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mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that con-
tains the following: 
(1) The study under subsection (b)(1), without 
change. 
(2) The assessment under subsection (c), without 
change. 
(3) Based on such study and assessment, a de-
scription of any changes to the policies, programs, 
and plans of the Department of Defense that the Sec-
retary recommends to enhance deterrence in space, in-
cluding with respect to— 
(A) considerations and decision on reducing 
the opportunities and incentives for adversaries 
to attack space systems of the United States or 
allies of the United States; 
(B) 
new 
architectures, 
including 
pro-
liferated systems, hosted payloads, non-tradi-
tional orbits, and reconstitution among others; 
(C) appropriate uses of partnering with 
both commercial entities and allies to improve 
deterrence in space; 
(D) necessary capabilities to enhance the 
protection of space systems to achieve improved 
deterrence; 
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(E) bilateral, multilateral, and unilateral 
measures, including confidence-building meas-
ures, that could be taken to reduce the risk of 
miscalculation that would lead to an attack in 
space; 
(F) policies and capability requirements 
with regard to attribution of an attack in space; 
(G) policies with regard to retaliatory 
measures either in space or on the ground; 
(H) authorities with regard to decisions and 
actions to defend assets of the United States in 
space; and 
(I) changes to current war plans, routine 
operations (including information sharing), and 
demonstration and test procedures that could en-
hance the capability of the United States to sig-
nal the intentions and capabilities of the United 
States in an effective manner. 
(e) BRIEFING.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees, the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a briefing on the 
study under subsection (b)(1) and the assessment under sub-
section (c). 
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SEC. 1608. RESILIENT ENTERPRISE GROUND ARCHITEC-
TURE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary of the Air Force, to advance the security 
of the space assets of the Department of Defense, should— 
(1) expand on complimentary efforts within the 
Air Force that promote the adoption of a resilient en-
terprise ground architecture that is responsive to new 
and changing threats and can rapidly integrate new 
capabilities to make the warfighting force of the 
United 
States 
more 
resilient 
in 
a 
contested 
battlespace; and 
(2) prioritize the swift transition of space 
ground architecture to a common platform and lever-
age commercial capabilities in concurrence with the 
2015 intent memorandum of the Commander of the 
Air Force Space Command. 
(b) FUTURE ARCHITECTURE.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall, to the extent practicable— 
(1) develop future satellite ground architectures 
of the Department of Defense to be compatible with 
complimentary commercial systems that can support 
uplink and downlink capabilities with dual-band 
spacecraft; and 
(2) emphasize that future ground architecture 
transition away from stove-piped systems to a service- 
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based platform that provides members of the Armed 
Forces with flexible and adaptable capabilities that— 
(A) use, as applicable, commercially avail-
able capabilities and technologies for increased 
resiliency and cost savings; and 
(B) builds commercial opportunity and in-
tegration across the range of resilient space sys-
tems. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence 
and Intelligence-Related Activities 
SEC. 1611. MODIFICATIONS TO ISR INTEGRATION COUNCIL 
AND ANNUAL BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ISR INTEGRATION COUNCIL.—Subsection (a) of 
section 426 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ISR INTEGRATION COUNCIL.—(1) The Under 
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence shall establish an Intel-
ligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Integration 
Council— 
‘‘(A) to assist the Secretary of Defense in car-
rying out the responsibilities of the Secretary under 
section 105(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3038(a)); 
‘‘(B) to assist the Under Secretary with respect 
to matters relating to— 
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‘‘(i) integration of intelligence and counter-
intelligence capabilities and activities under sec-
tion 137(b) of this title of the military depart-
ments, intelligence agencies of the Department of 
Defense, and relevant combatant commands; and 
‘‘(ii) coordination of related developmental 
activities of such departments, agencies, and 
combatant commands; and 
‘‘(C) to otherwise provide a means to facilitate 
such integration and coordination. 
