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SEC. 6405. SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 
FORUM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the United States must increase its diplo-
matic activity and presence in the Pacific, particu-
larly among Pacific Island nations; and 
(2) the Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands 
Forum— 
(A) should advance the United States part-
nership with Pacific Island Forum nations and 
with the organization itself on key issues of im-
portance to the Pacific region; and 
(B) should coordinate policies across the 
Pacific region with like-minded democracies. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE PACIFIC 
ISLANDS FORUM.—Section 1 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), as amended by 
section 6304, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(o) SPECIAL
ENVOY
TO
THE
PACIFIC
ISLANDS 
FORUM.— 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The President shall ap-
point, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, a qualified individual to serve as Special Envoy
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to the Pacific Islands Forum (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘Special Envoy’). 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) SELECTION.—The Special Envoy shall 
be— 
‘‘(i) a United States Ambassador to a 
country that is a member of the Pacific Is-
lands Forum; or 
‘‘(ii) a qualified individual who is not 
described in clause (i). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.—If the President ap-
points an Ambassador to a country that is a 
member of the Pacific Islands Forum to serve 
concurrently as the Special Envoy to the Pacific 
Islands Forum, such Ambassador— 
‘‘(i) may not begin service as the Spe-
cial Envoy until he or she has been con-
firmed by the Senate for an ambassadorship 
to a country that is a member of the Pacific 
Islands Forum; and 
‘‘(ii) shall not receive additional com-
pensation for his or her service as Special 
Envoy. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Special Envoy shall—
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‘‘(A) represent the United States in its role 
as dialogue partner to the Pacific Islands 
Forum; and 
‘‘(B) carry out such other duties as the 
President or the Secretary of State may pre-
scribe.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees that de-
scribes how the Department will increase its ability to re-
cruit and retain highly-qualified ambassadors, special en-
voys, and other senior personnel in posts in Pacific island 
countries as the Department expands its diplomatic foot-
print throughout the region. 
SEC. 6406. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR BELARUS. 
(a) SPECIAL ENVOY.—The President shall appoint a 
Special Envoy for Belarus within the Department (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Special Envoy’’). The Special 
Envoy should be a person of recognized distinction in the 
field of European security, geopolitics, democracy and 
human rights, and may be a career Foreign Service officer. 
(b) CENTRAL OBJECTIVE.—The central objective of the 
Special Envoy is to coordinate and promote efforts— 
(1) to improve respect for the fundamental 
human rights of the people of Belarus;
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(2) to sustain focus on the national security im-
plications of Belarus’s political and military align-
ment for the United States; and 
(3) to respond to the political, economic, and se-
curity impacts of events in Belarus upon neighboring 
countries and the wider region. 
(c) DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Special 
Envoy shall— 
(1) engage in discussions with Belarusian offi-
cials regarding human rights, political, economic and 
security issues in Belarus; 
(2) support international efforts to promote 
human rights and political freedoms in Belarus, in-
cluding coordination and dialogue between the United 
States and the United Nations, the Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European 
Union, Belarus, and the other countries in Eastern 
Europe; 
(3) consult with nongovernmental organizations 
that have attempted to address human rights and po-
litical and economic instability in Belarus; 
(4) make recommendations regarding the fund-
ing of activities promoting human rights, democracy, 
the rule of law, and the development of a market econ-
omy in Belarus;
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(5) review strategies for improving protection of 
human rights in Belarus, including technical train-
ing and exchange programs; 
(6) develop an action plan for holding to account 
the perpetrators of the human rights violations docu-
mented in the United Nations High Commissioner for 
Human Rights report on the situation of human 
rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presi-
dential election and its aftermath (Human Rights 
Council Resolution 49/36); 
(7) engage with member countries of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Euro-
pean Union with respect to the implications of 
Belarus’s political and security alignment for trans-
atlantic security; and 
(8) work within the Department and among 
partnering countries to sustain focus on the political 
situation in Belarus. 
(d) ROLE.—The position of Special Envoy— 
(1) shall be a full-time position; 
(2) may not be combined with any other position 
within the Department;
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(3) shall only exist as long as United States dip-
lomatic operations in Belarus at United States Em-
bassy Minsk have been suspended; and 
(4) shall oversee the operations and personnel of 
the Belarus Affairs Unit. 
(e) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Special Envoy, shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees that describes the 
activities undertaken pursuant to subsection (c) during the 
reporting period. 
(f) SUNSET.—The position of Special Envoy for 
Belarus Affairs and the authorities provided by this section 
shall terminate 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 6407. OVERSEAS PLACEMENT OF SPECIAL APPOINT-
MENT POSITIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on current special ap-
pointment positions at United States diplomatic missions 
that do not exercise significant authority, and all positions 
under schedule B or schedule C of subpart C of part 213 
of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, at United States
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diplomatic missions. The report shall include the title and 
responsibilities of each position, the expected duration of 
the position, the name of the individual currently appointed 
to the position, and the hiring authority utilized to fill the 
position. 
SEC. 6408. RESOURCES FOR UNITED STATES NATIONALS 
UNLAWFULLY OR WRONGFULLY DETAINED 
ABROAD. 
Section 302(d) of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recov-
ery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 
1741(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘RE-
SOURCE GUIDANCE’’ and inserting ‘‘RESOURCES FOR 
UNITED
STATES
NATIONALS
UNLAWFULLY
OR 
WRONGFULLY DETAINED ABROAD’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking the paragraph 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘Not later than’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) RESOURCE GUIDANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by redesignating subpara-
graphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) and clauses (i), 
(ii), (iii), (iv), and (v), respectively, and moving such 
clauses (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the right;
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(4) by redesignating paragraph (2) as subpara-
graph (B) and moving such subparagraph (as so re-
designated) 2 ems to the right; 
(5) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by 
paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) TRAVEL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) FAMILY ADVOCACY.—For the purpose 
of facilitating meetings between the United 
States Government and the family members of 
United States nationals unlawfully or wrong-
fully detained abroad, the Secretary shall pro-
vide financial assistance to cover the costs of 
travel to Washington, D.C., including travel by 
air, train, bus, or other transit as appropriate, 
to any individual who— 
‘‘(i) is— 
‘‘(I) a family member of a United 
States national unlawfully or wrong-
fully detained abroad as determined by 
the Secretary under subsection (a); or 
‘‘(II) an appropriate individual 
who—
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‘‘(aa) is approved by the 
Special Presidential Envoy for 
Hostage Affairs; and 
‘‘(bb) does not represent in 
any legal capacity a United 
States national unlawfully or 
wrongfully detained abroad or the 
family of such United States na-
tional; 
‘‘(ii) has a permanent address that is 
more than 50 miles from Washington, D.C.; 
and 
‘‘(iii) requests such assistance. 
‘‘(B) TRAVEL AND LODGING.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For each such 
United 
States 
national 
unlawfully 
or 
wrongfully detained abroad, the financial 
assistance described in subparagraph (A) 
shall be provided for not more than 2 trips 
per fiscal year, unless the Special Presi-
dential Envoy for Hostage Affairs deter-
mines that a third trip is warranted. 
‘‘(ii) 
LIMITATIONS.—Any 
trip 
de-
scribed in clause (i) shall—
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‘‘(I) consist of not more than 2 
family members or other individuals 
approved in accordance with subpara-
graph (A)(i)(II), unless the Special 
Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs 
determines that circumstances warrant 
an additional family member or other 
individual approved in accordance 
with subparagraph (A)(i)(II) and ap-
proves assistance to such third family 
member or other individual; and 
‘‘(II) not exceed more than 2 
nights lodging, which shall not exceed 
the applicable government rate. 
‘‘(C) RETURN
TRAVEL.—If other United 
States Government assistance is unavailable, the 
Secretary may provide to a United States na-
tional unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad 
as determined by the Secretary under subsection 
(a), compensation and assistance, as necessary, 
for return travel to the United States upon re-
lease of such United States national. 
‘‘(3) SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall seek to 
make available operational psychologists and clinical
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‘‘(B) a detailed description of support pro-
vided pursuant to paragraph (3) and the indi-
viduals providing such support; and 
‘‘(C) the number and location of visits out-
side of Washington, D.C., during the prior fiscal 
year made by the Special Presidential Envoy for 
Hostage Affairs to family members of each 
United States national unlawfully or wrongfully 
detained abroad. 
‘‘(6) SUNSET.—The authority and requirements 
under paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) shall termi-
nate on December 31, 2027. 
‘‘(7) FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘family member’ means a spouse, fa-
ther, mother, child, brother, sister, grandparent, 
grandchild, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, cousin, father- 
in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, 
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, 
stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half 
brother, or half sister.’’.
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TITLE LXV—ECONOMIC 
DIPLOMACY 
SEC. 6501. REPORT ON RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND 
PROMOTION 
OF 
FOREIGN 
SERVICE 
ECO-
NOMIC OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
a report to the appropriate congressional committees re-
garding the recruitment, retention, and promotion of eco-
nomic officers in the Foreign Service. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(b) shall include— 
(1) an overview of the key challenges the Depart-
ment faces in— 
(A) recruiting individuals to serve as eco-
nomic officers in the Foreign Service; and 
(B) retaining individuals serving as eco-
nomic officers in the Foreign Service, particu-
larly at the level of GS–14 of the General Sched-
ule and higher; 
(2) an overview of the key challenges in recruit-
ing and retaining qualified individuals to serve in 
economic positions in the Civil Service;
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(3) a comparison of promotion rates for eco-
nomic officers in the Foreign Service relative to other 
officers in the Foreign Service; 
(4) a summary of the educational history and 
training of current economic officers in the Foreign 
Service and Civil Service officers serving in economic 
positions; 
(5) the identification, disaggregated by region, of 
hard-to-fill posts and proposed incentives to improve 
staffing of economic officers in the Foreign Service at 
such posts; 
(6) a summary and analysis of the factors that 
lead to the promotion of— 
(A) economic officers in the Foreign Service; 
and 
(B) individuals serving in economic posi-
tions in the Civil Service; and 
(7) a summary and analysis of current Depart-
ment-funded or run training opportunities and exter-
nally-funded programs, including the Secretary’s 
Leadership Seminar at Harvard Business School, 
for— 
(A) economic officers in the Foreign Service; 
and
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(B) individuals serving in economic posi-
tions in the Civil Service. 
SEC. 6502. MANDATE TO REVISE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
METRICS FOR SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC AND 
COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY. 
(a) MANDATE TO REVISE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMER-
CIAL DIPLOMACY.—The Secretary shall, as part of the De-
partment’s next regularly scheduled review on metrics and 
performance measures, include revisions of Department per-
formance measures for economic and commercial diplo-
macy, by identifying outcome-oriented, and not process-ori-
ented, performance metrics, including metrics that— 
(1) measure how Department efforts advanced 
specific economic and commercial objectives and led 
to successes for the United States or other private sec-
tor actors overseas; and 
(2) focus on customer satisfaction with Depart-
ment services and assistance. 
(b) PLAN FOR ENSURING COMPLETE DATA FOR PER-
FORMANCE MEASURES.—As part of the review required 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall include a plan for 
ensuring that— 
(1) the Department, both at its main head-
quarters and at domestic and overseas posts, main-
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tains and fully updates data on performance meas-
ures; and 
(2) Department leadership and the appropriate 
congressional committees can evaluate the extent to 
which the Department is advancing United States 
economic and commercial interests abroad through 
meeting performance targets. 
(c) REPORT ON PRIVATE SECTOR SURVEYS.—The Sec-
retary shall prepare a report that lists and describes all 
the methods through which the Department conducts sur-
veys of the private sector to measure private sector satisfac-
tion with assistance and services provided by the Depart-
ment to advance private sector economic and commercial 
goals in foreign markets. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after conducting 
the review pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) the revised performance metrics required 
under subsection (a); and 
(2) the report required under subsection (c). 
SEC. 6503. CHIEF OF MISSION ECONOMIC RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES. 
Section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 3927) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) EMBASSY ECONOMIC TEAM.—
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‘‘(1) COORDINATION
AND
SUPERVISION.—Each 
chief of mission shall coordinate and supervise the 
implementation of all United States economic policy 
interests within the host country in which the diplo-
matic mission is located, among all United States 
Government departments and agencies present in 
such country. 
‘‘(2) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The chief of mission is 
responsible for the performance of the diplomatic mis-
sion in advancing United States economic policy in-
terests within the host country. 
‘‘(3) MISSION
ECONOMIC
TEAM.—The chief of 
mission shall designate appropriate embassy staff to 
form a mission economic team that— 
‘‘(A) monitors notable economic, commer-
cial, and investment-related developments in the 
host country; and 
‘‘(B) develops plans and strategies for ad-
vancing United States economic and commercial 
interests in the host country, including— 
‘‘(i) tracking legislative, regulatory, ju-
dicial, and policy developments that could 
affect United States economic, commercial, 
and investment interests;
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‘‘(ii) advocating for best practices with 
respect to policy and regulatory develop-
ments; 
‘‘(iii) conducting regular analyses of 
market systems, trends, prospects, and op-
portunities for value-addition, including 
risk assessments and constraints analyses of 
key sectors and of United States strategic 
competitiveness, and other reporting on 
commercial opportunities and investment 
climate; and 
‘‘(iv) providing recommendations for 
responding to developments that may ad-
versely affect United States economic and 
commercial interests.’’. 
SEC. 6504. DIRECTION TO EMBASSY DEAL TEAMS. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of deal teams at United 
States embassies and consulates are— 
(1) to promote a private sector-led approach— 
(A) to advance economic growth and job 
creation that is tailored, as appropriate, to spe-
cific economic sectors; and 
(B) to advance strategic partnerships; 
(2) to prioritize efforts—
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(A) to identify commercial and investment 
opportunities; 
(B) to advocate for improvements in the 
business and investment climate; 
(C) to engage and consult with private sec-
tor partners; and 
(D) to report on the activities described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (C), in accordance 
with the applicable requirements under sections 
706 and 707 of the Championing American 
Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (22 
U.S.C. 9902 and 9903); 
(3)(A)(i) to identify trade and investment oppor-
tunities for United States companies in foreign mar-
kets; or 
(ii) to assist with existing trade and invest-
ment opportunities already identified by United 
States companies; and 
(B) to deploy United States Government eco-
nomic and other tools to help such United States com-
panies to secure their objectives; 
(4) to identify and facilitate opportunities for 
entities in a host country to increase exports to, or in-
vestment in, the United States in order to grow two- 
way trade and investment;
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(5) to modernize, streamline, and improve access 
to resources and services designed to promote in-
creased trade and investment opportunities; 
(6) to identify and secure United States or allied 
government support of strategic projects, such as 
ports, railways, energy production and distribution, 
critical minerals development, telecommunications 
networks, and other critical infrastructure projects 
vulnerable to predatory investment by an authori-
tarian country or entity in such country where sup-
port or investment serves an important United States 
interest; 
(7) to coordinate across the Unites States Gov-
ernment to ensure the appropriate and most effective 
use of United States Government tools to support 
United States economic, commercial, and investment 
objectives; and 
(8) to coordinate with the multi-agency DC Cen-
tral Deal Team, established in February 2020, on the 
matters described in paragraphs (1) through (7) and 
other relevant matters. 
(b) CLARIFICATION.—A deal team may be composed 
of the personnel comprising the mission economic team 
formed pursuant to section 207(e)(3) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980, as added by section 6503.
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(c) RESTRICTIONS.—A deal team may not provide 
support for, or assist a United States person with a trans-
action involving, a government, or an entity owned or con-
trolled by a government, if the Secretary determines that 
such government— 
(1) has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism, as described in— 
(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export 
Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title 
XVII of Public Law 115–232); 
(B) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 
(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 
(D) any other relevant provision of law; or 
(2) has engaged in an activity that would trigger 
a restriction under section 116(a) or 502B(a)(2) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151n(a) and 2304(a)(2)) or any other relevant pro-
vision of law. 
(d) FURTHER RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION ON SUPPORT OF SANCTIONED 
PERSONS.—Deal teams may not carry out activities 
prohibited under United States sanctions laws or reg-
ulations, including dealings with persons on the list
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of specially designated persons and blocked persons 
maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 
the Department of the Treasury, except to the extent 
otherwise authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury 
or the Secretary. 
(2) PROHIBITION
ON
SUPPORT
OF
ACTIVITIES 
SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS.—Any person receiving sup-
port from a deal team must be in compliance with all 
United States sanctions laws and regulations as a 
condition for receiving such assistance. 
(e) CHIEF OF MISSION AUTHORITY AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.—The chief of mission to a foreign country— 
(1) is the designated leader of a deal team in 
such country; and 
(2) shall be held accountable for the performance 
and effectiveness of United States deal teams in such 
country. 
(f) GUIDANCE CABLE.—The Department shall send out 
regular guidance on Deal Team efforts by an All Diplo-
matic and Consular Posts (referred to in this section as 
‘‘ALDAC’’) that— 
(1) describes the role of deal teams; and 
(2) includes relevant and up-to-date information 
to enhance the effectiveness of deal teams in a coun-
try.
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(g) CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In preparing the cable re-
quired under subsection (f), the Secretary shall protect 
from disclosure any proprietary information of a 
United States person marked as business confidential 
information unless the person submitting such infor-
mation— 
(A) had notice, at the time of submission, 
that such information would be released by; or 
(B) subsequently consents to the release of 
such information. 
(2) TREATMENT AS TRADE SECRETS.—Propri-
etary information obtained by the United States Gov-
ernment from a United States person pursuant to the 
activities of deal teams shall be— 
(A) considered to be trade secrets and com-
mercial or financial information (as such terms 
are used under section 552b(c)(4) of title 5, 
United States Code); and 
(B) exempt from disclosure without the ex-
press approval of the person. 
(h) SUNSET.—The requirements under subsections (f) 
through (h) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 6505. ESTABLISHMENT OF A ‘‘DEAL TEAM OF THE 
YEAR’’ AWARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a 
new award, to be known as the ‘‘Deal Team of the Year 
Award’’, and annually present the award to a deal team 
at one United States mission in each region to recognize 
outstanding achievements in supporting a United States 
company or companies pursuing commercial deals abroad 
or in identifying new deal prospects for United States com-
panies. 
(b) AWARD CONTENT.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Each member of a 
deal team receiving an award pursuant to subsection 
(a) shall receive a certificate that is signed by the 
Secretary and— 
(A) in the case of a member of the Foreign 
Service, is included in the next employee evalua-
tion report; or 
(B) in the case of a Civil Service employee, 
is included in the next annual performance re-
view. 
