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(1) Modernization of covered materials, including the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Updating the format of such materials in order 
to account for significant improvements in document 
management and data visualization. 
(B) Expanding the scope and quality of data included 
in such materials. 
(2) Streamlining of the production of covered materials 
within the Department of Defense. 
(3) Transmission of covered materials to Congress. 
(4) Availability of adequate resources and capabilities to 
permit the Department to integrate changes to covered mate-
rials together with its submittal of current covered materials. 
(5) Promotion of the flow between the Department and 
the congressional defense committees of other information 
required by Congress for its oversight of budgeting for the 
Department and the future-years defense programs. 
(b) COVERED MATERIALS DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered materials’’ means the following: 
(1) Materials submitted in support of the budget of the 
President for a fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code. 
(2) Materials submitted in connection with the future-years 
defense program for a fiscal year under section 221 of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 1076. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS ON JOINT ALL DOMAIN COMMAND 
AND CONTROL EFFORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning on October 1, 
2021, and ending on October 1, 2024, the Vice Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chief Information Officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense, and a senior military service representative for 
each of the Armed Forces shall provide to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives quar-
terly briefings on the progress of the Department’s Joint All Domain 
Command and Control (in this section referred to as ‘‘JADC2’’) 
effort. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing under subsection (a) shall 
include, with respect to the JADC2 effort, the following elements: 
(1) The status of the joint concept of command and control. 
(2) How the JADC2 effort is identifying gaps and 
addressing validated requirements based on the joint concept 
of command and control. 
(3) Progress in developing specific plans to evaluate and 
implement materiel and non-materiel improvements to com-
mand and control capabilities. 
(4) Clarification on distribution of responsibilities and 
authorities within the Cross Functional Team, the Armed 
Forces, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense with respect 
to JADC2, and how the Armed Forces, the Cross Functional 
Team, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense are synchro-
nizing and aligning with joint and military concepts, solutions, 
experimentation, and exercises. 
(5) The status of and review of any recommendations for 
resource allocation necessary to achieve operational JADC2.
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(6) A sufficiency assessment of planned funding across 
the future years defense program for the development of JADC2 
capabilities. 
SEC. 1077. REPORT ON CIVILIAN CASUALTY RESOURCING AND 
AUTHORITIES. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to facilitate fulfill-
ment of the requirements in section 936 of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 
Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 134 note). 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the current 
resources and authorities applied to civilian casualty mitigation, 
investigation, and response and an articulation of what, if any, 
additional resources or authorities will be necessary to fully imple-
ment 936 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 134 note). 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection (b) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An accounting of the number of personnel at each 
combatant command, the Joint Staff, and Office of the Secretary 
of Defense who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
are either exclusively or partially dedicated to— 
(A) assessing, investigating, accounting for, and 
responding to allegations of civilian casualties resulting 
from United States military operations; 
(B) incorporating civilian casualty mitigation efforts 
into operational plans and activities; 
(C) building partner capacity for mitigating civilian 
casualties; or 
(D) any other relevant matters. 
(2) An estimate of the number of personnel projected to 
be required during the three-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act by each combatant command, 
the Joint Staff, and Office of the Secretary of Defense to— 
(A) assess, investigate, account for, and respond to 
allegations of civilian casualties resulting from United 
States military operations; 
(B) incorporate civilian casualty mitigation efforts into 
operational plans and activities; 
(C) build partner capacity for mitigating civilian cas-
ualties; and 
(D) perform any other relevant functions. 
(3) A description of any specialized information technology 
equipment, support and maintenance, and data storage 
capabilities used by the Department of Defense as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act to— 
(A) receive allegations of, assess, investigate, account 
for, and respond to allegations of civilian casualties 
resulting from United States military operations; 
(B) incorporate civilian casualty mitigation efforts into 
operational plans and activities; and 
(C) perform any other relevant functions. 
(4) An estimate of the projected costs during the three- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
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Act of any specialized information technology equipment, sup-
port and maintenance, and data storage capabilities to— 
(A) receive allegations of, assess, investigate, account 
for, and respond to allegations of civilian casualties 
resulting from United States military operations; 
(B) incorporate civilian casualty mitigation efforts into 
operational plans and activities; and 
(C) perform any other relevant functions. 
(5) An identification of relevant statutory authorities used 
by the Department, as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, to investigate, account for, and respond to allegations 
of civilian casualties resulting from United States military oper-
ations. 
(6) A detailed description of any additional changes to 
the personnel, resources, and authorities of the Department 
necessary to fully implement 936 of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 
Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 134 note) in future years. 
(7) Any other matters determined relevant by the Secretary 
of Defense. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—Not later than 45 days 
after the report required under subsection (b) is submitted to the 
congressional defense committees, the Secretary of Defense shall 
make the report publicly available on an appropriate website of 
the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 1078. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE EFFORTS TO PREVENT RESALE OF GOODS 
MANUFACTURED BY FORCED LABOR IN COMMISSARIES 
AND EXCHANGES. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a review of the policies and processes of the 
Department of Defense governing the purchase of goods for resale 
in the commissaries and exchanges of the Department that are 
produced in, or imported from, areas where forced labor may be 
used, including the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—The review required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The laws, regulations, and departmental policies gov-
erning the purchase of imported goods by the Department 
of Defense as part of the retail supply chains of the Department. 
(2) The extent to which the Department has processes 
in place to prevent goods produced or manufactured by forced 
labor from being resold in commissaries and exchanges of the 
Department. 
(3) The kinds of information obtained from suppliers to 
such commissaries and exchanges regarding the source of goods 
or the use of forced labor to produce goods. 
(4) The extent to which the Department coordinates with 
other Federal agencies on matters pertaining to the importation 
and resale of goods produced by forced labor. 
(5) Any other relevant matters as determined by the Comp-
troller General. 
(c) BRIEFING AND REPORT.—
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(1) BRIEFING.—Not later than June 1, 2021, the Comp-
troller General shall provide to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing 
on the review required under subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT.—No later than December 1, 2021, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to such committees a report on 
such review, which shall contain each of the elements under 
subsection (b). 
SEC. 1079. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE PROCESSES FOR RESPONDING TO CONGRES-
SIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) COMPTROLLER GENERAL ANALYSIS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report containing an analysis of the processes of 
the Department of Defense for responding to congressional reporting 
requirements. 
(b) CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION.—The analysis required under 
subsection (a) shall include an evaluation of funding and changes 
to policies and business practices by the Department for improving 
the effectiveness, efficiency, and public transparency of the compli-
ance of the Department with congressional reporting requirements. 
(c) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) A review of— 
(A) current laws, guidance, policies for Department 
of Defense compliance with congressional reporting require-
ments; 
(B) recent direction from the congressional defense 
committees concerning how the Department designs, modi-
fies, tracks, delivers, and inventories completed reports; 
and 
(C) the response of the Department of Defense to the 
plan required by section 874 of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1906). 
(2) An evaluation of the cost and effectiveness of— 
(A) the existing processes the Department of Defense 
uses to track and respond to congressional reporting 
requirements; and 
(B) the ongoing modernization efforts referred to in 
subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1), including— 
(i) the design, development, and fielding of efforts 
to modernize existing report tracking systems; 
(ii) the potential for system-level access solutions; 
and 
(iii) the standardization of report-related data, 
including types of reporting requirements. 
(3) An analysis of further options for modernizing the 
preparation and coordination process for required reports and 
other written correspondence from the Department of Defense 
to the congressional defense committees. Such analysis shall 
include— 
(A) the coordination of Department of Defense business 
practices and internal policies with legislative processes; 
and
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(B) the feasibility of the Department of Defense, the 
Government Publishing Office, or another Federal Govern-
ment entity maintaining a consolidated online public data-
base for unclassified reports submitted after the date of 
the enactment of this Act pursuant to a congressional 
reporting requirement that includes, for each report in 
the database— 
(i) a copy of the report; 
(ii) the deadline on which the report was required 
to be submitted to Congress; 
(iii) the date on which the report was transmitted; 
(iv) the total cost associated with the report; and 
(v) a brief summary of the report, including a 
citation to the legislative text requiring the report. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT DEFINED.—In 
this section. the term ‘‘congressional reporting requirement’’ means 
a requirement that the Secretary of Defense, or any element or 
official of the Department of Defense, submit to Congress, or to 
a committee of Congress, an unclassified report or briefing by 
reason of— 
(1) any provision of title 10, United States Code; 
(2) a provision of any National Defense Authorization Act; 
(3) a provision of a statement of managers that accom-
panied the conference report for any National Defense 
Authorization Act; or 
(4) a provision of a committee report that accompanied 
a version of any National Defense Authorization Act, as 
reported by the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
or the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Represent-
atives. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 1081. TECHNICAL, CONFORMING, AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, United States 
Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A 
of title 10, United States Code, and at the beginning of part 
I of such subtitle, are each amended by inserting before the 
item relating to chapter 20 the following new item: 
‘‘19. Cyber Matters ............................................................................................. 391.’’. 
(2) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A 
of title 10, United States Code, and at the beginning of part 
IV of such subtitle, are each amended by inserting after the 
item relating to chapter 112 the following new item: 
‘‘113. Defense Civilian Training Corps .........................................................2200g.’’. 
(3) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A 
of title 10, United States Code, and at the beginning of part 
IV of such subtitle, are each amended by striking the item 
relating to chapter 140 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘140. Procurement of Commercial Products and Commercial Serv-
ices ............................................................................................................2375.’’. 
(4)(A) The section designation of each section in chapter 
113 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘SEC.’’ and inserting ‘‘§’’. 
(B) Each corresponding item in the table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by striking ‘‘Sec.’’,
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other than where it appears preceding the item relating to 
section 2200g. 
(5) Section 101(a)(13)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
712’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3713’’. 
(6) Section 118(3) is amended by inserting ‘‘and’’ after 
‘‘ ‘materiel and operational capability’,’’. 
(7) Subsection (g) of section 127e, as redesignated by section 
1051, is amended by striking ‘‘Low-Intensity’’ and inserting 
‘‘Low Intensity’’. 
(8) Section 130i is amended— 
(A) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ‘‘of subsection’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘shall’’ and insert ‘‘of subsection 
(j)(3)(C) shall’’; and 
(B) in subsection (j)(6), by adding a period at the end. 
(9) Section 142 is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (d); and 
(B) by redesignating the second subsection (c) as sub-
section (d). 
(10) Section 171a(i)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘Acquisitions’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Acquisition’’. 
(11) Section 192(c) is amended by striking the first para-
graph (1). 
(12) Section 222a(d)(1)(C)(i) is amended by inserting ‘‘had’’ 
before ‘‘been’’. 
(13) Section 231 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘quadrennial defense review’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘national defense strategy’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ‘‘section 118’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 113(g)’’. 
(14) Section 240b(b)(1)(B) is amended— 
(A) in clause (ix), by striking ‘‘suhsection’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection’’; and 
(B) in clause (xii), by inserting ‘‘of’’ after ‘‘identifica-
tion’’. 
(15) Section 393(b)(2)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘of 
Defense’’ and all that follows through the period and inserting 
‘‘of Defense for Intelligence and Security’’. 
(16) Section 397(b)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘Persons’’ 
and inserting ‘‘persons’’. 
(17) Section 430(b)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘and Secu-
rity’’ after ‘‘for Intelligence’’. 
(18) Section 617(d) is amended by striking ‘‘section 616(g)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 616(h)’’. 
(19) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 41 
is amended— 
(A) in the item relating to section 715 by inserting 
a period at the end; and 
(B) by moving the item relating to section 714 so 
that it appears immediately after the item relating to sec-
tion 713. 
(20) The table of sections at the beginning subchapter 
VII of chapter 47 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 837 (article 37) and inserting the following: 
‘‘837. 37. Command influence.’’. 
(21) Section 991(a)(4)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘The 
amount.’’ and inserting ‘‘The amount’’.
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(22) Section 1044e is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection (i)’’. 
(23) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 54 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1064 
the following: 
‘‘1065. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: certain veterans and care-
givers for veterans.’’. 
(24) Section 1073c(a) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating the second paragraph (6) as para-
graph (4); and 
(B) by moving paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A)) so as to appear before paragraph (5). 
(25) Section 1079(q) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
1074g(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1074g(i)’’. 
(26) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 58 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 1142 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘1142. Preseparation counseling; transmittal of certain records to Department of 
Veterans Affairs.’’. 
(27) Section 1475(a)(4) is amended by striking ‘‘or; or’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or’’. 
(28) Section 1553(d)(1)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘in based’’ 
and inserting ‘‘is based’’. 
(29) Section 1564(c)(2) is amended in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘in an’’ and inserting ‘‘is an’’. 
(30) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter 
I of chapter 87 is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 1702 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘1702. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment: authorities and 
responsibilities.’’. 
(31) Section 1701(a) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(6), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking the paragraph 
headings for paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(32) Section 1746(b)(3)(A) is amended by striking the second 
semicolon that appears before ‘‘and’’ at the end. 
(33) Section 1784(h)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘expire’’ 
and inserting ‘‘expires’’. 
(34) Section 2004 is amended in subsections (d) and (e) 
by striking ‘‘enlistment’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘enlisted’’. 
(35) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 135 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 2279c. 
(36) Section 2339a(b)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘and Secu-
rity’’ after ‘‘for Intelligence’’. 
(37) Section 2358b(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘to accel-
erate’’ and inserting ‘‘accelerate’’. 
(38) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 142 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 2417 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘2417. Administrative and other costs.’’.
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(39) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 152 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 2568a 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘2568a. Damaged personal protective equipment: award to members separating from 
the Armed Forces and veterans.’’. 
(40) Section 2409a(c)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘Stat. 664,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘50 Stat. 664;’’. 
(41) Section 2417(2) is amended by striking ‘‘entities -’’ 
and inserting ‘‘entities—’’. 
(42) Section 2583(g)(2)(A) is amended by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon. 
(43) Section 2641b(a)(3)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(6)’’. 
(44) Section 2804(b) is amended in the third sentence by 
striking ‘‘; and’’. 
(45) Section 8680(a)(2)(C)(ii) is amended, in the matter 
preceding subclause (I), by striking the period after the dash. 
(46) Section 8749(a) is amended by striking ‘‘alcohol tests’’ 
and inserting ‘‘alcohol test’’. 
(47) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle 
D and part I of such subtitle are each amended by striking 
the period at the end of the item relating to chapter 908. 
(b) TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 1967(a)(3)(D) of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding 
clause (i) by inserting a comma after ‘‘theater of operations’’. 
(c) NDAA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.—Effective as of December 
20, 2020, and as if included therein as enacted, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Section 234(f)(1) (10 U.S.C. 2164 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the a’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’. 
(2) Section 540B(b)(4) (10 U.S.C. 1561 note; 133 Stat. 1365) 
is amended by striking ‘‘their their’’ and inserting ‘‘their’’. 
(3) Section 821 (133 Stat. 1490) is amended by inserting 
‘‘Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon’’ before ‘‘National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015’’. 
(4) Section 861(i)(2) (10 U.S.C. 1761 prec.; 133 Stat. 1519) 
is amended by striking ‘‘subchapter II’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
chapter V’’. 
(5) Section 1009(c) (133 Stat. 1576; 10 U.S.C. 240b note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘a reporting’’ and inserting ‘‘a report’’. 
(6) Section 1631(i)(1) (133 Stat. 1745) is amended by 
striking ‘‘foreign person’’ and inserting ‘‘foreign power’’. 
(7) Section 1647(b)(3)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘by used’’ 
and inserting ‘‘be used’’. 
(8) Section 1731(a)(2) (133 Stat. 1812; 10 U.S.C. 101 prec.) 
is amended by striking ‘‘part I’’ and inserting ‘‘part III’’. 
(9) Section 2801(b)(2) (133 Stat. 1881) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘subchapter I of’’ before ‘‘chapter 169’’. 
(d) NDAA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.—Effective as of August 13, 
2018, and as if included therein as enacted, the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 
Law 115–232) is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 154(a)(1) (10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘of an’’ and inserting ‘‘of’’. 
(2) Section 226(b)(3)(C) (132 Stat. 1686) is amended by 
striking ‘‘commercial-off the-shelf’’ and inserting ‘‘commercially
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available off-the-shelf items (as defined in section 104 of title 
41, United States Code) that may serve as’’. 
(3) Section 809(b)(3) (132 Stat. 1840) is amended by striking 
‘‘Section 598(d)(4) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
of for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C. 1561 
note)’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 563(d)(4) of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note)’’. 
(4) Section 836 (132 Stat. 1859) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘of such title’’ 
after ‘‘Section 104(1)(A)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(3)’’; and 
(ii) by amending paragraph (8) to read as follows: 
‘‘(8) Section 2321(f) is amended by striking ‘commercial 
items’ and inserting ‘commercial products’.’’. 
