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fices, cubicles, storage rooms, tool and equip-
ment rooms, workshops, break rooms, galleys, 
recreational areas, commissaries, Navy and Ma-
rine Corps exchanges, and heads; 
(B) sensitive compartmented information 
facilities and other secure facilities; 
(C) open-bay barracks and common areas 
of barracks and living quarters; 
(D) all Department of Defense school 
houses and training facilities including, officer 
candidate school, the basic school, recruit train-
ing command, and recruiting offices; 
(E) all areas of the Department of Defense 
in public or plain view, including outside areas, 
work office buildings, stores, or barracks, in-
cluding parking lots; 
(F) the front yard or external porch of 
Government-owned and Government-operated 
housing and public-private venture housing; and 
(G) automobile bumper stickers, clothing, 
and other apparel that is located on or in any 
installation, workplace, common-access area, or 
public area of the Department of Defense.
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SEC. 1750. DEPLOYMENT OF REAL-TIME STATUS OF SPE-
CIAL USE AIRSPACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, in consultation, as appropriate, 
with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of the mili-
tary services, including the National Guard and Air Na-
tional Guard, and other appropriate Federal agencies, 
shall initiate, not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, a program to enable public dissemi-
nation of information on— 
(1) the real-time status of the activation or de-
activation of military operations areas and restricted 
areas; and 
(2) the reports submitted to the Administrator 
pursuant to section 73.19 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
(b) STATUS REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the Administrator initiates the program required 
under subsection (a), and every year thereafter until 
such program is complete, the Administrator shall 
submit a status report to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress on the implementation of such pro-
gram. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum—
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(A) an update on the progress of the Ad-
ministrator in modifying policies, systems, or 
equipment that may be necessary to enable the 
public dissemination of information on the real- 
time status of the activation or deactivation of 
military operations areas and restricted areas; 
(B) a description of any challenges to com-
pleting the program initiated pursuant to sub-
section (a), including challenges in— 
(i) receiving the timely and complete 
submissions of data concerning airspace 
usage; 
(ii) modifying policies; and 
(iii) acquiring necessary systems or 
equipment; and 
(C) a timeline of the anticipated comple-
tion of the program and the modifications de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(c) UTILIZATION REPORTS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit a report to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress— 
(1) describing whether the Department of De-
fense has submitted the utilization reports required 
under section 73.19 of title 14, Code of Federal
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Regulations for the prior fiscal year, and, if so, to 
what extent such reports have been submitted; and 
(2) providing, if the Secretary discovers that all 
such reports have not been submitted in a timely 
and complete manner— 
(A) an explanation for the failure to sub-
mit any such reports in the manner prescribed 
by regulation; and 
(B) a plan to ensure the timely and com-
plete submission of all such reports. 
(d) POLICIES.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress 
on special use airspace, including a review of the Federal 
Aviation Administration’s— 
(1) policies and processes for establishing, re-
viewing, and revoking military operations areas and 
restricted areas; and 
(2) administration, including release of, under-
utilized special use airspace. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means—
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(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘underutilized’’, with respect to a 
military operations area or restricted area, means 
such an area determined by the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administrator to have had, during 
the 2 most recent consecutive fiscal years prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act, the number of 
hours actually utilized be less than 75 percent of the 
number of hours the area was activated, discounted 
for weather cancellations and delays, loss of use for 
reasons beyond the control of the Federal agency 
using the area, and other factors determined appro-
priate by the Administrator. 
SEC. 1751. DUTIES OF SECRETARY UNDER UNIFORMED AND 
OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT. 
(a) ENSURING ABILITY
OF ABSENT UNIFORMED 
SERVICES VOTERS SERVING AT DIPLOMATIC AND CON-
SULAR POSTS TO RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT BALLOTING 
MATERIALS.—In carrying out the Secretary’s duties as 
the Presidential designee under the Uniformed and Over-
1861 
seas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et 
seq.), the Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec-
essary to ensure that an absent uniformed services voter 
under such Act who is absent from the United States by 
reason of active duty or service at a diplomatic and con-
sular post of the United States is able to receive and 
transmit balloting materials in the same manner and with 
the same rights and protections as an absent uniformed 
services voter under such Act who is absent from the 
United States by reason of active duty or service at a mili-
tary installation. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to elections held on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 1752. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATABASE OF CASUAL-
TIES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
publish on an appropriate publicly available website of the 
Department of Defense a database of all casualties of 
members of the Armed Forces of the United States that 
occur during military operations that take place during 
1990 or any subsequent year. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the database published under subsection (a) has the 
following capabilities:
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(1) The capability of generating a machine 
readable report, to the extent practicable, through 
searches based on each, and any combination, of the 
casualty attributes. 
(2) The capability of downloading individual 
records as the result of a search based on each, and 
any combination, of the casualty attributes. 
(c) NEXT-OF-KIN OPT OUT.—The Secretary shall de-
velop a mechanism under which the next-of-kin (as deter-
mined by the Secretary) of any individual whose informa-
tion would be included in the database required under sub-
section (a) may elect to have such information excluded 
from the database. 
(d) CASUALTY ATTRIBUTES.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘casualty attributes’’ means each of the following 
with respect to the casualty of a member of the Armed 
Forces: 
(1) The conflict in which the casualty occurred. 
(2) The country where the casualty occurred. 
(3) The attributes of the member of the Armed 
Forces, including— 
(A) service; 
(B) component; 
(C) name; 
(D) rank;
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(E) date of death; and 
(F) any other information as determined 
by the Secretary. 
SEC. 1753. NOTICE AND COMMENT FOR PROPOSED AC-
TIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RE-
LATING TO FOOD AND BEVERAGE INGREDI-
ENTS. 
(a) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—Before promulgating 
any service-wide or Department-wide final rule, statement, 
or determination relating to the limitation or prohibition 
of an ingredient in a food or beverage item provided to 
members of the Armed Forces by the Department of De-
fense (including an item provided through a commissary 
store, a dining facility on a military installation, or a mili-
tary medical treatment facility), the Secretary of Defense 
shall— 
(1) publish in the Federal Register a notice of 
the proposed rule, statement, or determination (in 
this section referred to as a ‘‘proposed action’’); and 
(2) provide interested persons an opportunity to 
submit public comments with respect to the pro-
posed action. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN NOTICE.—The 
Secretary shall include in any notice published under sub-
section (a)(2) the following:
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(1) A summary of the notice. 
(2) The date of publication of the notice. 
(3) The contact information for the office of the 
Department of Defense responsible for the proposed 
action. 
(4) The deadline for comments to be submitted 
with respect to the proposed action and a description 
of the method to submit such comments. 
(5) A description of the proposed action. 
(6) Findings and a statement of reason sup-
porting the proposed action. 
(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Director of the De-
fense Logistics Agency may waive subsections (a) and (b) 
if the Director determines such waiver is necessary for 
military operations or for the response to a national emer-
gency declared by the President under the National Emer-
gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), a medical emer-
gency, or a pandemic. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORTS.—On a quarterly basis, the Direc-
tor of the Defense Logistics Agency shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining an identification of any waiver under sub-
section (c) issued or in effect during the quarter pre-
ceding submission of the report.
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(2) MATTERS.—A report under paragraph (1) 
shall include, with respect to each waiver identified, 
the following: 
(A) The date, time, and location of the 
issuance of such waiver. 
(B) 
A 
detailed 
justification 
for 
the 
issuance of such waiver. 
(C) An identification of the rule, state-
ment, or determination for which the Director 
issued such waiver, including the proposed du-
ration of such rule, statement, or determina-
tion. 
SEC. 1754. SPACE STRATEGIES AND ASSESSMENT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States Government should support 
activities in space by— 
(1) ensuring robust, innovative, and increas-
ingly capable civil and national security space pro-
grams; 
(2) supporting effective and stable space part-
nerships with allies of the United States; 
(3) leveraging, to the greatest extent practicable 
and appropriate, commercial space capabilities; and 
(4) ensuring freedom of navigation and pro-
viding measures to assure the supply chain related
1866 
to such space assets and manufacturing processes of 
such assets. 
(b) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, 
in consultation with the National Space Council, shall de-
velop and maintain a strategy to ensure that the United 
States, as appropriate, strengthens civil and national secu-
rity capabilities and operations in space through— 
(1) challenging and inspiring civil space goals 
and programs; 
(2) partnerships with allies of the United 
States; 
(3) leveraging of commercial space capabilities; 
(4) ensuring supply chain and manufacturing 
processes for space assets; 
(5) sustaining a highly skilled, world-class 
workforce; and 
(6) considering the financial security and cyber-
security concerns threatening commercial and Fed-
eral Government launch sites of the United States. 
(c) SUBMISSION
OF STRATEGY
AND PLAN.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Chair of the National Space Council, in consulta-
tion with relevant departments and agencies of the Fed-
1867 
eral Government, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report setting forth— 
(1) the strategy under subsection (b); and 
(2) a plan to implement the strategy, including 
to— 
(A) ensure the freedom of navigation of 
space assets and protect the supply chain relat-
ing to such assets and manufacturing process of 
such assets from threats from China, Russia, 
Iran, and North Korea, which may include pro-
tection from intellectual property theft and 
threats with respect to electronic warfare capa-
bilities; 
(B) identify capabilities required to ensure 
civil and national security space leadership; 
(C) provide contingency and resiliency for 
civil and national security space operations; and 
(D) strengthen relations with the allies of 
the United States with respect to space. 
(d) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.— 
(1) 
ASSESSMENT
AND
REPORT
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
in consultation with the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Administrator of the National Aero-
1868 
nautics and Space Administration, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that includes— 
(A) an assessment of the capabilities and 
role of relevant departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government to— 
(i) ensure access to launch, commu-
nications, and freedom of navigation and 
other relevant infrastructure and services 
for civil and national security space pro-
grams and activities; and 
(ii) identify vulnerabilities that could 
affect access to space infrastructure; and 
(iii) address financial security and cy-
bersecurity concerns threatening commer-
cial and Federal Government launch sites 
of the United States; and 
(B) recommendations and costs to improve 
the capabilities assessed pursuant to subpara-
graph (A), including recommendations with re-
spect to— 
(i) the electronic warfare capabilities 
of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea; 
and
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(ii) the use of counterspace weapons 
and cyber attacks by China, Russia, Iran, 
and North Korea. 
(2) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
may include a classified annex. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; 
(D) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(E) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
(F) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; 
(G) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(H) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; and
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(I) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘launch site’’ has the meaning 
given that term under section 50902 of title 51, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 1755. NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATION-
ALS OF PORTUGAL. 
For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)), Portugal shall be considered to 
be a foreign state described in such section if the Govern-
ment of Portugal provides similar nonimmigrant status to 
nationals of the United States. 
SEC. 1756. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EXTENSION OF LIMITA-
TIONS ON IMPORTATION OF URANIUM FROM 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) a secure nuclear fuel supply chain is essen-
tial to the economic and national security of the 
United States; 
(2) the Government of the Russian Federation 
uses its control over energy resources, including in 
the civil nuclear sector, to exert political influence 
and create economic dependency in other countries;
1871 
(3) the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federa-
tion (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Russian Suspen-
sion Agreement’’), which limits imports of Russian 
uranium to 20 percent of the market share, is vital 
to averting American dependence on Russian energy; 
(4) the United States should— 
(A) expeditiously complete negotiation of 
an extension of the Russian Suspension Agree-
ment to cap the market share for Russian ura-
nium at 20 percent or lower; or 
(B) if an agreement to extend the Russian 
Suspension Agreement cannot be reached, com-
plete the antidumping investigation under title 
VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 
et seq.) with respect to imports of uranium 
from the Russian Federation— 
(i) to avoid unfair trade in uranium 
and maintain a nuclear fuel supply chain 
in the United States, consistent with the 
national 
security 
and 
nonproliferation 
goals of the United States; and 
(ii) to protect the United States nu-
clear fuel supply chain from the continued 
manipulation of the global and United
1872 
States uranium markets by the Russian 
Federation and Russian-influenced com-
petitors; 
(5) a renegotiated, long-term extension of the 
Russian Suspension Agreement can prevent adver-
saries of the United States from monopolizing the 
nuclear fuel supply chain; 
(6) as was done in 2008, upon completion of a 
new negotiated long-term extension of the Russian 
Suspension Agreement, Congress should enact legis-
lation to codify the terms of extension into law to 
ensure long-term stability for the domestic nuclear 
fuel supply chain; and 
(7) if the negotiations to extend the Russian 
Suspension Agreement prove unsuccessful, Congress 
should be prepared to enact legislation to prevent 
the manipulation by the Russian Federation of glob-
al uranium markets and potential domination by the 
Russian Federation of the United States uranium 
market. 
SEC. 1757. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A MOVEMENT CO-
ORDINATION 
CENTER 
PACIFIC 
IN 
THE 
INDOPACIFIC REGION. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may 
authorize— 
(A) the establishment of a Movement Co-
ordination Center Pacific (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Center’’); and 
(B) participation of the Department of De-
fense in an Air Transport and Air-to-Air refuel-
ing and other Exchanges of Services program 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘ATARES 
program’’) of the Center. 
(2) SCOPE
OF
PARTICIPATION.—Participation 
in the ATARES program under paragraph (1)(B) 
shall be limited to the reciprocal exchange or trans-
fer of air transportation and air refueling services on 
a reimbursable basis or by replacement-in-kind or 
the exchange of air transportation or air refueling 
services of an equal value with foreign militaries. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.—The Department of De-
fense’s balance of executed transportation hours, 
whether as credits or debits, in participation in the 
ATARES program under paragraph (1)(B) may not 
exceed 500 hours. The Department of Defense’s bal-
ance of executed flight hours for air refueling in the
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ATARES program under paragraph (1)(B) may not 
exceed 200 hours. 
(b) WRITTEN ARRANGEMENT OR AGREEMENT.— 
(1) 
ARRANGEMENT
OR
AGREEMENT
RE-
QUIRED.—The participation of the Department of 
Defense in the ATARES or exchange like program 
under subsection (a) 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 
of Defense facilities, equipment, or funds are used to 
support the ATARES program, the written arrange-
ment or agreement under paragraph (1) shall specify 
the details of any equitable cost-sharing or other 
funding arrangement. 
(3) OTHER ELEMENTS.—Any written arrange-
ment or agreement entered into under paragraph (1) 
shall require that any accrued credits and liabilities 
resulting from an unequal exchange or transfer of 
air transportation or air refueling services shall be 
liquidated, not less than once every 5 years, through 
the ATARES program.
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(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out any written 
arrangement or agreement entered into under subsection 
(b), the Secretary of Defense may— 
(1) pay the Department of Defense’s equitable 
share of the operating expenses of the Center and 
the ATARES program from funds available to the 
Department of Defense for operation and mainte-
nance; and 
(2) assign members of the Armed Forces or De-
partment of Defense civilian personnel, within billets 
authorized for the United States Indo-Pacific Com-
mand, to duty at the Center as necessary to fulfill 
the Department of Defense obligations under that 
arrangement or agreement. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2021, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report that contains— 
(1) a summary of the coordination structure of 
the center and program, and details related to its 
formation and implementation; 
(2) list of the military services, by country, par-
ticipating or seeking to participate in the program; 
(3) for each country on the list under para-
graph (2), a description of completed agreements
1876 
and those still to be completed with host nations, as 
applicable; and 
(4) any other relevant matters that the Sec-
retary determines should be included. 
SEC. 1758. ESTABLISHMENT OF VETTING PROCEDURES 
AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR CER-
TAIN MILITARY TRAINING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF VETTING PROCEDURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall establish procedures to vet covered 
individuals for eligibility for physical access to De-
partment of Defense installations and facilities with-
in the United States. 
(2) CRITERIA FOR PROCEDURES.—The proce-
dures established under paragraph (1) shall include 
biographic and biometric screening of covered indi-
viduals, continuous review of whether covered indi-
viduals should continue to be authorized for physical 
access, biographic checks of the immediate family 
members of covered individuals, and any other meas-
ures that the Secretary determines appropriate for 
vetting. 
(3) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary shall—
1877 
(A) collect the information required to vet 
individuals under the procedures established 
under this subsection; 
(B) as required for the effective implemen-
tation of this section, seek to enter into agree-
ments with the relevant departments and agen-
cies of the United States to facilitate the shar-
ing of information in the possession of such de-
partments and agencies concerning covered in-
dividuals; and 
(C) ensure that the initial vetting of cov-
ered individuals is conducted as early and 
promptly as practicable, to minimize disruptions 
to United States programs to train foreign mili-
tary students. 
(b) DETERMINATION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) REVIEW OF VETTING RESULTS.—The Sec-
retary shall assign to an organization within the De-
partment with responsibility for security and coun-
terintelligence the responsibility of— 
(A) reviewing the results of the vetting of 
a covered individual conducted under subsection 
(a); and 
(B) making a recommendation regarding 
whether such individual should be given phys-
1878 
ical access to a Department of Defense installa-
tion or facility. 
(2) NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.—If the rec-
ommendation with respect to a covered individual 
under paragraph (1)(B) is that the individual should 
not be given physical access to a Department of De-
fense installation or facility— 
(A) such individual may only be given such 
access if such access is authorized by the Sec-
retary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense; and 
(B) the Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that the Secretary of State is promptly provided 
with notification of such recommendation. 
(c) ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES.— 
(1) SECURITY MEASURES REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that— 
(A) all Department of Defense common ac-
cess cards issued to foreign nationals in the 
United States comply with the credentialing 
standards issued by the Office of Personnel 
Management; 
(B) all such common access cards issued to 
foreign nationals in the United States include a 
visual indicator as required by the standard de-
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veloped by the Department of Commerce Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology; 
(C) physical access by covered individuals 
is limited, as appropriate, to those Department 
of Defense installations or facilities within the 
United States directly associated with the train-
ing or education or necessary for such individ-
uals to access authorized benefits; 
(D) a policy is in place covering possession 
of firearms on Department of Defense property 
by covered individuals; 
(E) covered individuals who have been 
granted physical access to Department of De-
fense installations and facilities are incor-
porated into the Insider Threat Program of the 
Department of Defense; and 
(F) covered individuals are prohibited from 
transporting, possessing, storing, or using per-
sonally owned firearms on Department of De-
fense installations or property consistent with 
the Secretary of Defense policy memorandum 
dated January 16, 2020. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The security measures 
required under paragraph (1) shall take effect on
1880 
the date that is 181 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(3) NOTIFICATION
REQUIRED.—Upon the es-
tablishment of the security measures required under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives notice of the estab-
lishment of such security measures. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representative a briefing on the es-
tablishment of any policy or guidance related to the 
implementation of this section. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to such committees a report on 
the implementation and effects of this section. Such 
report shall include a description of— 
(A) any positive or negative effects on the 
training of foreign military students as a result 
of this section;
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(B) the effectiveness of the vetting proce-
dures implemented pursuant to this section in 
preventing harm to members of the Armed 
Forces and United States persons; 
(C) any mitigation strategies used to ad-
dress any negative effects of the implementation 
of this section; and 
(D) a proposed plan to mitigate any ongo-
ing negative effects to the vetting and training 
of foreign military students by the Department 
of Defense. 
