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SEC. 1090B. ADDITIONAL DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EX-
POSURE TO CERTAIN HERBICIDE AGENTS 
FOR WHICH THERE IS A PRESUMPTION OF 
SERVICE CONNECTION FOR VETERANS WHO 
SERVED IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. 
Section 1116(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(I) Parkinsonism. 
‘‘(J) Bladder cancer. 
‘‘(K) Hypothyroidism.’’. 
Subtitle H—Wireless Supply Chain 
Innovation and Multilateral Se-
curity 
SEC. 1091. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) 3GPP.—The term ‘‘3GPP’’ means the Third 
Generation Partnership Project. 
(2) 5G NETWORK.—The term ‘‘5G network’’ 
means a radio network as described by 3GPP Release 
15 or higher. 
(3) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(4) NTIA ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘NTIA 
Administrator’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information.
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(5) OPEN-RAN.—The term ‘‘Open-RAN’’ means 
the Open Radio Access Network approach to stand-
ardization adopted by the O-RAN Alliance, Telecom 
Infra Project, or 3GPP, or any similar set of open 
standards for multi-vendor network equipment inter-
operability. 
(6) RELEVANT COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—The 
term ‘‘relevant committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; 
(E) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(F) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; 
(G) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives; 
(H) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives;
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(I) the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives; 
(J) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives; 
(K) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; and 
(L) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 
1092. 
COMMUNICATIONS 
TECHNOLOGY 
SECURITY 
FUNDS. 
(a) USE OF DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION AND 
PUBLIC SAFETY FUND.—As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall transfer 
from the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety 
Fund established under section 309(j)(8)(E) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(E))— 
(1) $50,000,000 to the Public Wireless Supply 
Chain Innovation Fund established under subsection 
(b) of this section; and 
(2) 
$25,000,000 
to 
the 
Multilateral 
Tele-
communications Security Fund established under sub-
section (c) of this section. 
(b) PUBLIC WIRELESS SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATION 
FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 
to be known as the ‘‘Public Wireless Supply 
Chain Innovation Fund’’ (referred to in this sub-
section as the ‘‘R&D Fund’’). 
(B) AVAILABILITY.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts deposited 
in the R&D Fund shall remain available 
through the end of the tenth fiscal year be-
ginning after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(ii) REMAINDER TO TREASURY.—Any 
amounts remaining in the R&D Fund after 
the end of the tenth fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of this Act shall 
be deposited in the general fund of the 
Treasury. 
(2) USE OF FUND.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in 
the R&D Fund shall be available to the NTIA 
Administrator to make grants under this sub-
section in such amounts as the NTIA Adminis-
trator determines appropriate, subject to sub-
paragraph (B) of this subparagraph.
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(B) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—The 
amount of a grant awarded under this subsection 
to a recipient for a specific research focus area 
may not exceed $50,000,000. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION OF FUND.—The NTIA Ad-
ministrator, in consultation with the Commission, the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Intel-
ligence Advanced Research Projects Activity of the Of-
fice of the Director of National Intelligence, shall es-
tablish criteria for grants awarded under this sub-
section, and administer the R&D Fund, to support 
research and the commercial application of that re-
search, including in the following areas: 
(A) Promoting the development of tech-
nology, 
including 
software, 
hardware, 
and 
microprocessing technology, that will enhance 
competitiveness in the fifth-generation (com-
monly known as ‘‘5G’’) and successor wireless 
technology supply chains. 
(B) Accelerating development and deploy-
ment of open interface standards-based compat-
ible, interoperable equipment, such as equipment 
developed pursuant to the standards set forth by
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organizations such as the O-RAN Alliance, the 
Telecom Infra Project, 3GPP, the Open-RAN 
Software Community, or any successor organiza-
tions. 
(C) Promoting compatibility of new 5G 
equipment with future open standards-based, 
interoperable equipment. 
(D) Managing integration of multi-vendor 
network environments. 
(E) Objective criteria to define equipment 
as compliant with open standards for multi-ven-
dor network equipment interoperability. 
(F) Promoting development and inclusion 
of security features enhancing the integrity and 
availability of equipment in multi-vendor net-
works. 
(G) Promoting the application of network 
function virtualization to facilitate multi-vendor 
interoperability and a more diverse vendor mar-
ket. 
(4) NONDUPLICATION
OF
RESEARCH.—To the 
greatest extent practicable, the NTIA Administrator 
shall ensure that any research funded by a grant 
awarded under this subsection avoids duplication of 
other Federal or private sector research.
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(5) TIMING.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the NTIA Adminis-
trator shall begin awarding grants under this sub-
section. 
(6) FEDERAL ADVISORY BODY.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The NTIA Adminis-
trator shall establish a Federal advisory com-
mittee, in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), composed of gov-
ernment and private sector experts, to advise the 
NTIA Administrator on the administration of 
the R&D Fund. 
(B) 
COMPOSITION.—The 
advisory 
com-
mittee established under subparagraph (A) shall 
be composed of— 
(i) representatives from— 
(I) the Commission; 
(II) the Department of Defense; 
(III) the Intelligence Advanced 
Research Projects Activity of the Office 
of the Director of National Intelligence; 
(IV) the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology; 
(V) the Department of State;
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(VI) the National Science Foun-
dation; and 
(VII) the Department of Home-
land Security; and 
(ii) other representatives from the pri-
vate and public sectors, at the discretion of 
the NTIA Administrator. 
(C) DUTIES.—The advisory committee es-
tablished under subparagraph (A) shall advise 
the NTIA Administrator on technology develop-
ments to help inform— 
(i) the strategic direction of the R&D 
Fund; and 
(ii) efforts of the Federal Government 
to promote a more secure, diverse, sustain-
able, and competitive supply chain. 
(7) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(A) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
NTIA Administrator shall submit to the relevant 
committees of Congress a report with— 
(i) additional recommendations on 
promoting the competitiveness and sustain-
ability of trusted suppliers in the wireless 
supply chain; and
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(ii) any additional authorities needed 
to facilitate the timely adoption of open 
standards-based equipment, including au-
thority to provide loans, loan guarantees, 
and other forms of credit extension that 
would maximize the use of designated funds. 
(B) ANNUAL REPORT.—For each fiscal year 
for which amounts in the R&D Fund are avail-
able under this subsection, the NTIA Adminis-
trator shall submit to Congress a report that— 
(i) describes how, and to whom, 
amounts in the R&D Fund have been de-
ployed; 
(ii) details the progress of the NTIA 
Administrator in meeting the objectives de-
scribed in paragraph (3); and 
(iii) includes any additional informa-
tion that the NTIA Administrator deter-
mines appropriate. 
(c) MULTILATERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECURITY 
FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States a trust fund
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to be known as the ‘‘Multilateral Telecommuni-
cations Security Fund’’. 
(B) USE OF FUND.—Amounts deposited in 
the Multilateral Telecommunications Security 
Fund shall be available to the Secretary of State 
to make expenditures under this subsection in 
such amounts as the Secretary of State deter-
mines appropriate. 
(C) AVAILABILITY.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts deposited 
in the Multilateral Telecommunications Se-
curity Fund— 
(I) shall remain available through 
the end of the tenth fiscal year begin-
ning after the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(II) may only be allocated upon 
the Secretary of State reaching an 
agreement with foreign government 
partners to participate in the common 
funding mechanism described in para-
graph (2). 
(ii) REMAINDER TO TREASURY.—Any 
amounts remaining in the Multilateral 
Telecommunications Security Fund after
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the end of the tenth fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of this Act shall 
be deposited in the general fund of the 
Treasury. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF FUND.—The Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the NTIA Adminis-
trator, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Director of National Intelligence, and the Commis-
sion, shall establish a common funding mechanism, in 
coordination with foreign partners, that uses amounts 
from the Multilateral Telecommunications Security 
Fund to support the development and adoption of se-
cure and trusted telecommunications technologies. 
(3) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and annually thereafter for each fiscal year during 
which amounts in the Multilateral Telecommuni-
cations Security Fund are available, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the relevant committees of Con-
gress a report on the status and progress of the fund-
ing mechanism established under paragraph (2), in-
cluding—
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(A) any funding commitments from foreign 
partners, including each specific amount com-
mitted; 
(B) governing criteria for use of the Multi-
lateral Telecommunications Security Fund; 
(C) an account of— 
(i) how, and to whom, funds have been 
deployed; 
(ii) amounts remaining in the Multi-
lateral Telecommunications Security Fund; 
and 
(iii) the progress of the Secretary of 
State in meeting the objective described in 
paragraph (2); and 
(D) additional authorities needed to en-
hance the effectiveness of the Multilateral Tele-
communications Security Fund in achieving the 
security goals of the United States. 
SEC. 1093. PROMOTING UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP IN 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COM-
MUNICATIONS STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, and the Chairman of the Commission, 
or their designees, shall consider how to enhance representa-
tion of the United States at international forums that set
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standards for 5G networks and for future generations of 
wireless communications networks, including— 
(1) the International Telecommunication Union 
(commonly known as ‘‘ITU’’); 
(2) the International Organization for Standard-
ization (commonly known as ‘‘ISO’’); 
(3) 
the 
Inter-American 
Telecommunications 
Commission (commonly known as ‘‘CITEL’’); and 
(4) the voluntary standards organizations that 
develop protocols for wireless devices and other equip-
ment, such as the 3GPP and the Institute of Elec-
trical and Electronics Engineers (commonly known 
as ‘‘IEEE’’). 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, and the Chairman of the Commission 
shall jointly submit to the relevant committees of Congress 
an annual report on the progress made under subsection 
(a). 
Subtitle I—Semiconductor 
Manufacturing Incentives 
SEC. 1094. SEMICONDUCTOR INCENTIVE GRANTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means—
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(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence, the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee 
on Appropriations, the Committee on Financial 
Services, and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives; 
(2) the term ‘‘covered entity’’ means a private 
entity, a consortium of private entities, or a consor-
tium of public and private entities with a dem-
onstrated ability to construct, expand, or modernize a 
facility relating to the fabrication, assembly, testing, 
advanced packaging, or advanced research and devel-
opment of semiconductors; 
(3) the term ‘‘covered incentive’’—
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(A) means an incentive offered by a govern-
mental entity to a covered entity for the purposes 
of constructing within the jurisdiction of the gov-
ernmental entity, or expanding or modernizing 
an existing facility within that jurisdiction, a 
facility described in paragraph (2); and 
(B) includes any tax incentive (such as an 
incentive or reduction with respect to employ-
ment or payroll taxes or a tax abatement with 
respect to personal or real property), a work-
force-related incentive (including a grant agree-
ment relating to workforce training or vocational 
education), any concession with respect to real 
property, funding for research and development 
with respect to semiconductors, and any other 
incentive determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State; 
(4) the term ‘‘foreign adversary’’ means any for-
eign government or foreign nongovernment person 
that is engaged in a long-term pattern, or is involved 
in a serious instance, of conduct that is significantly 
adverse to— 
(A) the national security of the United 
States or an ally of the United States; or
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(B) the security and safety of United States 
persons; 
(5) the term ‘‘governmental entity’’ means a 
State or local government; 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Commerce; and 
(7) the term ‘‘semiconductor’’ has the meaning 
given the term by the Secretary. 
(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
in the Department of Commerce a program that, in 
accordance with the requirements of this section, pro-
vides grants to covered entities. 
(2) PROCEDURE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A covered entity shall 
submit to the Secretary an application that de-
scribes the project for which the covered entity is 
seeking a grant under this section. 
(B) ELIGIBILITY.—In order for a covered 
entity to qualify for a grant under this section, 
the covered entity shall demonstrate to the Sec-
retary, in the application submitted by the cov-
ered entity under subparagraph (A), that— 
(i) the covered entity has a documented 
interest in constructing, expanding, or mod-
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ernizing a facility described in subsection 
(a)(2); and 
(ii) with respect to the project de-
scribed in clause (i), the covered entity 
has— 
(I) been offered a covered incen-
tive; 
(II) made commitments to worker 
and community investment, including 
through— 
(aa) training and education 
benefits paid by the covered enti-
ty; and 
(bb) programs to expand em-
ployment opportunity for eco-
nomically disadvantaged individ-
uals; and 
(III) secured commitments from 
regional educational and training enti-
ties and institutions of higher edu-
cation to provide workforce training, 
including programming for training 
and job placement of economically dis-
advantaged individuals.
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(C) CONSIDERATIONS FOR REVIEW.—With 
respect to the review by the Secretary of an ap-
plication submitted by a covered entity under 
subparagraph (A)— 
(i) the Secretary may not approve the 
application unless the Secretary— 
(I) confirms that the covered enti-
ty has satisfied the eligibility criteria 
under subparagraph (B); and 
(II) determines that the project to 
which the application relates is in the 
interest of the United States; and 
(ii) the Secretary may consider wheth-
er— 
(I) the covered entity has pre-
viously received a grant made under 
this subsection; and 
(II) the governmental entity offer-
ing the applicable covered incentive 
has benefitted from a grant previously 
made under this subsection. 
(3) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant made by 
the Secretary to a covered entity under this subsection 
shall be in an amount that is not more than 
$3,000,000,000.
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(4) USE OF FUNDS.—A covered entity that re-
ceives a grant under this subsection may only use the 
grant amounts to— 
(A) finance the construction, expansion, or 
modernization of a facility described in sub-
section (a)(2), as documented in the application 
submitted by the covered entity under paragraph 
(2)(A), or for similar uses in state of practice 
and legacy facilities, as determined necessary by 
the Secretary for purposes relating to the na-
tional security and economic competitiveness of 
the United States; 
(B) support workforce development for the 
facility described in subparagraph (A); or 
(C) support site development for the facility 
described in subparagraph (A). 
(5) CLAWBACK.—The Secretary shall recover the 
full amount of a grant provided to a covered entity 
under this subsection if— 
(A) as of the date that is 5 years after the 
date on which the Secretary makes the grant, the 
project to which the grant relates has not been 
completed, except that the Secretary may issue a 
waiver with respect to the requirement under 
this subparagraph if the Secretary determines
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that issuing such a waiver is appropriate and in 
the interests of the United States; or 
(B) during the applicable term with respect 
to the grant, the covered entity engages in any 
joint research or technology licensing effort— 
(i) with the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China, the Government of the 
Russian Federation, the Government of 
Iran, the Government of North Korea, or 
another foreign adversary; and 
(ii) that relates to a sensitive tech-
nology or product, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(c) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION REQUIRED.— 
In carrying out the program established under subsection 
(b), the Secretary shall consult and coordinate with the Sec-
retary of State and the Secretary of Defense. 
(d) GAO REVIEWS.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall— 
(1) not later than 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and biennially thereafter until the 
date that is 10 years after that date of enactment, 
conduct a review of the program established under 
subsection (b), which shall include, at a minimum—
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(A) a determination of the number of in-
stances in which grants were provided under 
that subsection during the period covered by the 
review in violation of a requirement of this sec-
tion; 
(B) an evaluation of how— 
(i) the program is being carried out, 
including how recipients of grants are being 
selected under the program; and 
(ii) other Federal programs are lever-
aged for manufacturing, research, and 
training to complement the grants awarded 
under the program; and 
(C) a description of the outcomes of projects 
supported by grants made under the program, 
including a description of— 
(i) facilities described in subsection 
(a)(2) that were constructed, expanded, or 
modernized as a result of grants made 
under the program; 
(ii) research and development carried 
out with grants made under the program; 
and 
(iii) workforce training programs car-
ried out with grants made under the pro-
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gram, including efforts to hire individuals 
from disadvantaged populations; and 
(2) submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress the results of each review conducted under para-
graph (1). 
SEC. 1095. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EFFORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director 
of National Intelligence, work with the private sector 
through a public-private partnership, including by 
incentivizing the formation of a consortium of United 
States companies, to ensure the development and pro-
duction of advanced, measurably secure microelec-
tronics for use by the Department of Defense, the in-
telligence community, critical infrastructure sectors, 
and other national security applications. Such work 
may include providing incentives for the creation, ex-
pansion, or modernization of one or more commer-
cially competitive and sustainable microelectronics 
manufacturing or advanced research and development 
facilities.
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(2) RISK MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.—A par-
ticipant in a consortium formed with incentives 
under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) have the potential to perform fabrica-
tion, assembly, package, or test functions for 
microelectronics deemed critical to national secu-
rity as defined by export control regulatory 
agencies in consultation with the National Secu-
rity Adviser and the Secretary of Defense; 
(B) include management processes to iden-
tify and mitigate supply chain security risks; 
and 
(C) be able to produce microelectronics con-
sistent with applicable measurably secure supply 
chain and operational security standards estab-
lished under section 224(b) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116–92). 
(3) NATIONAL SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS.—The 
Secretary of Defense and the Director of National In-
telligence shall select participants for the consortium 
formed with incentives under paragraph (1). In se-
lecting such participants, the Secretary and the Di-
rector may jointly consider whether the United States 
companies—
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(A) have participated in previous programs 
and projects of the Department of Defense, De-
partment of Energy, or the intelligence commu-
nity, including— 
(i) the Trusted Integrated Circuit pro-
gram of the Intelligence Advanced Research 
Projects Activity; 
(ii) trusted and assured microelec-
tronics projects, as administered by the De-
partment of Defense; 
(iii) the Electronics Resurgence Initia-
tive (ERI) program of the Defense Ad-
vanced Research Projects Agency; or 
(iv) relevant semiconductor research 
programs of Advanced Research Projects 
Agency–Energy; 
(B) have demonstrated an ongoing commit-
ment to performing contracts for the Department 
of Defense and the intelligence community; 
(C) are approved by the Defense Counter-
intelligence and Security Agency or the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence as pre-
senting an acceptable security risk, taking into 
account supply chain assurance vulnerabilities, 
counterintelligence risks, and any risks presented
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by companies whose owners are located outside 
the United States; and 
(D) are evaluated periodically for foreign 
ownership, control, or influence by foreign adver-
saries. 
