‘‘(6) Section 225 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 
91; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note). 
‘‘(7) Section 1711 of such Act (Public Law 115– 
91; 10 U.S.C. 2505 note), relating to a pilot program 
on strengthening manufacturing in the defense indus-
trial base. 
‘‘(8) Section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a) and 
section 6305 of title 31, United States Code, relating 
to cooperative research and development agreements.’’. 
SEC. 215. CONTRACT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH 
STUDIES. 
(a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Sustainment, shall seek to enter into a contract 
with a federally funded research and development center 
under which the private scientific advisory group known 
as ‘‘JASON’’ will provide national security research studies 
to the Department of Defense. 
(b) TERMS OF CONTRACT.—The contract entered into 
under subsection (a) shall be an indefinite delivery-indefi-
nite quantity contract with terms substantially similar to 
the terms of the contract in effect before March 28, 2019, 
under which JASON provided national security research 
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studies to the Department of Defense (solicitation number 
HQ0034-19-R-0011 for JASON National Security Research 
Studies). 
(c) TERMINATION.—The Secretary of Defense may not 
terminate the contract under subsection (a) until a period 
of 90 days has elapsed following the date on which the Sec-
retary notifies the congressional defense committees of the 
intent of the Secretary to terminate the contract. 
SEC. 216. JASON SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY GROUP. 
Pursuant to section 173 of title 10, United States Code, 
the Secretary of Defense shall seek to engage the members 
of the private scientific advisory group known as ‘‘JASON’’ 
as advisory personnel to provide advice, on an ongoing 
basis, on matters involving science, technology, and na-
tional security, including methods to defeat existential and 
technologically-amplified threats to national security. 
SEC. 217. DIRECT AIR CAPTURE AND BLUE CARBON RE-
MOVAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Secretary of Energy, and the heads of such 
other Federal agencies as the Secretary of Defense 
considers appropriate, may carry out a program on 
research, development, testing, evaluation, study, and 
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demonstration of technologies related to blue carbon 
capture and direct air capture. 
(2) PROGRAM GOALS.—The goals of the program 
established under paragraph (1) are as follows: 
(A) To develop technologies that capture 
carbon dioxide from seawater and the air to turn 
such carbon dioxide into clean fuels to enhance 
fuel and energy security. 
(B) To develop and demonstrate technologies 
that capture carbon dioxide from seawater and 
the air to reuse such carbon dioxide to create 
products for military uses. 
(C) To develop direct air capture tech-
nologies for use— 
(i) at military installations or facili-
ties of the Department of Defense; or 
(ii) in modes of transportation by the 
Navy or the Coast Guard. 
(3) PHASES.—The program established under 
paragraph (1) shall be carried out in two phases as 
follows: 
(A) The first phase may consist of research 
and development and shall be carried out as de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
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(B) The second phase shall consist of testing 
and evaluation and shall be carried out as de-
scribed in subsection (c), if the Secretary deter-
mines that the results of the research and devel-
opment phase justify implementing the testing 
and evaluation phase. 
(4) DESIGNATION.—The program established 
under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘Direct 
Air Capture and Blue Carbon Removal Technology 
Program’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Pro-
gram’’). 
(b) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PHASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the research and de-
velopment phase of the Program, the Secretary of De-
fense may conduct research and development in pur-
suit of the goals set forth in subsection (a)(2). 
(2) DIRECT AIR CAPTURE.—The research and de-
velopment phase of the Program may include, with 
respect to direct air capture, a front end engineering 
and design study that includes an evaluation of direct 
air capture designs to produce fuel for use— 
(A) at military installations or facilities of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) in modes of transportation by the Navy 
or the Coast Guard. 
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(3) DURATION.—The Secretary may carry out 
the research and development phase of the Program 
commencing not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(4) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may 
carry out the research and development phase of the 
Program through the award of grants to private per-
sons and eligible laboratories. 
(5) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the completion of the research 
and development phase of the Program, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report on the research and 
development carried out under the Program. 
(c) TESTING AND EVALUATION PHASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the testing and eval-
uation phase of the Program, the Secretary may, in 
pursuit of the goals set forth in subsection (a)(2), con-
duct tests and evaluations of the technologies re-
searched and developed during the research and devel-
opment phase of the Program. 
(2) DIRECT
AIR
CAPTURE.—The testing and 
evaluation phase of the Program may include dem-
onstration projects for direct air capture to produce 
fuel for use— 
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(A) at military installations or facilities of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) in modes of transportation by the Navy 
or the Coast Guard. 