‘‘(2) The Council shall be composed of— 
‘‘(A) the Under Secretary, who shall chair the 
Council; 
‘‘(B) the directors of the intelligence agencies of 
the Department of Defense; 
‘‘(C) the senior intelligence officers of the armed 
forces and the regional and functional combatant 
commands; 
‘‘(D) the Director for Intelligence of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff; and 
‘‘(E) the Director for Operations of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff. 
‘‘(3) The Under Secretary shall invite the participa-
tion of the Director of National Intelligence (or a represent-
ative of the Director) in the proceedings of the Council. 
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‘‘(4) The Under Secretary may designate additional 
participants to attend the proceedings of the Council, as 
the Under Secretary determines appropriate.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Such section is further 
amended by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting 
the following new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON THE INTELLIGENCE AND 
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMBAT-
ANT COMMANDS.—(1) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
and the congressional intelligence committees a briefing on 
the following: 
‘‘(A) The intelligence and counterintelligence re-
quirements, by specific intelligence capability type, of 
each of the relevant combatant commands. 
‘‘(B) For the year preceding the year in which 
the briefing is provided, the fulfillment rate for each 
of the relevant combatant commands of the validated 
intelligence and counterintelligence requirements, by 
specific intelligence capability type, of such combat-
ant command. 
‘‘(C) A risk analysis identifying the critical gaps 
and shortfalls in efforts to address operational and 
strategic requirements of the Department of Defense 
that would result from the failure to fulfill the vali-
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‘‘(iii) a qualitative assessment of the align-
ment of intelligence and counterintelligence ca-
pabilities and activities with the program of 
analysis for each combat support agency and in-
telligence center of a military service that is part 
of— 
‘‘(I) the Defense Intelligence Enter-
prise; and 
‘‘(II) the intelligence community. 
‘‘(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence 
shall provide to the congressional defense committees and 
the congressional intelligence committees a briefing on 
short-, mid-, and long-term strategies to address the vali-
dated intelligence and counterintelligence requirements of 
the relevant combatant commands, including with respect 
to spaceborne, airborne, ground, maritime, and cyber intel-
ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. 
‘‘(3) The briefings required by paragraphs (1) and (2) 
shall be provided at the same time that the President’s budg-
et is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31 for 
each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘congressional intelligence com-
mittees’ has the meaning given that term in section 
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3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003). 
‘‘(B) The term ‘Defense Intelligence Enterprise’ 
means the organizations, infrastructure, and meas-
ures, including policies, processes, procedures, and 
products, of the intelligence, counterintelligence, and 
security components of each of the following: 
‘‘(i) The Department of Defense. 
‘‘(ii) The Joint Staff. 
‘‘(iii) The combatant commands. 
‘‘(iv) The military departments. 
‘‘(v) Other elements of the Department of 
Defense that perform national intelligence, de-
fense intelligence, intelligence-related, counter-
intelligence, or security functions. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘fulfillment rate’ means the per-
centage of combatant command intelligence and coun-
terintelligence requirements satisfied by available, ac-
quired, or realigned intelligence and counterintel-
ligence capabilities or activities. 
‘‘(D) 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).’’. 
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SEC. 1612. SURVEY AND REPORT ON ALIGNMENT OF INTEL-
LIGENCE COLLECTIONS CAPABILITIES AND 
ACTIVITIES WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) SURVEY AND REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Intelligence, in coordination 
with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 
the Director of National Intelligence, shall— 
(A) review the organization, posture, cur-
rent and planned investments, and processes of 
the intelligence collections capabilities and ac-
tivities, for the purpose of assessing the suffi-
ciency, integration, and interoperability of such 
capabilities and activities to support the current 
and future requirements of the Department of 
Defense; and 
(B) conduct a survey of each geographic 
and functional combatant command, with re-
spect to intelligence collections capabilities and 
activities, to assess— 
(i) the current state of the support of 
such capabilities and activities to military 
operations; 
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(ii) whether the posture of such capa-
bilities and activities is sufficient to address 
the requirements of the Department of De-
fense; 
(iii) the extent to which such capabili-
ties and activities address gaps and defi-
ciencies with respect to the operational re-
quirements of the Global Campaign Plans, 
as identified in the most recent readiness re-
views conducted by the Joint Staff; and 
(iv) whether current and planned in-
vestments in such capabilities and activities 
are sufficient to address near-, mid-, and 
long-term spaceborne, airborne, terrestrial, 
and human collection capability require-
ments. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The survey and review under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A comprehensive assessment of intel-
ligence collections capabilities and activities, and 
whether such capabilities and activities— 
(i) are appropriately postured and suf-
ficiently resourced to meet current and fu-
ture requirements of the Department of De-
fense; 
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(ii) are appropriately balanced to ad-
dress operational and strategic defense intel-
ligence requirements; and 
(iii) are sufficiently integrated and 
interoperable between activities of the Mili-
tary Intelligence Program and the National 
Intelligence Program to respond to emerging 
requirements of the Department of Defense. 
