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and capabilities advance the foreign policy and national security 
priorities of the relevant foreign countries. 
(5) The extent to which covered foreign military bases 
could be used to counter the defense priorities of the United 
States. 
(c) FORM.—Each briefing under subsection (a) shall be provided 
in classified form. 
(d) COVERED FOREIGN MILITARY BASE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered foreign military base’’ means, with respect 
to a foreign country that is an adversary of the United States, 
a military base of that country located in a different country. 
(e) SUNSET.—The requirement to provide briefings under sub-
section (a) shall terminate after the briefing required to be provided 
by not later than February 15, 2025. 
SEC. 1299F. COUNTERING WHITE IDENTITY TERRORISM GLOBALLY. 
(a) STRATEGY AND COORDINATION.—Not later than six months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall— 
(1) develop and submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a Department of State-wide strategy 
entitled the ‘‘Department of State Strategy for Countering 
White Identity Terrorism Globally’’ (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘strategy’’); and 
(2) designate the Coordinator for Counterterrorism of the 
Department to coordinate Department efforts to counter white 
identity terrorism globally, including with United States diplo-
matic and consular posts, the Director of the National Counter-
terrorism Center, the Director of the Central Intelligence 
Agency, the Attorney General, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, and the heads of any other relevant Federal depart-
ments or agencies. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy shall at a minimum contain the 
following: 
(1) An assessment of the global threat from white identity 
terrorism abroad, including geographic or country prioritization 
based on the assessed threat to the United States. 
(2) A description of the coordination mechanisms between 
relevant bureaus and offices within the Department of State, 
as well as with United States diplomatic and consular posts, 
for developing and implementing efforts to counter white 
identity terrorism. 
(3) A description of how the Department plans to build 
on any existing strategy developed by the Bureau for Counter-
terrorism to— 
(A) adapt or expand existing Department programs, 
projects, activities, or policy instruments based on existing 
authorities for the specific purpose of degrading and 
delegitimizing the white identity terrorist movement glob-
ally; and 
(B) identify the need for any new Department pro-
grams, projects, activities, or policy instruments for the 
specific purpose of degrading and delegitimizing the white
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identity terrorist movement globally, including a descrip-
tion of the steps and resources necessary to establish any 
such programs, projects, activities, or policy instruments, 
noting whether such steps would require new authorities. 
(4) Detailed plans for using public diplomacy, including 
the efforts of the Secretary of State and other senior Executive 
Branch officials, including the President, to degrade and 
delegitimize white identity terrorist ideologues and ideology 
globally, including by— 
(A) countering white identity terrorist messaging and 
supporting efforts to redirect potential supporters away 
from white identity terrorist content online; 
(B) exposing foreign government support for white 
identity terrorist ideologies, objectives, ideologues, net-
works, organizations, and internet platforms; 
(C) engaging with foreign governments and internet 
service providers and other relevant technology entities, 
to prevent or limit white identity terrorists from exploiting 
internet platforms in furtherance of or in preparation for 
acts of terrorism or other targeted violence, as well as 
the recruitment, radicalization, and indoctrination of new 
adherents to white identity terrorism; and 
(D) identifying the roles and responsibilities for the 
Office of the Under Secretary for Public Affairs and Public 
Diplomacy and the Global Engagement Center in devel-
oping and implementing such plans. 
(5) An outline of steps the Department is taking or will 
take in coordination, as appropriate, with the Director of the 
National Counterterrorism Center, the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, the Attorney General, the Director of 
National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary 
of the Treasury, and the heads of any other relevant Federal 
departments or agencies to improve information and intel-
ligence sharing with other countries on white identity terrorism 
based on existing authorities by— 
(A) describing plans for adapting or expanding existing 
mechanisms for sharing information, intelligence, or 
counterterrorism best practices, including facilitating the 
sharing of information, intelligence, or counterterrorism 
best practices gathered by Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement; and 
(B) proposing new mechanisms or forums that might 
enable expanded sharing of information, intelligence, or 
counterterrorism best practices. 
(6) An outline of how the Department plans to use designa-
tion as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (under Executive 
Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note)) and foreign terrorist 
organization (pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)) to support the strategy, 
including— 
(A) an assessment and explanation of the utility of 
applying or not applying such designations when individ-
uals or entities satisfy the criteria for such designations; 
and 
(B) a description of possible remedies if such criteria 
are insufficient to enable designation of any individuals
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or entities the Secretary of State considers a potential 
terrorist threat to the United States. 
(7) A description of the Department’s plans, in consultation 
with the Department of the Treasury, to work with foreign 
governments, financial institutions, and other related entities 
to counter the financing of white identity terrorists within 
the parameters of current law, or if no such plans exist, a 
description of why. 
(8) A description of how the Department plans to implement 
the strategy in conjunction with ongoing efforts to counter 
the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and other terrorist threats to the 
United States. 
(9) A description of how the Department will integrate 
into the strategy lessons learned in the ongoing efforts to 
counter the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and other terrorist threats 
to the United States. 
(10) A identification of any additional resources or staff 
needed to implement the strategy. 
(c) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
develop the strategy in coordination with the Director of the 
National Counterterrorism Center and in consultation with the 
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Attorney General, 
the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 
Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads of any other relevant 
Federal departments or agencies. 
(d) STAKEHOLDER INCLUSION.—The strategy shall be developed 
in consultation with representatives of United States and inter-
national civil society and academic entities with experience 
researching or implementing programs to counter white identity 
terrorism. 
(e) FORM.—The strategy shall be submitted in unclassified form 
that can be made available to the public, but may include a classi-
fied annex if the Secretary of State determines such is appropriate. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than three months after the 
submission of the strategy, the Secretary of State shall begin imple-
menting the strategy. 
(g) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and not less often than annually there-
after, the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate regarding the develop-
ment and implementation of the strategy. 
(h) COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM.—The Secretary of State 
shall incorporate all credible information about white identity ter-
rorism, including regarding relevant attacks, the identification of 
perpetrators and victims of such attacks, the size and identification 
of organizations and networks, and the identification of notable 
ideologues, in the annual country reports on terrorism submitted 
pursuant to section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f). 
(i) REPORT ON SANCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days and again 240 
days after the submission of each annual country report on 
terrorism submitted pursuant to section 140 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 
U.S.C. 2656f), as modified in accordance with subsection (h),
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the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report that determines whether the 
foreign persons, organizations, and networks identified in such 
annual country reports on terrorism as so modified, satisfy 
the criteria to be designated as— 
(A) foreign terrorist organizations under section 219 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
or 
(B) Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Execu-
tive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(2) FORM.—Each determination required under paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex, if appropriate. 
(j) REQUIREMENT FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY TO MAP THE GLOBAL 
WHITE IDENTITY TERRORISM MOVEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall enter 
into a contract with a federally funded research and develop-
ment center with appropriate expertise and analytical capa-
bility to carry out the study described in paragraph (2). 
(2) STUDY.—The study described in this paragraph shall 
provide for a comprehensive social network analysis of the 
global white identity terrorism movement to— 
(A) identify key actors, organizations, and supporting 
infrastructure; and 
(B) map the relationships and interactions between 
such actors, organizations, and supporting infrastructure. 
(3) REPORT.— 
(A) TO THE SECRETARY.—Not later than one year after 
the date on which the Secretary of State enters into a 
contract pursuant to paragraph (1), the federally funded 
research and development center referred to in such sub-
section that has entered into such contract with the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Secretary a report containing 
the results of the study required under this section. 
(B) TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days after receipt 
of the report under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the Committee of Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate such report, together with 
any additional views or recommendations of the Secretary. 
SEC. 1299G. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
WITH RESPECT TO DENYING THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF 
A 
COMPETITOR 
AGAINST 
A 
COVERED 
DEFENSE 
PARTNER. 
(a) REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
WITH RESPECT TO DENYING THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF A COMPETITOR 
AGAINST A COVERED DEFENSE PARTNER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than April 30, 2021, and 
annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the progress of the Department of Defense with respect to 
improving the ability of the United States Armed Forces to 
conduct combined joint operations to deny the strategic goals 
of a competitor against a covered defense partner.
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(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report required by 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An explanation of the objectives for the United 
States Armed Forces that would be necessary to deny the 
strategic goals of a competitor against a covered defense 
partner. 
(B) An identification of joint warfighting capabilities 
and current efforts to organize, train, and equip the United 
States Armed Forces in support of the objectives explained 
pursuant to paragraph (1), including— 
(i) an assessment of whether the programs 
included in the most recent future-years defense pro-
gram submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 
10, United States Code, are sufficient to enable the 
United States Armed Forces to conduct combined joint 
operations to achieve such objectives; 
(ii) a description of additional investments or force 
posture adjustments required to maintain or improve 
the ability of the United States Armed Forces to con-
duct combined joint operations to achieve such objec-
tives; 
(iii) a description of the manner in which the Sec-
retary of Defense intends to develop and integrate 
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force 
operational concepts to maintain or improve the ability 
of the United States Armed Forces to conduct combined 
joint operations to achieve such objectives; and 
(iv) an assessment of the manner in which different 
options for pre-delegating authorities may improve the 
ability of the United States Armed Forces to conduct 
combined joint operations to achieve such objectives. 
(C) An assessment of options for deterring limited use 
of nuclear weapons by a competitor in the Indo-Pacific 
region without undermining the ability of the United States 
Armed Forces to maintain deterrence against other 
competitors or adversaries. 
(D) An assessment of a competitor theory of victory 
for invading and unifying a covered defense partner with 
such competitor by military force. 
(E) A description of the military objectives a competitor 
would need to achieve strategic goals. 
(F) A description of the military missions a strategic 
competitor 
would 
need 
to 
achieve 
strategic 
goals, 
including— 
(i) blockade and bombing operations; 
(ii) amphibious landing operations; or 
(iii) combat operations. 
(G) An assessment of competing demands on a competi-
tor’s resources and how such demands impact such competi-
tor’s ability to achieve strategic goals. 
(H) An assessment of the self-defense capabilities of 
covered defense partners and a summary of defense articles 
and services that are required to enhance such capability. 
(I) An assessment of the capabilities of partner and 
allied countries to conduct combined operations with the 
United States Armed Forces in a regional contingency.
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(3) FORM.—Each report required by paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in classified form but may include an unclassified 
executive summary. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘competitor’’ means a country identified as 
a strategic competitor in the ‘‘Summary of the 2018 National 
Defense Strategy of the United States of America: Sharpening 
the American Military’s Competitive Edge’’ issued by the 
Department of Defense pursuant to section 113 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered defense partner’’ means a partner 
identified in the ‘‘Department of Defense Indo-Pacific Strategy 
Report’’ issued on June 1, 2019, that is located within 100 
miles off the coast of a strategic competitor. 
(3) The term ‘‘strategic goals’’ means, with respect to a 
competitor, a strategy designed to allow the competitor to rap-
idly use military force to effectively control the territory of 
a covered defense partner before the United States Armed 
Forces are able to respond. 
SEC. 1299H. COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON DEFENSE BUDGET TRANS-
PARENCY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION, AND THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) STUDIES REQUIRED.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STUDY.—Not later than 270 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall complete a comparative study on the defense 
budgets of the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federa-
tion, and the United States. 
(2) INDEPENDENT STUDY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
offer to enter into an agreement with an entity independent 
of the Department of Defense to conduct a comparative 
study on the defense budgets of the People’s Republic of 
China, the Russian Federation, and the United States, 
to be completed not later than 270 days after the date 
on which the offer to enter into the agreement is made. 
(B) FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
CENTER.—The entity described in subparagraph (A) shall 
be a federally funded research and development center. 
(3) GOAL.—The goal of the studies required by paragraphs 
(1) and (2) shall be to develop a methodologically sound set 
of assumptions to underpin a comparison of the defense 
spending of the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federa-
tion, and the United States. 
(b) ELEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each study required by subsection (a) 
shall do the following: 
(A) Determine the amounts invested by each subject 
country 
across 
functional 
categories 
for 
spending, 
including— 
(i) defense-related research and development; 
(ii) weapons procurement from domestic and for-
eign sources; 
(iii) operations and maintenance; 
(iv) pay and benefits; and
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(v) military pensions. 
(B) Consider the effects of purchasing power parity 
and market exchange rates, particularly on nontraded 
goods. 
(C) Consider differences in the relative prices and 
quality of goods within each subject country. 
(D) Compare the quality of labor and benefits for the 
defense workforce of each subject country. 
(E) Account for discrepancies in the manner in which 
each subject country accounts for certain functional types 
of defense-related spending. 
(F) Explicitly estimate the magnitude of omitted 
spending from official defense budget information. 
(G) Describe direct, indirect, and burden-sharing con-
tributions made by host countries to each subject country, 
including contributions for— 
(i) labor costs; 
(ii) military construction projects; 
(iii) labor, utilities, facilities, and costs omitted; 
(iv) costs associated with training and operations; 
and 
(v) any other purpose the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(H) Analyze the budget impact of geographical consid-
erations and forward-deployed forces. 
(I) Exclude spending related to veterans’ benefits. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
ELEMENT
FOR
INDEPENDENT
STUDY.—In 
addition to the elements described in paragraph (1), the inde-
pendent study required by subsection (a)(2) shall analyze best 
practices for quantifying and evaluating the comparative mili-
tary expenditures of each subject country for defense-related 
databases and research. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—The studies required by subsection (a) 
may take into consideration the following: 
(1) The effects of state-owned enterprises on the defense 
expenditures of the People’s Republic of China and the Russian 
Federation. 
(2) The role of differing acquisition policies and structures 
with respect to the defense expenditures of each subject country. 
(3) Any other matter relevant to evaluating the resources 
dedicated to the defense spending or the various military- 
related outlays of the People’s Republic of China and the Rus-
sian Federation. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
on which each study required by subsection (a) is completed, 
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on the results of the applicable study, 
together with the views of the Secretary on such study. 
(2) FORM.—Each report required by paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations,
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and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1299I. ASSESSMENT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION TER-
RORISM. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy, shall 
enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences— 
(1) to conduct an assessment of strategies of the United 
States for preventing, countering, and responding to nuclear, 
biological, and chemical terrorism; and 
(2) to make recommendations to improve such strategies. 
(b) MATTERS
TO BE INCLUDED.—The assessment and rec-
ommendations required by subsection (a) shall address the adequacy 
of strategies described in such subsection and identify technical, 
policy, and resource gaps with respect to— 
(1) 
identifying 
national 
and 
international 
nuclear, 
biological, and chemical risks, and critical emerging threats; 
(2) preventing state-sponsored and non-state actors from 
acquiring or misusing the technologies, materials, and critical 
expertise needed to carry out nuclear, biological, and chemical 
attacks, including dual-use technologies, materials, and exper-
tise; 
(3) countering efforts by state-sponsored and non-state 
actors to carry out such attacks; 
(4) responding to nuclear, biological, and chemical terrorism 
incidents to attribute their origin and help manage their con-
sequences; 
(5) budgets likely to be required to implement effectively 
such strategies; and 
(6) other important matters that are directly relevant to 
such strategies. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that contains the assessment and recommendations required 
by subsection (a). 
(2) FORM.—The report required by this subsection shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Armed 
Services, and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, Committee on 
Armed Services, and Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate.
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SEC. 1299J. REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPLIANCE WITH 
‘‘PRINCIPLES RELATED TO THE PROTECTION OF MED-
ICAL CARE PROVIDED BY IMPARTIAL HUMANITARIAN 
ORGANIZATIONS DURING ARMED CONFLICTS’’. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives any available 
results of the review requested on October 3, 2016, by the Secretary 
of Defense of compliance of all relevant Department of Defense 
orders, rules of engagement, directives, regulations, policies, prac-
tices, and procedures, with the ‘‘Principles Related to the Protection 
of Medical Care Provided by Impartial Humanitarian Organizations 
During Armed Conflicts’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
continue to ensure that all Department of Defense orders, rules 
of engagement, directives, regulations, policies, practices, and proce-
dures that were reviewed as described in subsection (a), including 
any other guidance, training, or standard operating procedures 
relating to the protection of health care during armed conflict, 
are consistent with the ‘‘Principles Related to the Protection of 
Medical Care Provided by Impartial Humanitarian Organizations 
During Armed Conflicts’’. 
