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(B) A description of the methods used to 
conduct the study under subsection (a). 
(C) Such other matters relating to the un-
employment rates of Post-9/11 Veterans who are 
female as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) POST-9/11 VETERAN DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Post-9/11 Veteran’’ means a veteran who served 
on active duty in the Armed Forces on or after September 
11, 2001. 
SEC. 1065. REPORT ON GREAT LAKES AND INLAND WATER-
WAYS SEAPORTS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives containing 
the results of the review and an explanation of the 
methodology used for the review conducted pursuant 
to subsection (b) regarding the screening practices for 
foreign cargo arriving at seaports on the Great Lakes 
and inland waterways. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, to
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the maximum extent possible, but may include a clas-
sified annex, if necessary. 
(b) SCOPE OF REVIEW.— 
(1) SEAPORT SELECTION.—In selecting seaports 
on inland waterways to include in the review under 
this subsection, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall ensure that the inland waterways seaports are— 
(A) equal in number to the Great Lakes sea-
ports included in the review; 
(B) comparable to Great Lakes seaports in-
cluded in the review, as measured by number of 
imported shipments arriving at the seaport each 
year; and 
(C) covered by at least the same number of 
Field Operations offices as the Great Lakes sea-
ports included in the review, but are not covered 
by the same Field Operations offices as such 
Great Lakes seaports. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall conduct a review of all Great Lakes and 
selected inland waterways seaports that receive inter-
national cargo— 
(A) to determine, for each such seaport— 
(i) the current screening capability, in-
cluding the types and numbers of screening
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equipment and whether such equipment is 
physically located at a seaport or assigned 
and available in the area and made avail-
able to use; 
(ii) the number of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection personnel assigned from 
a Field Operations office, broken out by 
role; 
(iii) the expenditures for procurement 
and overtime incurred by U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection during the most recent 
fiscal year; 
(iv) the types of cargo received, such as 
containerized, break-bulk, and bulk; 
(v) the legal entity that owns the sea-
port; 
(vi) a description of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection’s use of space at the sea-
port, including— 
(I) whether U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection or the General Serv-
ices Administration owns or leases any 
facilities; and 
(II) if U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection is provided space at the sea-
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port, a description of such space, in-
cluding the number of workstations; 
and 
(vii) the current cost-sharing arrange-
ment for screening technology or reimburs-
able services; 
(B) to identify, for each Field Operations 
office— 
(i) any ports of entry that are staffed 
remotely from service ports; 
(ii) the distance of each such service 
port from the corresponding ports of entry; 
and 
(iii) the number of officers and the 
types of equipment U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection utilizes to screen cargo enter-
ing or exiting through such ports; and 
(C) that includes a threat assessment of in-
coming 
containerized 
and 
noncontainerized 
cargo at Great Lakes seaports and selected in-
land waterways seaports.
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SEC. 1066. REPORT ON THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 
DEFENSE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the Chemical and Biological Defense Program 
of the Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the significance of the 
Chemical and Biological Defense Program within the 
2018 National Defense Strategy. 
(2) A description and assessment of the threats 
the Chemical and Biological Defense Program is de-
signed to address. 
(3) An assessment of the capacity of current 
Chemical and Biological Defense Program facilities to 
complete their missions if funding levels for the Pro-
gram are reduced. 
(4) An estimate of the length of time required to 
return the Chemical and Biological Defense Program 
to its current capacity if funding levels reduced for 
the Program as described in paragraph (3) are re-
stored.
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(5) An assessment of the threat posed to members 
of the Armed Forces as a result of a reduction in test-
ing of gear for field readiness by the Chemical and 
Biological Defense Program by reason of reduced 
funding levels for the Program. 
(6) A description and assessment of the necessity 
of Non Traditional Agent Defense Testing under the 
Chemical and Biological Defense Program for Indi-
vidual Protection Systems, Collective Protection Sys-
tems, field decontamination systems, and chemical 
agent detectors. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in classified form, available for review by any 
Member of Congress, but shall include an unclassified sum-
mary. 
SEC. 1067. REPORT ON ROUND-THE-CLOCK AVAILABILITY 
OF 
CHILDCARE 
FOR 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WHO 
WORK ROTATING SHIFTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting 
forth the results of a study, conducted by the Secretary for
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purposes of the report, on the feasibility and advisability 
of making round-the-clock childcare available for children 
of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of 
the Department of Defense who works on rotating shifts at 
military installations. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) The results of the study described in that sub-
section. 