(5) Section 889(f) (132 Stat. 1918; 41 U.S.C. 3901 note 
prec.) is amended by striking ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’. 
(6) Section 1286(e)(2)(D) (10 U.S.C. 2358 note; 132 Stat. 
2080) is amended by striking ‘‘improve’’ and inserting 
‘‘improved’’. 
(7) Section 1757(a) (50 U.S.C. 4816; 132 Stat. 2218) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘to persons’’ before ‘‘who are potential’’. 
(8) Section 1759(a)(2) (50 U.S.C. 4818; 132 Stat. 2223) 
is amended by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting 
a period. 
(9) Section 1763(c) (50 U.S.C. 4822; 132 Stat. 2231) is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 5, 1991’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 5, 1995’’. 
(10) Section 1773(b)(1) (50 U.S.C. 4842; 132 Stat. 2235) 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 1752(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 1752(2)(D)’’. 
(11) Section 1774(a) (50 U.S.C. 4843; 132 Stat. 2237) is 
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting 
‘‘under’’ before ‘‘section 1773’’. 
(12) Section 2827(b)(1) (132 Stat. 2270) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘in the matter preceding the paragraphs’’ after 
‘‘amended’’. 
(e) NDAA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018.—Effective as of December 
12, 2017, and as if included therein as enacted, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Section 1701(a)(4)(A) (131 Stat. 1796) is amended by 
striking 
‘‘Section 
831(n)(2)(g)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Section 
831(o)(2)(G)’’. 
(f) NDAA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016.—Effective as of December 
23, 2016, and as if included therein as enacted, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In section 541(a) (10 U.S.C. 1561 note), by striking 
‘‘section 1044e(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1044e(h)’’. 
(2) In section 856(a)(1) (10 U.S.C. 2377 note), by inserting 
‘‘United States Code,’’ after ‘‘title 41,’’.
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(3) In section 1675(a), by striking ‘‘Board,,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Board,’’. 
(g) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AMENDMENTS MADE BY THIS 
ACT.—For purposes of applying amendments made by provisions 
of this Act other than this section, the amendments made by this 
section shall be treated as having been enacted immediately before 
any such amendments by other provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 1082. REPORTING OF ADVERSE EVENTS RELATING TO CONSUMER 
PRODUCTS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall issue to the 
military departments guidance to encourage the reporting of any 
adverse event related to a consumer product that occurs on a 
military installation on the appropriate consumer product safety 
website. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘adverse event’’ means— 
(A) any event that indicates that a consumer product— 
(i) fails to comply with an applicable consumer 
product safety rule or with a voluntary consumer 
product safety standard upon which the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission has relied under section 
9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058); 
(ii) fails to comply with any other rule, regulation, 
standard, or ban under that Act or any other Act 
enforced by the Commission; 
(iii) contains a defect that could create a substan-
tial product hazard described in section 15(a)(2) of 
the 
Consumer 
Product 
Safety 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
2064(a)(2)); or 
(iv) creates an unreasonable risk of serious injury 
or death; or 
(B) any other harm described in subsection (b)(1)(A) 
of section 6A of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
U.S.C. 2055a) and required to be reported in the database 
established under subsection (a) of that section. 
(2) The term ‘‘consumer product’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3 of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2052). 
SEC. 1083. MODIFICATION TO FIRST DIVISION MONUMENT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Society of the First Infantry Division 
may make modifications to the First Division Monument located 
on Federal land in President’s Park in the District of Columbia 
to honor the dead of the First Infantry Division, United States 
Forces, in— 
(1) Operation Desert Storm; 
(2) Operation Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn; and 
(3) Operation Enduring Freedom. 
(b) MODIFICATIONS.—Modifications to the First Division Monu-
ment may include construction of additional plaques and stone 
plinths on which to put plaques. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS ACT.—Chapter 
89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall apply to the design and place-
ment of the commemorative elements authorized by this section, 
except that subsections (b) and (c) of section 8903 of such title 
shall not apply.
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(d) COLLABORATION.—The First Infantry Division of the Depart-
ment of the Army shall collaborate with the Secretary of Defense 
to provide to the Society of the First Infantry Division the list 
of names to be added to the First Division Monument in accordance 
with subsection (a). 
(e) FUNDING.—Federal funds may not be used for modifications 
of the First Division Monument authorized by this section. 
SEC. 1084. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING REPORTING OF CIVILIAN 
CASUALTIES RESULTING FROM UNITED STATES MILI-
TARY OPERATIONS. 
It is the sense of Congress— 
(1) to commend the Department of Defense for the meas-
ures it has implemented and is currently implementing to 
prevent, mitigate, track, investigate, learn from, respond to, 
and report civilian casualties resulting from United States mili-
tary operations; 
(2) to agree with the Department that civilian casualties 
are a tragic and unavoidable part of war, and to recognize 
that the Department endeavors to conduct all military oper-
ations in compliance with the international law of armed con-
flict and the laws of the United States, including distinction, 
proportionality, and the requirement to take feasible pre-
cautions in planning and conducting operations to reduce the 
risk of harm to civilians and other protected persons and 
objects; 
(3) that the protection of civilians and other protected 
persons and objects, in addition to a legal obligation and a 
strategic interest, is a moral and ethical imperative; 
(4) that the Department has been responsive and submitted 
to Congress three successive annual reports on civilian casual-
ties resulting from United States military operations for cal-
endar years 2017, 2018, and 2019, and has proactively updated 
reports as appropriate; 
(5) to commend the United States Africa Command for 
announcing on March 21, 2020, its intent to issue quarterly 
reports on the status of ongoing civilian casualty allegations 
and assessments; 
(6) to recognize the efforts of the Department, both in 
policy and in practice, to reduce the harm to civilians and 
other protected persons and objects resulting from United 
States military operations; and 
(7) to encourage the Department to make additional 
progress in— 
(A) ensuring that the combatant commands have the 
requisite personnel and resources to appropriately integrate 
the observance of human rights and the protection of 
civilians and civilian objects in the planning and activities 
of the commands; 
(B) finalizing and implementing the policy of the 
Department relating to civilian casualties resulting from 
United States military operations, as required by section 
936 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 134 note); 
(C) finalizing Department-wide regulations to imple-
ment section 1213 of the National Defense Authorization 
for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) for ex gratia
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payments for damage, personal injury, or death that is 
incident to the use of force by the United States Armed 
Forces, a coalition that includes the United States, a mili-
tary organization supporting the United States, or a mili-
tary organization supporting the United States or such 
coalition; and 
(D) enhancing the ability of foreign partner forces to 
reduce civilian casualties, including in connection with 
train and equip programs, advise, assist, accompany, and 
enable missions, and fully combined and coalition oper-
ations. 
SEC. 1085. DEPLOYMENT OF REAL-TIME STATUS OF SPECIAL USE AIR-
SPACE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, to the maximum extent practicable, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Defense, shall enable the automated public dissemina-
tion of information on the real-time status of the activation or 
deactivation of military operations areas and restricted areas in 
a manner that is similar to the manner that temporary flight 
restrictions are published and disseminated. 
SEC. 1086. DUTIES OF SECRETARY UNDER UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS 
CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT. 
(a) ENSURING ABILITY OF ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS 
SERVING AT DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS TO RECEIVE AND 
TRANSMIT BALLOTING MATERIALS.—In carrying out the Secretary’s 
duties as the Presidential designee under the Uniformed and Over-
seas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.), the 
Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary, feasible, 
and practical to ensure that a uniformed services voter under such 
Act who is absent from the United States by reason of active 
duty or service at a diplomatic and consular 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 a uni-
formed services voter under such Act who is absent from the United 
States by reason of active duty or service at a military installation. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with respect 
to elections held on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 1087. MITIGATION OF MILITARY HELICOPTER NOISE. 
(a) PROCESS
FOR TRACKING COMPLAINTS.—The Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
Authority, shall develop a process to receive, track, and analyze 
complaints of military rotary wing aircraft noise in the National 
Capital Region that are registered on the noise inquiry websites 
of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Dulles Inter-
national Airport. 
(b) NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.—In this section, the term 
‘‘National Capital Region’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2674(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 1088. CONGRESSIONAL EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR DESIGNA-
TION OF NATIONAL BORINQUENEERS DAY. 
Congress—
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(1) expresses support for the designation of ‘‘National 
Borinqueneers Day’’; 
(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 contributions 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 vet-
erans who served in the 65th Infantry Regiment, known 
as the ‘‘Borinqueneers’’; 
(B) to pay tribute to the sacrifices made and adversities 
overcome by Puerto Rican and Hispanic members of the 
Armed Forces; and 
(C) to recognize the significant contributions to United 
States history made by the Borinqueneers. 
SEC. 1089. TED STEVENS CENTER FOR ARCTIC SECURITY STUDIES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a plan to establish a Depart-
ment of Defense Regional Center for Security Studies for the 
Arctic. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) A description of the benefits of establishing such 
a center, including the manner in which the establishment 
of such a center would benefit United States and Depart-
ment of Defense interests in the Arctic region. 
(B) A description of the mission and purpose of such 
a center, including— 
(i) enhancing understanding of the dynamics and 
national security implications of an emerging Arctic 
region, including increased access for transit and 
maneuverability; and 
(ii) other specific policy guidance from the Office 
of the Secretary of Defense. 
(C) An analysis of suitable reporting relationships with 
the applicable combatant commands. 
(D) An assessment of suitable locations, which shall 
include an enumeration and valuation of criteria, which 
may include— 
(i) the proximity of a location to other academic 
institutions that study security implications with 
respect to the Arctic region; 
(ii) the proximity of a location to the designated 
lead for Arctic affairs of the United States Northern 
Command; and 
(iii) the proximity of a location to a central hub 
of assigned Arctic-focused Armed Forces so as to suit-
ably advance relevant professional development of 
skills unique to the Arctic region.
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(E) A description of the establishment and operational 
costs of such a center, including for— 
(i) military construction for required facilities; 
(ii) facility renovation; 
(iii) personnel costs for faculty and staff; and 
(iv) other costs the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
(F) An evaluation of the existing infrastructure, 
resources, and personnel available at military installations 
and at universities and other academic institutions that 
could reduce the costs described in accordance with 
subparagraph (E). 
(G) An examination of partnership opportunities with 
United States allies and partners for potential collaboration 
and burden sharing. 
(H) A description of potential courses and programs 
that such a center could carry out, including— 
(i) core, specialized, and advanced courses; 
(ii) potential planning workshops; 
(iii) seminars; 
(iv) confidence-building initiatives; and 
(v) academic research. 
(I) A description of any modification to title 10, United 
States Code, necessary for the effective operation of such 
a center. 
(3) FORM.—The plan required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than 30 days after the sub-
mittal of the plan required by subsection (a), and subject to 
the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Defense may 
establish and administer a Department of Defense Regional 
Center for Security Studies for the Arctic, to be known as 
the ‘‘Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies’’, for the 
purpose described in section 342(a) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(2) LOCATION.—Subject to a determination by the Secretary 
to establish the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies 
under this section, the Center shall be established at a location 
determined suitable pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(D). 
SEC. 1090. ESTABLISHMENT OF VETTING PROCEDURES AND MONI-
TORING 
REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
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 Department of Defense installations and 
facilities within the United States. 
(2) CRITERIA FOR PROCEDURES.—The procedures established 
under paragraph (1) shall include biographic and biometric 
screening of covered individuals, continuous review of whether 
covered individuals should continue to be authorized for phys-
ical access, biographic checks of the immediate family members
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of covered individuals, and any other measures that the Sec-
retary determines appropriate for vetting. 
(3) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall identify 
the information required to conduct the vetting under this 
section. 
(4) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall— 
(A) collect the information required to vet individuals 
under the procedures established under this subsection; 
(B) as required for the effective implementation of this 
section, seek to enter into agreements with the relevant 
departments and agencies of the United States to facilitate 
the sharing of information in the possession of such depart-
ments and agencies concerning covered individuals; and 
(C) ensure that the initial vetting of covered individuals 
is conducted as early and promptly as practicable, to mini-
mize disruptions to United States programs to train foreign 
military students. 
(b) DETERMINATION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) REVIEW
OF
VETTING
RESULTS.—The Secretary shall 
assign to an organization within the Department with responsi-
bility for security and counterintelligence 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 physical access to a Department 
of Defense installation or facility. 
(2) NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.—If the recommendation 
with respect to a covered individual under paragraph (1)(B) 
is that the individual should not be given physical access to 
a Department of Defense installation or facility— 
(A) such individual may only be given such access 
if such access is authorized by the Secretary 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 Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure that— 
(A) all Department of Defense common access 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 developed by the Department 
of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology; 
(C) physical access by covered individuals is limited, 
as appropriate, to those Department of Defense installa-
tions or facilities within the United States directly associ-
ated with the training or education or necessary for such 
individuals 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 Defense installations and facilities
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are incorporated into the Insider Threat Program of the 
Department of Defense; and 
(F) covered individuals are prohibited from trans-
porting, possessing, storing, or using personally owned fire-
arms on Department of Defense installations or property 
consistent with the Secretary of Defense policy memo-
randum dated January 16, 2020, or any successor policy 
guidance that restricts transporting, possessing, storing, 
or using personally owned firearms on Department of 
Defense installations or property. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The security measures required 
under paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that is 181 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(3) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Upon the establishment of 
the security measures required under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives notice 
of the establishment of such security measures. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional 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; 
(B) the effectiveness of the vetting procedures imple-
mented pursuant to this section in preventing harm to 
members of the Armed Forces and United States persons; 
(C) any mitigation strategies used to address any nega-
tive effects of the implementation of this section; and 
(D) a proposed plan to mitigate any ongoing negative 
effects to the vetting and training of foreign military stu-
dents by the Department of Defense. 
(2) REPORT
BY
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—Not later than 
three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report 
(which may contain a classified annex) on the safety and secu-
rity of United States personnel and international students 
assigned to United States military bases participating in pro-
grams 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), particularly with 
respect to whether— 
(A) relevant United States diplomatic and consular 
personnel properly vet foreign personnel participating in 
such programs and entering such bases; 
(B) existing screening protocols with respect to such 
vetting include counter-terrorism screening and are suffi-
ciently effective at ensuring 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 require-
ments of section 362 of title 10, United States Code, and
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sections 502B and 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304 and 2378d). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means any foreign 
national (except foreign nationals of Australia, Canada, New 
Zealand, and the United Kingdom 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 Department 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 occur-
ring on a Department of Defense installation or facility 
within the United States; or 
(ii) an immediate family member accompanying 
any foreign national who has been selected, nominated, 
or accepted for such training or education. 
(3) The term ‘‘United States’’ means the several States, 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
and Guam. 
(4) The term ‘‘immediate family member’’ with respect to 
any individual means the parent, step-parent, spouse, sibling, 
step-sibling, half-sibling, child, or step-child of the individual. 
SEC. 1091. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT MATTERS. 
(a) BRIEFINGS ON FIELDING OF NEWEST GENERATIONS OF PPE 
TO THE ARMED FORCES.— 
(1) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Not later than January 31, 2021, 
each Secretary of a military department shall submit to Con-
gress a briefing on the fielding of the newest generations of 
personal protective equipment to the Armed Forces under the 
jurisdiction of such Secretary. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing under paragraph (1) shall 
include, for each Armed Force covered by such briefing, the 
following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the fielding of 
newest generations of personal protective equipment to 
members of such Armed Force, including the following: 
(i) The number (aggregated by total number and 
by sex) of members of such Armed Force issued the 
Army Soldiers Protective System and the Modular 
Scalable Vest Generation II body armor as of December 
31, 2020. 
(ii) The number (aggregated by total number and 
by sex) of members of such Armed Force issued Marine 
Corps Plate Carrier Generation III body armor as of 
that date.
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(iii) The number (aggregated by total number and 
by sex) of members of such Armed Force fitted with 
legacy personal protective equipment as of that date. 
(B) A description and assessment of the barriers, if 
any, to the fielding of such generations of equipment to 
such members. 
(C) A description and assessment of challenges in the 
fielding of such generations of equipment to such members, 
including cost overruns, contractor delays, and other chal-
lenges. 
(b) SYSTEM FOR TRACKING DATA ON INJURIES AMONG MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES IN USE OF NEWEST GENERATION PPE.— 
(1) SYSTEM REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop and maintain a system for tracking data on injuries 
among members of the Armed Forces in and during the 
use of newest generation personal protective equipment. 
(B) SCOPE OF SYSTEM.—The system required by this 
paragraph may, at the election of the Secretary, be new 
for purposes of this subsection or within or a modification 
of an appropriate existing system. 
(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than January 31, 2025, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a briefing on the prevalence 
among members of the Armed Forces of preventable injuries 
attributable to ill-fitting or malfunctioning personal protective 
equipment. 