(2) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—If an award is 
presented pursuant to subsection (a) to a Federal 
Government employee who is not employed by the De-
partment, the employing agency may determine 
whether to provide such employee any recognition or
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benefits in addition to the recognition or benefits pro-
vided by the Department. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—Any interagency economics team at 
a United States overseas mission under chief of mission au-
thority that assists United States companies with identi-
fying, navigating, and securing trade and investment op-
portunities in a foreign country or that facilitates beneficial 
foreign investment into the United States is eligible for an 
award under this section. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than the last day of the fiscal 
year in which awards are presented pursuant to subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees that includes— 
(1) each mission receiving a Deal Team of the 
Year Award. 
(2) the names and agencies of each awardee 
within the recipient deal teams; and 
(3) a detailed description of the reason such deal 
teams received such award. 
TITLE LXVI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 
SEC. 6601. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH. 
(a) COORDINATION OF RESOURCES.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment and the Secretary shall direct public affairs sections 
at United States embassies and USAID Mission Program
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Officers at USAID missions to coordinate, enhance and 
prioritize resources for public diplomacy and awareness 
campaigns around United States diplomatic and develop-
ment efforts, including through— 
(1) the utilization of new media technology for 
maximum public engagement; and 
(2) enact coordinated comprehensive community 
outreach to increase public awareness and under-
standing and appreciation of United States diplo-
matic and development efforts. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH
AND COORDINATION 
OFFICERS.—USAID should prioritize hiring of additional 
Development Outreach and Coordination officers in USAID 
missions to support the purposes of subsection (a). 
(c) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary and the Admin-
istrator of USAID shall identify 10 countries in which Em-
bassies and USAID missions have successfully executed ef-
forts, including monitoring and evaluation of such efforts, 
described in (a) and develop best practices to be turned into 
Department and USAID guidance. 
SEC. 6602. MODIFICATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RADIO 
FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY. 
In section 308(h) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207(h)) is amend-
ed—
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(1) by striking subparagraphs (1), (3), and (5); 
and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) as 
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 
SEC. 6603. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING. 
(a) VOICE OF AMERICA.—Section 303 of the United 
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 
6202) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) VOICE OF AMERICA OPERATIONS AND STRUC-
TURE.— 
‘‘(1) OPERATIONS.—The Director of the Voice of 
America (VOA)— 
‘‘(A) shall direct and supervise the oper-
ations of VOA, including making all major deci-
sions relating its staffing; and 
‘‘(B) may utilize any authorities made 
available to the United States Agency for Global 
Media or to its Chief Executive Officer under 
this Act or under any other Act to carry out its 
operations in an effective manner. 
‘‘(2) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of VOA 
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
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Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives a plan to en-
sure that the personnel structure of VOA is sufficient 
to effectively carry out the principles described in sub-
section (c).’’. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.— 
Section 304 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘as an entity 
described in section 104 of title 5, United States 
Code’’ and inserting ‘‘under the direction of the Inter-
national Broadcasting Advisory Board’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking the second 
sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, when a vacancy 
arises, until such time as a Chief Executive Officer, 
to whom sections 3345 through 3349b of title 5, 
United States Code, shall not apply, is appointed and 
confirmed by the Senate, an acting Chief Executive 
Officer shall be appointed by the International Broad-
casting Advisory Board and shall continue to serve 
and exercise the authorities and powers under this 
title as the sole means of filling such vacancy, for the 
duration of the vacancy. In the absence of a quorum 
on the International Broadcasting Advisory Board, 
the first principal deputy of the United States Agency
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for Global Media shall serve as acting Chief Executive 
Officer.’’. 
(c) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AUTHORITIES.—Sec-
tion 305(a)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘To supervise all’’ and inserting ‘‘To oversee, 
coordinate, and provide strategic direction for’’. 
(d) 
INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
ADVISORY 
BOARD.—Section 306(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6205(a)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘advise the Chief Executive Officer 
of’’ and inserting ‘‘oversee and advise the Chief Executive 
Officer and’’. 
(e) RADIO FREE AFRICA; RADIO FREE AMERICAS.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
Agency for Global Media shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that de-
tails the financial and other resources that would be re-
quired to establish and operate 2 nonprofit organizations, 
modeled after Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio 
Free Asia, for the purposes of providing accurate, uncen-
sored, and reliable news and information to—
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(1) the region of Africa, with respect to Radio 
Free Africa; and 
(2) the region of Latin America and the Carib-
bean, with respect to Radio Free Americas. 
SEC. 6604. JOHN LEWIS CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 115. JOHN LEWIS CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the John 
Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program (referred to in this 
section as the ‘Fellowship Program’) within the J. William 
Fulbright Educational Exchange Program. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Fellowship Pro-
gram are— 
‘‘(1) to honor the legacy of Representative John 
Lewis by promoting a greater understanding of the 
history and tenets of nonviolent civil rights move-
ments; and 
‘‘(2) to advance foreign policy priorities of the 
United States by promoting studies, research, and 
international exchange in the subject of nonviolent
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movements that established and protected civil rights 
around the world. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Bureau of Educational 
and Cultural Affairs (referred to in this section as the ‘Bu-
reau’) shall administer the Fellowship Program in accord-
ance with policy guidelines established by the Board, in 
consultation with the binational Fulbright Commissions 
and United States Embassies. 
‘‘(d) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall annually se-
lect qualified individuals to participate in the Fellow-
ship Program. The Bureau may determine the num-
ber of fellows selected each year, which, whenever fea-
sible, shall be not fewer than 25. 
‘‘(2) OUTREACH.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—To the extent prac-
ticable, the Bureau shall conduct outreach at in-
stitutions, including— 
‘‘(i) minority serving institutions, in-
cluding historically Black colleges and uni-
versities; and 
‘‘(ii) other appropriate institutions, as 
determined by the Bureau. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph:
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‘‘(i) HISTORICALLY
BLACK
COLLEGE 
AND
UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘historically 
Black college and university’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘part B institution’ in 
section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 
‘‘(ii) 
MINORITY
SERVING
INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘minority-serving institu-
tion’ means an eligible institution under 
section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 
‘‘(e) FELLOWSHIP ORIENTATION.—Annually, the Bu-
reau shall organize and administer a fellowship orientation, 
which shall— 
‘‘(1) be held in Washington, D.C., or at another 
location selected by the Bureau; and 
‘‘(2) include programming to honor the legacy of 
Representative John Lewis. 
‘‘(f) STRUCTURE.— 
‘‘(1) WORK PLAN.—To carry out the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (b)— 
‘‘(A) each fellow selected pursuant to sub-
section (d) shall arrange an internship or re-
search placement—
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‘‘(i) with a nongovernmental organiza-
tion, academic institution, or other organi-
zation approved by the Bureau; and 
‘‘(ii) in a country with an operational 
Fulbright U.S. Student Program; and 
‘‘(B) the Bureau shall, for each fellow, ap-
prove a work plan that identifies the target ob-
jectives for the fellow, including specific duties 
and responsibilities relating to those objectives. 
‘‘(2) CONFERENCES; PRESENTATIONS.—Each fel-
low shall— 
‘‘(A) attend a fellowship orientation orga-
nized and administered by the Bureau under 
subsection (e); 
‘‘(B) not later than the date that is 1 year 
after the end of the fellowship period, attend a 
fellowship summit organized and administered 
by the Bureau, which— 
‘‘(i) whenever feasible, shall be held in 
Atlanta, Georgia, or another location of im-
portance to the civil rights movement in the 
United States; and 
‘‘(ii) may coincide with other events 
facilitated by the Bureau; and
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‘‘(C) at such summit, give a presentation on 
lessons learned during the period of fellowship. 
‘‘(3) FELLOWSHIP
PERIOD.—Each fellowship 
under this section shall continue for a period deter-
mined by the Bureau, which, whenever feasible, shall 
be not fewer than 10 months. 
‘‘(g) FELLOWSHIP AWARD.—The Bureau shall provide 
each fellow under this section with an allowance that is 
equal to the amount needed for— 
‘‘(1) the reasonable costs of the fellow during the 
fellowship period; and 
‘‘(2) travel and lodging expenses related to at-
tending the orientation and summit required under 
subsection (e)(2). 
‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the completion of the Fellowship Program by 
the initial cohort of fellows selected under subsection (d), 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Represent-
atives a report on the implementation of the Fellowship 
Program, including— 
‘‘(1) a description of the demographics of the co-
hort of fellows who completed a fellowship during the 
preceding 1-year period;
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‘‘(2) a description of internship and research 
placements, and research projects selected by such co-
hort, under the Fellowship Program, including feed-
back from— 
‘‘(A) such cohort on implementation of the 
Fellowship Program; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary on lessons learned; and 
‘‘(3) an analysis of trends relating to the diver-
sity of each cohort of fellows and the topics of projects 
completed since the establishment of the Fellowship 
Program.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO 
THE MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE 
ACT OF 1961.—Section 112(a) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2460(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(10) the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship 
Program established under section 115, which pro-
vides funding for international internships and re-
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search placements for early- to mid-career individuals 
from the United States to study nonviolent civil 
rights movements in self-arranged placements with 
universities or nongovernmental organizations in for-
eign countries.’’. 
SEC. 6605. DOMESTIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall develop a strategy to explain to the American people 
the value of the work of the Department and United States 
foreign policy to advancing the national security of the 
United States. The strategy shall include— 
(1) tools to inform the American people about the 
non-partisan importance of United States diplomacy 
and foreign relations and to utilize public diplomacy 
to meet the United States’ national security prior-
ities; 
(2) efforts to reach the widest possible audience 
of Americans, including those who historically have 
not had exposure to United States foreign policy ef-
forts and priorities; 
(3) additional staffing and resource needs in-
cluding— 
(A) domestic positions within the Bureau of 
Global Public Affairs to focus on engagement
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with the American people as outlined in para-
graph (1); 
(B) positions within the Bureau of Edu-
cational and Cultural Affairs to enhance pro-
gram and reach the widest possible audience; 
(C) increasing the number of fellowship and 
detail programs that place Foreign Service and 
civil service employees outside the Department 
for a limited time, including Pearson Fellows, 
Reta Joe Lewis Local Diplomats, Brookings Fel-
lows, and Georgetown Fellows; and 
(D) recommendations for increasing par-
ticipation in the Hometown Diplomats program 
and evaluating this program as well as other op-
portunities for Department officers to engage 
with American audiences while traveling within 
the United States. 
SEC. 6606. EXTENSION OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER. 
Section 1287(j) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘on the date that is 8 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on September 30, 
2026’’.
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SEC. 6607. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT. 
Section 5603(d) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) United States Information and Educational 
Exchange Act of 1948 (Public Law 80–402).’’. 
SEC. 6608. MODERNIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT STRAT-
EGY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a strategy to the ap-
propriate congressional committees for— 
(1) modernizing and increasing the operational 
and programming capacity of American Spaces and 
American Corners throughout the world, including by 
leveraging public-private partnerships; 
(2) providing salaries to locally employed staff of 
American Spaces and American Corners; and 
(3) providing opportunities for United States 
businesses and nongovernmental organizations to bet-
ter utilize American Spaces. 
TITLE LXVII—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 6701. INTERNSHIPS OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS AT 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is author-
ized to bolster efforts to increase the number of United 
States citizens representative of the American people occu-
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pying positions in the United Nations system, agencies, and 
commissions, and in other international organizations, in-
cluding by awarding grants to educational institutions and 
students. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
that identifies— 
(1) the number of United States citizens who are 
involved in internship programs at international or-
ganizations; 
(2) the distribution of the individuals described 
in paragraph (1) among various international orga-
nizations; and 
(3) grants, programs, and other activities that 
are being utilized to recruit and fund United States 
citizens to participate in internship programs at 
international organizations. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—An individual referred to in sub-
section (a) is an individual who— 
(1) is enrolled at or received their degree within 
two years from— 
(A) an institution of higher education; or
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(B) an institution of higher education based 
outside the United States, as determined by the 
Secretary of State; and 
(2) is a citizen of the United States. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for the Depart-
ment of State for fiscal year 2024 to carry out the grant 
program authorized under subsection (a). 
SEC. 6702. TRAINING FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
(a) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 708 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended by adding 
at the end of the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TRAINING IN MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with other senior officials as appropriate, shall 
establish training courses on— 
‘‘(A) the conduct of diplomacy at inter-
national organizations and other multilateral 
institutions; and 
‘‘(B) broad-based multilateral negotiations 
of international instruments. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED
TRAINING.—Members of the 
Service, including appropriate chiefs of mission and 
other officers who are assigned to United States mis-
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sions representing the United States to international 
organizations and other multilateral institutions or 
who are assigned in other positions that have as their 
primary responsibility formulation of policy related 
to such organizations and institutions, or participa-
tion in negotiations of international instruments, 
shall receive specialized training in the areas de-
scribed in paragraph (1) prior to the beginning of 
service for such assignment or, if receiving such train-
ing at that time is not practical, within the first year 
of beginning such assignment.’’. 
(b) TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.—The 
Secretary of State shall ensure that employees of the De-
partment of State who are assigned to positions described 
in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of section 708 of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (as added by subsection (a) of this 
section), including members of the civil service or general 
service, or who are seconded to international organizations 
for a period of at least one year, receive training described 
in such subsection and participate in other such courses as 
the Secretary may recommend to build or augment identifi-
able skills that would be useful for such Department officials 
representing United States interests at these institutions 
and organizations.
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SEC. 6703. MODIFICATION TO TRANSPARENCY ON INTER-
NATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND NON-BINDING 
INSTRUMENTS. 
Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, as most 
recently amended by section 5947 of the James M. Inhofe 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 
(Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3476), is further amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) 
as subsections (i) through (m), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h)(1) If the Secretary is aware or has reason to be-
lieve that the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or (c) have 
not been fulfilled with respect to an international agreement 
or qualifying non-binding instrument, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(A) immediately bring the matter to the atten-
tion of the office or agency responsible for the agree-
ment or qualifying non-binding instrument; and 
‘‘(B) request the office or agency to provide with-
in 7 days the text or other information necessary to 
fulfill the requirements of the relevant subsection. 
‘‘(2) Upon receiving the text or other information re-
quested pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—
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‘‘(A) fulfill the requirements of subsection (a), 
(b), or (c), as the case may be, with respect to the 
agreement or qualifying non-binding instrument con-
cerned— 
‘‘(i) by including such text or other infor-
mation in the next submission required by sub-
section (a)(1); 
‘‘(ii) by providing such information in 
writing to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the 
Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of 
the House of Representatives, and the appro-
priate congressional committees before provision 
of the submission described in clause (i); or 
‘‘(iii) in relation to subsection (b), by mak-
ing the text of the agreement or qualifying non- 
binding instrument and the information de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A)(iii) and (B)(iii) of 
subsection (a)(1) relating to the agreement or in-
strument available to the public on the website of 
the Department of State within 15 days of re-
ceiving the text or other information requested 
pursuant to paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) provide to the Majority Leader of the Sen-
ate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker
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of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader 
of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate 
congressional committees, either in the next submis-
sion required by subsection (a)(1) or before such sub-
mission, a written statement explaining the reason 
for the delay in fulfilling the requirements of sub-
section (a), (b), or (c), as the case may be.’’. 
SEC. 6704. REPORT ON PARTNER FORCES UTILIZING 
UNITED STATES SECURITY ASSISTANCE IDEN-
TIFIED AS USING HUNGER AS A WEAPON OF 
WAR. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the United States recognizes the link between 
armed conflict and conflict-induced food insecurity; 
(2) Congress recognizes and condemns the role of 
nefarious security actors, including state and non- 
state armed groups, who have utilized hunger as a 
weapon of war, including through the unanimous 
adoption of House of Representatives Resolution 922 
and Senate Resolution 669 relating to ‘‘[c]ondemning 
the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing 
the effect of conflict on global food security and fam-
ine’’; and
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(3) the United States should use the diplomatic 
and humanitarian tools at our disposal to not only 
fight global hunger, mitigate the spread of conflict, 
and promote critical, lifesaving assistance, but also 
hold perpetrators using hunger as a weapon of war 
to account. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
(1) HUNGER AS A WEAPON OF WAR.—The term 
‘‘hunger as a weapon of war’’ means— 
(A) intentional starvation of civilians; 
(B) intentional and reckless destruction, re-
moval, looting, or rendering useless objects nec-
essary for food production and distribution, such 
as farmland, markets, mills, food processing and 
storage facilities, food stuffs, crops, livestock, ag-
ricultural assets, waterways, water systems, 
drinking water facilities and supplies, and irri-
gation networks; 
(C) undue denial of humanitarian access 
and deprivation of objects indispensable to peo-
ple’s survival, such as food supplies and nutri-
tion resources; and 
(D) willful interruption of market systems 
for populations in need, including through the
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prevention of travel and manipulation of cur-
rency exchange. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘security 
assistance’’ means assistance meeting the definition of 
‘‘security assistance’’ under section 502B of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives regarding— 
(1) United States-funded security assistance and 
cooperation; and 
(2) whether the governments and entities receiv-
ing such assistance have or are currently using hun-
ger as a weapon of war. 
(d) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(c) shall— 
(1) identify countries receiving United States- 
funded security assistance or participating in secu-
rity programs and activities, including in coordina-
tion with the Department of Defense, that are cur-
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rently experiencing famine-like conditions as a result 
of conflict; 
(2) describe the actors and actions taken by such 
actors in the countries identified pursuant to para-
graph (1) who are utilizing hunger as a weapon of 
war; and 
(3) describe any current or existing plans to con-
tinue providing United States-funded security assist-
ance to recipient countries. 
