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‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF STATEMENT.—A statement set-
ting for the details of a disciplinary proceeding submitted 
pursuant to subsection (a), and the information contained 
in such a statement, shall be— 
‘‘(1) treated as confidential to the extent re-
quired by the court or agency in which the pro-
ceeding has occurred; and 
‘‘(2) treated in a manner consistent with any 
protections or privileges established by any other 
provision of Federal law. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF ASSOCIATED PERSON.—In this 
section, the term ‘associated persons’ means, with respect 
to an accounting firm, any of the key personnel of the 
firm who are involved in the performance of a prime con-
tract entered into by the firm with the Department of De-
fense.’’. 
Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 
SEC. 1011. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE 
SUPPORT 
TO 
OTHER 
AGENCIES 
FOR 
COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES 
TO COUNTER TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED 
CRIME. 
(a) TYPES
OF SUPPORT.—Paragraph (7) of sub-
section (b) of section 284 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘and fences’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘to block’’ and inserting 
‘‘along’’. 
(b) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Subsection 
(h)(1) of such section is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so 
redesignated, the following new subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(A) In case of support for a purpose de-
scribed in subsection (b)— 
‘‘(i) an identification of the recipient 
of the support; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the support pro-
vided; 
‘‘(iii) a description of the sources and 
amounts of funds used to provide such 
support; 
‘‘(iv) a description of the amount of 
funds obligated to provide such support; 
‘‘(v) an assessment of the efficacy and 
cost-effectiveness of such support in ad-
vancing the objectives and strategy of the 
department or agency to which the support 
will be provided; 
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‘‘(vi) any document describing a re-
quest for assistance from any other depart-
ment or agency of the United States and 
any response to such a request from an-
other department or agency of the United 
States to which support will be provided; 
and 
‘‘(vii) in the case of any support for a 
purpose described under subsection (b)(7), 
metrics and analysis that establish that an 
area is a drug smuggling corridor.’’. 
SEC. 1012. TECHNICAL CORRECTION AND EXTENSION OF 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT REGARDING EN-
HANCEMENT 
OF 
INFORMATION 
SHARING 
AND COORDINATION OF MILITARY TRAINING 
BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE-
CURITY AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 1014 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 371 of title 10, United 
States Code’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘section 271 of title 10, United States Code’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(3) by striking ‘‘January 
31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 
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SEC. 1013. REPEAL OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REVIEW OF 
CURRICULA AND PROGRAM STRUCTURES OF 
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG SCHOOLS. 
Section 901 of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469; 
32 U.S.C. 112 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (e); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) 
as subsections (e) through (g), respectively. 
SEC. 1014. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES IN 
THE TRANSIT ZONE AND CARIBBEAN BASIN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) combating transnational criminal organiza-
tions and illicit narcotics trafficking across the tran-
sit zone and the Caribbean basin, particularly in and 
around Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Is-
lands, is critical to the national security of the 
United States; 
(2) the Department of Defense should work 
with the Department of Homeland Security, the De-
partment of State, and other relevant Federal, 
State, local, and international partners to improve 
surveillance capabilities and maximize the effective-
ness of counterdrug operations in the region; and 
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(3) the Secretary of Defense should, to the 
greatest extent possible, ensure United States 
Northern Command and United States Southern 
Command have the necessary assets to support and 
increase counter-drug activities within their respec-
tive areas of operations in the transit zone and the 
Caribbean basin. 
SEC. 1015. ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT OF PROPOSED BORDER 
WALL ON VOLUME OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS. 
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, shall conduct an assess-
ment of the impact that any planned or proposed border 
wall construction would have on the volume of illegal nar-
cotics entering the United States. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and 
Shipyards 
SEC. 1021. TRANSPORTATION BY SEA OF SUPPLIES FOR 
THE ARMED FORCES AND DEFENSE AGEN-
CIES. 
Section 2631 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by in-
serting ‘‘or for a Defense Agency’’ after ‘‘Marine 
Corps’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) Before entering into a contract for the transpor-
tation by sea of fuel products under this section, the Sec-
retary shall provide a minimum variance of three days on 
the shipment date.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the requirement 
described in paragraph (1)’’ and insert ‘‘a re-
quirement under paragraph (1) or (2)’’. 
SEC. 1022. USE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND FOR 
PROCUREMENT OF TWO USED VESSELS. 
Pursuant to section 2218(f)(3) of title 10, United 
States Code, and using amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for Operation and Maintenance, Navy, for fiscal 
year 2020, the Secretary of the Navy shall seek to enter 
into a contract for the procurement of two used vessels. 
SEC. 1023. FORMAL SCHOOLHOUSE TRAINING FOR SHIP-
BOARD SYSTEM PROGRAMS OF RECORD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 
ensure that there is a formal schoolhouse available at 
which training is provided in any shipboard system that 
is program of record on Navy surface vessels. 
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(b) TIMLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) CURRENT PROGRAMS.—In the case of any 
shipboard system program of record that is in use 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act for which 
no formal schoolhouse is available, the Secretary 
shall ensure that such a schoolhouse is available for 
the provision of training in such program by not 
later than 12 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) FUTURE PROGRAMS.—In the case of any 
shipboard system program of record that is first 
used after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall ensure that a formal schoolhouse is 
established for the provision of training in such pro-
gram by not later than 12 months after the date on 
which the shipboard system program of record is 
first used. 
SEC. 1024. REPORT ON SHIPBUILDER TRAINING AND THE 
DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives a report on shipbuilder training 
and hiring requirements necessary to achieve the Navy’s 
30-year shipbuilding plan and to maintain the ship-
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building readiness of the defense industrial base. Such re-
port shall include each of the following: 
(1) An analysis and estimate of the time and 
investment required for new shipbuilders to gain 
proficiency in particular shipbuilding occupational 
specialties, including detailed information about the 
occupational specialty requirements necessary for 
construction of naval surface ship and submarine 
classes to be included in the Navy’s 30-year ship-
building plan. 
(2) An analysis of the age demographics and 
occupational experience level (measured in years of 
experience) of the shipbuilding defense industrial 
workforce. 
(3) An analysis of the potential time and invest-
ment challenges associated with developing and re-
taining shipbuilding skills in organizations that lack 
intermediate levels of shipbuilding experience. 
(4) Recommendations concerning how to ad-
dress shipbuilder training during periods of demo-
graphic transition, including whether emerging tech-
nologies, such as augmented reality, may aid in new 
shipbuilder training. 
(5) Recommendations concerning how to en-
courage young adults to enter the defense ship-
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building industry and to develop the skills necessary 
to support the shipbuilding defense industrial base. 
SEC. 1025. USE OF COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES FOR CVN–80 
AND CVN–81 DUAL AIRCRAFT CARRIER CON-
TRACT. 
To the extent practicable and unless otherwise re-
quired by law, the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that 
competitive procedures are used with respect to any task 
order or delivery order issued under a dual aircraft carrier 
contract relating to the CVN–80 and CVN–81. 
SEC. 1026. REPORT ON EXPANDING NAVAL VESSEL MAINTE-
NANCE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than May 1, 
2020, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on allowing main-
tenance to be performed on naval vessels at shipyards 
other than shipyards in the vessels’ homeports. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the ability of homeport 
shipyards to meet the current naval vessel mainte-
nance demands. 
(2) An assessment of the ability of current 
homeport shipyards to meet the naval vessel mainte-
nance demands of a 355-ship Navy. 
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(3) An assessment of the ability of non-home-
port firms to augment repair work at homeport ship-
yards, which shall include— 
(A) the capability and proficiency of ship-
yards in the Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, East 
Coast, West Coast, and Alaska regions to per-
form technical repair work on naval vessels at 
locations other than their homeports; 
(B) the required improvements to the ca-
pability of shipyards in the Great Lakes, Gulf 
Coast, East Coast, West Coast, and Alaska re-
gions to enable performance of technical repair 
work on naval vessels at locations other than 
their homeports; 
(C) an identification of naval vessel types 
(such as noncombatant vessels or vessels that 
only need limited periods of time in shipyards) 
best suited for repair work performed by ship-
yards in locations other than their homeports; 
and 
(D) the potential benefits to fleet readiness 
of expanding shipyard repair work to include 
shipyards not located at naval vessel homeports. 
(4) An assessment of the benefits to the com-
mercial shipyard industrial base of expanding repair 
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work for naval vessels to shipyards not eligible for 
short-term work in accordance with section 8669a(c) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(c) HOMEPORT SHIPYARDS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘homeport shipyards’’ means shipyards as-
sociated with firms capable of being awarded short-term 
work at the homeport of a naval vessel in accordance with 
section 8669a(c) of title 10, United States Code. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
SEC. 1031. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT TASK 
FORCES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
AGENCIES 
CONDUCTING 
COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTIVITIES. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (b) of section 1022 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (Public Law 108–136; 10 U.S.C. 271 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Subsection (e) of 
such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting a period at 
the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following para-
graph (2): 
‘‘(2) For purposes of applying the definition of 
transnational organized crime under paragraph (1) to this 
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section, the term ‘illegal means’, as it appears in such defi-
nition, includes the trafficking of money, human traf-
ficking, illicit financial flows, illegal trade in natural re-
sources and wildlife, trade in illegal drugs and weapons, 
and other forms of illegal means determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 1032. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER 
OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA-
NAMO BAY, CUBA, TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES. 
No amounts authorized to be appropriated or other-
wise made available for the Department of Defense may 
be used during the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2020, 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release of 
any individual detained in the custody or under the control 
of the Department of Defense at United States Naval Sta-
tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control 
of any country, or any entity within such country, as fol-
lows: 
(1) Libya. 
(2) Somalia. 
(3) Syria. 
(4) Yemen. 
(5) Mexico. 
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(6) Guatemala. 
(7) Honduras. 
(8) El Salvador. 
(9) Venezuela. 
(10) Cuba. 
(11) Iran. 
(12) Russia. 
(13) North Korea. 
SEC. 1033. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER 
TO AND DETENTION OF ADDITIONAL INDI-
VIDUALS, INCLUDING UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS, AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, 
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No amounts 
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Defense may be used during the pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and ending on December 31, 2020, to— 
(1) detain or provide assistance relating to the 
detention of any individual, including any United 
States citizen, pursuant to the law of war or a pro-
ceeding under chapter 47A of title 10, United States 
Code, at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba; or 
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(2) transfer or provide assistance relating to the 
transfer of any individual, including any United 
States citizen, for the purpose of detaining such in-
dividual pursuant to the law of war or a proceeding 
under chapter 47A of title 10, United States Code, 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to an individual who is or was detained 
pursuant to the law of war or a Military Commissions Act 
proceeding on or after May 2, 2018, at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(c) DISPOSITION PLAN.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
plan identifying a disposition, other than continued law 
of war detention at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, for each individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 1034. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE PROVI-
SION OF MEDICAL CARE TO INDIVIDUALS DE-
TAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, 
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The individuals detained at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are aging, 
and such individuals are increasingly subject to a 
number of health conditions exacerbated by age and 
the circumstances of their cases. 
(2) Expeditionary medical treatment of individ-
uals detained at United States Naval Station, Guan-
tanamo Bay, Cuba, is logistically challenging and in-
creasingly costly, especially treatment related to 
complex ailments that may become exacerbated with 
age. 
(3) Medical care at United States Naval Sta-
tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is likely to become an 
increasing challenge for the United States Govern-
ment. 
(4) Medical challenges at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, also cause difficul-
ties affecting the functions and processes of the mili-
tary commissions and periodic review boards. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States has an ongoing obligation 
to provide medical care to individuals detained at 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, meeting appropriate standards of care; and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense should take into 
account the standards of care provided at other rel-
evant facilities, including those administered by the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons, in determining the poli-
cies of the Department of Defense regarding the 
provision of medical care to individuals detained at 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba. 
SEC. 1035. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT ON GENDER AND 
COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
seek to enter into a contract with a nonprofit entity or 
a federally funded research and development center inde-
pendent of the Department of Defense to conduct research 
and analysis on the intersection of gender and violent ex-
tremism and terrorism. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The research and analysis con-
ducted under subsection (a) shall include research and 
analysis of the following: 
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(1) The root and proximate causes of women’s 
participation in terrorist and violent extremist orga-
nizations. 
(2) Ways for the Department of Defense to en-
gage women and girls who are vulnerable to extrem-
ist and terrorist behavior. 
(3) Ways women and girls can assist the Armed 
Forces and partner military organizations in identi-
fying individuals of concern. 
(4) The intersection of violent extremism and 
terrorism and the following: 
(A) Gender-based violence. 
(B) Women’s empowerment at the house-
hold level, such as property and inheritance 
rights, bride-price and dowry, and the level of 
societal sanction for the killing or harming of 
women. 
(C) Adolescent girls’ empowerment, such 
as the level of early, child, and forced marriage, 
and of girls’ access to secondary education. 
(5) Best practices for the Armed Forces to sup-
port women preventing and countering violent extre-
mism and terrorism. 
(6) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense 
determines to be appropriate. 
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(c) UTILIZATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
utilize the results of the research conducted under sub-
section (a) to inform each geographic combatant com-
mand’s strategy report and individual country strategy re-
ports, where appropriate. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the nonprofit entity or federally funded research and 
development center with which the Secretary of De-
fense enters into contract under subsection (a) shall 
submit to the Secretary of Defense a report that 
contains the assessment required by subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than two 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the results of 
research conducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1036. ESTABLISHING A COORDINATOR FOR ISIS DE-
TAINEE ISSUES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting 
through the Secretary of State, shall designate an existing 
official within the Department of State to serve as senior- 
level coordinator to coordinate, in conjunction with the 
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lead and other relevant agencies, all matters for the 
United States Government relating to the long-term dis-
position of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) foreign 
terrorist fighter detainees, including all matters in connec-
tion with— 
(1) repatriation, transfer, prosecution, and in-
telligence-gathering; 
(2) coordinating a whole-of-government ap-
proach with other countries and international orga-
nizations, including INTERPOL, to ensure secure 
chains of custody and locations of ISIS foreign ter-
rorist fighter detainees; 
(3) coordinating technical and evidentiary as-
sistance to foreign countries to aid in the successful 
prosecution of ISIS foreign terrorist fighter detain-
ees; and 
(4) all multilateral and international engage-
ments led by the Department of State and other 
agencies that are related to the current and future 
handling, detention, and prosecution of ISIS foreign 
terrorist fighter detainees. 
(b) RETENTION OF AUTHORITY.—The appointment 
of a senior-level coordinator pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall not deprive any agency of any authority to independ-
ently perform functions of that agency. 
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(c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
less frequently than once each year thereafter 
through January 21, 2021, the individual designated 
under subsection (a) shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a detailed report regarding 
high-value ISIS detainees that the coordinator rea-
sonably determines to be subject to criminal prosecu-
tion in the United States. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(A) A detailed description of the facilities 
where ISIS foreign terrorist fighter detainees 
described in paragraph (1) are being held. 
(B) An analysis of all United States efforts 
to prosecute ISIS foreign terrorist fighter de-
tainees described in paragraph (1) and the out-
comes of such efforts. Any information, the dis-
closure of which may violate Department of 
Justice policy or law, relating to a prosecution 
or investigation may be withheld from a report 
under paragraph (1). 
(C) A detailed description of any option to 
expedite prosecution of any ISIS foreign ter-
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rorist fighter detainee described in paragraph 
(1), including in a court of competent jurisdic-
tion outside of the United States. 
(D) An analysis of factors on the ground 
in Syria and Iraq that may result in the unin-
tended release of ISIS foreign terrorist fighter 
detainees described in paragraph (1), and an 
assessment of any measures available to miti-
gate such releases. 
(E) A detailed description of all multilat-
eral and other international efforts or proposals 
that would assist in the prosecution of ISIS for-
eign terrorist fighter detainees described in 
paragraph (1). 
(F) An analysis of all efforts between the 
United States and partner countries within the 
Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS or other coun-
tries to share intelligence or evidence that may 
aid in the prosecution of members of the Is-
lamic State of Iraq and Syria and associated 
forces, and any legal obstacles that may hinder 
such efforts. 