(B) With respect to each geographic and 
functional combatant command— 
(i) information on the gaps and defi-
ciencies, by specific intelligence capability 
type, described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii); 
(ii) a review of the alignment of such 
gaps and deficiencies with the intelligence, 
surveillance, and reconnaissance submis-
sions to the integrated priorities list for the 
period beginning with the completion of the 
most recent readiness reviews conducted by 
the Joint Staff and ending on the date of 
the commencement of the survey and review 
under subsection (a); and 
(iii) detailed information on the allo-
cation and realignment of intelligence col-
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lections capabilities and activities to ad-
dress— 
(I) such gaps and deficiencies; 
and 
(II) such intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance submissions. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Intelligence shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
findings of the Under Secretary with respect to the 
survey and review under subsection (a)(1). 
(2) CONTENT.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include— 
(A) an evaluation of— 
(i) the organization, posture, current 
and planned investments, and processes of 
the intelligence collections capabilities and 
activities, including the extent to which 
such capabilities and activities enable the 
geographic and functional combatant com-
mands to meet the operational and strategic 
requirements of the Department of Defense; 
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(II) the intelligence community; 
and 
(B) recommendations, if any, to improve 
the sufficiency, responsiveness, and interoper-
ability of intelligence collections capabilities and 
activities to fulfill the operational and strategic 
requirements of the Department of Defense. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form without any 
designation relating to dissemination control, but 
may contain a classified annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
(B) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees. 
(2) The term ‘‘combat support agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 193(f) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘Defense Intelligence Enterprise’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 1633(c)(2) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2600). 
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(4) The term ‘‘intelligence collections capabilities 
and activities’’ means the totality of intelligence col-
lections systems and processes which enable the 
tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination 
capabilities, capacity, and activities of the Defense 
Intelligence Enterprise. 
(5) 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). 
(6) The term ‘‘congressional intelligence commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 3 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 1613. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR NATIONAL FLAGSHIP 
LANGUAGE INITIATIVE. 
Section 811(a) of the David L. Boren National Secu-
rity Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1911(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2020’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$16,000,000’’. 
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Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related 
Matters 
SEC. 1621. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SENSITIVE 
MILITARY CYBER OPERATIONS. 
Section 395 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ‘‘, signed by 
the Secretary,’’ after ‘‘written notification’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) 
as subparagraph (C); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) is determined to— 
‘‘(i) have a medium or high collateral effects 
estimate; 
‘‘(ii) have a medium or high intelligence 
gain or loss; 
‘‘(iii) have a medium or high probability of 
political retaliation, as determined by the polit-
ical military assessment contained within the as-
sociated concept of operations; 
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‘‘(iv) have a medium or high probability of 
detection when detection is not intended; or 
‘‘(v) result in medium or high collateral ef-
fects; and’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘out-
side the Department of Defense Information Net-
works to defeat an ongoing or imminent threat’’. 
SEC. 1622. QUARTERLY CYBER OPERATIONS BRIEFINGS. 
Subsection (b) of section 484 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) An overview of the readiness of the Cyber 
Mission Force to perform assigned missions.’’. 
