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(A) Projected dates for Milestones A, B, and C, 
including cost thresholds and objectives for major elements 
of life cycle cost. 
(B) Projected dates for program design reviews and 
critical design reviews. 
(C) Projected dates for developmental and operation 
tests. 
(D) Projected dates for initial operational capability 
and final operational capability. 
(E) An acquisition program baseline. 
(F) Program acquisition unit cost and average procure-
ment unit cost. 
(G) Contract type. 
(H) Key performance parameters. 
(I) Key system attributes. 
(J) A risk register. 
(K) Technology readiness levels. 
(L) Manufacturing readiness levels. 
(M) Integration readiness levels. 
(N) Any other critical elements that affect the stability 
of the program. 
(3) BRIEFINGS.—The co-chairs of the Council on Oversight 
of the National Leadership Command, Control, and Commu-
nications System shall brief the congressional defense commit-
tees on the status of the database required by paragraph (1)— 
(A) not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(B) upon completion of the database. 
SEC. 1655. ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR COMMAND AND CONTROL 
INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Director of National Intelligence shall jointly establish an intel-
ligence fusion center to effectively integrate and unify the protection 
of nuclear command, control, and communications programs, sys-
tems, and processes and continuity of government programs, sys-
tems, and processes. 
(b) CHARTER.—In establishing the fusion center under sub-
section (a), the Secretary and the Director shall develop a charter 
for the fusion center that includes the following: 
(1) To carry out the duties of the fusion center, a description 
of— 
(A) the roles and responsibilities of officials and ele-
ments of the Federal Government, including a detailed 
description of the organizational relationships of such offi-
cials and the elements of the Federal Government that 
are key stakeholders; 
(B) the organization reporting chain of the fusion 
center; 
(C) the staffing of the fusion center; 
(D) the processes of the fusion center; and 
(E) how the fusion center integrates with other ele-
ments of the Federal Government. 
(2) The management and administration processes required 
to carry out the fusion center, including with respect to facilities 
and security authorities.
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(3) Procedures to ensure that the appropriate number of 
staff of the fusion center have the security clearance necessary 
to access information on the programs, systems, and processes 
that relate, either wholly or substantially, to nuclear command, 
control, and communications or continuity of government, 
including with respect to both the programs, systems, and 
processes that are designated as special access programs (as 
described in section 4.3 of Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 
3161 note) or any successor Executive order) and the programs, 
systems, and processes that contain sensitive compartmented 
information. 
(c) COORDINATION.—In establishing the fusion center under 
subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director shall coordinate with 
the elements of the Federal Government that the Secretary and 
Director determine appropriate. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Director 
shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report containing— 
(A) the charter for the fusion center developed under 
subsection (b); and 
(B) a plan on the budget and staffing of the fusion 
center. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—At the same time as the President 
submits to Congress the annual budget request under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2019 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary and the Director shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on the fusion center, including, with respect to the period 
covered by the report— 
(A) any updates to the plan on the budget and staffing 
of the fusion center; 
(B) any updates to the charter developed under sub-
section (b); and 
(C) a summary of the activities and accomplishments 
of the fusion center. 
(3) SUNSET.—No report is required under this subsection 
after December 31, 2021. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and 
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1656. SECURITY OF NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMU-
NICATIONS SYSTEM FROM COMMERCIAL DEPENDENCIES. 
(a) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall certify 
to the congressional defense committees whether the Secretary 
uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a 
substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical 
technology as part of any system, to carry out— 
(1) the nuclear deterrence mission of the Department of 
Defense, including with respect to nuclear command, control,
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and communications, integrated tactical warning and attack 
assessment, and continuity of government; or 
(2) the homeland defense mission of the Department, 
including with respect to ballistic missile defense. 
(b) PROHIBITION AND MITIGATION.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided by paragraph (2), 
beginning on the date that is one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may not procure 
or obtain, or extend or renew a contract to procure or obtain, 
any equipment, system, or service to carry out the missions 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) that uses 
covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substan-
tial or essential component of any system, or as critical tech-
nology as part of any system. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the prohibition in 
paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis for a single one-year 
period if the Secretary— 
(A) determines such waiver to be in the national secu-
rity interests of the United States; and 
(B) certifies to the congressional committees that— 
(i) there are sufficient mitigations in place to guar-
antee the ability of the Secretary to carry out the 
missions described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a); and 
(ii) the Secretary is removing the use of covered 
telecommunications equipment or services in carrying 
out such missions. 
(3) DELEGATION.—The Secretary may not delegate the 
authority to make a waiver under paragraph (2) to any official 
other than the Deputy Secretary of Defense or the co-chairs 
of the Council on Oversight of the National Leadership Com-
mand, Control, and Communications System established by 
section 171a of title 10, United States Code. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered foreign country’’ means any of the 
following: 
(A) The People’s Republic of China. 
(B) The Russian Federation. 
(3) The term ‘‘covered telecommunications equipment or 
services’’ means any of the following: 
(A) 
Telecommunications 
equipment 
produced 
by 
Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation (or any 
subsidiary or affiliate of such entities). 
(B) Telecommunications services provided by such enti-
ties or using such equipment. 
(C) Telecommunications equipment or services pro-
duced or provided by an entity that the Secretary of 
Defense reasonably believes to be an entity owned or con-
trolled by, or otherwise connected to, the government of 
a covered foreign country.
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SEC. 1657. OVERSIGHT OF AERIAL-LAYER PROGRAMS BY COUNCIL ON 
OVERSIGHT OF THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COMMAND, 
CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. 
Any analysis of alternatives for the Senior Leader Airborne 
Operations Center, the executive airlift program of the Air Force, 
and the E–6B modernization program may not receive final approval 
by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, and the Director 
of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation may not conduct any 
sufficiency review of such an analysis of alternatives, unless— 
(1) the Council on Oversight of the National Leadership 
Command, Control, and Communications System established 
by section 171a of title 10, United States Code, determines 
that the alternatives for such programs are capable of meeting 
the requirements for senior leadership communications in sup-
port of the nuclear command, control, and communications 
mission of the Department of Defense and the continuity of 
government mission of the Department; 
(2) the Council submits to the congressional defense 
committees such determination; and 
(3) a period of 30 days elapses following the date of such 
submission. 
SEC. 
1658. 
SECURITY 
CLASSIFICATION 
GUIDE 
FOR 
PROGRAMS 
RELATING TO NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND 
COMMUNICATIONS AND NUCLEAR DETERRENCE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR SECURITY CLASSIFICATION GUIDE.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall require the issuance of a security 
classification guide for each covered program to ensure the protec-
tion of sensitive information from public disclosure. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each security classification guide issued 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) approved by— 
(A) the Council on Oversight of the National Leader-
ship Command, Control, and Communications System with 
respect to covered programs under paragraph (1) or (2) 
of subsection (c); or 
(B) the Nuclear Weapons Council with respect to cov-
ered programs under paragraph (3) of such subsection; 
and 
(2) issued not later than March 19, 2019, with respect 
to a covered program in existence as of such date. 
(c) ANNUAL NOTIFICATIONS.—On an annual basis during the 
three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, without delegation, shall 
notify the congressional defense committees of the status of imple-
menting subsection (a), including a description of any challenges 
to such implementation. 
(d) EXCLUSION.—This section shall not apply with respect to 
restricted data covered by chapter 12 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.). 
(e) COVERED PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered program’’ means programs of the Department of Defense 
in existence on or after the date of the enactment of this Act 
relating to any of the following: 
(1) Continuity of government. 
(2) Nuclear command, control, and communications.