(G) An analysis of the manner in which 
the United States Government communicates 
on such proposals and efforts to the families of 
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United States citizens believed to be a victim of 
a criminal act by an ISIS foreign terrorist 
fighter detainee. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, the Select Committee 
on Intelligence and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on the Judiciary, the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘ISIS foreign terrorist fighter de-
tainee’’ means a detained individual— 
(A) who allegedly fought for or supported 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS); and 
(B) who is a national of a country other 
than Iraq or Syria. 
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(e) SUNSET.—The requirements under this section 
shall sunset on January 21, 2021. 
SEC. 1037. MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPER-
ATIONS TO COMBAT TERRORISM. 
Section 127e of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘authorized’’ 
before ‘‘ongoing’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘and a description of the authorized ongoing 
operation’’ before the period at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D); 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (B) and in-
serting the following new subparagraphs after 
subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(B) A description of the foreign forces, ir-
regular forces, groups, or individuals engaged in 
supporting or facilitating the authorized ongo-
ing operation who will receive the funds pro-
vided under this section. 
‘‘(C) A detailed description of the support 
provided or to be provided to the recipient of 
the funds.’’; and 
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(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(E) A detailed description of the legal 
and operational authorities related to the au-
thorized ongoing operation, including relevant 
execute orders issued by the Secretary of De-
fense and combatant commanders related to the 
authorized ongoing operation, including an 
identification of operational activities United 
States Special Operations Forces are authorized 
to conduct under such execute orders. 
‘‘(F) The duration for which the support is 
expected to be provided and an identification of 
the timeframe in which the provision of support 
will be reviewed by the combatant commander 
for a determination regarding the necessity of 
continuation of support.’’. 
SEC. 1038. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF MILITARY COMMIS-
SION PROCEEDINGS. 
Section 949d(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) In the case of any proceeding of a military com-
mission under this chapter that is made open to the public, 
the military judge may order arrangements for the avail-
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ability of the proceeding to be watched remotely by the 
public through the internet.’’. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 
Authorities and Limitations 
SEC. 1041. SCHEDULING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EX-
ECUTIVE AIRCRAFT CONTROLLED BY SECRE-
TARIES OF MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 120. Department of Defense executive aircraft con-
trolled by Secretaries of military depart-
ments 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure that the Chief of the Air Force Special Air Mission 
Office is given the responsibility for scheduling all Depart-
ment of Defense executive aircraft controlled by the Secre-
taries of the military departments. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The Secretary of each 
of the military departments shall ensure that there is rep-
resentation from each of the armed forces within the Air 
Force Special Air Mission Office to provide for daily man-
agement and scheduling of the aircraft controlled by that 
military department. 
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‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall be responsible 
for resolving conflicts and arbitrating the allocation of air-
craft based on demand and priority. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense 
may not establish a new command and control organiza-
tion to support aircraft controlled by the Secretary of a 
military department. 
‘‘(2) No aircraft controlled by the Secretary of a mili-
tary department may be permanently stationed at any lo-
cation without required users. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘required use traveler’ has the 
meaning given such term in Department of Defense 
directive 4500.56, as in effect on the date of the en-
actment of this section. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘executive aircraft’ has the 
meaning given such term in Department of Defense 
directive 4500.43, as in effect on the date of the en-
actment of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘120. Department of Defense executive aircraft controlled by Secretaries of mili-
tary departments.’’. 
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SEC. 1042. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEFENSE DISPOSAL 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND AUTHORITIES.— 
Subsection (b) of section 2284 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), 
(i) by striking ‘‘joint program execu-
tive officer who’’ and inserting ‘‘training 
and technology program that’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, provides common 
individual training,’’ after ‘‘explosive ord-
nance disposal’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘and procurement’’; 
(iv) by inserting ‘‘for common tools’’ 
after ‘‘activities’’; 
(v) by striking ‘‘and combatant com-
mands’’; and 
(vi) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; and 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (D) and 
(E); 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘such as 
weapon systems, manned and unmanned vehicles 
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and platforms, cyber and communication equipment, 
and the integration of explosive ordnance disposal 
sets, kits and outfits and explosive ordnance disposal 
tools, equipment, sets, kits, and outfits developed by 
the department.’’ and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) the Secretary of the Army shall designate 
an Army explosive ordnance disposal-qualified gen-
eral officer to serve as the co-chair of the Depart-
ment of Defense explosive ordnance disposal defense 
program.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Such section is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘explosive ordnance’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 283(d) of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘explosive ordnance disposal’ 
means the detection, identification, on-site evalua-
tion, rendering safe, exploitation, recovery, and final 
disposal of explosive ordnance.’’. 
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SEC. 1043. NOTIFICATION ON THE PROVISION OF DEFENSE 
SENSITIVE SUPPORT. 
Section 1055(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 
U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (E); and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) A description of the required duration 
of the support. 
‘‘(D) A description of the initial costs for 
the support.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SUSTAINMENT
COSTS.—If the Secretary 
determines that sustainment costs will be incurred 
as a result of the provision of defense sensitive sup-
port, the Secretary, not later than 72 hours after 
the initial provision of such support, shall certify to 
the congressional defense committees (and the con-
gressional intelligence committees with respect to 
matters relating to members of the intelligence com-
munity) that such sustainment costs will not inter-
fere with the ability of the Department to execute 
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operations, accomplish mission objectives, and main-
tain readiness.’’. 
SEC. 1044. MODIFICATION AND TECHNICAL CORRECTION 
OF AUTHORITY FOR DEPLOYMENT OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO THE 
SOUTHERN LAND BORDER OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of section 1059 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 986; 10 U.S.C. 271 
note prec.) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
may provide assistance to United States Customs 
and Border Protection for purposes of increasing on-
going efforts to secure the southern land border of 
the United States in accordance with the require-
ments of this section. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—If the 
Secretary of Defense provides assistance under para-
graph (1), not later than 30 days before the provi-
sion of such assistance, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives certification, in writ-
ing, that— 
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‘‘(A) the provision of the assistance will 
not negatively affect military training, oper-
ations, readiness, or other military requirement, 
including the readiness of the National Guard 
and reserve components; 
‘‘(B) the tasks associated with the support 
provided align with the mission or occupational 
specialty of any members of the Armed Forces 
or units of the Armed Forces that are deployed; 
and 
‘‘(C) any task associated with the support 
is inherently governmental and cannot be per-
formed by a contractor. 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later 
than 30 days before the deployment of any member 
of the Armed Forces or unit of the Armed Forces 
to the southern land border of the United States in 
support United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion pursuant to this section or any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 
Committees on Armed Forces of the Senate and 
House of Representatives notice of such deploy-
ment.’’. 
(b) SUPPORT.—Subsection (e) of such section is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘Of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for the Department of Defense by 
this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘use up to $75,000,000 to’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘on a reimbursable basis’’ after 
‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (f) of 
such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which any member of the 
Armed Forces is deployed along the southern land 
border of the United States at the request of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, and every 90 days 
thereafter until no members are so deployed, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee 
on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report that includes, for both the pe-
riod covered by the report and the total period of the 
deployment, each of the following: 
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‘‘(A) An identification of each unit of the 
Armed Forces so deployed, including for each 
such unit— 
‘‘(i) the duty station or location to 
which the unit is assigned; 
‘‘(ii) the unit designation; 
‘‘(iii) the size of the unit; and 
‘‘(iv) whether any personnel in the 
unit deployed under section 12302 of title 
10, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) An identification of any training ex-
ercises that were planned prior to such deploy-
ment that included deployed units and were 
planned to be executed after the date of the de-
ployment. 
‘‘(C) For each unit so deployed, the readi-
ness rating of the unit before deployment and 
15 days after the last day of such deployment. 
‘‘(D) The projected length of the deploy-
ment and any special pay and incentives for 
which deployed personnel may qualify during 
the deployment. 
‘‘(E) A description of any specific pre-de-
ployment training provided to any individual or 
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unit before being so deployed, including the lo-
cation and duration of any such training. 
‘‘(F) A description of the rules and addi-
tional guidance applicable to the deployment, 
including— 
‘‘(i) any special instructions provided 
to units so deployed prior to deployment; 
‘‘(ii) the standing rules for the use of 
force for deployed personnel; and 
‘‘(iii) whether personnel carry as-
signed weapons and are issued ammuni-
tion. 
‘‘(G) A description of the life support con-
ditions, including living quarters and food ra-
tion cycles, associated with such deployment 
and associated costs. 
‘‘(H) A map indicating the locations where 
units so deployed are housed. 
‘‘(I) A map indicating the locations where 
units so deployed are conducting their assigned 
mission and an explanation for the choice of 
such locations. 
‘‘(J) A description of the specific missions 
and tasks, by location, that are assigned to the 
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members of the Armed Forces who are so de-
ployed. 
‘‘(K) The total amount of funds obligated 
or expended to provide support along the south-
ern border of the United States, including costs 
associated with personnel (set forth separately 
from any special pay and allowances), transpor-
tation, operations, and any materials used in 
support of any such deployment or support pro-
vided. 
‘‘(L) An assessment of the ongoing efficacy 
and cost-effectiveness of the provision of such 
assistance, including a comparison to the execu-
tion by United States Customs and Border Pro-
tection, the strategy and recommendations of 
the Secretary to address the challenges on the 
southern border of the United States and to en-
hance the effectiveness of such assistance, and 
a plan to transition the functions performed by 
the members of the Armed Forces pursuant to 
such assistance. 
‘‘(M) The justification of United States 
Customs and Border Protection determining 
each location where the Department of Defense 
provides support under this section and any ac-
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tions taken by the Department of Homeland 
Security to complete the mission or tasks before 
requesting support from the Department of De-
fense and determining when support from the 
Department of Defense is needed, including— 
‘‘(i) copies of any relevant documents 
that describe the factors taken into consid-
eration in requesting support from the De-
partment of Defense; 
‘‘(ii) the analysis that informs the 
placement of members of the Armed 
Forces along the southern land border of 
the United States; and 
‘‘(iii) any memorandum, including re-
quests for assistance and responses to such 
requests, shared between the Department 
of Homeland Security and the Department 
of Defense regarding the need for the de-
ployment of members of the Armed Forces 
along the southern land border of the 
United States. 
‘‘(2) FORM
OF
REPORT.—Each report sub-
mitted under this subsection shall be submitted in 
unclassified form and without any designation relat-
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ing to dissemination control, but may include a clas-
sified annex.’’. 
(d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Such section is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—The authority under this sec-
tion shall terminate on September 30, 2023.’’. 
(e) CLASSIFICATION.—The Law Revision Counsel is 
directed to place this section in a note following section 
284 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 1045. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE INAC-
TIVATION OF ARMY WATERCRAFT UNITS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020 
may be obligated or expended for the inactivation of any 
Army watercraft unit until the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits to Congress certification that— 
(1) the Secretary has completed the Army 
Watercraft Requirements Review; 
(2) the Secretary has entered into a contract 
with a federally funded research and development 
corporation for the review of the ability of the Army 
to meet the watercraft requirements of the combat-
ant commanders and the effects on preparedness to 
provide support to States and territories in connec-
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tion with natural disasters, threats, and emer-
gencies; and 
(3) the federally funded research and develop-
ment corporation has completed such review and 
validated the findings of such review. 
SEC. 1046. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CON-
STRUCTION OF A WALL, FENCE, OR OTHER 
PHYSICAL BARRIER ALONG THE SOUTHERN 
BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—National defense funds may not 
be obligated, expended, or otherwise used to design or 
carry out a project to construct, replace, or modify a wall, 
fence, or other physical barrier along the international 
border between the United States and Mexico. 
(b) NATIONAL DEFENSE FUNDS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘national defense funds’’ means— 
(1) amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
any purpose in this division or authorized to be ap-
propriated in division A of any National Defense Au-
thorization Act for any of fiscal years 2015 through 
2019, including any amounts of such an authoriza-
tion made available to the Department of Defense 
and transferred to another authorization by the Sec-
retary of Defense pursuant to transfer authority 
available to the Secretary; and 
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(2) funds appropriated in any Act pursuant to 
an authorization of appropriations described in para-
graph (1). 
SEC. 1047. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE 
INTELLIGENCE 
AND 
COUNTER-
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
the Secretary of Defense may expend amounts made avail-
able for the Military Intelligence Program for any of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2025 for intelligence and counterintel-
ligence activities for any purpose the Secretary determines 
to be proper with regard to intelligence and counterintel-
ligence objects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emer-
gency nature. Such a determination is final and conclusive 
upon the accounting officers of the United States. 
(b) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—The Secretary of De-
fense may not expend more than five percent of the 
amounts described in subsection (a) for any fiscal year for 
objects described in that subsection unless— 
(1) the Secretary notifies the congressional de-
fense committees and the congressional intelligence 
committees of the intent to expend the amounts and 
purpose of the expenditure; and 
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(2) 30 days have elapsed from the date on 
which the Secretary provides the notice described in 
paragraph (1). 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—For each expenditure of funds 
under this section, the Secretary shall certify that such 
expenditure was made for an object of a confidential, ex-
traordinary, or emergency nature. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of each 
of 2020 through 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees and the con-
gressional intelligence committees a report on expendi-
tures made under this section during the fiscal year pre-
ceding the year in which the report is submitted. Each 
such report shall include, for each expenditure under this 
section during the fiscal year covered by the report, a de-
scription, the purpose, the program element, and the cer-
tification required under section (c). 
(e) LIMITATION ON DELEGATIONS.—The Secretary 
of Defense may not delegate the authority under this sec-
tion with respect to any expenditure in excess of $75,000. 
(f) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional intel-
ligence committees’’ means— 
(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate; and 
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(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1048. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO HOUSE CHIL-
DREN SEPARATED FROM PARENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the amounts authorized 
to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 may 
be used to house a child separated from a parent. 
(b) CHILD SEPARATED FROM A PARENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 
a child shall not be considered to be separated from 
a parent if the separation is conducted by an agent 
or officer of Customs and Border Protection at or 
near a port of entry or within 100 miles of a border 
of the United States, and one of the following has 
occurred: 
(A) A State court, authorized under State 
law, terminates the rights of the parent or legal 
guardian, determines that it is in the best inter-
ests of the child to be removed from the parent 
or legal guardian, in accordance with the Adop-
tion and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public 
Law 105–89), or makes any similar determina-
tion that is legally authorized under State law. 
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(B) An official from the State or county 
child welfare agency with expertise in child 
trauma and development makes a best interests 
determination that it is in the best interests of 
the child to be removed from the parent or legal 
guardian because the child is in danger of 
abuse or neglect at the hands of the parent or 
legal guardian, or is a danger to herself or oth-
ers. 
(C) The separation is authorized based 
on— 
(i) the finding of a chief patrol agent 
or the area port director in an official and 
undelegated capacity that— 
(I) the child is a victim of traf-
ficking or is at significant risk of be-
coming a victim of trafficking; 
(II) there is a strong likelihood 
that the adult is not the parent or 
legal guardian of the child; or 
(III) the child is in danger of 
abuse or neglect at the hands of the 
parent or legal guardian, or is a dan-
ger to themselves or others; and 
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(ii) the review and reauthorization of 
the separation by an independent child 
welfare expert licensed by the State or 
county in which the child was separated by 
not later than 48 hours after the initial de-
cision by the Chief Patrol Agent or the 
Area Port Director. 
(2) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO REAUTHORIZE.— 
In the case of a separation referred to in paragraph 
(1)(C)(ii), if the child welfare expert does not reau-
thorize such separation, the child shall be considered 
separated from a parent for purposes of this sub-
section. 
SEC. 1049. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING 
HOUSING FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHIL-
DREN. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for the Department of Defense may be used to provide 
assistance to the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices for the purpose of providing housing for unaccom-
panied alien children unless the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits to Congress certification that— 
(1) the proposed site for the housing— 
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(A) will not be used to house any unaccom-
panied alien children for longer than the dead-
lines set forth in paragraph (12) of the Flores 
settlement agreement, and complies with the 
other requirements of such paragraph (12); or 
(B) if the proposed site will be used to 
house any unaccompanied alien children for 
longer than such deadlines, the proposed site 
meets the standards for ‘‘licensed programs’’ as 
defined in the Flores settlement agreement, in-
cluding by being licensed by an appropriate 
State agency to provide residential, group, or 
foster care services for dependent children; and 
(2) identifies any known or potential environ-
mental hazards at or near the proposed site; 
(3) describes the actions taken or to be taken 
to mitigate any such hazard; and 
(4) identifies any waivers or exceptions to 
standards of the Department of Health and Human 
Services, including the Flores settlement agreement, 
that have been requested or granted with regard to 
the site. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘unaccompanied alien children’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 462 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279)). 