SEC. 1299K. CERTIFICATION RELATING TO ASSISTANCE FOR GUATE-
MALA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the transfer of any vehicles by the 
Department of Defense to a joint task force of the Ministry of 
Defense or the Ministry of the Interior of Guatemala during fiscal 
year 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the appropriate 
congressional committees that such ministries have made a credible 
commitment to use such equipment only for the uses for which 
they were intended. 
(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
SEC. 1299L. FUNCTIONAL CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES IN IRREG-
ULAR WARFARE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report that assesses the 
merits and feasibility of establishing and administering a 
Department of Defense Functional Center for Security Studies 
in Irregular Warfare. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
include the following:
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(A) A description of the benefits to the United States, 
and the allies and partners of the United States, of estab-
lishing such a functional center, including the manner in 
which the establishment of such a functional center would 
enhance and sustain focus on, and advance knowledge and 
understanding of, matters of irregular warfare, including 
cybersecurity, nonstate actors, information operations, 
counterterrorism, stability operations, and the hybridiza-
tion of such matters. 
(B) A detailed description of the mission and purpose 
of such a functional center, including applicable policy guid-
ance from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 
(C) An analysis of appropriate reporting and liaison 
relationships between such a functional center and— 
(i) the geographic and functional combatant com-
mands; 
(ii) other Department of Defense stakeholders; and 
(iii) other government and nongovernment entities 
and organizations. 
(D) An enumeration and valuation of criteria applicable 
to the determination of a suitable location for such a func-
tional center. 
(E) A description of the establishment and operational 
costs of such a functional center, including for— 
(i) military construction for required facilities; 
(ii) facility renovation; 
(iii) personnel costs for faculty and staff; and 
(iv) other costs the Secretary of Defense considers 
appropriate. 
(F) An evaluation of the existing infrastructure, 
resources, and personnel available at military installations, 
existing regional centers, interagency facilities, and univer-
sities and other academic and research institutions that 
could reduce the costs described in 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 functional center could carry out, including— 
(i) core, specialized, and advanced courses; 
(ii) planning workshops and structured after-action 
reviews or debriefs; 
(iii) seminars; 
(iv) initiatives on executive development, relation-
ship building, partnership outreach, and any other 
matter the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate; 
and 
(v) focused academic research and studies in sup-
port of Department priorities. 
(I) A description of any modification to title 10, United 
States Code, or any other provision of law, necessary for 
the effective establishment and administration of such a 
functional center. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than 30 days after the sub-
mittal of the report required by subsection (a), and subject 
to the availability of appropriated funds, the Secretary of 
Defense may establish and administer a Department of Defense 
Functional Center for Security Studies in Irregular Warfare. 
(2) TREATMENT
AS
A
REGIONAL
CENTER
FOR
SECURITY 
STUDIES.—A Department of Defense Functional Center for Secu-
rity Studies in Irregular Warfare established under paragraph 
(1) shall be operated and administered in the same manner 
as the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security 
Studies under section 342 of title 10, United States Code, 
and in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of 
Defense may prescribe. 
(3) LIMITATION.—No other institution or element of the 
Department may be designated as a Department of Defense 
functional center, except by an Act of Congress. 
(4) LOCATION.—The location of a Department of Defense 
Functional Center for Security Studies in Irregular Warfare 
established under paragraph (1) shall be selected based on 
an objective, criteria-driven administrative or competitive 
award process. 
SEC. 
1299M. 
UNITED 
STATES-ISRAEL 
OPERATIONS-TECHNOLOGY 
COOPERATION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES-ISRAEL 
DEFENSE ACQUISITION ADVISORY GROUP. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, shall take actions within the United 
States-Israel Defense Acquisition Advisory Group that may be 
necessary— 
(A) to systematically evaluate and share potential 
options to develop and acquire intelligence-informed mili-
tary requirements that directly support warfighting 
capabilities of both the Department of Defense and the 
Ministry of Defense of Israel; and 
(B) to develop, as feasible and advisable, combined 
United States-Israel plans to research, develop, procure, 
and field weapon systems and military capabilities as 
quickly and economically as possible to meet common capa-
bility requirements of the Department and the Ministry 
of Defense of Israel. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed as requiring the establishment or termi-
nation of any existing United States defense activity, group, 
program, or partnership with Israel. 
(b) BILATERAL COORDINATION.—To enhance cooperation and 
encourage military-to-military engagement on operations and tech-
nology, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with other appro-
priate Cabinet members, shall take appropriate actions to consult 
and cooperate with the Government of Israel on the requirements. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP WITHIN THE UNITED 
STATES-ISRAEL DEFENSE ACQUISITION ADVISORY GROUP.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the appropriate heads of 
other Federal agencies, may establish, under the United States 
vice chairman of the United States-Israel Defense Acquisition 
Advisory Group, a working group to address operations and tech-
nology matters described in subsection (a)(1).
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(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 15 each year 
through 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a report on any actions taken by the Secretary 
of Defense pursuant to the requirements in subsection (a)(1). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) A description of any science and technology effort 
or research, development, test, and evaluation effort consid-
ered, facilitated, or recommended by the United States- 
Israel Defense Acquisition Advisory Group, including any 
effort that results in a United States or Israel program 
of record. 
(B) A description of military capabilities the United 
States-Israel Defense Acquisition Advisory Group has 
determined should be pursued through a defense coopera-
tion effort between the Government of the United States 
and the Government of Israel. 
(C) A description of any science and technology effort 
or research, development, test, and evaluation effort facili-
tated and recommended by the United States-Israel 
Defense Acquisition Advisory Group, in support of the 
development of the military capabilities referred to in 
subparagraph (B), including any effort that results in a 
United States or Israel program of record. 
(D) A description of any obstacle or challenge associ-
ated with an effort described in subparagraph (B) and 
the plan of the United States-Israel Defense Acquisition 
Advisory Group to address such obstacle or challenge. 
(E) A description of the efforts of the United States- 
Israel Defense Acquisition Advisory Group to prevent the 
People’s Republic of China or the Russian Federation from 
obtaining intellectual property or military technology asso-
ciated with combined United States and Israel science and 
technology efforts and research, development, test, and 
evaluation efforts. 
(F) A list of potential areas the United States-Israel 
Defense Acquisition Advisory Group is considering for 
cooperation on defense issues. 
(G) A description of any authority or authorization 
of appropriations required for the United States-Israel 
Defense Acquisition Advisory Group to carry out the pur-
poses described in subsection (a)(1). 
(3) FORM.—Each report required by paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form and shall include a classified 
annex in which the elements required under subparagraphs 
(B) and (E) of paragraph (2) and any additional classified 
information, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, shall 
be addressed. 
(e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate; and
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(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1299N. PAYMENT OF PASSPORT FEES FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. 
Subsection (c) of section 452 of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) Passport and visa fees required for foreign travel.’’. 
SEC. 1299O. RESUMPTION OF PEACE CORPS OPERATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that describes 
the efforts of the Peace Corps to— 
(1) offer a return to service to each Peace Corps volunteer 
and trainee whose service ended on March 15, 2020 (or earlier, 
in the case of volunteers who were serving in China or Mon-
golia), due to the COVID–19 public health emergency; 
(2) obtain approval from countries, to the extent safe and 
appropriate, to return volunteers and trainees to countries of 
service, predicated on the ability for volunteers and trainees 
to return safely and legally; 
(3) provide adequate measures necessary for the safety 
and health of volunteers and trainees and develop contingency 
plans in the event overseas operations are disrupted by future 
COVID–19 outbreaks; 
(4) develop and maintain a robust volunteer cohort; and 
(5) identify any need for anticipated additional appropria-
tions or new statutory authorities and the changes in global 
conditions that would be necessary to achieve the goal of safely 
enrolling 7,300 Peace Corps volunteers during the 1-year period 
beginning on the date on which Peace Corps operations resume. 
SEC. 1299P. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OPEN TECHNOLOGY FUND. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
it is in the interest of the United States to promote global internet 
freedom by countering internet censorship and repressive surveil-
lance and protect the internet as a platform for the free exchange 
of ideas, promotion of human rights and democracy, and advance-
ment of a free press and to support efforts that prevent the delib-
erate misuse of the internet to repress individuals from exercising 
their rights to free speech and association, including countering 
the use of such technologies by authoritarian regimes. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The United States International Broad-
casting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 309 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 309A. OPEN TECHNOLOGY FUND. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Grants authorized under section 305 
shall be available to make annual grants for the purpose of 
promoting, consistent with United States law, unrestricted 
access to uncensored sources of information via the internet
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to enable journalists, including journalists employed by or affili-
ated with the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Lib-
erty, Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, 
the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, or any entity funded by or 
partnering with the United States Agency for Global Media, 
to create and disseminate, and for their audiences to receive, 
news and information consistent with the purposes, standards, 
and principles specified in sections 302 and 303. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a grantee entity 
to be known as the ‘Open Technology Fund’, which shall carry 
out the provisions of this section. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE GRANTEE.—In furtherance of the mis-
sion set forth in subsection (a), the Open Technology Fund shall 
seek to advance freedom of the press and unrestricted access to 
the internet in repressive environments oversees, and shall— 
‘‘(1) research, develop, implement, and maintain— 
‘‘(A) technologies that circumvent techniques used by 
authoritarian governments, nonstate actors, and others to 
block or censor access to the internet, including circumven-
tion tools that bypass internet blocking, filtering, and other 
censorship techniques used to limit or block legitimate 
access to content and information; and 
‘‘(B) secure communication tools and other forms of 
privacy and security technology that facilitate the creation 
and distribution of news and enable audiences to access 
media content on censored websites; 
‘‘(2) advance internet freedom by supporting private and 
public sector research, development, implementation, and 
maintenance of technologies that provide secure and uncensored 
access to the internet to counter attempts by authoritarian 
governments, nonstate actors, and others to improperly restrict 
freedom online; 
‘‘(3) research and analyze emerging technical threats and 
develop innovative solutions through collaboration with the pri-
vate and public sectors to maintain the technological advantage 
of the United States Government over authoritarian govern-
ments, nonstate actors, and others; 
‘‘(4) develop, acquire, and distribute requisite internet 
freedom technologies and techniques for the United States 
Agency for Global Media, including as set forth in paragraph 
(1), and digital security interventions, to fully enable the cre-
ation and distribution of digital content between and to all 
users and regional audiences; 
‘‘(5) prioritize programs for countries the governments of 
which restrict freedom of expression on the internet, and that 
are important to the national interest of the United States, 
and are consistent with section 7050(b)(2)(C) of the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94); 
and 
‘‘(6) carry out any other effort consistent with the purposes 
of this Act or press freedom overseas if requested or approved 
by the United States Agency for Global Media. 
‘‘(c) METHODOLOGY.—In carrying out subsection (b), the Open 
Technology Fund shall— 
‘‘(1) support fully open-source tools, code, and components, 
to the extent practicable, to ensure such supported tools and
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technologies are as secure, transparent, and accessible as pos-
sible, and require that any such tools, components, code, or 
technology supported by the Open Technology Fund remain 
fully open-source, to the extent practicable; 
‘‘(2) support technologies that undergo comprehensive secu-
rity audits to ensure that such technologies are secure and 
have not been compromised in a manner detrimental to the 
interest of the United States or to individuals and organizations 
benefitting from programs supported by the Open Technology 
Fund; 
‘‘(3) review and update periodically as necessary security 
auditing procedures used by the Open Technology Fund to 
reflect current industry security standards; 
‘‘(4) establish safeguards to mitigate the use of such sup-
ported technologies for illicit purposes; 
‘‘(5) solicit project proposals through an open, transparent, 
and competitive application process to attract innovative 
applications and reduce barriers to entry; 
‘‘(6) seek input from technical, regional, and subject matter 
experts from a wide range of relevant disciplines, to review, 
provide feedback, and evaluate proposals to ensure the most 
competitive projects are funded; 
‘‘(7) implement an independent review process, through 
which proposals are reviewed by such experts to ensure the 
highest degree of technical review and due diligence; 
‘‘(8) maximize cooperation with the public and private sec-
tors, as well as foreign allies and partner countries, to maximize 
efficiencies and eliminate duplication of efforts; and 
‘‘(9) utilize any other methodology approved by the United 
States Agency for Global Media in furtherance of the mission 
of the Open Technology Fund. 
‘‘(d) GRANT AGREEMENT.—Any grant agreement with or grants 
made to the Open Technology Fund under this section shall be 
subject to the following limitations and restrictions: 
‘‘(1) The headquarters of the Open Technology Fund and 
its senior administrative and managerial staff shall be located 
in a location which ensures economy, operational effectiveness, 
and accountability to the United States Agency for Global 
Media. 
‘‘(2) Grants awarded under this section shall be made 
pursuant to a grant agreement which requires that grant funds 
be used only for activities consistent with this section, and 
that failure to comply with such requirements shall permit 
the grant to be terminated without fiscal obligation to the 
United States. 
‘‘(3) Any grant agreement under this section shall require 
that any contract entered into by the Open Technology Fund 
shall specify that all obligations are assumed by the grantee 
and not by the United States Government. 
‘‘(4) Any grant agreement under this section shall require 
that any lease agreements entered into by the Open Technology 
Fund shall be, to the maximum extent possible, assignable 
to the United States Government. 
‘‘(5) Administrative and managerial costs for operation of 
the Open Technology Fund should be kept to a minimum and, 
to the maximum extent feasible, should not exceed the costs
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that would have been incurred if the Open Technology Fund 
had been operated as a Federal entity rather than as a grantee. 
‘‘(6) Grant funds may not be used for any activity the 
purpose of which is influencing the passage or defeat of legisla-
tion considered by Congress. 
‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP TO THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL 
MEDIA.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Open Technology Fund shall be 
subject to the same oversight and governance by the United 
States Agency for Global Media as other grantees of the Agency 
as set forth in section 305. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—The United States Agency for Global 
Media, its broadcast entities, and the Open Technology Fund 
should render assistance to each other as may be necessary 
to carry out the purposes of this section or any other provision 
of this Act. 
‘‘(3) NOT
A
FEDERAL
AGENCY
OR
INSTRUMENTALITY.— 
Nothing in this section may be construed to make the Open 
Technology Fund a Federal agency or instrumentality. 
‘‘(4) DETAILEES.—Under the Intergovernmental Personnel 
Act, employees of a grantee of the United States Agency for 
Global Media may be detailed to the Agency, and Federal 
employees may be detailed to a grantee of the United States 
Agency for Global Media. 
‘‘(f) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT- 
FUNDED INTERNET FREEDOM PROGRAMS.—The United States Agency 
for Global Media shall ensure that internet freedom research and 
development projects of the Open Technology Fund are coordinated 
with internet freedom programs of the Department of State and 
other relevant United States Government departments, in order 
to share information and best-practices relating to the implementa-
tion of subsections (b) and (c). 
‘‘(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Open Technology Fund shall 
highlight, in its annual report, internet freedom activities, 
including a comprehensive assessment of the Open Technology 
Fund’s activities relating to the implementation of subsections 
(b) and (c). Each such report shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) An assessment of the current state of global inter-
net freedom, including trends in censorship and surveil-
lance technologies and internet shutdowns, and the threats 
such pose to journalists, citizens, and human rights and 
civil-society organizations. 
‘‘(B) A description of the technology projects supported 
by the Open Technology Fund and the associated impact 
of such projects in the prior year, including the countries 
and regions in which such technologies were deployed, 
and any associated metrics indicating audience usage of 
such technologies, as well as future-year technology project 
initiatives. 
‘‘(2) ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OPEN TECH-
NOLOGY
FUND.—Not later than two years after the date of 
the enactment of this section, the Inspector General of the 
Department of State and the Foreign Service shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
following:
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‘‘(A) Whether the Open Technology Fund is technically 
sound and cost effective. 
‘‘(B) Whether the Open Technology Fund is satisfying 
the requirements of this section. 
‘‘(C) The extent to which the interests of the United 
States are being served by maintaining the work of the 
Open Technology Fund. 
‘‘(h) AUDIT AUTHORITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Financial transactions of the Open Tech-
nology Fund, as such relate to functions carried out under 
this section, may be audited by the Government Accountability 
Office in accordance with such principles and procedures and 
under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by 
the Comptroller General of the United States. Any such audit 
shall be conducted at the place or places at which accounts 
of the Open Technology Fund are normally kept. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS
BY
GAO.—The Government Accountability 
Office shall have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, 
files, papers, and property belonging to or in use by the Open 
Technology Fund pertaining to financial transactions as may 
be necessary to facilitate an audit. The Government Account-
ability Office shall be afforded full facilities for verifying trans-
actions with any assets held by depositories, fiscal agents, 
and custodians. All such books, accounts, records, reports, files, 
papers, and property of the Open Technology Fund shall remain 
in the possession and custody of the Open Technology Fund. 