(3) REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not 
later than 3 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to Congress an unclassified re-
port (which may contain a classified annex) on the 
safety and security of United States personnel and 
international students assigned to United States 
military bases participating in programs authorized 
under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) (relating to 
international military education and training), par-
ticularly with respect to whether— 
(A) relevant United States diplomatic and 
consular personnel properly vet foreign per-
1882 
sonnel participating in such programs and en-
tering such bases; 
(B) existing screening protocols with re-
spect to such vetting include counter-terrorism 
screening and are sufficiently effective at ensur-
ing the safety and security of United States 
personnel and international students assigned 
to such bases; and 
(C) whether existing screening protocols 
with respect to such vetting are in compliance 
with applicable requirements of section 362 of 
title 10, United States Code, and sections 502B 
and 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304 and 2378d). 
(e) VETTING PROCEDURES REVIEW FOR DEPART-
MENT
OF STATE REGIONAL
AND COUNTRY STRATE-
GIES.—The Secretary of State shall ensure that any com-
prehensive regional strategy, such as a joint regional strat-
egy or its equivalent, and any country strategy, such as 
an integrated country strategy or its equivalent, that is 
produced by the Department of State during the 8-year 
period beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and each successor strategy 
to such strategy during such 8-year period, shall integrate
1883 
a review of vetting procedures for diplomatic visas that 
includes— 
(1) an evaluation of the vetting procedures of 
diplomatic and consular posts for issuing visas to 
diplomats and government officials; 
(2) an analysis of the frequency and regularity 
of the review of such procedures; 
(3) a description of the methods and resources 
used to vet applications for diplomatic visas; 
(4) a description of the methodologies employed 
for ensuring any such diplomatic visas issued for 
purposes of security assistance (as such term is de-
fined for purposes of section 502B of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961) are vetted in compliance 
with applicable requirements of section 362 of title 
10, United States Code, and sections 502B and 
620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2304 and 2378d); and 
(5) a description of the methods and resources 
used to conduct recurring reviews of individuals re-
maining in the United States for more than one year 
from the date of the issuance of a visa, and recur-
ring reviews of individuals entering the United 
States on a multi-entry visa over a period of time 
longer than 1 year.
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(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means any 
foreign national (except foreign nationals of Aus-
tralia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United King-
dom who have been granted a security clearance 
that is reciprocally accepted by the United States for 
access to classified information) who— 
(A) is seeking physical access to a Depart-
ment of Defense installation or facility within 
the United States; and 
(B) is— 
(i) selected, nominated, or accepted 
for training or education for a period of 
more than 14 days occurring on a Depart-
ment of Defense installation or facility 
within the United States; or 
(ii) an immediate family member ac-
companying any foreign national who has 
been selected, nominated, or accepted for 
such training or education. 
(2) The term ‘‘United States’’ means the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, and Guam. 
(3) The term ‘‘immediate family member’’ with 
respect to any individual means the parent, step-par-
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ent, sibling, step-sibling, half-sibling, child, or step- 
child of the individual. 
SEC. 1759. WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY ACT IMPLEMEN-
TATION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that $15,000,000 annually is an appropriate alloca-
tion of funding to be made available for activities con-
sistent with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 
(Public Law 115–68; 131 Stat. 1202) and with any guid-
ance specified in this section, in order to fully implement 
such Act and in furtherance of the national security prior-
ities of the United States. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on Sep-
tember 30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out 
activities consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security 
Act of 2017 and with the guidance specified in this sec-
tion, including by carrying out— 
(1) any Defense-wide directives and programs 
that advance the implementation of the Women, 
Peace, and Security Act of 2017, including directives 
relating to military doctrine, programs that are ap-
plicable across the Department, and programs that 
are specific to a combatant command;
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(2) the hiring and training of full-time equiva-
lent personnel as gender advisors of the Department; 
(3) the integration of gender analysis into 
training for military personnel across ranks, to in-
clude special emphasis on senior level training and 
support for women, peace, and security; and 
(4) security cooperation activities that further 
implement the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 
2017. 
(c) SECURITY
COOPERATION
ACTIVITIES.—Con-
sistent with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, 
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, shall incorporate gender analysis and par-
ticipation by women into security cooperation activities 
conducted with the national security forces of foreign 
countries pursuant to subsection (b)(4), including by— 
(1) incorporating gender analysis (including 
data disaggregated by sex) and priorities for women, 
peace, and security into educational, training, and 
capacity-building materials and programs, including 
as authorized by section 333 of title 10, United 
States Code; 
(2) advancing and advising on the recruitment, 
employment, development, retention, and promotion
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of women in the national security forces of such for-
eign countries, including by— 
(A) identifying available military career op-
portunities for women; 
(B) promoting such career opportunities 
among women and girls; 
(C) promoting the skills necessary for such 
careers; 
(D) encouraging the interest of women and 
girls in such careers, including by highlighting 
as role models women in such careers in the 
United States or in applicable foreign countries; 
and 
(E) advising on best practices to prevent 
the harassment and abuse of women serving in 
the national security forces of such foreign 
countries; 
(3) incorporating training and advising to ad-
dress sexual harassment and abuse against women 
within such national security forces; 
(4) integrating gender analysis into policy and 
planning; 
(5) ensuring any infrastructure constructed 
pursuant to the security cooperation activity ad-
dresses the requirements of women serving in such
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national security forces, including by addressing ap-
propriate equipment; and 
(6) including Department of Defense personnel 
who are women in security cooperation activities of 
the United States conducted abroad. 
(d) PARTNER COUNTRY ASSESSMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall include in any partner country as-
sessment conducted in the course of carrying out security 
cooperation activities specified in subsection (b)(4) consid-
eration of any barriers or opportunities with respect to 
women in the national security forces of such partner 
countries, including any barriers or opportunities relating 
to— 
(1) protections against exploitation, abuse, and 
harassment; or 
(2) recruitment, employment, development, re-
tention, or promotion of the women. 
(e) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State— 
(A) shall direct and carry out a pilot pro-
gram to conduct partner country assessments 
referred to in subsection (d) on barriers to the 
participation of women in the national security 
forces of participating partner countries (in this
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subsection referred to as a ‘‘pilot barrier assess-
ment’’); 
(B) in carrying out such pilot program, 
shall seek to enter into contracts with nonprofit 
organizations or federally funded research and 
development centers independent of the Depart-
ment of Defense for the purpose of conducting 
the pilot barrier assessments; and 
(C) after a pilot barrier assessment is con-
ducted, shall— 
(i) review the methods of research and 
analysis used by any entity contracted with 
pursuant to subparagraph (B) in con-
ducting such assessment and identify les-
sons learned from the review; and 
(ii) assess the ability of the Depart-
ment of Defense to conduct future pilot 
barrier assessments without entering into a 
contract pursuant to subparagraph (B), in-
cluding by assessing potential costs and 
benefits for the Department that may arise 
from conducting such future assessments. 
(2) SELECTION OF COUNTRIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the commanders of
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the combatant commands and relevant United 
States ambassadors, shall select one partner 
country from within the geographic area of re-
sponsibility of each geographic combatant com-
mand for participation in the pilot program. 
(B) CONSIDERATION.—In making the se-
lection under subparagraph (A), the dem-
onstrated political commitment of the partner 
country to increasing the participation of 
women in the security sector and the national 
security priorities and theater campaign strate-
gies of the United States shall be considered. 
(3) PILOT BARRIER ASSESSMENT.—A pilot bar-
rier assessment under this subsection shall be— 
(A) adapted to the local context of the 
partner country being assessed; 
(B) conducted in collaboration with the se-
curity sector of the partner country being as-
sessed; and 
(C) based on tested methodologies. 
(4) FINDINGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De-
fense should use findings from each pilot bar-
rier assessment to inform effective security co-
operation activities and security sector assist-
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ance interventions by the United States in the 
partner country assessed. Such activities and 
interventions shall substantially increase oppor-
tunities for the recruitment, employment, devel-
opment, retention, deployment, and promotion 
of women in the national security forces of such 
partner country (including for deployments to 
peace operations and for participation in 
counterterrorism operations and activities). 
(B) MODEL
METHODOLOGY.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, shall develop a model barrier 
assessment methodology from the findings of 
the pilot program for use across the geographic 
combatant commands. 
(5) REPORTS ON PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(A) INITIAL
REPORT.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress an initial 
report on the implementation of the pilot pro-
gram under this subsection, including an identi-
fication of the partner counties selected for par-
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ticipation in the program and the justifications 
for such selections. 
(B) UPDATE TO REPORT.—Not later than 
2 years after the date on which the initial re-
port under subparagraph (A) is submitted, the 
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress an update to the 
initial report. 
(C) REPORT ON METHODOLOGY.—On the 
date on which the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines the pilot program to be complete, the 
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report on the 
model barrier assessment methodology devel-
oped under paragraph (4)(B). 
(f) BUILDING UNITED STATES CAPACITY.— 
(1) 
MILITARY
SERVICE
ACADEMIES.—Con-
sistent with subsection (c)(6), the Secretary of De-
fense shall make every effort to encourage the ad-
mission of diverse individuals (including individuals 
who are women) to each military service academy, 
including by—
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(A) establishing programs that hold com-
manding officers accountable for removing bi-
ases with respect to such individuals; 
(B) ensuring that each military service 
academy fosters a zero tolerance environment 
for harassment towards such individuals; and 
(C) ensuring that each military service 
academy fosters equal opportunities for growth 
that enable the full participation of such indi-
viduals in all training programs, career tracks, 
and elements of the Department, especially in 
elements of the Armed Forces previously closed 
to women, such as infantry and special oper-
ations forces. 
(2) PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS AND NON-
PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall make every effort to enter into partnerships 
with elementary schools, secondary schools, postsec-
ondary educational institutions, and nonprofit orga-
nizations, to support activities relating to the imple-
mentation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 
2017. 
(g) STANDARDIZATION OF POLICIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
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of Defense shall initiate a process to standardize 
policies relating to women, peace, and security 
across the Department of Defense. 
(2) ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In carrying out the process initiated under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish roles, re-
sponsibilities, and requirements for gender advisors, 
gender focal points, and women, peace, and security 
subject matter experts, including with respect to 
commander and senior official-level engagement and 
support for women, peace, and security commit-
ments. 
(h) DEPARTMENT EDUCATION, AND TRAINING.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) integrate gender analysis into relevant 
training for all members of the Armed Forces and 
civilian employees of the Department of Defense; 
(2) develop standardized training, across the 
Department, for gender advisors, gender focal 
points, and women, peace, and security subject mat-
ter experts; 
(3) ensure that gender analysis and the mean-
ingful participation of women and their relationship 
to security outcomes is addressed in professional 
military education curriculum; and
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(4) build the capacity of the Department to 
conduct the partner country assessments referred to 
in subsection (d). 
(i) BRIEFING.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense 
Security Cooperation Agency shall provide a briefing to 
the appropriate committees of Congress on the efforts to 
build partner defense institution and security force capac-
ity pursuant to this section. 
(j) REPORTS.—During the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment and ending on January 1, 2025, 
on a basis that is not less frequently than annually, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress reports on the steps the Department 
has taken to implement the Women, Peace, and Security 
Act of 2017, including with respect to activities carried 
out under this section. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives; and
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(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate. 
(2) The term ‘‘gender analysis’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in the Women’s Entrepreneur-
ship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–428; 132 Stat. 5509). 
(3) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ have the meanings given those terms 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) The term ‘‘postsecondary educational insti-
tution’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 
SEC. 1760. DEVELOPING CRISIS CAPABILITIES TO MEET 
NEEDS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY-CRITICAL 
SUPPLIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall coordinate with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and the heads of other relevant Fed-
eral departments and agencies— 
(1) to identify categories of homeland security- 
critical supplies that would be needed to address po-
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tential national emergencies or disasters, including 
any public health emergency, act of terrorism (as de-
fined in section 3077 of title 18, United States 
Code), cyber attack, and other attack; 
(2) to develop plans, designs, and guidance re-
lating to the production, in accordance with other 
applicable law, of the categories of homeland secu-
rity-critical supplies identified pursuant to para-
graph (1) to address the respective national emer-
gencies and disasters, including such production by 
nontraditional manufacturers; and 
(3) based on such final plans, designs, and 
guidance, to enter into such contingent arrange-
ments with governmental and private entities, in ac-
cordance with other applicable law, as may be nec-
essary to expedite the production of homeland secu-
rity-critical supplies in the event of a national emer-
gency or disaster. 
(b) PROCESS.—In coordinating the development or 
revision of a plan, design, or guidance with respect to any 
homeland security-critical supply under this section: 
(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
give each Federal department or agency with respon-
sibility for regulating the supply an opportunity—
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(A) to contribute to the development or re-
vision of the plan, design, or guidance; and 
(B) to approve or disapprove the plan, de-
sign, or guidance under regulations appropriate 
to approving the supply for emergency or dis-
aster use. 
(2) If a Federal department or agency with re-
sponsibility for regulating the homeland security- 
critical supply disapproves of the plan, design, or 
guidance with respect to the supply, the head of the 
disapproving department or agency shall provide to 
the Secretary of Homeland Security the rationale for 
the disapproval. 
(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security may— 
(A) if no Federal department or agency 
disapproves a plan, design, or guidance as de-
scribed in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2), finalize 
the plan, design, or guidance for purposes of 
subsections (a)(3) and (c); and 
(B) if a Federal department or agency 
does disapprove a plan, design, or guidance as 
described in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2), provide 
an updated plan, design, or guidance for review 
and approval or disapproval in accordance with 
paragraphs (1) and (2).
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(c) PUBLIC POSTING.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall publish each final plan, design, or guidance 
that is developed under this section on a public Internet 
website, except that the Secretary may withhold publica-
tion of, or redact information from the publication of, a 
plan, design, or guidance if— 
(1) publicly posting the information would not 
be in the interest of homeland security; 
(2) the information is protected from public dis-
closure by other applicable law; or 
(3) the information is protected from public dis-
closure by contract. 
(d) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to expand, repeal, limit, or other-
wise affect the provisions of other applicable law per-
taining to the regulation of a homeland security-critical 
supply. 
(e) BIENNIAL REVIEW.—Not less than every 2 years, 
in accordance with subsections (a) through (e), the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall coordinate the review 
and, as needed, revision of each plan, design, and guidance 
in effect under this section. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘homeland security-critical sup-
ply’’—
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(A) means any supply needed to ensure 
public safety and welfare during— 
(i) a national emergency or disaster, 
including any public health emergency, act 
of terrorism (as defined in section 3077 of 
title 18, United States Code), cyber attack, 
and other attack; or 
(ii) any other reasonably foreseeable 
contingency of grave consequence to the 
United States during which shortages are 
reasonably anticipated; and 
(B) includes a vaccine, a medication, med-
ical equipment, and personal protective equip-
ment. 
(2) The term ‘‘nontraditional manufacturer’’ 
may include (as determined by the Secretary)— 
(A) a home craftsperson; 
(B) a distiller; 
(C) a cosmetic manufacturer; 
(D) a manufacturing facility primarily de-
signed for an industry other than manufac-
turing homeland security-critical supplies; 
(E) an institution of higher education; 
(F) an advanced manufacturing facility; 
(G) a machine shop; and
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(H) a research laboratory. 
SEC. 1761. ESTABLISHMENT OF WESTERN EMERGENCY RE-
FINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS RESERVE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Director of the Defense Logistics 
Agency, shall establish a reserve, to be known as the 
‘‘Western Emergency Refined Petroleum Products Re-
serve’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Reserve’’), to 
store refined petroleum products that may be made avail-
able to military and governmental entities during an emer-
gency situation, as determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary of Defense. 
(b) USE
OF RESERVE.—In accordance with sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Defense may make refined 
petroleum products stored in the Reserve available to 
other Federal agencies, State and local governments, and 
any other public entity determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary of Defense. 
(c) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall require reimbursement for associated costs for stor-
age capacity or refined petroleum products made available 
to other Federal agencies, State or local governments, or 
any other public entity pursuant to this section. 
(d) LOCATION.—The Reserve shall—
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(1) be located in the western region of the 
United States; 
(2) utilize salt cavern storage; and 
(3) be in immediate proximity to existing pipe-
line, rail, and highway infrastructure. 
(e) CONDITION
ON COMMENCEMENT.—Commence-
ment of the program shall be subject to the availability 
of appropriations for the program. 
SEC. 1762. FOREIGN STATE COMPUTER INTRUSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 97 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1605B 
the following: 
‘‘§ 1605C. Computer intrusions by a foreign state 
‘‘A foreign state shall not be immune from the juris-
diction of the courts of the United States or of the States 
in any case not otherwise covered by this chapter in which 
money damages are sought against a foreign state by a 
national of the United States for personal injury, harm 
to reputation, or damage to or loss of property resulting 
from any of the following activities, whether occurring in 
the United States or a foreign state: 
‘‘(1) Unauthorized access to or access exceeding 
authorization to a computer located in the United 
States.
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‘‘(2) Unauthorized access to confidential, elec-
tronic stored information located in the United 
States. 
‘‘(3) The transmission of a program, informa-
tion, code, or command to a computer located in the 
United States, which, as a result of such conduct, 
causes damage without authorization. 
‘‘(4) The use, dissemination, or disclosure, with-
out consent, of any information obtained by means 
of any activity described in paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3). 
‘‘(5) The provision of material support or re-
sources for any activity described in paragraph (1), 
(2), (3), or (4), including by an official, employee, or 
agent of such foreign state.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1605B the 
following: 
‘‘1605C. Computer intrusions by a foreign state.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—This section and the amendments 
made by this section shall apply to any action pending on 
or filed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 1763. ONLINE AND DISTANCE EDUCATION CLASSES 
AND NONIMMIGRANT VISAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for the period described in subsection (b), a 
nonimmigrant described in subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) 
of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) may engage in online or dis-
tance education classes or programs that are determined 
necessary by an institution or program described in such 
subparagraph for the protection of health and safety, and 
such classes or programs shall count towards the require-
ment to pursue a full course of study to maintain non-
immigrant status. 
