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ganda campaigns intended to undermine the sov-
ereignty of Georgia, credibility of its democratic in-
stitutions and European and Euro-Atlantic integra-
tion. 
SEC. 1268. REPORT ON IMPROVED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS 
AND DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH ALBA-
NIA. 
(a) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
jointly with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees an assessment of the 
viability of military infrastructure in Durre¨s, Albania, and 
Vlore¨, Albania, as locations for cooperative security activi-
ties, including NATO activities and exercises that advance 
NATO and shared security objectives and enhance inter-
operability. The report shall also include a description 
of—
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(1) opportunities for the United States to sup-
port training for Albania’s military forces; 
(2) the current status of such training activities 
with Albania, including the level of progress toward 
interoperability, absorption of assistance, ability to 
sustain equipment provided, and other relevant fac-
tors that enhance Albania’s ability to contribute to 
NATO objectives and maritime security; and 
(3) a cost estimate for any potential U.S. in-
vestments and activities. 
SEC. 1269. RESTRICTION OF ENTITIES FROM USING FED-
ERAL FUNDS FROM ENGAGING, ENTERING 
INTO, AND AWARDING PUBLIC WORKS CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 3320. Restriction of entities from using Federal 
funds to engage, enter into, and award 
public works contracts 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, Federal funds may not be provided to any 
covered entity for any covered public works project. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Any entity receiving funds 
for any covered public works project shall be free from
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any obligations, influences, or connections to any covered 
entity. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall only apply to 
projects that are located in the United States. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en-
tity’ means any entity that— 
‘‘(A) is headquartered in China; 
‘‘(B) is owned, directed, controlled, fi-
nanced, or influenced directly or indirectly by 
the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China, the CCP, or the Chinese military, in-
cluding any entity for which the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China, the CCP, or the 
Chinese military have the ability, through own-
ership of a majority or a dominant minority of 
the total outstanding voting interest in an enti-
ty, board representation, proxy voting, a special 
share, contractual arrangements, formal or in-
formal arrangements to act in concert, or other 
means, to determine, direct, or decide for an 
entity in an important manner; or 
‘‘(C) is a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of 
any entity described in subparagraph (B).
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‘‘(2) COVERED PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT.—The 
term ‘covered public works project’ means any 
project of the construction, repair, renovation, or 
maintenance of public buildings, structures, sewers, 
water works, roads, bridges, docks, underpasses and 
viaducts, as well as any other improvement to be 
constructed, repaired or renovated or maintained on 
public property to be paid, in whole or in part, with 
public funds or with financing to be retired with 
public funds in the form of lease payments or other-
wise.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘3320. Restriction of entities from using Federal funds to engage, enter into, 
and award public works contracts.’’. 
(c) NON-FEDERAL PUBLIC WORKS.—Chapter 35 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 3506. Restriction of States and local governments 
from using Federal funds to engage, 
enter into, and award public works con-
tracts 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State or local government re-
ceiving Federal funds may not provide such funds to any 
covered entity for any covered public works project.
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‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A State or local government 
shall verify that any entity receiving funds for any covered 
public works project is free from any obligations, influ-
ences, or connections to any covered entity. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall only apply to 
projects that are located in a State. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en-
tity’ means any entity that— 
‘‘(A) is headquartered in China; 
‘‘(B) is owned, directed, controlled, fi-
nanced, or influenced directly or indirectly by 
the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China, the CCP, or the Chinese military, in-
cluding any entity for which the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China, the CCP, or the 
Chinese military have the ability, through own-
ership of a majority or a dominant minority of 
the total outstanding voting interest in an enti-
ty, board representation, proxy voting, a special 
share, contractual arrangements, formal or in-
formal arrangements to act in concert, or other 
means, to determine, direct, or decide for an 
entity in an important manner; or
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‘‘(C) is a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of 
any entity described in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(2) COVERED PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT.—The 
term ‘covered public works project’ means any 
project of the construction, repair, renovation, or 
maintenance of public buildings, structures, sewers, 
water works, roads, bridges, docks, underpasses and 
viaducts, as well as any other improvement to be 
constructed, repaired or renovated or maintained on 
public property to be paid, in whole or in part, with 
public funds or with financing to be retired with 
public funds in the form of lease payments or other-
wise.’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 35 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘3506. Restriction of States and local governments from using Federal funds 
to engage, enter into, and award public works contracts.’’. 
(e) UPDATING REGULATIONS.—The Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation and the Defense Federal Acquisition Reg-
ulation shall be revised to implement the provisions of this 
Act. 
(f) RULE
OF APPLICABILITY.—The amendments 
made by this section shall take effect, and shall apply to 
projects beginning on or after, 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 1270. MODIFICATION TO UNITED STATES MEMBER-
SHIP IN INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP. 
Section 1316(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 
Stat. 2001) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and 
the United States 3+1 Interparliamentary Group shall in-
clude a group, to be known as the ‘United States group’, 
that consists of— 
‘‘(1) not more than 6 United States Senators, 
who shall be appointed jointly by the majority leader 
and the minority leader of the Senate; and 
‘‘(2) not more than 6 Members of the United 
States House of Representatives, who shall be ap-
pointed jointly by the Speaker and minority leader 
of the House of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 1271. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF F–16 AIRCRAFT. 
The President may not sell or authorize a license for 
the export of new F–16 aircraft or F–16 upgrade tech-
nology or modernization kits pursuant to any authority 
provided by the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 
et seq.) to the Government of Turkey, or to any agency 
or instrumentality of Turkey unless the President provides 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
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tives, and the congressional defense committees a certifi-
cation— 
(1) that such transfer is in the national interest 
of the United States; and 
(2) that includes a detailed description of con-
crete steps taken to ensure that such F-16s are not 
used by Turkey for repeated unauthorized territorial 
overflights of Greece. 
TITLE 
XIII—OTHER 
MATTERS 
RELATING TO FOREIGN NA-
TIONS 
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to the 
Indo-Pacific Region 
SEC. 1301. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT ON MILI-
TARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS IN-
VOLVING 
THE 
PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC 
OF 
CHINA. 
Section 1202(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘A summary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a summary’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) the doctrine, capabilities, organiza-
tion, and operational employment of the Peo-
ple’s 
Liberation 
Army 
special 
operations 
forces.’’. 
(2) In paragraph (8), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) Special operations capabilities.’’. 
(3) By redesignating paragraph (14) as para-
graph (15). 
(4) By inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(14) An analysis of the activities of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China in the Pacific Islands re-
gion.’’. 
SEC. 1302. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SOUTH KOREA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) South Korea continues to be a critical ally 
of the United States;
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(2) the presence of United States Armed Forces 
in South Korea serves as a strong deterrent against 
North Korean military aggression and as a critical 
support platform for national security engagements 
in the Indo-Pacific region; 
(3) the presence of approximately 28,500 mem-
bers of the United States Armed Forces deployed to 
South Korea serves not only as a stabilizing force to 
the Korean peninsula but also as a reassurance to 
all our allies in the region; and 
(4) the United States should continue to— 
(A) maintain and strengthen its bilateral 
relationship with South Korea and with other 
regional allies such as Japan; and 
(B) maintain its existing robust military 
presence in South Korea to deter aggression 
against the United States and its allies and 
partners. 
SEC. 1303. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN DEFENSE RE-
LATIONS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96- 
8; 22 U.S.C. et seq.) and the Six Assurances pro-
vided by the United States to Taiwan in July 1982
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are the foundation for United States-Taiwan rela-
tions; 
(2) as set forth in the Taiwan Relations Act, 
the United States decision to establish diplomatic re-
lations with the People’s Republic of China rests 
upon the expectation that the future of Taiwan will 
be determined by peaceful means, and that any ef-
fort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than 
peaceful means, including boycotts and embargoes, 
is of grave concern to the United States; 
(3) the increasingly coercive and aggressive be-
havior of the People’s Republic of China toward Tai-
wan is contrary to the expectation of the peaceful 
resolution of the future of Taiwan; 
(4) as set forth in the Taiwan Relations Act, 
the capacity to resist any resort to force or other 
forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, 
or the social or economic system, of the people on 
Taiwan should be maintained; 
(5) the United States should continue to sup-
port the development of capable, ready, and modern 
defense forces necessary for Taiwan to maintain a 
sufficient self-defense capability, including by— 
(A) supporting acquisition by Taiwan of 
defense articles and services through foreign
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military sales, direct commercial sales, and in-
dustrial cooperation, with an emphasis on capa-
bilities that support the asymmetric defense 
strategy of Taiwan, including anti- ship, coastal 
defense, anti-armor, air defense, undersea war-
fare, advanced command, control, communica-
tions, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and 
reconnaissance, and resilient command and con-
trol capabilities; 
(B) ensuring timely review of and response 
to requests of Taiwan for defense articles and 
services; 
(C) conducting practical training and mili-
tary exercises with Taiwan that enable Taiwan 
to maintain a sufficient self- defense capability, 
as described in the Taiwan Relations Act; 
(D) exchanges between defense officials 
and officers of the United States and Taiwan at 
the strategic, policy, and functional levels, con-
sistent with the Taiwan Travel Act (Public Law 
115-135; 132 Stat. 341), especially for the pur-
poses of— 
(i) enhancing cooperation on defense 
planning;
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(ii) improving the interoperability of 
the military forces of the United States 
and Taiwan; and 
(iii) improving the reserve force of 
Taiwan; 
(E) identifying improvements in Taiwan’s 
ability to use asymmetric military capabilities to 
enhance its defensive capabilities, as described 
in the Taiwan Relations Act; and 
(F) expanding cooperation in humanitarian 
assistance and disaster relief; and 
(6) the United States should be committed to 
the defense of a free and open society in the face of 
aggressive efforts by the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China to curtail or influence the free ex-
ercise of rights and democratic franchise. 
SEC. 1304. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT ON UNITED 
STATES 
SECURITY 
COOPERATION 
WITH 
INDIA. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States— 
(1) should build upon the 2016 designation of 
India as a Major Defense Partner of the United 
States by seeking to improve interoperability and ac-
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tively looking for opportunities for joint military ex-
ercises; and 
(2) should strengthen security cooperation with 
India in the Indian Ocean by— 
(A) conducting high-end exercises and in-
creasing joint training exercises; 
(B) expanding the geographic scope of 
joint military activities between relevant United 
States commands and the Indian military in the 
Western Indian Ocean; and 
(C) expanding military training programs 
and exercises, including humanitarian assist-
ance and disaster relief exercises. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2023, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in co-
ordination with the Commander of United States Indo- 
Pacific Command and the Director of the Defense Secu-
rity Cooperation Agency, shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate a report regarding— 
(1) opportunities for deeper defense cooperation 
with India; 
(2) the defense relationship between the Rus-
sian Federation and India;
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(3) the defense relationship between the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China and India; and 
(4) the defense relationship between the United 
States, Australia, Japan, and India. 
SEC. 1305. MODIFICATION TO REPORT ON RESOURCING 
UNITED STATES DEFENSE REQUIREMENTS 
FOR THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION AND REPORT 
ON 
ENHANCING 
DEFENSE 
COOPERATION 
WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE INDO- 
PACIFIC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1251 of the William M. 
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) is amended in 
subsection (d)(1)(B) by amending clause (v) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(v) An assessment of security co-
operation authorities, activities, or re-
sources required to achieve such objec-
tives.’’. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com-
mander of United States Indo-Pacific Command shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on the feasibility and advisability of enhancing defense co-
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operation with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific re-
gion that includes the following: 
(1) A description of relevant cooperation be-
tween key allies and leading partners in the Indo- 
Pacific region and the United States during the pre-
ceding calendar year, including mutual visits, exer-
cises, training, and equipment opportunities. 
(2) An evaluation of the feasibility of enhancing 
cooperation between key allies and leading partners 
in the Indo-Pacific region on a range of activities, 
including— 
(A) interoperability and coordination; 
(B) disaster and emergency response; 
(C) enhancing maritime domain awareness 
and maritime security; 
(D) cyber defense and communications se-
curity; 
(E) military medical cooperation; 
(F) virtual combined exercises and training 
activities; 
(G) advancing programs for United States 
military advisors to assist in training the active 
and reserve components of key allies and lead-
ing partners in the Indo-Pacific region; and
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(H) expanding the activities of the Na-
tional Guard in the Indo-Pacific region. 