(2) The term ‘‘Flores settlement agreement’’ 
means the stipulated settlement agreement filed on 
January 17, 1997, in the United States District 
Court for the Central District of California in Flores 
v. Reno, CV 85–4544–RJK. 
SEC. 1050. UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST. 
The President may not remove from the United 
States Munitions List any item that was included in cat-
egory I, II, or III of the United States Munitions List, 
as in effect on August 31, 2017. 
SEC. 1050A. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR REIM-
BURSEMENT 
OF 
EXPENSES 
AT 
CERTAIN 
PROPERTIES. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available 
for the Department of Defense may be obligated or ex-
pended to the following properties or to an entity with an 
ownership interest in such property: 
(1) Trump Vineyard Estates. 
(2) Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chi-
cago. 
(3) Mar-A-Lago Club. 
(4) Trump Grande Sunny Isles. 
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(5) Trump Hollywood. 
(6) Trump Towers Sunny Isles. 
(7) Trump Plaza New Jersey. 
(8) Trump International Hotel, Las Vegas. 
(9) The Estates at Trump National. 
(10) 610 Park Avenue, New York City. 
(11) Trump International Hotel & Tower, New 
York. 
(12) Trump Palace. 
(13) Trump Parc. 
(14) Trump Parc East. 
(15) Trump Park Avenue. 
(16) Trump Park Residences, Yorktown. 
(17) Trump Place. 
(18) Trump Plaza, New Rochelle. 
(19) Trump Soho, New York City. 
(20) Trump Tower at City Center, Westchester. 
(21) Trump Tower, New York City. 
(22) Trump World Tower. 
(23) Trump Parc, Stamford. 
(24) Trump International Hotel and Tower, 
Waikiki Beach Walk. 
(25) Trump Towers, Istanbul Sisli. 
(26) Trump Ocean Club. 
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(27) Trump International & Tower Hotel, To-
ronto. 
(28) Trump Tower at City Century City, 
Makati, Philippines. 
(29) Trump Tower, Mumbai. 
(30) Trump Towers, Pune. 
(31) Trump Tower, Punta Del Este, Uruguay. 
(32) Trump International Hotel & Tower, Van-
couver. 
(33) 40 Wall Street, New York City. 
(34) 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New, York 
City. 
(35) Trump International Hotel, Washington 
(36) 555 California Street, San Francisco. 
(37) Trump Tower, Rio de Janeiro. 
(38) Trump International Golf Links & Hotel, 
Doonbeg, Ireland. 
(39) Trump National Doral, Miami. 
(40) Trump Ocean Club, Panama City, Pan-
ama. 
(41) Albemarle Estate at Trump Winery, Char-
lottesville, Virginia. 
(42) Trump International Golf Links, Scotland. 
(43) Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster. 
(44) Trump National Golf Club, Charlotte. 
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(45) Trump National Golf Club, Colts Neck. 
(46) Trump International Golf Links, Ireland. 
(47) Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, New 
York. 
(48) Trump National Golf Club, Hudson Val-
ley. 
(49) Trump National Golf Club, Jupiter. 
(50) Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles. 
(51) Trump International Golf Club, West 
Palm Beach. 
(52) Trump National Golf Club, Philadelphia. 
(53) Trump International Golf Club, Dubai. 
(54) Trump World Golf Club, Dubai. 
(55) Trump Turnberry, Scotland. 
(56) Trump National Golf Club, Potomac Falls, 
Virginia. 
(57) Trump National Golf Club, Westchester. 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may issue a waiver to 
the limitation under subsection (a) for costs incurred with 
respect to the properties listed above if the president reim-
burses the Department of the Treasury for the amount 
of the cost associated with the expense. 
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SEC. 1050B. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR EXHI-
BITION OF PARADE OF MILITARY FORCES 
AND HARDWARE FOR REVIEW BY THE PRESI-
DENT. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise appropriated for Fiscal Year 2020 
for the Department of Defense may be obligated or ex-
pended for any exhibition or parade of military forces and 
hardware, with the exception of the display of small arms 
and munitions appropriate for customary ceremonial hon-
ors and for the participation of military units that perform 
customary ceremonial duties, for review by the President 
in a public or private exercise outside of authorized mili-
tary operations or activities. 
SEC. 1050C. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DOD EQUIPMENT, 
PERSONNEL, AND FACILITIES FOR ICE DE-
TENTION. 
No facilities, equipment, or personnel of the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used to house or construct any 
housing for any foreign nationals who are in the custody 
of and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement. 
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Subtitle F—National Defense 
Strategy Implementation 
SEC. 1051. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense 
Strategy Implementation Act’’. 
SEC. 1052. REPORT ON OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS AND 
PLANS REGARDING STRATEGIC COMPETI-
TORS. 
Not later than February 1, 2020, and then biannually 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the Depart-
ment of Defense’s operational concepts and plans regard-
ing strategic competitors, including on strategically sig-
nificant matters identified in the National Defense Strat-
egy, that also addresses each of the following: 
(1) Ways of employing the force in peace time 
to effectively deter strategic competitors below the 
threshold of war while ensuring readiness for poten-
tial conflict. 
(2) Ways of adapting innovative, operational 
concepts needed for strategically significant and 
plausible scenarios related to strategic competitors. 
(3) Ways of addressing operational challenges 
related to achieving the strategic advantage against 
strategic competitors related to nuclear, space, 
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cyber, conventional, and unconventional means in 
warfighting doctrine. 
(4) The technologies, force developments, pos-
ture and capabilities, readiness, infrastructure, orga-
nization, personnel, and other elements of the de-
fense program necessary to enable these operational 
concepts and its implementation listed in paragraphs 
(1) through (3). 
(5) The ability of the National Security Innova-
tion Base to support the operational concepts listed 
in paragraphs (1) through (3). 
(6) The resources and defense investments nec-
essary to support the operational concepts and its 
implementation, including budget recommendations. 
(7) The risks associated with the operational 
concepts, including the relationship and tradeoffs be-
tween missions, risks, and resources. 
(8) Measures and metrics to track the effective-
ness of the operational concepts and plans. 
SEC. 1053. ACTIONS TO INCREASE ANALYTIC SUPPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall di-
rect the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Direc-
tor of the Joint Staff, and the Director of Cost Assess-
ment and Program Evaluation, in consultation with the 
head of each military service, to jointly develop and imple-
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ment a plan to strengthen the analytic capabilities, exper-
tise, and processes necessary to meet the National Defense 
Strategy. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
(1) an assessment of the decision support capa-
bility of the Department of Defense, specifically the 
analytic expertise the Department is using to link 
National Defense Strategy objectives to innovative 
approaches for meeting future challenges, including 
winning in conflict and competing effectively against 
strategic competitors; 
(2) an approach for comparing competing anal-
yses and conducting joint analyses for force struc-
ture to support senior leaders in implementing the 
National Defense Strategy; 
(3) a determination of the analytic products 
and support required to implement the National De-
fense Strategy, including the ability to update these 
products to reflect current strategy and future 
threats; and 
(4) such other matters as the Secretary of De-
fense determines to be appropriate. 
(c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2020, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the con-
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gressional defense committees a briefing on the plan under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 1054. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘operational challenges’’ means 
the principal operational challenges to meeting the 
defense objectives described in the most recent Na-
tional Defense Strategy, as such challenges are de-
fined by the Secretary of Defense in guidance issued 
to the Department of Defense. The guidance issued 
by the Secretary of under the preceding sentence 
shall— 
(A) specifically identify operational chal-
lenges to the Department’s principal strategic 
priorities of competing effectively with strategic 
competitors; and 
(B) be made available in unclassified and 
publicly accessible form. 
(2) The term ‘‘strategic competitors’’ means a 
country labeled 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. 
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Subtitle G—Studies and Reports 
SEC. 1061. REPORT ON TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT TO PRO-
HIBITED ENTITIES. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VIII of chapter 
16 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 387. Annual report on transfers of equipment to 
prohibited entities 
‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2021, and each subsequent year, the Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
transfer of defense articles during the year preceding the 
year during which the report is submitted to— 
‘‘(1) any unit committing a gross violation of 
human rights; or 
‘‘(2) any group or organization prohibited from 
receiving assistance from the United States. 
‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following for the 
year covered by the report: 
‘‘(1) A description of any confirmed instance in 
which the government of a foreign state that has re-
ceived defense articles pursuant to a Department of 
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Defense assistance authority has subsequently trans-
ferred the equipment to a unit of that foreign state 
that is prohibited from receiving assistance from the 
United States by reason of a determination by the 
Secretary of State that there is credible evidence 
that such unit has committed a gross violation of 
human rights. 
‘‘(2) A description of any instance, confirmed or 
under investigation, in which the government of a 
foreign state that has received defense articles pur-
suant to a Department of Defense assistance author-
ity has subsequently transferred the equipment to a 
group or organization that is prohibited from receiv-
ing assistance from the United States. 
‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
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by inserting after the item relating to section 386 
the following new item: 
‘‘387. Annual report on transfers of equipment to prohibited entities.’’. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 
1, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress (as such 
term is defined in section 387 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a)), a report 
on the transfer of defense articles during the period 
beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending on the 
date of the enactment of this Act to— 
(A) any unit committing a gross violation 
of human rights; or 
(B) any group or organization prohibited 
from receiving assistance from the United 
States. 
(2) MATTERS
FOR
INCLUSION.—Such report 
shall include, for such period, each of the following: 
(A) A description of any confirmed in-
stance in which the government of a foreign 
state that has received defense articles pursuant 
to a Department of Defense assistance author-
ity has subsequently transferred the equipment 
to a unit of that foreign state that is prohibited 
from receiving assistance from the United 
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States by reason of a determination by the Sec-
retary of State that there is credible evidence 
that such unit has committed a gross violation 
of human rights. 
(B) A description of any instance, con-
firmed or under investigation, in which the gov-
ernment of a foreign state that has received de-
fense articles pursuant to a Department of De-
fense assistance authority has subsequently 
transferred the equipment to a group or organi-
zation that is prohibited from receiving assist-
ance from the United States. 
SEC. 1062. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT RE-
PORTS TO CONGRESS IN PAPER FORMAT. 
Section 480 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a copy of’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) ELIMINATION OF PAPER SUBMISSION REQUIRE-
MENT.—Whenever the Secretary (or other official) pro-
vides a report to Congress (or any committee of either 
House of Congress) in an electronic medium under sub-
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section (a), the Secretary (or other official) shall not be 
required to submit an additional copy of the report in a 
paper format.’’. 
SEC. 1063. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON CIVIL-
IAN 
CASUALTIES 
IN 
CONNECTION 
WITH 
UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL
ELEMENT
FOR
REPORT.—Sub-
section (b) of section 1057 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 
91; 131 Stat. 1572), as amended by section 1062 of the 
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as 
paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) A description of any allegations of civilian 
casualties made by public or non-governmental 
sources investigated by the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(6) An evaluation of the general reasons for 
any discrepancies between the assessments of the 
United States and reporting from nongovernmental 
organizations regarding non-combatant deaths re-
sulting from strikes and operations undertaken by 
the United States. 
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‘‘(7) The definitions of ‘combatant’ and ‘non- 
combatant’ used in the preparation of the report.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF NON-COMBATANT.—Such section 
is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION OF NON-COMBATANT.—For pur-
poses of the preparation of a report under this section, 
the Secretary of Defense shall define the term ‘non-com-
batant’. Such definition shall— 
‘‘(1) be consistent with the laws of war; and 
‘‘(2) provide that a male of military age shall 
not be determined to be a combatant solely on the 
basis of proximity to a strike or nonstrike kinetic op-
eration, or the intended target of such an oper-
ation.’’. 
(c) EXTENSION.—Subsection (f) of such section, as 
so redesignated, is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ten years’’. 
(d) CLASSIFICATION.—The Law Revision Counsel is 
directed to place this section in a note following section 
113 of title 10, United States Code. 
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SEC. 1064. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS INVES-
TIGATED BY INSPECTORS GENERAL IN THE 
SEMIANNUAL REPORT. 
Section 5(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (21), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (22), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (22) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(23) the name of each individual who is the 
subject of an investigation if the individual was an 
officer in the grade of O–7 and above, including offi-
cers who have been selected for promotion to O–7, 
or a civilian member of the Senior Executive Serv-
ice.’’. 
SEC. 1065. ANNUAL REPORT ON JOINT MILITARY INFORMA-
TION SUPPORT OPERATIONS WEB OPER-
ATIONS CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 of 2020, 
and each subsequent year until the termination date speci-
fied in subsection (c), the Commander of United States 
Special Operations Command shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the activities of the 
Joint Military Information Support Operations Web Oper-
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ations Center (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘JMWC’’) 
during the most recently concluded fiscal year. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall include each of the following, for the 
fiscal year covered by the report: 
(1) Definitions of initial operating capability 
and full operational capability as such terms relate 
to the JMWC. 
(2) A detailed description of all activities con-
ducted toward achieving initial operating capability 
and full operational capability of the JMWC. 
(3) A list of all associated funding requested for 
each program element for achieving initial operating 
capability and full operational capability. 
(4) A detailed description of validated doctrine, 
organization, training, materiel, leadership and edu-
cation, personnel, facilities, and policy requirements 
relating to establishment of the JMWC. 
(5) A description of current JMWC capabilities, 
including information technology infrastructure and 
contractual arrangements. 
(6) A list of all physical locations hosting 
JMWC capabilities. 
(7) The number of military, contractor, and ci-
vilian personnel associated with the JMWC and any 
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affiliated agency, service, or other Department of 
Defense entity. 
(8) A description of the JMWC personnel orga-
nizational structure. 
(9) An identification of inherently governmental 
functions relating to administration of the JMWC 
and execution of Military Information Support Oper-
ations (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘MISO)’’ pro-
grams hosted by the JMWC. 
(10) A detailed description of frameworks, 
metrics, and capabilities established to measure the 
effectiveness of MISO programs hosted by the 
JMWC. 
(11) A list of all associated funding requested 
by program element from each of the geographic 
combatant commanders for MISO programs hosted 
by the JMWC and a description of such MISO ac-
tivities. 
(12) An assessment of the effectiveness of 
MISO programs hosted by the JMWC. 
(13) A description of efforts and activities con-
ducted to share best practices and leverage lessons 
learned across the Department of Defense relating 
to MISO programs hosted by the JMWC, as well as 
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a description of such best practices and lessons 
learned. 
(14) An identification of liaisons and detailees 
to the JMWC from agencies and elements of the De-
partment of Defense. 
(15) Activities and efforts conducted to syn-
chronize and deconflict MISO programs within the 
Department of Defense and with interagency and 
international partners related to strategic commu-
nications, as appropriate. 
(16) Such other information as the Commander 
determines appropriate. 
(c) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit a re-
port under this section shall terminate on January 1, 
2025. 
SEC. 1066. MOBILITY CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commander of the United 
States Transportation Command, in coordination with the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretaries 
of the military departments, shall conduct a study of the 
end-to-end, full-spectrum mobility requirements to fulfill 
the national defense strategy required by section 113(g) 
of title 10, United States Code, for 2018. Such study shall 
be completed not later than January 1, 2021. 
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(b) ELEMENTS
OF STUDY.—The study required 
under subsection (a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) An assessment of the ability of the pro-
grammed airlift aircraft, tanker aircraft, sealift 
ships, and key mobility enablers to meet the inte-
grated mobility requirements in expected strategic 
environments, as defined by the guidance in such 
national defense strategy. 
(2) An identification, quantification, and de-
scription of the associated risk-to-mission (as de-
fined by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Man-
ual 3105.01, Joint Risk Analysis) required to fulfill 
such strategy, including— 
(A) as assessment of risk-to-mission associ-
ated with achieving strategic and operational 
objectives using the programmed airlift aircraft, 
tanker aircraft, sealift ships, and key mobility 
enablers; and 
(B) a description of the combinations of 
airlift aircraft, tanker aircraft, sealift ships, and 
key mobility enabler requirements and capabili-
ties that provide low, moderate, significant, and 
high levels of risk-to-mission to fulfill such 
strategy. 