(2) If the Secretary determines that making 
round-the-clock childcare available as described in 
subsection (a) is feasible and advisable, such matters 
as the Secretary considers appropriate in connection 
with making such childcare available, including— 
(A) an identification of the installations at 
which such childcare would be beneficial to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of 
the Department, or both; 
(B) an identification of any barriers to 
making such childcare available at the installa-
tions identified pursuant to subparagraph (A); 
(C) an assessment whether the childcare 
needs of members of the Armed Forces and civil-
ian employees of the Department described in
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subsection (a) would be better met by an increase 
in assistance for childcare fees; 
(D) a description and assessment of the ac-
tions, if any, being taken to make such childcare 
available at the installations identified pursuant 
to subparagraph (A); and 
(E) such recommendations for legislative or 
administrative action as the Secretary considers 
appropriate to make such childcare available at 
the installations identified pursuant to subpara-
graph (A), or at any other military installa-
tions. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 1081. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGIC ARCTIC 
PORTS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2021, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report setting forth an updated assessment of 
the estimated cost of constructing, maintaining, and oper-
ating a strategic port in the Arctic at each potential site 
evaluated in the report pursuant to section 1752(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116–92). The report under this subsection shall 
include, for each potential site at which construction of such 
a port could be completed by 2030, an estimate of the num-
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ber of days per year that such port would be usable by ves-
sels of the Navy and the Coast Guard. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF STRATEGIC ARCTIC PORTS.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date on which the report re-
quired by subsection (a) is submitted, the Secretary of De-
fense may, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, the Commanding General of the United 
States Army Corps of Engineers, the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard, and the Administrator of the Maritime Ad-
ministration, designate one or more ports as Department 
of Defense Strategic Arctic Ports from the sites identified 
in the report referred to in subsection (a). 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed to authorize any additional appropria-
tions for the Department of Defense for the establishment 
of any port designated pursuant to this section. 
(d) ARCTIC DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Arc-
tic’’ has the meaning given that term in section 112 of the 
Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111). 
SEC. 1082. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT MATTERS. 
(a) BRIEFINGS ON FIELDING OF NEWEST GENERA-
TIONS OF PPE TO THE ARMED FORCES.— 
(1) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Not later than Jan-
uary 31, 2021, each Secretary of a military depart-
ment shall submit to Congress a briefing on the field-
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ing of the newest generations of personal protective 
equipment (PPE) to the Armed Forces under the ju-
risdiction of such Secretary. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing under paragraph 
(1) shall include, for each Armed Force covered by 
such briefing, the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the 
fielding of newest generations of personal protec-
tive equipment to members of such Armed Force, 
including the following: 
(i) The number (aggregated by total 
number and by sex) of members of such 
Armed Force issued the Army Soldiers Pro-
tective System and the Modular Scalable 
Vest Generation II body armor as of Decem-
ber 31, 2020. 
(ii) The number (aggregated by total 
number and by sex) of members of such 
Armed Force issued Marine Corps Plate 
Carrier Generation III (PC Gen III) body 
armor as of that date. 
(iii) The number (aggregated by total 
number and by sex) of members of such 
Armed Force fitted with legacy personal 
protective equipment as of that date.
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(B) A description and assessment of the 
barriers, if any, to the fielding of such genera-
tions of equipment to such members. 
(C) A description and assessment of chal-
lenges in the fielding of such generations of 
equipment to such members, including cost over-
runs, contractor delays, and other challenges. 
(b) SYSTEM FOR TRACKING DATA ON INJURIES AMONG 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN USE OF NEWEST 
GENERATION PPE.— 
(1) SYSTEM REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the De-
fense Health Agency (DHA) shall develop and 
maintain a system for tracking data on injuries 
among members of the Armed Forces in and dur-
ing the use of newest generation personal protec-
tive equipment. 
(B) SCOPE
OF
SYSTEM.—The system re-
quired by this paragraph may, at the election of 
the Director, be new for purposes of this sub-
section or within or a modification of an appro-
priate existing system (such as the Defense Occu-
pational And Environmental Health Readiness 
System (DOEHRS)).
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(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than January 31, 
2025, the Director shall submit to Congress a briefing 
on the prevalence among members of the Armed 
Forces of preventable injuries attributable to ill-fit-
ting or malfunctioning personal protective equipment. 
