H. R. 5515—322 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 
a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) has been requested by the head of a non-Department 
of Defense Federal department or agency who has certified 
to the Secretary that the department or agency has reasonably 
attempted to use capabilities and resources internal to the 
department or agency.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) REVERSE DEFENSE SENSITIVE SUPPORT REQUEST.—The 
Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees 
(and the congressional intelligence committees with respect 
to matters relating to members of the intelligence community) 
of requests made by the Secretary to a non-Department of 
Defense Federal department or agency for support that requires 
special protection from disclosure in the same manner and 
containing the same information as the Secretary notifies such 
committees of defense sensitive support requests under para-
graphs (1) and (3).’’. 
SEC. 1043. COORDINATING UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO MALIGN 
FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS AND CAMPAIGNS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) coordinate, without assuming operational authority, 
the United States Government response to malign foreign influ-
ence operations and campaigns.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(g) COORDINATOR FOR COMBATING MALIGN FOREIGN INFLUENCE 
OPERATIONS AND CAMPAIGNS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall designate an 
employee of the National Security Council to be responsible 
for the coordination of the interagency process for combating 
malign foreign influence operations and campaigns. 
‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than twice each 
year, the employee designated under this subsection, or 
the employee’s designee, shall provide to the congressional 
committees specified in subparagraph (B) a briefing on 
the responsibilities and activities of the employee des-
ignated under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) 
COMMITTEES
SPECIFIED.—The 
congressional 
committees specified in this subparagraph are the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) The Committees on Armed Services, Foreign 
Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives.
H. R. 5515—323 
‘‘(ii) The Committees on Armed Services, Foreign 
Relations, and Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITION OF MALIGN FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS 
AND CAMPAIGNS.—In this section, the term ‘malign foreign influence 
operations and campaigns’ means the coordinated, direct or indirect 
application of national diplomatic, informational, military, economic, 
business, corruption, educational, and other capabilities by hostile 
foreign powers to affect attitudes, behaviors, decisions, or outcomes 
within the United States.’’. 
(b) STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 9 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through 
the National Security Council, shall submit to the congressional 
committees specified in paragraph (2) a strategy to counter 
malign foreign influence operations and campaigns (as such 
term is defined in section 101(h) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021), as added by subsection (a)). 
(2) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The congressional committees 
specified in this paragraph are the following: 
(A) The Committees on Armed Services, Foreign 
Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives. 
(B) The Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Rela-
tions, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall designate 
the employee of the National Security Council to be responsible 
for the coordination of the interagency process for combating malign 
foreign influence operations and campaigns pursuant to subsection 
(g)(1) of section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3021), as added by subsection (a)(2). 
SEC. 1044. CLARIFICATION OF REIMBURSABLE ALLOWED COSTS OF 
FAA MEMORANDA OF AGREEMENT. 
Section 47504(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) to an airport operator of a congested airport (as defined 
in section 47175) and a unit of local government referred to 
in paragraph (1)(B) to carry out a project to mitigate noise, 
if the project— 
‘‘(i) consists of— 
‘‘(I) replacement windows, doors, and the installa-
tion of through-the-wall air conditioning units; or 
‘‘(II) a contribution of the equivalent costs to be 
used for reconstruction if reconstruction is the pre-
ferred local solution; 
‘‘(ii) is located at a school near the airport; and 
‘‘(iii) is included in a memorandum of agreement 
entered into before September 30, 2002, even if the airport 
has not met the requirements of part 150 of title 14,
H. R. 5515—324 
Code of Federal Regulations, and only if the financial 
limitations of the memorandum are applied.’’. 