(4) NONTRADITIONAL
DEFENSE
CONTRACTORS 
AND COMMERCIAL ENTITIES.—Arrangements entered 
into to carry out paragraph (1) shall be in such form 
as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate to 
encourage industry participation of nontraditional 
defense contractors or commercial entities and may 
include a contract, a grant, a cooperative agreement, 
a commercial agreement, the use of other transaction 
authority under section 2371 of title 10, United 
States Code, or another such arrangement. 
(5) DISCHARGE.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out paragraph (1) jointly through the Office of 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and En-
gineering and the Office of the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition and Sustainment, or such other 
component of the Department of Defense as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
(6) OTHER INITIATIVES.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall dedicate initiatives within the Department 
of Defense to advance radio frequency, mixed signal,
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radiation tolerant, and radiation hardened microelec-
tronics that support national security and dual-use 
applications. 
(7) REPORTS.— 
(A) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report on the plans of 
the Secretary to carry out paragraph (1). 
(B) BIENNIAL REPORTS BY COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date on which the Sec-
retary submits the report required by subpara-
graph (A) and not less frequently than once 
every 2 years thereafter for a period of 10 years, 
the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report on the activi-
ties carried out under this subsection. 
(b) DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950 EFFORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to Congress a report on a plan for use 
by the Department of Defense of authorities available 
in title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) to establish and enhance a do-
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mestic production capability for microelectronics tech-
nologies and related technologies, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations for that purpose. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The President shall develop 
the plan required by paragraph (1) in coordination 
with the Secretary of Defense, and in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Com-
merce, and appropriate stakeholders in the private 
sector. 
SEC. 1096. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE STUDY ON STATUS 
OF MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES IN 
THE UNITED STATES INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Commencing not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agen-
cies, shall undertake a review, which shall include a survey, 
using authorities in section 705 of the Defense Production 
Act (50 U.S.C. 4555), to assess the capabilities of the United 
States industrial base to support the national defense in 
light of the global nature of the supply chain and signifi-
cant interdependencies between the United States industrial 
base and the industrial base of foreign countries with re-
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spect to the manufacture, design, and end use of microelec-
tronics. 
(b) RESPONSE TO SURVEY.—The Secretary shall en-
sure compliance with the survey from among all relevant 
potential respondents, including the following: 
(1) Corporations, partnerships, associations, or 
any other organized groups domiciled and with sub-
stantial operations in the United States. 
(2) Corporations, partnerships, associations, or 
any other organized groups domiciled in the United 
States with operations outside the United States. 
(3) Foreign domiciled corporations, partner-
ships, associations, or any other organized groups 
with substantial operations or business presence in, or 
substantial revenues derived from, the United States. 
(4) Foreign domiciled corporations, partner-
ships, associations, or any other organized groups in 
defense treaty or assistance countries where the pro-
duction of the entity concerned involves critical tech-
nologies covered by section 2. 
(c) INFORMATION
REQUESTED.—The information 
sought from a responding entity pursuant to the survey re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include, at minimum, infor-
mation on the following with respect to the manufacture. 
design, or end use of microelectronics by such entity:
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(1) An identification of the geographic scope of 
operations. 
(2) Information on relevant cost structures. 
(3) An identification of types of microelectronics 
development, manufacture, assembly, test, and pack-
aging equipment in operation at such entity. 
(4) An identification of all relevant intellectual 
property, raw materials, and semi-finished goods and 
components sourced domestically and abroad by such 
entity. 
(5) Specifications of the microelectronics manu-
factured or designed by such entity, descriptions of 
the end-uses of such microelectronics, and a descrip-
tion of any technical support provided to end-users of 
such microelectronics by such entity. 
(6) Information on domestic and export market 
sales by such entity. 
(7) Information on the financial performance, 
including income and expenditures, of such entity. 
(8) A list of all foreign and domestic subsidies, 
and any other financial incentives, received by such 
entity in each market in which such entity operates. 
(9) A list of information requests from the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China to such entity, and a descrip-
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tion of the nature of each request and the type of in-
formation provided. 
(10) Information on any joint ventures, tech-
nology licensing agreements, and cooperative research 
or production arrangements of such entity. 
(11) A description of efforts by such entity to 
evaluate and control supply chain risks it faces. 
(12) A list and description of any sales, licensing 
agreements, or partnerships between such entity and 
the People’s Liberation Army or People’s Armed Po-
lice, including any business relationships with enti-
ties through which such sales, licensing agreements, or 
partnerships may occur. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the heads of 
other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, 
submit to Congress a report on the results of the re-
view required by subsection (a). The report shall in-
clude the following: 
(A) An assessment of the results of the sur-
vey. 
(B) A list of critical technology areas im-
pacted by potential disruptions in production of
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microelectronics, and a detailed description and 
assessment of the impact of such potential dis-
ruptions on such areas. 
(C) A description and assessment of gaps 
and vulnerabilities in the microelectronics sup-
ply chain and the national industrial supply 
base. 
(2) FORM.— The report required by paragraph 
(1) may be submitted in classified form. 
SEC. 1097. FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF 
MEASURABLY SECURE MICROELECTRONICS 
AND 
MEASURABLY 
SECURE 
MICROELEC-
TRONICS SUPPLY CHAINS. 
(a) MULTILATERAL MICROELECTRONICS SECURITY 
FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust 
fund, to be known as the ‘‘Multilateral Microelec-
tronics Security Fund’’ (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Fund’’), consisting of such amounts as may be 
appropriated to such Fund and any amounts that 
may be credited to the Fund under paragraph (2). 
(2) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 
(A) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall invest such portion
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of the Fund as is not required to meet current 
withdrawals in interest-bearing obligations of the 
United States or in obligations guaranteed as to 
both principal and interest by the United States. 
(B) INTEREST AND PROCEEDS.—The inter-
est on, and the proceeds from the sale or redemp-
tion of, any obligations held in the Fund shall 
be credited to and form a part of the Fund. 
(3) USE OF FUND.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), amounts in the Fund shall be available, as 
provided in advance in an appropriations Act, 
to the Secretary of State— 
(i) to provide funding through the com-
mon funding mechanism described in sub-
section (b)(1) to support the development 
and adoption of measurably secure micro-
electronics and measurably secure microelec-
tronics supply chains; and 
(ii) to otherwise carry out this section. 
(B) AVAILABILITY CONTINGENT ON INTER-
NATIONAL AGREEMENT.—Amounts in the Fund 
shall be available to the Secretary of State on 
and after the date on which the Secretary enters 
into an agreement with the governments of coun-
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tries that are partners of the United States to 
participate in the common funding mechanism 
under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and the 
commitments described in paragraph (2) of that 
subsection. 
(4) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund 
shall remain available through the end of the 
tenth fiscal year beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(B) 
REMAINDER
TO
TREASURY.—Any 
amounts remaining in the Fund after the end of 
the fiscal year described in subparagraph (A) 
shall be deposited in the general fund of the 
Treasury. 
(b) COMMON FUNDING MECHANISM FOR DEVELOP-
MENT AND ADOPTION OF MEASURABLY SECURE MICRO-
ELECTRONICS
AND MEASURABLY SECURE MICROELEC-
TRONICS SUPPLY CHAINS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director 
of National Intelligence, shall seek to establish a com-
mon funding mechanism, in coordination with the
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governments of countries that are partners of the 
United States, that uses amounts from the Fund, and 
amounts committed by such governments, to support 
the development and adoption of secure microelec-
tronics and secure microelectronics supply chains, in-
cluding for use in research and development collabo-
rations among countries participating in the common 
funding mechanism. 
(2) MUTUAL COMMITMENTS.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the United States Trade 
Representative, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the 
Secretary of Commerce, shall seek to negotiate a set 
of mutual commitments with the governments of 
countries that are partners of the United States upon 
which to condition any expenditure of funds pursuant 
to the common funding mechanism described in para-
graph (1). Such commitments shall, at a minimum— 
(A) establish transparency requirements for 
any subsidies or other financial benefits (includ-
ing revenue foregone) provided to microelec-
tronics firms located in or outside such countries; 
(B) establish consistent policies with respect 
to countries that— 
(i) are not participating in the com-
mon funding mechanism; and
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(ii) do not meet transparency require-
ments established under subparagraph (A); 
(C) 
promote 
harmonized 
treatment 
of 
microelectronics and verification processes for 
items being exported to a country considered a 
national security risk by a country participating 
in the common funding mechanism; 
(D) establish consistent policies and com-
mon external policies to address nonmarket 
economies as the behavior of such countries per-
tains to microelectronics; 
(E) align policies on supply chain integrity 
and microelectronics security, including with re-
spect to protection and enforcement of intellec-
tual property rights; and 
(F) promote harmonized foreign direct in-
vestment screening measures with respect to 
microelectronics to align with national and mul-
tilateral security priorities. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter for each fiscal year during which 
amounts in the Fund are available under subsection (a)(4), 
the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report on
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the status of the implementation of this section that includes 
a description of— 
(1) any commitments made by the governments 
of countries that are partners of the United States to 
providing funding for the common funding mecha-
nism described in subsection (b)(1) and the specific 
amount so committed; 
(2) the criteria established for expenditure of 
funds through the common funding mechanism; 
(3) how, and to whom, amounts have been ex-
pended from the Fund; 
(4) amounts remaining in the Fund; 
(5) the progress of the Secretary of State toward 
entering into an agreement with the governments of 
countries that are partners of the United States to 
participate in the common funding mechanism and 
the commitments described in subsection (b)(2); and 
(6) any additional authorities needed to enhance 
the effectiveness of the Fund in achieving the security 
goals of the United States. 
SEC. 1098. ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH AND 
DESIGN. 
(a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means—
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leadership of the United States in semiconductor tech-
nology and innovation. 
(2) DUTIES.—The duties of the subcommittee es-
tablished under paragraph (1) are as follows: 
(A) NATIONAL
STRATEGY
ON
SEMICON-
DUCTOR RESEARCH.— 
(i) DEVELOPMENT.—In coordination 
with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 
of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, the Director of the National 
Science Foundation, and the Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology and in consultation with the semi-
conductor industry and academia, develop a 
national strategy on semiconductor re-
search, development, manufacturing, and 
supply chain security, including guidance 
for the funding of research, and strength-
ening of the domestic microelectronics work-
force. 
(ii) REPORTING
AND
UPDATES.—Not 
less frequently than once every 5 years, to 
update the strategy developed under clause
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(i) and to submit the revised strategy to the 
appropriate committees of Congress. 
(iii) IMPLEMENTATION.—In coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation, and the Director 
of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, on an annual basis coordinate 
and recommend each agency’s semicon-
ductor related research and development 
programs and budgets to ensure consistency 
with the National Semiconductor Strategy. 
(B) FOSTERING
COORDINATION
OF
RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—To foster the co-
ordination of semiconductor research and devel-
opment. 
(3) 
SUNSET.—The 
subcommittee 
established 
under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date that 
is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Presi-
dent shall establish a standing subcommittee of the Presi-
dent’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology to
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advise the United States Government on matters relating 
to microelectronics policy. 
(e) NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CEN-
TER.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Com-
merce shall establish a national semiconductor tech-
nology center to conduct research and prototyping of 
advanced semiconductor technology to strengthen the 
economic competitiveness and security of the domestic 
supply chain, which will be operated as a public pri-
vate-sector consortium with participation from the 
private sector, the Department of Defense, the Depart-
ment of Energy, the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the center es-
tablished under paragraph (1) shall be as follows: 
(A) To conduct advanced semiconductor 
manufacturing, design research and prototyping 
that strengthens the entire domestic ecosystem 
and is aligned with the National Strategy on 
Semiconductor Research. 
(B) To establish a National Advanced Pack-
aging Manufacturing Program led by the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, in
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coordination with the Center, to strengthen semi-
conductor advanced test, assembly, and pack-
aging capability in the domestic ecosystem, and 
which shall coordinate with the Manufacturing 
USA institute established under paragraph (4). 
(C) To establish an investment fund, in 
partnership with the private sector, to support 
startups in the domestic semiconductor eco-
system. 
(D) To establish a Semiconductor Manufac-
turing Program through the Director of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology to 
enable advances and breakthroughs in measure-
ment science, standards, material characteriza-
tion, instrumentation, testing, and manufac-
turing capabilities that will accelerate the under-
lying research and development for metrology of 
next generation semiconductors and ensure the 
competitiveness and leadership of the United 
States within this sector. 
(E) To work with the Secretary of Labor, 
the private sector, educational institutions, and 
workforce training entities to develop workforce 
training programs and apprenticeships in ad-
vanced microelectronic packaging capabilities.
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(3) COMPONENTS.—The fund established under 
paragraph (2)(C) shall cover the following: 
(A) Advanced metrology and characteriza-
tion for manufacturing of microchips using 3 
nanometer transistor processes or more advanced 
processes. 
(B) Metrology for security and supply chain 
verification. 
(4) CREATION OF A MANUFACTURING USA INSTI-
TUTE.—The fund established under paragraph (2)(C) 
may also cover the creation of a Manufacturing USA 
institute described in section 34(d) of the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
278s(d)) that is focused on semiconductor manufac-
turing. Such institute may emphasize the following: 
(A) Research to support the virtualization 
and automation of maintenance of semicon-
ductor machinery. 
(B) Development of new advanced test, as-
sembly and packaging capabilities. 
(C) Developing and deploying educational 
and skills training curricula needed to support 
the industry sector and ensure the U.S. can build 
and maintain a trusted and predictable talent 
pipeline.
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(f) DOMESTIC
PRODUCTION
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
head of any executive agency receiving funding under this 
section shall develop policies to require domestic production, 
to the extent possible, for any intellectual property resulting 
from microelectronics research and development conducted 
as a result of these funds and domestic control requirements 
to protect any such intellectual property from foreign adver-
saries. 
SEC. 1099. PROHIBITION RELATING TO FOREIGN ADVER-
SARIES. 
None of the funds appropriated pursuant to an author-
ization in this subtitle may be provided to an entity— 
(1) under the foreign ownership, control, or in-
fluence of the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China or the Chinese Communist Party, or other for-
eign adversary (as defined in section 1091(a)(4)); or 
(2) determined to have beneficial ownership from 
foreign individuals subject to the jurisdiction, direc-
tion, or influence of foreign adversaries (as so de-
fined).
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TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 
MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense 
Matters 
SEC. 1101. ENHANCED PAY AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN AC-
QUISITION AND TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS IN 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 87 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 1701a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1701b. Enhanced pay authority for certain acquisi-
tion and technology positions 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 
carry out a program using the pay authority specified in 
subsection (d) to fix the rate of basic pay for positions de-
scribed in subsection (c) in order to assist the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense and the military departments in at-
tracting and retaining high-quality acquisition and tech-
nology experts in positions responsible for managing and 
developing complex, high-cost, technological acquisition ef-
forts of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(b) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The program may be 
carried out only with approval as follows:
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‘‘(1) Approval of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment, in the case of posi-
tions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(2) Approval of the service acquisition executive 
of the military department concerned, in the case of 
positions in a military department. 
‘‘(c) POSITIONS.—The positions described in this sub-
section are positions that— 
‘‘(1) require expertise of an extremely high level 
in a scientific, technical, professional, or acquisition 
management field; and 
‘‘(2) are critical to the successful accomplishment 
of an important acquisition or technology develop-
ment mission. 
‘‘(d) RATE OF BASIC PAY.—The pay authority speci-
fied in this subsection is authority as follows: 
‘‘(1) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a 
position at a rate not to exceed 150 percent of the rate 
of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive 
Schedule, upon the approval of the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment or the 
service acquisition executive concerned, as applicable. 
‘‘(2) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a 
position at a rate in excess of 150 percent of the rate 
of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive
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Schedule, upon the approval of the Secretary of De-
fense. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority in subsection 
(a) may be used only to the extent necessary to com-
petitively recruit or retain individuals exceptionally 
well qualified for positions described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The authority in 
subsection (a) may not be used with respect to more 
than five positions in the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense and more than five positions in each military 
department at any one time. 
‘‘(3) TERM
OF
POSITIONS.—The authority in 
subsection (a) may be used only for positions having 
terms less than five years.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 87 of such title 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1701a the following new item: 
‘‘1701b. Enhanced pay authority for certain acquisition and technology posi-
tions.’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1111 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 
U.S.C. 1701 note) is repealed.
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(2) CONTINUATION OF PAY.—The repeal in para-
graph (1) shall not be interpreted to prohibit the pay-
ment of basic pay at rates fixed under such section 
1111 before the date of the enactment of this Act for 
positions having terms that continue after that date. 
SEC. 1102. ENHANCED PAY AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN RE-
SEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS IN 
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVEN-
TION LABORATORIES OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2358b 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2358c. Enhanced pay authority for certain research 
and technology positions in science and 
technology reinvention laboratories 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 
carry out a program using the pay authority specified in 
subsection (d) to fix the rate of basic pay for positions de-
scribed in subsection (c) in order to assist the military de-
partments in attracting and retaining high quality acquisi-
tion and technology experts in positions responsible for 
managing and performing complex, high-cost research and 
technology development efforts in the science and technology 
reinvention laboratories of the Department of Defense.
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‘‘(b) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The program may be 
carried out in a military department only with the ap-
proval of the service acquisition executive of the military 
department concerned. 
‘‘(c) POSITIONS.—The positions described in this sub-
section are positions in the science and technology reinven-
tion laboratories of the Department of Defense that— 
‘‘(1) require expertise of an extremely high level 
in a scientific, technical, professional, or acquisition 
management field; and 
‘‘(2) are critical to the successful accomplishment 
of an important research or technology development 
mission. 
