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MARKUPACT

920 2 Slotkin,Elissa CHM

Training on consequences of committing a crime in pre-separationcounseling of the transition assistance program, including on theconsequences to former members of the armed forces who areconvicted of a crime, including the loss of federal benefits.

EB 2

1445 1 Keating,William R. CHM

Provides for greater military gender equality and other prioritiesconsisted with the Women Peace and Security Act EB 2

857 2 Crow,Jason CHM

Within 180 days SecDef shall prescribe or modify regulations to requirethat military installation resilience considerations be integrated intoacquisition and procurement of each major defense acquisition programand significant nonmajor defense acquisition program.

EB 2

1438 2 Franklin,C. Scott CHM

Modification of a existing required report in the ISO subcommittee mark- Collective Self Defense Report EB 2

876 1 Brown,Anthony G. CHM

Require the Department to report on the implementation of IRCrecommendations. EB 2


Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing on all studiesregarding efforts of extremist organizations to recruit members of thearmed forces, and a strategy to develop and implement training toprevent such recruitment efforts.

EB 2

1140 2 Speier,Jackie CHM Plan to address findings related to access to contraception EB 2

1312 4 Moore,Blake D. CHM DRL on Afghanistan Intelligence Assessment EB 2

1393 1 Cheney,Liz CHM

Expressing support for the designation of November 21, 2021, as the"National Warrior Call Day" and recognizing the importance ofconnecting our warriors to support structures necessary to transitioningfrom the battlefield.

EB 2

797 3 Bergman,Jack CHM

Report on United States Contributions to Multilateral and InternationalOrganizations EB 2

1408 1 Sherrill,Mikie CHM

Initiative of the Critical Supply Chain Task Force. Requires theSecretary of Defense to develop a plan to reduce our reliance oncovered supplies and materials obtained from sources located ingeographic areas controlled by foreign adversaries.

EB 2


Directs DOD to do a report on how they could provide housing historystatements to servicemembers in DOD-provided housing, currentlyprivatized housing and economy housing can prove they are goodtenants to future landlords/apartments, but DOD-housed cannot.

EB 2

781 0 Jackson,Ronny CHM

Require a report from DoD on the feasibility of establishing an officewithin DoD to oversee sanctions with respect to Chinese militarycompanies.

EB 2

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1121 1 Lamborn,Doug CHM

Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a uniform procedure foradministrative, medical, or religious exemptions to the mandatoryCOVID-19 vaccine.

EB 2

1339 3 Gallego,Ruben CHM Expresses support for South Korea through a Sense of Congress. EB 2

1316 1 Carbajal,Salud O. CHM

Expand eligibility for enrollment in the Uniformed Services University(USU) EB 2

1187 3 Jacobs,Sara CHM

Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish and maintain a public-private consortium to improve and broaden professional militaryeducation for military officers and civilian employees of the FederalGovernment.

EB 2

860 2 Brown,Anthony G. CHM

Improved reporting requirements on demographics of offenses underthe UCMJ. EB 2

1137 2 Waltz,Michael CHM Clarifies which documents are necessary as part of the report EB 2

1230 0 Wilson,Joe CHM

Sense of Congress on the valued relationship between the United Statesand Qatar. EB 2

1131 0 Hartzler,Vicky CHM

Authorizes a service member to take not more than two weeks ofpermissive temporary duty each year to attend a seminar, retreat,workshop, or outdoor recreational therapy event hosted by a non-profitthat focuses on psychological, physical, spiritual, or social wellness.

EB 2


Provide briefing on Anomalous Health Incidents, recommendations forimproving data collection, and directs the Secretary to identify a seniorofficial responsible for internal Department coordination on this issueand for interfacing with the interagency

EB 2


Allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to use its current GovernorsChallenge funds for implementation as well as development of veteransuicide programs in states

EB 2

1297 1 Houlahan,Chrissy CHM

Improvements to DoD/Government Computer Warning Notice - additionof a note that prohibits users from using their .mil accounts to registerfor non-profession related listservs and newsletters, authorizes audit toidentify violators, publishes a list of "unauthorized" access/use

EB 2

1041 7 McClain,Lisa C. CHM

Sense of Congress that its in the interest of the United States tocontinue to engage with Taiwan in Indo-Pacific dialogues and forums. EB 2


Providing for non-medical counseling services for military families bymental health care provider through the Department of Defense FamilyReadiness System.

EB 2


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1100 1 Panetta,Jimmy CHM

Requires the Secretary of Defense to designate an Executive Agent forNational Mobilization responsible for developing, managing, andcoordinating policy and plans that address the full spectrum of militarymobilization readiness.

EB 2

1209 3 Gallagher,Mike CHM Directing establishment of an Arctic Security Initiative EB 2

1014 3 Scott,Austin CHM

This is a Sense of Congress on the close partnership between theUnited States Military and the Armed Forces of Georgia. EB 2


Makes Portuguese nationals eligible for E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrant visasif the government of Portugal provides similar nonimmigrant status toU.S. nationals. It also imposes additional requirements on such visas.