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(3) An identification of any mobility capability 
gaps, shortfalls, overlaps, or excesses, including— 
(A) an assessment of associated risks with 
respect to the ability to conduct operations; and 
(B) recommended mitigation strategies 
where possible. 
(4) The articulation of all key assumptions and 
decisions made and excursions examined in con-
ducting the study with respect to— 
(A) risk; 
(B) programmed forces and infrastructure; 
(C) the availability of commercial airlift 
and sealift capabilities and resources, when ap-
plicable; 
(D) aircraft usage rates, aircraft mission 
availability rates, aircraft mission capability 
rates, aircrew ratios, aircrew production, and 
aircrew readiness rates; 
(E) readiness, crewing, and activation 
rates for sealift ships; 
(F) prepositioning, forward stationing, 
seabasing, engineering, and infrastructure; 
(G) demand signals used to represent mis-
sions described in the national defense strategy 
for 2018, in competition and wartime; 
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(H) concurrency and global integration of 
demand signals; 
(I) integrated global presence and basing 
strategy; 
(J) host nation or third-country support; 
(K) adversary actions to degrade and dis-
rupt United States mobility operations; 
(L) adversary actions that threaten free-
dom of navigation on international waterways, 
including attacks on foreign ships and crews; 
(M) aircraft being used for training or un-
dergoing depot maintenance or modernization 
or ships undergoing depot maintenance; 
(N) mobility enabling forces availability, 
readiness, and use; 
(O) logistics concept of operations, includ-
ing any support concepts, methods, combat sup-
port forces, and combat service support forces 
that are required to enable the projection and 
enduring support to forces both deployed and in 
combat for each analytic scenario; 
(P) anticipated attrition rates for the as-
sessed force structure; and 
(Q) such other matters as the Commander 
determines appropriate. 
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(5) Such other elements as the Commander de-
termines appropriate. 
(c) REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS.— 
(1) INTERIM
REPORT
AND
BRIEFING.—Not 
later than June 1, 2020, the Commander of the 
United States Transportation Command, in coordi-
nation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff and the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments, shall— 
(A) submit to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives an in-
terim report on the study; and 
(B) provide to such Committee a briefing 
on the report. 
(2) FINAL REPORT AND BRIEFING.—Not later 
than January 1, 2021, the Commander of the 
United States Transportation Command, in coordi-
nation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff and the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments, shall— 
(A) submit to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives a final 
report on the study; and 
(B) provide to such Committee a briefing 
on the report. 
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(3) FORM OF REPORTS.—The reports required 
by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be submitted in un-
classified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(d) DEFINITION OF SEALIFT SHIP.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘sealift ship’’ includes surge sealift vessels, tank-
er vessels, and non-governmental vessels incorporated as 
part of the maritime logistics enterprise. 
SEC. 1067. ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE 
STRUCTURE. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall enter into an agreement with a federally fund-
ed research and development center for the conduct 
of an independent assessment of the force structure 
and roles and responsibilities of special operations 
forces. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
July 1, 2020, the Secretary shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees the results of the as-
sessment required under paragraph (1). 
(3) FORM.—The assessment required under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In performing 
the assessment under this section, the federally funded re-
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search and development center shall consider the following 
matters: 
(1) The most recent national defense strategy 
under section 113(g) of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) Special operations activities, as described in 
section 167(k) of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) Potential future national security threats to 
the United States. 
(4) Ongoing counterterrorism and contingency 
operations of the United States. 
(5) The demand for special operations forces by 
geographic combatant commanders for security co-
operation, exercises, and other missions that could 
be executed by conventional forces. 
(6) Other government and non-government 
analyses that would contribute to the assessment 
through variations in study assumptions or potential 
scenarios. 
(7) The role of emerging technology on special 
operations forces. 
(8) Opportunities for reduced operation and 
sustainment costs of special operations. 
(9) Current and projected capabilities of other 
United States Armed Forces that could affect force 
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structure capability and capacity requirements of 
special operations forces. 
(10) The process by which United States Spe-
cial Operations Command determines force size and 
structure. 
(11) The readiness of special operations forces 
for assigned missions and future conflicts. 
(12) The adequacy of special operations force 
structure for meeting the goals of the National Mili-
tary Strategy under section 153(b) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(13) Any other matters deemed relevant. 
(c) ASSESSMENT RESULTS.—The results of the as-
sessment under this section shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Considerations and recommendations for 
improving the readiness of special operations forces 
and alternative force structure options. 
(2) Legislative recommendations with respect to 
section 167 of title 10, United States Code, and 
other relevant provisions of law. 
(3) The views of United States Special Oper-
ations Command on the assessment. 
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SEC. 1068. ARMY AVIATION STRATEGIC PLAN AND MOD-
ERNIZATION ROADMAP. 
(a) STRATEGIC PLAN AND MODERNIZATION ROAD-
MAP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 
shall develop a comprehensive strategic plan for 
Army aviation, which shall be designed to— 
(A) ensure the alignment between require-
ments, both current and future, and Army 
budget submissions to meet such requirements; 
and 
(B) inform the preparation of future de-
fense program and budget requests by the Sec-
retary, and the consideration of such requests 
by Congress. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of all missions for 
Army aviation, both current missions and those 
missions necessary to support the national de-
fense strategy and the U.S. Army in Multi-Do-
main Operations 2028 concept. 
(B) An analysis of platforms, capabilities, 
and capacities necessary to fulfill such current 
and future Army aviation missions. 
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(C) The required life cycle budget associ-
ated with each platform, capability, and capac-
ity requirement for both current and future re-
quirements. 
(D) An analysis showing operational, budg-
et, and schedule trade-offs between sustainment 
of currently fielded capabilities, modernization 
of currently fielded capabilities, and develop-
ment and production of new capabilities. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than March 
30, 2020, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report containing— 
(1) the comprehensive strategic plan required 
by subsection (a); and 
(2) a sustainment and modernization plan for 
carrying out such strategic plan through fiscal year 
2028. 
SEC. 1069. REPORT ON GROUND-BASED LONG-RANGE AR-
TILLERY TO COUNTER LAND AND MARITIME 
THREATS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2020, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives a report on the efforts by the Army and Marine 
Corps to develop and deploy ground-based long-range 
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rocket and cannon artillery to counter land and maritime 
threats. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) An assessment of ongoing and future Army 
and Marine Corps efforts to develop and deploy 
ground-based long-range rocket and cannon artillery 
to counter land and maritime fires in the areas of 
operations of United States Indo-Pacific Command 
and United States European Command. 
(2) An assessment of and recommendations for 
how the Department of Defense can improve the de-
velopment and deployment of such artillery. 
(3) An analysis and assessment of how such ar-
tillery employed in support of the Armed Forces of 
the United States and allied forces would be de-
ployed, positioned, and controlled to operate effec-
tively against potential adversaries throughout the 
depth of their tactical, operational, and strategic for-
mations, including any recommendations of the Sec-
retary regarding how such support could be en-
hanced. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may contain a classified annex. 
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SEC. 1070. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION 
WORKING-CAPITAL FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Secretary of each of the 
military departments, shall enter into a contract with a 
federally funded research and development center for the 
conduct of an independent review of the transportation 
working-capital fund (hereinafter referred to as the 
‘‘TWCF’’) of the United States Transportation Command. 
(b) MATTERS
FOR INCLUSION.—The review con-
ducted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The viability of the TWCF as it is struc-
tured as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) An assessment of any instances in which ex-
cess TWCF funds were used for procurement or 
modernization efforts that would not otherwise have 
been funded using amounts made available for oper-
ation and maintenance. 
(3) Recommendations for how the TWCF could 
be restructured in order to make the fund more ef-
fective and efficient. 
(4) Potential alternative funding mechanisms 
for certain components of the TWCF, including the 
channel system. 
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(5) Any other matters the Secretaries jointly 
determine appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2021, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each of the mili-
tary departments shall jointly submit the to the congres-
sional defense committees a copy of the review conducted 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1071. GEOGRAPHIC COMMAND RISK ASSESSMENT OF 
PROPOSED USE OF CERTAIN AIRCRAFT CA-
PABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2020, 
each commander of a geographic combatant command 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port containing an assessment of the level of operational 
risk to that command posed by the plans of the Depart-
ment of the Navy and Department of the Air Force to 
provide a mix of fifth generation and advanced fourth gen-
eration tactical aircraft capabilities to meet contingency 
and steady-state operational requirements against adver-
saries in support of the objectives of the 2018 national 
defense strategy. 
(b) ASSESSMENT OF RISK.—In assessing levels of 
operational risk under subsection (a), a commander shall 
use the military risk matrix of the Chairman of the Joint 
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Chiefs of Staff, as described in CJCS Instruction 
3401.01E. 
(c) GEOGRAPHIC COMBATANT COMMAND.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘geographic combatant command’’ 
means each of the following: 
(1) United States European Command. 
(2) United States Indo-Pacific Command. 
(3) United States Africa Command. 
(4) United States Southern Command. 
(5) United States Northern Command. 
(6) United States Central Command. 
SEC. 1072. ANNUAL REPORT ON STRIKES UNDERTAKEN BY 
THE UNITED STATES AGAINST TERRORIST 
TARGETS OUTSIDE AREAS OF ACTIVE HOS-
TILITIES. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than May 1 of each 
year, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to 
Congress a report on the number of strikes undertaken 
by the United States against terrorist targets outside 
areas of active hostilities during the preceding calendar 
year, as well as assessments of combatant and non-com-
batant deaths resulting from those strikes. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall include— 
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(1) information obtained from relevant agencies 
regarding the general sources of information and 
methodology used to conduct the assessments of 
combatant and non-combatant deaths; 
(2) to the extent feasible and appropriate, the 
general reasons for discrepancies between post-strike 
assessments from the United States and credible re-
porting from nongovernmental organizations regard-
ing non-combatant deaths resulting from strikes un-
dertaken by the United States against terrorist tar-
gets outside areas of active hostilities. 
(c) REVIEW OF POST-STRIKE REPORTING.—In pre-
paring a report under this section, the Director shall re-
view relevant and credible post-strike all-source reporting, 
including such information from nongovernmental sources, 
for the purpose of ensuring that this reporting is available 
to and considered by relevant agencies in their assessment 
of deaths. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
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SEC. 1073. TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR SUB-
MITTAL TO CONGRESS OF CERTAIN RECUR-
RING REPORTS. 
(a) TERMINATION.—Effective on December 30, 
2021, each report described in subsection (b) that is still 
required to be submitted to Congress as of such effective 
date shall no longer be required to be submitted to Con-
gress. 
(b) COVERED REPORTS.—A report described in this 
subsection is a recurring report that is required to be sub-
mitted to Congress by the Department of Defense, or by 
any officer, official, component, or element of the Depart-
ment, by any annual national defense authorization Act 
enacted on or after December 30, 2016. 
SEC. 1074. REPORT ON OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS AND 
PLANS REGARDING STRATEGIC COMPETI-
TORS. 
Not later than February 1, 2020, and then biannually 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the Depart-
ment of Defense’s operational concepts and plans regard-
ing strategic competitors, including on strategically sig-
nificant matters identified in the National Defense Strat-
egy, that also addresses each of the following: 
(1) Ways of employing the force in peace time 
to effectively deter strategic competitors below the 
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threshold of war while ensuring readiness for poten-
tial conflict. 
(2) Ways of adapting innovative, operational 
concepts needed for strategically significant and 
plausible scenarios related to strategic competitors. 
(3) Ways of addressing operational challenges 
related to achieving the strategic advantage against 
strategic competitors related to nuclear, space, 
cyber, conventional, and unconventional means in 
warfighting doctrine. 
(4) The technologies, force developments, pos-
ture and capabilities, readiness, infrastructure, orga-
nization, personnel, and other elements of the de-
fense program necessary to enable these operational 
concepts and its implementation listed in paragraphs 
(1) through (3). 
(5) The ability of the National Security Innova-
tion Base to support the operational concepts listed 
in paragraphs (1) through (3). 
(6) The resources and defense investments nec-
essary to support the operational concepts and its 
implementation, including budget recommendations. 
(7) The risks associated with the operational 
concepts, including the relationship and tradeoffs be-
tween missions, risks, and resources. 
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(8) Measures and metrics to track the effective-
ness of the operational concepts and plans. 
SEC. 1075. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MODULAR 
AIRBORNE FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM; REPORT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Congress established the Modular Airborne 
Fire Fighting System (in this section referred to as 
‘‘MAFFS’’) after civilian fire fighting tanker fleets 
were overwhelmed by the 1970 Laguna Fire that 
killed eight individuals and destroyed 382 homes. 
(2) 
Air 
National 
Guard 
C–130 
aircraft 
equipped with the MAFFS provide emergency capa-
bility to supplement existing commercial tanker sup-
port on wildland fires. 
(3) A MAFFS II unit can discharge its load of 
3,000 gallons of flame retardant in less than five 
seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long 
and 60 feet wide. 
(4) Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve 
units equipped with MAFFS II have provided crit-
ical support in fire fighting response efforts in re-
cent years, including the Camp and Woolsey Fires in 
November 2018. 
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(5) The National Guard Bureau is currently de-
veloping a replacement system to the current, aging 
fleet of MAFFS II systems. 
(6) The current MAFFS II system requires sig-
nificant maintenance and repair, including deterio-
rating compression systems, that could reduce 
MAFFS capability in as soon as two years. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) MAFFS provides a necessary capability to 
support national, State, and local fire fighting re-
sponse efforts; 
(2) fire fighting response would be severely af-
fected if MAFFS II or replacement MAFFS systems 
were not available, including reducing the number of 
sorties and drops planes can fly during emergencies; 
and 
(3) the Department of Defense should use 
funding provided under the National Guard and Re-
serve Equipment Account to develop, sustain and 
maintain continued MAFFS capability, including 
IMAFFS systems to replace the current fleet. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit a report to the congressional defense commit-
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tees regarding plans of the Secretary to fund long-term 
sustainment and operation and maintenance of MAFFS 
capabilities, including plans for the National Guard Bu-
reau to submit program objective memoranda for funding 
for lifetime costs to the Department of Defense to be in-
cluded in future Department of Defense Budget Requests, 
including the feasibility of establishing a dedicated pro-
gram-of-record. 
SEC. 1076. REPORT ON BACKLOG OF PERSONNEL SECURITY 
CLEARANCE ADJUDICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter 
for five years, the Suitability Executive Agent, shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the backlog of personnel secu-
rity clearance adjudications. Such report shall include— 
(1) the size of the backlog of personnel security 
clearance adjudications, by agency, for the fiscal 
quarter preceding the quarter during which the re-
port is submitted; 
(2) the average length of time, for each security 
clearance sensitivity level, to carry out an initial ad-
judication and an adjudication following a periodic 
reinvestigation, by agency; 
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(3) the number of cases referred to the Consoli-
dated Adjudication Facility of the Department of 
Defense; 
(4) the number of cases adjudicated by the 
Consolidated Adjudication Facility of the Depart-
ment of Defense compared to the number of cases 
deferred to continuous evaluation or vetting; 
(5) the number of adjudicators by agency; and 
(6) a backlog mitigation plan, which shall in-
clude— 
(A) the identification of the cause of, and 
recommendations to remedy, the adjudication 
backlog at Federal agencies; and 
(B) the steps the Suitability Executive 
Agency shall take to reduce the adjudication 
backlog. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall be made publicly available. 
SEC. 1077. REPORT ON POLICIES RELATING TO SMALL 
FARMS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Defense Logistics Agency and the 
Defense Commissary Agency shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the programs, poli-
cies, and practices of the Defense Logistics Agency and 
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Defense Commissary Agency, respectively, relating to 
small farms, farms owned by new and beginning farmers, 
and farmers who are veterans or minorities, including a 
description of opportunities and barriers to expanding the 
use of such programs, policies, or practices. 
SEC. 1078. REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with head of the Joint Artificial In-
telligence Center, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the artificial intelligence 
strategy of the Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) Analysis of the increasing use of artificial 
intelligence technology by the Department of De-
fense and the effects of such technology on the De-
partment. 