(3) Any other matters the Commander of 
United States Indo-Pacific Command considers ap-
propriate. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 1306. REPORT ON SUPPORT AND SUSTAINMENT FOR 
CRITICAL CAPABILITIES IN THE AREA OF RE-
SPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES INDO- 
PACIFIC COMMAND NECESSARY TO MEET 
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN CERTAIN 
CONFLICTS WITH STRATEGIC COMPETITORS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Com-
mand, in consultation with the Commander of the 
United States Transportation Command, the Direc-
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tor of the Defense Logistics Agency, and other Fed-
eral officials that the Commander of United States 
Indo-Pacific Command determines to be appropriate, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that describes the support and 
sustainment for critical capabilities in the area of re-
sponsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Com-
mand that are necessary to meet operational re-
quirements in a conflict with a strategic competitor 
of a duration that exceeds 6 months. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An assessment of the posture and ca-
pabilities of the current strategic force laydown 
of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, in-
cluding capabilities such as— 
(i) command, control, communica-
tions, computers, cyber, intelligence, sur-
veillance, and reconnaissance (commonly 
referred to as ‘‘C5ISR’’) assets; 
(ii) surface, subsurface, land, air, and 
space disposition and capabilities;
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(iii) strategic long-range precision 
fires, missile defense, and anti-air capabili-
ties; 
(iv) force protection of assets and crit-
ical infrastructure; 
(v) logistics and sustainment capabili-
ties, including positioning, quantity, and 
distribution of fuels; and 
(vi) munitions required to meet oper-
ational requirements. 
(B) A detailed assessment of any gaps in 
the required capabilities described in subpara-
graph (A) relative to the requirements of the 
United States Indo-Pacific Command in both 
steady state and in such a conflict with a stra-
tegic competitor, including gaps in any capabili-
ties described in the report required by section 
1251(d) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 
283). 
(C) An assessment of measures required to 
mitigate the gaps described in subparagraph 
(B) before December 31, 2025. The assessment 
shall include associated costs with enhancing 
United States, allied, and partner military pos-
1326 
ture, basing, and sustainment infrastructure in 
the area of responsibility of the United States 
Indo-Pacific Command to best meet the oper-
ational requirements described in subparagraph 
(A), including in States, territories, and posses-
sions of the United States and regional allies 
and partners. 
(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 
(2) the term ‘‘strategic competitor’’ 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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SEC. 1307. MODIFICATION TO PACIFIC DETERRENCE INI-
TIATIVE. 
Section 1251(d) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3951) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORT.—Not later than 15 
days after the submission of the report required by 
paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2024, the Commander 
of the United States Indo-Pacific Command shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a 
subsequent report containing a comparison of the 
specific cost estimates required by items (aa) 
through (ff) of paragraph (1)(B)(vi)(II) to the fund-
ing provided in the budget of the President (sub-
mitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code) for such items for such fis-
cal year.’’. 
SEC. 1308. SEIZE THE INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be established in the 
Department of Defense an initiative, to be known as the 
‘‘Seize The Initiative Fund’’ (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Fund’’), for the use of the Commander of United
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States Indo-Pacific Command to increase the ability of 
covered Armed Forces to respond to contingencies in the 
Indo-Pacific. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for the De-
partment of Defense for fiscal year 2023 for the allowable 
uses described in subsection (c). 
(c) ALLOWABLE USES.—The funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this section shall be used by the Com-
mander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secre-
taries of the military departments, for the following pur-
poses: 
(1) Activities to increase the presence of cov-
ered Armed Forces west of the international dateline 
in the United States Indo-Pacific Command area of 
responsibility. 
(2) Activities to improve infrastructure to en-
hance the responsiveness of covered Armed Forces 
west of the international dateline in the United 
States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. 
(3) Activities to enhance prepositioning in the 
United States Indo-Pacific Command area of re-
sponsibility of equipment of covered Armed Forces.
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(4) Activities to enhance contingency response 
in the United States Indo-Pacific Command area of 
responsibility. 
(d) INITIAL PLAN REQUIRED.—The Commander of 
United States Indo-Pacific Command shall, within 180 
days of the enactment of this act, provide the congres-
sional defense committees with a plan to use funds author-
ized pursuant to this section. Such plan, to the extent 
practicable, shall be consistent with other plans required 
to be produced by the Commander of United States Indo- 
Pacific Command, including under section 1242 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
(Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1978). 
(e) COVERED ARMED FORCES.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the following forces 
of the United States: 
(1) The Army. 
(2) The Navy. 
(3) The Marine Corps. 
(4) The Air Force. 
(5) The Space Force.
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SEC. 1309. MODIFICATION TO CHINA MILITARY POWER RE-
PORT. 
Section 1202(b)(7)(B) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as 
clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after clause (i) the following: 
‘‘(ii) the Middle East and North Afri-
ca, especially with respect to Iran and Chi-
na’s relationship with Iranian proxies such 
as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis 
(‘‘Ansar Allah’’) in Yemen, the Assad re-
gime in Syria, and Iranian-backed militias 
in Iraq;’’. 
SEC. 1310. MODIFICATIONS TO PUBLIC REPORTING OF CHI-
NESE MILITARY COMPANIES OPERATING IN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1260H(c) of the William 
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following sentence: ‘‘The Sec-
retary of Defense shall also consider information related 
to a Chinese military company operating directly or indi-
rectly in the United States or any of its territories and 
possessions that is provided jointly by the chairperson and
1331 
ranking member of each of the congressional defense com-
mittees in making such determinations.’’. 
(b) DETERMINATION PROMPTED BY JOINT SUBMIS-
SION OF INFORMATION.—Section 1260H of the William 
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) (as amend-
ed) the following: 
‘‘(d) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 
30 days after receiving information described in the sec-
ond sentence of subsection (c) with respect to an entity, 
the Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(1) determine if that entity meets the criteria 
for inclusion on the list required under subsection 
(b); and 
‘‘(2) submit an unclassified report, without any 
designation relating to dissemination control, to the 
chairperson and ranking member of the committee 
that provided the information with respect to such 
determination, including whether the Secretary in-
tends to list such entity publicly.’’.
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SEC. 1311. REPORTING ON INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION DOMICILED IN THE PEOPLE’S RE-
PUBLIC OF CHINA THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT 
TO THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY. 
(a) DETERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, shall identify each entity that is 
an institution of higher education domiciled in the 
People’s Republic of China that provides support to 
the People’s Liberation Army. 
(2) FACTORS.—In making a determination 
under paragraph (1) with respect to an entity, the 
Secretary shall consider the following factors: 
(A) Involvement in the implementation of 
the military-civil fusion strategy of China. 
(B) Participation in the defense industrial 
base of China. 
(C) Affiliation with the Chinese State Ad-
ministration for Science, Technology, and In-
dustry for the National Defense. 
(D) Funding received from any organiza-
tion subordinate to the Central Military Com-
mission of the Chinese Communist Party.
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(E) Relationship with any security, de-
fense, police, or within the Government of 
China or the Chinese Communist Party. 
(F) Any other factor the Secretary deter-
mines is appropriate. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2023, and annually thereafter for 5 
years, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a list of each entity identi-
fied pursuant to subsection (a) in classified and un-
classified forms, and shall include in such submis-
sion, as applicable, an explanation of any entities de-
leted from such list with respect to a prior list. 
(2) CONCURRENT
PUBLICATION.—Concurrent 
with the submission of each list described in para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall publish the unclassi-
fied portion of such list in the Federal Register. 
(3) ONGOING
REVISIONS.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, shall make additions or deletions 
to the most recent list submitted under paragraph 
(1) on an ongoing basis based on the latest informa-
tion available.
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(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
(c) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘People’s Liberation Army’’ means the 
land, naval, and air military services, the People’s Armed 
Police, the Strategic Support Force, the Rocket Force, 
and any other related security element within the Govern-
ment of China or the Chinese Communist Party that the 
Secretary determines is appropriate. 
SEC. 1312. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INVITING TAIWAN TO 
THE RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISE. 
It is the sense of Congress that the naval forces of 
Taiwan should be invited to participate in the Rim of the 
Pacific exercise conducted in 2024. 
SEC. 1313. JOINT EXERCISES WITH TAIWAN. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
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(1) joint military exercises with Taiwan are an 
important component of improving military readi-
ness and joint operability of both countries; 
(2) the Commander of United States Indo-Pa-
cific Command, and other commands in the United 
States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, 
already possess the legal authority to carry out such 
exercises; and 
(3) the United States should better use existing 
authorities to improve the readiness and joint oper-
ability of United States and Taiwanese forces. 
(b) AUTHORITY RECOGNIZED.—The Commander of 
United States Indo-Pacific Command is authorized to 
carry out military exercises with Taiwan that— 
(1) include multiple warfare domains and make 
extensive use of military common operations network 
used by United States, allied, and Taiwanese forces; 
(2) to the maximum extent practical, incor-
porate the cooperation of 2 or more combatant and 
subordinate unified commands; and 
(3) present a complex military problem and in-
clude a force presentation of a strategic competitor. 
SEC. 1314. TAIWAN DEFENSE COOPERATION. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than April 1, 2023, the Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the Joint Chiefs
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of Staff and the heads of such other agencies as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate, shall complete a study on 
the feasibility of additional Department of Defense re-
sources necessary to facilitate increased military coopera-
tion between the United States and Taiwan. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required by subsection 
(a) shall assess the following: 
(1) A description of the military cooperation 
handled by the Department of Defense between the 
United States and Taiwan during the preceding cal-
endar year, including arm sales, mutual visits, exer-
cises, and training. 
(2) The additional manpower required to facili-
tate the arms sales process to Taiwan and other 
matters as specified in subsection (a). 
(3) The overall cost and anticipated efficiency 
of such additional resources. 
(4) Such other matters as may be determined 
relevant by the Secretary. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than April 1, 2023, the 
Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
briefing on the findings of the study under subsection (a), 
including with respect to each element specified in sub-
section (b).
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SEC. 1315. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON PARTICIPA-
TION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
IN RIM OF THE PACIFIC (RIMPAC) NAVAL EX-
ERCISES TO INCLUDE CESSATION OF GENO-
CIDE BY CHINA. 
Section 1259(a)(1) of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 
U.S.C. 321 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) ceased committing ongoing genocide 
in China, as determined by the Secretary of 
State on January 19, 2021, recognized and 
apologized for committing such genocide, and 
engaged in a credible justice and accountability 
process for all victims of such genocide.’’. 
SEC. 1316. ADDITION TO NEXT ANNUAL REPORT ON MILI-
TARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS IN-
VOLVING CHINA. 
The Secretary of Defense shall include, in the next 
report submitted on or before March 1, 2023, to fulfill 
the requirements under section 1202 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C.
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113 note), a robust analysis of developments in both the 
Space Systems Department and the Network Systems De-
partment of the Strategic Support Force of China. 
SEC. 1317. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ENHANCING NATO EF-
FORTS TO COUNTER MISINFORMATION AND 
DISINFORMATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should— 
(1) prioritize efforts to enhance the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization’ (NATO’s) capacity to 
counter misinformation and disinformation; 
(2) support an increase in NATO’s human, fi-
nancial, and technological resources and capacity 
dedicated to understand, respond to, and fight 
threats in the information space; and 
(3) support building technological resilience to 
misinformation and disinformation. 
SEC. 1318. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE NATO 
PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should— 
(1) proactively engage with the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentary Assem-
bly (PA) and its member delegations;
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(2) communicate with and educate the public 
on the benefits and importance of NATO and NATO 
PA; and 
(3) support increased inter-democracy and 
inter-parliamentary cooperation on countering misin-
formation and disinformation. 
SEC. 1319. REPORT ON INDO-PACIFIC REGION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the As-
sistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, in coordination with the 
Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South 
and Central Asian Affairs, and Assistant Adminis-
trator for the Bureau for Asia of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID), 
shall submit to the congressional foreign affairs 
committees a report that contains a 2-year strategy 
assessing the resources and activities required to 
achieve the policy objectives described in subsection 
(c). 
(2) SUBMISSION AND UPDATE.—The report and 
strategy required by this subsection shall— 
(A) be submitted at the same time as the 
submission of the budget of the President (sub-
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mitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 
title 31, United States Code) for fiscal year 
2024; and 
(B) be updated and submitted at the same 
time as the submission of the budget of the 
President (submitted to Congress pursuant to 
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) 
for fiscal years 2026, 2028, and 2030. 
(b) CRITERIA.—The report and strategy required in 
subsection (a) shall be developed in accordance with the 
following criteria: 
(1) It shall reflect the objective, autonomous, 
and independent assessment of the activities, re-
sources, and costs required to achieve objectives de-
tailed in subsection (c) by the principals, the subor-
dinate and parallel offices providing input into the 
assessment. 
(2) It shall cover a period of five fiscal years, 
beginning with the fiscal year following the fiscal 
year in which the report is submitted. 
(3) It shall incorporate input from U.S. Ambas-
sadors in the Indo-Pacific region provided explicitly 
for the required report. 
(4) It may include information gathered 
through consultation with program offices and sub-
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ject matter experts in relevant functional bureaus, as 
deemed necessary by the principals. 
(5) It shall not be subject to fiscal guidance or 
global strategic tradeoffs associated with the annual 
President’s budget request. 
(c) POLICY OBJECTIVES.—The report and strategy 
required in subsection (a) shall assess the activities and 
resources required to achieve the following policy objec-
tives: 
(1) Implement the Interim National Security 
Strategic Guidance, or the most recent National Se-
curity Strategy, with respect to the Indo-Pacific re-
gion. 
(2) Implement the 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy, 
or successor documents, that set forth the U.S. Gov-
ernment strategy toward the Indo-Pacific region. 