‘‘(d) RATE OF BASIC PAY.—The pay authority speci-
fied in this subsection is authority as follows: 
‘‘(1) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a 
position at a rate not to exceed 150 percent of the rate 
of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive 
Schedule, upon the approval of the service acquisition 
executive concerned. 
‘‘(2) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a 
position at a rate in excess of 150 percent of the rate 
of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive 
Schedule, upon the approval of the Secretary of the 
military department concerned.
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‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority in subsection 
(a) may be used only to the extent necessary to com-
petitively recruit or retain individuals exceptionally 
well qualified for positions described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The authority in 
subsection (a) may not be used with respect to more 
than five positions in each military department at 
any one time. 
‘‘(3) TERM
OF
POSITIONS.—The authority in 
subsection (a) may be used only for positions having 
a term of less than five years. 
‘‘(f) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LAB-
ORATORIES
OF
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘science and technology 
reinvention laboratories of the Department of Defense’ 
means the laboratories designated as science and technology 
reinvention laboratories by section 1105(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (10 U.S.C. 
2358 note).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 139 of such title is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 2358b the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘2358c. Enhanced pay authority for certain research and technology positions in 
science and technology reinvention laboratories.’’.
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(c) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1124 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2456; 10 U.S.C. 2358 
note) is repealed. 
(2) CONTINUATION OF PAY.—The repeal in para-
graph (1) shall not be interpreted to prohibit the pay-
ment of basic pay at rates fixed under such section 
1124 before the date of the enactment of this Act for 
positions having terms that continue after that date. 
SEC. 1103. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED APPOINTMENT AND 
COMPENSATION AUTHORITY FOR CIVILIAN 
PERSONNEL FOR CARE AND TREATMENT OF 
WOUNDED AND INJURED MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1599c(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’.
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SEC. 1104. EXTENSION OF OVERTIME RATE AUTHORITY FOR 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY EMPLOYEES PER-
FORMING WORK ABOARD OR DOCKSIDE IN 
SUPPORT OF THE NUCLEAR-POWERED AIR-
CRAFT CARRIER FORWARD DEPLOYED IN 
JAPAN. 
Section 5542(a)(6)(B) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 
SEC. 1105. EXPANSION OF DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR 
CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PER-
SONNEL TO INCLUDE INSTALLATION MILI-
TARY HOUSING OFFICE POSITIONS SUPER-
VISING PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING. 
Section 9905(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) Any position in the military housing office 
of a military installation whose primary function is 
supervision of military housing covered by subchapter 
IV of chapter 169 of title 10.’’.
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SEC. 1106. EXTENSION OF SUNSET OF INAPPLICABILITY OF 
CERTIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE QUALIFICA-
TIONS BY QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATION 
REVIEW BOARD OF OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 
MANAGEMENT FOR INITIAL APPOINTMENTS 
TO SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE POSITIONS 
IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 1109(e) of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 132 Stat. 2010; 5 U.S.C. 3393 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘on the date’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘on August 13, 2023.’’ 
SEC. 1107. PILOT PROGRAM ON ENHANCED PAY AUTHORITY 
FOR CERTAIN HIGH-LEVEL MANAGEMENT PO-
SITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Defense may carry out a pilot program to assess the feasi-
bility and advisability of using the pay authority specified 
in subsection (d) to fix the rate of basic pay for positions 
described in subsection (c) in order to assist the Department 
of Defense in attracting and retaining personnel with sig-
nificant experience in high-level management of complex or-
ganizations and enterprise functions in order to lead imple-
mentation by the Department of the National Defense 
Strategy.
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(b) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The pilot program may be 
carried out only with approval as follows: 
(1) Approval of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
in the case of a position not under the authority, di-
rection, and control of an Under Secretary of Defense 
and not under the authority, direction, and control of 
the Under Secretary of a military department. 
(2) Approval of the applicable Under Secretary 
of Defense, in the case of a position under the author-
ity, direction, and control of an Under Secretary of 
Defense. 
(3) Approval of the Under Secretary or an As-
sistant Secretary of the military department con-
cerned, in the case of a position in a military depart-
ment. 
(c) POSITIONS.—The positions described in this sub-
section are positions that require expertise of an extremely 
high level in innovative leadership and management of en-
terprise-wide business operations, including financial man-
agement, health care, supply chain and logistics, informa-
tion technology, real property stewardship, and human re-
sources, across a large and complex organization. 
(d) RATE OF BASIC PAY.—The pay authority specified 
in this subsection is authority as follows:
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(1) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a 
position at a rate not to exceed 150 percent of the rate 
of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive 
Schedule, upon the approval of the applicable official 
under subsection (b). 
(2) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a 
position at a rate in excess of 150 percent of the rate 
of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive 
Schedule, upon the approval of the Secretary of De-
fense. 
(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority in subsection 
(a) may be used only to the extent necessary to com-
petitively recruit or retain individuals exceptionally 
well qualified for positions described in subsection (c). 
(2) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The authority in 
subsection (a) may not be used with respect to— 
(A) more than 10 positions in the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense and components of the 
Department of Defense other than the military 
departments at any one time; and 
(B) more than five positions in each mili-
tary department at any one time.
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(3) TERM OF POSITIONS.—The authority in sub-
section (a) may be used only for positions having 
terms less than five years. 
(4) PAST SERVICE.—An individual may not be 
appointed to a position pursuant to the authority 
provided by subsection (a) if the individual separated 
or retired from Federal civil service or service as a 
commissioned officer of an Armed Force on a date 
that is less than five years before the date of such ap-
pointment of the individual. 
(f) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to fix rates of 
basic pay for a position under this section shall ter-
minate on October 1, 2025. 
(2) CONTINUATION OF PAY.—Nothing in para-
graph (1) shall be construed to prohibit the payment 
after October 1, 2025, of basic pay at rates fixed 
under this section before that date for positions whose 
terms continue after that date. 
SEC. 1108. PILOT PROGRAM ON EXPANDED AUTHORITY FOR 
APPOINTMENT OF RECENTLY RETIRED MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO POSITIONS 
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasi-
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bility and advisability of expanding the use of the authority 
in section 3326 of title 5, United States Code, to appoint 
retired members of the Armed Forces described in subsection 
(b) of that section to positions in the Department of Defense 
described in subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) POSITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The positions in the Depart-
ment described in this subsection are positions classi-
fied at or below GS–13 under the General Schedule 
under subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
States Code, or an equivalent level under another 
wage system, in the competitive service— 
(A) to which appointments are authorized 
using Direct Hire Authority or Expedited Hir-
ing Authority; and 
(B) that have been certified by the Secretary 
of the military department concerned as lacking 
sufficient numbers of potential applicants who 
are not retired members of the Armed Forces. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
DELEGATION
OF
CERTIFI-
CATION.—The Secretary of a military department 
may not delegate the authority to make a certification 
described in paragraph (1)(B) to an individual in a 
grade lower than colonel, captain in the Navy, or an
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equivalent grade in the Space Force, or an individual 
with an equivalent civilian grade. 
(c) DURATION.—The duration of the pilot program 
shall be three years. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the com-
mencement of the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the pilot program. The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A description of the pilot program, including 
the positions to which appointments are authorized to 
be made under the pilot program and the number of 
retired members appointed to each such position 
under the pilot program. 
(2) Any other matters in connection with the 
pilot program that the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
SEC. 1109. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY AND RELOCATION IN-
CENTIVES FOR POSITIONS AT REMOTE LOCA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 81 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section:
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‘‘§ 1599i. Direct hire authority and relocation incen-
tives for positions at remote locations 
‘‘(a) DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
may appoint, without regard to any provision of sub-
chapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, qualified applicants 
to positions in the competitive service to fill vacancies 
at covered locations. 
‘‘(2) COVERED LOCATIONS.—For purposes of this 
section, a covered location is a location for which the 
Secretary has determined that critical hiring needs 
are not being met due to the geographic remoteness or 
isolation or extreme climate conditions of the location. 
‘‘(b) RELOCATION INCENTIVES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual appointed to 
a position pursuant to subsection (a) may be paid a 
relocation incentive in connection with the relocation 
of the individual to the location of the position. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of a relocation in-
centive payable to an individual under this subsection 
may not exceed the amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) 25 percent of the annual rate of basic 
pay of the employee for the position concerned as 
of the date on which the service period in such 
position agreed to by the individual under para-
graph (3) commences; multiplied by
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‘‘(B) the number of years (including frac-
tions of a year) of such service period (not to ex-
ceed four years). 
‘‘(3) SERVICE AGREEMENT.—To receive a reloca-
tion incentive under this subsection, an individual 
appointed to a position under subsection (a) shall 
enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense 
to complete a period of service at the covered location. 
The period of obligated service of the individual at 
such location under the agreement may not exceed 
four years. The agreement shall include such repay-
ment or alternative employment obligations as the 
Secretary considers appropriate for failure of the in-
dividual to complete the period of obligated service 
specified in the agreement. 
‘‘(4) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
RELOCATION 
PAY.—A relocation incentive paid to an individual 
for a relocation under this subsection is in addition 
to any other relocation incentive or payment payable 
to the individual for such relocation by law. 
‘‘(c) SUNSET.—Effective on September 30, 2022, the 
authority provided under subsection (a) and the authority 
to provide relocation incentives under subsection (b) shall 
expire.’’.
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(b) OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall develop outcome measurements to evaluate the 
effect of the authority provided under subsection (a) of sec-
tion 1599i of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), and any relocation incentives provided under 
subsection (b) of such section. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2022, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the effect of the 
authority provided under subsection (a) of section 
1599i of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), and any relocation incentives provided 
under subsection (b) of such section. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the ef-
fectiveness and achievements of the authority and 
relocation incentives described in paragraph (1), 
including— 
(i) the number of employees hired to 
covered 
locations 
described 
in 
section 
1599i(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a); and
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(ii) the cost-per-placement of such em-
ployees. 
(B) A comparison of the effectiveness and 
use of the authority and relocation incentives de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to authorities under 
title 5, United States Code, used by the Depart-
ment of Defense before the date of the enactment 
of this Act to support hiring at remote or rural 
locations. 
(C) An assessment of— 
(i) the minority community outreach 
efforts made in using the authority and 
providing relocation incentives described in 
paragraph (1); and 
(ii) participation outcomes. 
(D) Such other matters as the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1599i. Direct hire authority and relocation incentives for positions at remote lo-
cations.’’.
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SEC. 1110. MODIFICATION OF DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR 
CERTAIN PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE AC-
TIVITIES. 
Section 9905(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘including’’ and all that follows and 
inserting the following: ‘‘including— 
‘‘(A) depot-level maintenance and repair; 
and 
‘‘(B) support functions for such activities.’’. 
SEC. 1110A. FIRE FIGHTERS ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHED-
ULE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR THE 
NAVY 
REGION 
MID-ATLANTIC 
FIRE 
AND 
EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander, Navy 
Region Mid-Atlantic, shall establish and carry out, for a 
period of not less than five years, a Fire Fighters Alter-
native Work Schedule demonstration project for the Navy 
Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Emergency Services. Such 
demonstration project shall provide, with respect to each 
employee of the Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Emer-
gency Services, that— 
(1) assignments to tours of duty are scheduled in 
advance over periods of not less than two weeks;
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(2) tours of duty are scheduled using a regularly 
recurring pattern of 48-hour shifts followed by 48 or 
72 consecutive non-work hours, as determined by mu-
tual agreement between the Commander, Navy Region 
Mid-Atlantic, and the exclusive employee representa-
tive at each Navy Region Mid-Atlantic installation, 
in such a manner that each employee is regularly 
scheduled for 144-hours in any two-week period; 
(3) for any such employee that is a fire fighter 
working an alternative work schedule, such employee 
shall earn overtime compensation in a manner con-
sistent with other applicable law and regulation; 
(4) no right shall be established to any form of 
premium pay, including night, Sunday, holiday, or 
hazard duty pay; and 
(5) leave accrual and use shall be consistent with 
other applicable law and regulation. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the demonstration project under this section ter-
minates, the Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a report detailing— 
(1) any financial savings or expenses directly 
and inseparably linked to the demonstration project;
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(2) any intangible quality of life and morale im-
provements achieved by the demonstration project; 
and 
(3) any adverse impact of the demonstration 
project occurring solely as the result of the transition 
to the demonstration project. 
SEC. 1110B. REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE 
UNITED STATES ON DIVERSITY AND INCLU-
SION WITHIN THE CIVILIAN WORKFORCE OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after enact-
ment of this act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to Congress a report on issues related 
to diversity and inclusion within the civilian workforce of 
the Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the demographic composition 
of the civilian workforce of the Department. 
(2) An assessment of any differences in pro-
motion outcomes among demographic groups of the ci-
vilian workforce of the Department. 
(3) An assessment of the extent to which the De-
partment has identified barriers to diversity in its ci-
vilian workforce.
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Subtitle B—Government-Wide 
Matters 
SEC. 1111. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHOR-
ITY TO GRANT ALLOWANCES, BENEFITS, AND 
GRATUITIES TO CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON OF-
FICIAL DUTY IN A COMBAT ZONE. 
Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global 
War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 
109–234; 120 Stat. 443), as added by section 1102 of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4616) 
and as most recently amended by section 1104 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–92), is further amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 
SEC. 1112. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE 
ANNUAL LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY AND 
AGGREGATE LIMITATION ON PAY FOR FED-
ERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WORKING OVER-
SEAS. 
Subsection (a) of section 1101 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4615), as most recently 
amended by section 1105 of the National Defense Authoriza-
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tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92), is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘through 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘through 2021’’. 
SEC. 1113. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO AUTHORITY FOR 
REIMBURSEMENT OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND 
LOCAL INCOME TAXES INCURRED DURING 
TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND RELOCA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5724b(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or relocation expenses reim-
bursed’’ and inserting ‘‘and relocation expenses reim-
bursed’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘of chapter 41’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
chapter 41’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2018, imme-
diately after the coming into effect of the amendments made 
by subsection (a) of section 1114 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116– 
92), as provided for in subsection (c) of such section 1114.
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TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and 
Training 
SEC. 1201. AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR ADDI-
TIONAL OPERATIONS. 
Section 333(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) Cyberspace operations.’’. 
SEC. 1202. AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR AIR SOV-
EREIGNTY OPERATIONS. 
Section 333(a) of title 10, United States Code, as 
amended by section 1201, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 
paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (7): 
‘‘(7) Air sovereignty operations.’’. 
SEC. 1203. MODIFICATION TO THE INTER-EUROPEAN AIR 
FORCES ACADEMY. 
Section 350(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘that are’’ and all that follows through 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘that are— 
‘‘(1) members of the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization;
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‘‘(2) signatories to the Partnership for Peace 
Framework Documents; or 
‘‘(3)(A) within the United States Africa Com-
mand area of responsibility; and 
‘‘(B) eligible for assistance under chapter 5 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2347 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 1204. MODIFICATION TO SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPER-
ATIONS FOR IRREGULAR WARFARE. 
Subsection (a) of section 1202 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 
91; 131 Stat. 1639), as most recently amended by section 
1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92), is further amended by 
striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000’’. 
SEC. 1205. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
TO 
SUPPORT 
BORDER 
SECURITY 
OPER-
ATIONS OF CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
(a) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SUPPORT.—Subsection (b) 
of section 1226 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SUPPORT.—Amounts to 
provide support under the authority of subsection (a) may 
be derived only from amounts authorized to be appropriated
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and available for operation and maintenance, Defense- 
wide.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2021’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2023’’. 
SEC. 1206. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR PARTICIPA-
TION IN MULTINATIONAL CENTERS OF EX-
CELLENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 344 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘multi-
national military centers of excellence’’ 
and inserting ‘‘multinational centers of ex-
cellence’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘multinational military center of 
excellence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘mul-
tinational center of excellence’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘multinational military centers 
of excellence’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘multinational centers of excellence’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘or entered 
into by the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of 
State,’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)—
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(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘MULTINATIONAL MILITARY CENTER OF EXCEL-
LENCE ’’ and inserting ‘‘MULTINATIONAL CEN-
TER OF EXCELLENCE’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), 
respectively, and moving the subparagraphs two 
ems to the right; 
(C) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘means an 
entity’’ and inserting ‘‘means— 
‘‘(1) an entity’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (D), as so redesig-
nated, by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) the European Centre of Excellence for Coun-
tering Hybrid Threats, established in 2017 and lo-
cated in Helsinki, Finland.’’; 
(6) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(f); and 
(7) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection (e):
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‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days before the 
date on which the Secretary of Defense authorizes participa-
tion under subsection (a) in a new multinational center of 
excellence, the Secretary shall notify the congressional de-
fense committees of such participation.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Title 10, United 
States Code, is amended, in the table of sections at the be-
ginning of subchapter V of chapter 16, by striking the item 
relating to section 344 and inserting the following: 
‘‘344. Participation in multinational centers of excellence.’’. 
SEC. 1207. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN, PEACE, AND 
SECURITY ACT OF 2017. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 
30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall undertake activities 
consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 
(Public Law 115–68; 131 Stat. 1202) and with the guid-
ance specified in this section, including— 
(1) establishing Department of Defense-wide 
policies and programs that advance the implementa-
tion of that Act, including military doctrine and De-
partment-specific and combatant command-specific 
programs; 
(2) ensuring the Department sufficient personnel 
to serve as gender advisors, including by hiring and 
training full-time equivalent personnel, as necessary,
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and establishing roles, responsibilities, and require-
ments for gender advisors; 
(3) the deliberate integration of gender analysis 
into relevant training for members of the Armed 
Forces across ranks, as described in the Women’s En-
trepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–428; 132 Stat. 5509); and 
(4) security cooperation activities that further 
the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Secu-
rity Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68; 131 Stat. 
