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(b) EVALUATION OF PERSONNEL.—The Secretary of Defense, or 
the Secretary’s designee, shall select the person or persons to con-
duct the competition authorized in subsection (a) and evaluate 
any submissions. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Defense may not exercise 
the authority under subsection (a) before the date that is 15 days 
after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to congres-
sional defense committees certification in writing that the use of 
the authority will not compromise classified information, propri-
etary information, or intellectual property. 
SEC. 1090. PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
IN RESPONSE TO CYBERSECURITY EVENTS. 
(a) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—If the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives (or the Speaker’s designee), with the concurrence 
of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives (or the 
Minority Leader’s designee), determines that a cybersecurity event 
has occurred and that containing, mitigating, or resolving the event 
exceeds the resources of the House of Representatives, then notwith-
standing any other provision of law or any rule, regulation, or 
executive order— 
(1) the Speaker may request assistance in responding to 
the event from the head of any Executive department, military 
department, or independent establishment; 
(2) not later than 24 hours after receiving the request, 
the head of the department or establishment shall begin to 
provide appropriate assistance in response to the incident, 
including (if necessary) restoring the information systems of 
the House to an operational state which allows for the continu-
ation of the legislative process and for Members, officers, and 
employees of the House to continue to meet their official and 
representational duties; and 
(3) such assistance shall be provided without reimburse-
ment by the House of Representatives. 
(b) SCOPE OF ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The assistance provided to the Speaker 
by the head of a department or establishment under this section 
may consist only of a type that the head of the department 
or establishment is authorized under law to provide to the 
department or establishment, another Executive department, 
military department, or independent establishment, or a private 
entity. 
(2) CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OR ESTABLISHMENT 
AND
HOUSE
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS.—In providing assistance 
under this section— 
(A) personnel of a department or establishment may 
not log onto the information systems of the House without 
the authorization of the Speaker (or the Speaker’s des-
ignee); and 
(B) personnel of a department or establishment may 
provide the House with access to technological support 
services of the department or establishment, including by 
authorizing personnel or systems of the House to connect 
with and operate services or programs of the department 
or establishment with guidance from subject matter experts 
of the department or establishment. 
(c) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—
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(1) TERMINATION UPON NOTICE FROM SPEAKER.—After initi-
ating assistance under this section, the head of the department 
or establishment shall continue providing assistance until the 
Speaker (or Speaker’s designee) notifies the head of the depart-
ment or establishment that the cybersecurity incident has 
terminated and that it is no longer necessary for the depart-
ment or establishment to provide post-incident assistance. 
(2) REMOVAL OF TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT SERVICES.—Upon 
receiving notice from the Speaker under paragraph (1), the 
head of the department or establishment shall ensure that 
any technological support services or programs of the depart-
ment or establishment are removed from the information sys-
tems of the House, and that personnel of the department or 
establishment are no longer monitoring such systems. 
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING STANDARDS.—In providing 
assistance under this section, the head of the Executive department, 
military department, or independent establishment shall meet the 
requirements of section 113 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31). 
(e) NO EFFECT ON OTHER AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.— 
Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the authority 
of an Executive department, military department, or independent 
establishment to provide any support, including cybersecurity sup-
port, to the House of Representatives under any other law, rule, 
or regulation. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, each of the terms ‘‘Executive 
department’’, ‘‘military department’’, and ‘‘independent establish-
ment’’ has the meaning given such term in chapter 1 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 1091. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS FIREARMS TO CORPORATION FOR 
THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE AND FIREARMS 
SAFETY. 
(a) TRANSFER REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the 
Secretary of the Army shall transfer surplus caliber .45 M1911/ 
M1911A1 pistols described in paragraph (2) to the Corporation 
for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety in 
accordance with this section. 
(2) PISTOLS DESCRIBED.—The pistols described in this para-
graph are surplus caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 pistols and spare 
parts and related accessories for those pistols that, on the 
date of the enactment of this section, are under the control 
of the Secretary and are surplus to the requirements of the 
Department of the Army. 
(3) NUMBER TO BE TRANSFERRED.— 
(A) TOTAL NUMBER.—For any fiscal year, a total of 
not more than 10,000 surplus caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 
pistols may be transferred to the Corporation under this 
section and section 40728 of title 36, United States Code. 
(B) FISCAL YEAR 2018.—For fiscal year 2018, not less 
than 8,000 surplus caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 pistols shall 
be transferred to the Corporation pursuant to this section. 
(4) TERMS OF TRANSFERS.—Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and 
(g) of section 40728 of title 36, United States Code, shall apply 
to a transfer under this section in the same manner such
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subsections apply to transfers of firearms under such section 
40728. 
(5) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b)(1), subchapter II of chapter 407 of title 36, United 
States Code, shall apply with respect to firearms transferred 
under this section. 