(e) FORM.—The report required under subsection (c) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 6705. INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND INVEST-
MENTS BY THE UNITED STATES AND PEO-
PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment and the Chief Executive Officer of the Develop-
ment Finance Corporation, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees, the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives a report regarding the opportuni-
ties and costs of infrastructure projects in Middle East, Af-
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rican, and Latin American and Caribbean countries, which 
shall— 
(1) describe the nature and total funding of 
United States infrastructure investments and con-
struction in Middle East, African, and Latin Amer-
ican and Caribbean countries, and that of United 
States allies and partners in the same regions; 
(2) describe the nature and total funding of in-
frastructure investments and construction by the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China in Middle East, African, and 
Latin American and Caribbean countries; 
(3) assess the national security threats posed by 
the infrastructure investment gap between the People’s 
Republic of China and the United States and United 
States allies and partners, including— 
(A) infrastructure, such as ports; 
(B) access to critical and strategic minerals; 
(C) digital and telecommunication infra-
structure; 
(D) threats to supply chains; and 
(E) general favorability towards the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China and the United States 
and United States’ allies and partners among 
Middle East, African, and Latin American and 
Caribbean countries;
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(4) assess the opportunities and challenges for 
companies based in the United States to invest in in-
frastructure projects in Middle East, African, and 
Latin American and Caribbean countries; 
(5) describe options for the United States Gov-
ernment to undertake to increase support for United 
States businesses engaged in large-scale infrastructure 
projects in Middle East, African, and Latin Amer-
ican and Caribbean countries; and 
(6) identify regional infrastructure priorities, 
ranked according to United States national interests, 
in Middle East, African, and Latin American and 
Caribbean countries. 
SEC. 6706. SPECIAL ENVOYS. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct 
a review of all special envoy positions to determine— 
(1) which special envoy positions are needed to 
accomplish the mission of the Department; 
(2) which special envoy positions could be ab-
sorbed into the Department’s existing bureau struc-
ture; 
(3) which special envoy positions were estab-
lished by an Act of Congress; and
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(4) which special envoy positions were created by 
the Executive Branch without explicit congressional 
approval. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the comple-
tion of the review required under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that includes— 
(1) a list of every special envoy position in the 
Department; 
(2) a detailed justification of the need for each 
special envoy, if warranted; 
(3) a list of the special envoy positions that 
could be absorbed into the Department’s existing bu-
reau structure without compromising the mission of 
the Department; 
(4) a list of the special envoy positions that were 
created by an Act of Congress; and 
(5) a list of the special envoy positions that are 
not expressly authorized by statute. 
SEC. 6707. US–ASEAN CENTER. 
(a) DEFINED
TERM.—In this section, the term 
‘‘ASEAN’’ means the Association of Southeast Asian Na-
tions. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary is authorized to 
enter into a public-private partnership for the purposes of
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establishing a US–ASEAN Center in the United States to 
support United States economic and cultural engagement 
with Southeast Asia. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the US–ASEAN Center established pursuant to sub-
section (b) may— 
(1) provide grants for research to support and 
elevate the importance of the US–ASEAN partner-
ship; 
(2) facilitate activities to strengthen US–ASEAN 
trade and investment; 
(3) expand economic and technological relation-
ships between ASEAN countries and the United 
States into new areas of cooperation; 
(4) provide training to United States citizens 
and citizens of ASEAN countries that improve people- 
to-people ties; 
(5) develop educational programs to increase 
awareness for the United States and ASEAN coun-
tries on the importance of relations between the 
United States and ASEAN countries; and 
(6) carry out other activities the Secretary con-
siders necessary to strengthen ties between the United 
States and ASEAN countries and achieve the objec-
tives of the US–ASEAN Center.
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SEC. 6708. BRIEFINGS ON THE UNITED STATES-EUROPEAN 
UNION TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States-Euro-
pean Union Trade and Technology Council is an important 
forum for the United States and in the European Union 
to engage on transatlantic trade, investment, and engage-
ment on matters related to critical and emerging technology 
and that the Department should provide regular updates 
to the appropriate congressional committees on the 
deliverables and policy initiatives announced at United 
States-European Union Trade and Technology Council 
ministerials 
SEC. 6709. MODIFICATION AND REPEAL OF REPORTS. 
(a) COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRAC-
TICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall examine 
the production of the 2023 and subsequent annual 
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by the 
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor as required under sections 116(d) and 
502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151n(d), 2304(b)) to maximize— 
(A) cost and personnel efficiencies; 
(B) the potential use of data and analytic 
tools and visualization; and
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(C) advancement of the modernization agen-
da for the Department announced by the Sec-
retary on October 27, 2021. 
(2) TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION AMENDMENTS 
TO ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS 
PRACTICES.—Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) Wherever applicable, a description of the 
nature and extent of acts of transnational repression 
that occurred during the preceding year, including 
identification of— 
‘‘(A) incidents in which a government har-
assed, intimidated, or killed individuals outside 
of their internationally recognized borders and 
the patterns of such repression among repeat of-
fenders; 
‘‘(B) countries in which such transnational 
repression occurs and the role of the governments 
of such countries in enabling, preventing, miti-
gating, and responding to such acts; 
‘‘(C) the tactics used by the governments of 
countries identified pursuant to subparagraph 
(A), including the actions identified and any 
new techniques observed;
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‘‘(D) in the case of digital surveillance and 
harassment, the type of technology or platform, 
including social media, smart city technology, 
health tracking systems, general surveillance 
technology, and data access, transfer, and storage 
procedures, used by the governments of countries 
identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) for such 
actions; and 
‘‘(E) groups and types of individuals tar-
geted by acts of transnational repression in each 
country in which such acts occur.’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REPORTS.— 
(1) ANNUAL
REPORTS
RELATING
TO
FUNDING 
MECHANISMS
FOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SECURITY 
AND SEMICONDUCTORS.—Division H of the William 
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) is 
amended— 
(A) in section 9202(a)(2) (47 U.S.C. 
906(a)(2))— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) 
as subparagraph (C); and 
(B) in section 9905 (15 U.S.C. 4655)— 
(i) by striking subsection (c); and
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(ii) by redesignating subsection (d) as 
subsection (c). 
(2) REPORTS RELATING TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 
TO COUNTER RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND MEDIA ORGA-
NIZATIONS CONTROLLED BY RUSSIA.—The Countering 
Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 
2017 (title II of Public Law 115–44) is amended— 
(A) in section 254(e)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’; 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (A), (B), and (C) as para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively, 
and moving such paragraphs 2 ems to 
the left; and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) by striking section 255. 
(3) ANNUAL REPORT ON PROMOTING THE RULE 
OF LAW IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—Section 202 
of the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and 
Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 
2012 (Public Law 112–208) is amended by striking 
subsection (a). 
(4) ANNUAL REPORT ON ADVANCING FREEDOM 
AND
DEMOCRACY.—Section 2121 of the Advance
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Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, 
and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007 (title XXI of 
Public Law 110–53) is amended by striking sub-
section (c). 
(5) ANNUAL REPORTS ON UNITED STATES-VIET-
NAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE MEETINGS.—Section 
702 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-
cal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151n note) is repealed. 
SEC. 6710. MODIFICATION OF BUILD ACT OF 2018 TO 
PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE NA-
TIONAL SECURITY. 
Section 1412 of the Build Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9612) 
is amended by adding at the end the following subsection: 
‘‘(d) PRIORITIZATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY INTER-
ESTS.—The Corporation shall prioritize the provision of 
support under title II in projects that advance core national 
security interests of the United States with respect to the 
People’s Republic of China.’’. 
SEC. 6711. PERMITTING FOR INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES. 
The International Bridge Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 535 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 5 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 6. PERMITTING FOR INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—The term ‘eligible 
applicant’ means an entity that has submitted an ap-
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plication for a Presidential permit during the period 
beginning on December 1, 2020, and ending on De-
cember 31, 2024, for any of the following: 
‘‘(A) 1 or more international bridges in 
Webb County, Texas. 
‘‘(B) An international bridge in Cameron 
County, Texas. 
‘‘(C) An international bridge in Maverick 
County, Texas. 
‘‘(2) PRESIDENTIAL PERMIT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Presidential 
permit’ means— 
‘‘(i) an approval by the President to 
construct, maintain, and operate an inter-
national bridge under section 4; or 
‘‘(ii) an approval by the President to 
construct, maintain, and operate an inter-
national bridge pursuant to a process de-
scribed in Executive Order 13867 (84 Fed. 
Reg. 15491; relating to Issuance of Permits 
With Respect to Facilities and Land Trans-
portation Crossings at the International 
Boundaries of the United States) (or any 
successor Executive Order).
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‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘Presidential 
permit’ includes an amendment to an approval 
described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph 
(A). 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible applicant for a Presi-
dential permit to construct, maintain, and operate an 
international bridge shall submit an application for the 
permit to the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) RECOMMENDATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date on which the Secretary receives an applica-
tion under subsection (b), the Secretary shall make a 
recommendation to the President— 
‘‘(A) to grant the Presidential permit; or 
‘‘(B) to deny the Presidential permit. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—The sole basis for a rec-
ommendation under paragraph (1) shall be whether 
the international bridge is in the foreign policy inter-
ests of the United States. 
‘‘(d) PRESIDENTIAL ACTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall grant or 
deny the Presidential permit for an application
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under subsection (b) by not later than 60 days after 
the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the date on which the Secretary makes 
a recommendation under subsection (c)(1); and 
‘‘(B) the date on which the Secretary is re-
quired to make a recommendation under sub-
section (c)(1). 
‘‘(2) NO ACTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), if the President does not grant or 
deny the Presidential permit for an application 
under subsection (b) by the deadline described in 
paragraph (1), the Presidential permit shall be 
considered to have been granted as of that dead-
line. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—As a condition on a 
Presidential permit considered to be granted 
under subparagraph (A), the eligible applicant 
shall complete all applicable environmental docu-
ments required pursuant to Public Law 91–190 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
‘‘(e) DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not require 
an eligible applicant for a Presidential permit—
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‘‘(1) to include in the application under sub-
section (b) environmental documents prepared pursu-
ant to Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
or 
‘‘(2) to have completed any environmental review 
under Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 
prior to the President granting a Presidential permit 
under subsection (d). 
‘‘(f) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(1) prohibits the President from granting a 
Presidential permit conditioned on the eligible appli-
cant completing all environmental documents pursu-
ant to Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
‘‘(2) prohibits the Secretary from requesting a 
list of all permits and approvals from Federal, State, 
and local agencies that the eligible applicant believes 
are required in connection with the international 
bridge, or a brief description of how those permits 
and approvals will be acquired; or 
‘‘(3) exempts an eligible applicant from the re-
quirement to complete all environmental documents 
pursuant to Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) prior to construction of an international 
bridge.’’.
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TITLE LXVIII—AUKUS MATTERS 
SEC. 6801. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) AUKUS PARTNERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘AUKUS 
partnership’’ means the enhanced trilateral secu-
rity partnership between Australia, the United 
Kingdom, and the United States announced in 
September 2021. 
(B) PILLARS.—The AUKUS partnership 
includes the following two pillars: 
(i) Pillar One is focused on developing 
a pathway for Australia to acquire conven-
tionally 
armed, 
nuclear-powered 
sub-
marines.
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(ii) Pillar Two is focused on enhancing 
trilateral collaboration on advanced defense 
capabilities, 
including 
hypersonic 
and 
counter hypersonic capabilities, quantum 
technologies, undersea technologies, and ar-
tificial intelligence. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULA-
TIONS.—The term ‘‘International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations’’ means subchapter M of chapter I of title 
22, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-
tions). 
Subtitle A—Outlining the AUKUS 
Partnership 
SEC. 6811. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON THE AUKUS PART-
NERSHIP. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States that— 
(1) the AUKUS partnership is integral to 
United States national security, increasing United 
States and allied capability in the undersea domain 
of the Indo-Pacific, and developing cutting edge mili-
tary capabilities; 
(2) the transfer of conventionally armed, nu-
clear-powered submarines to Australia, if imple-
mented appropriately, will position the United States
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and its allies to maintain peace and security in the 
Indo-Pacific; 
(3) the transfer of conventionally armed, nu-
clear-powered submarines to Australia will be safely 
implemented with the highest nonproliferation stand-
ards in alignment with— 
(A) safeguards established by the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency; and 
(B) the Additional Protocol to the Agree-
ment between Australia and the International 
Atomic Energy Agency for the application of 
safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the 
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at 
Vienna September 23, 1997; 
(4) the United States will enter into a mutual 
defense agreement with Australia, modeled on the 
1958 bilateral mutual defense agreement with the 
United Kingdom, for the sole purpose of facilitating 
the transfer of naval nuclear propulsion technology to 
Australia; 
(5) working with the United Kingdom and Aus-
tralia to develop and provide joint advanced military 
capabilities to promote security and stability in the 
Indo-Pacific will have tangible impacts on United 
States military effectiveness across the world;
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(6) in order to better facilitate cooperation under 
Pillar 2 of the AUKUS partnership, it is imperative 
that every effort be made to streamline United States 
export controls consistent with necessary and recip-
rocal security safeguards on United States technology 
at least comparable to those of the United States; 
(7) the trade authorization mechanism for the 
AUKUS partnership administered by the Department 
is a critical first step in reimagining the United 
States export control system to carry out the AUKUS 
partnership and expedite technology sharing and de-
fense trade among the United States, Australia, and 
the United Kingdom; and 
(8) the vast majority of United States defense 
trade with Australia is conducted through the Foreign 
Military Sales (FMS) process, the preponderance of 
defense trade with the United Kingdom is conducted 
through Direct Commercial Sales (DCS), and efforts 
to streamline United States export controls should 
focus on both Foreign Military Sales and Direct Com-
mercial Sales. 
SEC. 6812. SENIOR ADVISOR FOR THE AUKUS PARTNERSHIP 
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be a Senior Advisor for 
the AUKUS partnership at the Department, who—
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(1) shall report directly to the Secretary; and 
(2) may not hold another position in the Depart-
ment concurrently while holding the position of Sen-
ior Advisor for the AUKUS partnership. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Senior Advisor shall— 
(1) be responsible for coordinating efforts related 
to the AUKUS partnership across the Department, 
including the bureaus engaged in nonproliferation, 
defense trade, security assistance, and diplomatic re-
lations in the Indo-Pacific; 
(2) serve as the lead within the Department for 
implementation of the AUKUS partnership in inter-
agency processes, consulting with counterparts in the 
Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce, 
the Department of Energy, the Office of Naval Reac-
tors, and any other relevant agencies; 
(3) lead diplomatic efforts related to the AUKUS 
partnership with other governments to explain how 
the partnership will enhance security and stability in 
the Indo-Pacific; and 
(4) consult regularly with the appropriate con-
gressional committees, and keep such committees fully 
and currently informed, on issues related to the 
AUKUS partnership, including in relation to the 
AUKUS Pillar 1 objective of supporting Australia’s
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acquisition of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 
submarines and the Pillar 2 objective of jointly devel-
oping advanced military capabilities to support secu-
rity and stability in the Indo-Pacific, as affirmed by 
the President of the United States, the Prime Minister 
of the United Kingdom, and the Prime Minister of 
Australia on April 5, 2022. 
(c) PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT THE SENIOR ADVISOR.— 
The Secretary shall ensure that the Senior Advisor is ade-
quately staffed, including through encouraging details, or 
assignment of employees of the Department, with expertise 
related to the implementation of the AUKUS partnership, 
including staff with expertise in— 
(1) nuclear policy, including nonproliferation; 
(2) defense trade and security cooperation, in-
cluding security assistance; and 
(3) relations with respect to political-military 
issues in the Indo-Pacific and Europe. 
(d) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than 90 
days after a Senior Advisor assumes such position, the Sec-
retary shall notify the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of the number of full-time equivalent positions, relevant 
expertise, and duties of any employees of the Department 
or detailees supporting the Senior Advisor.
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(e) SUNSET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The position of the Senior Ad-
visor for the AUKUS partnership shall terminate on 
the date that is 8 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may renew the 
position of the Senior Advisor for the AUKUS part-
nership for 1 additional period of 4 years, following 
notification to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of the renewal. 
Subtitle B—Authorization for 
AUKUS Submarine Training 
SEC. 6823. AUSTRALIA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND UNITED 
STATES SUBMARINE SECURITY TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may transfer or ex-
port directly to private individuals in Australia defense 
services that may be transferred to the Government of Aus-
tralia under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 
et seq.) to support the development of the submarine indus-
trial base of Australia necessary for submarine security ac-
tivities between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the 
United States, including if such individuals are not officers, 
employees, or agents of the Government of Australia. 
(b) SECURITY CONTROLS.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any defense service trans-
ferred or exported under subsection (a) shall be subject 
to appropriate security controls to ensure that any 
sensitive information conveyed by such transfer or ex-
port is protected from disclosure to persons unauthor-
ized by the United States to receive such information. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days be-
fore the first transfer or export of a defense service 
under subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the 
President shall certify to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives that the con-
trols described in paragraph (1) will protect the in-
formation described in such paragraph for the defense 
services so transferred or exported. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
RE-
TRANSFER AND REEXPORT.—Any person who receives any 
defense service transferred or exported under subsection (a) 
may retransfer or reexport such service to other persons only 
in accordance with the requirements of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
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Subtitle C—Streamlining and Pro-
tecting 
Transfers 
of 
United 
States Military Technology From 
Compromise 
SEC. 6831. PRIORITY FOR AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED 
KINGDOM IN FOREIGN MILITARY SALES AND 
DIRECT COMMERCIAL SALES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall institute poli-
cies and procedures for letters of request from Australia and 
the United Kingdom to transfer defense articles and services 
under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2761) related to AUKUS to receive expedited consideration 
and processing relative to all other letters of request other 
than from Taiwan and Ukraine. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER POLICY FOR AUSTRALIA, 
CANADA, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense, shall create an antici-
patory release policy for the transfer of technologies 
described in paragraph (2) to Australia, the United 
Kingdom, and Canada through Foreign Military 
Sales and Direct Commercial Sales that are not cov-
ered by an exemption under the International Traffic 
in Arms Regulations.
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(2) CAPABILITIES DESCRIBED.—The capabilities 
described in this paragraph are— 
(A) Pillar One-related technologies associ-
ated with submarine and associated combat sys-
tems; and 
(B) Pillar Two-related technologies, includ-
ing hypersonic missiles, cyber capabilities, artifi-
cial intelligence, quantum technologies, undersea 
capabilities, and other advanced technologies. 
(3) EXPEDITED DECISION-MAKING.—Review of a 
transfer under the policy established under paragraph 
(1) shall be subject to an expedited decision-making 
process. 
(c) INTERAGENCY POLICY AND GUIDANCE.—The Sec-
retary and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly review and 
update interagency policies and implementation guidance 
related to requests for Foreign Military Sales and Direct 
Commercial Sales, including by incorporating the antici-
patory release provisions of this section.