(2) Identification of the data necessary for the 
Secretary to properly conduct the analysis under 
paragraph (1), including identification of any gaps 
in the availability of such data. 
(3) The plan of the Secretary to protect sys-
tems that use artificial intelligence from bad actors 
and any attempts by individuals to misrepresent or 
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alter information used or provided by artificial intel-
ligence. 
(4) Analysis of the expected benefits of artificial 
intelligence for the operation of the Armed Forces 
over the period of 20 years following the year in 
which the report is submitted. 
(5) Analysis of the potential of artificial intel-
ligence to improve multi-domain operations across 
the Armed Forces. 
(6) Identification of any ethical guidelines ap-
plicable to the use of artificial intelligence by the 
Department. 
(7) The plan of the Secretary to ensure collabo-
ration among the Department, industry, academia, 
and national laboratories on matters relating to the 
research, development, test, and evaluation, con-
tracting, acquisition, and onboarding of artificial in-
telligence technology. 
(c) COLLABORATION.—In preparing the report under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may collaborate, 
through a series of meetings, roundtables, or by other 
means, with— 
(1) a broad range of industrial stakeholders in 
the technology, manufacturing, and service sectors, 
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including large and small companies, think tanks, 
and industry organizations; and 
(2) the heads of any other Federal agencies the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives; 
(2) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives; 
(3) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; 
(4) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives; and 
(5) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 1079. REPORT ON FINANCIAL COSTS OF OVERSEAS 
UNITED STATES MILITARY POSTURE AND OP-
ERATIONS. 
Not later than March 1, 2020, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the financial costs and national security bene-
fits of each of the following for fiscal year 2019: 
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(1) Operating, improving, and maintaining 
overseas military infrastructure at installations in-
cluded on the enduring location master list, includ-
ing adjustments that take into account direct or in- 
kind contributions made by the host nations of such 
enduring locations. 
(2) Operating, improving, and maintaining 
overseas military infrastructure supporting forward- 
deployed forces at overseas contingency locations, in-
cluding adjustments that take into account direct or 
in-kind contributions made by the host nations of 
such enduring locations. 
(3) Overseas military operations, including sup-
port to contingency operations, rotational deploy-
ments, and training exercises. 
SEC. 1080. HUMAN RIGHTS IN BRAZIL. 
No later than 180 days after enactment of the Act, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall 
jointly submit a report to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate, including— 
(1) an assessment of the human rights climate 
in Brazil and the commitment to human rights by 
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the security forces of Brazil, including military and 
civilian forces; 
(2) an assessment of whether Brazilian secu-
rity-force units that are found to be engaged in 
human rights abuses may have received or pur-
chased United States equipment and training; and 
(3) if warranted, a strategy to address any 
found human rights abuses by the security forces of 
Brazil, including in the context of Brazil’s newly 
conferred Major Non-NATO Ally status. 
SEC. 1080A. REPORT ON COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS INITIATIVE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining an analysis of the progress of the Department of 
Defense in implementing the Combating Trafficking in 
Persons Initiative, published in 2007 and as revised on 
June 21, 2019. 
SEC. 1080B. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CHIEF MANAGEMENT 
OFFICE ANNUAL BUDGET REPORTS. 
Section 132a(c)(1)(B) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘The Chief Management Offi-
cer’’ and inserting ‘‘(i) The Chief Management Offi-
cer’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(ii) Each report required under clause (i) shall be 
made publicly available on an internet website in a search-
able format.’’. 
SEC. 1080C. REPORT REGARDING OUTSTANDING GAO REC-
OMMENDATIONS. 
Not later than September 30, 2020, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit a report to Congress regarding— 
(1) each of the 91 priority recommendations of 
the Comptroller General regarding matters of De-
partment of Defense in report GAO–19–366SP, 
dated March 2019, that the Secretary has not imple-
mented by that date; 
(2) an explanation for why the Secretary has 
not implemented such recommendations; 
(3) if a reason under paragraph (2) is funding, 
the estimated cost for such implementation. 
SEC. 1080D. PLAN TO INCREASE AND EXPAND COLD 
WEATHER TRAINING. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
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(1) The strategic importance of the Arctic con-
tinues to increase as the United States and other 
countries recognize the military and economic impor-
tance of the region. However, the operational capa-
bilities of the United States Armed Forces in ex-
treme cold weather or Arctic environments have at-
rophied when compared to regional adversaries. 
(2) The 2018 national defense strategy stated 
‘‘The central challenge to U.S. prosperity and secu-
rity is the reemergence of long-term, strategic com-
petition by what the National Security Strategy clas-
sifies as revisionist powers.’’. 
(3) The Government of the Russian Federa-
tion— 
(A) has made significant military invest-
ments in the Arctic, including the creation of 
an Arctic Command, the Northern Fleet Joint 
Strategic Command; 
(B) has emplaced an Air Defense Missile 
Regiment throughout the Arctic; 
(C) has invested in the construction or re-
furbishment of 16 deepwater ports and 14 air-
fields in the region and has conducted signifi-
cant military exercises. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Arctic is a region of strategic importance 
to the national security interests of the United States and 
the Department of the Army must increase and expand 
its cold weather training capabilities to ensure that United 
States Armed Forces can operate in Arctic conditions nec-
essary to compete against a near peer adversary and to 
execute the national defense strategy of the United States. 
(c) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 
Army shall— 
(1) conduct an assessment of cold weather 
training requirements in light of increased oper-
ations and vulnerability to great power competition 
in the Arctic; and 
(2) develop a plan to increase and expand cold 
weather training opportunities. 
(d) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the assessment and 
developing the plan as required under subsection (c), the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) assess all existing cold weather training re-
quirements to include requirements for extreme cold, 
or Arctic conditions; 
(2) identify capability gaps in confronting ad-
versaries in the Arctic that can be addressed by in-
creased and improved training; 
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(3) make recommendations for strengthening 
and improving those training requirements and miti-
gation measures needed to address the capabilities 
gaps necessary to confront adversaries; 
(4) assess existing cold weather training sites; 
(5) consider steps necessary to increase student 
capacity at such sites; 
(6) consider manpower and supply require-
ments, including cadre needed to support increased 
student capacity; and 
(7) address any other matters the Secretary of 
the Army considers relevant. 
(e) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives the plan required by subsection (c). 
SEC. 1080E. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR THE DE-
PARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OPER-
ATIONS ON THE SOUTHWEST BORDER OF 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall conduct a review of ongoing and 
planned future Department of Defense support for De-
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partment of Homeland Security operations to secure the 
southwest border of the United States. 
(b) REPORT AND BRIEFING.— 
(1) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after 
beginning to conduct the review required under sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General shall provide to 
the Committees on Armed Services and Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
and the Committees on Armed Services and Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives a 
briefing on the review. 
(2) REPORT.—Subsequent to providing the 
briefing under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices and Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committees on Armed 
Services and Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives a report on the review. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
SEC. 1081. TECHNICAL, CONFORMING, AND CLERICAL 
AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 
United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) The table of chapters at the beginning of 
subtitle A, and at the beginning of part I of such 
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subtitle, are each amended by striking the item re-
lating to chapter 9A and inserting the following: 
‘‘9A. Audit ............................................................................................. 240a’’. 
(2) The table of chapters at the beginning of 
subtitle A, and at the beginning of part I of such 
subtitle, are each amended by striking the item re-
lating to chapter 112 and inserting the following: 
‘‘112. Cyber Scholarship Program .............................................. 2200’’. 
(3) Section 113(j)(1) is amended by inserting 
‘‘the’’ before ‘‘congressional defense committees’’. 
(4) Section 119a is amended in each of the sub-
section headings for subsections (a) and (b) by strik-
ing ‘‘AACMS’’ and inserting ‘‘ACCMS’’. 
(5) Section 127(c)(1) is amended by inserting 
‘‘the’’ before ‘‘congressional defense committees’’. 
(6) Section 130i is amended— 
(A) in subsection (i)(1), by inserting ‘‘(C)’’ 
after ‘‘(j)(3)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (j)(6), by striking 
‘‘40101’’ and inserting ‘‘44802’’. 
(7) Section 131(b)(8) is amended by redesig-
nating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (F). 
(8) Section 132 is amended by redesignating 
subsection (e) as subsection (d). 
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(9) The item relating to section 169 in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 6 is amended 
by inserting a period after ‘‘Command’’. 
(10) The item relating to section 183a in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘183a. Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Clearinghouse for review of 
mission obstructions.’’. 
(11) Section 222a(d)(3)(A) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘had’’ before ‘‘been’’. 
(12) Section 222b(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘United States Code,’’. 
(13) Section 284 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 376’’ both places 
it appears and inserting ‘‘section 276’’; 
(B) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘)’’ after 
‘‘Stat. 1564)’’; 
(C) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 375’’ and inserting ‘‘section 275’’; and 
(D) in subsection (h)(1)(A)(vi)(VI) by 
striking ‘‘section 1004 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 
U.S.C. 374 note) and’’. 
(14) Section 240b(b)(1)(B)(i) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 253a’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
240c’’. 
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(15) The table of sections at the beginning of 
subchapter V of chapter 16 is amended by striking 
‘‘Sec.’’ after the item relating to section 350. 
(16) Section 341(e)(2)(A) is amended by add-
ing a period at the end. 
(17) Section 526(k) is amended by inserting 
‘‘the’’ before ‘‘number of general officers’’. 
(18) Section 649j is amended by striking ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.–The’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
(19) Section 651(a) is amended by inserting 
‘‘shall serve’’ after ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3806(d)(1))’’. 
(20) The heading of section 928b (article 128b 
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 928b. Art. 128b. Domestic violence’’. 
(21) Section 1034(b)(1)(B)(ii) is amended by 
striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(j)’’; 
(22) Section 1073c(a) is amended by redesig-
nating the second paragraph (4) as paragraph (6). 
(23) Section 1074g(b) is amended by striking 
‘‘under subsection (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘under sub-
section (i)’’. 
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(24) Section 1075(d)(1) is amended in the table 
by striking ‘‘25% of out of network’’ and inserting 
‘‘25% out of network’’. 
(25) Section 1076d(d)(1) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 1075 of this section’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 1075 of this title’’. 
(26) Section 1076e(d)(1) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 1075 of this section’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 1075 of this title’’. 
(27) Section 1142(c)(3) is amended by striking 
‘‘paragraph (2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(2)(C)’’. 
(28) Section 1762(c) is amended by striking ‘‘in 
at any one time’’ and inserting ‘‘at any one time in’’. 
(29) Section 1788a is amended in subsection 
(d)(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than March 1, 2019, 
and each March 1 thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 
later than March 1 each year’’. 
(30) Section 2208(u) is amended by inserting 
‘‘of this title’’ after ‘‘2805’’ each place it appears. 
(31) Section 2216(b)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (c)(1)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(c)(1)(B)(ii)’’. 
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(32) Section 2222(i)(11) is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (a)(6)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(e)(6)(A)’’. 
(33) Section 2228(a)(2) is amended by striking 
the second period at the end. 
(34) The item relating to section 2229b in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 131 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘2229b. Comptroller General assessment of acquisition programs and initia-
tives.’’. 
(35) Section 2273(b)(1) is amended by insert-
ing a semicolon at the end. 
(36) The heading for section 2279d is amended 
by striking the period at the end. 
(37) The heading of section 2284, as added by 
section 311(a) of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub-
lic Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1708), is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2284. Explosive ordnance disposal defense pro-
gram’’. 
(38) Section 2304(f)(1)(B) is amended— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(6)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)(A)’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(6)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)(B)’’. 
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(39) Section 2305a(d)(1) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘a indefinite’’ and inserting ‘‘an indefinite’’. 
(40)(A) Section 2304e is amended by striking 
the last four words of the section heading. 
(B) Section 2323a is amended— 
(i) in the section heading, by striking the 
last six words; and 
(ii) in subsection (e)— 
(I) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘102 
Stat. 2468;’’; 
(II) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘(25 U.S.C. 450b(d))’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 5304(d))’’; and 
(III) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘(25 U.S.C. 450b(e))’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 5304(e))’’. 
(C) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 137 is amended by striking the last four 
words of the item relating to section 2304e and the 
last six words of the item relating to section 2323a. 
(41) Section 2307(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘may—’’. 
(42) Section 2313b(d) is amended by striking 
‘‘an task order’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘a task order’’. 
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(43) Section 2329(g)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘ ‘bridge contact’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘bridge con-
tract’ ’’. 
(44) Section 2339a(e)(5) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 3542(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
3552(b)(6)’’. 
(45) Section 2366a(c)(1)(F) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 2366a(b)(6) of this title’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (b)(6)’’. 
(46) Section 2371b(d)(1)(C) is amended by 
striking ‘‘other than’’ after ‘‘sources’’. 
(47) Section 2380B is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘section’’ before ‘‘2376(1) 
of this title’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘purposed of’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘purposes of’’. 
(48) Section 2401(e)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’. 
(49) Section 2417(a)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘of eligible entities’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘for meetings’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘of eligi-
ble entities— 
‘‘(A) for meetings’’. 
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(50) The item relating to section 2439 in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 144 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘2439. Negotiation of price for technical data before development, production, 
or sustainment of major weapon systems.’’. 
(51) The item relating to subchapter II in the 
table of subchapters for chapter 144B is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘II. Development, 
Prototyping, 
and 
Deployment 
of 
Weapon 
System 
Components 
or 
Tech-
nology .........................................................................2447a’’. 
(52) Section 2447a(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘after fiscal year 2017’’. 
(53) Section 2547(b)(2) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘material’’ and inserting 
‘‘materiel’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Material’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Materiel’’. 
(54) Section 2802(e)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘shall comply with’’ and inserting ‘‘shall— 
‘‘(A) comply with’’. 
(55) Section 2804(b) is amended— 
(A) in the second sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and ‘‘(2)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘project and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘project,’’; and 
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(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘; 
and’’. 
(56) Section 2805(d)(1)(B) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘under’’ after ‘‘made available’’. 
(57) Section 2835a(c) is amended by striking 
‘‘(1) The Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’. 
(58) Section 2879(a)(2)(A) is amended by 
striking the comma after ‘‘2017’’. 
(59) Section 2913(c) is amended by striking 
‘‘government a gas or electric utility’’ and inserting 
‘‘government gas or electric utility’’. 
(60) The item relating to section 2914 in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 173 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘2914. Energy resilience and conservation construction projects.’’. 
(61)(A) The heading of section 8749, as 
amended by section 1114(b)(2) and redesignated by 
section 807(d)(6) of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(Public Law 115–232), is amended by capitalizing 
the initial letter of the fifth, sixth, and seventh 
words and the initial letter of the last two words. 
(B) The heading of section 8749a, as added by 
section 1114(a) and redesignated by section 8(d)(6) 
of the John S. McCain National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115– 
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232), is amended by capitalizing the initial letter of 
the fifth, sixth, and seventh words. 
(62) Section 9069(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘are’’ and inserting ‘‘is’’. 
(63) Section 10217(e)(4) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘shall an individual’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be an 
individual’’. 
(64) The item relating to section 2568a in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 152 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘2568a. Damaged personal protective equipment: award to members separating 
from the armed forces and veterans.’’. 
(b) NDAA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.—Effective as of 
August 13, 2018, and as if included therein as enacted, 
the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Section 331(g)(2) (132 Stat. 1724) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘of such title’’ after ‘‘chapter 
2’’. 
(2) Section 844(b) (132 Stat. 1881) is amended 
by striking ‘‘This section and the amendments made 
by this section’’ and inserting ‘‘The amendment 
made by subsection (a)’’. 
(3) Section 1246(1)(B) (132 Stat. 2049) is 
amended by adding at the end before the semicolon 
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the following: ‘‘and transferring it to appear after 
paragraph (15)’’. 
(4) Section 2805(c) (132 Stat. 2262; 10 U.S.C. 
2864 note) is amended by striking ‘‘United Facilities 
Criteria’’ and inserting ‘‘Unified Facilities Criteria’’. 
(c) NDAA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018.—Effective as of 
December 12, 2017, and as if included therein as enacted, 
section 1609(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 
1728; 10 U.S.C. 2273 note) is amended by striking ‘‘, 
and,’’ and inserting ‘‘, and’’. 
(d) NDAA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012.—Effective as of 
December 31, 2011, and as if included therein as enacted, 
section 315 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1358; 
10 U.S.C. 2911 note) is amended by redesignating sub-
sections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), 
respectively. 
