 
in support of the objectives referred to in para-
graph (1), including— 
(i) an assessment of whether the pro-
grams included in the most recent future- 
years defense program submitted to Con-
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gress under section 221 of title 10, United 
States Code, are sufficient to enable the 
United States Armed Forces to conduct 
joint combined operations to achieve such 
objectives; 
(ii) a description of additional invest-
ments or force posture adjustments required 
to maintain or improve the ability of the 
United States Armed Forces to conduct 
joint combined operations to achieve such 
objectives; 
(iii) a description of the manner in 
which the Secretary of Defense intends to 
develop and integrate Army, Navy, Air 
Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force oper-
ational concepts to maintain or improve the 
ability of the United States Armed Forces to 
conduct 
joint 
combined 
operations 
to 
achieve such objectives; and 
(iv) an assessment of the manner in 
which different options for pre-delegating 
authorities may improve the ability of the 
United States Armed Forces to conduct 
joint combined operations to achieve such 
objectives. 
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(C) An assessment of options for deterring 
limited use of nuclear weapons by a strategic 
competitor in the Indo-Pacific region without 
undermining the ability of the United States 
Armed Forces to maintain deterrence against 
other strategic competitors and adversaries. 
(D) An assessment of a strategic competitor 
theory of victory for invading and unifying a 
covered defense partner with such a strategic 
competitor by military force. 
(E) A description of the military objectives 
a strategic competitor would need to achieve in 
a covered defense partner campaign. 
(F) A description of the military missions 
a strategic competitor would need to execute a 
covered defense partner invasion campaign, in-
cluding— 
(i) blockade and bombing operations; 
(ii) amphibious landing operations; 
and 
(iii) combat operations. 
(G) An assessment of competing demands 
on a strategic competitor’s resources and how 
such demands impact such a strategic competi-
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tor’s ability to achieve its objectives in a covered 
defense partner campaign. 
(H) An assessment of a covered defense 
partner’s self-defense capability and a summary 
of defense articles and services that are required 
to enhance such capability. 
(I) An assessment of the capabilities of 
partner and allied countries to conduct combined 
operations with the United States Armed Forces 
in a regional contingency. 
(3) FORM.—Each report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in classified form but may include 
an unclassified executive summary. 
SEC. 1264. MODIFICATION TO REQUIREMENTS OF THE INI-
TIATIVE TO SUPPORT PROTECTION OF NA-
TIONAL SECURITY ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS 
FROM UNDUE INFLUENCE AND OTHER SECU-
RITY THREATS. 
(a) ENHANCED INFORMATION SHARING.—Subsection 
(d)(1) section 1286 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2358 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘(other than basic research)’’. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF UPDATED LIST.—Subsection (e) 
of such section is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(4) PUBLICATION OF UPDATED LIST.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 
1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees the most recently updated list described in 
subsection (c)(8) in unclassified form (but with 
a classified annex as applicable) and make the 
unclassified portion of each such list publicly 
available on an internet website in a searchable 
format. 
‘‘(B) INTERVENING PUBLICATION.—The Sec-
retary may submit and publish an updated list 
described in subparagraph (A) more frequently 
than required by such subparagraph if the Sec-
retary determines necessary.’’. 
SEC. 1265. REPORT ON DIRECTED USE OF FISHING FLEETS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Commander of the Office of Naval Intel-
ligence shall submit to the congressional defense committees, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate an unclassified report on the use of distant-water fish-
ing fleets by foreign governments as extensions of such coun-
tries’ official maritime security forces, including the man-
ner and extent to which such fishing fleets are leveraged 
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in support of naval operations and foreign policy more gen-
erally. The report shall also consider the threats, on a coun-
try-by-country basis, posed by such use of distant-water 
fishing fleets to— 
(1) fishing or other vessels of the United States 
and partner countries; 
(2) United States and partner naval and coast 
guard operations; and 
(3) other interests of the United States and part-
ner countries. 
SEC. 1266. EXPANDING THE STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM 
IN AFRICA. 
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, shall seek to build 
partner capacity and interoperability in the United States 
Africa Command area of responsibility through increased 
partnerships with countries on the African continent, mili-
tary-to-military engagements, and traditional activities of 
the combatant commands. 
SEC. 1267. REPORT RELATING TO REDUCTION IN THE 
TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITED STATES ARMED 
FORCES DEPLOYED TO UNITED STATES AFRI-
CA COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. 
(a) REDUCTION DESCRIBED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Department of Defense 
reduces the number of United States Armed Forces de-
ployed to the United States Africa Command area of 
responsibility 
(in 
this 
section 
referred 
to 
as 
‘‘AFRICOM AOR’’) (other than United States Armed 
Forces described in paragraph (2)) to a number that 
is below 80 percent of the number deployed as of the 
day before the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State and the Director of National Intel-
ligence, shall, not later than 90 days after date of 
such a reduction, submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report described in subsection (b). 
(2) 
UNITED
STATES
ARMED
FORCES
DE-
SCRIBED.—United States Armed Forces described in 
this paragraph are United States Armed Forces that 
are deployed to AFRICOM AOR but are not under 
the direct authority of the Commander of United 
States Africa Command, including— 
(A) forces deployed in conjunction with 
other Commands; 
(B) forces participating in joint exercises; 
(C) forces identified for pre-planned activi-
ties; 
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(D) forces used to assist in emergency situa-
tions; and 
(E) forces designated or assigned for diplo-
matic or embassy security. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A report described in this sub-
section is a report that includes each of the following: 
(A) A strategic plan to— 
(i) degrade each of the violent extremist 
organizations described in paragraph (2) 
within the AFRICOM AOR, to include an 
assessment of the extent to which such vio-
lent extremist organizations pose a direct 
threat to the United States; and 
(ii) counter the military influence of 
China and Russia within the AFRICOM 
AOR. 
(B) The average number of United States 
Armed Forces that are under the direct authority 
of the Commander of United States Africa Com-
mand and deployed to AFRICOM AOR and the 
amount of associated expenditures, to be listed by 
month for each of the fiscal years 2019 and 2020 
and disaggregated by mission and country, to 
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include those forces deployed to secure United 
States embassies. 
(C) The average number of United States 
Armed Forces that are planned to be under the 
direct authority of the Commander of United 
States 
Africa 
Command 
and 
deployed 
to 
AFRICOM AOR and the amount of projected as-
sociated expenditures, to be listed by month for 
fiscal years 2021 and 2022 and disaggregated by 
mission and country, to include those forces de-
ployed to secure United States embassies. 
(D) The effect that a reduction described in 
subsection (a) would have on military and intel-
ligence efforts to combat each of the violent ex-
tremist organizations described in paragraph 
(2), including a statement of the current objec-
tives of the Secretary of Defense with respect to 
such efforts. 
(E) A description of any consultation or co-
ordination with the Department of State or the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment with respect to such a reduction and the ef-
fect that such a reduction would have on diplo-
matic, developmental, or humanitarian efforts in 
Africa, including statements of the current objec-
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tives of the Secretary of State and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development with respect to such ef-
forts. 
(F) The strength, regenerative capacity, and 
intent of such violent extremist organizations in 
the AFRICOM AOR, including— 
(i) an assessment of the number of 
fighters in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, 
and West Africa who are members of such 
violent extremist organizations; 
(ii) the threat such violent extremist 
organizations pose to host nations and 
United States allies and partners, and the 
extent to which such violent extremist orga-
nizations pose a direct threat to the United 
States; and 
(iii) the likely reaction of such violent 
extremist organizations to the withdrawal of 
United States Armed Forces. 
(G) The strategic risks involved with coun-
tering such violent extremist organizations fol-
lowing such a reduction. 
(H) The operational risks involved with 
conducting United States led or enabled oper-
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ations in Africa against such violent extremist 
organizations following such a reduction. 
(I) For any region of the AFRICOM AOR 
in which United States Armed Forces currently 
are present or conduct activities, the effect such 
a reduction would have on power and influence 
of China and Russia in such region. 
(J) Any consultation or coordination with 
United States allies and partners concerning 
such a reduction. 
(K) An assessment of the response from the 
governments and military forces of France, the 
United Kingdom, and Canada to such a reduc-
tion. 
(2) VIOLENT
EXTREMIST
ORGANIZATIONS
DE-
SCRIBED.—The violent extremist organizations de-
scribed in this paragraph are adversarial groups and 
forces in the AFRICOM AOR, as determined by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
(c) ADDITIONAL
REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that includes the infor-
mation required by subsection (b)(1)(B). 
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(d) FORM.—The reports required by subsections (b) 
and (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
contain a classified annex. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees (which 
has the meaning given the term in section 101(a)(16) 
of title 10, United States Code); 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1268. REPORT ON ENHANCING PARTNERSHIPS BE-
TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND AFRICAN 
COUNTRIES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2021, 
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the activities 
and resources required to enhance security and eco-
nomic partnerships between the United States and Af-
rican countries. 
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(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the infrastructure ac-
cessible to the Department of Defense on the con-
tinent of Africa. 
(B) An identification of the ability of the 
Department to conduct freedom of movement on 
the continent, including identifying the activities 
of partners, allies, and other Federal depart-
ments and agencies that are facilitated by the 
Department’s ability to conduct freedom of move-
ment. 
(C) Recommendations to meet the require-
ments identified in subparagraph (B), includ-
ing— 
(i) dual-use infrastructure projects; 
(ii) military construction; 
(iii) the acquisition of additional mo-
bility capability by African countries or the 
United States Armed Forces, including stra-
tegic air lift, tactical air lift, or sealift ca-
pability; or 
(iv) any other option as determined by 
the Secretary. 
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(D) 
Recommendations 
to 
expand 
and 
strengthen partner and ally capability, includ-
ing traditional activities of the combatant com-
mands, train and equip opportunities, partner-
ships with the National Guard and the United 
States Coast Guard, and multilateral contribu-
tions. 
(E) Recommendations for enhancing joint 
exercises and training. 
(F) An analysis of the security, economic, 
and stability benefits of the recommendations 
identified under subparagraphs (C) through (E). 
(G)(i) A plan to fully resource United 
States force posture, capabilities, and stability 
operations, including— 
(I) a detailed assessment of the re-
sources required to address the elements 
described 
in 
subparagraphs 
(B) 
through (E), including specific cost es-
timates for recommended investments 
or projects; and 
(II) a detailed timeline to achieve 
the recommendations described in sub-
paragraphs (B) through (D). 
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(ii) The specific cost estimates required 
by clause (i)(I) shall, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, include the following: 
(I) With respect to procurement 
accounts— 
(aa) amounts displayed by 
account, 
budget 
activity, 
line 
number, line item, and line item 
title; and 
(bb) a description of the re-
quirements for each such amount. 
(II) With respect to research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation ac-
counts— 
(aa) amounts displayed by 
account, 
budget 
activity, 
line 
number, program element, and 
program element title; and 
(bb) a description of the re-
quirements for each such amount. 
(III) With respect to operation 
and maintenance accounts— 
(aa) amounts displayed by 
account title, budget activity title, 
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line 
number, 
and 
subactivity 
group title; and 
(bb) a description of the spe-
cific manner in which each such 
amount would be used. 
(IV) With respect to military per-
sonnel accounts— 
(aa) amounts displayed by 
account, budget activity, budget 
subactivity, 
and 
budget 
sub-
activity title; and 
(bb) a description of the re-
quirements for each such amount. 
