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the 
Small 
Business 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
648(c)(3)), as added by subparagraph (B). 
(B) 
ADDITIONAL
SERVICES.—Section 
21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
648(c)(3)) is amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (S), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (T), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(U) encouraging and assisting the provi-
sion of succession planning to small business 
concerns with a focus on transitioning to co-
operatives, as defined in section 7(a)(35), and 
qualified employee trusts (collectively referred to 
in this subparagraph as ‘employee-owned busi-
ness concerns’), including by— 
‘‘(i) providing training to individuals 
to promote the successful management, gov-
ernance, or operation of a business pur-
chased by those individuals in the forma-
tion of an employee-owned business concern;
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‘‘(ii) assisting employee-owned business 
concerns that meet applicable size standards 
established under section 3(a) with edu-
cation and technical assistance with respect 
to financing and contracting programs ad-
ministered by the Administration; 
‘‘(iii) coordinating with lenders on 
conducting outreach on financing through 
programs administered by the Administra-
tion that may be used to support the transi-
tion of ownership to employees; 
‘‘(iv) supporting small business con-
cerns in exploring or assessing the possi-
bility of transitioning to an employee- 
owned business concern; and 
‘‘(v) coordinating with the cooperative 
development centers of the Department of 
Agriculture, the land grant extension net-
work, the Manufacturing Extension Part-
nership, community development financial 
institutions, employee ownership associa-
tions and service providers, and local, re-
gional and national cooperative associa-
tions.’’. 
(f) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
or a designee of the Administrator shall coordinate 
and chair an interagency working group, which 
shall— 
(A) develop recommendations on how Fed-
eral programs can promote, support, and in-
crease the number of employee-owned business 
concerns; 
(B) ensure coordination with Federal agen-
cies and national and local employee ownership, 
cooperative, and small business organizations; 
and 
(C) publish a report on the activities of the 
interagency working group that is indexed and 
maintained for public review. 
(2) MEETINGS.—The interagency working group 
described in paragraph (1) shall meet in person or 
via electronic resources at such times as determined 
necessary by the Administrator, but not less fre-
quently than biannually. 
(g) AMENDMENT TO REPORT TO CONGRESS ON STATUS 
OF EMPLOYEE-OWNED FIRMS.—Section 7(a)(15) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(15)), as amended by 
this section, is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘Adminis-
tration.’’ and inserting ‘‘Administration, which shall 
include— 
‘‘(i) the total number of loans made to co-
operatives and qualified employee trusts (collec-
tively referred to in this subparagraph as ‘em-
ployee-owned business concerns’) that were guar-
anteed by the Administrator under this section 
or section 502 of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696), including the num-
ber of loans made— 
‘‘(I) to small business concerns owned 
and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals; and 
‘‘(II) to cooperatives; 
‘‘(ii) the total number of financings made to 
employee-owned business concerns by companies 
licensed under section 301(c) of the Small Busi-
ness Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(c)), 
including the number of financings made— 
‘‘(I) to small business concerns owned 
and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals; and 
‘‘(II) to cooperatives; and
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‘‘(iii) any outreach and educational activi-
ties conducted by the Administration with re-
spect to employee-owned business concerns.’’; and 
(A) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘cooperative’ has the meaning 
given the term in paragraph (35); and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘small business concern owned 
and controlled by socially and economically dis-
advantaged individuals’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 8(d)(3)(C).’’. 
(h) REPORT ON COOPERATIVE LENDING.— 
(1) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that cooperatives have a unique business 
structure and are unable to access the lending pro-
grams of the Administration effectively due to loan 
guarantee requirements that are incompatible with 
the business structure of cooperatives. 
(2) STUDY AND REPORT.— 
(A) STUDY.—The Administrator, in coordi-
nation with lenders, stakeholders, and Federal 
agencies, shall study and recommend practical 
alternatives for cooperatives that will satisfy the 
loan guarantee requirements of the Administra-
tion.
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(B) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall submit to Congress the rec-
ommendations developed under paragraph (1) 
and a plan to implement those recommendations. 
SEC. 6007. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
STATES REVIEW OF EFFECT OF OTHER-THAN- 
HONORABLE DISCHARGES ON VETERAN EM-
PLOYMENT OUTCOMES. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the 
Secretary of Labor, complete a review of the effect of dis-
charges and releases from service in the active military, 
naval, or air service under conditions other than honorable 
on employment outcomes for veterans who were so dis-
charged or released. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the effect of a discharge or 
release described in subsection (a) on a veteran’s em-
ployment outcomes. 
(2) Development of recommendations for legisla-
tive or administrative action to reduce the negative
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effect of such a discharge or release on employment 
outcomes, including potential educational campaigns. 
(3) An assessment of agency outreach or other 
relevant efforts to inform veterans of their ability to 
seek a change to their character of discharge through 
a discharge review board. 
