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within each Armed Force (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘strategy’’). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The strategy shall— 
(A) build upon the findings of the report 
under section 1090(a)(3) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
(Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) and 
the 2022 National Defense Strategy; 
(B) facilitate a consistent understanding of 
Arctic security priorities across the Department 
of Defense and a common understanding of the 
use and purpose of special operations forces for 
Arctic activities across the Armed Forces, com-
batant commands, and other relevant elements 
of the Department of Defense; and 
(C) promote greater use and prioritization 
of special operations forces capabilities, particu-
larly with respect to the special operations force 
of the Army, in Arctic security planning and co-
ordination with Indigenous populations and 
High North allies and partners. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A plan for the leveraging of North Amer-
ican Indigenous Arctic populations, and the estab-
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lishment of working definitions and parameters for 
cooperation with such populations in the following 
areas: 
(A) Intelligence, surveillance, and recon-
naissance gathering. 
(B) Improved Arctic training and oper-
ation tactics, techniques, and procedures. 
(C) Empowering local populations to create 
solutions to regional issues. 
(D) Building resilience against invasion 
and occupation and enhancing deterrence capa-
bilities. 
(E) Improving the capacity of allies and 
partners to build capabilities in the region that 
produce advantages against adversaries. 
(F) Building United States credibility for 
combat operations in the region. 
(G) Demonstrating United States commit-
ment to improving living standards in the re-
gion. 
(H) Any other area the of the Commander 
of the United States Special Operations Com-
mand determines appropriate. 
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(2) A requirement that special operations forces 
achieve readiness with respect to not more than two 
Arctic environments. 
(3) With respect to terminology and working 
definitions of the Department— 
(A) a requirement that— 
(i) the use of the terms ‘‘Arctic-capa-
ble’’ and ‘‘Arctic-ready’’ may no longer be 
used in any document or other material 
produced by the Department of Defense 
that outlines Arctic strategies; 
(ii) the replacement terms ‘‘Arctic- 
trained’’ and ‘‘Arctic-proficient’’ shall be 
used in lieu of ‘‘Arctic-capable’’ and ‘‘Arc-
tic-ready’’, respectively; and 
(iii) the Department shall provide 
clear definitions and readiness require-
ments for each replacement term under 
clause (ii). 
(B) a review of terminology, and the use of 
such terminology, relating to military doctrinal 
readiness (such as the terms ‘‘trained’’ and 
‘‘proficient’’) in the Arctic context, to ensure 
that the Armed Forces meet operational expec-
tations and may fully partake in joint-training 
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exercises with allies and partners of the United 
States. 
(4) A description of the conditions necessary to 
establish a standardized pathway for self-validation 
for each Armed Force that requires units to be Arc-
tic capable, with such standardized pathway being 
tailored to each Armed Force but consistent with re-
spect to shared terminology, an agreed upon list of 
Arctic environments, and agreed upon standards to 
become Arctic capable in each such environment. 
(5) A requirement that the Commander of the 
United States Special Operations Command, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
Commander of the United States Northern Com-
mand, include in any future years plan for the Arc-
tic Security Initiative required under section 
1090(b)(2)(B) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 
10 U.S.C. 113 note) the following: 
(A) Updates on ongoing priorities for Arc-
tic objectives of the special operations forces. 
(B) Assessments of the integration of Arc-
tic operations of the special operations forces, 
including the use of Indigenous approaches to 
domain awareness. 
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(C) A description of the activities and re-
sources needed for the special operations forces 
to obtain readiness in the Arctic region, includ-
ing manning, training, equipping, and funding 
requirements. 
(D) Any other matter the Commander of 
the United States Northern Command and the 
Secretary of Defense jointly determine appro-
priate. 