(V) With respect to each project 
under military construction accounts 
(including unspecified minor military 
construction and amounts for planning 
and design), the country, location, 
project title, and project amount for 
each fiscal year. 
(VI) With respect to any expendi-
ture or proposed appropriation not de-
scribed in clause (i) through (iv), a 
level of detail equivalent or greater 
than the level of detail provided in the 
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future-years defense program submitted 
pursuant to section 221(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing the report 
required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
consider— 
(A) the economic development and stability 
of African countries; 
(B) the strategic and economic value of the 
relationships between the United States and Af-
rican countries; 
(C) the military, intelligence, diplomatic, 
developmental, and humanitarian efforts of 
China and Russia on the African continent; and 
(D) the ability of the United States, allies, 
and partners to combat violent extremist organi-
zations operating in Africa. 
(4) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) may be submitted in classified form, but 
shall include an unclassified summary. 
(b) INTERIM BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 
April 15, 2021, the Secretary of Defense (acting through 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller), and the Director of Cost 
Assessment and Program Evaluation) and the Chairman 
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of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees a joint interim briefing, and any writ-
ten comments the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff consider necessary, with respect 
to their assessments of the report anticipated to be sub-
mitted under subsection (a). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DUAL-USE
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS.— 
The term ‘‘dual-use infrastructure projects’’ means 
projects that may be used for either military or civil-
ian purposes. 
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1269. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO QATAR. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States and the country of Qatar 
have built a strong, enduring, and forward-looking 
strategic partnership based on long-standing and mu-
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tually beneficial cooperation, including through secu-
rity, defense, and economic ties; 
(2) robust security cooperation between the 
United States and Qatar is crucial to promoting 
peace and stability in the Middle East region; 
(3) Qatar plays a unique role as host of the for-
ward headquarters for the United States Central 
Command, and that partnership facilitates United 
States coalition operations countering terrorism; 
(4) Qatar is a major security cooperation part-
ner of the United States, as recognized in the 2018 
Strategic Dialogue and the 2019 Memorandum of Un-
derstanding to expand Al Udeid Air Base to improve 
and expand accommodation for United States mili-
tary personnel; 
(5) the United States values Qatar’s provision of 
access to its military facilities and its management 
and financial assistance in expanding the Al Udeid 
Air Base, which supports the continued security pres-
ence of the United States in the Middle East region; 
and 
(6) the United States should— 
(A) continue to strengthen the relationship 
between the United States and Qatar, including 
through security and economic cooperation; and 
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(B) seek a resolution to the dispute between 
partner countries of the Arabian Gulf, which 
would promote peace and stability in the Middle 
East region. 
SEC. 1270. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES MILI-
TARY SUPPORT FOR AND PARTICIPATION IN 
THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND OBSERV-
ERS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the mission of the Multinational Force and 
Observers (MFO) is to supervise implementation of 
the security provisions of the Egypt-Israel Peace 
Treaty, signed at Washington on March 26, 1979, 
and employ best efforts to prevent any violation of its 
terms; 
(2) the MFO was established by the Protocol to 
the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, signed on August 3, 
1981, and remains a critical institution for regional 
peace and stability; and 
(3) as a signatory to the Egypt-Israel Peace 
Treaty and subsequent Protocol, the United States 
strongly supports and encourages continued United 
States military support for and participation in the 
MFO. 
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SEC. 1271. PROHIBITION ON SUPPORT FOR MILITARY PAR-
TICIPATION AGAINST THE HOUTHIS. 
(a) PROHIBITION RELATING TO SUPPORT.—None of 
the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available to provide 
United States logistical support to the Saudi-led coalition’s 
operations against the Houthis in Yemen for coalition 
strikes, specifically by providing maintenance or transfer-
ring spare parts to coalition members flying warplanes en-
gaged in anti-Houthi bombings for coalition strikes. 
(b) PROHIBITION RELATING TO MILITARY PARTICIPA-
TION.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be made available 
for any civilian or military personnel of the Department 
of Defense or contractors of the Department to command, 
coordinate, participate in the movement of, or accompany 
the regular or irregular military forces of the Saudi and 
United Arab Emirates-led coalition forces engaged in hos-
tilities against the Houthis in Yemen or in situations in 
which there exists an imminent threat that such coalition 
forces become engaged in such hostilities, unless and until 
the President has obtained specific statutory authorization, 
in accordance with section 8(a) of the War Powers Resolu-
tion (50 U.S.C. 1547(a)). 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The prohibitions under 
this section may not be construed to apply with respect to 
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United States Armed Forces engaged in operations directed 
at al-Qaeda or associated forces. 
SEC. 1272. 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. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION 
SEC. 1301. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS; SPECIFICATION OF CO-
OPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS. 
(a) FUNDING ALLOCATION.—Of the $373,690,000 au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense 
for fiscal year 2021 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, 
$2,924,000. 
(2) 
For 
chemical 
weapons 
destruction, 
$12,856,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $33,919,000. 
(4) 
For 
cooperative 
biological 
engagement, 
$216,200,000. 
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(5) For proliferation prevention, $79,869,000. 
(6) For activities designated as Other Assess-
ments/Administrative Costs, $27,922,000. 
(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 2021, 2022, and 
2023. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2021 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
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 2021 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruc-
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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 2021 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
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 2021 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. 
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SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2021 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 2021 for the National Defense Sealift Fund, as 
specified in the funding tables in section 4501. 
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, $137,000,000 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 
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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 
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 2021 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund the sum of $70,300,000 for the operation of the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home. 
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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 2021 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 2021 for procurement accounts for the Army, the 
Navy and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense- 
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 2021 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4202. 
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SEC. 1504. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2021 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 2021 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 2021 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
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 2021 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4502. 
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SEC. 1508. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2021 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 2021 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. 
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 2021 
between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authoriza-
tions so transferred shall be merged with and be 
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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 
$2,500,000,000. 
(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 
FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIP-
MENT.—The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may not be used to transfer any amount from Na-
tional Guard and Reserve Equipment. 
(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 2021 shall be subject to the con-
ditions contained in— 
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(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) (as amended by subsection 
(b)). 
(b) EXTENSION OF PRIOR NOTICE AND REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 1521(d)(1) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114–328; 130 Stat. 2577) is amended by striking ‘‘through 
January 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘through January 31, 
2023’’. 
(c) 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-
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 
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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 
provided by paragraph (1) may be treated as stocks 
of the Department of Defense upon notification to the 
congressional defense committees of such treatment. 
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(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 
2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 
3613). 
(v) Section 1531(d) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
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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). 
(d) 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 2021, it is the goal that 
$29,100,000, but in no event less than $10,000,000, 
shall be used for the recruitment, integration, reten-
tion, training, and treatment of women in the Afghan 
National Defense and Security Forces. 
(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 
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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; 
(F) support for Afghanistan National Police 
Family Response Units; 
(G) security provisions for high-profile fe-
male police and military officers; 
(H) programs to promote conflict preven-
tion, management, and resolution through the 
meaningful participation of Afghan women in 
the Afghan National Defense and Security 
Forces, by exposing Afghan women and girls to 
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the activities of and careers available with such 
forces, encouraging their interest in such careers, 
or developing their interest and skills necessary 
for service in such forces; and 
(I) enhancements to Afghan National De-
fense and Security Forces recruitment programs 
for targeted advertising with the goal of increas-
ing the number of female recruits. 
(e) ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN PROGRESS ON OB-
JECTIVES.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation 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 Rela-
tions of the Senate an assessment describing— 
(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). 
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(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—In conducting 
the assessment required by paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall include each of the following: 
(A) The extent to which the Government of 
Afghanistan has a strategy for, and has taken 
steps toward, increased accountability and the 
reduction of corruption within the Ministry of 
Defense and the Ministry of Interior of Afghani-
stan. 
(B) The extent to which the capability and 
capacity of the Afghan National Defense and Se-
curity Forces have improved as a result of Af-
ghanistan Security Forces Fund investment, in-
cluding through training, and an articulation of 
the metrics used to assess such improvements. 
(C) The extent to which the Afghan Na-
tional Defense and Security Forces have been 
able to increase pressure on the Taliban, al- 
Qaeda, the Haqqani network, the Islamic State 
of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan, and other terrorist 
organizations, including by re-taking territory, 
defending territory, and disrupting attacks. 
(D) The distribution practices of the Afghan 
National Defense and Security Forces and 
whether the Government of Afghanistan is ensur-
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ing that supplies, equipment, and weaponry sup-
plied by the United States are appropriately dis-
tributed to, and employed by, security forces 
charged with fighting the Taliban and other ter-
rorist organizations. 
(E) A description of— 
(i) the policy governing the use of Ac-
quisition and Cross Servicing Agreements 
(ACSA) in Afghanistan; 
(ii) each ACSA transaction by type, 
amount, and recipient for calendar year 
2020; and 
(iii) for any transactions from the 
United States to Afghan military forces, an 
explanation for why such transaction was 
not carried out under the authorities of the 
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
(F) 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 re-
sources necessary to support a peace and rec-
onciliation process in Afghanistan. 
(G) A description of the ability of the Min-
istry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior of 
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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. 
(H) A description of any significant irreg-
ularities in the divestment of equipment to the 
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces 
during the period beginning on May 1, 2020, 
and ending on May 1, 2021, 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 5-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, for major weapons platforms previously 
divested, and a description of the plan for the 
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces to 
maintain such platforms in the future. 
(J) The extent to which the Government of 
Afghanistan is adhering to conditions for receiv-
ing assistance established in annual financial 
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commitment letters or any other bilateral agree-
ments with the United States. 
(K) The extent to which the Government of 
Afghanistan has made progress in achieving se-
curity sector benchmarks as outlined by the 
United 
States-Afghan 
Compact 
(commonly 
known as the ‘‘Kabul Compact’’) and a descrip-
tion of any other documents, plans, or agree-
ments used by the United States to measure secu-
rity sector progress. 
(L) The extent to which the Government of 
Afghanistan or the Secretary has developed a 
plan to integrate former Taliban fighters into the 
Ministries of Defense or Interior. 
(M) 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-
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ghanistan has made insufficient progress in the 
areas described in paragraph (2), the Secretary 
of Defense shall— 
(i) withhold $401,500,000, 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 the congressional defense 
committees that the Government of Afghani-
stan has made sufficient progress; and 
(ii) notify the congressional defense 
committees not later than 30 days before 
withholding such funds. 
(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 the con-
gressional defense committees not later than 30 
days before the effective date of the waiver. 
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(f) ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall include in the materials sub-
mitted in support of the budget for fiscal year 2022 that 
is submitted by the President under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, each of the following: 
(1) The amount of funding provided in fiscal 
year 2020 through the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund to the Government of Afghanistan in the form 
of direct government-to-government assistance or on- 
budget assistance for the purposes of supporting any 
entity of such government, including the Afghan Na-
tional Defense and Security Forces, the Afghan Min-
istry of Interior, or the Afghan Ministry of Defense. 
(2) The amount of funding provided and antici-
pated to be provided, as of the date of the submission 
of the materials, in fiscal year 2021 through such 
Fund in such form. 
(3) To the extent the amount described in para-
graph (2) exceeds the amount described in paragraph 
(1), an explanation as to the reason why the such 
amount is greater and the specific entities and pur-
poses that were supported by such increase. 
