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and culture studies within the Defense Language and Na-
tional Security Education Office). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 
4101, for other procurement, Army, Installation Info In-
frastructure MOD Program, line 63 is hereby reduced by 
$13,404,000. 
SEC. 1099H. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON AVAIL-
ABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CHINESE LANGUAGE 
PROGRAMS AT CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER EDUCATION. 
Section 1091(b) of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 132 Stat. 1997) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘None of the funds’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) TRANSITION
PLAN .—The Secretary of 
Defense shall develop a transition plan for each in-
stitution of higher education subject to the limitation 
under paragraph (1). Under the transition plan, the
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institution may regain eligibility to receive funds 
from the Department of Defense for Chinese lan-
guage training by developing an independent Chi-
nese language program with no connection to a Con-
fucius Institute.’’. 
SEC. 1099I. LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES ON 
PROGRESS OF GENDER INTEGRATION IMPLE-
MENTATION IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall direct each component 
of the Armed Forces to share lessons learned and best 
practices on the progress of their gender integration im-
plementation plans and to communicate strategically that 
progress with other components of the Armed Forces as 
well as the general public, as recommended by the Defense 
Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. 
SEC. 1099J. STRATEGIES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETEN-
TION OF WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
The Secretary of each of the military departments 
shall— 
(1) examine successful strategies in use by for-
eign military services to recruit and retain women; 
and 
(2) consider potential best practices for imple-
mentation in the United States Armed Forces, as
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recommended by the Defense Advisory Committee 
on Women in the Services. 
SEC. 1099K. DEFINITION OF CURRENT MONTHLY INCOME 
FOR PURPOSES OF BANKRUPTCY LAWS. 
Section 101(10A) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(B)(i) includes any amount paid by any 
entity other than the debtor (or in a joint case 
the debtor and the debtor’s spouse), on a reg-
ular basis for the household expenses of the 
debtor or the debtor’s dependents (and in a 
joint case the debtor’s spouse if not otherwise 
a dependent); and 
‘‘(ii) excludes— 
‘‘(I) benefits received under the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(II) payments to victims of war 
crimes or crimes against humanity on 
account of their status as victims of 
such crimes; 
‘‘(III) payments to victims of 
international terrorism or domestic 
terrorism, as those terms are defined
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in section 2331 of title 18, on account 
of their status as victims of such ter-
rorism; and 
‘‘(IV) any monthly compensation, 
pension, pay, annuity, or allowance 
paid under title 10, 37, or 38 in con-
nection with a disability, combat-re-
lated injury or disability, or death of 
a member of the uniformed services, 
except that any retired pay excluded 
under this subclause shall include re-
tired pay paid under chapter 61 of 
title 10 only to the extent that such 
retired pay exceeds the amount of re-
tired pay to which the debtor would 
otherwise be entitled if retired under 
any provision of title 10 other than 
chapter 61 of that title.’’. 
SEC. 1099L. HONORING LAST SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR 
RECIPIENT OF SECOND WORLD WAR. 
(a) USE OF ROTUNDA.—At the election of the indi-
vidual (or next of kin of the individual), the last individual 
to die who was awarded the Medal of Honor for acts per-
formed during World War II shall be permitted to lie in 
honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon death.
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Architect of the Capitol, 
under the direction and supervision of the President pro 
tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, shall take the necessary steps to imple-
ment subsection (a) upon the death of the individual de-
scribed in such subsection. 
SEC. 1099M. CREDIT MONITORING. 
Section 605A(k) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 
U.S.C. 1681c–1(k)) is amended by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 1099N. WORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READI-
NESS GRANTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The national security of the United States 
continues to depend on language readiness, in par-
ticular among the seventeen agencies of the Intel-
ligence Community. 
(2) The levels of language proficiency required 
for national security necessitate long sequences of 
language training for personnel in the Intelligence 
Community and the Department of Defense. 
(3) The future national security and economic 
well-being of the United States will depend substan-
tially on the ability of its citizens to communicate 
and compete by knowing the languages and cultures 
of other countries.