(b) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described in 
this section— 
(1) begins on March 13, 2020; and 
(2) ends on the date that is the later of— 
(A) June 30, 2021; or 
(B) the date that is 90 days after the date 
on which the public health emergency declared 
with respect to COVID–19 by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d) is terminated.
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SEC. 1764. TRANSFER OF MARE ISLAND NAVAL CEMETERY 
TO SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR 
MAINTENANCE BY NATIONAL CEMETERY AD-
MINISTRATION. 
(a) AGREEMENT.—Beginning on the date that is 180 
days after the date on which the Secretary submits the 
report required by subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall seek to enter into an agreement with 
the city of Vallejo, California, under which the city of 
Vallejo shall transfer to the Secretary all right, title, and 
interest in the Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, 
California, at no cost to the Secretary. The Secretary shall 
seek to enter into such agreement before the date that 
is 1 year after the date on which such report is submitted. 
(b) MAINTENANCE BY NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMIN-
ISTRATION.—If the Mare Island Naval Cemetery is trans-
ferred to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to 
subsection (a), the National Cemetery Administration 
shall maintain the cemetery as a national shrine. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a re-
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port on the feasibility and advisability of exercising 
the authority granted by subsection (a). 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the feasibility and 
advisability of exercising the authority granted 
by subsection (a). 
(B) An estimate of the costs, including 
both direct and indirect costs, that the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs would incur by exer-
cising such authority. 
SEC. 1765. MITIGATION OF HELICOPTER NOISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
take the following actions to mitigate helicopter noise and 
to receive, track, and analyze complaints on an ongoing 
basis from individuals in the National Capital Region: 
(1) Develop a noise inquiry website, to assist in 
directing mitigation efforts toward concentrated 
areas of inquiry, that is based off of the websites of 
the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport 
and the Dulles International Airport. Such website 
shall— 
(A) provide a form to collect inquiry infor-
mation;
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(B) geo-tag the location of the inquiry to 
an exportable map; 
(C) export information to an Excel spread-
sheet; and 
(D) send an email response to the indi-
vidual making the inquiry. 
(2) Establish a helicopter noise abatement 
working group led by the Department of Defense to 
collect, correlate, and identify trends associated with 
helicopter noise within the National Capital Region, 
with officials of the Department of Defense and the 
Federal Aviation Administration in attendance. The 
working group shall recommend procedural changes 
to mitigate the impact of helicopter noise on the 
community only to the extent consistent with avia-
tion safety and airspace efficiency and while sus-
taining aircrew readiness, training, and mission sup-
port. 
(b) DEFINITION OF NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 2574 of title 10, 
United States Code.
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SEC. 1766. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR CER-
TAIN SPORTING EVENTS. 
Section 2564 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘the 
Paralympics,’’ after ‘‘the Olympics,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘INAPPLICABILITY
TO’’ and inserting ‘‘SUP-
PORT OF’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Subsections (a) and (b) 
do not apply to’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary 
of Defense may authorize technical, contracting, 
and specialized equipment support to’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and 
Paralympic’’ after ‘‘Olympic’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (5)(A)(iii), by inserting 
‘‘and Paralympic’’ after ‘‘Olympic’’. 
SEC. 1767. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ONLINE REAL ESTATE IN-
VENTORY TOOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army in con-
sultation with Administrator of the General Services Ad-
ministration and Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Sustainment shall establish a pilot program for developing 
an online real estate tool of existing inventory of space 
available at Army installations.
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the online inventory 
tool is to— 
(1) achieve efficiencies in real estate property 
management consistent with the National Defense 
Strategy goal of finding greater efficiencies within 
the Department of Defense operations; 
(2) provide a public tool to better market space 
available at Army installations for better utilization 
of existing space; and 
(3) provide a tool to better quantify existing 
space and how it is utilize for current missions and 
requirements. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary of the Army 
shall consider— 
(1) innovative approaches to establishing this 
pilot program including use of other transaction au-
thorities consistent with section 2371 of title 10, 
United States Code, as well as use of commercial 
off-the-shelf technologies; 
(2) developing appropriate protections of sen-
sitive or classified information from being included 
with the online inventory tool; and 
(3) developing appropriate levels of access for 
private sector users of the system.
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(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICY.—After the pilot 
program has been established and locations identified, the 
Secretary of the Army shall develop policy requiring the 
use of the system described in subsection (a) to query for 
existing inventory before any military construction or off- 
post leases are agreed to. The Secretary of the Army shall 
ensure that all relevant notifications to congressional de-
fense committees include certification that the system in 
subsection (a) was queried. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to effect the application of title 
V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11411 et seq.). 
SEC. 1768. ESTABLISHMENT OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND 
REGIONAL COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 15301(a) of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) The Southern New England Regional 
Commission.’’. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF REGION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 
157 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
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‘‘§ 15734. Southern New England Regional Commis-
sion 
‘‘The region of the Southern New England Regional 
Commission shall include the following counties: 
‘‘(1) RHODE ISLAND.—The counties of Provi-
dence, Washington, Newport, and Bristol in the 
State of Rhode Island. 
‘‘(2) CONNECTICUT.—The counties of Hartford, 
New Haven, and New London in the State of Con-
necticut. 
‘‘(3) 
MASSACHUSETTS.—The 
counties 
of 
Hampden and Bristol in the State of Massachu-
setts.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—The analysis for Subchapter II of chapter 
157 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘15734. Southern New England Regional Commission.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The au-
thorization of appropriations in section 15751 of title 40, 
United States Code, shall apply with respect to the South-
ern New England Regional Commission beginning with 
fiscal year 2021. 
SEC. 1769. FEDRAMP AUTHORIZATION ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
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Authorization Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘FedRAMP Authoriza-
tion Act’’. 
(b) CODIFICATION OF THE FEDRAMP PROGRAM.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 36 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sections: 
‘‘§ 3607. Federal Risk and Authorization Management 
Program 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the General Services Administration the Federal Risk and 
Authorization Management Program. The Administrator 
of General Services, in accordance with the guidelines es-
tablished pursuant to section 3612, shall establish a gov-
ernmentwide program that provides the authoritative 
standardized approach to security assessment and author-
ization for cloud computing products and services that 
process unclassified information used by agencies. 
‘‘(b) COMPONENTS OF FEDRAMP.—The Joint Au-
thorization Board and the FedRAMP Program Manage-
ment Office are established as components of FedRAMP. 
‘‘§ 3608. FedRAMP Program Management Office 
‘‘(a) GSA DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Ad-
ministrator of General Services shall—
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‘‘(A) determine the categories and charac-
teristics of cloud computing information tech-
nology goods or services that are within the ju-
risdiction of FedRAMP and that require 
FedRAMP authorization from the Joint Au-
thorization Board or the FedRAMP Program 
Management Office; 
‘‘(B) develop, coordinate, and implement a 
process for the FedRAMP Program Manage-
ment Office, the Joint Authorization Board, 
and agencies to review security assessments of 
cloud computing services pursuant to sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 3611, and appro-
priate oversight of continuous monitoring of 
cloud computing services; and 
‘‘(C) ensure the continuous improvement of 
FedRAMP. 
‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator 
shall oversee the implementation of FedRAMP, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) appointing a Program Director to 
oversee the FedRAMP Program Management 
Office; 
‘‘(B) hiring professional staff as may be 
necessary for the effective operation of the
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FedRAMP Program Management Office, and 
such other activities as are essential to properly 
perform critical functions; 
‘‘(C) entering into interagency agreements 
to detail personnel on a reimbursable or non-re-
imbursable basis to assist the FedRAMP Pro-
gram Management Office and the Joint Author-
ization Board in discharging the responsibilities 
of the Office under this section; and 
‘‘(D) such other actions as the Adminis-
trator may determine necessary to carry out 
this section. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The FedRAMP Program Manage-
ment Office shall have the following duties: 
‘‘(1) Provide guidance to independent assess-
ment organizations, validate the independent assess-
ments, and apply the requirements and guidelines 
adopted in section 3609(c)(5). 
‘‘(2) Oversee and issue guidelines regarding the 
qualifications, roles, and responsibilities of inde-
pendent assessment organizations. 
‘‘(3) Develop templates and other materials to 
support the Joint Authorization Board and agencies 
in the authorization of cloud computing services to 
increase the speed, effectiveness, and transparency
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of the authorization process, consistent with stand-
ards defined by the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology. 
‘‘(4) Establish and maintain a public comment 
process for proposed guidance before the issuance of 
such guidance by FedRAMP. 
‘‘(5) Issue FedRAMP authorization for any au-
thorizations to operate issued by an agency that 
meets the requirements and guidelines described in 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(6) Establish frameworks for agencies to use 
authorization packages processed by the FedRAMP 
Program Management Office and Joint Authoriza-
tion Board. 
‘‘(7) Coordinate with the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish 
a framework for continuous monitoring and report-
ing required of agencies pursuant to section 3553. 
‘‘(8) Establish a centralized and secure reposi-
tory to collect and share necessary data, including 
security authorization packages, from the Joint Au-
thorization Board and agencies to enable better 
sharing and reuse to such packages across agencies. 
‘‘(c) EVALUATION OF AUTOMATION PROCEDURES.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The FedRAMP Program 
Management Office shall assess and evaluate avail-
able automation capabilities and procedures to im-
prove the efficiency and effectiveness of the issuance 
of provisional authorizations to operate issued by the 
Joint Authorization Board and FedRAMP author-
izations, including continuous monitoring of cloud 
environments and among cloud environments. 
‘‘(2) MEANS FOR AUTOMATION.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this section 
and updated annually thereafter, the FedRAMP 
Program Management Office shall establish a means 
for the automation of security assessments and re-
views. 
‘‘(d) 
METRICS
FOR
AUTHORIZATION.—The 
FedRAMP Program Management Office shall establish 
annual metrics regarding the time and quality of the as-
sessments necessary for completion of a FedRAMP au-
thorization process in a manner that can be consistently 
tracked over time in conjunction with the periodic testing 
and evaluation process pursuant to section 3554 in a man-
ner that minimizes the agency reporting burden. 
‘‘§ 3609. Joint Authorization Board 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 
Joint Authorization Board which shall consist of cloud
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computing experts, appointed by the Director in consulta-
tion with the Administrator, from each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The Department of Defense. 
‘‘(2) The Department of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(3) The General Services Administration. 
‘‘(4) Such other agencies as determined by the 
Director, in consultation with the Administrator. 
‘‘(b) ISSUANCE OF PROVISIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS 
TO OPERATE.—The Joint Authorization Board shall con-
duct security assessments of cloud computing services and 
issue provisional authorizations to operate to cloud service 
providers that meet FedRAMP security guidelines set 
forth in section 3608(b)(1). 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Joint Authorization Board 
shall— 
‘‘(1) develop and make publicly available on a 
website, determined by the Administrator, criteria 
for prioritizing and selecting cloud computing serv-
ices to be assessed by the Joint Authorization 
Board; 
‘‘(2) provide regular updates on the status of 
any cloud computing service during the assessment 
and authorization process of the Joint Authorization 
Board;
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‘‘(3) review and validate cloud computing serv-
ices and independent assessment organization secu-
rity packages or any documentation determined to 
be necessary by the Joint Authorization Board to 
evaluate the system security of a cloud computing 
service; 
‘‘(4) in consultation with the FedRAMP Pro-
gram Management Office, serve as a resource for 
best practices to accelerate the FedRAMP process; 
‘‘(5) establish requirements and guidelines for 
security assessments of cloud computing services, 
consistent with standards defined by the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, to be used 
by the Joint Authorization Board and agencies; 
‘‘(6) perform such other roles and responsibil-
ities as the Administrator may assign, in consulta-
tion with the FedRAMP Program Management Of-
fice and members of the Joint Authorization Board; 
and 
‘‘(7) establish metrics and goals for reviews and 
activities associated with issuing provisional author-
izations to operate and provide to the FedRAMP 
Program Management Office. 
‘‘(d) DETERMINATIONS
OF DEMAND
FOR CLOUD 
COMPUTING SERVICES.—The Joint Authorization Board
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shall consult with the Chief Information Officers Council 
established in section 3603 to establish a process for 
prioritizing and accepting the cloud computing services to 
be granted a provisional authorization to operate through 
the Joint Authorization Board, which shall be made avail-
able on a public website. 
‘‘(e) DETAIL OF PERSONNEL.—To assist the Joint 
Authorization Board in discharging the responsibilities 
under this section, personnel of agencies may be detailed 
to the Joint Authorization Board for the performance of 
duties described under subsection (c). 
‘‘§ 3610. Independent assessment organizations 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
ACCREDITATION.—The 
Joint Authorization Board shall determine the require-
ments for certification of independent assessment organi-
zations pursuant to section 3609. Such requirements may 
include developing or requiring certification programs for 
individuals employed by the independent assessment orga-
nizations who lead FedRAMP assessment teams. 
‘‘(b) ASSESSMENT.—Accredited independent assess-
ment organizations may assess, validate, and attest to the 
quality and compliance of security assessment materials 
provided by cloud service providers.
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‘‘§ 3611. Roles and responsibilities of agencies 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In implementing the require-
ments of FedRAMP, the head of each agency shall, con-
sistent with guidance issued by the Director pursuant to 
section 3612— 
‘‘(1) create policies to ensure cloud computing 
services used by the agency meet FedRAMP security 
requirements and other risk-based performance re-
quirements as defined by the Director; 
‘‘(2) issue agency-specific authorizations to op-
erate for cloud computing services in compliance 
with section 3554; 
‘‘(3) confirm whether there is a provisional au-
thorization to operate in the cloud security reposi-
tory established under section 3608(b)(10) issued by 
the Joint Authorization Board or a FedRAMP au-
thorization issued by the FedRAMP Program Man-
agement Office before beginning an agency author-
ization for a cloud computing product or service; 
‘‘(4) to the extent practicable, for any cloud 
computing product or service the agency seeks to au-
thorize that has received either a provisional author-
ization to operate by the Joint Authorization Board 
or a FedRAMP authorization by the FedRAMP Pro-
gram Management Office, use the existing assess-
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ments of security controls and materials within the 
authorization package; and 
‘‘(5) provide data and information required to 
the Director pursuant to section 3612 to determine 
how agencies are meeting metrics as defined by the 
FedRAMP Program Management Office. 
‘‘(b) SUBMISSION
OF POLICIES REQUIRED.—Not 
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
this section, the head of each agency shall submit to the 
Director the policies created pursuant to subsection (a)(1) 
for review and approval. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS TO OPERATE 
REQUIRED.—Upon issuance of an authorization to oper-
ate or a provisional authorization to operate issued by an 
agency, the head of each agency shall provide a copy of 
the authorization to operate letter and any supplementary 
information required pursuant to section 3608(b) to the 
FedRAMP Program Management Office. 
‘‘(d) PRESUMPTION OF ADEQUACY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The assessment of security 
controls and materials within the authorization 
package for provisional authorizations to operate 
issued by the Joint Authorization Board and agency 
authorizations to operate that receive FedRAMP au-
thorization from the FedRAMP Program Manage-
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ment Office shall be presumed adequate for use in 
agency authorizations of cloud computing products 
and services. 
‘‘(2) 
INFORMATION
SECURITY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The presumption under paragraph (1) 
does not modify or alter the responsibility of any 
agency to ensure compliance with subchapter II of 
chapter 35 for any cloud computing products or 
services used by the agency. 
‘‘§ 3612. Roles and responsibilities of the Office of 
Management and Budget 
‘‘The Director shall have the following duties: 
‘‘(1) Issue guidance to ensure that an agency 
does not operate a Federal Government cloud com-
puting service using Government data without an 
authorization to operate issued by the agency that 
meets the requirements of subchapter II of chapter 
35 and FedRAMP. 
‘‘(2) Ensure agencies are in compliance with 
any guidance or other requirements issued related to 
FedRAMP. 
‘‘(3) Review, analyze, and update guidance on 
the adoption, security, and use of cloud computing 
services used by agencies.
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‘‘(4) Ensure the Joint Authorization Board is 
in compliance with section 3609(c). 
‘‘(5) Adjudicate disagreements between the 
Joint Authorization Board and cloud service pro-
viders seeking a provisional authorization to operate 
through the Joint Authorization Board. 
‘‘(6) Promulgate regulations on the role of 
FedRAMP authorization in agency acquisition of 
cloud computing products and services that process 
unclassified information. 
‘‘§ 3613. 
Authorization 
of 
appropriations 
for 
FEDRAMP 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 
each year for the FedRAMP Program Management Office 
and the Joint Authorization Board. 
‘‘§ 3614. Reports to Congress 
‘‘Not later than 12 months after the date of the en-
actment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Di-
rector shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate a report that includes the following: 
‘‘(1) The status, efficiency, and effectiveness of 
FedRAMP Program Management Office and agen-
cies during the preceding year in supporting the
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speed, effectiveness, sharing, reuse, and security of 
authorizations to operate for cloud computing prod-
ucts and services, including progress towards meet-
ing the metrics adopted by the FedRAMP Program 
Management Office pursuant to section 3608(d) and 
the Joint Authorization Board pursuant to section 
3609(c)(5). 
‘‘(2) Data on agency use of provisional author-
izations to operate issued by the Joint Authorization 
Board and agency sponsored authorizations that re-
ceive FedRAMP authorization by the FedRAMP 
Program Management Office. 
‘‘(3) The length of time for the Joint Author-
ization Board to review applications for and issue 
provisional authorizations to operate. 
‘‘(4) The length of time for the FedRAMP Pro-
gram Management Office to review agency applica-
tions for and issue FedRAMP authorization. 
‘‘(5) The number of provisional authorizations 
to operate issued by the Joint Authorization Board 
and 
FedRAMP 
authorizations 
issued 
by 
the 
FedRAMP Program Management Office for the pre-
vious year. 
‘‘(6) A review of progress made during the pre-
ceding year in advancing automation techniques to
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securely automate FedRAMP processes and to accel-
erate reporting as described in this section. 
‘‘(7) The number and characteristics of author-
ized cloud computing services in use at each agency 
consistent with guidance provided by the Director in 
section 3612. 
