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SEC. 246. PART-TIME AND TERM EMPLOYMENT OF UNIVER-
SITY PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS IN THE 
DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EN-
TERPRISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
jointly with the Secretaries of the military departments, 
and in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Research and Engineering and the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall establish a pro-
gram under which qualified professors and students may 
be employed on a part-time or term basis in an organiza-
tion of the Defense science and technology enterprise for the 
purpose of conducting a research project. 
(b) SELECTION.— 
(1) SELECTION AND HIRING.—The head of an or-
ganization in the Defense science and technology en-
terprise at which positions are made available under 
subsection (a) shall be responsible for selecting quali-
fied professors and students to fill such positions. 
(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—A qualified professor 
or student shall be selected for participation in the 
program under subsection (a) based on the following 
criteria: 
(A) In the case of a qualified professor— 
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(i) the academic credentials and re-
search experience of the professor; and 
(ii) the extent to which the research 
proposed to be carried out by the professor 
will contribute to the objectives of the De-
partment of Defense. 
(B) In the case of qualified student assisting 
a professor with a research project under the pro-
gram— 
(i) the academic credentials and other 
qualifications of the student; and 
(ii) the ability of the student to carry 
out the responsibilities assigned to the stu-
dent as part of the project. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) MINIMUM NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—In the 
first year of the program under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Defense shall establish not fewer than 10 
positions for qualified professors. Not fewer than five 
of such positions shall be reserved for qualified profes-
sors to conduct research in the fields of artificial in-
telligence and machine learning. 
(2) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out the program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense and the 
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heads of organizations in the Defense science and 
technology enterprise may— 
(A) use any hiring authority available to 
the Secretary or the head of such an organiza-
tion; 
(B) enter into cooperative research and de-
velopment agreements under section 12 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 
1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a); and 
(C) pay referral bonuses to professors or 
students participating in the program who iden-
tify— 
(i) students to assist in a research 
project under the program; or 
(ii) students or recent graduates to 
participate in other programs in the De-
fense science and technology enterprise, in-
cluding internships at Department of De-
fense Laboratories and in the Pathways 
Program of the Department. 
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days 
after the conclusion of the first year of the program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
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port on the status of the program. The report shall in-
clude— 
(A) identification of the number of qualified 
professors and students employed under the pro-
gram; 
(B) identification of the organizations in 
the Defense science and technology enterprise 
that employed such individuals; and 
(C) a description of the types of research 
conducted by such individuals. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later than 30 
days after the conclusion of the second and third 
years of the program under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the progress of the pro-
gram. Each report shall include— 
(A) the information described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1); 
(B) the results of any research projects con-
ducted under the program; and 
(C) the number of students and recent grad-
uates who, pursuant to a reference from a pro-
fessor or student participating in the program as 
described in subsection (c)(2)(C), were hired by 
the Department of Defense or selected for partici-
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pation in another program in the Defense science 
and technology enterprise. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Defense science and technology en-
terprise’’ means— 
(A) the research organizations of the mili-
tary departments; 
(B) the science and technology reinvention 
laboratories (as designated under section 1105 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C. 
2358 note)); 
(C) the facilities of the Major Range and 
Test Facility Base (as defined in section 
2358a(f)(3) of title 10, United States Code); 
(D) the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency; and 
(E) such other organizations as the Sec-
retary of Defense determines appropriate for in-
clusion in the enterprise. 
(2) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(3) The term ‘‘qualified professor’’ means a pro-
fessor of an institution of higher education who has 
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expertise in science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics. 
(4) The term ‘‘qualified student’’ means a stu-
dent of an institution of higher education selected by 
a qualified professor to assist the professor in con-
ducting research. 
SEC. 247. MICROELECTRONICS AND NATIONAL SECURITY. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF STRATEGY FOR ASSURED AC-
CESS TO TRUSTED MICROELECTRONICS.—Section 231 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 30, 2020’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(10) An approach to ensuring the continuing 
production of cutting-edge microelectronics for na-
tional security needs, including state-of-the-art node 
sizes, heterogeneous integration, boutique chip designs, 
and variable volume production capabilities. 
‘‘(11) An assessment of current microelectronics 
supply chain management practices, existing risks, 
and actions that may be carried out to mitigate such 
risks by organizations in the defense industrial base. 
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‘‘(12) A plan for increasing commercialization of 
intellectual property developed by the Department of 
Defense for commercial microelectronics research and 
development. 