SEC. 1045. WORKFORCE ISSUES FOR MILITARY REALIGNMENTS IN THE 
PACIFIC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(b) of the Joint Resolution entitled 
‘‘A Joint Resolution to approve the ‘Covenant To Establish a 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union 
With the United States of America’, and for other purposes’’, 
approved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 1806(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (B) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(B) H-2B WORKERS.—In the case of an alien described 
in subparagraph (A) who seeks admission under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)), the alien, if otherwise quali-
fied, may, before December 31, 2023, be admitted under 
such section, notwithstanding the requirement of such sec-
tion that the service or labor be temporary, for a period 
of up to 3 years— 
‘‘(i) to perform service or labor on Guam or in 
the Commonwealth pursuant to any agreement entered 
into by a prime contractor or subcontractor calling 
for services or labor required for performance of a 
contact or subcontract for construction, repairs, renova-
tions, or facility services that is directly connected 
to, or associated with, the military realignment occur-
ring on Guam and in the Commonwealth; or 
‘‘(ii) to perform service or labor as a health care 
worker (such as a nurse, physician assistant, or allied 
health professional) at a facility that jointly serves 
members of the Armed Forces, dependents, and 
civilians on Guam or in the Commonwealth, subject 
to the education, training, licensing, and other require-
ments of section 212(a)(5)(C) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(C)), as applicable, 
except that this clause shall not be construed to include 
graduates of medical schools coming to Guam or the 
Commonwealth to perform service or labor as members 
of the medical profession.’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) LOCATIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect 
to the performance of services of labor at a location other 
than Guam or the Commonwealth.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection 
(a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1046. MITIGATION OF OPERATIONAL RISKS POSED TO CERTAIN 
MILITARY 
AIRCRAFT 
BY 
AUTOMATIC 
DEPENDENT 
SURVEILLANCE-BROADCAST EQUIPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation may not— 
(1) directly or indirectly require the installation of auto-
matic dependent surveillance-broadcast (hereinafter in this sec-
tion referred to as ‘‘ADS-B’’) equipment on fighter aircraft, 
bomber aircraft, or other special mission aircraft owned or 
operated by the Department of Defense; 
(2) deny or reduce air traffic control services in United 
States airspace or international airspace delegated to the
H. R. 5515—325 
United States to any aircraft described in paragraph (1) on 
the basis that such aircraft is not equipped with ADS-B equip-
ment; or 
(3) restrict or limit airspace access for aircraft described 
in paragraph (1) on the basis such aircraft are not equipped 
with ADS-B equipment. 
(b) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall cease to be effective 
on the date that the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary 
of Defense jointly submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees notice that the Secretaries have entered into a memorandum 
of agreement or other similar agreement providing that fighter 
aircraft, bomber aircraft, and other special mission aircraft owned 
or operated by the Department of Defense that are not equipped 
or not yet equipped with ADS-B equipment will be reasonably 
accommodated for safe operations in the National Airspace System 
and provided with necessary air traffic control services. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to— 
(1) vest in the Secretary of Defense any authority of the 
Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration under title 49, United States Code, 
or any other provision of law; 
(2) vest in the Secretary of Transportation or the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration any authority 
of the Secretary of Defense under title 10, United States Code, 
or any other provision of law; or 
(3) limit the authority or discretion of the Secretary of 
Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to operate air traffic control services to ensure 
the safe minimum separation of aircraft in flight and the effi-
cient use of airspace. 
(d) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall provide to the Secretary of Transportation notification of any 
aircraft the Secretary of Defense designates as a special mission 
aircraft pursuant to subsection (e)(3). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means 
the congressional defense committees, the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘air traffic control services’’ means services 
used for the monitoring, directing, control, and guidance of 
aircraft or flows of aircraft and for the safe conduct of flight, 
including communications, navigation, and surveillance services 
and provision of aeronautical information. 
(3) The term ‘‘special mission aircraft’’ means an aircraft 
the Secretary of Defense designates for a unique mission to 
which ADS-B equipment creates a unique risk. 
SEC. 1047. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR UNMANNED 
SURFACE VEHICLES. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Not more than 50 percent of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Defense for the Strategic 
Capabilities Office ghost fleet overlord unmanned surface vehicle 
program may be obligated or expended until the Undersecretary