(c) ASSESSMENTS
OF MEMBERS
OF
THE ARMED FORCES
OF 
INJURIES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH ILL-FITTING OR MALFUNC-
TIONING PPE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each health assessment specified in para-
graph (2) that is undertaken after the date of the enactment 
of this Act shall include the following: 
(A) One or more questions on whether members 
incurred an injury in connection with ill-fitting or malfunc-
tioning personal protective equipment during the period 
covered by such assessment, including the nature of such 
injury. 
(B) In the case of any member who has so incurred 
such an injury, one or more elements of self-evaluation 
of such injury by such member for purposes of facilitating 
timely documentation and enhanced monitoring of such 
members and injuries. 
(2) ASSESSMENTS.—The health assessments specified in this 
paragraph are the following: 
(A) The annual Periodic Health Assessment of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces. 
(B) The post-deployment health assessment of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 
MATTERS 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 1101. Department of Defense policy on unclassified workspaces and job func-
tions of personnel with pending security clearances. 
Sec. 1102. Enhancement of public-private talent exchange programs in the Depart-
ment of Defense.
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Sec. 1103. Paid parental leave technical corrections. 
Sec. 1104. Authority to provide travel and transportation allowances in connection 
with transfer ceremonies of certain civilian employees who die overseas. 
Sec. 1105. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium 
pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian employees 
working overseas. 
Sec. 1106. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, 
and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a combat zone. 
Sec. 1107. Civilian faculty at the Defense Security Cooperation University and In-
stitute of Security Governance. 
Sec. 1108. Temporary authority to appoint retired members of the Armed Forces to 
positions in the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1109. Fire fighters alternative work schedule demonstration project for the 
Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Emergency Services. 
Sec. 1110. Special rules for certain monthly workers’ compensation payments and 
other payments for Federal Government personnel under chief of mis-
sion authority. 
Sec. 1111. Temporary increase in limitation on accumulation of annual leave for 
Executive branch employees. 
Sec. 1112. Telework travel expenses program of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office. 
Sec. 1113. Extension of rate of overtime pay authority for Department of the Navy 
employees performing work aboard or dockside in support of the nu-
clear-powered aircraft carrier forward deployed in Japan. 
Sec. 1114. Enhanced pay authority for certain acquisition and technology positions 
in the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1115. Enhanced pay authority for certain research and technology positions in 
the science and technology reinvention laboratories of the Department 
of Defense. 
Sec. 1116. Extension of enhanced appointment and compensation authority for ci-
vilian personnel for care and treatment of wounded and injured mem-
bers of the armed forces. 
Sec. 1117. Expansion of direct hire authority for certain Department of Defense 
personnel to include installation military housing office positions super-
vising privatized military housing. 
Sec. 1118. Extension of sunset of inapplicability of certification of executive quali-
fications by qualification certification review board of office of personnel 
management for initial appointments to senior executive service posi-
tions in department of defense. 
Sec. 1119. Pilot program on enhanced pay authority for certain high-level manage-
ment positions in the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1120. Recruitment incentives for placement at remote locations. 
Sec. 1121. Technical amendments regarding reimbursement of Federal, State, and 
local income taxes incurred during travel, transportation, and reloca-
tion. 
Subtitle B—Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020 
Sec. 1131. Short title. 
Sec. 1132. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 1133. Notification of violation. 
Sec. 1134. Reporting requirements. 
Sec. 1135. Data to be posted by employing Federal agencies. 
Sec. 1136. Data to be posted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 
Sec. 1137. Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation 
Act of 2002 amendments. 
Sec. 1138. Nondisclosure agreement limitation. 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 1101. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY ON UNCLASSIFIED 
WORKSPACES AND JOB FUNCTIONS OF PERSONNEL WITH 
PENDING SECURITY CLEARANCES. 
(a) POLICY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop 
and implement a policy under which a covered individual may 
occupy a position within the Department of Defense that requires 
a security clearance to perform appropriate unclassified work, or 
work commensurate with a security clearance already held by the
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individual (which may include an interim security clearance), while 
such individual awaits a final determination with respect to the 
security clearance required for such position. 
(b) UNCLASSIFIED WORK SPACES.—As part of the policy under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) ensure, to the extent practicable, that all facilities of 
the Department of Defense at which covered individuals per-
form job functions have unclassified workspaces; and 
(2) issue guidelines under which appropriately screened 
individuals, who are not covered individuals, may use the 
unclassified workspaces on a space-available basis. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report setting forth the policy required by sub-
section (a). The report shall include the following: 
(1) Identification of any challenges or impediments to 
allowing covered individuals fill positions on a probationary 
basis as described in subsection (a). 
(2) A plan for implementing the policy. 
(3) A description of how existing facilities may be modified 
to accommodate unclassified workspaces. 
(4) Identification of impediments to making unclassified 
workspace available. 
(d) COVERED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered individual’’ includes a member of the Armed Forces, a 
civilian employee of the Department of Defense, or an applicant 
for a civilian position within the Department of Defense, who has 
applied for, but who has not yet received, a security clearance 
that is required for the individual to perform one or more job 
functions. 
SEC. 1102. ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EXCHANGE 
PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EXCHANGE.—Section 1599g of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by amending subparagraph (C) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) shall contain language ensuring that such 
employee of the Department does not improperly use 
information that such employee knows relates to a Depart-
ment acquisition or procurement for the benefit or advan-
tage of the private-sector organization.’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (4) of subsection (f) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(4) may not perform work that is considered inherently 
governmental in nature; and’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF EXCHANGE AUTHORITY TO MODERNIZATION 
PRIORITIES.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall take steps to ensure 
that the authority of the Secretary to carry out a public-private 
talent exchange program under section 1599g of title 10, United 
States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), is used to— 
(1) carry out exchanges of personnel with private sector 
entities that are working on the modernization priorities of 
the Department of Defense; and 
(2) carry out exchanges in—
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(A) the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Research and Engineering; 
(B) the office of the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Defense; 
(C) each Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of a military department; and 
(D) any other organizations or elements of the Depart-
ment of Defense the Secretary determines appropriate. 
(c) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—The Secretary shall implement 
a system to identify, mitigate, and manage any conflicts of interests 
that may arise as a result of an individual’s participation in a 
public-private talent exchange under section 1599g of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(d) TREATMENT OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with each Secretary of a military depart-
ment, shall develop practices to ensure that participation by a 
member of an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
of a military department in an public-private talent exchange under 
section 1599g of title 10, United States Code, is taken into consider-
ation in subsequent assignments. 
(e) BRIEFING
ON
USE
OF
EXISTING
EXCHANGE
PROGRAM 
AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 
years, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a briefing on the efforts undertaken— 
(A) to implement the public-private exchange programs 
of the Department of Defense; and 
(B) to ensure that such programs seek opportunities 
for exchanges with private sector entities working on mod-
ernization priorities of the Department of Defense, 
including artificial intelligence applications, in accordance 
with the requirements of this section. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing under paragraph (1) shall 
include an explanation of— 
(A) what barriers may prevent supervisors from nomi-
nating their staff and encouraging participation in public- 
private exchange programs; 
(B) how the Department can incentivize senior leaders 
and supervisors to encourage participation in such pro-
grams; 
(C) 
how 
the 
Department 
is 
implementing 
the 
requirment of subsection (c) relating to conflicts of interest; 
and 
(D) what, if any, statutory changes or authorities are 
needed to effectively carry out such programs. 
SEC. 1103. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Paid 
Parental Leave Technical Corrections Act of 2020’’. 
(b) PAID PARENTAL LEAVE
FOR EMPLOYEES
OF DISTRICT
OF 
COLUMBIA COURTS AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER 
SERVICE.— 
(1) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS.—Section 11–1726, Dis-
trict of Columbia Official Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(d) In carrying out the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) with respect to nonjudicial employees 
of the District of Columbia courts, the Joint Committee on Judicial 
Administration shall, notwithstanding any provision of such Act, 
establish a paid parental leave program for the leave described 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 102(a)(1) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) (relating to leave provided in connection with 
the birth of a child or a placement of a child for adoption or 
foster care). In developing the terms and conditions for this pro-
gram, the Joint Committee may be guided by the terms and condi-
tions applicable to the provision of paid parental leave for employees 
of the Federal Government under chapter 63 of title 5, United 
States Code, and any corresponding regulations.’’. 
(2) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE.— 
Section 305 of the District of Columbia Court Reform and 
Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (section 2–1605, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d) In carrying out the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) with respect to employees of the 
Service, the Director shall, notwithstanding any provision of such 
Act, establish a paid parental leave program for the leave described 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 102(a)(1) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) (relating to leave provided in connection with 
the birth of a child or the placement of a child for adoption or 
foster care). In developing the terms and conditions for this pro-
gram, the Director may be guided by the terms and conditions 
applicable to the provision of paid parental leave for employees 
of the Federal Government under chapter 63 of title 5, United 
States Code, and any corresponding regulations.’’. 
(c) FAA AND TSA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 40122(g) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); 
and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: 
‘‘(5) PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.—The Administrator shall imple-
ment a paid parental leave benefit for employees of the 
Administration that is, at a minimum, consistent with the 
paid parental leave benefits provided under section 6382 of 
title 5.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph 
(1) shall apply with respect to any birth or placement occurring 
on or after October 1, 2020. 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection, 
or any amendment made by this subsection, may be construed 
to affect leave provided to an employee of the Transportation 
Security Administration before October 1, 2020. 
(d) TITLE 38 EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7425 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (c), and 
notwithstanding’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 
the Administration shall provide to individuals appointed to any
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position described in section 7421(b) who are employed for com-
pensation by the Administration, family and medical leave in the 
same manner and subject to the same limitations to the maximum 
extent practicable, as family and medical leave is provided under 
subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5 to employees, as defined 
in section 6381(1) of such title.’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by paragraph 
(1) shall apply with respect to any event for which leave may 
be taken under subchapter V of chapter 63 of title 5, United 
States Code, occurring on or after October 1, 2020. 
(e) EMPLOYEES
OF EXECUTIVE OFFICE
OF
THE PRESIDENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 412 of title 3, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding section 401(b)(2), the 
requirements of paragraph (2)(B) shall not apply with respect 
to leave under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) 
of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)(1)).’’; 
(B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as sub-
sections (d) and (e), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.— 
‘‘(1) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—A covered employee 
may elect to substitute for any leave without pay under 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) of the Family 
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) any 
paid leave which is available to such employee for that purpose. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABLE LEAVE.—The paid leave that is available 
to a covered employee for purposes of paragraph (1) is leave 
of the type and in the amount available to an employee under 
section 6382(d)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code, for substi-
tution for leave without pay under subparagraph (A) or (B) 
of section 6382(a)(1) of such title. 
‘‘(3) CONSISTENCY WITH TITLE 5.—Paid leave shall be sub-
stituted under this subsection in a manner that is consistent 
with the requirements in section 6382(d)(2) of title 5, United 
States Code, except that a reference in that section to an 
employing agency shall be considered to be a reference to 
an employing office, and subparagraph (E) of that section shall 
not apply.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2) of subsection (d), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of the subparagraph; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) except that the President or designee shall issue 
regulations to implement subsection (c) in accordance with 
the requirements of that subsection.’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (1) of subsection (e), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B), by inserting after ‘‘subsection (c)’’ 
the following: ‘‘(as in effect on the date of enactment of 
the Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act)’’.
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(2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this sub-
section shall apply with respect to any birth or placement 
occurring on or after October 1, 2020. 
(f) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5 FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT 
PROVISIONS.—Chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in section 6301(2), by amending clause (v) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(v) an employee of the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration who is covered by a leave system established 
under section 7421 of title 38;’’; 
(2) in section 6381(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(v) or’’; and 
(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) has completed at least 12 months of service as 
an employee (as defined in section 2105) of the Government 
of the United States, including service with the United 
States Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, 
and a nonappropriated fund instrumentality as described 
in section 2105(c);’’; and 
(3) in section 6382(d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘under subchapter 
I’’ in each place it appears; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘under sub-
chapter I’’. 
(g) AMENDMENT TO CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 
1995.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(d)(2)(B) of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1312(d)(2)(B)), as amended 
by section 7603 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92), is amended by 
inserting ‘‘accrued’’ before ‘‘sick leave’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this sub-
section shall apply with respect to any event for which leave 
may be taken under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 102(a)(1) 
of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1995 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)(1)) and occurring on or after October 1, 2020. 
SEC. 1104. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION 
ALLOWANCES IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFER CERE-
MONIES OF CERTAIN CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WHO DIE 
OVERSEAS. 
(a) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 1492. Authority to provide travel and transportation allow-
ances in connection with transfer ceremonies of 
certain civilian employees who die overseas 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—A covered official may treat a covered relative 
of a covered employee under the jurisdiction of that covered official 
in the same manner the Secretary of a military department treats, 
under section 481f(d) of title 37, next of kin and family members 
of a member of the armed forces who dies while located or serving 
overseas. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) The term ‘covered employee’ means a civilian 
employee— 
‘‘(A) under the jurisdiction of a covered official; and 
‘‘(B) who dies while located or serving overseas. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered official’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned; and 
‘‘(B) the head of a Defense Agency or Department 
of Defense Field Activity. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘covered relative’ means— 
‘‘(A) the primary next of kin of the covered employee; 
‘‘(B) two family members (other than primary next 
of kin) of the covered employee; and 
‘‘(C) one or more additional family members of the 
covered employee, at the discretion of the Secretary a sib-
ling of the covered employee.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at the 
beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘1492. Authority to provide travel and transportation allowances in connection with 
transfer ceremonies of certain civilian employees who die overseas.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section 481f(d) of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘Transportation 
To’’ and inserting ‘‘Travel And Transportation Allowances In 
Connection With’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘transportation to’’ and inserting ‘‘travel and 
transportation allowances in connection with’’. 
SEC. 1105. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE ANNUAL 
LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY AND AGGREGATE LIMITA-
TION ON PAY FOR FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 
WORKING OVERSEAS. 
Subsection (a) of section 1101 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110– 
417; 122 Stat. 4615), as most recently amended by section 1105 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116–92), is further amended by striking ‘‘through 2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through 2021’’. 
SEC. 1106. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO 
GRANT ALLOWANCES, BENEFITS, AND GRATUITIES TO 
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON OFFICIAL DUTY IN A COMBAT 
ZONE. 
Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, 
and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109–234; 120 Stat. 443), 
as added by section 1102 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4616) and as most recently amended by section 1104 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 
Law 116–92), is further amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting 
‘‘2022’’.
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SEC. 1107. CIVILIAN FACULTY AT THE DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERA-
TION UNIVERSITY AND INSTITUTE OF SECURITY GOVERN-
ANCE. 
Section 1595(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) The Defense Security Cooperation University. 
‘‘(7) The Defense Institute for Security Governance.’’. 
SEC. 1108. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO APPOINT RETIRED MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES TO POSITIONS IN THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the requirements of section 
3326 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may 
appoint retired members of the Armed Forces to positions in the 
Department of Defense described in subsection (b). 
(b) POSITIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The positions in the Department 
described in this subsection are positions classified at or below 
GS–13 under the General Schedule under subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, or an equivalent 
level under another wage system, in the competitive service— 
(A) at any defense industrial base facility (as that 
term is defined in section 2208(u)(3) of title 10, United 
States Code) that is part of the core logistics capabilities 
(as described in section 2464(a) of such title); and 
(B) that have been certified by the Secretary of the 
military department concerned as lacking sufficient num-
bers of potential applicants. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
DELEGATION
OF
CERTIFICATION.—The 
Secretary of a military department may not delegate the 
authority to make a certification described in paragraph (1)(B) 
to an individual in a grade lower than colonel, captain in 
the Navy, or an equivalent grade in the Space Force, or an 
individual with an equivalent civilian grade. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on this section and the 
authority provided by this section. The report shall include the 
following: 
(1) A description of the use of such authority, including 
the positions to which appointments are authorized to be made 
under such authority and the number of retired members 
appointed to each such position under such authority. 
(2) Any other matters in connection with such section or 
such authority that the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(d) SUNSET.—Effective on the date that is 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the authority provided under sub-
section (a) shall expire. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘member’’ and ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ have the meaning given those terms in section 
101 of title 37, United States Code. 