(3) DURATION.—Subject to subsection (a)(3)(B), 
the Secretary may carry out the testing and evalua-
tion phase of the Program commencing on the date of 
the completion of the research and development phase 
described in subsection (b), except that the testing and 
evaluation phase of the Program with respect to direct 
air capture may commence at such time after a front 
end engineering and design study demonstrates to the 
Secretary that commencement of such phase is appro-
priate. 
(4) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may 
carry out the testing and evaluation phase of the Pro-
gram through the award of grants to private persons 
and eligible laboratories. 
(5) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the testing and evaluation phase of the Program at 
military installations or facilities of the Department 
of Defense. 
(6) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2026, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the findings of the Secretary with 
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respect to the effectiveness of the technologies tested 
and evaluated under the Program. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BLUE CARBON CAPTURE.—The term ‘‘blue 
carbon capture’’ means the removal of dissolved car-
bon dioxide from seawater through engineered or inor-
ganic processes, including filters, membranes, or 
phase change systems. 
(2) DIRECT AIR CAPTURE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘direct air 
capture’’, with respect to a facility, technology, 
or system, means that the facility, technology, or 
system uses carbon capture equipment to capture 
carbon dioxide directly from the air. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘direct air cap-
ture’’ does not include any facility, technology, 
or system that captures carbon dioxide— 
(i) that is deliberately released from a 
naturally occurring subsurface spring; or 
(ii) using natural photosynthesis. 
(3) ELIGIBLE LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘eligible 
laboratory’’ means— 
(A) a National Laboratory (as defined in 
section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801)); or 
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(B) the science and technology reinvention 
laboratories (as designated under section 1105 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84 ; 10 U.S.C. 
2358 note)); 
(C) the Major Range and Test Facility Base 
(as defined in section 2358a(f)(3) of title 10, 
United States Code); and 
(D) other facilities that support the research 
development, test, and evaluation activities of the 
Department of Defense or Department of Energy. 
SEC. 218. FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Engineering, shall carry out a research program on 
foreign malign influence operations research as part of the 
university and other basic research programs of the Depart-
ment of Defense (such as the Minerva Research Initiative). 
(b) PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the re-
search program shall be the following: 
(1) To enhance the understanding of foreign ma-
lign influence operations, including activities con-
ducted on social media platforms. 
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(2) To facilitate the compilation, analysis, and 
storage of publicly available or voluntarily provided 
indicators of foreign malign influence operations, in-
cluding those appearing on social media platforms, 
for the purposes of additional research. 
(3) To promote the development of best practices 
relating to tactics, techniques, procedures, and tech-
nology for the protection of the privacy of the cus-
tomers and users of the social media platforms and 
the proprietary information of the social media com-
panies in conducting research and analysis or com-
piling and storing indicators and key trends of for-
eign malign influence operations on social media 
platforms. 
(4) To promote collaborative research and infor-
mation exchange with other relevant entities within 
the Department and with other agencies relating to 
foreign malign influence operations. 
(c) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—In order to achieve the ob-
jectives specified in subsection (b), the Secretary is author-
ized to carry out the following activities: 
(1) The Secretary may award research grants to 
eligible individuals and entities on a competitive 
basis. 
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(2) The Secretary may award financial assist-
ance to graduate students on a competitive basis. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2020, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the progress of the Secretary in car-
rying out the research program under this section, includ-
ing a description of the activities and research conducted 
as part of the program. 
SEC. 219. SENSOR DATA INTEGRATION FOR FIFTH GENERA-
TION AIRCRAFT. 
(a) F–35 SENSOR DATA.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that— 
(1) information collected by the passive and ac-
tive on-board sensors of the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter 
aircraft is capable of being shared, in real time, with 
joint service users in cases in which the Joint Force 
Commander determines that sharing such informa-
tion would be operationally advantageous; and 
(2) the Secretary has developed achievable, effec-
tive, and suitable concepts and supporting technical 
architectures to collect, store, manage, and dissemi-
nate information collected by such sensors. 
(b) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study of the sensor data 
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collection and dissemination capability of fifth gen-
eration aircraft of the Department of Defense. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The study required by para-
graph (1) shall include an assessment of the fol-
lowing— 
(A) the extent to which the Department has 
established doctrinal, organizational, or techno-
logical methods of managing the large amount of 
sensor data that is currently collected and which 
may be collected by existing and planned ad-
vanced fifth generation aircraft; 
(B) the status of the existing sensor data 
collection, storage, dissemination, and manage-
ment capability and capacity of fifth generation 
aircraft, including the F–35, the F–22, and the 
B–21; and 
(C) the ability of the F–35 aircraft and 
other fifth generation aircraft to share informa-
tion collected by the aircraft in real-time with 
other joint service users as described in sub-
section (a)(1). 
(3) STUDY RESULTS.— 
(A) INTERIM
BRIEFING.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General shall provide to the 
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