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(4) 
For 
biological 
threat 
reduction, 
$225,000,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $45,890,000. 
(6) For activities designated as Other Assess-
ments/Administration Costs, $30,763,000. 
(b) SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-
DUCTION FUNDS.—Funds appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 301 and made 
available by the funding table in division D for the Depart-
ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program 
shall be available for obligation for fiscal years 2023, 
2024, and 2025. 
SEC. 1662. STUDY OF WEAPONS PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW 
THE ARMED FORCES TO ADDRESS HARD AND 
DEEPLY BURIED TARGETS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the ability of the United States to hold at 
risk hard and deeply buried targets now and in the 
future is critical; and 
(2) while the Department of Defense is under-
taking a study of nuclear and nonnuclear options to 
hold at risk this growing target set, Congress is con-
cerned about the progress of this study. 
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(b) STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff and the Commander of the United States Strategic 
Command, and in consultation with the Administrator for 
Nuclear Security, shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a study on options to hold at risk hard 
and deeply buried targets. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (b) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An analysis of the current and emerging 
hard and deeply buried target mission set and asso-
ciated military requirements, including— 
(A) the number and locations of the tar-
gets; and 
(B) the associated military requirements 
for the United States Strategic Command, in-
cluding the importance of threatening the tar-
gets to meeting the objectives of the United 
States. 
(2) A study of weapons programs that allow the 
Armed Forces to address hard and deeply buried 
targets, including— 
(A) any nuclear or nonnuclear weapon and 
delivery system the Secretary determines appro-
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priate, including the cost, timeline for fielding, 
and likely effectiveness of any capability under 
consideration; and 
(B) an assessment of a service life exten-
sion program of the B83 nuclear gravity bomb 
as one of the options. 
(3) A proposed strategy for fielding capabilities 
and making other adjustments to the strategy and 
plans of the United States to account for the grow-
ing hard and deeply buried target set, including a 
five-year funding profile for the preferred alternative 
weapon and the secondary alternative weapon stud-
ied under paragraph (2). 
(d) BRIEFING.—Upon completion of the study under 
subsection (b), the Secretary shall provide the Committees 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate a briefing on the findings and recommenda-
tions of the study. 
SEC. 1663. UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA REPORT-
ING PROCEDURES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
FOR
REPORTING.—Notwith-
standing the terms of any written or oral nondisclosure 
agreement, order, or other instrumentality or means, that 
could be interpreted as a legal constraint on reporting by 
a witness of an unidentified aerial phenomena, reporting 
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in accordance with the system established under sub-
section (b) is hereby authorized and shall be deemed to 
comply with any regulation or order issued under the au-
thority of Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; 
relating to classified national security information) or 
chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2271 et seq.). 
(b) SYSTEM FOR REPORTING.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The head of the Office, 
on behalf of the Secretary of Defense and the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence, shall establish a secure 
system for receiving reports of— 
(A) any event relating to unidentified aer-
ial phenomena; and 
(B) any Government or Government con-
tractor activity or program related to unidenti-
fied aerial phenomena. 
(2) PROTECTION OF SYSTEMS, PROGRAMS, AND 
ACTIVITY.—The system established pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall serve as a mechanism to prevent 
unauthorized public reporting or compromise of 
properly classified military and intelligence systems, 
programs, and related activity, including all cat-
egories and levels of special access and compart-
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mented access programs, current, historical, and fu-
ture. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The system established 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be administered by 
designated and widely known, easily accessible, and 
appropriately cleared Department of Defense and in-
telligence community employees or contractors as-
signed to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task 
Force or the Office. 
(4) SHARING
OF
INFORMATION.—The system 
established under paragraph (1) shall provide for the 
immediate sharing with Office personnel and sup-
porting analysts and scientists of information pre-
viously prohibited from reporting under any non-
disclosure written or oral agreement, order, or other 
instrumentality or means, except in cases where the 
cleared Government personnel administering such 
system conclude that the preponderance of informa-
tion available regarding the reporting indicates that 
the observed object and associated events and activi-
ties likely relate to a special access program or com-
partmented access program that, as of the date of 
the reporting, has been explicitly and clearly re-
ported to the congressional defense committees and 
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