SEC. 1109. FIRE FIGHTERS ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULE DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECT FOR THE NAVY REGION MID- 
ATLANTIC FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Commander, Navy Region Mid-
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Atlantic, shall establish and carry out, for a period of not less 
than five years, a Fire Fighters Alternative Work Schedule dem-
onstration project for the Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Emer-
gency Services. Such demonstration project shall provide, with 
respect to each employee of the Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire 
and Emergency Services, that— 
(1) assignments to tours of duty are scheduled in advance 
over periods of not less than two weeks; 
(2) tours of duty are scheduled using a regularly recurring 
pattern of 48-hour shifts followed by 48 or 72 consecutive 
non-work hours, as determined by mutual agreement between 
the Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, and the exclusive 
employee representative at each Navy Region Mid-Atlantic 
installation, in such a manner that each employee is regularly 
scheduled for 144-hours in any two-week period; 
(3) for any such employee that is a fire fighter working 
an alternative work schedule, such employee shall earn over-
time compensation in a manner consistent with other applicable 
law and regulation; 
(4) no right shall be established to any form of premium 
pay, including night, Sunday, holiday, or hazard duty pay; 
and 
(5) leave accrual and use shall be consistent with other 
applicable law and regulation. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date on which 
the demonstration project under this section terminates, the Com-
mander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report detailing— 
(1) any financial savings or expenses directly and insepa-
rably linked to the demonstration project; 
(2) any intangible quality of life and morale improvements 
achieved by the demonstration project; and 
(3) any adverse impact of the demonstration project occur-
ring solely as the result of the transition to the demonstration 
project. 
SEC. 1110. SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN MONTHLY WORKERS’ COM-
PENSATION PAYMENTS AND OTHER PAYMENTS FOR FED-
ERAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL UNDER CHIEF OF MIS-
SION AUTHORITY. 
Section 901 of title IX of division J of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 22 U.S.C. 2680b) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or the head of any 
other Federal agency’’ after ‘‘The Secretary of State’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘and the Secretary of 
State’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Secretary of State, and, as appro-
priate, the head of any other Federal agency paying benefits 
under this section’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Department of State’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Federal Government’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘subsection (f)’’ the following: 
‘‘, but does not include an individual receiving compensation 
under section 19A of the Central Intelligence Agency Act 
of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3519b)’’; and
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(4) in subsection (h)(2), by striking the first sentence and 
inserting the following: ‘‘Nothing in this section shall limit, 
modify, or otherwise supersede chapter 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, the Defense Base Act (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), 
or section 19A of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 
(50 U.S.C. 3519b).’’. 
SEC. 1111. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON ACCUMULATION 
OF ANNUAL LEAVE FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—At the discretion of the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management, annual leave provided to an Executive 
branch employee may accumulate for use in leave year 2021 in 
an amount equal to 125% of the maximum amount of annual 
leave permitted, but for this subsection, to accumulate for use 
in that leave year under the leave system covering such employee. 
(b) EXCLUSION FROM LUMP-SUM PAYMENT.—Any annual leave 
accumulated pursuant to subsection (a) in excess of the maximum 
amount of annual leave permitted, but for this section, to accumu-
late for use in succeeding years shall not be included in any lump- 
sum payment for leave to an individual, including any lump-sum 
payment under section 5551 or 5552 of title 5, United States Code. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means each agency, office, or other 
establishment in the executive branch of the Federal Govern-
ment; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Executive branch employee’’— 
(A) means— 
(i) an employee of an agency; 
(ii) an employee appointed under chapter 74 of 
title 38, United States Code, notwithstanding section 
7421(a), section 7425(b), or any other provision of 
chapter 74 of such title; and 
(iii) any other individual occupying a position in 
the civil service (as that term is defined in section 
2101(1) of title 5, United States Code) in the executive 
branch of the Federal Government; and 
(B) does not include any individual occupying a position 
that is classified at or above the level of a Senior Executive 
Service position or the equivalent thereof. 
SEC. 1112. TELEWORK TRAVEL EXPENSES PROGRAM OF THE UNITED 
STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5711 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘test’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘committee’’ and inserting ‘‘committees’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Government’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘test’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘section, including the provision 
of reports in accordance with subsection (d)(1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4)(B), in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by inserting ‘‘and maintain’’ after ‘‘develop’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (5)—
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘test’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) The Director of the Patent and Trademark Office 
shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress an annual report on the operation of the pro-
gram under this subsection, which shall include— 
‘‘(i) the costs and benefits of the program; and 
‘‘(ii) an analysis of the effectiveness of the program, 
as determined under criteria developed by the 
Director.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (b)’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of 
sections for subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 5711 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘5711. Authority for telework travel expenses programs.’’. 
SEC. 1113. EXTENSION OF RATE OF OVERTIME PAY AUTHORITY FOR 
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY EMPLOYEES PERFORMING 
WORK ABOARD OR DOCKSIDE IN SUPPORT OF THE 
NUCLEAR-POWERED 
AIRCRAFT 
CARRIER 
FORWARD 
DEPLOYED IN JAPAN. 
Section 5542(a)(6)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2026’’. 
SEC. 1114. ENHANCED PAY AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN ACQUISITION 
AND TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 87 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1701a the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 1701b. Enhanced pay authority for certain acquisition and 
technology positions 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may carry out 
a program using the pay authority specified in subsection (d) to 
fix the rate of basic pay for positions described in subsection (c) 
in order to assist the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the 
military departments in attracting and retaining high-quality 
acquisition and technology experts in positions responsible for man-
aging and developing complex, high-cost, technological acquisition 
efforts of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(b) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The program may be carried out 
only with approval as follows: 
‘‘(1) Approval of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Sustainment, in the case of positions in the Office 
of the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(2) Approval of the service acquisition executive of the 
military department concerned, in the case of positions in a 
military department. 
‘‘(c) POSITIONS.—The positions described in this subsection are 
positions that— 
‘‘(1) require expertise of an extremely high level in a sci-
entific, technical, professional, or acquisition management field; 
and
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‘‘(2) are critical to the successful accomplishment of an 
important acquisition or technology development mission. 
‘‘(d) RATE OF BASIC PAY.—The pay authority specified in this 
subsection is authority as follows: 
‘‘(1) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a position 
at a rate not to exceed 150 percent of the rate of basic pay 
payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, upon the approval 
of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment or the service acquisition executive concerned, 
as applicable. 
‘‘(2) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a position 
at a rate in excess of 150 percent of the rate of basic pay 
payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, upon the approval 
of the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The authority in subsection (a) may 
be used only to the extent necessary to competitively recruit 
or retain individuals exceptionally well qualified for positions 
described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The authority in subsection 
(a) may not be used with respect to more than five positions 
in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and more than five 
positions in each military department at any one time. 
‘‘(3) TERM OF POSITIONS.—The authority in subsection (a) 
may be used only for positions having terms less than five 
years.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of subchapter I of chapter 87 of such title is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 1701a the following 
new item: 
‘‘1701b. Enhanced pay authority for certain acquisition and technology positions.’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1111 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
is repealed. 
(2) CONTINUATION OF PAY.—The repeal in paragraph (1) 
shall not be interpreted to prohibit the payment of basic pay 
at rates fixed under such section 1111 before the date of the 
enactment of this Act for positions having terms that continue 
after that date. 
SEC. 1115. ENHANCED PAY AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN RESEARCH AND 
TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS IN THE SCIENCE AND TECH-
NOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after section 2358b the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 2358c. Enhanced pay authority for certain research and 
technology positions in science and technology 
reinvention laboratories 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may carry out 
a program using the pay authority specified in subsection (d) to 
fix the rate of basic pay for positions described in subsection (c) 
in order to assist the military departments in attracting and
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retaining high quality acquisition and technology experts in posi-
tions responsible for managing and performing complex, high-cost 
research and technology development efforts in the science and 
technology reinvention laboratories of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(b) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The program may be carried out 
in a military department only with the approval of the service 
acquisition executive of the military department concerned. 
‘‘(c) POSITIONS.—The positions described in this subsection are 
positions in the science and technology reinvention laboratories 
of the Department of Defense that— 
‘‘(1) require expertise of an extremely high level in a sci-
entific, technical, professional, or acquisition management field; 
and 
‘‘(2) are critical to the successful accomplishment of an 
important research or technology development mission. 
‘‘(d) RATE OF BASIC PAY.—The pay authority specified in this 
subsection is authority as follows: 
‘‘(1) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a position 
at a rate not to exceed 150 percent of the rate of basic pay 
payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, upon the approval 
of the service acquisition executive concerned. 
‘‘(2) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a position 
at a rate in excess of 150 percent of the rate of basic pay 
payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, upon the approval 
of the Secretary of the military department concerned. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The authority in subsection (a) may 
be used only to the extent necessary to competitively recruit 
or retain individuals exceptionally well qualified for positions 
described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The authority in subsection 
(a) may not be used with respect to more than five positions 
in each military department at any one time. 
‘‘(3) TERM OF POSITIONS.—The authority in subsection (a) 
may be used only for positions having a term of less than 
five years. 
‘‘(f) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘science and technology reinvention laboratories of the Department 
of Defense’ means the laboratories designated as science and tech-
nology reinvention laboratories by section 1105(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (10 U.S.C. 2358 
note).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 139 of such title is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2358b the following new item: 
‘‘2358c. Enhanced pay authority for certain research and technology positions in 
science and technology reinvention laboratories.’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1124 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 
130 Stat. 2456; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is repealed. 
(2) CONTINUATION OF PAY.—The repeal in paragraph (1) 
shall not be interpreted to prohibit the payment of basic pay 
at rates fixed under such section 1124 before the date of the 
enactment of this Act for positions having terms that continue 
after that date.
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SEC. 1116. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSA-
TION AUTHORITY FOR CIVILIAN PERSONNEL FOR CARE 
AND TREATMENT OF WOUNDED AND INJURED MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1599c(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 
SEC. 1117. EXPANSION OF DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL TO INCLUDE 
INSTALLATION MILITARY HOUSING OFFICE POSITIONS 
SUPERVISING PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING. 
Section 9905(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) Any position in the military housing office of a mili-
tary installation whose primary function is supervision of mili-
tary housing covered by subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
10.’’. 
SEC. 1118. EXTENSION OF SUNSET OF INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTIFI-
CATION OF EXECUTIVE QUALIFICATIONS BY QUALIFICA-
TION CERTIFICATION REVIEW BOARD OF OFFICE OF PER-
SONNEL MANAGEMENT FOR INITIAL APPOINTMENTS TO 
SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE POSITIONS IN DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
Section 1109(e) of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 
Stat. 2010; 5 U.S.C. 3393 note) is amended by striking ‘‘on the 
date’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘on August 13, 2023’’. 
SEC. 1119. PILOT PROGRAM ON ENHANCED PAY AUTHORITY FOR CER-
TAIN HIGH-LEVEL MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Defense 
may carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advis-
ability of using the pay authority specified in subsection (d) to 
fix the rate of basic pay for positions described in subsection (c) 
in order to assist the Department of Defense in attracting and 
retaining personnel with significant experience in high-level 
management of complex organizations and enterprise functions in 
order to lead implementation by the Department of the National 
Defense Strategy. 
(b) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The pilot program may be carried 
out only with approval as follows: 
(1) Approval of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, in the 
case of a position not under the authority, direction, and control 
of an Under Secretary of Defense and not under the authority, 
direction, and control of the Under Secretary of a military 
department. 
(2) Approval of the applicable Under Secretary of Defense, 
in the case of a position under the authority, direction, and 
control of an Under Secretary of Defense. 
(3) Approval of the Under Secretary or an Assistant Sec-
retary of the military department concerned, in the case of 
a position in a military department.
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(c) POSITIONS.—The positions described in this subsection are 
positions that require expertise of an extremely high level in innova-
tive leadership and management of enterprise-wide business oper-
ations, including financial management, health care, supply chain 
and logistics, information technology, real property stewardship, 
and human resources, across a large and complex organization. 
(d) RATE
OF BASIC PAY.—Without regard to the basic pay 
authorities in sections 5376, 5382, 5383 and 9903 of title 5, United 
States Code, the pay authority specified in this subsection is 
authority as follows: 
(1) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a position 
at a rate not to exceed 150 percent of the rate of basic pay 
payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, upon the approval 
of the applicable official under subsection (b). 
(2) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a position 
at a rate in excess of 150 percent of the rate of basic pay 
payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, upon the approval 
of the Secretary of Defense. 
(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority in subsection (a) may be 
used only to the extent necessary to competitively recruit or 
retain individuals exceptionally well qualified for positions 
described in subsection (c). 
(2) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The authority in subsection 
(a) may not be used with respect to— 
(A) more than 10 positions in the Office of the Secretary 
of Defense and components of the Department of Defense 
other than the military departments at any one time; and 
(B) more than five positions in each military depart-
ment at any one time. 
(3) TERM OF POSITIONS.—The authority in subsection (a) 
may be used only for positions having terms less than five 
years. 
(4) PAST SERVICE.—An individual may not be appointed 
to a position pursuant to the authority provided by subsection 
(a) if the individual separated or retired from Federal civil 
service or service as a commissioned officer of an Armed Force 
on a date that is less than five years before the date of such 
appointment of the individual. 
(f) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to fix rates of basic pay 
for a position under this section shall terminate on October 
1, 2025. 
(2) CONTINUATION OF PAY.—Nothing in paragraph (1) shall 
be construed to prohibit the payment after October 1, 2025, 
of basic pay at rates fixed under this section before that date 
for positions whose terms continue after that date. 
SEC. 1120. RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES FOR PLACEMENT AT REMOTE 
LOCATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1599i. Recruitment incentives for placement at remote 
locations 
‘‘(a) RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual appointed to a position 
in the Department of Defense at a covered location may be 
paid a recruitment incentive in connection with such appoint-
ment. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of a recruitment incentive pay-
able to an individual under this subsection may not exceed 
the amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) 25 percent of the annual rate of basic pay of 
the employee for the position concerned as of the date 
on which the service period in such position agreed to 
by the individual under paragraph (3) commences; multi-
plied by 
‘‘(B) the number of years (including fractions of a year) 
of such service period (not to exceed four years). 
‘‘(3) SERVICE AGREEMENT.—To receive a recruitment incen-
tive under this subsection, an individual appointed to a position 
under paragraph (1) shall enter into an agreement with the 
Secretary of Defense to complete a period of service at the 
covered location. The period of obligated service of the indi-
vidual at such location under the agreement may not exceed 
four years. The agreement shall include such repayment or 
alternative employment obligations as the Secretary considers 
appropriate for failure of the individual to complete the period 
of obligated service specified in the agreement. 
‘‘(4) COVERED LOCATIONS DEFINED.—In this section, a cov-
ered location is a location for which the Secretary of Defense 
has determined that critical hiring needs are not being met 
due to the geographic remoteness or isolation or extreme cli-
mate conditions of the location. 
‘‘(b) SUNSET.—Effective on September 30, 2022, the authority 
provided under subsection (a) shall expire.’’. 
(b) OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop outcome measurements to evaluate the effect of the 
authority provided under subsection (a) of section 1599i of title 
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), and any reloca-
tion incentives provided under subsection (b) of such section. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2022, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the effect of the authority provided 
under section 1599i of title 10, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the effectiveness 
and achievements of the recruitment incentives described 
in paragraph (1), including— 
(i) the number of employees placed at covered loca-
tions described in section 1599i(a)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a); and 
(ii) the cost-per-placement of such employees. 
(B) A comparison of the effectiveness and use of the 
recruitment incentives described in paragraph (1) to 
authorities under title 5, United States Code, used by the 
Department of Defense before the date of the enactment 
of this Act to support hiring at remote or rural locations. 
(C) An assessment of—
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(i) the minority community outreach efforts made 
in using the authority and providing relocation incen-
tives described in paragraph (1); and 
(ii) participation outcomes. 
(D) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1599i. Recruitment incentives for placement at remote locations.’’. 
SEC. 1121. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS REGARDING REIMBURSEMENT 
OF 
FEDERAL, 
STATE, 
AND 
LOCAL 
INCOME 
TAXES 
INCURRED DURING TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND 
RELOCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5724b(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or relocation expenses reimbursed’’ and 
inserting ‘‘and relocation expenses reimbursed’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘of chapter 41’’ and inserting ‘‘or chapter 
41’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment 
of section 1114 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92). 
Subtitle B—Elijah E. Cummings Federal 
Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020 
SEC. 1131. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Elijah E. Cummings Federal 
Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 1132. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
Section 102 of the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-
discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 U.S.C. 2301 note) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) accountability in the enforcement of the rights of Fed-
eral employees is furthered when Federal agencies agree to 
take appropriate disciplinary action against Federal employees 
who are found to have intentionally committed discriminatory 
(including retaliatory) acts;’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘nor is accountability’’ and inserting 
‘‘accountability is not’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘for what, by law, the agency is respon-
sible’’ after ‘‘under this Act’’. 
SEC. 1133. NOTIFICATION OF VIOLATION. 