(c) ASSESSMENTS
OF MEMBERS
OF
THE ARMED 
FORCES OF INJURIES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH 
ILL-FITTING OR MALFUNCTIONING PPE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each health assessment speci-
fied in paragraph (2) that is undertaken after the 
date of the enactment of this Act shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) One or more questions on whether mem-
bers incurred an injury in connection with ill- 
fitting or malfunctioning personal protective 
equipment during the period covered by such as-
sessment, including the nature of such injury. 
(B) In the case members who have so in-
curred such an injury, one or more elements of 
self-evaluation of such injury by such members 
for purposes of facilitating timely documentation 
and enhanced monitoring of such members and 
injuries. 
(2) ASSESSMENTS.—The health assessments spec-
ified in this paragraph are the following:
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(A) The annual Periodic Health Assessment 
(PHA) of members of the Armed Forces. 
(B) The post-deployment health assessment 
of members of the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1083. ESTIMATE OF DAMAGES FROM FEDERAL COMMU-
NICATIONS COMMISSION ORDER 20–48. 
(a) LIMITATION, ESTIMATE, AND CERTIFICATION.— 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
for fiscal year 2021 may be used by the Secretary of Defense 
to comply with the Order and Authorization adopted by 
the Federal Communications Commission on April 19, 
2020 (FCC 20–48) until the Secretary— 
(1) submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees an estimate of the extent of covered costs and the 
range of eligible reimbursable costs associated with in-
terference resulting from such order and authorization 
to the Global Positioning System of the Department 
of Defense; and 
(2) certifies to the congressional defense commit-
tees that the estimate submitted under paragraph (1) 
is accurate with a high degree of certainty. 
(b) COVERED COSTS.—For purposes of this section, 
covered costs include costs that would be incurred— 
(1) to upgrade, repair, or replace potentially af-
fected receivers of the Federal Government;
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(2) to modify, repair, or replace equipment, 
spares, associated ancillary equipment, software, fa-
cilities, operating manuals, training, or compliance 
with regulations, including with regard to the under-
lying platform or system in which a capability of the 
Global Positioning System is embedded; and 
(3) for personnel of the Department to engineer, 
validate, and verify that any required remediation 
provides the Department with the same operational 
capability for the affected system prior to terrestrial 
operation in the 1525 to 1559 megahertz or 1626.5 to 
1660.5 megahertz bands of electromagnetic spectrum. 
(c) RANGE OF ELIGIBLE REIMBURSABLE COSTS.—For 
purposes of this section, the range of eligible reimbursable 
costs includes— 
(1) costs associated with engineering, equipment, 
software, site acquisition, and construction; 
(2) any transaction expense that the Secretary 
determines is legitimate and prudent; 
(3) costs relating to term-limited Federal civil 
servant and contractor staff; and 
(4) the costs of research, engineering studies, or 
other expenses the Secretary determines reasonably 
incurred.
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SEC. 1084. MODERNIZATION EFFORT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ means the As-
sistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
and Information; 
(2) the term ‘‘covered agency’’— 
(A) means any Federal entity that the As-
sistant Secretary determines is appropriate; and 
(B) includes the Department of Defense; 
(3) the term ‘‘Federal entity’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 113(l) of the National Tele-
communications and Information Administration Or-
ganization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(l)); 
(4) the term ‘‘Federal spectrum’’ means fre-
quencies assigned on a primary basis to a covered 
agency; 
(5) the term ‘‘infrastructure’’ means information 
technology systems and information technologies, 
tools, and databases; and 
(6) the term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the National Tele-
communications and Information Administration. 