1202). 
(b) BUILDING PARTNER DEFENSE INSTITUTION AND 
SECURITY FORCE CAPACITY.— 
(1) INCORPORATION OF GENDER ANALYSIS AND 
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN INTO SECURITY COOPERA-
TION ACTIVITIES.—Consistent with the Women, Peace, 
and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68; 131 
Stat. 1202), the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, shall seek to incorporate 
gender analysis and participation by women, as ap-
propriate, into the institutional and national security 
force capacity-building activities of security coopera-
tion programs carried out under title 10, United 
States Code, including by—
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(A) incorporating gender analysis and 
women, peace, and security priorities, including 
sex-disaggregated data, into educational and 
training materials and programs authorized by 
section 333 of title 10, United States Code; 
(B) advising on the recruitment, employ-
ment, development, retention, and promotion of 
women in such national security forces, includ-
ing by— 
(i) identifying existing military career 
opportunities for women; 
(ii) exposing women and girls to ca-
reers available in such national security 
forces and the skills necessary for such ca-
reers; and 
(iii) encouraging women’s and girls’ 
interest in such careers by highlighting as 
role models women of the United States and 
applicable foreign countries in uniform; 
(C) addressing sexual harassment and abuse 
against women within such national security 
forces; 
(D) integrating gender analysis into secu-
rity sector policy, planning, and training for 
such national security forces; and
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(E) improving infrastructure to address the 
requirements of women serving in such national 
security forces, including appropriate equipment 
for female security and police forces. 
(2) BARRIERS
AND
OPPORTUNITIES.—Partner 
country assessments conducted in the course of De-
partment security cooperation activities to build the 
capacity of the national security forces of foreign 
countries shall include attention to the barriers and 
opportunities with respect to strengthening recruit-
ment, employment, development, retention, and pro-
motion of women in the military forces of such part-
ner countries. 
(c) DEPARTMENT-WIDE POLICIES ON WOMEN, PEACE, 
AND SECURITY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ini-
tiate a process to establish standardized policies described 
in subsection (a)(1). 
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Defense may use 
funds authorized to be appropriated in each fiscal year to 
the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance 
as specified in the table in section 4301 for carrying out 
the full implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security 
Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68; 131 Stat. 1202) and the 
guidance on the matters described in paragraphs (1)
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through (4) of subsection (a) and subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of subsection (b)(1). 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after through 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
steps the Department has taken to implement the Women, 
Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68; 131 
Stat. 1202), including— 
(1) a description of the progress made on each 
matter described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 
subsection (a) and subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 
subsection (b)(1); and 
(2) an identification of the amounts used for 
such purposes. 
(f) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
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SEC. 1208. TED STEVENS CENTER FOR ARCTIC SECURITY 
STUDIES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
plan to establish a Department of Defense Regional 
Center for Security Studies for the Arctic. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the benefits of estab-
lishing such a center, including the manner in 
which the establishment of such a center would 
benefit United States and Department interests 
in the Arctic region. 
(B) A description of the mission and pur-
pose of such a center, including specific policy 
guidance from the Office of the Secretary of De-
fense. 
(C) An analysis of suitable reporting rela-
tionships with the applicable combatant com-
mands. 
(D) An assessment of suitable locations for 
such a center that are—
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(i) in proximity to other academic in-
stitutions that study security implications 
with respect to the Arctic region; 
(ii) in proximity to the designated lead 
for Arctic affairs of the United States 
Northern Command; 
(iii) in proximity to a central hub of 
assigned Arctic-focused Armed Forces so as 
to suitably advance relevant professional de-
velopment of skills unique to the Arctic re-
gion; and 
(iv) in a State located outside the con-
tiguous United States. 
(E) A description of the establishment and 
operational costs of such a center, including 
for— 
(i) military construction for required 
facilities; 
(ii) facility renovation; 
(iii) personnel costs for faculty and 
staff; and 
(iv) other costs the Secretary of Defense 
considers appropriate. 
(F) An evaluation of the existing infrastruc-
ture, resources, and personnel available at mili-
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tary installations and at universities and other 
academic institutions that could reduce the costs 
described in accordance with subparagraph (E). 
(G) An examination of partnership oppor-
tunities with United States allies and partners 
for potential collaboration and burden sharing. 
(H) A description of potential courses and 
programs that such a center could carry out, in-
cluding— 
(i) core, specialized, and advanced 
courses; 
(ii) planning workshops; 
(iii) seminars; 
(iv) 
confidence-building 
initiatives; 
and 
(v) academic research. 
(I) A description of any modification to 
title 10, United States Code, necessary for the ef-
fective operation of such a center. 
(3) FORM.—The plan required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than 30 days after 
the submittal of the plan required by subsection (a),
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and subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
Secretary of Defense may establish and administer a 
Department of Defense Regional Center for Security 
Studies for the Arctic, to be known as the ‘‘Ted Ste-
vens Center for Arctic Security Studies’’, for the pur-
pose described in section 342(a) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(2) LOCATION.—The Ted Stevens Center for Arc-
tic Security Studies may be located— 
(A) in proximity to other academic institu-
tions that study security implications with re-
spect to the Arctic region; 
(B) in proximity to the designated lead for 
Arctic affairs of the United States Northern 
Command; 
(C) in proximity to a central hub of as-
signed Arctic-focused Armed Forces so as to suit-
ably advance relevant professional development 
of skills unique to the Arctic region; and 
(D) in a State located outside the contig-
uous United States. 
SEC. 1209. FUNCTIONAL CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES 
IN IRREGULAR WARFARE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report that assesses the merits and feasibility of estab-
lishing and administering a Department of Defense 
Functional Center for Security Studies in Irregular 
Warfare. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the benefits to the 
United States, and the allies and partners of the 
United States, of establishing such a functional 
center, including the manner in which the estab-
lishment of such a functional center would en-
hance and sustain focus on, and advance knowl-
edge and understanding of, matters of irregular 
warfare, including cybersecurity, nonstate actors, 
information operations, counterterrorism, sta-
bility operations, and the hybridization of such 
matters. 
(B) A detailed description of the mission 
and purpose of such a functional center, includ-
ing applicable policy guidance from the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense.
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(C) An analysis of appropriate reporting 
and liaison relationships between such a func-
tional center and— 
(i) the geographic and functional com-
batant commands; 
(ii) other Department of Defense stake-
holders; and 
(iii) other government and nongovern-
ment entities and organizations. 
(D) An enumeration and valuation of cri-
teria applicable to the determination of a suit-
able location for such a functional center. 
(E) A description of the establishment and 
operational costs of such a functional center, in-
cluding for— 
(i) military construction for required 
facilities; 
(ii) facility renovation; 
(iii) personnel costs for faculty and 
staff; and 
(iv) other costs the Secretary of Defense 
considers appropriate. 
(F) An evaluation of the existing infrastruc-
ture, resources, and personnel available at mili-
tary installations and at universities and other
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academic and research institutions that could re-
duce the costs described in subparagraph (E). 
(G) An examination of partnership oppor-
tunities with United States allies and partners 
for potential collaboration and burden sharing. 
(H) A description of potential courses and 
programs that such a functional center could 
carry out, including— 
(i) core, specialized, and advanced 
courses; 
(ii) planning workshops and structured 
after-action reviews or debriefs; 
(iii) seminars; 
(iv) initiatives on executive develop-
ment, relationship building, partnership 
outreach, and any other matter the Sec-
retary of Defense considers appropriate; and 
(v) focused academic research and 
studies in support of Department priorities. 
(I) A description of any modification to 
title 10, United States Code, or any other provi-
sion of law, necessary for the effective establish-
ment and administration of such a functional 
center.
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(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than 30 days after 
the submittal of the report required by subsection (a), 
and subject to the availability of appropriated funds, 
the Secretary of Defense may establish and admin-
ister a Department of Defense Functional Center for 
Security Studies in Irregular Warfare. 
(2) TREATMENT AS A REGIONAL CENTER FOR SE-
CURITY STUDIES.—A Department of Defense Func-
tional Center for Security Studies in Irregular War-
fare established under paragraph (1) shall be operated 
and administered in the same manner as the Depart-
ment of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies 
under section 342 of title 10, United States Code, and 
in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary 
of Defense may prescribe. 
(3) LIMITATION.—No other institution or ele-
ment of the Department may be designated as a De-
partment of Defense functional center, except by an 
Act of Congress. 
(4) LOCATION.—The location of a Department of 
Defense Functional Center for Security Studies in Ir-
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regular Warfare established under paragraph (1) 
shall be selected based on an objective, criteria-driven 
administrative or competitive award process, in ac-
cordance with which the merits of locating such func-
tional center in Tempe, Arizona, may be evaluated to-
gether with other suitable locations. 
SEC. 1210. OPEN TECHNOLOGY FUND. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Open Technology Fund Authorization Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The political, economic, and social benefits of 
the internet are important to advancing democracy 
and freedom throughout the world. 
(2) Authoritarian governments are investing bil-
lions of dollars each year to create, maintain, and ex-
pand repressive internet censorship and surveillance 
systems to limit free association, control access to in-
formation, and prevent citizens from exercising their 
rights to free speech. 
(3) Over 2⁄3 of the world’s population live in 
countries in which the internet is restricted. Govern-
ments shut down the internet more than 200 times 
every year. 
(4) Internet censorship and surveillance tech-
nology is rapidly being exported around the world,
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particularly by the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China, enabling widespread abuses by au-
thoritarian governments. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that it is in the interest of the United States— 
(1) to promote global internet freedom by coun-
tering internet censorship and repressive surveillance; 
(2) to protect the internet as a platform for— 
(A) the free exchange of ideas; 
(B) the promotion of human rights and de-
mocracy; and 
(C) the advancement of a free press; and 
(3) to support efforts that prevent the deliberate 
misuse of the internet to repress individuals from ex-
ercising their rights to free speech and association, in-
cluding countering the use of such technologies by au-
thoritarian regimes. 
(d) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
THE OPEN TECHNOLOGY 
FUND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 309 the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 309A. OPEN TECHNOLOGY FUND. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—
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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 
grantee entity, to be known as the ‘Open Technology 
Fund’, which shall carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—Grants authorized under sec-
tion 305 shall be available to award annual grants to 
the Open Technology fund for the purpose of— 
‘‘(A) promoting, consistent with United 
States law, unrestricted access to uncensored 
sources of information via the internet; and 
‘‘(B) enabling journalists, including jour-
nalists employed by or affiliated with the Voice 
of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 
Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting 
Networks, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, or 
any entity funded by or partnering with the 
United States Agency for Global Media to create 
and disseminate news and information con-
sistent with the purposes, standards, and prin-
ciples specified in sections 302 and 303. 
‘‘(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Open Technology 
Fund shall use grant funds received pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2)— 
‘‘(1) to advance freedom of the press and unre-
stricted access to the internet in repressive environ-
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ments overseas through technology development, rather 
than through media messaging; 
‘‘(2) to research, develop, implement, and main-
tain— 
‘‘(A) technologies that circumvent techniques 
used by authoritarian governments, nonstate ac-
tors, and others to block or censor access to the 
internet, including circumvention tools that by-
pass internet blocking, filtering, and other cen-
sorship techniques used to limit or block legiti-
mate access to content and information; and 
‘‘(B) secure communication tools and other 
forms of privacy and security technology that fa-
cilitate the creation and distribution of news and 
enable audiences to access media content on 
censored websites; 
‘‘(3) to advance internet freedom by supporting 
private and public sector research, development, im-
plementation, and maintenance of technologies that 
provide secure and uncensored access to the internet 
to counter attempts by authoritarian governments, 
nonstate actors, and others to improperly restrict free-
dom online; 
‘‘(4) to research and analyze emerging technical 
threats and develop innovative solutions through col-
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laboration with the private and public sectors to 
maintain the technological advantage of the United 
States Government over authoritarian governments, 
nonstate actors, and others; 
‘‘(5) to develop, acquire, and distribute requisite 
internet freedom technologies and techniques for the 
United States Agency for Global Media, in accordance 
with paragraph (2), and digital security interven-
tions, to fully enable the creation and distribution of 
digital content between and to all users and regional 
audiences; 
‘‘(6) to prioritize programs for countries, the 
governments of which restrict freedom of expression 
on the internet, that are important to the national in-
terest of the United States in accordance with section 
7050(b)(2)(C) of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (division G of Public Law 116–94); and 
‘‘(7) to carry out any other effort consistent with 
the purposes of this Act or press freedom overseas if 
requested or approved by the United States Agency 
for Global Media. 
‘‘(c) METHODOLOGY.—In carrying out subsection (b), 
the Open Technology Fund shall—
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‘‘(1)(A) support fully open-source tools, code, and 
components, to the extent practicable, to ensure such 
supported tools and technologies are as secure, trans-
parent, and accessible as possible; and 
‘‘(B) require that any such tools, components, 
code, or technology supported by the Open Technology 
Fund remain fully open-source, to the extent prac-
ticable; 
‘‘(2) support technologies that undergo com-
prehensive security audits to ensure that such tech-
nologies are secure and have not been compromised in 
a manner detrimental to the interests of the United 
States or to individuals or organizations benefitting 
from programs supported by the Open Technology 
Fund; 
‘‘(3) review and periodically update, as nec-
essary, security auditing procedures used by the Open 
Technology Fund to reflect current industry security 
standards; 
‘‘(4) establish safeguards to mitigate the use of 
such supported technologies for illicit purposes; 
‘‘(5) solicit project proposals through an open, 
transparent, and competitive application process to 
attract innovative applications and reduce barriers to 
entry;
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‘‘(6)(A) seek input from technical, regional, and 
subject matter experts from a wide range of relevant 
disciplines; and 
‘‘(B) to review, provide feedback, and evaluate 
proposals to ensure that the most competitive projects 
are funded; 
‘‘(7) implement an independent review process, 
through which proposals are reviewed by such experts 
to ensure the highest degree of technical review and 
due diligence; 
‘‘(8) maximize cooperation with the public and 
private sectors, foreign allies, and partner countries 
to maximize efficiencies and eliminate duplication of 
efforts; and 
‘‘(9) utilize any other methodology approved by 
the United States Agency for Global Media in further-
ance of the mission of the Open Technology Fund. 
‘‘(d) GRANT AGREEMENT.—Any grant agreement with, 
or grants made to, the Open Technology Fund under this 
section shall be subject to the following limitations and re-
strictions: 
‘‘(1) The headquarters of the Open Technology 
Fund and its senior administrative and managerial 
staff shall be located in a location which ensures econ-
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omy, operational effectiveness, and accountability to 
the United States Agency for Global Media. 
‘‘(2) Grants awarded under this section shall be 
made pursuant to a grant agreement requiring that— 
‘‘(A) grant funds are only used only activi-
ties consistent with this section; and 
‘‘(B) failure to comply with such require-
ment shall result in termination of the grant 
without further fiscal obligation to the United 
States. 
‘‘(3) Each grant agreement under this section 
shall require that each contract entered into by the 
Open Technology Fund specify that all obligations 
are assumed by the grantee and not by the United 
States Government. 
‘‘(4) Each grant agreement under this section 
shall require that any lease agreements entered into 
by the Open Technology Fund shall be, to the max-
imum extent possible, assignable to the United States 
Government. 
‘‘(5) Administrative and managerial costs for 
operation of the Open Technology Fund— 
‘‘(A) should be kept to a minimum; and 
‘‘(B) to the maximum extent feasible, should 
not exceed the costs that would have been in-
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curred if the Open Technology Fund had been 
operated as a Federal entity rather than as a 
grantee. 
‘‘(6) Grant funds may not be used for any activ-
ity whose purpose is influencing the passage or defeat 
of legislation considered by Congress. 
‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP TO THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Open Technology Fund 
shall be subject to the oversight and governance by the 
United States Agency for Global Media in accordance 
with section 305. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—The United States Agency 
for Global Media, its broadcast entities, and the Open 
Technology Fund should render such assistance to 
each other as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of this section or any other provision under this 
Act. 
‘‘(3) NOT A FEDERAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMEN-
TALITY.—Nothing in this section may be construed to 
make the Open Technology Fund an agency or instru-
mentality of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(4) DETAILEES.—Employees of a grantee of the 
United States Agency for Global Media may be de-
tailed to the Agency, in accordance with the Intergov-
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ernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 et 
seq.) and Federal employees may be detailed to a 
grantee of the United States Agency for Global Media, 
in accordance with such Act. 
‘‘(f) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER UNITED STATES GOV-
ERNMENT-FUNDED INTERNET FREEDOM PROGRAMS.—The 
United States Agency for Global Media shall ensure that 
internet freedom research and development projects of the 
Open Technology Fund are deconflicted with internet free-
dom programs of the Department of State and other rel-
evant United States Government departments. Agencies 
should still share information and best practices relating 
to the implementation of subsections (b) and (c). 
‘‘(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Open Technology 
Fund shall highlight, in its annual report, internet 
freedom activities, including a comprehensive assess-
ment of the Open Technology Fund’s activities relat-
ing to the implementation of subsections (b) and (c), 
which shall include— 
‘‘(A) an assessment of the current state of 
global internet freedom, including— 
‘‘(i) trends in censorship and surveil-
lance technologies and internet shutdowns; 
and
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‘‘(ii) the threats such pose to journal-
ists, citizens, and human rights and civil 
society organizations; and 
‘‘(B) a description of the technology projects 
supported by the Open Technology Fund and the 
associated impact of such projects in the most re-
cently completed year, including— 
‘‘(i) the countries and regions in which 
such technologies were deployed; 
‘‘(ii) any associated metrics indicating 
audience usage of such technologies; and 
‘‘(iii) future-year technology project 
initiatives. 