Section 202 of the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-
discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 U.S.C. 2301 note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF FINAL AGENCY ACTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
on which an event described in paragraph (2) occurs with
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respect to a finding of discrimination (including retaliation), 
the head of the Federal agency subject to the finding shall 
provide notice— 
‘‘(A) on the public internet website of the agency, in 
a clear and prominent location linked directly from the 
home page of that website; 
‘‘(B) stating that a finding of discrimination (including 
retaliation) has been made; and 
‘‘(C) which shall remain posted for not less than 1 
year. 
‘‘(2) EVENTS DESCRIBED.—An event described in this para-
graph is any of the following: 
‘‘(A) All appeals of a final action by a Federal agency 
involving a finding of discrimination (including retaliation) 
prohibited by a provision of law covered by paragraph 
(1) or (2) of section 201(a) have been exhausted. 
‘‘(B) All appeals of a final decision by the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission involving a finding 
of discrimination (including if the finding included a finding 
of retaliation) prohibited by a provision of law covered 
by paragraph (1) or (2) of section 201(a) have been 
exhausted. 
‘‘(C) A court of jurisdiction issues a final judgment 
involving a finding of discrimination (including retaliation) 
prohibited by a provision of law covered by paragraph 
(1) or (2) of section 201(a). 
‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—A notification provided under paragraph 
(1) with respect to a finding of discrimination (including retalia-
tion) shall— 
‘‘(A) identify the date on which the finding was made, 
the date on which each discriminatory act occurred, and 
the law violated by each such discriminatory act; and 
‘‘(B) advise Federal employees of the rights and protec-
tions available under the provisions of law covered by para-
graphs (1) and (2) of section 201(a).’’. 
SEC. 1134. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ELECTRONIC FORMAT REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(a) of the Notification and 
Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 
2002 (5 U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘Homeland Security and’’ before 
‘‘Governmental Affairs’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘on Government Reform’’ and inserting 
‘‘on Oversight and Reform’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘(in an electronic format prescribed 
by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management),’’ 
after ‘‘an annual report’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by paragraph 
(1)(C) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) TRANSITION
PERIOD.—Notwithstanding the require-
ments of section 203(a) of the Notification and Federal 
Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 
U.S.C. 2301 note), the report required under such section 203(a) 
may be submitted in an electronic format, as prescribed by
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the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, during 
the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 
and ending on the effective date in paragraph (2). 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION.—Sec-
tion 203 of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimina-
tion and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) DISCIPLINARY ACTION REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date on which a Federal agency takes final action, or 
a Federal agency receives a final decision issued by the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, involving a finding of 
discrimination (including retaliation) in violation of a provision 
of law covered by paragraph (1) or (2) of section 201(a), as 
applicable, the applicable Federal agency shall submit to the 
Commission a report stating— 
‘‘(1) whether disciplinary action has been proposed against 
a Federal employee as a result of the violation; and 
‘‘(2) the reasons for any disciplinary action proposed under 
paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 1135. DATA TO BE POSTED BY EMPLOYING FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
Section 301(b) of the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-
discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 U.S.C. 2301 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) with respect to each finding described in subpara-
graph (A)— 
‘‘(i) the date of the finding, 
‘‘(ii) the affected Federal agency, 
‘‘(iii) the law violated, and 
‘‘(iv) whether a decision has been made regarding 
disciplinary action as a result of the finding.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) Data regarding each class action complaint filed 
against the agency alleging discrimination (including retalia-
tion), including— 
‘‘(A) information regarding the date on which each 
complaint was filed, 
‘‘(B) a general summary of the allegations alleged in 
the complaint, 
‘‘(C) an estimate of the total number of plaintiffs joined 
in the complaint, if known, 
‘‘(D) the current status of the complaint, including 
whether the class has been certified, and 
‘‘(E) the case numbers for the civil actions in which 
discrimination (including retaliation) has been found.’’. 
SEC. 1136. DATA TO BE POSTED BY THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPOR-
TUNITY COMMISSION. 
Section 302(b) of the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-
discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 U.S.C. 2301 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘(11)’’.
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SEC. 1137. NOTIFICATION AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE ANTIDISCRIMINA-
TION AND RETALIATION ACT OF 2002 AMENDMENTS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Title II of the Notification 
and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 
2002 (5 U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 207. COMPLAINT TRACKING. 
‘‘Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 
2020, each Federal agency shall establish a system to track each 
complaint of discrimination arising under section 2302(b)(1) of title 
5, United States Code, and adjudicated through the Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity process from the filing of a complaint with the 
Federal agency to resolution of the complaint, including whether 
a decision has been made regarding disciplinary action as the 
result of a finding of discrimination. 
‘‘SEC. 208. NOTATION IN PERSONNEL RECORD. 
‘‘If a Federal agency takes an adverse action covered under 
section 7512 of title 5, United States Code, against a Federal 
employee for an act of discrimination (including retaliation) prohib-
ited by a provision of law covered by paragraph (1) or (2) of section 
201(a), the agency shall, after all appeals relating to that action 
have been exhausted, include a notation of the adverse action 
and the reason for the action in the personnel record of the 
employee.’’. 
(b) PROCESSING AND REFERRAL.—The Notification and Federal 
Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 U.S.C. 
2301 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE IV—PROCESSING AND 
REFERRAL 
‘‘SEC. 401. PROCESSING AND RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS. 
‘‘Each Federal agency shall— 
‘‘(1) be responsible for the fair and impartial processing 
and resolution of complaints of employment discrimination 
(including retaliation) prohibited by a provision of law covered 
by paragraph (1) or (2) of section 201(a); and 
‘‘(2) establish a model Equal Employment Opportunity Pro-
gram that— 
‘‘(A) is not under the control, either structurally or 
practically, of the agency’s Office of Human Capital or 
Office of the General Counsel (or the equivalent); 
‘‘(B) is devoid of internal conflicts of interest and 
ensures fairness and inclusiveness within the agency; and 
‘‘(C) ensures the efficient and fair resolution of com-
plaints alleging discrimination (including retaliation). 
‘‘SEC. 402. NO LIMITATION ON ADVICE OR COUNSEL. 
‘‘Nothing in this title shall prevent a Federal agency or a 
subcomponent of a Federal agency, or the Department of Justice, 
from providing advice or counsel to employees of that agency (or 
subcomponent, as applicable) in the resolution of a complaint.
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‘‘SEC. 403. HEAD OF PROGRAM SUPERVISED BY HEAD OF AGENCY. 
‘‘The head of each Federal agency’s Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Program shall report directly to the head of the agency. 
‘‘SEC. 404. REFERRALS OF FINDINGS OF DISCRIMINATION. 
‘‘(a) EEOC FINDINGS OF DISCRIMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
(referred to in this section as the ‘Commission’) receives, or 
should have received, a Federal agency report required under 
section 203(c), the Commission may refer the matter to which 
the report relates to the Office of Special Counsel if the Commis-
sion determines that the Federal agency did not take appro-
priate action with respect to the finding that is the subject 
of the report. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATIONS.—The Commission shall— 
‘‘(A) notify the applicable Federal agency if the 
Commission refers a matter to the Office of Special Counsel 
under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) with respect to a fiscal year, include in the Annual 
Report of the Federal Workforce of the Commission cov-
ering that fiscal year— 
‘‘(i) the number of referrals made under paragraph 
(1) during that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) a brief summary of each referral described 
in clause (i). 
‘‘(b) REFERRALS TO SPECIAL COUNSEL.—The Office of Special 
Counsel shall accept and review a referral from the Commission 
under subsection (a)(1) for purposes of pursuing disciplinary action 
under the authority of the Office against a Federal employee who 
commits an act of discrimination (including retaliation). 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION.—The Office of Special Counsel shall notify 
the Commission and the applicable Federal agency in a case in 
which— 
‘‘(1) the Office of Special Counsel pursues disciplinary 
action under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(2) the Federal agency imposes some form of disciplinary 
action against a Federal employee who commits an act of 
discrimination (including retaliation). 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL COUNSEL APPROVAL.—A Federal agency may not 
take disciplinary action against a Federal employee for an alleged 
act of discrimination (including retaliation) referred by the Commis-
sion under this section, except in accordance with the requirements 
of section 1214(f) of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents in section 
1(b) of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination 
and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the item relating to section 206 the 
following: 
‘‘Sec. 207. Complaint tracking. 
‘‘Sec. 208. Notation in personnel record.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE IV—PROCESSING AND REFERRAL 
‘‘Sec. 401. Processing and resolution of complaints. 
‘‘Sec. 402. No limitation on advice or counsel. 
‘‘Sec. 403. Head of Program supervised by head of agency. 
‘‘Sec. 404. Referrals of findings of discrimination.’’.
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SEC. 1138. NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT LIMITATION. 
Section 2302(b)(13) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘agreement does not’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘agreement— 
‘‘(A) does not’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by inserting 
‘‘or the Office of Special Counsel’’ after ‘‘Inspector General’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) prohibits or restricts an employee or applicant 
for employment from disclosing to Congress, the Special 
Counsel, the Inspector General of an agency, or any other 
agency component responsible for internal investigation or 
review any information that relates to any violation of 
any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross 
waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial 
and specific danger to public health or safety, or any other 
whistleblower protection; or’’. 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO 
FOREIGN NATIONS 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. Authority to build capacity for additional operations. 
Sec. 1202. Participation in European program on multilateral exchange of surface 
transportation services. 
Sec. 1203. Participation in programs relating to coordination or exchange of air re-
fueling and air transportation services. 
Sec. 1204. Reciprocal patient movement agreements. 
Sec. 1205. Modification to the Inter-European Air Forces Academy. 
Sec. 1206. Modification of authority for participation in multinational centers of ex-
cellence. 
Sec. 1207. Modification and extension of support of special operations for irregular 
warfare. 
Sec. 1208. Extension of authority to transfer excess high mobility multipurpose 
wheeled vehicles to foreign countries. 
Sec. 1209. Modification and extension of update of Department of Defense Freedom 
of Navigation Report. 
Sec. 1210. Extension and modification of authority to support border security oper-
ations of certain foreign countries. 
Sec. 1210A. Extension of Department of Defense support for stabilization activities 
in national security interest of the United States. 
Sec. 1210B. Extension of report on workforce development. 
Sec. 1210C. Plan to increase participation in international military education and 
training programs. 
Sec. 1210D. Mitigation and prevention of atrocities in high-risk countries. 
Sec. 1210E. Implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan and Pakistan 
Sec. 1211. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain co-
alition nations for support provided to United States military oper-
ations. 
Sec. 1212. Extension of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program. 
Sec. 1213. Extension and modification of support for reconciliation activities led by 
the Government of Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1214. Extension and modification of Commanders’ Emergency Response Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 1215. Limitation on use of funds to reduce deployment to Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1216. Modifications to immunity from seizure under judicial process of cultural 
objects. 
Sec. 1217. Congressional oversight of United States talks with Taliban officials and 
Afghanistan’s comprehensive peace process.
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Sec. 1218. Strategy for post-conflict engagement on human rights in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1219. Modification to report on enhancing security and stability in Afghani-
stan. 
Sec. 1220. Report on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, and Iran 
Sec. 1221. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 
Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to vetted 
Syrian groups and individuals. 
Sec. 1223. Extension and modification of authority to support operations and activi-
ties of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 
Sec. 1224. Prohibition on provision of weapons and other forms of support to cer-
tain organizations. 
Sec. 1225. Report and budget details regarding Operation Spartan Shield. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to Russia 
Sec. 1231. Extension of limitation on military cooperation between the United 
States and the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1232. Matters relating to United States participation in the Open Skies Trea-
ty. 
Sec. 1233. Prohibition on availability of funds relating to sovereignty of the Russian 
Federation over Crimea. 
Sec. 1234. Annual report on military and security developments involving the Rus-
sian Federation. 
Sec. 1235. Modification and extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 
Sec. 1236. Report on capability and capacity requirements of military forces of 
Ukraine and resource plan for security assistance. 
Sec. 1237. Report on Russian Federation support of racially and ethnically moti-
vated violent extremists. 
Sec. 1238. Authorization of rewards for providing information on foreign election 
interference. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to Europe and NATO 
Sec. 1241. Determination and imposition of sanctions with respect to Turkey’s ac-
quisition of the S–400 air defense system. 
Sec. 1242. Clarification and expansion of sanctions relating to construction of Nord 
Stream 2 or TurkStream pipeline projects. 
Sec. 1243. Extension of authority for training for Eastern European national secu-
rity forces in the course of multilateral exercises. 
Sec. 1244. Sense of Congress on support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion. 
Sec. 1245. Limitation on United States force structure reductions in Germany. 
Sec. 1246. Report on United States military force posture in Southeastern Europe. 
Sec. 1247. Sense of Congress on support for coordinated action to ensure the secu-
rity of Baltic allies. 
Sec. 1248. Sense of Congress on the role of the Kosovo Force of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization. 
Subtitle F—Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific Region 
Sec. 1251. Pacific Deterrence Initiative. 
Sec. 1252. Extension and modification of prohibition on commercial export of cer-
tain covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force. 
Sec. 1253. Authority to transfer funds for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup. 
Sec. 1254. Cooperative program with Vietnam to account for Vietnamese personnel 
missing in action. 
Sec. 1255. Sense of Congress on the United States-Vietnam defense relationship. 
Sec. 1256. Pilot program to improve cyber cooperation with Vietnam, Thailand, and 
Indonesia. 
Sec. 1257. Report on the costs most directly associated with the stationing of the 
Armed Forces in Japan. 
Sec. 1258. Limitation on use of funds to reduce the total number of members of the 
Armed Forces serving on active duty who are deployed to South Korea. 
Sec. 1259. Implementation of GAO recommendations on preparedness of United 
States forces to counter North Korean chemical and biological weapons. 
Sec. 1260. Statement of policy and sense of Congress on the Taiwan Relations Act. 
Sec. 1260A. Annual briefing on Taiwan arms sales. 
Sec. 1260B. Report on United States-Taiwan medical security partnership. 
Sec. 1260C. Establishment of capabilities to assess the defense technological and 
industrial bases of China and other foreign adversaries. 
Sec. 1260D. Extension of annual report on military and security developments in-
volving the People’s Republic of China.
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Sec. 1260E. Sense of Congress on the aggression of the Government of China along 
the border with India and its growing territorial claims. 
Sec. 1260F. Assessment of National Cyber Strategy to deter China from engaging 
in industrial espionage and cyber theft. 
Sec. 1260G. Report on United Front Work Department. 
Sec. 1260H. Public reporting of Chinese military companies operating in the United 
States. 
Sec. 1260I. Report on directed use of fishing fleets. 
Subtitle G—Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency 
Act of 2020 
Sec. 1261. Short title. 
Sec. 1262. Definitions. 
Sec. 1263. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 1264. Support for democratic governance, rule of law, human rights, and fun-
damental freedoms. 
Sec. 1265. Support for development programs. 
Sec. 1266. Support for conflict mitigation. 
Sec. 1267. Support for accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and 
genocide in Sudan. 
Sec. 1268. Suspension of assistance. 
Sec. 1269. Multilateral assistance. 
Sec. 1270. Coordinated support to recover assets stolen from the Sudanese people. 
Sec. 1270A. Limitation on assistance to the Sudanese security and intelligence 
services. 
Sec. 1270B. Reports. 
Sec. 1270C. United States strategy for support to a civilian-led government in 
Sudan. 
Sec. 1270D. Amendments to the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006. 
Sec. 1270E. Repeal of Sudan Peace Act and the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan 
Act. 
Subtitle H—United States Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2020 
Sec. 1271. Short title. 
Sec. 1272. Sense of Congress on United States-Israel relationship. 
Sec. 1273. Security assistance for Israel. 
Sec. 1274. Extension of war reserves stockpile authority. 
Sec. 1275. Rules governing the transfer of precision-guided munitions to Israel 
above the annual restriction. 
Sec. 1276. Eligibility of Israel for the strategic trade authorization exception to cer-
tain export control licensing requirements. 
Sec. 1277. United States Agency for International Development memoranda of un-
derstanding to enhance cooperation with Israel. 
Sec. 1278. Cooperative projects among the United States, Israel, and developing 
countries. 
Sec. 1279. Joint cooperative program related to innovation and high-tech for the 
Middle East region. 
Sec. 1280. Cooperation on directed energy capabilities. 
Sec. 1280A. Other matters of cooperation. 
Sec. 1280B. Appropriate congressional committees defined. 
Subtitle I—Global Child Thrive Act of 2020 
Sec. 1281. Short title. 
Sec. 1282. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 1283. Assistance to improve early childhood outcomes globally. 
Sec. 1284. Special advisor for assistance to orphans and vulnerable children. 
Sec. 1285. Rule of construction. 
Subtitle J—Matters Relating to Africa and the Middle East 
Sec. 1291. Briefing and report relating to reduction in the total number of United 
States Armed Forces deployed to United States Africa Command area 
of responsibility. 