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TITLE 
XVI—STRATEGIC 
PRO-
GRAMS, CYBER, AND INTEL-
LIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
SEC. 1601. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM. 
(a) PHASE TWO ACQUISITION STRATEGY.—In car-
rying out the phase two acquisition strategy, the Secretary 
of the Air Force— 
(1) may not change the mission performance re-
quirements; 
(2) may not change the acquisition schedule; 
(3) may not award phase two contracts after 
September 30, 2024; 
(4) shall award phase two contracts to not more 
than two National Security Space Launch providers; 
(5) shall ensure that launch services are procured 
only from National Security Space Launch providers 
that meet the requirements for the phase two con-
tracts; 
(6) not later than 180 days after the date on 
which phase two contracts are awarded, shall termi-
nate launch service agreement contracts awarded 
under such phase two acquisition strategy to each Na-
tional Security Space Launch provider that is not a 
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down-selected National Security Launch provider; 
and 
(7) may not increase the total amount of funding 
included in the initial launch service agreements with 
down-selected National Security Launch providers. 
(b) REUSABILITY.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date on which the Secretary determines the 
down-selected National Security Space Launch pro-
viders, the Secretary shall certify to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the Secretary has com-
pleted all non-recurring design validation of pre-
viously flown launch hardware for National Security 
Space Launch providers offering such hardware for 
use in phase two contracts or in future national secu-
rity space missions. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the Secretary determines the down-se-
lected National Security Space Launch providers, the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the progress of the Sec-
retary with respect to completing all non-recurring 
design validation of previously flown launch hard-
ware described in paragraph (1), including— 
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(A) a justification for any deviation from 
the new entrant certification guide; and 
(B) a description of such progress with re-
spect to National Security Space Launch pro-
viders that are not down-selected National Secu-
rity Space Launch providers, if applicable. 
(c) FUNDING FOR CERTIFICATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, 
AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to section 2371b of 
title 10, United States Code, not later than September 
30, 2021, the Secretary of the Air Force shall enter 
into three agreements described in paragraph (3) with 
National Security Space Launch providers— 
(A) to maintain competition in order to 
maximize the likelihood of at least three National 
Security Space Launch providers competing for 
phase three contracts; and 
(B) to support innovation for national secu-
rity launches under phase three contracts. 
(2) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES.—The Secretary 
shall carry out paragraph (1) by conducting a full 
and open competition among all National Security 
Space Launch providers that may submit bids for a 
phase three contract. 
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(3) AGREEMENTS.—An agreement described in 
this paragraph is an agreement that provides a Na-
tional Security Space Launch provider with not more 
than $150,000,000 for the provider to conduct either 
or both of the following activities: 
(A) Meet the certification and infrastructure 
requirements that are— 
(i) unique to national security space 
missions; and 
(ii) necessary for a phase three con-
tract. 
(B) Develop transformational technologies 
in support of the national security space launch 
capability for phase three contracts (such as 
technologies regarding launch, maneuver, and 
transport capabilities for enhanced resiliency 
and security technologies, as identified in the 
National Security Launch Architecture study of 
the Space and Missile Systems Center of the 
Space Force). 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Secretary enters into an agreement 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report ex-
plaining how the Secretary determined the certifi-
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cation and infrastructure requirements and the trans-
formational technologies covered under paragraph (3). 
(d) BRIEFING.—Not later than December 31, 2020, the 
Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense commit-
tees a briefing on the progress made by the Secretary in 
ensuring that full and open competition exists for phase 
three contracts, including— 
(1) a description of progress made to establish 
the requirements for phase three contracts, including 
such requirements that the Secretary determines can-
not be met by the commercial market; 
(2) whether the Secretary determines that addi-
tional development funding will be necessary for such 
phase; 
(3) a description of the estimated costs for the 
development described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
of subsection (c)(3); and 
(4) how the Secretary will— 
(A) ensure full and open competition for 
technology development for phase three contracts; 
and 
(B) maintain competition. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed to delay the award of phase two contracts. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(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 ‘‘down-selected National Security 
Launch provider’’ means a National Security Space 
Launch provider that the Secretary of the Air Force 
selected to be awarded phase two contracts. 
(3) The term ‘‘phase three contract’’ means a 
contract awarded using competitive procedures for 
launch services under the National Security Space 
Launch program after fiscal year 2024. 
(4) The term ‘‘phase two acquisition strategy’’ 
means the process by which the Secretary of the Air 
Force enters into phase two contracts during fiscal 
year 2020, orders launch missions during fiscal years 
2020 through 2024, and carries out such launches 
under the National Security Space Launch program. 
(5) The term ‘‘phase two contract’’ means a con-
tract awarded during fiscal year 2020 using competi-
tive procedures for launch missions ordered under the 
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National Security Space Launch program during fis-
cal years 2020 through 2024. 
SEC. 1602. REQUIREMENT TO BUY CERTAIN SATELLITE 
COMPONENT FROM NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 
AND INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
Section 2534(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) STAR TRACKER.—A star tracker used in a 
satellite weighing more than 400 pounds whose prin-
ciple purpose is to support the national security, de-
fense, or intelligence needs of the United States Gov-
ernment.’’. 
SEC. 1603. COMMERCIAL SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS CAPA-
BILITIES. 
(a) PROCUREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall procure commercial space domain awareness 
services by awarding at least two contracts for such services. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2021 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 
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committees that the Secretary of the Air Force has awarded 
the contracts under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 2021, the 
Chief of Space Operations, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report detailing the commercial space 
domain awareness services, data, and analytics of objects 
in low-earth orbit that have been purchased during the two- 
year period preceding the date of the report. The report 
shall be submitted in unclassified form. 
(d) COMMERCIAL SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS SERV-
ICES DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘commercial 
space domain awareness services’’ means space domain 
awareness data, processing software, and analytics derived 
from best-in-breed commercial capabilities to address 
warfighter requirements in low-earth orbit and fill gaps in 
current space domain capabilities of the Space Force, in-
cluding commercial capabilities to— 
(1) provide conjunction and maneuver alerts; 
(2) monitor breakup and launch events; and 
(2) detect and track objects smaller than 10 cen-
timeters in size. 
SEC. 1604. RESPONSIVE SATELLITE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish a domestic responsive satellite manufacturing capa-
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bility for Department of Defense space operations to be 
used— 
(1) for the development of components, systems, 
structures, and payloads necessary to reconstitute a 
national security space asset that has been destroyed, 
failed, or otherwise determined to be incapable of per-
forming mission requirements; and 
(2) to rapidly acquire and field necessary space- 
based capabilities needed to maintain continuity of 
national security space missions and limit capability 
disruption to the warfighter. 
(b) PLAN FOR RESPONSIVE SATELLITE INFRASTRUC-
TURE.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Air Force, the Chief of Space Operations, 
and the Commander of United States Space Command, 
shall develop an operational plan and acquisition strategy 
for responsive satellite infrastructure to swiftly identify 
need, develop capability, and launch a responsive satellite 
to fill a critical capability gap in the event of destruction 
or failure of a space asset or otherwise determined need. 
(c) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan outlined under 
subsection (b) shall include the following: 
(1) A process for determining whether the recon-
stitution of a space asset is necessary. 
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(2) The timeframe in which a developed satellite 
is determined to be ‘‘responsive’’. 
(3) A plan to leverage domestic commercial enti-
ties in the ‘‘new space’’ supply chain that have al-
ready demonstrated rapid satellite product develop-
ment and delivery capability to meet new ‘‘mission 
responsiveness’’ requirements being passed down by 
Department of Defense prime satellite contractors 
in— 
(A) power systems and solar arrays; 
(B) payloads and integration features; and 
(C) buses and structures. 
(4) An assessment of acquisition requirements 
and standards necessary for commercial entities to 
meet Department of Defense validation of supply 
chains, processes, and technologies while operating 
under rapid development cycles needed to maintain a 
responsive timeframe as determined by paragraph 
(2). 
(5) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report detailing the 
plan under subsection (b). 
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SEC. 1605. POLICY TO ENSURE LAUNCH OF SMALL-CLASS 
PAYLOADS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish a small launch and satellite policy to ensure respon-
sive and reliable access to space through the processing and 
launch of Department of Defense small-class payloads. 
(b) POLICY.—The policy under subsection (a) shall in-
clude, at a minimum, providing resources and policy guid-
ance to sustain— 
(1) the availability of small-class payload launch 
service providers using launch vehicles capable of de-
livering into space small payloads designated by the 
Secretary of Defense as a national security payload; 
(2) a robust small-class payload space launch in-
frastructure and industrial base; 
(3) the availability of rapid, responsive, and re-
liable space launches for national security space pro-
grams to— 
(A) improve the responsiveness and flexi-
bility of a national security space system; 
(B) lower the costs of launching a national 
security space system; and 
(C) maintain risks of mission success at ac-
ceptable levels; 
(4) a minimum number of dedicated launches 
each year; and 
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(5) full and open competition including small 
launch providers and rideshare opportunities. 
(c) ACQUISITION STRATEGY.—The Secretary shall de-
velop and carry out a five-year phased acquisition strategy, 
including near and long term, for the small launch and 
satellite policy under subsection (a). 
(d) ELEMENTS.—The acquisition strategy under sub-
section (c) shall— 
(1) provide the necessary— 
(A) stability in budgeting and acquisition 
of capabilities; 
(B) flexibility to the Federal Government; 
and 
(C) procedures for fair competition; and 
(2) specifically take into account, as appropriate 
per competition, the effect of— 
(A) contracts or agreements for launch serv-
ices or launch capability entered into by the De-
partment of Defense with small-class payload 
space launch providers; 
(B) the requirements of the Department of 
Defense, including with respect to launch capa-
bilities and pricing data, that are met by such 
providers; 
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(C) the cost of integrating a satellite onto a 
launch vehicle; 
(D) launch performance history (at least 
three successful launches of the same launch vehi-
cle design) and maturity; 
(E) ability of a launch provider to provide 
the option of dedicated and rideshare launch ca-
pabilities; and 
(F) any other matters the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report describing a 
plan for the policy under subsection (a), including with re-
spect to the cost of launches and an assessment of mission 
risk. 
SEC. 1606. TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE LAUNCH OPER-
ATIONS. 
The Secretary of the Air Force shall implement a 
tactically responsive space launch program— 
(1) to provide long-term continuity for tactically 
responsive space launch operations across the future- 
years defense program submitted to Congress under 
section 221 of title 10, United States Code; 
(2) to accelerate the development of— 
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(A) responsive launch concepts of oper-
ations; 
(B) tactics; 
(C) training; and 
(D) procedures; 
(3) to develop appropriate processes for tactically 
responsive space launch, including— 
(A) mission assurance processes; and 
(B) command and control, tracking, telem-
etry, and communications; and 
(4) to identify basing capabilities necessary to 
enable tactically responsive space launch, including 
mobile launch range infrastructure. 
SEC. 1607. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
PROTOTYPE PROGRAM FOR MULTI-GLOBAL 
NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM RECEIVER 
DEVELOPMENT. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2021 for incre-
ment 2 of the acquisition of military Global Positioning 
System user equipment terminals, not more than 80 percent 
may be obligated or expended until the date on which the 
Secretary of Defense— 
(1) certifies to the congressional defense commit-
tees that the Secretary of the Air Force is carrying 
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out the program required under section 1607 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1724); and 
(2) provides to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
briefing on how the Secretary is implementing such 
program, including with respect to addressing each 
element specified in subsection (b) of such section. 