(b) INITIAL INTERAGENCY SPECTRUM INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY COORDINATION.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Policy and Plans Steering 
Group, shall identify a process to establish goals, including
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parameters to measure the achievement of those goals, for 
the modernization of the infrastructure of covered agencies 
relating to managing the use of Federal spectrum by those 
agencies, which shall include— 
(1) the standardization of data inputs, modeling 
algorithms, modeling and simulation processes, anal-
ysis tools with respect to Federal spectrum, assump-
tions, and any other tool to ensure interoperability 
and functionality with respect to that infrastructure; 
(2) other potential innovative technological capa-
bilities with respect to that infrastructure, including 
cloud-based databases, artificial intelligence tech-
nologies, automation, and improved modeling and 
simulation capabilities; 
(3) ways to improve the management of covered 
agencies’ use of Federal spectrum through that infra-
structure, including by— 
(A) increasing the efficiency of that infra-
structure; 
(B) addressing validation of usage with re-
spect to that infrastructure; 
(C) increasing the accuracy of that infra-
structure; 
(D) validating models used by that infra-
structure; and
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(E) monitoring and enforcing requirements 
that are imposed on covered agencies with re-
spect to the use of Federal spectrum by covered 
agencies; 
(4) ways to improve the ability of covered agen-
cies to meet mission requirements in congested envi-
ronments with respect to Federal spectrum, including 
as part of automated adjustments to operations based 
on changing conditions in those environments; 
(5) the creation of a time-based automated mech-
anism— 
(A) to share Federal spectrum between cov-
ered agencies to collaboratively and dynamically 
increase access to Federal spectrum by those 
agencies; and 
(B) that could be scaled across Federal spec-
trum; and 
(6) the collaboration between covered agencies 
necessary to ensure the interoperability of Federal 
spectrum. 
(c) SPECTRUM
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
MOD-
ERNIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report that contains
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the plan of the NTIA to modernize and automate the 
infrastructure of the NTIA relating to managing the 
use of Federal spectrum by covered agencies so as to 
more efficiently manage that use. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) an assessment of the current, as of the 
date on which the report is submitted, infra-
structure of the NTIA described in that para-
graph; 
(B) an acquisition strategy for the modern-
ized infrastructure of the NTIA described in that 
paragraph, including how that modernized in-
frastructure will enable covered agencies to be 
more efficient and effective in the use of Federal 
spectrum; 
(C) a timeline for the implementation of the 
modernization efforts described in that para-
graph; 
(D) plans detailing how the modernized in-
frastructure of the NTIA described in that para-
graph will— 
(i) enhance the security and reliability 
of that infrastructure so that such infra-
structure satisfies the requirements of sub-
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chapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, United 
States Code; 
(ii) improve data models and analysis 
tools to increase the efficiency of the spec-
trum use described in that paragraph; 
(iii) 
enhance 
automation 
and 
workflows, and reduce the scope and level of 
manual effort, in order to— 
(I) administer the management of 
the spectrum use described in that 
paragraph; and 
(II) improve data quality and 
processing time; and 
(iv) improve the timeliness of spectrum 
analyses and requests for information, in-
cluding requests submitted pursuant to sec-
tion 552 of title 5, United States Code; 
(E) an operations and maintenance plan 
with respect to the modernized infrastructure of 
the NTIA described in that paragraph; 
(F) a strategy for coordination between the 
covered agencies within the Policy and Plans 
Steering Group, which shall include— 
(i) a description of—
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(I) those coordination efforts, as 
in effect on the date on which the re-
port is submitted; and 
(II) a plan for coordination of 
those efforts after the date on which the 
report is submitted, including with re-
spect to the efforts described in sub-
section (d); 
(ii) a plan for standardizing— 
(I) electromagnetic spectrum anal-
ysis tools; 
(II) modeling and simulation 
processes and technologies; and 
(III) databases to provide tech-
nical interference assessments that are 
usable across the Federal Government 
as part of a common spectrum man-
agement 
infrastructure 
for 
covered 
agencies; 
(iii) a plan for each covered agency to 
implement a modernization plan described 
in subsection (d)(1) that is tailored to the 
particular timeline of the agency; 
(G) identification of manually intensive 
processes involved in managing Federal spec-
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trum and proposed enhancements to those proc-
esses; 
(H) metrics to evaluate the success of the 
modernization efforts described in that para-
graph and any similar future efforts; and 
(I) an estimate of the cost of the moderniza-
tion efforts described in that paragraph and any 
future maintenance with respect to the modern-
ized infrastructure of the NTIA described in that 
paragraph, including the cost of any personnel 
and equipment relating to that maintenance. 