‘‘(2) ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 
THE
OPEN
TECHNOLOGY
FUND.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Inspector General of the Department of State and 
the Foreign Service shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that indicates— 
‘‘(A) whether the Open Technology Fund 
is— 
‘‘(i) technically sound; 
‘‘(ii) cost effective; and 
‘‘(iii) 
satisfying 
the 
requirements 
under this section; and
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‘‘(B) the extent to which the interests of the 
United States are being served by maintaining 
the work of the Open Technology Fund. 
‘‘(h) AUDIT AUTHORITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Financial transactions of the 
Open Technology Fund that relate to functions car-
ried out under this section may be audited by the 
Government Accountability Office in accordance with 
such principles and procedures and under such rules 
and regulations as may be prescribed by the Comp-
troller General of the United States. Any such audit 
shall be conducted at the place or places at which ac-
counts of the Open Technology Fund are normally 
kept. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS
BY
GAO.—The Government Ac-
countability Office shall have access to all books, ac-
counts, records, reports, files, papers, and property be-
longing to or in use by the Open Technology Fund 
pertaining to financial transactions as may be nec-
essary to facilitate an audit. The Government Ac-
countability Office shall be afforded full facilities for 
verifying transactions with any assets held by deposi-
tories, fiscal agents, and custodians. All such books, 
accounts, records, reports, files, papers, and property
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of the Open Technology Fund shall remain in the pos-
session and custody of the Open Technology Fund. 
‘‘(3) EXERCISE
OF
AUTHORITIES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Inspector 
General of the Department of State and the Foreign 
Service is authorized to exercise the authorities of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 with respect to the 
Open Technology Fund.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The United 
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 is 
amended— 
(A) in section 304(d) (22 U.S.C. 6203(d)), 
by inserting ‘‘the Open Technology Fund,’’ before 
‘‘the Middle East Broadcasting Networks’’; 
(B) in sections 305(a)(20) and 310(c) (22 
U.S.C. 6204(a)(20) and 6209(c)), by inserting 
‘‘the Open Technology Fund,’’ before ‘‘or the 
Middle East Broadcasting Networks’’ each place 
such term appears; and 
(C) in section 310 (22 U.S.C. 6209), by in-
serting ‘‘the Open Technology Fund,’’ before 
‘‘and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks’’ 
each place such term appears. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Open
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Technology Fund, which shall be used to carry out 
section 309A of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994, as added by paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 
(B) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
(e) UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUB-
LIC DIPLOMACY.— Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Re-
form and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is 
amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc-
tober 1, 2025’’. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 
Afghanistan and Pakistan 
SEC. 1211. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN COALI-
TION NATIONS FOR SUPPORT PROVIDED TO 
UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1233 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 393), as most recently 
amended by section 1217 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92), is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘beginning on October 1, 2019, 
and ending on December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘begin-
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ning on October 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 
2021’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION TO LIMITATION.—Subsection (d)(1) 
of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘beginning on October 1, 2019, 
and ending on December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘be-
ginning on October 1, 2020, and ending on December 
31, 2021’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$450,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$180,000,000’’. 
SEC. 
1212. 
EXTENSION 
AND 
MODIFICATION 
OF 
COM-
MANDERS’ EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM. 
Section 1201 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 
1619), as most recently amended by section 1208(a) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116–92), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$2,500,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2,000,000’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking the subsection 
designation and heading and all that follows through
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the period at the end of paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 
2021, not later than 45 days after the end of each 
quarter fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report 
regarding the source of funds and the allocation and 
use of funds during that quarter fiscal year that were 
made available pursuant to the authority provided in 
this section or under any other provision of law for 
the purposes of the program under subsection (a).’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 1213. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT 
FOR RECONCILIATION ACTIVITIES LED BY 
THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE COV-
ERED SUPPORT.—Subsection (a) of section 1218 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–92) is amended— 
(1) by striking the subsection designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘The Secretary 
of Defense’’ and inserting the following:
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‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE COVERED SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Secretary of Defense’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts 
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available for the Department of Defense by this Act 
may not be obligated or expended to provide covered 
support until the date on which the Secretary of De-
fense submits to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress the report required by subsection (b).’’. 
(b) PARTICIPATION IN RECONCILIATION ACTIVITIES.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (i) through (k) 
as subsections (j) through (l), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following 
new subsection (i): 
‘‘(i) PARTICIPATION
IN
RECONCILIATION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Covered support may only be used to support a rec-
onciliation activity that— 
‘‘(1) includes the participation of members of the 
Government of Afghanistan; and 
‘‘(2) does not restrict the participation of 
women.’’.
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(c) EXTENSION.—Subsection (k) of such section, as so 
redesignated, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(d) EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERED SUPPORT.—Such 
section is further amended in paragraph (2)(B) of sub-
section (l), as so redesignated— 
(1) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, reimbursement 
for travel or lodging, and stipends or per diem pay-
ments’’ before the period at the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iii) Any activity involving one or 
more members of an organization des-
ignated as a foreign terrorist organization 
pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) or an 
individual designated as a specially des-
ignated global terrorist pursuant to Execu-
tive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; re-
lating to blocking property and prohibiting 
transactions with persons who commit, 
threaten to commit, or support terrorism).’’. 
SEC. 1214. SENSE OF SENATE ON SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA 
PROGRAM FOR AFGHAN ALLIES. 
It is the sense of the Senate that—
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(1) the special immigrant visa program for Af-
ghan allies is critical to the mission in Afghanistan 
and the long-term interests of the United States; 
(2) maintaining a robust special immigrant visa 
program for Afghan allies is necessary to support 
United States Government personnel in Afghanistan 
who need translation, interpretation, security, and 
other services; 
(3) Afghan allies routinely risk their lives to as-
sist United States military and diplomatic personnel; 
(4) honoring the commitments made to Afghan 
allies with respect to the special immigrant visa pro-
gram is essential to ensuring— 
(A) the continued service and safety of such 
allies; and 
(B) the willingness of other like-minded in-
dividuals to provide similar services in any fu-
ture contingency; 
(5) the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 
U.S.C. 1101 note) states that all Government-con-
trolled processing of applications for special immi-
grant visas under that Act ‘‘should be completed not 
later than 9 months after the date on which an eligi-
ble alien submits all required materials to complete 
an application for such visa’’;
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(6) any backlog in processing special immigrant 
visa applications should be addressed as quickly as 
possible so as to honor the United States commitment 
to Afghan allies as soon as possible; 
(7) failure to process such applications in an ex-
peditious manner puts lives at risk and jeopardizes a 
critical element of support to United States oper-
ations in Afghanistan; and 
(8) to prevent harm to the operations of the 
United States Government in Afghanistan, additional 
visas should be made available to principal aliens 
who are eligible for special immigrant status under 
that Act. 
SEC. 1215. SENSE OF SENATE AND REPORT ON UNITED 
STATES PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that— 
(1) the United States and our coalition partners 
have made progress in the fight against al-Qaeda and 
ISIS in Afghanistan; however, both groups— 
(A) maintain an ability to operate in Af-
ghanistan; 
(B) seek to undermine stability in the re-
gion; and
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(C) threaten the security of Afghanistan, the 
United States, and the allies of the United 
States; 
(2) the South Asia strategy correctly emphasizes 
the importance of a conditions-based United States 
presence in Afghanistan; therefore, any decision to 
withdraw the Armed Forces of the United States from 
Afghanistan should be done in an orderly manner in 
response to conditions on the ground, and in coordi-
nation with the Government of Afghanistan and 
United States allies and partners in the Resolute 
Support mission, rather than arbitrary timelines; 
(3) a precipitous withdrawal of the Armed 
Forces of the United States and United States diplo-
matic and intelligence personnel from Afghanistan 
without effective, countervailing efforts to secure gains 
in Afghanistan may allow violent extremist groups to 
regenerate, threatening the security of the Afghan peo-
ple and creating a security vacuum that could desta-
bilize the region and provide ample safe haven for ex-
tremist groups seeking to conduct external attacks; 
(4) ongoing diplomatic efforts to secure a peace-
ful, negotiated solution to the conflict in Afghanistan 
are the best path forward for establishing long-term
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stability and eliminating the threat posed by extrem-
ist groups in Afghanistan; 
(5) the United States supports international dip-
lomatic efforts to facilitate peaceful, negotiated resolu-
tion to the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan on terms 
that respect the rights of innocent civilians and deny 
safe havens to terrorists; and 
(6) as part of such diplomatic efforts, and as a 
condition to be met prior to withdrawal, the United 
States should seek to secure the release of any United 
States citizens being held against their will in Af-
ghanistan. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 1, 
2020, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representative a report that includes— 
(A) an assessment of— 
(i) the external threat posed by extrem-
ist groups operating in Afghanistan to the 
United States homeland and the homelands 
of United States allies; 
(ii) the impact of cessation of United 
States counterterrorism activities on the
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size, strength, and external aims of such 
groups; and 
(iii) the international financial sup-
port the Afghan National Defense and Secu-
rity Forces requires in order to maintain 
current operational capabilities, including 
force cohesion and combat effectiveness; 
(B) a plan for the orderly transition of all 
security-related tasks currently undertaken by 
the Armed Forces of the United States in support 
of the Afghan National Defense and Security 
Forces to Afghanistan, including— 
(i) precision targeting of Afghanistan- 
based terrorists; 
(ii) combat-enabler support, such as 
artillery and aviation assets; and 
(iii) noncombat-enabler support, such 
as intelligence, surveillance and reconnais-
sance, medical evacuation, and contractor 
logistic support; and 
(C) an update on the status of any United 
States citizens detained in Afghanistan, and an 
overview of Administration efforts to secure their 
release.
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(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
contain a classified annex. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to 
Syria, Iraq, and Iran 
SEC. 1221. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY AND LIMITATION ON 
USE OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO 
COUNTER THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND 
SYRIA. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1236 of the 
Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3558), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 1233(a) of the John S. McCain National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 
132 Stat. 2039), is further amended, in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Subsection (g) of such section 1236, as 
most recently amended by section 1221 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2020 (Public Law 
116–92), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for the Department of Defense for
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Overseas Contingency Operations for fiscal year 2021, 
not more than $322,500,000 may be used to carry out 
this section. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION AND REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated under paragraph (1), not 
more than 25 percent may be obligated or ex-
pended until the date on which the Secretary of 
Defense submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that includes the following: 
‘‘(i) An explanation of the manner in 
which such support aligns with the objec-
tives contained in the national defense 
strategy. 
‘‘(ii) A description of the manner in 
which such support is synchronized with 
larger whole-of-government funding efforts 
to strengthen the bilateral relationship be-
tween the United States and Iraq. 
‘‘(iii) A description of— 
‘‘(I) actions taken by the Govern-
ment of Iraq to assert control over pop-
ular mobilization forces; and
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‘‘(II) the role of popular mobiliza-
tion forces in the national security ap-
paratus of Iraq. 
‘‘(iv) A plan to fully transition secu-
rity assistance for the Iraqi Security Forces 
from the Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and 
Syria Train and Equip Fund to standing 
security assistance authorities managed by 
the Defense Security Cooperation Agency 
and the Department of State by not later 
than September 30, 2022. 
‘‘(B) FORM.—The report under subpara-
graph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form 
but may include a classified annex.’’. 
SEC. 1222. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO VETTED SYRIAN 
GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS. 
Section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (Public Law 113–291; 127 Stat. 3541), as most re-
cently amended by section 1222(a) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116– 
92), is further amended—
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘THE 
VETTED
SYRIAN
OPPOSITION’’ and inserting 
‘‘VETTED SYRIAN GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’; 
(3) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
(4) by redesignating subsections (d) through (m) 
as subsections (b) through (k), respectively; and 
(5) in paragraph (2) of subsection (b), as so re-
designated— 
(A) in subparagraph (J)(iii), by redesig-
nating subclause (I) as subparagraph (M) and 
moving the subparagraph four ems to the left; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (F) and (G) through (J) as subpara-
graphs (B) through (G) and (I) through (L), re-
spectively; 
(C) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 
as so redesignated, the following new subpara-
graph (A): 
‘‘(A) An accounting of the obligation and 
expenditure of authorized funding for the current 
and preceding fiscal year.’’;
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(D) by inserting after subparagraph (G), as 
so redesignated, the following new subparagraph 
(H): 
‘‘(H) The mechanisms and procedures that 
will be used to monitor and report to the appro-
priate congressional committees and leadership 
of the Senate and House of Representatives any 
unauthorized end-use of provided training and 
equipment or other violations of relevant law by 
appropriately vetted recipients.’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(N) Any other matter the Secretary con-
siders appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 1223. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES 
OF THE OFFICE OF SECURITY COOPERATION 
IN IRAQ. 
(a) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—Subsection (c) of sec-
tion 1215 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2015 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2021’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$15,000,000’’.
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(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Subsection (d) of such section 
is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2021’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—Subsection (f) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and 
inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021’’. 
(d) REPORT.—Subsection (g)(1) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 1, 2021’’. 
(e) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Sub-
section (h) of such section is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (1); 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
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(4) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘The development of a staffing plan’’ and in-
serting ‘‘A progress report with respect to the develop-
ment of a staffing plan’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘The initiation’’ and inserting ‘‘A progress 
report with respect to the initiation’’. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to 
Europe and the Russian Federation 
SEC. 1231. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON MILITARY CO-
OPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 
AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
Section 1232(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2488), as most recently amended by section 1231 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–92), is further amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, 2019, or 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019, 2020, or 2021’’. 
SEC. 1232. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS RE-
LATING TO SOVEREIGNTY OF THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION OVER CRIMEA. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2021 for the De-
partment of Defense may be obligated or expended to, and
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the Department may not, implement any activity that rec-
ognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Cri-
mea. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense, with the con-
currence of the Secretary of State, may waive the prohibi-
tion under subsection (a) if the Secretary of Defense— 
(1) determines that a waiver is in the national 
security interest of the United States; and 
(2) on the date on which the waiver is invoked, 
submits a notification of the waiver and a justifica-
tion of the reason for seeking the waiver to— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 1233. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SE-
CURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE. 
Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 
1068), as most recently amended by section 1244 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–92), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)—
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(A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in clause (v), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(vi) transformation of command and 
control structures and roles in line with 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization prin-
ciples; and 
‘‘(vii) improvement of human resources 
management, including to support career 
management reforms, enhanced social sup-
port to military personnel and their fami-
lies, and professional military education 
systems.’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (5) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(5) LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds avail-
able for fiscal year 2021 pursuant to subsection (f)(6), 
$125,000,000 shall be available only for lethal assist-
ance described in paragraphs (2), (3), (11), (12), 
(13), and (14) of subsection (b).’’;
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(2) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) For fiscal year 2021, $250,000,000.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 
SEC. 1234. REPORT ON CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY RE-
QUIREMENTS 
OF 
MILITARY 
FORCES 
OF 
UKRAINE AND RESOURCE PLAN FOR SECU-
RITY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report on the capability 
and capacity requirements of the military forces of Ukraine, 
which shall include the following: 
(1) An analysis of the capability gaps and ca-
pacity shortfalls of the military forces of Ukraine that 
includes— 
(A) an assessment of the requirements of the 
navy of Ukraine to accomplish its assigned mis-
sions; and 
(B) an assessment of the requirements of the 
air force of Ukraine to accomplish its assigned 
missions.
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(2) An assessment of the relative priority as-
signed by the Government of Ukraine to addressing 
such capability gaps and capacity shortfalls. 
(3) An assessment of the capability gaps and ca-
pacity shortfalls that— 
(A) could be addressed in a sufficient and 
timely manner by unilateral efforts of the Gov-
ernment of Ukraine; and 
(B) are unlikely to be addressed in a suffi-
cient and timely manner solely through unilat-
eral efforts. 
(4) An assessment of the capability gaps and ca-
pacity shortfalls described in paragraph (3)(B) that 
could be addressed in a sufficient and timely manner 
by— 
(A) the Ukraine Security Assistance Initia-
tive of the Department of Defense; 
(B) Department of Defense security assist-
ance authorized by section 333 of title 10, United 
States Code; 
(C) the Foreign Military Financing and 
Foreign Military Sales programs of the Depart-
ment of State; or 
(D) the provision of excess defense articles.
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(5) An assessment of the human resources re-
quirements of the Office of Defense Cooperation at the 
United States Embassy in Kyiv and any gaps in the 
capacity of such Office of Defense Cooperation to pro-
vide security assistance to Ukraine. 
(6) Any recommendations the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of State consider appropriate 
concerning the coordination of security assistance ef-
forts of the Department of Defense and the Depart-
ment of State with respect to Ukraine. 
(b) RESOURCE PLAN.—Not later than February 15, 
2022, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 
shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a resource plan for United States security assistance 
with respect to Ukraine, which shall include the following: 
(1) A plan to resource the following initiatives 
and programs with respect to Ukraine in fiscal year 
2023 and the four succeeding fiscal years to meet the 
most critical capability gaps and capacity shortfalls 
of the military forces of Ukraine: 
(A) The Ukraine Security Assistance Initia-
tive of the Department of Defense. 
(B) Department of Defense security assist-
ance authorized by section 333 of title 10, United 
States Code.
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2023 and the four succeeding fiscal years that will be 
essential for— 
(A) enabling effective use and sustainment 
of capabilities developed under security assist-
ance authorities described in this section; 
(B) enhancing the defense of the sovereignty 
and territorial integrity of Ukraine; 
(C) achieving the stated goal of the Govern-
ment of Ukraine of meeting North Atlantic Trea-
ty Organization standards; and 
(D) allowing Ukraine to achieve its full po-
tential as a strategic partner of the United 
States. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) and 
the resource plan required by subsection (b) shall each be 
submitted in a classified form with an unclassified sum-
mary. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and
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(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1235. SENSE OF SENATE ON NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY 
ORGANIZATION ENHANCED OPPORTUNITIES 
PARTNER STATUS FOR UKRAINE. 