SEC. 1608. LIMITATION ON AWARDING CONTRACTS TO ENTI-
TIES OPERATING COMMERCIAL TERRESTRIAL 
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS THAT CAUSE 
INTERFERENCE WITH THE GLOBAL POSI-
TIONING SYSTEM. 
The Secretary of Defense may not enter into a con-
tract, or extend or renew a contract, with an entity that 
engages in commercial terrestrial operations using the 
1525–1559 megahertz band or the 1626.5–1660.5 megahertz 
band unless the Secretary has certified to the congressional 
defense committees that such operations do not cause harm-
ful interference to a Global Positioning System device of 
the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 1609. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
CERTAIN PURPOSES RELATING TO THE GLOB-
AL POSITIONING SYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) On April 19, 2020, the Federal Communica-
tions Commission issued an order and authorization 
granting Ligado Networks LLC the authority to oper-
ate a nationwide terrestrial communications network 
using the 1526–1536 megahertz band, the 1627.5– 
1637.5 megahertz band, or the 1646.5–1656.5 mega-
hertz band. 
(2) In an attempt to address interference to the 
Global Positioning System operating near those 
bands, Ligado Networks LLC has committed to as-
suming the costs mitigating any interference caused 
by their network. 
(3) In the approval order, the Federal Commu-
nications Commission directed that ‘‘Ligado takes all 
necessary mitigation measures to prevent or reme-
diate any potential harmful interference to U.S. Gov-
ernment devices, including devices used by the mili-
tary, that are identified both pre- and post-deploy-
ment of Ligado’s network.’’. 
(4) In a letter to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives dated May 21, 
2020, Ligado Networks LLC reaffirmed the commit-
ment to bear the costs to the Department of Defense, 
stating that the ‘‘FCC directed Ligado to provide pro-
tections to GPS devices using its spectrum by impos-
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ing stringent coordination, cooperation, and replace-
ment obligations on Ligado, so that Ligado bears the 
burden’’ and ‘‘Make no mistake: the obligation is 
ours, and the burden falls solely on our company.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided by subsection 
(c), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2021 or any 
subsequent fiscal year for the Department of Defense may 
be obligated or expended to retrofit any Global Positioning 
System device or system, or network that uses the Global 
Positioning System, in order to mitigate interference from 
commercial terrestrial operations using the 1526–1536 
megahertz band, the 1627.5–1637.5 megahertz band, or the 
1646.5–1656.5 megahertz band. 
(c) ACTIONS NOT PROHIBITED.—The prohibition in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to any action taken by the 
Secretary of Defense relating to— 
(1) conducting technical or information ex-
changes with the entity that operates the commercial 
terrestrial operations in the megahertz bands specified 
in such subsection; 
(2) seeking compensation for interference from 
such entity; or 
(3) Global Positioning System receiver upgrades 
needed to address other resiliency requirements. 
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SEC. 1610. REPORT ON RESILIENT PROTECTED COMMU-
NICATIONS SATELLITES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The national command, control, and commu-
nications system of the Department of Defense is es-
sential to the national security of the United States. 
(2) The Department of Defense requires the space 
segments of such system to be resilient and survivable 
to address advanced threats from Russia and China. 
(3) The next-generation overhead persistent in-
frared missile warning satellites are being upgraded 
with enhanced resiliency features to make them much 
less vulnerable to attack and will begin launch in 
2025. 
(4) Because missile warning satellites rely on 
protected communications satellites to relay warnings 
and response orders, the next-generation overhead per-
sistent infrared missile warning satellites will require 
protected communications satellites with enhanced re-
siliency features, however, the current plan of the 
Space Force is to provide those capabilities with the 
evolved strategic satellite communications program 
that will not be available until 2032 or later. 
(5) As a result, the Chief of Space Operations 
should implement an accelerated plan to achieve more 
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resilient protected communications satellites without 
delay. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of Space Operations 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on how the Space Force will address the need for resil-
ient protected communications satellites during the years 
2025 through 2032. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence 
and Intelligence-Related Activities 
SEC. 1611. VALIDATION OF CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF 
NATIONAL 
GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY. 
Section 442 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) VALIDATION.—The National Geospatial-Intel-
ligence Agency shall assist the Joint Chiefs of Staff, combat-
ant commands, and the military departments in estab-
lishing, coordinating, consolidating, and validating map-
ping, charting, geodetic data, and safety of navigation ca-
pability requirements through a formal process governed by 
the Joint Staff. Consistent with validated requirements, the 
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall provide aero-
nautical and nautical charts that are safe for navigation, 
maps, books, datasets, models, and geodetic products.’’. 
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SEC. 1612. SAFETY OF NAVIGATION MISSION OF THE NA-
TIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 
(a) 
MISSION
OF
NATIONAL
GEOSPATIAL-INTEL-
LIGENCE AGENCY.—Section 442 of title 10, United States 
Code, as amended by section 1611, is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘means of navigating vessels 
of the Navy and the merchant marine’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the means for safe navigation’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and inexpensive nautical 
charts’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘geospatial information for use by the depart-
ments and agencies of the United States, the 
merchant marine, and navigators generally.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall prepare and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall acquire, prepare, and’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘charts’’ and inserting 
‘‘safe-for-navigation charts and datasets’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘geodetic’’ and inserting 
‘‘geomatics’’. 
(b) MAPS, CHARTS, AND BOOKS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 451 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘and 
books’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘books, 
and 
datasets’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘maps, 
charts, and nautical books’’ and inserting ‘‘nau-
tical and aeronautical charts, topographic and 
geomatics maps, books, models, and datasets’’; 
and 
(C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) acquire (by purchase, lease, license, or bar-
ter) all necessary rights, including copyrights and 
other intellectual property rights, required to prepare, 
publish, and furnish to navigators the products de-
scribed in paragraph (1).’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of chap-
ter 22 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 451 and inserting 
the following new item: 
‘‘451. Maps, charts, books, and datasets.’’. 
(c) CIVIL ACTIONS BARRED.—Section 456 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking subsections (a) 
and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘No civil action may be brought against the United 
States on the basis of the content of geospatial information 
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prepared or disseminated by the National Geospatial-Intel-
ligence Agency.’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 467 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘or about’’ after ‘‘boundaries 
on’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sta-
tistical’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘geodetic’’ and inserting 
‘‘geomatics’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and services’’ after 
‘‘products’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or about’’ 
after ‘‘activities on’’. 
SEC. 1613. NATIONAL ACADEMIES CLIMATE SECURITY 
ROUNDTABLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of Defense for 
Intelligence and Security, in coordination with the Director 
of National Intelligence, shall enter into a joint agreement 
with the Academies to create a new ‘‘National Academies 
Climate Security Roundtable’’ (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘roundtable’’). 
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(b) PARTICIPANTS.—The roundtable shall include— 
(1) the members of the Climate Security Advi-
sory Council established under section 120 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060); 
(2) senior representatives and practitioners from 
Federal science agencies, elements of the intelligence 
community, and the Department of Defense, who are 
not members of the Council; and 
(3) key stakeholders in the United States sci-
entific enterprise, including institutions of higher 
education, Federal research laboratories (including 
the national security laboratories), industry, and 
nonprofit research organizations. 
(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the roundtable is— 
(1) to support the duties and responsibilities of 
the Climate Security Advisory Council under section 
120(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3060(c)); 
(2) to develop best practices for the exchange of 
data, knowledge, and expertise among elements of the 
intelligence community, elements of the Federal Gov-
ernment that are not elements of the intelligence com-
munity, and non-Federal researchers; 
(3) to facilitate dialogue and collaboration about 
relevant collection and analytic priorities among par-
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ticipants of the roundtable with respect to climate se-
curity; 
(4) to identify relevant gaps in the exchange of 
data, knowledge, or expertise among participants of 
the roundtable with respect to climate security, and 
consider viable solutions to address such gaps; and 
(5) to provide any other assistance, resources, or 
capabilities that the Director of National Intelligence 
or the Under Secretary determines necessary with re-
spect to the Council carrying out the duties and re-
sponsibilities of the Council under such section 120(c). 
(d) MEETINGS.—The roundtable shall meet at least 
quarterly, in coordination with the meetings of the Climate 
Security Advisory Council under section 120(c)(1) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060(c)(1)). 
(e) REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS.—The joint agreement 
under subsection (a) shall specify that— 
(1) the roundtable shall organize workshops, on 
at least a biannual basis, that include both partici-
pants of the roundtable and persons who are not par-
ticipants, and may be conducted in classified or un-
classified form in accordance with subsection (f); 
(2) on a regular basis, the roundtable shall 
produce classified and unclassified reports on the top-
ics described in subsection (c) and the activities of the 
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roundtable, and other documents in support of the du-
ties and responsibilities of the Climate Security Advi-
sory Council under section 120(c) of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060(c)); 
(3) the Academies shall provide recommendations 
by consensus to the Council on both the topics de-
scribed in subsection (c) and specific topics as identi-
fied by participants of the roundtable; 
(4) not later than March 1, 2021, and annually 
thereafter during the life of the roundtable, the Acad-
emies shall provide a briefing to the appropriate con-
gressional committees on the progress and activities of 
the roundtable; and 
(5) not later than September 30, 2025, the Acad-
emies shall submit a final report to the appropriate 
congressional committees on the activities of the 
roundtable. 
(f) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Each participant of the 
roundtable shall have a security clearance at the appro-
priate level to carry out the duties of the participant under 
this section. A person who is not a participant who attends 
a workshop under subsection (e)(1) is not required to have 
a security clearance, and the roundtable shall ensure that 
any such workshop is held at the appropriate classified or 
unclassified level. 
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(g) TERMINATION.—The roundtable shall terminate on 
September 30, 2025. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Academies’’ means the National 
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, the Committee on Armed Services, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation, the Committee on Armed 
Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate. 
(3) The term ‘‘Federal science agency’’ means 
any agency or department of the Federal Government 
with at least $100,000,000 in basic and applied re-
search obligations in fiscal year 2019. 
(4) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
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(5) The term ‘‘national security laboratory’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 4002 of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501). 
SEC. 1614. REPORT ON RISK TO NATIONAL SECURITY 
POSED 
BY 
QUANTUM 
COMPUTING 
TECH-
NOLOGIES. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than December 
31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report containing 
an assessment of the current and potential threats 
and risks posed by quantum computing technologies. 
The Secretary shall conduct the assessment in a man-
ner that allows the Secretary to better understand 
and prepare to counter the risks of quantum com-
puting to national security. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An identification of national security 
systems that are vulnerable to current and poten-
tial threats and risks posed by quantum com-
puting technologies. 
(B) An assessment of quantum-resistant 
cryptographic standards, including a timeline 
for the development of such standards. 
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(C) An assessment of the feasibility of alter-
nate quantum-resistant models. 
(D) A description of any funding shortfalls 
in public and private efforts to develop such 
standards and models. 
(E) Recommendations to counter the threats 
and risks posed by quantum computing tech-
nologies that prioritize, secure, and resource the 
defense of national security systems identified 
under subparagraph (A). 