(d) INTERAGENCY INPUTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each cov-
ered agency shall submit to the Assistant Secretary 
and the Policy and Plans Steering Group a report 
that describes the plan of the agency to modernize the 
infrastructure of the agency with respect to the use of 
Federal spectrum by the agency so that such modern-
ized infrastructure of the agency is interoperable with 
the modernized infrastructure of the NTIA, as de-
scribed in subsection (c). 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted by the 
head of a covered agency under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) include—
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(i) an assessment of the current, as of 
the date on which the report is submitted, 
management capabilities of the agency with 
respect to the use of frequencies that are as-
signed to the agency, which shall include a 
description of any challenges faced by the 
agency with respect to that management; 
(ii) a timeline for completion of the 
modernization efforts described in that 
paragraph; and 
(iii) a description of potential innova-
tive technological capabilities for the man-
agement of frequencies that are assigned to 
the agency, as determined under subsection 
(b); 
(iv) identification of agency-specific re-
quirements or constraints relating to the in-
frastructure of the agency; 
(v) identification of any existing, as of 
the date on which the report is submitted, 
systems of the agency that are duplicative of 
the modernized infrastructure of the NTIA, 
as proposed under subsection (c); and 
(vi) with respect to the report sub-
mitted by the Secretary of Defense—
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(I) a strategy for the integration 
of systems or the flow of data among 
the Armed Forces, the military depart-
ments, the Defense Agencies and De-
partment of Defense Field Activities, 
and other components of the Depart-
ment of Defense; 
(II) a plan for the implementa-
tion of solutions to the use of Federal 
spectrum by the Department of Defense 
involving information at multiple lev-
els of classification; and 
(III) a strategy for addressing, 
within the modernized infrastructure 
of the Department of Defense described 
in that paragraph, the exchange of in-
formation between the Department of 
Defense and the NTIA in order to ac-
complish required processing of all De-
partment of Defense domestic spectrum 
coordination and management activi-
ties; and 
(B) be submitted in an unclassified format, 
with a classified annex, as appropriate.
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(3) NOTIFICATION OF CONGRESS.—Upon submis-
sion of the report required under paragraph (1), the 
head of each covered agency shall notify Congress that 
the head of the covered agency has submitted the re-
port. 
(e) GAO OVERSIGHT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall— 
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, conduct a review of the infra-
structure of covered agencies, as that infrastructure 
exists on the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) after all of the reports required under sub-
section (d) have been submitted, conduct oversight of 
the implementation of the modernization plans sub-
mitted by the NTIA and covered agencies under sub-
sections (c) and (d), respectively; 
(3) not later than 1 year after the date on which 
the Comptroller General begins conducting oversight 
under paragraph (2), and annually thereafter, submit 
a report regarding that oversight to— 
(A) with respect to the implementation of 
the modernization plan of the Department of De-
fense, the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; and
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(B) with respect to the implementation of 
the modernization plans of all covered agencies, 
including the Department of Defense, the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(4) provide regular briefings to— 
(A) with respect to the application of this 
section to the Department of Defense, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) with respect to the application of this 
section to all covered agencies, including the De-
partment of Defense, the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1085. SENSE OF SENATE ON GOLD STAR FAMILIES RE-
MEMBRANCE WEEK. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The last Sunday in September—
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(A) is designated as ‘‘Gold Star Mother’s 
Day’’ under section 111 of title 36, United States 
Code; and 
(B) was first designated as ‘‘Gold Star 
Mother’s Day’’ under the Joint Resolution enti-
tled ‘‘Joint Resolution designating the last Sun-
day in September as ‘Gold Star Mother’s Day’, 
and for other purposes’’, approved June 23, 1936 
(49 Stat. 1895). 
(2) There is no date dedicated to families affected 
by the loss of a loved one who died in service to the 
United States. 
(3) A gold star symbolizes a family member who 
died in the line of duty while serving in the Armed 
Forces. 
(4) The members and veterans of the Armed 
Forces, through their service, bear the burden of pro-
tecting the freedom of the people of the United States. 
(5) The selfless example of the service of the 
members and veterans of the Armed Forces, as well as 
the sacrifices made by the families of those individ-
uals, inspires all individuals in the United States to 
sacrifice and work diligently for the good of the 
United States.
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(6) The sacrifices of the families of the fallen 
members of the Armed Forces and the families of vet-
erans of the Armed Forces should never be forgotten. 
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the Senate— 
(1) designates the week of September 20 through 
September 26, 2020, as ‘‘Gold Star Families Remem-
brance Week’’; 
(2) honors and recognizes the sacrifices made 
by— 
(A) the families of members of the Armed 
Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in order 
to defend freedom and protect the United States; 
and 
(B) the families of veterans of the Armed 
Forces; and 
(3) encourages the people of the United States to 
observe Gold Star Families Remembrance Week by— 
(A) performing acts of service and good will 
in their communities; and 
(B) celebrating families in which loved ones 
made the ultimate sacrifice so that others could 
continue to enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of 
happiness.