An E-1 visa is for individuals entering the United

EB 2

1321 3 Moore,Blake D. CHM

Increases for Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS)activities EB 2

1225 0 Wilson, Joe CHM

Provides for visa sanctions against corrupt officials and associates andpublicly names officials accused of corruption. Also requires the DOJassemble a publicly accessible website listing hidden assets recoveredby US officials.

EB 2

900 0 Gallagher,Mike CHM

Statement of policy to maintain the ability to deny a fait accompli by astrategic competitor against a covered defense partner EB 2

716 2 Norcross,Donald CHM

Would require USD(A&S) to establish a coalition among institutions ofhigher education, vocational programs, workforce development boards,labor organizations, and organizations representing DIB contractorsfocusing on individuals seeking careers in manufacturing.

EB 2

1199 3 Garamendi,John CHM

Directs DOD to make use of federally registered apprenticeshipprograms for training military personnel, civilian employees, and DODcontractors on anti-corrosion activities.

EB 2

1136 1 Franklin,C. Scott CHM DRL - US air assets abandoned in Afghanistan recover EB 2

687 0 Wittman,Robert CHM

Would require an annual report and briefing on the Global ForceManagement Allocation Plan (GFMAP) and briefing on major changes tocurrent GFMAP and the proceeding GFMAP.

EB 2

1110 1 Franklin,C. Scott CHM

DRL regarding patching requirements of the DoD and how they couldbe improved EB 2


Report on Defense Cooperation with Compacts of Free AssociationStates EB 2


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1456 1 DesJarlais,Scott CHM

Seeks to increase of $10 Million for 0602143A Army Futures Command(AFC) Pathfinder-Air Assault partnership. (Apologize for the short notice,I mistook another Pathfinder plus-up for ours)

EB 2

686 1 Waltz,Michael CHM

Prohibits DoD funds from being used to procure any products produced,mined, or manufactured with forced labor from the Xinjiang UyghurAutonomous Region

EB 2

973 0 Gallagher,Mike CHM Independent review of the Unified Command Plan EB 2

880 0 Speier,Jackie CHM

Modify National Academy of Medicine report to add study of autismprevalance EB 2


Directs the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction toevaluate the performance of the Afghan National Security and DefenseForces (ANDSF) for the period between February 2020 and August2021.

EB 2

888 1 Turner,Michael CHM

Bill language that would authorize electronic notarization for membersof the Armed Forces. EB 2

1466 0 Langevin,James CHM

Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish and carry out a five yearpilot program to be known as the ‘‘Warfighter Innovation TransitionProject’’

EB 2


Pilot Program on Increased Use of Sustainable Building Materials inMilitary Construction EB 2

1334 0 Kelly,Trent CHM

Establishment of Defense Intelligence Agency as the executive agent forexplosive ordnance intelligence. EB 2


Direct the Comptroller General of the United States to perform a reviewof the prevalence of extremist affiliations among member of the ArmedServices.

EB 2

1215 2 Gallego,Ruben CHM

Requires the Secretary of Defense (1) to establish an office to carry outthe mission currently performed by the UAP Task Force; (2) to submitan annual report on UAP; and (3) to terminate the UAP Task Force.

EB 2

1247 0 Escobar,Veronica CHM

Prioritizes students from community colleges and minority servinginstitutions for scholarships from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship andExcellence program. Also, students from minority-serving institutionswould be prioritized for research internships through the same program.

EB 2


From H.R. 2167 which passed the house, Section 2 and Section 3. Theyboth give the Secretary of VA authority to pause the clock on GI Billand VR&E benefits expiring when a national emergency or other issueprevents attendance. We expect to receiver a waiver.

EB 2


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840 1 Moulton,Seth CHM

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for eating disorderstreatment for members of the Armed Forces and certain dependentsof members and former members of the uniformed services, and forother purposes.

EB 2


Report on anti-ship systems and capabilities in the inventory of theUS military and how those anti-ship capabilities could be used toenhance the defense of Taiwan and incorporated into the military ofthe Government of Taiwan to enhance their self-defense.

EB 2


Directs the Office of Personnel Management to conduct an assessmentof the remote site pay allowance. EB 2

1465 0 Waltz,Michael CHM

Authorizes an SBP open-season for VA-rated service-disabledveterans who withdrew prior to the "Widow's Tax" repeal in 2020,allowing them to catch up on any missed premiums, and for otherpurposes

EB 2


Requires DOD to issue regulations ensuring certain parentalguardianship rights of cadets and midshipmen. EB 2

1277 1 Strickland,Marilyn CHM

A report on rental partnership program (RPP) including theeffectiveness of the program, usage (or lack thereof) by servicemembers who live off post. The report should also discuss whetherthe RPP needs a dedicated funding line and appropriate fundinglevels.