‘‘(3) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Inspector General of the Department of 
State and the Foreign Service is authorized to exercise the 
authorities of the Inspector General Act of 1978 with respect 
to the Open Technology Fund.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Act of 1994 is amended— 
(1) in section 304(d) (22 U.S.C. 6203(d)), by inserting ‘‘the 
Open Technology Fund,’’ before ‘‘the Middle East Broadcasting 
Networks’’; 
(2) in sections 305 and 310 (22 U.S.C. 6204 and 6209), 
by inserting ‘‘the Open Technology Fund,’’ before ‘‘or the Middle 
East Broadcasting Networks’’ each place such term appears; 
and 
(3) in section 310 (22 U.S.C. 6209), by inserting ‘‘the Open 
Technology Fund,’’ before ‘‘and the Middle East Broadcasting 
Networks’’ each place such term appears. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated for the Open Technology Fund $25,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2022 to carry out section 309A of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994, as added by subsection 
(b) of this section. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 309A of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Act of 1994 (as added by subsection (b) 
of this section) and subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall 
take effect and apply beginning on July 1, 2021. 
SEC. 1299Q. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Office of Cuba Broadcasting should—
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(1) remain an independent entity of the United States 
Agency for Global Media; and 
(2) continue taking steps to ensure that the Office is ful-
filling its core mission of promoting freedom and democracy 
by providing the people of Cuba with objective news and 
information programming. 
(b) STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES.—Section 303 of the United 
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, including editorial 
independence’’ before the semicolon at the end; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, including editorial 
independence,’’ after ‘‘programing’’. 
(c) AUTHORITIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; LIMITATION 
ON CORPORATE LEADERSHIP
OF GRANTEES.—Section 305 of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 
6204) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (20), by inserting ‘‘in accordance with 
subsection (c)’’ before the period at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (21)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘including with Federal officials,’’; 
and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘in accordance with subsection 
(c)’’ before the period at the end; 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(23) To— 
‘‘(A) require annual content reviews of each language 
service of Voice of America, The Office of Cuba Broad-
casting, and each grantee network, consisting of a review 
of at least 10 percent of available unique weekly content 
from any selected week from the previous year, which 
shall be conducted, to the extent practicable, by fluent 
language speakers and experts without direct affiliation 
to the language service being reviewed, who are seeking 
any evidence of inappropriate or unprofessional content, 
which shall be submitted to the Office of Policy Research, 
the head and Board of the respective language service, 
and the Chief Executive Officer; 
‘‘(B) submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a list of anomalous reports, including status updates 
on anomalous services during the 3-year period com-
mencing on the date of receipt of the first report of biased, 
unprofessional, or otherwise problematic content.″; and 
‘‘(C) launch a review, using external, native-language 
and regional experts, the results of which are to be reported 
to the appropriate congressional committees, if a wide-
spread pattern of violations of the principles, standards, 
or journalistic code of ethics of a language service or 
grantee network has been identified.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON CORPORATE LEADERSHIP OF GRANTEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Officer may not 
award any grant under subsection (a) to RFE/RL, Inc., Radio 
Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, the Open 
Technology Fund, or any other grantee authorized under this 
title (collectively referred to as ‘Agency Grantee Networks’)
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unless the incorporation documents of any such grantee require 
that the corporate leadership and Board of Directors of such 
grantee be selected in accordance with this Act. 
‘‘(2) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 
‘‘(A) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—The Chief Executive 
Officer may not serve on any of the corporate boards of 
any grantee under subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A full-time employee of a 
Federal agency may not serve on a corporate board of 
any grantee under subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS
OF
GRANTEE
BOARD
MEMBERS.— 
Individuals appointed under subsection (a) to the Board of 
Directors of any of the Agency Grantee Networks shall have 
requisite expertise in journalism, technology, broadcasting, or 
diplomacy, or appropriate language or cultural understanding 
relevant to the grantee’s mission.’’. 
(d) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 
306 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 
(22 U.S.C. 6205) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (a) through (c) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The International Broadcasting Advisory 
Board (referred to in this section as the ‘Advisory Board’) shall 
advise the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency 
for Global Media, as appropriate. The Advisory Board as established 
shall exist within the executive branch as an entity described in 
section 104 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION OF THE ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Board shall consist of 
seven members, of whom— 
‘‘(A) six shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, in accordance 
with subsection (c); and 
‘‘(B) one shall be the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(2) CHAIR.—The President shall designate, with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, one of the members appointed under 
paragraph (1)(A) as Chair of the Advisory Board. 
‘‘(3) PARTY
LIMITATION.—Not more than three members 
of the Advisory Board appointed under paragraph (1)(A) may 
be affiliated with the same political party. 
‘‘(4) TERMS OF OFFICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), members of the Advisory Board shall serve for a single 
term of 4 years, except that, of the first group of members 
appointed under paragraph (1)(A)— 
‘‘(i) two members who are not affiliated with the 
same political party, shall be appointed for terms 
ending on the date that is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of the U.S. Agency for Global Media 
Reform Act; 
‘‘(ii) two members who are not affiliated with the 
same political party, shall be appointed for terms 
ending on the date that is 4 years after the date 
of the enactment of the U.S. Agency for Global Media 
Reform Act; and 
‘‘(iii) two members who are not affiliated with the 
same political party, shall be appointed for terms
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ending on the date that is 6 years after the date 
of the enactment of the U.S. Agency for Global Media 
Reform Act. 
‘‘(B) SECRETARY
OF
STATE.—The Secretary of State 
shall serve as a member of the Advisory Board for the 
duration of his or her tenure as Secretary of State. 
‘‘(5) VACANCIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, additional members 
to fill vacancies on the Advisory Board occurring before 
the expiration of a term. 
‘‘(B) TERM.—Any members appointed pursuant to 
subparagraph (A) shall serve for the remainder of such 
term. 
‘‘(C) SERVICE BEYOND TERM.—Any member whose term 
has expired shall continue to serve as a member of the 
Advisory Board until a qualified successor has been 
appointed and confirmed by the Senate. 
‘‘(D) SECRETARY OF STATE.—When there is a vacancy 
in the office of Secretary of State, the Acting Secretary 
of State shall serve as a member of the Advisory Board 
until a new Secretary of State is appointed.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); 
(3) by amending subsection (c), as redesignated— 
(A) 
in 
the 
subsection 
heading, 
by 
inserting 
‘‘ADVISORY’’ before ‘‘BOARD’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘who are’’ before 
‘‘distinguished’’; and 
(4) by striking subsections (e) and (f) and inserting the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(d) FUNCTIONS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD.—The members of 
the Advisory Board shall— 
‘‘(1) provide the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
Agency for Global Media with advice and recommendations 
for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Agency 
and its programming; 
‘‘(2) meet with the Chief Executive Officer at least four 
times annually, including twice in person as practicable, and 
at additional meetings at the request of the Chief Executive 
Officer or the Chair of the Advisory Board; 
‘‘(3) report periodically, or upon request, to the congres-
sional committees specified in subsection (c)(2) regarding its 
advice and recommendations for improving the effectiveness 
and efficiency of the United States Agency for Global Media 
and its programming; 
‘‘(4) obtain information from the Chief Executive Officer, 
as needed, for the purposes of fulfilling the functions described 
in this subsection; 
‘‘(5) consult with the Chief Executive Officer regarding 
budget submissions and strategic plans before they are sub-
mitted to the Office of Management and Budget or to Congress; 
‘‘(6) advise the Chief Executive Officer to ensure that— 
‘‘(A) the Chief Executive Officer fully respects the 
professional integrity and editorial independence of United 
States Agency for Global Media broadcasters, networks, 
and grantees; and
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‘‘(B) agency networks, broadcasters, and grantees 
adhere to the highest professional standards and ethics 
of journalism, including taking necessary actions to uphold 
professional standards to produce consistently reliable and 
authoritative, accurate, objective, and comprehensive news 
and information; and 
‘‘(7) provide other strategic input to the Chief Executive 
Officer. 
‘‘(e) APPOINTMENT OF HEADS OF NETWORKS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The heads of Voice of America, the Office 
of Cuba Broadcasting, RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Asia, the 
Middle East Broadcasting Networks, the Open Technology 
Fund, or of any other grantee authorized under this title may 
only be appointed or removed if such action has been approved 
by a majority vote of the Advisory Board. 
‘‘(2) REMOVAL.—After consulting with the Chief Executive 
Officer, five or more members of the Advisory Board may unilat-
erally remove any such head of network or grantee network 
described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) QUORUM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A quorum shall consist of four mem-
bers of the Advisory Board (excluding the Secretary of 
State). 
‘‘(B) DECISIONS.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
decisions of the Advisory Board shall be made by majority 
vote, a quorum being present. 
‘‘(C) CLOSED SESSIONS.—The Advisory Board may meet 
in closed sessions in accordance with section 552b of title 
5, United States Code. 
‘‘(f) COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Advisory Board, while 
attending meetings of the Advisory Board or while engaged 
in duties relating to such meetings or in other activities of 
the Advisory Board under this section (including travel time) 
shall be entitled to receive compensation equal to the daily 
equivalent of the compensation prescribed for level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from their homes or 
regular places of business, members of the Board may be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsist-
ence, as authorized under section 5703 of such title for persons 
in the Government service employed intermittently. 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY OF STATE.—The Secretary of State is not 
entitled to any compensation under this title, but may be 
allowed travel expenses in accordance with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(g) SUPPORT STAFF.—The Chief Executive Officer shall, from 
within existing United States Agency for Global Media personnel, 
provide the Advisory Board with an Executive Secretary and such 
administrative staff and support as may be necessary to enable 
the Advisory Board to carry out subsections (d) and (e).’’. 
(e) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 304—
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(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘BROADCASTING 
BOARD
OF
GOVERNORS’’ and inserting ‘‘UNITED
STATES 
AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board 
of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Agency for 
Global Media’’; 
(C) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting 
Board of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Agency 
for Global Media’’; and 
(D) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(2) in section 305— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (20), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Agency’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(3) in section 308— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘Agency’’; 
(D) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(E) in subsection (h)(5), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Agency’’; and 
(F) in subsection (i), in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(4) in section 309— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(B) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(C) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; and 
(D) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘Agency’’; 
(5) in section 310(d), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘Agency’’; 
(6) in section 310A(a), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board 
of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Agency for Global 
Media’’; 
(7) in section 310B, by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘Agency’’; 
(8) by striking section 312; 
(9) in section 313(a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(10) in section 314—
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(A) by striking ‘‘(4) the terms ‘Board and Chief Execu-
tive Officer of the Board’ means the Broadcasting Board 
of Governors’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) the terms ‘Agency’ and ‘Chief Executive Officer of 
the Agency’ mean the United States Agency for Global Media 
and the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency 
for Global Media, respectively,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘includes—’’ and inserting ‘‘means 
the corporation having the corporate title described 
in section 308’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B); and 
(11) in section 316— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting 
Board of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Agency 
for Global Media’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board 
of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Agency for 
Global Media’’. 
(f) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—Section 310 of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6209) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(f) MAINTENANCE OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.—No consoli-
dation of grantees authorized under subsection (a) involving any 
grantee shall result in any legal transfer of ownership of any 
proprietary information or intellectual property to the United State 
Agency for Global Media or any other Federal entity. 
‘‘(g) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—No consolidation of grantees 
authorized under subsection (a) shall result in the consolidation 
of the Open Technology Fund or any successor entity with any 
other grantee.’’. 
SEC. 1299R. LEVERAGING INFORMATION ON FOREIGN TRAFFICKERS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the annual Trafficking In Persons Report prepared by 
the Department of State pursuant to the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (the ‘‘TIP Report’’) remains one of the 
most comprehensive, timely, and important sources of informa-
tion on human trafficking in the world, and currently includes 
187 individual country narratives; 
(2) in January 2019, the statute mandating the TIP Report 
was amended to require that each report must cover efforts 
and activities occurring within the period from April 1 of the 
prior year through March 31 of the current year, which nec-
essarily requires the collection and transmission of information 
after March 31; 
(3) ensuring that the Department of State has adequate 
time to receive, analyze, and incorporate trafficking-related 
information into its annual Trafficking In Persons Report is 
important to the quality and comprehensiveness of that report; 
(4) information regarding prevalence and patterns of 
human trafficking is important for understanding the scourge 
of modern slavery and making effective decisions about where 
and how to combat it; and 
(5) United States officials responsible for monitoring and 
combating trafficking in persons around the world should 
receive available information regarding where and how often
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United States diplomatic and consular officials encounter per-
sons who are responsible for, or who knowingly benefit from, 
severe forms of trafficking in persons. 
(b) ANNUAL DEADLINE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT.— 
Section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘June 1’’ and inserting 
‘‘June 30’’. 
(c) UNITED
STATES
ADVISORY
COUNCIL
ON
HUMAN
TRAF-
FICKING.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—Section 115(h) of the Justice for Victims 
of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 243) 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—Section 115(f) of the Justice for Vic-
tims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 
243) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) may each receive compensation for each day such 
member is engaged in the actual performance of the duties 
of the Council.’’. 
(3) COMPENSATION REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall provide to the relevant congressional committees a plan 
to implement compensation for members of the United States 
Advisory Council on Human Trafficking pursuant to paragraph 
(3) of section 115(f) of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 
Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22; 129 Stat. 243), as added 
by paragraph (2). 
(d) TIMELY PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE OFFICE TO MON-
ITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF STATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) INFORMATION REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING-RELATED 
VISA DENIALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall ensure that 
the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and 
the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the Department of State 
receive timely and regular information regarding United States 
visa denials based, in whole or in part, on grounds related 
to human trafficking. 
‘‘(2) DECISIONS REGARDING ALLOCATION.—The Secretary of 
State shall ensure that decisions regarding the allocation of 
resources of the Department of State related to combating 
human trafficking and to law enforcement presence at United 
States diplomatic and consular posts appropriately take into 
account— 
‘‘(A) the information described in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) the information included in the most recent report 
submitted in accordance with section 110(b).’’.
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(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 103 of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(18) GROUNDS
RELATED
TO
HUMAN
TRAFFICKING.—The 
term ‘grounds related to human trafficking’ means grounds 
related to the criteria for inadmissibility to the United States 
described in subsection (a)(2)(H) of section 212 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182).’’. 
(e) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide 
to the relevant congressional committees a report that— 
(A) describes the actions that have been taken and 
that are planned to implement subsection (l) of section 
106 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7104), as added by subsection (d)(1); and 
(B) identifies by country and by United States diplo-
matic or consular post the number of visa applications 
denied during the previous calendar year with respect to 
which the basis for such denial, included grounds related 
to human trafficking (as such term is defined in section 
103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7102), as amended by subsection (d)(2)). 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning with the first annual anti- 
trafficking report that is required under subsection (b)(1) of 
section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7107) to be submitted after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and concurrent with each such subsequent submis-
sion for the following 7 years, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the relevant congressional committees a report that 
contains information relating to the number and the locations 
of United States visa denials based, in whole or in part, on 
grounds related to human trafficking (as such term is defined 
in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102), as amended by subsection (d)(2)) during 
the period covered by each such annual anti-trafficking report. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) LOCATION OF UNITED STATES VISA DENIALS.—The term 
‘‘location of United States visa denials’’ means— 
(A) the United States diplomatic or consular post at 
which a denied United States visa application was adju-
dicated; and 
(B) the city or locality of residence of the applicant 
whose visa application was so denied. 
(2) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term ‘‘rel-
evant congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
SEC. 1299S. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO USE OF MILITARY 
FORCE. 
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act may 
be construed to authorize the use of military force.
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TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT 
REDUCTION 
Sec. 1301. Funding allocations; specification of cooperative threat reduction funds. 
SEC. 1301. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS; SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS. 
(a) FUNDING ALLOCATION.—Of the $360,190,000 authorized to 
be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2021 
in section 301 and made available by the funding table in division 
D for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 
Program established under section 1321 of the Department of 
Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711), the 
following amounts may be obligated for the purposes specified: 
(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, $2,924,000. 