‘‘§ 3615. Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSES, AND DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 
Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee (referred 
to in this section as the ‘Committee’) to ensure ef-
fective and ongoing coordination of agency adoption, 
use, authorization, monitoring, acquisition, and secu-
rity of cloud computing products and services to en-
able agency mission and administrative priorities. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Com-
mittee are the following: 
‘‘(A) 
To 
examine 
the 
operations 
of 
FedRAMP and determine ways that authoriza-
tion processes can continuously be improved, in-
cluding the following: 
‘‘(i) Measures to increase agency re- 
use of provisional authorizations to operate 
issued by the Joint Authorization Board.
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‘‘(ii) Proposed actions that can be 
adopted to reduce the cost of provisional 
authorizations to operate and FedRAMP 
authorizations for cloud service providers. 
‘‘(iii) Measures to increase the num-
ber of provisional authorizations to operate 
or FedRAMP authorizations for cloud 
computing services offered by small busi-
nesses (as defined by section 3(a) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 
‘‘(B) Collect information and feedback on 
agency compliance with and implementation of 
FedRAMP requirements. 
‘‘(C) Serve as a forum that facilitates com-
munication 
and 
collaboration 
among 
the 
FedRAMP stakeholder community. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The duties of the Committee 
are, at a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(A) Provide advice and recommendations 
to the Administrator, the Joint Authorization 
Board, and to agencies on technical, financial, 
programmatic, and operational matters regard-
ing secure adoption of cloud computing services. 
‘‘(B) Submit reports as required. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERS.—
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‘‘(F) No fewer than five representatives 
from unique businesses that primarily provide 
cloud computing services or products, including 
at least two representatives from a small busi-
ness (as defined by section 3(a) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a))). 
‘‘(G) At least two other government rep-
resentatives as the Administrator determines to 
be necessary to provide sufficient balance, in-
sights, or expertise to the Committee. 
‘‘(2) DEADLINE
FOR
APPOINTMENT.—Each 
member of the Committee shall be appointed not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
‘‘(3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each non-Federal 
member of the Committee shall be appointed 
for a term of 3 years, except that the initial 
terms for members may be staggered 1-, 2-, or 
3-year terms to establish a rotation in which 
one-third of the members are selected each 
year. Any such member may be appointed for 
not more than 2 consecutive terms. 
‘‘(B) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the 
Committee shall not affect its powers, but shall
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be filled in the same manner in which the origi-
nal appointment was made. Any member ap-
pointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 
expiration of the term for which the member’s 
predecessor was appointed shall be appointed 
only for the remainder of that term. A member 
may serve after the expiration of that member’s 
term until a successor has taken office. 
‘‘(c) MEETINGS AND RULES OF PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) MEETINGS.—The Committee shall hold 
not fewer than three meetings in a calendar year, at 
such time and place as determined by the Chair. 
‘‘(2) INITIAL
MEETING.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Committee shall meet and begin the operations 
of the Committee. 
‘‘(3) RULES OF PROCEDURE.—The Committee 
may establish rules for the conduct of the business 
of the Committee, if such rules are not inconsistent 
with this section or other applicable law. 
‘‘(d) EMPLOYEE STATUS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A member of the Com-
mittee (other than a member who is appointed to the 
Committee in connection with another Federal ap-
pointment) shall not be considered an employee of
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the Federal Government by reason of any service as 
such a member, except for the purposes of section 
5703 of title 5, relating to travel expenses. 
‘‘(2) PAY NOT PERMITTED.—A member of the 
Committee covered by paragraph (1) may not receive 
pay by reason of service on the panel. 
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY TO THE FEDERAL ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE ACT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.) shall apply to the Committee, except that section 
14 of such Act shall not apply. 
‘‘(f) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Committee, or 
on the authority of the Committee, any subcommittee, 
may, for the purposes of carrying out this section, hold 
hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take testi-
mony, receive evidence, and administer oaths. 
‘‘(g) CONTRACTING.—The Committee, may, to such 
extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropria-
tion Acts, enter into contracts to enable the Committee 
to discharge its duties under this section. 
‘‘(h) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee is author-
ized to secure directly from any executive depart-
ment, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, 
independent establishment, or instrumentality of the
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Government, information, suggestions, estimates, 
and statistics for the purposes of the Committee. 
Each department, bureau, agency, board, commis-
sion, office, independent establishment, or instru-
mentality shall, to the extent authorized by law, fur-
nish such information, suggestions, estimates, and 
statistics directly to the Committee, upon request 
made by the Chair, the Chair of any subcommittee 
created by a majority of the Committee, or any 
member designated by a majority of the Committee. 
‘‘(2) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DIS-
SEMINATION.—Information may only be received, 
handled, stored, and disseminated by members of 
the Committee and its staff consistent with all appli-
cable statutes, regulations, and Executive orders. 
‘‘(i) DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES.—Any Federal Govern-
ment employee may be detailed to the Committee without 
reimbursement from the Committee, and such detailee 
shall retain the rights, status, and privileges of his or her 
regular employment without interruption. 
‘‘(j) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Committee may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as agencies. 
‘‘(k) EXPERT
AND CONSULTANT SERVICES.—The 
Committee is authorized to procure the services of experts
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and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 
5, but at rates not to exceed the daily rate paid a person 
occupying a position at Level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5. 
‘‘(l) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) INTERIM REPORTS.—The Committee may 
submit to the Administrator and Congress interim 
reports containing such findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations as have been agreed to by the 
Committee. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL
REPORTS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, and annually thereafter, the Committee shall 
submit to the Administrator and Congress a final re-
port containing such findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations as have been agreed to by the Com-
mittee. 
‘‘§ 3616. Definitions 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under sub-
section (b), the definitions under sections 3502 and 3552 
apply to sections 3607 through this section. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In sections 3607 
through this section: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of General Services.
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‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
PACKAGE.—The term 
‘authorization package’— 
‘‘(A) means the essential information used 
to determine whether to authorize the operation 
of an information system or the use of a des-
ignated set of common controls; and 
‘‘(B) at a minimum, includes the informa-
tion system security plan, privacy plan, security 
control assessment, privacy control assessment, 
and any relevant plans of action and milestones. 
‘‘(3) CLOUD
COMPUTING.—The term ‘cloud 
computing’ has the meaning given that term by the 
National Institutes of Standards and Technology in 
NIST Special Publication 800–145 and any amend-
atory or superseding document thereto. 
‘‘(4) CLOUD
SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘cloud service provider’ means an entity offering 
cloud computing services to agencies. 
‘‘(5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
‘‘(6) FEDRAMP.—The term ‘FedRAMP’ means 
the Federal Risk and Authorization Management 
Program established under section 3607(a).
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‘‘(7) FEDRAMP
AUTHORIZATION.—The term 
‘FedRAMP authorization’ means a cloud computing 
product or service that has received an agency au-
thorization to operate and has been approved by the 
FedRAMP Program Management Office to meet re-
quirements and guidelines established by the 
FedRAMP Program Management Office. 
‘‘(8) FEDRAMP
PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT
OF-
FICE.—The term ‘FedRAMP Program Management 
Office’ means the office that administers FedRAMP 
established under section 3608. 
‘‘(9) INDEPENDENT
ASSESSMENT
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘independent assessment organiza-
tion’ means a third-party organization accredited by 
the Program Director of the FedRAMP Program 
Management Office to undertake conformity assess-
ments of cloud service providers. 
‘‘(10) JOINT
AUTHORIZATION
BOARD.—The 
term ‘Joint Authorization Board’ means the Joint 
Authorization Board established under section 
3609.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 36 of title 
44, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new items: 
‘‘3607. Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
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‘‘3608. FedRAMP Program Management Office. 
‘‘3609. Joint Authorization Board. 
‘‘3610. Independent assessment organizations. 
‘‘3611. Roles and responsibilities of agencies. 
‘‘3612. Roles and responsibilities of the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘3613. Authorization of appropriations for FEDRAMP. 
‘‘3614. Reports to Congress. 
‘‘3615. Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee. 
‘‘3616. Definitions.’’. 
(3) SUNSET.—This section and any amendment 
made by this section shall be repealed on the date 
that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of 
this section. 
(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section or any amendment made by this section shall 
be construed as altering or impairing the authorities 
of the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget or the Secretary of Homeland Security 
under subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 1770. TAXPAYERS RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act’’. 
(b) INVENTORY OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following:
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‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘Federal financial assist-
ance’ has the meaning given that term under 
section 7501; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘open Government data 
asset’ has the meaning given that term under 
section 3502 of title 44; 
‘‘(C) the term ‘program’ means a single 
program activity or an organized set of aggre-
gated, disaggregated, or consolidated program 
activities by one or more agencies directed to-
ward a common purpose or goal; and 
‘‘(D) the term ‘program activity’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1115(h).’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘IN GENERAL.—Not later 
than October 1, 2012, the Office of Manage-
ment 
and 
Budget 
shall’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘WEBSITE
AND
PROGRAM
INVENTORY.—The 
Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘that includes the information required under
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subsections (b) and (c)’’ after ‘‘a single 
website’’; and 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) include on the website described in 
subparagraph (A), or another appropriate Fed-
eral Government website where related informa-
tion is made available, as determined by the Di-
rector— 
‘‘(i) a program inventory that shall 
identify each program; and 
‘‘(ii) for each program identified in 
the program inventory, the information re-
quired under paragraph (3); 
‘‘(C) make the information in the program 
inventory required under subparagraph (B) 
available as an open Government data asset; 
and 
‘‘(D) at a minimum— 
‘‘(i) update the information required 
to be included on the single website under 
subparagraph (A) on a quarterly basis; 
and
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‘‘(ii) update the program inventory re-
quired under subparagraph (B) on an an-
nual basis.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘described under paragraph (1) 
shall include’’ and inserting ‘‘identified in the 
program inventory required under paragraph 
(2)(B) shall include’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘and,’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) for each program activity that is part 
of a program— 
‘‘(i) a description of the purposes of 
the program activity and the contribution 
of the program activity to the mission and 
goals of the agency; 
‘‘(ii) a consolidated view for the cur-
rent fiscal year and each of the 2 fiscal 
years before the current fiscal year of— 
‘‘(I) the amount appropriated; 
‘‘(II) the amount obligated; and
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‘‘(III) the amount outlayed; 
‘‘(iii) to the extent practicable and 
permitted by law, links to any related eval-
uation, assessment, or program perform-
ance review by the agency, an inspector 
general, or the Government Accountability 
Office (including program performance re-
ports required under section 1116), and 
other related evidence assembled in re-
sponse to implementation of the Founda-
tions for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–435; 132 Stat. 
5529); 
‘‘(iv) an identification of the statutes 
that authorize the program activity or the 
authority under which the program activity 
was created or operates; 
‘‘(v) an identification of any major 
regulations specific to the program activity; 
‘‘(vi) any other information that the 
Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget determines relevant relating to pro-
gram activity data in priority areas most 
relevant to Congress or the public to in-
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crease transparency and accountability; 
and 
‘‘(vii) for each assistance listing under 
which Federal financial assistance is pro-
vided, for the current fiscal year and each 
of the 2 fiscal years before the current fis-
cal year and consistent with existing law 
relating to the protection of personally 
identifiable information— 
‘‘(I) a linkage to the relevant 
program activities that fund Federal 
financial assistance by assistance list-
ing; 
‘‘(II) information on the popu-
lation intended to be served by the as-
sistance listing based on the language 
of the solicitation, as required under 
section 6102; 
‘‘(III) to the extent practicable 
and based on data reported to the 
agency providing the Federal financial 
assistance, the results of the Federal 
financial assistance awards provided 
by the assistance listing;
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‘‘(IV) to the extent practicable, 
the percentage of the amount appro-
priated for the assistance listing that 
is used for management and adminis-
tration; 
‘‘(V) the identification of each 
award of Federal financial assistance 
and, to the extent practicable, the 
name of each direct or indirect recipi-
ent of the award; and 
‘‘(VI) any information relating to 
the award of Federal financial assist-
ance that is required to be included on 
the website established under section 
2(b) of the Federal Funding Account-
ability and Transparency Act of 2006 
(31 U.S.C. 6101 note).’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) ARCHIVING.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall— 
‘‘(A) archive and preserve the information 
included in the program inventory required 
under paragraph (2)(B) after the end of the pe-
riod during which such information is made 
available under paragraph (3); and
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‘‘(B) make information archived in accord-
ance with subparagraph (A) publicly available 
as an open Government data asset.’’. 
(c) GUIDANCE, IMPLEMENTATION, REPORTING, AND 
REVIEW.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means the Committee on Oversight 
and Reform of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(B) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget; 
(C) the term ‘‘program’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 1122(a)(1) of title 
31, United States Code, as amended by sub-
section (b) of this section; 
(D) the term ‘‘program activity’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1115(h) of 
title 31, United States Code; and 
(E) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Treasury. 
(2) PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND RECON-
CILING PROGRAM DEFINITIONS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
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rector, in consultation with the Secretary, shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report that— 
(A) includes a plan that— 
(i) discusses how making available on 
a website the information required under 
subsection (a) of section 1122 of title 31, 
United States Code, as amended by sub-
section (b), will leverage existing data 
sources while avoiding duplicative or over-
lapping information in presenting informa-
tion relating to program activities and pro-
grams; 
(ii) indicates how any gaps in data 
will be assessed and addressed; 
(iii) indicates how the Director will 
display such data; and 
(iv) discusses how the Director will 
expand the information collected with re-
spect to program activities to incorporate 
the information required under the amend-
ments made by subsection (b); 
(B) sets forth details regarding a pilot pro-
gram, developed in accordance with best prac-
tices for effective pilot programs—
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(i) to develop and implement a func-
tional program inventory that could be lim-
ited in scope; and 
(ii) under which the information re-
quired under the amendments made by 
subsection (b) with respect to program ac-
tivities shall be made available on the 
website required under section 1122(a) of 
title 31, United States Code; 
(C) establishes an implementation timeline 
for— 
(i) gathering and building program 
activity information; 
(ii) developing and implementing the 
pilot program; 
(iii) seeking and responding to stake-
holder comments; 
(iv) developing and presenting find-
ings from the pilot program to the appro-
priate congressional committees; 
(v) notifying the appropriate congres-
sional committees regarding how program 
activities will be aggregated, disaggregated, 
or consolidated as part of identifying pro-
grams; and
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(vi) implementing a Governmentwide 
program inventory through an iterative ap-
proach; and 
(D) includes recommendations, if any, to 
reconcile the conflicting definitions of the term 
‘‘program’’ in relevant Federal statutes, as it 
relates to the purpose of this section. 
(3) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector shall make available online all informa-
tion required under the amendments made by 
subsection (b) with respect to all programs. 
(B) EXTENSIONS.—The Director may, 
based on an analysis of the costs of implemen-
tation, and after submitting to the appropriate 
congressional committees a notification of the 
action by the Director, extend the deadline for 
implementation under subparagraph (A) by not 
more than a total of 1 year. 
(4) REPORTING.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date on which the Director makes available on-
line all information required under the amendments 
made by subsection (b) with respect to all programs, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall
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(A) in subsection (b), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘described in 
subsection (a)(2)(A)’’ after ‘‘the website’’ each 
place it appears; 
(B) in subsection (c), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘described in 
subsection (a)(2)(A)’’ after ‘‘the website’’; and 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘ON WEBSITE’’; and 
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘on the website’’. 
(2) OTHER AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 1115(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the website 
provided under’’ and inserting ‘‘a website de-
scribed in’’. 
(B) Section 10 of the GPRA Moderniza-
tion Act of 2010 (31 U.S.C. 1115 note) is 
amended— 
(i) in subsection (a)(3), by striking 
‘‘the website described under’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a website described in’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b)—
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(I) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘the website described under’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a website described in’’; and 
(II) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘the website as required under’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a website described in’’. 
(C) Section 1120(a)(5) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 
website described under’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
website described in’’. 
(D) Section 1126(b)(2)(E) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘the website of the Office of Management and 
Budget pursuant to’’ and inserting ‘‘a website 
described in’’. 
(E) Section 3512(a)(1) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 
website described under’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
website described in’’. 
SEC. 1771. BUILDING UNITED STATES CAPACITY FOR 
VERIFICATION AND MANUFACTURING OF AD-
VANCED MICROELECTRONICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce, act-
ing through the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, shall carry out research and
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development to enable advances and breakthroughs in 
measurement science, standards, material characteriza-
tion, instrumentation, testing, and manufacturing capa-
bilities that will accelerate the underlying research and de-
velopment for design, development, and manufacturability 
of next generation microelectronics and ensure the com-
petitiveness and leadership of the United States within the 
microlectronics sector. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The activities under subsection (a) 
shall include research and development in the following 
areas: 
(1) Advanced metrology and characterization 
for manufacturing of microchips using 3 nanometer 
transistor processes or more advanced processes. 
(2) Metrology for security and supply chain 
verification, including pre-silicon security verification 
of the design for logical and physical vulnerabilities 
beyond current functional analysis. 
SEC. 1772. THRESHOLD FOR REPORTING ADDITIONS TO 
TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY. 
Section 7321 of the PFAS Act of 2019 (Public Law 
116–92) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following:
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‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Section 372.38 of title 40, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regu-
lation), shall not apply to a chemical described in 
paragraph (1) unless the Administrator, in accord-
ance with paragraph (2)(B), revises the threshold 
for reporting such chemical to 10,000 pounds.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Section 372.38 of title 40, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regu-
lation), shall not apply to the substances and classes 
of substances included in the toxics release inventory 
under paragraph (1) unless the Administrator, in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2)(B), revises the thresh-
old for reporting such substances and class of sub-
stances to 10,000 pounds.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—Section 372.38 of title 40, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regu-
lation), shall not apply to the substances and classes 
of substances described in paragraph (2) unless the 
Administrator sets a 10,000 pound reporting thresh-
old for such substances and classes of substances.’’.
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SEC. 1773. HEMP PRODUCTS. 
The Secretary of Defense may not prohibit, on the 
basis of a product containing hemp or any ingredient de-
rived from hemp, the possession, use, or consumption of 
such product by a member of the Armed Forces if— 
(1) the hemp meets the definition in section 
297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1639o); and 
(2) such possession, use, or consumption is in 
compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local 
law. 
SEC. 1774. EXEMPTION FROM PAPERWORK REDUCTION 
ACT. 
(a) UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY
OF
THE 
HEALTH SCIENCES.—Chapter 104 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 2117. Exemption from Paperwork Reduction Act 
‘‘Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44 shall not 
apply to the voluntary collection of information during the 
conduct of research by the University.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2116 the following new 
item: 
‘‘2117. Exemption from Paperwork Reduction Act.’’.