‘‘(13) An assessment of the feasibility, usefulness, 
efficacy, and cost of— 
‘‘(A) developing a national laboratory ex-
clusively focused on the research and develop-
ment of microelectronics to serve as a center for 
Federal 
Government 
expertise 
in 
high-per-
forming, trusted microelectronics and as a hub 
for Federal Government research into break-
through microelectronics-related technologies; and 
‘‘(B) incorporating into such national lab-
oratory a commercial incubator to provide early- 
stage microelectronics startups, which face dif-
ficulties scaling due to the high costs of micro-
electronics design and fabrication, with access to 
funding resources, fabrication facilities, design 
tools, and shared intellectual property. 
‘‘(14) Such other matters as the Secretary of De-
fense determines to be relevant.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 30, 2020’’; and 
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(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 30, 2020’’. 
(b) ADVISORY PANEL ON MICROELECTRONICS LEAD-
ERSHIP AND COMPETITIVENESS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent, in consultation with the National Security 
Council, the National Economic Council, and the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy, shall establish 
an advisory panel on microelectronics leadership and 
competitiveness (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘‘Advisory Panel’’). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Panel shall be 
composed of the following members: 
(A) The Secretary of Defense. 
(B) The Secretary of Energy. 
(C) The Director of the National Science 
Foundation. 
(D) The Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology. 
(E) The heads of such other departments 
and agencies of the Federal Government as the 
President, in consultation with the National Se-
curity Council, determines appropriate. 
(3) NATIONAL STRATEGY.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL .—Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which the Advisory Panel is es-
tablished, the Panel shall develop a national 
strategy to— 
(i) accelerate the development and de-
ployment of state-of-the-art microelectronics; 
and 
(ii) ensure that the United States is a 
global leader in the field of microelectronics. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—The strategy developed 
under subparagraph (A) shall address the fol-
lowing: 
(i) Activities that may be carried out 
to strengthen engagement and outreach be-
tween the Department of Defense and indus-
try, academia, international partners of the 
United States, and other departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government on 
issues relating to microelectronics. 
(ii) Science, technology, research, and 
development efforts to facilitate the advance-
ment and adoption of microelectronics and 
new uses of microelectronics and compo-
nents, including efforts to— 
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(I) accelerate leap-ahead research, 
development, and innovation in micro-
electronics; and 
(II) deploy heterogeneously inte-
grated microelectronics for machine 
learning and other applications. 
(iii) The role of diplomacy and trade 
in maintaining the position of the United 
States as a global leader in the field of 
microelectronics, including the feasibility 
and advisability of— 
(I) implementing multilateral ex-
port controls tailored through direct co-
ordination with key allies of the 
United States, including through the 
Wassenaar Arrangement and other 
multilateral fora, for specific semicon-
ductor manufacturing equipment such 
as extreme ultraviolet photolithography 
equipment and argon fluoride immer-
sion photolithography equipment; 
(II) additional trade enforcement 
actions that may be initiated by the 
United States to address any unfair or 
excessive foreign semiconductor subsidy 
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programs or other unfair microelec-
tronics trade practices; and 
(III) the elimination of any trade 
barriers or unilateral export controls 
that harm United States companies 
without producing a substantial benefit 
to the competitiveness or national secu-
rity of the United States. 
(iv) The potential role of a national 
laboratory and incubator exclusively focused 
on the research and development of micro-
electronics, 
as 
described 
in 
section 
231(b)(13) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) (as 
added by subsection (a)) in carrying out the 
strategy and plan required subparagraph 
(A). 
(v) Such other activities as the Panel 
determines may be appropriate to overcome 
looming challenges to the innovation, com-
petitiveness, and supply chain integrity of 
the 
United 
States 
in 
the 
area 
of 
microelectonics. 
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(c) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 
congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
progress of the Secretary in developing the strategy 
and implementation plan required under section 
231(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 
2302 note); and 
(2) the Assistant to the President for National 
Security Affairs shall provide to the congressional de-
fense committees a briefing on the progress of the Ad-
visory Panel in developing the strategy required 
under subsection (b)(3). 