It is the sense of the Senate that— 
(1) the United States should support the designa-
tion of Ukraine as an enhanced opportunities partner 
as part of the Partnership Interoperability Initiative 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 
(2) the participation of Ukraine in the enhanced 
opportunities partner program is in the shared secu-
rity interests of Ukraine, the United States, and the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance; 
(3) the unique experience, capabilities, and tech-
nical expertise of Ukraine, especially with respect to 
hybrid 
warfare, 
cybersecurity, 
and 
foreign 
disinformation, would enable Ukraine to make a posi-
tive contribution to the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization alliance through participation in the en-
hanced opportunities partner program; 
(4) while not a replacement for North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization membership, participation in 
the enhanced opportunities partner program would
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have significant benefits for the security of Ukraine, 
including— 
(A) more regular consultations on security 
matters; 
(B) enhanced access to interoperability pro-
grams and exercises; 
(C) expanded information sharing; and 
(D) improved coordination of crisis pre-
paredness and response; and 
(5) progress on defense institutional reforms in 
Ukraine, including defense institutional reforms in-
tended to align the military forces of Ukraine with 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization standards, re-
mains essential for— 
(A) a more effective defense of the sov-
ereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine; 
(B) allowing Ukraine to achieve its full po-
tential as a strategic partner of the United 
States; and 
(C) increased cooperation between Ukraine 
and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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SEC. 1236. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRAINING FOR 
EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONAL SECURITY 
FORCES IN THE COURSE OF MULTILATERAL 
EXERCISES. 
Subsection (h) of section 1251 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 333 
note), as most recently amended by section 1247 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–92) is further amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘the pe-
riod beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on De-
cember 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘the period beginning 
on October 1, 2015, and ending on December 31, 
2023’’. 
SEC. 1237. SENSE OF SENATE ON KOSOVO AND THE ROLE 
OF THE KOSOVO FORCE OF THE NORTH AT-
LANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION. 
It is the sense of the Senate that— 
(1) normalization of relations between Kosovo 
and Serbia is in the interest of both countries and 
would enhance security and stability in the Western 
Balkans; 
(2) the United States should continue to support 
the diplomatic efforts of Kosovo and Serbia to reach
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a historic agreement to normalize relations between 
the two countries; 
(3) mutual recognition should be a central ele-
ment of normalization of relations between Kosovo 
and Serbia; 
(4) both Kosovo and Serbia should refrain from 
actions that would make an agreement more difficult 
to achieve; 
(5) the Kosovo Force of the North Atlantic Trea-
ty Organization continues to play an indispensable 
role in maintaining security and stability, which are 
the essential predicates for the success of the diplo-
matic efforts of Kosovo and Serbia to achieve normal-
ization of relations; 
(6) the participation of the United States Armed 
Forces in the Kosovo Force is foundational to the 
credibility and success of mission of the Kosovo Force; 
(7) with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
allies and other European partners contributing over 
80 percent of the troops for the mission, the Kosovo 
Force represents a positive example of burden shar-
ing; 
(8) together with the allies and partners of the 
United States, the United States should—
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(A) maintain its commitment to the Kosovo 
Force; and 
(B) take all appropriate steps to ensure that 
the Kosovo Force has the necessary personnel, ca-
pabilities, and resources to perform its critical 
mission; and 
(9) the United States should continue to support 
the gradual transition of the Kosovo Security Force to 
a multi-ethnic army for the Republic of Kosovo that 
is interoperable with North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion members through an inclusive and transparent 
process that— 
(A) respects the rights and concerns of all 
citizens of Kosovo; 
(B) promotes regional security and sta-
bility; and 
(C) supports the aspirations of Kosovo for 
eventual full membership in the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization. 
SEC. 1238. SENSE OF SENATE ON STRATEGIC COMPETITION 
WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND RE-
LATED ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
It is the sense of the Senate that—
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(1) the 2018 National Defense Strategy affirms 
the re-emergence of long-term strategic competition 
with the Russian Federation as a principal priority 
for the Department of Defense that requires sustained 
investment due to the magnitude of the threat posed 
to United States security, prosperity, and alliances 
and partnerships; 
(2) given the continued military modernization 
of the Russian Federation, including the development 
of long-range strike systems and other advanced capa-
bilities, the United States should prioritize efforts 
within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to im-
plement timely measures to ensure that the deterrence 
and defense posture of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization remains credible and effective; 
(3) the United States should reaffirm support for 
the open-door policy of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization; 
(4) to enhance deterrence against aggression by 
the Russian Federation, the Department of Defense 
should— 
(A) continue— 
(i) to prioritize funding for the Euro-
pean Deterrence Initiative to address capa-
bility gaps, capacity shortfalls, and infra-
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structure requirements of the Joint Force in 
Europe; 
(ii) to increase pre-positioned stocks of 
equipment in Europe; and 
(iii) rotational deployments of United 
States forces to Romania and Bulgaria 
while pursuing training opportunities at 
military locations such as Camp Mihail 
Kogalniceanu in Romania and Novo Selo 
Training Area in Bulgaria; 
(B) increase— 
(i) focus and resources to address the 
changing military balance in the Black Sea 
region; 
(ii) the frequency, scale, and scope of 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization and 
other multilateral exercises in the Black Sea 
region, including with the participation of 
Ukraine and Georgia; and 
(iii) presence and activities in the Arc-
tic, including special operations training 
and naval operations and training; 
(C) maintain robust naval presence at 
Souda Bay, Greece, and pursue opportunities for
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increased United States presence at other loca-
tions in Greece; 
(D) enhance military-to-military engage-
ment among Western Balkan countries to pro-
mote interoperability with the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization and regional security co-
operation; and 
(E) expand information sharing, improve 
planning coordination, and increase the fre-
quency, scale, and scope of exercises with Sweden 
and Finland to deepen interoperability; and 
(5) to counter Russian Federation activities 
short of armed conflict, the Department of Defense 
should— 
(A) integrate with United States inter-
agency efforts to employ all elements of national 
power to counter Russian Federation hybrid 
warfare; and 
(B) bolster the capabilities of allies and 
partners to counteract Russian Federation coer-
cion, including through expanded cyber coopera-
tion 
and 
enhanced 
resilience 
against 
disinformation and malign influence.
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SEC. 1239. REPORT ON RUSSIAN FEDERATION SUPPORT OF 
RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY MOTIVATED VIO-
LENT EXTREMISTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
in consultation with the head of any other relevant Federal 
department or agency, shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report on Russian Federation support 
of racially and ethnically motivated violent extremist 
groups and networks in Europe and the United States, in-
cluding such support provided by agents and entities of the 
Russian Federation acting at the direction or for the benefit 
of the Government of the Russian Federation. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A list of each racially or ethnically motivated 
violent extremist group or network in Europe or the 
United States known to meet, or suspected of meeting, 
the following criteria: 
(A) The group or network has been targeted 
or recruited by the security services of the Rus-
sian Federation. 
(B) The group or network has received sup-
port (including training, disinformation or am-
plification on social media platforms, financial 
support, and any other support) from the Rus-
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sian Federation or an agent or entity of the Rus-
sian Federation acting at the direction or for the 
benefit of the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(C) The group— 
(i) has leadership or a base of oper-
ations located within the Russian Federa-
tion; and 
(ii) operates or maintains a chapter or 
network of the group in Europe or the 
United States. 
(2) An assessment of the manner in which Rus-
sian Federation support of such groups or networks 
aligns with the strategic interests of the Russian Fed-
eration with respect to Europe and the United States. 
(3) An assessment of the role of such groups or 
networks in— 
(A) assisting Russian Federation-backed 
separatist forces in the Donbas region of 
Ukraine; or 
(B) destabilizing security on the Crimean 
peninsula of Ukraine. 
(4) An assessment of the manner in which Rus-
sian Federation support of such groups or networks 
has—
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(A) contributed to the destabilization of se-
curity in the Balkans; and 
(B) threatened the support for the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization in Southeastern Eu-
rope. 
(5) A description of any relationship or affili-
ation 
between 
such 
groups 
or 
networks 
and 
ultranationalist or extremist political parties in Eu-
rope and the United States, and an assessment of the 
manner in which the Russian Federation may use 
such a relationship or affiliation to advance the stra-
tegic interests of the Russian Federation. 
(6) A description of the use by the Russian Fed-
eration of social media platforms to support or am-
plify the presence or messaging of such groups or net-
works, and an assessment of any effort in Europe or 
the United States to counter such support or amplifi-
cation. 
(7) A description of the legal and political impli-
cations of the designation of the Russian Imperial 
Movement, and members of the leadership of the Rus-
sian Imperial Movement, as specially designated glob-
al terrorists pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property and 
prohibiting transactions with persons who commit,
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threaten to commit, or support terrorism) and the re-
sponse of the Government of the Russian Federation 
to such designation. 
(8) Recommendations of the Secretary of Defense, 
consistent with a whole-of-government approach to 
countering Russian Federation information warfare 
and malign influence operations— 
(A) to mitigate the security threat posed by 
such groups or networks; and 
(B) to reduce or counter Russian Federation 
support for such groups or networks. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives.
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SEC. 1240. PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN PROGRAM ON 
MULTILATERAL 
EXCHANGE 
OF 
SURFACE 
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 138 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
subsection (l) the following new section 2350m: 
‘‘§ 2350m. Participation in European program on mul-
tilateral exchange of surface transpor-
tation services 
‘‘(a) PARTICIPATION AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may 
authorize the participation of the Department of De-
fense in the Surface Exchange of Services program 
(in this section referred to as the ‘SEOS program’) of 
the Movement Coordination Centre Europe. 
‘‘(2) SCOPE
OF
PARTICIPATION.—Participation 
of the Department of Defense in the SEOS program 
under paragraph (1) may include— 
‘‘(A) the reciprocal exchange or transfer of 
surface transportation on a reimbursable basis 
or by replacement-in-kind; and 
‘‘(B) the exchange of surface transportation 
services of an equal value. 
‘‘(b) WRITTEN ARRANGEMENT OR AGREEMENT.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Participation of the Depart-
ment of Defense in the SEOS program shall be in ac-
cordance with a written arrangement or agreement 
entered into by the Secretary of Defense, with the con-
currence of the Secretary of State, and the Movement 
Coordination Centre Europe. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
notification of any arrangement or agreement entered 
into under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS.—If Department 
of Defense facilities, equipment, or funds are used to 
support the SEOS program, the written arrangement 
or agreement under paragraph (1) shall specify the 
details of any equitable cost-sharing or other funding 
arrangement. 
‘‘(4) OTHER ELEMENTS.—Any written arrange-
ment or agreement entered into under paragraph (1) 
shall require that any accrued credits or liability re-
sulting from an unequal exchange or transfer of sur-
face transportation services shall be liquidated 
through the SEOS program not less than once every 
five years.
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‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out any arrange-
ment or agreement entered into under subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Defense may— 
‘‘(1) pay the equitable share of the Department 
of Defense for the operating expenses of the Movement 
Coordination Centre Europe and the SEOS program 
from funds available to the Department of Defense for 
operation and maintenance; and 
‘‘(2) assign members of the armed forces or De-
partment of Defense civilian personnel, within billets 
authorized for the United States European Command, 
to duty at the Movement Coordination Centre Europe 
as necessary to fulfill Department of Defense obliga-
tions under that arrangement or agreement. 
‘‘(d) CREDITING OF RECEIPTS.—Any amount received 
by the Department of Defense as part of the SEOS program 
shall be credited, at the option of the Secretary of Defense, 
to— 
‘‘(1) the appropriation, fund, or account used in 
incurring the obligation for which such amount is re-
ceived; or 
‘‘(2) an appropriate appropriation, fund, or ac-
count currently available for the purposes for which 
the expenditures were made. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the end of each fiscal year in which the authority 
under this section is in effect, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on Department of Defense participation in the 
SEOS program during such fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of the equitable share of 
the costs and activities of the SEOS program 
paid by the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(B) A description of any amount received 
by the Department of Defense as part of such 
program, including the country from which the 
amount was received. 
‘‘(f) LIMITATION
ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the 
use of foreign sealift in violation of section 2631.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2350l the following new 
item: 
‘‘2350m. Participation in European program on multilateral exchange of surface 
transportation services.’’.
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SEC. 1241. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS RELATING TO CO-
ORDINATION OR EXCHANGE OF AIR REFUEL-
ING AND AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 138 of 
title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1240(a), 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 2350o. Participation in programs relating to co-
ordination or exchange of air refueling 
and air transportation services 
‘‘(a) PARTICIPATION AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may 
authorize the participation of the Department of De-
fense in programs relating to the coordination or ex-
change of air refueling and air transportation serv-
ices, including in the arrangement known as the Air 
Transport and Air-to-Air Refueling and other Ex-
changes of Services program (in this section referred 
to as the ‘ATARES program’). 
‘‘(2) SCOPE
OF
PARTICIPATION.—Participation 
of the Department of Defense in programs referred to 
in paragraph (1) may include— 
‘‘(A) the reciprocal exchange or transfer of 
air refueling and air transportation services on
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a reimbursable basis or by replacement-in-kind; 
and 
‘‘(B) the exchange of air refueling and air 
transportation services of an equal value. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO PARTICIPA-
TION IN ATARES PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Department of De-
fense balance of executed flight hours in partici-
pation in the ATARES program under para-
graph (1), whether as credits or debits, may not 
exceed a total of 500 hours. 
‘‘(B) AIR REFUELING.—The Department of 
Defense balance of executed flight hours for air 
refueling in participation in the ATARES pro-
gram under paragraph (1) may not exceed 200 
hours. 
‘‘(b) WRITTEN ARRANGEMENT OR AGREEMENT.—Par-
ticipation of the Department of Defense in a program re-
ferred to in subsection (a)(1) shall be in accordance with 
a written arrangement or agreement entered into by the 
Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
of State. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out any arrange-
ment or agreement entered into under subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Defense may—
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‘‘(1) pay the equitable share of the Department 
of Defense for the recurring and nonrecurring costs of 
the applicable program referred to in subsection 
(a)(1) from funds available to the Department for op-
eration and maintenance; and 
‘‘(2) assign members of the armed forces or De-
partment of Defense civilian personnel to fulfill De-
partment obligations under that arrangement or 
agreement.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such subchapter, as amended by section 
1240(b), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘2350o. Participation in programs relating to coordination or exchange of air re-
fueling and air transportation services.’’. 
(c) REPEAL.—Section 1276 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (10 U.S.C. 2350c 
note) is repealed. 
SEC. 1242. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SUPPORT FOR COORDI-
NATED ACTION TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF 
BALTIC ALLIES. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the continued security of the Baltic states of 
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania is critical to achiev-
ing United States national security interests and de-
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fense objectives against the acute and formidable 
threat posed by Russia; 
(2) the United States and the Baltic states are 
leaders in the mission of defending independence and 
democracy from aggression and in promoting sta-
bility and security within the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO), with non-NATO partners, and 
with other international organizations such as the 
European Union; 
(3) the Baltic states are model NATO allies in 
terms of burden sharing and capital investment in 
materiel critical to United States and allied security, 
investment of over 2 percent of their gross domestic 
product on defense expenditure, allocating over 20 
percent of their defense budgets on capital moderniza-
tion, matching security assistance from the United 
States, frequently deploying their forces around the 
world in support of allied and United States objec-
tives, and sharing diplomatic, technical, military, 
and analytical expertise on defense and security mat-
ters; 
(4) the United States should continue to 
strengthen bilateral and multilateral defense by, with, 
and through allied nations, particularly those that
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possess expertise and dexterity but do not enjoy the 
benefits of national economies of scale; 
(5) the United States should pursue a dedicated 
initiative focused on defense and security assistance, 
coordination, and planning designed to ensure the 
continued security of the Baltic states and on deter-
ring current and future challenges to the national sov-
ereignty of United States allies and partners in the 
Baltic region; and 
(6) such an initiative should include an innova-
tive and comprehensive conflict deterrence strategy for 
the Baltic region encompassing the unique geography 
of the Baltic states, modern and diffuse threats to 
their land, sea, and air spaces, and necessary im-
provements to their defense posture, including com-
mand-and-control infrastructure, intelligence, surveil-
lance, and reconnaissance capabilities, communica-
tions equipment and networks, and special forces. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the 
Indo-Pacific Region 
SEC. 1251. PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out an initiative to ensure the effective implementa-
tion of the National Defense Strategy with respect to the
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Indo-Pacific region, to be known as the ‘‘Pacific Deterrence 
Initiative’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Initiative’’). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Initiative is to 
carry out only the following activities: 
(1) Activities to increase the lethality of the joint 
force in the Indo-Pacific region, including, but not 
limited to— 
(A) by improving active and passive de-
fenses against theater cruise, ballistic, and 
hypersonic missiles for bases, operating locations, 
and other critical infrastructure at locations 
west of the International Date Line; and 
(B) procurement and fielding of— 
(i) long-range precision strike systems 
to be stationed or pre-positioned west of the 
International Date Line; 
(ii) critical munitions to be pre-posi-
tioned at locations west of the International 
Date Line; and 
(iii) command, control, communica-
tions, computers and intelligence, surveil-
lance, and reconnaissance systems intended 
for stationing or operational use in the 
Indo-Pacific region.