(b) BRIEFINGS.—During the period preceding the date 
on which the Secretary submits the report under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall include in the quarterly briefings 
under section 484 of title 10, United States Code, an update 
on the assessment conducted under such subsection. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be 
submitted in classified form. 
Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related 
Matters 
SEC. 1621. CYBER MISSION FORCES AND CYBERSPACE OP-
ERATIONS FORCES. 
Subsection (a) of section 238, title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Not later than five days after the submis-
sion by the President under section 1105(a) of 
title 31 of the budget, the Secretary’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘in both electronic and 
print formats’’ after ‘‘submit’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2021’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the 
cyberspace operations forces’’ before the semicolon; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and the 
cyberspace operations forces’’ before the period. 
SEC. 1622. CYBERSPACE SOLARIUM COMMISSION. 
Section 1652 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115– 
232), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by— 
(i) striking clauses (i) through (iv); 
and 
(ii) redesignating clauses (v) through 
(viii) as clauses (i) through (iv), respec-
tively; and 
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(B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 
‘‘and who are appointed under clauses (iv) 
through (vii) of subparagraph (A)’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘Seven’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Six’’; 
(3) in subsection (h), by— 
(A) striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—(A)’’; and 
(B) striking paragraph (2); 
(4) in subsection (i)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘officers 
or employees of the United States or’’; and 
(5) in subsection (k)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘at 
the end of the 120-day period beginning on’’ and 
inserting ‘‘two years after’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by— 
(i) striking ‘‘may use the 120-day’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall use the two year’’; 
(ii) striking ‘‘for the purposes of con-
cluding its activities, including providing 
testimony to Congress concerning the final 
report referred to in that paragraph and 
disseminating the report’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘for the purposes of—’’: 
‘‘(i) collecting and assessing comments 
and feedback from the Executive Branch, 
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academia, and the public on the analysis 
and recommendations contained in the 
Commission’s report; 
‘‘(ii) collecting and assessing any de-
velopments in cybersecurity that may affect 
the analysis and recommendations con-
tained in the Commission’s report; 
‘‘(iii) reviewing the implementation of 
the recommendations contained in the Com-
mission’s report; 
‘‘(iv) revising, amending, or making 
new recommendations based on the assess-
ments and reviews required under clauses 
(i)–(iii); 
‘‘(v) providing an annual update to 
the congressional defense committees, the 
congressional intelligence committees, the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, the Director of National 
Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security in a 
manner and format determined by the Com-
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mission regarding any such revisions, 
amendments, or new recommendations; and 
‘‘(vi) concluding its activities, includ-
ing providing testimony to Congress con-
cerning the final report referred to in that 
paragraph and disseminating the report.’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) If the Commission is extended, and the ef-
fective date of such extension is after the date on 
which the Commission terminated, the Commission 
shall be deemed reconstituted with the same members 
and powers that existed on the day before such termi-
nation date, except that— 
‘‘(i) a member of the Commission may serve 
only if the member’s position continues to be au-
thorized under subsection (b); 
‘‘(ii) no compensation or entitlements relat-
ing to a person’s status with the Commission 
shall be due for the period between the termi-
nation and reconstitution of the Commission; 
‘‘(iii) nothing in this subparagraph may be 
construed as requiring the extension or reemploy-
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ment of any staff member or contractor working 
for the Commission; 
‘‘(iv) the staff of the Commission shall be— 
‘‘(I) selected by the co-chairs of the 
Commission in accordance with subsection 
(h)(1); 
‘‘(II) comprised of not more than four 
individuals, including a staff director; and 
‘‘(III) resourced in accordance with 
subsection (g)(4)(A); 
‘‘(v) with the approval of the co-chairs, may 
be provided by contract with a nongovernmental 
organization; 
‘‘(vi) any unexpended funds made available 
for the use of the Commission shall continue to 
be available for use for the life of the Commis-
sion, as well as any additional funds appro-
priated to the Department of Defense that are 
made available to the Commission, provided that 
the total such funds does not exceed $1,000,000 
from the reconstitution of the Commission to the 
completion of the Commission; and 
‘‘(vii) the requirement for an assessment of 
the final report in subsection (l) shall be updated 
to require annually for a period of two years 
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further assessments of the Federal Government’s 
responses to the Commission’s recommendations 
contained in such final report.’’. 
SEC. 1623. TAILORED CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, 
in conjunction with the Chief of Naval Operations, shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a study of 
the Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group (NCWDG). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An examination of NCWDG’s structure, 
manning, authorities, funding, and operations. 
(2) A review of organizational relationships both 
within the Navy and to other Department of Defense 
organizations, as well as non-Department of Defense 
organizations. 
(3) Recommendations for how the NCWDG can 
be strengthened and improved, without growth in size. 
(c) DESIGNATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of the Navy shall designate the 
NCWDG as a screened command. 
(d) RELEASE.—The Secretary of the Navy shall trans-
mit the study required under subsection (a) to the secre-
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taries of the military services and the Commander of United 
States Special Operations Command. 
(e) EXEMPLAR.—The service secretaries and the Com-
mander of United States Special Operations Command are 
authorized to establish counterpart tailored cyberspace op-
erations organizations of comparable size to the NCWDG 
within the military service or command, respectively, of 
each such secretary and Commander. Such counterpart or-
ganizations shall have the same authorities as the NCWDG. 
Not later than 30 days after receipt by each of the service 
secretaries and the Commander under subsection (d) of the 
study required under subsection (a), each such service sec-
retary and Commander, as the case may be, shall brief the 
congressional defense committees regarding whether or not 
each such service secretary or Commander intends to utilize 
the authority under this subsection. 
SEC. 1624. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SECTOR RISK MAN-
AGEMENT AGENCY FUNCTION OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 
(A) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 
‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 1016(e) of the Uniting and 
Strengthening America by Providing Appro-
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priate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct 
Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 
(42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 
(B) SECTOR RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘Sector Risk Management Agency’’ 
means a Federal department or agency des-
ignated as a Sector Specific Agency under Presi-
dential Policy Directive-21 to be responsible for 
providing institutional knowledge and special-
ized expertise to, as well as leading, facilitating, 
or supporting, the security and resilience pro-
grams and associated activities of its designated 
critical infrastructure sector in the all-hazards 
environment. 
(2) REFERENCE.—Any reference to a Sector-Spe-
cific Agency in any law, regulation, map, document, 
record, or other paper of the United States shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the Sector Risk Manage-
ment Agency of the Federal Government for the rel-
evant critical infrastructure sector. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall des-
ignate the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of 
Defense as the lead official, and the Office of the Principal 
Cyber Advisor as the lead component, for the Department’s 
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role and functions as the Sector Risk Management Agency 
for the Defense Industrial Base. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—As the lead official for the De-
partment of Defense’s Sector Risk Management Agency 
functions, the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department 
shall be responsible for all activities performed by the De-
partment in its support of the Defense Industrial Base, as 
one of the critical infrastructure sectors of the United 
States. Such activities shall include the following: 
(1) Synchronization, harmonization, de-conflic-
tion, and management for the execution of all Depart-
ment programs, initiatives, efforts, and communica-
tion related to the Department’s Sector Risk Manage-
ment Agency function, including any Department 
program, initiative, or effort that addresses the cyber-
security of the Defense Industrial Base. 
(2) Leadership and management of the Defense 
Industrial Base Government Coordinating Council. 
(3) Direct interface and sponsorship of the De-
fense Industrial Base Sector Coordinating Council. 
(4) Organization of quarterly in-person meetings 
of both the Defense Industrial Base Government Co-
ordinating Council and the Defense Industrial Base 
Sector Coordinating Council. 
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(d) ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.—In carrying out this 
section, the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of 
Defense shall— 
(1) coordinate with relevant Federal departments 
and agencies, and collaborate with critical infrastruc-
ture owners and operators, where appropriate with 
independent regulatory agencies, and with State, 
local, territorial, and Tribal entities, as appropriate; 
(2) serve as a day-to-day Federal interface for 
the dynamic prioritization and coordination of sec-
tor-specific activities; 
(3) carry out incident management responsibil-
ities; 
(4) provide, support, or facilitate technical as-
sistance and consultations for the Defense Industrial 
Base to identify cyber or physical vulnerabilities and 
help mitigate incidents, as appropriate; and 
(5) support the statutorily required reporting re-
quirements of such relevant Federal departments and 
agencies by providing to such departments and agen-
cies on an annual basis sector-specific critical infra-
structure information. 
SEC. 1625. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CYBER WORKFORCE 
EFFORTS. 
(a) RESOURCES FOR CYBER EDUCATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Information Officer 
of the Department of Defense, in consultation with the 
Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), shall 
examine the current policies permitting National Se-
curity Agency employees to use up to 140 hours of 
paid time toward NSA’s cyber education programs. 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Chief Information Officer shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees and the con-
gressional intelligence committees a strategy for 
expanding the policies described in paragraph 
(1) to— 
(i) individuals who occupy positions 
described in section 1599f of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
(ii) any other individuals who the 
Chief Information Officer determines appro-
priate. 
(B) IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.—The report 
required under subparagraph (A) shall detail the 
utilization of the policies in place at the Na-
tional Security Agency, as well as an implemen-
tation plan that describes the mechanisms needed 
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to expand the use of such policies to accommo-
date wider participation by individuals de-
scribed in such subparagraph. Such implementa-
tion plan shall detail how such individuals 
would be able to connect to the instructional and 
participatory opportunities available through the 
efforts, programs, initiatives, and investments 
accounted for in the report required under sec-
tion 1649 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92), 
including the following programs: 
(i) GenCyber. 
(ii) Centers for Academic Excellence – 
Cyber Defense. 
(iii) Centers for Academic Excellence – 
Cyber Operations. 
(C) DEADLINE.—Not later than 120 days 
after the submission of the report required under 
subparagraph (A), the Chief Information Officer 
of the Department of Defense shall carry out the 
implementation plan contained in such report. 
(b) IMPROVING THE TRAINING WITH INDUSTRY PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Principal 
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Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Principal Cyber Advisors of the 
military services and the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Personnel and Readiness, shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a review of the current 
utilization and utility of the Training With Industry 
(TWI) programs, including relating to the following: 
(A) Recommendations regarding how to im-
prove and better utilize such programs, including 
regarding individuals who have completed such 
programs. 
(B) An implementation plan to carry out 
such recommendations. 
(2) ADDITIONAL .—Not later than 90 days after 
the submission of the report required under para-
graph (1), the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Depart-
ment of Defense shall carry out the implementation 
plan required under paragraph (1). 
(c) ALIGNMENT OF CYBERSECURITY TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report containing recommendations on how 
cybersecurity training programs described in section 
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1649 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020 can be better aligned and har-
monized. 
(2) REPORT.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall provide recommendations concerning 
the following topics and information: 
(A) Developing a comprehensive mechanism 
for utilizing and leveraging the Cyber Excepted 
Service workforce of the Department of Defense 
referred to in subsection (a), as well as mecha-
nisms for military participation. 
(B) Unnecessary redundancies in such pro-
grams, or in any related efforts, initiatives, or 
investments. 
(C) Mechanisms for tracking participation 
and transition of participation from one such 
program to another. 
(D) Department level oversight and man-
agement of such programs. 
