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entities and industry sectors identified 
under clause (i); 
(iii) identify which Federal agency or 
agencies listed under clause (ii) each entity 
or industry sector interacts with; 
(iv) identify all interagency activities 
that are taking place among the Federal 
agencies listed under clause (ii), such as 
working groups or other coordinated efforts; 
(v) develop a brief description of the 
jurisdiction and expertise of the Federal 
agencies listed under clause (ii) with regard 
to such entities and industry sectors; 
(vi) identify all regulations, guidelines, 
mandatory standards, voluntary standards, 
and other policies implemented by each of 
the Federal agencies identified under clause 
(ii), as well as all guidelines, mandatory 
standards, voluntary standards, and other 
policies implemented by industry-based bod-
ies; and 
(vii) identify Federal Government re-
sources that exist for consumers and small 
businesses to evaluate the use of new and 
advanced materials. 
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(2) MARKETPLACE
AND
SUPPLY
CHAIN
SUR-
VEY.—The Secretary and Commission shall conduct a 
survey of the marketplace and supply chain of new 
and advanced materials to— 
(A) assess the severity of risks posed to such 
marketplace and supply chain; 
(B) review the ability of foreign govern-
ments or third parties to exploit the supply 
chain in a manner that raises risks to the eco-
nomic and national security of the United 
States; and 
(C) identify emerging risks and long-term 
trends in such marketplace and supply chain. 
(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the completion of the study required 
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary and the 
Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce and the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, and make publicly available on 
their respective websites, a report that contains— 
(A) the results of the study conducted pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) and the survey conducted 
pursuant to paragraph (2); and 
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(B) recommendations to— 
(i) grow the United States economy 
through the secure advancement of new and 
advanced materials; 
(ii) develop a national strategy to ad-
vance the United States business sectors’ po-
sition in the world on the adoption of new 
and advanced materials; 
(iii) develop strategies to mitigate cur-
rent and emerging risks to the marketplace 
and supply chain of new and advanced ma-
terials; and 
(iv) develop legislation that may ad-
vance the expeditious adoption of new and 
advanced materials. 
(g) STUDY TO ADVANCE UNMANNED DELIVERY SERV-
ICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the 
head of any other appropriate Federal agency, 
shall complete a study on the impact of un-
manned delivery services on United States busi-
nesses conducting interstate commerce. 
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(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDY.—In con-
ducting the study, the Secretary shall do the fol-
lowing: 
(i) Conduct a survey through outreach 
to participating entities to— 
(I) establish a list of the industry 
sectors that develop and use unmanned 
delivery services, including the use of 
autonomous vehicles, drones, and ro-
bots; 
(II) review how unmanned deliv-
ery services are currently being used 
and any potential future applications 
of such services; 
(III) identify any challenges to 
the development and adoption of un-
manned delivery services; 
(IV) review how such services may 
be used to— 
(aa) deliver groceries, meals, 
medications, and other necessities 
to senior citizens, people with dis-
abilities, and people without ac-
cess to traditional public trans-
portation; 
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(bb) address challenges public 
health emergencies present, in-
cluding 
delivering 
groceries, 
meals, medications, medical sup-
plies, and other necessities during 
such emergencies; and 
(cc) any other potential use 
of such services; 
(V) identify any safety risks asso-
ciated with the adoption of unmanned 
delivery services on roads, in the air, 
or other environments, including any 
dangers posed to pedestrians, bicyclists, 
motorcyclists, motorists, or property; 
(VI) identify the effect of un-
manned delivery services on traffic 
safety and congestion; 
(VII) evaluate the extent to which 
software, technology, and infrastruc-
ture behind unmanned delivery services 
are developed and manufactured in the 
United States; 
(VIII) identify the number and 
types of jobs that may be lost or sub-
stantially changed due to the develop-
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ment and adoption of unmanned deliv-
ery services; 
(IX) identify the number and 
types of jobs that may be created due 
to the development and adoption of un-
manned delivery services; and 
(X) evaluate the effect of the adop-
tion unmanned delivery services on job 
quality for low, middle, and high- 
skilled workers. 
(ii) Develop and conduct a survey of 
Federal activity related to unmanned deliv-
ery services to— 
(I) establish a list of Federal 
agencies asserting jurisdiction over in-
dustry sectors identified under clause 
(i)(II); 
(II) develop a brief description of 
the jurisdiction and expertise of the 
Federal agencies regarding unmanned 
delivery services; and 
(III) identify all interagency ac-
tivities regarding unmanned delivery 
services. 
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(iii) Conduct a survey of the market-
place and supply chain of unmanned deliv-
ery services to— 
(I) assess the severity of risks 
posed to such marketplace and supply 
chain; 
(II) review the ability of foreign 
governments or third parties to exploit 
such supply chain in a manner that 
raises risks to the economic and na-
tional security of the United States; 
and 
(III) identify emerging risks and 
long-term trends in such marketplace 
and supply chain. 
(C) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
6 months after the completion of the study re-
quired pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary, 
in coordination with the head of any other ap-
propriate Federal agency, shall submit to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce and the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate, and make publicly available on the 
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(h) STUDY TO ADVANCE INTERNET OF THINGS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 
conduct a study on the state of the internet-connected 
devices industry (commonly known as the ‘‘Internet of 
Things’’) in the United States. In conducting the 
study, the Secretary shall— 
(A) develop and conduct a survey of the 
internet-connected devices industry through out-
reach to participating entities as appropriate, 
including— 
(i) a list of the industry sectors that 
develop internet-connected devices; 
(ii) a list of public-private partner-
ships focused on promoting the adoption 
and use of internet-connected devices, as 
well as industry-based bodies, including 
international bodies, which have developed, 
or are developing, mandatory or voluntary 
standards for internet-connected devices; 
(iii) the status of the industry-based 
mandatory or voluntary standards identi-
fied in clause (ii); and 
(iv) a description of the ways entities 
or industry sectors develop, use, or promote 
the use of internet-connected devices; 
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(B) develop a comprehensive list of Federal 
agencies with jurisdiction over the entities and 
industry sectors identified under subparagraph 
(A); 
(C) identify which Federal agency or agen-
cies listed under subparagraph (B) each entity 
or industry sector interacts with; 
(D) identify all interagency activities that 
are taking place among the Federal agencies list-
ed under subparagraph (B), such as working 
groups or other coordinated efforts; 
(E) develop a brief description of the juris-
diction and expertise of the Federal agencies list-
ed under subparagraph (B) with regard to such 
entities and industry sectors; 
(F) identify all regulations, guidelines, 
mandatory standards, voluntary standards, and 
other policies implemented by each of the Federal 
agencies identified under subparagraph (B), as 
well as all guidelines, mandatory standards, vol-
untary standards, and other policies imple-
mented by industry-based bodies; and 
(G) identify Federal Government resources 
that exist for consumers and small businesses to 
evaluate internet-connected devices. 
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(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce and the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, and make publicly available on 
the website of the Department of Commerce, a report 
that contains— 
(A) the results of the study conducted under 
paragraph (1); and 
(B) recommendations of the Secretary for 
growth of the United States economy through the 
secure advancement of internet-connected devices. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means an 
agency, as defined in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code; and 
(B) the term ‘‘internet-connected device’’ 
means a physical object that— 
(i) is capable of connecting to the 
internet, 
either 
directly 
or 
indirectly 
through a network, to communicate infor-
mation at the direction of an individual; 
and 
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(ii) has computer processing capabili-
ties for collecting, sending, receiving, or 
analyzing data. 
(i) STUDY TO ADVANCE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINT-
ING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the 
head of any other appropriate Federal agency, 
shall complete a study on the state of the three- 
dimensional printing industry and the impact of 
such industry on the United States economy. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDY.—In con-
ducting the study, the Secretary shall— 
(i) develop and conduct a survey of the 
three-dimensional 
printing 
industry 
through outreach to participating entities 
as appropriate to— 
(I) establish a list of industry sec-
tors that implement and promote the 
use of three-dimensional printing; 
(II) establish a list of public-pri-
vate partnerships focused on promoting 
the adoption and use of three-dimen-
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sional printing, as well as industry- 
based bodies, including international 
bodies, which have developed, or are de-
veloping, 
mandatory 
or 
voluntary 
standards for three-dimensional print-
ing; 
(III) the status of such industry- 
based mandatory or voluntary stand-
ards; and 
(IV) provide a description of the 
ways entities or industry sectors imple-
ment and promote the use of three-di-
mensional printing; 
(ii) develop a comprehensive list of 
Federal agencies with jurisdiction over the 
entities and industry sectors identified 
under clause (i); 
(iii) identify which Federal agency or 
agencies listed under clause (ii) each entity 
or industry sector interacts with; 
(iv) identify all interagency activities 
that are taking place among the Federal 
agencies listed under clause (ii), such as 
working groups or other coordinated efforts; 
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(v) develop a brief description of the 
jurisdiction and expertise of the Federal 
agencies listed under clause (ii) with regard 
to such entities and industry sectors; 
(vi) identify all regulations, guidelines, 
mandatory standards, voluntary standards, 
and other policies implemented by each of 
the Federal agencies identified under clause 
(ii), as well as all guidelines, mandatory 
standards, voluntary standards, and other 
policies implemented by industry-based bod-
ies; and 
(vii) identify Federal Government re-
sources that exist for consumers and small 
businesses to evaluate the use of three-di-
mensional printing. 
(2) MARKETPLACE
AND
SUPPLY
CHAIN
SUR-
VEY.—The Secretary shall conduct a survey of the 
marketplace and supply chain of three-dimensional 
printing to— 
(A) assess the severity of risks posed to such 
marketplace and supply chain; 
(B) review the ability of foreign govern-
ments or third parties to exploit the supply 
chain in a manner that raises risks to the eco-
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nomic and national security of the United 
States; and 
(C) identify emerging risks and long-term 
trends in such marketplace and supply chain. 
(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the completion of the study required 
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
and make publicly available on the website of the De-
partment of Commerce, a report that contains— 
(A) the results of the study conducted pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) and the survey conducted 
pursuant to paragraph (2); and 
(B) recommendations to— 
(i) grow the United States economy 
through the secure advancement of three-di-
mensional printing; 
(ii) develop a national strategy to ad-
vance the United States business sectors’ po-
sition in the world on the adoption of three- 
dimensional printing; 
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(iii) develop strategies to mitigate cur-
rent and emerging risks to the marketplace 
and supply chain of three-dimensional 
printing; and 
(iv) develop legislation that may ad-
vance the expeditious adoption of three-di-
mensional printing. 
(j) STUDY TO COMBAT ONLINE HARMS THROUGH IN-
NOVATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Federal Trade Commission shall conduct and 
complete a study on how artificial intelligence 
may be used to address the online harms de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). 
(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDY.—In con-
ducting the study, the Commission shall consider 
whether and how artificial intelligence may be 
used to identify, remove, or take any other ap-
propriate action necessary to address the fol-
lowing online harms: 
(i) Deceptive and fraudulent content 
intended to scam or otherwise harm indi-
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viduals, including such practices directed at 
senior citizens. 
(ii) Manipulated content intended to 
mislead individuals, including deepfake vid-
eos and fake individual reviews. 
(iii) Website or mobile application 
interfaces designed to intentionally mislead 
or exploit individuals. 
(iv) Illegal content online, including 
the illegal sale of opioids, child sexual ex-
ploitation and abuse, revenge pornography, 
harassment, cyberstalking, hate crimes, the 
glorification of violence or gore, and incite-
ment of violence. 
(v) Terrorist and violent extremists’ 
abuse of digital platforms, including the use 
of such platforms to promote themselves, 
share propaganda, and glorify real-world 
acts of violence. 
(vi) Disinformation campaigns coordi-
nated by inauthentic accounts or individ-
uals to influence United States elections. 
(vii) The sale of counterfeit products. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the completion of the study required 
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pursuant to paragraph (1), the Commission shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
and make publicly available on its website, a report 
that contains— 
(A) the results of the study conducted under 
paragraph (1); 
(B) recommendations on how artificial in-
telligence may be used to address the online 
harms described in paragraph (1)(B); 
(C) recommendations on what reasonable 
policies, practices, and procedures may be imple-
mented to utilize artificial intelligence to address 
such online harms; and 
(D) recommendations for any legislation 
that may advance the adoption and use of artifi-
cial intelligence to address such online harms. 
(k) COMBINATION
OF STUDIES AUTHORIZED.—The 
Secretary of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission, 
after notifying the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, may 
combine any of the studies required pursuant to this Act. 
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(l) PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY.— 
(1) INFORMATION EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC DISCLO-
SURE.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to re-
quire the disclosure of information, records, or reports 
that are exempt from public disclosure under section 
552 of title 5, United States Code, or that may be 
withheld under section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(2) CLASSIFIED AND CERTAIN OTHER INFORMA-
TION.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to re-
quire the publication, on a website or otherwise, of 
any report containing information that is classified, 
or the public release of which could have a harmful 
effect on national security. 
(3) FORM OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—In the 
case of each report that is required by this Act to be 
submitted to a committee of Congress, such report 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(4) SUBMISSION
OF
REPORTS
TO
CONGRES-
SIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.—In the case of 
each report that is required by this Act to be sub-
mitted to a committee of Congress, such report shall 
also be submitted to the Permanent Select Committee 
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on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(m) APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED.—This Act is subject 
to appropriations that may be available for the Department 
of Commerce or the Federal Trade Commission, as applica-
ble. 
TITLE XVI—RECORDING OF CER-
TAIN OBLIGATIONS BY THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS 
SEC. 1601. RECORDING OF OBLIGATIONS. 
Hereafter, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall record as an obliga-
tion of the United States Government amounts owed for 
hospital care or medical services furnished at non-Depart-
ment facilities under title 38, United States Code, or Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, on the date on which the Secretary approves: (i) a 
claim by a health care provider for payment or (ii) a vouch-
er, invoice, or request for payment from a vendor for serv-
ices rendered under a contract: Provided, That for any fis-
cal year in which an appropriation for the payment of hos-
pital care or medical services furnished at non-Department 
facilities has been exhausted or has yet to be enacted, this 
title shall not provide the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with 
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the authority to issue any new authorizations or orders for 
such care or such services in advance of such appropriation: 
Provided further, That this title shall take effect as if en-
acted on October 1, 2018: Provided further, That not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 
Office of Management and Budget, shall submit a report 
to the President and the Congress, similar to the report re-
quired pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1351, detailing how, in the 
absence of the enactment of this title, the expenditures or 
obligations would have exceeded the amount available in fis-
cal year 2019 and fiscal year 2020 in the Medical Commu-
nity Care appropriation: Provided further, That the report 
required in the preceding proviso shall also include an ex-
planation as to how the Department plans to avoid incur-
ring obligations for the Medical Community Care appro-
priation in excess of its available budgetary resources in 
fiscal year 2021 and future fiscal years pursuant to the re-
cording of obligations required by this title. 
TITLE XVII—SUDAN CLAIMS 
RESOLUTION 
SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Sudan Claims Resolu-
tion Act’’. 
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SEC. 1702. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should support Sudan’s 
democratic transition, particularly in light of the 
country’s dire economic situation, and this is a crit-
ical moment to address longstanding issues in the re-
lationship between the United States and Sudan; 
(2) as part of the process of restoring normal re-
lations between Sudan and the United States, Con-
gress supports efforts to provide meaningful com-
pensation to individuals employed by or serving as 
contractors for the United States Government, as well 
as their family members, who personally have been 
awarded by a United States District Court a judg-
ment for compensatory damages against Sudan; and 
(3) the terrorism-related claims of victims and 
family members of the September 11, 2001, terrorist 
attacks must be preserved and protected. 
SEC. 1703. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; and 
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(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) CLAIMS
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘claims 
agreement’’ means the Claims Settlement Agreement 
Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of the 
Sudan, done at Washington, D.C., on October 30, 
2020, including all annexes, appendices, side letters, 
related agreements, and instruments for implementa-
tion, including the escrow agreement among the Cen-
tral Bank of Sudan, the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
York, and the escrow agent appointed thereby, as well 
as the escrow conditions release agreement, set out in 
an exchange of diplomatic notes between the United 
States and Sudan on October 21, 2020, and subse-
quently amended on December 19, 2020. 
(3) FOREIGN NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘foreign na-
tional’’ means an individual who is not a citizen of 
the United States. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of State. 
(5) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—The term 
‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the gov-
ernment of which the Secretary has determined is a 
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government that has repeatedly provided support for 
acts of international terrorism, for purposes of— 
(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export 
Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); 
(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 
(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 
(D) any other provision of law. 
(6) SUDAN.—The term ‘‘Sudan’’ means the Gov-
ernment of the Republic of the Sudan. 
SEC. 1704. RECEIPT OF ADEQUATE FUNDS; IMMUNITIES OF 
SUDAN. 
(a) IMMUNITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 1706, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon 
submission of a certification described in paragraph 
(2)— 
(A) Sudan, an agency or instrumentality of 
Sudan, and the property of Sudan or an agency 
or instrumentality of Sudan, shall not be subject 
to the exceptions to immunity from jurisdiction, 
liens, attachment, and execution under section 
1605(a)(7) (as such section was in effect on Jan-
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uary 27, 2008) or section 1605A or 1610 (insofar 
as section 1610 relates to a judgment under such 
section 1605(a)(7) or 1605A) of title 28, United 
States Code; 
(B) section 1605A(c) of title 28, United 
States Code, section 1083(c) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(Public Law 110–181; 28 U.S.C. 1605A note), 
section 589 of the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208; 28 U.S.C. 
1605 note), and any other private right of action 
relating to acts by a state sponsor of terrorism 
arising under Federal, State, or foreign law shall 
not apply with respect to claims against Sudan, 
or any of its agencies, instrumentalities, offi-
cials, employees, or agents in any action in a 
Federal or State court; and 
(C) any attachment, decree, lien, execution, 
garnishment, or other judicial process brought 
against property of Sudan, or property of any 
agency, instrumentality, official, employee, or 
agent of Sudan, in connection with an action 
that is precluded by subparagraph (A) or (B) 
shall be void. 
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committees a report that includes a detailed descrip-
tion of the plan of the Department of State for the 
distribution of payments to each category of indi-
vidual described in subsection (a)(1), including how 
the Department is arriving at compensation levels for 
each individual and the amount of compensation each 
such individual will receive from funds made avail-
able to carry out that subsection. 
(2) UPDATED REPORT.—Not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report describing— 
(A) whether the distribution plan described 
in paragraph (1) was carried out; and 
(B) whether compensation levels were pro-
vided as described in the report required by 
paragraph (1). 
(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
December 31, 2022, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report assessing the implementation of this section 
by the Department of State, including whether— 
(1) all distributions were made in accordance 
with the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and (c); 
and 
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