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SEC. 1775. SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL 
BORINQUENEERS DAY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the Sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) in 1898, Puerto Rico became a territory of 
the United States and, the following year, Congress 
authorized raising a military unit of volunteer sol-
diers on the island, which was organized as the 
‘‘Puerto Rico Regiment of Volunteer Infantry’’; 
(2) in 1908, Congress incorporated the regi-
ment as part of the regular United States Army as 
the ‘‘Puerto Rico Regiment of Infantry’’; 
(3) in 1917, after the United States entry into 
World War I, the Puerto Rico Regiment of Infantry 
was sent to Panama to defend the Panama Canal 
Zone; 
(4) in 1920, Congress redesignated the unit as 
the 65th Infantry Regiment of the United States 
Army; 
(5) during World War II, the 65th Infantry 
Regiment served in North Africa and Europe, in-
cluding combat operations in France and Germany 
for which members of the unit received commenda-
tions for valiant service, including 1 Distinguished 
Service Cross, 2 Silver Stars, 2 Bronze Stars, and 
90 Purple Hearts;
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(6) in 1950, the 65th Infantry Regiment de-
ployed to South Korea, and during the voyage the 
soldiers nicknamed the unit the ‘‘Borinqueneers’’, a 
reference to the native Taı´no Tribe’s name for the 
island of Puerto Rico; 
(7) during the Korean war, the 65th Infantry 
Regiment (hereinafter, the ‘‘Borinqueneers’’) en-
gaged in substantial combat operations on the Ko-
rean Peninsula, and the unit played a central role in 
several important offensives and counter-offensives 
that earned it well-deserved admiration and com-
mendation; 
(8) the Borinqueneers’ extraordinary service 
during the Korean war resulted in the Regiment re-
ceiving 2 Presidential Unit Citations (Army and 
Navy), 2 Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Cita-
tions, a Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), a 
Navy Unit Commendation, the Chryssoun Aristion 
Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), and cam-
paign participation credits for United Nations Offen-
sive, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) Interven-
tion, First United Nations Counteroffensive, CCF 
Spring Offensive, United Nations Summer-Fall Of-
fensive, Second Korean Winter, Korea Summer-Fall
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1953; 
(9) the Borinqueneers’ extraordinary service 
during the Korean war also resulted in numerous in-
dividual commendations and awards for its soldiers, 
including 1 Medal of Honor, 9 Distinguished Service 
Crosses, more than 250 Silver Stars, more than 600 
Bronze Stars, and more than 2,700 Purple Hearts; 
(10) in 1956, the 65th Infantry Regiment was 
deactivated from the regular United States Army 
and, in 1959, its units and regimental number were 
assigned to the Puerto Rico National Guard; 
(11) in 1982, the United States Army Center 
of Military History officially authorized designating 
the 65th Infantry Regiment as the ‘‘Borinqueneers’’; 
and 
(12) on April 13, 2016, Congress awarded the 
Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regi-
ment in recognition of the Borinqueneers’ numerous 
contributions to American history and outstanding 
military service from World War I through the re-
cent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. 
(b) RESOLUTION.—The House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses support for the designation of 
‘‘National Borinqueneers Day’’;
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(2) recognizes the bravery, service, and sacrifice 
of the Puerto Rican soldiers of the 65th Infantry 
Regiment in the armed conflicts of the United 
States in the 20th and 21st centuries; 
(3) expresses deep gratitude for the contribu-
tions to the Armed Forces that have been made by 
hundreds of thousands of patriotic United States 
citizens from Puerto Rico; and 
(4) urges individuals and communities across 
the United States to participate in activities that are 
designed— 
(A) to celebrate the distinguished service of 
the military veterans who served in the 65th In-
fantry 
Regiment, 
known 
as 
the 
‘‘Borinqueneers’’; 
(B) to pay tribute to the sacrifices made 
and adversities overcome by Puerto Rican and 
Hispanic military service members; and 
(C) to recognize the significant contribu-
tions to American history made by the 65th In-
fantry 
Regiment, 
known 
as 
the 
‘‘Borinqueneers’’.
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SEC. 1776. TEMPORARY RELIEF FOR PRIVATE STUDENT 
LOAN BORROWERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A servicer of a private education 
loan extended to a covered borrower shall suspend all pay-
ments on such loan through September 30, 2021. 
(b) NO ACCRUAL OF INTEREST.—Interest shall not 
accrue on a loan described under subsection (a) for which 
payment was suspended for the period of the suspension. 
(c) CONSIDERATION OF PAYMENTS.—A servicer of a 
private education loan extended to a covered borrower 
shall deem each month for which a loan payment was sus-
pended under this section as if the borrower of the loan 
had made a payment for the purpose of any loan forgive-
ness program or loan rehabilitation program for which the 
borrower would have otherwise qualified. 
(d) REPORTING TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGEN-
CIES.—During the period in which a loan payment was 
suspended under this section, the servicer of the loan shall 
ensure that, for the purpose of reporting information 
about the loan to a consumer reporting agency, any pay-
ment that has been suspended is treated as if it were a 
regularly scheduled payment made by a borrower. 
(e) SUSPENDING INVOLUNTARY COLLECTION.—Dur-
ing the period for which a loan payment was suspended 
under this section, the servicer or holder of the loan shall 
suspend all involuntary collection related to the loan.
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(f) NOTICE TO BORROWERS AND TRANSITION PE-
RIOD.—To inform covered borrowers of the actions taken 
in accordance with this section and ensure an effective 
transition, the servicer of a private education loan ex-
tended to a covered borrower shall— 
(1) not later than 15 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, notify covered borrowers— 
(A) of the actions taken in accordance with 
subsections (a) and (b) for whom payments 
have been suspended and interest waived; 
(B) of the actions taken in accordance with 
subsection (e) for whom collections have been 
suspended; 
(C) of the option to continue making pay-
ments toward principal; and 
(D) that the program under this section is 
a temporary program; and 
(2) beginning on August 1, 2020, carry out a 
program to provide not less than 6 notices by postal 
mail, telephone, or electronic communication to cov-
ered borrowers indicating when the borrower’s nor-
mal payment obligations will resume. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) COVERED BORROWER.—The term ‘‘covered 
borrower’’ means a borrower of a private education 
loan. 
(2) PRIVATE
EDUCATION
LOAN.—The term 
‘‘private education loan’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 140 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 
U.S.C. 1650). 
SEC. 1777. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE 
GRANTS PROGRAM. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Defense, 
the Secretary of Defense may contribute $5,000,000 to 
support the National Maritime Heritage Grants Program 
established under section 308703 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 1778. EXTENSION OF TIME TO REVIEW WORLD WAR I 
VALOR MEDALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 584(f) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 
Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1281) is amended by striking 
‘‘five’’ and inserting ‘‘seven’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on the date 
of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization
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Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 
1281). 
SEC. 1779. ENSURING CHINESE DEBT TRANSPARENCY. 
(a) UNITED STATES POLICY AT THE INTERNATIONAL 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at 
each international financial institution (as defined in sec-
tion 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions 
Act) that it is the policy of the United States to use the 
voice and vote of the United States at the respective insti-
tution to seek to secure greater transparency with respect 
to the terms and conditions of financing provided by the 
government of the People’s Republic of China to any mem-
ber state of the respective institution that is a recipient 
of financing from the institution, consistent with the rules 
and principles of the Paris Club. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Chairman of the Na-
tional Advisory Council on International Monetary and Fi-
nancial Policies shall include in the annual report required 
by section 1701 of the International Financial Institutions 
Act— 
(1) a description of progress made toward ad-
vancing the policy described in subsection (a) of this 
section; and
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(2) a discussion of financing provided by enti-
ties owned or controlled by the government of the 
People’s Republic of China to the member states of 
international financial institutions that receive fi-
nancing from the international financial institutions, 
including any efforts or recommendations by the 
Chairman to seek greater transparency with respect 
to the former financing. 
(c) SUNSET.—Subsections (a) and (b) of this section 
shall have no force or effect after the earlier of— 
(1) the date that is 7 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act; or 
(2) 30 days after the date that the Secretary 
reports to the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate that the People’s 
Republic of China is in substantial compliance with 
the rules and principles of the Paris Club. 
SEC. 1780. STRATEGY TO SECURE EMAIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 
2021, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop 
and submit to Congress a strategy, including rec-
ommendations, to implement across all United States- 
based email providers Domain-based Message Authentica-
tion, Reporting, and Conformance standard at scale.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A recommendation for the minimum size 
threshold for United States-based email providers 
for applicability of Domain-based Message Authen-
tication, Reporting, and Conformance. 
(2) A description of the security and privacy 
benefits of implementing the Domain-based Message 
Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance stand-
ard at scale, including recommendations for national 
security exemptions, as appropriate, as well as the 
burdens of such implementation and an identifica-
tion of the entities on which such burdens would 
most likely fall. 
(3) An identification of key United States and 
international stakeholders associated with such im-
plementation. 
(4) An identification of any barriers to such im-
plementing, including a cost-benefit analysis where 
feasible. 
(5) An initial estimate of the total cost to the 
Federal Government and implementing entities in 
the private sector of such implementing, including 
recommendations for defraying such costs, if appli-
cable.
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(c) CONSULTATION.—In developing the strategies 
and recommendations under subsection (a), the Secretary 
of Homeland Security may, as appropriate, consult with 
representatives from the information technology sector. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Domain- 
based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conform-
ance’’ means an email authentication, policy, and report-
ing protocol that verifies the authenticity of the sender of 
an email and blocks and reports to the sender fraudulent 
accounts. 
SEC. 1781. REPORT ON THREAT POSED BY DOMESTIC TER-
RORISTS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Under Sec-
retary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, 
and the Director of National Intelligence (acting through 
the National Counterterrorism Center) shall jointly submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
includes an evaluation of the nature and extent of the do-
mestic terror threat and domestic terrorist groups. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) describe the manner in which domestic ter-
ror activity is tracked and reported;
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(2) identify all known domestic terror groups, 
whether formal in nature or loosely affiliated 
ideologies; 
(3) include a breakdown of the ideology of each 
group; and 
(4) describe the efforts of such groups, if any, 
to infiltrate or target domestic constitutionally pro-
tected activity by citizens for cooption or to carry 
out attacks, and the number of individuals associ-
ated or affiliated with each group that engages in 
such efforts. 
SEC. 1782. DOMESTIC PROCUREMENT OF TUNGSTEN AND 
TUNGSTEN POWDER. 
To the extent practicable, the Secretary of Defense 
shall prioritize the procurement of tungsten and tungsten 
powder from only domestic producers. 
SEC. 1783. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MECHANISM FOR 
PROVISION OF DISSENTING VIEWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish a mechanism through which members of the 
Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department 
of Defense may privately provide dissenting views regard-
ing the Department of Defense and United States national 
security policy without fear of retribution.
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(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
vide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on 
the status of the mechanism required by subsection (a). 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to alleviate the duty of any indi-
vidual to follow the military chain of command or to follow 
the policies of the Department of Defense and Federal 
Government. 
SEC. 1784. SECTOR RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and the Committee on Armed Services in the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 
Committee on Armed Services in the Senate. 
(2) CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 
‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 2(4) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002. 
(3) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security.
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(4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency of the Department. 
(5) INFORMATION SHARING AND ANALYSIS OR-
GANIZATION.—The term ‘‘information sharing and 
analysis organization’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 2222(5) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(7) SECTOR RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—The 
term ‘‘sector risk management agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2201(5) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002. 
(b) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR DESIGNA-
TION.— 
(1) INITIAL REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall review the current framework for secur-
ing critical infrastructure, as described in section 
2202(c)(4) of the Homeland Security Act and Presi-
dential Policy Directive 21, and submit a report to 
the President containing recommendations for— 
(A) any revisions to the current framework 
for securing critical infrastructure;
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(B) any revisions to the list of critical in-
frastructure sectors set forth in Presidential 
Policy Directive 21 or previously designated 
subsectors; and 
(C) any revisions to the list of designated 
Federal departments or agencies that serve as 
the Sector Risk Management Agency for a sec-
tor or subsector, necessary to comply with para-
graph (3)(B). 
(2) PERIODIC
EVALUATION
BY
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—At least once every 5 years, the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Director, shall— 
(A) evaluate the current list of critical in-
frastructure sectors and subsectors and the ap-
propriateness of Sector Risk Management 
Agency designations, as set forth in Presi-
dential Policy Directive 21, or any successor 
document or policy; and 
(B) recommend to the President— 
(i) any revisions to the list of critical 
infrastructure sectors or subsectors; and 
(ii) any revisions to the designation of 
any Federal department or agency des-
ignated as the Sector Risk Management 
Agency for a sector or subsector.
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(3) REVIEW
AND
REVISION
BY
THE
PRESI-
DENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after a recommendation by the Secretary 
pursuant to paragraph (2), the President 
shall— 
(i) review the recommendation and re-
vise, as appropriate, the designation of a 
critical infrastructure sector or subsector 
or the designation of a Sector Risk Man-
agement Agency; or 
(ii) submit a report to appropriate 
congressional committees, and the Majority 
and Minority Leaders of the Senate and 
the Speaker and Minority Leader of the 
House of Representatives, explaining the 
basis for rejecting the recommendations of 
the Secretary. 
(B) LIMITATION.—The President may only 
designate an agency under this subsection if the 
agency is referenced in section 205 of the Chief 
Financial Officers Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 901). 
(4) PUBLICATION.—Any designation of critical 
infrastructure sectors shall be published in the Fed-
eral Register.
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(c) SECTOR RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.— 
(1) REFERENCES.—Any reference to a sector- 
specific agency in any law, regulation, map, docu-
ment, record, or other paper of the United States 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Sector Risk 
Management Agency of the relevant critical infra-
structure sector. 
(2) SECTOR RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—Sub-
title A of title XXII of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2215. SECTOR RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each Sector Risk Management 
Agency, as designated by law or presidential directive, 
shall— 
‘‘(1) provide specialized sector-specific expertise 
to critical infrastructure owners and operators with-
in the relevant sector; and 
‘‘(2) support programs and associated activities 
of its designated critical infrastructure sector in co-
ordination with the Director. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, 
Sector Risk Management Agencies shall—
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‘‘(1) coordinate with the Department and other 
relevant Federal departments and agencies, as ap-
propriate; 
‘‘(2) collaborate with critical infrastructure 
owners and operators within the designated critical 
infrastructure sector or subsector; and 
‘‘(3) coordinate with independent regulatory 
agencies, and State, local, Tribal, and territorial en-
tities, as appropriate. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each Sector Risk Manage-
ment Agency shall utilize its specialized expertise about 
its designated critical infrastructure sector or subsector 
and authorities under applicable law to— 
‘‘(1) support sector risk management, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) establishing and carrying out pro-
grams, in coordination with the Director, to as-
sist critical infrastructure owners and operators 
within the designated sector in identifying, un-
derstanding, 
and 
mitigating 
threats, 
vulnerabilities, and risks to their systems or as-
sets, or within a region or sector; and 
‘‘(B) recommending security measures to 
mitigate the consequences of destruction, com-
promise, and disruption of systems and assets;
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‘‘(2) assess sector risk, including— 
‘‘(A) identifying, assessing, and prioritizing 
risks within the designated sector, considering 
physical and cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and 
consequences; and 
‘‘(B) supporting national risk assessment 
efforts led by the Department, through the Di-
rector; 
‘‘(3) sector coordination, including— 
‘‘(A) serving as a day-to-day Federal inter-
face for the prioritization and coordination of 
sector-specific activities and responsibilities 
under this section; 
‘‘(B) serving as the government coordi-
nating council chair for the designated sector or 
subsector; and 
‘‘(C) participating in cross-sector coordi-
nating councils, as appropriate; 
‘‘(4) facilitating the sharing of information 
about cyber and physical threats within the sector to 
the Department, including— 
‘‘(A) facilitating, in coordination with the 
Director, access to, and exchange of, informa-
tion and intelligence necessary to strengthen 
the security of critical infrastructure, including
1972 
efforts during or following a security incident; 
and 
‘‘(B) supporting the Director, upon re-
quest, in conducting vulnerability assessments 
and asset response activities for critical infra-
structure; and 
‘‘(6) contributing to emergency preparedness ef-
forts, including— 
‘‘(A) coordinating with critical infrastruc-
ture owners and operators within the des-
ignated sector, as well as the Director, in the 
development of planning documents for coordi-
nated action in the event of a natural disaster, 
act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster or 
emergency; 
‘‘(B) conducting exercises and simulations 
of potential natural disasters, acts of terrorism, 
or other man-made disasters or emergencies 
within the sector; and 
‘‘(C) supporting the Department and other 
Federal departments or agencies in developing 
planning documents or conducting exercises or 
simulations relevant to their assigned sector.’’. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act
1973 
of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 2214 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2215. Sector risk management agencies.’’. 
(d) REPORTING AND AUDITING.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 
4 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report on the effectiveness of Sector Risk Man-
agement Agencies in carrying out their responsibilities 
under section 2215 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 
as added by this section. 
SEC. 1785. INTEGRATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES WHO ARE MINORITIES. 
Each Secretary of a military department shall— 
(1) share lessons learned and best practices on 
the progress of plans to integrate members of the 
Armed Forces who identify as belonging to a minor-
ity group into the military department under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary; and 
(2) strategically communicate such progress 
with other military departments and the public.
1974 
SEC. 1786. POLICY ON CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS GEN-
DER BIAS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall develop a policy that 
defines conscious and unconscious gender bias and pro-
vides guidance to eliminate conscious and unconscious 
gender bias. 
SEC. 1787. PROTECTIONS FOR PREGNANT MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
Each Secretary of a military department shall develop 
and implement policies to ensure that the career of a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces is not negatively affected as a 
result of such member becoming pregnant. 
SEC. 1788. RELEASE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOCU-
MENTS ON THE 1981 EL MOZOTE MASSACRE 
IN EL SALVADOR. 
(a) RELEASE OF MATERIALS.—Not more than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall direct all Defense Agency bureaus, 
departments, agencies, and entities to identify and release 
to Salvadoran judicial authorities, including to the Salva-
doran presiding judge investigating and prosecuting the 
El Mozote massacre case, all materials that might be rel-
evant to the El Mozote massacre that occurred in Decem-
ber of 1981. 
