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(1) The use of a variety of modes of communica-
tion to ensure the broadest means of communicating 
with military families. 
(2) Updating an existing annual standardized 
survey that assesses military family readiness to ad-
dress the following issues: 
(A) Communication with beneficiaries. 
(B) Child care. 
(C) Education, 
(D) Spousal employment. 
(E) The Exceptional Family Member Pro-
gram. 
(F) Financial literacy. 
(G) Financial stress. 
(H) Health care (including copayments, 
network adequacy, and the availability of ap-
pointments with health care providers). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a report regarding the 
feasibility of implementing the recommendations in— 
(1) chapter 3 of the report of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020, 
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‘‘Ensuring Wellness and Wellbeing of Service-Mem-
bers and their Families’’; and 
(2) the report, dated July 2019, of the National 
Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, ti-
tled ‘‘Strengthening the Military Family Readiness 
System for a Changing American Society’’. 
SEC. 562. SUPPORT SERVICES FOR MEMBERS OF SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS FORCES AND IMMEDIATE FAM-
ILY MEMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1788a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Family support’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Support’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘immediate family 
members of’’; and 
(C) by adding ‘‘; immediate family 
members’’ at the end; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for the imme-
diate family members of members of the armed forces 
assigned to special operations forces’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the immediate family 
members’’; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘and the immediate family 
members of such members’’ before the semicolon; 
(4) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘family members of’’; 
and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and immediate fam-
ily members of such members’’ before the pe-
riod; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and on family mem-
bers of’’ and inserting a comma; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, and immediate 
family members of such members’’ before the 
period; and 
(5) in subsection (e)(4)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘psychological support, 
spiritual support, and’’ before ‘‘costs’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘immediate family members 
of’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘(including the reserve 
components)’’ after ‘‘members of the armed 
forces’’; and 
(D) by inserting ‘‘, and immediate family 
members of such members,’’ before ‘‘while’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 88 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 1788a 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘1788a. Support programs: members of special operations forces; immediate fam-
ily members’’. 
SEC. 563. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
TO CERTAIN IN-HOME CHILD CARE PRO-
VIDERS 
FOR 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES AND SURVIVORS OF MEMBERS WHO 
DIE IN COMBAT IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 1798 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or to an in-home child 
care provider,’’ after ‘‘youth program services’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE IN-HOME CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.— 
The Secretary may determine that an in-home child care 
provider is eligible for financial assistance under this sec-
tion.’’. 
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(b) IN-HOME CHILD CARE PROVIDER DEFINED.—Sec-
tion 1800 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5) The term ‘in-home child care provider’ 
means an individual (including a nanny, babysitter, 
or au pair) who provides child care services in the 
home of the child.’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than July 1, 2021, the 
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that estab-
lish eligibility requirements and amounts of financial as-
sistance for an in-home child care provider under subsection 
(c) of section 1798 of title 10, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (a). 
SEC. 564. EXPANSION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER 
MY CAREER ADVANCEMENT ACCOUNT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 580F of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or maintenance (including con-
tinuing education courses)’’ after ‘‘pursuit’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such fi-
nancial assistance may be applied to the costs of na-
tional tests that may earn a participating military 
spouse course credits required for a degree approved 
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under the program (including the College Level Ex-
amination Program tests and the Subject Standard-
ized Tests of the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional 
Education Support Division of the Department of De-
fense).’’ 
SEC. 565. CHILD CARE. 
(a) 24-HOUR CHILD CARE.—If the Secretary of De-
fense determines it feasible, the Secretary shall furnish child 
care to each child of a member of the Armed Forces or em-
ployee of the Department of Defense while that member or 
employee works on rotating shifts at a military installation. 
(b) METRICS.—Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall develop and implement metrics to evaluate the effec-
tiveness of the child care priority system of the Department 
of Defense, including— 
(1) the speed of placement for children of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces on active duty; 
(2) the type of child care offered; 
(3) available spaces in such system, if any; and 
(4) other metrics to monitor the child care pri-
ority system determined by the Secretary. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
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and the House of Representatives a report regarding the 
results of a study that evaluates— 
(1) the sufficiency of the stipend furnished by the 
Secretary to members of the Armed Forces for civilian 
child care; and 
(2) whether the amount of such stipend should be 
based on— 
(A) cost of living in the applicable locale; 
and 
(B) the capacity of licensed civilian child 
care providers in the local market. 
SEC. 566. CONTINUATION OF PAID PARENTAL LEAVE UPON 
DEATH OF CHILD. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall amend the regula-
tions prescribed pursuant to subsections (i) and (j) of sec-
tion 701 of title 10, United States Code, to provide that 
the eligibility of primary and secondary caregivers for paid 
parental leave that has already been approved shall not ter-
minate upon the death of the child for whom such leave 
is taken. 
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SEC. 567. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION 
ACTIVITY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
study on the performance of the Department of Defense 
Education Activity. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A review of the curriculum relating to health, 
resiliency, and nutrition taught in schools operated 
by the Department of Defense Education Activity and 
a comparison of such curriculum to appropriate edu-
cation benchmarks. 
(2) An analysis of the outcomes experienced by 
students in such schools, as measured by— 
(A) the performance of such students on the 
National Assessment of Educational Progress 
carried out under section 303(b)(3) of the Na-
tional Assessment of Educational Progress Au-
thorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3)); and 
(B) any other methodologies used by the De-
partment of Defense Education Activity to meas-
ure individual student outcomes. 
(3) An assessment of the effectiveness of the 
School Liaison Officer program of the Department of 
Defense Education Activity in achieving the goals of 
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the program with an emphasis on goals relating to 
special education and family outreach. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a report that includes the 
findings of the study conducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 568. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REPORT ON THE STRUCTURAL CONDITION OF 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION AC-
TIVITY SCHOOLS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report setting forth an assess-
ment by the Comptroller General of the structural condition 
of schools of the Department of Defense Education Activity, 
both within the continental United States (CONUS) and 
outside the continental United States (OCONUS). 
(b) VIRTUAL SCHOOLS.—The report shall include an 
assessment of the virtual infrastructure or other means by 
which students attend Department of Defense Education 
Activity schools that have no physical structure, including 
the satisfaction of the military families concerned with such 
infrastructure or other means. 
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SEC. 569. PILOT PROGRAM TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR 
ENROLLMENT AT DOMESTIC DEPENDENT EL-
EMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Beginning not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot pro-
gram under which a dependent of a full-time, active-duty 
member of the Armed Forces may enroll in a covered 
DODEA school at the military installation to which the 
member is assigned, on a space-available basis as described 
in subsection (c), without regard to whether the member re-
sides on the installation as described in 2164(a)(1) of title 
10, United States Code. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the pilot program 
under this section are— 
(1) to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of 
expanding enrollment in covered DODEA schools; 
and 
(2) to determine how increased access to such 
schools will affect military and family readiness. 
(c) ENROLLMENT
ON SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS.—A 
student participating in the pilot program under this sec-
tion may be enrolled in a covered DODEA school only if 
the school has the capacity to accept the student, as deter-
mined by the Director of the Department of Defense Edu-
cation Activity. 
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(d) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry 
out the pilot program under this section at not more than 
four military installations at which covered DODEA 
schools are located. The Secretary shall select military in-
stallations for participation in the program based on— 
(1) the readiness needs of the Secretary of a the 
military department concerned; and 
(2) the capacity of the DODEA schools located at 
the installation to accept additional students, as de-
termined by the Director of the Department of Defense 
Education Activity. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the 
pilot program under this section shall terminate four years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) COVERED DODEA SCHOOL DEFINED.—In this 
Section, the term ‘‘covered DODEA school’’ means a domes-
tic dependent elementary or secondary school operated by 
the Department of Defense Education Activity that— 
(1) has been established on or before the date of 
the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) is located in the continental United States. 
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SEC. 569A. CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH 
SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF MILITARY DE-
PENDENT STUDENTS. 
(a) ASSISTANCE
TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021 
in division D of this Act and available for operation and 
maintenance for Defense-wide activities as specified in the 
funding table in section 4301 of this Act, $40,000,000 shall 
be available only for the purpose of providing assistance 
to local educational agencies under subsection (a) of section 
572 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DIS-
ABILITIES.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal year 2021 in division D of this Act and available 
for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities 
as specified in the funding table in section 4301 of this Act, 
$10,000,000 shall be available for payments under section 
363 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398; 20 U.S.C. 
7703a). 
(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 7013(9) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 
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SEC. 569B. STANDARDIZATION OF THE EXCEPTIONAL FAM-
ILY MEMBER PROGRAM. 
(a) POLICY.—Not later than six months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments, shall, to the extent practicable, standardize the Ex-
ceptional Family Member Program (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘EFMP’’) across the military departments. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The EFMP, standardized under sub-
section (a), shall include the following: 
(1) Processes for the identification and enroll-
ment of dependents of covered members with special 
needs. 
(2) A process for the permanent change of orders 
for covered members, to ensure seamless continuity of 
services at the new permanent duty station. 
(3) A review process for installations to ensure 
that health care furnished through the TRICARE pro-
gram, special needs education programs, and installa-
tion-based family support programs are available to 
military families enrolled in the EFMP. 
(4) A standardized respite care benefit across the 
covered Armed Forces, including the number of hours 
available under such benefit to military families en-
rolled in the EFMP. 
(5) Outcomes and metrics to evaluate the EFMP. 
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(6) A requirement that the Secretary of each 
military department provide a dedicated EFMP at-
torney, who specializes in education law, at each 
military installation— 
(A) the Secretary determines is a primary 
receiving installation for military families with 
special needs; and 
(B) in a State that the Secretary determines 
has historically not supported families enrolled 
in the EFMP. 
(7) The option for a family enrolled in the 
EFMP to continue to receive all services under that 
program and the bachelor allowance for housing if— 
(A) the covered member receives a new per-
manent duty station; and 
(B) the covered member and family elect for 
the family not to relocate with the covered mem-
ber. 
(8) A process to discuss policy challenges and op-
portunities, best practices adopted across the covered 
Armed Forces, a forum period for discussion with 
members of military families with special needs, and 
other matters the Secretary of Defense determines ap-
propriate. 
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(c) CASE MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments, shall develop an EFMP case management model, in-
cluding the following: 
(1) A single EFMP office, located at the head-
quarters of each covered Armed Force, to oversee im-
plementation of the EFMP and coordinate health care 
services, permanent change of station order proc-
essing, and educational support services for that cov-
ered Armed Force. 
(2) An EFMP office at each military installa-
tion with case managers to assist each family of a 
covered member in the development of a plan that ad-
dresses the areas specified in subsection (b)(1). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a report on the implemen-
tation of the items identified under subsections (a), (b), and 
(c), including any recommendations of the Secretary re-
garding legislation. 
(e) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committees on 
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Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a report on— 
(1) whether military families have higher rates 
of disputes and loss of free and appropriate public 
education under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 (Public Law 93–112; 29 U.S.C. 794) than ci-
vilian counterparts; and 
(2) an analysis of the number of due process 
hearings that were filed by school districts against 
children of members of the Armed Forces. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means an 
Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
of a military department. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered member’’ means a mem-
ber— 
(A) of a covered Armed Force; and 
(B) with a dependent with special needs. 
Subtitle H—Diversity and Inclusion 
SEC. 571. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) STANDARD DIVERSITY METRICS AND ANNUAL RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 113 of title 10, United 
States Code is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1), the 
following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) a report from each military department on 
the goals, barriers, and status of diversity and inclu-
sion of that military department;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)(1)(B), by inserting after 
clause (vi), the following new clause (vii): 
‘‘(vii) Strategic metrics and bench-
marks evaluating how the officer and en-
listed corps reflects the eligible United 
States population across all armed forces 
and ranks.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (m) and (n) as 
subsections (n) and (o), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (k), the fol-
lowing new subsections (l) and (m): 
‘‘(l)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish and 
maintain a standard set of strategic metrics and bench-
marks toward objectives of: 
‘‘(A) an officer and enlisted corps that reflects 
the eligible U.S. population across all armed forces 
and ranks; and 
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‘‘(B) a military force that is able to prevail in 
its wars, prevent and deter conflict, defeat adversaries 
and succeed in a wide range of contingencies, and 
preserve and enhance the all-volunteer force. 
‘‘(2) In implementing the requirement in paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) establish a universal data collection system 
to ensure comparability across each military depart-
ment; 
‘‘(B) establish standard definitions of demo-
graphic groups, a common methodology, and a com-
mon reporting structure across each military depart-
ment; 
‘‘(C) conduct annual barrier analyses to review 
demographic diversity patterns across the military 
life cycle, starting with accessions; and 
‘‘(D) each year meet with the Secretaries of the 
military departments, the Chiefs of Staff of the armed 
forces, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
to assess progress towards the objective under para-
graph (1) and establish recommendations to meet 
such objective. 
‘‘(m) The Secretary shall include in each national de-
fense strategy under subsection (g)— 
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‘‘(1) the demographics, disaggregated by grade, 
ethnicity, race, gender, and military occupational 
specialty, for— 
‘‘(A) accession into the armed forces; 
‘‘(B) the enlisted corps; 
‘‘(C) the commissioned officers; 
‘‘(D) graduates of the military service acad-
emies; 
‘‘(E) the rate of promotion in the promotion 
zone; 
‘‘(F) the rate of promotion below the zone 
for promotion; 
‘‘(G) the rates of retention; 
‘‘(H) command selection; 
‘‘(I) special assignments; 
‘‘(J) career broadening assignments; 
‘‘(K) aides to general officers and flag offi-
cers; and 
‘‘(L) any other matter the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate; 
‘‘(2) an analysis of assignment patterns by eth-
nicity, race, and gender; 
‘‘(3) an analysis of attitudinal survey data by 
ethnicity, race, and gender; 
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‘‘(4) an assessment of the available pool of quali-
fied of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Is-
lander, African American, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, 
Native American, Alaska Native and female can-
didates for pay grades O–9 and O–10; 
‘‘(5) identification of persistent, group-specific 
deviations from overall averages and plans to inves-
tigate underlying causes; and 
‘‘(6) summaries of progress made on previous ac-
tions.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL GUARD DIVERSITY REPORTING.—Sec-
tion 10504 of title 10, United States Code is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) REPORT ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than once every four 
years, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall 
report in writing to the Secretary of Defense and the 
Congress on the status of diversity in each State, Ter-
ritory, and the District of Columbia for all ranks of 
the Army and Air National Guard. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) the demographics, disaggregated by 
State, grade, ethnicity, race, gender, and mili-
tary occupational specialty, for— 
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‘‘(i) accession into the National Guard; 
‘‘(ii) the enlisted corps; 
‘‘(iii) the commissioned officers; 
‘‘(iv) the rate of promotion in the pro-
motion zone; 
‘‘(v) the rate of promotion below the 
zone for promotion; 
‘‘(vi) the rates of retention; 
‘‘(vii) command selection; 
‘‘(viii) special assignments; 
‘‘(ix) career broadening assignments; 
‘‘(x) aides to a general officer; and 
‘‘(xi) any other matter the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau determines appro-
priate; 
‘‘(B) an analysis of assignment patterns by 
ethnicity, race, and gender; 
‘‘(C) an analysis of attitudinal survey data 
by ethnicity, race, and gender; 
‘‘(D) an assessment of the available pool of 
qualified of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, 
Pacific Islander, African American, Hispanic, 
Puerto Rican, Native American, Alaska Native 
and female candidates for pay grades O–9 and 
O–10; 
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‘‘(E) identification of persistent, group-spe-
cific deviations from overall averages and plans 
to investigate underlying causes; and 
‘‘(F) summaries of progress made on pre-
vious actions. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau shall— 
‘‘(A) publish on an appropriate publicly 
available website of the National Guard the re-
ports required under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) ensure that any data included with the 
report is made available in a machine-readable 
format that is downloadable, searchable, and 
sortable.’’. 