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SEC. 1086. CONTINUITY OF THE ECONOMY PLAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall develop 
and maintain a plan to maintain and restore the 
economy of the United States in response to a signifi-
cant event. 
(2) PRINCIPLES.—The plan required under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) be consistent with— 
(i) a free market economy; and 
(ii) the rule of law; and 
(B) respect private property rights. 
(3) CONTENTS.—The plan required under para-
graph (1) shall— 
(A) examine the distribution of goods and 
services across the United States necessary for 
the reliable functioning of the United States dur-
ing a significant event; 
(B) identify the economic functions of rel-
evant actors, the disruption, corruption, or dys-
function of which would have a debilitating effect 
in the United States on— 
(i) security; 
(ii) economic security; 
(iii) defense readiness; or 
(iv) public health or safety;
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(C) identify the critical distribution mecha-
nisms for each economic sector that should be 
prioritized for operation during a significant 
event, including— 
(i) bulk power and electric trans-
mission systems; 
(ii) national and international finan-
cial systems, including wholesale payments, 
stocks, and currency exchanges; 
(iii) national and international com-
munications networks, data-hosting services, 
and cloud services; 
(iv) interstate oil and natural gas 
pipelines; and 
(v) mechanisms for the interstate and 
international trade and distribution of ma-
terials, food, and medical supplies, includ-
ing road, rail, air, and maritime shipping; 
(D) identify economic functions of relevant 
actors, the disruption, corruption, or dysfunction 
of which would cause— 
(i) catastrophic economic loss; 
(ii) the loss of public confidence; or 
(iii) the widespread imperilment of 
human life;
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(E) identify the economic functions of rel-
evant actors that are so vital to the economy of 
the United States that the disruption, corrup-
tion, or dysfunction of those economic functions 
would undermine response, recovery, or mobiliza-
tion efforts during a significant event; 
(F) incorporate, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, the principles and practices contained 
within Federal plans for the continuity of Gov-
ernment and continuity of operations; 
(G) identify— 
(i) industrial control networks on 
which the interests of national security out-
weigh the benefits of dependence on internet 
connectivity, including networks that are 
required to maintain defense readiness; and 
(ii) for each industrial control network 
described in clause (i), the most feasible and 
optimal locations for the installation of— 
(I) parallel services; 
(II) stand-alone analog services; 
and 
(III) services that are otherwise 
hardened against failure;
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(H) identify critical economic sectors for 
which the preservation of data in a protected, 
verified, and uncorrupted status would be re-
quired for the quick recovery of the economy of 
the United States in the face of a significant dis-
ruption following a significant event; 
(I) include a list of raw materials, indus-
trial goods, and other items, the absence of which 
would significantly undermine the ability of the 
United States to sustain the functions described 
in subparagraphs (B), (D), and (E); 
(J) provide an analysis of supply chain di-
versification for the items described in subpara-
graph (I) in the event of a disruption caused by 
a significant event; 
(K) include— 
(i) a recommendation as to whether the 
United States should maintain a strategic 
reserve of 1 or more of the items described 
in subparagraph (I); and 
(ii) for each item described in subpara-
graph (I) for which the President rec-
ommends maintaining a strategic reserve 
under clause (i), an identification of mecha-
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(O) include guidance for determining cat-
egories of employees that should be prioritized to 
continue to work in order to sustain the func-
tions described in subparagraphs (B), (D), and 
(E) in the event that there are limitations on the 
ability of individuals to travel to workplaces or 
to work remotely, including considerations for 
defense readiness; 
(P) identify critical economic sectors nec-
essary to provide material and operational sup-
port to the defense of the United States; 
(Q) determine whether the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the National Guard, and the 
Secretary of Defense have adequate authority to 
assist the United States in a recovery from a se-
vere economic degradation caused by a signifi-
cant event; 
(R) review and assess the authority and ca-
pability of heads of other agencies that the Presi-
dent determines necessary to assist the United 
States in a recovery from a severe economic deg-
radation caused by a significant event; and 
(S) consider any other matter that would 
aid in protecting and increasing the resilience of
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the economy of the United States from a signifi-
cant event. 