(e) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
AMENDMENTS 
MADE BY THIS ACT.—For purposes of applying amend-
ments made by provisions of this Act other than this sec-
tion, the amendments made by this section shall be treated 
as having been enacted immediately before any such 
amendments by other provisions of this Act. 
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SEC. 1082. SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE EXECUTE ORDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 119b. Execute orders: congressional oversight 
‘‘Not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
Secretary of Defense or the commander of a combatant 
command issues an execute order, the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide to the chairman and ranking member 
of each of the congressional defense committees, and their 
designated staff with the appropriate security clearance, 
a copy of the execute order.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘119b. Execute orders: congressional oversight.’’. 
(c) PREVIOUSLY ISSUED EXECUTE ORDERS.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the chairman 
and ranking member of each of the congressional defense 
committees, and their designated staff with the appro-
priate security clearance, copies of each execute order 
issued by the Secretary or by a commander of a combatant 
command before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 1083. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL SECURITY COMMIS-
SION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
Section 1051 of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘180 days’’ 
and inserting ‘‘360 days’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘October 1, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2021’’. 
SEC. 1084. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MILITARY AVIATION 
SAFETY. 
(a) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR REPORT.—Sub-
section (h)(2) of section 1087 of the John S. McCain Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(Public Law 115–232) is amended by striking ‘‘March 1, 
2020’’ an inserting ‘‘December 1, 2020’’. 
(b) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT.—Such sec-
tion is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(l) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the submittal of the report under 
subsection (h)(2), the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of each of the military depart-
ments, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and House of Representatives a report that 
includes each of the following: 
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‘‘(1) An assessment of the findings and conclu-
sions of the Commission. 
‘‘(2) The plan of the Secretaries for imple-
menting the recommendations of the Commission. 
‘‘(3) Any other actions taken or planned by the 
Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of any of the 
military departments to improve military aviation 
safety.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the National Commission on Military Aviation Safety 
established under section 1087 of the John S. McCain Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(Public Law 115–232), of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated for Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
wide for fiscal year 2020, as specified in the funding table 
in section 4301, $3,000,000 shall be available for the Na-
tional Commission on Aviation Safety. 
SEC. 1085. EXTENSION OF POSTAGE STAMP FOR BREAST 
CANCER RESEARCH. 
Section 414(h) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’. 
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SEC. 1086. PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICA-
TIONS 
REGARDING 
SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS 
FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall estab-
lish and submit to the congressional defense committees 
processes and procedures for providing notifications to the 
committees regarding members of special operations 
forces, as identified in section 167(j) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(b) PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.—The processes 
and procedures established under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) clarify the roles and responsibilities of the 
Secretaries of the military departments, the Assist-
ant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and 
Low Intensity Conflict, and the Commander of 
United States Special Operations Command; 
(2) provide guidance relating to the types of 
matters that would warrant congressional notifica-
tion, including awards, reprimands, incidents, and 
any other matters the Secretary determines nec-
essary; 
(3) be consistent with the national security of 
the United States; 
(4) be designed to protect sensitive information 
during an ongoing investigation; 
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(5) account for the privacy of members of the 
Armed Forces; and 
(6) take in to account existing processes and 
procedures for notifications to the congressional de-
fense committees regarding members of the conven-
tional Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1087. ASSESSMENT OF STANDARDS, PROCESSES, PRO-
CEDURES, AND POLICY RELATING TO CIVIL-
IAN CASUALTIES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall enter into an agreement with a federally funded 
research and development center for the conduct of an 
independent assessment of the sufficiency of Department 
of Defense standards, processes, procedures, and policy re-
lating to civilian casualties resulting from United States 
military operations. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In conducting 
the assessment under this section, the federally funded re-
search and development center shall consider the following 
matters: 
(1) Department of Defense policy relating to ci-
vilian casualties resulting from United States mili-
tary operations. 
(2) Standards, processes, and procedures for in-
ternal assessments and investigations of civilian cas-
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ualties resulting from United States military oper-
ations. 
(3) Standards, processes, and procedures for 
identifying, assessing, investigating, and responding 
to reports of civilian casualties resulting from United 
States military operations from the public and non- 
governmental entities and sources, including the con-
sideration of relevant information from all available 
sources. 
(4) Combatant command organizational con-
structs for assessing and investigating civilian cas-
ualties resulting from United States military oper-
ations. 
(5) Mechanisms for public and non-govern-
mental entities to report civilian casualties that have 
resulted from United States military operations to 
the Department of Defense. 
(6) Enterprise-wide mechanisms for accurately 
recording kinetic strikes, including raids, strikes, 
and other missions, and civilian casualties resulting 
from United States military operations. 
(7) An analysis of reasons for any disparity be-
tween third party public estimates and official 
United States Government estimates of civilian cas-
ualties resulting from United States or joint oper-
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ations, including with respect to each specific mis-
sion, strike, engagement, raid, or incident. 
(8) A comparison of a representative sample of 
pre-strike collateral damage estimates and confirmed 
civilian casualty incidents for the purposes of devel-
oping possible explanations for any gaps between the 
two and assessing how to reduce such gaps. 
(9) Standards, processes, procedures, and policy 
for reducing the likelihood of civilian casualties from 
United States military operations. 
(10) The institutionalization of lessons learned 
and best practices for reducing the likelihood of ci-
vilian casualties and relating to civilian casualties re-
sulting from United States military operations, in-
cluding an analysis of the principal and secondary 
causes of civilian casualties in a suitably representa-
tive sample of air operations that includes both 
planned and dynamic strikes. 
(11) Any other matters the Secretary of De-
fense determines appropriate. 
(c) ASSESSMENT RESULTS.—The results of the as-
sessment under this section shall— 
(1) present considerations for improving stand-
ards, processes, procedures, policy, and organiza-
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tional constructs relating to civilian casualties result-
ing from military operations; 
(2) provide for the presentation of Department 
of Defense views on the assessment; and 
(3) provide for the presentation of the views of 
non-governmental organizations on the assessment. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 
2020, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report containing the results of the 
assessment conducted under this section. 
(2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex. 
(3) 
PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The 
Secretary 
shall make the report under paragraph (1) publicly 
available. 
SEC. 1088. DISPOSAL OF IPV4 ADDRESSES. 
(a) DISPOSAL REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 10 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall sell all of the IPv4 addresses 
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described in subsection (b) at fair market value. The 
net proceeds collected from a sale under this section 
shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treas-
ury. 
(2) DEADLINES FOR CERTAIN BLOCKS.—Of the 
IPv4 addresses described in subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall sell in accordance with para-
graph (1)— 
(A) one block referred to in such sub-
section, or an equivalent number of IPv4 ad-
dresses, by not later than two years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(B) one additional such block, or an equiv-
alent number of IPv4 addresses, by not later 
than three years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) IPV4 ADDRESSES.—The IPv4 addresses de-
scribed in this subsection are all IPv4 addresses assigned 
to any agency or entity of the Department of Defense, 
including all addresses contained in blocks 6.0.0.0/8, 
7.0.0.0/8, 11.0.0.0/8, 21.0.0.0/8, 22.0.0.0/8, 26.0.0.0/8, 
28.0.0.0/8, 29.0.0.0/8, 30.0.0.0/8, 33.0.0.0/8, 55.0.0.0/8, 
214.0.0.0/8, and 215.0.0.0/8. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report that includes each of the following: 
(A) A description of the measures taken by 
the Secretary regarding the disposal of the 
IPv4 addresses described in subsection (b). 
(B) An accounting of the total IPv4 ad-
dress holdings of the Department of Defense, 
as of the date of the submittal of the report. 
(C) A description of any legacy systems of 
the Department that are dependent on the IPv4 
addresses described in subsection (b). 
(D) The plan of the Secretary to transition 
all Department addresses to IPv6. 
(E) Such other information as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
(2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex. 
(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2020 for Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-wide, Office of the Secretary of De-
fense, for Travel of Persons (OP 32 Line 308), not more 
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than 70 percent may be obligated or expended until the 
date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives the report required under sub-
section (c). 
SEC. 1089. SECURING AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, acting through the 
National Science and Technology Council, in con-
sultation with the National Security Advisor, shall 
establish an interagency working group to coordinate 
activities to protect federally funded research and 
development from foreign interference, cyberattacks, 
theft, or espionage and to develop common defini-
tions and best practices for Federal science agencies 
and grantees, while accounting for the importance of 
the open exchange of ideas and international talent 
required for scientific progress and American leader-
ship in science and technology. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The working group 
shall include a representative of— 
(i) the National Science Foundation; 
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(ii) the Department of Energy; 
(iii) the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration; 
(iv) the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology; 
(v) the Department of Commerce; 
(vi) the National Institutes of Health; 
(vii) the Department of Defense; 
(viii) the Department of Agriculture; 
(ix) the Department of Education; 
(x) the Department of State; 
(xi) the Department of the Treasury; 
(xii) the Department of Justice; 
(xiii) the Department of Homeland 
Security; 
(xiv) the Central Intelligence Agency; 
(xv) the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion; 
(xvi) the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence; 
(xvii) the Office of Management and 
Budget; 
(xviii) the National Economic Council; 
and 
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(xix) such other Federal department 
or agency as the President considers ap-
propriate. 
(B) CHAIR.—The working group shall be 
chaired by the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy (or the Director’s des-
ignee). 
(3) 
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE
WORKING 
GROUP.—The working group established under para-
graph (1) shall— 
(A) identify known and potential cyber, 
physical, and human intelligence threats and 
vulnerabilities within the United States sci-
entific and technological enterprise; 
(B) coordinate efforts among agencies to 
share and update important information, in-
cluding specific examples of foreign inter-
ference, cyberattacks, theft, or espionage di-
rected at federally funded research and develop-
ment or the integrity of the United States sci-
entific enterprise; 
(C) identify and assess existing mecha-
nisms for protection of federally funded re-
search and development; 
(D) develop an inventory of— 
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(i) terms and definitions used across 
Federal science agencies to delineate areas 
that may require additional protection; and 
(ii) policies and procedures at Federal 
science agencies regarding protection of 
federally funded research; and 
(E) develop and periodically update unclas-
sified policy guidance to assist Federal science 
agencies and grantees in defending against 
threats to federally funded research and devel-
opment and the integrity of the United States 
scientific enterprise that— 
(i) includes— 
(I) descriptions of known and po-
tential threats to federally funded re-
search and development and the integ-
rity of the United States scientific en-
terprise; 
(II) common definitions and ter-
minology for categorization of re-
search and technologies that are pro-
tected; 
(III) identified areas of research 
or technology that might require addi-
tional protection; 
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(IV) recommendations for how 
control mechanisms can be utilized to 
protect federally funded research and 
development from foreign interference, 
cyberattacks, theft or espionage, in-
cluding any recommendations for up-
dates to existing control mechanisms; 
(V) recommendations for best 
practices for Federal science agencies, 
universities, and grantees to defend 
against threats to federally funded re-
search and development, including co-
ordination and harmonization of any 
relevant reporting requirements that 
Federal science agencies implement 
for grantees, and by providing such 
best practices with grantees and uni-
versities at the time of awarding such 
grants or entering into research con-
tracts; 
(VI) a remediation plan for 
grantees and universities to mitigate 
the risks regarding such threats be-
fore research grants or contracts are 
cancelled because of such threats; 
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(VII) assessments of potential 
consequences that any proposed prac-
tices would have on international col-
laboration and United States leader-
ship in science and technology; and 
(VIII) a classified addendum as 
necessary to further inform Federal 
science agency decisionmaking; and 
(ii) accounts for the range of needs 
across different sectors of the United 
States science and technology enterprise. 
(4) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL ACADEMIES 
ROUNDTABLE.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall coordinate with 
the Academies to ensure that at least one member 
of the interagency working group is also a member 
of the roundtable under subsection (b). 
(5) INTERIM
REPORT.—Not later than six 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy shall provide a report to the relevant commit-
tees that includes the inventory required under para-
graph (3)(D), and an update on progress toward de-
veloping the policy guidance required under para-
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graph (3)(E), as well as any additional activities un-
dertaken by the working group in that time. 
(6) BIENNIAL
REPORTING.—Two years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and at least every 
two years thereafter, the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall provide a sum-
mary report to the relevant committees on the activi-
ties of the working group and the most current 
version of the policy guidance required under para-
graph (3)(E). 
(b) NATIONAL ACADEMIES SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY 
AND SECURITY ROUNDTABLE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Science Foun-
dation, the Department of Energy, and the Depart-
ment of Defense, and any other agencies as deter-
mined by the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, shall enter into a joint agreement 
with the Academies to create a new ‘‘National 
Science, Technology, and Security Roundtable’’ 
(hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 
‘‘roundtable’’). 
(2) PARTICIPANTS.—The roundtable shall in-
clude senior representatives and practitioners from 
Federal science, intelligence, and national security 
agencies, law enforcement, as well as key stake-
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holders in the United States scientific enterprise in-
cluding institutions of higher education, Federal re-
search laboratories, industry, and non-profit re-
search organizations. 
(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the roundtable 
is to facilitate among participants— 
(A) exploration of critical issues related to 
protecting United States national and economic 
security while ensuring the open exchange of 
ideas and international talent required for sci-
entific progress and American leadership in 
science and technology; 
(B) identification and consideration of se-
curity threats and risks involving federally 
funded research and development, including for-
eign interference, cyberattacks, theft, or espio-
nage; 
(C) identification of effective approaches 
for communicating the threats and risks identi-
fied in subparagraph (b) to the academic and 
scientific community, including through the 
sharing of unclassified data and relevant case 
studies; 
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(D) sharing of best practices for address-
ing and mitigating the threats and risks identi-
fied in subparagraph (B); and 
(E) examination of potential near- and 
long-term responses by the government and the 
academic and scientific community to mitigate 
and address the risks associated with foreign 
threats. 
(4) REPORT AND BRIEFING.—The joint agree-
ment under paragraph (1) shall specify that— 
(A) the roundtable shall periodically orga-
nize workshops and issue publicly available re-
ports on the topics described in paragraph (3) 
and the activities of the roundtable; and 
(B) not later than March 1, 2020, the 
Academies shall provide a briefing to relevant 
committees on the progress and activities of the 
roundtable. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 
to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal years 2020 to 
2024 to carry out this subsection. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Academies’’ means the National 
Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. 
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(2) The term ‘‘Federal science agency’’ means 
any Federal agency with at least $100,000,000 in 
basic and applied research obligations in fiscal year 
2018. 
(3) The term ‘‘grantee’’ means an entity that 
is— 
(A) a recipient or subrecipient of a Federal 
grant or cooperative agreement; and 
(B) an institution of higher education or a 
non-profit organization. 
(4) The term ‘‘relevant committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(D) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate. 
SEC. 1090. STANDARDIZED POLICY GUIDANCE FOR CALCU-
LATING 
AIRCRAFT 
OPERATION 
AND 
SUSTAINMENT COSTS. 
Not later than 270 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Ac-
quisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Direc-
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tor of Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation and in con-
sultation with the Secretary of each of the military serv-
ices, shall develop and implement standardized policy 
guidance 
for 
calculating 
aircraft 
operation 
and 
sustainment costs for the Department of Defense. Such 
guidance shall provide for a standardized calculation of— 
(1) aircraft cost per flying hour; 
(2) aircraft cost per aircraft tail per year; and 
(3) total cost of ownership per flying hour for 
aircraft systems. 
SEC. 1091. SPECIAL FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION 
WORKING GROUP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary 
of State, shall jointly establish a Special Federal Aviation 
Regulation (in this section referred to as the ‘‘SFAR’’) 
interagency working group to review the current options 
for the Department of Defense to use contracted United 
States civil aviation to provide support for Department of 
Defense missions in areas where a Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration SFAR is in effect. 