EB 2


Directs GAO to do a study of ILER as it rolls out to catch problemsand identify opportunities for expansion, received technical assistancefrom GAO and sent to HVAC. Requested a waiver.

EB 2

1029 0 Scott, Austin CHMIt is the sense of Congress that the naval forces of Taiwan should beinvited to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exerciseconducted in 2022.

EB 2

1090 1 Murphy,Stephanie N. CHM

This bill would allow shore power connections to passenger cruiseships to be eligible for the Port Infrastructure Development Program. EB 2


Modifies the National Defense Science and Technology Strategy,required by section 218 of the John S. McCain National DefenseAuthorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat.1679)

EB 2

1154 2 Bice,Stephanie I. CHM

This amendment would provide $3 million to create digital twins ofexisting industrial control systems (ICS) to then allow researchers tocarry out virtual reality-enabled experimentation. Essentially thiswould allow researchers to "red team" ICS systems to findvulnerabilities.

EB 2

1269 4 Scott, Austin CHM

This DRL directs the Secretary of Defense to provide thecongressional defense committees a briefing, not later than March 1,2022, on the Department of Defense’s ability to utilize contractorowned contractor operated aircraft in a multi-use role.

EB 2


Expands the scope of Department of Veterans' Affairs open burn pitregistry to include open burn pits in Egypt and Syria. EB 2


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1231 5 Jacobs,Sara CHM

Authorizes $15,000,000 for FY22 for the Modular Airborne Fire FightingSystems. EB 2

1325 0 Kelly,Trent CHM Inclusion of Explosive Ordnance Disposal in Special Operations Activities EB 2


Directs the DOD CIO to provide a briefing on low-latencycommunications capacity in the Pacific. EB 2

1205 1 Gallego,Ruben CHM

Requires the President to submit a report on hostilities involving USforces no later than 48 hours after any incident where they areinvolved.

EB 2

1262 7 Cheney,Liz CHM Report on Security of Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal. EB 2


Inclusion of Explosive Ordnance Intelligence in Defense IntelligenceAgency activities. EB 2

1054 4 Banks, Jim CHM Funding increase for Artificial Intelligence Maritime Maneuvering. EB 2


Provides $5M for Navy Network and Data Center Intelligent Agent(NADIA) to advance research and development addressing automationof complex networks and data center operation both afloat and ashore.

EB 2


Increase RDT&E, Navy in the account Undersea Warfare AppliedResearch, Line 012 by $8.5M for academic partnerships for underseavehicle research and manufacturing

EB 2


Authorizes the Secretary of the Airforce to convey a property on JointBase Cape Cod to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. EB 2

780 3 Panetta,Jimmy CHM

Establishes a policy research consortium of institutions of highereducation and nonprofit entities in support of implementing andinnovating the defense nuclear nonproliferation programs of theDepartment of Energy.

EB 2

1254 2 Brown,Anthony G. CHM Report on Existing Use of VR Technology in Hard and Soft Skill Training EB 2

1329 2 Luria,Elaine G. CHM

Would authorize each Secretary of a military department to establish apilot program to evaluate the feasibility of deployingtelecommunications infrastructure to expedite the availability of 5Gtelecommunications on military installations.

EB 2


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Defense Security Cooperation Agency briefing on lessons learned fromthe failure of the ANSF and partner forces with less capable securityforces.

EB 2

1434 1 Lamborn,Doug CHM Creates a pilot program for bio-based corrosion treatment. EB 2


Report on the Progress and Development of ICBM Silos in EasternXinJiang, Gansu, and Jinlantai Provinces EB 2


Directs the Secretary of Defense to brief HASC and SASC on thefeasibility of maintaining a database of local nationals that assist the USmilitary during armed conflicts.

EB 2

836 0 Houlahan,Chrissy CHM

HASC Defense Critical Supply Chain Task Force Amendment: DoDResearch and Development Priorities - focused on including R&D ofalternative technologies to, and methods for the extraction, processing,and recycling of, critical minerals in the appropriate R&D activities.

EB 2


Direct a report providing recommendations to reduce barriers andstreamline the ability of private companies to invest in and buildpartnerships with federal and state-owned military installations.

EB 2


Procurement Authority for Certain Parts of the Ground-Based StrategicDeterrent Cryptographic Device. EB 2

779 0 Carl,Jerry L. CHM Increase funding for EPF and TOMAHAWK EB 2


Congress encourages the Department to continue their investment inexisting technologies within the private and non-profit sectors thatenhances their ability to analyze readiness data to better inform thedecision-making process.

EB 2

891 1 Turner,Michael CHM

Bill language amending the minimum quantity of C-130 aircraft in theUSAF from 287 to 279 to support the divesting of the 8 x C130s in theOhio Air National Guard and the remission of the 179th Air Wing as aCyber Wing. Language revised, 9/1/21.