(b) COORDINATION.—In developing the plan required 
under subsection (a)(1), the President shall— 
(1) receive advice from— 
(A) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 
(B) the Secretary of Defense; 
(C) the Secretary of the Treasury; 
(D) the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; 
(E) the Secretary of Commerce; 
(F) the Secretary of Transportation; 
(G) the Secretary of Energy; 
(H) the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration; and 
(I) the head of any other agency that the 
President determines necessary to complete the 
plan; 
(2) consult with economic sectors relating to crit-
ical infrastructure through sector-coordinated coun-
cils, as appropriate; 
(3) consult with relevant State, Tribal, and local 
governments and organizations that represent those 
governments; and
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(4) consult with any other non-Federal entity 
that the President determines necessary to complete 
the plan. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and not less fre-
quently than every 3 years thereafter, the President 
shall submit the plan required under subsection (a)(1) 
and the information described in paragraph (2) to— 
(A) the majority and minority leaders of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Speaker and the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives; 
(E) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(F) the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives; 
(G) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(H) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate;
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(I) the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives; 
(J) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 
(K) the Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate; 
(L) the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
(M) the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 
(N) the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives; 
(O) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; 
(P) the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate; and 
(Q) any other committee of the Senate or 
the House of Representatives that has jurisdic-
tion over the subject of the plan. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.—The informa-
tion described in this paragraph is— 
(A) any change to Federal law that would 
be necessary to carry out the plan required 
under subsection (a)(1); and
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(B) any proposed changes to the funding 
levels provided in appropriation Acts for the 
most recent fiscal year that can be implemented 
in future appropriation Acts or additional re-
sources necessary to— 
(i) implement the plan required under 
subsection (a)(1); or 
(ii) maintain any program offices and 
personnel necessary to— 
(I) maintain the plan required 
under subsection (a)(1) and the plans 
described in subsection (a)(3)(F); and 
(II) conduct exercises, assessments, 
and updates to the plans described in 
subclause (I) over time. 
(3) BUDGET OF THE PRESIDENT.—The President 
may include the information described in paragraph 
(2)(B) in the budget required to be submitted by the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘economic sector’’ means a sector 
of the economy of the United States.
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(3) The term ‘‘relevant actor’’ means— 
(A) the Federal government; 
(B) a State, local, or Tribal government; or 
(C) the private sector. 
(4) The term ‘‘significant event’’ means an event 
that causes severe degradation to economic activity in 
the United States due to— 
(A) a cyber attack; or 
(B) another significant event that is nat-
ural or human-caused. 
(5) The term ‘‘State’’ means any State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and any possession of the United 
States. 
SEC. 1087. IMPROVING THE AUTHORITY FOR OPERATIONS 
OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FOR EDUCATIONAL 
PURPOSES. 
Section 350 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–254; 49 U.S.C 44809 note) is amended 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AT IN-
STITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION’’ and in-
serting ‘‘FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘aircraft system operated 
by’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘aircraft sys-
tem— 
‘‘(1) operated by’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), as added by subpara-
graph (A), by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) flown as part of the established curriculum 
of an elementary school or secondary school (as such 
terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801)); 
‘‘(3) flown as part of an established Junior Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program; or 
‘‘(4) flown as part of an educational program 
that is chartered by a recognized community-based or-
ganization (as defined in subsection (h) of such sec-
tion).’’. 
SEC. 1088. REQUIREMENT TO POST A 100 WORD SUMMARY 
TO REGULATIONS.GOV. 
Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end;
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(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) the Internet address of a summary of not 
more than 100 words in length of the proposed rule, 
in plain language, that shall be posted on the Internet 
website under section 206(d) of the E-Government Act 
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) (commonly known as 
regulations.gov).’’. 
SEC. 1089. MODIFICATION OF LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS 
FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS PRO-
VIDING TREATMENT VIA TELEMEDICINE. 
Section 1730C(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) COVERED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.—For 
purposes of this section, a covered health care professional 
is any of the following individuals: 
‘‘(1) A health care professional who— 
‘‘(A) is an employee of the Department ap-
pointed under section 7306, 7401, 7405, 7406, or 
7408 of this title or title 5; 
‘‘(B) is authorized by the Secretary to pro-
vide health care under this chapter;
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‘‘(C) is required to adhere to all standards 
for quality relating to the provision of health 
care in accordance with applicable policies of the 
Department; and 
‘‘(D)(i) has an active, current, full, and un-
restricted license, registration, or certification in 
a State to practice the health care profession of 
the health care professional; or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to a health care profession 
listed under section 7402(b) of this title, has the 
qualifications for such profession as set forth by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) A postgraduate health care employee who— 
‘‘(A) is appointed under section 7401(1), 
7401(3), or 7405 of this title or title 5 for any 
category of personnel described in paragraph (1) 
or (3) of section 7401 of this title; 
‘‘(B) must obtain an active, current, full, 
and unrestricted license, registration, or certifi-
cation or meet qualification standards set forth 
by the Secretary within a specified time frame; 
and 
‘‘(C) is under the clinical supervision of a 
health care professional described in paragraph 
(1); or
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‘‘(3) A health professions trainee who— 
‘‘(A) is appointed under section 7405 or 
7406 of this title; and 
‘‘(B) is under the clinical supervision of a 
health care professional described in paragraph 
(1).’’. 