(3) Implement the State-USAID Joint Stra-
tegic Plan with respect to the Indo-Pacific region. 
(4) Enhance meaningful diplomatic and eco-
nomic relations with allies and partners in the Indo- 
Pacific and demonstrate an enduring U.S. commit-
ment to the region. 
(5) Secure and advance U.S. national interests 
in the Indo-Pacific, including through countering the
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malign influence of the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(d) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report and 
strategy required under subsection (a) shall include the 
following: 
(1) A description of the Bureaus’ bilateral and 
multilateral goals for the period covered in the re-
port that the principals deem necessary to accom-
plish the objectives outlined in subsection (c), 
disaggregated by country and forum. 
(2) A timeline with annual benchmarks for 
achieving the objectives described in subsection (c). 
(3) An assessment of the sufficiency of U.S. 
diplomatic personnel and facilities currently available 
in the Indo-Pacific region to achieve the objectives 
outlined in subsection (c), through consultation with 
U.S. embassies in the region. The assessment shall 
include: 
(A) A list, in priority order, of locations in 
the Indo-Pacific region that require additional 
diplomatic personnel or facilities. 
(B) A description of locations where the 
United States may be able to collocate diplo-
matic personnel at allied or partner embassies 
and consulates.
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(C) A discussion of embassies or con-
sulates where diplomatic staff could be reduced 
within the Indo-Pacific region, where appro-
priate. 
(D) A detailed description of the fiscal and 
personnel resources required to fill gaps identi-
fied. 
(4) A detailed plan to expand U.S. diplomatic 
engagement and foreign assistance presence in the 
Pacific Island nations within the next five years, in-
cluding a description of ‘‘quick impact’’ programs 
that can be developed and implemented within the 
first fiscal year of the period covered in the report. 
(5) A discussion of the resources needed to en-
hance U.S. strategic messaging and spotlight coer-
cive PRC behavior. 
(6) A detailed description of the resources and 
policy tools needed to expand the United States abil-
ity to offer high-quality infrastructure projects in 
strategically significant parts of the Indo-Pacific re-
gion, with a particular focus on expanding invest-
ments in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. 
(7) A gap assessment of security assistance by 
country, and of the resources needed to fill those 
gaps.
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(8) A description of the resources and policy 
tools needed to facilitate continued private sector in-
vestment in partner countries in the Indo-Pacific. 
(9) A discussion of any additional bilateral or 
regional assistance resources needed to achieve the 
objectives outlined in subsection (c), as deemed nec-
essary by the principals. 
(e) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(f) AVAILABILITY.—Not later than February 1 each 
year, the Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs shall make the report and strategy available to the 
Secretary of State, the Administrator of the USAID, the 
Deputy Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State 
for Management and Resources, the Deputy Adminis-
trator for Policy and Programming, the Deputy Adminis-
trator for Management and Resources, the Under Sec-
retary of State for Political Affairs, the Director of the 
Office of Foreign Assistance at the Department of State, 
the Director of the Bureau of Foreign Assistance at the 
USAID, and the Director of Policy Planning. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INDO-PACIFIC REGION.—The term ‘‘Indo- 
Pacific region’’ means the countries under the juris-
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diction of the Bureau for East Asian and Pacific Af-
fairs, as well as the countries of Bangladesh, Bhu-
tan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri 
Lanka. 
(2) FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘foreign affairs committees’’ means the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, Re-
lated Programs of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives; and the Sub-
committee on State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
(3) PRINCIPALS.—The term ‘‘principals’’ means 
the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of 
East Asian and Pacific Affairs, the Assistant Sec-
retary of State for the Bureau of South and Central 
Asian Affairs, and the Assistant Administrator for 
the Bureau for Asia of the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
SEC. 1320. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE STATUS 
OF CHINA. 
It is the sense of Congress that—
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(1) the People’s Republic of China is a fully in-
dustrialized nation and no longer a developing na-
tion; and 
(2) any international agreement that provides 
or accords China a favorable status or treatment as 
a ‘‘developing nation’’ should be updated to reflect 
the status of China. 
SEC. 1321. REPORT ON PROVIDING ACCESS TO UNCEN-
SORED MEDIA IN CHINA. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide to 
Congress a classified report on what is needed to provide 
access to free and uncensored media in the Chinese mar-
ket. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters Relating 
to Foreign Nations 
SEC. 1331. SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR IRREG-
ULAR WARFARE. 
(a) CODIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
127c a new section 127d consisting of— 
(A) a heading as follows:
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‘‘§ 127d. Support of special operations for irregular 
warfare’’; and 
(B) a text consisting of the text of sub-
sections (a) through (i) of section 1202 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 
1639). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 127c 
the following new item: 
‘‘127d. Support of special operations for irregular warfare.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF DOLLAR AMOUNT.—Section 
127d of title 10, United States Code, as so amended, is 
further 
amended 
in 
subsection 
(a) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1202 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 is 
repealed. 
SEC. 1332. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR 
CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO REDRESS INJURY 
AND LOSS. 
Section 1213(a) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 
U.S.C. 2731 note) is amended by striking ‘‘During’’ and
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all that follows through ‘‘December 31, 2023, not’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Not’’. 
SEC. 1333. EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL CO-
OPERATION TO COUNTER UNMANNED AER-
IAL SYSTEMS. 
Section 1278(f) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1702; 22 
U.S.C. 8606 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 
SEC. 1334. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF UNITED 
STATES-ISRAEL COOPERATION TO COUNTER 
UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS. 
(a) AUTHORITY
TO ESTABLISH CAPABILITIES
TO 
COUNTER
UNMANNED
AERIAL
SYSTEMS.—Subsection 
(a)(1) of section 1278 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 
Stat. 1702; 22 U.S.C. 8606 note) is amended in the first 
sentence by inserting after ‘‘to establish capabilities for 
countering unmanned aerial systems’’ the following ‘‘, in-
cluding directed energy capabilities,’’. 
(b) SUPPORT
IN CONNECTION WITH
THE PRO-
GRAM.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting at the end 
before the period the following: ‘‘, including directed 
energy capabilities’’; and
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(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(4), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,000,000’’. 
(c) SUNSET.—Subsection (f) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 
SEC. 1335. MODIFICATION TO INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PRO-
TECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACADEMIC 
RESEARCHERS 
FROM 
UNDUE 
INFLUENCE 
AND OTHER SECURITY THREATS. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(iii) 
of 
section 
1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2358 
note; Public Law 115–232) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) to provide documented 
support to a defense or an intelligence 
agency of the applicable country; or’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2023 or any subse-
quent fiscal year for the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation may be
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provided to an entity that maintains a contract be-
tween the entity and a Chinese or Russian academic 
institution identified on the list developed under sec-
tion 1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 by 
reason of meeting the requirements of clause (ii) or 
(iii) (as amended by subsection (a)) of such section. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may 
waive the prohibition on funds under this subsection 
with respect to an entity if the Secretary determines 
that such a waiver is appropriate. 
SEC. 1336. ANNUAL REPORT ON ROLE OF ANTISEMITISIM 
IN VIOLENT EXTREMIST MOVEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of State and the Office of 
the Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an annual report on— 
(1) the rise in global antisemitism; 
(2) the role of antisemitism in violent extremist 
movements; 
(3) the threat of global antisemitism to the 
United States Armed Forces; and 
(4) the threat of global antisemitism to United 
States national security and interests.
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(b) FORM; PUBLICATION.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may contain a classified annex. The unclassified portion 
of such report shall be published on a publicly available 
website of the Department of Defense. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ 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. 
SEC. 1337. USE OF UNITED STATES-ORIGIN DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES IN YEMEN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall develop spe-
cific guidance for investigating any indications that United 
States-origin defense articles have been used in Yemen by 
the Saudi-led coalition in substantial violation of relevant 
agreements with countries participating in the coalition, 
including for unauthorized purposes. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on— 
(A) the guidance developed pursuant to 
subsection (a); and 
(B) all current information on each of the 
certification elements required by section 1290 
of the John S. McCain National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 
Law 115–232). 
(2) FORM.—The report required by this sub-
section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex if necessary. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 1338. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ISRAEL. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) since 1948, Israel has been one of the 
strongest friends and allies of the United States;
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(2) Israel is a stable, democratic country in a 
region often marred by turmoil; 
(3) it is essential to the strategic interest of the 
United States to continue to offer security assistance 
and related support to Israel; and 
(4) such assistance and support is especially 
vital as Israel confronts a number of potential chal-
lenges at the present time, including continuing 
threats from Iran. 
SEC. 1339. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND BRIEFING ON MULTI-
NATIONAL FORCE AND OBSERVERS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Multinational Force and Observers has 
helped strengthen stability and kept the peace in 
Sinai Peninsula; and 
(2) the United States should continue to main-
tain its strong support for the Multinational Force 
and Observers. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days before the 
implementation of any plan to move a Multinational Force 
and Observer site, the Secretary of Defense shall brief the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign
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Relations of the Senate on the resulting impact of such 
plan existing security arrangements between Israel and 
Egypt. 
SEC. 1340. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO COUNTER GRAY 
ZONE OPERATIONS AND OTHER HYBRID WAR-
FARE METHODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall develop and 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
comprehensive strategy to counter gray zone operations 
and other hybrid warfare methods of foreign adversaries 
and competitors and develop pro-active efforts to put forth 
United States interests to counter such operations and 
methods. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) an identification of United States interests 
described in such subsection; and 
(2) a description of the means to achieve such 
interests. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) congressional defense committees; and
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1341. STUDY ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT 
FOR 
STABILIZATION 
ACTIVITIES 
IN 
NA-
TIONAL SECURITY INTEREST OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a study on the use and implementation of the au-
thority of section 1210A of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 
Stat. 1626), relating to Department of Defense support 
for stabilization activities in national security interest of 
the United States. 
(b) MATTERS
TO BE INCLUDED.—The study re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A review of the use and implementation of 
the authority of section 1210A of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. 
(2) An identification of the number of requests 
for support made by the Department of State, the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, and other Federal agencies pursuant to such 
authority and number of such requests granted by 
the Department of Defense.
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(3) An identification of the total amount of sup-
port provided by the Department of Defense pursu-
ant to such requests so granted. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that contains the results of the 
study required by subsection (a). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) congressional defense committees; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1342. REPORT ON AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
EFFORTS 
TO 
COMBAT 
CERTAIN 
DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense (as appro-
priate), shall submit a report to the appropriate Congres-
sional Committees— 
(1) on the efforts of the American Institute in 
Taiwan to combat disinformation or propaganda
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perpetuated by the Chinese Communist Party and 
People’s Republic of China in regards to— 
(A) United States commitment to Taiwan’s 
self-defense, pursuant to the Taiwan Relations 
Act; 
(B) United States Foreign Military Sales 
to Taiwan; and 
(C) United States economic cooperation 
with Taiwan; and 
(2) that contains— 
(A) an assessment of the effectiveness of 
the efforts of the American Institute in Taiwan 
in combating disinformation or propaganda per-
petuated by the Chinese Communist Party and 
People’s Republic of China; and 
(B) recommendations on how to better 
combat such disinformation or propaganda. 
(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 
a classified annex. 
(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 Relations of the Senate; and
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(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 1343. REPORT ON AZERBAIJAN. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, shall submit to Congress a 
report on the following: 
(1) United States parts and technology discov-
ered in Turkish Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles 
deployed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno Karabakh 
between September 27, 2020 and November 9, 
2020, including an assessment of any potential viola-
tions of United States arms export laws, sanctions 
policies, or other provisions of United States law re-
lated to the discovery of such parts and technology. 
(2) Azerbaijan’s use of white phosphorous, clus-
ter bombs and other prohibited munitions deployed 
by Azerbaijan against Nagorno Karabakh between 
September 27, 2020, and November 9, 2020, includ-
ing an assessment of any potential violations of 
United States or international law related to the use 
of these munitions. 
(3) Turkey’s and Azerbaijan’s recruitment of 
foreign terrorist fighters to participate in Azer-
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baijan’s 
offensive 
military 
operations 
against 
Nagorno Karabakh between September 27, 2020, 
and November 9, 2020, including an assessment of 
any related potential violations of United States law, 
the International Convention against the Recruit-
ment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, 
or other international or multilateral treaties. 
SEC. 1344. DEFENSE AND DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY FOR 
LIBYA. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 240 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter through 2027, the Secretary of State, in con-
currence with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
contains a description of the United States defense and 
diplomatic strategy for Libya. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) An explanation of the defense and diplo-
matic strategy for Libya, including a description of 
the ends, ways, and means inherent to the strategy, 
the role of the Armed Forces in supporting the 
strategy, and its integration with the U.S. Strategy 
to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability.
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(2) An explanation of how the existing authori-
ties and available resources of the Department of 
Defense and the Department of State are being uti-
lized to support the strategy. 
(3) A detailed description of Libyan and exter-
nal security actors and an assessment of how those 
actors advance or undermine stability in Libya and 
United States strategic interests in Libya, including 
United States interests in a political settlement to 
the conflict in Libya. 