(4) An assessment of the progress of the Sec-
retary of Defense in implementing the recommenda-
tions of the Comptroller General published in the 
Government Accountability Office report GAO–17– 
260 in May of 2017 on actions needed to ensure post- 
traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury 
are considered in misconduct separations. 
(5) A review and development of recommended 
areas for improvement in the implementation by the 
Department of Defense of its August 25, 2017, clari-
fying guidance to Military Discharge Review Boards 
and Board for Correction of Military/Naval Records 
related to mental health conditions, sexual assault, or 
sexual harassment. Such review shall include identi-
fying statistics on the number of upgrades and dis-
charge reliefs requested and granted and the average 
timeframe for review of such requests. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
on which the Comptroller General completes the review re-
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quired by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the results of the review. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘active 
military, naval, or air service’’, ‘‘discharge or release’’, and 
‘‘veteran’’ have the meaning given such terms in section 101 
of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 6008. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON AVAIL-
ABILITY OF LONG-TERM CARE OPTIONS FOR 
VETERANS FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study on the availability of 
long-term care options from the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs for veterans with combat-related disabilities, including 
veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 
11, 2001. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required by subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) determine the potential demand for long-term 
care by veterans eligible for health care from the De-
partment; 
(2) determine the capacity of the Department for 
providing all four levels of long-term care, which are 
independent living, assisted living, nursing home 
care, and memory care;
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(3) identify the number of veterans with combat- 
related disabilities who require a personal care assist-
ant and which facilities of the Department provide 
this service; and 
(4) examine the value of long-term care benefits 
provided by the Department, including personal care 
assistant services, to identify the potential elements of 
a pilot program that affords aging veterans the choice 
of receiving long-term care benefits at nonprofit con-
tinuing care retirement communities. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2020, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the study conducted under this section. 
SEC. 6009. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO SOO LOCKS, 
SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MICHIGAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 
are of critical importance to the national security of 
the United States; 
(2) the Soo Locks are the only waterway connec-
tion from Lake Superior to the Lower Great Lakes 
and the St. Lawrence Seaway;
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(3) only the Poe Lock is of sufficient size to allow 
for the passage of the largest cargo vessels that trans-
port well over 90 percent of all iron ore mined in the 
United States, and this lock is nearing the end of its 
50-year useful lifespan; 
(4) a report issued by the Office of Cyber and In-
frastructure Analysis of the Department of Homeland 
Security concluded that an unscheduled 6-month out-
age of the Poe Lock would cause— 
(A) a dramatic increase in national and re-
gional unemployment; and 
(B) 75 percent of Great Lakes steel produc-
tion, and nearly all North American appliance, 
automobile, railcar, and construction, farm, and 
mining equipment production to cease; 
(5) the Corps of Engineers is reevaluating a past 
economic evaluation report to update the benefit-to- 
cost ratio for building a new lock at the Soo Locks; 
and 
(6) the Secretary of the Army and all relevant 
Federal agencies should— 
(A) expedite the completion of the report de-
scribed in paragraph (5) and ensure the analysis 
adequately reflects the critical importance of the
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Soo Locks infrastructure to the national security 
and economy of the United States; and 
(B) expedite all other necessary reviews, 
analysis, and approvals needed to speed the re-
quired upgrades at the Soo Locks. 
TITLE LXI—CIVILIAN 
PERSONNEL MATTERS 
SEC. 6101. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CYBER SCHOLARSHIP 
PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—Section 2200c of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting before ‘‘In the selection’’ the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) CENTERS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN CYBER 
EDUCATION.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) CERTAIN
INSTITUTIONS
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION.—In the selection of a recipient for the award of 
a scholarship or grant under this chapter, consideration 
shall be given to whether— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a scholarship, the institution 
of higher education at which the recipient pursues a 
degree is an institution described in section 371(a) of
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the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1067q(a)); and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a grant, the recipient is an 
institution described in such section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
2200c of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2200c. Special considerations in awarding scholar-
ships and grants’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 112 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 2200c and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2200c. Special considerations in awarding scholarships and grants.’’. 
Subtitle LXII—Matters Relating to 
Foreign Nations 
SEC. 6201. COORDINATION OF EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE 
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN 
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Officer of the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation shall consult and co-
ordinate with the United States Trade Representative and 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development with respect to countries described in 
subsection (b) for the purpose of developing and carrying
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out the plan required by section 116(b) of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3723(b)). 
(b) COUNTRIES DESCRIBED.—A country is described 
in this paragraph if the country— 
(1) is identified under section 110(b)(1) of the 
Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (Public Law 
114–27; 19 U.S.C. 3705 note); and 
(2)(A) has entered into a Millennium Challenge 
Compact pursuant to section 609 of the Millennium 
Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7708); or 
(B) is selected by the Board of Directors of the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation under subsection 
(c) of section 607 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 7706) from 
among the countries determined to be eligible coun-
tries under subsection (a) of that section. 