SEC. 1623. CYBER POSTURE REVIEW. 
Section 1644 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, not later 
than December 31, 2022, and quadrennially there-
after,’’ before ‘‘conduct’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the review’’ 
and inserting ‘‘each review’’; 
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(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The review’’ and inserting ‘‘Each 
review’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (9) as 
paragraph (10); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) An assessment of the potential costs, bene-
fits, and value, if any, of establishing a cyber force 
as a separate uniformed service.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
cyber’’ and inserting ‘‘each cyber’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘The re-
port’’ and inserting ‘‘Each report’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘period begin-
ning on the date that is five years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and ending on the date that 
is 10 years after such date of enactment’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each eight-year period that begins from the date 
of each review conducted under subsection (a)’’. 
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SEC. 1624. TIER 1 EXERCISE OF SUPPORT TO CIVIL AU-
THORITIES FOR A CYBER INCIDENT. 
Section 1648 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Not later than February 1, 2020, the’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2020 for the Department of Defense for the White 
House Communications Agency, not more than 90 percent 
of such funds may be obligated or expended until the initi-
ation of the tier 1 exercise required under subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 1625. EVALUATION OF CYBER VULNERABILITIES OF 
MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 1647 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsections: 
‘‘(f) WRITTEN NOTIFICATION.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that the Department will not complete an evaluation 
of the cyber vulnerabilities of each major weapon system 
of the Department by the date specified in subsection (a)(1), 
the Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense com-
mittee written notification relating to each such incomplete 
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ing solutions and efforts across the doctrine, organiza-
tion, training, materiel, leadership and education, 
personnel, and facilities of the Department. 
‘‘(4) A description of lessons learned and best 
practices 
regarding 
evaluations 
of 
the 
cyber 
vulnerabilities and cyber vulnerability mitigation ef-
forts relating to major weapon systems. 
‘‘(5) A description of efforts to share lessons 
learned and best practices regarding evaluations of 
the cyber vulnerabilities and cyber vulnerability miti-
gation efforts of major weapon systems across the De-
partment. 
‘‘(6) An identification of measures taken to insti-
tutionalize evaluations of cyber vulnerabilities of 
major weapon systems. 
‘‘(7) Information relating to guidance, processes, 
procedures, or other activities established to mitigate 
or address the likelihood of cyber vulnerabilities of 
major weapon systems by incorporation of lessons 
learned in the research, development, test, evaluation, 
and acquisition cycle, including promotion of cyber 
education of the acquisition workforce. 
‘‘(8) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
relevant.’’. 
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SEC. 1626. EXTENSION OF THE CYBERSPACE SOLARIUM 
COMMISSION. 
Paragraph (1) of section 1652(k) of the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2019 (Public Law 115–232) is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
SEC. 1627. AUTHORITY TO USE OPERATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE FUNDS FOR CYBER OPERATIONS-PE-
CULIAR 
CAPABILITY 
DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense and each 
Secretary concerned may obligate and expend not more 
than $3,000,000 of amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for operation and maintenance in each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2022 to carry out cyber operations-peculiar capa-
bility development projects. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—For each development project 
initiated under the authority provided for in subsection (a), 
the Commander of U.S. Cyber Command shall certify to 
the congressional defense committees that each project is de-
termined to be cyber operations-peculiar. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days after exer-
cising the authority provided for in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense com-
mittees of such exercise. 
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(d) REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of each year 
through 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on expenditures 
made pursuant to the authority provided for in subsection 
(a). Each such report shall include a full description and 
evaluation of each of the cyber operations-peculiar capa-
bility development projects that is the subject of each such 
expenditure, definitions and standards for cyber operations- 
peculiar requirements, transition plans, and any other 
matters the Secretary determines relevant. 
SEC. 1628. NOTIFICATION OF DELEGATION OF AUTHORI-
TIES TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR 
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN CYBERSPACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall pro-
vide written notification to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate of authorities delegated to the 
Secretary by the President for military operations in cyber-
space that are otherwise held by the National Command Au-
thority, not later than 15 days after any such delegation. 