(4) A detailed description of the military activi-
ties of external actors in Libya, including assess-
ments and detailed analysis of situations in which 
those activities— 
(A) have undermined progress towards sta-
bilization of Libya, including the United Na-
tions-led negotiations; 
(B) involve United States-origin equipment 
and violate contractual conditions of acceptable 
use of such equipment; or 
(C) violate or seek to violate the United 
Nations arms embargo on Libya imposed pur-
suant to United Nations Security Council Reso-
lution 1970 (2011).
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(5) An update on assessments relating to re-
opening the United States Embassy in Libya, in-
cluding any existing or potential barriers to imple-
mentation, financial cost estimates, security consid-
erations, and possible timelines. 
(6) An identification and assessment of the root 
causes of migration through Libya into Europe, in-
cluding— 
(A) the extent to which such migratory 
trends correlate to increased instances of 
human trafficking and slavery, including actors 
attributed to such behavior; 
(B) an analysis of Libyan Government and 
international efforts to reduce migration and 
prevent human trafficking, slavery, and abuse 
of migrants’ human rights in Libya; and 
(C) United States policy options to reduce 
flows of migrants to and through Libya and to 
support the humane treatment of migrants and 
their lawful departure from Libya in coopera-
tion with Libyan authorities, United Nations 
entities, and partner governments. 
(7) A plan for any potential stabilization oper-
ations support for Libya, as a designated priority
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country under the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (22 
U.S.C. 9804), including— 
(A) A detailed description of the stability 
and threat environment in Libya and related 
stabilization objectives, including the desired 
end-state for the United States. 
(B) Any potential limitations to existing 
resources of either Department affecting the 
ability to support stabilization operations in 
Libya. 
(C) A detailed analysis of whether barriers 
exist to the use of authorities pursuant to sec-
tion 1210A of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (133 Stat. 1626) 
to support United States stabilization efforts in 
Libya, and any congressional or departmental 
action that could reduce such barriers. 
(D) An identification of interagency de-
ployments in Libya, including the rationale for 
such deployments and plans for future inter-
agency deployments. 
(8) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense 
considers appropriate.
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(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1345. REPEAL OF RESTRICTION ON FUNDING FOR THE 
PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR THE COM-
PREHENSIVE 
NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN 
TREATY 
ORGANIZATION. 
Section 1279E of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (22 U.S.C. 287 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 1346. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE BOYCOTT 
OF CERTAIN COMPANIES THAT CONTINUE TO 
OPERATE IN RUSSIA AND PROVIDE FINAN-
CIAL BENEFITS TO THE PUTIN REGIME. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On February 24, 2022, the Government of 
Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, invaded the sovereign
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country of Ukraine under the direction of the Presi-
dent of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. 
(2) On March 6, 2022, Secretary of State 
Antony Blinken stated that the United States has 
seen credible reports of Russia engaging in ‘‘delib-
erate attacks on civilians, which would constitute a 
war crime’’. 
(3) On March 16, 2022, Ukrainian President 
Zelenskyy urged ‘‘All American companies must 
leave Russia * * * leave their market immediately, 
because it is flooded with [Ukrainian] blood’’. 
(4) In the same speech, President Zelenskyy 
called on Congress to lead by pressuring companies 
‘‘who finance the Russian military machine’’ and 
conduct ‘‘business in Russia’’ and to ‘‘make sure 
that the Russians do not receive a single penny that 
they use to destroy people in Ukraine’’. 
(5) Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of the Yale School of 
Management has compiled a list of some 1,000 com-
panies which have withdrawn permanently or tempo-
rarily from Russia. 
(6) By refusing to reduce, cease, or withdraw 
operations in Russia, these companies which have 
not withdrawn permanently or temporarily from 
Russia contribute to undermining the sanctions im-
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posed by the United States and its allies that are in-
tended to deter further Russian aggression. 
(7) A number of United States and multi-
national companies that do business in Russia do 
not provide life-saving or health-related goods and 
services to the Russian people and contribute to 
Putin’s ability to wage war in Ukraine and continue 
to commit war crimes by providing revenue for the 
Russian Government. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) supports and encourages Americans who 
choose to exercise their free speech rights by boy-
cotting companies that do not provide life-saving or 
health-related goods and services to the Russian peo-
ple yet continue to operate in Russia; 
(2) condemns companies that continue to oper-
ate in Russia and provide financial benefits to the 
Putin regime that enable his ability to continue wag-
ing war in Ukraine; and 
(3) commends companies that have already sus-
pended operations in or withdrawn from markets in 
Russia in response to the Putin regime’s unlawful 
invasion of Ukraine.
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SEC. 1347. REPORT ON ARMS TRAFFICKING IN HAITI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the 
Attorney General, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on arms trafficking in Haiti. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report shall 
include the following: 
(1) The number and category of United States- 
origin weapons in Haiti, including those in posses-
sion of the Haitian National Police or other state 
authorities and diverted outside of their control and 
the number of United States-origin weapons believed 
to be illegally trafficked from the United States 
since 1991. 
(2) The major routes by which illegal arms are 
trafficked into Haiti. 
(3) The major Haitian seaports, airports, and 
other border crossings where illegal arms are traf-
ficked. 
(4) An accounting of the ways individuals evade 
law enforcement and customs officials. 
(5) A description of networks among Haitian 
government officials, Haitian customs officials, and 
gangs and others illegally involved in arms traf-
ficking.
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(6) Whether any end-use agreements between 
the United States and Haiti in the issuance of 
United States-origin weapons have been violated. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
SEC. 1348. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF CITY AND 
STATE DIPLOMACY. 
Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (h) 
(relating to the Office of Sanctions Coordination) as 
subsection (k); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) OFFICE OF CITY AND STATE DIPLOMACY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be established 
within the Department of State an Office of City
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and State Diplomacy (in this subsection referred to 
as the ‘Office’). The Department may use a similar 
name at its discretion and upon notification to Con-
gress. 
‘‘(2) HEAD OF OFFICE.—The head of the Office 
shall be the Ambassador-at-Large for City and State 
Diplomacy (in this subsection referred to as the 
‘Ambassador’) or other appropriate senior official. 
The head of the Office shall— 
‘‘(A) be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) report directly to the Secretary, or 
such other senior official as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate and upon notification to 
Congress. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(A) PRINCIPAL
DUTY.—The principal 
duty of the head of the Office shall be the over-
all coordination (including policy oversight of 
resources) of Federal support for subnational 
engagements by State and municipal govern-
ments with foreign governments. The head of 
the Office shall be the principal adviser to the 
Secretary of State on subnational engagements 
and the principal official on such matters within
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the senior management of the Department of 
State. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
DUTIES.—The addi-
tional duties of the head of the Office shall in-
clude the following: 
‘‘(i) 
Coordinating 
overall 
United 
States policy and programs in support of 
subnational engagements by State and mu-
nicipal governments with foreign govern-
ments, including with respect to the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) 
Coordinating 
resources 
across the Department of State and 
throughout the Federal Government 
in support of such engagements. 
‘‘(II) Identifying policy, program, 
and funding discrepancies among rel-
evant Federal agencies regarding such 
coordination. 
‘‘(III) Identifying gaps in Fed-
eral support for such engagements 
and developing corresponding policy 
or programmatic changes to address 
such gaps.
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‘‘(ii) Identifying areas of alignment 
between United States foreign policy and 
State and municipal goals. 
‘‘(iii) Improving communication with 
the American public, including, potentially, 
communication 
that 
demonstrate 
the 
breadth of international engagement by 
subnational actors and the impact of diplo-
macy across the United States. 
‘‘(iv) Providing advisory support to 
subnational engagements, including by as-
sisting State and municipal governments 
regarding— 
‘‘(I) developing and implementing 
global engagement and public diplo-
macy strategies; 
‘‘(II) implementing programs to 
cooperate with foreign governments on 
policy priorities or managing shared 
resources; and 
‘‘(III) understanding the implica-
tions of foreign policy developments or 
policy changes through regular and 
extraordinary briefings.
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‘‘(v) Facilitating linkages and net-
works among State and municipal govern-
ments, and between State and municipal 
governments and their foreign counter-
parts, including by tracking subnational 
engagements and leveraging State and mu-
nicipal expertise. 
‘‘(vi) Supporting the work of Depart-
ment of State detailees assigned to State 
and municipal governments pursuant to 
this subsection. 
‘‘(vii) Under the direction of the Sec-
retary, negotiating agreements and memo-
randa of understanding with foreign gov-
ernments related to subnational engage-
ments and priorities. 
‘‘(viii) Supporting United States eco-
nomic interests through subnational en-
gagements, in consultation and coordina-
tion with the Department of Commerce, 
the Department of the Treasury, and the 
Office of the United States Trade Rep-
resentative. 
‘‘(ix) Coordinating subnational en-
gagements with the associations of sub-
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national elected leaders, including the 
United States Conference of Mayors, Na-
tional Governors Association, National 
League of Cities, National Association of 
Counties, Council of State Governments, 
National Conference of State Legislators, 
and State International Development Or-
ganizations. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—With respect to matters 
involving trade promotion and inward investment fa-
cilitation, the Office shall coordinate with and sup-
port the International Trade Administration of the 
Department of Commerce as the lead Federal agen-
cy for trade promotion and facilitation of business 
investment in the United States. 
‘‘(5) DETAILEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
State, with respect to employees of the Depart-
ment of State, is authorized to detail a member 
of the civil service or Foreign Service to State 
and municipal governments on a reimbursable 
or nonreimbursable basis. Such details shall be 
for a period not to exceed two years, and shall 
be without interruption or loss of status or 
privilege.
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‘‘(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Detailees under 
subparagraph (A) should carry out the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) Supporting the mission and objec-
tives of the host subnational government 
office. 
‘‘(ii) Advising State and municipal 
government officials regarding questions of 
global affairs, foreign policy, cooperative 
agreements, and public diplomacy. 
‘‘(iii) Coordinating activities relating 
to State and municipal government sub-
national engagements with the Department 
of State, including the Office, Department 
leadership, and regional and functional bu-
reaus of the Department, as appropriate. 
‘‘(iv) Engaging Federal agencies re-
garding security, public health, trade pro-
motion, and other programs executed at 
the State or municipal government level. 
‘‘(v) Any other duties requested by 
State and municipal governments and ap-
proved by the Office. 
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL
PERSONNEL
SUPPORT 
FOR
SUBNATIONAL
ENGAGEMENT.—For the
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purposes of this subsection, the Secretary of 
State— 
‘‘(i) is authorized to employ individ-
uals by contract; 
‘‘(ii) is encouraged to make use of the 
re-hired annuitants authority under section 
3323 of title 5, United States Code, par-
ticularly for annuitants who are already re-
siding across the United States who may 
have the skills and experience to support 
subnational governments; and 
‘‘(iii) is encouraged to make use of 
authorities under the Intergovernmental 
Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 et 
seq.) to temporarily assign State and local 
government officials to the Department of 
State or overseas missions to increase their 
international experience and add their per-
spectives on United States priorities to the 
Department. 
‘‘(6) REPORT AND BRIEFING.— 
‘‘(A) REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, the head of the Office shall submit to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
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Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate a report that includes information 
relating to the following: 
‘‘(i) The staffing plan (including per-
manent and temporary staff) for the Office 
and a justification for the location of the 
Office within the Department of State’s or-
ganizational structure. 
‘‘(ii) The funding level provided to the 
Office for the Office, together with a jus-
tification relating to such level. 
‘‘(iii) The rank and title granted to 
the head of the Office, together with a jus-
tification relating to such decision and an 
analysis of whether the rank and title of 
Ambassador-at-Large is required to fulfill 
the duties of the Office. 
‘‘(iv) A strategic plan for the Office, 
including relating to— 
‘‘(I) leveraging subnational en-
gagement to improve United States 
foreign policy effectiveness;
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‘‘(II) enhancing the awareness, 
understanding, and involvement of 
United States citizens in the foreign 
policy process; and 
‘‘(III) better engaging with for-
eign 
subnational 
governments 
to 
strengthen diplomacy. 
‘‘(v) Any other matters as determined 
relevant by the head of the Office. 
‘‘(B) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the submission of the report required 
under subparagraph (A) and annually there-
after, the head of the Office shall brief the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate on the work of the Office and any 
changes made to the organizational structure or 
funding of the Office. 
‘‘(7) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection may be construed as precluding— 
‘‘(A) the Office from being elevated to a 
bureau within the Department of State; or
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‘‘(B) the head of the Office from being ele-
vated to an Assistant Secretary, if such an As-
sistant Secretary position does not increase the 
number of Assistant Secretary positions at the 
Department above the number authorized under 
subsection (c)(1). 
‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) MUNICIPAL.—The term ‘municipal’ 
means, with respect to the government of a mu-
nicipality in the United States, a municipality 
with a population of not fewer than 100,000 
people. 
‘‘(B) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 
50 States, the District of Columbia, and any 
territory or possession of the United States. 