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(4) The Federal Government has an interest in 
ensuring that the employees of its departments and 
agencies with national security responsibilities are 
prepared to meet the challenges of this changing 
international environment. 
(5) The Federal Government also has an inter-
est in taking actions to alleviate the problem of 
American students being inadequately prepared to 
meet the challenges posed by increasing global inter-
action among nations. 
(6) American elementary schools, secondary 
schools, colleges, and universities must place a new 
emphasis on improving the teaching of foreign lan-
guages, area studies, counterproliferation studies, 
and other international fields to help meet those 
challenges. 
(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence and the Secretary of Education, 
may carry out a program under which the Secretary 
of Defense makes grants, on a competitive basis, to 
eligible entities to carry out innovative model pro-
grams providing for the establishment, improvement,
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or expansion of world language study for elementary 
school and secondary school students. 
(2) DURATION.—Each grant under this section 
shall be awarded for a period of 3 years. 
(3) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure the equitable geo-
graphic distribution of grants under this section. 
(4) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), each local educational agen-
cy that receives a grant under this section shall 
provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount 
equal to the amount of the grant (which may be 
provided in cash or in kind) to carry out the ac-
tivities supported by the grant. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of De-
fense may reduce the matching requirement 
under subparagraph (A) for any local edu-
cational agency that the Secretary determines 
does not have adequate resources to meet such 
requirement. 
(5) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES.—In awarding a grant under 
paragraph (1) to an eligible entity that is a local
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educational agency, the Secretary of Defense shall 
support programs that— 
(A) show the promise of being continued 
beyond the grant period; 
(B) demonstrate approaches that can be 
disseminated to and duplicated in other local 
educational agencies; and 
(C) may include a professional develop-
ment component. 
(6) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
(A) Not less than 75 percent of the funds 
made available to carry out this section for a 
fiscal year shall be used for the expansion of 
world language learning in elementary schools. 
(B) Not less than 75 percent of the funds 
made available to carry out this section for a 
fiscal year shall be used to support instruction 
in world languages determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to be critical to the national security 
interests of the United States. 
(C) The Secretary of Defense may reserve 
not more than 5 percent of funds made avail-
able to carry out this section for a fiscal year 
to evaluate the efficacy of programs that receive 
grants under paragraph (1).
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(7) APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To be considered for a 
grant under paragraph (1), an eligible entity 
shall submit an application to the Secretary of 
Defense at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information and assurances as the 
Secretary may require. 
(B) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall give special consider-
ation to applications describing programs 
that— 
(i) include intensive summer world 
language programs for professional devel-
opment of world language teachers; 
(ii) link nonnative English speakers in 
the community with the schools in order to 
promote two-way language learning; 
(iii) promote the sequential study of a 
world language for students, beginning in 
elementary schools; 
(iv) make effective use of technology, 
such as computer-assisted instruction, lan-
guage laboratories, or distance learning, to 
promote world language study;
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(v) promote innovative activities, such 
as dual language immersion, partial world 
language immersion, or content-based in-
struction; and 
(vi) are carried out through a consor-
tium comprised of the eligible entity receiv-
ing the grant, an elementary school or sec-
ondary school, and an institution of higher 
education (as that term is defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means the following: 
(A) A local educational agency that hosts 
a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps. 
(B) A school operated by the Department 
of Defense Education Activity. 
(2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’ and ‘‘secondary 
school’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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(3) WORLD LANGUAGE.—The term ‘‘world lan-
guage’’ means— 
(A) any natural language other than 
English, including— 
(i) languages determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense to be critical to the na-
tional security interests of the United 
States; 
(ii) classical languages; 
(iii) American sign language; and 
(iv) Native American languages; and 
(B) any language described in subpara-
graph (A) that is taught in combination with 
English as part of a dual language or immer-
sion learning program. 
SEC. 1099O. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN NAMES ON THE VIET-
NAM VETERANS MEMORIAL. 