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SEC. 6832. IDENTIFICATION AND PRE-CLEARANCE OF PLAT-
FORMS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND EQUIPMENT 
FOR SALE TO AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED 
KINGDOM 
THROUGH 
FOREIGN 
MILITARY 
SALES AND DIRECT COMMERCIAL SALES. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and on a biennial basis thereafter for 8 years, 
the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a report that includes a list 
of advanced military platforms, technologies, and equip-
ment that are pre-cleared and prioritized for sale and re-
lease to Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada 
through the Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial 
Sales programs without regard to whether a letter of request 
or license to purchase such platforms, technologies, or equip-
ment has been received from any of such country. Each list 
may include items that are not related to the AUKUS part-
nership but may not include items that are not covered by 
an exemption under the International Traffic in Arms Reg-
ulations except unmanned aerial or hypersonic systems. 
SEC. 6833. EXPORT CONTROL EXEMPTIONS AND STAND-
ARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 38 of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act of 1976 (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(l) AUKUS DEFENSE TRADE COOPERATION.— 
‘‘(1) EXEMPTION
FROM
LICENSING
AND
AP-
PROVAL REQUIREMENTS.—Subject to paragraph (2) 
and notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the Secretary of State may exempt from the li-
censing or other approval requirements of this section 
exports and transfers (including reexports, retrans-
fers, temporary imports, and brokering activities) of 
defense articles and defense services between or among 
the United States, the United Kingdom, and Aus-
tralia that— 
‘‘(A) are not excluded by those countries; 
‘‘(B) 
are 
not 
referred 
to 
in 
sub-
section(j)(1)(C)(ii); and 
‘‘(C) involve only persons or entities that 
are approved by— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary of State; and 
‘‘(ii) the Ministry of Defense, the Min-
istry of Foreign Affairs, or other similar 
authority within those countries. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The authority provided in 
subparagraph (1) shall not apply to any activity, in-
cluding exports, transfers, reexports, retransfers, tem-
porary imports, or brokering, of United States defense 
articles and defense services involving any country or
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a person or entity of any country other than the 
United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.’’. 
(b) REQUIRED STANDARDS OF EXPORT CONTROLS.— 
The Secretary may only exercise the authority under sub-
section (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act 
of 1976, as added by subsection (a) of this section, with 
respect to the United Kingdom or Australia 30 days after 
the Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees an unclassified certification and detailed unclassi-
fied assessment (which may include a classified annex) that 
the country concerned has implemented standards for a sys-
tem of export controls that satisfies the elements of section 
38(j)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2778(j)(2)) for United States-origin defense articles and de-
fense services, and for controlling the provision of military 
training, that are comparable to those standards adminis-
tered by the United States in effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
of section 3(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2753(d)) shall not apply to any export or 
transfer that is the subject of an exemption under sub-
section (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms Export Control 
Act of 1976, as added by subsection (a) of this section.
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(2) 
QUARTERLY
REPORTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall— 
(A) require all exports and transfers that 
would be subject to the requirements of para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 3(d) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)) 
but for the application of subsection (l)(1) of sec-
tion 38 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, 
as added by subsection (a) of this section, to be 
reported to the Secretary; and 
(B) submit such reports to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives on a quarterly basis. 
(d) SUNSET.—Any exemption under subsection (l)(1) 
of section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section, shall terminate on 
the date that is 15 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. The Secretary of State may renew such exemp-
tion for 5 years upon a certification to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives that such ex-
emption is in the vital national interest of the United 
States with a detailed justification for such certification. 
(e) REPORTS.—
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(1) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter until no exemptions under 
subsection (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms Export 
Control Act of 1976, as added by subsection (a) 
of this section, remain in effect, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives a re-
port on the operation of exemptions issued under 
such subsection (l)(1), including whether any 
changes to such exemptions are likely to be made 
in the coming year. 
(B) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A) shall also in-
clude an assessment of key recommendations the 
United States Government has provided to the 
Governments of Australia and the United King-
dom to revise laws, regulations, and policies of 
such countries that are required to implement 
the AUKUS partnership. 
(2) REPORT ON EXPEDITED REVIEW OF EXPORT 
LICENSES
FOR
EXPORTS
OF
ADVANCED
TECH-
NOLOGIES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
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the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall re-
port on the practical application of a possible ‘‘fast 
track’’ decision-making process for applications, clas-
sified or unclassified, to export defense articles and 
defense services to Australia, the United Kingdom, 
and Canada. 
SEC. 6834. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF EXPORT LICENSES FOR 
EXPORTS OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TO 
AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND CAN-
ADA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, shall initiate a rule-
making to establish an expedited decision-making process, 
classified or unclassified, for applications to export to Aus-
tralia, the United Kingdom, and Canada commercial, ad-
vanced-technology defense articles and defense services that 
are not covered by an exemption under the International 
Traffic in Arms Regulations. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To qualify for the expedited deci-
sion-making process described in subsection (a), an applica-
tion shall be for an export of defense articles or defense serv-
ices that will take place wholly within or between the phys-
ical territory of Australia, Canada, or the United Kingdom
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and the United States and with governments or corporate 
entities from such countries. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF EXPEDITED PROCESS.—The ex-
pedited decision-making process described in subsection (a) 
shall be available for both classified and unclassified items, 
and the process must satisfy the following criteria to the 
extent practicable: 
(1) Any licensing application to export defense 
articles and services that is related to a government 
to government agreement must be approved, returned, 
or denied within 30 days of submission. 
(2) For all other licensing requests, any review 
shall be completed not later than 45 calendar days 
after the date of application. 
SEC. 6835. UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST. 
(a) EXEMPTION
FOR
THE GOVERNMENTS
OF
THE 
UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIA FROM CERTIFICATION 
AND CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AP-
PLICABLE TO CERTAIN TRANSFERS.—Section 38(f)(3) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)(3)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘, the United Kingdom, or Australia’’ after 
‘‘Canada’’. 
(b) UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST PERIODIC RE-
VIEWS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
authority delegated by the President to carry out 
periodic reviews of items on the United States Muni-
tions List under section 38(f) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)) and in coordination 
with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of En-
ergy, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, shall carry out 
such reviews not less frequently than every 3 years. 
(2) SCOPE.—The periodic reviews described in 
paragraph (1) shall focus on matters including— 
(A) interagency resources to address current 
threats faced by the United States; 
(B) the evolving technological and economic 
landscape; 
(C) the widespread availability of certain 
technologies and items on the United States Mu-
nitions List; and 
(D) risks of misuse of United States-origin 
defense articles. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—The Department of State 
may consult with the Defense Trade Advisory Group 
(DTAG) and other interested parties in conducting 
the periodic review described in paragraph (1).
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Subtitle D—Other AUKUS Matters 
SEC. 6841. REPORTING RELATED TO THE AUKUS PARTNER-
SHIP. 
(a) REPORT ON INSTRUMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the signature, conclusion, or other finalization of any 
non-binding instrument related to the AUKUS part-
nership, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees the text of such instrument. 
(2) NON-DUPLICATION
OF
EFFORTS; RULE
OF 
CONSTRUCTION.—To the extent the text of a non-bind-
ing instrument is submitted to the appropriate con-
gressional committees pursuant to subsection (a), such 
text does not need to be submitted to Congress pursu-
ant to section 112b(a)(1)(A)(ii) of title 1, United 
States Code, as amended by section 5947 of the James 
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3476). 
Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to relieve the ex-
ecutive branch of any other requirement of section 
112b of title 1, United States Code, as amended so 
amended, or any other provision of law. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘text’’, with 
respect to a non-binding instrument, includes—
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(i) any annex, appendix, codicil, side 
agreement, side letter, or any document of 
similar purpose or function to the afore-
mentioned, regardless of the title of the doc-
ument, that is entered into contempora-
neously and in conjunction with the non- 
binding instrument; and 
(ii) any implementing agreement or 
arrangement, or any document of similar 
purpose or function to the aforementioned, 
regardless of the title of the document, that 
is entered into contemporaneously and in 
conjunction with the non-binding instru-
ment. 
(B) CONTEMPORANEOUSLY
AND
IN
CON-
JUNCTION WITH.—As used in subparagraph (A), 
the term ‘‘contemporaneously and in conjunction 
with’’— 
(i) shall be construed liberally; and 
(ii) may not be interpreted to require 
any action to have occurred simultaneously 
or on the same day. 
(b) REPORT ON AUKUS PARTNERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially
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thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Defense and other appropriate heads of 
agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the AUKUS partner-
ship. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) STRATEGY.— 
(i) An identification of the defensive 
military capability gaps and capacity 
shortfalls that the AUKUS partnership 
seeks to offset. 
(ii) An explanation of the total cost to 
the United States associated with Pillar 
One of the AUKUS partnership. 
(iii) A detailed explanation of how en-
hanced access to the industrial base of Aus-
tralia is contributing to strengthening the 
United States strategic position in Asia. 
(iv) A detailed explanation of the mili-
tary and strategic benefit provided by the 
improved access provided by naval bases of 
Australia. 
(v) A detailed assessment of how Aus-
tralia’s sovereign conventionally armed nu-
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clear 
attack 
submarines 
contribute 
to 
United States defense and deterrence objec-
tives in the Indo-Pacific region. 
(B) IMPLEMENT
THE
AUKUS
PARTNER-
SHIP.— 
(i) Progress made on achieving the Op-
timal Pathway established for Australia’s 
development of conventionally armed, nu-
clear-powered submarines, including the fol-
lowing elements: 
(I) A description of progress made 
by Australia, the United Kingdom, 
and the United States to conclude an 
Article 14 arrangement with the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency. 
(II) A description of the status of 
efforts of Australia, the United King-
dom, and the United States to build 
the supporting infrastructure to base 
conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 
attack submarines. 
(III) Updates on the efforts by 
Australia, the United Kingdom, and 
the United States to train a workforce 
that can build, sustain, and operate
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conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 
attack submarines. 
(IV) A description of progress in 
establishing submarine support facili-
ties capable of hosting rotational forces 
in western Australia by 2027. 
(V) A description of progress 
made in improving United States sub-
marine production capabilities that 
will enable the United States to meet— 
(aa) its objectives of pro-
viding up to five Virginia Class 
submarines to Australia by the 
early to mid-2030’s; and 
(bb) United States submarine 
production requirements. 
(ii) Progress made on Pillar Two of 
the AUKUS partnership, including the fol-
lowing elements: 
(I) An assessment of the efforts of 
Australia, the United Kingdom, and 
the United States to enhance collabora-
tion across the following eight tri-
lateral lines of effort: 
(aa) Underseas capabilities.
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(bb) Quantum technologies. 
(cc) 
Artificial 
intelligence 
and autonomy. 
(dd) Advanced cyber capa-
bilities. 
(ee) Hypersonic and counter- 
hypersonic capabilities. 
(ff) Electronic warfare. 
(gg) Innovation. 
(hh) Information sharing. 
(II) An assessment of any new 
lines of effort established. 
DIVISION 
G—UNIDENTIFIED 
ANOMALOUS 
PHENOMENA 
DISCLOSURE 
SEC. 9001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Unidentified Anom-
alous Phenomena Disclosure Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘UAP Dis-
closure Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 9002. FINDINGS, DECLARATIONS, AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.—Congress finds 
and declares the following: 
(1) All Federal Government records related to 
unidentified anomalous phenomena should be pre-
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served and centralized for historical and Federal Gov-
ernment purposes. 
(2) All Federal Government records concerning 
unidentified anomalous phenomena should carry a 
presumption of immediate disclosure and all records 
should be eventually disclosed to enable the public to 
become fully informed about the history of the Federal 
Government’s 
knowledge 
and 
involvement 
sur-
rounding unidentified anomalous phenomena. 
(3) Legislation is necessary to create an enforce-
able, independent, and accountable process for the 
public disclosure of such records. 
(4) Legislation is necessary because credible evi-
dence and testimony indicates that Federal Govern-
ment unidentified anomalous phenomena records exist 
that have not been declassified or subject to manda-
tory declassification review as set forth in Executive 
Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classi-
fied national security information) due in part to ex-
emptions under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), as well as an over-broad inter-
pretation of ‘‘transclassified foreign nuclear informa-
tion’’, which is also exempt from mandatory declas-
sification, thereby preventing public disclosure under 
existing provisions of law.
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(5) Legislation is necessary because section 552 
of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’), as imple-
mented by the Executive branch of the Federal Gov-
ernment, has proven inadequate in achieving the 
timely public disclosure of Government unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records that are subject to 
mandatory declassification review. 
(6) Legislation is necessary to restore proper 
oversight over unidentified anomalous phenomena 
records by elected officials in both the executive and 
legislative branches of the Federal Government that 
has otherwise been lacking as of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(7) Legislation is necessary to afford complete 
and timely access to all knowledge gained by the Fed-
eral Government concerning unidentified anomalous 
phenomena in furtherance of comprehensive open sci-
entific and technological research and development es-
sential to avoiding or mitigating potential techno-
logical surprise in furtherance of urgent national se-
curity concerns and the public interest. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this division are—
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(1) to provide for the creation of the unidentified 
anomalous phenomena Records Collection at the Na-
tional Archives and Records Administration; and 
(2) to require the expeditious public trans-
mission to the Archivist and public disclosure of such 
records. 
SEC. 9003. DEFINITIONS. 
In this division: 
(1) ARCHIVIST.—The term ‘‘Archivist’’ means 
the Archivist of the United States. 
(2) CLOSE
OBSERVER.—The term ‘‘close ob-
server’’ means anyone who has come into close prox-
imity to unidentified anomalous phenomena or non- 
human intelligence. 
(3) COLLECTION.—The term ‘‘Collection’’ means 
the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Col-
lection established under section 9004. 
(4) 
CONTROLLED
DISCLOSURE
CAMPAIGN 
PLAN.—The term ‘‘Controlled Disclosure Campaign 
Plan’’ means the Controlled Disclosure Campaign 
Plan required by section 9009(c)(3). 
(5) CONTROLLING AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘con-
trolling authority’’ means any Federal, State, or local 
government department, office, agency, committee, 
commission, commercial company, academic institu-
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tion, or private sector entity in physical possession of 
technologies of unknown origin or biological evidence 
of non-human intelligence. 
(6) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 
Director of the Office of Government Ethics. 
(7) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’ means an Executive agency, as defined in 
subsection 552(f) of title 5, United States Code. 
(8) GOVERNMENT OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Govern-
ment office’’ means any department, office, agency, 
committee, or commission of the Federal Government 
and any independent office or agency without excep-
tion that has possession or control, including via con-
tract or other agreement, of unidentified anomalous 
phenomena records. 
(9) IDENTIFICATION AID.—The term ‘‘identifica-
tion aid’’ means the written description prepared for 
each record, as required in section 9004. 
(10) LEADERSHIP
OF
CONGRESS.—The term 
‘‘leadership of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the majority leader of the Senate; 
(B) the minority leader of the Senate; 
(C) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; and
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(D) the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(11) LEGACY PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘legacy pro-
gram’’ means all Federal, State, and local govern-
ment, commercial industry, academic, and private 
sector endeavors to collect, exploit, or reverse engineer 
technologies of unknown origin or examine biological 
evidence of living or deceased non-human intelligence 
that pre-dates the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(12) NATIONAL ARCHIVES.—The term ‘‘National 
Archives’’ means the National Archives and Records 
Administration and all components thereof, including 
presidential archival depositories established under 
section 2112 of title 44, United States Code. 
(13) NON-HUMAN
INTELLIGENCE.—The term 
‘‘non-human intelligence’’ means any sentient intel-
ligent non-human lifeform regardless of nature or ul-
timate origin that may be presumed responsible for 
unidentified anomalous phenomena or of which the 
Federal Government has become aware. 
(14) ORIGINATING BODY.—The term ‘‘originating 
body’’ means the Executive agency, Federal Govern-
ment commission, committee of Congress, or other 
Governmental entity that created a record or par-
ticular information within a record.
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(15) PROSAIC ATTRIBUTION.—The term ‘‘prosaic 
attribution’’ means having a human (either foreign or 
domestic) origin and operating according to current, 
proven, and generally understood scientific and engi-
neering principles and established laws-of-nature and 
not attributable to non-human intelligence. 
(16) PUBLIC INTEREST.—The term ‘‘public in-
terest’’ means the compelling interest in the prompt 
public disclosure of unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena records for historical and Governmental pur-
poses and for the purpose of fully informing the peo-
ple of the United States about the history of the Fed-
eral Government’s knowledge and involvement sur-
rounding unidentified anomalous phenomena. 
(17) RECORD.—The term ‘‘record’’ includes a 
book, paper, report, memorandum, directive, email, 
text, or other form of communication, or map, photo-
graph, sound or video recording, machine-readable 
material, computerized, digitized, or electronic infor-
mation, including intelligence, surveillance, recon-
naissance, and target acquisition sensor data, regard-
less of the medium on which it is stored, or other doc-
umentary material, regardless of its physical form or 
characteristics.
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(18) 
REVIEW
BOARD.—The 
term 
‘‘Review 
Board’’ means the Unidentified Anomalous Phe-
nomena Records Review Board established by section 
9007. 
(19) TECHNOLOGIES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.—The 
term ‘‘technologies of unknown origin’’ means any 
materials or meta-materials, ejecta, crash debris, 
mechanisms, machinery, equipment, assemblies or 
sub-assemblies, engineering models or processes, dam-
aged or intact aerospace vehicles, and damaged or in-
tact ocean-surface and undersea craft associated with 
unidentified anomalous phenomena or incorporating 
science and technology that lacks prosaic attribution 
or known means of human manufacture. 
(20) 
TEMPORARILY
NON-ATTRIBUTED
OB-
JECTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘temporarily 
non-attributed objects’’ means the class of objects 
that temporarily resist prosaic attribution by the 
initial observer as a result of environmental or 
system limitations associated with the observa-
tion process that nevertheless ultimately have an 
accepted human origin or known physical cause. 
Although some unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena may at first be interpreted as tempo-
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rarily non-attributed objects, they are not tempo-
rarily non-attributed objects, and the two cat-
egories are mutually exclusive. 
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘temporarily 
non-attributed objects’’ includes— 
(i) natural celestial, meteorological, 
and undersea weather phenomena; 
(ii) mundane human-made airborne 
objects, clutter, and marine debris; 
(iii) Federal, State, and local govern-
ment, commercial industry, academic, and 
private sector aerospace platforms; 
(iv) Federal, State, and local govern-
ment, commercial industry, academic, and 
private sector ocean-surface and undersea 
vehicles; and 
(v) known foreign systems. 