SEC. 6202. TREATMENT OF RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT 
AND RWANDAN PATRIOTIC ARMY UNDER IM-
MIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. 
(a) REMOVAL OF TREATMENT AS TERRORIST ORGANI-
ZATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Rwandan Patriotic Front and the 
Rwandan Patriotic Army shall be excluded from the 
definition of terrorist organization (as defined in sec-
tion 212(a)(3)(B)(vi)(III) of the Immigration and
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Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(vi)(III))) for 
purposes of such section 212(a)(3)(B) for any period 
before August 1, 1994. 
(2) EXCEPTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security and the Attorney General, or the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State and the Attorney 
General, as applicable, may suspend the applica-
tion of paragraph (1) for the Rwandan Patriotic 
Front or the Rwandan Patriotic Army in the 
sole and unreviewable discretion of such applica-
ble Secretary. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than, or contem-
poraneously with, a suspension of paragraph (1) 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State 
or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appli-
cable, shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report on the justification for such 
suspension. 
(b) RELIEF FROM INADMISSIBILITY.— 
(1) ACTIVITIES BEFORE AUGUST 1, 1994.—Sec-
tion 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) shall not apply to
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an alien with respect to any activity undertaken by 
the alien in association with the Rwandan Patriotic 
Front or the Rwandan Patriotic Army before August 
1, 1994. 
(2) EXCEPTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply if the Secretary of State or the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, as applicable, determines 
in the sole unreviewable discretion of such appli-
cable Secretary that, in the totality of the cir-
cumstances, such alien— 
(i) poses a threat to the safety and se-
curity of the United States; or 
(ii) does not merit a visa, admission to 
the United States, or a grant of an immi-
gration benefit or protection. 
(B) IMPLEMENTATION.—Subparagraph (A) 
shall be implemented by the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Attorney General. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Home-
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land Security and Governmental Affairs, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Home-
land Security, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 6203. SYRIAN WAR CRIMES ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) March 2017 marks the sixth year of the ongo-
ing conflict in Syria. 
(2) As of February 2017— 
(A) more than 13,000,000 people are in 
need of humanitarian assistance in Syria; 
(B) approximately 6,600,000 people are dis-
placed from their homes inside Syria; and 
(C) approximately 5,600,000 Syrians have 
fled to neighboring countries as refugees. 
(3) Since the conflict in Syria began, the United 
States has provided more than $8,000,000,000 to meet 
humanitarian needs in Syria, making the United 
States the world’s single largest donor by far to the 
Syrian humanitarian response. 
(4) In response to growing concerns over sys-
temic human rights violations in Syria, the Inde-
pendent International Commission of Inquiry on the
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Syrian Arab Republic (referred to in this subsection 
as ‘‘COI’’) was established on August 22, 2011. The 
purpose of COI is to ‘‘investigate all alleged violations 
of international human rights law since March 2011 
in the Syrian Arab Republic, to establish the facts 
and circumstances that may amount to such viola-
tions and of the crimes perpetrated and, where pos-
sible, to identify those responsible with a view to en-
suring that perpetrators of violations, including those 
that may constitute crimes against humanity, are 
held accountable’’. 
(5) On December 21, 2016, the United Nations 
General Assembly adopted a resolution to establish the 
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism 
to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of 
Those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under 
International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab 
Republic since March 2011. 
(6) In 2017, then Secretary of State Rex 
Tillerson stated ‘‘ISIS is clearly responsible for geno-
cide against Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims in 
areas it controls or has controlled. ISIS is also re-
sponsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic 
cleansing directed at these same groups, and in some 
cases against Sunni Muslims, Kurds, and other mi-
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norities . . . . The protection of these groups, and oth-
ers subject to violent extremism, is a human rights 
priority for the Trump administration.’’. 
(7) On February 7, 2017, Amnesty International 
reported that between 5,000 and 13,000 people were 
extrajudicially executed in the Saydnaya Military 
Prison between September 2011 and December 2015. 
(8) In February 2017, COI released a report— 
(A) stating that a joint United Nations- 
Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoy in Orum al- 
Kubra, Syria, was attacked by air on September 
19, 2016; 
(B) explaining that the attack killed at least 
14 civilian aid workers, injured at least 15 oth-
ers, and destroyed trucks, food, medicine, clothes, 
and other supplies; and 
(C) concluding that ‘‘the attack was meticu-
lously planned and ruthlessly carried out by the 
Syrian air force to purposefully hinder the deliv-
ery of humanitarian aid and target aid workers, 
constituting the war crimes of deliberately at-
tacking humanitarian relief personnel, denial of 
humanitarian aid and targeting civilians.’’. 
(9) On October 26, 2017, the Organization for 
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations
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Joint Investigative Mechanism transmitted its sixth 
report, which concluded that the Syrian Arab Armed 
Forces and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria 
(ISIS) have both used chemical weapons against vil-
lages in Syria, including the use of sarin by the forces 
of the Government of Syria in Khan Sheikhoun in 
April 2017. 