(b) SUSPENSION OF DISCRETIONARY TRANSFER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period described in paragraph 
(2), the Secretary of the Army may only transfer surplus caliber 
.45 M1911/M1911A1 pistols to the Corporation under the 
authority of this section and may not transfer such pistols 
to such Corporation under section 40728 of title 36, United 
States Code. 
(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described in this para-
graph is the period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and ending on the earlier of the following dates: 
(A) The date that is 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020. 
(B) June 1, 2020. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL
OF PILOT PROGRAM
FOR TRANSFER 
OF PISTOLS.—Section 1087 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1012) 
is amended by striking subsections (b) and (c). 
(d) REPORTS ON TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year during which the 
Secretary transfers surplus caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 pistols 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
a report detailing the transfer and sale of such pistols during 
such fiscal year. A report under this paragraph for a fiscal 
year shall be submitted not later than 5 days after the budget 
of the President for the subsequent fiscal year is submitted 
to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. 
(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include, for the fiscal year covered by the 
report— 
(A) the number of surplus caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 
pistols transferred to the Corporation under subsection (a); 
(B) the number of such pistols sold by the Corporation; 
and 
(C) to the extent feasible based on the information 
available to the Secretary, information on any crimes com-
mitted using any such pistols transferred to or sold by 
the Corporation. 
(e) EVALUATION OF CORPORATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall 
enter into an agreement with a Federally funded research 
and development center with relevant expertise to conduct an 
evaluation of the Corporation for the Promotion for Rifle Prac-
tice and Firearms Safety for the purpose of assessing future 
transfers of excess firearms to the Corporation. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The evaluation required under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) An assessment of the effectiveness of the Civilian 
Marksmanship Program, including an examination of the 
functions and activities of the Program, as described in
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section 40722 of title 36, United States Code, that support 
the mission of the Program. 
(B) A comparison the Civilian Marksmanship Program 
to similar organizations that offer instruction in marksman-
ship, firearm practice and safety, and opportunities for 
marksmanship competitions. 
(C) An evaluation of benefits the Army receives from 
the Civilian Marksmanship Program relative to the 
resources the Army provides to the Program. 
(D) An assessment of present and prospective funding 
models to support a transition to self-sustainment, 
including opportunities for non-Federal resources. 
(E) An assessment of the costs and profits associated 
with the transfer of excess firearms from the Army to 
the Civilian Marksmanship Program (including the costs 
associated with the storage, inspection, and, refurbishment 
of such firearms), which shall be determined with respect 
to surplus caliber .45 M1911/M1911A pistols using data 
from a minimum of 8,000 sales transactions. 
(F) Any other matters the Secretary determines appro-
priate. 
(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the results 
of the evaluation by not later than January 1, 2019, and shall 
provide interim briefings upon request. 
(f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEWS.— 
(1) CONCURRENT REVIEW OF CORPORTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—At the same time as the Federally 
funded research and development center conducts the 
evaluation under subsection (d), the Comptroller General 
shall conduct a review of the Corporation for the Promotion 
for Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—The review required under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following elements: 
(i) A review of whether the procedures relating 
to sales of surplus caliber .45 M1911/M1911A pistols 
covered by the evaluation were conducted in accordance 
with applicable Federal laws. 
(ii) A review of the business operations of the 
Civilian Marksmanship Program in comparison to the 
business operations of other Federally chartered 
organizations. 
(iii) An evaluation of any authorities or agreements 
governing the relationship between the Army and the 
Program. 
(iv) An assessment of the financial operations of 
the Civilian Marksmanship Program, including how 
the Program’s endowment is funded by the proceeds 
from sales of excess weapons transferred to the Pro-
gram from the Army. 
(v) An assessment of the costs and profits associ-
ated with the transfer of excess firearms from the 
Army to the Civilian Marksmanship Program, which 
shall be determined with respect to surplus caliber 
.45 M1911/M1911A1 pistols using data from a min-
imum of 8,000 sales transactions.
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(vi) Any other matters the Comptroller General 
determines are relevant. 
(C) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Comptroller General 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the review required by subparagraph (A) by 
not later than January 1, 2019. 
(2) REVIEW OF FFRDC REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General shall con-
duct a review of the report submitted under subsection 
(d)(3). 
(B) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after the Sec-
retary of the Army submits the report required under sub-
section (d)(3), the Comptroller General shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
preliminary results of the review required by paragraph 
(1). 
(C) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the Sec-
retary submits such report, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
containing the findings and recommendations of the Comp-
troller General pursuant to the review required by para-
graph (1). 
SEC. 1092. COLLABORATION BETWEEN FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINIS-
TRATION AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON UNMANNED 
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. 