‘‘(C) SUBNATIONAL
ENGAGEMENT.—The 
term ‘subnational engagement’ means formal 
meetings or events between elected officials of 
State or municipal governments and their for-
eign counterparts.’’. 
SEC. 1349. TRANSFER OF EXCESS OLIVER HAZARD PERRY 
CLASS GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATES TO EGYPT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
transfer to the Government of Egypt the OLIVER HAZ-
ARD PERRY class guided missile frigates ex-USS CARR
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(FFG-52) and ex-USS ELROD (FFG-55) on a grant 
basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j) on or after the date on which 
the President submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a certification described in subsection (b). 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The certification described in 
this subsection is a certification of the President of the 
following: 
(1) The President has received reliable assur-
ances that the Government of Egypt and any Egyp-
tian state-owned enterprises— 
(A) are not knowingly engaged in any ac-
tivity subject to sanctions under the Countering 
America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, 
including an activity related to Russian Su-35 
warplanes or other advanced military tech-
nologies; and 
(B) will not knowingly engage in activity 
subject to sanctions under the Countering 
America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 
in the future. 
(2) The Egyptian crews participating in train-
ing related to and involved in the operation of the 
vessels transferred under this section are subject to 
the requirements of section 620M of the Foreign As-
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sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d), section 362 
of title 10, United States Code, and other relevant 
human rights vetting to ensure United States-funded 
assistance related to the transfer of the vessels 
under this section are not provided to Egyptian se-
curity forces that have committee gross violations of 
internationally recognized human rights or other 
documented human rights abuses. 
(3) The Government of Egypt is no longer un-
lawfully or wrongfully detaining United States na-
tionals or lawful permanent residents, based on cri-
teria which may include— 
(A) the detained individual has presented 
credible information of factual innocence to 
United States officials; 
(B) information exists that the individual 
is detained solely or substantially because he or 
she is a citizen or national of the United States; 
(C) information exists that the individual 
is being detained in violation of internationally 
protected rights and freedoms, such as freedom 
of expression, association, assembly, and reli-
gion; 
(D) the individual is being detained in vio-
lation of the laws of the detaining country;
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(E) independent nongovernmental organi-
zations or journalists have raised legitimate 
questions about the innocence of the detained 
individual; 
(F) the United States embassy in the 
country where the individual is detained has re-
ceived credible reports that the detention is a 
pretext; 
(G) police reports show evidence of the 
lack of a credible investigation; 
(H) the individual is detained in a country 
where the Department of State has determined 
in its annual human rights reports that the ju-
dicial system is not independent or impartial, is 
susceptible to corruption, or is incapable of ren-
dering just verdicts; 
(I) the individual is detained in inhumane 
conditions; and 
(J) the international right to due process 
of law has been sufficiently impaired so as to 
render the detention arbitrary. 
(c) VIOLATIONS.—The President may not transfer a 
vessel under this section unless the Government of Egypt 
agrees that if any of the conditions described in subsection 
(b) are violated after the transfer of the vessel, the Gov-
1381 
ernment of Egypt will re-transfer the vessel to the United 
States at the sole cost to the Government of Egypt, with-
out using United States funds, including United States 
foreign military assistance funds. 
(d) GRANTS NOT COUNTED IN ANNUAL TOTAL OF 
TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The value 
of a vessel transferred to the Government of Egypt under 
this section shall not be counted against the aggregate 
value of excess defense articles transferred in any fiscal 
year under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j). 
(e) COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—Any expense incurred by 
the United States in connection with the transfer of a ves-
sel under this section shall be charged to the Government 
of Egypt notwithstanding section 516(e) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)). 
(f) REPAIR
AND
REFURBISHMENT
IN
UNITED 
STATES SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the President shall require, as a condition of the 
transfer of a vessel under this section, that the Govern-
ment of Egypt have such repair or refurbishment of the 
vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces 
of Egypt, performed at a shipyard located in the United 
States, including a United States Navy shipyard.
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(g) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 
transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end 
of the three-year period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(h) REQUIRED REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days be-
fore the transfer of a vessel under this section, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report describing the following: 
(A) The specific operational activities and 
objectives intended for the vessel upon receipt 
by the Government of Egypt. 
(B) A detailed description of how the 
transfer of the vessel will help to alleviate 
United States mission requirements in the Bab 
el Mandeb and the Red Sea. 
(C) A detailed description of how the 
transfer of the vessel will complement Combined 
Maritime Forces (CMF) mission goals and ac-
tivities, including those of Combined Task 
Forces 150, 151, 152, and 153. 
(D) A detailed description of incidents of 
arbitrary detention, violence, and state-sanc-
tioned harassment in the past 5 years by the 
Government of Egypt against United States
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citizens, individuals in the United States, and 
their family members who are not United 
States citizens, in both Egypt and in the United 
States, and a determination of whether such in-
cidents constitute a pattern of acts of intimida-
tion or harassment. 
(E) A description of policy efforts to en-
sure that United States security assistance pro-
grams with Egypt are formulated in a manner 
that will ‘‘avoid identification of the United 
States, through such programs, with govern-
ments which deny to their people internationally 
recognized human rights and fundamental free-
doms’’ in accordance with section 502B of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2304). 
(2) FORM.—The report required by this sub-
section shall be provided in unclassified form, but 
may include a separate classified annex. 
(i) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
SEC. 1350. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AZERBAIJAN’S ILLEGAL 
DETENTION OF ARMENIAN PRISONERS OF 
WAR. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) Azerbaijan must immediately and uncondi-
tionally return all Armenian prisoners of war and 
captured civilians; and 
(2) the Biden Administration should engage at 
all levels with Azerbaijani authorities, including 
through the Organization for Security and Co-oper-
ation in Europe Minsk Group process, to make clear 
the importance of adhering to their obligations, 
under the November 9 statement and international 
law, to immediately release all prisoners of war and 
captured civilians. 
SEC. 1351. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) STRONG UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE PART-
NERSHIP.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) a strong United States-India defense part-
nership, rooted in shared democratic values, is crit-
ical in order to advance United States interests in 
the Indo-Pacific region; and
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(2) this partnership between the world’s oldest 
and largest democracies is critical and must con-
tinue to be strengthened in response to increasing 
threats in the Indo-Pacific regions, sending an un-
equivocal signal that sovereignty and international 
law must be respected. 
(b) UNITED STATES-INDIA INITIATIVE ON CRITICAL 
AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (ICET).—The Congress 
finds that the United States-India Initiative on Critical 
and Emerging Technologies (iCET) is a welcome and es-
sential step to developing closer partnerships between gov-
ernments, academia, and industry in the United States 
and India to address the latest advances in artificial intel-
ligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, aerospace, 
and semiconductor manufacturing. Such collaborations be-
tween engineers and computer scientists are vital to help 
ensure that the United States and India, as well as other 
democracies around the world, foster innovation and facili-
tate technological advances which continue to far outpace 
Russian and Chinese technology. 
(c) BORDER THREATS FROM CHINA AND RELIANCE 
ON
RUSSIAN-BUILT
WEAPONS.—Congress recognizes 
that— 
(1) India faces immediate and serious regional 
border threats from China, with continued military
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aggression by the Government of China along the 
India-China border, 
(2) India relies on Russian-built weapons for its 
national defense, and 
(3) the United States should take additional 
steps to encourage India to accelerate India’s transi-
tion off Russian-built weapons and defense systems 
while strongly supporting India’s immediate defense 
needs. 
(d) WAIVER OF CAATSA SANCTIONS IN BEST IN-
TERESTS OF UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES- 
INDIA DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP.—While India faces im-
mediate needs to maintain its heavily Russian-built weap-
ons systems, a waiver to sanctions under the Countering 
America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act during this 
transition period is in the best interests of the United 
States and the United States-India defense partnership to 
deter aggressors in light of Russia and China’s close part-
nership. 
SEC. 1352. BRIEFING ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM TO PROTECT UNITED STATES STU-
DENTS AGAINST FOREIGN AGENTS. 
Not later than 240 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the
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program described in section 1277 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 
115–91), including an assessment on whether the program 
is beneficial to students interning, working part time, or 
in a program that will result in employment post-gradua-
tion with Department of Defense components and contrac-
tors. 
SEC. 1353. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO COMBAT BOKO HARAM 
IN NIGERIA AND THE LAKE CHAD BASIN. 
(a) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) strongly condemns the ongoing violence and 
the systematic gross human rights violations against 
the people of Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin car-
ried out by Boko Haram; 
(2) expresses its support for the people of Nige-
ria and the Lake Chad Basin who wish to live in a 
peaceful, economically prosperous, and democratic 
region; and 
(3) calls on the President to support Nigerian, 
Lake Chad Basin, and international community ef-
forts to ensure accountability for crimes against hu-
manity committed by Boko Haram against the peo-
ple of Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin, particu-
larly the young girls kidnapped from Chibok and
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other internally displaced persons affected by the ac-
tions of Boko Haram. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of De-
fense and the Attorney General, shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Ju-
diciary of the Senate a report on efforts to combat 
Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) A description of initiatives undertaken 
by the Department of State and the Depart-
ment of Defense to assist the Government of 
Nigeria and countries in the Lake Chad Basin 
to combat Boko Haram. 
(B) A description of United States activi-
ties to enhance the capacity of Nigeria and 
countries in the Lake Chad Basin to investigate 
and prosecute human rights violations per-
petrated against the people of Nigeria and the
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Lake Chad Basin by Boko Haram, al-Qaeda af-
filiates, and other terrorist organizations, in 
order to promote respect for rule of law in Ni-
geria and the Lake Chad Basin. 
SEC. 1354. CHIEF OF MISSION CONCURRENCE. 
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate a report outlining the process by which 
chief of mission concurrence is obtained for Department 
of Defense clandestine activities under section 127(f) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 1355. GAO STUDY ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUP-
PORT FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGEN-
CIES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
THAT ADVANCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
SECURITY COOPERATION OBJECTIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study on the use and imple-
mentation of the authority of section 385 of title 10, 
United States Code, relating to Department of Defense 
support for other departments and agencies of the United
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States Government that advance Department of Defense 
security cooperation objectives. 
(b) MATTERS
TO BE INCLUDED.—The study re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A review of the use and implementation of 
the authority of section 385 of title 10, United 
States Code, and congressional intent of such au-
thority. 
(2) An identification of the number of times 
such authority has been used. 
(3) An identification of the challenges associ-
ated with the use of such authority. 
(4) A description of reasons for lack of the use 
of such authority, if any. 
(5) An identification of potential legislative ac-
tions for Congress to address with respect to such 
authority. 
(6) An identification of potential executive ac-
tions for the Department of Defense to address with 
respect to such authority. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that contains the results of the 
study required by subsection (a).
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(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) congressional defense committees; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1356. FEASIBILITY STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO 
SOMALILAND. 
(a) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall conduct 
a feasibility study that— 
(1) includes consultation with Somaliland secu-
rity organs; 
(2) determines opportunities for collaboration in 
the pursuit of United States national security inter-
ests in the Horn of Africa, the Gulf of Aden, and 
the broader Indo-Pacific region; 
(3) identifies the practicability of improving the 
professionalization and capacity of Somaliland secu-
rity sector actors; and 
(4) identifies the most effective way to conduct 
and carry out programs, transactions, and other re-
lations in the City of Hargeisa on behalf of the 
United States Government.
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads 
of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall 
submit a classified report to the appropriate congressional 
committees that contains the results of the feasibility 
study required under subsection (a), including an assess-
ment of the extent to which— 
(1) opportunities exist for the United States to 
support the training of Somaliland’s security sector 
actors with a specific focus on counterterrorism and 
border and maritime security; 
(2) Somaliland’s security forces were impli-
cated, if any, in gross violations of human rights 
during the 3-year period immediately preceding the 
date of the enactment of this Act; 
(3) the United States has provided or discussed 
with officials of Somaliland the provision of training 
to security forces, including— 
(A) where such training has occurred; 
(B) the extent to which Somaliland secu-
rity forces have demonstrated the ability to ab-
sorb previous training; and
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(C) the ability of Somaliland security 
forces to maintain and appropriately utilize 
such training, as applicable; 
(4) a United States diplomatic and security en-
gagement partnership with Somaliland would have a 
strategic impact, including by protecting the United 
States and allied maritime interests in the Bab-el- 
Mandeb Strait and at Somaliland’s Port of Berbera; 
(5) Somaliland could— 
(A) serve as a maritime gateway in East 
Africa for the United States and its allies; and 
(B) counter Iran’s presence in the Gulf of 
Aden and China’s growing regional military 
presence; 
(6) a United States security and defense part-
nership could— 
(A) bolster cooperation between Somaliland 
and Taiwan; 
(B) stabilize this semi-autonomous region 
of Somalia further as a democratic counter-
weight to anti-democratic forces in the greater 
Horn of Africa region; and 
(C) impact the capacity of the United 
States to achieve policy objectives in Somalia, 
particularly to degrade and ultimately defeat
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the terrorist threat posed by Al-Shabaab, the 
Islamic State in Somalia (the Somalia-based Is-
lamic State affiliate), and other terrorist groups 
operating in Somalia; and 
(7) the extent to which an improved relation-
ship with Somaliland could— 
(A) support United States policy focused 
on the Red Sea corridor, the Indo-Pacific re-
gion, and the Horn of Africa; 
(B) improve cooperation on counterter-
rorism and intelligence sharing; 
(C) enable cooperation on counter-traf-
ficking, including the trafficking of humans, 
wildlife, weapons, and illicit goods; and 
(D) support trade and development, includ-
ing how Somaliland could benefit from Prosper 
Africa and other regional trade initiatives. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In subsection (b), the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
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SEC. 1357. REPEAL OF JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROMOTE 
PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 
Effective on the date that is 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the joint resolution entitled 
‘‘A joint resolution to promote peace and stability in the 
Middle East’’ (Public Law 85–7; 22 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.) 
is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 1358. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE INCLU-
SION OF SUNSET PROVISIONS IN AUTHORIZA-
TIONS FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution pro-
vides Congress with the sole authority to ‘‘declare 
war’’. 