EB 2

1172 0 Wilson,Joe CHM Adds PiLT funding for Savannah River Site EB 2


No funds authorized to be appropriated by this bill may be used for anew U.S. Space Command headquarters building until the GAO andDOD IG reviews are completed.

EB 2

851 0 DesJarlais,Scott CHM

Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds on reconverting orretiring w76-2 warheads. EB 2


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925 0 Green,Mark E. CHM

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MONITORING OF REAL PROPERTYOWNERSHIP AND OCCUPANCY IN VICINITY OF MILITARYINSTALLATIONS TO IDENTIFY FOREIGN ADVERSARY OWNERSHIP OROCCUPANCY.

EB 2

1451 1 Bice,Stephanie I. CHM

This amendment would extend the authorization of the DefenseCivilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project through2028.

EB 2

1191 2 Gaetz, Matt CHMIncrease funding by $3.0 million for Gulf Test Range and trainingenhancements. EB 2

1073 0 Rogers,Mike CHM

PILOT PROGRAM ON MILITARY WORKING DOG AND EXPLOSIVESDETECTION CANINE HEALTH AND EXCELLENCE EB 2


Sense of Congress on Unusually Hazardous or Nuclear ProgramIndemnification EB 2


Briefing on universities that host Confucius Institutes and otherDepartment of Defense programs EB 2

1195 4 Moore,Blake D. CHM Increase the amount for Utility Helicopter Mods by $11,000,000 EB 2


Amends Sec. 523 to prohibit DOD from changing the locations ofmilitary criminal investigative training until the implementation planfor reforming military CID organizations is submitted to Congress andDOD provides 60 days notice of its intent to move such training.

EB 2

1216 2 Gaetz, Matt CHMIncrease funding by $17.037 million for Threat SimulatorDevelopment. EB 2


AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4350

OFFERED BY MS. SLOTKIN OF MICHIGAN

At the appropriate place in title V, insert the fol-

lowing:

SEC. 5ll. TRAINING ON CONSEQUENCES OF COMMITTING 1

A CRIME IN PRESEPARATION COUNSELING 2

OF THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 3

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subsection (b) of section 4

1142 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-5

ing at the end the following new paragraph: 6

‘‘(20) Training regarding the consequences to 7

such a member who is convicted of a crime, specifi-8

cally regarding the loss of benefits from the Federal 9

Government to such member.’’. 10

(b) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.—The Secretary con-11

cerned shall carry out paragraph (20) of such subsection, 12

as added by subsection (a), not later than one year after 13

the date of the enactment of this Act. 14

(c) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 15

develop the training under such paragraph. 16

(d) PROGRESS BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days 17

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 18

shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Serv-19

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ices of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding 1

progress of the Secretary in preparing the training under 2

such paragraph. 3

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OFFERED BY MR. KEATING OF MASSACHUSETTS

At the appropriate place in title XIII, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 13ll. WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY ACT IMPLE-1

MENTATION AT MILITARY SERVICE ACAD-2

EMIES. 3

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-4

gress that $15,000,000 should annually be made available 5

for activities that are— 6

(1) consistent with the Women, Peace, and Se-7

curity Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68; 131 Stat. 8

1202) and this section; and 9

(2) in furtherance of the national security prior-10

ities of the United States. 11

(b) PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION.—The 12

Secretary of Defense shall carry out activities consistent 13

with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 and 14

with this section, including by ensuring that professional 15

military education curriculum addresses— 16

(1) gender analysis; 17

(2) the meaningful participation of women in 18

national security activities; and 19

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(3) the relationship between such participation 1

and security outcomes. 2

(c) BUILDING UNITED STATES CAPACITY.— 3

(1) MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES.—The Sec-4

retary of Defense shall encourage the admission of 5

diverse individuals (including individuals who are 6

women) to each military service academy, including 7

by— 8

(A) establishing programs that hold com-9

manding officers accountable for removing bi-10

ases with respect to such individuals; 11

(B) ensuring that each military service 12

academy fosters a zero tolerance environment 13

for harassment towards such individuals; and 14

(C) ensuring that each military service 15

academy fosters equal opportunities for growth 16

that enable the full participation of such indi-17

viduals in all training programs, career tracks, 18

and elements of the Department, especially in 19

elements of the Armed Forces previously closed 20

to women, such as infantry and special oper-21

ations forces. 22

(2) PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS AND NON-23

PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense 24

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schools, secondary schools, postsecondary edu-1

cational institutions, and nonprofit organizations, to 2

support activities relating to the implementation of 3

the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017. 4

(3) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after 5

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 6

of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency shall 7

provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a 8

briefing on efforts made at all levels to build partner 9

defense institution and security force capacity pursu-10

ant to this section. 11

(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 12

(A) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of 13

Congress’’ includes— 14

(i) the Committee on Armed Services, 15

the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 16

Committee on Transportation and Infra-17

structure of the House of Representatives; 18

and 19

(ii) the Committee on Armed Services, 20

the Committee on Foreign Relations, and 21

the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 22

Transportation of the Senate. 23

(B) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and 24

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those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 1

and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 2

U.S.C. 7801). 3

(C) The term ‘‘military service academy’’ 4

means the following: 5

(i) The United States Military Acad-6

emy. 7

(ii) The United States Naval Acad-8

emy. 9

(iii) The United States Air Force 10

Academy. 11

(iv) The United States Coast Guard 12

Academy. 13

(D) The term ‘‘postsecondary educational 14

institution’’ has the meaning given that term in 15

section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 16

Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 17

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OFFERED BY MR. CROW OF COLORADO