(21) THIRD AGENCY.—The term ‘‘third agency’’ 
means a Government agency that originated a un-
identified anomalous phenomena record that is in the 
possession of another Government agency. 
(22) UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘unidentified 
anomalous phenomena’’ means any object oper-
ating or judged capable of operating in outer-
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space, the atmosphere, ocean surfaces, or under-
sea lacking prosaic attribution due to perform-
ance characteristics and properties not pre-
viously known to be achievable based upon com-
monly accepted physical principles. Unidentified 
anomalous phenomena are differentiated from 
both attributed and temporarily non-attributed 
objects by one or more of the following 
observables: 
(i) Instantaneous acceleration absent 
apparent inertia. 
(ii) Hypersonic velocity absent a ther-
mal signature and sonic shockwave. 
(iii) Transmedium (such as space-to- 
ground and air-to-undersea) travel. 
(iv) Positive lift contrary to known 
aerodynamic principles. 
(v) Multispectral signature control. 
(vi) Physical or invasive biological ef-
fects to close observers and the environment. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘unidentified 
anomalous phenomena’’ includes what were pre-
viously described as— 
(i) flying discs; 
(ii) flying saucers;
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(iii) unidentified aerial phenomena; 
(iv) unidentified flying objects (UFOs); 
and 
(v) 
unidentified 
submerged 
objects 
(USOs). 
(23) UNIDENTIFIED
ANOMALOUS
PHENOMENA 
RECORD.—The term ‘‘unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena record’’ means a record that is related to un-
identified anomalous phenomena, technologies of un-
known origin, or non-human intelligence (and all 
equivalent subjects by any other name with the spe-
cific and sole exclusion of temporarily non-attributed 
objects) that was created or made available for use by, 
obtained by, or otherwise came into the possession 
of— 
(A) the Executive Office of the President; 
(B) the Department of Defense and its pro-
genitors, the Department of War and the Depart-
ment of the Navy; 
(C) the Department of the Army; 
(D) the Department of the Navy; 
(E) the Department of the Air Force, spe-
cifically the Air Force Office of Special Inves-
tigations;
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(F) the Department of Energy and its pro-
genitors, the Manhattan Project, the Atomic En-
ergy Commission, and the Energy Research and 
Development Administration; 
(G) the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence; 
(H) the Central Intelligence Agency and its 
progenitor, the Office of Strategic Services; 
(I) the National Reconnaissance Office; 
(J) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 
(K) the National Security Agency; 
(L) the National Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency; 
(M) the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration: 
(N) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(O) the Federal Aviation Administration; 
(P) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; 
(Q) the Library of Congress; 
(R) the National Archives and Records Ad-
ministration; 
(S) any Presidential library; 
(T) any Executive agency; 
(U) any independent office or agency;
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(V) any other department, office, agency, 
committee, or commission of the Federal Govern-
ment; 
(W) any State or local government depart-
ment, office, agency, committee, or commission 
that provided support or assistance or performed 
work, in connection with a Federal inquiry into 
unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies 
of unknown origin, or non-human intelligence; 
and 
(X) any private sector person or entity for-
merly or currently under contract or some other 
agreement with the Federal Government. 
SEC. 
9004. 
UNIDENTIFIED 
ANOMALOUS 
PHENOMENA 
RECORDS COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL AR-
CHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Archi-
vist shall commence establishment of a collection of 
records in the National Archives to be known as the 
‘‘Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collec-
tion’’. 
(B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Ar-
chivist shall ensure the physical integrity and origi-
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nal provenance (or if indeterminate, the earliest his-
torical owner) of all records in the Collection. 
(C) The Collection shall consist of record copies 
of all Government, Government-provided, or Govern-
ment-funded records relating to unidentified anoma-
lous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin, and 
non-human intelligence (or equivalent subjects by any 
other name with the specific and sole exclusion of 
temporarily non-attributed objects), which shall be 
transmitted to the National Archives in accordance 
with section 2107 of title 44, United States Code. 
(D) The Archivist shall prepare and publish a 
subject guidebook and index to the Collection. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The Collection shall include the 
following: 
(A) All unidentified anomalous phenomena 
records, regardless of age or date of creation— 
(i) that have been transmitted to the 
National Archives or disclosed to the public 
in an unredacted form prior to the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(ii) that are required to be transmitted 
to the National Archives; and 
(iii) that the disclosure of which is 
postponed under this Act.
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(B) A central directory comprised of identi-
fication aids created for each record transmitted 
to the Archivist under section 9005. 
(C) All Review Board records as required 
by this Act. 
(b) DISCLOSURE
OF
RECORDS.—All unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records transmitted to the National 
Archives for disclosure to the public shall— 
(1) be included in the Collection; and 
(2) be available to the public— 
(A) for inspection and copying at the Na-
tional Archives within 30 days after their trans-
mission to the National Archives; and 
(B) digitally via the National Archives on-
line database within a reasonable amount of 
time not to exceed 180 days thereafter. 
(c) FEES FOR COPYING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Archivist shall— 
(A) charge fees for copying unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records; and 
(B) grant waivers of such fees pursuant to 
the standards established by section 552(a)(4) of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(2) AMOUNT OF FEES.—The amount of a fee 
charged by the Archivist pursuant to paragraph
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(1)(A) for the copying of an unidentified anomalous 
phenomena record shall be such amount as the Archi-
vist determines appropriate to cover the costs in-
curred by the National Archives in making and pro-
viding such copy, except that in no case may the 
amount of the fee charged exceed the actual expenses 
incurred by the National Archives in making and 
providing such copy. 
(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) USE OF FUNDS.—The Collection shall be pre-
served, protected, archived, digitized, and made avail-
able to the public at the National Archives and via 
the official National Archives online database using 
appropriations authorized, specified, and restricted 
for use under the terms of this Act. 
(2) SECURITY OF RECORDS.—The National Secu-
rity Program Office at the National Archives, in con-
sultation with the National Archives Information Se-
curity Oversight Office, shall establish a program to 
ensure the security of the postponed unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records in the protected, and 
yet-to-be disclosed or classified portion of the Collec-
tion. 
(e) OVERSIGHT.—
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(1) SENATE.—The Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate shall 
have continuing legislative oversight jurisdiction in 
the Senate with respect to the Collection. 
(2) HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—The Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 
of Representatives shall have continuing legislative 
oversight jurisdiction in the House of Representatives 
with respect to the Collection. 
SEC. 9005. REVIEW, IDENTIFICATION, TRANSMISSION TO 
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, AND PUBLIC DIS-
CLOSURE 
OF 
UNIDENTIFIED 
ANOMALOUS 
PHENOMENA RECORDS BY GOVERNMENT OF-
FICES. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION, ORGANIZATION, AND PREPARA-
TION FOR TRANSMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each head of a 
Government office shall— 
(A) identify and organize records in the 
possession of the Government office or under the 
control of the Government office relating to un-
identified anomalous phenomena; and 
(B) prepare such records for transmission to 
the Archivist for inclusion in the Collection.
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(2) PROHIBITIONS.—(A) No unidentified anoma-
lous phenomena record shall be destroyed, altered, or 
mutilated in any way. 
(B) No unidentified anomalous phenomena 
record made available or disclosed to the public prior 
to the date of the enactment of this Act may be with-
held, redacted, postponed for public disclosure, or re-
classified. 
(C) No unidentified anomalous phenomena 
record created by a person or entity outside the Fed-
eral Government (excluding names or identities con-
sistent with the requirements of section 9006) shall be 
withheld, redacted, postponed for public disclosure, or 
reclassified. 
(b) CUSTODY OF UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHE-
NOMENA RECORDS PENDING REVIEW.—During the review 
by the heads of Government offices under subsection (c) and 
pending review activity by the Review Board, each head 
of a Government office shall retain custody of the unidenti-
fied anomalous phenomena records of the office for purposes 
of preservation, security, and efficiency, unless— 
(1) the Review Board requires the physical 
transfer of the records for purposes of conducting an 
independent and impartial review;
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(2) transfer is necessary for an administrative 
hearing or other Review Board function; or 
(3) it is a third agency record described in sub-
section (c)(2)(C). 
(c) REVIEW BY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 300 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each head of a 
Government office shall review, identify, and organize 
each unidentified anomalous phenomena record in the 
custody or possession of the office for— 
(A) disclosure to the public; 
(B) review by the Review Board; and 
(C) transmission to the Archivist. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the head of a Government office shall— 
(A) determine which of the records of the of-
fice are unidentified anomalous phenomena 
records; 
(B) determine which of the unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records of the office have 
been officially disclosed or made publicly avail-
able in a complete and unredacted form; 
(C)(i) determine which of the unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records of the office, or 
particular information contained in such a
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record, was created by a third agency or by an-
other Government office; and 
(ii) transmit to a third agency or other 
Government office those records, or particular in-
formation contained in those records, or complete 
and accurate copies thereof; 
(D)(i) determine whether the unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records of the office or 
particular information in unidentified anoma-
lous phenomena records of the office are covered 
by the standards for postponement of public dis-
closure under this division; and 
(ii) specify on the identification aid re-
quired by subsection (d) the applicable postpone-
ment provision contained in section 9006; 
(E) organize and make available to the Re-
view Board all unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena records identified under subparagraph 
(D) the public disclosure of, which in-whole or 
in-part, may be postponed under this division; 
(F) organize and make available to the Re-
view Board any record concerning which the of-
fice has any uncertainty as to whether the record 
is an unidentified anomalous phenomena record 
governed by this division;
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(G) give precedence of work to— 
(i) the identification, review, and 
transmission of unidentified anomalous 
phenomena records not already publicly 
available or disclosed as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act; 
(ii) the identification, review, and 
transmission of all records that most unam-
biguously and definitively pertain to un-
identified 
anomalous 
phenomena, 
tech-
nologies of unknown origin, and non-human 
intelligence; 
(iii) the identification, review, and 
transmission of unidentified anomalous 
phenomena records that on the date of the 
enactment of this Act are the subject of liti-
gation under section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(iv) the identification, review, and 
transmission of unidentified anomalous 
phenomena records with earliest provenance 
when not inconsistent with clauses (i) 
through (iii) and otherwise feasible; and 
(H) make available to the Review Board 
any additional information and records that the
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Review Board has reason to believe the Review 
Board requires for conducting a review under 
this division. 
(3) PRIORITY OF EXPEDITED REVIEW FOR DI-
RECTORS OF CERTAIN ARCHIVAL DEPOSITORIES.—The 
Director of each archival depository established under 
section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, shall 
have as a priority the expedited review for public dis-
closure of unidentified anomalous phenomena records 
in the possession and custody of the depository, and 
shall make such records available to the Review Board 
as required by this division. 
(d) IDENTIFICATION AIDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Not later than 45 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Archi-
vist, in consultation with the heads of such Govern-
ment offices as the Archivist considers appropriate, 
shall prepare and make available to all Government 
offices a standard form of identification, or finding 
aid, for use with each unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena record subject to review under this division 
whether in hardcopy (physical), softcopy (electronic), 
or digitized data format as may be appropriate. 
(B) The Archivist shall ensure that the identi-
fication aid program is established in such a manner
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as to result in the creation of a uniform system for 
cataloging and finding every unidentified anomalous 
phenomena record subject to review under this divi-
sion where ever and how ever stored in hardcopy 
(physical), softcopy (electronic), or digitized data for-
mat. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
GOVERNMENT
OF-
FICES.—Upon completion of an identification aid 
using the standard form of identification prepared 
and made available under subparagraph (A) of para-
graph (1) for the program established pursuant to 
subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, the head of a 
Government office shall— 
(A) attach a printed copy to each physical 
unidentified anomalous phenomena record, and 
an electronic copy to each softcopy or digitized 
data unidentified anomalous phenomena record, 
the identification aid describes; 
(B) transmit to the Review Board a printed 
copy for each physical unidentified anomalous 
phenomena record and an electronic copy for 
each softcopy or digitized data unidentified 
anomalous phenomena record the identification 
aid describes; and
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(C) attach a printed copy to each physical 
unidentified anomalous phenomena record, and 
an electronic copy to each softcopy or digitized 
data unidentified anomalous phenomena record 
the identification aid describes, when trans-
mitted to the Archivist. 
(3) RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES THAT 
ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—Unidentified anomalous 
phenomena records which are in the possession of the 
National Archives on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and which have been publicly available in their 
entirety without redaction, shall be made available in 
the Collection without any additional review by the 
Review Board or another authorized office under this 
division, and shall not be required to have such an 
identification aid unless required by the Archivist. 
(e) TRANSMISSION TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.— 
Each head of a Government office shall— 
(1) transmit to the Archivist, and make imme-
diately available to the public, all unidentified anom-
alous phenomena records of the Government office 
that can be publicly disclosed, including those that 
are publicly available on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, without any redaction, adjustment, or with-
holding under the standards of this division; and
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(2) transmit to the Archivist upon approval for 
postponement by the Review Board or upon comple-
tion of other action authorized by this division, all 
unidentified anomalous phenomena records of the 
Government office the public disclosure of which has 
been postponed, in whole or in part, under the stand-
ards of this division, to become part of the protected, 
yet-to-be disclosed, or classified portion of the Collec-
tion. 
(f) CUSTODY OF POSTPONED UNIDENTIFIED ANOMA-
LOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS.—An unidentified anomalous 
phenomena record the public disclosure of which has been 
postponed shall, pending transmission to the Archivist, be 
held for reasons of security and preservation by the origi-
nating body until such time as the information security 
program has been established at the National Archives as 
required in section 9004(d)(2). 
(g) PERIODIC REVIEW OF POSTPONED UNIDENTIFIED 
ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—All postponed or redacted 
records shall be reviewed periodically by the origi-
nating agency and the Archivist consistent with the 
recommendations of the Review Board in the Con-
trolled Disclosure Campaign Plan under section 
9009(c)(3)(B).
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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—(A) A periodic review 
under paragraph (1) shall address the public disclo-
sure of additional unidentified anomalous phenomena 
records in the Collection under the standards of this 
division. 
(B) All postponed unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena records determined to require continued post-
ponement shall require an unclassified written de-
scription of the reason for such continued postpone-
ment relevant to these specific records. Such descrip-
tion shall be provided to the Archivist and published 
in the Federal Register upon determination. 
(C) The time and release requirements specified 
in the Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan shall be 
revised or amended only if the Review Board is still 
in session and concurs with the rationale for post-
ponement, subject to the limitations in section 
9009(d)(1). 
(D) The periodic review of postponed unidenti-
fied anomalous phenomena records shall serve to 
downgrade and declassify security classified informa-
tion. 
(E) Each unidentified anomalous phenomena 
record shall be publicly disclosed in full, and avail-
able in the Collection, not later than the date that is
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25 years after the date of the first creation of the 
record by the originating body, unless the President 
certifies, as required by this division, that— 
(i) continued postponement is made nec-
essary by an identifiable harm to the military 
defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, 
or conduct of foreign relations; and 
(ii) the identifiable harm is of such gravity 
that it outweighs the public interest in disclo-
sure. 
(h) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Executive agencies shall— 
(A) transmit digital records electronically 
in accordance with section 2107 of title 44, 
United States Code; 
(B) charge fees for copying unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records; and 
(C) grant waivers of such fees pursuant to 
the standards established by section 552(a)(4) of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(2) AMOUNT OF FEES.—The amount of a fee 
charged by the head of an Executive agency pursuant 
to paragraph (1)(B) for the copying of an unidenti-
fied anomalous phenomena record shall be such 
amount as the head determines appropriate to cover
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the costs incurred by the Executive agency in making 
and providing such copy, except that in no case may 
the amount of the fee charged exceed the actual ex-
penses incurred by the Executive agency in making 
and providing such copy. 
SEC. 9006. GROUNDS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF PUBLIC DIS-
CLOSURE 
OF 
UNIDENTIFIED 
ANOMALOUS 
PHENOMENA RECORDS. 
Disclosure of unidentified anomalous phenomena 
records or particular information in unidentified anoma-
lous phenomena records to the public may be postponed sub-
ject to the limitations of this division if there is clear and 
convincing evidence that— 
(1) the threat to the military defense, intelligence 
operations, or conduct of foreign relations of the 
United States posed by the public disclosure of the 
unidentified anomalous phenomena record is of such 
gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclo-
sure, and such public disclosure would reveal— 
(A) an intelligence agent whose identity 
currently requires protection; 
(B) an intelligence source or method which 
is currently utilized, or reasonably expected to be 
utilized, by the Federal Government and which 
has not been officially disclosed, the disclosure of
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which would interfere with the conduct of intel-
ligence activities; or 
(C) any other matter currently relating to 
the military defense, intelligence operations, or 
conduct of foreign relations of the United States, 
the disclosure of which would demonstrably and 
substantially impair the national security of the 
United States; 
(2) the public disclosure of the unidentified 
anomalous phenomena record would reveal the name 
or identity of a living person who provided confiden-
tial information to the Federal Government and 
would pose a substantial risk of harm to that person; 
(3) the public disclosure of the unidentified 
anomalous phenomena record could reasonably be ex-
pected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of per-
sonal privacy, and that invasion of privacy is so sub-
stantial that it outweighs the public interest; or 
(4) the public disclosure of the unidentified 
anomalous phenomena record would compromise the 
existence of an understanding of confidentiality cur-
rently requiring protection between a Federal Govern-
ment agent and a cooperating individual or a foreign 
government, and public disclosure would be so harm-
ful that it outweighs the public interest.
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SEC. 9007. ESTABLISHMENT AND POWERS OF THE UNIDEN-
TIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS 
REVIEW BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established as an inde-
pendent agency a board to be known as the ‘‘Unidentified 
Anomalous Phenomena Records Review Board’’. 
(b) APPOINTMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint, 
without regard to political affiliation, 9 citizens of the 
United States to serve as members of the Review 
Board to ensure and facilitate the review, trans-
mission to the Archivist, and public disclosure of gov-
ernment records relating to unidentified anomalous 
phenomena. 
(2) PERIOD FOR NOMINATIONS.—(A) The Presi-
dent shall make nominations to the Review Board not 
later than 90 calendar days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(B) If the Senate votes not to confirm a nomina-
tion to the Review Board, the President shall make an 
additional nomination not later than 30 days there-
after. 