The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the inclu-
sion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District 
of Columbia the names of the seventy-four crew members 
of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969. 
SEC. 1099P. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ARMY CON-
TRACTING COMMAND–NEW JERSEY. 
It is the Sense of Congress that—
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(1) Army Contracting Command–New Jersey 
(referred to in this section as ‘‘ACC-NJ’’) plays a 
vital role in planning, directing, controlling, man-
aging, and executing the full spectrum of con-
tracting, acquisition support, and business advisory 
services that support major weapons, armaments, 
ammunition systems, information technology. and 
enterprise systems for the Army and other Depart-
ment of Defense customers; 
(2) ACC-NJ has unique expertise executing 
grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans-
action agreements central to the work at Picatinny 
Arsenal; and 
(3) the workforce of ACC-NJ has the un-
matched experience and expertise to support innova-
tive and rapid contracting necessary to accelerate ac-
quisition and enhance readiness for a modernizing 
the United States Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1099Q. REVIEW AND REPORT ON EXPERIMENTATION 
WITH TICKS AND INSECTS. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense shall conduct a review of whether the De-
partment of Defense experimented with ticks and other 
insects regarding use as a biological weapon between the 
years of 1950 and 1975.
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(b) REPORT.—If the Inspector General finds that any 
experiment described under subsection (a) occurred, the 
Inspector General shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report on— 
(1) the scope of such experiment; and 
(2) whether any ticks or insects used in such 
experiment were released outside of any laboratory 
by accident or experiment design. 
SEC. 1099R. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE BROADBAND AC-
CESS TO MILITARY FAMILIES AND MEDICAL 
FACILITIES 
ON 
REMOTE 
AND 
ISOLATED 
BASES. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) PURPOSE.—In order to extend residential 
broadband internet access to the thousands of mili-
tary families on military installations within the 
United States located in unserved rural areas, the 
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Fed-
eral Communication Commission, shall carry out a 
pilot program under which the Secretary enters into 
an agreement with a broadband internet provider or 
providers to—
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(A) provide broadband internet access to 
military families on installations within the 
United States located in unserved rural areas; 
(B) ensure broadband internet is accessible 
in military hospitals and clinics to facilitate the 
expeditious use of telehealth services and elec-
tronic military records integration; and 
(C) enhance broadband internet access 
that can support of military spouse employ-
ment, transition assistance for members of the 
Armed Forces, and workforce development. 
(2) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the pilot program at no fewer than three military in-
stallations located in unserved rural areas. 
(3) SERVICE PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall ensure that broadband internet serv-
ice providers considered for participation in the pilot 
program— 
(A) use low-cost broadband technologies, 
such as fixed wireless technologies, which are 
suitable for lower population density unserved 
and underserved rural areas; and 
(B) possess the capability to expeditiously 
install and connect broadband internet capabili-
ties on remote and isolated bases.
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(4) FIFTH
GENERATION
INFORMATION
AND 
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGIES.—The pilot pro-
gram under this section shall be carried out in ac-
cordance with the strategy and implementation plan 
required under section 233 of this Act. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the implementation of the pilot pro-
gram under subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a list of the remote and isolated bases 
selected by the Secretary for purposes of the 
pilot program; 
(B) an analysis of the success of the pilot 
program on improving access to broadband for 
families living on base, telehealth medicine serv-
ices, and the processing of electronic health 
records;
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(C) recommendations by the Secretary for 
improving, expanding, or modifying the pro-
gram; 
(D) recommendations from the Secretary, 
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Chairman 
of the Federal Communication Commission on 
aligning the pilot program with Federal rural 
broadband strategy and deployment efforts; and 
(E) any other matters the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘broadband’’ means internet ac-
cess providing throughput speeds of at least 25 
Mbps downstream and at least 3 Mbps upstream 
and having no data consumption caps. 
(2) The term ‘‘unserved rural areas’’ means 
those rural census blocks reported by broadband 
providers as lacking access to broadband on the 
Federal Communications Commission’s Form 477. 