Sec. 1292. Notification with respect to withdrawal of members of the Armed Forces 
participating in the Multinational Force and Observers in Egypt. 
Sec. 1293. Report on enhancing security partnerships between the United States 
and African countries. 
Sec. 1294. Plan to address gross violations of human rights and civilian harm in 
Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Niger. 
Sec. 1295. Statement of policy and report relating to the conflict in Yemen. 
Sec. 1296. Report on United States military support of the Saudi-led coalition in 
Yemen.
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Sec. 1297. Sense of Congress on payment of amounts owed by Kuwait to United 
States medical institutions. 
Subtitle K—Other Matters 
Sec. 1299A. Provision of goods and services at Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the 
Marshall Islands. 
Sec. 1299B. Report on contributions received from designated countries. 
Sec. 1299C. Modification to initiative to support protection of national security aca-
demic researchers from undue influence and other security threats. 
Sec. 1299D. Extension of authorization of non-conventional assisted recovery capa-
bilities. 
Sec. 1299E. Annual briefings on certain foreign military bases of adversaries. 
Sec. 1299F. Countering white identity terrorism globally. 
Sec. 1299G. Report on progress of the Department of Defense with respect to deny-
ing the strategic goals of a competitor against a covered defense partner. 
Sec. 1299H. Comparative studies on defense budget transparency of the People’s 
Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and the United States. 
Sec. 1299I. Assessment of weapons of mass destruction terrorism. 
Sec. 1299J. Review of Department of Defense compliance with ‘‘Principles Related 
to the Protection of Medical Care Provided by Impartial Humanitarian 
Organizations During Armed Conflicts’’. 
Sec. 1299K. Certification relating to assistance for Guatemala. 
Sec. 1299L. Functional Center for Security Studies in Irregular Warfare. 
Sec. 1299M. United States-Israel operations-technology cooperation within the 
United States-Israel Defense Acquisition Advisory Group. 
Sec. 1299N. Payment of passport fees for certain individuals. 
Sec. 1299O. Resumption of Peace Corps operations. 
Sec. 1299P. Establishment of the Open Technology Fund. 
Sec. 1299Q. United States Agency for Global Media. 
Sec. 1299R. Leveraging information on foreign traffickers. 
Sec. 1299S. Rule of construction relating to use of military force. 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
SEC. 1201. AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR ADDITIONAL OPER-
ATIONS. 
Section 333(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new para-
graph (7): 
‘‘(7) Air domain awareness operations.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) Cyberspace security and defensive cyberspace oper-
ations.’’. 
SEC. 1202. PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN PROGRAM ON MULTILAT-
ERAL EXCHANGE OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SERV-
ICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 138 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2350l 
the following new section 2350m: 
‘‘§ 2350m. Participation in European program on multilateral 
exchange of surface transportation services 
‘‘(a) PARTICIPATION AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, may authorize the partici-
pation of the Department of Defense in the Surface Exchange 
of Services program (in this section referred to as the ‘SEOS 
program’) of the Movement Coordination Centre Europe. 
‘‘(2) SCOPE OF PARTICIPATION.—Participation of the Depart-
ment of Defense in the SEOS program under paragraph (1) 
may include—
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‘‘(A) the reciprocal exchange or transfer of surface 
transportation on a reimbursable basis or by replacement- 
in-kind; and 
‘‘(B) the exchange of surface transportation services 
of an equal value. 
‘‘(b) WRITTEN ARRANGEMENT OR AGREEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Participation of the Department of 
Defense in the SEOS program shall be in accordance with 
a written arrangement or agreement entered into by the Sec-
retary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State, and the Movement Coordination Centre Europe. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
to the congressional defense committees notification of any 
arrangement or agreement entered into under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS.—If Department of Defense 
facilities, equipment, or funds are used to support the SEOS 
program, the written arrangement or agreement under para-
graph (1) shall specify the details of any equitable cost-sharing 
or other funding arrangement. 
‘‘(4) OTHER ELEMENTS.—Any written arrangement or agree-
ment entered into under paragraph (1) shall require that any 
accrued credits or liability resulting from an unequal exchange 
or transfer of surface transportation services shall be liquidated 
through the SEOS program not less than once every five years. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out any arrangement or 
agreement entered into under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Defense may— 
‘‘(1) pay the equitable share of the Department of Defense 
for the operating expenses of the Movement Coordination 
Centre Europe and the SEOS program from funds available 
to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance; 
and 
‘‘(2) assign members of the armed forces or Department 
of Defense civilian personnel, within billets authorized for the 
United States European Command, to duty at the Movement 
Coordination Centre Europe as necessary to fulfill Department 
of Defense obligations under that arrangement or agreement. 
‘‘(d) CREDITING
OF RECEIPTS.—Any amount received by the 
Department of Defense as part of the SEOS program shall be 
credited, at the option of the Secretary of Defense, to— 
‘‘(1) the appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring 
the obligation for which such amount is received; or 
‘‘(2) an appropriate appropriation, fund, or account cur-
rently available for the purposes for which the expenditures 
were made. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the end 
of each fiscal year in which the authority under this section 
is in effect, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on Department of Defense 
participation in the SEOS program during such fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of the equitable share of the costs 
and activities of the SEOS program paid by the Department 
of Defense.
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‘‘(B) A description of any amount received by the 
Department of Defense as part of such program, including 
the country from which the amount was received. 
‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section may be construed to authorize the use of foreign sealift 
in violation of section 2631.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 2350l the following new item: 
‘‘2350m. Participation in European program on multilateral exchange of surface 
transportation services.’’. 
SEC. 1203. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS RELATING TO COORDINA-
TION OR EXCHANGE OF AIR REFUELING AND AIR 
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 138 of title 10, 
United States Code, as amended by section 1202, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2350o. Participation in programs relating to coordination 
or exchange of air refueling and air transpor-
tation services 
‘‘(a) PARTICIPATION AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, may authorize the partici-
pation of the Department of Defense in programs relating to 
the coordination or exchange of air refueling and air transpor-
tation services, including in the arrangement known as the 
Air Transport and Air-to-Air Refueling and other Exchanges 
of Services program (in this section referred to as the ‘ATARES 
program’). 
‘‘(2) SCOPE OF PARTICIPATION.—Participation of the Depart-
ment of Defense in programs referred to in paragraph (1) 
may include— 
‘‘(A) the reciprocal exchange or transfer of air refueling 
and air transportation services on a reimbursable basis 
or by replacement-in-kind; and 
‘‘(B) the exchange of air refueling and air transpor-
tation services of an equal value. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO PARTICIPATION IN ATARES 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Defense balance 
of executed flight hours in participation in the ATARES 
program under paragraph (1), whether as credits or debits, 
may not exceed a total of 500 hours. 
‘‘(B) AIR REFUELING.—The Department of Defense bal-
ance of executed flight hours for air refueling in participa-
tion in the ATARES program under paragraph (1) may 
not exceed 200 hours. 
‘‘(b) WRITTEN ARRANGEMENT OR AGREEMENT.—Participation of 
the Department of Defense in a program referred to in subsection 
(a)(1) shall be in accordance with a written arrangement or agree-
ment entered into by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out any arrangement or 
agreement entered into under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Defense may—
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‘‘(1) pay the equitable share of the Department of Defense 
for the recurring and nonrecurring costs of the applicable pro-
gram referred to in subsection (a)(1) from funds available to 
the Department for operation and maintenance; and 
‘‘(2) assign members of the armed forces or Department 
of Defense civilian personnel to fulfill Department obligations 
under that arrangement or agreement.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such subchapter, as amended by section 1202, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2350o. Participation in programs relating to coordination or exchange of air refuel-
ing and air transportation services.’’. 
(c) REPEAL.—Section 1276 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (10 U.S.C. 2350c note) is repealed. 
SEC. 1204. RECIPROCAL PATIENT MOVEMENT AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 138 of title 10, 
United States Code, as amended by section 1203, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2350p. Reciprocal patient movement agreements 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
of State, may enter into a bilateral or multilateral memorandum 
of understanding or other formal agreement with one or more 
governments of partner countries that provides for— 
‘‘(1) the interchangeable, nonreimbursable use of patient 
movement personnel, either individually or as members of a 
patient movement crew or team, and equipment, belonging 
to one partner country to perform patient movement services 
aboard the aircraft, vessels, or vehicles of another partner 
country; 
‘‘(2) the reciprocal recognition and acceptance of — 
‘‘(A) national professional credentials, certifications, 
and licenses of patient movement personnel; and 
‘‘(B) national certifications, approvals, and licenses of 
equipment used in the provision of patient movement serv-
ices; and 
‘‘(3) the acceptance of agreed-upon standards for the provi-
sion of patient movement services by aircraft, vessel, or vehicle, 
including, as determined to be beneficial and otherwise per-
mitted by law, the harmonization of patient treatment stand-
ards and procedures. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—(1) Before entering into a memorandum 
of understanding or other formal agreement with the government 
of a partner country under this section, the Secretary of Defense 
shall certify in writing that the professional credentials, certifi-
cations, licenses, and approvals for patient movement personnel 
and patient movement equipment of the partner country— 
‘‘(A) meet or exceed the equivalent standards of the United 
States for similar personnel and equipment; and 
‘‘(B) will provide for a level of care comparable to, or better 
than, the level of care provided by the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(2) A certification under paragraph (1) shall be— 
‘‘(A) submitted to the appropriate committees of Congress 
not later than 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 
of Defense makes the certification; and
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‘‘(B) reviewed and recertified by the Secretary of Defense 
not less frequently than annually. 
‘‘(c) SUSPENSION.—If the Secretary of Defense is unable to recer-
tify a partner country as required by subsection (b)(2)(B), use of 
the personnel or equipment of the partner country by the Depart-
ment of Defense under a memorandum of understanding or other 
formal agreement concluded pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
suspended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense is 
able to recertify the partner country. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS.—The term 
‘appropriate committees of Congress’ means— 
‘‘(A) the congressional defense committees; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives. 
‘‘(2) PARTNER COUNTRY.—The term ‘partner country’ means 
any of the following: 
‘‘(A) A member country of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization. 
‘‘(B) Australia. 
‘‘(C) Japan. 
‘‘(D) New Zealand. 
‘‘(E) The Republic of Korea. 
‘‘(F) Any other country designated as a partner country 
by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State, for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(3) PATIENT
MOVEMENT.—The term ‘patient movement’ 
means the act or process of moving wounded, ill, injured, or 
other persons (including contaminated, contagious, and poten-
tially exposed patients) to obtain medical, surgical, mental 
health, or dental care or treatment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such subchapter, as amended by section 1203, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2350p. Reciprocal patient movement agreements.’’. 
SEC. 1205. MODIFICATION TO THE INTER-EUROPEAN AIR FORCES 
ACADEMY. 
Section 350(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘that are’’ and all that follows through the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘that are— 
‘‘(1) members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 
‘‘(2) signatories to the Partnership for Peace Framework 
Documents; or 
‘‘(3)(A) within the United States Africa Command area 
of responsibility; and 
‘‘(B) eligible for assistance under chapter 5 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 1206. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN 
MULTINATIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 344 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘MULTINATIONAL 
MILITARY
CENTERS
OF
EXCELLENCE’’ and inserting ‘‘MULTI-
NATIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘multinational military center of excellence’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘multinational center of 
excellence’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘multinational military centers of excellence’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘multinational centers of 
excellence’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘or entered into by 
the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of State,’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘MULTI-
NATIONAL MILITARY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE’’ and inserting 
‘‘MULTINATIONAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as 
subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and moving 
such subparagraphs two ems to the right; 
(C) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so 
redesignated, by striking ‘‘means an entity’’ and inserting 
‘‘means— 
‘‘(1) an entity’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) the European Centre of Excellence for Countering 
Hybrid Threats, established in 2017 and located in Helsinki, 
Finland.’’; 
(6) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and 
(7) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days before the date 
on which the Secretary of Defense authorizes participation under 
subsection (a) in a new multinational center of excellence, the 
Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees of such 
participation.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Title 10, United States Code, 
is amended, in the table of sections at the beginning of subchapter 
V of chapter 16, by striking the item relating to section 344 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘344. Participation in multinational centers of excellence.’’. 
SEC. 1207. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF SUPPORT OF SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS FOR IRREGULAR WARFARE. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of section 1202 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 
91; 131 Stat. 1639) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$15,000,000’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Subsection (d)(2) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph 
(G); 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: 
‘‘(E) A description of steps taken to ensure the support 
is consistent with other United States national security 
interests, including issues related to human rights. 
‘‘(F) A description of steps taken to ensure that the 
recipients of the support have not engaged in human rights
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violations, to include the conduct of periodic reviews as 
a means to investigate allegations of violations and proc-
esses and procedures to modify support in case of credible 
reports of violations.’’; and 
(3) in clause (i) of subparagraph (G), as redesignated, to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i) An introduction of United States Armed Forces 
(including as such term is defined in section 8(c) of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1547(c))) into 
hostilities, or into situations where hostilities are 
clearly indicated by the circumstances, without specific 
statutory authorization within the meaning of section 
5(b) of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(b)).’’. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION
OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (f)(2) of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘of section 5(b)’’. 
SEC. 1208. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER EXCESS HIGH 
MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLES TO FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES. 
Section 1276 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1699) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘Such description may include, 
if applicable, a description of the priority United States 
security or defense cooperation interest with the recipient 
country that is fulfilled by the waiver.’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(B) An explanation of the reasons for which it is 
in the national interest of the United States to make the 
transfer notwithstanding the requirements of subsection 
(a)(1).’’; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b)(2) the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—The President may dele-
gate the waiver authority provided by this subsection to the 
Secretary of Defense.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘three’’ and inserting 
‘‘four’’. 
SEC. 1209. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF UPDATE OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION REPORT. 
(a) ELEMENTS.—Subsection (b) of section 1275 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
328; 130 Stat. 2540) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the number of maritime 
and overflight challenges to each such claim and’’ before ‘‘the 
country’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘have been protested 
by the United States but’’ before ‘‘have not been challenged’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) A summary of each excessive maritime claim chal-
lenged jointly with international partners and allies.’’. 
(b) FORM.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended by adding 
at the end before the period the following: ‘‘and made publicly 
available’’.
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(c) SUNSET.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 
SEC. 1210. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO SUP-
PORT BORDER SECURITY OPERATIONS OF CERTAIN FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES. 
(a) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SUPPORT.—Subsection (b) of section 
1226 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SUPPORT.—Amounts to provide sup-
port under the authority of subsection (a) may be derived only 
from amounts authorized to be appropriated and available for oper-
ation and maintenance, Defense-wide.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of such section is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023’’. 
SEC. 1210A. EXTENSION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR 
STABILIZATION ACTIVITIES IN NATIONAL SECURITY 
INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Subsection (h) of section 1210A of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 
Stat. 1628) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 1210B. EXTENSION OF REPORT ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 1250(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2529) is 
amended by striking ‘‘through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2026’’. 
SEC. 1210C. PLAN TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL 
MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one 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 increase the number of foreign 
female participants receiving training under the International Mili-
tary 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 participation 
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 required 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 coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that includes the most recently available data on foreign female 
participation in activities conducted under the International Mili-
tary Education and Training program and any other military 
exchange programs and describes the manner and extent to which 
the goal described in subsection (a) has been achieved as of the 
date of the submission of the report. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means—
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(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1210D. MITIGATION AND PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES IN HIGH- 
RISK COUNTRIES. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States 
that the Department of State, in coordination with the Department 
of Defense and the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, should address global fragility, as required by the Global 
Fragility Act of 2019 and, to the extent practicable, incorporate 
efforts to identify, prevent, and respond to the causes of atrocities, 
as required by section 3 of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities 
Prevention Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note), into security assist-
ance and cooperation planning and implementation for covered for-
eign countries. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with 
chiefs of mission and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, shall ensure that the Department 
of State’s Atrocity Assessment Framework is factored into the 
Integrated Country Strategy and the Country Development 
Cooperation Strategy where appropriate for covered foreign coun-
tries. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Elie Wiesel Genocide 
and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 is amended— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (E) of subsection (a)(1) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) countries and regions at risk of atrocities, 
including covered foreign countries, and a description of 
specific risk factors, at risk groups, likely scenarios in 
which atrocities would occur, and efforts taken by the Board 
or relevant Federal agencies to prevent such atrocities; 
and’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new subscection: 
‘‘(d) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY DEFINED.—The term ‘covered 
foreign country’ means a foreign country that is not listed as a 
priority country under section 505 of the Global Fragility Act of 
2019 (22 U.S.C. 9804) but remains among the top 30 most at 
risk countries for new onset of mass killing, according to the Depart-
ment of State’s internal assessments, and in consultation with 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by paragraph 
(1) shall take effect and apply beginning with the first report 
required under section 5 of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atroc-
ities Prevention Act of 2018 that is required after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) STAKEHOLDER
CONSULTATION.—Consistent with section 
504(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 9803(b)), 
the Secretary of State and other relevant agencies should consult 
with credible representatives of civil society with experience in 
atrocities prevention and national and local governance entities, 
as well as relevant international development organizations with
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experience implementing programs in fragile and violence-affected 
communities, multilateral organizations and donors, and relevant 
private, academic, and philanthropic entities, as appropriate, in 
identifying covered foreign countries as defined in this section. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
(2) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘covered foreign 
country’’ means a foreign country that is not listed as a priority 
country under section 505 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 
(22 U.S.C. 9804) but remains among the top 30 most at risk 
countries for new onset of mass killing, according to the Depart-
ment of State’s internal assessments, and in consultation with 
the appropriate congressional committees. 