(3) CONSIDERATION
OF
RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(A) The President shall make nominations to the Re-
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view Board after considering persons recommended by 
the following: 
(i) The majority leader of the Senate. 
(ii) The minority leader of the Senate. 
(iii) The Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives. 
(iv) The minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(v) The Secretary of Defense. 
(vi) The National Academy of Sciences. 
(vii) Established nonprofit research organi-
zations relating to unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena. 
(viii) The American Historical Association. 
(ix) Such other persons and organizations 
as the President considers appropriate. 
(B) If an individual or organization described in 
subparagraph (A) does not recommend at least 2 
nominees meeting the qualifications stated in para-
graph (5) by the date that is 45 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall con-
sider for nomination the persons recommended by the 
other individuals and organizations described in such 
subparagraph.
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(C) The President may request an individual or 
organization described in subparagraph (A) to submit 
additional nominations. 
(4) QUALIFICATIONS.—Persons nominated to the 
Review Board— 
(A) shall be impartial citizens, none of 
whom shall have had any previous or current in-
volvement with any legacy program or control-
ling authority relating to the collection, exploi-
tation, or reverse engineering of technologies of 
unknown origin or the examination of biological 
evidence of living or deceased non-human intel-
ligence; 
(B) shall be distinguished persons of high 
national professional reputation in their respec-
tive fields who are capable of exercising the inde-
pendent and objective judgment necessary to the 
fulfillment of their role in ensuring and facili-
tating the review, transmission to the public, 
and public disclosure of records related to the 
government’s understanding of, and activities as-
sociated 
with 
unidentified 
anomalous 
phe-
nomena, technologies of unknown origin, and 
non-human intelligence and who possess an ap-
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preciation of the value of such material to the 
public, scholars, and government; and 
(C) shall include at least— 
(i) 1 current or former national secu-
rity official; 
(ii) 1 current or former foreign service 
official; 
(iii) 1 scientist or engineer; 
(iv) 1 economist; 
(v) 1 professional historian; and 
(vi) 1 sociologist. 
(5) MANDATORY
CONFLICTS
OF
INTEREST
RE-
VIEW.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall con-
duct a review of each individual nominated and 
appointed to the position of member of the Re-
view Board to ensure the member does not have 
any conflict of interest during the term of the 
service of the member. 
(B) REPORTS.—During the course of the re-
view under subparagraph (A), if the Director be-
comes aware that the member being reviewed 
possesses a conflict of interest to the mission of 
the Review Board, the Director shall, not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the Direc-
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tor became aware of the conflict of interest, sub-
mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability of 
the House of Representatives a report on the con-
flict of interest. 
(c) SECURITY CLEARANCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All Review Board nominees 
shall be granted the necessary security clearances and 
accesses, including any and all relevant Presidential, 
departmental, and agency special access programs, in 
an accelerated manner subject to the standard proce-
dures for granting such clearances. 
(2) QUALIFICATION FOR NOMINEES.—All nomi-
nees for appointment to the Review Board under sub-
section (b) shall qualify for the necessary security 
clearances and accesses prior to being considered for 
confirmation by the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(d) CONSIDERATION BY THE SENATE.—Nominations 
for appointment under subsection (b) shall be referred to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate for consideration.
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(e) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the Review Board shall 
be filled in the same manner as specified for original ap-
pointment within 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy. 
(f) REMOVAL OF REVIEW BOARD MEMBER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No member of the Review 
Board shall be removed from office, other than— 
(A) by impeachment and conviction; or 
(B) by the action of the President for ineffi-
ciency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, 
physical disability, mental incapacity, or any 
other condition that substantially impairs the 
performance of the member’s duties. 
(2) NOTICE OF REMOVAL.—(A) If a member of 
the Review Board is removed from office, and that re-
moval is by the President, not later than 10 days 
after the removal, the President shall submit to the 
leadership of Congress, the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House 
of Representatives a report specifying the facts found 
and the grounds for the removal. 
(B) The President shall publish in the Federal 
Register a report submitted under subparagraph (A), 
except that the President may, if necessary to protect 
the rights of a person named in the report or to pre-
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vent undue interference with any pending prosecu-
tion, postpone or refrain from publishing any or all 
of the report until the completion of such pending 
cases or pursuant to privacy protection requirements 
in law. 
(3) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—(A) A member of the Re-
view Board removed from office may obtain judicial 
review of the removal in a civil action commenced in 
the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia. 
(B) The member may be reinstated or granted 
other appropriate relief by order of the court. 
(g) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A member of the Review 
Board, other than the Executive Director under sec-
tion 9008(c)(1), shall be compensated at a rate equal 
to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 
prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for 
each day (including travel time) during which the 
member is engaged in the performance of the duties 
of the Review Board. 
(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the Re-
view Board shall be allowed reasonable travel ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at
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rates for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away 
from the member’s home or regular place of business 
in the performance of services for the Review Board. 
(h) DUTIES OF THE REVIEW BOARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Review Board shall con-
sider and render decisions on a determination by a 
Government office to seek to postpone the disclosure of 
unidentified anomalous phenomena records. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS AND RENDERING OF DECI-
SIONS.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the Review 
Board shall consider and render decisions— 
(A) whether a record constitutes a unidenti-
fied anomalous phenomena record; and 
(B) whether a unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena record or particular information in a 
record qualifies for postponement of disclosure 
under this division. 
(i) POWERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Review Board shall have 
the authority to act in a manner prescribed under 
this division, including authority— 
(A) to direct Government offices to complete 
identification aids and organize unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records;
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(B) to direct Government offices to transmit 
to the Archivist unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena records as required under this division, 
including segregable portions of unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records and substitutes 
and summaries of unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena records that can be publicly disclosed to 
the fullest extent; 
(C)(i) to obtain access to unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records that have been 
identified and organized by a Government office; 
(ii) to direct a Government office to make 
available to the Review Board, and if necessary 
investigate the facts surrounding, additional in-
formation, records, or testimony from individ-
uals which the Review Board has reason to be-
lieve are required to fulfill its functions and re-
sponsibilities under this division; and 
(iii) request the Attorney General to sub-
poena private persons to compel testimony, 
records, and other information relevant to its re-
sponsibilities under this division; 
(D) require any Government office to ac-
count in writing for the destruction of any 
records relating to unidentified anomalous phe-
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nomena, technologies of unknown origin, or non- 
human intelligence; 
(E) receive information from the public re-
garding the identification and public disclosure 
of unidentified anomalous phenomena records; 
(F) hold hearings, administer oaths, and 
subpoena witnesses and documents; 
(G) use the Federal Acquisition Service in 
the same manner and under the same conditions 
as other Executive agencies; and 
(H) use the United States mails in the same 
manner and under the same conditions as other 
Executive agencies. 
(2) ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENA.—A subpoena 
issued under paragraph (1)(C)(iii) may be enforced 
by any appropriate Federal court acting pursuant to 
a lawful request of the Review Board. 
(j) WITNESS IMMUNITY.—The Review Board shall be 
considered to be an agency of the United States for purposes 
of section 6001 of title 18, United States Code. Witnesses, 
close observers, and whistleblowers providing information 
directly to the Review Board shall also be afforded the pro-
tections provided to such persons specified under section 
1673(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (50 U.S.C. 3373b(b)).
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(k) OVERSIGHT.— 
(1) SENATE.—The Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate shall 
have continuing legislative oversight jurisdiction in 
the Senate with respect to the official conduct of the 
Review Board and the disposition of postponed 
records after termination of the Review Board, and 
shall have access to any records held or created by the 
Review Board. 
(2) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Unless oth-
erwise determined appropriate by the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Oversight and Ac-
countability of the House of Representatives shall 
have continuing legislative oversight jurisdiction in 
the House of Representatives with respect to the offi-
cial conduct of the Review Board and the disposition 
of postponed records after termination of the Review 
Board, and shall have access to any records held or 
created by the Review Board. 
(3) DUTY TO COOPERATE.—The Review Board 
shall have the duty to cooperate with the exercise of 
oversight jurisdiction described in this subsection. 
(4) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The Chairmen and 
Ranking Members of the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and
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the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the 
House of Representatives, and staff of such committees 
designated by such Chairmen and Ranking Members, 
shall be granted all security clearances and accesses 
held by the Review Board, including to relevant Pres-
idential and department or agency special access and 
compartmented access programs. 
(l) SUPPORT SERVICES.—The Administrator of the 
General Services Administration shall provide administra-
tive services for the Review Board on a reimbursable basis. 
(m) 
INTERPRETIVE
REGULATIONS.—The 
Review 
Board may issue interpretive regulations. 
(n) TERMINATION AND WINDING DOWN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Review Board and the 
terms of its members shall terminate not later than 
September 30, 2030, unless extended by Congress. 
(2) REPORTS.—Upon its termination, the Re-
view Board shall submit to the President and Con-
gress reports, including a complete and accurate ac-
counting of expenditures during its existence and 
shall complete all other reporting requirements under 
this division. 
(3) TRANSFER OF RECORDS.—Upon termination 
and winding down, the Review Board shall transfer 
all of its records to the Archivist for inclusion in the
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Collection, and no record of the Review Board shall 
be destroyed. 
SEC. 
9008. 
UNIDENTIFIED 
ANOMALOUS 
PHENOMENA 
RECORDS REVIEW BOARD PERSONNEL. 
(a) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 45 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall appoint 1 citizen of the United States, without 
regard to political affiliation, to the position of Exec-
utive Director of the Review Board. This position 
counts as 1 of the 9 Review Board members under 
section 9007(b)(1). 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The person appointed as 
Executive Director shall be a private citizen of integ-
rity and impartiality who— 
(A) is a distinguished professional; and 
(B) is not a present employee of the Federal 
Government; and 
(C) has had no previous or current involve-
ment with any legacy program or controlling 
authority relating to the collection, exploitation, 
or reverse engineering of technologies of unknown 
origin or the examination of biological evidence 
of living or deceased non-human intelligence.
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(3) MANDATORY
CONFLICTS
OF
INTEREST
RE-
VIEW.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall con-
duct a review of each individual appointed to the 
position of Executive Director to ensure the Ex-
ecutive Director does not have any conflict of in-
terest during the term of the service of the Execu-
tive Director. 
(B) REPORTS.—During the course of the re-
view under subparagraph (A), if the Director be-
comes aware that the Executive Director pos-
sesses a conflict of interest to the mission of the 
Review Board, the Director shall, not later than 
30 days after the date on which the Director be-
came aware of the conflict of interest, submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the 
House of Representatives a report on the conflict 
of interest. 
(4) SECURITY
CLEARANCES.—(A) A candidate 
for Executive Director shall be granted all the nec-
essary security clearances and accesses, including to 
relevant Presidential and department or agency spe-
cial access and compartmented access programs in an
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accelerated manner subject to the standard procedures 
for granting such clearances. 
(B) A candidate shall qualify for the necessary 
security clearances and accesses prior to being ap-
pointed by the President. 
(5) FUNCTIONS.—The Executive Director shall— 
(A) serve as principal liaison to the Execu-
tive Office of the President and Congress; 
(B) serve as Chairperson of the Review 
Board; 
(C) be responsible for the administration 
and coordination of the Review Board’s review of 
records; 
(D) be responsible for the administration of 
all official activities conducted by the Review 
Board; 
(E) exercise tie-breaking Review Board au-
thority to decide or determine whether any 
record should be disclosed to the public or post-
poned for disclosure; and 
(F) retain right-of-appeal directly to the 
President for decisions pertaining to executive 
branch 
unidentified 
anomalous 
phenomena 
records for which the Executive Director and Re-
view Board members may disagree.
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(6) REMOVAL.—The Executive Director shall not 
be removed for reasons other for cause on the grounds 
of inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, 
physical disability, mental incapacity, or any other 
condition that substantially impairs the performance 
of the responsibilities of the Executive Director or the 
staff of the Review Board. 
(b) STAFF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Review Board, without 
regard to the civil service laws, may appoint and ter-
minate additional personnel as are necessary to en-
able the Review Board and its Executive Director to 
perform the duties of the Review Board. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a person appointed to the 
staff of the Review Board shall be a citizen of in-
tegrity and impartiality who has had no pre-
vious or current involvement with any legacy 
program or controlling authority relating to the 
collection, exploitation, or reverse engineering of 
technologies of unknown origin or the examina-
tion of biological evidence of living or deceased 
non-human intelligence.
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(B) CONSULTATION WITH DIRECTOR OF THE 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS.—In their con-
sideration of persons to be appointed as staff of 
the Review Board under paragraph (1), the Re-
view Board shall consult with the Director— 
(i) to determine criteria for possible 
conflicts of interest of staff of the Review 
Board, consistent with ethics laws, statutes, 
and regulations for employees of the execu-
tive branch of the Federal Government; and 
(ii) ensure that no person selected for 
such position of staff of the Review Board 
possesses a conflict of interests in accord-
ance with the criteria determined pursuant 
to clause (i). 
(3) SECURITY
CLEARANCES.—(A) A candidate 
for staff shall be granted the necessary security clear-
ances (including all necessary special access program 
clearances) in an accelerated manner subject to the 
standard procedures for granting such clearances. 
(B)(i) The Review Board may offer conditional 
employment to a candidate for a staff position pend-
ing the completion of security clearance background 
investigations. During the pendency of such investiga-
tions, the Review Board shall ensure that any such
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employee does not have access to, or responsibility in-
volving, classified or otherwise restricted unidentified 
anomalous phenomena record materials. 
(ii) If a person hired on a conditional basis 
under clause (i) is denied or otherwise does not qual-
ify for all security clearances necessary to carry out 
the responsibilities of the position for which condi-
tional employment has been offered, the Review Board 
shall immediately terminate the person’s employment. 
(4) SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL DECLASSIFICATION 
CENTER.—The Archivist shall assign one representa-
tive in full-time equivalent status from the National 
Declassification Center to advise and support the Re-
view Board disclosure postponement review process in 
a non-voting staff capacity. 
(c) COMPENSATION.—Subject to such rules as may be 
adopted by the Review Board, without regard to the provi-
sions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments 
in the competitive service and without regard to the provi-
sions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that 
title relating to classification and General Schedule pay 
rates— 
(1) the Executive Director shall be compensated 
at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay for level
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II of the Executive Schedule and shall serve the entire 
tenure as one full-time equivalent; and 
(2) the Executive Director shall appoint and fix 
compensation of such other personnel as may be nec-
essary to carry out this division. 
(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Review Board may create 
advisory committees to assist in fulfilling the respon-
sibilities of the Review Board under this division. 
(2) FACA.—Any advisory committee created by 
the Review Board shall be subject to chapter 10 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(e) SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED.—An individual 
employed in any position by the Review Board (including 
an individual appointed as Executive Director) shall be re-
quired to qualify for any necessary security clearance prior 
to taking office in that position, but may be employed con-
ditionally in accordance with subsection (b)(3)(B) before 
qualifying for that clearance. 
SEC. 9009. REVIEW OF RECORDS BY THE UNIDENTIFIED 
ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS REVIEW 
BOARD. 
(a) CUSTODY OF RECORDS REVIEWED BY REVIEW 
BOARD.—Pending the outcome of a review of activity by 
the Review Board, a Government office shall retain custody
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of its unidentified anomalous phenomena records for pur-
poses of preservation, security, and efficiency, unless— 
(1) the Review Board requires the physical 
transfer of records for reasons of conducting an inde-
pendent and impartial review; or 
(2) such transfer is necessary for an administra-
tive hearing or other official Review Board function. 
(b) STARTUP REQUIREMENTS.—The Review Board 
shall— 
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of its 
appointment, publish a schedule in the Federal Reg-
ister for review of all unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena records; 
(2) not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, begin its review of unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records under this division; 
and 
(3) periodically thereafter as warranted, but not 
less frequently than semiannually, publish a revised 
schedule in the Federal Register addressing the review 
and inclusion of any unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena records subsequently discovered. 
(c) DETERMINATIONS OF THE REVIEW BOARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Review Board shall direct 
that all unidentified anomalous phenomena records be
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transmitted to the Archivist and disclosed to the pub-
lic in the Collection in the absence of clear and con-
vincing evidence that— 
(A) a Government record is not an uniden-
tified anomalous phenomena record; or 
(B) a Government record, or particular in-
formation within an unidentified anomalous 
phenomena record, qualifies for postponement of 
public disclosure under this division. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In approving postpone-
ment of public disclosure of a unidentified anomalous 
phenomena record, the Review Board shall seek to— 
(A) provide for the disclosure of segregable 
parts, substitutes, or summaries of such a record; 
and 
(B) determine, in consultation with the 
originating body and consistent with the stand-
ards for postponement under this division, which 
of the following alternative forms of disclosure 
shall be made by the originating body: 
(i) Any reasonably segregable par-
ticular information in a unidentified anom-
alous phenomena record. 
(ii) A substitute record for that infor-
mation which is postponed.
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(iii) A summary of a unidentified 
anomalous phenomena record. 
(3) 
CONTROLLED
DISCLOSURE
CAMPAIGN 
PLAN.—With respect to unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena records, particular information in unidenti-
fied anomalous phenomena records, recovered tech-
nologies of unknown origin, and biological evidence 
for non-human intelligence the public disclosure of 
which is postponed pursuant to section 9006, or for 
which only substitutions or summaries have been dis-
closed to the public, the Review Board shall create 
and transmit to the President, the Archivist, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight 
and Accountability of the House of Representatives a 
Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan, with classified 
appendix, containing— 
(A) a description of actions by the Review 
Board, the originating body, the President, or 
any Government office (including a justification 
of any such action to postpone disclosure of any 
record or part of any record) and of any official 
proceedings conducted by the Review Board with 
regard to specific unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena records; and
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(B) a benchmark-driven plan, based upon a 
review of the proceedings and in conformity with 
the decisions reflected therein, recommending 
precise requirements for periodic review, down-
grading, and declassification as well as the exact 
time or specified occurrence following which each 
postponed item may be appropriately disclosed 
to the public under this division. 
(4) NOTICE
FOLLOWING
REVIEW
AND
DETER-
MINATION.—(A) Following its review and a deter-
mination that a unidentified anomalous phenomena 
record shall be publicly disclosed in the Collection or 
postponed for disclosure and held in the protected Col-
lection, the Review Board shall notify the head of the 
originating body of the determination of the Review 
Board and publish a copy of the determination in the 
Federal Register within 14 days after the determina-
tion is made. 
(B) Contemporaneous notice shall be made to the 
President for Review Board determinations regarding 
unidentified anomalous phenomena records of the ex-
ecutive branch of the Federal Government, and to the 
oversight committees designated in this division in 
the case of records of the legislative branch of the Fed-
eral Government. Such notice shall contain a written
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unclassified justification for public disclosure or post-
ponement of disclosure, including an explanation of 
the application of any standards contained in section 
9006. 
(d) PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY OVER REVIEW BOARD 
DETERMINATION.— 
(1) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OR POSTPONEMENT OF 
DISCLOSURE.—After the Review Board has made a 
formal determination concerning the public disclosure 
or postponement of disclosure of an unidentified 
anomalous phenomena record of the executive branch 
of the Federal Government or information within 
such a record, or of any information contained in a 
unidentified anomalous phenomena record, obtained 
or developed solely within the executive branch of the 
Federal Government, the President shall— 
(A) have the sole and nondelegable authority 
to require the disclosure or postponement of such 
record or information under the standards set 
forth in section 9006; and 
(B) provide the Review Board with both an 
unclassified and classified written certification 
specifying the President’s decision within 30 
days after the Review Board’s determination and 
notice to the executive branch agency as required
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under this division, stating the justification for 
the President’s decision, including the applicable 
grounds for postponement under section 9006, 
accompanied by a copy of the identification aid 
required under section 9004. 
(2) PERIODIC
REVIEW.—(A) Any unidentified 
anomalous phenomena record postponed by the Presi-
dent shall henceforth be subject to the requirements of 
periodic review, downgrading, declassification, and 
public disclosure in accordance with the recommended 
timeline and associated requirements specified in the 
Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan unless these 
conflict with the standards set forth in section 9006. 
(B) This paragraph supersedes all prior declas-
sification review standards that may previously have 
been deemed applicable to unidentified anomalous 
phenomena records. 
(3) 
RECORD
OF
PRESIDENTIAL
POSTPONE-
MENT.—The Review Board shall, upon its receipt— 
(A) publish in the Federal Register a copy 
of any unclassified written certification, state-
ment, and other materials transmitted by or on 
behalf of the President with regard to postpone-
ment of unidentified anomalous phenomena 
records; and
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(B) revise or amend recommendations in 
the Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan ac-
cordingly. 
(e) NOTICE TO PUBLIC.—Every 30 calendar days, be-
ginning on the date that is 60 calendar days after the date 
on which the Review Board first approves the postponement 
of disclosure of a unidentified anomalous phenomena 
record, the Review Board shall publish in the Federal Reg-
ister a notice that summarizes the postponements approved 
by the Review Board or initiated by the President, the Sen-
ate, or the House of Representatives, including a description 
of the subject, originating agency, length or other physical 
description, and each ground for postponement that is re-
lied upon to the maximum extent classification restrictions 
permitting. 
(f) REPORTS BY THE REVIEW BOARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Review Board shall re-
port its activities to the leadership of Congress, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform of the House of Representatives, the President, 
the Archivist, and the head of any Government office 
whose records have been the subject of Review Board 
activity.
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(2) FIRST REPORT.—The first report shall be 
issued on the date that is 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and subsequent reports every 1 
year thereafter until termination of the Review 
Board. 
(3) CONTENTS.—A report under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following information: 
(A) A financial report of the expenses for all 
official activities and requirements of the Review 
Board and its personnel. 
(B) The progress made on review, trans-
mission to the Archivist, and public disclosure of 
unidentified anomalous phenomena records. 
(C) The estimated time and volume of un-
identified anomalous phenomena records in-
volved in the completion of the Review Board’s 
performance under this division. 
(D) Any special problems, including re-
quests and the level of cooperation of Government 
offices, with regard to the ability of the Review 
Board to operate as required by this division. 
(E) A record of review activities, including 
a record of postponement decisions by the Review 
Board or other related actions authorized by this
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division, and a record of the volume of records 
reviewed and postponed. 
(F) Suggestions and requests to Congress for 
additional legislative authority needs. 
(4) COPIES AND BRIEFS.—Coincident with the 
reporting requirements in paragraph (2), or more fre-
quently as warranted by new information, the Review 
Board shall provide copies to, and fully brief, at a 
minimum the President, the Archivist, leadership of 
Congress, the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight 
and Accountability of the House of Representatives, 
and the Chairs and Chairmen, as the case may be, 
and Ranking Members and Vice Chairmen, as the 
case may be, of such other committees as leadership 
of Congress determines appropriate on the Controlled 
Disclosure Campaign Plan, classified appendix, and 
postponed disclosures, specifically addressing— 
(A) recommendations for periodic review, 
downgrading, and declassification as well as the 
exact time or specified occurrence following 
which specific unidentified anomalous phe-
nomena records and material may be appro-
priately disclosed;
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(B) the rationale behind each postponement 
determination and the recommended means to 
achieve disclosure of each postponed item; 
(C) any other findings that the Review 
Board chooses to offer; and 
(D) an addendum containing copies of re-
ports of postponed records to the Archivist re-
quired under subsection (c)(3) made since the 
date of the preceding report under this sub-
section. 
(5) NOTICE.—At least 90 calendar days before 
completing its work, the Review Board shall provide 
written notice to the President and Congress of its in-
tention to terminate its operations at a specified date. 
(6) BRIEFING THE ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESO-
LUTION OFFICE.—Coincident with the provision in 
paragraph (5), if not accomplished earlier under 
paragraph (4), the Review Board shall brief the All- 
domain Anomaly Resolution Office established pursu-
ant to section 1683 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373), or 
its successor, as subsequently designated by Act of 
Congress, on the Controlled Disclosure Campaign 
Plan, classified appendix, and postponed disclosures.
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SEC. 9010. DISCLOSURE OF RECOVERED TECHNOLOGIES OF 
UNKNOWN ORIGIN AND BIOLOGICAL EVI-
DENCE OF NON-HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.—The Federal 
Government shall exercise eminent domain over any and 
all recovered technologies of unknown origin and biological 
evidence of non-human intelligence that may be controlled 
by private persons or entities in the interests of the public 
good. 
(b) AVAILABILITY TO REVIEW BOARD.—Any and all 
such material, should it exist, shall be made available to 
the Review Board for personal examination and subsequent 
disclosure determination at a location suitable to the con-
trolling authority of said material and in a timely manner 
conducive to the objectives of the Review Board in accord-
ance with the requirements of this division. 
(c) ACTIONS OF REVIEW BOARD.—In carrying out 
subsection (b), the Review Board shall consider and render 
decisions— 
(1) whether the material examined constitutes 
technologies of unknown origin or biological evidence 
of non-human intelligence beyond a reasonable doubt; 
(2) whether recovered technologies of unknown 
origin, biological evidence of non-human intelligence, 
or a particular subset of material qualifies for post-
ponement of disclosure under this division; and
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(3) what changes, if any, to the current disposi-
tion of said material should the Federal Government 
make to facilitate full disclosure. 
(d) REVIEW BOARD ACCESS TO TESTIMONY AND WIT-
NESSES.—The Review Board shall have access to all testi-
mony from unidentified anomalous phenomena witnesses, 
close observers and legacy program personnel and whistle-
blowers within the Federal Government’s possession as of 
and after the date of the enactment of this Act in further-
ance of Review Board disclosure determination responsibil-
ities in section 9007(h) and subsection (c) of this section. 
(e) SOLICITATION OF ADDITIONAL WITNESSES.—The 
Review Board shall solicit additional unidentified anoma-
lous phenomena witness and whistleblower testimony and 
afford protections under section 1673(b) of the James M. 
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023 (50 U.S.C. 3373b(b)) if deemed beneficial in fulfilling 
Review Board responsibilities under this division. 
SEC. 9011. DISCLOSURE OF OTHER MATERIALS AND ADDI-
TIONAL STUDY. 
(a) MATERIALS UNDER SEAL OF COURT.— 
(1) INFORMATION
HELD
UNDER
SEAL
OF
A 
COURT.—The Review Board may request the Attorney 
General to petition any court in the United States or 
abroad to release any information relevant to uniden-
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tified anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown 
origin, or non-human intelligence that is held under 
seal of the court. 
(2) INFORMATION HELD UNDER INJUNCTION OF 
SECRETARY OF GRAND JURY.—(A) The Review Board 
may request the Attorney General to petition any 
court in the United States to release any information 
relevant to unidentified anomalous phenomena, tech-
nologies of unknown origin, or non-human intel-
ligence that is held under the injunction of secrecy of 
a grand jury. 
(B) A request for disclosure of unidentified 
anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown ori-
gin, and non-human intelligence materials under this 
division shall be deemed to constitute a showing of 
particularized need under rule 6 of the Federal Rules 
of Criminal Procedure. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Attorney General should assist the Re-
view Board in good faith to unseal any records that 
the Review Board determines to be relevant and held 
under seal by a court or under the injunction of se-
crecy of a grand jury;
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(2) the Secretary of State should contact any for-
eign government that may hold material relevant to 
unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies of 
unknown origin, or non-human intelligence and seek 
disclosure of such material; and 
(3) all heads of Executive agencies should cooper-
ate in full with the Review Board to seek the disclo-
sure of all material relevant to unidentified anoma-
lous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin, and 
non-human intelligence consistent with the public in-
terest. 
SEC. 9012. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) PRECEDENCE OVER OTHER LAW.—When this divi-
sion requires transmission of a record to the Archivist or 
public disclosure, it shall take precedence over any other 
provision of law (except section 6103 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 specifying confidentiality and disclosure 
of tax returns and tax return information), judicial deci-
sion construing such provision of law, or common law doc-
trine that would otherwise prohibit such transmission or 
disclosure, with the exception of deeds governing access to 
or transfer or release of gifts and donations of records to 
the United States Government. 
(b) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.—Nothing in this 
division shall be construed to eliminate or limit any right
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to file requests with any executive agency or seek judicial 
review of the decisions pursuant to section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(c) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Nothing in this division shall 
be construed to preclude judicial review, under chapter 7 
of title 5, United States Code, of final actions taken or re-
quired to be taken under this division. 
(d) EXISTING AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this division 
revokes or limits the existing authority of the President, any 
executive agency, the Senate, or the House of Representa-
tives, or any other entity of the Federal Government to pub-
licly disclose records in its possession. 
(e) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—To the extent that any provision of this 
division establishes a procedure to be followed in the Senate 
or the House of Representatives, such provision is adopt-
ed— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, 
and is deemed to be part of the rules of each House, 
respectively, but applicable only with respect to the 
procedure to be followed in that House, and it super-
sedes other rules only to the extent that it is incon-
sistent with such rules; and
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(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
they relate to the procedure of that House) at any 
time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as 
in the case of any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 9013. TERMINATION OF EFFECT OF DIVISION. 
(a) PROVISIONS
PERTAINING
TO
THE
REVIEW 
BOARD.—The provisions of this division that pertain to the 
appointment and operation of the Review Board shall cease 
to be effective when the Review Board and the terms of its 
members have terminated pursuant to section 9007(n). 
(b) OTHER PROVISIONS.—(1) The remaining provi-
sions of this division shall continue in effect until such time 
as the Archivist certifies to the President and Congress that 
all unidentified anomalous phenomena records have been 
made available to the public in accordance with this divi-
sion. 
(2) In facilitation of the provision in paragraph (1), 
the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office established pur-
suant to section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373), or its successor 
as subsequently designated by Act of Congress, shall develop 
standardized unidentified anomalous phenomena declas-
sification guidance applicable to any and all unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records generated by originating
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bodies subsequent to termination of the Review Board con-
sistent with the requirements and intent of the Controlled 
Disclosure Campaign Plan with respect to unidentified 
anomalous phenomena records originated prior to Review 
Board termination. 
SEC. 9014. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
the provisions of this division $20,000,000 for fiscal year 
2024. 
SEC. 9015. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this division or the application 
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the 
remainder of this division and the application of that pro-
vision to other persons not similarly situated or to other 
circumstances shall not be affected by the invalidation. 
DIVISION H—ARCHITECT OF THE 
CAPITOL APPOINTMENT ACT 
OF 2023 
SEC. 10001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Architect of the 
Capitol Appointment Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 10002. APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF SERVICE OF AR-
CHITECT OF THE CAPITOL. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.—The Architect of the Capitol shall 
be appointed, without regard to political affiliation and
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solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the 
office, upon a majority vote of a congressional commission 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘commission’’) consisting 
of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority 
leader of the Senate, the minority leaders of the House of 
Representatives and Senate, the chair and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the chairman and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate. 
(b) TERM OF SERVICE.—The Architect of the Capitol 
shall be appointed for a term of 10 years and, upon a ma-
jority vote of the members of the commission, may be re-
appointed for additional 10-year terms. 
(c) REMOVAL.—The Architect of the Capitol may be 
removed from office at any time upon a majority vote of 
the members of the commission. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 319 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 1801) is repealed.
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(2) The matter under the heading ‘‘FOR THE 
CAPITOL:’’ under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF 
THE INTERIOR.’’ of the Act of February 14, 1902 
(32 Stat. 19, chapter 17; incorporated in 2 U.S.C. 
1811) is amended by striking ‘‘, and he shall be ap-
pointed by the President’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the amend-
ments made by this section, shall apply with respect to ap-
pointments made on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 10003. APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY ARCHITECT OF THE 
CAPITOL; VACANCY IN ARCHITECT OR DEP-
UTY ARCHITECT. 
Section 1203 of title I of division H of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1805) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(in this section referred to 
as the ‘Architect’)’’ after ‘‘The Architect of the 
Capitol’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(in this section referred to 
as the ‘Deputy Architect’)’’ after ‘‘Deputy Archi-
tect of the Capitol’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(c);
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(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) DEADLINE.—The Architect shall appoint a Dep-
uty Architect under subsection (a) not later than 120 days 
after— 
‘‘(1) the date on which the Architect is appointed 
under section 10002 of the Architect of the Capitol 
Appointment Act of 2023, if there is no Deputy Ar-
chitect on the date of the appointment; or 
‘‘(2) the date on which a vacancy arises in the 
office of the Deputy Architect.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘of the Capitol’’ each place it appears; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) FAILURE TO APPOINT.—If the Architect does not 
appoint a Deputy Architect on or before the applicable date 
specified in subsection (b), the congressional commission de-
scribed in section 10002(a) of the Architect of the Capitol 
Appointment Act of 2023 shall appoint the Deputy Archi-
tect by a majority vote of the members of the commission. 
‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION.—If the position of Deputy Archi-
tect becomes vacant, the Architect shall immediately notify 
the members of the congressional commission described in 
section 10002(a) of the Architect of the Capitol Appoint-
ment Act of 2023.’’.
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SEC. 10004. DEPUTY ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL TO SERVE 
AS ACTING IN CASE OF ABSENCE, DISABILITY, 
OR VACANCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Deputy Architect of the Capitol 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Deputy Architect’’) shall 
act as Architect of the Capitol (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Architect’’) if the Architect is absent or disabled or 
there is no Architect. 
(b) ABSENCE, DISABILITY, OR VACANCY IN OFFICE OF 
DEPUTY ARCHITECT.—For purposes of subsection (a), if the 
Deputy Architect is also absent or disabled or there is no 
Deputy Architect, the congressional commission described 
in section 10002(a) shall designate, by a majority vote of 
the members of the commission, an individual to serve as 
acting Architect until— 
(1) the end of the absence or disability of the Ar-
chitect or the Deputy Architect; or 
(2) in the case of vacancies in both positions, an 
Architect has been appointed under section 10002(a). 
(c) AUTHORITY.—An officer serving as acting Archi-
tect under subsection (a) or (b) shall perform all the duties 
and exercise all the authorities of the Architect, including 
the authority to delegate the duties and authorities of the 
Architect in accordance with the matter under the heading 
‘‘OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ under the
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heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ of the Legis-
lative Appropriation Act, 1956 (2 U.S.C. 1803). 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The matter under the 
heading ‘‘SALARIES’’ under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI-
TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriation Act, 1971 (2 U.S.C. 1804) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘: Provided,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘no Archi-
tect’’. 
DIVISION I—FAIR DEBT COLLEC-
TION 
PRACTICES 
FOR 
SERVICEMEMBERS 
SEC. 11001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Debt Collec-
tion Practices for Servicemembers Act’’. 
SEC. 11002. ENHANCED PROTECTION AGAINST DEBT COL-
LECTOR HARASSMENT OF SERVICEMEMBERS. 
(a) COMMUNICATION
IN CONNECTION WITH DEBT 
COLLECTION.—Section 805 of the Fair Debt Collection 
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692c) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(e) COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING SERVICEMEMBER 
DEBTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘covered member’ means—
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‘‘(A) a covered member or a dependent as 
defined in section 987(i) of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
‘‘(B)(i) an individual who was separated, 
discharged, or released from duty described in 
such section 987(i)(1), but only during the 365- 
day period beginning on the date of separation, 
discharge, or release; or 
‘‘(ii) a person, with respect to an individual 
described in clause (i), described in subpara-
graph (A), (D), (E), or (I) of section 1072(2) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITIONS.—A debt collector may not, 
in connection with the collection of any debt of a cov-
ered member— 
‘‘(A) threaten to have the covered member 
reduced in rank; 
‘‘(B) threaten to have the covered member’s 
security clearance revoked; or 
‘‘(C) threaten to have the covered member 
prosecuted under chapter 47 of title 10, United 
States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice).’’.
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(b) UNFAIR PRACTICES.—Section 808 of the Fair Debt 
Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692f) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) The representation to any covered member 
(as defined under section 805(e)(1)) that failure to co-
operate with a debt collector will result in— 
‘‘(A) a reduction in rank of the covered 
member; 
‘‘(B) a revocation of the covered member’s 
security clearance; or 
‘‘(C) prosecution under chapter 47 of title 
10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice).’’. 
SEC. 11003. GAO STUDY. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study and submit a report to Congress on the 
impact of this division on— 
(1) the timely delivery of information to a cov-
ered member (as defined in section 805(e) of the Fair 
Debt Collection Practices Act, as added by this divi-
sion); 
(2) military readiness; and 
(3) national security, including the extent to 
which covered members with security clearances 
would be impacted by uncollected debt.