(b) DUTIES.—The working group shall— 
(1) analyze all options currently available for 
the Department of Defense to use contracted United 
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States civil aviation to provide support for Depart-
ment of Defense missions in areas where a Federal 
Aviation Administration SFAR is in effect; 
(2) review existing processes of the Department 
of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, 
and the Department of State, with respect to the 
Department of Defense’s use of contracted United 
States civil aviation in areas where a Federal Avia-
tion Administration SFAR is in effect; 
(3) identify any issues, inefficiencies, or con-
cerns with the existing options and processes, includ-
ing safety of flight, legal considerations, mission de-
livery, and security considerations; and 
(4) develop recommendations, if any, to improve 
existing processes or expand the options available for 
the Department of Defense to use contracted United 
States civil aviation to provide support to Depart-
ment of Defense missions in areas where a Federal 
Aviation Administration SFAR is in effect. 
(c) MEMBERS.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary 
of State shall each appoint not more than 5 mem-
bers to the working group with expertise in civil 
aviation safety, state aircraft operations, the provi-
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sion of contracted aviation support to the Depart-
ment of Defense, and the coordination of such ef-
forts between the Department of Defense, the De-
partment of State, and the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration. The 5 members appointed by the Secretary 
of Transportation shall include at least 3 members 
from the Federal Aviation Administration. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—All working group mem-
bers shall be full-time employees of the Federal Gov-
ernment with appropriate security clearances to 
allow discussion of all classified information and ma-
terials necessary to fulfill the working group’s duties 
pursuant to subsection (b). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
it is established, the working group shall submit a report 
on its findings and any recommendations developed pursu-
ant to subsection (b) to the congressional defense commit-
tees, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The working group shall termi-
nate 90 days after the date the report is submitted under 
subsection (d). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the following defi-
nitions apply: 
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(1) The term ‘‘United States civil aviation’’ 
means— 
(A) United States air carriers and United 
States commercial operators; 
(B) persons exercising the privileges of an 
airman certificate issued by the FAA, except 
such persons operating United States-registered 
aircraft for a foreign air carrier; and 
(C) operators of civil aircraft registered in 
the United States, except where the operator of 
such aircraft is a foreign air carrier. 
(2) The term ‘‘Federal Aviation Administration 
SFAR’’ means the Special Federal Aviation Regula-
tion included under subpart M of part 91 of title 14, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 1092. PROHIBITION ON NAMES RELATED TO THE CON-
FEDERACY. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON NAMES RELATED TO THE CON-
FEDERACY.—The Secretary of Defense may not give a 
name to an asset that refers to, or includes a term refer-
ring to, the Confederate States of America (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Confederacy’’), including any name refer-
ring to— 
(1) a person who served or held leadership with-
in the Confederacy; or 
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(2) a city or battlefield significant because of a 
Confederate victory. 
(b) ASSETS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘as-
sets’’ includes any base, installation, facility, aircraft, ship, 
equipment, or any other property owned or controlled by 
the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 1093. PROHIBITION ON DENIAL OF DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS HOME LOANS FOR VET-
ERANS WHO LEGALLY WORK IN THE MARI-
JUANA INDUSTRY. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—In the case of a person with doc-
umented income that is derived, in whole or in part, from 
working in the marijuana industry in compliance with the 
law of the State in which the work takes place, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs may not use the fact that such 
documented income is derived, in whole or in part, from 
working in the marijuana industry as a factor in deter-
mining whether to guarantee, issue, or make a housing 
loan under chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CONDUCT.—Conduct of a person 
described in subsection (a) relating to obtaining a housing 
loan described in such subsection or conduct relating to 
guaranteeing, insuring, or making a housing loan de-
scribed in such subsection for a person described in such 
subsection shall— 
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(1) not be construed to violate section 401 of 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841) or 
any other provision of law; and 
(2) not constitute the basis for forfeiture of 
property under section 511 of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 881) or section 981 of title 
18, United States Code. 
SEC. 1094. INCLUSION ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMO-
RIAL WALL OF THE NAMES OF THE LOST 
CREW MEMBERS OF THE U.S.S. FRANK E. 
EVANS KILLED ON JUNE 3, 1969. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall authorize the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Me-
morial Wall in the District of Columbia of the names of 
the 74 crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans killed 
on June 3, 1969. 
(b) REQUIRED CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior, 
the American Battlefield Monuments Commission, and 
other applicable authorities with respect to any adjust-
ments to the nomenclature and placement of names pursu-
ant to subsection (a) to address any space limitations on 
the placement of additional names on the Vietnam Vet-
erans Memorial Wall. 
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(c) NONAPPLICABILITY OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS 
ACT.—Chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall 
not apply to any activities carried out under subsection 
(a) or (b). 
SEC. 1095. MILITARY TYPE CERTIFICATION FOR LIGHT AT-
TACK EXPERIMENTATION AIRCRAFT. 
The Secretary of the Air Force shall make available 
and conduct military type certifications for light attack ex-
perimentation aircraft as needed, pursuant to the Depart-
ment of Defense Directive on Military Type Certificates, 
5030.61. 
SEC. 1096. MITIGATION OF HELICOPTER NOISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop a noise inquiry website, to assist in directing miti-
gation efforts toward concentrated areas of inquiry, that 
is based off of the websites of the Ronald Reagan Wash-
ington National Airport and the Dulles International Air-
port. Such website shall— 
(1) provide a form to collect inquiry informa-
tion; 
(2) geo-tag the location of the inquiry to an ex-
portable map; 
(3) export information to an Excel spreadsheet; 
and 
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(4) send an email response to the individual 
making the inquiry. 
(b) DEFINITION OF NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 2574 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 1097. REPORT ON EXECUTIVE HELICOPTER FLIGHTS 
IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that in the ‘‘Report 
on the Effects of Military Helicopter Noise on National 
Capital Region Communities and Individuals’’ submitted 
by the Department of the Army to Congress on February 
15, 2018, the Department of the Army stated: ‘‘The DoD 
possesses helicopters which operate and train inside the 
NCR supporting multiple missions to include continuity 
of operations, defense support of civil authorities, execu-
tive transport, and other activities as directed.’’. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the num-
ber of helicopter trips used for executive transport, includ-
ing the number of such helicopters from each branch of 
the Armed Services, in the National Capital Region during 
the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
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Act and ending on the day that is 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The Sec-
retary shall make the report required under subsection (b) 
publicly available. 
(d) EXECUTIVE TRANSPORT DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘executive transport’’ has the meaning 
given such term in the ‘‘Report on the Effects of Military 
Helicopter Noise on National Capital Region Communities 
and Individuals’’ submitted by the Department of the 
Army to Congress on February 15, 2018. 
SEC. 1098. REPORTS ON REDUCING THE BACKLOG IN LE-
GALLY 
REQUIRED 
HISTORICAL 
DECLAS-
SIFICATION OBLIGATIONS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of State, and the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency shall each submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report detailing progress made 
by the Secretary or the Director, as the case may be, to-
ward reducing the backlog in legally required historical de-
classification obligations. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
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(1) A plan to achieve legally mandated histor-
ical declassification requirements and reduce back-
logs. 
(2) A plan to incorporate new technologies, 
such as artificial intelligence, that would increase 
productivity and reduce cost in implementing the 
plan under paragraph (1). 
(3) A detailed assessment of the documents re-
leased in each of the proceeding three years before 
the date of the report, broken out by program, such 
as the 25 and 50 year programs. 
(4) A detailed assessment of the documents 
awaiting review for release and an estimate of how 
many documents will be released in each of the next 
three years. 
(5) Potential policy, resource, and other options 
available to the Secretary or the Director, as the 
case may be, to reduce backlogs. 
(6) The progress and objectives of the Secretary 
or the Director, as the case may be, with respect to 
the release of documents for publication in the For-
eign Relations of the United States series or to fa-
cilitate the public accessibility of such documents at 
the National Archives or presidential libraries, or 
both. 
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(c) FORM AND AVAILABILITY.—Each report under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
which shall be made publicly available, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1099. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE PORT 
CHICAGO 50. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the American people should recognize the 
role of racial bias in the prosecution and convictions 
of the Port Chicago 50 following the deadliest home 
front disaster in World War II; 
(2) the military records of each of the Port Chi-
cago 50 should reflect such exoneration of any and 
all charges brought against them in the aftermath of 
the explosion; and 
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(3) the Secretary of the Navy should upgrade 
the general and summary discharges of each of the 
Port Chicago 50 sailors to honorable discharges. 
SEC. 1099A. REVIEW OF FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE 
RATES AND ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN CUR-
RENCY FLUCTUATIONS APPROPRIATION. 
With respect to a contract for goods and services paid 
for with foreign currency, the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller), in coordination with each Secretary of a 
military department, shall conduct a review of the ex-
change rate for such foreign currency used when making 
a disbursement pursuant to such a contract to determine 
whether cost-savings opportunities exist by more consist-
ently selecting cost-effective rates. Such review shall in-
clude an analysis of realized and projected losses to deter-
mine the necessary balance of the appropriation ‘‘Foreign 
Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’. The Secretary of De-
fense may use the results of such analysis to determine 
the amount of any transfers to the appropriation ‘‘Foreign 
Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’. 
SEC. 1099B. CONTRACTS BY THE PRESIDENT OR VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 431 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘the 
President, Vice President, Cabinet Mem-
ber, or a’’ after ‘‘Contracts by’’; and 
(2) in the first undesignated paragraph, by in-
serting ‘‘the President, Vice President, or any Cabi-
net member’’ after ‘‘Whoever, being’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 23 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 431 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘431. Contracts by the President, Vice President, or a Member of Congress.’’. 
SEC. 1099C. PAROLE IN PLACE FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any alien who is a member of the 
Armed Forces and each spouse, widow, widower, parent, 
son, or daughter of that alien shall be eligible for parole 
in place under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) parole in place reinforces family unity; 
(2) disruption to servicemembers must be mini-
mized, in order to faithfully execute their objectives; 
(3) separation of military families must be pre-
vented; 
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(4) military readiness must be the supreme ob-
jective; 
(5) servicemembers are given peace of mind, re-
lived of the stressful burden worrying about their 
loved ones; and 
(6) Congress reaffirms parole in place authority 
for the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 1099D. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST AS PART OF 
THE 
RESERVATION 
OF 
THE 
LYTTON 
RANCHERIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Lytton Rancheria of California is a fed-
erally recognized Indian tribe that lost its homeland 
after its relationship to the United States was un-
justly and unlawfully terminated in 1958. The Tribe 
was restored to Federal recognition in 1991, but the 
conditions of its restoration have prevented it from 
regaining a homeland on its original lands. 
(2) Congress needs to take action to reverse 
historic injustices that befell the Tribe and that have 
prevented it from regaining a viable homeland for its 
people. 
(3) Prior to European contact there were as 
many as 350,000 Indians living in what is now the 
State of California. By the turn of the 19th century, 
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that number had been reduced to approximately 
15,000 individuals, many of them homeless and liv-
ing in scattered bands and communities. 
(4) The Lytton Rancheria’s original homeland 
was purchased by the United States in 1926 pursu-
ant to congressional authority designed to remedy 
the unique tragedy that befell the Indians of Cali-
fornia and provide them with reservations called 
Rancherias to be held in trust by the United States. 
(5) After the Lytton Rancheria lands were pur-
chased by the United States, the Tribe settled on 
the land and sustained itself for several decades by 
farming and ranching. 
(6) By the mid-1950s, Federal Indian policy 
had shifted back towards a policy of terminating the 
Federal relationship with Indian tribes. In 1958, 
Congress enacted the Rancheria Act of 1958 (72 
Stat. 619), which slated 41 Rancherias in California, 
including the Lytton Rancheria, for termination 
after certain conditions were met. 
(7) On August 1, 1961, the Federal Govern-
ment terminated its relationship with the Lytton 
Rancheria. This termination was illegal because the 
conditions for termination under the Rancheria Act 
had never been met. After termination was imple-
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mented, the Tribe lost its lands and was left without 
any means of supporting itself. 
(8) In 1987, the Tribe joined three other tribes 
in a lawsuit against the United States challenging 
the illegal termination of their Rancherias. A Stipu-
lated Judgment in the case, Scotts Valley Band of 
Pomo Indians of the Sugar Bowl Rancheria v. United 
States, No. C–86–3660 (N.D.Cal. March 22, 1991), 
restored the Lytton Rancheria to its status as a fed-
erally recognized Indian tribe. 
(9) The Stipulated Judgment provides that the 
Lytton Rancheria would have the ‘‘individual and 
collective status and rights’’ which it had prior to its 
termination and expressly contemplated the acquisi-
tion of trust lands for the Lytton Rancheria. 
(10) The Stipulated Judgment contains provi-
sions, included at the request of the local county 
governments and neighboring landowners, that pro-
hibit the Lytton Rancheria from exercising its full 
Federal rights on its original homeland in the Alex-
ander Valley. 
(11) In 2000, approximately 9.5 acres of land 
in San Pablo, California, was placed in trust status 
for the Lytton Rancheria for economic development 
purposes. 
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(12) The Tribe has since acquired, from willing 
sellers at fair market value, property in Sonoma 
County near the Tribe’s historic Rancheria. This 
property, which the Tribe holds in fee status, is suit-
able for a new homeland for the Tribe. 
(13) On a portion of the land to be taken into 
trust, which portion totals approximately 124.12 
acres, the Tribe plans to build housing for its mem-
bers and governmental and community facilities. 
(14) A portion of the land to be taken into 
trust is being used for viniculture, and the Tribe in-
tends to develop more of the lands to be taken into 
trust for viniculture. The Tribe’s investment in the 
ongoing viniculture operation has reinvigorated the 
vineyards, which are producing high-quality wines. 
The Tribe is operating its vineyards on a sustainable 
basis and is working toward certification of sustain-
ability. 
(15) No gaming shall be conducted on the lands 
to be taken into trust by this section. 
(16) No gaming shall be conducted on any 
lands taken into trust on behalf of the Tribe in 
Sonoma County after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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(17) By directing that these lands be taken into 
trust, the United States will ensure that the Lytton 
Rancheria will finally have a permanently protected 
homeland on which the Tribe can once again live 
communally and plan for future generations. This 
action is necessary to fully restore the Tribe to the 
status it had before it was wrongfully terminated in 
1961. 
(18) The Tribe and County of Sonoma have en-
tered into a Memorandum of Agreement as amended 
in 2018 in which the County agrees to the lands in 
the County being taken into trust for the benefit of 
the Tribe in consideration for commitments made by 
the Tribe. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section, 
the following definitions apply: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 
Sonoma County, California. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Lytton Rancheria of California. 
(c) LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The land owned by the 
Tribe and generally depicted on the map titled 
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‘‘Lytton Fee Owned Property to be Taken into 
Trust’’ and dated May 1, 2015, is hereby taken into 
trust for the benefit of the Tribe, subject to valid ex-
isting rights, contracts, and management agreements 
related to easements and rights-of-way. 
(2) LANDS TO BE MADE PART OF THE RES-
ERVATION.—Lands taken into trust under para-
graph (1) shall be part of the Tribe’s reservation 
and shall be administered in accordance with the 
laws and regulations generally applicable to property 
held in trust by the United States for an Indian 
tribe. 
(d) GAMING.— 
(1) LANDS TAKEN INTO TRUST UNDER THIS 
SECTION.—Lands taken into trust for the benefit of 
the Tribe under subsection (c) shall not be eligible 
for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 
(2) OTHER LANDS TAKEN INTO TRUST.—Lands 
taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe in 
Sonoma County after the date of the enactment of 
this Act shall not be eligible for gaming under the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 
seq.). 
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(e) APPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN LAW.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Memorandum of 
Agreement entered into by the Tribe and the County con-
cerning taking land in the County into trust for the benefit 
of the Tribe, which was approved by the County Board 
of Supervisors on March 10, 2015, and any addenda and 
supplement or amendment thereto, is not subject to review 
or approval of the Secretary in order to be effective, in-
cluding review or approval under section 2103 of the Re-
vised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 81). 
SEC. 1099E. INTEROPERABILITY OF COMMUNICATIONS BE-
TWEEN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND ADJA-
CENT JURISDICTIONS. 
Not later than 12 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Department of Defense Fire and 
Emergency Services Working Group shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report that includes— 
(1) an identification of all military installations 
that provide emergency services to areas outside of 
their installations, make them aware of the Amtrak 
Passenger Train 501 Derailment in DuPont, Wash-
ington, and determine the effectiveness of the com-
munications system between that military installa-
tion and the adjacent jurisdictions; and 
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(2) an implementation plan to address any defi-
ciencies with interoperability caused by the incom-
patibility between the Department of Defense com-
munications system and that of adjacent civilian 
agencies. 