SEC. 1210E. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY 
ACT OF 2017. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2025, 
the Secretary of Defense shall undertake activities consistent with 
the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115– 
68; 131 Stat. 1202) and with the guidance specified in this section, 
including— 
(1) implementation of the Department of Defense plan enti-
tled ‘‘Women, Peace, and Security Strategic Framework and 
Implementation Plan’’ published in June 2020, or any successor 
plan; 
(2) establishing Department of Defense-wide policies and 
programs that advance the implementation of the Act, including 
military doctrine and Department-specific and combatant com-
mand-specific programs; 
(3) ensuring the Department has sufficient qualified per-
sonnel to advance implementation of that Act, including by 
hiring and training full-time equivalent personnel, as necessary, 
and establishing roles, responsibilities, and requirements for 
such personnel; 
(4) as appropriate, the deliberate integration of relevant 
training curriculum for members of the Armed Forces across 
all ranks; and 
(5) 
security 
cooperation 
activities 
that 
further 
the 
implementation of that Act. 
(b) BUILDING PARTNER DEFENSE INSTITUTION AND SECURITY 
FORCE CAPACITY.— 
(1) INCORPORATION OF GENDER ANALYSIS AND PARTICIPATION 
OF WOMEN INTO SECURITY COOPERATION ACTIVITIES.—Consistent 
with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 
115–68; 131 Stat. 1202), the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of State, shall incorporate participation 
by women and the analysis described in the Women’s 
Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–428; 132 Stat. 5509) into the institutional
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and national security force capacity-building activities of secu-
rity cooperation programs carried out under title 10, United 
States Code, including, as appropriate, by— 
(A) incorporating gender analysis and women, peace, 
and security priorities into educational and training mate-
rials and programs authorized by section 333 of title 10, 
United States Code; 
(B) advising on the recruitment, employment, develop-
ment, retention, and promotion of women in such national 
security forces, including by— 
(i) identifying existing military career opportuni-
ties for women; 
(ii) exposing women and girls to careers available 
in such national security forces and the skills necessary 
for such careers; and 
(iii) encouraging women’s and girls’ interest in 
such careers by highlighting as role models women 
of the United States and applicable foreign countries 
in uniform; 
(C) addressing sexual harassment and abuse against 
women within such national security forces; 
(D) integrating gender analysis into security sector 
policy, planning, and training for such national security 
forces; and 
(E) improving infrastructure to address the require-
ments of women serving in such national security forces, 
including appropriate equipment for female security and 
police forces. 
(2) BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES.—Partner country assess-
ments conducted in the course of Department security coopera-
tion activities to build the capacity of the national security 
forces of foreign countries shall include attention to the barriers 
and opportunities with respect to strengthening recruitment, 
employment, development, retention, and promotion of women 
in the military forces of such partner countries. 
(c) DEPARTMENT-WIDE POLICIES ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECU-
RITY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall initiate a process to 
establish standardized policies described in subsection (a)(2). 
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Defense may use funds author-
ized to be appropriated in each fiscal year to the Department 
of Defense for operation and maintenance as specified in the table 
in section 4301 for carrying out the full implementation of the 
Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68; 131 
Stat. 1202) and the guidance on the matters described in paragraphs 
(1) through (5) of subsection (a) and subparagraphs (A) through 
(E) of subsection (b)(1). 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 
2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the steps the Department 
has taken to implement the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 
2017, including— 
(1) implementation of defense lines of effort outlined in 
the June 2020 Department of Defense ‘‘Women, Peace, and 
Security Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan’’ and 
described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a) and
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subparagraphs (A) through (E) of subsection (b)(1), as appro-
priate; and 
(2) an enumeration of the funds used in such implementa-
tion and an identification of funding shortfalls, if any, that 
may inhibit implementation. 
(f) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 
Afghanistan and Pakistan 
SEC. 1211. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR 
REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN COALITION NATIONS FOR 
SUPPORT PROVIDED TO UNITED STATES MILITARY OPER-
ATIONS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1233 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110– 
181; 122 Stat. 393) is amended by striking ‘‘beginning on October 
1, 2019, and ending on December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning 
on October 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION TO LIMITATION.—Subsection (d)(1) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending 
on December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on October 
1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2021’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$450,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$180,000,000’’. 
SEC. 1212. EXTENSION OF THE AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 602(b)(3)(F) of the Afghan Allies 
Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘22,500’’ 
and inserting ‘‘22,620’’; 
(3) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2022’’; and 
(4) in clause (ii), the striking ‘‘December 31, 2021’’ inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 
(b) REPORT EXTENSION.—Section 602(b)(13) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by striking ‘‘January 31, 2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘January 31, 2023’’. 
SEC. 1213. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT FOR REC-
ONCILIATION ACTIVITIES LED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF 
AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE COVERED SUP-
PORT.—Subsection (a) of section 1218 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 132 
Stat. 1633) is amended— 
(1) by striking the subsection designation and heading and 
all that follows through ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’ and 
inserting the following:
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‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE COVERED SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
of Defense’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized 
to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the Depart-
ment of Defense by this Act may not be obligated or expended 
to provide covered support until the date on which the Secretary 
of Defense submits to the appropriate committees of Congress 
the report required by subsection (b).’’. 
(b) PARTICIPATION IN RECONCILIATION ACTIVITIES.—Such sec-
tion is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (i) through (k) as sub-
sections (j) through (l), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new sub-
section (i): 
‘‘(i) PARTICIPATION
IN RECONCILIATION ACTIVITIES.—Covered 
support may only be used to support a reconciliation activity that— 
‘‘(1) includes the participation of members of the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan; and 
‘‘(2) does not restrict the participation of women.’’. 
(c) EXTENSION.—Subsection (k) of such section, as so redesig-
nated, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(d) EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERED SUPPORT.—Such section is fur-
ther amended in paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (l), as so redesig-
nated— 
(1) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, reimbursement for travel 
or lodging, and stipends or per diem payments’’ before the 
period at the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) Any activity involving one or more members 
of an organization designated as a foreign terrorist 
organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) or an indi-
vidual designated as a specially designated global ter-
rorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting 
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to 
commit, or support terrorism).’’. 
SEC. 1214. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF COMMANDERS’ EMER-
GENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM. 
Section 1201 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1619) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2021’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$2,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking the subsection designation 
and heading and all that follows through the period at the 
end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 2021, not later 
than 45 days after the end of each quarter fiscal year, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report regarding the source of funds and the
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allocation and use of funds during that quarter fiscal year 
that were made available pursuant to the authority provided 
in this section or under any other provision of law for the 
purposes of the program under subsection (a).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 1215. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE DEPLOYMENT 
TO AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Until the date on which the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director 
of National Intelligence, submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees the report described in subsection (b), none of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2020 or 2021 
for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for 
any activity having either of the following effects: 
(1) Reducing the total number of Armed Forces deployed 
to Afghanistan below the lesser of— 
(A) 4,000; or 
(B) the total number of the Armed Forces deployed 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) Reducing the total number of Armed Forces deployed 
to Afghanistan below 2,000. 
(b) REPORT.—The report described in this subsection shall 
include each of the following: 
(1) An assessment of the effect that such a reduction would 
have on— 
(A) the ongoing United States counterterrorism mission 
against the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and associated forces; 
(B) the risk to United States personnel in Afghanistan; 
(C) the risk for the expansion of existing or formation 
of new international terrorist safe havens inside Afghani-
stan; 
(D) the role of United States allies and partners sup-
porting the United States- and North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization-led missions, including international financial 
support the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces 
require in order to maintain operational capabilities and 
combat effectiveness; 
(E) United States national security and United States 
policy toward achieving an enduring diplomatic solution 
in Afghanistan; 
(F) the threat posed by the Taliban and other terrorist 
organizations in Afghanistan to United States national 
security interests and to those of United States allies and 
partners; 
(G) the capacity of the Afghan National Defense and 
Security Forces to effectively— 
(i) prevent or defend against attacks by the Taliban 
or other terrorist organizations on civilian populations; 
(ii) conduct counterterrorism operations necessary 
to deny safe harbor to terrorist organizations that the 
intelligence community assesses pose a threat to the 
United States and United States interests; 
(iii) sustain equipment, personnel, and capabilities; 
and 
(iv) protect the sovereignty of Afghanistan;
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(H) the influence of Afghanistan’s neighbors and near 
neighbors on the sovereignty of Afghanistan and the stra-
tegic national security interests of the United States in 
the region. 
(2) A plan for the orderly transition of all security-related 
tasks currently undertaken by the Armed Forces of the United 
States and nations contributing troops to the Resolute Support 
Mission in support of the Afghan National Defense and Security 
Forces to the Government of Afghanistan. 
(3) An update on the status of any United States citizens 
detained in Afghanistan and an overview of Administration 
efforts to secure their release. 
(4) An assessment by the intelligence community of the 
manner and extent to which state actors have provided any 
incentives to the Taliban, their affiliates, or other foreign ter-
rorist organizations for attacks against United States, coalition, 
or Afghan security forces or civilians in Afghanistan in the 
last 2 years, including the details of any attacks believed to 
have been connected with such incentives. 
(5) Any other matter the Secretary of Defense determines 
appropriate. 
(c) FORM.—The report described in subsection (b) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form without any designation relating to 
dissemination control, but may contain a classified annex. 
(d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the limitation under 
subsection (a) if the President submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver is important 
to the national security interests of the United States; and 
(2) a detailed explanation of how the waiver furthers those 
interests. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—The 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; and 
(3) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1216. MODIFICATIONS TO IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE UNDER 
JUDICIAL PROCESS OF CULTURAL OBJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Act of October 19, 1965, entitled ‘‘An 
Act to render immune from seizure under judicial process certain 
objects of cultural significance imported into the United States 
for temporary display or exhibition, and for other purposes’’ (22 
U.S.C. 2459; 79 Stat. 985) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the temporary exhibition or display 
thereof’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘temporary 
storage, conservation, scientific research, exhibition, or dis-
play’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘cultural or educational institutions’’ 
and inserting ‘‘cultural, educational, or religious institu-
tions with the capacity to appropriately curate such object’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘any such cultural or educational 
institution’’ and inserting ‘‘any such cultural, educational, 
or religious institution with the capacity to appropriately 
curate such object’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘imported’ and 
‘importation’ include a transfer from a mission of a foreign country 
located within the United States to a cultural, educational, or 
religious institution located within the United States.’’. 
(b) AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A work of art or other object of cultural 
significance that is imported into the United States for tem-
porary storage, conservation, scientific research, exhibition, or 
display shall be deemed to be immune from seizure under 
such Act of October 19, 1965 (22 U.S.C. 2459) (as amended 
by subsection (a)), and the provisions of such Act shall apply 
in the same manner and to the same extent to such work 
or object, if— 
(A) the work or object is exported from Afghanistan 
with an export permit or license duly issued by the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan; and 
(B)(i) an agreement is entered into between the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan and the cultural, educational, or reli-
gious institution with the capacity to appropriately curate 
such object within the United States that specifies the 
conditions for such material to be returned to Afghanistan; 
or 
(ii) the work or object is transferred to a cultural, 
educational, or religious institution with the capacity to 
appropriately curate such object in the United States in 
accordance with an agreement described in clause (i) that 
also includes an authorization to transfer such work or 
object to other such institutions in the United States. 
SEC. 1217. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF UNITED STATES TALKS 
WITH TALIBAN OFFICIALS AND AFGHANISTAN’S COM-
PREHENSIVE PEACE PROCESS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 
(2) GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN.—The term ‘‘Government 
of Afghanistan’’ means the Government of the Islamic Republic 
of Afghanistan and its agencies, instrumentalities, and con-
trolled entities. 
(3) THE TALIBAN.—The term ‘‘the Taliban’’— 
(A) refers to the organization that refers to itself as 
the ‘‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’’, that was founded
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by Mohammed Omar, and that is currently led by Mawlawi 
Hibatullah Akhundzada; and 
(B) includes subordinate organizations, such as the 
Haqqani Network, and any successor organization. 
(4) FEBRUARY
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘February 29 
Agreement’’ refers to the political arrangement between the 
United States and the Taliban titled ‘‘Agreement for Bringing 
Peace to Afghanistan Between the Islamic Emirate of Afghani-
stan which is not recognized by the United States as a state 
and is known as the Taliban and the United States of America’’ 
signed at Doha, Qatar on February 29, 2020. 
(b) OVERSIGHT OF PEACE PROCESS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS OF MATERIALS RELEVANT 
TO THE FEBRUARY 29 AGREEMENT.—Not later than January 10, 
2021, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Defense, shall certify to the appropriate congressional 
committees that all materials relevant to the February 29 
Agreement have been submitted to such committees. If the 
Secretary of State cannot so certify because materials relevant 
to the February 29 Agreement have not been submitted, the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense, shall submit such materials not later than January 
15, 2021. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF ANY SUBSEQUENT AGREE-
MENTS INVOLVING THE TALIBAN.—The Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees, within 
5 days of conclusion and on an ongoing basis thereafter, any 
agreement or arrangement subsequent to the February 29 
Agreement involving the Taliban, as well as materials relevant 
to any subsequent agreement or arrangement involving the 
Taliban. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms ‘‘materials 
relevant to the February 29 Agreement’’ and ‘‘materials relevant 
to any subsequent agreement or arrangement’’ include all 
annexes, appendices, and instruments for implementation of 
the February 29 Agreement or a subsequent agreement or 
arrangement, as well as any understandings or expectations 
related to the February 29 Agreement or a subsequent agree-
ment or arrangement. 
(c) REPORT ON VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
once every 120 days thereafter, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report verifying 
whether the key tenets of the February 29 Agreement, or 
subsequent agreements or arrangements, and accompanying 
instruments for implementation are being upheld. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of each of the following: 
(i) The Taliban’s compliance with the February 
29 Agreement, including counterterrorism guarantees 
and guarantees to deny safe haven and freedom of 
movement to al-Qaeda and other terrorist threats from 
operating on territory under its influence.
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(ii) Whether the United States intelligence commu-
nity has collected intelligence indicating the Taliban 
does not intend to uphold its commitments. 
(iii) The current relationship between the Taliban 
and al-Qaeda, including an assessment of the relation-
ship between the Haqqani Network and al-Qaeda. 
(iv) The relationship between the Taliban and any 
other terrorist group that is assessed to threaten the 
security of the United States or its allies, including 
any change in conduct since February 29, 2020. 
(v) 
The 
status 
of 
intra-Afghan 
discussions, 
including, in the event an intra-Afghan governing 
agreement is achieved, an assessment of the sustain-
ability of such agreement. 
(vi) The status of human rights, including the 
rights of women, minorities, and youth. 
(vii) The access of women, minorities, and youth 
to education, justice, and economic opportunities in 
Afghanistan. 
(viii) The status of the rule of law and governance 
structures at the central, provincial, and district levels 
of government. 
(ix) The media and the press and civil society’s 
operating space in Afghanistan. 
(x) Illicit narcotics production in Afghanistan, its 
linkages to terrorism, corruption, and instability, and 
policies to counter illicit narcotics flows. 
(xi) Any efforts by Iran, China, Russia, or any 
other external actor to affect the February 29 Agree-
ment. 
(xii) The efforts of the Government of Afghanistan 
to fulfill the commitments under the Joint Declaration 
between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the 
United States of America for Bringing Peace to 
Afghanistan, issued on February 29, 2020. 
(xiii) The progress made by the Afghanistan Min-
istry of Interior and the Office of the Attorney General 
to address gross violations of human rights by civilian 
security forces, the Taliban, and nongovernment armed 
groups, including— 
(I) an analysis of resources provided by the 
Government of Afghanistan for such efforts; and 
(II) a summary of assistance provided by the 
United States Government to support such efforts. 
(B) The number of Taliban and Afghan prisoners and 
any plans for the release of such prisoners from either 
side. 
(C) A detailed overview of Afghan national-level efforts 
to promote transitional justice, including forensic efforts 
and documentation of war crimes, mass killings, or crimes 
against humanity, redress to victims, and reconciliation 
activities. 