At the appropriate place in title VIII, insert the fol-

lowing:

SEC. 8ll. ACQUISITION PRACTICES AND POLICIES AS-1

SESSMENT. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Defense Cli-3

mate Working Group established pursuant to Executive 4

Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7619, related to tackling the 5

climate crisis), in coordination with the Assistant Sec-6

retary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environ-7

ment, shall assess and develop recommendations for imple-8

menting, in regulations, the acquisition practices and poli-9

cies described in subsection (b) with respect to acquisitions 10

by the Department of Defense. 11

(b) ACQUISITION PRACTICES AND POLICIES.—The 12

practices and policies described in this subsection are— 13

(1) acquisition planning practices that promote 14

the acquisition of resource-efficient goods and serv-15

ices and that support innovation in environmental 16

technologies, including— 17

(A) weighing the cost savings and resource 18

and energy preservation of environmentally 19

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preferable goods or services against the speed 1

and uniformity of traditional goods or services 2

when identifying requirements or drafting the 3

statement of work; 4

(B) designing the technical specifications 5

that set product performance levels to diminish 6

greenhouse gas emissions; 7

(C) restricting the statement of work or 8

specifications to only environmentally preferable 9

goods or services where the quality, availability, 10

and price comparable to traditional goods or 11

services; 12

(D) engaging in public-private partnerships 13

with private sector and nonprofit institutions to 14

design, build, and fund low-carbon infrastruc-15

ture; and 16

(E) collaborating with local jurisdictions 17

surrounding military installations, with a focus 18

on military installations located in States with 19

established policies, guidance, and processes for 20

procuring goods and services in a manner that 21

minimizes environmental and social costs; 22

(2) source selection practices that promote the 23

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and that support innovation in environmental tech-1

nologies, including— 2

(A) considering any low-carbon or low-tox-3

icity criteria as competition factors on the basis 4

of which the award is made in addition to cost, 5

past performance, and quality factors; 6

(B) using accepted standards, emissions 7

data, certifications, and labels to verify the en-8

vironmental impact of a good or service and en-9

hance procurement efficiency; 10

(C) training acquisition professionals to 11

evaluate the credibility of certifications and la-12

bels purporting to convey information about the 13

environmental impact of a good or service; and 14

(D) considering all the costs of a good or 15

service that will be incurred throughout its life-16

time by calculating and measuring operating 17

costs, maintenance, end of life costs, and resid-18

ual value, including costs resulting from the 19

carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions as-20

sociated with the good or service; and 21

(3) consideration of the external economic, envi-22

ronmental, and social effects arising over the entire 23

life cycle of an acquisition when making acquisition 24

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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 1

of the enactment of this Act, the chair of the Department 2

of Defense Climate Working Group shall submit to the 3

congressional defense committees a report on the assess-4

ment conducted under subsection (a), which shall include 5

the recommendations developed under such subsection. 6

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 7

(1) ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE.—The 8

term ‘‘environmentally preferable’’, with respect to a 9

good or service, means that the good or service has 10

a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the 11

environment when compared with competing goods 12

or services that serve the same purpose. The com-13

parison may consider raw materials acquisition, pro-14

duction, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, 15

reuse, operation, maintenance, or disposal of the 16

good or service. 17

(2) RESOURCE-EFFICIENT GOODS AND SERV-18

ICES.—The term ‘‘resource-efficient goods and serv-19

ices’’ means goods and services— 20

(A) that use fewer resources than com-21

peting goods and services to serve the same 22

purposes or achieve the same or substantially 23

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(B) for which the negative environmental 1

impacts across the full life cycle of such goods 2

and services are minimized. 3

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OFFERED BY MR. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN OF

FLORIDA

At the appropriate place in title X, insert the fol-

lowing:

SEC. 10ll. INCLUSION IN COUNTERTERRORISM BRIEF-1

INGS OF INFORMATION ON USE OF MILITARY 2

FORCE IN COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE. 3

Section 485(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 4

amended— 5

(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-6

graph (5); and 7

(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-8

lowing new paragraph (4): 9

‘‘(4) A detailed overview of all instances of the 10

use of military force by Special Operations Forces 11

under the notion of the collective self-defense of for-12

eign partners that includes, for each such instance— 13

‘‘(A) the date, location, and duration of the 14

use of military force; 15

‘‘(B) an identification of any foreign forces 16

involved; 17

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‘‘(C) a description of the capabilities em-1

ployed; 2

‘‘(D) a description of the circumstances 3

that led to use of military force; and 4

‘‘(E) the operational authorities or execute 5

orders for the instance.’’. 6

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Amendment to H.R. 4350

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Offered by: Mr. Franklin

In the Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee Mark, strike LogID 72926

-- Report on Invocation of Collective Self-Defense by U.S. Special Operations Forces.