SEC. 248. ACQUISITION OF ETHICALLY AND RESPONSIBLY 
DEVELOPED 
ARTIFICIAL 
INTELLIGENCE 
TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense, acting through the Board of Directors of 
the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center established under 
section 224, shall conduct an assessment to determine 
whether the Department of Defense has the ability to ensure 
that any artificial intelligence technology acquired by the 
Department is ethically and responsibly developed. 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the Secretary completes the assess-
ment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the results of the assessment. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include, based on the results of the assess-
ment— 
(A) an explanation of whether the Depart-
ment of Defense has personnel with sufficient ex-
pertise, across multiple disciplines, to ensure the 
acquisition of ethically and responsibly developed 
artificial intelligence technology; 
(B) an explanation of whether the Depart-
ment has adequate procedures to encourage or re-
quire the consultation of such experts as part of 
the acquisition process for artificial intelligence 
technology; and 
(C) with respect to any deficiencies identi-
fied under subparagraph (A) or subparagraph 
(B), a description of any measures that have 
been taken, and any additional resources that 
may be needed, to mitigate such deficiencies. 
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SEC. 249. ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EX-
CHANGE PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
(a) PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EXCHANGE.-- .—Section 
1599g of title 10, United States Code is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by amending subpara-
graph (C) to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) shall contain language ensuring that 
such employee of the Department does not im-
properly use information that such employee 
knows relates to a Department acquisition, or 
procurement for the benefit or advantage of the 
private-sector organization.’’. 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘is deemed to be an em-
ployee of the Department of Defense for the 
purposes of’’ and inserting ‘‘is subject to’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (D); 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(E) and (F) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), 
respectively; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (4); and 
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(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) shall be required to file a Public Financial 
Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278) and the Public 
Financial Disclosure Report for a such a person and 
a description of any waivers provided to such person 
shall be made available on a publicly accessible 
website of the Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF EXCHANGE AUTHORITY TO ARTI-
FICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall take steps to ensure that the authority for the Depart-
ment of Defense to operate a public-private talent exchange 
program pursuant to section 1599g of title 10, United 
States Code, is used to exchange personnel with private sec-
tor entities working on artificial intelligence applications. 
Such application of the authority of section 1599g shall be 
in addition to, not in lieu of, any other application of such 
authority by the Department of Defense. 
(c) GOALS FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.—In car-
rying out the requirement of subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall seek to achieve the following objectives: 
(1) In the Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows 
program, the nomination of an additional five uni-
formed service members and three government civil-
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ians by each service and by the Office of the Secretary 
of Defense, for sponsorship by private sector entities 
working on artificial intelligence applications. 
(2) For the public-private talent exchange pro-
gram of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Sustainment— 
(A) an additional ten government employees 
to work with private sector entities working on 
artificial intelligence applications; and 
(B) an additional ten employees of private 
sector entities working on artificial intelligence 
applications to work in the Department. 
(3) The establishment of the following new pub-
lic-private talent exchange programs in the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense, comparable to the program 
referred to in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the office of the Undersecretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering, a pro-
gram with twenty participants, focused on ex-
changes with private sector entities working on 
artificial intelligence applications. 
(B) in the office of the Chief Information 
Officer of the Department of Defense, a program 
with twenty participants, focused on exchanges 
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with private sector entities working on artificial 
intelligence applications. 
(4) In the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, the 
establishment of new public-private exchange pro-
grams, comparable to the Air Force Education with 
Industry Program, each with twenty program par-
ticipants, focused on private sector entities working 
on artificial intelligence applications. 
(d) TREATMENT OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.— 
(1) The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps shall 
take steps to ensure that participation by a service 
member in a program described in subsection (c)(4) 
is treated, for purposes of promotion boards and sub-
sequent assignments, as equivalent to attending resi-
dent professional military education. 
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
public-private exchange program billet office to tem-
porarily hold billets for civilian employees who par-
ticipate in programs described in subsection (b), to 
ensure that participating Department of Defense of-
fices are able to retain their staffing levels during the 
period of participation. 
(e) BRIEFING ON EXPANSION OF EXISTING EXCHANGE 
PROGRAMS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec-
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retary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
briefing on the efforts undertaken to expand existing public- 
private exchange programs of the Department of Defense 
and to ensure that such programs seek opportunities for ex-
changes with private sector entities working on artificial 
intelligence applications, in accordance with the require-
ments of this section. 