(c) COAST GUARD DIVERSITY REPORTING.—Section 
5101 of title 14, United States Code is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1), the 
following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) the goals, barriers, and status of diversity 
and inclusion;’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section (c): 
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‘‘(c) Not less than once every four years, the Secretary 
shall include in the annual request under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) the demographics, disaggregated by grade, 
ethnicity, race, gender, and military occupational 
specialty, for— 
‘‘(A) accession into the Coast Guard; 
‘‘(B) the enlisted corps; 
‘‘(C) the commissioned officers; 
‘‘(D) graduates of the Coast Guard Acad-
emy; 
‘‘(E) the rate of promotion in the promotion 
zone; 
‘‘(F) the rate of promotion below the zone 
for promotion; 
‘‘(G) the rates of retention; 
‘‘(H) command selection; 
‘‘(I) special assignments; 
‘‘(J) career broadening assignments; 
‘‘(K) aides to a flag officer; and 
‘‘(L) any other matter the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate; 
‘‘(2) an analysis of assignment patterns by eth-
nicity, race, and gender; 
‘‘(3) an analysis of attitudinal survey data by 
ethnicity, race, and gender; 
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‘‘(4) an assessment of the available pool of quali-
fied of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Is-
lander, African American, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, 
Native American, Alaska Native and female can-
didates for pay grades O–9 and O–10; 
‘‘(5) identification of persistent, group-specific 
deviations from overall averages and plans to inves-
tigate underlying causes; and 
‘‘(6) summaries of progress made on previous ac-
tions.’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER MINORITY OFFICERS 
FOR O–9 AND O–10 GRADES.— 
(1) ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINE CORPS, AND 
SPACE FORCE.—Section 601 of title 10, United States 
Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(e) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall 
consider all Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Is-
lander, African American, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, Native 
American, Alaska Native and female candidates prior to 
recommending to the President an initial appointment to 
the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, or an ini-
tial appointment to the grade of general or admiral. 
‘‘(f) When seeking the advice and consent of the Senate 
under subsection (a), the President shall submit to the Com-
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mittee on Armed Services of the Senate a certification 
that— 
‘‘(1) all Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pa-
cific Islander, African American, Hispanic, Puerto 
Rican, Native American, Alaska Native and female 
candidates were considered for appointment; and 
‘‘(2)(A) none of the candidates under subpara-
graph (A) met the qualifications needed by an officer 
serving in that position or office to carry out effec-
tively the duties and responsibilities of that position 
or office; or 
‘‘(B) the officers in the positions designated 
under subsection (a) represent the diversity of the 
armed forces to the extent practicable.’’. 
(2) COAST GUARD.—Section 305(a) of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The Commandant shall consider all Asian Amer-
ican, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, African Amer-
ican, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, Native American, Alaska 
Native and female candidates prior to recommending to the 
President an initial appointment to the grade of vice admi-
ral, or an initial appointment to the grade of admiral. 
‘‘(5) When seeking the advice and consent of the Senate 
under subsection (a), the President shall submit to the com-
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mittee of the Senate with jurisdiction over the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating a certification 
that— 
‘‘(A) all Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pa-
cific Islander, African American, Hispanic, Puerto 
Rican, Native American, Alaska Native and female 
candidates were considered for appointment; and 
‘‘(B)(i) none of the candidates under subpara-
graph (A) met the qualifications needed by an officer 
serving in that position or office to carry out effec-
tively the duties and responsibilities of that position 
or office; or 
‘‘(ii) the officers in the positions designated 
under subsection (a) represent the diversity of the 
armed forces to the extent practicable.’’. 
SEC. 572. ESTABLISHMENT OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 
ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 7 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before section 187 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 186. Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Defense (referred to in this section as the ‘Sec-
retary’) shall establish a council to be known as the ‘Diver-
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sity and Inclusion Advisory Council of the Department of 
Defense’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Council’). 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Council shall provide advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary on matters concerning 
diversity and inclusion in the Department of Defense, relat-
ing to the following: 
‘‘(1) Aligning diversity and inclusion with the 
strategic goals of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(2) Conducting strategic outreach efforts to 
identify, attract, and recruit individuals that rep-
resent the demographic diversity of the United States. 
‘‘(3) Developing, mentoring, and retaining a di-
verse and inclusive Armed Forces. 
‘‘(4) 
Encouraging 
leadership 
development 
through diversity and inclusion practices and proc-
esses. 
‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be com-
posed of not fewer than 22 members, including the 
Federal officials and officers specified in paragraph 
(2), and not fewer than 12 members appointed by the 
Secretary from nongovernmental positions described 
in paragraph (3). 
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‘‘(2) FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND OFFICERS.—The 
Federal officials and officers specified in this para-
graph are the following: 
‘‘(A) The Chief Diversity Officer of the De-
partment of Defense. 
‘‘(B) The Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness. 
‘‘(C) The Chief of Staff of the Army. 
‘‘(D) The Chief of Naval Operations. 
‘‘(E) The Chief of Staff of the Air Force. 
‘‘(F) The Chief of Space Operations. 
‘‘(G) The Chief of Staff of the Air Force. 
‘‘(H) The Commandant of the Marine 
Corps. 
‘‘(I) The Commandant of the Coast Guard. 
‘‘(J) The Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau. 
‘‘(3) 
NONGOVERNMENTAL
POSITIONS.—Non-
governmental positions described in this paragraph 
are the following: 
‘‘(A) Five presidents or chancellors of insti-
tutions of higher education, including private 
and public institutions representing diverse 
areas of the United States. 
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‘‘(B) Senior leaders of the defense industries 
of the United States. 
‘‘(C) Senior leaders of veterans or military 
service organizations. 
‘‘(D) Veterans (as defined in section 101 of 
title 38). 
‘‘(E) Others determined appropriate by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(4) TIMING OF APPOINTMENTS.—Appointments 
to the Council shall be made not later than for 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
‘‘(5) TERMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member shall be 
appointed for a term of two years. 
‘‘(B) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed 
to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration 
of the term for which the member’s predecessor 
was appointed shall be appointed only for the re-
mainder of that term. A member may serve after 
the expiration of that term until a successor has 
been appointed. 
‘‘(6) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.— 
‘‘(A) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of 
the Council shall be the Chief Diversity Officer 
of the Department of Defense. 
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‘‘(B) VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The Vice Chair-
person shall be designated by the Secretary at 
the time of the appointment of the members pur-
suant to paragraph (4), and when a vacancy of 
the Vice Chairperson occurs, as the case may be. 
‘‘(d) MEETING.— 
‘‘(1) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet not 
fewer than four times each year at the call of the 
Chairperson or Vice Chairperson. 
‘‘(2) QUORUM.—Twelve members of the Council, 
including six appointed under subsection (c)(2) and 
six appointed under subsection (c)(3), shall constitute 
a quorum. 
‘‘(e) COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.—Except 
as provided in paragraph (2), members of the Council 
may not receive additional pay, allowances, or bene-
fits by reason of their service on the Council. 
‘‘(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall re-
ceive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5. 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—Upon the 
request of the Council, the Secretary shall provide to the 
Council, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative sup-
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port services necessary for the Council to carry out its re-
sponsibilities under this Act. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the Council holds its initial meeting under sub-
section (d) and annually thereafter, the Council shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining a detailed statement of the advice and recommenda-
tions of the Council pursuant to subsection (b).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 7 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 
187 the following: 
‘‘186. Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council.’’. 
SEC. 573. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES 
IN THE ARMED FORCES; AMENDMENTS TO IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL ACT. 
(a) SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR RACIAL AND 
ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN THE ARMED FORCES.— 
(1) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are 
the following: 
(A) To provide for the independent and ob-
jective conduct and supervision of audits and in-
vestigations relating to racial and ethnic dis-
parities in military personnel and military jus-
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tice systems, and white supremacy among mili-
tary personnel. 
(B) To provide recommendations to the Sec-
retary of Defense and to Congress on actions nec-
essary to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities 
in military personnel and military justice sys-
tems. 
(2) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—To carry 
out the purposes of paragraph (1), there is hereby es-
tablished, in the Department of Defense, the Office of 
the Special Inspector General for Racial and Ethnic 
Disparities in the Armed Forces. 
(3) APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 
(A) NOMINATION; APPOINTMENT.—The head 
of the Office of the Special Inspector General for 
Racial and Ethnic Disparities is the Special In-
spector General for Racial and Ethnic Dispari-
ties (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Inspector 
General’’), who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. 
(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—The appointment of 
the Inspector General shall be made solely on the 
basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in 
accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, 
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management analysis, public administration, or 
investigations. 
(C) 
DEADLINE
FOR
NOMINATION.—The 
nomination of an individual as Inspector Gen-
eral shall be made not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(D) COMPENSATION.—The annual rate of 
basic pay of the Inspector General shall be the 
annual rate of basic pay provided for positions 
at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
(E) PROHIBITION
ON
POLITICAL
ACTIVI-
TIES.—For purposes of section 7324 of title 5, 
United States Code, the Inspector General shall 
not be considered an employee who determines 
policies to be pursued by the United States in 
the nationwide administration of Federal law. 
(F) REMOVAL.—The Inspector General shall 
be removable from office in accordance with the 
provisions of section 3(b) of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(4) ASSISTANT INSPECTORS GENERAL.—The In-
spector General shall, in accordance with applicable 
laws and regulations governing the civil service, ap-
point an Assistant Inspector General for Military 
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Justice who shall have the responsibility for auditing 
and investigation activities relating to racial and eth-
nic disparities within the military justice system. 
(5) SUPERVISION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Inspector General shall 
report directly to, and be under the general su-
pervision of the Secretary of Defense. 
(B) INDEPENDENCE
TO
CONDUCT
INVES-
TIGATIONS AND AUDITS.—No officer of the De-
partment of Defense shall prevent or prohibit the 
Inspector General from initiating, carrying out, 
or completing any audit or investigation related 
to racial and ethnic disparities or from issuing 
any subpoena during the course of any such 
audit or investigation. 
(6) DUTIES.— 
(A) OVERSIGHT OF MILITARY JUSTICE.—It 
shall be the duty of the Inspector General to con-
duct, supervise, and coordinate audits and inves-
tigations of— 
(i) the effect of military justice policies 
and practices on racial and ethnic dispari-
ties, including overrepresentation of minori-
ties in actions related to investigations, 
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courts-martial, nonjudicial punishments, 
and other military justice actions as deter-
mined by the Inspector General; 
(ii) the effect of military personnel 
policies and practices, including recruiting, 
accessions, and promotions, on racial and 
ethnic disparities, including underrepresen-
tation of minorities among members of the 
Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of a military department in 
grades above E–7; 
(iii) the scope and efficacy of existing 
diversity and inclusion offices and pro-
grams within the Department of Defense; 
and 
(iv) 
white 
supremacist 
activities 
among military personnel and any other 
issues, determined by the Inspector General, 
necessary to address racial and ethnic dis-
parities within the Armed Forces under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military 
department. 
(B) OTHER
DUTIES
RELATED
TO
OVER-
SIGHT.—The Inspector General shall establish, 
maintain, and oversee such systems, procedures, 
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and controls as the Inspector General considers 
appropriate to discharge the duties under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(C) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER 
INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—In addition 
to the duties specified in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B), the Inspector General shall also have the du-
ties and responsibilities of inspectors general 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978. 
(D) COORDINATION OF EFFORTS.—In car-
rying out the duties, responsibilities, and au-
thorities of the Inspector General under this sec-
tion, the Inspector General shall coordinate with, 
and receive the cooperation of each of the fol-
lowing: 
(i) The Inspector General of the De-
partment of Defense. 
(ii) The Inspector General of the Army. 
(iii) The Inspector General of the 
Navy. 
(iv) The Inspector General of the Air 
Force. 
(7) POWERS AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(A) AUTHORITIES UNDER INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL ACT OF 1978.—In carrying out the duties 
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specified in paragraph (6), the Inspector General 
shall have the authorities provided in section 6 
of the Inspector General Act of 1978. 
(B) AUDIT
STANDARDS.—The Inspector 
General shall carry out the duties specified in 
paragraph (6)(A) in accordance with section 
4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978. 
(8) PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND
OTHER
RE-
SOURCES.— 
(A) PERSONNEL.—The Inspector General 
may select, appoint, and employ such officers 
and employees as may be necessary for carrying 
out the duties of the Inspector General, subject to 
the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov-
erning appointments in the competitive service, 
and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classi-
fication and General Schedule pay rates. 
(B) EMPLOYMENT OF EXPERTS AND CON-
SULTANTS.—The Inspector General may obtain 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, at daily rates not to exceed 
the equivalent rate prescribed for grade GS–15 of 
the General Schedule by section 5332 of such 
title. 
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(C) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.—To the ex-
tent and in such amounts as may be provided in 
advance by appropriations Acts, the Inspector 
General may enter into contracts and other ar-
rangements for audits, studies, analyses, and 
other services with public agencies and with pri-
vate persons, and make such payments as may 
be necessary to carry out the duties of the Inspec-
tor General. 
(D) RESOURCES.—The Secretary of De-
fense, as appropriate, shall provide the Inspector 
General with appropriate and adequate office 
space at appropriate locations of the Department 
of Defense, together with such equipment, office 
supplies, and communications facilities and 
services as may be necessary for the operation of 
such offices, and shall provide necessary mainte-
nance services for such offices and the equipment 
and facilities located therein. 
(E) ASSISTANCE
FROM
FEDERAL
AGEN-
CIES.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Upon request of the 
Inspector General for information or assist-
ance from any department, agency, or other 
entity of the Federal Government, the head 
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of such entity shall, insofar as is practicable 
and not in contravention of any existing 
law, furnish such information or assistance 
to the Inspector General, or an authorized 
designee. 
(ii) REPORTING OF REFUSED ASSIST-
ANCE.—Whenever information or assistance 
requested by the Inspector General is, in the 
judgment of the Inspector General, unrea-
sonably refused or not provided, the Inspec-
tor General shall report the circumstances 
to the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, 
and to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees without delay. 
(9) REPORTS.— 
(A) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 
30 days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, 
the Inspector General shall submit quarterly re-
ports to the Secretary of Defense and the congres-
sional defense committees summarizing the ac-
tivities of the Inspector General for the previous 
quarter. 
(B) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Inspector Gen-
eral shall submit annual reports to the Secretary 
of Defense and the congressional defense commit-
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tees presenting recommendations for changes to 
policy, practice, regulation, and statute to elimi-
nate disparities within the military personnel 
and military justice systems and to eliminate 
white supremacist activities among military per-
sonnel. 
(C) OCCASIONAL REPORTS.—The Inspector 
General shall, from time to time, submit addi-
tional reports containing findings and rec-
ommendations at the discretion of the Inspector 
General. 
(D) ONLINE PUBLICATION.—The Inspector 
General shall publish each report under this 
paragraph on a publicly available website not 
later than seven days after submission to the 
Secretary of Defense and the congressional de-
fense committees. 
(10) FUNDING.—This section shall be carried out 
using not more than $10,000,000 of funds authorized 
to be appropriated in this Act for Operation and 
Maintenance, 
Defense-wide, 
and 
no 
additional 
amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this section. 
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(b) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE
INSPECTOR
GENERAL 
ACT.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 3(b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘An Inspector 
General’’; 
(B) by inserting after the first sentence the 
following: ‘‘An Inspector General may only be 
removed by the President before the expiration of 
the term of the Inspector General for permanent 
incapacity, neglect of duty, malfeasance, convic-
tion of a felony or conduct involving moral tur-
pitude, knowing violation of a law, gross mis-
management, gross waste of funds, or abuse of 
authority.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) If an Inspector General is removed by the Presi-
dent under paragraph (1) fewer than 30 days after the 
President has communicated in writing the reasons for such 
removal pursuant to paragraph (1), the Inspector General 
shall submit to the Council of the Inspectors General on 
Integrity and Efficiency a report that includes the following 
information: 
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‘‘(A) A description of the facts and circumstances 
of each investigation involving a senior government 
employee (as defined in section 5 of this Act) being 
conducted by that Inspector General at the time of 
such removal. 