(6) A requirement that, on an annual basis, the 
Commander of the United States Special Operations 
Command submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a progress report (in unclassified form, but 
with the option of including a classified annex) on 
the implementation and use of the strategy, includ-
ing— 
(A) an assessment of the ability of the 
strategy to address new and ongoing concerns; 
(B) areas relating to the strategy in need 
of improvement, including any new funding nec-
essary; 
(C) use of the strategy across each Armed 
Force; and 
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(D) an updated threat assessment with re-
spect to the Arctic region. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘special 
operations forces’’ means forces described under section 
167(j) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 1248. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PRODUC-
TION OF FILMS AND PROHIBITION ON USE OF 
SUCH FUNDS FOR FILMS SUBJECT TO CONDI-
TIONS 
ON 
CONTENT 
OR 
ALTERED 
FOR 
SCREENING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA OR AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHINESE 
COMMUNIST PARTY. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
of Defense may only authorize the provision of technical 
support or access to an asset controlled by or related to 
the Department of Defense to enter into a contract relat-
ing to the production or funding of a film by a United 
States company if the United States company, as a condi-
tion of receiving the support or access— 
(1) provides to the Secretary a list of all films 
produced or funded by that company the content of 
which has been submitted, during the shorter of the 
preceding 10-year period or the period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, to an official 
of the Government of the People’s Republic of China 
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(PRC) or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for 
evaluation with respect to screening the film in the 
PRC; 
(2) includes, with respect to each such film— 
(A) the title of the film; and 
(B) the date on which such submission oc-
curred; 
(3) enters into a written agreement with the 
Secretary of Defense not to alter the content of the 
film in response to, or in anticipation of, a request 
by an official of the Government of the PRC or the 
CCP; and 
(4) submits such agreement to the Secretary. 
(b) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO FILMS SUB-
JECT TO CONDITIONS ON CONTENT OR ALTERED FOR 
SCREENING IN CHINA.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
the President may not authorize the provision of technical 
support or access to any asset controlled by the Federal 
Government for, or authorize the head of a Federal agency 
to enter into any contract relating to, the production or 
funding of a film by a United States company if— 
(1) the film is co-produced by an entity located 
in the PRC that is subject to conditions on content 
imposed by an official of the Government of the 
PRC or the CCP; or 
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(2) with respect to the most recent report sub-
mitted under subsection (c), the United States com-
pany is listed in the report pursuant to subpara-
graph (C) or (D) of paragraph (2) of that sub-
section. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re-
port on films disclosed under subsection (a) that are 
associated with a United States company that has 
received technical support or access to an asset con-
trolled by the Department of Defense for, or has en-
tered into a contract with the Federal Government 
relating to, the production or funding of a film. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of each film listed pursu-
ant to the requirement under subsection (a)(1), 
the content of which was submitted, during the 
shorter of the preceding 10-year period or the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, by a United States company to an 
official of the Government of the PRC or the 
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CCP for evaluation with respect to screening 
the film in the PRC, including— 
(i) the United States company that 
submitted the contents of the film; 
(ii) the title of the film; and 
(iii) the date on which such submis-
sion occurred. 
(B) A description of each film with respect 
to which a United States company entered into 
a written agreement with the Department of 
Defense providing the support or access, as ap-
plicable, pursuant to the requirement under 
subsection (a)(2) not to alter the content of the 
film in response to, or in anticipation of, a re-
quest by an official of the Government of the 
PRC or the CCP, during the shorter of the pre-
ceding 10-year period or the period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, in-
cluding— 
(i) the United States company that 
entered into the agreement; and 
(ii) the title of the film. 
(C) The title of any film described pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A), and the corresponding 
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United States company described pursuant to 
clause (i) of that subparagraph— 
(i) that was submitted to an official of 
the Government of the PRC or the CCP 
during the preceding 3-year period; and 
(ii) for which the Secretary assesses 
that the content was altered in response to, 
or in anticipation of, a request by an offi-
cial of the Government of the PRC or the 
CCP. 
(D) The title of any film that is described 
in both subparagraph (A) and subparagraph 
(B), and the corresponding one or more United 
States companies described in clause (i) of each 
such subparagraph— 
(i) that was submitted to an official of 
the Government of the PRC or the CCP 
during the preceding 10-year period; and 
(ii) for which the Secretary assesses 
that the content was altered in response to, 
or in anticipation of, a request by an offi-
cial of the Government of the PRC or the 
CCP. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ 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) CONTENT.—The term ‘‘content’’ means any 
description of a film, including the script. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Defense. 
(4) UNITED
STATES
COMPANY.—The term 
‘‘United States company’’ means a private entity in-
corporated under the laws of the United States or 
any jurisdiction within the United States. 
SEC. 1249. REPORT. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
on whether any products sold at commissary or ex-
change stores in fiscal years 2022 or 2023 were pro-
duced by companies described in paragraph (2) that 
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