(a) COLLABORATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration and the Secretary of Defense may collabo-
rate on sense-and-avoid capabilities for unmanned aircraft sys-
tems. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The collaboration described in paragraph 
(1) may include, as appropriate, the following: 
(A) 
Sharing 
information 
on 
safely 
integrating 
unmanned aircraft systems and manned aircraft in the 
national airspace system. 
(B) The development of civil standards, policies, and 
procedures for the Federal Aviation Administration for inte-
grating unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace 
system by leveraging the historical and current testing, 
training, and operational experiences of the Department 
of Defense, particularly the Air Force, of unmanned flight 
operations 
(C) Informing stakeholders about— 
(i) the development of airborne and ground-based 
sense-and-avoid capabilities for unmanned aircraft sys-
tems; and 
(ii) research and development on unmanned air-
craft systems, especially with respect to matters 
involving human factors, information assurance, and 
security. 
(b) PARTICIPATION BY FAA IN DOD ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration may participate, and provide assistance 
to the Secretary of Defense for activities during the test and 
evaluation efforts of the Department of Defense, including the
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Air Force, relating to airborne and ground-based sense-and- 
avoid capabilities for unmanned aircraft systems. 
(2) PARTICIPATION
THROUGH
TEST
SITES.—Participation 
under paragraph (1) may include provision of assistance 
through Department of Defense unmanned aircraft systems 
test sites or a Federal Aviation Administration test range. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘unmanned aircraft 
system’’ and ‘‘test range’’ have the meaning given such terms in 
section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 
(Public Law 112–95; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note). 
(d) RESTORATION OF RULES FOR REGISTRATION AND MARKING 
OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.—The rules adopted by the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration in the matter of registration 
and marking requirements for small unmanned aircraft (FAA-2015- 
7396; published on December 16, 2015) that were vacated by the 
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 
in Taylor v. Huerta (No. 15-1495; decided on May 19, 2017) shall 
be restored to effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1093. CARRIAGE OF CERTAIN PROGRAMMING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘local commercial television station’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 614(h) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 534(h)); 
(2) the term ‘‘multichannel video programming distributor’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 602 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 522); 
(3) the term ‘‘qualified noncommercial educational tele-
vision station’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
615(l) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 535(l)); 
(4) the term ‘‘retransmission consent’’ means the authority 
granted to a multichannel video programming distributor under 
section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
325(b)) to retransmit the signal of a television broadcast station; 
and 
(5) the term ‘‘television broadcast station’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 76.66(a) of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(b) CARRIAGE
OF CERTAIN CONTENT.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, a multichannel video programming dis-
tributor may not be directly or indirectly required, including as 
a condition of obtaining retransmission consent, to— 
(1) carry non-incidental video content from a local commer-
cial television station, qualified noncommercial educational tele-
vision station, or television broadcast station to the extent 
that such content is owned, controlled, or financed (in whole 
or in part) by the Government of the Russian Federation; 
or 
(2) lease, or otherwise make available, channel capacity 
to any person for the provision of video programming that 
is owned, controlled, or financed (in whole or in part) by the 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed as applying to the editorial use by a local commercial 
television station, qualified noncommercial educational television 
station, or television broadcast station of programming that is
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owned, controlled, or financed (in whole or in part) by the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation. 
SEC. 1094. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTRE-
MISM. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2018, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
on a comprehensive, interagency national strategy for coun-
tering violent extremism. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The comprehensive, interagency national 
strategy required by paragraph (1) shall include the following 
elements: 
(A) Identification of the interagency tools for combating 
and countering violent extremism, including— 
(i) countering violent extremist messaging and 
ideological support; 
(ii) combating violent extremist financing, intel-
ligence gathering, and cooperation; 
(iii) law enforcement activities, sanctions, counter-
terrorism, and counterintelligence activities; 
(iv) support to civil-society groups, commercial 
entities, allies, and counter radicalization activities; 
and 
(v) support by the Armed Forces of the United 
States to combat violent extremism. 
(B) Use of, coordination with, or liaison to international 
partners, non-governmental organizations, or commercial 
entities that support United States policy goals in coun-
tering violent extremist ideologies and organizations. 
(C) Synchronization processes for the use of inter-
agency tools to combat violent extremism, including the 
roles and responsibilities of the Global Engagement Center, 
as well as the National Security Council in coordinating 
the interagency tools. 
(D) Recommendations for improving coordination 
between Federal Government agencies, as well as with 
State, local, international, and non-governmental entities. 
(E) Other matters as the President considers appro-
priate. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the submission of the strategy required by subsection (a), the Presi-
dent shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an 
assessment of the strategy, including— 
(1) the status of implementation of the strategy; 
(2) progress toward the achievement of benchmarks or 
implementation of any recommendations; and 
(3) any changes to the strategy since such submission. 