OFFERED BY MR. BROWN OF MARYLAND


lowing new section:

SEC. 5ll. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN 1

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT 2

REVIEW COMMISSION ON SEXUAL ASSAULT 3

IN THE MILITARY. 4

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 5

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6

of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-7

ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re-8

port on status of the implementation of the recommenda-9

tions specified in subsection (c). 10

(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 11

shall include the following: 12

(1) A description of the status of the implemen-13

tation of each recommendation specified in sub-14

section (c), including— 15

(A) whether, how, and to what extent the 16

recommendation has been implemented; 17

(B) any rules, regulations, policies, or 18

other guidance that have been issued, revised, 19

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changed, or cancelled as a result of the imple-1

mentation of the recommendation; and 2

(C) any impediments to the implementa-3

tion of the recommendation. 4

(2) For each recommendation specified in sub-5

section (c) that has not been fully implemented or 6

superseded by statute as of the date of the report, 7

a plan for the implementation of the recommenda-8

tion, including identification of— 9

(A) intermediate actions, milestone dates, 10

and the expected completion date for implemen-11

tation of the recommendation; and 12

(B) any rules, regulations, policies, or 13

other guidance that are expected to be issued, 14

revised, changed, or cancelled as a result of the 15

implementation of the recommendation. 16

(3) Any statutory changes identified as nec-17

essary to fully implement the recommendations spec-18

ified in subsection (c). 19

(c) RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFIED.—The rec-20

ommendations specified in this subsection are the fol-21

lowing, as set forth in the report of the Independent Re-22

view Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military titled 23

‘‘Hard Truths and the Duty to Change: Recommendations 24



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from the Independent Review Commission on Sexual As-1

sault in the Military’’, and dated July 2, 2021: 2

(1) Each recommendation under the heading 3

‘‘Line of Effort 1: Accountability’’ as set forth in 4

section III such report. 5


‘‘Line of Effort 2: Prevention’’ as set forth in sec-7

tion III such report. 8


‘‘Line of Effort 3: Climate and Culture’’ as set forth 10

in section III of such report. 11


‘‘Line of Effort 4: Victim Care and Support’’ as set 13

forth in section III of such report. 14

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Offered by: Ms. Slotkin of Michigan

In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following

new Directive Report Language:

Briefing on Efforts of Extremist Organizations to Recruit Members of the Armed

Forces

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing not later than

March 1, 2022 to the Congressional Defense Committees on all studies, including

status reports and initial findings from any ongoing studies, regarding the efforts of

extremist organizations to recruit members of the Armed forces (including the

reserve components).

Within 180 days of providing this briefing, and provided that the Department of

Defense concludes that extremist organizations are attempting to recruit members

of the armed forces, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a follow-on briefing to

the Congressional Defense Committees regarding how the Department is

addressing this threat.



OFFERED BY MS. SPEIER OF CALIFORNIA

In the appropriate place in title VII, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 7ll. PLAN TO ADDRESS FINDINGS RELATED TO AC-1

CESS TO CONTRACEPTION FOR MEMBERS OF 2

THE ARMED FORCES. 3

(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense (in 4

coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-5

ments) shall develop and implement a plan to address the 6

findings of the report of the Department of Defense on 7

the status of implementation of guidance for ensuring ac-8

cess to contraception published in response to pages 155 9

through 156 of the report of the Committee on Armed 10

Services of the House of Representatives accompanying 11

H.R. 6395 of the 116th Congress (H. Rept. 116-617). 12

(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a) shall 13

address— 14

(1) the barriers and challenges to implementa-15

tion identified in the report of the Department speci-16

fied in such subsection; and 17

(2) the inability of certain members of the 18

Armed Forces to access their preferred method of 19

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contraception and have ongoing access during de-1

ployment. 2

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 3

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 4

to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 5

the plan under subsection (a) and any progress made pur-6

suant to such plan. 7

(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 8

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-9

gressional committees’’ means— 10

(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 11

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 12

the House of Representatives; and 13

(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 14

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-15

tation of the Senate. 16

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Offered by: Mr. Moore of Utah



Afghanistan Intelligence Assessment

“The committee directs the Secretary of the Defense to submit a report to the House

Armed Services Committee no later than March 1, 2022, on the effectiveness of the

production and communication of the intelligence and other information provided by

the Department of Defense relating to the withdrawal of United States troops from

Afghanistan. The assessment shall include an analysis on how intelligence officials

could have improved all-source intelligence direction, collection, processing,

exploitation, and dissemination as circumstances in Afghanistan changed in

response to the U.S. announcement of a withdrawal of U.S. military personnel and

the implementation of the withdrawal plans; and recommendations on how to

improve intelligence direction, collection, processing, exploitation, and

dissemination relating to future military withdrawals in regions with terrorist or

hostile military threats to better inform policymaking.”