‘‘(B) Any other matter that the Inspector Gen-
eral determines to include. 
‘‘(3) Any individual serving as the head of an Office 
of Inspector General, after the removal of an Inspector Gen-
eral under paragraph (1), shall issue to the Council of the 
Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency a report 
identifying any instances in which an investigation or mat-
ter described in paragraph (2) is closed prior to its comple-
tion, with a description of the reasons for closing the inves-
tigation or matter.’’; and 
(2) in section 8G(e), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In the event of the removal of an Inspector Gen-
eral, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency shall— 
‘‘(A) investigate the reasons for removal provided 
by the President; 
‘‘(B) publish a report including the determina-
tion of the Council whether the reasons described in 
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subparagraph (A) are in accordance with the relevant 
provisions relating to for cause removal; 
‘‘(C) review any investigation that was being 
conducted by the Inspector General at the time of 
such removal; and 
‘‘(D) submit, to the congressional committees the 
Council determine to be relevant, a report that in-
cludes the determination of the Council whether an 
investigation described in subparagraph (C) moti-
vated such removal.’’. 
SEC. 574. QUESTIONS REGARDING RACISM, ANTI-SEMITISM, 
AND SUPREMACISM IN WORKPLACE SURVEYS 
ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE. 
Section 593 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) is amended, in 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, racist, anti-Semitic, or su-
premacist’’ after ‘‘extremist’’. 
SEC. 575. REPORT ON DEMOGRAPHICS OF OFFICERS AP-
POINTED TO CERTAIN GRADES. 
Not later than the first October 1 to occur after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
each Secretary of a military department shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a report summarizing the gender and 
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race of each individual who received an appointment under 
section 531 or 601 of title 10, United States Code, during 
the immediately preceding fiscal year. 
SEC. 576. PLANS TO INCREASE FEMALE AND MINORITY REP-
RESENTATION IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) PLANS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense and 
each Secretary of a military department shall develop plans 
to increase, with respect to female and minority members 
of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of that Sec-
retary, the following: 
(1) Recruitment. 
(2) Retention. 
(3) Representation in grades above E–7. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each plan developed under this sec-
tion shall include clearly defined goals, performance meas-
ures, and timeframes. 
(c) GOALS.—A goal under subsection (b) shall be to 
exceed, by not less than 100 percent, the rate at which the 
number of members described in subsection (a)(3) increased 
during the five years immediately preceding the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(d) SUBMITTAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
and each Secretary of a military department shall submit 
to the committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
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House of Representatives a copy of each plan developed 
under this section by that Secretary. 
(e) REPORT.—Three months after submitting a plan 
under subsection (d) and quarterly thereafter for five years, 
the Secretary of Defense and each Secretary of a military 
department shall submit to the committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
indicating the number of female and minority members in 
grades above E–7 in each Armed Force under the jurisdic-
tion of that Secretary. 
SEC. 577. EVALUATION OF BARRIERS TO MINORITY PAR-
TICIPATION 
IN 
CERTAIN 
UNITS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with a federally fund-
ed research and development center with relevant ex-
pertise to conduct an evaluation of the barriers to mi-
nority participation in covered units of the Armed 
Forces. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The evaluation required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
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(A) A description of the racial, ethnic, and 
gender composition of covered units. 
(B) A comparison of the participation rates 
of minority populations in covered units to par-
ticipation rates of the general population as 
members and as officers of the Armed Forces. 
(C) A comparison of the percentage of mi-
nority officers in the grade of O–7 or higher who 
have served in each covered unit to such percent-
age for all such officers in the Armed Force of 
that covered unit. 
(D) An identification of barriers to minor-
ity participation in the accession, assessment, 
and training processes. 
(E) The status and effectiveness of the re-
sponse to the recommendations contained in the 
report of the RAND Corporation titled ‘‘Barriers 
to Minority Participation in Special Operations 
Forces’’ and any follow-up recommendations. 
(F) Recommendations to increase the num-
bers of minority officers in the Armed Forces. 
(G) Recommendations to increase minority 
participation in covered units. 
(H) Any other matters the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
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(3) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(A) submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the results of the study by 
not later than January 1, 2022; and 
(B) provide interim briefings to such com-
mittees upon request. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The study conducted under sub-
section (a) shall be known as the ‘‘Study on Reducing Bar-
riers to Minority Participation in Elite Units in the Armed 
Services’’. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), not later than March 1, 2023, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall commence the implementation 
of each recommendation included in the final report 
submitted under subsection (a)(3). 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may commence implementation 
of a recommendation described paragraph (1) 
later than March 1, 2023, if— 
(i) the Secretary submits to the con-
gressional defense committees, not later than 
January 1, 2023, written notice of the in-
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tent of the Secretary to delay implementa-
tion of the recommendation; and 
(ii) includes, as part of such notice, a 
specific justification for the delay in imple-
menting the recommendation. 
(B) NONIMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary 
of Defense may elect not to implement a rec-
ommendation described in paragraph (1), if— 
(i) the Secretary submits to the con-
gressional defense committees, not later than 
January 1, 2023, written notice of the in-
tent of the Secretary not to implement the 
recommendation; and 
(ii) includes, as part of such notice— 
(I) the reasons for the Secretary’s 
decision not to implement the rec-
ommendation; and 
(II) a summary of alternative ac-
tions the Secretary will carry out to 
address the purposes underlying the 
recommendation. 
(3) IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.—For each rec-
ommendation that the Secretary implements under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the con-
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gressional defense committees an implementation plan 
that includes— 
(A) a summary of actions the Secretary has 
carried out, or intends to carry out, to imple-
ment the recommendation; and 
(B) a schedule, with specific milestones, for 
completing the implementation of the rec-
ommendation. 
(d) COVERED UNITS DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered units’’ means the following: 
(1) Army Special Forces. 
(2) Army Rangers. 
(3) Navy SEALs. 
(4) Air Force Combat Control Teams. 
(5) Air Force Pararescue. 
(6) Air Force Special Reconnaissance. 
(7) Marine Raider Regiments. 
(8) Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance. 
(9) Coast Guard Maritime Security Response 
Team. 
(10) Any other forces designated by the Secretary 
of Defense as special operations forces. 
(11) Pilot and navigator military occupational 
specialties. 
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Subtitle I—Decorations and Awards 
SEC. 581. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ATOMIC VETERANS 
SERVICE MEDAL. 
(a) SERVICE MEDAL REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall design and produce a military service medal, 
to be known as the ‘‘Atomic Veterans Service Medal’’, to 
honor retired and former members of the Armed Forces who 
are radiation-exposed veterans (as such term is defined in 
section 1112(c)(3) of title 38, United States Code). 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF MEDAL.— 
(1) ISSUANCE TO RETIRED AND FORMER MEM-
BERS.—At the request of a radiation-exposed veteran, 
the Secretary of Defense shall issue the Atomic Vet-
erans Service Medal to the veteran. 
(2) ISSUANCE TO NEXT-OF-KIN.—In the case of a 
radiation-exposed veteran who is deceased, the Sec-
retary may provide for issuance of the Atomic Vet-
erans Service Medal to the next-of-kin of the person. 
(3) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall prepare 
and disseminate as appropriate an application by 
which radiation-exposed veterans and their next-of- 
kin may apply to receive the Atomic Veterans Service 
Medal. 
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SEC. 582. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE DISTIN-
GUISHED-SERVICE CROSS FOR RAMIRO F. 
OLIVO FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE 
VIETNAM WAR. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time limi-
tations specified in section 7274 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 
United States Armed Forces, the President of the United 
States is authorized to award the Distinguished-Service 
Cross under section 7272 of such title to Ramiro F. Olivo 
for the acts of valor during the Vietnam War described in 
subsection (b). 
(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
described in this subsection are the actions of Ramiro F. 
Olivo on May 9, 1968, as a member of the Army while serv-
ing in the Republic of Vietnam with Company C, 1st Bat-
talion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. 
Subtitle J—Miscellaneous Reports 
and Other Matters 
SEC. 591. EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
STARBASE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2193b of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) 
in 
the 
section 
heading, 
by 
striking 
‘‘science, mathematics, and technology’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘science, technology, engineer-
ing, art and design, and mathematics’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘science, math-
ematics, and technology’’ and inserting ‘‘science, tech-
nology, engineering, art and design, and mathe-
matics’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘mathematics, 
science, and technology’’ and inserting ‘‘science, tech-
nology, engineering, art and design, and mathe-
matics’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 111 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 2193b 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2193b. Improvement of education in technical fields: program for support of ele-
mentary and secondary education in science, technology, engi-
neering, art and design, and mathematics.’’. 
SEC. 592. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN OUTLYING AREAS IN THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STARBASE PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 2193b(h) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, American Samoa,’’ before ‘‘and Guam’’. 
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SEC. 593. PROHIBITION ON CHARGING FOR OR COUNTING 
CERTAIN ACRONYMS ON HEADSTONES OF IN-
DIVIDUALS INTERRED AT ARLINGTON NA-
TIONAL CEMETERY. 
The Secretary of the Army shall prescribe regulations 
or establish policies that, with regards to the headstone for 
an individual interred at Arlington National Cemetery, 
prohibit the charging of a fee for, or counting towards char-
acter or line count, the following acronyms: 
(1) ‘‘KIA’’ for an individual killed in action. 
(2) ‘‘MIA’’ for an individual who was missing in 
action. 
(3) ‘‘POW’’ for an individual who was a pris-
oner of war. 
SEC. 594. REPORT ON PLACEMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES IN ACADEMIC STATUS WHO 
ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ONTO 
NON-RATED PERIODS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report on the feasibility and advis-
ability, and current practice (if any), of the Department 
of Defense of granting requests by members of the Armed 
Forces who are in academic status (whether at the military 
service academies or in developmental education programs) 
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and who are victims of sexual assault to be placed on a 
Non-Rated Period for their performance report. 
SEC. 595. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ADVERTISING 
RECRUITING EFFORTS. 
It is the Sense of Congress that the Chiefs of the Armed 
Forces, in coordination with the Recruiting Commands of 
the Armed Forces, should give all due consideration to the 
use of local broadcasting and traditional news publishers 
when advertising. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
SEC. 601. INCREASE IN BASIC PAY. 
Effective on January 1, 2021, the rates of monthly 
basic pay for members of the uniformed services are in-
creased by 3.0 percent. 
SEC. 602. BASIC NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR LOW-INCOME REG-
ULAR MEMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 402a the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 402b. Basic needs allowance for low-income regular 
members 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE REQUIRED.—(1) Subject to para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall pay to each covered 
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member a basic needs allowance in the amount determined 
for such member under subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) In the event a household contains two or more 
covered members entitled to receive the allowance under this 
section in a given year, only one allowance may be paid 
for that year to a covered member among such covered mem-
bers whom such covered members shall jointly elect. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF ALLOWANCE FOR A COVERED MEM-
BER.—(1) The amount of the monthly allowance payable 
to a covered member under subsection (a) for a year shall 
be the aggregate amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) the aggregate amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) 130 percent of the Federal poverty guide-
lines of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices for the location and number of persons in the 
household of the covered member for such year; minus 
‘‘(ii) the gross household income of the covered 
member during the preceding year; and 
‘‘(B) divided by 12. 
‘‘(2) The monthly allowance payable to a covered mem-
ber for a year shall be payable for each of the 12 months 
following March of such year. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE OF ELIGIBILITY.—(1)(A) Not later than 
December 31 each year, the Director of the Defense Finance 
and Accounting Service shall notify, in writing, each indi-
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vidual whom the Director estimates will be a covered mem-
ber during the following year of the potential entitlement 
of that individual to the allowance described in subsection 
(a) for that following year. 
‘‘(B) The preliminary notice under subparagraph (A) 
shall include information regarding financial management 
and assistance programs administered by the Secretary of 
Defense for which a covered member is eligible. 
‘‘(2) Not later than January 31 each year, each indi-
vidual who seeks to receive the allowance for such year 
(whether or not subject to a notice for such year under para-
graph (1)) shall submit to the Director such information 
as the Director shall require for purposes of this section in 
order to determine whether or not such individual is a cov-
ered member for such year. 
‘‘(3) Not later than February 28 each year, the Direc-
tor shall notify, in writing, each individual the Director 
determines to be a covered member for such year. 
‘‘(d) ELECTION NOT TO RECEIVE ALLOWANCE.—(1) A 
covered member otherwise entitled to receive the allowance 
under subsection (a) for a year may elect, in writing, not 
to receive the allowance for such year. Any election under 
this subsection shall be effective only for the year for which 
made. Any election for a year under this subsection is irrev-
ocable. 
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‘‘(2) A covered member who does not submit informa-
tion described in subsection (d)(2) for a year as otherwise 
required by that subsection shall be deemed to have elected 
not to receive the allowance for such year. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered member’ means a regular 
member of an armed force under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of a military department— 
‘‘(A) who has completed initial entry train-
ing; 
‘‘(B) whose gross household income during 
the most recent year did not exceed an amount 
equal to 130 percent of the Federal poverty 
guidelines of the Department of Health and 
Human Services for the location and number of 
persons in the household of the covered member 
for such year; and 
‘‘(C) who does not elect under subsection (d) 
not to receive the allowance for such year. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘gross household income’ of a cov-
ered member for a year for purposes of paragraph 
(1)(B) does not include any basic allowance for hous-
ing received by the covered member (and any depend-
ents of the covered member in the household of the cov-
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ered member) during such year under section 403 of 
this title. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations for the administration of this section. 
Subject to subsection (e)(2), such regulations shall specify 
the income to be included in, and excluded from, the gross 
household income of individuals for purposes of this sec-
tion.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 402a the following 
new item: 
‘‘402b. Basic needs allowance for low-income regular members.’’. 
SEC. 603. REORGANIZATION OF CERTAIN ALLOWANCES 
OTHER THAN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION 
ALLOWANCES. 
(a) PER DIEM FOR DUTY OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL 
UNITED STATES.— 
(1) TRANSFER TO CHAPTER 7.—Section 475 of 
title 37, United States Code, is transferred to chapter 
7 of such title, inserted after section 403b, and redes-
ignated as section 405. 
(2) REPEAL OF TERMINATION PROVISION.—Sec-
tion 405 of title 37, United States Code, as added by 
paragraph (1), is amended by striking subsection (f). 
(b) ALLOWANCE FOR FUNERAL HONORS DUTY.— 
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Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special 
Incentive Pays 
SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXPIRING 
BONUS AND SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES. 
(a) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO RESERVE FORCES.— 
Section 910(g) of title 37, United States Code, relating to 
income replacement payments for reserve component mem-
bers experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for ac-
tive duty service, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES RELATING TO HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS.—The following sections of title 10, 
United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’: 
(1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse officer 
candidate accession program. 
(2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 
education loans for certain health professionals who 
serve in the Selected Reserve. 
(c) AUTHORITIES
RELATING
TO
NUCLEAR
OFFI-
CERS.—Section 333(i) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(d) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLI-
DATED SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AU-
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(e) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY INCREASE IN 
RATES
OF BASIC ALLOWANCE
FOR HOUSING.—Section 
403(b)(7)(E) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 612. INCREASE IN CERTAIN HAZARDOUS DUTY INCEN-
TIVE PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED 
SERVICES. 
Section 351(b) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘$250’’ both places it appears and in-
serting ‘‘$275’’. 