(D) A detailed overview of United States support for 
Government of Afghanistan and civil society efforts to pro-
mote peace and justice at the local level and the manner 
in which such efforts inform government-level policies and 
negotiations.
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(3) FORM.—Each report required by paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
prejudice whether a subsequent agreement or arrangement 
involving the Taliban constitutes a treaty for purposes of Article 
II of the Constitution of the United States. 
(e) SUNSET.—Except for subsections (b) and (d), the provisions 
of this section shall cease to be effective on the date that is 5 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1218. STRATEGY FOR POST-CONFLICT ENGAGEMENT ON HUMAN 
RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development and other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate not later than 120 days after a final Afghan Reconciliation 
Agreement is reached between the Government of Afghanistan and 
the Taliban, a strategy to support the protection and promotion 
of basic human rights in Afghanistan, especially the human rights 
of women and girls. 
(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The Secretary of State shall seek 
to ensure that activities carried out under the strategy— 
(1) employ rigorous monitoring and evaluation methodolo-
gies, including ex-post evaluation, and gender analysis as 
defined by the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic 
Empowerment Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–428) and required 
by the U.S. Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security; 
(2) disaggregate all data collected and reported by age, 
gender, marital and motherhood status, disability, and 
urbanity, to the extent practicable and appropriate; and 
(3) advance the principles and objectives specified in the 
Policy Guidance on Promoting Gender Equality of the Depart-
ment of State and the Gender Equality and Female Empower-
ment Policy of the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
SEC. 1219. MODIFICATION TO REPORT ON ENHANCING SECURITY AND 
STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN. 
Section 1225(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 
(Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3550) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(10) CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.— 
‘‘(A) An analysis of civilian casualties caused by— 
‘‘(i) the Afghan National Defense and Security 
Forces; and 
‘‘(ii) the Taliban and other terrorist organizations 
in Afghanistan. 
‘‘(B) A description of current training and advisory 
efforts to improve the Government of Afghanistan’s capa-
bility to minimize civilian casualties and other harm to 
civilians and civilian infrastructure in compliance with the 
laws of armed conflict, to include its principles of military 
necessity, proportionality, and distinction, and any gaps
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or weaknesses in Afghanistan’s capability to minimize 
civilian casualties and other such harm. 
‘‘(C) An assessment of the progress of implementation 
of the Government of Afghanistan’s National Civilian Cas-
ualty and Mitigation and Prevention Policy. 
‘‘(D) An assessment of the Government of Afghanistan’s 
capacity and mechanisms to assess and investigate reports 
of civilian casualties. 
‘‘(11) DISTRICT-LEVEL STABILITY ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The production of a district-level 
stability assessment that displays the level of Government 
of Afghanistan versus insurgent control and influence of 
districts that the Department of Defense discontinued in 
2018, to include district, population, and territorial control 
data. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall make publicly available the assessments and data 
relating to the assessments described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(12) OTHER MATTERS.—Any other matters the Secretary 
of Defense determines to be relevant.’’. 
SEC. 1220. REPORT ON OPERATION FREEDOM’S SENTINEL. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2021.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report 
on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel for fiscal year 2021. 
(b) FISCAL YEARS 2022 AND 2023.—To accompany the materials 
relating to Operation Freedom’s Sentinel submitted to Congress 
by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget of the President 
(as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code) for fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2023, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate a report on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required by sub-
section (a) and each report required by subsection (b) shall include 
a list and description of activities, exercises, and funding amounts 
carried out under the operation, including— 
(1) specific direct war costs; 
(2) activities that occur in Afghanistan; 
(3) activities that occur outside of Afghanistan, including 
training and costs relating to personnel; 
(4) activities that are funded by any of the services that 
are part of the operation’s budget request; 
(5) activities related to transportation, logistics, and other 
support; and 
(6) any other matters the Secretary determines to be rel-
evant.
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Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, 
and Iran 
SEC. 1221. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PRO-
VIDE ASSISTANCE TO COUNTER THE ISLAMIC STATE OF 
IRAQ AND SYRIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1236 of the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3558) 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Subsection (g) of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2021’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$645,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$322,500,000’’. 
(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY; SCOPE.—Subsection (j)(3) of such section 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘appropriate 
congressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate.’’. 
(d) REPORT
AND
BUDGET
DETAILS
REGARDING
OPERATION 
INHERENT RESOLVE.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—At the same time as the submission 
of the budget of the President (as submitted to Congress pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) for fiscal 
year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit a report with accompanying budgetary 
details regarding Operation Inherent Resolve. 
(2) ELEMENTS
OF
REPORT.—At a minimum, the report 
required by paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A)(i) for the first report, a history of the operation 
and its objectives; and 
(ii) for each subsequent report, a description of the 
operation and its objectives during the prior fiscal year; 
(B) a detailed description of the weapons and equip-
ment purchased using the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip 
Fund in the prior fiscal year; 
(C) a list and description of activities and exercises 
carried out under the operation during the prior fiscal 
year; 
(D) a description of the purpose and goals of such 
activities and exercises and an assessment of the degree 
to which stated goals were achieved during the prior fiscal 
year;
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(E) a description of criteria used to judge the effective-
ness of joint exercises and other efforts to build partner 
capacity under the operation during the prior fiscal year; 
(F) a description of the forces deployed under the oper-
ation, their deployment locations, and activities under-
taken; 
(G) the information required under paragraph (3); and 
(H) any other matters the Secretary determines appro-
priate. 
(3) ELEMENTS
OF
BUDGETARY
DETAILS.—At a minimum, 
the budgetary details accompanying the report required by 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) shall include— 
(i) a description of expenditures related to the 
operation for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year 
of the budget covered by the report; 
(ii) with respect to the amount requested for the 
operation in the budget covered by the report— 
(I) any significant change in methodology used 
to determine the budgetary details included in the 
report and the categories used to organize such 
details; and 
(II) a narrative justification for any significant 
changes in the amount requested as compared to 
the amount requested and the amount expended 
for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year of 
the budget covered by the report; and 
(iii) with respect to the estimated direct and 
indirect expenditures for the operation in the budget 
covered by the report— 
(I) detailed information on the estimated direct 
expenditures and indirect expenditures broken 
down by category (including with respect to oper-
ations, force protection, in-theater support, equip-
ment reset and readiness, military construction, 
mobilization, incremental and total deployment 
costs, and exercises) and any additional accounts 
and categories the Secretary determines to be rel-
evant; and 
(II) a description of the methodology and 
metrics used by the Secretary to define the con-
tribution of indirect costs to the operation or an 
explanation of pro-rated amounts based on the 
level of support provided to the operation; and 
(B) may include a breakdown of expenditures and the 
amount requested for the operation in the budget covered 
by the report by line item, including with respect to 
procurement accounts, military personnel accounts, oper-
ation and maintenance accounts, research, development, 
test, and evaluation accounts, and military construction 
accounts. 
(4) FORM.—The report and accompanying budget details 
required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
(5) SUNSET.—The requirements of this subsection shall 
terminate on the date on which Operation Inherent Resolve 
(or a successor operation) concludes.
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(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘direct expenditures’’ means, with respect 
to amounts expended or estimated to be expended for Oper-
ation Inherent Resolve, amounts used directly for sup-
porting counter-ISIS activities and missions. 
(B) The term ‘‘indirect expenditures’’ means, with 
respect to amounts expended or estimated to be expended 
for Operation Inherent Resolve, amounts used for programs 
or activities that the Secretary of Defense determines 
enable the Armed Forces to carry out the operation. 
SEC. 1222. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PRO-
VIDE ASSISTANCE TO VETTED SYRIAN GROUPS AND 
INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3451) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘THE VETTED SYRIAN 
OPPOSITION’’ and inserting ‘‘VETTED
SYRIAN
GROUPS
AND 
INDIVIDUALS’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) NOTICE BEFORE PROVISION
OF ASSISTANCE.—Subsection 
(b)(2)(A) of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘10-percent’’ and inserting ‘‘25-percent’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2019, fiscal year 2020, or fiscal year 
2021’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall certify 
to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives that no United States military 
forces are being used or have been used for the extraction, transport, 
transfer, or sale of oil from Syria. 
SEC. 1223. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO SUP-
PORT OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF 
SECURITY COOPERATION IN IRAQ. 
(a) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—Subsection (c) of section 1215 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
(10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2021’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’. 
(b) SOURCE
OF FUNDS.—Subsection (d) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2021’’. 
(c) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Subsection (h) of 
such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amount 
made available for fiscal year 2021 to carry out this section, not 
more than $15,000,000 may be obligated or expended for the Office 
of Security Cooperation in Iraq until the date on which the Secretary 
of Defense provides to the congressional defense committees, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate the following:
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‘‘(1) A staffing plan to reorganize the Office in a manner 
similar to that of other security cooperation offices in the region 
that— 
‘‘(A) emphasizes the placement of personnel with 
regional or security cooperation expertise in key leadership 
positions; 
‘‘(B) closes duplicative or extraneous sections; 
‘‘(C) includes the number and type of validated billets 
funded by the Department of Defense necessary to support 
the Office; and 
‘‘(D) outlines the process and provides a timeline for 
validating billets funded by the Department of State nec-
essary to support the Office. 
‘‘(2) A progress report with respect to the initiation of 
bilateral engagement with the Government of Iraq with the 
objective of establishing a joint mechanism for security assist-
ance planning, including a five-year security assistance 
roadmap for developing sustainable military capacity and 
capabilities and enabling defense institution building and 
reform. 
‘‘(3) A plan to transition the preponderance of funding 
for the activities of the Office from current sources to the 
Foreign Military Financing Administrative Fund and the For-
eign Military Sales Trust Fund Administrative Surcharge 
Account in future years.’’. 
SEC. 1224. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF WEAPONS AND OTHER 
FORMS OF SUPPORT TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2021 may be used to knowingly provide weapons or 
any other form of support to Al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria (ISIS), Jabhat Fateh al Sham, Hamas, Hizballah, Pal-
estine Islamic Jihad, al-Shabaab, Islamic Revolutionary Guard 
Corps, or any individual or group affiliated with any such organiza-
tion. 
SEC. 1225. REPORT AND BUDGET DETAILS REGARDING OPERATION 
SPARTAN SHIELD. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—At the same time as the submission 
of the budget of the President (as submitted to Congress pursuant 
to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) for fiscal year 
2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit a report with accompanying budgetary details 
regarding Operation Spartan Shield. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—At a minimum, the report required 
by subsection (a) shall include— 
(1)(A) for the first report, a history of the operation and 
its objectives; and 
(B) for each subsequent report, a description of the oper-
ation and its objectives during the prior fiscal year; 
(2) a list and description of activities and exercises carried 
out under the operation during the prior fiscal year; 
(3) a description of the purpose and goals of such activities 
and exercises and an assessment of the degree to which stated 
goals were achieved during the prior fiscal year;
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(4) a description of criteria used to judge the effectiveness 
of joint exercises and other efforts to build partner capacity 
under the operation during the prior fiscal year; 
(5) a description of the forces deployed under the operation, 
their deployment locations, and activities undertaken; 
(6) the information required under subsection (c); and 
(7) any other matters the Secretary determines appropriate. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF BUDGETARY DETAILS.—At a minimum, the 
budgetary details accompanying the report required by subsection 
(a)— 
(1) shall include— 
(A) a description of expenditures related to the oper-
ation for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year of the 
budget covered by the report; 
(B) with respect to the amount requested for the oper-
ation in the budget covered by the report— 
(i) any significant change in methodology used to 
determine the budgetary details included in the report 
and the categories used to organize such details; and 
(ii) a narrative justification for any significant 
changes in the amount requested as compared to the 
amount requested and the amount expended for the 
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year of the budget cov-
ered by the report; and 
(C) with respect to the estimated direct and indirect 
expenditures for the operation in the budget covered by 
the report— 
(i) detailed information on the estimated direct 
expenditures and indirect expenditures broken down 
by category (including with respect to operations, force 
protection, in-theater support, equipment reset and 
readiness, military construction, mobilization, incre-
mental and total deployment costs, and exercises) and 
any additional accounts and categories the Secretary 
determines to be relevant; and 
(ii) a description of the methodology and metrics 
used by the Secretary to define the contribution of 
indirect costs to the operation or an explanation of 
pro-rated amounts based on the level of support pro-
vided to the operation; and 
(2) may include a breakdown of expenditures and the 
amount requested for the operation in the budget covered by 
the report by line item, including with respect to procurement 
accounts, military personnel accounts, operation and mainte-
nance accounts, research, development, test, and evaluation 
accounts, and military construction accounts. 
(d) FORM.—The report and accompanying budget details 
required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. 
(e) SUNSET.—The requirements of this section shall terminate 
on the date on which Operation Spartan Shield (or a successor 
operation) concludes. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘direct expenditures’’ means, with respect 
to amounts expended or estimated to be expended for Operation 
Spartan Shield, amounts used directly for supporting deterrence 
activities and missions.
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(2) The term ‘‘indirect expenditures’’ means, with respect 
to amounts expended or estimated to be expended for Operation 
Spartan Shield, amounts used for programs or activities that 
the Secretary of Defense determines enable the Armed Forces 
to carry out the operation. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to Russia 
SEC. 1231. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON MILITARY COOPERATION 
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION. 
Section 1232(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2488) is amended 
by striking ‘‘, 2019, or 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2019, 2020, or 2021’’. 
SEC. 1232. MATTERS RELATING TO UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION 
IN THE OPEN SKIES TREATY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the decision of the United States to withdraw from 
the Open Skies Treaty, while taken in accordance with para-
graph 2 of Article XV of the Treaty, did not comply with 
the requirement in section 1234(a) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (133 Stat. 1648; 22 
U.S.C. 2593a note) to notify Congress not fewer than 120 days 
prior to any such announcement; and 
(2) in the future, confidence and security building measures 
that are designed to reduce the risk of conflict, increase trust 
among participating states, and contribute to military trans-
parency should continue to play a central role in United States’ 
engagement with Europe and its efforts to promote trans-
atlantic security. 
(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after withdrawal 
of the United States from the Open Skies Treaty pursuant 
to Article XV of the Treaty, the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees— 
(A) a notification and description of any agreements 
that the United States has concluded with other state 
parties to the Treaty that host United States military forces 
and assets to ensure that after such withdrawal the United 
States will be provided sufficient notice by such state par-
ties of requests for observation flights over the territories 
of such state parties under the Treaty; or 
(B) if the United States has not concluded any such 
agreements described in subparagraph (A), a description 
of how the United States will consistently and reliably 
be provided with sufficient warning of observation flights 
described in subparagraph (A) by other means, including 
a description of assets and personnel and policy implica-
tions of using such other means. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF AGREEMENTS.—Not later than 90 days 
after withdrawal of the United States from the Open Skies 
Treaty pursuant to Article XV of the Treaty, the Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit
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to the appropriate congressional committees copies of the agree-
ments described in paragraph (1)(A). 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2021, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the Director of National Intelligence and the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, shall jointly 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on the effects of a withdrawal of the United States from the 
Open Skies Treaty. 
(2) MATTERS
TO
BE
INCLUDED.—The report required by 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of how the United States will replace 
the military-to-military contacts and diplomatic engage-
ment opportunities with United States allies provided by 
the Treaty. 
(B) A description of— 
(i) the options available to the United States for 
obtaining unclassified, publicly-releasable imagery 
similar to that which it currently receives under the 
Treaty, and if any of those options are planned to 
be used; 
(ii) if national technical means are used as a 
replacement to obtain such imagery— 
(I) how the requirements previously satisfied 
by collection under the Treaty will be prioritized 
within the National Intelligence Priorities Frame-
work; 
(II) options for mitigating any gaps in collec-
tion should such mitigation be necessary, and if 
any of those options are planned to be used, and 
if none are necessary, an explanation of the 
rationale for not mitigating any such gaps; and 
(III) requirements and timelines for declas-
sification of imagery for public release; and 
(iii) if commercial imagery is used as a replacement 
to obtain such imagery— 
(I) contractual actions and associated timelines 
needed to purchase such imagery; 
(II) estimated costs to purchase commercial 
imagery equivalent to that which is obtained under 
the Treaty; and 
(III) estimates of costs to share such imagery 
with other state parties to the Treaty. 
(C) A description of options available to the United 
States for replacing intelligence information, other than 
imagery, obtained pursuant to the implementation of the 
Treaty, and if any of those options are planned to be 
used. 
(D) A description of the options available to the United 
States for continuing dialogue with Russia in a manner 
similar to the formal communications mechanisms provided 
for under the Treaty or that were used as confidence- 
building measures, and if any of those options are planned 
to be used. 
(E) All unedited responses to the questionnaire pro-
vided to United States allies by the United States in 2019