(c) FORM.—The report and assessment required by this section 
shall each be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services, 
Appropriations, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
and the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate; and
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(2) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, 
Appropriations, Homeland Security, and the Judiciary and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 1095. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING WORLD WAR I. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States declared war against Germany on 
April 6, 1917, to redress wrongs, including Germany’s resump-
tion of unrestricted submarine warfare, violation of United 
States neutrality, meddling in Mexican affairs, and denial of 
freedom of the seas to nonbelligerent nations. 
(2) The United States associated itself with the allied 
powers of the United Kingdom and its Commonwealth, France 
and its colonies, Russia, Italy, and Japan to defeat the German 
Empire. 
(3) The United States Army, consisting of the Regular 
Army, National Guard, and Reserve Corps, with the addition 
of volunteers and the draftees of the National Army, underwent 
a transformation from a frontier constabulary and coastal 
defense force to a modern land warfare force. 
(4) Early 20th century military and technological advances 
resulted in the incorporation of motor transport, aviation, anti- 
aircraft artillery, tanks, chemical weapons, submarines and 
anti-submarine warfare, underwater mines, and other innova-
tions into the military arsenal of the United States. 
(5) The need to quickly build a military strength of four 
million soldiers and half a million sailors required the mobiliza-
tion of the human resources of the United States, during which 
members of diverse ethnic groups, races, and creeds, both 
native-born and immigrant, forged a new American identity. 
(6) The United States Army maintained its defense of 
American seacoasts, southern border, and overseas possessions, 
while the Army American Expeditionary Forces arrived in 
Europe in June 1917 and deployed for combat operations in 
October. 
(7) By the end of World War I, almost 2,000,000 members 
of the Army served overseas in the American Expeditionary 
Forces. 
(8) During World War I, the United States Navy increased 
in strength from approximately 67,000 sailors and marines 
to approximately 500,000 sailors and marines by the war’s 
end, and the size of the Navy increased from around 200 
ships at the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914, to 342 vessels 
by the time the United States entered the war, and 774 vessels 
by the day of the Armistice 
(9) The Navy operated in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, 
and the North and Mediterranean Seas in cooperation with 
allied navies. 
(10) The Navy began the fight against the German U- 
boat menace by first dispatching 34 destroyers stationed specifi-
cally for such purpose, which by war’s end grew to 110 total 
destroyers 
(11) Navy vessels escorted troop transports carrying 
1,250,000 passengers and escorted supply transports carrying 
27 percent of all cargo shipped to Europe.
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(12) The Navy deployed five batteries of large-caliber battle-
ship guns mounted on railroad trains to France for service 
as long-range artillery for the Army. 
(13) The United States Coast Guard transferred to the 
operational control of the Navy and augmented that service 
with officers and sailors, vessels of all types, and shore stations. 
(14) The United States Marine Corps, with an eventual 
wartime strength of 53,000 officers and men, detached the 
5th and 6th regiments and a machine gun battalion to con-
stitute an infantry brigade integrated into the Army’s 2d Divi-
sion for service in France. 
(15) On July 4, 1917, Colonel Charles E. Stanton, one 
of the officers on the staff of General John Pershing, commander 
of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, famously 
announced the commitment of the United States to the fight 
when Colonel Stanton proclaimed upon his arrival in France, 
‘‘Lafayette, we are here!’’. 
(16) Whereas the American Expeditionary Forces formed 
three field armies, nine corps and 43 divisions, plus various 
units of the Services of Supply. 
(17) The American Expeditionary Forces suffered 255,000 
casualties and over 50,000 non-battle casualties while partici-
pating in 13 named campaigns in World War I. 
(18) Participation in World War I resulted in the completion 
of a period of reform and professionalism that transformed 
the Armed Forces from a small dispersed organization to a 
modern industrialized fighting force capable of global reach 
and influence. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) honors the memory of the fallen heroes who wore the 
uniform of the United States Armed Forces during World War 
I; 
(2) commends the Unites States Armed Forces for pre-
serving and protecting the interests of the United States during 
World War I; 
(3) commends the brave members of the United States 
Armed Forces for their courage while preserving the founding 
principles of the United States at home and abroad during 
World War I; 
(4) commends the brave members of the United States 
Armed Forces for preserving and protecting the sea lanes of 
commerce and communications during World War I that 
ensured the continued prosperity of the United States; 
(5) celebrates and congratulates the United States Army, 
Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard during the 
commemoration of the centennial of World War I for a job 
well done; and 
(6) calls on all people of the United States to join in 
the commemoration of the centennial of World War I in events 
throughout the United States and overseas. 
SEC. 1096. NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF TERMS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS. 
(a) REQUEST
OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS.—At the request 
of the Chairman, in coordination with the Ranking Member, of 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate or the House 
of Representatives or the Chairman, in coordination with the