(10) On August 8, 2017, COI released a report 
stating that certain offenses, including deliberately at-
tacking hospitals, holding back humanitarian aid as 
a tactic to control civilian populations, and the con-
tinued use of chemical weapons against civilians, con-
stitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. 
(11) Physicians for Human Rights reported that, 
between March 2011 and the end of December 2017, 
Syrian government and allied forces— 
(A) had committed 446 attacks on 330 sepa-
rate medical facilities (including through the use 
of indiscriminate barrel bombs on at least 80 oc-
casions); and 
(B) had killed 847 medical personnel. 
(12) The Department of State’s 2017 Country 
Reports on Human Rights Practices— 
(A) states that President Bashar al-Assad 
‘‘engaged in frequent violations and abuses, in-
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cluding massacres, indiscriminate killings, kid-
napping of civilians, arbitrary detentions, and 
rape as a war tactic.’’; 
(B) explains that ‘‘these attacks included 
bombardment with improvised explosive devices, 
commonly referred to as ‘barrel bombs’ . . .’’; 
and 
(C) reports that ‘‘[t]he government [of 
Syria] continued the use of torture and rape, in-
cluding of children’’. 
(13) In February 2016, COI reported that— 
(A) ‘‘crimes against humanity continue to 
be committed by [Syrian] Government forces and 
by ISIS’’; 
(B) the Syrian government has ‘‘committed 
the crimes against humanity of extermination, 
murder, rape or other forms of sexual violence, 
torture, imprisonment, enforce disappearance 
and other inhuman acts’’; and 
(C) ‘‘[a]ccountability for these and other 
crimes must form part of any political solution’’. 
(14) Credible civil society organizations col-
lecting evidence of war crimes, crimes against human-
ity, and genocide in Syria report that at least 12
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countries in western Europe and North America have 
requested assistance on investigating such crimes. 
(15) In April 2018, the COI— 
(A) reported at least 34 chemical attacks 
during the period beginning in 2013 and ending 
in January 2018, many of which— 
(i) used chlorine or sarin, a nerve 
agent; and 
(ii) were conducted by the Government 
of Syria. 
(16) According to the World Health Organiza-
tion, following the April 7, 2018, chemical weapons 
attack in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, an estimated 500 
people were treated for ‘‘signs and symptoms con-
sistent with exposure to toxic chemicals’’. 
(17) On April 13, 2018, United States Ambas-
sador to the United States Nikki Haley stated: ‘‘The 
United States estimates that Assad has used chemical 
weapons in the Syrian war at least 50 times. Public 
estimates are as high as 200.’’ 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) strongly condemns— 
(A) the ongoing violence, use of chemical 
weapons, targeting of civilian populations with 
barrel, incendiary, and cluster bombs and SCUD
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missiles, and systematic gross human rights vio-
lations carried out by the Government of Syria 
and pro-government forces under the direction of 
President Bashar al-Assad; and 
(B) all abuses committed by violent extrem-
ist groups and other combatants involved in the 
civil war in Syria; 
(2) expresses its support for the people of Syria 
seeking democratic change; 
(3) urges all parties to the conflict— 
(A) to immediately halt indiscriminate at-
tacks on civilians; 
(B) to allow for the delivery of humani-
tarian and medical assistance; and 
(C) to end sieges of civilian populations; 
(4) calls on the President to support efforts in 
Syria, and on the part of the international commu-
nity, to ensure accountability for war crimes, crimes 
against humanity, and genocide committed during 
the conflict; and 
(5) supports the request in United Nations Secu-
rity Council Resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 
and 2191 (2014) for the Secretary-General to regu-
larly report to the Security Council on implementa-
tion on the resolutions, including of paragraph 2 of
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Resolution 2139, which ‘‘demands that all parties im-
mediately put an end to all forms of violence [and] 
cease and desist from all violations of international 
humanitarian law and violations and abuses of 
human rights’’. 