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(2) Activities to enhance the design and posture 
of the joint force in the Indo-Pacific region, includ-
ing, but not limited to, by— 
(A) transitioning from large, centralized, 
and unhardened infrastructure to smaller, dis-
persed, resilient, and adaptive basing at loca-
tions west of the International Date Line; 
(B) increasing the number and capabilities 
of expeditionary airfields and ports in the Indo- 
Pacific region available for operational use at lo-
cations west of the International Date Line; 
(C) enhancing pre-positioned forward stocks 
of fuel, munitions, equipment, and materiel at 
locations west of the International Date Line; 
(D) increasing the availability of strategic 
mobility assets in the Indo-Pacific region; 
(E) improving distributed logistics and 
maintenance capabilities in the Indo-Pacific re-
gion to ensure logistics sustainment while under 
persistent multidomain attack; and 
(F) increasing the presence of the Armed 
Forces at locations west of the International 
Date Line. 
(3) Activities to strengthen alliances and part-
nerships, including, but not limited to, by—
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(A) building capacity of allies and part-
ners; and 
(B) improving— 
(i) interoperability and information 
sharing with allies and partners; and 
(ii) information operations capabilities 
in the Indo-Pacific region, with a focus on 
reinforcing United States commitment to 
allies and partners and countering malign 
influence. 
(4) Activities to carry out a program of exer-
cises, experimentation, and innovation for the joint 
force in the Indo-Pacific region. 
(c) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than February 15, 
2021, the Secretary, in consultation with the Commander 
of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a plan to expend 
not less than the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (e)(2). 
(d) BUDGET DISPLAY INFORMATION.—The Secretary 
shall include in the materials of the Department of Defense 
in support of the budget of the President (submitted to Con-
gress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code) for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter
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a detailed budget display for the Initiative that includes 
the following information: 
(1) A future-years plan with respect to activities 
and resources for the Initiative for the applicable fis-
cal year and not fewer than the four following fiscal 
years. 
(2) With respect to procurement accounts— 
(A) amounts displayed by account, budget 
activity, line number, line item, and line item 
title; and 
(B) a description of the requirements for 
such amounts specific to the Initiative. 
(3) With respect to research, development, test, 
and evaluation accounts— 
(A) amounts displayed by account, budget 
activity, line number, program element, and pro-
gram element title; and 
(B) a description of the requirements for 
such amounts specific to the Initiative. 
(4) With respect to operation and maintenance 
accounts— 
(A) amounts displayed by account title, 
budget activity title, line number, and sub-
activity group title; and
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(B) a description of the specific manner in 
which such amounts will be used. 
(5) With respect to military personnel ac-
counts— 
(A) amounts displayed by account, budget 
activity, budget subactivity, and budget sub-
activity title; and 
(B) a description of the requirements for 
such amounts specific to the Initiative. 
(6) With respect to each project under military 
construction accounts (including with respect to un-
specified minor military construction and amounts 
for planning and design), the country, location, 
project title, and project amount by fiscal year. 
(7) With respect to the activities described in 
subsection (b)— 
(A) amounts displayed by account title, 
budget activity title, line number, and sub-
activity group title; and 
(B) a description of the specific manner in 
which such amounts will be used. 
(8) With respect to each military service— 
(A) amounts displayed by account title, 
budget activity title, line number, and sub-
activity group title; and
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(B) a description of the specific manner in 
which such amounts will be used. 
(9) With respect to the amounts described in 
each of paragraphs (2)(A), (3)(A), (4)(A), (5)(A), (6), 
(7)(A), and (8)(A), a comparison between— 
(A) the amount in the budget of the Presi-
dent for the following fiscal year; and 
(B) the amount projected in the previous 
budget of the President for the following fiscal 
year. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
the activities of the Initiative described in subsection (b) 
the following: 
(1) For fiscal year 2021, $1,406,417,000, as spec-
ified in the funding table in section 4502. 
(2) For fiscal year 2022, $5,500,000,000. 
(f) REPEAL.—Section 1251 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 
91; 131 Stat. 1676), as most recently amended by section 
1253 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 
Stat. 2054), is repealed.
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SEC. 1252. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE UNITED STATES-VIET-
NAM DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP. 
In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the nor-
malization of diplomatic relations between the United 
States and Vietnam, the Senate— 
(1) welcomes the historic progress and achieve-
ments in United States-Vietnam relations over the 
last 25 years; 
(2) congratulates Vietnam on its chairmanship 
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its 
election as a nonpermanent member of the United Na-
tions Security Council, both of which symbolize the 
positive leadership role of Vietnam in regional and 
global affairs; 
(3) commends the commitment of Vietnam to re-
solve international disputes through peaceful means 
on the basis of international law; 
(4) affirms the commitment of the United 
States— 
(A) to respect the independence and sov-
ereignty of Vietnam; and 
(B) to establish and promote friendly rela-
tions and work together on an equal footing for 
mutual benefit with Vietnam; 
(5) encourages the United States and Vietnam to 
elevate their comprehensive partnership to a strategic
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partnership based on mutual understanding, shared 
interests, and a common desire to promote peace, co-
operation, prosperity, and security in the Indo-Pa-
cific region; 
(6) affirms the commitment of the United States 
to continue to address war legacy issues, including 
through dioxin remediation, unexploded ordnance re-
moval, accounting for prisoners of war and soldiers 
missing in action, and other activities; and 
(7) supports deepening defense cooperation be-
tween the United States and Vietnam, including with 
respect to maritime security, cybersecurity, counter-
terrorism, information sharing, humanitarian assist-
ance and disaster relief, military medicine, peace-
keeping operations, defense trade, and other areas. 
SEC. 1253. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS FOR BIEN HOA 
DIOXIN CLEANUP. 
(a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 
2215 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of De-
fense may transfer to the Secretary of State, for use by the 
United States Agency for International Development, 
amounts to be used for the Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup in 
Vietnam.
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(b) LIMITATION
ON
AMOUNT.—Not more than 
$15,000,000 may be transferred in fiscal year 2021 under 
the transfer authority in subsection (a). 
(c) ADDITIONAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The transfer 
authority in subsection (a) is in addition to any other 
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense. 
(d) NOTICE ON EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—If the Sec-
retary of Defense determines to use the transfer authority 
in subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the congres-
sional defense committee of that determination not later 
than 30 days before the Secretary uses the transfer author-
ity. 
SEC. 1254. COOPERATIVE PROGRAM WITH VIETNAM TO AC-
COUNT FOR VIETNAMESE PERSONNEL MISS-
ING IN ACTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in co-
operation with other appropriate Federal departments and 
agencies, is authorized to carry out a cooperative program 
with the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam to assist in ac-
counting for Vietnamese personnel missing in action. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the cooperative pro-
gram under subsection (a) is to carry out the following ac-
tivities: 
(1) Collection, digitization, and sharing of archi-
val information.
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(2) Building the capacity of Vietnam to conduct 
archival research, investigations, and excavations. 
(3) Improving DNA analysis capacity. 
(4) Increasing veteran-to-veteran exchanges. 
(5) Other support activities the Secretary con-
siders necessary and appropriate. 
SEC. 1255. PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES AT KWAJA-
LEIN ATOLL, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL IS-
LANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 767 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 7596. Provision of goods and services at Kwajalein 
Atoll 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary of the Army, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, may provide goods and services, 
including interatoll transportation, to the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and other eligible pa-
trons, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, at Kwaj-
alein Atoll. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Army may not provide goods 
or services under this section if doing so would be incon-
sistent, as determined by the Secretary of State, with the 
Compact of Free Association between the Government of the
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United States and the Government of the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands or any subsidiary agreement or imple-
menting arrangement. 
‘‘(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—(1) The Secretary of the 
Army may collect reimbursement from the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands and eligible patrons 
for the provision of goods or services under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) The amount collected for goods or services under 
this subsection may not be greater than the total amount 
of actual costs to the United States for providing the goods 
or services. 
‘‘(c) NECESSARY EXPENSES.—Amounts appropriated 
to the Department of the Army may be used for necessary 
expenses associated with providing goods and services under 
this section. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
issue regulations to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘7596. Provision of goods and services at Kwajalein Atoll.’’. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than December 31, 2021, the 
Secretary of the Army shall provide to the congressional de-
fense committees a briefing on the use of the authority under 
section 7596(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a), in fiscal year 2021, including a written
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summary describing the goods and services provided on a 
reimbursable basis and the goods and services provided on 
a nonreimbursable basis. 
SEC. 1256. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A MOVEMENT CO-
ORDINATION CENTER PACIFIC IN THE INDO- 
PACIFIC REGION AND PARTICIPATE IN AN AIR 
TRANSPORT AND AIR-TO-AIR REFUELING AND 
OTHER EXCHANGES OF SERVICES PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, may authorize— 
(1) the establishment of a Movement Coordina-
tion Center Pacific (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Center’’); and 
(2) participation of the Department of Defense 
in an Air Transport and Air-to-Air Refueling and 
other Exchanges of Services program (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘ATARES program’’) of the Center. 
(b) SCOPE OF PARTICIPATION.—Participation of the 
Department in the ATARES program shall be limited to— 
(1) the reciprocal exchange or transfer of air 
transportation and air refueling services on a reim-
bursable basis or by replacement-in-kind; and 
(2) the exchange of air transportation or air re-
fueling services of equal value. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—
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(1) TRANSPORTATION HOURS.—The Department 
balance of executed transportation hours in the 
ATARES program, whether as credits or debits, may 
not exceed 500 hours. 
(2) FLIGHT HOURS.—The Department balance of 
executed flight hours for air refueling in the ATARES 
program may not exceed 200 hours. 
(d) WRITTEN ARRANGEMENT OR AGREEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Participation of the Depart-
ment in the ATARES program shall be in accordance 
with a written arrangement or agreement entered into 
by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of State. 
(2) FUNDING
ARRANGEMENTS.—If Department 
facilities, equipment, or funds are used to support the 
ATARES program, the written arrangement or agree-
ment under paragraph (1) shall specify the details of 
any equitable cost-sharing or other funding arrange-
ment. 
(3) OTHER ELEMENTS.—Any written arrange-
ment or agreement entered into under paragraph (1) 
shall require any accrued credit or liability resulting 
from an unequal exchange or transfer of air transpor-
tation or air refueling services to be liquidated
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through the ATARES program not less frequently 
than once every five years. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out any written 
arrangement or agreement entered into under subsection 
(d), the Secretary of Defense may— 
(1) pay the equitable share of the Department for 
the operating expenses of the Center and the ATARES 
program from funds available to the Department for 
operation and maintenance; and 
(2) assign members of the Armed Forces or De-
partment civilian personnel, within billets authorized 
for the United States Indo-Pacific Command, to duty 
at the Center as necessary to fulfill Department obli-
gations under that arrangement or agreement. 
SEC. 1257. TRAINING OF ALLY AND PARTNER AIR FORCES 
IN GUAM. 
(a) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that— 
(1) the memorandum of understanding agreed to 
by the United States and the Republic of Singapore 
on December 6, 2019, to establish a fighter jet train-
ing detachment in Guam should be commended; 
(2) such agreement is a manifestation of the 
strong, enduring, and forward-looking partnership of 
the United States and the Republic of Singapore; and
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(3) the permanent establishment of a fighter de-
tachment in Guam will further enhance the interoper-
ability of the air forces of the United States and the 
Republic of Singapore and provide training opportu-
nities needed to maximize their readiness. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report as-
sessing the merit and feasibility of entering into agreements 
similar to the memorandum of understanding referred to 
in subsection (a)(1) with other United States allies and 
partners in the Indo-Pacific region, including Japan, Aus-
tralia, and India. 
SEC. 1258. STATEMENT OF POLICY AND SENSE OF SENATE 
ON THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) that the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 
96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) and the ‘‘Six Assur-
ances’’ provided by the United States to Taiwan in 
July 1982 are the foundation for United States-Tai-
wan relations; 
(2) that nothing in the Taiwan Relations Act 
(Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) constrains 
deepening, to the extent possible, the extensive, close,
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and friendly relations of the United States and Tai-
wan, including defense relations; 
(3) that the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 
96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) shall be implemented 
and executed in a manner consistent with evolving 
political, security, and economic dynamics and cir-
cumstances; 
(4) that, as set forth in the Taiwan Relations 
Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), the 
United States expects the ‘‘future of Taiwan will be 
determined by peaceful means,’’ and that ‘‘any effort 
to determine the future of Taiwan by other than 
peaceful means’’ is ‘‘a threat to the peace and security 
of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to 
the United States’’; 
(5) that the increasingly coercive and aggressive 
behavior of the People’s Republic of China towards 
Taiwan, including growing military maneuvers tar-
geting Taiwan, is contrary to the expectation of the 
peaceful resolution of the future of Taiwan; 
(6) that, as set forth in the Taiwan Relations 
Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), the 
United States will support the development of capa-
ble, ready, and modern defense forces necessary for
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Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capa-
bility, including by— 
(A) supporting acquisition by Taiwan of 
defense articles and services through foreign mili-
tary sales, direct commercial sales, and indus-
trial cooperation, with an emphasis on capabili-
ties that support the asymmetric defense strategy 
of Taiwan, including antiship, coastal defense, 
antiarmor, air defense, undersea warfare, ad-
vanced command, control, communications, com-
puters, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnais-
sance, and resilient command and control capa-
bilities; 
(B) ensuring timely review of and response 
to requests of Taiwan for defense articles and 
services; 
(C) conducting practical training and mili-
tary exercises with Taiwan, including, as appro-
priate, the Rim of the Pacific exercise, combined 
training at the National Training Center at 
Fort Erwin, and bilateral naval exercises and 
training; 
(D) examining the potential for expanding 
professional military education and technical
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training opportunities in the United States for 
military personnel of Taiwan; 
(E) pursuing a strategy of military engage-
ment with Taiwan that fully integrates ex-
changes at the strategic, policy, and functional 
levels; 
(F) increasing exchanges between senior de-
fense officials and general officers of the United 
States and Taiwan consistent with the Taiwan 
Travel Act (Public Law 115–135; 132 Stat. 341), 
especially for the purpose of enhancing coopera-
tion on defense planning and improving the 
interoperability of the military forces of the 
United States and Taiwan; 
(G) conducting military exchanges with 
Taiwan specifically focused on improving the re-
serve force of Taiwan; and 
(H) expanding cooperation in military 
medicine and humanitarian assistance and dis-
aster relief, including through the participation 
of medical vessels of Taiwan in appropriate exer-
cises with the United States; and 
(7) that, as set forth in the Taiwan Relations 
Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), the 
United States will maintain the capacity ‘‘to resist
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any resort to force or other forms of coercion that 
would jeopardize the security, or the social or eco-
nomic system, of the people on Taiwan’’, including 
the capacity of the United States Armed Forces to 
deny a ‘‘fait accompli’’ operation by the People’s Re-
public of China to rapidly seize control of Taiwan. 
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that the Secretary of Defense should— 
(1) ensure that policy guidance to the Depart-
ment of Defense related to United States-Taiwan de-
fense relations is fully consistent with the statement 
of policy set forth in subsection (a); and 
(2) issue new policy guidance required to carry 
out such policy. 
SEC. 1259. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PORT CALLS IN TAIWAN 
WITH THE USNS COMFORT AND THE USNS 
MERCY . 
It is the sense of Congress that the Department of De-
fense should conduct port calls in Taiwan with the USNS 
Comfort and the USNS Mercy — 
(1) to continue the collaboration between the 
United States and Taiwan on COVID–19 responses, 
which has included— 
(A) research and development of tests, vac-
cines, and medicines; and
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(B) donations of face masks; 
(2) to further improve the cooperation between 
the United States and Taiwan on military medicine 
and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief; 
(3) to allow United States personnel to benefit 
from the expertise of Taiwanese personnel, in light of 
the successful response of Taiwan to COVID–19; and 
(4) to continue the mission of the USNS Comfort 
and the USNS Mercy, which have demonstrated the 
value of the Department capacity to deploy maritime 
medical capabilities worldwide and provide contin-
gency capacity in the United States during signifi-
cant crises. 
SEC. 1260. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE 
TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY WHO ARE 
DEPLOYED TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to reduce the total number 
of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and 
deployed to the Republic of Korea to fewer than 28,500 such 
members of the Armed Forces until 90 days after the date 
on which the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congres-
sional defense committees that— 
(1) such a reduction—
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(A) is in the national security interest of 
the United States; and 
(B) will not significantly undermine the se-
curity of United States allies in the region; and 
(2) the Secretary has appropriately consulted 
with allies of the United States, including the Repub-
lic of Korea and Japan, regarding such a reduction. 
SEC. 1261. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CO-DEVELOPMENT 
WITH JAPAN OF A LONG-RANGE GROUND- 
BASED ANTI-SHIP CRUISE MISSILE SYSTEM. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Department of Defense should prioritize 
consultations with the Ministry of Defense of Japan 
to determine whether a ground-based, long-range anti- 
ship cruise missile system would meet shared defense 
requirements of the United States and Japan; and 
(2) if it is determined that a ground-based, long- 
range anti-ship cruise missile system would meet 
shared defense requirements, the United States and 
Japan should consider co-development of such a sys-
tem. 
SEC. 1262. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON COOPERATION IN 
THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION. 
It is the policy of the United States—
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(1) to strengthen alliances and partnerships in 
the Indo-Pacific region and Europe and with like- 
minded countries around the globe to effectively com-
pete with the People’s Republic of China; and 
(2) to work in collaboration with such allies and 
partners— 
(A) to address significant diplomatic, eco-
nomic, and military challenges posed by the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; 
(B) to deter the People’s Republic of China 
from pursuing military aggression; 
(C) to promote the peaceful resolution of ter-
ritorial disputes in accordance with inter-
national law; 
(D) to promote private sector-led long-term 
economic development while countering efforts by 
the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China to leverage predatory economic practices 
as a means of political and economic coercion in 
the Indo-Pacific region and beyond; 
(E) to promote the values of democracy and 
human rights, including through efforts to end 
the repression by the Chinese Communist Party 
of political dissidents and Uyghurs and other
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ethnic Muslim minorities, Tibetan Buddhists, 
Christians, and other minorities; 
(F) to respond to the crackdown by the Chi-
nese Communist Party, in contravention of the 
commitments made under the Sino-British Joint 
Declaration of 1984 and the Basic Law of Hong 
Kong, on the legitimate aspirations of the people 
of Hong Kong; and 
(G) to counter the Chinese Communist Par-
ty’s efforts to spread disinformation in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China and beyond with respect 
to the response of the Chinese Communist Party 
to COVID–19. 