OFFERED BY MS. CHENEY OF WYOMING

Add at the appropriate place in title VII the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 7ll. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NATIONAL WARRIOR 1

CALL DAY. 2

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 3

(1) Establishing an annual ‘‘National Warrior 4

Call Day’’ will draw attention to those members of 5

the Armed Forces whose connection to one another 6

is key to our veterans and first responders who may 7

be dangerously disconnected from family, friends, 8

and support systems. 9

(2) The number of suicides of members of the 10

Armed Forces serving on active duty increased to 11

377 in 2020, a figure up from 348 the previous 12

year. 13

(3) The epidemic of veteran suicide has steadily 14

increased since 2014 with 6,435 veterans taking 15

their own lives in 2018. 16

(4) After adjusting for sex and age, the rate of 17

veteran suicide in 2018 was 27.5 per 100,000 indi-18

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viduals, higher than the rate among all United 1

States adults at 18.3. 2

(5) More veterans have died by suicide in the 3

last 10 years than members of the Armed Forces 4

who died from combat in Vietnam. 5

(6) Roughly two-thirds of these veterans who 6

take their own lives have had no contact with the 7

Department of Veterans Affairs. 8

(7) The COVID-19 pandemic has only in-9

creased isolation and disconnection, further exacer-10

bating mental and physical ailments such as post- 11

traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain in-12

jury. 13

(8) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-14

vention note that law enforcement officers and fire-15

fighters are more likely to die by suicide than in the 16

line of duty, and emergency medical services pro-17

viders are 1.39 times more likely to die by suicide 18

than members of the general public. 19

(9) Invisible wounds linked to an underlying 20

and undiagnosed traumatic brain injury can mirror 21

many mental health conditions, a problem that can 22

be addressed through connections to members of the 23

Armed Forces and veterans who can better identify 24

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(10) Urgent research is needed to highlight the 1

connection between traumatic brain injury as a root 2

cause of invisible wounds and suicide by members of 3

the Armed Forces and veterans. 4

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-5

gress that Congress— 6

(1) supports the designation of a ‘‘National 7

Warrior Call Day’’; 8

(2) encourages all Americans, especially mem-9

bers of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and 10

veterans, to call up a warrior, have an honest con-11

versation, and connect them with support, under-12

standing that making a warrior call could save a life; 13

and 14

(3) implores all Americans to recommit them-15

selves to engaging with members of the Armed 16

Forces through ‘‘National Warrior Call Day’’ and 17

constructive efforts that result in solutions and 18

treatment for the invisible scars they carry. 19

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Offered by: Mr. Bergman of Michigan

In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following new

Directive Report Language:

[United States Contributions to Multilateral and International Organizations]

The committee believes that U.S. support for multilateral and international

organizations is critical to national security. A wide diversity of multilateral and international

organizations are aligned with the United States’ national interest. However, the committee

wishes to become better informed on the extent to which U.S. funding contributions to those

organizations are aligned with the strategic objectives identified by the National Defense

Strategy.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the

Secretary of State, to provide a report, not later than March 31, 2022, to the House Committee on

Armed Services, with the following information:

(1) the aggregate amount of the United States’ monetary contributions to multilateral and

international organizations and the amount of such contributions toward purposes that are

aligned with the strategic objectives of the National Defense Strategy; and

(2) analysis relating to:

a. the progress or record of achievement of each recipient organization regarding

the purposes aligned with the strategic objectives of the National Defense Strategy that

are associated with the United States’ contributions;

b. any demonstrable proof of fraud, waste, or abuse in connection with such

contributions; and

c. whether U.S. contributions received by each such organization were in turn

provided directly or indirectly to: the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation,

the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the

Syrian Arab Republic, the Taliban, or any organization designated as a foreign terrorist

organization pursuant to section 210 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 19

1189).