(c) REPORT ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR CRIMES, 
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND GENOCIDE IN SYRIA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
submit a report on war crimes, crimes against hu-
manity, and genocide in Syria to the appropriate 
congressional committees not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and another such 
report not later than 180 days after the Secretary of 
State determines that the violence in Syria has 
ceased. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The reports required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of alleged war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, and genocide per-
petrated during the civil war in Syria, includ-
ing— 
(i) incidents that may constitute war 
crimes, crimes against humanity, or geno-
cide committed by the regime of President
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Bashar al-Assad and all forces fighting on 
its behalf; 
(ii) incidents that may constitute war 
crimes, crimes against humanity, or geno-
cide committed by violent extremist groups, 
anti-government forces, and any other com-
batants in the conflict; 
(iii) any incidents that may violate the 
principle of medical neutrality and, if pos-
sible, the identification of the individual or 
individuals who engaged in or organized 
such incidents; and 
(iv) if possible, a description of the 
conventional and unconventional weapons 
used for such crimes and the origins of such 
weapons; and 
(B) a description and assessment by the De-
partment of State Office of Global Criminal Jus-
tice, the United States Agency for International 
Development, the Department of Justice, and 
other appropriate agencies of programs that the 
United States Government has undertaken to en-
sure accountability for war crimes, crimes 
against humanity, and genocide perpetrated 
against the people of Syria by the regime of
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President Bashar al-Assad, violent extremist 
groups, and other combatants involved in the 
conflict, including programs— 
(i) to train investigators within and 
outside of Syria on how to document, inves-
tigate, develop findings of, and identify and 
locate alleged perpetrators of war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, or genocide, in-
cluding— 
(I) the number of United States 
Government or contract personnel cur-
rently designated to work full-time on 
these issues; and 
(II) the identification of the au-
thorities and appropriations being 
used to support such training efforts; 
(ii) to promote and prepare for a tran-
sitional justice process or processes for the 
perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against 
humanity, and genocide in Syria beginning 
in March 2011; 
(iii) to document, collect, preserve, and 
protect evidence of war crimes, crimes 
against humanity, and genocide in Syria, 
including support for Syrian, foreign, and
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international nongovernmental organiza-
tions, and other entities, including the 
International, Impartial and Independent 
Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation 
and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for 
the Most Serious Crimes under Inter-
national Law Committed in the Syrian 
Arab Republic since March 2011 and the 
Independent International Commission of 
Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic; and 
(iv) to assess the influence of account-
ability measures on efforts to reach a nego-
tiated settlement to the Syrian conflict dur-
ing the reporting period. 
(3) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) may be submitted in unclassified or classi-
fied form, but shall include a publicly available 
annex. 
(4) PROTECTION
OF
WITNESSES
AND
EVI-
DENCE.—The Secretary shall take due care to ensure 
that the identification of witnesses and physical evi-
dence are not publicly disclosed in a manner that 
might place such persons at risk of harm or encourage 
the destruction of evidence by the Government of 
Syria, violent extremist groups, anti-government
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forces, or any other combatants or participants in the 
conflict. 
(d) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE STUDY.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State (acting through appropriate officials and 
offices, which may include the Office of Global Criminal 
Justice), after consultation with the Department of Justice, 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall— 
(1) complete a study of the feasibility and desir-
ability of potential transitional justice mechanisms 
for Syria, including a hybrid tribunal, to address 
war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide 
perpetrated in Syria beginning in March 2011; and 
(2) submit a detailed report of the results of the 
study conducted under paragraph (1), including rec-
ommendations on which transitional justice mecha-
nisms the United States Government should support, 
why such mechanisms should be supported, and what 
type of support should be offered, to— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives;
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(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State (acting 
through appropriate officials and offices, which may 
include the Office of Global Criminal Justice), after 
consultation with the Department of Justice and other 
appropriate Federal agencies, is authorized to provide 
appropriate assistance to support entities that, with 
respect to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and 
genocide perpetrated by the regime of President 
Bashar al-Assad, all forces fighting on its behalf, and 
all non-state armed groups fighting in the country, 
including violent extremist groups in Syria beginning 
in March 2011— 
(A) identify suspected perpetrators of war 
crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; 
(B) collect, document, and protect evidence 
of crimes and preserve the chain of custody for 
such evidence; 
(C) conduct criminal investigations; 
(D) build Syria’s investigative and judicial 
capacities and support prosecutions in the do-
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mestic courts of Syria, provided that President 
Bashar al-Assad is no longer in power; 
(E) support investigations by third-party 
states, as appropriate; or 
(F) protect witnesses that may be helpful to 
prosecutions or other transitional justice mecha-
nisms. 
(2) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
State, after consultation with appropriate Federal 
agencies and the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, and taking into account the findings of the tran-
sitional justice study required under subsection (e), is 
authorized to provide assistance to support the cre-
ation and operation of transitional justice mecha-
nisms, including a potential hybrid tribunal, to pros-
ecute individuals suspected of committing war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, or genocide in Syria begin-
ning in March 2011. 
(3) BRIEFING.—The Secretary of State shall pro-
vide detailed, biannual briefings to the appropriate 
congressional committees describing the assistance 
provided to entities described in paragraph (1). 
(f) STATE DEPARTMENT REWARDS FOR JUSTICE PRO-
GRAM.—Section 36(b)(10) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)(10)) is amended
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by inserting ‘‘(including war crimes, crimes against hu-
manity, or genocide committed in Syria beginning in 
March 2011)’’ after ‘‘genocide’’. 