(b) MATERIALS
DESCRIBED.—The materials re-
quired to be released under subsection (a) include—
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(1) all documents, correspondence, reproduc-
tions of Salvadoran documents, and other similar 
materials dated during, or originating from, the pe-
riod beginning on January 1, 1981, and ending on 
January 30, 1983, that are relevant to the massacre 
that occurred at El Mozote, El Salvador, and sur-
rounding communities, in December of 1981; 
(2) all materials dated during, or originating 
from, the period referred to in paragraph (1) related 
to the establishment, operations, command struc-
ture, officers and troops of the Atlacatl Battalion; 
and 
(3) any other materials the Secretary deter-
mines are relevant to the El Mozote massacre. 
(c) TIMELINE
FOR COMPLETION.—The Secretary 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives a specific timeline 
for the completion of the release of the materials as re-
quired under subsection (a). Such timeline for completion 
may not exceed 150 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 1789. STUDY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ASSISTANT 
DEPUTY 
SECRETARY 
FOR 
ENVIRONMENT 
AND RESILIENCE. 
(a) STUDY.—
1976 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall carry out a study on the creation of a position 
of Assistant Deputy Secretary for Environment and 
Resilience, which would broaden the responsibilities 
and authorities of the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Environment. The Secretary shall determine the 
scope of duties for this position by evaluating which 
defense activities outside of sustainment are im-
pacted by the threat of anticipated or unanticipated 
changes in environmental conditions, or extreme 
weather events. The Secretary shall also consider 
whether the position of Assistant Deputy Secretary 
for Environment and Resilience should— 
(A) update and execute on the Department 
of Defense’s 2014 Climate Change Adaptation 
Roadmap; 
(B) collaborate with other Assistant Dep-
uty Secretaries of Defense and Assistant Secre-
taries of Defense to develop recommendations 
on how to factor climate risks into Department 
of Defense policies; and 
(C) undertake such other duties related to 
environmental resilience as the Secretary may 
determine appropriate.
1977 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than the 
end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a re-
port to the Congress containing all findings and de-
terminations made in carrying out the study re-
quired under paragraph (1). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—After issuing the report re-
quired under subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish 
the position of Assistant Deputy Secretary for Environ-
ment and Resilience and delegate such duties to the posi-
tion as the Secretary determines appropriate, taking into 
account the results of the study required under subsection 
(a). 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Assistant Deputy Sec-
retary for Environment and Resilience shall issue an an-
nual report to the Secretary of Defense and the Congress 
containing a description of the actions taken by the Assist-
ant Deputy Secretary during the previous year. 
SEC. 1790. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HUD–VASH. 
(a) HUD PROVISIONS.—Section 8(o)(19) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(19)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) VETERAN DEFINED.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given
1978 
that term in section 2002(b) of title 38, United 
States Code.’’. 
(b) VHA CASE MANAGERS.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 2003 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the case of vouchers 
provided under the HUD–VASH program under section 
8(o)(19) of such Act, for purposes of the preceding sen-
tence, the term ‘veteran’ shall have the meaning given 
such term in section 2002(b) of this title.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 
once each year, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives a report on the 
homelessness services provided under programs of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, including serv-
ices under HUD–VASH program under section 
8(o)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)). 
(2) INCLUDED INFORMATION.—Each such an-
nual report shall include, with respect to the year 
preceding the submittal of the report, a statement of 
the number of eligible individuals who were fur-
nished such homelessness services and the number of
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individuals furnished such services under each such 
program, disaggregated by the number of men who 
received such services and the number of women 
who received such services, and such other informa-
tion as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
SEC. 1791. WAIVER AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO INSTITU-
TIONS LOCATED IN AN AREA AFFECTED BY 
HURRICANE MARIA. 
(a) WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, unless enacted with specific ref-
erence to this section or section 392 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1068a), for any affected 
institution that was receiving assistance under title III of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) at the time of a covered 
hurricane disaster, the Secretary of Education shall, for 
each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2022 (and may, for 
each of the fiscal years 2023 and 2024)— 
(1) waive— 
(A) the eligibility data requirements set 
forth in section 391(d) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1068(d)); 
(B) the wait-out period set forth in section 
313(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1059(d));
1980 
(C) the allotment requirements under sec-
tion 324 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1063); and 
(D) the use of the funding formula devel-
oped pursuant to section 326(f)(3) of the High-
er 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1063b(f)(3)); 
(2) waive or modify any statutory or regulatory 
provision to ensure that affected institutions that 
were receiving assistance under title III of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) 
at the time of a covered hurricane disaster are not 
adversely affected by any formula calculation for fis-
cal year 2020 or for any of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years, as necessary; and 
(3) make available to each affected institution 
an amount that is not less than the amount made 
available to such institution under title III of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1051 et 
seq.) for fiscal year 2017, except that for any fiscal 
year for which the funds appropriated for payments 
under such title are less than the appropriated level 
for fiscal year 2017, the amount made available to 
such institutions shall be ratably reduced among the 
institutions receiving funds under such title.
1981 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AFFECTED
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘af-
fected institution’’ means an institution of higher 
education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that— 
(A) is— 
(i) a part A institution (which term 
shall have the meaning given the term ‘‘eli-
gible institution’’ under section 312(b) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1058(b))); or 
(ii) a part B institution, as such term 
is defined in section 322(2) of the Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1061(2)), or as identified in section 326(e) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1063b(e)); 
(B) is located in a covered area affected by 
a hurricane disaster; and 
(C) is able to demonstrate that, as a result 
of the impact of a covered hurricane disaster, 
the institution— 
(i) incurred physical damage; 
(ii) has pursued collateral source com-
pensation from insurance, the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, and the
1982 
Small Business Administration, as appro-
priate; and 
(iii) was not able to fully reopen in ex-
isting facilities or to fully reopen to the 
pre-hurricane enrollment levels during the 
30-day period beginning on September 7, 
2017. 
(2) COVERED AREA AFFECTED BY A HURRI-
CANE DISASTER.—The term ‘‘covered area affected 
by a hurricane disaster’’ means an area for which 
the President declared a major disaster under sec-
tion 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) as 
a result of Hurricane Maria. 
(3) COVERED
HURRICANE
DISASTER.—The 
term ‘‘covered hurricane disaster’’ means a major 
disaster that the President declared to exist, in ac-
cordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170), and that was caused by Hurricane 
Maria or Hurricane Irma. 
SEC. 1792. CREDIT MONITORING. 
Section 605A(k) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 
U.S.C. 1681c–1(k)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
1983 
SEC. 1793. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CISA DI-
RECTOR TERM LIMITATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 2202 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652) is 
amended by— 
(1) redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
(4); and 
(2) inserting after paragraph (1) the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall be 
appointed from among individuals who have— 
‘‘(i) extensive knowledge in at least 
two of the areas specified in subparagraph 
(B); and 
‘‘(ii) not fewer than 5 years of dem-
onstrated experience in efforts to foster co-
ordination and collaboration between the 
Federal Government, the private sector, 
and other entities on issues related to cy-
bersecurity, infrastructure security, or se-
curity risk management. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIED AREAS.—The areas speci-
fied in this subparagraph are the following: 
‘‘(i) Cybersecurity. 
‘‘(ii) Infrastructure security.
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‘‘(iii) Security risk management. 
‘‘(3) TERM.—Effective with respect to an indi-
vidual appointed to be the Director by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, 
the term of office of such an individual so appointed 
shall be 5 years, and such an individual may not 
serve more than two terms. The term of office of the 
individual serving as the Director as of such date of 
enactment shall be 5 years beginning on the date on 
which the Director began serving.’’. 
(b) CHANGE OF TITLE OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO 
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.— 
(1) CYBERSECURITY
DIVISION.—Section 2203 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
653) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the heading for paragraph (2), 
by striking ‘‘ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR’’ and 
inserting ‘‘EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT DIREC-
TOR’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘As-
sistant Director for Cybersecurity (in this 
section referred to as the ‘Assistant Direc-
tor’)’’ and inserting ‘‘Executive Assistant
1985 
Director for Cybersecurity (in this section 
referred to as the ‘Executive Assistant Di-
rector’)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Assistant Director’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Executive As-
sistant Director’’. 
(2) INFRASTRUCTURE
SECURITY
DIVISION.— 
Section 2204 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 654) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the heading for paragraph (2), 
by striking ‘‘ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR’’ and 
inserting ‘‘EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT DIREC-
TOR’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘As-
sistant Director for Infrastructure Security 
(in this section referred to as the ‘Assist-
ant Director’)’’ and inserting ‘‘Executive 
Assistant Director for Infrastructure Secu-
rity (in this section referred to as the ‘Ex-
ecutive Assistant Director’)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Assistant Director’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Executive As-
sistant Director’’.
1986 
(c) AMENDMENT RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR 
CERTAIN CISA EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT DIRECTORS.— 
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B) of section 2203(a)(2) 
(6 U.S.C. 653(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘President without 
the advice and consent of the Senate’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B) of section 2204(a)(2) 
(6 U.S.C. 654(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘President without 
the advice and consent of the Senate’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary’’. 
(d) AMENDMENT TO POSITION LEVEL OF CISA DI-
RECTOR.—Subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 5313, by inserting after ‘‘Admin-
istrator of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion.’’ the following: 
‘‘Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Se-
curity Agency.’’; and 
(2) in section 5314, by striking ‘‘Director, Cy-
bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.’’. 
SEC. 1794. WORKFORCE ISSUES FOR MILITARY REALIGN-
MENTS IN THE PACIFIC. 
Section 6(b)(1)(B)(i) of the Joint Resolution entitled 
‘‘A Joint Resolution to approve the ‘Covenant To Estab-
1987 
lish 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)(1)(B)(i) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘contact’’ and inserting ‘‘con-
tract’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘supporting,’’ after ‘‘connected 
to,’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘associated with’’; 
(4) by inserting ‘‘or adversely affected by’’ after 
‘‘associated with,’’; and 
(5) by inserting ‘‘, with priority given to feder-
ally funded military projects’’ after ‘‘and in the 
Commonwealth’’. 
SEC. 1795. INCLUSION ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMO-
RIAL WALL OF THE NAMES OF THE LOST 
CREW MEMBERS OF THE U.S.S. FRANK E. 
EVANS KILLED ON JUNE 3, 1969. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall authorize the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Me-
morial Wall in the District of Columbia of the names of 
the 74 crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans killed 
on June 3, 1969.
1988 
(b) REQUIRED CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior, 
the American Battlefield Monuments Commission, and 
other applicable authorities with respect to any adjust-
ments to the nomenclature and placement of names pursu-
ant to subsection (a) to address any space limitations on 
the placement of additional names on the Vietnam Vet-
erans Memorial Wall. 
(c) NONAPPLICABILITY OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS 
ACT.—Chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall 
not apply to any activities carried out under subsection 
(a) or (b). 
SEC. 1796. STUDY ON VIABILITY OF SEAWATER MINING FOR 
CRITICAL MINERALS. 
(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) extracting minerals from seawater has the 
potential to provide a domestic source for minerals 
that are critical to the defense industrial base of the 
United States, which would reduce the dependence 
of the United States on imports of the minerals 
while strengthening the national security and the de-
fense industrial base of the United States;
1989 
(2) the cost of extracting uranium from sea-
water has dropped significantly to nearly $400 per 
kilogram; and 
(3) extracting uranium from seawater is an en-
vironmentally friendly, emerging technology solution 
that has the potential to transform how uranium is 
extracted. 
(b) STUDY.—Within 60 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consulta-
tion with the head of any other relevant Federal agency 
and relevant stakeholders, shall conduct a study of the via-
bility of extracting minerals, such as uranium, that are 
critical to the defense industrial base of the United States, 
from seawater. 
(c) REPORT.—Within 1 year after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate a written report which contains the results of the 
study required by subsection (b). 
SEC. 1797. RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES. 
(a) RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.—An 
institution of higher education or other postsecondary edu-
1990 
cational institution (referred to in this section as an ‘‘insti-
tution’’) shall not be eligible to receive Federal funds from 
the Department of Defense, other than educational assist-
ance funds that are provided directly to students, unless— 
(1) the institution submits any contract or 
agreement between the institution and a Confucius 
Institute to the National Academies of Sciences, En-
gineering, and Medicine; and 
(2) the National Academies of Sciences, Engi-
neering, and Medicine issues a written determination 
that the contract or agreement includes clear provi-
sions that— 
(A) protect academic freedom at the insti-
tution; 
(B) prohibit the application of any foreign 
law on any campus of the institution; and 
(C) grant full managerial authority of the 
Confucius Institute to the institution, including 
full control over what is being taught, the ac-
tivities carried out, the research grants that are 
made, and who is employed at the Confucius 
Institute. 
(b) CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Confucius Institute’’ means a cultural in-
1992 
SEC. 1798. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the Sarbanes- 
Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7214) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDIC-
TIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘covered issuer’ means an 
issuer that is required to file reports under sec-
tion 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m, 78o(d)); and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘non-inspection year’ means, 
with respect to a covered issuer, a year— 
‘‘(i) during which the Commission 
identifies the covered issuer under para-
graph (2)(A) with respect to every report 
described in subparagraph (A) filed by the 
covered issuer during that year; and 
‘‘(ii) that begins after the date of en-
actment of this subsection. 
‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE TO COMMISSION.—The Com-
mission shall— 
‘‘(A) identify each covered issuer that, with 
respect to the preparation of the audit report 
on the financial statement of the covered issuer 
that is included in a report described in para-
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graph (1)(A) filed by the covered issuer, retains 
a registered public accounting firm that has a 
branch, office, or affiliate that— 
‘‘(i) is located in a foreign jurisdic-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) performs more than one-third of 
the audit services for the audit report of 
the covered issuer; and 
‘‘(iii) the Board is unable to inspect 
or investigate completely because of a posi-
tion taken by an authority in the foreign 
jurisdiction described in clause (i), as de-
termined by the Board; and 
‘‘(B) require each covered issuer identified 
under subparagraph (A) to, in accordance with 
rules issued by the Commission, submit to the 
Commission documentation to determine wheth-
er the covered issuer is owned or controlled by 
a governmental entity in the foreign jurisdiction 
described in subparagraph (A)(i). 
‘‘(3) TRADING PROHIBITION AFTER 3 YEARS OF 
NON-INSPECTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Commission de-
termines that a covered issuer has 3 consecutive 
non-inspection years, the Commission shall pro-
1994 
hibit the securities of the covered issuer from 
being traded— 
‘‘(i) on a national securities exchange; 
or 
‘‘(ii) through any other method that is 
within the jurisdiction of the Commission 
to regulate, including through the method 
of trading that is commonly referred to as 
the ‘over-the-counter’ trading of securities. 
‘‘(B) REMOVAL
OF
INITIAL
PROHIBI-
TION.—If, after the Commission imposes a pro-
hibition on a covered issuer under subpara-
graph (A), the covered issuer certifies to the 
Commission that the covered issuer has re-
tained a registered public accounting firm that 
the Board has inspected under this section to 
the satisfaction of the Commission, the Com-
mission shall end that prohibition. 
‘‘(C) RECURRENCE
OF
NON-INSPECTION 
YEARS.—If, after the Commission ends a prohi-
bition under subparagraph (B) or (D) with re-
spect to a covered issuer, the Commission deter-
mines that the covered issuer has a non-inspec-
tion year, the Commission shall prohibit the se-
1995 
curities of the covered issuer from being trad-
ed— 
‘‘(i) on a national securities exchange; 
or 
‘‘(ii) through any other method that is 
within the jurisdiction of the Commission 
to regulate, including through the method 
of trading that is commonly referred to as 
the ‘over-the-counter’ trading of securities. 
‘‘(D) REMOVAL OF SUBSEQUENT PROHIBI-
TION.—If, after the end of the 5-year period be-
ginning on the date on which the Commission 
imposes a prohibition on a covered issuer under 
subparagraph (C), the covered issuer certifies to 
the Commission that the covered issuer will re-
tain a registered public accounting firm that 
the Board is able to inspect and investigate, the 
Commission shall end that prohibition.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(A) the term ‘‘audit report’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 2(a) of the Sar-
banes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7201(a)); 
(B) the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Se-
curities and Exchange Commission;
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(C) the term ‘‘covered form’’— 
(i) means— 
(I) the form described in section 
249.310 of title 17, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor regula-
tion; and 
(II) the form described in section 
249.220f of title 17, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor regula-
tion; and 
(ii) includes a form that— 
(I) is the equivalent of, or sub-
stantially similar to, the form de-
scribed in subclause (I) or (II) of 
clause (i); and 
(II) a foreign issuer files with the 
Commission under the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et 
seq.) or rules issued under that Act; 
(D) the terms ‘‘covered issuer’’ and ‘‘non- 
inspection year’’ have the meanings given the 
terms in subsection (i)(1) of section 104 of the 
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7214), 
as added by subsection (a) of this section; and
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(E) the term ‘‘foreign issuer’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 240.3b–4 of 
title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
successor regulation. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—Each covered issuer that 
is a foreign issuer and for which, during a non-in-
spection year with respect to the covered issuer, a 
registered public accounting firm described in sub-
section (i)(2)(A) of section 104 of the Sarbanes- 
Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7214), as added by 
subsection (a) of this section, has prepared an audit 
report shall disclose in each covered form filed by 
that issuer that covers such a non-inspection year— 
(A) that, during the period covered by the 
covered form, such a registered public account-
ing firm has prepared an audit report for the 
issuer; 
(B) the percentage of the shares of the 
issuer owned by governmental entities in the 
foreign jurisdiction in which the issuer is incor-
porated or otherwise organized; 
(C) whether governmental entities in the 
applicable foreign jurisdiction with respect to 
that registered public accounting firm have a
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controlling financial interest with respect to the 
issuer; 
(D) the name of each official of the Chi-
nese Communist Party who is a member of the 
board of directors of— 
(i) the issuer; or 
(ii) the operating entity with respect 
to the issuer; and 
(E) whether the articles of incorporation of 
the issuer (or equivalent organizing document) 
contains any charter of the Chinese Communist 
Party, including the text of any such charter. 
(c) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue 
rules to implement this section, and the amendments made 
by this section, consistent with the Commission’s mandate, 
including— 
(1) the protection of investors; and 
(2) maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient mar-
kets.
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SEC. 1799. INCREASED REALISM AND TRAINING EFFEC-
TIVENESS FOR AIRBORNE ANTI-SUBMARINE 
WARFARE TRAINING AT OFFSHORE TRAINING 
RANGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
provide for greater training effectiveness for aircrews by 
procuring contract services that will realistically simulate 
real-world, manned submersible, diesel-powered vessels 
that are very similar to third-world and near-peer adver-
saries. 