Such notification shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the authorities delegated to 
the Secretary. 
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(2) A description of relevant documents, includ-
ing execute orders, issued by the Secretary in accord-
ance with such authorities. 
(3) A list of countries in which such authorities 
may be utilized. 
(4) A description of authorized activities to be 
conducted or planned to be conducted pursuant to 
such authorities. 
(5) Defined military objectives relating to such 
authorities. 
(b) PROCEDURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish and submit to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate procedures for 
complying with the requirements of subsection (a), 
consistent with the national security of the United 
States and the protection of operational integrity. The 
Secretary shall promptly notify the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate in 
writing of any changes to such procedures at least 14 
days prior to the adoption of any such changes. 
(2) SUFFICIENCY.—The Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives and the Com-
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mittee on Armed Services of the Senate shall ensure 
that committee procedures designed to protect from 
unauthorized disclosure classified information relat-
ing to national security of the United States are suffi-
cient to protect the information that is submitted to 
the committees pursuant to this section. 
(3) NOTIFICATION IN EVENT OF UNAUTHORIZED 
DISCLOSURE.—In the event of an unauthorized disclo-
sure of authorities covered by this section, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure, to the maximum extent 
practicable, that the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate are notified imme-
diately. Notification under this paragraph may be 
verbal or written, but in the event of a verbal notifi-
cation, a written notification signed by the Secretary 
shall be provided by not later than 48 hours after the 
provision of such verbal notification. 
SEC. 1629. LIMITATION OF FUNDING FOR CONSOLIDATED 
AFLOAT NETWORKS AND ENTERPRISE SERV-
ICES. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020 for the 
Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services, not 
more than 85 percent of such funds may be obligated or 
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expended until the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of De-
fense, certifies to the congressional defense committees that 
the recommendations in the Audit of Consolidated Afloat 
Networks and Enterprise Services Security Safeguards 
(DODIG-2019-072) have been implemented. 
SEC. 1630. ANNUAL MILITARY CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 
REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 of each 
year, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congres-
sional defense committees a written report detailing all 
military cyberspace operations conducted in the previous 
calendar year. For each such operation each such report 
shall include the following: 
(1) An identification of the objective and pur-
pose. 
(2) Impacted information technology infrastruc-
ture, by location. 
(3) A description of tools and capabilities uti-
lized. 
(4) An identification of the Cyber Mission Force 
team, or other Department of Defense entity or unit, 
that conducted such operation, and supporting teams, 
entities, or units. 
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(5) A description of the infrastructure and plat-
forms on which such operation occurred. 
(6) A description of relevant legal, operational, 
and funding authorities, including Execute Orders 
and Deployment Orders. 
(7) Information relating to the total amount of 
funding required and associated program elements. 
(8) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
relevant. 
(b) CLASSIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
provide each report required under subsection (a) at a clas-
sification level the Secretary determines appropriate. 
(c) LIMITATION.—This section does not apply to cyber- 
enabled military information support operations. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘military 
cyberspace operations’’ means defensive and offensive— 
(1) cyber effects enabling operations, activities, 
and missions; and 
(2) cyber effects operations, activities, and mis-
sions. 
SEC. 1631. REPORT ON SYNCHRONIZATION OF EFFORTS RE-
LATING TO CYBERSECURITY IN THE DEFENSE 
INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than May 1, 2020, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
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committees a report on efforts, and roles and responsibil-
ities, relating to cybersecurity in the Defense Industrial 
Base. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) Definitions for ‘‘Controlled Unclassified In-
formation’’ (CUI) and ‘‘For Official Use Only’’ 
(FOUO), as well as policies regarding protecting in-
formation designated as such. 
(2) A comprehensive list of Department of De-
fense programs to assist the Defense Industrial Base 
with cybersecurity compliance requirements of the De-
partment. 