(2) For chemical weapons destruction, $11,806,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $35,852,000. 
(4) For cooperative biological engagement, $225,396,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $60,064,000. 
(6) For activities designated as Other Assessments/ 
Administrative Costs, $24,148,000. 
(b) 
SPECIFICATION
OF
COOPERATIVE
THREAT
REDUCTION 
FUNDS.—Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 301 and made available by the funding 
table in division D for the Department of Defense Cooperative 
Threat Reduction Program shall be available for obligation for 
fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense. 
Sec. 1403. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-wide. 
Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1405. Defense health program. 
Subtitle B—Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Sec. 1411. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 1412. Expansion of eligibility for residence at the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home. 
Sec. 1413. Periodic inspections of Armed Forces Retirement Home facilities by na-
tionally recognized accrediting organization. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 1421. Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense-Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration fund for Cap-
tain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois. 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for 
working capital and revolving funds, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4501.
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SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2021 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Chem-
ical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4501. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated under sub-
section (a) are authorized for— 
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions 
in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense 
Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and 
(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the 
United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such 
Act. 
SEC. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2021 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, 
Defense-wide, as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2021 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 for the Defense Health Program for use of the Armed Forces 
and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense 
for providing for the health of eligible beneficiaries, as specified 
in the funding table in section 4501. 
Subtitle B—Armed Forces Retirement 
Home 
SEC. 1411. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARMED FORCES 
RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the 
sum of $70,300,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home. 
SEC. 1412. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RESIDENCE AT THE ARMED 
FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
(a) EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Section 1512(a) of the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 412(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘active’’ in the first sentence; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘are 60 years of age 
or over and’’; and 
(3) by adding the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(5) Persons who are eligible for retired pay under chapter 
1223 of title 10, United States Code, and are— 
‘‘(A) eligible for care under section 1710 of title 38, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(B) enrolled in coverage under chapter 55 of title 
10, United States Code; or 
‘‘(C) enrolled in a qualified health plan (as defined 
in section 1301(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18021(a))) that is acceptable to the 
Chief Operating Officer.’’. 
(b) PARITY OF FEES AND DEDUCTIONS.—Section 1514(c) of such 
Act (24 U.S.C. 414(c)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) The fee shall be fixed as a percentage of the monthly 
income and monthly payments (including Federal payments) 
received by a resident. The percentage shall be the same for each 
facility of the Retirement Home. The Secretary of Defense may 
make any adjustment in a percentage that the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
‘‘(B) The calculation of monthly income and monthly payments 
under subparagraph (A) for a resident eligible under section 
1512(a)(5) shall not be less than the retirement pay for equivalent 
active duty service as determined by the Chief Operating Officer, 
except as the Chief Operating Officer may provide because of the 
compelling personal circumstances of such resident.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The Administrator of each facility of the Retirement Home 
may collect a fee upon admission from a resident accepted under 
section 1512(a)(5) equal to the deductions then in effect under 
section 1007(i)(1) of title 37, United States Code, for each year 
of service computed under chapter 1223 of title 10, United States 
Code, and shall deposit such fee in the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home Trust Fund.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1007(i)(3) of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Operating Officer of the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home’’. 
SEC. 1413. PERIODIC INSPECTIONS OF ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT 
HOME FACILITIES BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACCRED-
ITING ORGANIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1518 of the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 418) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1518. PERIODIC INSPECTION OF RETIREMENT HOME FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) INSPECTIONS.—The Chief Operating Officer shall request 
the inspection of each facility of the Retirement Home by a nation-
ally recognized civilian accrediting organization in accordance with 
section 1511(g) on a frequency consistent with the standards of 
such organization. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF STAFF AND RECORDS.—The Chief Oper-
ating Officer and the Administrator of a facility being inspected 
under this section shall make all staff, other personnel, and records 
of the facility available to the civilian accrediting organization in 
a timely manner for purposes of inspections under this section. 
‘‘(c) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after receiving a report 
on an inspection from the civilian accrediting organization under
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this section, the Chief Operating Officer shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Senior Medical Advisor, and the Advisory 
Council a report containing— 
‘‘(1) the results of the inspection; and 
‘‘(2) a plan to address any recommendations and other 
matters set forth in the report.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Armed Forces Retirement 
Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is further amended 
as follows: 
(1) In section 1513A(c)(2) (24 U.S.C. 413a(c)(2)), by striking 
‘‘(including requirements identified in applicable reports of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense)’’. 
(2) In section 1516(b)(3) (24 U.S.C. 416(b)(3))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘provide for’’ and inserting ‘‘shall provide for’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(3) In section 1517(e)(2) (24 U.S.C. 417(e)(2)), by striking 
‘‘the Inspector General of the Department of Defense,’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents set forth in 
section 1501(b) of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 
(24 U.S.C. 401 note) is amended by striking the item related to 
section 1518 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1518. Periodic inspection of Retirement Home facilities.’’. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 1421. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
MEDICAL FACILITY DEMONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN 
JAMES A. LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by section 1405 and available for the Defense 
Health Program for operation and maintenance, $137,000,000 may 
be transferred by the Secretary of Defense to the Joint Department 
of Defense–Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of section 1704 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). For purposes of subsection 
(a)(2) of such section 1704, any funds so transferred shall be treated 
as amounts authorized and appropriated specifically for the purpose 
of such a transfer. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the purposes of sub-
section (b) of such section 1704, facility operations for which funds 
transferred under subsection (a) may be used are operations of 
the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting 
of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy 
Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities designated as 
a combined Federal medical facility under an operational agreement 
covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4500).
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TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDI-
TIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR OVER-
SEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 1503. Procurement. 
Sec. 1504. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1505. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1506. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1507. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1508. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-wide. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1510. Defense Health Program. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1511. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1512. Special transfer authority. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 1521. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to authorize appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2021 to provide additional 
funds for overseas contingency operations being carried out by 
the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1502. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 for the Department of Defense for overseas contingency oper-
ations in such amounts as may be designated as provided in section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(ii)). 
SEC. 1503. PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 for procurement accounts for the Army, the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, the Air Force and the Space Force, and Defense- 
wide activities, as specified in the funding table in section 4102. 
SEC. 1504. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, as specified in the funding table in 
section 4202. 
SEC. 1505. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for operation and maintenance, as specified in the 
funding table in section 4302.
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SEC. 1506. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, military personnel accounts, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4402. 
SEC. 1507. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for 
working capital and revolving funds, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1508. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2021 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, 
Defense-wide, as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1509. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2021 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1510. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2021 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Defense Health Program, as specified in the 
funding table in section 4502. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1511. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this title are 
in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act. 
SEC. 1512. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, 
the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made 
available to the Department of Defense in this title for fiscal 
year 2021 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so 
transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes as the authorization to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of authorizations that 
the Secretary may transfer under the authority of this sub-
section may not exceed $2,000,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this section shall 
be subject to the same terms and conditions as transfers under 
section 1001.
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(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer authority provided 
by this section is in addition to the transfer authority provided 
under section 1001. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 1521. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) CONTINUATION
OF PRIOR AUTHORITIES
AND NOTICE
AND 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Funds available to the Department 
of Defense for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for fiscal 
year 2021 shall be subject to the conditions contained in— 
(1) subsections (b) through (f) of section 1513 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public 
Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428); and 
(2) section 1521(d)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2577) 
(as amended by subsection (b)). 
(b) EXTENSION
OF PRIOR NOTICE
AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 1521(d)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2577) 
is amended by striking ‘‘through January 31, 2021’’ and inserting 
‘‘through January 31, 2023’’. 
(c) EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION.— 
(1) ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.—Subject to para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Defense may accept equipment that 
is procured using amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund by this Act and is 
intended for transfer to the security forces of the Ministry 
of Defense and the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan, but is not accepted by such security 
forces. 
(2) CONDITIONS
ON
ACCEPTANCE
OF
EQUIPMENT.—Before 
accepting any equipment under the authority provided under 
paragraph (1), the Commander of United States forces in 
Afghanistan shall make a determination that such equipment 
was procured for the purpose of meeting requirements of the 
security forces of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry 
of Interior Affairs of the Government of Afghanistan, as agreed 
to by both the Government of Afghanistan and the U.S. Govern-
ment, but is no longer required by such security forces or 
was damaged before transfer to such security forces. 
(3) ELEMENTS OF DETERMINATION.—In making a determina-
tion under paragraph (2) regarding equipment, the Commander 
of United States forces in Afghanistan shall consider alter-
natives to the acceptance of such equipment by the Secretary. 
An explanation of each determination, including the basis for 
the determination and the alternatives considered, shall be 
included in the relevant quarterly report required under para-
graph (5). 
(4) TREATMENT
AS
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
STOCKS.— 
Equipment accepted under the authority provided under para-
graph (1) may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense 
upon notification to the congressional defense committees of 
such treatment. 
(5) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and every 90 days there-
after during the period in which the authority provided 
under paragraph (1) is exercised, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report describing 
the equipment accepted during the period covered by such 
report under the following: 
(i) This subsection. 
(ii) Section 1521(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114–328; 130 Stat. 2575). 
(iii) Section 1531(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114–92; 129 Stat. 1088). 
(iv) Section 1532(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 
3613). 
(v) Section 1531(d) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 
113–66; 127 Stat. 938; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note). 
(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subparagraph (A) 
shall include, with respect to the 90-day period for which 
the report is submitted— 
(i) a list of any equipment accepted during such 
period and treated as stocks of the Department of 
Defense; and 
(ii) copies of any determinations made under para-
graph (2) during such period, as required under para-
graph (3). 
(d) SECURITY OF AFGHAN WOMEN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for fiscal 
year 2021, it is the goal that $29,100,000, but in no event 
less than $10,000,000, shall be used for programs and activities 
for— 
(A) the recruitment, integration, retention, training, 
and treatment of women in the Afghan National Defense 
and Security Forces; and 
(B) the recruitment, training, and contracting of female 
security personnel for future elections. 
(2) TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—Such programs 
and activities may include— 
(A) efforts to recruit and retain women into the Afghan 
National Defense and Security Forces, including the special 
operations forces; 
(B) programs and activities of the Directorate of 
Human Rights and Gender Integration of the Ministry 
of Defense and the Office of Human Rights, Gender, and 
Child Rights of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the 
Government of Afghanistan; 
(C) development and dissemination of gender and 
human rights educational and training materials and pro-
grams within the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry 
of Interior Affairs of the Government of Afghanistan;
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(D) efforts to address harassment and violence against 
women within the Afghan National Defense and Security 
Forces; 
(E) improvements to infrastructure that address the 
requirements of women serving in the Afghan National 
Defense and Security Forces, including appropriate equip-
ment for female security and police forces, remediation, 
renovation, and protection of facilities used by women, 
and transportation for policewomen to their station; 
(F) support for Afghanistan National Police Family 
Response Units; 
(G) security provisions for high-profile female police 
and military officers; 
(H) programs to promote conflict prevention, manage-
ment, and resolution through the meaningful participation 
of Afghan women in the Afghan National Defense and 
Security Forces, by exposing Afghan women and girls to 
the activities of and careers available with such forces, 
encouraging their interest in such careers, or developing 
their interest and skills necessary for service in such forces; 
and 
(I) enhancements to Afghan National Defense and 
Security Forces recruitment programs for targeted adver-
tising with the goal of increasing the number of female 
recruits. 
(e) ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN PROGRESS ON OBJECTIVES.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 2021, 
the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an assessment 
describing— 
(A) the progress of the Government of Afghanistan 
toward meeting shared security objectives, including spe-
cific milestones achieved since the date on which the assess-
ment required under section 1520(d)(1) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 
Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1716) was submitted; and 
(B) the efforts of the Government of Afghanistan to 
manage, employ, and sustain the equipment and inventory 
provided under subsection (a). 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The assessment required 
under paragraph (1) shall include each of the following: 
(A) The progress made by the Government of Afghani-
stan toward increased accountability and the reduction of 
corruption within the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry 
of Interior Affairs of such Government. 
(B) The extent to which the capability and capacity 
of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces have 
improved as a result of Afghanistan Security Forces Fund 
investment, including through training, and an articulation 
of the metrics used to assess such improvements. 
(C) The extent to which the Afghan National Defense 
and Security Forces have been successful in— 
(i) defending territory, re-taking territory, and dis-
rupting attacks;
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(ii) reducing the use of Aghan National Defense 
and Security Forces checkpoints; and 
(iii) curtailing the use of Afghan Special Security 
Forces for missions that are better suited to general 
purpose forces. 
(D) The distribution practices of the Afghan National 
Defense and Security Forces and whether the Government 
of Afghanistan has ensured that supplies, equipment, and 
weaponry supplied by the United States are appropriately 
distributed to, and employed by, security forces. 
(E) The extent to which the Government of Afghanistan 
has designated the appropriate staff, prioritized the 
development of relevant processes, and provided or 
requested the allocation of resources necessary to support 
a peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan. 
(F) A description of the ability of the Ministry of 
Defense and the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan to manage and account for previously 
divested equipment, including a description of any 
vulnerabilities or weaknesses of the internal controls of 
such Ministries and any plan in place to address shortfalls. 
(G) A description of any significant irregularities in 
the divestment of equipment to the Afghan National 
Defense and Security Forces during the period beginning 
on May 1, 2020, and ending on March 1, 2021, including 
any major losses of such equipment or any inability on 
the part of the Afghan National Defense and Security 
Forces to account for equipment procured during such 
period. 
(H) A description of the sustainment and maintenance 
costs required during the five-year period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, for major weapons 
platforms previously divested, and a description of the plan 
for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces to 
maintain such platforms in the future. 
(I) The extent to which the Government of Afghanistan 
has adhered to conditions for receiving assistance estab-
lished in annual financial commitment letters or any other 
bilateral agreements with the United States. 
(J) The extent to which the Government of Afghanistan 
or the Secretary of Defense has developed a plan to 
integrate former Taliban fighters into the Ministry of 
Defense or the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan. 
(K) Such other factors as the Secretaries consider 
appropriate. 
(3) FORM.—The assessment required under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
classified annex. 
(4) 
WITHHOLDING
OF
ASSISTANCE
FOR
INSUFFICIENT 
PROGRESS.— 
(A) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than December 31, 2020, 
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State and pursuant to the assessment required under 
paragraph (1), shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a certification indicating whether the Govern-
ment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has made
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sufficient progress in the areas described in paragraph 
(2). 
(B) WITHHOLDING
OF
FUNDS.—If the Secretary of 
Defense is unable to certify under subparagraph (A) that 
the Government of Afghanistan has made sufficient 
progress in the areas described in paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall— 
(i) withhold from expenditure and obligation an 
amount that is not less than 5 percent and not more 
than 15 percent of the amounts made available for 
assistance for the Afghan National Defense and Secu-
rity Forces for fiscal year 2021 until the date on which 
the Secretary is able to so certify; and 
(ii) notify the congressional defense committees not 
later than 30 days before withholding such funds and 
indicate each specific area of insufficient progress. 
(C) WAIVER.—If the Secretary of Defense determines 
that withholding assistance under this paragraph would 
impede the national security objectives of the United States 
by prohibiting, restricting, delaying, or otherwise limiting 
the provision of assistance to the Afghan National Defense 
and Security Forces for fiscal year 2021, the Secretary 
may waive the withholding requirement under subpara-
graph (B) if the Secretary, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, certifies such determination to the congres-
sional defense committees not later than 30 days before 
the effective date of the waiver. 
(f) ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall include in the materials submitted in support of 
the budget for fiscal year 2022 that is submitted by the President 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, each of the 
following: 
(1) The amount of funding provided in fiscal year 2020 
through the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund to the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan in the form of direct government-to-govern-
ment assistance or on-budget assistance for the purposes of 
supporting any entity of the Government of Afghanistan, 
including the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, 
the Ministry of Defense, or the Ministry of Interior Affairs 
of such Government. 
(2) The amount of funding provided and anticipated to 
be provided, as of the date of the submission of the materials, 
in fiscal year 2021 through such Fund in such form. 
(3) If the amount described in paragraph (2) exceeds the 
amount described in paragraph (1)— 
(A) an explanation as to why the amount described 
in paragraph (2) is greater; and 
(B) a detailed description of the specific entities and 
purposes that were supported by such increase.