SEC. 1090. RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Confucius 
Institute’’ means a cultural institute directly or indirectly 
funded by the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.—An 
institution of higher education or other postsecondary edu-
cational institution (referred to in this section as an ‘‘insti-
tution’’) shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds from 
the Department of Education (except funds under title IV 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et 
seq.) or other Department of Education funds that are pro-
vided directly to students) unless the institution ensures 
that any contract or agreement between the institution and 
a Confucius Institute includes clear provisions that— 
(1) protect academic freedom at the institution; 
(2) prohibit the application of any foreign law 
on any campus of the institution; and
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(3) grant full managerial authority of the Confu-
cius Institute to the institution, including full control 
over what is being taught, the activities carried out, 
the research grants that are made, and who is em-
ployed at the Confucius Institute. 
SEC. 1090A. ADDITIONAL CARE FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN 
OF VETERANS. 
Section 1786 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub-
section (c), the Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION BASED ON MEDICAL NECESSITY.— 
Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary shall pre-
scribe to carry out this section, the Secretary may furnish 
more than seven days of health care services described in 
subsection (b), and may furnish transportation necessary 
to receive such services, to a newborn child based on medical 
necessity if the child is in need of additional care, including 
if the child has been discharged or released from a hospital 
and requires readmittance to ensure the health and welfare 
of the child.’’.
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resources are brought to bear to secure the safe recov-
ery of United States nationals held hostage abroad; 
(2) if directed, coordinate the United States Gov-
ernment’s response to other hostage-takings occurring 
abroad in which the United States has a national in-
terest; 
(3) if directed, coordinate or assist the United 
States Government’s response to help secure the re-
lease of United States nationals unlawfully or wrong-
fully detained abroad; and 
(4) pursuant to policy guidance coordinated 
through the National Security Council— 
(A) identify and recommend hostage recov-
ery options and strategies to the President 
through the National Security Council or the 
Deputies Committee of the National Security 
Council; 
(B) coordinate efforts by participating 
agencies to ensure that information regarding 
hostage events, including potential recovery op-
tions and engagements with families and exter-
nal actors (including foreign governments), is 
appropriately shared within the United States 
Government to facilitate a coordinated response 
to a hostage-taking;
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(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. 
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2021 for the Defense Health Program, as specified 
in the funding table in section 4501, for use of the Armed 
Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department
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SEC. 1502. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2021 for the Department of Defense for overseas 
contingency operations in such amounts as may be des-
ignated as provided in section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
(2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(ii)). 
SEC. 1503. 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. 1504. 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. 
SEC. 1505. 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.
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(C) The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, in Vice Chairman’s capacity as the 
Chair of the Joint Requirements Oversight Coun-
cil. 
(D) The Commander, United States Stra-
tegic Command. 
(E) The Commander, United States North-
ern Command. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Not more than 
50 percent of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act for fiscal year 2021 for the Missile Defense Agen-
cy for the purposes of a layered homeland missile defense 
system may be obligated or expended until the Director sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees the report re-
quired by subsection (a). 
(c) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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SEC. 5872. ELIGIBILITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS FOR CERTAIN 
SMALL 
BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
PRO-
GRAMS. 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 21(a) (15 U.S.C. 648(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 
‘‘The Administration shall require’’ the following 
new sentence: ‘‘The previous sentence shall not 
apply to an applicant that has its principal of-
fice located in the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(C)(ix), by striking 
‘‘and American Samoa’’ and inserting ‘‘Amer-
ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands’’; and 
(2) in section 34(a)(9) (15 U.S.C. 657d(a)(9)), 
by striking ‘‘and American Samoa’’ and inserting 
‘‘American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands’’. 
SEC. 5873. DISASTER DECLARATION IN RURAL AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(b) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is amended by inserting after para-
graph (15) the following: