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(i) the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management; and 
(ii) affected federally recognized In-
dian Tribes. 
(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY; EFFECT.—The 
map and legal description prepared under sub-
paragraph (A)(i) and any correction to the map 
or legal description made under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) shall— 
(i) be publicly available on the website 
of the Board, the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, or both; and 
(ii) have the same force and effect as 
if included in this section. 
TITLE 
LVI—INSPECTOR 
GEN-
ERAL 
INDEPENDENCE 
AND 
EMPOWERMENT MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Inspector General 
Independence 
SEC. 5601. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Inspector 
General Independence Act of 2022’’.
2363 
SEC. 5602. REMOVAL OR TRANSFER OF INSPECTORS GEN-
ERAL; PLACEMENT ON NON-DUTY STATUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)(A)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), as so designated— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), as so des-
ignated, in the second sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘reasons’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘substantive ra-
tionale, including detailed and case- 
specific reasons,’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘(including to 
the appropriate congressional commit-
tees)’’ after ‘‘Houses of Congress’’; 
and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) If there is an open or completed inquiry into 
an Inspector General that relates to the removal or trans-
fer of the Inspector General under subparagraph (A), the 
written communication required under that subparagraph 
shall— 
‘‘(i) identify each entity that is conducting, or 
that conducted, the inquiry; and
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‘‘(ii) in the case of a completed inquiry, contain 
the findings made during the inquiry.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) Subject to the other provisions of this para-
graph, only the President may place an Inspector General 
on non-duty status. 
‘‘(B) If the President places an Inspector General on 
non-duty status, the President shall communicate in writ-
ing the substantive rationale, including detailed and case- 
specific reasons, for the change in status to both Houses 
of Congress (including to the appropriate congressional 
committees) not later than 15 days before the date on 
which the change in status takes effect, except that the 
President may submit that communication not later than 
the date on which the change in status takes effect if— 
‘‘(i) the President has made a determination 
that the continued presence of the Inspector General 
in the workplace poses a threat described in any of 
clauses (i) through (iv) of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) in the communication, the President in-
cludes a report on the determination described in 
clause (i), which shall include— 
‘‘(I) a specification of which clause of sec-
tion 6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United States
2365 
Code, the President has determined applies 
under clause (i) of this subparagraph; 
‘‘(II) the substantive rationale, including 
detailed and case-specific reasons, for the deter-
mination made under clause (i); 
‘‘(III) an identification of each entity that 
is conducting, or that conducted, any inquiry 
upon which the determination under clause (i) 
was made; and 
‘‘(IV) in the case of an inquiry described 
in subclause (III) that is completed, the find-
ings made during that inquiry. 
‘‘(C) The President may not place an Inspector Gen-
eral on non-duty status during the 30-day period pre-
ceding the date on which the Inspector General is removed 
or transferred under paragraph (1)(A) unless the Presi-
dent— 
‘‘(i) has made a determination that the contin-
ued presence of the Inspector General in the work-
place poses a threat described in any of clauses (i) 
through (iv) of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than the date on which the 
change in status takes effect, submits to both 
Houses of Congress (including to the appropriate
2366 
congressional committees) a written communication 
that contains the information required under sub-
paragraph (B), including the report required under 
clause (ii) of that subparagraph. 
‘‘(D) For the purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘Inspector General’— 
‘‘(I) means an Inspector General who was 
appointed by the President, without regard to 
whether the Senate provided advice and consent 
with respect to that appointment; and 
‘‘(II) includes the Inspector General of an 
establishment, the Inspector General of the In-
telligence Community, the Inspector General of 
the Central Intelligence Agency, the Special In-
spector General for Afghanistan Reconstruc-
tion, the Special Inspector General for the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program, and the Special 
Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery; and 
‘‘(ii) a reference to the removal or transfer of 
an Inspector General under paragraph (1), or to the 
written communication described in that paragraph, 
shall be considered to be— 
‘‘(I) in the case of the Inspector General of 
the Intelligence Community, a reference to sec-
2367 
tion 103H(c)(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(c)(4)); 
‘‘(II) in the case of the Inspector General 
of the Central Intelligence Agency, a reference 
to section 17(b)(6) of the Central Intelligence 
Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(b)(6)); 
‘‘(III) in the case of the Special Inspector 
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a ref-
erence to section 1229(c)(6) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 378); 
‘‘(IV) in the case of the Special Inspector 
General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, 
a reference to section 121(b)(4) of the Emer-
gency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 
U.S.C. 5231(b)(4)); and 
‘‘(V) in the case of the Special Inspector 
General for Pandemic Recovery, a reference to 
section 4018(b)(3) of the CARES Act (15 
U.S.C. 9053(b)(3)).’’; and 
(2) in section 8G(e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 
placement on non-duty status’’ after ‘‘a re-
moval’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)—
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(i) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), as so des-
ignated, in the first sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘reasons’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘substantive ra-
tionale, including detailed and case- 
specific reasons,’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘(including to 
the appropriate congressional commit-
tees)’’ after ‘‘Houses of Congress’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) If there is an open or completed inquiry into 
an Inspector General that relates to the removal or trans-
fer of the Inspector General under subparagraph (A), the 
written communication required under that subparagraph 
shall— 
‘‘(i) identify each entity that is conducting, or 
that conducted, the inquiry; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a completed inquiry, contain 
the findings made during the inquiry.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to the other provisions of this para-
graph, only the head of the applicable designated Federal
2369 
entity (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘covered offi-
cial’) may place an Inspector General on non-duty status. 
‘‘(B) If a covered official places an Inspector General 
on non-duty status, the covered official shall communicate 
in writing the substantive rationale, including detailed and 
case-specific reasons, for the change in status to both 
Houses of Congress (including to the appropriate congres-
sional committees) not later than 15 days before the date 
on which the change in status takes effect, except that 
the covered official may submit that communication not 
later than the date on which the change in status takes 
effect if— 
‘‘(i) the covered official has made a determina-
tion that the continued presence of the Inspector 
General in the workplace poses a threat described in 
any 
of 
clauses 
(i) 
through 
(iv) 
of 
section 
6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) in the communication, the covered official 
includes a report on the determination described in 
clause (i), which shall include— 
‘‘(I) a specification of which clause of sec-
tion 6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
Code, the covered official has determined ap-
plies under clause (i) of this subparagraph;
2370 
‘‘(II) the substantive rationale, including 
detailed and case-specific reasons, for the deter-
mination made under clause (i); 
‘‘(III) an identification of each entity that 
is conducting, or that conducted, any inquiry 
upon which the determination under clause (i) 
was made; and 
‘‘(IV) in the case of an inquiry described 
in subclause (III) that is completed, the find-
ings made during that inquiry. 
‘‘(C) A covered official may not place an Inspector 
General on non-duty status during the 30-day period pre-
ceding the date on which the Inspector General is removed 
or transferred under paragraph (2)(A) unless the covered 
official— 
‘‘(i) has made a determination that the contin-
ued presence of the Inspector General in the work-
place poses a threat described in any of clauses (i) 
through (iv) of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than the date on which the 
change in status takes effect, submits to both 
Houses of Congress (including to the appropriate 
congressional committees) a written communication 
that contains the information required under sub-
2371 
paragraph (B), including the report required under 
clause (ii) of that subparagraph. 
‘‘(D) Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to 
limit or otherwise modify— 
‘‘(i) any statutory protection that is afforded to 
an Inspector General; or 
‘‘(ii) any other action that a covered official 
may take under law with respect to an Inspector 
General.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 12(3) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting ‘‘except as otherwise 
expressly provided,’’ before ‘‘the term’’. 
SEC. 5603. VACANCY IN POSITION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(h)(1) In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘first assistant to the position of 
Inspector General’ means, with respect to an Office 
of Inspector General— 
‘‘(i) an individual who, as of the day before 
the date on which the Inspector General dies, 
resigns, or otherwise becomes unable to perform 
the functions and duties of that position—
2372 
‘‘(I) is serving in a position in that 
Office; and 
‘‘(II) has been designated in writing 
by the Inspector General, through an order 
of succession or otherwise, as the first as-
sistant to the position of Inspector Gen-
eral; or 
‘‘(ii) if the Inspector General has not made 
a designation described in clause (i)(II)— 
‘‘(I) the Principal Deputy Inspector 
General of that Office, as of the day before 
the date on which the Inspector General 
dies, resigns, or otherwise becomes unable 
to perform the functions and duties of that 
position; or 
‘‘(II) if there is no Principal Deputy 
Inspector General of that Office, the Dep-
uty Inspector General of that Office, as of 
the day before the date on which the In-
spector General dies, resigns, or otherwise 
becomes unable to perform the functions 
and duties of that position; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘Inspector General’—
2373 
‘‘(i) means an Inspector General who is ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate; and 
‘‘(ii) includes the Inspector General of an 
establishment, the Inspector General of the In-
telligence Community, the Inspector General of 
the Central Intelligence Agency, the Special In-
spector General for the Troubled Asset Relief 
Program, and the Special Inspector General for 
Pandemic Recovery. 
‘‘(2) If an Inspector General dies, resigns, or is other-
wise unable to perform the functions and duties of the po-
sition— 
‘‘(A) section 3345(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, and section 103(e) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3025(e)) shall not apply; 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (4), the first assist-
ant to the position of Inspector General shall per-
form the functions and duties of the Inspector Gen-
eral temporarily in an acting capacity subject to the 
time limitations of section 3346 of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
‘‘(C) notwithstanding subparagraph (B), and 
subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the President 
(and only the President) may direct an officer or
2374 
employee of any Office of an Inspector General to 
perform the functions and duties of the Inspector 
General temporarily in an acting capacity subject to 
the time limitations of section 3346 of title 5, 
United States Code, only if— 
‘‘(i) during the 365-day period preceding 
the date of death, resignation, or beginning of 
inability to serve of the Inspector General, the 
officer or employee served in a position in an 
Office of an Inspector General for not less than 
90 days, except that— 
‘‘(I) the requirement under this clause 
shall not apply if the officer is an Inspec-
tor General; and 
‘‘(II) for the purposes of this subpara-
graph, performing the functions and duties 
of an Inspector General temporarily in an 
acting capacity does not qualify as service 
in a position in an Office of an Inspector 
General; 
‘‘(ii) the rate of pay for the position of the 
officer or employee described in clause (i) is 
equal to or greater than the minimum rate of 
pay payable for a position at GS–15 of the 
General Schedule;
2375 
‘‘(iii) the officer or employee has dem-
onstrated ability in accounting, auditing, finan-
cial analysis, law, management analysis, public 
administration, or investigations; and 
‘‘(iv) not later than 30 days before the 
date on which the direction takes effect, the 
President communicates in writing to both 
Houses of Congress (including to the appro-
priate congressional committees) the sub-
stantive rationale, including the detailed and 
case-specific reasons, for such direction, includ-
ing the reason for the direction that someone 
other than the individual who is performing the 
functions and duties of the Inspector General 
temporarily in an acting capacity (as of the 
date on which the President issues that direc-
tion) perform those functions and duties tempo-
rarily in an acting capacity. 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding section 3345(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, section 103(e) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3025(e)), and subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) of paragraph (2), and subject to paragraph 
(4), during any period in which an Inspector General is 
on non-duty status—
2376 
‘‘(A) the first assistant to the position of In-
spector General shall perform the functions and du-
ties of the position temporarily in an acting capacity 
subject to the time limitations of section 3346 of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(B) if the first assistant described in subpara-
graph (A) dies, resigns, or becomes otherwise unable 
to perform those functions and duties, the President 
(and only the President) may direct an officer or 
employee in that Office of Inspector General to per-
form those functions and duties temporarily in an 
acting capacity, subject to the time limitations of 
section 3346 of title 5, United States Code, if— 
‘‘(i) that direction satisfies the require-
ments under clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) of para-
graph (2)(C); and 
‘‘(ii) that officer or employee served in a 
position in that Office of Inspector General for 
not fewer than 90 of the 365 days preceding 
the date on which the President makes that di-
rection. 
‘‘(4) An individual may perform the functions and 
duties of an Inspector General temporarily and in an act-
ing capacity under subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph
2377 
(2), or under paragraph (3), with respect to only 1 Inspec-
tor General position at any given time. 
‘‘(5) If the President makes a direction under para-
graph (2)(C), during the 30-day period preceding the date 
on which the direction of the President takes effect, the 
functions and duties of the position of the applicable In-
spector General shall be performed by— 
‘‘(A) the first assistant to the position of In-
spector General; or 
‘‘(B) the individual performing those functions 
and duties temporarily in an acting capacity, as of 
the date on which the President issues that direc-
tion, if that individual is an individual other than 
the first assistant to the position of Inspector Gen-
eral.’’. 
(b) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 
amendment made by subsection (a) may be construed to 
limit the applicability of sections 3345 through 3349d of 
title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Fed-
eral Vacancies Reform Act of 1998’’), other than with re-
spect to section 3345(a) of that title. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘Inspector General’’ has the meaning given the term 
in subsection (h)(1)(B) of section 3 of the Inspector
2378 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as added by 
subsection (a) of this section. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), this section, and the amend-
ments made by this section, shall take effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) EXISTING VACANCIES.—If, as of the 
date of enactment of this Act, an individual is 
performing the functions and duties of an In-
spector General temporarily in an acting capac-
ity, this section, and the amendments made by 
this section, shall take effect with respect to 
that Inspector General position on the date that 
is 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 5604. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WHISTLE-
BLOWER COMPLAINTS. 
(a) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION COORDINATOR.— 
Section 3(d)(1)(C) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I), by inserting ‘‘, including employees of 
that Office of Inspector General’’ after ‘‘employees’’; 
and
2379 
(2) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘(including the 
Integrity Committee of that Council)’’ after ‘‘and 
Efficiency’’. 
(b) COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS GENERAL ON IN-
TEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY.—Section 11(c)(5)(B) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended 
by striking ‘‘, allegations of reprisal,’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘and allegations of reprisal (including the timely 
and appropriate handling and consideration of protected 
disclosures and allegations of reprisal that are internal to 
an Office of Inspector General)’’. 
Subtitle 
B—Presidential 
Expla-
nation of Failure to Nominate 
an Inspector General 
SEC. 5611. PRESIDENTIAL EXPLANATION OF FAILURE TO 
NOMINATE AN INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 33 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 3349d the following: 
‘‘§ 3349e. Presidential explanation of failure to nomi-
nate an inspector general 
‘‘If the President fails to make a formal nomination 
for a vacant inspector general position that requires a for-
mal nomination by the President to be filled within the 
period beginning on the later of the date on which the
2380 
vacancy occurred or on which a nomination is rejected, 
withdrawn, or returned, and ending on the day that is 210 
days after that date, the President shall communicate, 
within 30 days after the end of such period and not later 
than June 1 of each year thereafter, to the appropriate 
congressional committees, as defined in section 12 of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)— 
‘‘(1) the reasons why the President has not yet 
made a formal nomination; and 
‘‘(2) a target date for making a formal nomina-
tion.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 33 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 3349d the following: 
‘‘3349e. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect— 
(1) on the date of enactment of this Act with 
respect to any vacancy first occurring on or after 
that date; and 
(2) on the day that is 210 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act with respect to any vacancy 
that occurred before the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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Subtitle C—Integrity Committee of 
the Council of Inspectors Gen-
eral on Integrity and Efficiency 
Transparency 
SEC. 5621. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Integrity Com-
mittee Transparency Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 5622. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN 
REQUESTS AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Section 11(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)(B)(ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘, the length of time 
the Integrity Committee has been evaluating the al-
legation of wrongdoing, and a description of any pre-
vious written notice provided under this clause with 
respect to the allegation of wrongdoing, including 
the description provided for why additional time was 
needed.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (8)(A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘or 
corrective action’’ after ‘‘disciplinary action’’.
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SEC. 5623. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO CONGRESS 
ON CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING 
CLOSED WITHOUT REFERRAL. 
Section 11(d)(5)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(iii) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION 
TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS 
OF
WRONGDOING
CLOSED
WITHOUT
RE-
FERRAL.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—With respect 
to an allegation of wrongdoing made 
by a member of Congress that is 
closed by the Integrity Committee 
without referral to the Chairperson of 
the Integrity Committee to initiate an 
investigation, the Chairperson of the 
Integrity Committee shall, not later 
than 60 days after closing the allega-
tion of wrongdoing, provide a written 
description of the nature of the allega-
tion of wrongdoing and how the Integ-
rity Committee evaluated the allega-
tion of wrongdoing to— 
‘‘(aa) the Chair and Rank-
ing Minority Member of the
2383 
Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(bb) the Chair and Rank-
ing Minority Member of the 
Committee on Oversight and Re-
form of the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(II) REQUIREMENT
TO
FOR-
WARD.—The Chairperson of the In-
tegrity Committee shall forward any 
written description or update provided 
under this clause to the members of 
the Integrity Committee and to the 
Chairperson of the Council.’’. 
SEC. 5624. SEMIANNUAL REPORT. 
Section 11(d)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—On or before May 
31, 2022, and every 6 months thereafter, the Coun-
cil shall submit to Congress and the President a re-
port on the activities of the Integrity Committee 
during the immediately preceding 6-month periods 
ending March 31 and September 30, which shall in-
clude the following with respect to allegations of
2384 
wrongdoing that are made against Inspectors Gen-
eral and staff members of the various Offices of In-
spector General described in paragraph (4)(C): 
‘‘(A) An overview and analysis of the alle-
gations of wrongdoing disposed of by the Integ-
rity Committee, including— 
‘‘(i) analysis of the positions held by 
individuals against whom allegations were 
made, including the duties affiliated with 
such positions; 
‘‘(ii) analysis of the categories or 
types of the allegations of wrongdoing; and 
‘‘(iii) a summary of disposition of all 
the allegations. 
‘‘(B) The number of allegations received by 
the Integrity Committee. 
‘‘(C) The number of allegations referred to 
the Department of Justice or the Office of Spe-
cial Counsel, including the number of allega-
tions referred for criminal investigation. 
‘‘(D) The number of allegations referred to 
the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee for 
investigation, a general description of the status 
of such investigations, and a summary of the 
findings of investigations completed.
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‘‘(E) An overview and analysis of allega-
tions of wrongdoing received by the Integrity 
Committee during any previous reporting pe-
riod, but remained pending during some part of 
the six months covered by the report, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) analysis of the positions held by 
individuals against whom allegations were 
made, including the duties affiliated with 
such positions; 
‘‘(ii) analysis of the categories or 
types of the allegations of wrongdoing; and 
‘‘(iii) a summary of disposition of all 
the allegations. 
‘‘(F) The number and category or type of 
pending investigations. 
‘‘(G) For each allegation received— 
‘‘(i) the date on which the investiga-
tion was opened; 
‘‘(ii) the date on which the allegation 
was disposed of, as applicable; and 
‘‘(iii) the case number associated with 
the allegation. 
‘‘(H) The nature and number of allega-
tions to the Integrity Committee closed without
2386 
referral, including the justification for why each 
allegation was closed without referral. 
‘‘(I) A brief description of any difficulty 
encountered by the Integrity Committee when 
receiving, evaluating, investigating, or referring 
for investigation an allegation received by the 
Integrity Committee, including a brief descrip-
tion of— 
‘‘(i) any attempt to prevent or hinder 
an investigation; or 
‘‘(ii) concerns about the integrity or 
operations at an Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
‘‘(J) Other matters that the Council con-
siders appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 5625. ADDITIONAL REPORTS. 
Section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT TO INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The 
Chairperson of the Integrity Committee of the Coun-
2387 
cil of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi-
ciency shall, immediately whenever the Chairperson 
of the Integrity Committee becomes aware of par-
ticularly serious or flagrant problems, abuses, or de-
ficiencies relating to the administration of programs 
and operations of an Office of Inspector General for 
which the Integrity Committee may receive, review, 
and refer for investigation allegations of wrongdoing 
under section 11(d), submit a report to the Inspec-
tor General who leads the Office at which the seri-
ous or flagrant problems, abuses, or deficiencies 
were alleged. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO PRESIDENT, CONGRESS, AND 
THE ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 7 days after 
the date on which an Inspector General receives a 
report submitted under paragraph (1), the Inspector 
General shall submit to the President, the appro-
priate congressional committees, and the head of the 
establishment— 
‘‘(A) the report received under paragraph 
(1); and 
‘‘(B) a report by the Inspector General 
containing any comments the Inspector General 
determines appropriate.’’.
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SEC. 5626. REQUIREMENT TO REPORT FINAL DISPOSITION 
TO CONGRESS. 
Section 11(d)(8)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the 
appropriate congressional committees’’ after ‘‘Integrity 
Committee’’. 
SEC. 5627. INVESTIGATIONS OF OFFICES OF INSPECTORS 
GENERAL OF ESTABLISHMENTS BY THE IN-
TEGRITY COMMITTEE. 
Section 11(d)(7)(B)(i)(V) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
and that an investigation of an Office of Inspector General 
of an establishment is conducted by another Office of In-
spector General of an establishment’’ after ‘‘size’’. 
Subtitle D—Notice of Ongoing In-
vestigations When There Is a 
Change in Status of Inspector 
General 
SEC. 5631. NOTICE OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS WHEN 
THERE IS A CHANGE IN STATUS OF INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL. 
Section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting after subsection (e), 
as added by section 5625 of this title, the following: 
‘‘(f) Not later than 15 days after an Inspector Gen-
eral is removed, placed on paid or unpaid non-duty status,
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or transferred to another position or location within an 
establishment, the officer or employee performing the 
functions and duties of the Inspector General temporarily 
in an acting capacity shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 
House of Representatives information regarding work 
being conducted by the Office as of the date on which the 
Inspector General was removed, placed on paid or unpaid 
non-duty status, or transferred, which shall include— 
‘‘(1) for each investigation— 
‘‘(A) the type of alleged offense; 
‘‘(B) the fiscal quarter in which the Office 
initiated the investigation; 
‘‘(C) the relevant Federal agency, includ-
ing the relevant component of that Federal 
agency for any Federal agency listed in section 
901(b) of title 31, United States Code, under 
investigation or affiliated with the individual or 
entity under investigation; and 
‘‘(D) whether the investigation is adminis-
trative, civil, criminal, or a combination thereof, 
if known; and 
‘‘(2) for any work not described in paragraph 
(1)—
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‘‘(A) a description of the subject matter 
and scope; 
‘‘(B) the relevant agency, including the rel-
evant component of that Federal agency, under 
review; 
‘‘(C) the date on which the Office initiated 
the work; and 
‘‘(D) the expected time frame for comple-
tion.’’. 
Subtitle E—Council of the Inspec-
tors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency Report on Expendi-
tures 
SEC. 5641. CIGIE REPORT ON EXPENDITURES. 
Section 11(c)(3) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) REPORT
ON
EXPENDITURES.—Not 
later than November 30 of each year, the 
Chairperson shall submit to the appropriate 
committees or subcommittees of Congress, in-
cluding the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives, a report on the 
expenditures of the Council for the preceding
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fiscal year, including from direct appropriations 
to the Council, interagency funding pursuant to 
subparagraph (A), a revolving fund pursuant to 
subparagraph (B), or any other source.’’. 
Subtitle F—Notice of Refusal to 
Provide Inspectors General Access 
SEC. 5651. NOTICE OF REFUSAL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION 
OR ASSISTANCE TO INSPECTORS GENERAL. 
Section 6(c) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) If the information or assistance that is the sub-
ject of a report under paragraph (2) is not provided to 
the Inspector General by the date that is 30 days after 
the report is made, the Inspector General shall submit a 
notice that the information or assistance requested has not 
been provided by the head of the establishment involved 
or the head of the Federal agency involved, as applicable, 
to the appropriate congressional committees.’’.
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Subtitle G—Training Resources for 
Inspectors General and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 5671. TRAINING RESOURCES FOR INSPECTORS GEN-
ERAL. 
Section 11(c)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(E) 
through (I) as subparagraphs (F) through (J), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) support the professional development 
of Inspectors General, including by providing 
training opportunities on the duties, responsibil-
ities, and authorities under this Act and on top-
ics relevant to Inspectors General and the work 
of Inspectors General, as identified by Inspec-
tors General and the Council.’’. 
SEC. 5672. DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES. 
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 5—
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(A) in subsection (b), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘committees 
or subcommittees of the Congress’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘congressional committees’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘commit-
tees or subcommittees of Congress’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘congressional committees’’; 
(2) in section 6(h)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘Government’’; and 
(B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) Any other relevant congressional com-
mittee or subcommittee of jurisdiction.’’; 
(3) in section 8— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the 
Committees on Armed Services and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight of the House of Representatives 
and to other appropriate committees or 
subcommittees of the Congress’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the appropriate congressional
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committees, including the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and 
to other appropriate committees or sub-
committees’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
Committees on Armed Services and on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committees on 
Armed Services and on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives and to other appropriate com-
mittees or subcommittees of Congress’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional 
committees, including the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘committees or subcommittees of the Con-
gress’’ and inserting ‘‘congressional com-
mittees’’;
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(4) in section 8D— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘Com-
mittees on Governmental Affairs and Finance 
of the Senate and the Committees on Govern-
ment Operations and Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives, and to other appro-
priate committees or subcommittees of the Con-
gress’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees, including the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate and the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representa-
tives’’; and 
(B) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘committees or 
subcommittees of the Congress’’ and 
inserting ‘‘congressional committees’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘Committees on 
Governmental Affairs and Finance of 
the Senate and the Committees on 
Government Reform and Oversight 
and Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate and
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the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘committees or subcommittees of Con-
gress’’ and inserting ‘‘congressional com-
mittees’’; 
(5) in section 8E— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘Com-
mittees on Governmental Affairs and Judiciary 
of the Senate and the Committees on Govern-
ment Operations and Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives, and to other appropriate com-
mittees or subcommittees of the Congress’’ and 
inserting ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees, including the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate and the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘committees or sub-
committees of the Congress’’ and inserting 
‘‘congressional committees’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Committees on the 
Judiciary and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committees on the Judici-
ary and Government Operations of the
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House of Representatives’’ and inserting 
‘‘Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives’’; 
(6) in section 8G— 
(A) in subsection (d)(2)(E), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘the appro-
priate congressional committees, including’’ 
after ‘‘are’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by strik-
ing ‘‘Committee on Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform and Oversight of the 
House of Representatives, and to other ap-
propriate committees or subcommittees of 
the Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the appro-
priate congressional committees’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(7) in section 8I— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘commit-
tees and subcommittees of Congress’’ and in-
serting ‘‘congressional committees’’; and
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(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘commit-
tees and subcommittees of Congress’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘congressional commit-
tees’’; 
(8) in section 8N(b), by striking ‘‘committees of 
Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘congressional commit-
tees’’; 
(9) in section 11— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3)(B)(viii)— 
(i) by striking subclauses (III) and 
(IV); 
(ii) in subclause (I), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(iii) by amending subclause (II) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(II) the appropriate congres-
sional committees.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(8)(A)(iii), by striking 
‘‘to the’’ and all that follows through ‘‘jurisdic-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘to the appropriate congres-
sional committees’’; and 
(10) in section 12— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end;
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(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) the term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(C) any other relevant congressional com-
mittee or subcommittee of jurisdiction.’’. 
SEC. 5673. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS. 
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 4(a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including’’ after ‘‘to 
make recommendations’’; and 
(B) by inserting a comma after ‘‘section 
5(a)’’; 
(2) in section 5— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking paragraphs (1) through 
(12) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) a description of significant problems, 
abuses, and deficiencies relating to the administra-
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tion of programs and operations of the establishment 
and associated reports and recommendations for cor-
rective action made by the Office; 
‘‘(2) an identification of each recommendation 
made before the reporting period, for which correc-
tive action has not been completed, including the po-
tential costs savings associated with the rec-
ommendation; 
‘‘(3) a summary of significant investigations 
closed during the reporting period; 
‘‘(4) an identification of the total number of 
convictions during the reporting period resulting 
from investigations; 
‘‘(5) information regarding each audit, inspec-
tion, or evaluation report issued during the reporting 
period, including— 
‘‘(A) a listing of each audit, inspection, or 
evaluation; 
‘‘(B) if applicable, the total dollar value of 
questioned costs (including a separate category 
for the dollar value of unsupported costs) and 
the dollar value of recommendations that funds 
be put to better use, including whether a man-
agement decision had been made by the end of 
the reporting period;
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‘‘(6) information regarding any management 
decision made during the reporting period with re-
spect to any audit, inspection, or evaluation issued 
during a previous reporting period;’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 
through (22) as paragraphs (7) through 
(16), respectively; 
(iii) by amending paragraph (13), as 
so redesignated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(13) a report on each investigation conducted 
by the Office where allegations of misconduct were 
substantiated involving a senior Government em-
ployee or senior official (as defined by the Office) if 
the establishment does not have senior Government 
employees, which shall include— 
‘‘(A) the name of the senior Government 
employee, if already made public by the Office; 
and 
‘‘(B) a detailed description of— 
‘‘(i) the facts and circumstances of 
the investigation; and 
‘‘(ii) the status and disposition of the 
matter, including—
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‘‘(I) if the matter was referred to 
the Department of Justice, the date of 
the referral; and 
‘‘(II) if the Department of Jus-
tice declined the referral, the date of 
the declination;’’; and 
(iv) by amending paragraph (15), as 
so redesignated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(15) information related to interference by the 
establishment, including— 
‘‘(A) a detailed description of any attempt 
by the establishment to interfere with the inde-
pendence of the Office, including— 
‘‘(i) with budget constraints designed 
to limit the capabilities of the Office; and 
‘‘(ii) incidents where the establish-
ment has resisted or objected to oversight 
activities of the Office or restricted or sig-
nificantly delayed access to information, 
including the justification of the establish-
ment for such action; and 
‘‘(B) a summary of each report made to 
the head of the establishment under section 
6(c)(2) during the reporting period;’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)—
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(i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) where final action on audit, inspection, 
and evaluation reports had not been taken before the 
commencement of the reporting period, statistical ta-
bles showing— 
‘‘(A) with respect to management deci-
sions— 
‘‘(i) for each report, whether a man-
agement decision was made during the re-
porting period; 
‘‘(ii) if a management decision was 
made during the reporting period, the dol-
lar value of disallowed costs and funds to 
be put to better use as agreed to in the 
management decision; and 
‘‘(iii) total number of reports where a 
management decision was made during the 
reporting 
period 
and 
the 
total 
cor-
responding dollar value of disallowed costs 
and funds to be put to better use as agreed 
to in the management decision; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to final actions— 
‘‘(i) whether, if a management deci-
sion was made before the end of the re-
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porting period, final action was taken dur-
ing the reporting period; 
‘‘(ii) if final action was taken, the dol-
lar value of— 
‘‘(I) disallowed costs that were 
recovered by management through 
collection, offset, property in lieu of 
cash, or otherwise; 
‘‘(II) disallowed costs that were 
written off by management; 
‘‘(III) disallowed costs and funds 
to be put to better use not yet recov-
ered or written off by management; 
‘‘(IV) recommendations that were 
completed; and 
‘‘(V) recommendations that man-
agement has subsequently concluded 
should not or could not be imple-
mented or completed; and 
‘‘(iii) total number of reports where 
final action was not taken and total num-
ber of reports where final action was 
taken, including the total corresponding 
dollar value of disallowed costs and funds
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to be put to better use as agreed to in the 
management decisions;’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3); 
(iii) in paragraph (3), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(20)(A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(14)(A)’’; and 
(iv) by striking paragraph (5) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(4) a statement explaining why final action 
has not been taken with respect to each audit, in-
spection, and evaluation report in which a manage-
ment decision has been made but final action has 
not yet been taken, except that such statement— 
‘‘(A) may exclude reports if— 
‘‘(i) a management decision was made 
within the preceding year; or 
‘‘(ii) the report is under formal ad-
ministrative or judicial appeal or manage-
ment of the establishment has agreed to 
pursue a legislative solution; and 
‘‘(B) shall identify the number of reports 
in each category so excluded.’’;
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(C) by redesignating subsection (h), as so 
redesignated by section ll305 of this title, as 
subsection (i); and 
(D) by inserting after subsection (g), as so 
redesignated by section ll305 of this title, 
the following: 
‘‘(h) If an Office has published any portion of the 
report or information required under subsection (a) to the 
website of the Office or on oversight.gov, the Office may 
elect to provide links to the relevant webpage or website 
in the report of the Office under subsection (a) in lieu 
of including the information in that report.’’. 
SEC. 5674. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS THAT SPECIFICALLY 
IDENTIFY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS OR BUSINESS ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(g) of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as so redesignated by 
section ll305 of this title, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(6)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if 
an audit, evaluation, inspection, or other non-investigative 
report prepared by an Inspector General specifically iden-
tifies a specific non-governmental organization or business 
entity, whether or not the non-governmental organization
2407 
or business entity is the subject of that audit, evaluation, 
inspection, or non-investigative report— 
‘‘(i) the Inspector General shall notify the non- 
governmental organization or business entity; 
‘‘(ii) the non-governmental organization or busi-
ness entity shall have— 
‘‘(I) 30 days to review the audit, evalua-
tion, inspection, or non-investigative report be-
ginning on the date of publication of the audit, 
evaluation, inspection, or non-investigative re-
port; and 
‘‘(II) the opportunity to submit a written 
response for the purpose of clarifying or pro-
viding additional context as it directly relates to 
each instance wherein an audit, evaluation, in-
spection, or non-investigative report specifically 
identifies that non-governmental organization or 
business entity; and 
‘‘(iii) if a written response is submitted under 
clause (ii)(II) within the 30-day period described in 
clause (ii)(I)— 
‘‘(I) the written response shall be attached 
to the audit, evaluation, inspection, or non-in-
vestigative report; and
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‘‘(II) in every instance where the report 
may appear on the public-facing website of the 
Inspector General, the website shall be updated 
in order to access a version of the audit, evalua-
tion, inspection, or non-investigative report that 
includes the written response. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect 
to a non-governmental organization or business entity that 
refused to provide information or assistance sought by an 
Inspector General during the creation of the audit, evalua-
tion, inspection, or non-investigative report. 
‘‘(C) An Inspector General shall review any written 
response received under subparagraph (A) for the purpose 
of preventing the improper disclosure of classified infor-
mation or other non-public information, consistent with 
applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and, if necessary, 
redact such information.’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.—During the 30- 
day period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
(1) the amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply upon the request of a non-governmental 
organization or business entity named in an audit, 
evaluation, inspection, or other non-investigative re-
port prepared on or after January 1, 2019; and
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(2) any written response submitted under 
clause (iii) of section 5(g)(6)(A) of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as added by 
subsection (a), with respect to such an audit, evalua-
tion, inspection, or other non-investigative report 
shall attach to the original report in the manner de-
scribed in that clause. 
SEC. 5675. REVIEW RELATING TO VETTING, PROCESSING, 
AND RESETTLEMENT OF EVACUEES FROM 
AFGHANISTAN AND THE AFGHANISTAN SPE-
CIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Homeland Security, jointly with 
the Inspector General of the Department of State, and in 
coordination with the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense and any appropriate inspector general, 
shall conduct a thorough review of efforts to support and 
process evacuees from Afghanistan and the Afghanistan 
special immigrant visa program. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review required by subsection 
(a) shall include an assessment of the systems, staffing, 
policies, and programs used— 
(1) to the screen and vet such evacuees, includ-
ing—
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(A) an assessment of whether personnel 
conducting such screening and vetting were ap-
propriately authorized and provided with train-
ing, including training in the detection of fraud-
ulent personal identification documents; 
(B) an analysis of the degree to which 
such screening and vetting deviated from 
United States law, regulations, policy, and best 
practices relating to the screening and vetting 
of refugees and applicants for United States 
visas that have been in use at any time since 
January 1, 2016; 
(C) an identification of any risk to the na-
tional security of the United States posed by 
any such deviations; 
(D) an analysis of the processes used for 
evacuees traveling without personal identifica-
tion records, including the creation or provision 
of any new identification records to such evac-
uees; and 
(E) an analysis of the degree to which 
such screening and vetting process was capable 
of detecting— 
(i) instances of human trafficking and 
domestic abuse;
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(ii) evacuees who are unaccompanied 
minors; and 
(iii) evacuees with a spouse that is a 
minor; 
(2) to admit and process such evacuees at 
United States ports of entry; 
(3) to temporarily house such evacuees prior to 
resettlement; 
(4) to account for the total number of individ-
uals evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021 with sup-
port 
of 
the 
United 
States 
Government, 
disaggregated by— 
(A) country of origin; 
(B) citizenship, only if different from coun-
try of origin; 
(C) age; 
(D) gender; 
(E) eligibility for special immigrant visas 
under the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 
(8 U.S.C. 1101 note; Public Law 111–8) or 
section 1059 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (8 U.S.C. 
1101 note; Public Law 109–163) at the time of 
evacuation;
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(F) eligibility for employment-based non-
immigrant visas at the time of evacuation; and 
(G) familial relationship to evacuees who 
are eligible for visas described in subparagraphs 
(E) and (F); and 
(5) to provide eligible individuals with special 
immigrant visas under the Afghan Allies Protection 
Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note; Public Law 111– 
8) and section 1059 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 
note; Public Law 109–163) since the date of the en-
actment of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 
(8 U.S.C. 1101 note; Public Law 111–8), includ-
ing— 
(A) a detailed step-by-step description of 
the application process for such special immi-
grant visas, including the number of days allot-
ted by the United States Government for the 
completion of each step; 
(B) the number of such special immigrant 
visa applications received, approved, and denied, 
disaggregated by fiscal year; 
(C) the number of such special immigrant 
visas issued, as compared to the number avail-
able under law, disaggregated by fiscal year;
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(D) an assessment of the average length of 
time taken to process an application for such a 
special immigrant visa, beginning on the date of 
submission of the application and ending on the 
date of final disposition, disaggregated by fiscal 
year; 
(E) an accounting of the number of appli-
cations for such special immigrant visas that 
remained pending at the end of each fiscal year; 
(F) an accounting of the number of inter-
views of applicants for such special immigrant 
visas conducted during each fiscal year; 
(G) the number of noncitizens who were 
admitted to the United States pursuant to such 
a special immigrant visa during each fiscal 
year; 
(H) an assessment of the extent to which 
each participating department or agency of the 
United States Government, including the De-
partment of State and the Department of 
Homeland Security, adjusted processing prac-
tices and procedures for such special immigrant 
visas so as to vet applicants and expand proc-
essing capacity since the February 29, 2020,
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Doha Agreement between the United States 
and the Taliban; 
(I) a list of specific steps, if any, taken be-
tween February 29, 2020, and August 31, 
2021— 
(i) to streamline the processing of ap-
plications for such special immigrant visas; 
and 
(ii) to address longstanding bureau-
cratic hurdles while improving security 
protocols; 
(J) a description of the degree to which 
the Secretary of State implemented rec-
ommendations made by the Department of 
State Office of Inspector General in its June 
2020 reports on Review of the Afghan Special 
Immigrant Visa Program (AUD-MERO-20-35) 
and Management Assistance Report: Quarterly 
Reporting on Afghan Special Immigrant Visa 
Program Needs Improvement (AUD-MERO-20- 
34); 
(K) an assessment of the extent to which 
challenges in verifying applicants’ employment 
with the Department of Defense contributed to 
delays in the processing of such special immi-
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grant visas, and an accounting of the specific 
steps taken since February 29, 2020, to ad-
dress 
issues 
surrounding 
employment 
verification; and 
(L) recommendations to strengthen and 
streamline such special immigrant visa process 
going forward. 
(c) INTERIM REPORTING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the In-
spector General of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity and the Inspector General of the Department 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees not fewer than one interim report 
on the review conducted under this section. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 12 of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended by this 
subtitle. 
(B) SCREEN; 
SCREENING.—The terms 
‘‘screen’’ and ‘‘screening’’, with respect to an
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evacuee, mean the process by which a Federal 
official determines— 
(i) the identity of the evacuee; 
(ii) whether the evacuee has a valid 
identification documentation; and 
(iii) whether any database of the 
United States Government contains derog-
atory information about the evacuee. 
(C) VET; VETTING.—The term ‘‘vet’’ and 
‘‘vetting’’, with respect to an evacuee, means 
the process by which a Federal official inter-
views the evacuee to determine whether the 
evacuee is who they purport to be, including 
whether the evacuee poses a national security 
risk. 
(d) DISCHARGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Homeland Security and 
the Inspector General of the Department of State shall 
discharge the responsibilities under this section in a man-
ner consistent with the authorities and requirements of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) and the 
authorities and requirements applicable to the Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security and the 
Inspector General of the Department of State under that 
Act.
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(e) COORDINATION.—Upon request of an Inspector 
General for information or assistance under subsection 
(a), the head of any Federal agency involved shall, insofar 
as is practicable and not in contravention of any existing 
statutory restriction or regulation of the Federal agency 
from which the information is requested, furnish to such 
Inspector General, or to an authorized designee, such in-
formation or assistance. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to limit the ability of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security or the 
Inspector General of the Department of State to enter into 
agreements to conduct joint audits, inspections, or inves-
tigations in the exercise of the oversight responsibilities 
of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
Security and the Inspector General of the Department of 
State, in accordance with the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), with respect to oversight of the 
evacuation from Afghanistan, the selection, vetting, and 
processing of applicants for special immigrant visas and 
asylum, and any resettlement in the United States of such 
evacuees.
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SEC. 5676. INVESTIGATIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
PERSONNEL. 
Section 8E of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and 
paragraph (3)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3); 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘, except with 
respect to allegations described in subsection 
(b)(3),’’. 
SEC. 5677. LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FINANCE 
CORPORATION. 
Section 6(f)(3) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting ‘‘International 
Development Finance Corporation,’’ before ‘‘Environ-
mental’’.
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SEC. 5678. INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE OFFICE OF MAN-
AGEMENT AND BUDGET. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—Section 12 of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph, (1) by inserting ‘‘the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget,’’ after 
‘‘means’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the Office 
of Management and Budget,’’ after ‘‘means’’. 
(b) SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 
BUDGET.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.) is amended by adding after section 8N the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 8O. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGE-
MENT AND BUDGET. 
‘‘The Inspector General of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall only have jurisdiction over those matters 
that have been specifically assigned to the Office under 
law.’’. 
(c) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
appoint an individual to serve as the Inspector General 
of the Office of Management and Budget in accordance
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with section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.). 
TITLE LVII—FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEE MATTERS 
SEC. 5701. APPEALS TO MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 
BOARD RELATING TO FBI REPRISAL ALLEGA-
TIONS; SALARY OF SPECIAL COUNSEL. 
(a) APPEALS TO MSPB.—Section 2303 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d)(1) An employee of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation who makes an allegation of a reprisal under regu-
lations promulgated under this section may appeal a final 
determination or corrective action order by the Bureau 
under those regulations to the Merit Systems Protection 
Board pursuant to section 1221. 
‘‘(2) If no final determination or corrective action 
order has been made or issued for an allegation described 
in paragraph (1) before the expiration of the 180-day pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the allegation is re-
ceived by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the em-
ployee described in that paragraph may seek corrective ac-
tion directly from the Merit Systems Protection Board 
pursuant to section 1221.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL COUNSEL SALARY.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 53 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in section 5314, by adding at the end 
the following new item :‘‘Special Counsel of the 
Office of Special Counsel.’’; and 
(B) in section 5315, by striking ‘‘Special 
Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection 
Board.’’ 
(2) APPLICATION.—The rate of pay applied 
under the amendments made by paragraph (1) shall 
begin to apply on the first day of the first pay pe-
riod beginning after date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5702. MINIMUM WAGE FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS. 
Executive Order 14026 and its implementing regula-
tions in part 23 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, 
are hereby enacted into law, except that nothing in this 
section shall be construed to prohibit any Federal depart-
ment or agency from requiring any Federal contract en-
tered into on or after the date of enactment of this section 
to include a clause requiring that workers employed in the 
performance of such contract or any covered subcontract 
(as defined in such regulations) be paid at a minimum 
wage that exceeds the minimum wage in effect pursuant 
to such executive order and regulations.
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SEC. 5703. FEDERAL WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT-
MENT AND RETENTION. 
(a) RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION BONUS.—In 
order to promote the recruitment and retention of Federal 
wildland firefighters, the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, shall estab-
lish a program under which a recruitment or retention 
bonus of not less than $1,000 may be paid to a Federal 
wildland firefighter in an amount as determined appro-
priate by the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment and the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior. The minimum amount of such bonus in 
the previous sentence shall be increased each year by the 
Consumer Price Index in the manner prescribed under 
subsection (b)(2). Any bonus under this subsection— 
(1) shall be paid to any primary or secondary 
Federal wildland firefighter upon the date that such 
firefighter successfully completes a work capacity 
test; and 
(2) may not be paid to any such firefighter 
more than once per calendar year. 
(b) FEDERAL WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘Federal wildland firefighter’’ means 
any temporary, seasonal, or permanent position at the De-
partment of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior
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that maintains group, emergency incident management, or 
fire qualifications, as established annually by the Stand-
ards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications published 
by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, and pri-
marily engages in or supports wildland fire management 
activities, including forestry and rangeland technicians 
and positions concerning aviation, engineering heavy 
equipment operations, or fire and fuels management. 
SEC. 5704. STUDY AND REPORT ON RETURNSHIP PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 
2023, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study, and 
submit a report on such study to the congressional defense 
committees, on the feasibility and benefits of establishing 
returnship programs for the civilian workforce of the De-
partment of Defense. The study and report shall assess— 
(1) where returnship programs could be used to 
address such workforce needs and bolster the knowl-
edge and experience base of such workforce; 
(2) how the programs would be structured and 
the estimated funding levels to implement the 
returnship programs; and 
(3) if and how returnship programs impact the 
diversity of such workforce.
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(b) RETURNSHIP PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘returnship program’’ means any program 
that supports entry into the civilian workforce of the De-
partment of Defense of an individual who has taken an 
extended leave of absence from such workforce, including 
a leave of absence to care for a dependent. 
SEC. 5705. LIMITATIONS ON EXCEPTION OF COMPETITIVE 
SERVICE POSITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No position in the competitive 
service (as defined under section 2102 of title 5, United 
States Code) may be excepted from the competitive service 
unless such position is placed— 
(1) in any of the schedules A through E as de-
scribed in section 6.2 of title 5, Code of Federal 5 
Regulations, as in effect on September 30, 2020; 
and 
(2) under the terms and conditions under part 
8 of such title as in effect on such date. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT TRANSFERS.—No position in the 
excepted service (as defined under section 2103 of title 
5, United States Code) may be placed in any schedule 
other than a schedule described in subsection (a)(1).
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TITLE LVIII—OTHER MATTERS 
Subtitle A—In General 
SEC. 5801. AFGHAN ALLIES PROTECTION. 
Clause (ii) of section 602(b)(2)(A) of the Afghan Al-
lies Protection Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–8; 8 U.S.C. 
1101 note) is amended in the matter preceding subclause 
(I), by striking ‘‘year—’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘year, or in the case of an alien who was wounded or seri-
ously injured in connection with employment described in 
this subparagraph, for the period until such wound or in-
jury occurred, if the wound or injury prevented the alien 
from continuing employment—’’. 
SEC. 5802. ADVANCING MUTUAL INTERESTS AND GROWING 
OUR SUCCESS. 
(a) NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS.—For 
purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(E) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(E)), Portugal shall be considered to be a for-
eign state described in such section if the Government of 
Portugal provides similar nonimmigrant status to nation-
als of the United States. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR E 
VISAS.—
2426 
Section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of an alien 
who acquired the relevant nationality through a fi-
nancial investment and who has not previously been 
granted status under this subparagraph, the foreign 
state of which the alien is a national and in which 
the alien has been domiciled for a continuous period 
of not less than 3 years at any point before applying 
for a nonimmigrant visa under this subparagraph)’’ 
before ‘‘, and the spouse’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘such 
alien’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the alien’’. 
SEC. 5803. EXPANSION OF STUDY OF PFAS CONTAMINA-
TION. 
(a) CDC STUDY ON HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF PER- 
AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES CONTAMINATION 
IN DRINKING WATER.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director 
of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 
and, as appropriate, the Director of the National Institute
2427 
of Environmental Health Sciences, and in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense, shall— 
(1) expand (by including more military installa-
tions, communities, or other sites, including schools 
operated by the Department of Defense Education 
Activity) the study authorized by section 316 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2018 (Public Law 115–91) on the human health im-
plications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (in 
this section referred to as ‘‘PFAS’’) contamination 
in drinking water, ground water, and any other 
sources of water and relevant exposure pathways, in-
cluding the cumulative human health implications of 
multiple types of PFAS contamination at levels 
above and below health advisory levels to assess 
health effects at additional military installations; 
(2) not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 
submission of the report under paragraph (3)(B), 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the progress of such expanded study; 
and 
(3) not later than 5 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act (or 7 years after such date of 
enactment after providing notice to the appropriate
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congressional committees of the need for the 
delay)— 
(A) complete the expanded study and make 
any appropriate recommendations; and 
(B) submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees on the results of such 
expanded study. 
(b) EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the 
Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry, and, as appropriate, the Director 
of the National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences, and in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense, shall conduct an exposure assessment of 
not less than 10 current or former domestic military 
installations which were not included in the study 
authorized by section 316(a) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub-
lic Law 115–91) and which are known to have 
PFAS contamination in drinking water, ground 
water, and any other sources of water and relevant 
exposure pathways.
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(2) CONTENTS.—The exposure assessment re-
quired under this subsection shall— 
(A) include— 
(i) for each military installation cov-
ered under the exposure assessment, a sta-
tistical sample to be determined by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services 
in consultation with the relevant State 
health departments; and 
(ii) biomonitoring for assessing the 
contamination described in paragraph (1); 
and 
(B) produce findings, which shall be— 
(i) used to help design the study de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1); and 
(ii) not later than 1 year after the 
conclusion of such exposure assessment, 
released to the appropriate congressional 
committees. 
(3) TIMING.—The exposure assessment re-
quired under this subsection shall— 
(A) begin not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act; and 
(B) conclude not later than 2 years after 
such date of enactment.
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(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 
Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry may, as necessary, use staff and other resources 
from other Federal agencies in carrying out the study 
under subsection (a) and the assessment under subsection 
(b). 
(d) NO EFFECT ON REGULATORY PROCESS.—The 
study under subsection (a) and assessment under sub-
section (b) shall not interfere with any regulatory proc-
esses of the Environmental Protection Agency, including 
determinations of maximum contaminant levels. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Heath, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions, the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works, and the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
the Committee on Education and Labor, and the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives. 
(f) FUNDING.— 
(1) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The study under sub-
section (a) and assessment under subsection (b) may
2431 
be paid for using funds authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of Defense under the 
heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’. 
(2) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Without regard to 
section 2215 of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Defense may transfer not more than 
$20,000,000 a year during each of fiscal years 2023 
and 2024 to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to pay for the study under subsection (a) 
and assessment under subsection (b). 
(3) 
EXPENDITURE
AUTHORITY.—Amounts 
transferred to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall be used to carry out the study under 
subsection (a) and assessment under subsection (b) 
through 
contracts, 
cooperative 
agreements, 
or 
grants. In addition, such funds may be transferred 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
other accounts of the Department of Health and 
Human Services for the purposes of carrying out 
this section. 
(4) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER TRANSFER AU-
THORITIES.—The transfer authority provided under 
this subsection is in addition to any other transfer
2432 
authority available to the Department of Defense or 
the Department of Health and Human Services. 
SEC. 5804. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
STRATEGY FOR DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy. 
(2) DISTRIBUTED LEDGER.—The term ‘‘distrib-
uted ledger’’ means a ledger that— 
(A) is shared across a set of distributed 
nodes, which are devices or processes, that par-
ticipate in a network and store a complete or 
partial replica of the ledger; 
(B) is synchronized between the nodes; 
(C) has data appended to it by following 
the ledger’s specified consensus mechanism; 
(D) may be accessible to anyone (public) 
or restricted to a subset of participants (pri-
vate); and 
(E) may require participants to have au-
thorization 
to 
perform 
certain 
actions 
(permissioned) or require no authorization 
(permissionless).
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(3) DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY.—The 
term ‘‘distributed ledger technology’’ means tech-
nology that enables the operation and use of distrib-
uted ledgers. 
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(5) 
RELEVANT
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives. 
(6) SMART CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘smart con-
tract’’ means a computer program stored in a dis-
tributed ledger system that is executed when certain 
predefined conditions are satisfied and wherein the 
outcome of any execution of the program may be re-
corded on the distributed ledger. 
(b) NATIONAL DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY 
R&D STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, or a designee 
of the Director, shall, in coordination with the Na-
2434 
tional Science and Technology Council, and the 
heads of such other relevant Federal agencies and 
entities as the Director considers appropriate, which 
may include the National Academies, and in con-
sultation with such nongovernmental entities as the 
Director considers appropriate, develop a national 
strategy for the research and development of distrib-
uted ledger technologies and their applications, in-
cluding applications of public and permissionless dis-
tributed ledgers. In developing the national strategy, 
the Director shall consider the following: 
(A) Current efforts and coordination by 
Federal agencies to invest in the research and 
development of distributed ledger technologies 
and their applications, including through pro-
grams like the Small Business Innovation Re-
search program, the Small Business Technology 
Transfer program, and the National Science 
Foundation’s Innovation Corps programs. 
(B)(i) The potential benefits and risks of 
applications of distributed ledger technologies 
across different industry sectors, including their 
potential to— 
(I) lower transactions costs and facili-
tate new types of commercial transactions;
2435 
(II) protect privacy and increase indi-
viduals’ data sovereignty; 
(III) reduce friction to the interoper-
ability of digital systems; 
(IV) 
increase 
the 
accessibility, 
auditability, security, efficiency, and trans-
parency of digital services; 
(V) increase market competition in 
the provision of digital services; 
(VI) enable dynamic contracting and 
contract execution through smart con-
tracts; 
(VII) enable participants to collabo-
rate in trustless and disintermediated envi-
ronments; 
(VIII) enable the operations and gov-
ernance of distributed organizations; 
(IX) create new ownership models for 
digital items; and 
(X) increase participation of popu-
lations historically underrepresented in the 
technology, business, and financial sectors. 
(ii) In consideration of the potential risks 
of applications of distributed ledger technologies
2436 
under clause (i), the Director shall take into ac-
count, where applicable— 
(I) additional risks that may emerge 
from distributed ledger technologies, as 
identified in reports submitted to the 
President pursuant to Executive Order 
14067, that may be addressed by research 
and development; 
(II) software vulnerabilities in distrib-
uted ledger technologies and smart con-
tracts; 
(III) limited consumer literacy on en-
gaging with applications of distributed 
ledger technologies in a secure way; 
(IV) the use of distributed ledger 
technologies in illicit finance and their use 
in combating illicit finance; 
(V) 
manipulative, 
deceptive, 
and 
fraudulent practices that harm consumers 
engaging with applications of distributed 
ledger technologies; 
(VI) the implications of different con-
sensus mechanisms for digital ledgers and 
governance and accountability mechanisms 
for applications of distributed ledger tech-
2437 
nologies, which may include decentralized 
networks; 
(VII) foreign activities in the develop-
ment and deployment of distributed ledger 
technologies and their associated tools and 
infrastructure; and 
(VIII) environmental, sustainability, 
and economic impacts of the computational 
resources required for distributed ledger 
technologies. 
(C) Potential uses for distributed ledger 
technologies that could improve the operations 
and delivery of services by Federal agencies, 
taking into account the potential of digital ledg-
er technologies to— 
(i) improve the efficiency and effec-
tiveness of privacy-preserving data sharing 
among Federal agencies and with State, 
local, territorial, and Tribal governments; 
(ii) promote government transparency 
by improving data sharing with the public; 
(iii) introduce or mitigate risks that 
may threaten individuals’ rights or broad 
access to Federal services;
2438 
(iv) automate and modernize proc-
esses for assessing and ensuring regulatory 
compliance; and 
(v) facilitate broad access to financial 
services for underserved and underbanked 
populations. 
(D) Ways to support public and private 
sector dialogue on areas of research that could 
enhance the efficiency, scalability, interoper-
ability, security, and privacy of applications 
using distributed ledger technologies. 
(E) The need for increased coordination of 
the public and private sectors on the develop-
ment of voluntary standards in order to pro-
mote research and development, including 
standards regarding security, smart contracts, 
cryptographic protocols, virtual routing and for-
warding, 
interoperability, 
zero-knowledge 
proofs, and privacy, for distributed ledger tech-
nologies and their applications. 
(F) Applications of distributed ledger tech-
nologies that could positively benefit society but 
that receive relatively little private sector invest-
ment.
2439 
(G) The United States position in global 
leadership and competitiveness across research, 
development, and deployment of distributed 
ledger technologies. 
(2) CONSULTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the Di-
rector’s duties under this subsection, the Direc-
tor shall consult with the following: 
(i) Private industry. 
(ii) Institutions of higher education, 
including minority-serving institutions. 
(iii) Nonprofit organizations, includ-
ing foundations dedicated to supporting 
distributed ledger technologies and their 
applications. 
(iv) State governments. 
(v) Such other persons as the Director 
considers appropriate. 
(B) 
REPRESENTATION.—The 
Director 
shall ensure consultations with the following: 
(i) Rural and urban stakeholders from 
across the Nation. 
(ii) Small, medium, and large busi-
nesses.
2440 
(iii) Subject matter experts rep-
resenting multiple industrial sectors. 
(iv) A demographically diverse set of 
stakeholders. 
(3) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Director shall, for purposes of avoiding 
duplication of activities, consult, cooperate, and co-
ordinate with the programs and policies of other rel-
evant Federal agencies, including the interagency 
process outlined in section 3 of Executive Order 
14067 (87 Fed. Reg. 14143; relating ensuring re-
sponsible development of digital assets). 
(4) NATIONAL
STRATEGY.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector shall submit to the relevant congressional 
committees and the President a national strategy 
that includes the following: 
(A) Priorities for the research and develop-
ment of distributed ledger technologies and 
their applications. 
(B) Plans to support public and private 
sector investment and partnerships in research 
and technology development for societally bene-
ficial applications of distributed ledger tech-
nologies.
2441 
(C) Plans to mitigate the risks of distrib-
uted ledger technologies and their applications. 
(D) An identification of additional re-
sources, administrative action, or legislative ac-
tion recommended to assist with the implemen-
tation of such strategy. 
(5) RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT
FUND-
ING.—The Director shall, as the Director considers 
necessary, consult with the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget and with the heads of such 
other elements of the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent as the Director considers appropriate, to ensure 
that the recommendations and priorities with respect 
to research and development funding, as expressed 
in the national strategy developed under this sub-
section, are incorporated in the development of an-
nual budget requests for Federal research agencies. 
(c) 
DISTRIBUTED
LEDGER
TECHNOLOGY
RE-
SEARCH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall make awards, on a com-
petitive basis, to institutions of higher education, in-
cluding minority-serving institutions, or nonprofit 
organizations (or consortia of such institutions or or-
ganizations) to support research, including inter-
2442 
disciplinary research, on distributed ledger tech-
nologies, their applications, and other issues that im-
pact or are caused by distributed ledger tech-
nologies, which may include research on— 
(A) the implications on trust, trans-
parency, privacy, accessibility, accountability, 
and energy consumption of different consensus 
mechanisms and hardware choices, and ap-
proaches for addressing these implications; 
(B) approaches for improving the security, 
privacy, resiliency, interoperability, perform-
ance, and scalability of distributed ledger tech-
nologies and their applications, which may in-
clude decentralized networks; 
(C) approaches for identifying and ad-
dressing vulnerabilities and improving the per-
formance and expressive power of smart con-
tracts; 
(D) the implications of quantum com-
puting on applications of distributed ledger 
technologies, including long-term protection of 
sensitive information (such as medical or digital 
property), and techniques to address them; 
(E) game theory, mechanism design, and 
economics underpinning and facilitating the op-
2443 
erations and governance of decentralized net-
works enabled by distributed ledger tech-
nologies; 
(F) the social behaviors of participants in 
decentralized networks enabled by distributed 
ledger technologies; 
(G) human-centric design approaches to 
make distributed ledger technologies and their 
applications more usable and accessible; 
(H) use cases for distributed ledger tech-
nologies across various industry sectors and 
government, including applications pertaining 
to— 
(i) digital identity, including trusted 
identity and identity management; 
(ii) digital property rights; 
(iii) delivery of public services; 
(iv) supply chain transparency; 
(v) medical information management; 
(vi) inclusive financial services; 
(vii) community governance; 
(viii) charitable giving; 
(ix) public goods funding; 
(x) digital credentials; 
(xi) regulatory compliance;
2444 
(xii) infrastructure resilience, includ-
ing against natural disasters; and 
(xiii) peer-to-peer transactions; and 
(I) the social, behavioral, and economic im-
plications associated with the growth of applica-
tions of distributed ledger technologies, includ-
ing decentralization in business, financial, and 
economic systems. 
(2) ACCELERATING INNOVATION.—The Director 
of the National Science Foundation shall consider 
continuing to support startups that are in need of 
funding, would develop in and contribute to the 
economy of the United States, leverage distributed 
ledger technologies, have the potential to positively 
benefit society, and have the potential for commer-
cial viability, through programs like the Small Busi-
ness Innovation Research program, the Small Busi-
ness Technology Transfer program, and, as appro-
priate, other programs that promote broad and di-
verse participation. 
(3) CONSIDERATION
OF
NATIONAL
DISTRIB-
UTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT STRATEGY.—In making awards under para-
graph (1), the Director of the National Science
2445 
Foundation shall take into account the national 
strategy, as described in subsection (b)(4). 
(4) FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH.—The Director 
of the National Science Foundation shall consider 
continuing to make awards supporting fundamental 
research in areas related to distributed ledger tech-
nologies and their applications, such as applied cryp-
tography and distributed systems. 
(d) DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY APPLIED 
RESEARCH PROJECT.— 
(1) APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT.—Subject to 
the availability of appropriations, the Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
may carry out an applied research project to study 
and demonstrate the potential benefits and unique 
capabilities of distributed ledger technologies. 
(2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the applied 
research project, the Director of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology shall— 
(A) identify potential applications of dis-
tributed ledger technologies, including those 
that could benefit activities at the Department 
of Commerce or at other Federal agencies, con-
sidering applications that could—
2446 
(i) improve the privacy and interoper-
ability of digital identity and access man-
agement solutions; 
(ii) increase the integrity and trans-
parency of supply chains through the se-
cure and limited sharing of relevant sup-
plier information; 
(iii) facilitate increased interoper-
ability across healthcare information sys-
tems and consumer control over the move-
ment of their medical data; 
(iv) facilitate broader participation in 
distributed ledger technologies of popu-
lations historically underrepresented in 
technology, business, and financial sectors; 
or 
(v) be of benefit to the public or pri-
vate sectors, as determined by the Director 
in consultation with relevant stakeholders; 
(B) solicit and provide the opportunity for 
public comment relevant to potential projects; 
(C) consider, in the selection of a project, 
whether the project addresses a pressing need 
not already addressed by another organization 
or Federal agency;
2447 
(D) establish plans to mitigate potential 
risks, including those outlined in subsection 
(b)(1)(B)(ii), if applicable, of potential projects; 
(E) produce an example solution leveraging 
distributed ledger technologies for 1 of the ap-
plications identified in subparagraph (A); 
(F) hold a competitive process to select 
private sector partners, if they are engaged, to 
support the implementation of the example so-
lution; 
(G) consider hosting the project at the Na-
tional Cybersecurity Center of Excellence; and 
(H) ensure that cybersecurity best prac-
tices consistent with the Cybersecurity Frame-
work of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology are demonstrated in the project. 
(3) BRIEFINGS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology shall offer a briefing to the relevant con-
gressional committees on the progress and current 
findings from the project under this subsection. 
(4) PUBLIC
REPORT.—Not later than 12 
months after the completion of the project under 
this subsection, the Director of the National Insti-
2448 
tute of Standards and Technology shall make public 
a report on the results and findings from the 
project. 
SEC. 5805. COMMERCIAL AIR WAIVER FOR NEXT OF KIN RE-
GARDING TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS OF 
CASUALTIES. 
Section 580A of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) TRANSPORTATION
OF DECEASED MILITARY 
MEMBER.—In the event of a death that requires the Sec-
retary concerned to provide a death benefit under sub-
chapter II of chapter 75 of title 10, United States Code, 
such Secretary shall provide the next of kin or other ap-
propriate person a commercial air travel use waiver for 
the transportation of deceased remains of military member 
who dies outside of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 5806. ARMS EXPORTS DELIVERY SOLUTIONS ACT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) prioritizing the defense needs of United 
States allies and partners globally is a national secu-
rity priority; and 
(2) sustained support to key partners for inter-
operable defense systems is critical to preserve—
2449 
(A) the safety and security of American 
persons; 
(B) the free flow of commerce through 
international trade routes; 
(C) the United States commitment to col-
lective security agreements, territorial integrity, 
and recognized maritime boundaries; and 
(D) Taiwan’s defense capability both in 
quantitative and qualitative terms. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2023, and March 1, 2024, the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Defense shall jointly transmit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report with respect to 
the transfer of all defense articles or defense services, on 
or after October 1, 2017, pursuant to the authorities pro-
vided by— 
(1) section 3, 21, or 36 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753, 2761, or 2776); or 
(2) section 516(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(c)(2)). 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(b) shall also contain the following: 
(1) A list of all approved transfers of defense 
articles and services authorized by Congress pursu-
ant to sections 25 and 36 of the Arms Export Con-
2450 
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2765 and 2776) with a total 
value of $25,000,000 or more, to Taiwan, Japan, 
South Korea, Australia, or New Zealand, that have 
not been fully delivered by the start of the fiscal 
year in which the report is being submitted. 
(2) The estimated start and end dates of deliv-
ery for each approved and incomplete transfer listed 
pursuant to paragraph (1), including additional de-
tails and dates for any transfers that involve mul-
tiple tranches of deliveries. 
(3) With respect to each approved and incom-
plete transfer listed pursuant to paragraph (1), a de-
tailed description of— 
(A) any changes in the delivery dates of 
defense articles or services relative to the dates 
anticipated at the time of congressional ap-
proval of the transfer, including specific reasons 
for any delays related to the United States Gov-
ernment, defense suppliers, or a foreign part-
ner; 
(B) the feasibility and advisability of pro-
viding the partner subject to such delayed deliv-
ery with an interim capability or solution, in-
cluding drawing from United States stocks, and
2451 
any challenges to implementing such a capa-
bility or solution; and 
(C) authorities, appropriations, or waiver 
requests that Congress could provide to improve 
delivery timelines or authorize the provision of 
interim capabilities or solutions identified pur-
suant to subparagraph (B). 
(4) A description of ongoing interagency efforts 
to support attainment of operational capability of 
the corresponding defense articles and services once 
delivered, including advance training with United 
States or allied forces on the systems to be received. 
The description of any such training shall also in-
clude an identification of the training implementer. 
(5) If a transfer listed pursuant to paragraph 
(1) has been terminated prior to the date of the sub-
mission of the report for any reason— 
(A) the case information for such transfer; 
(B) a description of the reasons for which 
the transfer is no longer in effect; and 
(C) the impact this termination will have 
on the intended end-user and the consequent 
implications for regional security. 
(6) A separate description of the actions the 
United States is taking to expedite deliveries of de-
2452 
fense articles and services to Taiwan, including in 
particular, whether the United States intends to di-
vert defense articles from United States stocks to 
provide an interim capability or solution with respect 
to any delayed deliveries to Taiwan and the plan, if 
applicable, to replenish any such diverted stocks. 
(7) A description of other potential actions un-
dertaken by the Department of State to improve de-
livery timelines for the transfers listed pursuant to 
paragraph (1). 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
SEC. 5807. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS TO BADR ORGANI-
ZATION. 
None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Defense may be made available, directly or indirectly, 
to the Badr Organization.
2453 
SEC. 5808. PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR IN-
DUCED OR REQUIRED UNDERMINING OF SE-
CURITY OF CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS 
GOODS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds made available 
in this or any other Act may be used by any Federal agen-
cy to require, support, pay, or otherwise induce any pri-
vate sector provider of consumer software and hardware 
to— 
(1) intentionally add any security vulnerability 
or weaken or omit any safeguard in the standards, 
items, or services of the provider; 
(2) remove or omit any information security 
function, mechanism, service, or solution from the 
items or services of the provider; or 
(3) take any action that— 
(A) undermines, circumvents, defeats, by-
passes, or otherwise counteracts the end-to-end 
encryption of the item or service of the pro-
vider; 
(B) prevents an item or service from 
adopting end-to-end encryption; or 
(C) otherwise makes an unencrypted 
version of the end-to-end encrypted content of 
any communication, file, or data of the item or
2454 
service of the provider available to any person 
or entity other than the intended recipients. 
(b) FEDERAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means any executive depart-
ment, military department, Government corporation, Gov-
ernment controlled corporation, or other establishment in 
the executive branch of the Government (including the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President), or any independent regu-
latory agency. 
SEC. 5809. FOREIGN STATE COMPUTER INTRUSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 97 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1605B 
the following: 
‘‘§ 1605C. Computer intrusions by a foreign state 
‘‘A foreign state shall not be immune from the juris-
diction of the courts of the United States or of the States 
in any case not otherwise covered by this chapter in which 
money damages are sought against a foreign state by a 
national of the United States for personal injury, harm 
to reputation, or damage to or loss of property resulting 
from any of the following activities, whether occurring in 
the United States or a foreign state: 
‘‘(1) Unauthorized access to or access exceeding 
authorization to a computer located in the United 
States.
2455 
‘‘(2) Unauthorized access to confidential, elec-
tronic stored information located in the United 
States. 
‘‘(3) The transmission of a program, informa-
tion, code, or command to a computer located in the 
United States, which, as a result of such conduct, 
causes damage without authorization. 
‘‘(4) The use, dissemination, or disclosure, with-
out consent, of any information obtained by means 
of any activity described in paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3). 
‘‘(5) The provision of material support or re-
sources for any activity described in paragraph (1), 
(2), (3), or (4), including by an official, employee, or 
agent of such foreign state.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—This section and the amendments 
made by this section shall apply to any action pending on 
or filed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5810. SCHOOL PFAS TESTING AND FILTRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, shall establish a program 
to—
2456 
(1) test for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
substances in drinking water at eligible entities, 
which testing shall be conducted by an entity ap-
proved by the Administrator or the applicable State 
to conduct the testing; 
(2) install, maintain, and repair water filtration 
systems effective for reducing perfluoroalkyl and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water at eligi-
ble 
entities 
that 
contains 
a 
level 
of 
any 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance that ex-
ceeds— 
(A) an applicable maximum contaminant 
level established by the Administrator under 
section 1412 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300g–1); or 
(B) an applicable standard established by 
the applicable State that is more stringent than 
the level described in subparagraph (A); and 
(3) safely dispose of spent water filtration 
equipment used to reduce perfluoroalkyl and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water at 
schools. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall—
2457 
(1) make publicly available, including, to the 
maximum extent practicable, on the website of the 
eligible entity, a copy of the results of any testing 
carried out under this section; and 
(2) notify relevant parent, teacher, and em-
ployee organizations of the availability of the results 
described in paragraph (1). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a school 
operated by the Department of Defense Education 
Activity. 
SEC. 5811. REPORT ON EMT NATIONAL LICENSING STAND-
ARDS. 
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with each 
branch of the United States military, shall submit a report 
to Congress on how the Department of Defense can fea-
sibly incorporate EMT national licensing standards into 
their existing training.
2458 
SEC. 5812. REQUIREMENT FOR CUT FLOWERS AND CUT 
GREENS DISPLAYED IN CERTAIN FEDERAL 
BUILDINGS TO BE PRODUCED IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A cut flower or a cut green may 
not be officially displayed in any public area of a building 
of the Executive Office of the President, of the Depart-
ment of State, or of the Department of Defense that is 
in a State of the United States or in the District of Colum-
bia, unless the cut flower or cut green is produced in the 
United States. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition under subsection (a) 
may be waived by the head of the agency concerned with 
respect to a cut flower or cut green that is a gift from 
a foreign country. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The limitation in sub-
section (a) may not be construed to apply to any cut flower 
or cut green used by a Federal officer or employee for 
personal display. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘cut flower’’ means a flower re-
moved from a living plant for decorative use. 
(2) The term ‘‘cut green’’ means a green, foli-
age, or branch removed from a living plant for deco-
rative use.
2459 
(3) The term ‘‘produced in the United States’’ 
means grown in— 
(A) any of the several States; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) a territory or possession of the United 
States; or 
(D) an area subject to the jurisdiction of 
a federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 5813. RENEGOTIATION OF COMPACTS OF FREE ASSO-
CIATION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress as follows: 
(1) The United States shares deep ties, history 
and interests with the Freely Associated States of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated 
States of Micronesia, and Palau and continues a 
special, unique and mutually beneficial relationship 
with them under the decades-old Compacts of Free 
Association. 
(2) Under the Compacts, the United States has 
undertaken the responsibility and obligation to pro-
2460 
vide and ensure the security and defense of the 
Freely Associated States. 
(3) The Compacts are critical to the national 
security of the United States and its allies and part-
ners and are the bedrock of the United States role 
in the Pacific. 
(4) Renewal of key provisions of the Compacts, 
now being negotiated with each nation, is critical for 
regional security. 
(5) Maintaining and strengthening the Com-
pacts supports both United States national security 
and the United States responsibility for the security 
and defense of the Freely Associated States. 
(6) As the Department charged with fulfilling 
the security mandates of the Compacts, the Depart-
ment of Defense is an integral partner with the De-
partments of State and Interior in the Compact re-
newal negotiations, has a vested interest in the out-
come, and should play an active role in the negotia-
tions for their renewal. 
(7) The Department of Defense should continue 
its engagement in the negotiations of the Compacts 
of Free Association, in coordination with the De-
partments of State and Interior and the Special 
Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations.
2461 
(8) It would be beneficial for the Secretary of 
Defense to detail a senior officer — or such other 
personal and assistance as the Envoy may request 
— to the Special Presidential Envoy for Compact 
Negotiations to support the negotiations for the re-
newal of Compact provisions. 
(b) BRIEFING ON NEGOTIATIONS.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall brief the following committees on 
the role of the Department in the renegotiations of the 
Compacts and opportunities to expand its support for the 
negotiations: 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate. 
SEC. 5814. INTERAGENCY REPORT ON EXTREMIST ACTIV-
ITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months there-
after, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of
2462 
Defense shall publish a report that analyzes and sets out 
strategies to combat White supremacist and neo-Nazi ac-
tivity in the uniformed services and Federal law enforce-
ment agencies. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
a joint report detailing Executive-wide plans de-
scribed in subsection (a) that includes— 
(A) the number of individuals discharged 
from the uniformed services due to incidents re-
lated to White supremacy and neo-Nazi activity; 
(B) for each instance included in the total 
number in subparagraph (A), a description of 
the circumstances that led to the separation of 
servicemembers from the uniformed services 
due to White supremacy and neo-Nazi activity; 
(C) the number of Federal law enforce-
ment officers separated from federal agencies 
due to incidents related to White supremacy or 
neo-Nazi activity; 
(D) for each instance included in the total 
number in subparagraph (C), a description of 
the circumstances that led to the separation of
2463 
Federal law enforcement officers from federal 
agencies due to White supremacy and neo-Nazi 
activity; 
(E) the response of the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of De-
fense to planned or effectuated incidents that 
have a nexus to White supremacist and neo- 
Nazi ideology involving those described in sub-
paragraphs (B) and (D); and 
(F) specific plans to address such incidents 
described in this subsection within uniformed 
services and Federal law enforcement agencies. 
(2) TRANSMISSION.—The Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, and the Secretary of Defense shall 
transmit each report described in paragraph (1) 
to— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate;
2464 
(D) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; 
(F) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
(G) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(H) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives. 
(3) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— 
The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
be— 
(A) submitted in unclassified form, to the 
greatest extent possible, with a classified annex 
only if necessary; and 
(B) in the case of the unclassified portion 
of the report, posted on the public website of 
the Department of Defense, the Department of 
Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
2465 
SEC. 5815. REPORTING ON PREVIOUS FEDERAL BUREAU OF 
INVESTIGATION 
AND 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
processes needed to regularly report to Congress on do-
mestic terrorism threats pursuant to Section 5602 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116-92). 
(b) DATA LIMITATIONS.—In the event that data in-
ternal to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Depart-
ment of Homeland Security on completed or attempted 
acts of domestic terrorism from January 1, 2009, to De-
cember 31, 2014 is incomplete or inconsistent, the Direc-
tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall engage with State, 
local, Tribal, and territorial partners, academic institu-
tions, non-profit organizations, and the private sector with 
expertise in domestic terrorism threats and acts to provide 
the most accurate and consistent information for the re-
port required under subsection (a).
2466 
(c) GAO REPORT.— Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Government 
Accountability Office shall produce a report providing a 
full review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security’s, and the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence’s compliance with domes-
tic terrorism transparency mechanisms required by Fed-
eral law, including the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2020. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the ter ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; 
(3) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate; 
(4) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives; 
(5) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(6) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives.
2467 
SEC. 5816. PFAS DATA CALL. 
Section 8(a)(7) of the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2607(a)(7)) is amended by inserting ‘‘that con-
tains at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom,’’ after 
‘‘perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance’’. 
SEC. 5817. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH PERSONS 
WITH WILLFUL OR REPEATED VIOLATIONS 
OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 
1938. 
(a) INITIATION OF DEBARMENT PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor shall 
initiate a debarment proceeding with respect to a 
covered person for whom information regarding two 
or more willful or repeated violations of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) (as determined by a disposition described 
under subsection (c)(1) of section 2313 of title 41, 
United States Code, and issued in the last five 
years) is included in the database established under 
subsection (a) of such section. 
(2) 
LENGTH
OF
DEBARMENT.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Labor may determine the length of a debarment 
under paragraph (1). 
(b) DATABASES.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall
2468 
ensure that the enforcement and compliance databases of 
the Department of Labor— 
(1) identify persons that have been finally adju-
dicated to have violated labor laws; 
(2) list each person, identified by the tax identi-
fication number of the person, that is suspended or 
debarred for a violation of a labor law; and 
(3) are accessible to contracting officers and 
suspension and debarment officials at all Federal 
agencies. 
(c) REVISION
OF FAR.—The Federal Acquisition 
Regulation shall be revised to require contracting offi-
cers— 
(1) when renewing or awarding a contract, to 
check the database in subsection (b) for suspensions 
or debarments described under that subsection when 
determining present responsibility and conducting a 
past performance evaluation; 
(2) to enter relevant information from the data-
base in subsection (b) into past performance evalua-
tions in the Contractor Performance Assessment and 
Reporting System; and 
(3) to coordinate with the Labor Advisor of the 
agency and consult with experts regarding alleged 
violations of labor law.
2469 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered person’’ means any indi-
vidual, enterprise, or firm applying for a contract 
worth $500,000 or more; 
(2) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 102 of title 40, United 
States Code; 
(3) the term ‘‘labor law’’ includes— 
(A) subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 
40, United States Code (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘Davis Bacon Act’’); 
(B) chapter 67 of subtitle II of title 41, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘Services Contracting Act’’); and 
(C) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.); and 
(4) the term ‘‘willful’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 578.3 of title 29, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 5818. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PHIL-
IPPINES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report that in-
cludes the following:
2470 
(1) An assessment of extrajudicial killings and 
other human rights violations committed by the 
Philippines military, police, and paramilitary forces, 
specifically violations against trade unionists, jour-
nalists, human rights defenders, critics of the gov-
ernment, faith and religious leaders, and other civil 
society activists. 
(2) A description of the human rights climate 
in the Philippines; an assessment of the Philippines 
military, police, and paramilitary forces’ adherence 
to human rights; and an analysis of such forces’ role 
in the practice of ‘‘red-tagging’’, including against 
United States citizens. 
SEC. 5819. REQUIREMENT FOR THE SECRETARY OF HOUS-
ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO ANNU-
ALLY REPORT COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL HAR-
ASSMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
TO ANNUALLY REPORT COM-
PLAINTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.— 
(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 808(e)(2) of the 
Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end;
2471 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii) by striking 
the semicolon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) containing tabulations of the number 
of instances in the preceding year in which 
complaints of discriminatory housing practices 
were filed with the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development or a fair housing assistance 
program, including identification of whether 
each complaint was filed with respect to dis-
crimination based on race, color, religion, na-
tional origin, sex, handicap, or familial status.’’. 
(2) SEXUAL HARASSMENT.—Section 808 of the 
Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3608) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) In carrying out the reporting obligations under 
this section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) consider a complaint filed with respect to 
discrimination based on sex to include any complaint 
filed with respect to sexual harassment; and 
‘‘(2) in reporting the instances of a complaint 
filed with respect to discrimination based on sex 
under subsection (e)(2)(C), include a disaggregated
2472 
tabulation of the total number of such complaints 
filed with respect to sexual harassment.’’. 
(3) INITIATIVE TO COMBAT SEXUAL HARASS-
MENT IN HOUSING.—Title IX of the Fair Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 902. INITIATIVE TO COMBAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN 
HOUSING. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall establish an initiative to 
investigate and prosecute an allegation of a violation 
under this Act with respect to sexual harassment.’’. 
SEC. 5820. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STUDY ON FACTORS 
AFFECTING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES WITH PRO-
FESSIONAL CREDENTIALS OBTAINED IN FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Education, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Secretary of Commerce, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator 
of the Internal Revenue Service, and the Commis-
sioner of the Social Security Administration, shall 
conduct a study of the factors affecting employment
2473 
opportunities in the United States for applicable im-
migrants and refugees who have professional creden-
tials that were obtained in a country other than the 
United States. 
(2) WORK WITH OTHER ENTITIES.—The Sec-
retary of Labor shall seek to work with relevant non-
profit organizations and State agencies to use the 
existing data and resources of such entities to con-
duct the study required under paragraph (1). 
(3) LIMITATION ON DISCLOSURE.—Any infor-
mation provided to the Secretary of Labor in con-
nection with the study required under paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) may only be used for the purposes of, 
and to the extent necessary to ensure the effi-
cient operation of, such study; and 
(B) may not be disclosed to any other per-
son or entity except as provided under this sub-
section. 
(b) INCLUSIONS.—The study required under sub-
section (a)(1) shall include— 
(1) an analysis of the employment history of 
applicable immigrants and refugees admitted to the 
United States during the 5-year period immediately
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preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, 
which shall include, to the extent practicable— 
(A) a comparison of the employment appli-
cable immigrants and refugees held before im-
migrating to the United States with the employ-
ment they obtained in the United States, if any, 
since their arrival; and 
(B) the occupational and professional cre-
dentials and academic degrees held by applica-
ble immigrants and refugees before immigrating 
to the United States; 
(2) an assessment of any barriers that prevent 
applicable immigrants and refugees from using occu-
pational experience obtained outside the United 
States to obtain employment in the United States; 
(3) an analysis of available public and private 
resources assisting applicable immigrants and refu-
gees who have professional experience and qualifica-
tions obtained outside of the United States to obtain 
skill-appropriate employment in the United States; 
and 
(4) policy recommendations for better enabling 
applicable immigrants and refugees who have profes-
sional experience and qualifications obtained outside
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of the United States to obtain skill-appropriate em-
ployment in the United States. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of 
Labor shall— 
(1) submit a report to Congress that describes 
the results of the study conducted pursuant to sub-
section (a); and 
(2) make such report publicly available on the 
website of the Department of Labor. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘applicable immigrants and refu-
gees’’— 
(A) means individuals who— 
(i)(I) are not citizens or nationals of 
the United States; and 
(II) are lawfully present in the United 
States and authorized to be employed in 
the United States; or 
(ii) are naturalized citizens of the 
United States who were born outside of the 
United States and its outlying possessions; 
and 
(B) includes individuals described in sec-
tion 602(b)(2) of the Afghan Allies Protection
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Act of 2009 (title VI of division F of Public 
Law 111–8; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note). 
(2) Except as otherwise defined in this section, 
terms used in this section have the definitions given 
such terms under section 101(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 
SEC. 5821. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND STATEMENT OF POL-
ICY ON HAITI. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Since 2018, the ruling PHTK has presided 
over increasing instability, displacement, and poverty 
in Haiti stemming from, among other reasons— 
(A) systematic dismantlement of the judi-
cial system; 
(B) a non-functioning parliamentary sys-
tem; 
(C) mass gang violence against civilians 
and between gangs resulting in large-scale mas-
sacres; 
(D) gang rule of large parts of Haiti; daily 
kidnappings for ransom; 
(E) widespread sexual violence against 
women, girls and marginalized people; 
(F) grand corruption; 
(G) state violence against protesters;
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(H) unsafe conditions for workers; 
(I) diminished access to water, food, 
healthcare and education; and 
(J) unnatural devastation from natural 
disasters. 
(2) Government-supported violence in Haiti has 
forced large numbers of Haitians to flee the country, 
including to the United States. 
(3) Independent human rights organizations 
and the media have documented PHTK collusion 
with gang activity through— 
(A) the participation of PHTK officials in 
gang attacks; 
(B) the use of police vehicles in gang ac-
tivities; and 
(C) systemic refusals by the police to inter-
fere in gang attacks and the justice system to 
prosecute gang members and government offi-
cials credibly accused of participating in mas-
sacres. 
(4) In 2021, the United States together with 
the international community installed PHTK official 
Ariel Henry as the Prime Minister and thus de facto 
head of Government of Haiti following the assassina-
tion of President Jovenel Moise.
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the security, freedom, and well-being of Hai-
tians are intertwined with that of the people of the United 
States, and United States interests are not served by an 
unstable or unsafe Haiti. 
(c) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) to support a Haitian-led solution to the cur-
rent crisis; 
(2) that the people of Haiti must be empowered 
to choose their leaders and govern Haiti free from 
foreign interference; and 
(3) to support the sustainable rebuilding and 
development of Haiti in a manner that promotes ef-
forts led and supported by the people and Govern-
ment of Haiti at all levels, so that Haitians lead the 
course of reconstruction and development of Haiti. 
SEC. 5822. CORRECTIONAL FACILITY DISASTER PREPARED-
NESS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘major 
disaster’’ means— 
(1) a major disaster declared by the President 
under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170); or
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(2) any natural disaster or extreme weather or 
public health emergency event that— 
(A) would activate the use of any Bureau 
of Prisons 18 contingency plans; and 
(B) the Bureau of Prisons determines is a 
major disaster. 
(b) BUREAU OF PRISONS ANNUAL SUMMARY RE-
PORT OF DISASTER DAMAGE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons shall submit to the Committee on Appro-
priations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Appro-
priations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives an annual summary report of dis-
aster damage on the scope of physical damage from 
a major disaster in each Bureau of Prisons facility 
and its contract prisons impacted or struck by a 
major disaster that explains the effects of the dam-
age on inmates and staff, including— 
(A) data on injury and loss of life of in-
mates and staff; 
(B) access to health and medical care, 
food, special dietary needs, drinkable water,
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personal protective equipment, and personal hy-
giene products; 
(C) guidance used to adjudicate early re-
lease or home confinement requests, data on 
early release or home confinement approvals, 
denials, and justification for denials; 
(D) an explanation as to whether using 
home confinement or early release was consid-
ered; 
(E) access to cost-free and uninterrupted 
visitation with legal counsel and visitors with 
justifications for facility decisions that resulted 
in suspended or altered visitations; 
(F) access to appropriate accommodations 
for inmates with disabilities; 
(G) access to educational and work pro-
grams; 
(H) inmate grievances; 
(I) assessment of the cost of the damage to 
the facility and estimates for repairs; 
(J) the impact on staffing, equipment, and 
financial resources; and 
(K) other factors relating to the ability of 
the Bureau of Prisons and any existing contract
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prison to uphold the health, safety, and civil 
rights of the correctional population. 
(2) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.—The report re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall include agency cor-
rective actions that the Bureau of Prisons will take 
to improve and modernize emergency preparedness 
plans, as they relate to natural disasters, extreme 
weather, and public health emergencies and a 
timeline to implement the corrective action plan. 
(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report required 
under paragraph (1) shall include specific legislative 
recommendations to Congress for improving emer-
gency preparedness plans within the Bureau of Pris-
ons. 
(4) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the enactment of this section, the Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons shall appoint an official of the 
Bureau of Prisons responsible for carrying out the 
corrective action plan. 
(c) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS.—Sec-
tion 4351 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘ten’’ and inserting ‘‘13’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(3) One shall have served a sentence in either 
a Federal or State correctional facility or have a 
professional background advocating on the behalf of 
formerly incarcerated or incarcerated individuals. 
‘‘(4) One shall have a background as an emer-
gency response coordinator that has created an 
emergency management accreditation program. 
‘‘(5) One shall have an educational and profes-
sional background in public health working with 
communicable diseases.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) FIELD HEARING.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, the National In-
stitute of Corrections shall conduct at least one public field 
hearing on how correctional facilities can incorporate in 
their emergency preparedness plans and recovery efforts— 
‘‘(1) inmate access to medical care, food, drink-
able water, personal protective equipment, and per-
sonal hygiene products; 
‘‘(2) consideration by staff of using home con-
finement or early release; 
‘‘(3) inmate access to cost-free and uninter-
rupted visitation with legal counsel and visitors with 
clear standards for when facilities may suspend or 
alter visitations;
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‘‘(4) inmate access to appropriate accommoda-
tions for inmates with disabilities; 
‘‘(5) use of Federal funding to restore disaster- 
damaged correctional facilities; and 
‘‘(6) incorporation by staff of risk management 
best practices, such as those made available under 
the relevant agencies of the Federal Emergency 
Management Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services, and the Government Account-
ability Office to enhance emergency preparedness 
plans.’’. 
SEC. 5823. NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERAL HIRING FOR 
VETERAN MEDICAL CANNABIS USERS; AU-
THORIZED PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON 
STATE-APPROVED 
MARIJUANA 
PROGRAMS 
TO VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for a ‘‘vet-
eran’’, as defined in title 38, section 101(2) of the United 
States Code, to be excluded from employment in the Fed-
eral Government solely because the veteran consumes or 
has consumed cannabis, as defined in the Controlled Sub-
stances Act, or anywhere in the United States Code. For 
the purposes determining if a person is a veteran under 
this provision, an other than honorable, bad conduct, or 
dishonorable release premised solely on a nonviolent can-
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nabis charge or conviction shall be construed as a general 
discharge. 
(b) AUTHORIZED PROVISION
OF INFORMATION.— 
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any other Federal, 
State, or local law regulating or prohibiting the provision 
of information on marijuana, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall authorize physicians and other health care 
providers of the Veterans Health Administration of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to provide to veterans who 
are residents of States with State-approved marijuana 
programs information regarding the participation of such 
veterans in such programs and to recommend their par-
ticipation in such programs. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘information’’ includes details 
such as informational materials, internet websites, 
and relevant contact information for State-approved 
marijuana programs. 
(2) The term ‘‘marijuana’’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘‘marihuana’’ in section 102 of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802). 
(3) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, any territory, Federal enclave, or
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possession of the United States, and each federally 
recognized Indian Tribe. 
(4) The term ‘‘nonviolent cannabis charge or 
conviction’’ shall include any nonviolent offense or 
offenses 
involving 
marijuana, 
or 
tetrahydrocannabinols and any related nonviolent of-
fenses or convictions that would not have satisfied 
all elements of the charged offense or offenses but 
for the involvement of these substances except for 
any offenses or convictions where it has been estab-
lished in court that the individual was associated 
with a foreign drug cartel or operating a motor vehi-
cle under the influence of a drug or alcohol within 
the meaning of section 13(b) of title 18,United 
States Code, n offense of operating or being in ac-
tual physical control of a motor vehicle within the 
meaning of title 36, section 4.23 of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, or drunken or reckless operation of 
vehicle, aircraft or vessel within the meaning of arti-
cle 111 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, sec-
tion 911 of title 10, United States Code.
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SEC. 5824. REPORT ON CERTAIN ENTITIES CONNECTED TO 
FOREIGN PERSONS ON THE MURDER OF 
JAMAL KHASHOGGI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the heads of appropriate agencies, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on private, commercial, and nongovernmental en-
tities, including non-profit foundations, controlled in whole 
or in part by any foreign person named in the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence report titled ‘‘Assess-
ing the Saudi Government’s Role in the Killing of Jamal 
Khashoggi’’, dated February 11, 2021. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of such entities. 
(2) A detailed assessment, based in part on 
credible open sources and other publicly-available in-
formation, of the roles, if any, such entities played 
in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi or any other 
gross violations of internationally recognized human 
rights. 
(3) A certification of whether any such entity is 
subject to sanctions pursuant to the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 
U.S.C. 2656 note).
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(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 5825. REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED 
STATES SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO VIO-
LATORS OF THE ARMS EMBARGO ON LIBYA. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassi-
fied report that describes whether the President has deter-
mined the persons described in subsection (b) meet the 
criteria for the imposition of sanctions under section 1(a) 
of Executive Order 13726 (81 Fed. Reg. 23559; relating 
to blocking property and suspending entry into the United 
States of persons contributing to the situation in Libya). 
(b) PERSONS.—For purposes of the determination re-
quired under subsection (a), the President shall consider
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all private companies listed for facilitating violations of the 
United Nations arms embargo on Libya in the report of 
the United Nations Panel of Experts entitled ‘‘Letter 
dated 8 March 2021 from the Panel of Experts on Libya 
established pursuant to resolution 1973 (2011) addressed 
to the President of the Security Council’’ and ‘‘Letter 
dated 24 May 2022 from the Panel of Experts on Libya 
established pursuant to resolution 1973 (2011) addressed 
to the President of the Security Council’’, including the 
following: 
(1) Maritime vessels. 
(2) Corporate facilitators of arms embargo vio-
lations. 
(3) Aircraft operators. 
(4) Mercenary recruiters and facilitators. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate.
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SEC. 5826. MODIFICATION OF PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF 
SHIPMENT OF ARMS. 
Subsection (i) of section 36 of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF SHIPMENT OF ARMS.— 
At least 30 days prior to the initial and final shipment 
of a sale of defense articles subject to the requirements 
of subsection (b), the President shall provide notification 
of such pending shipment, in unclassified form, with a 
classified annex as necessary, to the Chairperson and 
Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate and the Chairperson and Ranking Member 
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’. 
SEC. 5827. STUDY AND REPORT ON FEASABILITY OF SUS-
PENSION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, AND 
TAKEOVERS OF CERTAIN FOREIGN SURVEIL-
LANCE COMPANIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of 
National Intelligence, and the heads of other relevant 
agencies, shall— 
(1) study the feasibility of using existing au-
thorities to implement a suspension of any merger, 
acquisition, or takeover that would result in control,
2490 
including full or partial ownership of some or all as-
sets, of a covered foreign entity described in sub-
section (c) by a United States person; and 
(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the results of such study. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The study and re-
port required by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of whether the President or 
Executive branch agencies have the authority to im-
plement a suspension as described in subsection (a) 
and what additional authorities would be required if 
needed. 
(2) An assessment of whether the President or 
Executive branch agencies could lift a suspension 
only if a determination is made that the merger, ac-
quisition, or takeover described in subsection (a)— 
(A) does not pose a significant counter-
intelligence or national security risk to the 
United States or United States treaty allies, in-
cluding an undue risk of subversion of the 
United States intelligence community or United 
States national security interests through the 
design, integrity, manufacturing, production, 
distribution, installation, operation, or mainte-
2491 
nance of targeted digital surveillance tech-
nologies; 
(B) does not seek or intend to evade or cir-
cumvent United States export control laws, in-
cluding through a transaction, transfer, agree-
ment or arrangement intended or designed to 
limit exposure to United States export controls; 
or 
(C) does not affect any existing contracts 
between the United States Government and the 
United States person. 
(c) COVERED FOREIGN ENTITY DESCRIBED.—A cov-
ered foreign entity described in this subsection is an enti-
ty, including a subsidiary or affiliate of the entity, that— 
(1) is organized under the laws of or having its 
principal place of business in a foreign country; 
(2) develops, sells, or otherwise controls propri-
etary 
technology, 
including 
non-sensitive 
tech-
nologies, related to targeted digital surveillance ca-
pabilities; and 
(3) is included on the list maintained by the 
Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department 
of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to 
part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) CONTROL.—The term ‘‘control’ ’’ means the 
power, direct or indirect, whether exercised or not 
exercised, to determine, direct, or decide important 
matters affecting an entity, subject to regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
(3) TARGETED DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE.—The 
term ‘‘targeted digital surveillance’’ means the use 
of items or services that enable an individual or enti-
ty (with or without the knowing authorization of the 
product’s owner) to detect, monitor, intercept, col-
lect, exploit, preserve, protect, transmit, retain, or 
otherwise gain access to the communications, sen-
sitive or protected information, work product, brows-
ing data, research, identifying information, location 
history, and online and offline activities of other in-
dividuals, organizations, or entities. 
(4) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or
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(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction of the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 5828. REPORT ON POLITICAL PRISONERS IN EGYPT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the status of political prisoners in Egypt. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include a detailed assess-
ment of how many individuals are detained, imprisoned, 
or the victim of an enforced disappearance in Egypt, in-
cluding individuals who— 
(1) are human rights defenders; 
(2) are detained, imprisoned, or otherwise phys-
ically restricted because of their political, religious, 
other conscientiously-held beliefs, or their identity; 
(3) are prisoners who are arbitrarily detained; 
(4) are victims of enforced disappearance or are 
reasonably suspected of being detained or impris-
oned in a secret location; or
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(5) have been subject to torture or other gross 
violations of human rights while detained or impris-
oned. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but portions of 
the report described in subsection (b) may contain a classi-
fied annex, so long as such annex is provided separately 
from the unclassified report. 
SEC. 5829. ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER 
FORFEITED 
RUSSIAN 
ASSETS 
TO 
ASSIST 
UKRAINE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to appropriations for 
such purpose, the Attorney General may transfer to the 
Secretary of State the proceeds of any covered forfeited 
property for use by the Secretary of State to provide as-
sistance to Ukraine to remediate the harms of Russian 
aggression towards Ukraine. Any such transfer shall be 
considered foreign assistance under the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.). 
(b) REPORT.—The Attorney General, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of 
State, shall provide a semiannual report to the appropriate 
congressional committees on any transfers made pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘covered forfeited property’’ 
means property seized by the Department of Justice 
under chapter 46 or section 1963 of title 18, United 
States Code, which property belonged to or was pos-
sessed by a person subject to sanctions and des-
ignated by the Secretary of Treasury or the Sec-
retary of State, pursuant to Executive Order 14024, 
and as expanded by Executive Order 14066 of 
March 8, 2022, and relied on for additional steps 
taken in Executive Order 14039 of August 20, 
2021, and Executive Order 14068 of March 11, 
2022. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate; and 
(D) the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and of the Sen-
ate.
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(d) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall 
apply to any covered forfeited property seized on or before 
the date of the enactment of this Act and on or before 
May 1, 2025. 
SEC. 5830. REMOVING RUSSIAN ROUGH DIAMONDS FROM 
GLOBAL MARKETS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Secretary of the Treasury and the heads of all other rel-
evant interagency partners, should instruct the United 
States representatives at each international institution as 
follows: 
(1) To use the voice and vote of the United 
States to expel Russia from the Kimberley Process 
to ensure that Russian source and origin rough dia-
monds are not used to finance Russia’s war in 
Ukraine or to circumvent United States sanctions. 
(2) To engage the current chair of the Kim-
berley Process to ensure that Russia’s exclusion 
from the process is brought to a formal decision in 
a timely manner. 
(3) To use the role of the United States in the 
Working Group on Monitoring in the Kimberley 
Process to ensure that Kimberley Process compli-
ance obligations include assessments on tractability
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and provenance of potential Russian diamonds mov-
ing through a particular country’s compliance sys-
tem. 
(4) To work with other participants in the Kim-
berley Process, including partner countries that pro-
vide avenues for sanctioned Russian oligarchs to 
protect their wealth, to develop a coordinated policy 
with respect to ensuring Russian rough diamonds, 
precious metals, or other assets are not used to cir-
cumvent United States sanctions on Russian 
oligarchs. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Treasury and the De-
partment of Homeland Security, shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on the imple-
mentation of United States sanctions of Russian diamond 
companies that includes the following: 
(1) An assessment on how specific countries are 
implementing sanctions imposed with respect to the 
Russian state-owned enterprise Alrosa and other 
sanctioned Russian diamond companies, including in 
particular the countries that— 
(A) receive security assistance from the 
United States authorized under title 10, United
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States Code, or under the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); and 
(B) have signed a collective defense ar-
rangement with the United States. 
(2) A list of which countries wealthy Russian 
oligarchs, sanctioned or otherwise, have emigrated to 
following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. 
(3) An assessment on how implementation and 
enforcement of the sanctions imposed with respect to 
Alrosa can be strengthened, including through mech-
anisms for traceability. 
(c) RESOURCES.—In completing the report required 
by subsection (b), the relevant departments shall directly 
engage with key industry associations and members, in-
cluding grading laboratories, on matters of technical im-
portance, including traceability and provenance. 
SEC. 5831. LIU XIAOBO FUND FOR STUDY OF THE CHINESE 
LANGUAGE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) as a substitute to Confucius Institutes, the 
United States Government should invest heavily into 
alternative programs and institutions that ensure 
there remains a robust pipeline of Americans learn-
ing China’s many languages; and
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(2) in a 21st century that will be dominated by 
a strategic competition between the United States 
and China, it is in the national security interests of 
the United States to ensure that Americans continue 
to invest in Chinese language skills, as well as Ti-
betan, Uyghur, and Mongolian languages, while en-
suring they can do so in a context free of malign po-
litical influence from foreign state actors. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LIU XIAOBO FUND FOR 
STUDY OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.—The Secretary of 
State shall establish in the Department of State the ‘‘Liu 
Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese Language’’ to fund 
study by United States persons of Mandarin and Can-
tonese Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongolian, and other 
contemporary spoken languages of China, abroad or in the 
United States. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
State for fiscal year 2021 and every fiscal year thereafter, 
$10,000,000 to carry out the Liu Xiaobo Fund for Study 
of the Chinese Language. 
(d) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Amounts authorized to 
be appropriated pursuant to subsection (c) shall—
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(1) be designed to advance the national security 
and foreign policy interests of the United States, as 
determined by the Secretary of State; 
(2) favor funding mechanisms that can maxi-
mize the total number of United States persons 
given the opportunity to acquire full conversational 
linguistic proficiency in Mandarin and Cantonese 
Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongolian, and other 
contemporary spoken languages of China; 
(3) favor funding mechanisms that provide op-
portunities for such language study to areas tradi-
tionally under-served by such opportunities; 
(4) be shaped by an ongoing consultative proc-
ess taking into account design inputs of— 
(A) civil society institutions, including Chi-
nese diaspora community organizations; 
(B) language experts in Mandarin and 
Cantonese Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongo-
lian, and other contemporary spoken languages 
of China; 
(C) organizations representing historically 
disadvantaged socioeconomic groups in the 
United States; and 
(D) human rights organizations; and
2501 
(5) favor opportunities to fund the study of 
Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, 
Mongolian, and other contemporary spoken lan-
guages of China at Alaska Native-serving institu-
tions, Asian American and Native American Pacific 
Islander-serving institutions, Hispanic-serving insti-
tutions, historically Black college or universities, Na-
tive American-serving nontribal institutions, Native 
Hawaiian-serving institutions, Predominantly Black 
institutions, Tribal Colleges or Universities. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and an-
nually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the heads of appropriate 
Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, 
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report detailing 
activities and disbursements made to carry out this 
Act over the immediately preceding academic year. 
(2) REPORT CONTENTS.—Each report required 
under paragraph (1) shall include details on—
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(A) which institutions, programs, or enti-
ties received funds through the Liu Xiaobo 
Fund for Study of the Chinese Language; 
(B) funds distribution disaggregated by in-
stitution, program, or entity, including identi-
fication of the State or country in which such 
institution, program, or entity is located; 
(C) the number of United States persons 
who received language study under the Liu 
Xiaobo Fund for Study of the Chinese Lan-
guage, and the average amount disbursed per 
person for such study; 
(D) a comparative analysis of per dollar 
program effectiveness and efficiency in allowing 
United States persons to reach conversational 
proficiency Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese, Ti-
betan, Uyghur, Mongolian, or other contem-
porary spoken languages of China; 
(E) an analysis of which of the languages 
referred to in subparagraph (D) were studied 
through the funding from the Liu Xiaobo Fund 
for Study of the Chinese Language; and 
(F) any recommendations of the Secretary 
of State for improvements to the authorities,
2503 
priorities, or management of the Liu Xiaobo 
Fund for Study of the Chinese Language. 
(f) INTERAGENCY FUNDS TRANSFERS AUTHORIZA-
TION.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of State to carry out this Act are authorized to be 
transferred to the heads of other appropriate Federal de-
partments and agencies for similar purposes, subject to 
prior notification to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate. Such heads shall consult with 
the Secretary in the preparation of the report required 
under subsection (e). 
(g) LIMITATIONS.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act may only be made available 
for the costs of language study funded and administration 
incurred by the Department of State or programs carried 
out by the Department of State (or by another Federal 
department or agency pursuant to subsection (f)) to carry 
out this section. 
(h) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated for Operations and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in section 4301, is hereby reduced by 
$10,000,000.
2504 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Alaska Native-serving institu-
tion’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1059d(b)) 
(2) The term ‘‘Asian American and Native 
American Pacific Islander-serving institution’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 371(c) of the 
Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1067q(c)). 
(3) The term ‘‘Hispanic-serving institution’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 502 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a). 
(4) The term ‘‘historically Black college or uni-
versity’’ means a part B institution described in sec-
tion 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(22 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
(5) The term ‘‘Native American-serving non-
tribal institution’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)). 
(6) The term ‘‘Native Hawaiian-serving institu-
tion’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1059d(b)).
2505 
(7) The term ‘‘Predominantly Black institu-
tion’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1067q(c)). 
(8) The term ‘‘Tribal College or University’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 316(b) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1059c(b)). 
SEC. 5832. ACCESS FOR VETERANS TO RECORDS. 
(a) PLAN TO ELIMINATE RECORDS BACKLOG AT THE 
NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER.— 
(1) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ar-
chivist of the United States shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a comprehensive 
plan for reducing the backlog of requests for records 
from the National Personnel Records Center and im-
proving the efficiency and responsiveness of oper-
ations at the National Personnel Records Center, 
that includes, at a minimum, the following: 
(A) An estimate of the number of back-
logged record requests for veterans. 
(B) Target timeframes to reduce the back-
log.
2506 
(C) A detailed plan for using existing 
funds to improve the information technology in-
frastructure, including secure access to appro-
priate agency Federal records, to prevent future 
backlogs. 
(D) Actions to improve customer service 
for requesters. 
(E) Measurable goals with respect to the 
comprehensive plan and metrics for tracking 
progress toward such goals. 
(F) Strategies to prevent future record re-
quest backlogs, including backlogs caused by an 
event that prevents employees of the Center 
from reporting to work in person. 
(2) UPDATES.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the comprehensive plan is sub-
mitted under paragraph (1), and biannually there-
after until the response rate by the National Per-
sonnel Records Center reaches 90 percent of all re-
quests in 20 days or less, not including any request 
involving a record damaged or lost in the National 
Personnel Records Center fire of 1973 or any re-
quest that is subject to a fee that has not been paid 
in a timely manner by the requestor (provided the 
National Personnel Records Center issues an invoice
2507 
within 20 days after the date on which the request 
is made), the Archivist of the United States shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an update of such plan that— 
(A) describes progress made by the Na-
tional Personnel Records Center during the pre-
ceding 90-day period with respect to record re-
quest backlog reduction and efficiency and re-
sponsiveness improvement; 
(B) provides data on progress made to-
ward the goals identified in the comprehensive 
plan; and 
(C) describes any changes made to the 
comprehensive plan. 
(3) CONSULTATION
REQUIREMENT.—In car-
rying out paragraphs (1) and (2), the Archivist of 
the United States shall consult with the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs. 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and
2508 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. 
(b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS RECORDS 
BACKLOG.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to amounts otherwise available, there is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the National Archives 
and Records Administration, $60,000,000 to address 
backlogs in responding to requests from veterans for 
military personnel records, improve cybersecurity, 
improve digital preservation and access to archival 
Federal records, and address backlogs in requests 
made under section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of In-
formation Act). Such amounts may also be used for 
the Federal Records Center Program. 
(2) REQUIREMENT
TO
MAINTAIN
IN-PERSON 
STAFFING LEVELS.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Archivist 
of the United States shall ensure that the National 
Personnel Records Center maintains staffing levels 
and telework arrangements that enable the max-
imum processing of records requests possible in 
order to achieve the performance goal of responding
2509 
to 90 percent of all requests in 20 days or less, not 
including any request involving a record damaged or 
lost in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 
1973 or any request that is subject to a fee that has 
not been paid in a timely manner by the requestor 
(provided the National Personnel Records Center 
issues an invoice within 20 days after the date on 
which the request is made). 
(3) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTING.—The In-
spector General for the National Archives and 
Records Administration shall, for two years following 
the date of the enactment of this Act, include in 
every semiannual report submitted to Congress pur-
suant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, a de-
tailed summary of— 
(A) efforts taken by the National Archives 
and Records Administration to address the 
backlog of records requests at the National Per-
sonnel Records Center; and 
(B) any recommendations for action pro-
posed by the Inspector General related to re-
ducing the backlog of records requests at the 
National Personnel Records Center and the sta-
tus of compliance with those recommendations
2510 
by the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration. 
SEC. 5833. JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDU-
CATION GRANTS. 
Public Law 109–441 (120 Stat. 3290) is amended— 
(1) in section 2, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDU-
CATION
GRANTS.—The term ‘Japanese American 
Confinement Education Grants’ means competitive 
grants, awarded through the Japanese American 
Confinement Sites Program, for Japanese American 
organizations to educate individuals, including 
through the use of digital resources, in the United 
States on the historical importance of Japanese 
American confinement during World War II, so that 
present and future generations may learn from Jap-
anese American confinement and the commitment of 
the United States to equal justice under the law. 
‘‘(5) JAPANESE
AMERICAN
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘Japanese American organization’ means a 
private nonprofit organization within the United 
States established to promote the understanding and 
appreciation of the ethnic and cultural diversity of 
the United States by illustrating the Japanese
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American experience throughout the history of the 
United States.’’; and 
(2) in section 4— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ be-
fore ‘‘There are authorized’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘$38,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$80,000,000’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) JAPANESE
AMERICAN
CONFINEMENT
EDU-
CATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 
available under this section, not more than 
$10,000,000 shall be awarded as Japanese American 
Confinement Education Grants to Japanese Amer-
ican organizations. Such competitive grants shall be 
in an amount not less than $750,000 and the Sec-
retary shall give priority consideration to Japanese 
American organizations with fewer than 100 employ-
ees. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) FIFTY
PERCENT.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (B), for funds awarded 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall re-
quire a 50 percent match with non-Federal as-
sets from non-Federal sources, which may in-
2512 
clude cash or durable goods and materials fairly 
valued, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 
all or part of the matching requirement under 
subparagraph (A), if the Secretary determines 
that— 
‘‘(i) no reasonable means are available 
through which an applicant can meet the 
matching requirement; and 
‘‘(ii) the probable benefit of the 
project funded outweighs the public inter-
est in such matching requirement.’’. 
SEC. 5834. REPORTING ON INTERNATIONALLY RECOG-
NIZED 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS 
IN 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES IN THE ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS 
ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES. 
Section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2151n) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(h) 
INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED
HUMAN 
RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES.—The report required 
by subsection (d) shall include a section that provides a 
list of reports published during the prior year by United 
States government agencies on the status of internation-
ally recognized human rights in the United States, includ-
2513 
ing reports issued by the Department of Justice, the De-
partment of Homeland Security and the United States 
Commission on Civil Rights.’’. 
SEC. 5835. EXPORT PROHIBITION OF MUNITIONS ITEMS TO 
THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE. 
Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prohibit the 
commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong 
Kong Police Force’’, approved November 27, 2019 (Public 
Law 116–77; 133 Stat. 1173), is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2021’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2024’’. 
SEC. 5836. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION FOR REWARDS 
PAID USING CRYPTOCURRENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 36(e)(6) of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2708(e)(6)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘Not later than 15 days before making a 
reward in a form that includes cryptocurrency, the Sec-
retary of State shall notify the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate of such form for the 
reward.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
2514 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate a report on the use of cryptocurrency 
as a part of the Department of State Rewards program 
established under section 36(a) of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(a)) that— 
(1) justifies any determination of the Secretary 
to make rewards under such program in a form that 
includes cryptocurrency; 
(2) lists each cryptocurrency payment made 
under such program as of the date of the submission 
of the report; 
(3) provides evidence of the manner and extent 
to which cryptocurrency payments would be more 
likely to induce whistleblowers to come forward with 
information than rewards paid out in United States 
dollars or other forms of money or nonmonetary 
items; and 
(4) examines whether the Department’s use of 
cryptocurrency could provide bad actors with addi-
tional hard-to-trace funds that could be used for 
criminal or illicit purposes. 
SEC. 5837. CONSULTATIONS ON REUNITING KOREAN AMER-
ICANS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS IN NORTH 
KOREA. 
(a) CONSULTATIONS.—
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(1) CONSULTATIONS
WITH
SOUTH
KOREA.— 
The Secretary of State, or a designee of the Sec-
retary, should consult with officials of South Korea, 
as appropriate, on potential opportunities to reunite 
Korean American families with family members in 
North Korea from which such Korean American 
families were divided after the signing of the Korean 
War Armistice Agreement, including potential oppor-
tunities for video reunions for Korean Americans 
with such family members. 
(2) CONSULTATIONS
WITH
KOREAN
AMERI-
CANS.—The Special Envoy on North Korean Human 
Rights Issues of the Department of State should 
regularly consult with representatives of Korean 
Americans who have family members in North 
Korea with respect to efforts to reunite families di-
vided after the signing of the Korean War Armistice 
Agreement, including potential opportunities for 
video reunions for Korean Americans with such fam-
ily members. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary of State, acting through the Special Envoy on 
North Korean Human Rights Issues, shall submit to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
2516 
tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate a report on the consultations conducted pursuant to 
this section during the preceding year. 
SEC. 5838. SECURE ACCESS TO SANITATION FACILITIES 
FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. 
Subsection (a) of section 501 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 
U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 
(11) as paragraphs (7) through (12), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) the provision of safe and secure access to 
sanitation facilities, with a special emphasis on 
women, girls, and vulnerable populations.’’. 
SEC. 5839. BLACKWATER TRADING POST LAND. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Blackwater Trading Post Land’’ 
means the approximately 55.3 acres of land as de-
picted on the map that— 
(A) is located in Pinal County, Arizona, 
and bordered by Community land to the east, 
west, and north and State Highway 87 to the 
south; and
2517 
(B) is owned by the Community. 
(2) The term ‘‘Community’’ means the Gila 
River Indian Community of the Reservation. 
(3) The term ‘‘map’’ means the map entitled 
‘‘Results of Survey, Ellis Property, A Portion of the 
West 1⁄2 of Section 12, Township 5 South, Range 7 
East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Pinal County, 
Arizona’’ and dated October 15, 2012. 
(4) The term ‘‘Reservation’’ means the land lo-
cated within the exterior boundaries of the reserva-
tion created under sections 3 and 4 of the Act of 
February 28, 1859 (11 Stat. 401, chapter LXVI), 
and Executive orders of August 31, 1876, June 14, 
1879, May 5, 1882, November 15, 1883, July 31, 
1911, June 2, 1913, August 27, 1914, and July 19, 
1915, and any other lands placed in trust for the 
benefit of the Community. 
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
(b) LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF THE 
GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take the 
Blackwater Trading Post land into trust for the ben-
efit of the Community, after the Community—
2518 
(A) conveys to the Secretary all right, title, 
and interest of the Community in and to the 
Blackwater Trading Post Land; 
(B) submits to the Secretary a request to 
take the Blackwater Trading Post Land into 
trust for the benefit of the Community; 
(C) conducts a survey (to the satisfaction 
of the Secretary) to determine the exact acreage 
and legal description of the Blackwater Trading 
Post Land, if the Secretary determines a survey 
is necessary; and 
(D) pays all costs of any survey conducted 
under subparagraph (C). 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—Not later than 180 
days after the Blackwater Trading Post Land is 
taken into trust under paragraph (1), the map shall 
be on file and available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the Secretary. 
(3) LANDS TAKEN INTO TRUST PART OF RES-
ERVATION.—After the date on which the Blackwater 
Trading Post Land is taken into trust under para-
graph (1), the land shall be treated as part of the 
Reservation. 
(4) GAMING.—Class II and class III gaming 
under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C.
2519 
2701 et seq.) shall not be allowed at any time on the 
land taken into trust under paragraph (1). 
(5) DESCRIPTION.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall cause the full metes-and-bounds descrip-
tion of the Blackwater Trading Post Land to be 
published in the Federal Register. The description 
shall, on publication, constitute the official descrip-
tion of the Blackwater Trading Post Land. 
(c) CERCLA COMPLIANCE.—In carrying out this 
section, the Secretary shall comply with section 120(h) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)). 
SEC. 5840. AUTHORIZATIONS RELATING TO VETERINARY 
CARE OVERSEAS. 
(a) DEPARTMENT
OF STATE.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, is authorized, in order 
to facilitate the importation to the United States, of do-
mestic animals by officers and employees of the United 
States Government, and their dependents, under the au-
thority of any Chief of Mission from a country classified 
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as high 
risk for dog rabies—
2520 
(1) to enter into contracts with individuals who 
are licensed in the United States for the provision 
of personal services (as described in section 104 of 
part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations and 
including pursuant to section 904 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4084)) to provide 
veterinary care overseas for domestic animals of 
such officers, employees, and dependents, except 
that— 
(A) such individuals may not be deemed 
officers or employees of the United States for 
the purpose of any law administered by the Of-
fice of Personnel Management; and 
(B) such individuals shall be expected to be 
available to travel to any overseas post as nec-
essary to provide veterinary care and shall not 
be hired for or detailed exclusively to any spe-
cific overseas post; and 
(2) to take such steps as may be necessary to 
provide medical services or related support with re-
spect to the domestic animals of such officers, em-
ployees, and dependents, including in particular the 
purchase, procurement, delivery, and administration 
of rabies vaccines licensed by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, on a reimbursable basis to the extent fea-
2521 
sible, except that such reimbursement may not ex-
ceed the amount that would be charged for equiva-
lent veterinarian services if received in the United 
States. 
(b) USE OF EXISTING MECHANISMS.—To the max-
imum extent practicable, the Secretary of State shall use 
existing mechanisms, including for the purchase, procure-
ment, delivery, and administration of COVID–19 vaccines 
to officers and employees of the United States Govern-
ment and their dependents under the authority of any 
Chief of Mission abroad, to carry out the authorities pro-
vided by subsection (a), especially with respect to the pur-
chase, procurement, delivery, and administration of rabies 
vaccines licensed by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘domestic animal’’ means a dog or 
a cat; and 
(2) the term ‘‘officers and employees of the 
United States Government’’ includes volunteers in 
the Peace Corps. 
SEC. 5841. CRISIS COUNSELING ASSISTANCE AND TRAIN-
ING. 
(a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.—Section 
502(a)(6) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5192(a)(6)) is
2522 
amended by inserting ‘‘and section 416’’ after ‘‘section 
408’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall only apply to amounts appropriated on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5842. PROHIBITED USES OF ACQUIRED, DONATED, 
AND CONSERVATION LAND. 
Section 714(a) of the California Desert Protection 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–433; 16 U.S.C. 410aaa– 
81c(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) CONSERVATION
LAND.—The term ‘con-
servation land’ means— 
‘‘(A) any land within the Conservation 
Area that is designated to satisfy the conditions 
of a Federal habitat conservation plan, general 
conservation plan, or State natural communities 
conservation plan; 
‘‘(B) any national conservation land within 
the Conservation Area established pursuant to 
section 2002(b)(2)(D) of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
7202(b)(2)(D)); and 
‘‘(C) any area of critical environmental 
concern within the Conservation Area estab-
2523 
lished pursuant to section 202(c)(3) of the Fed-
eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1712(c)(3)).’’. 
SEC. 5843. JAMAL KHASHOGGI PRESS FREEDOM ACCOUNT-
ABILITY ACT OF 2021. 
(a) EXPANDING SCOPE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS 
WITH RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF 
JOURNALISTS.—The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended as follows: 
(1) In paragraph (12) of section 116(d)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or online harass-
ment’’ after ‘‘direct physical attacks’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or surveillance’’ 
after ‘‘sources of pressure’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘ensure the prosecution’’ and all that follows to 
the end of the clause and inserting ‘‘ensure the 
investigation, prosecution, and conviction of 
government officials or private individuals who 
engage in or facilitate digital or physical at-
tacks, including hacking, censorship, surveil-
lance, harassment, unlawful imprisonment, or 
bodily harm, against journalists and others who 
perform, or provide administrative support to,
2524 
the dissemination of print, broadcast, internet- 
based, or social media intended to communicate 
facts or opinion.’’; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) (as amended by subparagraph (A) of 
this section) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), re-
spectively; and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) an identification of countries in which 
there were gross violations of internationally 
recognized human rights (as such term is de-
fined for purposes of section 502B) committed 
against journalists;’’. 
(2) By redesignating the second subsection (i) 
of section 502B as subsection (j). 
(3) In the first subsection (i) of section 502B— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or online harass-
ment’’ after ‘‘direct physical attacks’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or surveillance’’ 
after ‘‘sources of pressure’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) (as 
amended by subparagraph (A) of this section)
2525 
and paragraph (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), 
respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) an identification of countries in which 
there were gross violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights committed against journalists;’’. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON PERSONS RE-
SPONSIBLE FOR THE COMMISSION OF GROSS VIOLATIONS 
OF
INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED
HUMAN
RIGHTS 
AGAINST JOURNALISTS.— 
(1) LISTING
OF
PERSONS
WHO
HAVE
COM-
MITTED GROSS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONALLY 
RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—On or after the date on 
which a person is listed pursuant to subpara-
graph (B), the President shall impose the sanc-
tions described in paragraph (2) on each for-
eign person the President determines, based on 
credible information, has perpetrated, ordered, 
or otherwise directed the extrajudicial killing of 
or other gross violation of internationally recog-
nized human rights committed against a jour-
nalist or other person who performs, or provides 
administrative support to, the dissemination of
2526 
print, broadcast, internet-based, or social media 
intended to report newsworthy activities or in-
formation, or communicate facts or fact-based 
opinions. 
(B) PUBLICATION
OF
LIST.—The Sec-
retary of State shall publish on a publicly avail-
able website of the Department of State a list 
of the names of each foreign person determined 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) to have per-
petrated, ordered, or directed an act described 
in such paragraph. Such list shall be updated at 
least annually. 
(C) 
EXCEPTION.—The 
President 
may 
waive the imposition of sanctions under sub-
paragraph (A) (and omit a foreign person from 
the list published in accordance with subpara-
graph (B)) or terminate such sanctions and re-
move a foreign person from such list, if the 
President certifies to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate— 
(i) that public identification of the in-
dividual is not in the national interest of 
the United States, including an unclassi-
2527 
fied description of the factual basis sup-
porting such certification, which may con-
tain a classified annex; or 
(ii) that appropriate foreign govern-
ment authorities have credibly— 
(I) investigated the foreign per-
son and, as appropriate, held such 
person accountable for perpetrating, 
ordering, or directing the acts de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); 
(II) publicly condemned viola-
tions of the freedom of the press and 
the acts described in subparagraph 
(A); 
(III) complied with any requests 
for information from international or 
regional human rights organizations 
with respect to the acts described in 
subparagraph (A); and 
(IV) complied with any United 
States Government requests for infor-
mation with respect to the acts de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this paragraph are the following:
2528 
(A) ASSET
BLOCKING.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the 
President under the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 
to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all 
transactions in property and interests in prop-
erty of a foreign person identified in the report 
required under paragraph (1)(A) if such prop-
erty and interests in property are in the United 
States, come within the United States, or come 
within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(B) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.— 
(i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
An alien described in paragraph (1)(A) 
is— 
(I) inadmissible to the United 
States; 
(II) ineligible to receive a visa or 
other documentation to enter the 
United States; and 
(III) otherwise ineligible to be 
admitted or paroled into the United 
States or to receive any other benefit
2529 
under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
(ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—An alien de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A) is subject 
to revocation of any visa or other 
entry documentation regardless of 
when the visa or other entry docu-
mentation is or was issued. 
(II) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A rev-
ocation under subclause (I) shall take 
effect immediately, and automatically 
cancel any other valid visa or entry 
documentation that is in the alien’s 
possession. 
(C) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(i) EXCEPTION
FOR
INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES.—The sanctions described in 
this paragraph shall not apply to any activ-
ity subject to the reporting requirements 
under title V of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any 
authorized intelligence activities of the 
United States.
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(ii) EXCEPTION
TO
COMPLY
WITH 
INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—The sanc-
tions described in this paragraph shall not 
apply with respect to an alien if admitting 
or paroling the alien into the United States 
is necessary to permit the United States to 
comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, 
signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 
and entered into force November 21, 1947, 
between the United Nations and the 
United States, or other applicable inter-
national obligations. 
(3) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(A) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
President 
may exercise all authorities provided under sec-
tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
and 1704) to carry out this subsection. 
(B) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided 
for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of 
the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a foreign 
person that violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of this
2531 
subsection to the same extent that such pen-
alties apply to a person that commits an unlaw-
ful act described in subsection (a) of such sec-
tion 206. 
(4) EXCEPTION RELATING TO THE IMPORTA-
TION OF GOODS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and re-
quirements to impose sanctions under this sec-
tion shall not include any authority or require-
ment to impose sanctions on the importation of 
goods. 
(B) GOOD DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, 
natural or man-made substance, material, sup-
ply, or manufactured product, including inspec-
tion and test equipment and excluding technical 
data. 
(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The terms ‘‘admitted’’ and ‘‘alien’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 
101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1001). 
(B) The term ‘‘foreign person’’ means an 
individual who is not—
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(i) a United States citizen or national; 
or 
(ii) an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence to the United States. 
(C) The term ‘‘United States person’’ 
means— 
(i) a United States citizen, an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
to the United States, or any other indi-
vidual subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States; 
(ii) an entity organized under the laws 
of the United States or of any jurisdiction 
within the United States, including a for-
eign branch of such entity; or 
(iii) any person in the United States. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) 
PROHIBITION.—Assistance 
authorized 
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) or the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) may not be made avail-
able to any governmental entity of a country if the 
Secretary of State or the Director of National Intel-
ligence has credible information that one or more of-
ficials associated with, leading, or otherwise acting
2533 
under the authority of such entity has committed a 
gross violation of internationally recognized human 
rights against a journalist or other person who per-
forms, or provides administrative support to, the dis-
semination of print, broadcast, internet-based, or so-
cial media intended to report newsworthy activities 
or information, or communicate facts or fact-based 
opinions. To the maximum extent practicable, a list 
of such governmental entities shall be published on 
publicly available websites of the Department of 
State and of the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence and shall be updated on a regular basis. 
(2) PROMPT INFORMATION.—The Secretary of 
State shall promptly inform appropriate officials of 
the government of a country from which assistance 
is withheld in accordance with the prohibition under 
paragraph (1). 
(3) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under para-
graph (1) shall not apply with respect to the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Humanitarian assistance or disaster 
relief assistance authorized under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961. 
(B) Assistance the Secretary determines to 
be essential to assist the government of a coun-
2534 
try to bring the responsible members of the rel-
evant governmental entity to justice for the acts 
described in paragraph (1). 
(4) WAIVER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, 
may waive the prohibition under paragraph (1) 
with respect to a governmental entity of a coun-
try if— 
(i) the President, acting through the 
Secretary of State and the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, determines that such a 
waiver is in the national security interest 
of the United States; or 
(ii) the Secretary of State has re-
ceived credible information that the gov-
ernment of that country has— 
(I) performed a thorough inves-
tigation of the acts described in para-
graph (1) and is taking effective steps 
to bring responsible members of the 
relevant governmental entity to jus-
tice; 
(II) condemned violations of the 
freedom of the press and the acts de-
scribed in paragraph (1);
2535 
(III) complied with any requests 
for information from international or 
regional human rights organizations 
with respect to the acts described in 
paragraph (1), in accordance with 
international legal obligations to pro-
tect the freedom of expression; and 
(IV) complied with United States 
Government requests for information 
with respect to the acts described in 
paragraph (1). 
(B) CERTIFICATION.—A waiver described 
in subparagraph (A) may only take effect if— 
(i) the Secretary of State certifies, not 
later than 30 days before the effective date 
of the waiver, to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate that such waiver is warranted and 
includes an unclassified description of the 
factual basis supporting the certification, 
which may contain a classified annex; and
2536 
(ii) the Director of National Intel-
ligence, not later than 30 days before the 
effective date of the waiver, submits to the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate a report detailing any under-
lying information that the intelligence com-
munity (as such term is defined in section 
3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3003)) has regarding the perpetra-
tors of the acts described in paragraph (1), 
which shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 5844. GAO STUDY ON THE DANIEL PEARL FREEDOM 
OF THE PRESS ACT OF 2009. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall evaluate the implementation of the Daniel 
Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 
166) by— 
(1) assessing the effects of including the infor-
mation described in section 116(d)(12) of the For-
eign 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1961 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2151n(d)(12)) in the annual Country Reports on 
Human Rights Practices; and
2537 
(2) determining how reporting on instances of 
governmental suppression of free press abroad and 
inaction in addressing press freedom violations has 
changed since the enactment of the Daniel Pearl 
Freedom of the Press Act of 2009. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to Congress and to the Secretary of State a report 
that— 
(1) summarizes the results of the study re-
quired under subsection (a); and 
(2) provides recommendations for any legisla-
tive or regulatory action that would improve the ef-
forts of the Department of State to report on issues 
of press freedom abroad. 
SEC. 5845. SECRETARY OF STATE ASSISTANCE FOR PRIS-
ONERS IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States that— 
(1) the Islamic Republic of Iran should allow 
the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situa-
tion of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran 
unimpeded access to facilitate the full implementa-
tion of the mandate of the United Nations Special 
Rapporteur, including—
2538 
(A) investigating alleged violations of 
human rights that are occurring or have oc-
curred both within prisons and elsewhere; 
(B) transmitting urgent appeals and let-
ters to the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding 
alleged violations of human rights; and 
(C) engaging with relevant stakeholders in 
the Islamic Republic of Iran and the sur-
rounding region; 
(2) the Islamic Republic of Iran should imme-
diately end violations of the human rights of political 
prisoners or persons imprisoned for exercising the 
right to freedom of speech, including— 
(A) torture; 
(B) denial of access to health care; and 
(C) denial of a fair trial; 
(3) all prisoners of conscience and political pris-
oners in the Islamic Republic of Iran should be un-
conditionally and immediately released; 
(4) all diplomatic tools of the United States 
should be invoked to ensure that all prisoners of 
conscience and political prisoners in the Islamic Re-
public of Iran are released, including raising indi-
vidual cases of particular concern; and
2539 
(5) all officials of the government of the Islamic 
Republic of Iran who are responsible for human 
rights abuses in the form of politically motivated im-
prisonment should be held to account, including 
through the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the 
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
(22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) and other applicable stat-
utory authorities of the United States. 
(b) ASSISTANCE FOR PRISONERS.—The Secretary of 
State is authorized to continue to provide assistance to 
civil society organizations that support prisoners of con-
science and political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of 
Iran, including organizations that— 
(1) work to secure the release of such prisoners; 
(2) document violations of human rights with 
respect to such prisoners; 
(3) support international advocacy to raise 
awareness of issues relating to such prisoners; 
(4) support the health, including mental health, 
of such prisoners; and 
(5) provide post-incarceration assistance to en-
able such prisoners to resume normal lives, including 
access to education, employment, or other forms of 
reparation. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
2540 
(1) The term ‘‘political prisoner’’ means a per-
son who has been detained or imprisoned on politi-
cally motivated grounds and may include persons 
that— 
(A) have used violence; 
(B) have advocated violence or hatred; or 
(C) have committed a minor offense that 
serves as a pretext for politically motivated im-
prisonment. 
(2) The term ‘‘prisoner of conscience’’ means a 
person who— 
(A) is imprisoned or otherwise physically 
restricted solely in response to the peaceful ex-
ercise of the human rights of such person; and 
(B) has not used violence or advocated vio-
lence or hatred. 
SEC. 5846. POLICY REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF NU-
CLEAR WEAPONS BY IRAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Congress and several successive Presidential 
administrations have long sought to prevent Iran 
from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon. 
(2) It is currently estimated that Iran is almost 
to the point of having enough highly-enriched nu-
2541 
clear material to produce a nuclear weapon, if fur-
ther enriched. 
(3) On March 3, 2020, the International Atom-
ic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General reported 
to the Agency’s Board of Governors that nuclear 
material was found at three previously undisclosed 
locations in Iran. 
(4) The IAEA reported it began investigating 
this matter pursuant to Iran’s IAEA safeguards ob-
ligations in 2019. 
(5) On March 5, 2022, the IAEA and the 
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced an 
agreement wherein Iran committed to provide the 
IAEA with information and documents in response 
to the IAEA’s questions related to uranium particles 
discovered at undeclared sites in Iran. 
(6) On June 6, 2022, the Director General of 
the IAEA stated that ‘‘Iran has not provided expla-
nations that are technically credible in relation to 
the Agency’s findings at three undeclared locations 
in Iran. Nor has Iran informed the Agency of the 
current location, or locations, of the nuclear material 
and/or of the equipment contaminated with nuclear 
material, that was moved from Turquzabad in 
2018.’’.
2542 
(7) On June 8, 2022, the IAEA Board of Gov-
ernors overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling 
on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA on an urgent 
basis to fulfil its safeguards obligations and express-
ing profound concern with Iran’s insufficient sub-
stantive cooperation thus far, with 30 Board Mem-
bers voting in favor, two voting against, and three 
abstaining. 
(8) The IAEA Board of Governors’s resolution 
called upon Iran to ‘‘act on an urgent basis to fulfill 
its legal obligations and, without delay, take up the 
Director General’s offer of further engagement to 
clarify and resolve all outstanding safeguards 
issues.’’. 
(9) Shortly before the IAEA Board of 
Governors’s vote adopting the resolution, Iran an-
nounced it would remove 27 IAEA cameras installed 
to monitor the separate issue of Iran’s JCPOA com-
mitments at certain Iranian facilities and Iran has 
since followed through on disconnecting these cam-
eras. 
(10) Following the vote of the IAEA Board of 
Governors, Iran informed the IAEA it would install 
additional cascades of advanced IR-6 centrifuges at 
its Natanz facility;
2543 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that it— 
(1) reiterates its commitment to ensuring Iran 
will never acquire a nuclear weapon; 
(2) supports the important work of the IAEA 
in safeguarding nuclear material around the globe; 
(3) condemns Iran for its lack of transparency 
and meaningful cooperation with the IAEA on the 
unresolved matter of uranium particles discovered at 
undeclared sites in Iran and additional escalatory 
actions related to its nuclear program; and 
(4) applauds the IAEA Board of Governors’ 
resolution urging Iran’s full cooperation with the 
IAEA on outstanding safeguards issues on an ur-
gent basis. 
SEC. 5847. TRANSFER OF NOAA PROPERTY IN NORFOLK, 
VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Act entitled, ‘‘An Act to au-
thorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange cer-
tain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other pur-
poses’’, enacted on October 13, 2008 (P.L. 110-393; 122 
Stat. 4203), is amended by striking the heading and sub-
sections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 1 and inserting 
the following:
2544 
‘‘SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF NOAA PROPERTY IN NORFOLK, 
VIRGINIA. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall transfer without consideration all right, title, and in-
terest of the United States in and to the property de-
scribed in subsection (b) to the City of Norfolk, Virginia, 
not later than the earlier of— 
‘‘(1) the date on which the Secretary of Com-
merce has transferred all of the employees of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(in this section referred to as ‘NOAA’) from its fa-
cilities at the property described in subsection (b); or 
‘‘(2) 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
‘‘(b) PROPERTY
DESCRIBED.—The property de-
scribed in this subsection is— 
‘‘(1) the real property under the administrative 
jurisdiction of the NOAA, including land and im-
provements thereon, located at 538 Front Street, 
Norfolk, Virginia, consisting of approximately 3.78 
acres; and 
‘‘(2) the real property under the administrative 
jurisdiction of the NOAA, including land and im-
provements thereon, located at 439 W. York Street, 
Norfolk, 
Virginia, 
consisting 
of 
approximately 
2.5231 acres.
2545 
‘‘(c) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal descrip-
tion of the property described in subsection (b) shall be 
determined by a survey or surveys satisfactory to the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE WITH COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRON-
MENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT 
OF 1980.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall 
comply with section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (e) of 
section 1 of such Act (122 Stat. 4204) is amended by 
striking the first sentence. 
SEC. 5848. ELIMINATION OF SENTENCING DISPARITY FOR 
COCAINE OFFENSES. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF INCREASED PENALTIES FOR 
COCAINE OFFENSES WHERE THE COCAINE INVOLVED IS 
COCAINE BASE.— 
(1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—The fol-
lowing provisions of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) are repealed: 
(A) Clause (iii) of section 401(b)(1)(A) (21 
U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(A)). 
(B) Clause (iii) of section 401(b)(1)(B) 
(21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(B)).
2546 
(2) CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES
IMPORT
AND 
EXPORT ACT.—The following provisions of the Con-
trolled Substances Import and Export Act (21 
U.S.C. 951 et seq.) are repealed: 
(A) 
Subparagraph 
(C) 
of 
section 
1010(b)(1) (21 U.S.C. 960(b)(1)). 
(B) 
Subparagraph 
(C) 
of 
section 
1010(b)(2) (21 U.S.C. 960(b)(2)). 
(3) APPLICABILITY
TO
PENDING
AND
PAST 
CASES.— 
(A) PENDING
CASES.—This section, and 
the amendments made by this subsection, shall 
apply to any sentence imposed after the date of 
enactment of this section, regardless of when 
the offense was committed. 
(B) PAST CASES.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a de-
fendant who, on or before the date of en-
actment of this section, was sentenced for 
a Federal offense described in clause (ii), 
the sentencing court may, on motion of the 
defendant, the Bureau of Prisons, the at-
torney for the Government, or on its own 
motion, impose a reduced sentence after
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considering the factors set forth in section 
3553(a) of title 18, United States Code. 
(ii) 
FEDERAL
OFFENSE
DE-
SCRIBED.—A Federal offense described in 
this clause is an offense that involves co-
caine base that is an offense under one of 
the following: 
(I) Section 401 of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841). 
(II) Section 1010 of the Con-
trolled Substances Import and Export 
Act (21 U.S.C. 960). 
(III) Section 404(a) of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
844(a)). 
(IV) Any other Federal criminal 
offense, the conduct or penalties for 
which were established by reference to 
a provision described in subclause (I), 
(II), or (III). 
(iii) DEFENDANT NOT REQUIRED TO 
BE
PRESENT.—Notwithstanding Rule 43 
of the Federal Rules of Criminal Proce-
dure, the defendant is not required to be 
present at any hearing on whether to im-
2548 
pose a reduced sentence pursuant to this 
subparagraph. 
(iv) NO REDUCTION FOR PREVIOUSLY 
REDUCED SENTENCES.—A court may not 
consider a motion made under this sub-
paragraph to reduce a sentence if the sen-
tence was previously imposed or previously 
reduced in accordance with this section. 
(v) NO
REQUIREMENT
TO
REDUCE 
SENTENCE.—Nothing in this subparagraph 
may be construed to require a court to re-
duce a sentence pursuant to this subpara-
graph. 
(b) DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.— 
The budgetary effects of this section, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
section, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, 
provided that such statement has been submitted prior to 
the vote on passage.
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SEC. 5849. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
THE SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF GOLD 
TO OR FROM RUSSIA. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and periodically as 
necessary thereafter, the President— 
(1) shall submit to Congress a report identi-
fying foreign persons that knowingly participated in 
a significant transaction— 
(A) for the sale, supply, or transfer (in-
cluding transportation) of gold, directly or indi-
rectly, to or from the Russian Federation or the 
Government of the Russian Federation, includ-
ing from reserves of the Central Bank of the 
Russian Federation held outside the Russian 
Federation; or 
(B) that otherwise involved gold in which 
the Government of the Russian Federation had 
any interest; and 
(2) shall impose the sanctions described in sub-
section (b)(1) with respect to each such person; and 
(3) may impose the sanctions described in sub-
section (b)(2) with respect to any such person that 
is an alien. 
(b) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following:
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(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The exercise of 
all powers granted to the President by the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-
terests in property of a foreign person identified in 
the report required by subsection (a)(1) if such 
property and interests in property are in the United 
States, come within the United States, or are or 
come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 
PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 
alien described in subsection (a)(1) may be— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—