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TITLE XVI—SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRA-
TEGIC 
PROGRAMS, 
AND 
INTEL-
LIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
Sec. 1601. Space Development Agency development requirements and transfer to 
Space Force. 
Sec. 1602. Personnel management authority for Space Development Agency for ex-
perts in science and engineering. 
Sec. 1603. Requirement to buy certain satellite component from national technology 
and industrial base. 
Sec. 1604. Conforming amendments relating to reestablishment of Space Com-
mand. 
Sec. 1605. Clarification of authority for procurement of commercial satellite com-
munications services. 
Sec. 1606. National Security Space Launch program. 
Sec. 1607. Commercial space domain awareness capabilities. 
Sec. 1608. Policy to ensure launch of small-class payloads. 
Sec. 1609. Tactically responsive space launch operations. 
Sec. 1610. Limitation on availability of funds for prototype program for multi-global 
navigation satellite system receiver development. 
Sec. 1611. Resilient and survivable positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities. 
Sec. 1612. Leveraging commercial satellite remote sensing. 
Sec. 1613. Strategy to strengthen civil and national security capabilities and oper-
ations in space. 
Sec. 1614. Report and strategy on space competition with China. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 1621. Safety of navigation mission of the National Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency. 
Sec. 1622. National Academies Climate Security Roundtable. 
Sec. 1623. Efficient use of sensitive compartmented information facilities. 
Subtitle C—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1631. Semiannual updates on meetings held by Nuclear Weapons Council; lim-
itation on availability of funds relating to such updates. 
Sec. 1632. Role of Nuclear Weapons Council with respect to performance require-
ments and budget for nuclear weapons programs. 
Sec. 1633. Modification of Government Accountability Office review of annual re-
ports on nuclear weapons enterprise. 
Sec. 1634. Independent study on nuclear weapons programs of certain foreign coun-
tries. 
Sec. 1635. Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 
United States. 
Subtitle D—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 1641. Alignment of the Missile Defense Agency within the Department of De-
fense. 
Sec. 1642. Extension of prohibition relating to missile defense information and sys-
tems. 
Sec. 1643. Extension of transition of ballistic missile defense programs to military 
departments. 
Sec. 1644. Extension of requirement for Comptroller General review and assess-
ment of missile defense acquisition programs. 
Sec. 1645. Development of hypersonic and ballistic missile tracking space sensor 
payload. 
Sec. 1646. Ground-based midcourse defense interim capability. 
Sec. 1647. Next generation interceptors. 
Sec. 1648. Report on and limitation on availability of funds for layered homeland 
missile defense system. 
Sec. 1649. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative 
missile defense program co-development and co-production. 
Sec. 1650. Report on defense of Guam from integrated air and missile threats. 
Sec. 1651. Reports on cruise missile defense and North Warning System. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to Certain Commercial Terrestrial Operations 
Sec. 1661. Prohibition on availability of funds for certain purposes relating to the 
Global Positioning System.
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Sec. 1662. Limitation on awarding contracts to entities operating commercial ter-
restrial communication networks that cause harmful interference with 
the Global Positioning System. 
Sec. 1663. Independent technical review of Federal Communications Commission 
Order 20–48. 
Sec. 1664. Estimate of damages from Federal Communications Commission Order 
20–48. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 1671. Conventional prompt strike. 
Sec. 1672. Limitation on availability of funds relating to reports on missile systems 
and arms control treaties. 
Sec. 1673. Submission of reports under Missile Defense Review and Nuclear Pos-
ture Review. 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
SEC. 1601. SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT REQUIRE-
MENTS AND TRANSFER TO SPACE FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 908 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 9084. Space Development Agency 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) There is a Space Development Agency 
of the Department of Defense (in this section referred to as the 
‘Agency’). The Director of the Space Development Agency shall 
be the head of the Agency. 
‘‘(2) Effective on October 1, 2022— 
‘‘(A) the Agency shall be an element of the Space Force; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Director shall report— 
‘‘(i) pursuant to section 9016(b)(6)(B)(iv)(III) of this 
title, to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space 
Acquisition and Integration with respect to acquisition 
decisions; and 
‘‘(ii) directly to the Chief of Space Operations with 
respect to requirements decisions, personnel decisions, and 
any other matter not covered by clause (i). 
‘‘(b) 
DEVELOPMENT
AND
INTEGRATION
AUTHORITIES.—The 
Director shall lead— 
‘‘(1) the development and demonstration of a resilient mili-
tary space-based sensing, tracking, and data transport architec-
ture that uses proliferated low-Earth orbit systems and services; 
‘‘(2) the integration of next-generation space capabilities, 
such as novel sensors (including with respect to alternate 
navigation, and autonomous battle management features), and 
sensor and tracking components (including a hypersonic and 
ballistic missile tracking space sensor payload pursuant to sec-
tion 1645 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021), into the architecture 
specified in paragraph (1) to address the requirements and 
needs of the armed forces and combatant commands for such 
capabilities; 
‘‘(3) the procurement of commercial capabilities and serv-
ices, including— 
‘‘(A) options for integrating payloads on commercial 
buses and spacecraft into existing commercial architec-
tures; and
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‘‘(B) innovative commercial capabilities and services, 
such as on-orbit servicing or in-space transportation sys-
tems, that could extend the life of space systems, rapidly 
respond to threats, or contribute to resilience; and 
‘‘(4) the rapid introduction, acquisition, and iteration of 
cost-effective, resilient solutions that leverage planned and 
existing commercial low-Earth orbit capabilities or innovative 
capabilities. 
‘‘(c) BUDGET MATERIALS AND PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Beginning 
not later than with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal 
year thereafter— 
‘‘(1) in the budget justification materials submitted to Con-
gress in support of the Department of Defense budget for a 
fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President 
under section 1105(a) of title 31), the amount requested for 
the activities of the Agency shall be separate from the other 
activities of the Space Force; and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the programs 
of the Agency are assigned program elements different from 
other program elements of the Space Force.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 9083 the following new item: 
‘‘9084. Space Development Agency.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9016(b)(6)(B)(iv)(III) of 
such title is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ‘‘with respect to acquisition decisions’’. 
(d) TRANSITION.— 
(1) TRANSFER.—Effective on October 1, 2022, the Secretary 
of Defense shall transfer the Space Development Agency from 
the Office of the Secretary of Defense to the Space Force. 
(2) FUNDING, DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PERSONNEL.— 
Except as provided by section 9084 of title 10, United States 
Code, the transfer under paragraph (1) of the Space Develop-
ment Agency from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to 
the Space Force shall include the transfer of the funding, duties, 
responsibilities, and personnel of the Agency as of the day 
before the date of the transfer. 
SEC. 
1602. 
PERSONNEL 
MANAGEMENT 
AUTHORITY 
FOR 
SPACE 
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR EXPERTS IN SCIENCE AND 
ENGINEERING. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED FOR SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.— 
Section 1599h(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) SDA.—The Director of the Space Development Agency 
may carry out a program of personnel management authority 
provided in subsection (b) in order to facilitate recruitment 
of eminent experts in science or engineering for research and 
development projects and to enhance the administration and 
management of the Agency. The authority to carry out the 
program under this paragraph shall terminate on December 
31, 2025.’’. 
(b) PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.—Section 1599h(b)(1) 
of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (E);
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(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of 
subparagraph (F); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) in the case of the Space Development Agency, 
appoint individuals to a total of not more than 10 positions 
in the Agency, of which not more than 3 such positions 
may be positions of administration or management of the 
Agency;’’. 
SEC. 1603. REQUIREMENT TO BUY CERTAIN SATELLITE COMPONENT 
FROM NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2534(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, as amended by section 845, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) STAR
TRACKER.—A star tracker used in a satellite 
weighing more than 400 pounds whose principle purpose is 
to support the national security, defense, or intelligence needs 
of the United States Government.’’. 
(b) CERTAIN EXEMPTION.—Paragraph (5) of section 2534(a) of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this 
section, shall not apply with respect to programs that have received 
Milestone A approval (as defined in section 2431a of such title) 
before October 1, 2021. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF DELEGATION AUTHORITY.—Subject to sub-
section (i) of section 2534 of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Defense may delegate to a service acquisition executive 
the authority to make a waiver under subsection (d) of such section 
with respect to the limitation under subsection (a)(5) of such section, 
as added by subsection (a) of this section. 
SEC. 1604. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REESTABLISH-
MENT OF SPACE COMMAND. 
(a) CERTIFICATIONS REGARDING INTEGRATED TACTICAL WARNING 
AND ATTACK ASSESSMENT MISSION
OF
THE AIR FORCE.—Section 
1666(a) of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 113 Stat. 2617) is amended by striking ‘‘Stra-
tegic Command’’ and inserting ‘‘Space Command’’. 
(b) COUNCIL ON OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING ENTERPRISE.—Section 2279b 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10) 
as paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
paragraph (7): 
‘‘(7) The Commander of the United States Space Com-
mand.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘Strategic Command’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Space Command’’. 
(c) 
JOINT
INTERAGENCY
COMBINED
SPACE
OPERATIONS 
CENTER.—Section 605(e) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 115–31; 131 Stat. 832; 10 U.S.C. 
2271 note) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘JOINT INTER-
AGENCY COMBINED SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER’’ and inserting 
‘‘NATIONAL SPACE DEFENSE CENTER’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Strategic Command’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Space Command’’; and
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(3) by striking ‘‘Joint Interagency Combined Space Oper-
ations Center’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘National 
Space Defense Center’’. 
(d) NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE SATELLITE REPORTING POLICY.— 
Section 2278(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘Strategic Command’’ and inserting ‘‘Space Command’’. 
(e) SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYSTEM AND ADVANCED EXTREMELY 
HIGH FREQUENCY PROGRAM.—Section 1612(a)(1) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2590) is amended by striking ‘‘Strategic Command’’ and inserting 
‘‘Space Command’’. 
SEC. 1605. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR PROCUREMENT OF 
COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. 
Section 957(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 9016 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—Beginning on the date specified in 
subparagraph (B), the Service Acquisition Executive for 
Space Systems and Programs shall be responsible for the 
procurement of commercial satellite communications serv-
ices for the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(B) DATE
SPECIFIED.—The date specified in this 
subparagraph is the date that is 120 days after the date 
on which the Service Acquisition Executive for Space Sys-
tems and Programs submits to the congressional defense 
committees a plan for delegating the authority under 
subparagraph (A) to a subordinate acquisition command 
within the Space Force. 
‘‘(C) RESPONSIBILITY DURING INTERIM PERIOD.—During 
the period preceding the date specified in subparagraph 
(B), the Chief of Space Operations shall be responsible 
for the procurement of commercial satellite communications 
services for the Department of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 1606. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM. 
(a) LAUNCH SERVICES AGREEMENT.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), in carrying out the phase two acquisition strategy, 
the Secretary of the Air Force may not obligate or expend 
a total amount for a launch services agreement that is greater 
than the amount specifically appropriated for the launch serv-
ices agreement. 
(2) USE OF REPROGRAMMING AND TRANSFER AUTHORITY.— 
The Secretary may exceed the limitation under paragraph (1) 
if the Secretary carries out a reprogramming or transfer for 
such purpose in accordance with established procedures for 
reprogrammings or transfers, including with respect to pre-
senting a request for a reprogramming of funds. 
(b) REUSABILITY.— 
(1) VALIDATION.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
on which the Secretary determines the down-selected National 
Security Space Launch providers, the Secretary shall— 
(A) complete all non-recurring design validation of pre-
viously flown launch hardware for National Security Space 
Launch providers offering such hardware for use in phase 
two contracts; and
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(B) notify the appropriate congressional committees 
that such design validation has been completed. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 210 days after the date on 
which the Secretary determines the down-selected National 
Security Space Launch providers, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
progress of the Secretary with respect to completing all non- 
recurring design validation of previously flown launch hardware 
described in paragraph (1), including— 
(A) a justification for any deviation from the new 
entrant certification guide; and 
(B) a description of such progress with respect to 
National Security Space Launch providers that are not 
down-selected National Security Space Launch providers, 
if applicable. 
(c) FUNDING AND STRATEGY FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 
FOR CERTIFICATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND INNOVATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to section 2371b of title 10, 
United States Code, not later than September 30, 2021, the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall enter into agreements described 
in paragraph (3) with potential phase three National Security 
Space Launch providers— 
(A) to maintain competition in order to maximize the 
likelihood of at least three National Security Space Launch 
providers competing for phase three contracts; and 
(B) to support innovation for national security 
launches, including innovative technologies and systems 
to further advance launch capability associated with the 
insertion of national security payloads into relevant classes 
of orbits. 
(2) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall carry 
out paragraph (1) by conducting a full and open competition 
among all National Security Space Launch providers that plan 
to submit bids for a phase three contract. 
(3) AGREEMENTS.—An agreement described in this para-
graph is an agreement that could provide value or technical 
advances to phase three of the National Security Space Launch 
program and that includes not more than $90,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2021, subject to the availability of appropriations for such 
purpose, for the provider to conduct either or both of the fol-
lowing activities: 
(A) Develop enabling technologies to meet the certifi-
cation and infrastructure requirements that are— 
(i) unique to national security space missions; and 
(ii) support the likely requirements of a phase 
three contract. 
(B) Develop transformational technologies in support 
of the national security space launch capability for phase 
three contracts (such as technologies regarding launch, 
maneuver, and transport capabilities for enhanced resil-
iency and security technologies, technologies to support 
progress toward phase three national security space 
launches, or technologies to inform the National Security 
Launch Architecture study of the Space Force). 
(4) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT STRATEGY.— 
Not later than March 15, 2021, the Secretary shall submit
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to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to sup-
port investments in technologies for phase three pursuant to 
paragraph (1) that includes— 
(A) the funding requirements for such strategy during 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026; 
(B) a schedule for investments toward phase three; 
(C) associated milestones; and 
(D) a planned schedule for awarding phase three con-
tracts. 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the Secretary enters into an agreement under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report explaining which enabling technologies 
are funded under such agreement. 
(d) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 15, 2021, and quarterly 
thereafter through September 30, 2023, the Secretary shall provide 
to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the progress 
made by the Secretary in ensuring that full and open competition 
exists for phase three contracts, including— 
(1) a description of progress made to establish the require-
ments for phase three contracts, including such requirements 
that the Secretary determines cannot be met by the commercial 
market; 
(2) whether the Secretary determines that additional 
development funding will be necessary for such phase; 
(3) a description of the estimated costs for the development 
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (c)(3); 
and 
(4) how the Secretary will— 
(A) ensure full and open competition for technology 
development for phase three contracts; and 
(B) maintain competition. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to delay the award of phase two contracts. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘down-selected National Security Space 
Launch provider’’ means a National Security Space Launch 
provider that the Secretary of the Air Force selected to be 
awarded phase two contracts. 
(3) The term ‘‘phase three contract’’ means a contract 
awarded using competitive procedures for launch services under 
the National Security Space Launch program after fiscal year 
2024. 
(4) The term ‘‘phase two acquisition strategy’’ means the 
process by which the Secretary of the Air Force enters into 
phase two contracts during fiscal year 2020, orders launch 
missions during fiscal years 2020 through 2024, and carries 
out such launches under the National Security Space Launch 
program. 
(5) The term ‘‘phase two contract’’ means a contract 
awarded during fiscal year 2020 using competitive procedures
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for launch missions ordered under the National Security Space 
Launch program during fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 
SEC. 1607. COMMERCIAL SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS CAPABILITIES. 
(a) PROCUREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall 
procure commercial space domain awareness services by awarding 
at least two contracts for such services. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2021 for 
the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, not more than 75 
percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which 
the Secretary of Defense, without delegation, certifies to the congres-
sional committees that the Secretary of the Air Force has awarded 
the contracts under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 2021, the Chief of 
Space Operations, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air 
Force, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
detailing the commercial space domain awareness services, data, 
and analytics of objects in low-Earth orbit that have been purchased 
during the two-year period preceding the date of the report. The 
report shall be submitted in unclassified form. 
(d) 
COMMERCIAL
SPACE
DOMAIN
AWARENESS
SERVICES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘commercial space domain 
awareness services’’ means space domain awareness data, proc-
essing software, and analytics derived from best-in-breed commer-
cial capabilities to address warfighter requirements in low-Earth 
orbit and fill gaps in current space domain capabilities of the 
Space Force, including commercial capabilities to— 
(1) provide conjunction and maneuver alerts; 
(2) monitor breakup and launch events; and 
(3) detect and track objects smaller than 10 centimeters 
in size. 