(2) Legal experts who have served in both 
Democratic 
and 
Republic 
administrations 
rec-
ommend the inclusion of a sunset clause or reau-
thorization requirement in authorizations for use of 
military force to ensure that Congress fulfills its 
constitutional duty to debate and vote on whether to 
send United States servicemembers into war. 
(3) Sunset provisions have been included in 29 
percent of prior authorizations for use of military 
force and declarations of war.
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the inclusion of a sunset provision or reau-
thorization requirement in authorizations for use of 
military force is critical to ensuring Congress’s exer-
cise of its constitutional duty to declare war; and 
(2) any joint resolution enacted to authorize the 
introduction of United States forces into hostilities 
or into situations where there is a serious risk of 
hostilities should include a sunset provision setting 
forth a date certain for the termination of the au-
thorization for the use of such forces absent the en-
actment of a subsequent specific statutory authoriza-
tion for such use of the United States forces. 
SEC. 1359. REPORT ON MEXICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that includes the following: 
(1) A description of past and current bilateral 
security cooperation with Mexico, including through 
Northcom, the Department of Homeland Security, 
and the Department of Justice (including the Drug 
Enforcement Administration), including over the 
preceding 10 years.
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(2) A description of the benefits of partnerships 
with Mexican security forces in enforcing judicial 
process for violent crimes and cartels along the 
southern border. 
(3) A description of increasing cartel control 
over Mexican territory and its impacts on national 
security. 
(4) A description of deteriorating role of elec-
toral and democratic institutions, including human 
rights violations, and its impacts on national secu-
rity. 
(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. The unclassified portion of such report 
shall be published on a publicly available website of the 
Federal government. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 
and
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(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1360. UNPAID PERUVIAN AGRARIAN REFORM BONDS. 
To ensure the retirement security of over 5,000,000 
United States pensioners across the Nation, Congress 
urges the Secretary of State to take action concerning un-
paid Peruvian agrarian reform bonds by encouraging the 
Peruvian Government to negotiate in good faith with 
United States pension funds and bondholders regarding 
payment of the agrarian reform bonds. 
SEC. 1361. REPORT ON CHINESE SUPPORT TO RUSSIA WITH 
RESPECT TO ITS UNPROVOKED INVASION OF 
AND FULL-SCALE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and every 90 days there-
after, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Commerce and the Director of National Intel-
ligence as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on whether and how the 
People’s Republic of China, including the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Communist 
Party, any Chinese state-owned enterprise, and any other 
Chinese entity, has provided support to the Russian Fed-
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eration with respect to its unprovoked invasion of and full- 
scale war against Ukraine. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include a discussion of the 
People’s Republic of China support to the Russian Federa-
tion with respect to— 
(1) helping the Government of Russia or Rus-
sian entities evade or circumvent United States 
sanctions or multilateral sanctions and export con-
trols; 
(2) deliberately inhibiting onsite United States 
Government export control end-use checks, including 
interviews and investigations, in China; 
(3) providing Russia with any technology, in-
cluding semiconductors classified as EAR99, that 
supports Russian intelligence or military capabilities; 
(4) establishing economic or financial arrange-
ments that will have the effect of alleviating the im-
pact of United States sanctions or multilateral sanc-
tions; 
(5) furthering Russia’s disinformation and 
propaganda efforts; 
(6) coordinating to hinder the response of mul-
tilateral organizations, including the United Nations, 
to provide assistance to the people or Government of
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Ukraine, to condemn Russia’s war, to hold Russia 
accountable for the invasion and its prosecution of 
the war, or to hold those complicit accountable; and 
(7) providing any material, technical, or 
logistical support, including to Russian military or 
intelligence agencies and state-owned or state-linked 
enterprises. 
(c) FORM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form 
and published on the Department of State’s publicly 
available website. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—If the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Director of National Intelligence, cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that the Secretary is unable to include an element 
required under paragraphs (1) through (7) of sub-
section (b) in an unclassified manner, the Secretary 
shall provide in unclassified form an affirmative or 
negative determination for each element required 
under subsections (b)(1)-(7) whether the People’s 
Republic of China is supporting the Russian Federa-
tion in that manner and concurrently provide the 
discussion of that element to the committees at the
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lowest possible classification level, consistent with 
the protection of sources and methods. 
(d) SUNSET.—The requirement to submit the report 
required by subsection (a) shall terminate on the earlier 
of— 
(1) the date on which the Secretary of State de-
termines the conflict in Ukraine has ended; or 
(2) the date that is 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional 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, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate.
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TITLE XIV—OTHER 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2023 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC-
TION, DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2023 for expenses, not oth-
erwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions 
Destruction, Defense, as specified in the funding table in 
section 4501. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized for— 
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents 
and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of 
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 
(50 U.S.C. 1521); and
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(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 
of the United States that is not covered by section 
1412 of such Act. 
SEC. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction 
and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2023 for the Defense Health Program for use 
of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of 
the Department of Defense for providing for the health 
of eligible beneficiaries, as specified in the funding table 
in section 4501.
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Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 1411. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-
ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 
LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated for section 1405 and 
available for the Defense Health Program for operation 
and maintenance, $168,000,000 may be transferred by the 
Secretary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense– 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of sec-
tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). 
For purposes of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, 
any funds so transferred shall be treated as amounts au-
thorized and appropriated specifically for the purpose of 
such a transfer. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the pur-
poses of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility oper-
ations for which funds transferred under subsection (a) 
may be used are operations of the Captain James A. 
Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the 
North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy
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Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities des-
ignated as a combined Federal medical facility under an 
operational agreement covered by section 706 of the Dun-
can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
SEC. 1412. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2023 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Trust Fund the sum of $152,360,000 of which— 
(1) $75,360,000 is for operation, maintenance, 
construction and renovation; and 
(2) $77,000,000 is for major construction. 
SEC. 1413. STUDY AND PILOT PROGRAM ON SEMICONDUC-
TORS AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCK-
PILE. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall— 
(A) conduct a study on the strategic mate-
rials required by the Department of Defense to 
execute the operational plans of the Depart-
ment in a conflict with a strategic competitor 
lasting not less than six months; and
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(B) submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on such study. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the specific number 
and type of semiconductors for key systems and 
munitions, delineated by technical specifica-
tions, performance requirements, and end-use 
applications, that the Department of Defense 
requires to execute and sustain the operational 
plans of the Department during a conflict with 
a strategic competitor in the Indo-Pacific for 
not less than six months. 
(B) A description of any supply chain 
vulnerabilities or choke points, including from 
sole sources of supply or geographic proximity 
to strategic competitors, involving the critical 
minerals and strategic raw materials (including 
chemicals) required to produce the semiconduc-
tors described in subparagraph (A). 
(C) A description of any supply chain 
vulnerabilities or choke points, including from 
sole sources, geographic proximity to strategic 
competitors, or legacy technology, involving the 
manufacturing equipment required for each
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step in the manufacturing process from the raw 
materials described in subparagraph (B) to the 
finished and operational semiconductor chip de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), and an identifica-
tion of potential secure sources of supply or 
manufacturing involving the United States, al-
lied, or partner nations. 
(D) An analysis of the ability of the De-
partment of Defense and private industry, as 
appropriate, to procure the semiconductors de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) and mitigate the 
vulnerabilities identified in subparagraphs (B) 
and (C), during a conflict with a strategic com-
petitor in the Indo-Pacific lasting not less than 
six months, along with associated recommenda-
tions, any additional necessary authorities to 
carry out such recommendations, and the cost 
of each recommendation. 
(E) A feasibility assessment, expected cost, 
and recommendations for acquiring strategic 
materials for the National Defense Stockpile. 
(F) A description of options to finance the 
cost of the recommendations described in sub-
paragraph (D).
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(G) The anticipated annual cost, through 
fiscal year 2028, of a pilot program to acquire 
for the National Defense Stockpile the highest 
priority strategic materials. 
(b) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Upon the submission of 
the report under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
fense shall carry out a pilot program to, subject to 
the availability of appropriations, acquire for the 
National Defense Stockpile the highest priority stra-
tegic materials identified in such report. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
establishment of the pilot program described in this 
subsection, and annually thereafter until the date 
described in paragraph (3), the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the status and effects of the pilot pro-
gram. 
(3) TERMINATION.—The pilot program estab-
lished under this subsection shall terminate on Sep-
tember 30, 2028. 
(c) STRATEGIC MATERIALS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘strategic materials’’ means— 
(1) semiconductors described in subsection 
(a)(2)(A);
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(2) critical minerals and strategic raw materials 
described in subsection (a)(2)(B); and 
(3) manufacturing equipment described in para-
graph (2)(C). 
SEC. 1414. RESTORING ESSENTIAL ENERGY AND SECURITY 
HOLDINGS ONSHORE FOR RARE EARTHS. 
(a) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—Of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated for the National Defense Stockpile 
Transaction Fund by section 4501, the National Defense 
Stockpile Manager may use up to $253,500,000 for acqui-
sition of the following materials determined to be strategic 
and critical materials required to meet the defense, indus-
trial, and essential civilian needs of the United States: 
(1) Neodymium oxide, praseodymium oxide, and 
neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) magnet block. 
(2) Titanium. 
(3) Energetic materials. 
(4) Iso-molded graphite. 
(5) Grain-oriented electric steel. 
(6) Tire cord steel. 
(7) Cadmium zinc telluride. 
(8) Scandium. 
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL 
MATERIALS STOCK PILING ACT.—Any acquisition using 
funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be car-
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ried out in accordance with the provisions of the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et 
seq.). 
(c) DISCLOSURES CONCERNING RARE EARTH ELE-
MENTS AND COVERED CRITICAL MINERALS BY CONTRAC-
TORS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning on the date 
that is 30 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall require 
that any contractor that provides to the Department 
of Defense a system with a permanent magnet that 
contains rare earth elements or covered critical min-
erals to disclose in a classified form, along with de-
livery of the system, the provenance of the magnet. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—A disclosure under paragraph 
(1) shall include an identification of the country or 
countries in which— 
(A) any rare earth elements and covered 
critical minerals used in the magnet were 
mined; 
(B) such elements and minerals were re-
fined into oxides; 
(C) such elements and minerals were made 
into metals and alloys; and
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(D) the magnet was sintered or bonded 
and magnetized. 
(3) 
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
SUPPLY
CHAIN 
TRACKING SYSTEM.—If a contractor cannot make 
the disclosure required by paragraph (1) with re-
spect to a system described in that paragraph, the 
Secretary shall require the contractor to establish 
and implement a supply chain tracking system in 
order to make the disclosure not later than 180 days 
after providing the system to the Department of De-
fense. 
(4) WAIVERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
waive a requirement under paragraph (1) or (3) 
with respect to a system described in paragraph 
(1) for a period of not more than 180 days if 
the Secretary certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that— 
(i) the continued procurement of the 
system is necessary to meet the demands 
of a national emergency declared under 
section 201 of the National Emergencies 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1621); or 
(ii) the contractor cannot currently 
make the disclosure required by paragraph
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(1) but is making significant efforts to 
comply with the requirements of that para-
graph. 
(B) WAIVER RENEWALS.—The Secretary— 
(i) may renew a waiver under sub-
paragraph (A)(i) as many times as the 
Secretary considers appropriate; and 
(ii) may not renew a waiver under 
subparagraph (A)(ii) more than twice. 
(5) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 
days after the submission of each report required by 
subsection (e)(3), the Secretary of Defense shall pro-
vide to the appropriate congressional committees a 
briefing that includes— 
(A) a summary of the disclosures made 
under this subsection; 
(B) an assessment of the extent of reliance 
by the United States on foreign countries, and 
especially countries that are not allies of the 
United States, for rare earth elements and cov-
ered critical minerals; 
(C) a determination with respect to which 
systems described in paragraph (1) are of the 
greatest concern for interruptions of supply
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chains with respect to rare earth elements and 
covered critical minerals; and 
(D) any suggestions for legislation or fund-
ing that would mitigate security gaps in such 
supply chains. 