(3) An evaluation of the resources and utiliza-
tion of Department programs to assist the Defense In-
dustrial Base in complying with cybersecurity com-
pliance requirements referred to in paragraph (2). 
(4) Optimal levels of resourcing required for ac-
tivities, programs, and other Department efforts to as-
sess and monitor compliance by the Defense Indus-
trial Base with such cybersecurity compliance re-
quirements. 
(5) Roles and responsibilities of the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, 
the Chief Information Officer, the Chief Management 
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Officer, the Director of the Protecting Critical Tech-
nologies Task Force, and the Secretaries of the mili-
tary services relating to the following: 
(A) Establishing and ensuring compliance 
with cybersecurity standards, regulations, and 
policies. 
(B) Deconflicting existing cybersecurity 
standards, regulations, and policies. 
(C) Coordinating with and providing as-
sistance to the Defense Industrial Base for cyber-
security matters, particularly such relates to the 
issues described in paragraphs (2), (3), and (8). 
(6) Efforts to enhance the Department’s visibility 
into its entire supply chain without violating privity. 
(7) An evaluation of methodologies to tier cyber-
security requirements for the Defense Industrial Base 
relative to risk. 
(8) Efforts to support and enhance threat infor-
mation sharing between the Department and the De-
fense Industrial Base. 
(9) An evaluation of a single Sector Coordi-
nating Council for the Defense Industrial Base. 
(10) An explanation of the Department’s Pro-
tecting Critical Technologies Task Force efforts, and 
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how its work will be incorporated into existing De-
partment efforts. 
(11) Any other information the Secretary of De-
fense determines relevant. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Defense 
Industrial Base’’ includes traditional and non-traditional 
defense contractors and academic institutions with contrac-
tual relationships with the Department of Defense related 
to activities involving information or technology requiring 
cybersecurity compliance. 
SEC. 1632. BRIEFINGS ON THE STATUS OF THE NATIONAL 
SECURITY 
AGENCY 
AND 
UNITED 
STATES 
CYBER COMMAND PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate briefings on the nature of the National 
Security Agency and United States Cyber Command’s cur-
rent and future partnership. Briefings under this section 
shall terminate on January 1, 2022. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing under this section shall 
include the following: 
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(1) Status updates on the current and future Na-
tional Security Agency-United States Cyber Com-
mand partnership efforts. 
(2) Executed documents, written memoranda of 
agreements or understandings, and policies issued 
governing such current and future partnership. 
(3) Projected long-term efforts. 
(4) Updates related to the assessment required 
under section 1642 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (relating to limitation 
on termination of dual-hat arrangement for Com-
mander of the United States Cyber Command; Public 
Law 114–328). 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
SEC. 1641. IMPROVEMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT ON THE 
MODERNIZATION OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
ENTERPRISE. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 1043(a) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 
112–81; 125 Stat. 1576), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 1670 of the John S. McCain National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 
Stat. 2157), is further amended in paragraph (1) by strik-
ing ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 
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(b) ACQUISITION COSTS.—Paragraph (2) of such sec-
tion is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as sub-
paragraph (I); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(G) For the 10-year period following the 
date of the report, an estimate of the relative per-
centage of acquisition costs of the military de-
partments, and of the entire Department of De-
fense, represented by the costs to the Department 
of Defense to modernize and recapitalize the nu-
clear weapons enterprise. 
‘‘(H) A plan covering the 25-year period 
following the date of the report that— 
‘‘(i) covers the research and develop-
ment and production relating to nuclear 
weapons that are being modernized or sus-
tained, including with respect to— 
‘‘(I) associated delivery systems or 
platforms that carry nuclear weapons; 
‘‘(II) nuclear command and con-
trol systems; and 
‘‘(III) 
facilities, 
infrastructure, 
and critical skills; and 
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‘‘(ii) includes estimated timelines for 
such research and development and produc-
tion, and the estimated acquisition and life 
cycle costs, including estimated cost ranges 
if necessary, to modernize or recapitalize 
each system.’’. 