SEC. 1608. POLICY TO ENSURE LAUNCH OF SMALL-CLASS PAYLOADS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
small launch and satellite policy to ensure responsive and reliable 
access to space through the processing and launch of Department 
of Defense small-class payloads. 
(b) POLICY.—The policy under subsection (a) shall include, at 
a minimum, providing resources and policy guidance to sustain— 
(1) the availability of small-class payload launch service 
providers using launch vehicles capable of delivering into space 
small payloads designated by the Secretary of Defense as a 
national security payload; 
(2) a robust small-class payload space launch infrastructure 
and industrial base, including small launch systems and small 
satellite rideshare opportunities; 
(3) the availability of rapid, responsive, and reliable space 
launches for national security space programs to— 
(A) improve the responsiveness and flexibility of a 
national security space system; 
(B) lower the costs of launching a national security 
space system; and 
(C) maintain risks to mission success at acceptable 
levels; 
(4) a minimum number of dedicated launches each year; 
and
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(5) full and open competition, including small launch pro-
viders and rideshare opportunities. 
SEC. 1609. TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS. 
The Secretary of the Air Force shall implement a tactically 
responsive space launch program— 
(1) to provide long-term continuity for tactically responsive 
space launch operations across the future-years defense pro-
gram submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, 
United States Code; 
(2) to accelerate the development of— 
(A) responsive launch concepts of operations; 
(B) tactics; 
(C) training; and 
(D) procedures; 
(3) to develop appropriate processes for tactically responsive 
space launch, including— 
(A) mission assurance processes; and 
(B) command and control, tracking, telemetry, and 
communications; and 
(4) to identify basing capabilities necessary to enable 
tactically responsive space launch, including mobile launch 
range infrastructure. 
SEC. 1610. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROTOTYPE 
PROGRAM FOR MULTI-GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE 
SYSTEM RECEIVER DEVELOPMENT. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2021 for the Office of 
the Secretary of the Air Force, not more than 80 percent may 
be obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary 
of Defense— 
(1) certifies to the congressional defense committees that 
the Secretary of the Air Force is carrying out the program 
required under section 1607 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 
1724); and 
(2) provides to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on how 
the Secretary is implementing such program, including with 
respect to addressing each element specified in subsection (b) 
of such section. 
SEC. 1611. RESILIENT AND SURVIVABLE POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, 
AND TIMING CAPABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, consistent with the timescale applicable 
to joint urgent operational needs statements, the Secretary of 
Defense shall— 
(1) prioritize and rank order the mission elements, plat-
forms, and weapons systems most critical for the operational 
plans of the combatant commands; 
(2) mature, test, and produce for such prioritized mission 
elements sufficient equipment— 
(A) to generate resilient and survivable alternative 
positioning, navigation, and timing signals; and 
(B) to process resilient survivable data provided by 
signals of opportunity and on-board sensor systems; and
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(3) integrate and deploy such equipment into the prioritized 
operational systems, platforms, and weapons systems. 
(b) PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a plan to commence car-
rying out subsection (a) in fiscal year 2021. 
(2) REPROGRAMMING AND BUDGET PROPOSALS.—The plan 
submitted under paragraph (1) may include any reprogramming 
or supplemental budget request the Secretary considers nec-
essary to carry out subsection (a). 
(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall consult with the National Security Council, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Transportation, and the 
head of any other relevant Federal department or agency to enable 
civilian and commercial adoption of technologies and capabilities 
for resilient and survivable alternative positioning, navigation, and 
timing capabilities to complement the global positioning system. 
SEC. 1612. LEVERAGING COMMERCIAL SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In acquiring geospatial intelligence, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, in 
coordination with the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office 
and the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 
shall leverage, to the extent practicable, the capabilities of the 
industry of the United States, including through the use of domestic 
commercial geospatial-intelligence services and acquisition of 
domestic commercial satellite imagery. 
(b) OBTAINING FUTURE GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE DATA.—The 
Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, as part of an anal-
ysis of alternatives for the future acquisition of space systems, 
and the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 
as part of an analysis of alternatives for the future acquisition 
of analysis tools for geospatial intelligence, shall each— 
(1) consider whether there is a cost-effective domestic 
commercial capability or service available that can meet any 
or all of the geospatial-intelligence requirements of the Depart-
ment of Defense, the intelligence community, or both; 
(2) if a cost-effective domestic commercial capability or 
service is available as described in paragraph (1)— 
(A) give preference to using such domestic commercial 
capability or service to meet requirements; and 
(B) determine— 
(i) whether it is in the national interest to develop 
a governmental space system or service for geospatial 
intelligence; 
(ii) whether such a governmental space system 
or service would be duplicative to such a domestic 
commercial capability or service; and 
(iii) the costs for developing such a governmental 
space system or service; and 
(3) include, as part of the established acquisition reporting 
requirements to the appropriate congressional committees, any 
determination made under paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘acquisition of commercial satellite imagery’’ 
means the acquisition of satellite imagery derived from electro-
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optical, infrared, synthetic aperture radar, hyperspectral, and 
radio frequency, data. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 
and 
(C) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
(3) The term ‘‘commercial geospatial-intelligence services’’ 
means services including analytic tools, products, or data that 
can describe, assess, and visually depict natural or manmade 
features, objects, or activities that can be geographically ref-
erenced on the Earth, regardless of collection phenomenology. 
(4) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 1613. STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN CIVIL AND NATIONAL SECU-
RITY CAPABILITIES AND OPERATIONS IN SPACE. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation 
with the National Space Council, shall develop a strategy to ensure 
that the United States, as appropriate, strengthens civil and 
national security capabilities and operations in space. Such strategy 
shall include— 
(1) a 10-year roadmap for the civil space and programs 
that is able to leverage commercial gains in space capabilities; 
(2) increasing partnerships with allies of the United States; 
(3) ensuring a robust and secure supply chain and manufac-
turing processes for space capabilities while sustaining a skilled 
workforce and leadership capabilities in support of such activi-
ties; 
(4) ensuring freedom of navigation of space from potential 
adversaries; and 
(5) enhancing resilience of civil and national security space 
operations. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF STRATEGY AND PLAN.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chair of 
the National Space Council, in consultation with relevant depart-
ments and agencies of the Federal Government, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report setting forth— 
(1) the strategy under subsection (a); and 
(2) a plan to implement such strategy. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives; 
(2) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
the House of Representatives; 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(4) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives; 
(5) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives;
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(6) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; 
(7) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(8) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate; and 
(9) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1614. REPORT AND STRATEGY ON SPACE COMPETITION WITH 
CHINA. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the National Space Council shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees an inter-
agency assessment of the ability of the United States to compete 
with the space programs of China. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) A comparative assessment between the United 
States and China on— 
(i) human exploration and spaceflight capabilities; 
(ii) the viability and potential environmental 
impacts of extraction of space-based precious minerals, 
onsite exploitation of space-based natural resources, 
and the use of space-based solar power; 
(iii) the strategic interest in and capabilities for 
cislunar space; and 
(iv) current and future space launch capabilities. 
(B) The extent of foreign investment in the commercial 
space sector of the United States, including venture capital 
and other private equity investments that seek to work 
with the Federal Government, and a description of due 
diligence reviews of such investments conducted by the 
Federal Government to mitigate threats by China. 
(C) An assessment of the ability, role, costs, and 
authorities of the Department of Defense to mitigate the 
threats of commercial communications and navigation in 
space from the growing counterspace capabilities of China. 
(D) An assessment of how the activities of China are 
impacting the national security of the United States with 
respect to space, including— 
(i) theft of United States intellectual property; and 
(ii) efforts by China to seize control of critical 
elements of the United States space industry supply 
chain and United States space industry companies. 
(E) An assessment of efforts by China to pursue 
cooperative agreements with other nations to advance space 
development. 
(F) Recommendations to Congress, including rec-
ommendations with respect to any legislative proposals 
to address threats by China to the United States national 
space programs and the domestic commercial launch and 
satellite industries. 
(3) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(b) STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the date 
on which the National Space Council submits the report under
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subsection (a), the President, in consultation with the National 
Space Council, shall develop and submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a strategy to ensure the United States 
can— 
(A) compete with other national space programs; 
(B) maintain leadership in the emerging commercial 
space economy; 
(C) identify market, regulatory, and other means to 
address unfair competition from China based on the 
findings of the report under subsection (a); 
(D) leverage commercial space capabilities to ensure 
the national security of the United States and the security 
of the interests of the United States in space; 
(E) protect the supply chains and manufacturing of 
the United States critical to competitiveness in space; and 
(F) coordinate with international allies and partners 
in space. 
(2) FORM.—The strategy required under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and 
Intelligence-Related Activities 
SEC. 1621. SAFETY OF NAVIGATION MISSION OF THE NATIONAL 
GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 
(a) MISSION OF NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.— 
Section 442 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘means of navigating vessels of the 
Navy and the merchant marine’’ and inserting ‘‘the means 
for safe navigation’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and inexpensive nautical charts’’ and 
all that follows and inserting ‘‘geospatial information for 
use by the departments and agencies of the United States, 
the merchant marine, and navigators generally.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall prepare and’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
acquire, prepare, and’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘charts’’ and inserting ‘‘safe-for-naviga-
tion charts and datasets’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘geodetic’’ and inserting ‘‘geomatics’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) VALIDATION.—The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 
shall assist the Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commands, and
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the military departments in establishing, coordinating, consoli-
dating, and validating mapping, charting, geomatics data, and 
safety of navigation capability requirements through a formal 
process governed by the Joint Staff. Consistent with validated 
requirements, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall 
provide aeronautical and nautical charts that are safe for naviga-
tion, maps, books, datasets, models, and geomatics products.’’. 
(b) MAPS, CHARTS, AND BOOKS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 451 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘and books’’ and 
inserting ‘‘books, and datasets’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘maps, charts, and 
nautical books’’ and inserting ‘‘nautical and aeronautical 
charts, topographic and geomatics maps, books, models, 
and datasets’’; and 
(C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) acquire (by purchase, lease, license, or barter) all nec-
essary rights, including copyrights and other intellectual prop-
erty rights, required to prepare, publish, and furnish to naviga-
tors the products described in paragraph (1).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of subchapter II of chapter 22 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
451 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘451. Maps, charts, books, and datasets.’’. 
(c) EXCHANGE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 454 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘geodetic’’ and 
inserting ‘‘geomatics’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘geodetic’’ and inserting ‘‘geomatics’’ 
each place it appears. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of subchapter II of chapter 22 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
454 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘454. Exchange of mapping, charting, and geomatics data with foreign countries, 
international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and aca-
demic institutions.’’. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 455 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘geodetic’’ and 
inserting ‘‘geomatics’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘geodetic’’ and inserting ‘‘geomatics’’ 
each place it appears. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of subchapter II of chapter 22 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
455 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘455. Maps, charts, and geomatics data: public availability; exceptions.’’. 
(e) CIVIL ACTIONS BARRED.—Section 456 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and 
inserting the following:
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‘‘No civil action may be brought against the United States 
on the basis of the content of geospatial information prepared 
or disseminated by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.’’. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 467 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting ‘‘or about’’ after ‘‘boundaries on’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘statistical’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘geodetic’’ and inserting ‘‘geomatics’’; 
and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and services’’ after ‘‘products’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or about’’ after ‘‘activities 
on’’. 
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The heading of subchapter II of chapter 
22 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘GEODETIC’’ and inserting ‘‘GEOMATICS’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of subchapters at 
the beginning of chapter 22 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended in the matter relating to subchapter II by striking 
‘‘Geodetic’’ and inserting ‘‘Geomatics’’. 
SEC. 1622. NATIONAL ACADEMIES CLIMATE SECURITY ROUNDTABLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intelligence, in 
coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence 
and Security, shall enter into a joint agreement with the Academies 
to create a new ‘‘National Academies Climate Security Roundtable’’ 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘roundtable’’). 
(b) PARTICIPANTS.—The roundtable shall include— 
(1) the members of the Climate Security Advisory Council 
established under section 120 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060); 
(2) senior representatives and practitioners from Federal 
science agencies, elements of the intelligence community, and 
the Department of Defense, who are not members of the 
Council; and 
(3) key stakeholders in the United States scientific enter-
prise, including institutions of higher education, Federal 
research laboratories (including the national security labora-
tories), industry, and nonprofit research organizations. 
(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the roundtable is— 
(1) to support the duties and responsibilities of the Climate 
Security Advisory Council under section 120(c) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060(c)); 
(2) to develop best practices for the exchange of data, 
knowledge, and expertise among elements of the intelligence 
community, elements of the Federal Government that are not 
elements of the intelligence community, and non-Federal 
researchers; 
(3) to facilitate dialogue and collaboration about relevant 
collection and analytic priorities among participants of the 
roundtable with respect to climate security; 
(4) to identify relevant gaps in the exchange of data, knowl-
edge, or expertise among participants of the roundtable with
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respect to climate security, and consider viable solutions to 
address such gaps; and 
(5) to provide any other assistance, resources, or capabili-
ties that the Director of National Intelligence or the Under 
Secretary determines necessary with respect to the Council 
carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Council under 
such section 120(c). 
(d) MEETINGS.—The roundtable shall meet at least quarterly, 
in coordination with the meetings of the Climate Security Advisory 
Council under section 120(c)(1) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060(c)(1)). 
(e) REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS.—The joint agreement under sub-
section (a) shall specify that— 
(1) the roundtable shall organize workshops, on at least 
a biannual basis, that include both participants of the round-
table and persons who are not participants, and may be con-
ducted in classified or unclassified form in accordance with 
subsection (f); 
(2) on a regular basis, the roundtable shall produce classi-
fied and unclassified reports on the topics described in sub-
section (c) and the activities of the roundtable, and other docu-
ments in support of the duties and responsibilities of the Cli-
mate Security Advisory Council under section 120(c) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060(c)); 
(3) the Academies shall provide recommendations by con-
sensus to the Council on both the topics described in subsection 
(c) and specific topics as identified by participants of the round-
table; 
(4) not later than March 1, 2021, and annually thereafter 
during the life of the roundtable, the Academies shall provide 
a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on the 
progress and activities of the roundtable; and 
(5) not later than September 30, 2025, the Academies shall 
submit a final report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on the activities of the roundtable. 
(f) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Each participant of the roundtable 
shall have a security clearance at the appropriate level to carry 
out the duties of the participant under this section. A person who 
is not a participant who attends a workshop under subsection 
(e)(1) is not required to have a security clearance, and the round-
table shall ensure that any such workshop is held at the appropriate 
classified or unclassified level. 
(g) TERMINATION.—The roundtable shall terminate on Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Academies’’ means the National Academies 
of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on For-
eign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate.
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(3) The term ‘‘Federal science agency’’ means any agency 
or department of the Federal Government with at least 
$100,000,000 in basic and applied research obligations in fiscal 
year 2019. 
(4) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
(5) The term ‘‘national security laboratory’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2501). 
SEC. 1623. EFFICIENT USE OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMA-
TION FACILITIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Defense, shall issue revised guidance authorizing 
and directing departments and agencies of the Federal Government 
and appropriately cleared contractors of such departments and 
agencies to process, store, use, and discuss sensitive compartmented 
information at facilities previously approved to handle such informa-
tion, without need for further approval by the department or agency 
or by the site. Such guidance shall apply to controlled access pro-
grams of the intelligence community and to special access programs 
of the Department of Defense. 
Subtitle C—Nuclear Forces 
SEC. 1631. SEMIANNUAL UPDATES ON MEETINGS HELD BY NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS COUNCIL; LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF 
FUNDS RELATING TO SUCH UPDATES. 
(a) SEMIANNUAL UPDATES.—Section 179(g) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) SEMIANNUAL UPDATES
ON COUNCIL MEETINGS.—(1) Not 
later than February 1 and August 1 of each year, the Council 
shall provide to the congressional defense committees a semiannual 
update including, with respect to the six-month period preceding 
the update— 
‘‘(A) the dates on which the Council met; and 
‘‘(B) except as provided by paragraph (2), a summary of 
any decisions made by the Council pursuant to subsection (d) 
at each such meeting and the rationale for and options that 
informed such decisions. 