(d) EXPANSION
OF RESTRICTIONS
ON PROCURE-
MENT OF MILITARY AND DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGIES BY 
CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES.—Section 1211 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
(10 U.S.C. 4651 note prec.) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘COM-
MUNIST CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES’’ and 
inserting ‘‘CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘mili-
tary company’’ the following: ‘‘, any Chinese military 
company, or any Non-SDN Chinese military-indus-
trial complex company’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) GOODS AND SERVICES COVERED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), and except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
goods and services described in this subsection are 
goods and services—
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‘‘(A) on the munitions list of the Inter-
national Traffic in Arms Regulations; or 
‘‘(B) on the Commerce Control List that— 
‘‘(i) are classified in the 600 series; or 
‘‘(ii) contain rare earth elements or 
covered critical minerals. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Goods and services de-
scribed in this subsection do not include goods or 
services procured— 
‘‘(A) in connection with a visit by a vessel 
or an aircraft of the United States Armed 
Forces to the People’s Republic of China; 
‘‘(B) for testing purposes; or 
‘‘(C) for purposes of gathering intel-
ligence.’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as paragraphs (3) and (6), respectively; 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (3), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (B), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Chinese military company’ has 
the meaning given that term by section 1260H(d)(1) 
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
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fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub-
lic Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Commerce Control List’ means 
the list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and 
Security and set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 
774 of the Export Administration Regulations.’’; 
and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3), as so 
redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘covered critical mineral’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) antimony; 
‘‘(B) beryllium; 
‘‘(C) cobalt; 
‘‘(D) graphite; 
‘‘(E) lithium; 
‘‘(F) manganese; 
‘‘(G) nickel; 
‘‘(H) tantalum; 
‘‘(I) tungsten; or 
‘‘(J) vanadium. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘Export Administration Regula-
tions’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 
U.S.C. 4801).’’; and
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(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) The term ‘Non-SDN Chinese military-in-
dustrial complex company’ means any entity on the 
Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Com-
panies List— 
‘‘(A) established pursuant to Executive 
Order 13959 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
addressing the threat from securities invest-
ments that finance Communist Chinese military 
companies), as amended before, on, or after the 
date of the enactment of the Restoring Essen-
tial Energy and Security Holdings Onshore for 
Rare Earths Act of 2022; and 
‘‘(B) maintained by the Office of Foreign 
Assets Control of the Department of the Treas-
ury. 
‘‘(8) The term ‘rare earth element’ means— 
‘‘(A) cerium; 
‘‘(B) dysprosium; 
‘‘(C) erbium; 
‘‘(D) europium; 
‘‘(E) gadolinium; 
‘‘(F) holmium; 
‘‘(G) lanthanum; 
‘‘(H) lutetium;
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‘‘(I) neodymium; 
‘‘(J) praseodymium; 
‘‘(K) promethium; 
‘‘(L) samarium; 
‘‘(M) scandium; 
‘‘(N) terbium; 
‘‘(O) thulium; 
‘‘(P) ytterbium; or 
‘‘(Q) yttrium.’’. 
(e) REVIEW OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACTING 
REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and peri-
odically thereafter until the termination date speci-
fied in paragraph (5), the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall assess the extent of the ef-
forts of the Department of Defense to comply with 
the requirements of— 
(A) subsection (c); 
(B) section 1211 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, as 
amended by subsection (d) of this section; and 
(C) section 4872 of title 10, United States 
Code.
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(2) BRIEFING
REQUIRED.—The Comptroller 
General shall periodically, until the termination date 
specified in paragraph (5), provide to the appro-
priate congressional committees a briefing on the re-
sults of the assessments conducted under paragraph 
(1) that includes an assessment of— 
(A) the inclusion by the Department of 
Defense of necessary contracting clauses in rel-
evant contracts to meet the requirements de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of 
paragraph (1); and 
(B) the efforts of the Department of De-
fense to assess the compliance of contractors 
with such clauses. 
(3) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral shall, not less frequently than every 2 years 
until the termination date specified in paragraph 
(5), submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report on the results of the assessments con-
ducted under paragraph (1) that includes an assess-
ment of— 
(A) the inclusion by the Department of 
Defense of necessary contracting clauses in rel-
evant contracts to meet the requirements de-
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scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of 
paragraph (1); and 
(B) the efforts of the Department of De-
fense to assess the compliance of contractors 
with such clauses. 
(4) REFERRAL.—If, in conducting an assess-
ment under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 
determines that a contractor has failed to comply 
with any of the requirements described in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1), the rel-
evant Inspectors General, or other enforcement 
agencies, as appropriate, for further examination 
and possible enforcement actions. 
(5) TERMINATION.—The requirements of this 
subsection shall terminate on the date that is 10 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘cov-
ered critical minerals’’ and ‘‘rare earth element’’ have the 
meanings given to such terms in section 1211 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (10 
U.S.C. 4651 note prec.).
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SEC. 1415. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF INCREASING QUAN-
TITIES 
OF 
RARE 
EARTH 
PERMANENT 
MAGNETS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCK-
PILE. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to build a stockpile of rare earth permanent 
magnets to meet requirements for Department of Defense 
programs and systems while reducing dependence on for-
eign countries for such magnets. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the feasibility of increasing the quantity of rare 
earth permanent magnets in the National Defense Stock-
pile to support United States defense requirements. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(b) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the extent to which the 
existing National Defense Stockpile inventory would 
guarantee supply of rare earth permanent magnets 
to major defense acquisition programs included in 
the future years defense program. 
(2) A description of the assumptions underlying 
the quantities of rare earth permanent magnet block 
identified for potential acquisition in the most recent
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National Defense Stockpile Annual Operations and 
Planning Report. 
(3) An evaluation of factors that would affect 
shortfall estimates with respect to rare earth magnet 
block in the National Defense Stockpile inventory. 
(4) A description of the impact on and require-
ments for domestic industry stakeholders, including 
Department of Defense contractors. 
(5) An analysis of challenges related to the do-
mestic manufacturing of rare earth permanent 
magnets. 
(6) An assessment of the extent to which De-
partment of Defense programs and systems rely on 
rare earth permanent magnets manufactured by an 
entity under the jurisdiction of a covered strategic 
competitor. 
(7) Identification of additional funding, authori-
ties, and policies necessary to advance the policy de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on Armed Services of
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the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered strategic competitor’’ 
means a near-peer country identified by the Sec-
retary of Defense and National Defense Strategy. 
SEC. 1416. STUDY ON STOCKPILING ENERGY STORAGE 
COMPONENTS. 
Not later than 360 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to Congress a study on the viability 
of establishing a stockpile of the materials required to 
manufacture batteries, battery cells, and other energy 
storage components to meet national security require-
ments in the event of a national emergency (as defined 
in section 12 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock 
Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–3)).
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Subtitle C—Homeland Acceleration 
of Recovering Deposits and Re-
newing Onshore Critical Key-
stones 
SEC. 1421. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE MATERIALS FOR NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TO ADDRESS 
SHORTFALLS. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.— 
Section 5 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Pil-
ing Act (50 U.S.C. 98d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by inserting 
‘‘under the authority of paragraph (3) or’’ 
after ‘‘Except for acquisitions made’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘for such acquisition’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
any acquisition of materials under this 
Act’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘any 
such transaction’’ and inserting ‘‘any trans-
action’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) From amounts appropriated after the date of 
the enactment of this paragraph, the National Defense
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Stockpile Manager may acquire materials determined to 
be strategic and critical under section 3(a) without regard 
to the requirement of the first sentence of paragraph (1) 
if the Stockpile Manager determines there is a shortfall 
of such materials in the stockpile.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘to carry out 
the purposes for which appropriated for a period of 
two fiscal years, if so provided in appropriation 
Acts’’ and inserting ‘‘until expended, unless other-
wise provided in appropriations Acts’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION THAT STOCKPILE MAY NOT BE 
USED FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES.—Section 2(c) of the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 
U.S.C. 98a(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘is not to be used’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall not be used’’. 
(c) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Section 11 of the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h– 
2) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c)(1) Not later than 30 days after submitting a re-
port required by subsection (a), the National Defense 
Stockpile Manager shall brief the committees specified in 
paragraph (2) on the state of the stockpile and the acqui-
sitions intended to be made within the next fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) The committees specified in this paragraph 
are—
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‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services, 
the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources, the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, and the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 1422. REPORT ON MODIFICATIONS TO THE NATIONAL 
TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 1, 2023, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees, the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives, the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate a report on the benefits and risks of 
potential legislative proposals to increase the availability 
of strategic and critical materials that are, as of the date
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of the enactment of this Act, sourced primarily from the 
People’s Republic of China or the Russian Federation. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include an assessment of the following: 
(1) The implications of modifying the term ‘‘do-
mestic source’’ for purposes of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) to ‘‘do-
mestic and allied source’’ and including in the defini-
tion of such term business concerns in other coun-
tries, including, but not limited to, Canada, the 
United Kingdom, and Australia. 
(2) The benefits of facilitating more effective 
integration of the national technology and industrial 
base with the technology and industrial bases of 
countries that are allies or partners of the United 
States with respect to technology transfer, socio-
economic procurement requirements, and export con-
trols. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be in an unclassified form but may contain a classi-
fied annex. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL 
BASE.—The term ‘‘national technology and indus-
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trial base’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 4801 of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) STRATEGIC
AND
CRITICAL
MATERIALS.— 
The term ‘‘strategic and critical materials’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 12 of the Stra-
tegic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 
U.S.C. 98h–3). 
TITLE XV—CYBER AND INFOR-
MATION 
OPERATIONS 
MAT-
TERS 
Subtitle A—Cyber Matters 
SEC. 1501. IMPROVEMENTS TO PRINCIPAL CYBER ADVI-
SORS. 
(a) CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY FOR CYBERSPACE 
OPERATIONS.—Subsection (c) of section 932 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
(Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) BUDGET CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 
January 31 of the year preceding each fiscal year 
for which a budget is proposed, the Principal Cyber 
Advisor shall certify to the Secretary of Defense and 
the congressional defense committees the adequacy 
of the portions of that budget regarding cyberspace 
activities not covered by the review of the Chief In-
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formation Officer under section 142(b)(2) of this 
title.’’. 
(b) CODIFICATION
OF
PRINCIPAL
CYBER
ADVI-
SORS.— 
(1) TITLE 10.—Chapter 19 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
392 the following new section (and conforming the 
table of sections at the beginning of such chapter ac-
cordingly): 
‘‘§ 392a. Principal Cyber Advisors’’. 
(2) PRINCIPAL CYBER ADVISOR TO SECRETARY 
OF DEFENSE.—Subsection (c) of section 932 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note), as 
amended by subsection (a), is— 
(A) transferred to section 392a of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by paragraph (1); 
(B) redesignated as subsection (a); and 
(C) amended in the subsection heading by 
inserting ‘‘TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE’’ after 
‘‘ADVISOR’’. 
(3) DEPUTY CYBER ADVISOR.—Section 905 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 391 
note) is—
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(A) transferred to chapter 19 of title 10, 
United States Code, designated as subsection 
(b) of section 392a, as added by paragraph (1), 
and redesignating each subordinate provision 
and the margins thereof accordingly; and 
(B) amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘this para-
graph’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(1)’’. 
(4) PRINCIPAL
CYBER
ADVISORS
TO
SECRE-
TARIES OF MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—Section 1657 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 391 
note) is— 
(A) transferred to chapter 19 of title 10, 
United States Code, designated as subsection 
(c) of section 392a, as added by paragraph (1), 
and redesignating each subordinate provision 
and the margins thereof accordingly; and 
(B) amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘clause (ii)’’;
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(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (A)’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (B)’’; 
(iv) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’; 
(v) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(1)’’; 
(vi) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’; and 
(vii) by striking paragraph (6) (as re-
designated pursuant to subparagraph (A)). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TITLE 10.—Section 167b(d)(2)(A) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘to 
the Secretary of Defense under section 392a(a) of 
this title’’ after ‘‘Principal Cyber Advisor’’. 
(2) FY22 NDAA.—Section 1528(e)(2) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 1657(d) of the Na-
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tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 391 note)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 392a(c)(4) of title 10, United 
States Code’’. 
(3) FY17 NDAA.—Section 1643(b) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘The Principal Cyber Advi-
sor, acting through the cross-functional team estab-
lished by section 932(c)(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 
113-66; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the cross-functional team under sec-
tion 392a(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code,’’. 
SEC. 1502. MODIFICATION OF OFFICE OF PRIMARY RE-
SPONSIBILITY FOR STRATEGIC CYBERSECU-
RITY PROGRAM. 
Paragraph (2) of section 1640(c) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 
115–91; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) OFFICE OF PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.— 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the National Defense Authorization Act for
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Fiscal Year 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall 
designate a principal staff assistant from within the 
Office of the Secretary of Defense whose office shall 
serve as the office of primary responsibility for the 
Program, providing policy, direction, and oversight 
regarding the execution of the responsibilities of the 
program manager described in paragraph (5).’’. 