(c) TRANSFER OF PROVISION.— 
(1) 
CODIFICATION.—Such 
section 
1043, 
as 
amended by subsections (a) and (b), is— 
(A) transferred to chapter 24 of title 10, 
United States Code; 
(B) inserted after section 492; 
(C) redesignated as section 492a; and 
(D) amended— 
(i) in the enumerator, by striking 
‘‘SEC.’’ and inserting ‘‘§’’; and 
(ii) in the section heading— 
(I) by striking the period at the 
end; and 
(II) by conforming the typeface 
and typestyle, including capitalization, 
to the typeface and typestyle as used in 
the section heading of section 491 of 
such title. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 24 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 492 the following new item: 
‘‘492a. Annual report on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weap-
ons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear 
weapons command and control system.’’. 
SEC. 1642. BRIEFINGS ON MEETINGS HELD BY THE NU-
CLEAR WEAPONS COUNCIL. 
Section 179 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) SEMIANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, and semiannually 
thereafter, the Council shall— 
‘‘(1) provide to the congressional defense commit-
tees a briefing on, with respect to the period covered 
by the briefing— 
‘‘(A) the dates on which the Council met; 
and 
‘‘(B) a summary of any decisions made by 
the Council pursuant to subsection (d) at each 
such meeting, except with respect to budget deci-
sions relating to the budget of the President for 
a fiscal year if the request for that fiscal year 
has not been submitted to Congress as of the date 
of the briefing; and 
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‘‘(2) submit to such committees at the time of the 
briefing— 
‘‘(A) any decision memoranda relating to 
the decisions specified in paragraph (1)(B); and 
‘‘(B) a summary of the rationale and con-
siderations that informed such decision.’’. 
SEC. 1643. ELIMINATION OF CONVENTIONAL REQUIREMENT 
FOR LONG-RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON. 
Subsection (a) of section 217 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113– 
66; 127 Stat. 706), as amended by section 1662 of the John 
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2152), is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) LONG-RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall develop a follow-on air- 
launched cruise missile to the AGM–86 that— 
‘‘(1) achieves initial operating capability for nu-
clear missions prior to the retirement of the nuclear- 
armed AGM–86; and 
‘‘(2) is capable of internal carriage and employ-
ment for nuclear missions on the next-generation 
long-range strike bomber.’’. 
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SEC. 1644. EXTENSION OF ANNUAL BRIEFING ON THE 
COSTS OF FORWARD-DEPLOYING NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS IN EUROPE. 
Section 1656(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 
1124) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate’’ after ‘‘the 
congressional defense committees’’. 
SEC. 1645. TEN-YEAR EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MOBILE VARI-
ANT OF GROUND-BASED STRATEGIC DETER-
RENT MISSILE. 
Section 1664 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2615), as most recently amended by section 1666 of the 
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), is amended by 
striking ‘‘for any of fiscal years 2017 through 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for any of fiscal years 2017 through 2030’’. 
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SEC. 1646. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
DEPLOYMENT OF LOW-YIELD BALLISTIC MIS-
SILE WARHEAD. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020 for the 
Department of Defense may be used to deploy the W76– 
2 low-yield warhead. 
SEC. 1647. REPORT ON MILITARY-TO-MILITARY DIALOGUE 
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF MISCALCULATION 
LEADING TO NUCLEAR WAR. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committee, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report containing the following: 
(1) A description of— 
(A) current military-to-military discussions 
of the United States with counterparts from gov-
ernments of foreign countries to reduce the risk 
of miscalculation, unintended consequences, or 
accidents that could precipitate a nuclear war; 
and 
(B) bilateral and multilateral agreements to 
which the United States is a party that address 
such risks. 
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(2) An assessment conducted jointly by the Sec-
retary and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
of the policy and operational necessity, risks, benefits, 
and costs of establishing military-to-military discus-
sions with Russia, China, and North Korea to address 
such risks. 