‘‘(2) The Council shall not be required to include in a semi-
annual update under paragraph (1) the matters described in 
subparagraph (B) of that paragraph with respect to decisions of 
the Council relating to the budget of the President for a fiscal 
year if the budget for that fiscal year has not been submitted 
to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 as of the date of the 
semiannual update. 
‘‘(3) The Council may provide a semiannual update under para-
graph (1) either in the form of a briefing or a written report.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE 
SEMIANNUAL UPDATES IN 2021.— 
(1) FIRST SEMIANNUAL UPDATE.—If, by February 1, 2021, 
the Council has not provided the semiannual update under 
subsection (g) of section 179 of title 10, United States Code,
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as amended by subsection (a), required by that date, not more 
than 50 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal year 2021 for the Office of the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment for the purposes of 
operating the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs may be 
obligated or expended until the date on which such semiannual 
update has been provided. 
(2) SECOND SEMIANNUAL UPDATE.—If, by August 1, 2021, 
the Council has not provided the semiannual update described 
in paragraph (1) required by that date, not more than 90 
percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2021 for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment for the purposes of operating 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, 
Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs may be obligated 
or expended until the date on which such semiannual update 
has been provided. 
SEC. 1632. ROLE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO 
PERFORMANCE 
REQUIREMENTS 
AND 
BUDGET 
FOR 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS. 
(a) MODIFICATION TO RESPONSIBILITIES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
COUNCIL.—Section 179(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (11) as para-
graphs (10) through (12), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new para-
graph (9): 
‘‘(9) Reviewing proposed capabilities, and establishing and 
validating performance requirements (as defined in section 
181(h) of this title), for nuclear warhead programs.’’. 
(b) REVIEW OF ADEQUACY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUDGET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XVII of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4717. REVIEW OF ADEQUACY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUDGET. 
‘‘(a) REVIEW
OF ADEQUACY
OF ADMINISTRATION BUDGET
BY 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUNCIL.— 
‘‘(1) TRANSMISSION TO COUNCIL.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall transmit to the Nuclear Weapons Council (in this section 
referred to as the ‘Council’) a copy of the proposed budget 
request of the Administration for each fiscal year before that 
budget request is submitted to the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget in relation to the preparation of the 
budget of the President to be submitted to Congress under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) REVIEW AND DETERMINATION OF ADEQUACY.— 
‘‘(A) REVIEW.—The Council shall review each budget 
request transmitted to the Council under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF ADEQUACY.— 
‘‘(i) INADEQUATE REQUESTS.—If the Council deter-
mines that a budget request for a fiscal year trans-
mitted to the Council under paragraph (1) is inad-
equate, in whole or in part, to implement the objectives 
of the Department of Defense with respect to nuclear 
weapons for that fiscal year, the Council shall submit
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to the Secretary of Energy a written description of 
funding levels and specific initiatives that would, in 
the determination of the Council, make the budget 
request adequate to implement those objectives. 
‘‘(ii) ADEQUATE REQUESTS.—If the Council deter-
mines that a budget request for a fiscal year trans-
mitted to the Council under paragraph (1) is adequate 
to implement the objectives described in clause (i) for 
that fiscal year, the Council shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Energy a written statement confirming the 
adequacy of the request. 
‘‘(iii) RECORDS.—The Council shall maintain a 
record of each description submitted under clause (i) 
and each statement submitted under clause (ii). 
‘‘(3) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESPONSE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Council submits to the Sec-
retary of Energy a written description under paragraph 
(2)(B)(i) with respect to the budget request of the Adminis-
tration for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall include as 
an appendix to the budget request submitted to the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget— 
‘‘(i) the funding levels and initiatives identified 
in the description under paragraph (2)(B)(i); and 
‘‘(ii) any additional comments the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
‘‘(B) TRANSMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
Energy shall transmit to Congress, with the budget jus-
tification materials submitted in support of the Department 
of Energy budget for a fiscal year (as submitted with the 
budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code), a copy of the appendix described 
in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(b) REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
BUDGET BY NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUNCIL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the time the Secretary of Energy 
submits the budget request of the Department of Energy for 
that fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget in relation to the preparation of the budget of 
the President, the Secretary shall transmit a copy of the budget 
request of the Department to the Council. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—The Council shall— 
‘‘(A) review the budget request transmitted to the 
Council under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) based on the review under subparagraph (A), make 
a determination with respect to whether the budget request 
includes the funding levels and initiatives described in 
subsection (a)(2)(B)(i); and 
‘‘(C) submit to Congress— 
‘‘(i)(I) a certification that the budget request is 
adequate to implement the objectives described in sub-
section (a)(2)(B)(i); or 
‘‘(II) a statement that the budget request is not 
adequate to implement those objectives; and 
‘‘(ii) a copy of the written description submitted 
by the Council to the Secretary under subsection 
(a)(2)(B)(i), if any.’’.
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 4716 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4717. Review of adequacy of nuclear weapons budget.’’. 
SEC. 1633. MODIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
REVIEW OF ANNUAL REPORTS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
ENTERPRISE. 
Section 492a(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘review each report’’ and 
inserting ‘‘periodically review reports submitted’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘not later’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘submitted,’’. 
SEC. 1634. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS 
OF CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than March 1, 2021, the Secretary of 
Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded 
research and development center to conduct a study on the nuclear 
weapons programs of covered foreign countries. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study under subsection (a) shall 
compile open-source data to conduct an analysis of the following 
for each covered foreign country: 
(1) The activities, budgets, and policy documents, regarding 
the nuclear weapons program. 
(2) The known research and development activities with 
respect to nuclear weapons. 
(3) The inventories of nuclear weapons and delivery 
vehicles with respect to both deployed and nondeployed 
weapons. 
(4) The capabilities of such nuclear weapons and delivery 
vehicles. 
(5) The physical sites used for nuclear processing, testing, 
and weapons integration. 
(6) The human capital of the scientific and technical 
workforce involved in nuclear programs, including with respect 
to matters relating to the education, knowledge, and technical 
capabilities of that workforce. 
(7) The known deployment areas for nuclear weapons. 
(8) Information with respect to the nuclear command and 
control system. 
(9) The factors and motivations driving the nuclear 
weapons program and the nuclear command and control system. 
(10) Any other information that the federally funded 
research and development center determines appropriate. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO DOD.—The federally funded research and 
development center shall submit to the Secretary— 
(1) not later than March 1, 2022, the study under sub-
section (a); and 
(2) not later than March 1, 2023, and March 1, 2024, 
any updates to the study. 
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the Secretary receives under subsection (c) the 
study under subsection (a) or an update to the study, the Secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the study 
or update, without change.
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(e) PUBLIC
RELEASE.—The federally funded research and 
development center shall maintain an internet website on which 
the center— 
(1) publishes the study under subsection (a) by not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives 
the study under subsection (c); and 
(2) provides on an ongoing basis commentaries, analyses, 
updates, and other information regarding the nuclear weapons 
programs of covered foreign countries. 
(f) FORM.—The study under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form. 
(g) MODIFICATION
TO REPORT
ON NUCLEAR FORCES
OF
THE 
UNITED STATES AND NEAR-PEER COUNTRIES.—Section 1676 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 
Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1778) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Not later than February 
15, 2020, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Director of National Intelligence, shall’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later 
than February 15, 2020, and each year thereafter through 
2023, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National 
Intelligence shall jointly’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) With respect to the current and planned nuclear sys-
tems specified in paragraphs (1) through (3), the factors and 
motivations driving the development and deployment of the 
systems.’’. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘covered foreign 
country’’ means each of the following: 
(A) North Korea. 
(B) The People’s Republic of China. 
(C) The Russian Federation. 
(D) To the extent applicable, Iran. 
(3) OPEN-SOURCE
DATA.—The term ‘‘open-source data’’ 
includes data derived from, found in, or related to any of 
the following: 
(A) Geospatial information. 
(B) Seismic sensors. 
(C) Commercial data. 
(D) Public government information. 
(E) Academic journals and conference proceedings. 
(F) Media reports. 
(G) Social media. 
SEC. 1635. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF THE INTERCONTINENTAL 
BALLISTIC MISSILES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection (b), none 
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal
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year 2021 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or 
expended for the following, and the Department may not otherwise 
take any action to do the following: 
(1) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the responsiveness or 
alert level of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United 
States. 
(2) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the quantity of deployed 
intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States to a 
number less than 400. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to any of the following activities: 
(1) The maintenance or sustainment of intercontinental 
ballistic missiles. 
(2) Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of interconti-
nental ballistic missiles. 
Subtitle D—Missile Defense Programs 
SEC. 1641. ALIGNMENT OF THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WITHIN 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTING STRUCTURE OF 
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY.—Section 205 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 205. Missile Defense Agency 
‘‘The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall be appointed 
for a six-year term.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON ALIGNMENT.—Not later than February 28, 2021, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the alignment of the Missile Defense Agency 
within the Department of Defense. The report shall include— 
(1) a description of the risks and benefits of both— 
(A) continuing the alignment of the Agency under the 
authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Research and Engineering; and 
(B) realigning the Agency to be under the authority, 
direction, and control of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment; and 
(2) if the Agency were to be realigned, the actions that 
would need to be taken to realign the Agency to be under 
the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment or another element 
of the Department of Defense. 
(c) NOTICE
AND
WAIT
REQUIREMENT
TO
MODIFY
CERTAIN 
DODI.—The Secretary of Defense may not modify Department of 
Defense Directive 5134.09, as in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, unless— 
(1) the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees a final draft of the proposed modified directive, 
both in an electronic format and in a hard copy format; 
(2) the Secretary provides to such committees a briefing 
to describe the modifications made in the proposed modified 
directive; and 
(3) a period of 60 days has elapsed following the date 
on which the Secretary has carried out both paragraphs (1) 
and (2).
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(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
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 assessment of whether the Sec-
retary of Defense is in compliance with section 1688 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116– 
92; 133 Stat. 1787). Such assessment shall include an evaluation 
of— 
(1) whether the Secretary has complied with the timelines 
required by subsection (b) of such section and whether the 
Secretary has carried out the consultation described in para-
graph (1)(A) of such subsection; and 
(2) how the changes proposed by the Secretary to the 
non-standard 
acquisition 
processes 
and 
responsibilities 
described in paragraph (2) of such subsection will improve 
or impact the development of weapon systems and timelines 
for the delivery of capabilities to members of the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1642. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION RELATING TO MISSILE 
DEFENSE INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS. 
Section 130h(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2026’’. 
SEC. 1643. EXTENSION OF TRANSITION OF BALLISTIC MISSILE 
DEFENSE PROGRAMS TO MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. 
Section 1676(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 1644. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF MISSILE DEFENSE 
ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 
Section 232(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1339), as amended 
by section 1688 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1144), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘through 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘through 2025’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘through 
2026’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘year. Each’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘appropriate.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘year, 
which shall include such findings and recommendations 
as the Comptroller General considers appropriate.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) REVIEW OF EMERGING ISSUES.—In carrying out this 
subsection, as the Comptroller General determines is war-
ranted, the Comptroller General shall review emerging issues 
and, in consultation with the congressional defense committees, 
brief such committees or submit to such committees a report 
on the findings of the Comptroller General with respect to 
such review.’’. 
SEC. 1645. DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERSONIC AND BALLISTIC MISSILE 
TRACKING SPACE SENSOR PAYLOAD. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of the Missile Defense Agency, 
in coordination with the Director of the Space Development Agency
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and the Chief of Space Operations, shall develop and procure a 
hypersonic and ballistic missile tracking space sensor payload. 
(b) PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.— 
(1) ASSIGNMENT.—Not later than 15 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, 
without delegation— 
(A) assign the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 
with the principal responsibility for the development and 
procurement of a hypersonic and ballistic tracking space 
sensor payload pursuant to subsection (a) as a component 
of a proliferated low-Earth orbit satellite constellation 
through, at minimum, fiscal year 2022; and 
(B) submit to the congressional defense committees 
a certification of such assignment. 
(2) PLAN FOR INTEGRATION.—Not later than May 1, 2021, 
the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a plan for integrating the hypersonic and ballistic tracking 
space sensor payload developed by the Missile Defense Agency 
pursuant to subsection (a) into the persistent space-based 
sensor architecture of the Space Development Agency and the 
Space Force. The plan shall include, at a minimum, options 
for— 
(A) minimizing disruption to the program for such 
space sensor payload; 
(B) ensuring sufficient funding for such an integration; 
(C) maintaining prioritization of unique ballistic and 
hypersonic defense requirements for such space sensor pay-
load through the transition; 
(D) ensuring connection of such space sensor payload 
into the overall missile defense command and control, battle 
management, and communications system; and 
(E) addressing any impacts to the development and 
deployment of such space sensor payload if responsibility 
for the proliferated low-Earth orbit satellite constellation 
specified in paragraph (1)(A) is transitioned from the Space 
Development Agency to the Space Force prior to the con-
stellation achieving full operational capability. 
(c) TIMELINE FOR TESTING, INTEGRATION, AND DEPLOYMENT.— 
The Director, in coordination with the Director of the Space Develop-
ment Agency and the Chief of Space Operations, shall— 
(1) begin on-orbit testing of the hypersonic and ballistic 
tracking space sensor payload developed pursuant to subsection 
(a) no later than December 31, 2023; and 
(2) begin integration of such sensor payload into the per-
sistent space-based sensor architecture of the Space Develop-
ment Agency and the Space Force pursuant to the plan devel-
oped under subsection (b)(2), and shall achieve full operational 
deployment of such sensor payload, as soon as technically fea-
sible thereafter. 
(d) ANNUAL CERTIFICATIONS.—On an annual basis until the 
date on which the hypersonic and ballistic tracking space sensor 
payload developed under subsection (a) achieves full operational 
capability— 
(1) the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and the 
Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall 
jointly certify to the appropriate congressional committees that 
the most recent future-years defense program submitted under
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section 221 of title 10, United States Code, includes estimated 
expenditures and proposed appropriations in amounts nec-
essary to ensure the development and deployment of such space 
sensor payload as a component of the persistent space-based 
sensor architecture of the Space Development Agency and the 
Space Force; and 
(2) the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acting 
through the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, shall certify 
to the appropriate congressional committees that both the bal-
listic and hypersonic tracking requirements of, and the timeline 
to deploy, such space sensor payload have been validated. 
(e) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2021 for 
operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for the Office of Secretary 
of Defense for travel of persons assigned to the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, not more than 
50 percent may be obligated or expended until— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense submits the certification under 
subsection (b)(1)(B); 
(2) the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and the 
Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation jointly 
submit the first certification under subsection (d)(1); and 
(3) the Vice Chairman submits the first certification under 
subsection (d)(2). 
(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and 
(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(g) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1683 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 
U.S.C. 2431 note) is amended by striking subsection (d). 
SEC. 1646. GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE INTERIM CAPA-
BILITY. 
(a) INTERIM GROUND-BASED INTERCEPTOR.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director 
of the Missile Defense Agency and in coordination with the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, 
the Commander of the United States Northern Command, and 
the Commander of the United States Strategic Command, shall 
commence carrying out a program to develop an interim ground- 
based interceptor capability that will— 
(A) use sound acquisition practices; 
(B) address the majority of current and near- to mid- 
term projected ballistic missile threats to the United States 
homeland from rogue nations; 
(C) at minimum, meet the proposed capabilities of the 
Redesigned Kill Vehicle program; 
(D) leverage existing kill vehicle and booster tech-
nology; and
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(E) appropriately balance interceptor performance with 
schedule of delivery. 
(2) CAPABILITIES AND CRITERIA.—The Director shall ensure 
that the interim ground-based interceptor developed under 
paragraph (1) meets, at a minimum, the following capabilities 
and criteria: 
(A) Vehicle-to-vehicle communications, as applicable. 
(B) Vehicle-to-ground communications. 
(C) Kill assessment capability. 
(D) The ability to counter advanced countermeasures, 
decoys, and penetration aids. 
(E) Producibility and manufacturability. 
(F) Use of technology involving high technology readi-
ness levels. 
(G) Options to integrate the new kill vehicle onto other 
missile defense interceptor vehicles other than the ground- 
based interceptors of the ground-based midcourse defense 
system. 
(H) Sound acquisition processes. 