SEC. 1263. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON COMMERCIAL 
EXPORT OF CERTAIN MUNITIONS TO THE 
HONG KONG POLICE FORCE. 
Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prohibit the 
commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong 
Kong Police Force’’, approved November 27, 2019 (Public 
Law 116–77; 133 Stat. 1174), is amended by striking ‘‘one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘on November 27, 2021’’.
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SEC. 1264. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ASIA REASSURANCE 
INITIATIVE ACT WITH REGARD TO TAIWAN 
ARMS SALES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Department of Defense Indo-Pacific 
Strategy Report, released on June 1, 2019, states: 
‘‘[T]he Asia Reassurance Initiative Act, a major bi-
partisan legislation, was signed into law by President 
Trump on December 31, 2018. This legislation en-
shrines a generational whole-of-government policy 
framework that demonstrates U.S. commitment to a 
free and open Indo-Pacific region and includes initia-
tives that promote sovereignty, rule of law, democ-
racy, economic engagement, and regional security.’’. 
(2) The Indo-Pacific Strategy Report further 
states: ‘‘The United States has a vital interest in up-
holding the rules-based international order, which in-
cludes a strong, prosperous, and democratic Tai-
wan. . .The Department [of Defense] is committed to 
providing Taiwan with defense articles and services 
in such quantity as may be necessary to enable Tai-
wan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability.’’. 
(3) Section 209(b) of the Asia Reassurance Ini-
tiative Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 3301 note), signed into 
law on December 31, 2018—
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(A) builds on longstanding commitments 
enshrined in the Taiwan Relations Act (22 
U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) to provide Taiwan with de-
fense articles; and 
(B) states: ‘‘The President should conduct 
regular transfers of defense articles to Taiwan 
that are tailored to meet the existing and likely 
future threats from the People’s Republic of 
China, including supporting the efforts of Tai-
wan to develop and integrate asymmetric capa-
bilities, as appropriate, including mobile, surviv-
able, and cost-effective capabilities, into its mili-
tary forces.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–409; 132 Stat. 5387) has recommit-
ted the United States to support the close, economic, 
political, and security relationship between the 
United States and Taiwan; and 
(2) the United States should fully implement the 
provisions of that Act with regard to regular defensive 
arms sales to Taiwan. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the
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Secretary of Defense, or their designees, shall brief the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
on the efforts to implement section 209(b) of the Asia Reas-
surance Initiative Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 3301 note). 
Subtitle F—Reports 
SEC. 1271. REVIEW OF AND REPORT ON OVERDUE ACQUISI-
TION 
AND 
CROSS-SERVICING 
AGREEMENT 
TRANSACTIONS. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the official designated to provide oversight of acqui-
sition and cross-servicing agreements under section 2342(f) 
of title 10, United States Code, shall conduct a review of 
acquisition and cross-servicing transactions for which reim-
bursement to the United States is overdue under section 
2345 of that title. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2021, 
the designated official described in subsection (a) shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the results of the review. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) For each acquisition and cross-servicing 
transaction valued at $1,000,000 or more for
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which reimbursement to the United States was 
overdue as of October 1, 2019— 
(i) the total amount of the transaction; 
(ii) the unreimbursed balance of the 
transaction; 
(iii) the date on which the original 
transaction was made; 
(iv) the date on which the most recent 
request for payment was sent to the relevant 
foreign partner; and 
(v) a plan for securing reimbursement 
from the foreign partner. 
(B) A description of the steps taken to im-
plement the recommendations made in the report 
of the Government Accountability Office entitled 
‘‘Defense Logistics Agreements: DOD Should Im-
prove Oversight and Seek Payment from Foreign 
Partners for Thousands of Orders It Identifies as 
Overdue’’ issued in March 2020, including efforts 
to validate data reported under this subsection 
and in the system of record for acquisition and 
cross-servicing agreements of the Department of 
Defense. 
(C) The amount of reimbursement received 
from foreign partners for each order—
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(i) for which the reimbursement is re-
corded as overdue in the system of record 
for acquisition and cross-servicing agree-
ments of the Department of Defense; and 
(ii) that was authorized during the pe-
riod beginning in October 2013 and ending 
in September 2020. 
(D) A plan for improving recordkeeping of 
acquisition and cross-servicing transactions and 
ensuring timely reimbursement by foreign part-
ners. 
(E) Any other matter considered relevant by 
the designated official described in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 1272. REPORT ON BURDEN SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS 
BY DESIGNATED COUNTRIES. 
Section 2350j of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) REPORT
ON CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM 
DESIGNATED COUNTRIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 15 
each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
burden sharing contributions received under this sec-
tion from designated countries.
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‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following for the preceding 
fiscal year: 
‘‘(A) A list of all designated countries from 
which burden sharing contributions were re-
ceived. 
‘‘(B) An explanation of the purpose for 
which each such burden sharing contribution 
was provided. 
‘‘(C) In the case of a written agreement en-
tered into with a designated country under this 
section— 
‘‘(i) the date on which the agreement 
was signed; and 
‘‘(ii) the names of the individuals who 
signed the agreement. 
‘‘(D) For each designated country— 
‘‘(i) the amount provided by the des-
ignated country; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount of any remaining un-
obligated balance. 
‘‘(E) The amount of such burden sharing 
contributions expended, by eligible category, in-
cluding compensation for local national employ-
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ees, military construction projects, and supplies 
and services of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(F) An explanation of any other burden 
sharing or in-kind contribution provided by a 
designated country under an agreement or au-
thority other than the authority provided by this 
section. 
‘‘(G) Any other matter the Secretary of De-
fenses considers relevant. 
‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’. 
SEC. 1273. REPORT ON RISK TO PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, 
AND OPERATIONS DUE TO HUAWEI 5G ARCHI-
TECTURE IN HOST COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
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shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port that contains an assessment of— 
(1) the risk to personnel, equipment, and oper-
ations of the Department of Defense in host countries 
posed by the current or intended use by such countries 
of 5G telecommunications architecture provided by 
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.; and 
(2) measures required to mitigate the risk de-
scribed in paragraph (1), including the merit and 
feasibility of the relocation of certain personnel or 
equipment of the Department to another location 
without the presence of 5G telecommunications archi-
tecture provided by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 
(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in classified form with an unclassified sum-
mary. 
SEC. 1274. ALLIED BURDEN SHARING REPORT. 
(a) FINDING; SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that section 1003 
of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 
(Public Law 98–525; 63 Stat. 2241)— 
(A) expresses the sense of Congress that, due 
to threats that are ever-changing, Congress must 
be informed with respect to allied contributions 
to the common defense to properly assess the
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readiness of the United States and the countries 
described in subsection (b)(2) for threats; and 
(B) requires the Secretary of Defense to sub-
mit to Congress an annual report on the con-
tributions of allies to the common defense. 
(2) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that— 
(A) the threats facing the United States— 
(i) extend beyond the global war on 
terror; and 
(ii) include near-peer threats; and 
(B) the President should seek from each 
country described in subsection (b)(2) acceptance 
of international security responsibilities and 
agreements to make contributions to the common 
defense in accordance with the collective defense 
agreements or treaties to which such country is 
a party. 
(b) REPORTS
ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
THE 
COMMON DEFENSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 each 
year, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the heads of other Federal agencies, as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary, shall submit to the appro-
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priate committees of Congress a report containing a 
description of— 
(A) the annual defense spending by each 
country described in paragraph (2), including 
available data on nominal budget figures and de-
fense spending as a percentage of the gross do-
mestic products of each such country for the fis-
cal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in 
which the report is submitted; 
(B) the activities of each such country to 
contribute to military or stability operations in 
which the Armed Forces of the United States are 
a participant or may be called upon in accord-
ance with a cooperative defense agreement to 
which the United States is a party; 
(C) any limitations placed by any such 
country on the use of such contributions; and 
(D) any actions undertaken by the United 
States or by other countries to minimize such 
limitations. 
(2) COUNTRIES DESCRIBED.—The countries de-
scribed in this paragraph are the following: 
(A) Each member state of the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization.
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(B) Each member state of the Gulf Coopera-
tion Council. 
(C) Each country party to the Inter-Amer-
ican Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Trea-
ty), done at Rio de Janeiro September 2, 1947, 
and entered into force December 3, 1948 (TIAS 
1838). 
(D) Australia. 
(E) Japan. 
(F) New Zealand. 
(G) The Philippines. 
(H) South Korea. 
(I) Thailand. 
(3) FORM.—Each report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may con-
tain a classified annex. 
(4) AVAILABILITY.—A report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall be made available on request to 
any Member of Congress. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and
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(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 1281. RECIPROCAL PATIENT MOVEMENT AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 138 of 
title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1241(a), 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 2350p. Reciprocal patient movement agreements 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, may enter into a bilateral or mul-
tilateral memorandum of understanding or other formal 
agreement with one or more governments of partner coun-
tries that provides for— 
‘‘(1) the interchangeable, nonreimbursable use of 
patient movement personnel, either individually or as 
members of a patient movement crew or team, and 
equipment, belonging to one partner country to per-
form patient movement services aboard the aircraft, 
vessels, or vehicles of another partner country; 
‘‘(2) the reciprocal recognition and acceptance of 
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‘‘(A) national professional credentials, cer-
tifications, and licenses of patient movement per-
sonnel; and 
‘‘(B) national certifications, approvals, and 
licenses of equipment used in the provision of 
patient movement services; and 
‘‘(3) the acceptance of agreed-upon standards for 
the provision of patient movement services by air-
craft, vessel, or vehicle, including, as determined to be 
beneficial and otherwise permitted by law, the harmo-
nization of patient treatment standards and proce-
dures. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—(1) Before entering into a 
memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement 
with the government of a partner country under this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Defense shall certify in writing that 
the professional credentials, certifications, licenses, and ap-
provals for patient movement personnel and patient move-
ment equipment of the partner country— 
‘‘(A) meet or exceed the equivalent standards of 
the United States for similar personnel and equip-
ment; and 
‘‘(B) will provide for a level of care comparable 
to, or better than, the level of care provided by the De-
partment of Defense.
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‘‘(2) A certification under paragraph (1) shall be— 
‘‘(A) submitted to the appropriate committees of 
Congress not later than 15 days after the date on 
which the Secretary of Defense makes the certifi-
cation; and 
‘‘(B) reviewed and recertified by the Secretary of 
Defense not less frequently than annually. 
‘‘(c) SUSPENSION.—If the Secretary of Defense is un-
able to recertify a partner country as required by subsection 
(b)(2)(B), use of the personnel or equipment of the partner 
country by the Department of Defense under a memo-
randum of understanding or other formal agreement con-
cluded pursuant to subsection (a) shall be suspended until 
the date on which the Secretary of Defense is able to recer-
tify the partner country. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’ means— 
‘‘(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives.
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‘‘(2) PARTNER
COUNTRY.—The term ‘partner 
country’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) A member country of the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization. 
‘‘(B) Australia. 
‘‘(C) Japan. 
‘‘(D) New Zealand. 
‘‘(E) The Republic of Korea. 
‘‘(F) Any other country designated as a 
partner country by the Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(3) PATIENT
MOVEMENT.—The term ‘patient 
movement’ means the act or process of moving wound-
ed, ill, injured, or other persons (including contami-
nated, contagious, and potentially exposed patients) 
to obtain medical, surgical, mental health, or dental 
care or treatment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such subchapter, as amended by section 
1241(b), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘2350p. Reciprocal patient movement agreements.’’.
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SEC. 1282. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF NON-CON-
VENTIONAL ASSISTED RECOVERY CAPABILI-
TIES. 
Subsection (g) of section 943 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110– 
417; 122 Stat. 4578), as most recently amended by section 
1282(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2542) and 
as redesignated by section 1051(n)(1) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 
115–91; 131 Stat. 1564), is further amended by striking 
‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 
SEC. 1283. EXTENSION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUP-
PORT FOR STABILIZATION ACTIVITIES IN NA-
TIONAL SECURITY INTEREST OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
Section 1210A(h) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 1284. NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO WITHDRAWAL 
OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES PAR-
TICIPATING IN THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE 
AND OBSERVERS IN EGYPT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days before a re-
duction in the total number of members of the Armed Forces
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deployed to the Multinational Force and Observers in 
Egypt to fewer than 430 such members of the Armed Forces, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a notification that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A detailed accounting of the number of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces to be withdrawn from the 
Multinational Force and Observers in Egypt and the 
capabilities that such members of the Armed Forces 
provide in support of the mission. 
(2) An explanation of national security interests 
of the United States served by such a reduction and 
an assessment of the effect, if any, such a reduction 
is expected to have on the security of United States 
partners in the region. 
(3) A description of consultations by the Sec-
retary with the other countries that contribute mili-
tary forces to the Multinational Force and Observers, 
including Australia, Canada, Colombia, the Czech Re-
public, Fiji, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Nor-
way, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay, with respect 
to the planned force reduction and the results of such 
consultations. 
(4) An assessment of whether other countries, in-
cluding the countries that contribute military forces
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to the Multinational Force and Observers, will in-
crease their contributions of military forces to com-
pensate for the capabilities withdrawn by the United 
States. 
(5) An explanation of— 
(A) any anticipated negative impact of such 
a reduction on the ability of the Multinational 
Force and Observers in Egypt to fulfill its mis-
sion of supervising the implementation of the se-
curity provisions of the 1979 Treaty of Peace be-
tween Egypt and Israel and employing best ef-
forts to prevent any violation of the terms of 
such treaty; and 
(B) the manner in which any such negative 
impact will be mitigated. 
(6) Any other matter the Secretary considers ap-
propriate. 
(b) FORM.—The notification required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1285. MODIFICATION TO INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PRO-
TECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACADEMIC 
RESEARCHERS 
FROM 
UNDUE 
INFLUENCE 
AND OTHER SECURITY THREATS. 
Section 1286 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2358 
note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) includes requirements for appropriate 
senior officials of institutions of higher education 
to receive from appropriate Government agencies 
updated and periodic briefings that describe the 
espionage risks posed by technical intelligence 
gathering activities of near-peer strategic com-
petitors.’’; and
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(2) in subsection (e)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘im-
prove’’ and inserting ‘‘improved’’. 
SEC. 1286. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL OP-
ERATIONS-TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP. 
(a) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that— 
(1) the United States Government has a respon-
sibility to undertake all reasonable measures to ensure 
that members of the Armed Forces never confront a 
more technologically advanced foe; 
(2) the United States and Israel have several co-
operative technology programs to develop and field ca-
pabilities in missile defense, countertunneling, and 
counterunmanned aerial systems; and 
(3) building on positive ongoing efforts, the 
United States and Israel should further institu-
tionalize and strengthen their defense innovation 
partnership by establishing a United States-Israel 
Operations-Technology Working Group to identify 
and expeditiously field capabilities that the military 
forces of both countries need to deter and defeat re-
spective adversaries. 
(b) 
UNITED
STATES-ISRAEL
OPERATIONS-TECH-
NOLOGY WORKING GROUP.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Minister of Defense 
of Israel, shall establish a United States-Israel Oper-
ations-Technology Working Group (in this subsection 
referred to as the ‘‘Working Group’’) for the following 
purposes: 
(A) To provide a standing forum for the 
United States and Israel to systematically share 
intelligence-informed military capability re-
quirements. 
(B) To identify military capability require-
ments common to both the Department of De-
fense and the Ministry of Defense of Israel. 
(C) To assist defense suppliers in the 
United States and Israel, by incorporating rec-
ommendations from such defense suppliers, with 
respect to conducting joint science, technology, 
research, development, test, evaluation, and pro-
duction efforts. 
(D) To develop, as feasible and advisable, 
combined United States-Israel plans to research, 
develop, procure, and field weapons systems and 
military capabilities as quickly and economi-
cally as possible to meet common capability re-
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quirements of the Department of Defense and the 
Ministry of Defense of Israel. 
(2) WORKING GROUP LEADERSHIP.— 
(A) UNITED
STATES
LEADERSHIP.—With 
respect to the United States, the Working Group 
shall be headed by— 
(i) the Secretary, or a designee; and 
(ii) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, or a designee. 
(B) ISRAEL
LEADERSHIP.—The Secretary 
shall invite the Government of Israel to designate 
the head of the appropriate office or offices to 
head the Working Group with respect to Israel. 
(3) WORKING GROUP MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) UNITED
STATES
MEMBERSHIP.—The 
Secretary, in consultation with other Cabinet 
members, shall designate one or more individuals 
to serve as members of the Working Group. 
(i) MANDATORY UNITED STATES MEM-
BERS.—The membership of the Working 
Group shall consist of, at a minimum, rep-
resentatives from— 
(I) the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense; 
(II) the Joint Staff;
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(III) each of the military depart-
ments (including, as appropriate, sub-
ordinate entities such as Army Futures 
Command and research laboratories); 
(IV) the defense agencies (includ-
ing the Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency, the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency, and the Defense Secu-
rity Cooperation Agency); 
(V) United States Central Com-
mand; and 
(VI) 
United 
States 
European 
Command. 
(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Noth-
ing in this subparagraph shall be construed 
as limiting the ability of the Secretary to 
add members to the Working Group, as con-
sidered appropriate. 
(B) ISRAEL MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary 
shall invite such representatives of the Govern-
ment of Israel to designate individuals from the 
Government of Israel to serve as members of the 
Working Group, as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate. 
(4) EXISTING EFFORTS.—