SEC. 613. STANDARDIZATION OF PAYMENT OF HAZARDOUS 
DUTY INCENTIVE PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
UNIFORMED SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 351(c) of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) PAYMENT.—Hazardous duty pay shall be paid on 
a monthly basis.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2020, and shall apply 
with respect to duty performed in any month beginning on 
or after that date. 
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SEC. 614. CLARIFICATION OF 30 DAYS OF CONTINUOUS 
DUTY ON BOARD A SHIP REQUIRED FOR FAM-
ILY SEPARATION ALLOWANCE FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 
Section 427(a)(1)(B) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(or under orders to remain on 
board the ship while at the home port)’’ after ‘‘of the ship’’. 
SEC. 615. EXPANSION OF REIMBURSABLE STATE LICEN-
SURE AND CERTIFICATION COSTS FOR A 
MILITARY SPOUSE ARISING FROM RELOCA-
TION. 
Section 476(p)(5) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting ‘‘fees, continuing education 
courses, and’’. 
Subtitle C—Family and Survivor 
Benefits 
SEC. 621. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIAN PROVIDERS 
OF CHILD CARE SERVICES OR YOUTH PRO-
GRAM SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIE IN 
THE LINE OF DUTY. 
Section 1798(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘in combat-related incidents’’. 
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SEC. 622. EXPANSION OF DEATH GRATUITY FOR ROTC 
GRADUATES. 
Section 623(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) is amended 
by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘May 1, 2017’’. 
SEC. 623. RECALCULATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR 
PROVIDERS OF CHILD CARE SERVICES AND 
YOUTH PROGRAM SERVICES FOR DEPEND-
ENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2021, the 
Secretary of Defense shall develop a method by which to 
determine appropriate amounts of financial assistance 
under section 1798 of title 10, United States Code. In such 
development, the Secretary shall take into consideration the 
following: 
(1) Grades of members of the Armed Forces. 
(2) The cost of living in an applicable locale. 
(3) Whether a military installation has a mili-
tary child development center, including any wait list 
length. 
(4) Whether a military child development center 
has vacant child care employee positions. 
(5) The capacity of licensed civilian child care 
providers in an applicable locale. 
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(6) The average cost of licensed civilian child 
care services available in an applicable locale. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than August 1, 2021, the Sec-
retary shall submit a report the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the 
method developed under this section. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘child 
care employee’’ and ‘‘military child development center’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 1800 of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 624. PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN MILITARY FAMILY HOUS-
ING TO A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES 
WHOSE SPOUSE AGREES TO PROVIDE FAMILY 
HOME DAY CARE SERVICES. 
(a) PRIORITY.—If the Secretary of a military depart-
ment determines that not enough child care employees are 
employed at a military child development center on a mili-
tary installation under the jurisdiction of that Secretary 
to adequately care for the children of members of the Armed 
Forces stationed at that military installation, the Sec-
retary, to the extent practicable, may give priority for cov-
ered military family housing to a member whose spouse is 
an eligible military spouse. 
(b) NUMBER OF PRIORITY POSITIONS.—A Secretary of 
a military department may grant priority under subsection 
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(a) only to the minimum number of eligible military 
spouses that the Secretary determines necessary to provide 
adequate child care to the children of members stationed 
at a military installation described in subsection (a). 
(c) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section may be con-
strued to require the Secretary of a military department 
to provide covered military family housing that has been 
adapted for disabled individuals to a member under this 
section instead of to a member with one more dependents 
enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program. 
(d) RESULT OF FAILURE TO PROVIDE FAMILY HOME 
DAY CARE SERVICES OR LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.—The Sec-
retary of the military department concerned may remove 
a household provided covered military family housing 
under this section therefrom if the Secretary determines the 
spouse of that member has failed to abide by an agreement 
described in subsection (e)(3) or has ceased to be an eligible 
military spouse. Such removal may not occur sooner than 
60 days after the date of such determination. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘child care employee’’, ‘‘family 
home day care’’, and ‘‘military child development 
center’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 1800 of title 10, United States Code. 
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Thrift Savings Plan administered by the Federal Retire-
ment Thrift Investment Board. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An evaluation of the effect of allowing mili-
tary spouses to contribute or make eligible retirement 
account transfers to the military Thrift Savings Plan 
account of the member of the Armed Forces to whom 
that military spouse in married. 
(2) Legislation the Secretary determines nec-
essary to permit contributions and transfers described 
in paragraph (1). 
(3) An evaluation of whether and to what extent 
employer-funded matching of contributions described 
in paragraph (1) may encourage further participa-
tion in the military Thrift Savings Plan. 
(c) REPORTING.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than February 
1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board a report 
on the results of the study under subsection (a). 
(2) ANALYSIS.—Not later than 60 days after re-
ceiving the report under paragraph (1), the Federal 
Thrift Savings Retirement Board shall analyze the re-
port under paragraph (1), generate recommendations 
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and comments it determines appropriate, and submit 
such analysis, recommendations, and comments to the 
Secretary. 
(3) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 
2021, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Represent-
atives the report under paragraph (1) and the anal-
ysis, recommendations, and comments under para-
graph (2). 
Subtitle D—Defense Resale Matters 
SEC. 631 . BASE RESPONDERS ESSENTIAL NEEDS AND DIN-
ING ACCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 54 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 1066. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: 
protective services civilian employees 
‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES CIVILIAN 
EMPLOYEES.—An individual employed as a protective serv-
ices civilian employee at a military installation shall be 
permitted to purchase food and hygiene items at a com-
missary store or MWR retail facility located on that mili-
tary installation. 
‘‘(b) USER FEE AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary of 
Defense shall prescribe regulations that impose a user fee 
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on individuals who are eligible solely under this section to 
purchase merchandise at a commissary store or MWR retail 
facility. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall set the user fee under this sub-
section at a rate that the Secretary determines will offset 
any increase in expenses arising from this section borne by 
the Department of the Treasury on behalf of commissary 
stores associated with the use of credit or debit cards for 
customer purchases, including expenses related to card net-
work use and related transaction processing fees. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall deposit funds collected pursu-
ant to a user fee under this subsection in the General Fund 
of the Treasury. 
‘‘(4) Any fee under this subsection is in addition to 
the uniform surcharge under section 2484(d) of this title. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘MWR retail facility’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1063 of this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘protective services civilian em-
ployee’ means a position in any of the following series 
(or successor classifications) of the General Schedule: 
‘‘(A) Security Administration (GS–0080). 
‘‘(B) Fire Protection and Prevention (GS– 
0081). 
‘‘(C) Police (GS–0083). 
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‘‘(D) Security Guard (GS–0085). 
‘‘(E) Emergency Management (GS–0089).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1066. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: protective services civilian 
employees.’’. 
SEC. 632. FIRST RESPONDER ACCESS TO MOBILE EX-
CHANGES. 
Section 1146 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS DURING A 
DECLARED MAJOR DISASTER OR EMERGENCY.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to allow an 
emergency response provider (as that term is defined in sec-
tion 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–296; 6 U.S.C. 101)) to use a mobile commissary or ex-
change store deployed to an area covered by a declaration 
of a major disaster or emergency under section 401 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170).’’. 
SEC. 633. UPDATED BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS FOR CON-
SOLIDATION OF THE DEFENSE RESALE SYS-
TEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2021, the 
Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, in 
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coordination with the Undersecretary of Defense for Per-
sonnel and Readiness, shall update the study titled ‘‘Study 
to Determine the Feasibility of Consolidation of the Defense 
Resale Entities’’ and dated December 4, 2018, to include 
a new business case analysis that— 
(1) establishes new baselines for— 
(A) savings from the costs of goods sold; 
(B) costs of new information technology re-
quired for such consolidation; and 
(C) costs of headquarters relocation arising 
from such consolidation; and 
(2) addresses each recommendation for executive 
action in the Government Accountability Office report 
GAO–20–418SU. 
(b) REVIEW AND COMMENT.—Not later than April 1, 
2021, the Secretary of Defense shall make the updated busi-
ness case analysis (in this section referred to as the ‘‘up-
dated BCA’’) available to the Secretaries of the military de-
partments for comment. 
(c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
Not later than June 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall 
make any comments made under subsection (b) and the up-
dated BCA available to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
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(d) DELAY OF CONSOLIDATION.—The Secretary of De-
fense may not take any action to consolidate military ex-
changes and commissaries until the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives no-
tify the Secretary in writing of receipt and acceptance of 
the updated BCA. 
Subtitle E—Other Personnel 
Benefits 
SEC. 641. MAINTENANCE OF FUNDING FOR STARS AND 
STRIPES. 
(a) FUNDING.— 
(1) OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021 in Division D of this Act and available for oper-
ations and maintenance for Defense-wide activities as 
specified in the funding table in section 4301 of this 
Act, $9,000,000 shall be made available for the pur-
pose of maintaining the operations and publication of 
Stars and Stripes. 
(2) CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.—Of the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021 in 
Division D of this Act and available for overseas con-
tingency operations for Defense-wide activities as 
specified in the funding tables in section 4301 of this 
Act, $6,000,000 shall be made available for the pur-
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pose of maintaining the operations and publication of 
Stars and Stripes 
(b) REPORT ON BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS.—Not later 
than March 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the editor of Stars and Stripes, shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives detailing the business case 
analysis for various options for Stars and Stripes. The re-
port shall contain the following elements: 
(1) An analysis of the pros and cons of, and 
business case for, continuing the operation and publi-
cation of Stars and Stripes at its current levels, in-
cluding other options for the independent reporting 
currently provided, especially in a deployed environ-
ment. 
(2) An analysis of the modes of communication 
used by Stars and Stripes. 
(3) An analysis of potential reduced operations 
of Stars and Stripes. 
(4) An analysis of the operation of Stars and 
Stripes solely as a non-appropriated entity. 
(5) An analysis of operating Stars and Stripes 
as a category B morale, welfare, and recreation enti-
ty. 
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(6) An assessment of the value of the availability 
of Stars and Stripes (in print or an electronic 
version) to deployed or overseas members of the 
Armed Forces. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 
Health Care Benefits 
SEC. 701. EXPANSION OF MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS 
FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1074m of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR PARTICIPA-
TION IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.—(1) The Secretary shall pro-
vide to a member described in paragraph (2) mental health 
assessments under this section in a frequency and schedule 
that the Secretary determines to be as similar as practicable 
to the frequency and schedule for such assessments under 
subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(2) A member described in this paragraph is a mem-
ber who, while not deployed in support of a contingency 
operation, participated in warfighting activities that had 
a direct and immediate impact on a combat operation or 
other military operation.’’. 
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SEC. 702. MANDATORY REFERRAL FOR MENTAL HEALTH 
EVALUATION. 
Section 1090a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) PROCESS APPLICABLE
TO MEMBER DISCLO-
SURE.—The regulations required by subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a phrase that enables a member of 
the armed forces to trigger a referral of the member 
by a commanding officer or supervisor for a mental 
health evaluation; 
‘‘(2) require a commanding officer or supervisor 
to make such referral as soon as practicable following 
disclosure by the member to the commanding officer 
or supervisor of the phrase established under para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(3) ensure that the process protects the confiden-
tiality of the member in a manner similar to the con-
fidentiality provided for members making restricted 
reports under section 1565b(b) of this title.’’. 
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SEC. 703. ASSESSMENTS AND TESTING RELATING TO EXPO-
SURE 
TO 
PERFLUOROALKYL 
AND 
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES. 
(a) PERIODIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that any periodic health assessment 
provided to a member of the Armed Forces includes an eval-
uation of whether the member has been— 
(1) based or stationed at a military installation 
identified by the Department of Defense as a location 
with a known or suspected release of perfluoroalkyl 
substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances during the 
period in which the member was based or stationed 
at the military installation; or 
(2) exposed to such substances, including by eval-
uating any information in the health record of the 
member. 
(b) SEPARATION HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINA-
TIONS.—Section 1145(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) The Secretary concerned shall ensure that each 
physical examination of a member under subparagraph (A) 
includes an assessment of whether the member was— 
‘‘(i) based or stationed at a military installation 
identified by the Department as a location with a 
known or suspected release of perfluoroalkyl sub-
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stances or polyfluoroalkyl substances during the pe-
riod in which the member was based or stationed at 
the military installation; or 
‘‘(ii) exposed to such substances, including by as-
sessing any information in the health record of the 
member.’’. 
(c) DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENTS.—Section 1074f(b)(2) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) An assessment of whether the member 
was— 
‘‘(i) based or stationed at a military instal-
lation identified by the Department as a location 
with 
a 
known 
or 
suspected 
release 
of 
perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances during the period in which the member 
was based or stationed at the military installa-
tion; or 
‘‘(ii) exposed to such substances, including 
by assessing any information in the health 
record of the member.’’. 
(d) PROVISION OF BLOOD TESTING.— 
(1) MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If a covered evaluation 
of a member of the Armed Forces results in a 
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positive determination of potential exposure to 
perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to 
that member, during that covered evaluation, 
blood testing to determine and document poten-
tial exposure to such substances. 
(B) INCLUSION IN HEALTH RECORD.—The 
results of blood testing of a member of the Armed 
Forces conducted under subparagraph (A) shall 
be included in the health record of the member. 
(2) COVERED
EVALUATION
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered evaluation’’ means— 
(A) a periodic health assessment conducted 
in accordance with subsection (a); 
(B) a separation history and physical ex-
amination conducted under section 1145(a)(5) of 
title 10, United States Code, as amended by sub-
section (b); and 
(C) a deployment assessment conducted 
under section 1074f(b)(2) of such title, as amend-
ed by subsection (c). 
SEC. 704. IMPROVEMENT TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING. 
Section 1074d(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
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lowing: ‘‘, including through the use of digital breast 
tomosynthesis’’. 
Subtitle B—Health Care 
Administration 
SEC. 711. PROTECTION OF THE ARMED FORCES FROM IN-
FECTIOUS DISEASES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1073d 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1073e. Protection of armed forces from infectious 
diseases 
‘‘(a) PROTECTION.—The Secretary of Defense shall en-
sure that the armed forces have the diagnostic equipment, 
testing capabilities, and personal protective equipment nec-
essary to protect members of the armed forces from the 
threat of infectious diseases and to treat members who con-
tract infectious diseases. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall ensure the following: 
‘‘(1) Each military medical treatment facility 
has the testing capabilities described in such sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) Each deployed naval vessel has the testing 
capabilities described in such subsection. 
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‘‘(3) Members of the armed forces deployed in 
support of a contingency operation outside of the 
United States have access to the testing capabilities 
described in such subsection, including at field hos-
pitals, combat support hospitals, field medical sta-
tions, and expeditionary medical facilities. 
‘‘(4) The Department of Defense maintains a 
stock of personal protective equipment in a quantity 
sufficient for each member of the armed forces, includ-
ing the reserve components thereof. 
‘‘(c) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—(1) The Sec-
retary shall include with the defense budget materials (as 
defined by section 231(f) of this title) for a fiscal year a 
plan to research and develop vaccines for infectious diseases. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall ensure that the medical lab-
oratories of the Department of Defense are equipped with 
the technology needed to facilitate rapid research in the case 
of a pandemic.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 1073d the following new item: 
‘‘1073e. Protection of armed forces from infectious diseases.’’. 