(b) GOALS AND BEST PRACTICES.—In carrying out 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall apply the following 
goals and best practices: 
(1) Provide for on-demand services available on 
training range scheduling services within 3 days of 
training exercises. 
(2) Meet the demand for scalable, highly rel-
evant, and robust training assets for use by fixed 
and rotary-wing Navy anti-submarine communities 
on both coasts. 
(3) Minimize the use of foreign naval vessels, 
reserving them only for large, joint and allied exer-
cises. 
(4) Ensure that such vessels are classed for use 
on sea-based ranges and equipped for safe operation
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with Unite States naval air, surface, and submarine 
forces. 
SEC. 1800. REVIEW OF USE OF INNOVATIVE WOOD PROD-
UCT TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in col-
laboration with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall review 
the potential to incorporate innovative wood product tech-
nologies (such as mass timber and cellulose nanomate-
rials) in constructing or renovating facilities owned or 
managed by the Department of Defense. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a re-
port that— 
(1) includes the findings of the review required 
under subsection (a); and 
(2) identifies any barriers to incorporating inno-
vative wood product technologies (such as mass tim-
ber and cellulose nanomaterials) in constructing or 
renovating facilities owned or managed by the De-
partment of Defense.
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SEC. 1801. STRATEGY TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN 
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to in-
crease the number of foreign female participants receiving 
training under the International Military Education and 
Training program authorized under chapter 5 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 
et seq.) and any other military exchange program offered 
to foreign participants, with the goal of doubling such par-
ticipation over the 10-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) INTERIM PROGRESS REPORTS.—Not later than 
2 years after the date of the submission of the plan re-
quired by subsection (a), and every 2 years thereafter until 
the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report that in-
cludes the most recently available data on foreign female 
participation in activities conducted under the Inter-
national Military Education and Training program and 
any other military exchange programs and describes the
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manner and extent to which the goal described in sub-
section (a) has been achieved as of the date of the submis-
sion of the report. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1802. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF CYBER ENGAGE-
MENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 3 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 324. Office of Cyber Engagement 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department an office to be known as the ‘Office of Cyber 
Engagement’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(b) HEAD OF OFFICE.—(1) The head of the Office 
shall be known as the ‘Director of Cyber Engagement’ (in 
this section referred to as the ‘Director’).
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‘‘(2) The Director shall be responsible for the func-
tions of the Office and appointed by the Secretary in the 
Senior Executive Service. 
‘‘(3) The Director shall report to the Deputy Sec-
retary or Secretary. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Office are 
the following: 
‘‘(1) To address cyber risks (including identity 
theft) to veterans, their families, caregivers, and sur-
vivors. 
‘‘(2) To develop, promote, and disseminate in-
formation and best practices regarding such cyber 
risks. 
‘‘(3) To coordinate with the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Agency of the Department of Home-
land Security and other Federal agencies. 
‘‘(4) Other functions determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(d) RESOURCES.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
appropriate personnel, funding, and other resources are 
provided to the Office to carry out its responsibilities. 
‘‘(e) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON OFFICE IN AN-
NUAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall include in each annual Performance and Ac-
countability report submitted by the Secretary to Congress
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a description of the activities of the Office during the fiscal 
year covered by such report.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
the following: 
‘‘324. Office of Cyber Engagement.’’. 
(c) DEADLINE.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall establish the Office of Cyber Engagement under sec-
tion 324 of such title, as added by subsection (a), not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORTING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and thrice semiannually 
thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
House of Representatives a report regarding the progress 
of the Office of Cyber Engagement established under sec-
tion 324 of such title, as added by subsection (a). Each 
report shall include the following: 
(1) The number of individuals assisted by the 
Office of Cyber Engagement. 
(2) The results of any assessments conducted 
by the Office. 
(3) Progress in convening the working group 
described in subsection (c)(3) of such section. 
(4) Other matters the Secretary determines ap-
propriate.
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SEC. 1803. CERTIFIED NOTICE AT COMPLETION OF AN AS-
SESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 721(b)(3) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(3)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in the heading, by adding ‘‘OR ASSESS-
MENT’’ at the end; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) that con-
cludes action under this section’’ and inserting 
‘‘this subsection that concludes action under 
this section, or upon the Committee making a 
notification 
under 
paragraph 
(1)(C)(v)(III)(aa)(DD)’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(i)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subclause (II), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) whether the transaction is 
described under clause (i), (ii), (iii), 
(iv), or (v) of subsection (a)(4)(B).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1727(a) of the For-
eign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–232) is amended— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(3), 
by 
striking 
‘‘(4)(C)(v)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(F)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(C)’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments under 
paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of enact-
ment of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Mod-
ernization Act of 2018. 
SEC. 1804. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ACQUI-
SITION DOCUMENTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 711. ACQUISITION DOCUMENTATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each major acquisition pro-
gram, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary 
for Management, shall require the head of a relevant com-
ponent or office to— 
‘‘(1) maintain acquisition documentation that is 
complete, accurate, timely, and valid, and that in-
cludes, at a minimum—
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‘‘(A) operational requirements that are 
validated consistent with departmental policy 
and changes to such requirements, as appro-
priate; 
‘‘(B) a complete lifecycle cost estimate 
with supporting documentation; 
‘‘(C) verification of such lifecycle cost esti-
mate against independent cost estimates, and 
reconciliation of any differences; 
‘‘(D) a cost-benefit analysis with sup-
porting documentation; 
‘‘(E) an integrated master schedule with 
supporting documentation; 
‘‘(F) plans for conducting systems engi-
neering reviews and test and evaluation activi-
ties throughout development to support produc-
tion and deployment decisions; 
‘‘(G) an acquisition plan that outlines the 
procurement approach, including planned con-
tracting vehicles; 
‘‘(H) a logistics and support plan for oper-
ating and maintaining deployed capabilities 
until such capabilities are disposed of or retired; 
and
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‘‘(I) an acquisition program baseline that 
is traceable to the program’s operational re-
quirements under subparagraph (A), life-cycle 
cost estimate under subparagraph (B), and in-
tegrated master schedule under subparagraph 
(E). 
‘‘(2) prepare cost estimates and schedules for 
major acquisition programs, as required under sub-
paragraphs (B) and (E), in a manner consistent 
with best practices as identified by the Comptroller 
General of the United States; 
‘‘(3) ensure any revisions to the acquisition doc-
umentation maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) 
are reviewed and approved in accordance with de-
partmental policy; and 
‘‘(4) submit certain acquisition documentation 
to the Secretary to produce for submission to Con-
gress an annual comprehensive report on the status 
of departmental acquisitions. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—On a case-by-case basis with respect 
to any major acquisition program under this section, the 
Secretary may waive the requirement under paragraph (3) 
of subsection (a) for a fiscal year if either— 
‘‘(1) such program has not—
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‘‘(A) entered the full rate production phase 
in the acquisition lifecycle; 
‘‘(B) had a reasonable cost estimate estab-
lished; and 
‘‘(C) had a system configuration defined 
fully; or 
‘‘(2) such program does not meet the definition 
of capital asset, as such term is defined by the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—At the same 
time the President’s budget is submitted for a fiscal year 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the 
Secretary shall make information available, as applicable, 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding the re-
quirement described in subsection (a) in the prior fiscal 
year that includes the following specific information re-
garding each major acquisition program for which the Sec-
retary has issued a waiver under subsection (b): 
‘‘(1) The grounds for granting a waiver for 
such program. 
‘‘(2) The projected cost of such program.
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‘‘(3) The proportion of a component’s or office’s 
annual acquisition budget attributed to such pro-
gram, as available. 
‘‘(4) Information on the significance of such 
program with respect to the component’s or office’s 
operations and execution of its mission. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ACQUISITION
PROGRAM
BASELINE.—The 
term ‘acquisition program baseline’, with respect to 
an acquisition program, means a summary of the 
cost, schedule, and performance parameters, ex-
pressed in standard, measurable, quantitative terms, 
which shall be met to accomplish the goals of such 
program. 
‘‘(2) MAJOR ACQUISITION PROGRAM.—The term 
‘major acquisition program’ means a Department 
acquisition program that is estimated by the Sec-
retary to require an eventual total expenditure of at 
least $300 million (based on fiscal year 2019 con-
stant dollars) over its lifecycle cost.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding after the item 
related to section 710 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 711. Acquisition documentation.’’.
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SEC. 
1805. 
LARGE-SCALE 
NON-INTRUSIVE 
INSPECTION 
SCANNING PLAN. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) LARGE-SCALE NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION 
SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘large-scale, non-intrusive in-
spection system’’ means a technology, including x- 
ray, gamma-ray, and passive imaging systems, capa-
ble of producing an image of the contents of a com-
mercial or passenger vehicle or freight rail car in 1 
pass of such vehicle or car. 
(2) SCANNING.—The term ‘‘scanning’’ means 
utilizing nonintrusive imaging equipment, radiation 
detection equipment, or both, to capture data, in-
cluding images of a commercial or passenger vehicle 
or freight rail car. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall submit a plan to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives for increasing to 100 percent 
the rate of high-throughput scanning of commercial and 
passenger vehicles and freight rail traffic entering the 
United States at land ports of entry and rail-border cross-
ings along the border using large-scale non-intrusive in-
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spection systems or similar technology to enhance border 
security. 
(c) BASELINE INFORMATION.—The plan under sub-
section (b) shall include, at a minimum, the following in-
formation regarding large-scale non-intrusive inspection 
systems or similar technology operated by U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection at land ports of entry and rail-bor-
der crossings as of the date of the enactment of this Act: 
(1) An inventory of large-scale non-intrusive in-
spection systems or similar technology in use at each 
land port of entry. 
(2) For each system or technology identified in 
the inventory under paragraph (1)— 
(A) the scanning method of such system or 
technology; 
(B) the location of such system or tech-
nology at each land port of entry that specifies 
whether in use in pre-primary, primary, or sec-
ondary inspection area, or some combination of 
such areas; 
(C) the percentage of commercial and pas-
senger vehicles and freight rail traffic scanned 
by such system or technology;
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(D) seizure data directly attributed to 
scanned commercial and passenger vehicles and 
freight rail traffic; and 
(E) the number of personnel required to 
operate each system or technology. 
(3) Information regarding the continued use of 
other technology and tactics used for scanning, such 
as canines and human intelligence in conjunction 
with large scale, nonintrusive inspection systems. 
(d) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (b) shall 
include the following information: 
(1) Benchmarks for achieving incremental 
progress towards 100 percent high-throughput scan-
ning within the next 6 years of commercial and pas-
senger vehicles and freight rail traffic entering the 
United States at land ports of entry and rail-border 
crossings along the border with corresponding pro-
jected incremental improvements in scanning rates 
by fiscal year and rationales for the specified time-
frames for each land port of entry. 
(2) Estimated costs, together with an acquisi-
tion plan, for achieving the 100 percent high- 
throughput scanning rate within the timeframes 
specified in paragraph (1), including acquisition, op-
erations, and maintenance costs for large-scale, non-
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intrusive inspection systems or similar technology, 
and associated costs for any necessary infrastructure 
enhancements or configuration changes at each port 
of entry. Such acquisition plan shall promote, to the 
extent practicable, opportunities for entities that 
qualify as small business concerns (as defined under 
section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(a)). 
(3) Any projected impacts, as identified by the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, on the total number of commercial and pas-
senger vehicles and freight rail traffic entering at 
land ports of entry and rail-border crossings where 
such systems are in use, and average wait times at 
peak and non-peak travel times, by lane type if ap-
plicable, as scanning rates are increased. 
(4) Any projected impacts, as identified by the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, on land ports of entry and rail-border crossings 
border security operations as a result of implementa-
tion actions, including any changes to the number of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers or 
their duties and assignments. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the submission of the plan under subsection (b), and bien-
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nially thereafter for the following 6 years, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives that describes the 
progress implementing the plan and includes— 
(1) an inventory of large-scale, nonintrusive in-
spection systems or similar technology operated by 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection at each land 
port of entry; 
(2) for each system or technology identified in 
the inventory required under paragraph (1)— 
(A) the scanning method of such system or 
technology; 
(B) the location of such system or tech-
nology at each land port of entry that specifies 
whether in use in pre-primary, primary, or sec-
ondary inspection area, or some combination of 
such areas; 
(C) the percentage of commercial and pas-
senger vehicles and freight rail traffic scanned 
by such system or technology; and 
(D) seizure data directly attributed to 
scanned commercial and passenger vehicles and 
freight rail traffic;
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(3) the total number of commercial and pas-
senger vehicles and freight rail traffic entering at 
each land port of entry at which each system or 
technology is in use, and information on average 
wait times at peak and non-peak travel times, by 
lane type if applicable; 
(4) a description of the progress towards reach-
ing the benchmarks referred to in subsection (d)(1), 
and an explanation if any of such benchmarks are 
not achieved as planned; 
(5) a comparison of actual costs (including in-
formation on any awards of associated contracts) to 
estimated costs set forth in subsection (d)(2); 
(6) any realized impacts, as identified by the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, on land ports of entry and rail-border crossings 
operations as a result of implementation actions, in-
cluding any changes to the number of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection officers or their duties and 
assignments; 
(7) any proposed changes to the plan and an 
explanation for such changes, including changes 
made in response to any Department of Homeland 
Security research and development findings or
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changes in terrorist or transnational criminal organi-
zations tactics, techniques, or procedures; and 
(8) any challenges to implementing the plan or 
meeting the benchmarks, and plans to mitigate any 
such challenges. 
SEC. 1806. NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN DATABASE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN 
DATABASE.—Subject to the availability of funds as au-
thorized under subsection (3), the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (referred to in this 
Act as the ‘‘NIST’’) shall establish a National Supply 
Chain Database that will assist the Nation in minimizing 
disruptions in the supply chain by having an assessment 
of United States manufacturers’ capabilities. 
(b) CONNECTIONS WITH STATE MANUFACTURING 
EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The infrastructure for the 
National Supply Chain Database shall be created 
through the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Part-
nership (MEP) program of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology by connecting the Hol-
lings Manufacturing Extension Partnerships Centers 
through the National Supply Chain Database. 
(2) NATIONAL VIEW.—The connection provided 
through the National Supply Chain Database shall
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provide a national view of the supply chain and en-
able the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology to understand whether there is a need for 
some manufacturers to retool in some key areas to 
meet the need of urgent products, such as defense 
supplies, food, and medical devices, including per-
sonal protective equipment. 
(3) INDIVIDUAL
STATE
DATABASES.—Each 
State’s supply chain database maintained by the 
NIST-recognized Manufacturing Extension Partner-
ship Center within the State shall be complementary 
in design to the National Supply Chain Database. 
(c) MAINTENANCE
OF NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN 
DATABASE.—The Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership program or its designee shall maintain the 
National Supply Chain Database as an integration of the 
State level databases from each State’s Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership Center and may be populated with 
information from past, current, or potential Center clients. 
(d) DATABASE CONTENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Supply Chain 
Database may— 
(A) provide basic company information; 
(B) provide an overview of capabilities, ac-
creditations, and products;
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(C) contain proprietary information; and 
(D) include other items determined nec-
essary by the Director of the NIST. 
(2) SEARCHABLE
DATABASE.—The National 
Supply Chain Database shall use the North Amer-
ican Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes 
as follows: 
(A) Sector 31-33 – Manufacturing. 
(B) Sector 54 – Professional, Scientific, 
and Technical Services. 
(C) Sector 48-49 – Transportation and 
Warehousing. 
(3) LEVELS.—The National Supply Chain 
Database shall be multi-leveled as follows: 
(A) Level 1 shall have basic company in-
formation and shall be available to the public. 
(B) Level 2 shall have a deeper overview 
into capabilities, products, and accreditations 
and shall be available to all companies that con-
tribute to the database and agree to terms of 
mutual disclosure. 
(C) Level 3 shall hold proprietary informa-
tion. 
(4) EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—The 
National Supply Chain Database and any informa-
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tion related to it not publicly released by the NIST 
shall be exempt from public disclosure under section 
552 of title 5, United States Code, and access to 
non-public content shall be limited to the contrib-
uting company and Manufacturing Extension Part-
nership Center staff who sign an appropriate non- 
disclosure agreement. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the NIST 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 to develop and launch 
the National Supply Chain Database. 
SEC. 1807. COORDINATION WITH HOLLINGS MANUFAC-
TURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP CENTERS. 
Notwithstanding section 34(d)(2)(A)(iv) of the Na-
tional Institute for Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278s(d)(2)(A)(iv)), each Manufacturing USA In-
stitute (established under subsection (d) of such Act) 
shall, as appropriate, contract with a Hollings Manufac-
turing Extension Partnership Center (established under 
section 25 of such Act) in each State in which such Insti-
tute provides services, either directly or through another 
such Center, to provide defense industrial base-related 
outreach, technical assistance, workforce development, and 
technology transfer assistance to small and medium-sized 
manufacturers. No Center shall charge in excess of its
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standard rate for such services. Funds received by a Cen-
ter through such a contract shall not constitute financial 
assistance under 25(e) of such Act. 
SEC. 1808. COVID–19 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES EN-
HANCEMENT. 
(a) DETERMINATION ON EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND 
RELATIONSHIP TO STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS.— 
(1) DETERMINATION.—For the purposes of sec-
tion 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. 4511), the following materials shall be 
deemed to be scarce and critical materials essential 
to the national defense and otherwise meet the re-
quirements of section 101(b) of such Act during the 
COVID–19 emergency period: 
(A) Diagnostic tests, including serological 
tests, for COVID–19 and the reagents and 
other materials necessary for producing or con-
ducting such tests. 
(B) Personal protective equipment, includ-
ing face shields, N–95 respirator masks, and 
any other masks determined by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to be needed to re-
spond to the COVID–19 pandemic, and the ma-
terials to produce such equipment.
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(C) Medical ventilators, the components 
necessary to make such ventilators, and medi-
cines needed to use a ventilator as a treatment 
for any individual who is hospitalized for 
COVID–19. 
(D) Pharmaceuticals and any medicines 
determined by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion or another Government agency to be effec-
tive in treating COVID–19 (including vaccines 
for COVID–19) and any materials necessary to 
produce or use such pharmaceuticals or medi-
cines (including self-injection syringes or other 
delivery systems). 
(E) Any other medical equipment or sup-
plies determined by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services or the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to be scarce and critical materials es-
sential to the national defense for purposes of 
section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 
1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511). 