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DIVISION J—NATIVE AMERICAN 
HOUSING 
ASSISTANCE 
AND 
SELF-DETERMINATION REAU-
THORIZATION ACT OF 2023 
SEC. 11001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 11002. CONSOLIDATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 
REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 105 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4115) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) CONSOLIDATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a recipient of 
grant amounts under this Act that is carrying out a 
project that qualifies as an affordable housing activity 
under section 202, if the recipient is using 1 or more 
additional sources of Federal funds to carry out the 
project, and the grant amounts received under this 
Act constitute the largest single source of Federal 
funds that the recipient reasonably expects to commit 
to the project at the time of environmental review, the 
Indian tribe of the recipient may assume, in addition
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to all of the responsibilities for environmental review, 
decision making, and action under subsection (a), all 
of the additional responsibilities for environmental re-
view, decision making, and action under provisions of 
law that would apply to each Federal agency pro-
viding additional funding were the Federal agency to 
carry out the project as a Federal project. 
‘‘(2) DISCHARGE.—The assumption by the In-
dian tribe of the additional responsibilities for envi-
ronmental review, decision making, and action under 
paragraph (1) with respect to a project shall be 
deemed to discharge the responsibility of the applica-
ble Federal agency for environmental review, decision 
making, and action with respect to the project. 
‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION.—An Indian tribe that as-
sumes the additional responsibilities under paragraph 
(1), shall certify, in addition to the requirements 
under subsection (c)— 
‘‘(A) the additional responsibilities that the 
Indian tribe has fully carried out under this sub-
section; and 
‘‘(B) that the certifying officer consents to 
assume the status of a responsible Federal offi-
cial under the provisions of law that would
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apply to each Federal agency providing addi-
tional funding under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) LIABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An Indian tribe that 
completes an environmental review under this 
subsection shall assume sole liability for the con-
tent and quality of the review. 
‘‘(B) REMEDIES
AND
SANCTIONS.—Except 
as provided in subparagraph (C), if the Sec-
retary approves a certification and release of 
funds to an Indian tribe for a project in accord-
ance with subsection (b), but the Secretary or the 
head of another Federal agency providing fund-
ing for the project subsequently learns that the 
Indian tribe failed to carry out the responsibil-
ities of the Indian tribe as described in sub-
section (a) or paragraph (1), as applicable, the 
Secretary or other head, as applicable, may im-
pose appropriate remedies and sanctions in ac-
cordance with— 
‘‘(i) the regulations issued pursuant to 
section 106; or 
‘‘(ii) such regulations as are issued by 
the other head.
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‘‘(C) STATUTORY
VIOLATION
WAIVERS.—If 
the Secretary waives the requirements under this 
section in accordance with subsection (d) with 
respect to a project for which an Indian tribe as-
sumes additional responsibilities under para-
graph (1), the waiver shall prohibit any other 
Federal agency providing additional funding for 
the project from imposing remedies or sanctions 
for failure to comply with requirements for envi-
ronmental review, decision making, and action 
under provisions of law that would apply to the 
Federal agency.’’. 
SEC. 11003. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 108 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4117) 
is amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘2009 through 
2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 2030’’. 
SEC. 11004. STUDENT HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
Section 202(3) of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4132(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘including college hous-
ing assistance’’ after ‘‘self-sufficiency and other services,’’.
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SEC. 11005. APPLICATION OF RENT RULE ONLY TO UNITS 
OWNED OR OPERATED BY INDIAN TRIBE OR 
TRIBALLY DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTITY. 
Section 203(a)(2) of the Native American Housing As-
sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4133(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘owned or operated 
by a recipient and’’ after ‘‘residing in a dwelling unit’’. 
SEC. 11006. DE MINIMIS EXEMPTION FOR PROCUREMENT 
OF GOODS AND SERVICES. 
Section 203(g) of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4133(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$7,000’’. 
SEC. 11007. HOMEOWNERSHIP OR LEASE-TO-OWN LOW-IN-
COME 
REQUIREMENT 
AND 
INCOME 
TAR-
GETING. 
Section 205 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4135) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) notwithstanding any other provision 
of this paragraph, in the case of rental housing 
that is made available to a current rental family
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for conversion to a homebuyer or a lease-pur-
chase unit, that the current rental family can 
purchase through a contract of sale, lease-pur-
chase agreement, or any other sales agreement, is 
made available for purchase only by the current 
rental family, if the rental family was a low-in-
come family at the time of their initial occu-
pancy of such unit; and’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The provisions’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY
TO
IMPROVEMENTS.—The 
provisions of subsection (a)(2) regarding binding 
commitments for the remaining useful life of property 
shall not apply to improvements of privately owned 
homes if the cost of the improvements do not exceed 
10 percent of the maximum total development cost for 
the home.’’. 
SEC. 11008. LEASE REQUIREMENTS AND TENANT SELEC-
TION. 
Section 207 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4137) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(c) NOTICE OF TERMINATION.—The notice period de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3) shall apply to projects and pro-
grams funded in part by amounts authorized under this 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 11009. INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4131 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 211. IHS SANITATION FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Di-
rector of the Indian Health Service, or a recipient receiving 
funding for a housing construction or renovation project 
under this title, may use funding from the Indian Health 
Service for the construction of sanitation facilities under 
that project.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–330; 110 
Stat. 4016) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 210 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 211. IHS sanitation facilities construction.’’.
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SEC. 11010. STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND GRANT 
FUNDS IN EMERGENCIES. 
Section 401(a)(4) of the Native American Housing As-
sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4161(a)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘may take 
an action described in paragraph (1)(C)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘may immediately take an action described in 
paragraph (1)(C)’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—If the Secretary 
takes an action described in subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall provide notice to the 
recipient at the time that the Secretary 
takes that action. 
‘‘(ii) 
NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
notice under clause (i) shall inform the re-
cipient that the recipient may request a 
hearing by not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Secretary provides the 
notice. 
‘‘(iii) HEARING
REQUIREMENTS.—A 
hearing requested under clause (ii) shall be 
conducted—
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‘‘(I) in accordance with subpart A 
of part 26 of title 24, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or successor regulations); 
and 
‘‘(II) to the maximum extent 
practicable, on an expedited basis. 
‘‘(iv) FAILURE TO CONDUCT A HEAR-
ING.—If a hearing requested under clause 
(ii) is not completed by the date that is 180 
days after the date on which the recipient 
requests the hearing, the action of the Sec-
retary to limit the availability of payments 
shall no longer be effective.’’. 
SEC. 11011. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Section 407 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4167) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Committee on Indian Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The report described in 
subsection (a) shall be made publicly available, including 
to recipients.’’. 
SEC. 11012. 99-YEAR LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN TRUST OR 
RESTRICTED 
LANDS 
FOR 
HOUSING 
PUR-
POSES. 
Section 702 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4211) 
is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘50- 
YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘99-YEAR’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘50 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘99 years’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘50 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘99 years’’. 
SEC. 11013. AMENDMENTS FOR BLOCK GRANTS FOR AF-
FORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES. 
Section 802(e) of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4222(e)) is amended by— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(2) SUBAWARDS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including provisions of State law re-
quiring competitive procurement, the Director may 
make subawards to subrecipients, except for for-profit 
entities, using amounts provided under this title to 
carry out affordable housing activities upon a deter-
mination by the Director that such subrecipients have 
adequate capacity to carry out activities in accord-
ance with this Act.’’. 
SEC. 11014. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN 
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROVISIONS. 
Section 824 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4243) 
is amended by striking ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2030.’’. 
SEC. 
11015. 
TOTAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
COST 
MAXIMUM 
PROJECT COST. 
Affordable housing (as defined in section 4 of the Na-
tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) that is developed, acquired, 
or assisted under the block grant program established under 
section 101 of the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111) shall not
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exceed by more than 20 percent, without prior approval of 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the total 
development cost maximum cost for all housing assisted 
under an affordable housing activity, including develop-
ment and model activities. 
SEC. 11016. COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZA-
TIONS AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES BY INDIAN 
TRIBES. 
Section 105 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) INDIAN TRIBES
AND TRIBALLY DESIGNATED 
HOUSING ENTITIES AS COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT 
ORGANIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘tribally designated housing entity’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 4 of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATION.—An Indian tribe, a trib-
ally designated housing entity, or a tribal organiza-
tion shall qualify as a community-based development 
organization for purposes of carrying out new hous-
ing construction under this subsection under a grant 
made under section 106(a)(1).
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‘‘(j) SPECIAL ACTIVITIES BY INDIAN TRIBES.—An In-
dian tribe receiving a grant under paragraph (1) of section 
106(a)(1) shall be authorized to directly carry out activities 
described in paragraph (15) of such section 106(a)(1).’’. 
SEC. 11017. SECTION 184 INDIAN HOME LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 184 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
13a) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—To provide access to sources of pri-
vate financing to Indian families, Indian housing authori-
ties, and Indian Tribes, who otherwise could not acquire 
housing financing because of the unique legal status of In-
dian lands and the unique nature of tribal economies, and 
to expand homeownership opportunities to Indian families, 
Indian housing authorities and Indian tribes on fee simple 
lands, the Secretary may guarantee not to exceed 100 per-
cent of the unpaid principal and interest due on any loan 
eligible under subsection (b) made to an Indian family, In-
dian housing authority, or Indian Tribe on trust land and 
fee simple land.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)—
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(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
HOUSING.—The loan shall be 
used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- 
to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) as clauses (i) through (iv), re-
spectively, and adjusting the margins ac-
cordingly; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘The loan’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The loan’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A), as so des-
ignated, by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) Any other lender that is super-
vised, approved, regulated, or insured by 
any agency of the Federal Government, in-
cluding any entity certified as a community 
development financial institution by the 
Community Development Financial Institu-
tions Fund established under section 104(a) 
of the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 
U.S.C. 4703(a)).’’; and
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(iv) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) DIRECT GUARANTEE PROCESS.— 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary 
may authorize qualifying lenders to partici-
pate in a direct guarantee process for ap-
proving loans under this section. 
‘‘(ii) INDEMNIFICATION.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—If the Sec-
retary determines that a mortgage 
guaranteed through a direct guarantee 
process under this subparagraph was 
not originated in accordance with the 
requirements established by the Sec-
retary, the Secretary may require the 
lender approved under this subpara-
graph to indemnify the Secretary for 
the loss, irrespective of whether the vio-
lation caused the mortgage default. 
‘‘(II) FRAUD OR MISREPRESENTA-
TION.—If fraud or misrepresentation is 
involved in a direct guarantee process 
under this subparagraph, the Secretary 
shall require the original lender ap-
proved under this subparagraph to in-
demnify the Secretary for the loss re-
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gardless of when an insurance claim is 
paid. 
‘‘(C) REVIEW OF MORTGAGEES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
periodically review the mortgagees origi-
nating, underwriting, or servicing single 
family mortgage loans under this section. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting 
a review under clause (i), the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) shall compare the mortgagee 
with other mortgagees originating or 
underwriting loan guarantees for In-
dian housing based on the rates of de-
faults and claims for guaranteed mort-
gage loans originated, underwritten, or 
serviced by that mortgagee; 
‘‘(II) may compare the mortgagee 
with such other mortgagees based on 
underwriting quality, geographic area 
served, or any commonly used factors 
the Secretary determines necessary for 
comparing mortgage default risk, pro-
vided that the comparison is of factors 
that the Secretary would expect to af-
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fect the default risk of mortgage loans 
guaranteed by the Secretary; 
‘‘(iii) shall implement such compari-
sons by regulation, notice, or mortgagee let-
ter; and 
‘‘(I) may terminate the approval 
of a mortgagee to originate, under-
write, or service loan guarantees for 
housing under this section if the Sec-
retary determines that the mortgage 
loans originated, underwritten, or serv-
iced by the mortgagee present an unac-
ceptable risk to the Indian Housing 
Loan 
Guarantee 
Fund 
established 
under subsection (i)— 
‘‘(aa) based on a comparison 
of any of the factors set forth in 
this subparagraph; or 
‘‘(bb) by a determination 
that the mortgagee engaged in 
fraud or misrepresentation.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘except, 
as determined by the Secretary, when there is a
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loan modification under subsection (h)(1)(B), the 
term of the loan shall not exceed 40 years’’. 
(b) LOAN GUARANTEES FOR INDIAN HOUSING.—Sec-
tion 184(i)(5) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(i)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after the 
first sentence the following: ‘‘There are authorized to 
be appropriated for those costs such sums as may be 
necessary for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2030.’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘2008 
through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 2030’’. 
SEC. 11018. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN 
HOUSING. 
Section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, and to ex-
pand homeownership opportunities to Native Hawai-
ian families who are eligible to receive a homestead 
under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 
(42 Stat. 108) on fee simple lands in the State of Ha-
waii’’ after ‘‘markets’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows:
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‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
HOUSING.—The loan shall be 
used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- 
to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by redesignating clause (iv) as 
clause (v); and 
(II) by adding after clause (iii) 
the following: 
‘‘(iv) Any other lender that is super-
vised, approved, regulated, or insured by 
any agency of the Federal Government, in-
cluding any entity certified as a community 
development financial institution by the 
Community Development Financial Institu-
tions Fund established under section 104(a) 
of the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 
U.S.C. 4703(a)).’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) INDEMNIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary de-
termines 
that 
a 
mortgage 
guaranteed 
through a direct guarantee process under 
this section was not originated in accord-
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ance with the requirements established by 
the Secretary, the Secretary may require the 
lender approved under this section to in-
demnify the Secretary for the loss, irrespec-
tive of whether the violation caused the 
mortgage default. 
‘‘(ii) DIRECT
GUARANTEE
ENDORSE-
MENT.—The Secretary may, dependent on 
the availability of systems development and 
staffing resources, delegate to eligible lenders 
the authority to directly endorse loans 
under this section. 
‘‘(iii) FRAUD
OR
MISREPRESENTA-
TION.—If fraud or misrepresentation was 
involved in the direct guarantee endorse-
ment process by a lender under this section, 
the Secretary shall require the approved di-
rect guarantee endorsement lender to indem-
nify the Secretary for any loss or potential 
loss, regardless of whether the fraud or mis-
representation caused or may cause the loan 
default. 
‘‘(iv) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
Sec-
retary may implement any requirements
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described in this subparagraph by regula-
tion, notice, or Dear Lender Letter.’’. 
(C) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘except, 
as determined by the Secretary, when there is a 
loan modification under subsection (i)(1)(B), the 
term of the loan shall not exceed 40 years’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—When the Secretary ex-
ercises its discretion to delegate direct guarantee 
endorsement authority pursuant to subsection 
(c)(4)(C)(ii), subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this 
paragraph shall not apply.’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) STANDARD FOR APPROVAL.— 
‘‘(A) APPROVAL.—The Secretary may ap-
prove a loan for guarantee under this section 
and issue a certificate under this subsection only 
if the Secretary determines that there is a rea-
sonable prospect of repayment of the loan. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—When the Secretary ex-
ercises its discretion to delegate direct guarantee
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endorsement authority pursuant to subsection 
(c)(4)(C)(ii)— 
‘‘(i) subparagraph (A) shall not apply; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the direct guarantee endorsement 
lender may issue a certificate under this 
paragraph as evidence of the guarantee in 
accordance with requirements prescribed by 
the Secretary.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘or, 
where applicable, the direct guarantee endorse-
ment lender,’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’ and 
(4) in subsection (j)(5)(B), by inserting after the 
first sentence the following: ‘‘There are authorized to 
be appropriated for those costs such sums as may be 
necessary for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2030.’’. 
SEC. 11019. DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘con-
trolled substance’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 802). 
(2) DRUG-RELATED CRIME.—The term ‘‘drug-re-
lated crime’’ means the illegal manufacture, sale, dis-
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tribution, use, or possession with intent to manufac-
ture, sell, distribute, or use a controlled substance. 
(3) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘recipient’’— 
(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 4 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4103); and 
(B) includes a recipient of funds under title 
VIII of that Act (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may, in con-
sultation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and relevant 
Tribal law enforcement agencies, make grants under this 
section to recipients of assistance under the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) for use in eliminating drug- 
related and violent crime. 
(c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Grants under this section 
may be used for— 
(1) the employment of security personnel; 
(2) reimbursement of State, local, Tribal, or Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs law enforcement agencies for 
additional security and protective services;
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(3) physical improvements which are specifically 
designed to enhance security; 
(4) the employment of 1 or more individuals— 
(A) to investigate drug-related or violent 
crime in and around the real property com-
prising housing assisted under the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and 
(B) to provide evidence relating to such 
crime in any administrative or judicial pro-
ceeding; 
(5) the provision of training, communications 
equipment, and other related equipment for use by 
voluntary tenant patrols acting in cooperation with 
law enforcement officials; 
(6) programs designed to reduce use of drugs in 
and around housing communities funded under the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.), in-
cluding drug-abuse prevention, intervention, referral, 
and treatment programs; 
(7) providing funding to nonprofit resident man-
agement corporations and resident councils to develop 
security and drug abuse prevention programs involv-
ing site residents;
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(8) sports programs and sports activities that 
serve primarily youths from housing communities 
funded through and are operated in conjunction with, 
or in furtherance of, an organized program or plan 
designed to reduce or eliminate drugs and drug-re-
lated problems in and around those communities; and 
(9) other programs for youth in school settings 
that address drug prevention and positive alternatives 
for youth, including education and activities related 
to science, technology, engineering, and math. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant under this 
subsection, an eligible applicant shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary, at such time, in such man-
ner, and accompanied by— 
(A) a plan for addressing the problem of 
drug-related or violent crime in and around of 
the housing administered or owned by the appli-
cant for which the application is being sub-
mitted; and 
(B) such additional information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require. 
(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall approve ap-
plications submitted under paragraph (1) on the basis 
of thresholds or criteria such as—
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(A) the extent of the drug-related or violent 
crime problem in and around the housing or 
projects proposed for assistance; 
(B) the quality of the plan to address the 
crime problem in the housing or projects pro-
posed for assistance, including the extent to 
which the plan includes initiatives that can be 
sustained over a period of several years; 
(C) the capability of the applicant to carry 
out the plan; and 
(D) the extent to which tenants, the Tribal 
government, and the Tribal community support 
and participate in the design and implementa-
tion of the activities proposed to be funded under 
the application. 
(e) HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS.—In 
evaluating the extent of the drug-related crime problem pur-
suant to subsection (d)(2), the Secretary may consider 
whether housing or projects proposed for assistance are lo-
cated in a high intensity drug trafficking area designated 
pursuant to section 707(b) of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 
1706(b)). 
(f) REPORTS.—