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SEC. 712. INCLUSION OF DRUGS, BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, 
AND CRITICAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES IN NA-
TIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FOR NATIONAL 
TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
(a) NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FOR NATIONAL 
TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE.—Section 2501(a) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) Providing for the provision of drugs, bio-
logical products, vaccines, and critical medical sup-
plies (including personal protective equipment, diag-
nostic and testing capabilities, and lifesaving breath-
ing apparatuses required for the treatment of severe 
respiratory illness and respiratory distress) required 
to enable combat readiness and protect the health of 
the armed forces.’’. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs, and the heads of other departments and agen-
cies of the Federal Government that the Secretary of 
Defense determines appropriate, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on 
vulnerabilities to the drugs, biological products, vac-
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cines, and critical medical supplies of the Department 
of Defense. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) an identification and origin of any fin-
ished drugs, as identified by the Secretary of De-
fense, and the essential components of such 
drugs, including raw materials, chemical compo-
nents, and active pharmaceutical ingredients 
that are necessary for the manufacture of such 
drugs, whose supply is at risk of disruption dur-
ing a time of war or national emergency; 
(B) an identification of shortages of finished 
drugs, biological products, vaccines, and critical 
medical supplies essential for combat readiness 
and the protection of the health of the Armed 
Forces, as identified by the Secretary of Defense; 
(C) an identification of the defense and geo-
political contingencies that are sufficiently likely 
to arise that may lead to the discontinuance, 
interruption or meaningful disruption in the 
supply of a drug, biological product, vaccine, or 
critical medical supply, and recommendations 
regarding actions the Secretary of Defense should 
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take to reasonably prepare for the occurrence of 
such contingencies; 
(D) an assessment conducted by the Sec-
retary of Defense of the resilience and capacity 
of the current supply chain and industrial base 
to support national defense upon the occurrence 
of the contingencies identified in subparagraph 
(C), including with respect to— 
(i) the manufacturing capacity of the 
United States; 
(ii) gaps in domestic manufacturing 
capabilities, including non-existent, extinct, 
threatened, and single-point-of-failure capa-
bilities; and 
(iii) supply chains with single points 
of failure and limited resiliency; and 
(E) 
recommendations 
to 
enhance 
and 
strengthen the surge requirements and readiness 
contracts of the Department of Defense to ensure 
the sufficiency of the stockpile of the Department 
of, and the ready access by the Department to, 
critical medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, vac-
cines, counter-measure prophylaxis, and personal 
protective equipment, including with respect to 
the effectiveness of the theater lead agent for med-
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ical materiel program in support of the combat-
ant commands. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in classified form. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means the following: 
(i) The congressional defense commit-
tees. 
(ii) The Committee on Energy and 
Commerce and the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives. 
(iii) The Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
(B) The term ‘‘critical medical equipment’’ 
includes personal protective equipment, diag-
nostic tests, testing supplies, and lifesaving 
breathing apparatuses required to treat severe 
respiratory illnesses and distress. 
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SEC. 713. CONTRACT AUTHORITY OF THE UNIFORMED 
SERVICES 
UNIVERSITY 
OF 
THE 
HEALTH 
SCIENCES. 
Section 2113(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(G) notwithstanding section 2304(k) of 
this title, to enter into such contracts, coopera-
tive agreements, or grants on a sole-source basis 
pursuant to section 2304(c)(5) of this title.’’. 
SEC. 714. EXTENSION OF ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
FOR DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY. 
Section 1073c(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 715. MODIFICATION TO LIMITATION ON THE REALIGN-
MENT OR REDUCTION OF MILITARY MEDICAL 
MANNING END STRENGTH. 
Section 719 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1454) 
is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may not realign or re-
duce military medical end strength authorizations 
until’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘may not realign 
or reduce military medical end strength authoriza-
tions during the one-year period following the date of 
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021, and after such period, may 
not realign or reduce such authorizations unless’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, including with re-
spect to both the homeland defense mission and pan-
demic influenza’’. 
SEC. 716. MODIFICATIONS TO IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR 
RESTRUCTURE OR REALIGNMENT OF MILI-
TARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. 
Section 703(d) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2199) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 
(D) and inserting the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) A description of how the Secretary 
will carry out subsection (b), including with re-
spect to— 
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‘‘(i) the standards required for health 
care providers to accept and transition cov-
ered beneficiaries to the purchased care 
component of the TRICARE program; 
‘‘(ii) a method to monitor and report 
on quality benchmarks for the beneficiary 
population that is required to transition to 
such component of the TRICARE program; 
and 
‘‘(iii) a process by which the Defense 
Health Agency will ensure that such compo-
nent of the TRICARE program has the re-
quired capacity.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) NOTICE AND WAIT.—The Secretary may not 
implement the plan under paragraph (1) unless— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary has submitted the plan 
to the congressional defense committees; and 
‘‘(B) a one-year period elapses following the 
later of the date of such submission or the date 
of the enactment of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.’’. 
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SEC. 717. POLICY TO ADDRESS OPIOID PRESCRIPTION 
ABUSE PREVENTION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop a policy and tracking mechanism for opioids that 
monitors and prohibits the over prescribing of opioids to 
ensure compliance with clinical practice guidelines. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The requirements under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) Limit the prescribing of opioids to the mor-
phine milligram equivalent level per day specified in 
the guideline published by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention titled ‘‘CDC Guideline for 
Prescribing 
Opioids 
for 
Chronic 
Pain—United 
States, 2016’’, or such successor guideline. 
(2) Limit the supply of opioids to within clini-
cally accepted guidelines. 
(3) Develop a waiver process for specific patient 
categories that will require treatment beyond the limit 
specified in paragraph (1). 
(4) Implement controls to ensure that the pre-
scriptions in the military health system data reposi-
tory exist and that the dispense date and the metric 
quantity field for opioid prescriptions in liquid form 
are consistent among all systems. 
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(5) Implement opioid prescribing controls within 
the electronic health record system known as ‘‘Gen-
esis’’. 
(6) Develop metrics that can be used by the De-
fense Health Agency and each military medical treat-
ment facility to actively monitor and limit the over 
prescribing of opioids. 
(7) Develop a report that tracks progression to-
ward reduced levels of opioid use. 
SEC. 718. ADDITION OF BURN PIT REGISTRATION TO ELEC-
TRONIC HEALTH RECORDS OF MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS. 
(a) UPDATES TO ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS.— 
Beginning not later than one year after the date of the en-
actment of this Act— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the 
electronic health record maintained by such Secretary 
of a member of the Armed Forces registered with the 
burn pit registry is updated with any information 
contained in such registry; and 
(2) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure 
that the electronic health record maintained by such 
Secretary of a veteran registered with the burn pit 
registry is updated with any information contained 
in such registry. 
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(b) BURN PIT REGISTRY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘burn pit registry’’ means the registry established 
under section 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other Vet-
erans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112– 
260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note). 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to 
COVID–19 
SEC. 721. COVID–19 MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM REVIEW 
PANEL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish a panel to be known as the ‘‘COVID–19 Military 
Health System Review Panel’’ (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘panel’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) MEMBERS.—The panel shall be composed of 
the following members: 
(A) The President of the Uniformed Services 
University of the Health Sciences. 
(B) The Director of the Defense Health 
Agency. 
(C) The Surgeon General of the Army. 
(D) The Surgeon General of the Navy. 
(E) The Surgeon General of the Air Force. 
(F) The Joint Staff Surgeon. 
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(G) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Health Readiness Policy and Oversight. 
(H) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Health Resources Management and Pol-
icy. 
(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson of the 
panel shall be the President of the Uniformed Services 
University of the Health Sciences. 
(3) TERMS.—Each member shall be appointed 
for the life of the panel. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The panel shall— 
(A) review the response of the military 
health system to the coronavirus disease 2019 
(COVID–19) and the effects of COVID–19 on 
such system, including by analyzing any 
strengths or weaknesses of such system identified 
as a result COVID–19; and 
(B) using information from the review, 
make such recommendations as the panel con-
siders appropriate with respect to any policy, 
practice, organization, manning level, funding 
level, or legislative authority relating to the mili-
tary health system. 
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(2) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—In conducting the 
review under paragraph (1), each member of the 
panel shall lead a review of at least one of the fol-
lowing elements, with respect to the military health 
system: 
(A) Policy, including any policy relating to 
force health protection or medical standards for 
the appointment, enlistment, or induction of in-
dividuals into the Armed Forces. 
(B) Public health activities, including any 
activity relating to risk communication, surveil-
lance, or contact tracing. 
(C) Research, diagnostics, and therapeutics. 
(D) Logistics and technology. 
(E) Force structure and manning. 
(F) Governance and organization. 
(G) Operational capabilities and oper-
ational support. 
(H) Education and training. 
(I) Health benefits under the TRICARE 
program. 
(J) Engagement and security activities re-
lating to global health. 
(K) The financial impact of COVID–19 on 
the military health system. 
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(d) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2021, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report that includes the findings of the panel 
as a result of the review under subsection (c)(1)(A), together 
with such recommendations as the panel considers appro-
priate under subsection (c)(1)(B). 
(e) TERMINATION.—The panel shall terminate on June 
1, 2021. 
SEC. 722. COVID–19 GLOBAL WAR ON PANDEMICS. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop 
a strategy for pandemic preparedness and response that in-
cludes the following: 
(1) Identification of activities necessary to be 
carried out prior to a pandemic to ensure prepared-
ness and effective communication of roles and respon-
sibilities within the Department of Defense, includ-
ing— 
(A) reviewing the frequency of each exercise 
conducted by the Department or a military de-
partment that relates to a pandemic or severe in-
fluenza season or related force health protection; 
(B) ensuring such exercises are appro-
priately planned, resourced, and practiced; 
(C) including a consideration of the capa-
bilities and capacities necessary to carry out the 
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strategy under this section, and related oper-
ations for force health protection, and ensuring 
that these are included in each cost evaluation, 
Defense-wide review, or manning assessment of 
the Department of Defense that affects such capa-
bilities and capacities; 
(D) reviewing the placement, exploring 
broader utilization of global health engagement 
liaisons, and increasing the scope of global health 
activities of the Department of Defense; 
(E) assessing a potential career track relat-
ing to health protection research for members of 
the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the 
Department of Defense; 
(F) providing to members of the Armed 
Forces guidance on force health protection prior 
to and during a pandemic or severe influenza 
season, including guidance on specific behaviors 
or actions required, such as self-isolating, social 
distancing, and additional protective measures 
to be carried out after contracting a novel virus 
or influenza; 
(G) reviewing and updating the inventory 
of medical supplies and equipment of the De-
partment of Defense that is available for oper-
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ational support to the combatant commands 
prior to and during a pandemic (such as vac-
cines, biologics, drugs, preventive medicine, 
antiviral medicine, and equipment relating to 
trauma support), including a review of— 
(i) the sufficiency of prepositioned 
stocks; and 
(ii) the effectiveness of the Warstopper 
Program of the Defense Logistics Agency, or 
such successor program; 
(H) reviewing and updating distribution 
plans of the Department of Defense for critical 
medical supplies and equipment within the in-
ventory of the Department of Defense, including 
vaccines and antiviral medicines; and 
(I) reviewing and updating research on in-
fectious diseases and preventive medicine con-
ducted by the military health system, including 
research conducted by the Health Related Com-
munities of Interest of the Department of De-
fense, the Joint Program Committees, the over-
seas medical laboratories of the Department of 
Defense, the Armed Forces Health Surveillance 
Branch, or other elements of the Department of 
Defense that conduct research in support of 
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members of the Armed Forces or beneficiaries 
under the TRICARE program. 
(2) Review of Department of Defense systems for 
health surveillance and detection to ensure continuous 
situational awareness and early warning with respect 
to a pandemic, including a review of— 
(A) the levels of funding and investment, 
and the overall value, of the Global Emerging In-
fections Surveillance and Response System of the 
Department of Defense, including the value dem-
onstrated by the role of such system in— 
(i) improving the Department of De-
fense prevention and surveillance of, and 
the response to, infectious diseases that may 
impact members of the Armed Forces; 
(ii) informing decisions relating to 
force health protection across the geographic 
combatant commands; 
(iii) ensuring laboratory readiness to 
support pandemic response efforts and to 
understand infectious disease threats to the 
Armed Forces; and 
(iv) coordinating and collaborating 
with partners, such as the geographic com-
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batant commands, other Federal agencies, 
and international partners; 
(B) the levels of funding and investment, 
and the overall value, of the overseas medical 
laboratories of the Department of Defense, in-
cluding the value demonstrated by the role of 
such laboratories in conducting research and 
forming partnerships with other elements of the 
Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, 
international partners in the country in which 
such laboratory is located, and, as applicable, the 
private sector of the United States; and 
(C) the levels of funding and investment, 
and the overall value, of the Direct HIV/AIDS 
Prevention Program of the Department of De-
fense, including the value demonstrated by the 
role of such program in developing (in coordina-
tion with other Federal agencies) programs for 
the prevention, care, and treatment of the human 
immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired 
immune deficiency syndrome. 
(3) Identification of activities to limit the spread 
of an infectious disease outbreak among members of 
the Armed Forces and beneficiaries under the 
TRICARE program, including activities to mitigate 
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the health, social, and economic impacts of a pan-
demic on such members and beneficiaries, including 
by— 
(A) reviewing the role of the Department of 
Defense in the National Disaster Medical System 
under section 2812 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11) and implementing 
plans across the Department that leverage med-
ical facilities, personnel, and response capabili-
ties of the Federal Government to support re-
quirements under such Act relating to medical 
surge capacity; 
(B) determining the range of public health 
capacity, medical surge capacity, administrative 
capacity, and veterinary capacity necessary for 
the Armed Forces to— 
(i) support operations during a pan-
demic; and 
(ii) develop mechanisms to reshape 
force structure during such pandemic as 
necessary (contingent upon primary mis-
sion requirements); and 
(C) determining the range of activities for 
operational medical support and infrastructure 
sustainment that the Department of Defense and 
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other Federal agencies have the capacity to im-
plement during a pandemic (contingent upon 
primary mission requirements), and develop 
plans for the implementation of such activities. 
(b) STUDY ON RESPONSE TO COVID–19.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct a study on the response of the military 
health system to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2021, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing— 
(1) the strategy under subsection (a); and 
(2) the study under subsection (b), including any 
findings or recommendations from the study that re-
late to an element of the strategy under subsection 
(a), such as recommended changes to policy, funding, 
practices, manning, organization, or legislative au-
thority. 
SEC. 723. REGISTRY OF TRICARE BENEFICIARIES DIAG-
NOSED WITH COVID–19. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than June 1, 2021, 
the Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain a reg-
istry of TRICARE beneficiaries who have been diagnosed 
with COVID–19. 
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(b) CONTENTS.—The registry under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to each TRICARE beneficiary 
included in the registry, the following: 
(1) The demographic information of the bene-
ficiary. 
(2) Information on the industrial or occupa-
tional history of the beneficiary, to the extent such in-
formation is available in the records regarding the 
COVID–19 diagnosis of the beneficiary. 
(3) Administrative information regarding the 
COVID–19 diagnosis of the beneficiary, including the 
date of the diagnosis and the location and source of 
the test used to make the diagnosis. 
(4) Any symptoms of COVID–19 manifested in 
the beneficiary. 
(5) Any treatments for COVID–19 taken by the 
beneficiary, or other medications taken by the bene-
ficiary, when the beneficiary was diagnosed with 
COVID–19. 
(6) Any pathological data characterizing the in-
cidence of COVID–19 and the type of treatment for 
COVID–19 provided to the beneficiary. 
(7) Any other information determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report on establishing the reg-
istry under subsection (a), including— 
(1) a plan to implement the registry; 
(2) the cost of implementing the registry; 
(3) the location of the registry; and 
(4) any recommended legislative changes with re-
spect to establishing the registry. 
(d) TRICARE BENEFICIARY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘TRICARE beneficiary’’ means the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An individual covered by section 1074(a) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(2) A covered beneficiary (as defined in section 
1072 of title 10, United States Code). 
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(A) by striking ‘‘the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘the appropriate congressional committees’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting be-
fore the period the following: ‘‘, including a rec-
ommendation for at least one of the locations se-
lected under subsection (c)’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 
congressional committees’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) The Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives. 
‘‘(B) The Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.’’. 