(2) EXERCISE OF TITLE I AUTHORITIES IN RE-
LATION TO CONTRACTS BY STATE AND LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENTS.—In exercising authorities under title I 
of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4511 et seq.) during the COVID–19 emergency pe-
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riod, the President (and any officer or employee of 
the United States to which authorities under such 
title I have been delegated)— 
(A) may exercise the prioritization or allo-
cation authority provided in such title I to ex-
clude any materials described in paragraph (1) 
ordered by a State or local government that are 
scheduled to be delivered within 15 days of the 
time at which— 
(i) the purchase order or contract by 
the Federal Government for such materials 
is made; or 
(ii) the materials are otherwise allo-
cated by the Federal Government under 
the authorities contained in such Act; and 
(B) shall, within 24 hours of any exercise 
of the prioritization or allocation authority pro-
vided in such title I— 
(i) notify any State or local govern-
ment if the exercise of such authorities 
would delay the receipt of such materials 
ordered by such government; and 
(ii) take such steps as may be nec-
essary to ensure that such materials or-
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dered by such government are delivered in 
the shortest possible period. 
(3) UPDATE
TO
THE
FEDERAL
ACQUISITION 
REGULATION.—Not later than 15 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Ac-
quisition Regulation shall be revised to reflect the 
requirements of paragraph (2)(A). 
(b) ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress— 
(A) appreciates the willingness of private 
companies not traditionally involved in pro-
ducing items for the health sector to volunteer 
to use their expertise and supply chains to 
produce essential medical supplies and equip-
ment; 
(B) encourages other manufacturers to re-
view their existing capacity and to develop ca-
pacity to produce essential medical supplies, 
medical equipment, and medical treatments to 
address the COVID–19 emergency; and 
(C) commends and expresses deep appre-
ciation to individual citizens who have been pro-
ducing personal protective equipment and other 
materials for, in particular, use at hospitals in 
their community.
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(2) OUTREACH REPRESENTATIVE.— 
(A) DESIGNATION.—Consistent with the 
authorities in title VII of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4551 et seq.), the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, shall 
designate or shall appoint, pursuant to section 
703 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 4553), an indi-
vidual to be known as the ‘‘Outreach Rep-
resentative’’. Such individual shall— 
(i) be appointed from among individ-
uals with substantial experience in the pri-
vate sector in the production of medical 
supplies or equipment; and 
(ii) act as the Government-wide single 
point of contact during the COVID–19 
emergency for outreach to manufacturing 
companies and their suppliers who may be 
interested in producing medical supplies or 
equipment, including the materials de-
scribed under subsection (a). 
(B) ENCOURAGING
PARTNERSHIPS.—The 
Outreach Representative shall seek to develop 
partnerships between companies, in coordina-
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tion with the Supply Chain Stabilization Task 
Force or any overall coordinator appointed by 
the President to oversee the response to the 
COVID–19 emergency, including through the 
exercise of the authorities under section 708 of 
the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4558). 
(c) ENHANCEMENT
OF SUPPLY CHAIN PRODUC-
TION.—In exercising authority under title III of the De-
fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) 
with respect to materials described in subsection (a), the 
President shall seek to ensure that support is provided to 
companies that comprise the supply chains for reagents, 
components, raw materials, and other materials and items 
necessary to produce or use the materials described in sub-
section (a). 
(d) OVERSIGHT
OF
CURRENT
ACTIVITY
AND 
NEEDS.— 
(1) RESPONSE TO IMMEDIATE NEEDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 7 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President, in coordination with the National 
Response Coordination Center of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, the Adminis-
trator of the Defense Logistics Agency, the Sec-
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retary of Health and Human Services, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, and heads of other 
Federal agencies (as appropriate), shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report assessing the immediate needs described 
in subparagraph (B) to combat the COVID–19 
pandemic and the plan for meeting those imme-
diate needs. 
(B) ASSESSMENT.—The report required by 
this paragraph shall include— 
(i) an assessment of the needs for 
medical supplies or equipment necessary to 
address the needs of the population of the 
United States infected by the virus SARS– 
CoV–2 that causes COVID–19 and to pre-
vent an increase in the incidence of 
COVID–19 throughout the United States, 
including diagnostic tests, serological tests, 
medicines that have been approved by the 
Food and Drug Administration to treat 
COVID–19, and ventilators and medicines 
needed to employ ventilators; 
(ii) based on meaningful consultations 
with relevant stakeholders, an identifica-
tion of the target rate of diagnostic testing
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for each State and an assessment of the 
need for personal protective equipment and 
other supplies (including diagnostic tests) 
required by— 
(I) health professionals, health 
workers, and hospital staff including 
supplies needed for worst case sce-
narios for surges of COVID–19 infec-
tions and hospitalizations; 
(II) workers in industries and 
sectors described in the ‘‘Advisory 
Memorandum on Identification of Es-
sential Critical Infrastructure Work-
ers during the COVID–19 Response’’ 
issued by the Director of Cybersecu-
rity and Infrastructure Security Agen-
cy of the Department of Homeland 
Security on April 17, 2020 (and any 
expansion of industries and sectors in-
cluded in updates to such advisory 
memorandum); 
(III) students, teachers, and ad-
ministrators at primary and secondary 
schools; and
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(IV) other workers determined to 
be essential based on such consulta-
tion; 
(iii) an assessment of the quantities of 
equipment and supplies in the Strategic 
National Stockpile (established under sec-
tion 319F–2 of the Public Health Service 
Act ((42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)(1))) as of the 
date of the report, and the projected gap 
between the quantities of equipment and 
supplies identified as needed in the assess-
ment under clauses (i) and (ii) and the 
quantities in the Strategic National Stock-
pile; 
(iv) an identification of the industry 
sectors and manufacturers most ready to 
fulfill purchase orders for such equipment 
and supplies (including manufacturers that 
may be incentivized) through the exercise 
of authority under section 303(e) of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. 4533(e)) to modify, expand, or im-
prove production processes to manufacture 
such equipment and supplies to respond
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immediately to a need identified in clause 
(i) or (ii); 
(v) an identification of Government- 
owned and privately-owned stockpiles of 
such equipment and supplies not included 
in the Strategic National Stockpile that 
could be repaired or refurbished; 
(vi) an identification of previously dis-
tributed critical supplies that can be redis-
tributed based on current need; 
(vii) a description of any exercise of 
the authorities described under paragraph 
(1)(E) or (2)(A) of subsection (a); and 
(viii) an identification of critical areas 
of need, by county and by areas identified 
by the Indian Health Service, in the 
United States and the metrics and criteria 
for identification as a critical area. 
(C) PLAN.—The report required by this 
paragraph shall include a plan for meeting the 
immediate needs to combat the COVID–19 pan-
demic, including the needs described in sub-
paragraph (B). Such plan shall include— 
(i) each contract the Federal Govern-
ment has entered into to meet such needs,
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including the purpose of each contract, the 
type and amount of equipment, supplies, or 
services to be provided under the contract, 
the entity performing such contract, and 
the dollar amount of each contract; 
(ii) each contract that the Federal 
Government intends to enter into within 
14 days after submission of such report, 
including the information described in sub-
paragraph (B) for each such contract; and 
(iii) whether any of the contracts de-
scribed in clause (i) or (ii) have or will 
have a priority rating under the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 
et seq.), including purchase orders pursu-
ant to Department of Defense Directive 
4400.1 (or any successor directive), sub-
part A of part 101 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or any other applica-
ble authority. 
(D) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
report required by this paragraph, and each up-
date required by subparagraph (E), shall in-
clude—
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(i) any requests for equipment and 
supplies from State or local governments 
and Indian Tribes, and an accompanying 
list of the employers and unions consulted 
in developing these requests; 
(ii) any modeling or formulas used to 
determine allocation of equipment and sup-
plies, and any related chain of command 
issues on making final decisions on alloca-
tions; 
(iii) the amount and destination of 
equipment and supplies delivered; 
(iv) an explanation of why any portion 
of any contract described under subpara-
graph (C), whether to replenish the Stra-
tegic National Stockpile or otherwise, will 
not be filled; 
(v) of products procured under such 
contract, the percentage of such products 
that are used to replenish the Strategic 
National Stockpile, that are targeted to 
COVID–19 hotspots, and that are used for 
the commercial market; 
(vi) a description of the range of 
prices for goods described in subsection
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(a), or other medical supplies and equip-
ment that are subject to shortages, pur-
chased by the United States Government, 
transported by the Government, or other-
wise known to the Government, which shall 
also identify all such prices that exceed the 
prevailing market prices of such goods 
prior to March 1, 2020, and any actions 
taken by the Government under section 
102 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 
or similar provisions of law to prevent 
hoarding of such materials and charging of 
such increased prices between March 1, 
2020, and the date of the submission of 
the first report required by this paragraph, 
and, for all subsequent reports, within each 
reporting period; 
(vii) metrics, formulas, and criteria 
used to determine COVID–19 hotspots or 
areas of critical need for a State, county, 
or an area identified by the Indian Health 
Service; 
(viii) production and procurement 
benchmarks, where practicable; and
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(ix) results of the consultation with 
the relevant stakeholders required by sub-
paragraph (B)(ii). 
(E) UPDATES.—The President, in coordi-
nation with the National Response Coordination 
Center of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, the Administrator of the Defense Lo-
gistics Agency, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, and heads of other Federal agencies (as 
appropriate), shall update such report every 14 
days. 
(F) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The President 
shall make the report required by this para-
graph and each update required by subpara-
graph (E) available to the public, including on 
a Government website. 
(2) RESPONSE TO LONGER-TERM NEEDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
President, in coordination with the National 
Response Coordination Center of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, the Adminis-
trator of the Defense Logistics Agency, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, the Sec-
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retary of Veterans Affairs, and heads of other 
Federal agencies (as appropriate), shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report containing an assessment of the needs 
described in subparagraph (B) to combat the 
COVID–19 pandemic and the plan for meeting 
such needs during the 6-month period begin-
ning on the date of submission of the report. 
(B) ASSESSMENT.—The report required by 
this paragraph shall include— 
(i) an assessment of the elements de-
scribe in clauses (i) through (v) and clause 
(viii) of paragraph (1)(B); 
(ii) an assessment of needs related to 
COVID–19 vaccines; 
(iii) an assessment of the manner in 
which the Defense Production Act of 1950 
could be exercised to increase services re-
lated to health surveillance to ensure that 
the appropriate level of contact tracing re-
lated to detected infections is available 
throughout the United States to prevent 
future outbreaks of COVID–19 infections; 
and
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(iv) an assessment of any additional 
services needed to address the COVID–19 
pandemic. 
(C) PLAN.—The report required by this 
paragraph shall include a plan for meeting the 
longer-term needs to combat the COVID–19 
pandemic, including the needs described in sub-
paragraph (B). This plan shall include— 
(i) a plan to exercise authorities under 
the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) necessary to increase 
the production of the medical equipment, 
supplies, and services that are essential to 
meeting the needs identified in subpara-
graph (B), including the number of N–95 
respirator masks and other personal pro-
tective equipment needed, based on mean-
ingful consultations with relevant stake-
holders, by the private sector to resume 
economic activity and by the public and 
nonprofit sectors to significantly increase 
their activities; 
(ii) results of the consultations with 
the relevant stakeholders required by 
clause (i);
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(iii) an estimate of the funding and 
other measures necessary to rapidly ex-
pand manufacturing production capacity 
for such equipment and supplies, includ-
ing— 
(I) any efforts to expand, retool, 
or reconfigure production lines; 
(II) any efforts to establish new 
production lines through the purchase 
and installation of new equipment; or 
(III) the issuance of additional 
contracts, purchase orders, purchase 
guarantees, or other similar measures; 
(iv) each contract the Federal Govern-
ment has entered into to meet such needs 
or expand such production, the purpose of 
each contract, the type and amount of 
equipment, supplies, or services to be pro-
vided under the contract, the entity per-
forming such contract, and the dollar 
amount of each contract; 
(v) each contract that the Federal 
Government intends to enter into within 
14 days after submission of such report,
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including the information described in 
clause (iv) for each such contract; 
(vi) whether any of the contracts de-
scribed in clause (iv) or (v) have or will 
have a priority rating under the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 
et seq.), including purchase orders pursu-
ant to Department of Defense Directive 
4400.1 (or any successor directive), sub-
part A of part 101 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or any other applica-
ble authority; and 
(vii) the manner in which the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 
et seq.) could be used to increase services 
necessary to combat the COVID–19 pan-
demic, including services described in sub-
paragraph (B)(ii). 
(D) UPDATES.—The President, in coordi-
nation with the National Response Coordination 
Center of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, the Administrator of the Defense Lo-
gistics Agency, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, and heads of other Federal agencies (as
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appropriate), shall update such report every 14 
days. 
(E) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Presi-
dent shall make the report required by this sub-
section and each update required by subpara-
graph (D) available to the public, including on 
a Government website. 
(3) REPORT
ON
EXERCISING
AUTHORITIES 
UNDER THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, the Secretary of Defense, and the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the exercise of authorities 
under titles I, III, and VII of the Defense Pro-
duction Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) 
prior to the date of such report. 
(B) 
CONTENTS.—The 
report 
required 
under subparagraph (A) and each update re-
quired under subparagraph (C) shall include, 
with respect to each exercise of such author-
ity—
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(i) an explanation of the purpose of 
the applicable contract, purchase order, or 
other exercise of authority (including an 
allocation of materials, services, and facili-
ties under section 101(a)(2) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4511(a)(2)); 
(ii) the cost of such exercise of au-
thority; and 
(iii) if applicable— 
(I) the amount of goods that 
were purchased or allocated; 
(II) an identification of the entity 
awarded a contract or purchase order 
or that was the subject of the exercise 
of authority; and 
(III) an identification of any en-
tity that had shipments delayed by the 
exercise of any authority under the 
Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(C) UPDATES.—The President shall up-
date the report required under subparagraph 
(A) every 14 days.
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(D) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Presi-
dent shall make the report required by this sub-
section and each update required by subpara-
graph (C) available to the public, including on 
a Government website. 
(4) QUARTERLY
REPORTING.—The President 
shall submit to Congress, and make available to the 
public (including on a Government website), a quar-
terly report detailing all expenditures made pursuant 
to titles I, III, and VII of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(5) EXERCISE OF LOAN AUTHORITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any loan made pursu-
ant to section 302 or 303 of the Defense Pro-
duction Act of 1950, carried out by the Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation pur-
suant to the authorities delegated by Executive 
Order No. 13922, shall be subject to the notifi-
cation requirements contained in section 1446 
of the BUILD Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9656). 
(B) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES.—For purposes of the notifications re-
quired by subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’, as used sec-
tion 1446 of the BUILD Act of 2018, shall be
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deemed to include the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing and 
Urban Development of the Senate. 
(6) SUNSET.—The requirements of this sub-
section shall terminate on the later of— 
(A) December 31, 2021; or 
(B) the end of the COVID–19 emergency 
period. 
(e) ENHANCEMENTS TO THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION 
ACT OF 1950.— 
(1) HEALTH EMERGENCY AUTHORITY.—Section 
107 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. 4517) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(c) HEALTH EMERGENCY AUTHORITY.—With re-
spect to a public health emergency declaration by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act, or preparations for such 
a health emergency, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency are authorized to carry out the au-
thorities provided under this section to the same extent 
as the President.’’.
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(2) EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED 
BY
WOMEN, MINORITIES, VETERANS, AND
NATIVE 
AMERICANS.—Section 108 of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MOD-
ERNIZATION
OF
SMALL
BUSINESS
SUP-
PLIERS’’ and inserting ‘‘SMALL
BUSINESS 
PARTICIPATION AND FAIR INCLUSION’’; 
(B) by amending subsection (a) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In providing any assistance 
under this Act, the President shall accord a strong 
preference for subcontractors and suppliers that 
are— 
‘‘(A) small business concerns; or 
‘‘(B) businesses of any size owned by 
women, minorities, veterans, and the disabled. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the max-
imum extent practicable, the President shall accord 
the preference described under paragraph (1) to 
small business concerns and businesses described in 
paragraph (1)(B) that are located in areas of high 
unemployment or areas that have demonstrated a
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continuing pattern of economic decline, as identified 
by the Secretary of Labor.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) MINORITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘minority’— 
‘‘(1) has the meaning given the term in section 
308(b) of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recov-
ery, and Enforcement Act of 1989; and 
‘‘(2) includes any indigenous person in the 
United States, including any territories of the 
United States.’’. 
(3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN ANNUAL RE-
PORT.—Section 304(f)(3) of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4534(f)(3)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘year.’’ and inserting ‘‘year, including the 
percentage of contracts awarded using Fund 
amounts to each of the groups described in section 
108(a)(1)(B) (and, with respect to minorities, 
disaggregated by ethnic group), and the percentage 
of the total amount expended during such fiscal year 
on such contracts.’’. 
(4) DEFINITION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.—Sec-
tion 702(14) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 
is amended by striking ‘‘and critical infrastructure 
protection and restoration’’ and inserting ‘‘, critical
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infrastructure protection and restoration, and health 
emergency preparedness and response activities’’. 
(f) SECURING ESSENTIAL MEDICAL MATERIALS.— 
(1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Section 2(b) of 
the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4502) is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (9), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) authorities under this Act should be used 
when appropriate to ensure the availability of med-
ical materials essential to national defense, including 
through measures designed to secure the drug sup-
ply chain, and taking into consideration the impor-
tance of United States competitiveness, scientific 
leadership and cooperation, and innovative capac-
ity;’’. 
(2) STRENGTHENING DOMESTIC CAPABILITY.— 
Section 107 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 
(50 U.S.C. 4517) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding medical materials)’’ after ‘‘materials’’; 
and
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(B) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding medical materials such as drugs to di-
agnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease 
that essential to national defense)’’ after ‘‘es-
sential materials’’. 
(3) STRATEGY ON SECURING SUPPLY CHAINS 
FOR
MEDICAL
ARTICLES.—Title I of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 109. STRATEGY ON SECURING SUPPLY CHAINS FOR 
MEDICAL MATERIALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the President, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Defense, shall 
transmit a strategy to the appropriate Members of Con-
gress that includes the following: 
‘‘(1) A detailed plan to use the authorities 
under this title and title III, or any other provision 
of law, to ensure the supply of medical materials (in-
cluding drugs to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or 
prevent disease) essential to national defense, to the 
extent necessary for the purposes of this Act.