SEC. 1503. ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBER OPERATIONS DESIG-
NATOR AND RATING FOR THE NAVY. 
(a) MILITARY CAREER DESIGNATOR.— 
(1) OFFICERS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Navy, in coordination with the Chief of Naval 
Operations, shall establish and use a cyber warfare 
operations designator for officers and warrant offi-
cers, which shall be a separate designator from the 
cryptologic warfare officer designator. 
(2) ENLISTED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 
in coordination with the Chief, shall establish and 
use a cyber warfare rating for enlisted personnel, 
which shall be a separate rating from the cryptologic 
technician enlisted rating. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning June 1, 2024, the 
Secretary may not assign a member of the Navy to 
a billet within the core work roles at teams or com-
ponents within the cyber mission force if such mem-
ber— 
(A) has a designator of cryptologic war-
fare, intelligence, or information professional; or 
(B) has a rating of cryptologic technician, 
intelligence specialist, or information systems 
technician. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in paragraph 
(1) shall not apply with respect to a member of the 
Navy who is assigned to a billet described in such 
paragraph under orders issued before June 1, 2024. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and Senate a report certifying whether 
the following actions have been carried out (including de-
tailed explanations): 
(1) The Secretary establishing cyberspace oper-
ations as a military discipline that is a community 
separate from the information warfare community. 
(2) The Chief of Naval Operations identifying 
who in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
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will serve as the resource manager and who will be 
responsible for staffing and training with respect to 
the designator and rating established under sub-
section (a). 
(3) The Secretary establishing a training pipe-
line for the designator and rating established under 
subsection (a) that is aligned with the requirements 
and standards established by the Commander of the 
United States Cyber Command. 
(4) The Secretary establishing a funding profile 
detailing with requisite investments toward the 
training requirements, requisite courses, and costs 
associated with the designator and rating established 
under subsection (a) for the period covered by the 
most recent future-years defense program submitted 
to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(5) The Secretary establishing an inventory of 
all flag officer positions with direct leadership or ex-
ecutive direction over the designator and rating es-
tablished under subsection (a), including with re-
spect to— 
(A) the United States Cyber Command; 
(B) the Fleet Cyber Command;
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(C) Joint Forces Headquarters-Cyber, 
Navy; 
(D) 10th Fleet; 
(E) The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations 
for Information Warfare and the Director of 
Naval Intelligence; and 
(F) Naval Information Forces. 
(6) The Secretary establishing an implementa-
tion plan, including timelines and procedures, for 
filling the positions within the cyber mission force 
for which the Secretary is responsible. 
(7) Any anticipated changes to the end-strength 
of the Navy by reason of establishing the designator 
and rating under subsection (a). 
(d) DETERMINATION
BY CYBER COMMAND.—Not 
later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary 
submits the report under subsection (c), the Commander 
of United States Cyber Command shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate a determination with respect to whether 
the matters contained in the report satisfy the require-
ments of the United States Cyber Command.
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SEC. 1504. CYBER THREAT INFORMATION COLLABORATION 
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, pursuant to the require-
ments established by the Cyber Threat Data Interoper-
ability Council under subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Cy-
bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in con-
sultation with the Director of the National Security Agen-
cy, shall develop an information collaboration environment 
consisting of a digital environment containing technical 
tools for information analytics and a portal through which 
relevant parties may submit and automate information in-
puts and access the environment to enable interoperable 
data flow that enables Federal and non-Federal entities 
to identify, mitigate, and prevent malicious cyber activity 
by— 
(1) providing access to appropriate and oper-
ationally relevant data from unclassified and classi-
fied information about cybersecurity risks and cyber-
security threats, as well as malware forensics and 
data from network sensor programs or network-mon-
itoring programs, on a platform that enables 
querying and analysis; 
(2) enabling cross-correlation of data on cyber-
security risks and cybersecurity threats at the speed
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and scale necessary for rapid detection and identi-
fication; 
(3) facilitating a comprehensive understanding 
of cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats; and 
(4) facilitating collaborative analysis between 
the Federal Government and public and private sec-
tor critical infrastructure entities and information 
sharing and analysis organizations. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION COLLABO-
RATION ENVIRONMENT.— 
(1) EVALUATION.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, acting through the Di-
rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-
rity Agency, in coordination with other departments 
and agencies of the Federal Government, shall— 
(A) identify existing Federal sources of 
classified and unclassified information on cyber-
security threats; 
(B) evaluate current programs, applica-
tions, or platforms intended to detect, identify, 
analyze, and monitor cybersecurity risks and 
cybersecurity threats; 
(C) consult with public and private sector 
critical infrastructure entities to identify public
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and private critical infrastructure cyber threat 
capabilities, needs, and gaps; and 
(D) identify existing tools, capabilities, and 
systems that may be adapted to achieve the 
purposes of the information collaboration envi-
ronment developed pursuant to subsection (a) 
to maximize return on investment and minimize 
cost. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after completing the evaluation required under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, acting through the Director of the Cy-
bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 
in consultation with the Director of the Na-
tional Security Agency, shall achieve initial op-
erating capability of the information collabora-
tion environment developed pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(B) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
information 
collaboration environment and the technical 
tools for information analytics under subsection 
(a) shall— 
(i) operate in a manner consistent 
with relevant privacy, civil rights, and civil
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liberties policies and protections, including 
such policies and protections established 
pursuant to section 1016 of the Intel-
ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485); 
(ii) reflect the requirements set forth 
by the Cyber Threat Data Interoperability 
Council under subsection (c); 
(iii) enable integration of current ap-
plications, platforms, data, and informa-
tion, including classified information, in a 
manner that supports the voluntary inte-
gration of unclassified and classified infor-
mation on cybersecurity risks and cyberse-
curity threats; 
(iv) incorporate tools to manage ac-
cess to classified and unclassified data, as 
appropriate, for appropriate individuals 
who have the security clearance necessary 
to access the highest level of classified data 
included in the environment; 
(v) ensure accessibility by Federal en-
tities that the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, in consultation with the Director of 
National Intelligence, the Attorney Gen-
1440 
eral, the Secretary of Defense, and the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and 
Budget, determines appropriate; 
(vi) allow for access by public and pri-
vate sector critical infrastructure entities 
and other private sector partners, at the 
discretion of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security and after consulting the appro-
priate Sector Risk Management Agency; 
(vii) deploy analytic tools across clas-
sification levels to leverage all relevant 
data sets, as appropriate; 
(viii) identify tools and analytical soft-
ware that can be applied and shared to 
manipulate, transform, and display data 
and other identified needs; and 
(ix) anticipate the integration of new 
technologies and data streams, including 
data from network sensor programs or net-
work-monitoring programs deployed in 
support of non-Federal entities. 
(C) ACCESS CONTROLS.—The owner of any 
data shared in the information collaboration en-
vironment shall have the authority to set and 
maintain access controls for such data and may
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restrict access to any particular data asset for 
any purpose, including for the purpose of pro-
tecting intelligence sources and methods from 
unauthorized disclosure in accordance with sec-
tion 102A(i) of the National Security Act (50 
U.S.C. 3024(i)). 
(3) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENT ON THE 
IMPLEMENTATION, EXECUTION, AND
EFFECTIVE-
NESS OF THE PROGRAM.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the National 
Cyber Director and appropriate congressional 
committees a report that details— 
(i) Federal Government participation 
in the information collaboration environ-
ment, including the Federal entities par-
ticipating in the environment and the cat-
egories of information shared by Federal 
entities into the environment; 
(ii) non-Federal entities’ participation 
in the information collaboration environ-
ment, including the non-Federal entities 
participating in the environment and the
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categories of information shared by non- 
Federal entities into the environment; 
(iii) the impact of the information col-
laboration environment on positive security 
outcomes for the Federal Government and 
non-Federal entities; 
(iv) barriers identified to fully real-
izing the benefit of the information collabo-
ration environment for both the Federal 
Government and non-Federal entities; 
(v) additional authorities or resources 
necessary to successfully execute the infor-
mation collaboration environment; and 
(vi) identified shortcomings or risks to 
data security and privacy, and the steps 
necessary to improve the mitigation of 
such shortcomings or risks. 
(B) FORM.—Each report under subpara-
graph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
(4) COLLABORATION
BY
NSA.—Any actions 
taken by the Director of the National Security Agen-
cy to assist in building or maintaining the informa-
tion collaboration environment developed pursuant to 
subsection (a)—
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(A) shall be carried out using amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated to the National Se-
curity Agency for the Information Systems Se-
curity program; and 
(B) may not be carried out using amounts 
made available under the National Intelligence 
Program. 
(c) CYBER THREAT DATA INTEROPERABILITY COUN-
CIL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an 
interagency council, to be known as the ‘‘Cyber 
Threat Data Interoperability Council’’ (in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘‘council’’), chaired by the 
National Cyber Director, to establish data interoper-
ability requirements for data streams to be accessed 
in the information collaboration environment. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT DATE.—The council shall 
commence the activities under this subsection by not 
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(3) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) PRINCIPAL MEMBERS.—In addition to 
the National Cyber Director, the council shall 
have as its principal members the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Director of National
1444 
Intelligence, the Attorney General, the Sec-
retary of Defense, and the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget. 
(B) ADDITIONAL
FEDERAL
MEMBERS.— 
Based on recommendations submitted by the 
principal members, the National Cyber Director 
shall identify and appoint council members 
from Federal entities that oversee programs 
that generate, collect, disseminate, or analyze 
data or information related to cybersecurity 
risks and cybersecurity threats. 
(C) ADVISORY
MEMBERS.—The National 
Cyber Director shall identify and appoint advi-
sory members from non-Federal entities that 
shall advise the council based on recommenda-
tions submitted by the principal members. 
(4) DATA STREAMS.—The council shall identify, 
designate, and periodically update programs that 
shall participate in or be interoperable with the in-
formation collaboration environment, which may in-
clude— 
(A) network-monitoring and intrusion de-
tection programs; 
(B) cyber threat indicator sharing pro-
grams;
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(C) certain network sensor programs or 
network-monitoring programs; 
(D) incident response and cybersecurity 
technical assistance programs; or 
(E) malware forensics and reverse-engi-
neering programs. 
(5) DATA PRIVACY.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—The council shall es-
tablish a committee to establish procedures and 
data governance structures, as necessary, to 
protect data shared in the information collabo-
ration environment, comply with Federal regu-
lations and statutes, and respect existing con-
sent agreements with public and private sector 
critical infrastructure entities that apply to crit-
ical infrastructure information. 
(B) MEMBERSHIP.—The committee shall 
be comprised of— 
(i) the senior official for privacy of the 
Office of Management and Budget, who 
shall serve as the chair of the committee; 
and 
(ii) privacy officers from the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Department of Jus-
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tice, and the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence. 
(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection may be construed as changing existing 
ownership or protection of, or policies and processes 
for access to, agency data. 
(d) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS.—Nothing in this 
section shall apply to a national security system, or to cy-
bersecurity threat intelligence related to such systems, 
without the consent of the owner and operator of the sys-
tem. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the following: 
(A) The Committee on Homeland Security, 
the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 
on Armed Services, the Committee on Oversight 
and Reform, and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(B) The Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate.
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(2) The term ‘‘critical infrastructure informa-
tion’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
2222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 671). 
(3) The term ‘‘cyber threat indicator’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the Cy-
bersecurity Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501). 
(4) The term ‘‘cybersecurity threat’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the Cy-
bersecurity Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501). 
(5) The term ‘‘data asset’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 3502 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
(6) The term ‘‘environment’’ means the infor-
mation collaboration environment established under 
subsection (a). 
(7) The term ‘‘information sharing and analysis 
organization’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 671). 
(8) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
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(9) The term ‘‘national security system’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 3552 of title 
44, United States Code. 
(10) The term ‘‘non-Federal entity’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the Cy-
bersecurity Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501). 
(11) The term ‘‘Sector Risk Management Agen-
cy’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
2201 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 651). 
SEC. 1505. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ENTERPRISE-WIDE 
PROCUREMENT OF CYBER DATA PRODUCTS 
AND SERVICES. 
Section 1521 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 
2224 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(5), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing the use of artificial intelligence-based endpoint 
security that prevents cyber attacks and does not re-
quire constant internet connectivity to function,’’ 
after ‘‘services’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, including 
by enhancing the security of the software supply 
chain of the Department’’ after ‘‘best interests of 
the Department’’.
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‘‘(3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees quarterly reports on the critical munitions re-
serves maintained under this paragraph, which shall in-
clude the recommendations of the Under Secretary with 
respect to— 
‘‘(A) the management of the critical munition 
reserves, including any recommendations for legisla-
tive changes; and 
‘‘(B) critical munitions components for inclu-
sion in the critical munitions reserves and funding 
requirements for each such component.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by 
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following 
new paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) The term ‘critical munition’ means a mu-
nition that— 
‘‘(A) is considered to be among the most 
important for executing plan objectives in one 
or more conflict scenarios; 
‘‘(B) has an inventory that is insufficient 
to meet the requirements of the national de-
fense strategy under section 113(g) of this title; 
and