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SEC. 732. REPORTS ON SUICIDE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES AND SUICIDE PREVENTION 
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 741(a)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 
Stat. 1467) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) The one-year period following the 
date on which the member returns from 
such a deployment.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through 
(H) as subparagraphs (E) through (I), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph (D): 
‘‘(D) The number of suicides involving a 
member who was prescribed a medication to 
treat a mental health or behavioral health diag-
nosis during the one-year period preceding the 
death.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(J) A description of the programs carried 
out by the military departments to address and 
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reduce the stigma associated with seeking assist-
ance for mental health or suicidal thoughts.’’. 
SEC. 733. CLARIFICATION OF RESEARCH UNDER JOINT 
TRAUMA EDUCATION AND TRAINING DIREC-
TORATE AND INCLUSION OF MILITARY WORK-
ING DOGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 708 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘of members of 
the Armed Forces’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to both 
members of the Armed Forces and military working 
dogs’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (9) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) To inform and advise the conduct of re-
search on the leading causes of morbidity and mor-
tality of members of the Armed Forces and military 
working dogs in combat.’’. 
(b) VETERINARIANS
IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.—Subsection (d)(1) of such section is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (G); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(F) Veterinary care.’’. 
SEC. 734. EXTENSION OF THE JOINT DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
MEDICAL 
FACILITY 
DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT. 
Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2567), as most recently amended by section 732 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–92), is further amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 
SEC. 735. INFORMATION SHARING BY SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE REGARDING PREVENTION OF INFANT 
AND MATERNAL MORTALITY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF INFORMATION SHARING.—The 
Secretary of Defense may enter into memoranda of under-
standing with State and local health authorities to share 
the practices of, and lessons learned by, the military health 
system for the prevention of infant and maternal mortality. 
(b) STATE
DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ means each State, the District of Columbia, each 
commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States, 
and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
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SEC. 736. GRANT PROGRAM FOR INCREASED COOPERATION 
ON POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER RE-
SEARCH 
BETWEEN 
UNITED 
STATES 
AND 
ISRAEL. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Psycho-
logical Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Pro-
gram, should seek to explore scientific collaboration between 
American academic institutions and nonprofit research en-
tities, and Israeli institutions with expertise in researching, 
diagnosing, and treating post-traumatic stress disorder. 
(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 
Secretary of State, shall award grants to eligible entities 
to carry out collaborative research between the United 
States and Israel with respect to post-traumatic stress dis-
orders. The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the grant 
program under this section in accordance with the agree-
ment titled ‘‘Agreement Between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of Israel on 
the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation’’, 
dated September 27, 1972. 
(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an entity shall be an academic 
institution or a nonprofit entity located in the United 
States. 
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(d) AWARD.—The Secretary shall award grants under 
this section to eligible entities that— 
(1) carry out a research project that— 
(A) addresses a requirement in the area of 
post-traumatic stress disorders that the Secretary 
determines appropriate to research using such 
grant; and 
(B) is conducted by the eligible entity and 
an entity in Israel under a joint research agree-
ment; and 
(2) meet such other criteria that the Secretary 
may establish. 
(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such commitments and information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(f) GIFT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may accept, 
hold, and administer, any gift of money made on the condi-
tion that the gift be used for the purpose of the grant pro-
gram under this section. Such gifts of money accepted under 
this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury in the De-
partment of Defense General Gift Fund and shall be avail-
able, subject to appropriation, without fiscal year limita-
tion. 
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(g) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which an eligible entity completes a research project 
using a grant under this section, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report that contains— 
(1) a description of how the eligible entity used 
the grant; and 
(2) an evaluation of the level of success of the re-
search project. 
(h) TERMINATION.—The authority to award grants 
under this section shall terminate on the date that is seven 
years after the date on which the first such grant is award-
ed. 
SEC. 737. PILOT PROGRAM ON CRYOPRESERVATION AND 
STORAGE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish a pilot program to provide not more than 1,000 
members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty with 
the opportunity to cryopreserve and store their gametes 
prior to deployment to a combat zone. 
(b) PERIOD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
for the cryopreservation and storage of gametes of a 
participating member of the Armed Forces under sub-
section (a), at no cost to the member, in a facility of 
the Department of Defense or at a private entity pur-
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suant to a contract under subsection (d) until the 
date that is one year after the retirement, separation, 
or release of the member from the Armed Forces. 
(2) CONTINUED CRYOPRESERVATION AND STOR-
AGE.—At the end of the one-year period specified in 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall authorize an indi-
vidual whose gametes were cryopreserved and stored 
in a facility of the Department as described in that 
paragraph to select, including pursuant to an ad-
vance medical directive or military testamentary in-
strument completed under subsection (c), one of the 
following options: 
(A) To continue such cryopreservation and 
storage in such facility with the cost of such 
cryopreservation and storage borne by the indi-
vidual. 
(B) To transfer the gametes to a private 
cryopreservation and storage facility selected by 
the individual. 
(C) To authorize the Secretary to dispose of 
the gametes of the individual not earlier than the 
date that is 90 days after the end of the one-year 
period specified in paragraph (1) with respect to 
the individual. 
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(c) ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE
AND MILITARY 
TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENT.—A member of the Armed 
Forces who elects to cryopreserve and store their gametes 
under this section shall complete an advance medical direc-
tive described in section 1044c(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, and a military testamentary instrument described in 
section 1044d(b) of such title, that explicitly specifies the 
use of their cryopreserved and stored gametes if such mem-
ber dies or otherwise loses the capacity to consent to the 
use of their cryopreserved and stored gametes. 
(d) AGREEMENTS.—To carry out this section, the Sec-
retary may enter into agreements with private entities that 
provide cryopreservation and storage services for gametes. 
SEC. 738. PILOT PROGRAM ON PARENTS SERVING AS CER-
TIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS FOR CHILDREN 
UNDER TRICARE PROGRAM. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Director of the Defense 
Health Agency may carry out a pilot program under which 
an eligible parent serves as a certified nursing assistant 
under the TRICARE program with respect to providing 
personal care services to a covered child. 
(b) DURATION.—If the Director carries out the pilot 
program under subsection (a), the Director shall carry out 
the pilot program for a period of 18 months. 
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(c) BRIEFING.—If the Director carries out the pilot 
program under subsection (a), not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall pro-
vide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on 
the pilot program. 
(d) REPORT.—If the Director carries out the pilot pro-
gram under subsection (a), not later than 180 days after 
the date of the completion of the pilot program, the Director 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the pilot program. The report shall include— 
(1) the cost of the program; 
(2) an analysis of whether the pilot program met 
established performance metrics; 
(3) an analysis of whether the pilot program 
provided the standard of care to the patient that is 
required; and 
(4) the recommendation of the Director regard-
ing whether the pilot program should be made perma-
nent. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered child’’ means a covered 
beneficiary described in section 1072(2)(D) of title 10, 
United States Code, who— 
(A) is the child of a member of the uni-
formed services serving on active duty; and 
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(B) is eligible for private duty nursing 
under the Extended Care Health Option under 
subsections (d) through (f) of section 1079 of such 
title. 
(2) The term ‘‘eligible parent’’ means an indi-
vidual who is— 
(A) a certified nursing assistant; and 
(B) the parent of a covered child. 
(3) The term ‘‘personal care services’’ means per-
sonal care services prescribed by a medical doctor and 
provided by a certified nursing assistant under the 
supervision and guidance of a registered nurse case 
manager. 
(4) The term ‘‘TRICARE program’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 739. STUDY ON INCIDENCE OF CANCER DIAGNOSIS 
AND MORTALITY AMONG PILOTS IN THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with the National Acad-
emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a 
study to— 
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(1) determine the incidence of cancer diagnosis 
and mortality among members, and former members, 
of the Armed Forces who serve as pilots compared to 
such members who do not serve as pilots, including by 
determining such incidence based on gender, age, fly-
ing hours, Armed Force, and type of aircraft; and 
(2) determine the appropriate age to begin 
screening such members for cancer, including by de-
termining such age based on gender, flying hours, 
Armed Force, and type of aircraft. 
(b) SUBMISSION.—Not later than two years after the 
date on which the Secretary enters into the agreement under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the findings from the 
study under such subsection. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Armed Services and 
Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committees on Armed Services and 
Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. 
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(2) The term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ means each Armed 
Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a 
military department. 
(3) The term ‘‘pilot’’ includes an individual who 
frequently accompanies a pilot in a cockpit, such as 
a navigator. 
SEC. 740. REPORT ON DIET AND NUTRITION OF MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on the diet and nu-
trition of members of the Armed Forces. The report shall 
describe the following: 
(1) The relationship between the diet and nutri-
tion of members and the health, performance, and 
combat effectiveness of members. 
(2) The relationship between diets high in 
Omega–3 fatty acids, or other diets that may lower 
inflammation and obesity, and improved mental 
health. 
(3) The extent to which the food and beverages 
offered at the dining halls of the Armed Forces as of 
the date of the report are designed to optimize the 
health, performance, and combat effectiveness of mem-
bers according to science-based approaches. 
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(4) The plan of the Secretary to improve the 
health, performance, and combat effectiveness of mem-
bers by modifying the food and beverages offered at 
the dining halls of the Armed Forces, including in 
ways that minimize the change members. 
(5) Expected costs and timeline to implement 
such plan, including any expected savings from re-
duced medical costs. 
SEC. 741. REPORT ON COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ALLOWING 
RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
TO CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH SAVINGS AC-
COUNTS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Health Affairs shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the costs and benefits of al-
lowing covered individuals to make contributions to a 
health savings account. 
(b) MATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include a description of the following: 
(1) Any anticipated cost savings as a result of 
allowing covered individuals to make contributions to 
health savings accounts. 
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(2) Any anticipated increase in health care op-
tions available to covered individuals as a result of 
allowing such contributions. 
(3) Any anticipated disruption or delay in 
health services or benefits for covered individuals as 
a result of allowing such contributions. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered individual’’— 
(A) means a beneficiary covered by sub-
section (c) of section 1086 of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
(B) includes a Medicare-eligible beneficiary 
described in subsection (d)(2) of such section. 
(2) The term ‘‘health savings account’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 223(d) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986. 
SEC. 
742. 
STUDY 
ON 
TOXIC 
EXPOSURE 
AT 
KARSHI– 
KHANABAD AIR BASE, UZBEKISTAN. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a study on toxic exposure by members of the 
Armed Forces deployed to Karshi–Khanabad Air 
Base, Uzbekistan, at any time during the period be-
ginning October 1, 2001, and ending December 31, 
2005. 
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(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The study under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment regarding the conditions 
of Karshi–Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, dur-
ing the period beginning October 1, 2001, and 
ending December 31, 2005, including an identi-
fication of toxic substances contaminating the 
Air Base during such period. 
(B) An epidemiological study of the health 
consequences of a member of the Armed Forces 
deployed to the Air Base during such period. 
(C) An assessment of any association be-
tween exposure to toxic substances identified 
under subparagraph (A) and the health con-
sequences studied under subparagraph (B). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the results 
of the study under subsection (a). 
SEC. 743. AUDIT OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS OF TENANTS IN 
PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of 
the Department of Defense shall commence the conduct of 
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an audit of the medical conditions of eligible individuals 
and the association between adverse exposures of such indi-
viduals in unsafe or unhealthy housing units and the health 
of such individuals. 
(b) CONTENT OF AUDIT.—The audit conducted under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) determine the percentage of units of 
privatized military housing that are unsafe or 
unhealthy housing units; 
(2) study the adverse exposures of eligible indi-
viduals that relate to residing in an unsafe or 
unhealthy housing unit and the effect of such expo-
sures on the health of such individuals; and 
(3) determine the association, to the extent per-
mitted by available scientific data, and provide quan-
tifiable data on such association, between such ad-
verse exposures and the occurrence of a medical condi-
tion in eligible individuals residing in unsafe or 
unhealthy housing units. 
(c) CONDUCT OF AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the 
Department shall conduct the audit under subsection (a) 
using the same privacy preserving guidelines used by the 
Inspector General in conducting other audits of health 
records. 
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(d) SOURCE OF DATA.—In conducting the audit under 
subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Department 
shall use— 
(1) de-identified data from electronic health 
records of the Department; 
(2) records of claims under the TRICARE pro-
gram (as defined in section 1072(7) of title 10, 
United States Code); and 
(3) such other data as determined necessary by 
the Inspector General. 
(e) SUBMITTAL AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF RE-
PORT.—Not later than one year after the commencement of 
the audit under subsection (a), the Inspector General of the 
Department shall— 
(1) submit to the Secretary of Defense and the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report on the results of the 
audit conducted under subsection (a); and 
(2) publish such report on a publicly available 
internet website of the Department of Defense. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible individual’’ means a 
member of the Armed Forces or a family member of 
a member of the Armed Forces who— 
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(A) has resided in an unsafe or unhealthy 
housing unit; and 
(B) has registered under the Housing Envi-
ronmental Health Response Registry of the 
Army. 
(2) The term ‘‘privatized military housing’’ 
means military housing provided under subchapter 
IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘unsafe or unhealthy housing unit’’ 
means a unit of privatized military housing in 
which, at any given time, at least one of the following 
hazards is present: 
(A) Physiological hazards, including the fol-
lowing: 
(i) Dampness or microbial growth. 
(ii) Lead-based paint. 
(iii) Asbestos or manmade fibers. 
(iv) Ionizing radiation. 
(v) Biocides. 
(vi) Carbon monoxide. 
(vii) Volatile organic compounds. 
(viii) Infectious agents. 
(ix) Fine particulate matter. 
(B) Psychological hazards, including ease of 
access by unlawful intruders or lighting issues. 
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(C) Poor ventilation. 
(D) Safety hazards. 
(E) Other hazards as determined by the In-
spector General of the Department. 
SEC. 744. REPORT ON INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUA-
TION SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of a study, 
conducted by the Secretary for the purposes of the report, 
of the implementation and application of the Integrated 
Disability Evaluation System. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) All changes to policies and procedures appli-
cable to the implementation of the Integrated Dis-
ability Evaluation System from the previous dis-
ability evaluation system. 
(2) The extent to which the Integrated Disability 
Evaluation System is the primary means of proc-
essing members of the Armed Forces through the dis-
ability evaluation system process. 
(3) The extent to which the military departments 
and the Defense Health Agency coordinate— 
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(A) treatment of members of the Armed 
Forces; 
(B) referrals of members of the Armed 
Forces to a medical evaluation board; 
(C) appointing a convening authority and 
staffing a medical evaluation board; 
(D) the sharing of medical documentation 
with a medical evaluation board; 
(E) evaluations of members of the Armed 
Forces for initial or subsequent limited duty sta-
tus; and 
(F) a medical evaluation board referral to 
a physical evaluation board. 
(4) The process for members of the Armed Forces 
to request an impartial medical review or rebut med-
ical evaluation board findings. 
(5) The criteria a medical evaluation board con-
vening authority applies when considering such re-
quests under paragraph (4). 
(6) The average time to process Integrated Dis-
ability Evaluation System cases by both phase and 
stage (as defined in Department of Defense Manual 
1332.18) for both the active component and reserve 
component. 
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SEC. 745. REVIEW AND REPORT ON PREVENTION OF SUI-
CIDE 
AMONG 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES STATIONED AT REMOTE INSTALLA-
TIONS OUTSIDE THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a review of efforts by the 
Department of Defense to prevent suicide among members 
of the Armed Forces stationed at covered installations. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—The review conducted 
under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of each of 
the following: 
(1) Current policy guidelines of the Armed 
Forces on the prevention of suicide among members of 
the Armed Forces stationed at covered installations. 
(2) Current suicide prevention programs of the 
Armed Forces and activities for members of the 
Armed Forces stationed at covered installations and 
their dependents, including programs provided by the 
Defense Health Program and the Office of Suicide 
Prevention. 
(3) The integration of mental health screenings 
and suicide risk and prevention efforts for members of 
the Armed Forces stationed at covered installations 
and their dependents into the delivery of primary 
care for such members and dependents. 