(g) INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION
OF 
INQUIRY ON THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC.—The Secretary 
of State, acting through the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to the United Nations, should use the voice, vote, 
and influence of the United States at the United Nations 
to advocate that the United Nations Human Rights Coun-
cil, while the United States remains a member, annually 
extend the mandate of the Independent International Com-
mission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic until the 
Commission has completed its investigation of all alleged 
violations of international human rights laws beginning in 
March 2011 in the Syrian Arab Republic. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and
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(D) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) GENOCIDE.—The term ‘‘genocide’’ means any 
offense described in section 1091(a) of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(3) HYBRID TRIBUNAL.—The term ‘‘hybrid tri-
bunal’’ means a temporary criminal tribunal that in-
volves a combination of domestic and international 
lawyers, judges, and other professionals to prosecute 
individuals suspected of committing war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, or genocide. 
(4) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—The term ‘‘transi-
tional justice’’ means the range of judicial, non-
judicial, formal, informal, retributive, and restorative 
measures employed by countries transitioning out of 
armed conflict or repressive regimes— 
(A) to redress legacies of atrocities; and 
(B) to promote long-term, sustainable peace. 
(5) WAR CRIME.—The term ‘‘war crime’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 2441(c) of title 18, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 6204. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON THE TRANS-
FER OF THE F–35 TO TURKEY. 
The limitation on the transfer of the F–35 to Turkey 
in section 1269(c) shall apply to the transfer or delivery
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of that aircraft to Turkey rather than to the transfer of title 
for that aircraft to Turkey. 
SEC. 6205. REPORT ON HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, AND EL 
SALVADOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives a report regarding narcotics trafficking corruption 
and illicit campaign finance in Honduras, Guatemala, and 
El Salvador. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) the names of senior government officials in 
Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador who are 
known to have committed or facilitated acts of grand 
corruption or narcotics trafficking; 
(2) the names of elected officials in Honduras, 
Guatemala, and El Salvador who are known to have 
received campaign funds that are the proceeds of 
narco-trafficking or other illicit activities in the last 
2 years; and
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(3) the names of individuals in Honduras, Gua-
temala, and El Salvador who are known to have fa-
cilitated the financing of political campaigns in any 
of the Northern Triangle countries with the proceeds 
of narco-trafficking or other illicit activities in the 
last 2 years. 
(c) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 6206. REPORT ON ARMS EMBARGO ON CYPRUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the current im-
pact of the United States arms embargo on the Republic 
of Cyprus. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A list of items that have been requested by 
Cyprus from the United States, but have been denied 
under the arms embargo referred to in such sub-
section. 
(2) An analysis of the impact that lifting the 
arms embargo would have on United States interests
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related to the island of Cyprus and the Eastern Medi-
terranean region. 
(3) An analysis of how the arms embargo is 
being complied with in areas controlled by Cyprus, 
and in occupied northern Cyprus, and whether any 
party has violated the letter or spirit of the arms em-
bargo. 
(4) An analysis of how the arms embargo 
against Cyprus impacts the ability of the United 
States and its partners to combat threats in the Medi-
terranean region. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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TITLE 
LXVI—STRATEGIC 
PRO-
GRAMS, CYBER, AND INTEL-
LIGENCE MATTERS 
SEC. 6601. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO CERTAIN CYBER-
SPACE MATTERS. 
(a) SCOPE OF POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES ON 
CYBERSPACE, CYBERSECURITY, CYBER WARFARE, AND 
CYBER DETERRENCE.—The policy of the United States on 
cyberspace, cybersecurity, cyber warfare, and cyber deter-
rence under section 1621(a) shall apply to cyber attacks and 
malicious cyber activities described in that section by a for-
eign power rather than to any cyber attacks and malicious 
cyber activities described in that section. 
(b) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY TO DISRUPT, DEFEAT, AND 
DETER CYBER ATTACKS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.— 
The authority to disrupt, defeat, and deter cyber attacks 
of the Russian Federation in section 1623(a)(1) shall apply 
to authority to take appropriate and proportional action 
described in that section in foreign cyberspace rather than 
in any cyberspace. 
SEC. 6602. TIER 1 EXERCISE OF SUPPORT TO CIVIL AU-
THORITIES FOR A CYBER INCIDENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commander of the United 
States Cyber Command, the Commander of United States 
Northern Command, and such other commands or compo-
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nents of the Department of Defense as the Secretary of De-
fense considers appropriate, shall, consistent with the rec-
ommendations made by the Comptroller General of the 
United States in the Government Accountability Office re-
port GAO–16–574, conduct a tier 1 exercise of support to 
civil authorities for a cyber incident. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The exercise required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) Department level leadership and decision- 
making for providing cyber support to civil authori-
ties. 
(2) Testing of the policy, guidance, doctrine and 
other elements in the Department of Defense Cyber 
Incident Coordinating Procedure. 
(3) Operational planning and execution by the 
Joint Staff and supported and supporting combatant 
commands. 
(4) Coordination with, and incorporation of, as 
appropriate, the Department of Homeland Security, 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and elements 
across Federal and State governments and the private 
sector.