SEC. 1099S. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MILITARY 
WORKING DOGS AND SOLDIER HANDLERS. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds 
that— 
(1) the 341st Training Squadron, 37th Train-
ing Wing at Lackland Air Force Base provides high-
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ly trained military working dogs to the Department 
of Defense and other government agencies; 
(2) in 2010, the operational needs of the Army 
for military working dogs increased without an in-
crease in resources to train a sufficient number of 
dogs for the detection of improvised explosive devices 
at the 341st Training Squadron; 
(3) the Army initiated the tactical explosive de-
tection dog program in August 2010 as a nontradi-
tional military working dog program to train and 
field improvised explosive device detection dogs for 
use in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring 
Freedom; 
(4) the tactical explosive detection dog program 
was created to reduce casualties from improvised ex-
plosive devices in response to an increase in the use 
of asymmetric weapons by the enemy; 
(5) the tactical explosive detection dogs were a 
unique subset of military working dogs because the 
Army selected and trained soldiers from deploying 
units to serve as temporary handlers for only the du-
ration of deployment to Operation Enduring Free-
dom; 
(6) the tactical explosive detection dogs and 
their soldier handlers, like other military working
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dog and handler teams, formed strong bonds while 
training for combat and performing extremely dan-
gerous improvised explosive device detection missions 
in service to the United States; 
(7) the tactical explosive detection dog program 
was a nontraditional military working dog program 
that terminated in February 2014; 
(8) at the termination of the tactical explosive 
detection dog program in February 2014, neither 
United States law nor Department of Defense policy 
established an adoption order priority, and Depart-
ment of Defense policy only provided that military 
working dogs be adopted by former handlers, law en-
forcement agencies, and other persons capable of hu-
manely caring for the animals; 
(9) an August 2016 report to Congress by the 
Air Force entitled ‘‘Tactical Explosive Detector Dog 
(TEDD) Adoption Report’’ concluded that the Army 
had a limited transition window for the disposition 
of tactical explosive detection dogs and the lack of 
a formal comprehensive plan contributed to the dis-
organized disposition process for the tactical explo-
sive detection dogs;
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(10) the August 2016 report stated that, in 
2014, the Army disposed of 229 tactical explosive 
detection dogs; 
(11) 40 tactical explosive detection dogs were 
adopted by handlers, 47 dogs were adopted by pri-
vate individuals, 70 dogs were transferred to Army 
units, 17 dogs were transferred to other government 
agencies, 46 dogs were transferred to law enforce-
ment agencies, and 9 dogs were deceased; 
(12) the disposition of tactical explosive detec-
tion dogs was poorly executed, proper procedures 
outlined in Department of Defense policy were ig-
nored, and, as a result, the former soldier handlers 
were not provided the opportunity to adopt their tac-
tical explosive detection dogs; 
(13) the Army should have deliberately planned 
for the disposition of the tactical explosive detection 
dogs and provided appropriate time to review and 
consider adoption applications to mitigate handler 
and civilian adoption issues; 
(14) section 342(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114–92; 129 Stat. 793) amended section 2583(c) of 
title 10, United States Code, to modify the list of 
persons authorized to adopt a military animal and
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prioritize the list with preference, respectively, to 
former handlers, other persons capable of humanely 
caring for the animal, and law enforcement agencies; 
(15) since 2000, Congress has passed legisla-
tion that protects military working dogs, promotes 
their welfare, and recognizes the needs of their vet-
eran handlers; 
(16) Congress continues to provide oversight of 
military working dogs to prevent a reoccurrence of 
the disposition issues that affected tactical explosive 
detection dogs; 
(17) former soldier handlers should be reunited 
with their tactical explosive detection dogs; 
(18) congressional recognition of the military 
service of tactical explosive detection dogs and their 
former soldier handlers is a small measure of grati-
tude this legislative body can convey; 
(19) over 4 years have passed since the termi-
nation of the tactical explosive detection dog pro-
gram; 
(20) Congressman Walter B. Jones has been a 
long-time advocate for military working dogs and 
their handlers;