(3) CYBER
WORKFORCE
PIPELINE
AND
EARLY 
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.— 
(A) ELEMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall, when completing the report required under 
paragraph (1), take into consideration existing 
Federal childhood cyber education programs, in-
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cluding the programs identified in the report re-
quired under section 1649 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116–92) and the Department of 
Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity Education 
and Training Assistance Program (CETAP), 
that can provide opportunities to military-con-
nected students and members of the Armed 
Forces to pursue cyber careers. 
(B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘military-connected student’’ means an in-
dividual who— 
(i) is a dependent a member of the 
Armed Forces serving on active duty; and 
(ii) is enrolled in a preschool, an ele-
mentary or secondary school, or an institu-
tion of higher education. 
SEC. 1626. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSS DO-
MAIN COMPROMISES AND EXEMPTIONS TO 
POLICIES FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) COMPROMISE REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning in October 
2020, the Secretary of Defense and the secretaries of 
the military services shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a monthly report in writing that 
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documents each instance or indication of a cross-do-
main compromise within the Department of Defense. 
(2) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
procedures for complying with the requirements of 
subsection (a) consistent with the national security of 
the United States and the protection of operational 
integrity. The Secretary shall promptly notify such 
committees in writing of any changes to such proce-
dures at least 14 days prior to the adoption of any 
such changes. 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘cross domain compromise’’ means any unauthorized 
connection between software, hardware, or both de-
signed for use on a network or system built for classi-
fied data and the public internet. 
(b) EXEMPTIONS TO POLICY FOR INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY.—Not later than six months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and biannually thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the secretaries of the military services 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port in writing that enumerates and details each current 
exemption to information technology policy, interim Au-
thority To Operate (ATO) order, or both. Each such report 
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shall include other relevant information pertaining to each 
such exemption, including relating to the following: 
(1) Risk categorization. 
(2) Duration. 
(3) Estimated time remaining. 
SEC. 1627. ASSESSING PRIVATE-PUBLIC COLLABORATION IN 
CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall— 
(1) conduct a review and assessment of any on-
going public-private collaborative initiatives involv-
ing the Department of Defense and the private sector 
related to cybersecurity and defense of critical infra-
structure, including— 
(A) the United States Cyber Command’s 
Pathfinder initiative and any derivative initia-
tive; 
(B) the Department’s support to and inte-
gration with existing Federal cybersecurity cen-
ters and organizations; and 
(C) comparable initiatives led by other Fed-
eral departments or agencies that support long- 
term public-private cybersecurity collaboration; 
and 
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(2) make recommendations for improvements 
and the requirements and resources necessary to insti-
tutionalize and strengthen the initiatives described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1). 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the review, assessment, and recommendations 
under subsection (a). 
(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) may be submitted in unclassified or classi-
fied form, as necessary. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘critical in-
frastructure’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1016(e) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Pro-
viding Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Ob-
struct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 (42 
U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 
SEC. 1628. CYBER CAPABILITIES AND INTEROPERABILITY 
OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
in conjunction with the Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau, shall submit to the congressional defense committees, 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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resentatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate a review of the statutes, rules, regulations, and 
standards that pertain to the use of the National Guard 
for the response to and recovery from significant cyber inci-
dents. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The review required under 
subsection (a) shall address the following:: 
(1) Regulations promulgated under section 903 
of title 32, United States Code, to allow the National 
Guard to conduct homeland defense activities that the 
Secretary of Defense determines to be necessary and 
appropriate in accordance with section 902 of such 
title in response to a cyber attack. 
(2) Compulsory guidance from the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau regarding how the National 
Guard shall collaborate with the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation of the Department of Justice through multi- 
agency task forces, information-sharing groups, inci-
dent response planning and exercises, and other rel-
evant forums and activities. 
(3) A plan for how the Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau will collaborate with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to develop an annex to the Na-
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tional Cyber Incident Response Plan that details the 
regulations and guidance described in paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘significant cyber inci-
dent’’ means a cyber incident that results, or several related 
cyber incidents that result, in demonstrable harm to— 
(1) the national security interests, foreign rela-
tions, or economy of the United States; or 
(2) the public confidence, civil liberties, or public 
health and safety of the American people. 
SEC. 1629. EVALUATION OF NON-TRADITIONAL CYBER SUP-
PORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Principal Cyber Advi-
sor to the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the 
Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness of the Depart-
ment of Defense and the Principal Cyber Advisors of the 
military services, shall complete an assessment and evalua-
tion of reserve models tailored to the support of cyberspace 
operations for the Department. 
(b) EVALUATION COMPONENTS.—The assessment and 
evaluation required under subsection (a) shall include the 
following components: 
(1) A current assessment of reserve and National 
Guard support to Cyber Operations Forces. 
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(2) An enumeration and evaluation of various 
reserve, National Guard, auxiliary, and non-tradi-
tional support models which are applicable to cyber-
space operations, including a consideration of models 
utilized domestically and internationally. 
(3) A utility assessment of a dedicated reserve 
cadre specific to United States Cyber Command and 
Cyber Operations Forces. 
(4) An analysis of the costs associated with the 
models evaluated pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(5) An assessment of the recruitment programs 
necessary for implementation of the models evaluated 
pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, act-
ing through the Principal Cyber Advisor of the De-
partment of Defense, shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the assessment and 
evaluation required under subsection (a). 
(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) may be submitted in classified or unclassi-
fied form, as necessary. 
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SEC. 1630. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTEGRATED CYBER CEN-
TER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the 
Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
submit to the relevant congressional committees a report on 
Federal cybersecurity centers and the potential for better 
coordination of Federal cyber efforts at an integrated cyber 
center within the national cybersecurity and communica-
tions integration center of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity established pursuant to section 2209 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 659). 
(b) CONTENTS.—To prepare the report required by 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
aggregate information from components of the Department 
of Homeland Security with information provided to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security by the Secretary of De-
fense, the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, and the Director of National Intel-
ligence. Such aggregated information shall relate to the fol-
lowing topics: 
(1) Any challenges regarding capacity and fund-
ing identified by the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
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the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, or the 
Director of National Intelligence that negatively im-
pact coordination with the national cybersecurity and 
communications integration center of the Department 
of Homeland Security in furtherance of the security 
and resilience of critical infrastructure. 
(2) Distinct statutory authorities identified by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney 
General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, the Secretary of Defense, or the Director of 
National Intelligence that should not be leveraged by 
an integrated cyber center within the national cyber-
security and communications integration center. 
(3) Any challenges associated with effective mis-
sion coordination and deconfliction between the Cy-
bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the 
Department of Homeland Security and other Federal 
agencies that could be addressed with the creation of 
an integrated cyber center within the national cyber-
security and communications integration center. 
(4) How capabilities or missions of existing Fed-
eral cyber centers could benefit from greater integra-
tion or collocation to support cybersecurity collabora-
tion with critical infrastructure at an integrated 
cyber center within the national cybersecurity and 
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communications integration center, including the fol-
lowing Federal cyber centers: 
(A) The National Security Agency’s Cyber 
Threat Operations Center. 
(B) United States Cyber Command’s Joint 
Operations Center. 
(C) The Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Integra-
tion Center. 
(D) The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 
National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force. 
(E) The Department of Defense’s Defense 
Cyber Crime Center. 
(F) The Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence’s Intelligence Community Security 
Coordination Center. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall— 
(1) identify any challenges regarding the Cyber-
security and Infrastructure Security Agency’s current 
authorities, structure, resources, funding, ability to 
recruit and retain its workforce, or interagency co-
ordination that negatively impact the ability of the 
Agency to fulfill its role as the central coordinator for 
critical infrastructure cybersecurity and resilience 
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pursuant to its authorities under the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002, and information on how establishing 
an integrated cyber center within the national cyber-
security and communications integration center 
would address such challenges; 
(2) identify any facility needs for the Cybersecu-
rity and Infrastructure Security Agency to ade-
quately host personnel, maintain sensitive compart-
mented information facilities, and other resources to 
serve as the primary coordinating body charged with 
forging whole-of-government, public-private collabora-
tion in cybersecurity, pursuant to such authorities; 
(3) identify any lessons from the United King-
dom’s National Cybersecurity Center model to deter-
mine whether an integrated cyber center within the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 
should be similarly organized into an unclassified en-
vironment and a classified environment; 
(4) recommend any changes to procedures and 
criteria for increasing and expanding the participa-
tion and integration of public- and private-sector per-
sonnel into Federal cyber defense and security efforts, 
including continuing limitations or hurdles in the se-
curity clearance program for private sector partners 
and integrating private sector partners into a Cyber-
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security and Infrastructure Security Agency inte-
grated cyber center; and 
(5) propose policies, programs, or practices that 
could overcome challenges identified in the aggregated 
information under subsection (b), including the cre-
ation of an integrated cyber center within the na-
tional cybersecurity and communications integration 
center, accompanied by legislative proposals, as ap-
propriate. 
(d) PLAN.—Upon submitting the report pursuant to 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney Gen-
eral, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
and the Director of National Intelligence, shall develop a 
plan to establish an integrated cyber center within the na-
tional cybersecurity and communications integration cen-
ter. 
(e) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 
the submission of the report required under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director 
of National Intelligence, shall begin establishing an inte-
grated cyber center in the national cybersecurity and com-
munications integration center. 
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(f) ANNUAL UPDATES.—Beginning one year after the 
submission of the report required under subsection (a) and 
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney 
General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit 
to the relevant congressional committees updates regarding 
efforts to establish and operate an integrated cyber center 
in the national cybersecurity and communications integra-
tion center pursuant to subsection (e), including informa-
tion on progress made toward overcoming any challenges 
identified in the report required by subsection (a). 
(g) PRIVACY REVIEW.—The Privacy Officers of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, the Department of De-
fense, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, and the Director of National Intelligence 
shall review and provide to the relevant congressional com-
mittees comment, as appropriate, on each report and legis-
lative proposal submitted under this section. 
(h) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘relevant 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) in the House of Representatives— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services; 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary; 
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(C) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence; and 
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security; 
and 
(2) in the Senate— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services; 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary; 
(C) the Select Committee on Intelligence; 
and 
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs. 
SEC. 1631. CYBER THREAT INFORMATION COLLABORATION 
ENVIRONMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In consultation with the Cyber 
Threat Data Standards and Interoperability Council estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (d), the Secretary of Home-
land Security, in coordination with the Secretary of De-
fense and the Director of National Intelligence (acting 
through the Director of the National Security Agency), shall 
develop an information collaboration environment and as-
sociated analytic tools that enable entities to identify, miti-
gate, and prevent malicious cyber activity to— 
(1) provide limited access to appropriate oper-
ationally relevant data about cybersecurity risks and 
cybersecurity threats, including malware forensics 
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and data from network sensor programs, on a plat-
form that enables query and analysis; 
(2) allow such tools to be used in classified and 
unclassified environments drawing on classified and 
unclassified data sets; 
(3) enable cross-correlation of data on cybersecu-
rity risks and cybersecurity threats at the speed and 
scale necessary for rapid detection and identification; 
(4) facilitate a comprehensive understanding of 
cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats; and 
(5) facilitate collaborative analysis between the 
Federal Government and private sector critical infra-
structure entities and information and analysis orga-
nizations. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION COLLABORA-
TION ENVIRONMENT.— 
(1) EVALUATION.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, acting through the Director of 
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 
of the Department of Homeland Security, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director 
of National Intelligence (acting through the Director 
of the National Security Agency), shall— 
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(A) identify, inventory, and evaluate exist-
ing Federal sources of classified and unclassified 
information on cybersecurity threats; 
(B) evaluate current programs, applica-
tions, or platforms intended to detect, identify, 
analyze, and monitor cybersecurity risks and cy-
bersecurity threats; and 
(C) coordinate with private sector critical 
infrastructure entities and, as determined appro-
priate by the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
other private sector entities, to identify private 
sector cyber threat capabilities, needs, and gaps. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than one year 
after the evaluation required under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 
the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence 
(acting through the Director of the National Security 
Agency), shall begin implementation of the informa-
tion collaboration environment developed pursuant to 
subsection (a) to enable participants in such environ-
ment to develop and run analytic tools referred to in 
such subsection on specified data sets for the purpose 
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of identifying, mitigating, and preventing malicious 
cyber activity that is a threat to government and crit-
ical infrastructure. Such environment and use of such 
tools shall— 
(A) operate in a manner consistent with 
relevant privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties 
policies and protections, including such policies 
and protections established pursuant to section 
1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485); 
(B) account for appropriate data standards 
and interoperability requirements, consistent 
with the standards set forth in subsection (d); 
(C) enable integration of current applica-
tions, platforms, data, and information, includ-
ing classified information, in a manner that 
supports integration of unclassified and classi-
fied information on cybersecurity risks and cy-
bersecurity threats; 
(D) incorporate tools to manage access to 
classified and unclassified data, as appropriate; 
(E) ensure accessibility by entities the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of 
National Intelligence (acting through the Direc-
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tor of the National Security Agency), determines 
appropriate; 
(F) allow for access by critical infrastruc-
ture stakeholders and other private sector part-
ners, at the discretion of the Secretary of Home-
land Security, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Defense; 
(G) deploy analytic tools across classifica-
tion levels to leverage all relevant data sets, as 
appropriate; 
(H) identify tools and analytical software 
that can be applied and shared to manipulate, 
transform, and display data and other identified 
needs; and 
(I) anticipate the integration of new tech-
nologies and data streams, including data from 
government-sponsored network sensors or net-
work-monitoring programs deployed in support 
of State, local, Tribal, and territorial govern-
ments or private sector entities. 
(c) ANNUAL REVIEW OF IMPACTS ON PRIVACY, CIVIL 
RIGHTS, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Director of National Intelligence 
(acting through the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency and the Director of the National 
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Security Agency, respectively) shall direct the Privacy, 
Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Officers of their respective 
agencies, in consultation with Privacy, Civil Rights, and 
Civil Liberties Officers of other Federal agencies partici-
pating in the information collaboration environment, to 
conduct an annual review of the information collaboration 
environment for compliance with fair information practices 
and civil rights and civil liberties policies. Each such report 
shall be— 
(1) unclassified, to the maximum extent possible, 
but may contain a non-public or classified annex to 
protect sources or methods and any other sensitive in-
formation restricted by Federal law; 
(2) with respect to the unclassified portions of 
each such report, made available on the public inter-
net websites of the Department of Homeland Security 
and the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence— 
(A) not later than 30 days after submission 
to the appropriate congressional committees; and 
(B) in an electronic format that is fully in-
dexed and searchable; and 
(3) with respect to a classified annex, submitted 
to the appropriate congressional committees in an 
electronic format that is fully indexed and searchable. 
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(d) POST-DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 
two years after the implementation of the information col-
laboration environment under subsection (b), the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the 
Director of National Intelligence (acting through the Direc-
tor of the National Security Agency) shall jointly submit 
to te appropriate congressional committees an assessment 
of whether to include additional entities, including critical 
infrastructure information sharing and analysis organiza-
tions, in such environment. 
(e) CYBER THREAT DATA STANDARDS AND INTER-
OPERABILITY COUNCIL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an 
interagency council, to be known as the ‘‘Cyber 
Threat Data Standards and Interoperability Council’’ 
(in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘council’’), 
chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to es-
tablish data standards and requirements for public 
and private sector entities to participate in the infor-
mation collaboration environment developed pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
(2) OTHER MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) PRINCIPAL MEMBERS.—In addition to 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the council 
shall be composed of the Director of the Cyberse-
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curity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the 
Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary 
of Defense, and the Director of National Intel-
ligence (acting through the Director of the Na-
tional Security Agency). 
(B) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.—The President 
shall identify and appoint council members from 
public and private sector entities who oversee 
programs that generate, collect, or disseminate 
data or information related to the detection, 
identification, analysis, and monitoring of cy-
bersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats, based 
on recommendations submitted by the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, 
and the Director of National Intelligence (acting 
through the Director of the National Security 
Agency). 
(3) DATA STREAMS.—The council shall identify, 
designate, and periodically update programs that 
shall participate in or be interoperable with the infor-
mation collaboration environment developed pursuant 
to subsection (a), which may include the following: 
(A) Network-monitoring and intrusion de-
tection programs. 
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(B) Cyber threat indicator sharing pro-
grams. 
(C) Certain government-sponsored network 
sensors or network-monitoring programs. 
(D) Incident response and cybersecurity 
technical assistance programs. 
(E) Malware forensics and reverse-engineer-
ing programs. 
(F) The defense industrial base threat intel-
ligence program of the Department of Defense. 
(4) DATA GOVERNANCE.—The council shall estab-
lish a committee comprised of the privacy officers of 
the Department of Homeland Security, the Depart-
ment of Defense, and the National Security Agency. 
Such committee shall establish procedures and data 
governance structures, as necessary, to protect sen-
sitive data, comply with Federal regulations and stat-
utes, and respect existing consent agreements with 
private sector critical infrastructure entities that 
apply to critical infrastructure information. 
(5) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The council shall, as 
appropriate, submit recommendations to the Presi-
dent to support the operation, adaptation, and secu-
rity of the information collaboration environment de-
veloped pursuant to subsection (a). 
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(f) NO ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED.—Noth-
ing in section may be construed to— 
(1) alter the responsibility of entities to follow 
guidelines issued pursuant to section 105(b) of the 
Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1504(b); enacted 
as division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2016 (Public Law 114–113)) with respect to data ob-
tained by an entity in connection with activities au-
thorized under the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 and 
shared through the information collaboration environ-
ment developed pursuant to subsection (a); or 
(2) authorize Federal or private entities to share 
information in a manner not already permitted by 
law. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) in the House of Representatives— 
(i) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence; 
(ii) the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity; 
(iii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 
and 
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(iv) the Committee on Armed Services; 
and 
(B) in the Senate— 
(i) the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence; 
(ii) the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs; 
(iii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 
and 
(iv) the Committee on Armed Services. 
(2) 
CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 
term 
‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107–56 (42 
U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 
(3) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION.— 
The term ‘‘critical infrastructure information’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 2222 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 671). 
(4) CYBER
THREAT
INDICATOR.—The term 
‘‘cyber threat indicator’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 102(6) of the Cybersecurity Act of 
2015 (enacted as division N of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113; 6 
U.S.C. 1501(6))). 
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(5) CYBERSECURITY RISK.—The term ‘‘cyberse-
curity risk’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 2209 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 659). 
(6) CYBERSECURITY THREAT.—The term ‘‘cyber-
security threat’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 102(5) of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (en-
acted as division N of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113; 6 U.S.C. 
1501(5))). 
(7) INFORMATION SHARING AND ANALYSIS ORGA-
NIZATION.—The term ‘‘information sharing and anal-
ysis organization’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 2222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 671). 
SEC. 1632. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE PARTICIPATION IN 
A THREAT INTELLIGENCE SHARING PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘defense in-
dustrial base’’ means the worldwide industrial complex 
with capabilities to perform research and development, de-
sign, produce, deliver, and maintain military weapon sys-
tems, subsystems, components, or parts to meet military re-
quirements. 
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(b) DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE THREAT INTEL-
LIGENCE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish a threat intelligence program to share with 
and obtain from the defense industrial base informa-
tion and intelligence on threats to national security. 
(2) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—At a minimum, 
the Secretary of Defense shall ensure the threat intel-
ligence sharing program established pursuant to 
paragraph (1) includes the following: 
(A) Cybersecurity incident reporting re-
quirements that— 
(i) extend beyond current mandatory 
incident reporting requirements; 
(ii) set specific timeframes for all cat-
egories of such mandatory incident report-
ing; and 
(iii) create a single clearinghouse for 
all such mandatory incident reporting to 
the Department of Defense, including cov-
ered unclassified information, covered de-
fense information, and classified informa-
tion. 
(B) A mechanism for developing a shared 
and real-time picture of the threat environment. 
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(C) Joint, collaborative, and co-located ana-
lytics. 
(D) Investments in technology and capabili-
ties to support automated detection and analysis 
across the defense industrial base. 
(E) Coordinated intelligence sharing with 
relevant domestic law enforcement and counter-
intelligence agencies, in coordination, respec-
tively, with the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation and the Director of National In-
telligence. 
(F) A process for direct sharing of threat 
intelligence related to a specific defense indus-
trial base entity with such entity. 
(3) EXISTING
INFORMATION
SHARING
PRO-
GRAMS.—The Secretary of Defense may utilize an ex-
isting Department of Defense information sharing 
program to satisfy the requirement under paragraph 
(1) if such existing program includes, or is modified 
to include, two-way sharing of threat information 
that is specifically relevant to the defense industrial 
base, including satisfying the requirements specified 
in paragraph (2). 
(4) INTELLIGENCE
QUERIES.—As part of a 
threat intelligence sharing program under this sub-
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section, the Secretary of Defense shall require defense 
industrial base entities holding a Department of De-
fense contract to consent to queries of foreign intel-
ligence collection databases related to such entity as 
a condition of such contract. 
(c) THREAT INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM PARTICIPA-
TION.— 
(1) PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT.—Beginning 
on the date that is than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may 
not procure or acquire, or extend or renew a contract 
to procure or acquire, any item, equipment, system, 
or service from any entity that is not a participant 
in— 
(A) the threat intelligence sharing program 
established pursuant paragraph (1) of subsection 
(b); or 
(B) a comparably widely-utilized threat in-
telligence sharing program described in para-
graph (3) of such subsection. 
(2) APPLICATION TO SUBCONTRACTORS.—No en-
tity holding a Department of Defense contract may 
subcontract any portion of such contract to another 
entity unless that second entity— 
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(A) is a participant in a threat intelligence 
sharing program under this section; or 
(B) has received a waiver pursuant to sub-
section (d). 
(3) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the 
prohibition under paragraph (1), the Secretary of De-
fense— 
(A) may create tiers of requirements and 
participation within the applicable threat intel-
ligence sharing program referred to in such 
paragraph based on— 
(i) an evaluation of the role of and rel-
ative threats related to entities within the 
defense industrial base; and 
(ii) cybersecurity maturity model cer-
tification level; and 
(B) shall prioritize available funding and 
technical support to assist entities as is reason-
ably necessary for such entities to participate in 
a threat intelligence sharing program under this 
section. 
(d) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may 
waive the prohibition under subsection (b)— 
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(A) with respect to an entity or class of en-
tities, if the Secretary determines that the re-
quirement to participate in a threat intelligence 
sharing program under this section is unneces-
sary to protect the interests of the United States; 
or 
(B) at the request of an entity, if the Sec-
retary determines there is compelling justifica-
tion for such waiver. 
(2) PERIODIC REEVALUATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall periodically reevaluate any waiver 
issued pursuant to paragraph (1) and promptly re-
voke any waiver the Secretary determines is no longer 
warranted. 
(e) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) RULEMAKING
AUTHORITY.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall promulgate such rules 
and regulations as are necessary to carry out this sec-
tion. 
(2) CMMC HARMONIZATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure that the threat intelligence shar-
ing program requirements set forth in the rules and 
regulations promulgated pursuant to paragraph (1) 
consider an entity’s maturity and role within the de-
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fense industrial base, in accordance with the maturity 
certification levels established in the Department of 
Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 
program. 
SEC. 1633. ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL MANUFACTURERS IN 
THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CHAIN 
ON MATTERS RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, may award financial assistance to a Center for the 
purpose of providing cybersecurity services to small manu-
facturers. 
(b) CRITERIA.—If the Secretary carries out subsection 
(a), the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall 
establish and publish on the grants.gov website, or successor 
website, criteria for selecting recipients for financial assist-
ance under this section. 
(c) USE OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Financial as-
sistance under this section— 
(1) shall be used by a Center to provide small 
manufacturers with cybersecurity services relating 
to— 
(A) compliance with the cybersecurity re-
quirements of the Department of Defense Supple-
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ment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, in-
cluding awareness, assessment, evaluation, prep-
aration, and implementation of cybersecurity 
services; and 
(B) achieving compliance with the Cyberse-
curity Maturity Model Certification framework 
of the Department of Defense; and 
(2) may be used by a Center to employ trained 
personnel to deliver cybersecurity services to small 
manufacturers. 
(d) BIENNIAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once 
every two years, the Secretary shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees, the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
of the House of Representatives a biennial report on 
financial assistance awarded under this section. 
(2) CONTENTS.—To the extent practicable, each 
report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include 
the following with respect to the years covered by the 
report: 
(A) The number of small manufacturing 
companies assisted. 
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(B) A description of the cybersecurity serv-
ices provided. 
(C) A description of the cybersecurity mat-
ters addressed. 
(D) An analysis of the operational effective-
ness and cost-effectiveness of the cybersecurity 
services provided. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary to 
award of financial assistance under this section shall termi-
nate on the date that is five years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Center’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 25(a) of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
278k(a)). 
(2) The term ‘‘small manufacturer’’ has the 
meaning given that tern in section 1644(g) of the 
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 
2224 note). 
SEC. 1634. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE CYBERSECURITY 
THREAT HUNTING AND SENSING, DISCOVERY, 
AND MITIGATION. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
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(1) DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE.—The term ‘‘de-
fense industrial base’’ means the worldwide industrial 
complex with capabilities to perform research and de-
velopment, design, produce, deliver, and maintain 
military weapon systems, subsystems, components, or 
parts to meet military requirements. 
(2) ADVANCED
DEFENSE
INDUSTRIAL
BASE.— 
The term ‘‘advanced defense industrial base’’ means 
any entity in the defense industrial base holding a 
Department of Defense contract that requires a cyber-
security maturity model certification of level 4 or 
higher. 
(b) DEFENSE
INDUSTRIAL
BASE
CYBERSECURITY 
THREAT HUNTING STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a study of the feasibility and resourcing re-
quired to establish the Defense Industrial Base Cyber-
security Threat Hunting Program (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Program’’) described in subsection 
(c). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The study required under para-
graph (1) shall— 
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(A) establish the resources necessary, gov-
ernance structures, and responsibility for execu-
tion of the Program, as well as any other rel-
evant considerations determined by the Sec-
retary; 
(B) include a conclusive determination of 
the Department of Defense’s capacity to establish 
the Program by the end of fiscal year 2021; and 
(C) identify any barriers that would pre-
vent such establishment. 
(c) DEFENSE
INDUSTRIAL
BASE
CYBERSECURITY 
THREAT HUNTING PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon a positive determina-
tion of the Program’s feasibility pursuant to the 
study required under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Defense shall establish the Program to actively iden-
tify cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities within 
the information systems, including covered defense 
networks containing controlled unclassified informa-
tion, of entities in the defense industrial base. 
(2) PROGRAM LEVELS.—In establishing the Pro-
gram in accordance with paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall develop a tiered program that 
takes into account the following: 
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(A) The cybersecurity maturity of entities 
in the defense industrial base. 
(B) The role of such entities. 
(C) Whether each such entity possesses con-
trolled unclassified information and covered de-
fense networks. 
(D) The covered defense information to 
which such an entity has access as a result of 
contracts with the Department of Defense. 
(3) PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—The Program 
shall— 
(A) include requirements for mitigating any 
vulnerabilities identified pursuant to the Pro-
gram; 
(B) provide a mechanism for the Depart-
ment of Defense to share with entities in the de-
fense industrial base malicious code, indicators 
of compromise, and insights on the evolving 
threat landscape; 
(C) provide incentives for entities in the de-
fense industrial base to share with the Depart-
ment of Defense, including the National Security 
Agency’s Cybersecurity Directorate, threat and 
vulnerability information collected pursuant to 
threat monitoring and hunt activities; and 
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(D) mandate a minimum level of program 
participation for any entity that is part of the 
advanced defense industrial base. 
(d) THREAT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM PARTICIPA-
TION.— 
(1) PROHIBITION
ON
PROCUREMENT.—If the 
Program is established pursuant to subsection (c), be-
ginning on the date that is one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
may not procure or obtain, or extend or renew a con-
tract to procure or obtain, any item, equipment, sys-
tem, or service from any entity in the defense indus-
trial base that is not in compliance with the require-
ments of the Program. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the 
prohibition under paragraph (1), the Secretary of De-
fense shall prioritize available funding and technical 
support to assist affected entities in the defense indus-
trial base as is reasonably necessary for such affected 
entities to commence participation in the Program 
and satisfy Program requirements. 
(3) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
(A) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense 
may waive the prohibition under paragraph 
(1)— 
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(i) with respect to an entity or class of 
entities in the defense industrial base, if the 
Secretary determines that the requirement 
to participate in the Program is unneces-
sary to protect the interests of the United 
States; or 
(ii) at the request of such an entity, if 
the Secretary determines there is a compel-
ling justification for such waiver. 
(B) PERIODIC
REEVALUATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall periodically reevaluate 
any waiver issued pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
and revoke any such waiver the Secretary deter-
mines is no longer warranted. 
(e) USE OF PERSONNEL AND THIRD-PARTY THREAT 
HUNTING AND SENSING CAPABILITIES.—In carrying out 
the Program, the Secretary of Defense may— 
(1) utilize Department of Defense personnel to 
hunt for threats and vulnerabilities within the infor-
mation systems of entities in the defense industrial 
base that have an active contract with Department of 
Defense; 
(2) certify third-party providers to hunt for 
threats and vulnerabilities on behalf of the Depart-
ment of Defense; 
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(3) require the deployment of network sensing 
technologies capable of identifying and filtering mali-
cious network traffic; or 
(4) employ a combination of Department of De-
fense personnel and third-party providers and tools, 
as the Secretary determines necessary and appro-
priate, for the entity described in paragraph (1). 
(f) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) RULEMAKING
AUTHORITY.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall promulgate such rules 
and regulations as are necessary to carry out this sec-
tion. 
(2) CMMC HARMONIZATION.—In promulgating 
rules and regulations pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of Defense shall consider how best to inte-
grate the requirements of this section with the Depart-
ment of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Cer-
tification program. 
SEC. 1635. DEFENSE DIGITAL SERVICE. 
(a) RELATIONSHIP WITH UNITED STATES DIGITAL 
SERVICE.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Digital Service shall estab-
lish a direct relationship between the Department of Defense 
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and the United States Digital Service to address authori-
ties, hiring processes, roles, and responsibilities. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Administrator of the United States Digital Service 
shall jointly certify to the congressional defense committees 
that the skills and qualifications of the Department of De-
fense personnel assigned to and supporting the core func-
tions of the Defense Digital Service are consistent with the 
skills and qualifications United States Digital Service per-
sonnel. 
SEC. 1636. LIMITATION OF FUNDING FOR NATIONAL DE-
FENSE UNIVERSITY. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
for fiscal year 2021 for the National Defense University, 
not more than 60 percent of such funds may be obligated 
or expended until the Joint Staff and the National Defense 
University present to the congressional defense committees 
the following: 
(1) A comprehensive plan for resourcing and 
growing the student population of the College of Infor-
mation and Cyberspace, including by— 
(A) enrolling a minimum of 350 cyber 
workforce students per academic year; and 
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(B) graduating a minimum of 42 students 
(including a minimum of 28 United States mili-
tary students) in the Joint Professional Military 
Education Phase II War College 10- month resi-
dent program in fiscal year 2021, and imple-
menting a plan to graduate a minimum of 70 
students (including a minimum of 50 United 
States military and civilian students) in fiscal 
year 2023 and in each year thereafter through 
the Future Year Defense Program. 
(2) Budget documents for the Future Year De-
fense Program which show funding for the College of 
Information and Cyberspace to support the com-
prehensive plan described in subsection (a). 
(3) A comprehensive presentation of how pro-
grams of study on cyber-related matters are being ex-
panded and integrated into Joint Professional Mili-
tary Education at all National Defense University 
constituent colleges. 
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Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
SEC. 1641. COORDINATION IN TRANSFER OF FUNDS BY DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO NATIONAL NU-
CLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 179(f)(3) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Energy shall ensure that a transfer of estimated nuclear 
budget request authority is carried out in a manner that 
provides for coordination between the Secretary of Defense 
and the Administrator for Nuclear Security using appro-
priate interagency processes during the process in which the 
Secretaries develop the budget materials of the Department 
of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion, including by beginning such coordination by not later 
than June 30 for such budget materials that will be sub-
mitted during the following year.’’. 
(b) REPORTS.—Subparagraph (B) of such section is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) A description of the total amount of the 
proposed estimated nuclear budget request authority 
to be transferred by the Secretary of Defense to the 
Secretary of Energy to support the weapons activities 
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of the National Nuclear Security Administration, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) identification of any trade-offs made 
within the budget of the Department of Defense 
as part of such proposed transfer; and 
‘‘(B) a certification made jointly by the 
Secretaries that such proposed transfer was de-
veloped in a manner that allowed for the coordi-
nation described in subparagraph (D).’’. 
SEC. 1642. EXERCISES OF NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, 
AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Chapter 24 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 499b. Exercises of nuclear command, control, and 
communications system 
‘‘(a) REQUIRED EXERCISES.—Except as provided by 
subsection (b), beginning 2021, the President shall partici-
pate in a large-scale exercise of the nuclear command, con-
trol, and communications system during the first year of 
each term of the President, and may participate in such 
additional exercises as the President determines appro-
priate. 
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(1) ARMY AND NAVY PROGRAMS.—Except as pro-
vided by paragraph (3), not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the budget of the President for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2025 is submitted to Con-
gress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, the Secretary of the Army and the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall jointly submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the conventional 
prompt global strike programs of the Army and the 
Navy, including— 
(A) the total costs to the respective military 
departments for such programs; 
(B) the strategy for such programs with re-
spect to manning, training, and equipping, in-
cluding cost estimates; and 
(C) a testing strategy and schedule for such 
programs. 
(2) CERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the budget of the President for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025 is submitted 
to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, the Director of Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a certification regarding the 
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