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(4) The standards for responding to attempted or 
completed suicides among members of the Armed 
Forces stationed at covered installations and their de-
pendents, including guidance and training to assist 
commanders in addressing incidents of attempted or 
completed suicide within their units. 
(5) The standards regarding data collection for 
members of the Armed Forces stationed at covered in-
stallations and their dependents, including related 
factors such as domestic violence and child abuse. 
(6) The means to ensure the protection of pri-
vacy of members of the Armed Forces stationed at 
covered installations and their dependents who seek or 
receive treatment related to suicide prevention. 
(7) The availability of information from indige-
nous populations on suicide prevention for members 
of the Armed Forces stationed at covered installations 
who are members of such a population. 
(8) The availability of information from grad-
uate research programs of institutions of higher edu-
cation on suicide prevention for members of the 
Armed Forces. 
(9) Such other matters as the Comptroller Gen-
eral considers appropriate in connection with the pre-
vention of suicide among members of the Armed 
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Forces stationed at covered installations and their de-
pendents. 
(c) BRIEFING AND REPORT.—The Comptroller General 
shall— 
(1) not later than October 1, 2021, brief the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives on preliminary observations 
relating to the review conducted under subsection (a); 
and 
(2) not later than March 1, 2022, submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report containing the re-
sults of such review. 
(d) COVERED INSTALLATION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered installation’’ means a remote instal-
lation of the Department of Defense outside the contiguous 
United States. 
Subtitle E—Mental Health Services 
From Department of Veterans 
Affairs for Members of Reserve 
Components 
SEC. 751. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Care and Readiness 
Enhancement for Reservists Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘CARE for 
Reservists Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 752. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR READJUSTMENT 
COUNSELING 
AND 
RELATED 
OUTPATIENT 
SERVICES FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS TO INCLUDE MEMBERS OF RESERVE 
COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) READJUSTMENT COUNSELING.—Subsection (a)(1) 
of section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D)(i) The Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, may furnish to any member of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces who has a behavioral 
health condition or psychological trauma, counseling under 
subparagraph (A)(i), which may include a comprehensive 
individual assessment under subparagraph (B)(i). 
‘‘(ii) A member of the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces described in clause (i) shall not be required to obtain 
a referral before being furnished counseling or an assess-
ment under this subparagraph.’’. 
(b) OUTPATIENT SERVICES.—Subsection (b) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘to an individual’’ after 
‘‘If, on the basis of the assessment furnished’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘veteran’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘individual’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘veteran’’ and 
inserting ‘‘individual’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the date that is one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 753. PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FROM 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO 
MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1789. Mental health services for members of the re-
serve components of the Armed Forces 
‘‘The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense, may furnish mental health services to members of 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1788 the following new 
item: 
‘‘1789. Mental health services for members of the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces.’’. 
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SEC. 754. INCLUSION OF MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPO-
NENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS OF 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1720F of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l)(1) COVERED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘covered individual’ means a veteran or a 
member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(2) In determining coverage of members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces under the comprehensive 
program, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of 
Defense.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 
further amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘veterans’’ 
and inserting ‘‘covered individuals’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘veterans’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘covered in-
dividuals’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘OF VETERANS’’; 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘veterans’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘covered individ-
uals’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘veteran’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘individual’’; 
(D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘to vet-
erans’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘to 
covered individuals’’; 
(E) in subsection (e), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘veterans’’ 
and inserting ‘‘covered individuals’’; 
(F) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘covered individ-
uals’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by inserting 
‘‘or members’’ after ‘‘veterans’’; 
(G) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘veterans’’ 
and inserting ‘‘covered individuals’’; 
(H) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘vet-
erans’’ and inserting ‘‘covered individuals’’; 
(I) in subsection (i)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘FOR VETERANS AND FAMILIES’’; 
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(ii) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘veterans and the families 
of veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘covered individ-
uals and the families of covered individ-
uals’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘covered individ-
uals’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘vet-
erans’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘covered individuals’’; 
(J) in subsection (j)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘vet-
erans’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘covered individuals’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (4)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), in the 
matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
‘‘women veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘cov-
ered individuals who are women’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘women veterans who’’ and 
inserting ‘‘covered individuals who are 
women and’’; and 
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(III) in subparagraph (C), by 
striking ‘‘women veterans’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘covered individuals who are 
women’’; and 
(K) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘veterans’’ 
and inserting ‘‘covered individuals’’. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Such section is further 
amended, in the section heading, by inserting 
‘‘and members of the reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces’’ after ‘‘vet-
erans’’. 
(B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such subchapter is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
1720F and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘1720F. Comprehensive program for suicide prevention among veterans and mem-
bers of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.’’. 
(b) MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS 
WHO SERVED IN CLASSIFIED MISSIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1720H of such title is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘eligible veteran’’ 
and inserting ‘‘eligible individual’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the veteran’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the individual’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘eli-
gible veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible indi-
viduals’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a veteran’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘an individual’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘eligible veteran’’ and 
inserting ‘‘eligible individual’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘The term ‘eligible veteran’ means a vet-
eran’’ and inserting ‘‘The term ‘eligible in-
dividual’ means a veteran or a member of 
the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘eli-
gible veteran’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible indi-
vidual’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Such section is further 
amended, in the section heading, by inserting 
‘‘and members of the reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces’’ after ‘‘vet-
erans’’. 
(B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 1720H and inserting the following new 
item: 
‘‘1720H. Mental health treatment for veterans and members of the reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces who served in classified missions.’’. 
SEC. 755. REPORT ON MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED 
SERVICES PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS TO MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
and the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives a report that includes an as-
sessment of the following: 
(1) The increase, as compared to the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, of the number 
of members of the Armed Forces that use readjustment 
counseling or outpatient mental health care from the 
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Department of Veterans Affairs, disaggregated by 
State, Vet Center location, and clinical care site of the 
Department, as appropriate. 
(2) The number of members of the reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces receiving telemental health 
care from the Department. 
(3) The increase, as compared to the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, of the annual 
cost associated with readjustment counseling and out-
patient mental health care provided by the Depart-
ment to members of the reserve components of the 
Armed Forces. 
(4) The changes, as compared to the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, in staffing, 
training, organization, and resources required for the 
Department to offer readjustment counseling and out-
patient mental health care to members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces. 
(5) Any challenges the Department has encoun-
tered in providing readjustment counseling and out-
patient mental health care to members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces. 
(b) VET CENTER DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Vet Center’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1712A(h) of title 38, United States Code. 
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TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POL-
ICY, ACQUISITION MANAGE-
MENT, AND RELATED MAT-
TERS 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and 
Management 
SEC. 
801. 
CONGRESSIONAL 
NOTIFICATION 
OF 
TERMI-
NATION OF A MIDDLE TIER ACQUISITION 
PROGRAM. 
Section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 2302 
note), is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of termination of an acquisition program commenced using 
the authority under this section, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a notification of such termination. 
Such notice shall include— 
‘‘(1) the initial amount of a contract awarded 
under such acquisition program; 
‘‘(2) the aggregate amount of funds awarded 
under such contract; and 
‘‘(3) written documentation of the reason for ter-
mination of such acquisition program.’’. 
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SEC. 802. MODIFICATION TO THE DEFINITION OF NON-
TRADITIONAL DEFENSE CONTRACTOR. 
Section 2302(9) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) the term ‘nontraditional defense contractor’, 
with respect to a procurement or with respect to a 
transaction authorized under section 2371(a) or 
2371b of this title, means— 
‘‘(A) an entity that is not currently per-
forming and has not performed, for at least the 
one-year period preceding the solicitation of 
sources by the Department of Defense for the pro-
curement or transaction, any contract or sub-
contract for the Department of Defense that is 
subject to full coverage under the cost accounting 
standards prescribed pursuant to section 1502 of 
title 41 and the regulations implementing such 
section; or 
‘‘(B) a corporation all of the stock of which 
is owned by an employee stock ownership plan 
(as defined in section 4975(e)(7) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986).’’. 
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SEC. 
803. 
MAJOR 
WEAPON 
SYSTEMS: 
LIFE-CYCLE 
SUSTAINMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2366c 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2366d. 
Major 
weapon 
systems: 
life-cycle 
sustainment plans 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Before granting Milestone C ap-
proval for a major weapon system acquired pursuant to a 
major defense acquisition program, the milestone decision 
authority for such program shall submit to the Secretary 
a life-cycle sustainment plan. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—A life-cycle sustainment plan re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) a sustainment plan that includes the prod-
uct support strategy, performance, and operation and 
support costs of the major weapon system; 
‘‘(2) metrics to measure readiness and avail-
ability of the major weapon system to perform its in-
tended purpose or function; 
‘‘(3) a schedule for the major maintenance and 
overhaul activities that will be required during the 
life cycle of the major weapon system; and 
‘‘(4) a sustainment baseline cost estimate for the 
planned life cycle of the major weapon system that 
includes a technical data and intellectual property 
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management plan that clearly delineates which sub-
systems of the major weapon system are Government- 
owned or Government-required and which subsystems 
are owned by a prime contractor or subcontractor (at 
any tier). 
‘‘(c) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense shall review 
a life-cycle sustainment plan submitted under subsection 
(a) 5 years after the receipt of Milestone C approval de-
scribed in such subsection, and every 10 years thereafter, 
to ensure that the major weapon system is cost effective and 
is able to meet required metrics relating to readiness and 
availability of such system. 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after 
a significant and critical breach of a sustainment 
baseline cost estimate of a life-cycle sustainment plan 
for a major weapon system acquired pursuant to a 
major defense acquisition program, the Secretary of 
the military department that is managing such pro-
gram shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a notification of such breach. 
‘‘(2) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after 
submitting a notification under paragraph (1), such 
Secretary shall review the sustainment costs of the 
major weapon system to which such notification re-
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lates relative to the sustainment baseline cost esti-
mate. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION.—Such Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees— 
‘‘(A) a certification that the review required 
under paragraph (2) has been completed; and 
‘‘(B) a remediation plan or endorsement by 
such Secretary that the sustainment cost growth 
is justified and required for such Secretary to 
meet the requirements related to the major de-
fense acquisition program. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘major defense acquisition program’ has the 
meaning given in section 2430 of this title. 
‘‘(2) MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEM.—The term ‘major 
weapon system’ has the meaning given in section 
2379(f) of this title. 
‘‘(3) MILESTONE C APPROVAL.—The term ‘Mile-
stone C approval’ means a decision to enter into pro-
duction and deployment pursuant to guidance pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Defense for the manage-
ment of a major defense acquisition program. 
‘‘(4) SUSTAINMENT BASELINE COST ESTIMATE.— 
The term ‘sustainment baseline cost estimate’ means 
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the cost estimate and schedule for a life-cycle 
sustainment plan required under this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2366c the following new item: 
‘‘2366d. Major weapon systems: life-cycle sustainment plans.’’. 
SEC. 804. CONTRACTOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS. 
Section 893 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 
10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘signifi-
cant deficiencies’’ and inserting ‘‘deficiencies and 
material weaknesses’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘signifi-
cant deficiency’’ and inserting ‘‘material weak-
ness’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘sig-
nificant deficiency’’ and inserting ‘‘material 
weakness’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘significant 
deficiencies’’ and inserting ‘‘material weaknesses’’; 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
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(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘signifi-
cant deficiency’’ and inserting ‘‘material weak-
ness’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The term ‘material weakness’ means a defi-
ciency or combination of deficiencies in the internal 
control of a contractor business system used to comply 
with contracting requirements of the Department of 
Defense, or other shortcomings in such system, such 
that there is a reasonable possibility that a material 
noncompliance with contracting requirements will not 
be prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely 
basis.’’. 
SEC. 805. ACQUISITION AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF 
THE JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CEN-
TER. 
(a) AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Joint Ar-
tificial Intelligence Center shall be responsible for, 
and shall have the authority to conduct, the following 
covered activities: 
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(A) Development and acquisition of artifi-
cial intelligence technologies, services, and capa-
bilities. 
(B) Sustainment of artificial intelligence 
technologies, services, and capabilities. 
(2) ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS.—Subject to the au-
thority, direction, and control of the Secretary of De-
fense, the Director shall have authority to exercise the 
functions of a head of an agency (as defined in sec-
tion 2302 of title 10, United States Code) with respect 
to a covered activity described in paragraph (1). 
(b) JAIC ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The staff of the Director shall 
include an acquisition executive who shall be respon-
sible for the supervision of covered activities under 
subsection (a). The acquisition executive shall have 
the authority— 
(A) to negotiate memoranda of agreement 
with any element of the Department of Defense 
to carry out the acquisition of technologies, serv-
ices, and capabilities described in subsection 
(a)(1) on behalf of the Center; 
(B) to supervise the acquisition of tech-
nologies, services, and capabilities described in 
subsection (a)(1); 
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(C) to represent the Center in discussions 
with military departments regarding acquisition 
programs relating to covered activities for which 
the Center is involved; and 
(D) to work with the military departments 
to ensure that the Center is appropriately rep-
resented in any joint working group or inte-
grated product team regarding acquisition pro-
grams relating to covered activities for which the 
Center is involved. 
(2) DELIVERY OF ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS.—The 
acquisition executive of the Center shall be— 
(A) responsible to the Director for rapidly 
delivering acquisition solutions to meet validated 
artificial intelligence requirements; 
(B) subordinate to the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment in 
matters of acquisition; 
(C) subject to the same oversight as the serv-
ice acquisition executives; and 
(D) included on the distribution list for ac-
quisition directives and instructions of the De-
partment of Defense. 
(c) ACQUISITION PERSONNEL.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
provide the Center with ten full-time employees to 
support the Director in carrying out the requirements 
of this section. Such employees shall have experience 
in— 
(A) program acquisition; 
(B) the Joint Capabilities Integration and 
Development System process; 
(C) program management; 
(D) system engineering; and 
(E) cost analysis. 
(2) EXISTING PERSONNEL.—The personnel pro-
vided under this subsection shall be provided from 
among the existing personnel of the Department of 
Defense. 
(d) BUDGET.—Any budget proposal of the Center for 
funding for any covered activity described under subsection 
(a) shall be disaggregated by the amount requested for each 
covered activity. 
(e) FUNDING.—In exercising the authority granted in 
subsection (a), the Director may not obligate or expend 
more than $150,000,000 out of the funds made available 
in each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 
to enter into new contracts to support covered activities car-
ried out under this section. 
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(f) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 
use the authority granted under subsection (a) 30 
days after the date on which the Secretary provides 
to the congressional defense committees a plan for im-
plementation such authority. The plan shall include 
the following: 
(A) A Department of Defense-wide defini-
tion of artificial intelligence technologies, serv-
ices, and capabilities. 
(B) Summaries of the components to be ne-
gotiated in any memoranda of agreement with 
an element of the Department of Defense to carry 
out covered activities described under subsection 
(a). 
(C) Timelines for the negotiation and ap-
proval of any such memorandum of agreement. 
(D) Plan for oversight of the position of ac-
quisition executive established in subsection (b). 
(E) Assessment of the acquisition workforce 
needs of the Center to support the authority in 
subsection (a) until September 30, 2025. 
(F) Other matters as appropriate. 
(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITIES.— 
The requirement to submit a plan under this sub-
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section is in addition to the requirements under sec-
tion 260 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 
1293). 
(g) SUNSET.—Effective October 1, 2025, the Director 
may not exercise the authority under subsection (a) and 
may not enter into any new contracts under this section. 
The performance on any contract entered into before such 
date may continue according to the terms of such contract. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the 
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center of the Department 
of Defense established pursuant to the memorandum 
of the Secretary of Defense dated June 27, 2018, and 
titled ‘‘Establishment of the Joint Artificial Intel-
ligence Center’’, or any successor to such Center. 