SEC. 1099F. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE 
GRANTS PROGRAM. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense, 
the Secretary of Defense may contribute up to $5,000,000 
to support the National Maritime Heritage Grants Pro-
gram established under section 308703 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 1099G. CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES 
WITHIN THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE AND NA-
TIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION OFFICE. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation 
and maintenance, as specified in the corresponding fund-
ing table in section 4301, for operation and maintenance, 
Defense-Wide, Defense Human Resources Activity, line 
220 is hereby increased by $13,404,000 (with the amount 
of such increase to be made available for Chinese language 
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and culture studies within the Defense Language and Na-
tional Security Education Office). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 
4101, for other procurement, Army, Installation Info In-
frastructure MOD Program, line 63 is hereby reduced by 
$13,404,000. 
SEC. 1099H. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON AVAIL-
ABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CHINESE LANGUAGE 
PROGRAMS AT CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER EDUCATION. 
Section 1091(b) of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 132 Stat. 1997) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘None of the funds’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) TRANSITION
PLAN .—The Secretary of 
Defense shall develop a transition plan for each in-
stitution of higher education subject to the limitation 
under paragraph (1). Under the transition plan, the 
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institution may regain eligibility to receive funds 
from the Department of Defense for Chinese lan-
guage training by developing an independent Chi-
nese language program with no connection to a Con-
fucius Institute.’’. 
SEC. 1099I. LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES ON 
PROGRESS OF GENDER INTEGRATION IMPLE-
MENTATION IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall direct each component 
of the Armed Forces to share lessons learned and best 
practices on the progress of their gender integration im-
plementation plans and to communicate strategically that 
progress with other components of the Armed Forces as 
well as the general public, as recommended by the Defense 
Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. 
SEC. 1099J. STRATEGIES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETEN-
TION OF WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
The Secretary of each of the military departments 
shall— 
(1) examine successful strategies in use by for-
eign military services to recruit and retain women; 
and 
(2) consider potential best practices for imple-
mentation in the United States Armed Forces, as 
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recommended by the Defense Advisory Committee 
on Women in the Services. 
SEC. 1099K. DEFINITION OF CURRENT MONTHLY INCOME 
FOR PURPOSES OF BANKRUPTCY LAWS. 
Section 101(10A) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(B)(i) includes any amount paid by any 
entity other than the debtor (or in a joint case 
the debtor and the debtor’s spouse), on a reg-
ular basis for the household expenses of the 
debtor or the debtor’s dependents (and in a 
joint case the debtor’s spouse if not otherwise 
a dependent); and 
‘‘(ii) excludes— 
‘‘(I) benefits received under the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(II) payments to victims of war 
crimes or crimes against humanity on 
account of their status as victims of 
such crimes; 
‘‘(III) payments to victims of 
international terrorism or domestic 
terrorism, as those terms are defined 
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in section 2331 of title 18, on account 
of their status as victims of such ter-
rorism; and 
‘‘(IV) any monthly compensation, 
pension, pay, annuity, or allowance 
paid under title 10, 37, or 38 in con-
nection with a disability, combat-re-
lated injury or disability, or death of 
a member of the uniformed services, 
except that any retired pay excluded 
under this subclause shall include re-
tired pay paid under chapter 61 of 
title 10 only to the extent that such 
retired pay exceeds the amount of re-
tired pay to which the debtor would 
otherwise be entitled if retired under 
any provision of title 10 other than 
chapter 61 of that title.’’. 
SEC. 1099L. HONORING LAST SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR 
RECIPIENT OF SECOND WORLD WAR. 
(a) USE OF ROTUNDA.—At the election of the indi-
vidual (or next of kin of the individual), the last individual 
to die who was awarded the Medal of Honor for acts per-
formed during World War II shall be permitted to lie in 
honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon death. 
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Architect of the Capitol, 
under the direction and supervision of the President pro 
tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, shall take the necessary steps to imple-
ment subsection (a) upon the death of the individual de-
scribed in such subsection. 
SEC. 1099M. CREDIT MONITORING. 
Section 605A(k) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 
U.S.C. 1681c–1(k)) is amended by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 1099N. WORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READI-
NESS GRANTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The national security of the United States 
continues to depend on language readiness, in par-
ticular among the seventeen agencies of the Intel-
ligence Community. 
(2) The levels of language proficiency required 
for national security necessitate long sequences of 
language training for personnel in the Intelligence 
Community and the Department of Defense. 
(3) The future national security and economic 
well-being of the United States will depend substan-
tially on the ability of its citizens to communicate 
and compete by knowing the languages and cultures 
of other countries. 
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(4) The Federal Government has an interest in 
ensuring that the employees of its departments and 
agencies with national security responsibilities are 
prepared to meet the challenges of this changing 
international environment. 
(5) The Federal Government also has an inter-
est in taking actions to alleviate the problem of 
American students being inadequately prepared to 
meet the challenges posed by increasing global inter-
action among nations. 
(6) American elementary schools, secondary 
schools, colleges, and universities must place a new 
emphasis on improving the teaching of foreign lan-
guages, area studies, counterproliferation studies, 
and other international fields to help meet those 
challenges. 
(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence and the Secretary of Education, 
may carry out a program under which the Secretary 
of Defense makes grants, on a competitive basis, to 
eligible entities to carry out innovative model pro-
grams providing for the establishment, improvement, 
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or expansion of world language study for elementary 
school and secondary school students. 
(2) DURATION.—Each grant under this section 
shall be awarded for a period of 3 years. 
(3) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure the equitable geo-
graphic distribution of grants under this section. 
(4) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), each local educational agen-
cy that receives a grant under this section shall 
provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount 
equal to the amount of the grant (which may be 
provided in cash or in kind) to carry out the ac-
tivities supported by the grant. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of De-
fense may reduce the matching requirement 
under subparagraph (A) for any local edu-
cational agency that the Secretary determines 
does not have adequate resources to meet such 
requirement. 
(5) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES.—In awarding a grant under 
paragraph (1) to an eligible entity that is a local 
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educational agency, the Secretary of Defense shall 
support programs that— 
(A) show the promise of being continued 
beyond the grant period; 
(B) demonstrate approaches that can be 
disseminated to and duplicated in other local 
educational agencies; and 
(C) may include a professional develop-
ment component. 
(6) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
(A) Not less than 75 percent of the funds 
made available to carry out this section for a 
fiscal year shall be used for the expansion of 
world language learning in elementary schools. 
(B) Not less than 75 percent of the funds 
made available to carry out this section for a 
fiscal year shall be used to support instruction 
in world languages determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to be critical to the national security 
interests of the United States. 
(C) The Secretary of Defense may reserve 
not more than 5 percent of funds made avail-
able to carry out this section for a fiscal year 
to evaluate the efficacy of programs that receive 
grants under paragraph (1). 
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(7) APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To be considered for a 
grant under paragraph (1), an eligible entity 
shall submit an application to the Secretary of 
Defense at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information and assurances as the 
Secretary may require. 
(B) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall give special consider-
ation to applications describing programs 
that— 
(i) include intensive summer world 
language programs for professional devel-
opment of world language teachers; 
(ii) link nonnative English speakers in 
the community with the schools in order to 
promote two-way language learning; 
(iii) promote the sequential study of a 
world language for students, beginning in 
elementary schools; 
(iv) make effective use of technology, 
such as computer-assisted instruction, lan-
guage laboratories, or distance learning, to 
promote world language study; 
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(v) promote innovative activities, such 
as dual language immersion, partial world 
language immersion, or content-based in-
struction; and 
(vi) are carried out through a consor-
tium comprised of the eligible entity receiv-
ing the grant, an elementary school or sec-
ondary school, and an institution of higher 
education (as that term is defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means the following: 
(A) A local educational agency that hosts 
a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps. 
(B) A school operated by the Department 
of Defense Education Activity. 
(2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’ and ‘‘secondary 
school’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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(3) WORLD LANGUAGE.—The term ‘‘world lan-
guage’’ means— 
(A) any natural language other than 
English, including— 
(i) languages determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense to be critical to the na-
tional security interests of the United 
States; 
(ii) classical languages; 
(iii) American sign language; and 
(iv) Native American languages; and 
(B) any language described in subpara-
graph (A) that is taught in combination with 
English as part of a dual language or immer-
sion learning program. 
SEC. 1099O. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN NAMES ON THE VIET-
NAM VETERANS MEMORIAL. 
The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the inclu-
sion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District 
of Columbia the names of the seventy-four crew members 
of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969. 
SEC. 1099P. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ARMY CON-
TRACTING COMMAND–NEW JERSEY. 
It is the Sense of Congress that— 
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(1) Army Contracting Command–New Jersey 
(referred to in this section as ‘‘ACC-NJ’’) plays a 
vital role in planning, directing, controlling, man-
aging, and executing the full spectrum of con-
tracting, acquisition support, and business advisory 
services that support major weapons, armaments, 
ammunition systems, information technology. and 
enterprise systems for the Army and other Depart-
ment of Defense customers; 
(2) ACC-NJ has unique expertise executing 
grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans-
action agreements central to the work at Picatinny 
Arsenal; and 
(3) the workforce of ACC-NJ has the un-
matched experience and expertise to support innova-
tive and rapid contracting necessary to accelerate ac-
quisition and enhance readiness for a modernizing 
the United States Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1099Q. REVIEW AND REPORT ON EXPERIMENTATION 
WITH TICKS AND INSECTS. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense shall conduct a review of whether the De-
partment of Defense experimented with ticks and other 
insects regarding use as a biological weapon between the 
years of 1950 and 1975. 
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(b) REPORT.—If the Inspector General finds that any 
experiment described under subsection (a) occurred, the 
Inspector General shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report on— 
(1) the scope of such experiment; and 
(2) whether any ticks or insects used in such 
experiment were released outside of any laboratory 
by accident or experiment design. 
SEC. 1099R. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE BROADBAND AC-
CESS TO MILITARY FAMILIES AND MEDICAL 
FACILITIES 
ON 
REMOTE 
AND 
ISOLATED 
BASES. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) PURPOSE.—In order to extend residential 
broadband internet access to the thousands of mili-
tary families on military installations within the 
United States located in unserved rural areas, the 
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Fed-
eral Communication Commission, shall carry out a 
pilot program under which the Secretary enters into 
an agreement with a broadband internet provider or 
providers to— 
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(A) provide broadband internet access to 
military families on installations within the 
United States located in unserved rural areas; 
(B) ensure broadband internet is accessible 
in military hospitals and clinics to facilitate the 
expeditious use of telehealth services and elec-
tronic military records integration; and 
(C) enhance broadband internet access 
that can support of military spouse employ-
ment, transition assistance for members of the 
Armed Forces, and workforce development. 
(2) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the pilot program at no fewer than three military in-
stallations located in unserved rural areas. 
(3) SERVICE PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall ensure that broadband internet serv-
ice providers considered for participation in the pilot 
program— 
(A) use low-cost broadband technologies, 
such as fixed wireless technologies, which are 
suitable for lower population density unserved 
and underserved rural areas; and 
(B) possess the capability to expeditiously 
install and connect broadband internet capabili-
ties on remote and isolated bases. 
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(4) FIFTH
GENERATION
INFORMATION
AND 
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGIES.—The pilot pro-
gram under this section shall be carried out in ac-
cordance with the strategy and implementation plan 
required under section 233 of this Act. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the implementation of the pilot pro-
gram under subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a list of the remote and isolated bases 
selected by the Secretary for purposes of the 
pilot program; 
(B) an analysis of the success of the pilot 
program on improving access to broadband for 
families living on base, telehealth medicine serv-
ices, and the processing of electronic health 
records; 
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(C) recommendations by the Secretary for 
improving, expanding, or modifying the pro-
gram; 
(D) recommendations from the Secretary, 
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Chairman 
of the Federal Communication Commission on 
aligning the pilot program with Federal rural 
broadband strategy and deployment efforts; and 
(E) any other matters the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘broadband’’ means internet ac-
cess providing throughput speeds of at least 25 
Mbps downstream and at least 3 Mbps upstream 
and having no data consumption caps. 
(2) The term ‘‘unserved rural areas’’ means 
those rural census blocks reported by broadband 
providers as lacking access to broadband on the 
Federal Communications Commission’s Form 477. 
SEC. 1099S. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MILITARY 
WORKING DOGS AND SOLDIER HANDLERS. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds 
that— 
(1) the 341st Training Squadron, 37th Train-
ing Wing at Lackland Air Force Base provides high-
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ly trained military working dogs to the Department 
of Defense and other government agencies; 
(2) in 2010, the operational needs of the Army 
for military working dogs increased without an in-
crease in resources to train a sufficient number of 
dogs for the detection of improvised explosive devices 
at the 341st Training Squadron; 
(3) the Army initiated the tactical explosive de-
tection dog program in August 2010 as a nontradi-
tional military working dog program to train and 
field improvised explosive device detection dogs for 
use in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring 
Freedom; 
(4) the tactical explosive detection dog program 
was created to reduce casualties from improvised ex-
plosive devices in response to an increase in the use 
of asymmetric weapons by the enemy; 
(5) the tactical explosive detection dogs were a 
unique subset of military working dogs because the 
Army selected and trained soldiers from deploying 
units to serve as temporary handlers for only the du-
ration of deployment to Operation Enduring Free-
dom; 
(6) the tactical explosive detection dogs and 
their soldier handlers, like other military working 
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dog and handler teams, formed strong bonds while 
training for combat and performing extremely dan-
gerous improvised explosive device detection missions 
in service to the United States; 
(7) the tactical explosive detection dog program 
was a nontraditional military working dog program 
that terminated in February 2014; 
(8) at the termination of the tactical explosive 
detection dog program in February 2014, neither 
United States law nor Department of Defense policy 
established an adoption order priority, and Depart-
ment of Defense policy only provided that military 
working dogs be adopted by former handlers, law en-
forcement agencies, and other persons capable of hu-
manely caring for the animals; 
(9) an August 2016 report to Congress by the 
Air Force entitled ‘‘Tactical Explosive Detector Dog 
(TEDD) Adoption Report’’ concluded that the Army 
had a limited transition window for the disposition 
of tactical explosive detection dogs and the lack of 
a formal comprehensive plan contributed to the dis-
organized disposition process for the tactical explo-
sive detection dogs; 
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(10) the August 2016 report stated that, in 
2014, the Army disposed of 229 tactical explosive 
detection dogs; 
(11) 40 tactical explosive detection dogs were 
adopted by handlers, 47 dogs were adopted by pri-
vate individuals, 70 dogs were transferred to Army 
units, 17 dogs were transferred to other government 
agencies, 46 dogs were transferred to law enforce-
ment agencies, and 9 dogs were deceased; 
(12) the disposition of tactical explosive detec-
tion dogs was poorly executed, proper procedures 
outlined in Department of Defense policy were ig-
nored, and, as a result, the former soldier handlers 
were not provided the opportunity to adopt their tac-
tical explosive detection dogs; 
(13) the Army should have deliberately planned 
for the disposition of the tactical explosive detection 
dogs and provided appropriate time to review and 
consider adoption applications to mitigate handler 
and civilian adoption issues; 
(14) section 342(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114–92; 129 Stat. 793) amended section 2583(c) of 
title 10, United States Code, to modify the list of 
persons authorized to adopt a military animal and 
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prioritize the list with preference, respectively, to 
former handlers, other persons capable of humanely 
caring for the animal, and law enforcement agencies; 
(15) since 2000, Congress has passed legisla-
tion that protects military working dogs, promotes 
their welfare, and recognizes the needs of their vet-
eran handlers; 
(16) Congress continues to provide oversight of 
military working dogs to prevent a reoccurrence of 
the disposition issues that affected tactical explosive 
detection dogs; 
(17) former soldier handlers should be reunited 
with their tactical explosive detection dogs; 
(18) congressional recognition of the military 
service of tactical explosive detection dogs and their 
former soldier handlers is a small measure of grati-
tude this legislative body can convey; 
(19) over 4 years have passed since the termi-
nation of the tactical explosive detection dog pro-
gram; 
(20) Congressman Walter B. Jones has been a 
long-time advocate for military working dogs and 
their handlers; 
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