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SEC. 6603. REPORT ON STRENGTHENING NATO CYBER DE-
FENSE. 
(a) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that the Department of Defense should continue to cooperate 
with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and 
key Organization allies in order to promote the common 
defense in the cyberspace domain as well as to deter 
cyberattacks. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 
2019, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report detailing the 
Department’s efforts to enhance the United States’ 
leadership and collaboration with the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization with respect to the development 
of a comprehensive, cross-domain strategy to build 
cyber-defense capacity and deter cyber attacks among 
Organization member countries. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall address the following: 
(A) Improving cyber situational awareness 
among Organization member countries. 
(B) Implementation of the cyber oper-
ational-domain roadmap of the Organization 
with respect to doctrine, political oversight and
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governance, planning, rules of engagement, and 
integration across member countries. 
(C) Planned cooperative efforts to combat 
information warfare across Organization mem-
ber countries. 
(D) The development of cyber capabilities, 
including cooperative development efforts and 
technology transfer. 
(E) Supporting stronger cyber partnerships 
with non-Organization member countries as ap-
propriate. 
SEC. 6604. BRIEFING ON CYBER EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 
(a) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that— 
(1) traditional approaches to cyber training fo-
cused solely on tactics, techniques, and procedures 
that hackers have used in the past may be inadequate 
for the challenges facing the cyber workforce of the De-
partment of Defense because they fail to focus on fu-
ture threats; 
(2) such workforce encounters an information 
gap when conducting training derived from events 
that have already occurred rather than training de-
veloped for the evolving nature of cyber threats in real 
time, and cyber certifications such as Security + and
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CISSP are based on preventing vulnerabilities, ex-
ploits, and gaps identified in the past and lose rel-
evance depending on when the courseware was up-
dated; 
(3) bridging the gap in cyber training between 
curriculum that has been built on legacy data versus 
training built on current real world cyberattacks is a 
meaningful area of cyber training research, cur-
riculum development, and instruction delivery that 
should be addressed; and 
(4) universities and private industry are, and 
will continue to be, critical partners in the education 
and training of our future cyber force, and developing 
partnerships with such universities and industry will 
be crucial in staying informed of the latest best prac-
tices in the cyber domain. 
(b) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall brief the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives on how the Department of Defense 
can leverage and partner with universities and industry on 
cyber education and training. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required by subsection 
(a) shall include discussion of the following:
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(1) Current partnerships and ability to expand 
and leverage such partnerships to improve cyber edu-
cation and training. 
(2) Existing curriculum relating to cyber edu-
cation and training and recommendations for changes 
to ensure relevance of such education and training to 
future threats. 
(3) Joint development of curriculum, courseware, 
and research projects. 
(4) Joint use of instructors and of facilities. 
(5) Recommendations for legislative or adminis-
trative action to improve cyber education and train-
ing partnerships. 
SEC. 6605. REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE 
STAND-OFF WEAPON. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter until December 31, 2024, the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall, in coordination with the Administrator for Nu-
clear Security, submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report describing the joint development of the long- 
range stand-off weapon, including the missile developed by 
the Air Force and the W80–4 warhead life extension pro-
gram conducted by the National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An estimate of the date on which the long- 
range stand-off weapon will reach initial operating 
capability. 
(2) A description of any development milestones 
for the missile developed by the Air Force or the war-
head developed by the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration that depend on corresponding progress 
at the other agency. 
(3) A description of coordination efforts between 
the Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration during the 180 days preceding submis-
sion of the report. 
(4) A description of any schedule delays pro-
jected by the Air Force or the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration and the anticipated effect such 
delays would have on the other agency’s schedule of 
work. 
(5) Plans to mitigate the effects of any delays de-
scribed in paragraph (4). 
(6) A description of any ways, including through 
the availability of additional funding or authorities, 
in which the development milestones described in 
paragraph (2) or the estimated date of initial oper-
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ating capability referred to in paragraph (1), could 
be achieved more quickly. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
TITLE 
LXVII—COMMITTEE 
ON 
FOREIGN 
INVESTMENT 
IN 
THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 6701. INEFFECTIVENESS OF SECTION 1727. 
Section 1727, relating to a prohibition on modification 
of civil penalties under export control and sanctions laws, 
shall have no force or effect. 
SEC. 6702. PROHIBITION ON MODIFICATION OF CIVIL PEN-
ALTIES UNDER EXPORT CONTROL AND SANC-
TIONS LAWS AND PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON MODIFICATION OF PENALTIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no Federal official may modify any 
penalty, including a penalty imposed pursuant to a 
denial order, implemented by the Government of the 
United States with respect to a Chinese telecommuni-
cations company pursuant to a determination that 
the company has violated an export control or sanc-
tions law of the United States until the date that is
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30 days after the President certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that the company— 
(A) has not, for a period of one year, con-
ducted activities in violation of the laws of the 
United States; and 
(B) is fully cooperating with investigations 
into the activities of the company conducted by 
the Government of the United States, if any. 