(2) COVERED ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘covered ac-
tivity’’— 
(A) means an acquisition activity con-
ducted using the authority under this section; 
and 
(B) does not include— 
(i) a major defense acquisition pro-
gram (as defined in section 2430 of title 10, 
United States Code); or 
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(ii) a procurement of technologies re-
lated to artificial intelligence, if the dura-
tion of such procurement is expected to be 
greater than five years. 
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 
Director of the Center. 
(4) ELEMENT.—The term ‘‘element’’ means an 
element described under section 111(b) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(5) MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—The term ‘‘mili-
tary departments’’ has the meaning given in section 
101(8) of title 10, United States Code. 
(6) SERVICE
ACQUISITION
EXECUTIVE.—The 
term ‘‘service acquisition executive’’ has the meaning 
given in section 101(10) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 806. REFORMING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall take 
such action as necessary to reform the Department of De-
fense to provide more effective, efficient, and economical ad-
ministration and operation, and to eliminate duplication. 
(b) NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY.—Each national 
defense strategy required by section 113(g) of title 10, 
United States Code, shall include a description of the re-
form efforts described under subsection (a). 
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(c) DEFENSE PLANNING GUIDANCE.—The annual De-
fense Planning Guidance (as described in section 
113(g)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code) shall include 
an explanation of how the Department of Defense will carry 
out the reform efforts described under subsection (a). 
(d) DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall include in the annual defense author-
ization request (as defined in section 113a of title 10, 
United States Code) a description of the savings from im-
plementing the reform efforts described under subsection (a). 
Such description— 
(1) shall be set forth separately from requested 
amounts; 
(2) may not include savings relating to the 
deferment of requirements or taking of risk; 
(3) shall be identified across the future-years de-
fense plan; and 
(4) shall provide a comparison with the savings 
in the annual defense authorization request from the 
prior year. 
(e) POLICY.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop a 
policy and issue guidance to implement reform within the 
Department of Defense in order to provide more effective, 
efficient, and economical administration and operations, 
and to eliminate duplication. 
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(f) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report 
annually to Congress on the expenditures, work, and accom-
plishments of the Department of Defense during the period 
covered by the report, together with a report on the reform 
efforts described under subsection (a). 
(g) MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—Each Secretary of a 
military department shall— 
(1) take such action as necessary to reform the 
military department to provide more effective, effi-
cient, and economical administration and operations, 
and to eliminate duplication; and 
(2) develop a policy and issue guidance to imple-
ment reform within the military department in order 
to provide more effective, efficient, and economical ad-
ministration and operations, and to eliminate dupli-
cation. 
(h) COMBATANT COMMANDS.—Each commander of a 
combatant command shall provide the Secretary of Defense 
with recommendations to reform the combatant command 
of such commander to provide more effective, efficient, and 
economical administration and operations, and to elimi-
nate duplication. 
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SEC. 807. ALTERNATIVE SPACE ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR 
THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE. 
(a) MILESTONE DECISION AUTHORITY FOR MAJOR 
DEFENSE
ACQUISITION
PROGRAMS
AND
MAJOR
SYS-
TEMS.— 
(1) PROGRAM
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force may assign an appropriate 
program executive officer as the milestone decision 
authority for major defense acquisition programs of 
the United States Space Force. 
(2) PROGRAM MANAGER.—The program executive 
officer assigned under paragraph (1) may delegate 
authority over major systems to an appropriate pro-
gram manager. 
(b) ALTERNATIVE SPACE ACQUISITION SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
take such actions necessary to develop an acquisition 
pathway within the Department of Defense to be 
known as the ‘‘Alternative Space Acquisition System’’ 
that is specifically tailored for space systems and pro-
grams in order to achieve faster acquisition and more 
rapid fielding of critical systems (including by using 
new commercial capabilities and services), while 
maintaining accountability for effective programs 
that are delivered on time and on budget. 
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(2) GOAL.—The goal of the Alternative Space 
Acquisition System shall be to quickly and effectively 
acquire space warfighting capabilities needed to ad-
dress the requirements of the national defense strategy 
(as defined under section 113(g) of title 10, United 
States Code). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than January 15, 2021, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the Alternative 
Space Acquisition System that includes the following: 
(A) Proposed United States Space Force 
budget line items for fiscal year 2022, includ-
ing— 
(i) a comparison with budget line 
items for major defense acquisition pro-
grams and major systems of the United 
States Space Force for three previous fiscal 
years; and 
(ii) measures to ensure sufficient trans-
parency related to the performance of the 
Alternative Space Acquisition System and 
opportunities to oversee funding priorities 
for the Alternative Space Acquisition Sys-
tem; 
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(B) Proposed revised, flexible, and stream-
lined options for joint requirements validation in 
order to be more responsive and innovative, 
while ensuring the ability of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff to ensure top-level system requirements are 
properly prioritized to address joint warfighting 
needs; 
(C) A list of acquisition programs of the 
United States Space Force for which multiyear 
procurement authorities are recommended. 
(D) A list of space acquisition programs 
that may be able to use existing alternative ac-
quisition pathways. 
(E) Policies for a new Alternative Space 
Acquisition System with specific acquisition key 
decision points and reporting requirements for 
development, fielding, and sustainment activities 
that meets the requirements of the adaptive ac-
quisition framework (as described in Department 
of Defense Instruction 5000.02, ‘‘Operation of the 
Adaptive Acquisition Framework’’); 
(F) Updated determination authority for 
procurement of useable end items that are not 
weapon systems. 
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(G) Policies and a governance structure for 
a separate United States Space Force budget 
topline, corporate process, and portfolio manage-
ment process. 
(H) An analysis of the risks and benefits of 
the delegation of the authority of the head of con-
tracting activity authority to the Chief of Space 
Operations in a manner that would not expand 
the operations of the United States Space Force. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 
60 days after the submission of the report required under 
subsection (b)(3), the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall review such report and submit to the congres-
sional defense committees an analysis and recommenda-
tions based on such report . 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ has 
the meaning given in section 2430 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(2) MAJOR SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘major system’’ 
has the meaning given in section 2302 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
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(3) MILESTONE
DECISION
AUTHORITY.—The 
term ‘‘milestone decision authority’’ has the meaning 
given in section 2431a of title 10, United States Code. 
(4) PROGRAM
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER; PROGRAM 
MANAGER.—The terms ‘‘program executive officer’’ 
and ‘‘program manager’’ have the meanings given 
those terms, respectively, in section 1737 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General 
Contracting Authorities, Proce-
dures, and Limitations 
SEC. 811. SUSTAINMENT REFORM FOR THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
(a) SUSTAINMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE NATIONAL DE-
FENSE STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 113(g)(1)(B) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(vii) A strategic framework prescribed 
by the Secretary that guides how the De-
partment will prioritize and integrate ac-
tivities relating to sustainment of major de-
fense acquisition programs, core logistics ca-
pabilities (as described under section 2464 
of this title), and the national technology 
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and industrial base (as defined in section 
2500 of this title).’’. 
(2) DUTIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT.—Section 
133b(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(9) advising the Secretary on all aspects of ac-
quisition and sustainment relating to— 
‘‘(A) major defense acquisition programs; 
‘‘(B) core logistics capabilities (as described 
under section 2464 of this title); 
‘‘(C) the national technology and industrial 
base (as defined in section 2500 of this title); 
and 
‘‘(D) the development of the strategic frame-
work described in section 113(g)(1)(B)(vii) of 
this title.’’. 
(3) INTERIM GUIDANCE.—Not later than October 
1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall publish interim 
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guidance to carry out the requirements of this sub-
section. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2021, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the progress towards pub-
lishing the interim guidance required under subsection 
(a)(3). 
SEC. 812. MODIFICATIONS TO COMPTROLLER GENERAL AS-
SESSMENT OF ACQUISITION PROGRAMS AND 
RELATED INITIATIVES. 
Section 2229b(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘a summary of’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘discussion of the’’ and inserting ‘‘a discussion of 
selected organizational, policy, and legislative changes, as 
determined appropriate by the Comptroller General, and 
the potential’’. 
SEC. 813. CONTRACTOR WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS 
RELATING 
TO 
NONDISCLOSURE 
AGREE-
MENTS. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2409(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) This section applies to any disclosure made by 
an employee of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, or sub-
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grantee or personal services contractor whether or not such 
employee has signed, or is subject to, a nondisclosure policy, 
form, or agreement with such contractor, subcontractor, 
grantee, or subgrantee or personal services contractor.’’. 
(2) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
EMPLOYEES.—Section 
2409(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘inform’’ and inserting 
‘‘submit to the Secretary or Administrator (as 
applicable) a certification stating that such con-
tractor or subcontrator has informed’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(including the applica-
bility of such rights and remedies if such an em-
ployee has signed, or is subject to, a nondisclo-
sure policy, form, or agreement)’’ after ‘‘under 
this section’’. 
(3) APPLICATION.—With respect to a nondisclo-
sure policy, form, or agreement between a covered 
contractor and a covered employee that was in effect 
before the effective date of this Act, paragraph (4) of 
section 2409(a) of title 10, United States Code, as 
added by paragraph (1), shall apply if a covered con-
tractor has provided notice to a covered employee of 
the rights and remedies of the covered employee relat-
ing to a nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement 
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under section 2409(d) of such title, as amended by 
paragraph (2). 
(4) WEBSITE UPDATE.—The Inspector General of 
the Department of Defense and the Inspector General 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion shall update any relevant websites to include in-
formation about this subsection and the amendments 
made by this subsection. 
(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) 
COVERED
CONTRACTOR.—The 
term 
‘‘covered contractor’’ means a contractor, grant-
ee, or personal services contractor of the Depart-
ment of Defense or the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration. 
(B) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered employee’’ means an employee of a covered 
contractor or a subcontractor or subgrantee of a 
covered contractor. 
(b) OTHER GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4712(a) of title 41, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) EFFECT
OF
A
NONDISCLOSURE
POLICY, 
FORM, OR AGREEMENT.—This section applies to any 
disclosure made by an employee of a contractor, sub-
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contractor, grantee, or subgrantee or personal services 
contractor whether or not such employee has signed, 
or is subject to, a nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
ment with such contractor, subcontractor, grantee, or 
subgrantee or personal services contractor.’’. 
(2) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
EMPLOYEES.—Section 
4712(d) of title 41, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘inform’’ and inserting 
‘‘submit to the applicable head of each executive 
agency a certification stating that such con-
tractor or subcontrator has informed’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(including the applica-
bility of such rights and remedies if such an em-
ployee has signed, or is subject to, a nondisclo-
sure policy, form, or agreement)’’ after ‘‘under 
this section’’. 
(3) APPLICATION.—With respect to a nondisclo-
sure policy, form, or agreement between a covered 
contractor and a covered employee that was in effect 
before the effective date of this Act, paragraph (4) of 
section 4712(a) of title 41, United States Code, as 
added by paragraph (1), shall apply if a covered con-
tractor has provided notice to a covered employee of 
the rights and remedies of the covered employee relat-
ing to a nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement 
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under section 4712(d) of such title, as amended by 
paragraph (2). 
(4) WEBSITE UPDATE.—Each Inspector General 
(as defined in section 4712(g) of title 41, United 
States Code) shall update any relevant websites to in-
clude information about this subsection and the 
amendments made by this subsection. 
(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) 
COVERED
CONTRACTOR.—The 
term 
‘‘covered contractor’’ means a contractor, grant-
ee, or personal services contractor for a Federal 
contract or grant (as defined for purposes of di-
vision C of title 41). 
(B) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered employee’’ means an employee of a covered 
contractor or a subcontractor or subgrantee of a 
covered contractor. 
(c) NOTIFICATION AND REMEDIES.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION.—A covered contractor shall 
inform the contracting officer responsible for any con-
tracts of such covered contractor— 
(A) if a person engaged in the performance 
of any such contract has been subjected to a re-
prisal prohibited by section 2409(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, or section 4712(a) of title 
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41, United States Code, where such reprisal has 
been substantiated; 
(B) any investigation of a complaint relat-
ing to any such contract conducted by an Inspec-
tor General pursuant to section 2409(b) of title 
10, United States Code, or section 4712(b) of 
title 41, United States Code; and 
(C) any action taken by a covered con-
tractor or a covered employee for any such con-
tract to address a substantiated reprisal de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(2) REMEDIES.—In addition to other remedies 
available, if a covered contractor fails to comply with 
the requirements of paragraph (1), the relevant head 
of a Federal agency may— 
(A) require the covered contractor to pro-
hibit a covered employee from performing a con-
tract if such covered employee has violated sec-
tion 2409(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
section 4712(a) of title 41, United States Code; 
(B) require the covered contractor to termi-
nate a subcontract if the subcontractor for such 
subcontract has violated such sections; 
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(C) suspend payments to a covered con-
tractor until such covered contractor has taken 
appropriate remedial action. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) 
COVERED
CONTRACTOR.—The 
term 
‘‘covered contractor’’ means— 
(i) with respect to a contract of the De-
partment of Defense or the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, a con-
tractor, grantee, or personal services con-
tractor; and 
(ii) with respect to a Federal contract 
or grant (as defined for purposes of division 
C of title 41), a contractor, grantee, or per-
sonal services contractor for such a Federal 
contract or grant. 
(B) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered employee’’ means an employee of a covered 
contractor or a subcontractor or subgrantee of a 
covered contractor. 
(d) TRAINING.—The Administrator of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy shall update any required 
training for Federal employees responsible for contract over-
sight relating to— 
(1) contracting certification requirements; 
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(2) processes for receiving a complaint from a 
person alleging discrimination as a reprisal for dis-
closing information under section 2409(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, or section 4712(a) of title 41, 
United States Code; and 
(3) prohibitions on contracting with entities that 
require confidentiality agreements. 
SEC. 814. COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASES 
FROM FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES. 
(a) COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASES 
FROM FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES.—Subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 2410n of title 10, United States Code, 
are amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) MARKET RESEARCH.—Before purchasing a prod-
uct listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison Indus-
tries catalog published under section 4124(d) of title 18, the 
Secretary of Defense shall conduct market research to deter-
mine whether such product— 
‘‘(1) is comparable to products available from the 
private sector; and 
‘‘(2) best meets the needs of the Department of 
Defense in terms of price, quality, and time of deliv-
ery. 
‘‘(b) COMPETITION REQUIREMENT.—If the Secretary 
determines that a Federal Prison Industries product is not 
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comparable to products available from the private sector 
and does not best meet the needs of the Department of De-
fense in terms of price, quality, or time of delivery, the Sec-
retary shall use competitive procedures or make an indi-
vidual purchase under a multiple award contract for the 
procurement of the product. In conducting such a competi-
tion or making such a purchase, the Secretary shall con-
sider a timely offer from Federal Prison Industries.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 815. DISCLOSURE OF BENEFICIAL OWNERS IN DATA-
BASE FOR FEDERAL AGENCY CONTRACT AND 
GRANT OFFICERS. 
Section 2313(d)(3) of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, and an identification of any bene-
ficial owner of such corporation,’’ after ‘‘to the corpora-
tion’’. 
SEC. 816. INCLUSION OF OPTICAL TRANSMISSION COMPO-
NENTS IN THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR 
SUPPLY CHAIN RISKS. 
Section 2509(b)(2)(A)(ii) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(other than optical trans-
mission components)’’. 
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SEC. 817. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED AP-
PRENTICE. 
Section 2870(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; or’’ at the 
end and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 818. CONTRACT CLOSEOUT AUTHORITY FOR SERVICES 
CONTRACTS. 
Section 836 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (b)(1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) was entered into— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a contract or group of 
contracts for services, on a date that is the later 
of— 
‘‘(i) at least 7 fiscal years before the 
current fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of years applicable to 
the contract or group of contracts in sub-
part 4.7 of the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion (as in effect on April 1, 2020); 
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