(3) DEPLOYMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Director of the Missile Defense Agency and in 
coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Sustainment, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Research and Engineering, the Commander of the United States 
Northern Command, and the Commander of the United States 
Strategic Command, shall— 
(A) conduct rigorous flight testing of the interim 
ground-based interceptor; and 
(B) deliver 20 interim ground-based interceptors by 
2026. 
(b) WAIVER.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
requirements under paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (a) 
if the Secretary— 
(A) determines that— 
(i) the technology development is not technically 
feasible; 
(ii) the interim capability development is not in 
the national security interest of the United States; 
or 
(iii) the interim ground-based interceptor program 
under subsection (a)(1) cannot deliver an initial oper-
ational capability at least two years prior to the fielding 
of the next-generation interceptor for the ground-based 
midcourse defense system; and 
(B) submits to the congressional defense committees 
a certification that such a waiver is necessary based on 
the determination under subparagraph (A), including— 
(i) an explanation of the rationale of such deter-
mination; 
(ii) an estimate of the ballistic missile threats to 
the United States homeland from rogue nations that 
will not be defended against until the fielding of the 
next-generation interceptor for the ground-based mid-
course defense system; and 
(iii) an updated schedule for the development and 
deployment of such next-generation interceptor.
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(2) DELEGATION.—The Secretary may not delegate the 
authority to carry out paragraph (1) below the level of an 
Under Secretary of Defense. 
(c) REPORT ON FUNDING PROFILE.—Unless the Secretary makes 
a waiver under subsection (b), the Director shall include with the 
budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support 
of the budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022 
(as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code) a report on the funding profile 
necessary for the interim ground-based interceptor program to meet 
the objectives under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1647. NEXT GENERATION INTERCEPTORS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION
OF CHANGED REQUIREMENTS.—During the 
acquisition and development process of the next generation inter-
ceptor program, not later than seven days after the date on which 
any changes are made to the requirements for such program that 
are established in the equivalent to capability development docu-
mentation, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall notify 
the congressional defense committees of such changes. 
(b) BRIEFING ON CONTRACT.—Not later than 14 days after the 
date on which the Director awards a contract for design, develop-
ment, or both, of the next generation interceptor, the Director 
shall provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on 
such contract, including with respect to the cost, schedule, perform-
ance, and requirements of the contract. 
(c) INDEPENDENT COST ASSESSMENT AND VALIDATION.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—The Director of Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation shall— 
(A) conduct an independent cost assessment of the 
next generation interceptor program; and 
(B) make available to the Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment, and the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Research and Engineering preliminary 
findings of the assessment to inform the award of a contract 
for the design, development, or both, of the next generation 
interceptor. 
(2) VALIDATION.—The Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment shall validate the preliminary 
findings of the cost assessment conducted under paragraph 
(1) that will be used to inform the award of a contract for 
the design, development, or both, of the next generation inter-
ceptor. 
(3) SUBMISSION.—Not later than the date on which the 
Director of the Missile Defense Agency awards a contract for 
the design, development, or both, of the next generation inter-
ceptor, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees the preliminary findings of the inde-
pendent cost assessment under paragraph (1) and the validation 
under paragraph (2). 
(d) FLIGHT TESTS.—In addition to the requirements of section 
2399 of title 10, United States Code, the Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency may not make any decision regarding the initial 
production, or equivalent, of the next generation interceptor unless 
the Director has—
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(1) certified to the congressional defense committees that 
the Director has conducted not fewer than two successful inter-
cept flight tests of the next generation interceptor; and 
(2) provided to such committees a briefing on the details 
of such tests, including with respect to the operational realism 
of such tests. 
SEC. 1648. REPORT ON AND LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
FOR LAYERED HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 1, 2021, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the proposal for a layered homeland 
missile defense architecture included in the budget justification 
materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2021 (as submitted 
with the budget of the President for such fiscal year under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code). 
(2) ELEMENTS REQUIRED.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the requirements for the proposed 
layered homeland missile defense architecture that are— 
(i) based on an assessment by the intelligence 
community of threats to be addressed at the time of 
deployment of such a system; and 
(ii) validated by the Joint Requirements Oversight 
Council. 
(B) An assessment of how such requirements addressed 
by the proposed layered homeland missile defense architec-
ture relate to those addressed by the existing ground-based 
midcourse defense system, including deployed ground-based 
interceptors and planned upgrades to such ground-based 
interceptors. 
(C) An analysis of weapon system and interceptor solu-
tions to meet such requirements, including the Aegis bal-
listic missile defense system, the standard missile–3 block 
IIA, and the terminal high altitude area defense system, 
with the number of locations required for deployment and 
the production numbers of such weapon systems and inter-
ceptors. 
(D) A description of any improvements needed to the 
missile defense system command and control, battle 
management, and communications system to support the 
proposed layered homeland missile defense architecture. 
(E) A description of the sensors required, with respect 
to both sensors organic to the weapon systems and the 
sensors needed for tracking and discrimination provided 
through the command and control, battle management, 
and communications system, for the proposed layered 
homeland missile defense architecture, including how the 
cancellation, or indefinite postponement, of the discrimina-
tion radar for homeland defense planned to be located 
in Hawaii will impact the ability of such architecture to 
defend against current and future missile threats to 
Hawaii, with respect to both the capacity and capability 
of such architecture.
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(F) An assessment of the impact to the flights IIA 
and III fielding and posture plans of the Navy for Arleigh 
Burke class destroyers if at-sea standard missile–3 block 
IIA missiles are required for the proposed layered homeland 
missile defense architecture. 
(G) A site-specific fielding plan that includes possible 
locations, the number and type of interceptors and radars 
in each location, and any associated environmental or 
permitting considerations, including an assessment of the 
locations evaluated pursuant to section 227(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1679) for inclusion in the 
proposed layered homeland missile defense architecture. 
(H) Relevant policy considerations for deployment of 
such architecture for defense against intercontinental bal-
listic missiles in the continental United States. 
(I) A life-cycle cost estimate and detailed development, 
testing, production, and deployment schedule for options 
involving a land-based standard missile–3 block IIA inter-
ceptor system and the terminal high altitude area defense 
system, including required environmental assessments. 
(J) A feasibility assessment of the necessary modifica-
tions to the terminal high altitude area defense system 
to address such requirements. 
(K) An assessment of the industrial base capacity to 
support additional production of either a land-based 
standard missile–3 block IIA interceptor system or the 
terminal high altitude area defense system. 
(L) An assessment of the manning, training, and 
sustainment needed to operationally support the proposed 
layered homeland missile defense architecture. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report required under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with each of the 
following: 
(A) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 
(B) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment. 
(C) The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
as the Chair of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. 
(D) The Commander of the United States Strategic 
Command. 
(E) The Commander of the United States Northern 
Command. 
(F) The Director of the Missile Defense Agency. 
(G) The Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts authorized 
to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2021 for the Missile Defense Agency for a layered home-
land missile defense system, not more than 50 percent may be 
obligated or expended until the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency submits to the congressional defense committees the report 
under subsection (a). 
(c) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than February 28, 2021, the 
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the head of any 
other element of the intelligence community that the Secretary
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of Defense determines appropriate, shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees an assessment of the following: 
(1) How the development and deployment of regional ter-
minal high altitude area defense systems and Aegis ballistic 
missile defense systems to conduct longer-range missile defense 
missions would be perceived by near-peer foreign countries 
and rogue nations. 
(2) How such near-peer foreign countries and rogue nations 
would likely respond to such deployments. 
(d) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 1649. IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE SYSTEM AND 
ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM CO- 
DEVELOPMENT AND CO-PRODUCTION. 
(a) IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE SYSTEM.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2021 for procurement, 
Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense Agency, 
not more than $73,000,000 may be provided to the Government 
of Israel to procure components for the Iron Dome short-range 
rocket defense system through co-production of such compo-
nents in the United States by industry of the United States. 
(2) CONDITIONS.— 
(A) AGREEMENT.—Funds described in paragraph (1) 
for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program shall 
be available subject to the terms and conditions in the 
Agreement Between the Department of Defense of the 
United States of America and the Ministry of Defense 
of the State of Israel Concerning Iron Dome Defense System 
Procurement, signed on March 5, 2014, as amended to 
include co-production for Tamir interceptors. 
(B) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days prior to 
the initial obligation of funds described in paragraph (1), 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
(i) a certification that the amended bilateral inter-
national agreement specified in subparagraph (A) is 
being implemented as provided in such agreement; 
(ii) an assessment detailing any risks relating to 
the implementation of such agreement; and 
(iii) for system improvements resulting in modified 
Iron Dome components and Tamir interceptor sub- 
components, a certification that the Government of 
Israel has demonstrated successful completion of 
Production Readiness Reviews, including the validation 
of production lines, the verification of component 
conformance, and the verification of performance to 
specification as defined in the Iron Dome Defense 
System Procurement Agreement, as further amended. 
(b) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM, DAVID’S 
SLING WEAPON SYSTEM CO-PRODUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021 for procure-
ment, Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense
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Agency not more than $50,000,000 may be provided to the 
Government of Israel to procure the David’s Sling Weapon 
System, including for co-production of parts and components 
in the United States by United States industry. 
(2) AGREEMENT.—Provision of funds specified in paragraph 
(1) shall be subject to the terms and conditions in the bilateral 
co-production agreement, including— 
(A) a one-for-one cash match is made by Israel or 
in another matching amount that otherwise meets best 
efforts (as mutually agreed to by the United States and 
Israel); and 
(B) co-production of parts, components, and all-up 
rounds (if appropriate) in the United States by United 
States industry for the David’s Sling Weapon System is 
not less than 50 percent. 
(3) CERTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT.—The Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees— 
(A) a certification that the Government of Israel has 
demonstrated the successful completion of the knowledge 
points, technical milestones, and production readiness 
reviews required by the research, development, and tech-
nology agreement and the bilateral co-production agree-
ment for the David’s Sling Weapon System; and 
(B) an assessment detailing any risks relating to the 
implementation of such agreement. 
(c) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM, ARROW 
3 UPPER TIER INTERCEPTOR PROGRAM CO-PRODUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021 for procure-
ment, Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense 
Agency not more than $77,000,000 may be provided to the 
Government of Israel for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor 
Program, including for co-production of parts and components 
in the United States by United States industry. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a certification that— 
(A) the Government of Israel has demonstrated the 
successful completion of the knowledge points, technical 
milestones, and production readiness reviews required by 
the research, development, and technology agreement for 
the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Program; 
(B) funds specified in paragraph (1) will be provided 
on the basis of a one-for-one cash match made by Israel 
or in another matching amount that otherwise meets best 
efforts (as mutually agreed to by the United States and 
Israel); 
(C) the United States has entered into a bilateral inter-
national agreement with Israel that establishes, with 
respect to the use of such funds— 
(i) in accordance with subparagraph (D), the terms 
of co-production of parts and components on the basis 
of the greatest practicable co-production of parts, 
components, and all-up rounds (if appropriate) by 
United States industry and minimizes nonrecurring
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engineering and facilitization expenses to the costs 
needed for co-production; 
(ii) complete transparency on the requirement of 
Israel for the number of interceptors and batteries 
that will be procured, including with respect to the 
procurement plans, acquisition strategy, and funding 
profiles of Israel; 
(iii) technical milestones for co-production of parts 
and components and procurement; 
(iv) a joint affordability working group to consider 
cost reduction initiatives; and 
(v) joint approval processes for third-party sales; 
and 
(D) the level of co-production described in subpara-
graph (C)(i) for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Pro-
gram is not less than 50 percent. 
(d) NUMBER.—In carrying out paragraph (2) of subsection (b) 
and paragraph (2) of subsection (c), the Under Secretary may 
submit— 
(1) one certification covering both the David’s Sling Weapon 
System and the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Program; or 
(2) separate certifications for each respective system. 
(e) TIMING.—The Under Secretary shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees the certification and assessment under 
subsection (b)(3) and the certification under subsection (c)(2) no 
later than 30 days before the funds specified in paragraph (1) 
of subsections (b) and (c) for the respective system covered by 
the certification are provided to the Government of Israel. 
(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means 
the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 1650. REPORT ON DEFENSE OF GUAM FROM INTEGRATED AIR 
AND MISSILE THREATS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report containing a study 
on the defense of Guam from integrated air and missile threats, 
including such threats from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise mis-
siles. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall include 
the following: 
(1) The identification of existing deployed land- and sea- 
based air and missile defense programs of record within the 
military departments and Defense Agencies, including with 
respect to interceptors, radars, and ground-, ship-, air,- and 
space-based sensors that could be used either alone or in 
coordination with other systems to counter the threats specified 
in subsection (a) with an initial operational capability by 2025. 
(2) A plan of how such programs would be used to counter 
such threats with an initial operational capability by 2025. 
(3) A plan of which programs currently in development 
but not yet deployed could enhance or substitute for existing
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programs in countering such threats with an initial operational 
capability by 2025. 
(4) An analysis of which military department, Defense 
Agency, or combatant command would have operational control 
of the mission to counter such threats. 
(5) A cost analysis of the various options described in 
paragraphs (1) and (3), including a breakdown of the cost 
of weapons systems considered under the various scenarios 
(including any costs to modify the systems), the cost benefits 
gained through economies of scale, and the cost of any military 
construction required. 
(6) An analysis of the policy implications regarding 
deploying additional missile defense systems on Guam, and 
how such deployments could affect strategic stability, including 
likely responses from both rogue nations and near-peer competi-
tors. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall carry out this section 
in consultation with each of the following: 
(1) The Director of the Missile Defense Agency. 
(2) The Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Com-
mand. 
(3) The Commander of the United States Northern Com-
mand. 
(4) The Commander of the United States Strategic Com-
mand. 
(5) The Director of the Joint Integrated Air and Missile 
Defense Organization. 
(6) Any other official whom the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines for purposes of this section has significant technical, 
policy, or military expertise. 
(d) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
be in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. 
(e) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees the 
report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide to such 
committees a briefing on the report. 
SEC. 1651. REPORTS ON CRUISE MISSILE DEFENSE AND NORTH 
WARNING SYSTEM. 
(a) REPORT ON CRUISE MISSILE DEFENSE AND STATUS OF NORTH 
WARNING SYSTEM.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United 
States Northern Command, in coordination with the Secretary 
of the Air Force, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, 
and the Director for Force Structure, Resources, and Assess-
ment of the Joint Staff, shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the on cruise missile defense 
of the United States. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) An identification of any vulnerability of the contig-
uous United States to known cruise missile threats. 
(B) An assessment of the status of the North Warning 
System, including—
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(i) a description and assessment of the status and 
operational integrity of the infrastructure of the North 
Warning System; 
(ii) an assessment of the technology currently used 
by the North Warning System compared with the tech-
nology considered necessary by the Commander of the 
North American Aerospace Defense Command to detect 
current and anticipated threats; 
(iii) an assessment of the infrastructure and ability 
of the Alaska Radar System to integrate into the 
broader North Warning System; and 
(iv) an assessment of the ability of the North 
Warning System to integrate with current and antici-
pated space-based sensor platforms. 
(b) REPORT ON PLAN FOR MITIGATION AND MODERNIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United 
States Northern Command, in coordination with the Secretary 
of the Air Force, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, 
and the Director for Force Structure, Resources, and Assess-
ment of the Joint Staff, shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report setting forth a plan for— 
(A) mitigating vulnerabilities of the contiguous United 
States to known cruise missile threats; and 
(B) modernizing the capabilities provided by the cur-
rent North Warning System. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan under paragraph (1) shall include 
the following: 
(A) A plan to mitigate any vulnerability of the contig-
uous United States to known cruise missile threats identi-
fied in the report under subsection (a). 
(B) A detailed timeline for the modernization of the 
North Warning System based on the status of the system 
as assessed in the report under subsection (a). 
(C) The technological advancements necessary for 
ground-based North Warning System sites to address cur-
rent and anticipated threats (as specified by the Com-
mander of the North American Aerospace Defense Com-
mand). 
(D) An assessment of the number of future North 
Warning System sites required in order to address current 
and anticipated threats (as so specified). 
(E) Any new or complementary technologies required 
to accomplish the mission of the North Warning System. 
(F) The cost and schedule, by year, of the plan. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to Certain 
Commercial Terrestrial Operations 
SEC. 1661. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 
PURPOSES RELATING TO THE GLOBAL POSITIONING 
SYSTEM. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided by subsection (b), none 
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2021 or any subsequent fiscal year 
for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to