SEC. 1648. PLAN ON NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND 
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than 270 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in co-
ordination with the Commander of the United States Stra-
tegic Command, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a plan on the future of the nuclear com-
mand, control, and communications systems. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan under subsection 
(a) shall address the following: 
(1) Near- and long-term plans and options to re-
capitalize the nuclear command, control, and commu-
nications systems to ensure the resilience of such sys-
tems. 
(2) Requirements for such systems, including 
with respect to survivability and reliability. 
(3) The risks and benefits of replicating the cur-
rent architecture for such systems as of the date of the 
plan. 
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(4) The risks and benefits of using different ar-
chitectures for such systems, including, at a min-
imum, using hosted payloads. 
(5) Whether such architectures should be classi-
fied or unclassified. 
(6) Requirements and plans to ensure the secu-
rity of the supply chain of nuclear command, control, 
and communications systems. 
(7) Timelines and general cost estimates for 
long-term investments in such systems. 
(8) Options for potential negotiation with adver-
saries, including with respect to agreements to not 
target nuclear command, control, and communica-
tions systems through kinetic, nonkinetic, or cyber at-
tacks. 
(9) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(c) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in co-
ordination with the Commander, shall provide to the con-
gressional defense committees a briefing on the plan under 
subsection (a). 
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SEC. 1649. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON POLICY OF NO-FIRST- 
USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, 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 United 
States adopting a policy to not use nuclear weapons first. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the benefits of a policy to 
not use nuclear weapons first in reducing the risk of 
miscalculation in a crisis. 
(2) An assessment of the likely reactions of the 
allies of the United States with respect to the United 
States adopting such a policy and how any negative 
reactions could be mitigated, including the value of 
engaging such allies to offer credible extended deter-
rence assurances. 
(3) An assessment of which foreign countries 
have stated or adopted such a policy. 
(4) An assessment of how adversaries of the 
United States might view such a policy. 
(5) An assessment of the benefits and risks of 
such a policy with respect to nuclear nonprolifera-
tion. 
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(6) An assessment of changes in force posture 
and force requirements, if any, and costs or savings, 
that such a policy would entail. 
(7) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO DOD.—Not later than 210 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the federally 
funded research and development center shall submit to the 
Secretary the study under subsection (a). 
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 240 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate the study under subsection (a), without change. 
(e) FORM.—The study under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted under subsections (c) and (d) in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 1650. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON RISKS OF NUCLEAR 
TERRORISM AND NUCLEAR WAR. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek 
to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of 
Sciences to conduct a study on the potential risks of nuclear 
terrorism and nuclear war. 
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(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study under subsection 
(a) shall— 
(1) quantify the potential risks of nuclear ter-
rorism and nuclear war, including the level of uncer-
tainty; 
(2) assess prior literature on such risks; 
(3) assess the role that quantitative risk analysis 
and other disciplines can play in quantifying such 
risks, including the limitations of such analysis and 
disciplines; 
(4) assess the extent to which the nuclear strat-
egy of the United States is consistent with the risks 
of nuclear terrorism and nuclear war identified in the 
study; and 
(5) provide recommendations as to whether fun-
damental assumptions about the national security 
strategy of the United States might need to be recon-
sidered. 
(c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees the study under sub-
section (a), without change. 
(d) FORM.—The study shall be submitted under sub-
section (c) in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
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Subtitle E—Missile Defense 
Programs 
SEC. 1661. NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY. 
(a) POLICY.—Subsection (a) of section 1681 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States 
to— 
‘‘(1) maintain and improve, with funding sub-
ject to the annual authorization of appropriations 
and the annual appropriation of funds for National 
Missile Defense— 
‘‘(A) an effective protection of the homeland 
of the United States against offensive missile 
threats posed by rogue states; and 
‘‘(B) an effective regional missile defense 
system capable of defending the allies, partners, 
and deployed forces of the United States against 
increasingly complex missile threats; and 
‘‘(2) rely on nuclear deterrence to address more 
sophisticated and larger quantity near-peer inter-
continental ballistic missile threats.’’. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than January 31, 2020, the 
Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall 
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