Subtitle D—Sustainable Chemistry 
Research and Development 
SEC. 251. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Sustainable Chem-
istry Research and Development Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 252. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) Congress recognized the importance and 
value of sustainable chemistry in section 114 of the 
American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (Pub-
lic Law 114–329); 
(2) sustainable chemistry and materials trans-
formation is a key value contributor to business com-
petitiveness across many industrial and consumer sec-
tors; 
(3) companies across hundreds of supply chains 
critical to the American economy are seeking to re-
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duce costs and open new markets through innovations 
in manufacturing and materials, and are in need of 
new innovations in chemistry, including sustainable 
chemistry; 
(4) sustainable chemistry can improve the effi-
ciency with which natural resources are used to meet 
human needs for chemical products while avoiding 
environmental harm, reduce or eliminate the emis-
sions of and exposures to hazardous substances, mini-
mize the use of resources, and benefit the economy, 
people, and the environment; and 
(5) a recent report by the Government Account-
ability Office (GAO–18–307) found that the Federal 
Government could play an important role in helping 
realize the full innovation and market potential of 
sustainable chemistry technologies, including through 
a coordinated national effort on sustainable chemistry 
and standardized tools and definitions to support sus-
tainable chemistry research, development, demonstra-
tion, and commercialization. 
SEC. 253. NATIONAL COORDINATING ENTITY FOR SUSTAIN-
ABLE CHEMISTRY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy shall convene an inter-
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agency entity (referred to in this subtitle as the ‘‘Entity’’) 
under the National Science and Technology Council with 
the responsibility to coordinate Federal programs and ac-
tivities in support of sustainable chemistry, including those 
described in sections 255 and 256. 
(b) COORDINATION WITH EXISTING GROUPS.—In con-
vening the Entity, the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall consider overlap and possible co-
ordination with existing committees, subcommittees, or 
other groups of the National Science and Technology Coun-
cil, such as— 
(1) the Committee on Environment; 
(2) the Committee on Technology; 
(3) the Committee on Science; or 
(4) related groups or subcommittees. 
(c) CO-CHAIRS.—The Entity shall be co-chaired by the 
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and 
a representative from the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the 
National Science Foundation, or the Department of Energy, 
as selected by the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy. 
(d) AGENCY PARTICIPATION.—The Entity shall in-
clude representatives, including subject matter experts, from 
the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Insti-
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tute of Standards and Technology, the National Science 
Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Department of 
Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the National Insti-
tutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, the Food and Drug Administration, and other related 
Federal agencies, as appropriate. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The Entity shall terminate on the 
date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 254. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY. 
(a) STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Entity shall— 
(1) consult with relevant stakeholders, including 
representatives from industry, academia, national 
labs, the Federal Government, and international enti-
ties, to develop and update, as needed, a consensus 
definition of ‘‘sustainable chemistry’’ to guide the ac-
tivities under this subtitle; 
(2) develop a working framework of attributes 
characterizing and metrics for assessing sustainable 
chemistry, as described in subsection (b); 
(3) assess the state of sustainable chemistry in 
the United States as a key benchmark from which 
progress under the activities described in this subtitle 
can be measured, including assessing key sectors of 
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the United States economy, key technology platforms, 
commercial priorities, and barriers to innovation; 
(4) coordinate and support Federal research, de-
velopment, demonstration, technology transfer, com-
mercialization, education, and training efforts in sus-
tainable chemistry, including budget coordination 
and support for public-private partnerships, as ap-
propriate; 
(5) identify any Federal regulatory barriers to, 
and opportunities for, Federal agencies facilitating 
the development of incentives for development, consid-
eration, and use of sustainable chemistry processes 
and products; 
(6) identify major scientific challenges, road-
blocks, or hurdles to transformational progress in im-
proving the sustainability of the chemical sciences; 
(7) identify other opportunities for expanding 
Federal efforts in support of sustainable chemistry; 
and 
(8) review, identify, and make efforts to elimi-
nate duplicative Federal funding and duplicative 
Federal research in sustainable chemistry. 
(b) CHARACTERIZING AND ASSESSING SUSTAINABLE 
CHEMISTRY.—The Entity shall develop a working frame-
work of attributes characterizing and metrics for assessing 
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tion Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115– 
232; 132 Stat. 1679). 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
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 4301. 
Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environment 
SEC. 311. MILITARY AVIATION AND INSTALLATION ASSUR-
ANCE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR REVIEW OF MIS-
SION OBSTRUCTIONS. 
Section 183a(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) 
as paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (4): 
‘‘(4) If, after issuing the notices of presumed risk re-
quired by paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of Defense 
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