(2) REINSTATEMENT
OF
PENALTIES
OR
SUS-
PENDED ORDER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If, before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, any penalty imposed pur-
suant to the order of the Acting Assistant Sec-
retary of Commerce for Export Enforcement en-
titled ‘‘Order Activating Suspended Denial 
Order Relating to Zhongxing Telecommuni-
cations 
Equipment 
Corporation 
and 
ZTE 
Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd.’’ (83 Fed. 
Reg. 17644), and dated April 15, 2018, is re-
duced or eliminated, or that order is suspended, 
on such date of enactment, that penalty shall be 
reinstated to the penalty in place before such re-
duction or elimination, or that order shall be re-
instated, as the case may be.
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(B) 
ADDITIONAL
MODIFICATIONS.—Any 
modification to a penalty imposed pursuant to 
the order described in subparagraph (A) on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act shall 
be subject to the requirements of paragraph (1). 
(b) PROHIBITION ON USE OR PROCUREMENT.—The 
head of an executive agency may not— 
(1) procure or obtain or extend or renew a con-
tract to procure or obtain any equipment, system, or 
service that uses covered telecommunications equip-
ment or services as a substantial or essential compo-
nent of any system, or as critical technology as part 
of any system; or 
(2) enter into a contract (or extend or renew a 
contract) with an entity that uses any equipment, 
system, or service that uses covered telecommuni-
cations equipment or services as a substantial or es-
sential component of any system, or as critical tech-
nology as part of any system. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON LOAN AND GRANT FUNDS.—The 
head of an executive agency may not obligate or expend loan 
or grant funds to procure or obtain, extend or renew a con-
tract to procure or obtain, or enter into a contract (or ex-
tend or renew a contract) to procure or obtain the equip-
ment, services, or systems described in subsection (b).
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The prohibitions under sub-
section (b)(1) and subsection (c) shall take effect 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and the prohibi-
tion under subsection (b)(2) shall take effect three years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subsection 
(b) or (c) shall be construed to— 
(1) prohibit the head of an executive agency from 
procuring with an entity to provide a service that 
connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as 
backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; 
or 
(2) cover telecommunications equipment that 
cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit 
visibility into any user data or packets that such 
equipment transmits or otherwise handles. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ ’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate; and
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(B) the Committee on Financial Services 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) COVERED
FOREIGN
COUNTRY.—The term 
‘‘covered foreign country’’ means the People’s Repub-
lic of China. 
(3) COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 
OR
SERVICES.—The term ‘‘covered telecommuni-
cations equipment or services’’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Telecommunications equipment pro-
duced by Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE 
Corporation (or any subsidiary or affiliate of 
such entities). 
(B) Telecommunications services provided 
by such entities or using such equipment. 
(C) Telecommunications equipment or serv-
ices produced or provided by an entity that the 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Director of the National Intelligence or the Di-
rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
reasonably believes to be an entity owned or con-
trolled by, or otherwise connected to, the govern-
ment of a covered foreign country.
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(4) EXECUTIVE
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
133 of title 41, United States Code. 
(g) TREATMENT OF PROVISION RELATING TO PROHI-
BITION ON CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.— 
Section 891, relating to a prohibition on certain tele-
communications equipment, shall have no force or effect. 
TITLE LXXVIII—MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION 
AND 
GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 6801. CLARIFICATION TO INCLUDE NATIONAL GUARD 
INSTALLATIONS IN READINESS AND ENVI-
RONMENTAL 
PROTECTION 
INTEGRATION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) State-owned National Guard installations 
have always qualified as military installations under 
section 2684a of title 10, United States Code; and 
(2) State-owned National Guard installations 
should continue to qualify as military installations 
under section 2684a of that section. 
(b) CLARIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2684a(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, as
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well as a State-owned National Guard installation,’’ 
after ‘‘military installation’’. 
(2) RETROACTIVE
EFFECT.—The amendment 
made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as of Decem-
ber 2, 2002. 
SEC. 6802. RELEASE OF RESTRICTIONS, UNIVERSITY OF 
CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO. 
(a) RELEASE.—The Secretary of the Navy may, upon 
receipt of full consideration as provided in subsection (b), 
release to the Regents of the University of California (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘University of California’’) 
all remaining right, title, and interest of the United States, 
including restrictions on use imposed by deed or otherwise 
and reversionary rights, in and to a parcel of real property 
consisting of approximately 495 acres that comprises part 
of the San Diego campus of the University of California. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) CONSIDERATION
REQUIRED.—As consider-
ation for the release under subsection (a), the Univer-
sity of California shall provide an amount that is ac-
ceptable to the Secretary of the Navy, whether by cash 
payment, in-kind consideration as described under 
paragraph (2), or a combination thereof, at such time 
as the Secretary may require. The consideration 
under this paragraph shall be based on an appraisal