OFFERED BY MS. SHERRILL OF NEW JERSEY


lowing:

SEC. 8ll. PLAN TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON SUPPLIES AND 1

MATERIALS FROM ADVERSARIES IN THE DE-2

FENSE SUPPLY CHAIN. 3

(a) RELIANCE REDUCTION PLAN.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 5

coordination with the Secretary of State, shall de-6

velop and implement a plan to— 7

(A) partner with covered private sector en-8

tities and partner countries and allies of the 9

United States to reduce the reliance of the 10

United States on covered supplies and materials 11

obtained from sources located in geographic 12

areas controlled by foreign adversaries; and 13

(B) mitigate the risks to national security 14

and the defense supply chain arising from the 15

reliance of the United States on covered sup-16

plies and materials that cannot be acquired in 17

sufficient quantities to meet the needs of major 18

end items without procuring covered supplies 19

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and materials from sources located in geo-1

graphic areas controlled by foreign adversaries. 2

(2) CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary of De-3

fense shall consider the determinations made under 4

paragraph (3) when developing the plan under para-5

graph (1). 6

(3) SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS SOURCE DETER-7

MINATIONS.—Before developing the plan under 8

paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense, in coordi-9

nation with Secretary of State, shall determine— 10

(A) the covered supplies and materials for 11

which a source is located in a geographic area 12

controlled by a foreign adversary; 13

(B) the covered supplies and materials de-14

scribed in subparagraph (A) that may be ac-15

quired from sources located domestically or in 16

geographic areas controlled by partner countries 17

or allies of the United States in sufficient quan-18

tities to— 19

(i) reduce the reliance of the Depart-20

ment on covered supplies and materials de-21

scribed in subparagraph (A); and 22

(ii) increase the resiliency of the de-23

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(C) the difference in cost to acquire cov-1

ered supplies and materials described in sub-2

paragraph (A) from sources located domesti-3

cally or in geographic areas controlled by part-4

ner countries or allies of the United States, if 5

available; and 6

(D) the covered supplies and materials de-7

scribed in subparagraph (A) that cannot be ac-8

quired in sufficient quantities to meet the needs 9

of major end items without sources located in 10

geographic areas controlled by foreign adver-11

saries. 12

(b) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the en-13

actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 14

to the appropriate congressional committees a report de-15

scribing— 16

(1) the determinations made under subsection 17

(a)(3); 18

(2) the plan required under subsection (a)(1). 19

(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 20

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-21

TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-22

mittees’’ means the following: 23

(A) The Committee on Armed Services of 24

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(B) The Committee on Armed Services of 1

the Senate. 2

(C) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of 3


(D) The Committee on Foreign Relations 5

of the Senate. 6

(2) COVERED PRIVATE SECTOR ENTITY.—The 7

term ‘‘covered private sector entity’’ means a private 8

sector entity able to provide, or facilitate the acquisi-9

tion of, covered supplies and materials from domes-10

tic sources or sources located in geographic areas 11

controlled by partner countries or allies of the 12

United States. 13

(3) COVERED SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.— 14

(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 15

subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘covered supplies 16

and materials’’— 17

(i) means— 18

(I) critical safety systems and 19

subsystems; 20

(II) assemblies and subassemblies 21

integral to a system or subsystem; 22

and 23

(III) repair, maintenance, logis-24

tics support, and overhaul services for 25



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systems, subsystems, assemblies, sub-1

assemblies, and parts integral to a 2

systems; and 3

(ii) includes systems, subsystems, as-4

semblies, subassemblies, and parts de-5

scribed in clause (i) acquired with respect 6

to commercial items (as defined under sec-7

tion 2.101 of title 48, Code of Federal 8

Regulations) and non-commercial items. 9

(B) CERTAIN STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL 10

MATERIALS EXCLUDED.—The term ‘‘covered 11

supplies and materials’’ does not include any 12

strategic and critical materials (as defined 13

under section 12 of the Strategic and Critical 14

Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h-3)) 15

with respect to which the Secretary includes an 16

appropriate reduction plan in a report required 17

under section 14 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 98h- 18

5). 19

(4) FOREIGN ADVERSARY.—The term ‘‘foreign 20

adversary’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-21

tion 8(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications 22

Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)). 23

(5) MAJOR END ITEM.—The term ‘‘major end 24

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traceability requirement at any time in the life cycle 1

of such item under Department of Defense Instruc-2

tion 8320.04, titled ‘‘Item Unique Identification 3

(IUID) Standards for Tangible Personal Property’’ 4

and dated September 3, 2015, or any successor in-5

struction. 6

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lowing:

SEC. 5ll. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT OF 1

HOUSING HISTORY FOR MEMBERS OF THE 2

ARMED FORCES WHO RESIDE IN HOUSING 3

PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES. 4

(a) STUDY; REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 5

2022, the Secretary of Defense shall— 6

(1) conduct a feasibility study regarding the es-7

tablishment of a standard record of housing history 8

for members of the Armed Forces who reside in cov-9

ered housing; and 10

(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 11

committees a report on the results of such study. 12

(b) CONTENTS.—A record described in subsection (a) 13

includes, with regards to each period during which the 14

member concerned resided in covered housing, the fol-15

lowing: 16

(1) The assessment of the commander of the 17

military installation in which such housing is lo-18

cated, of the condition of such covered housing— 19

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(A) prior to the beginning of such period; 1

and 2

(B) in which the member concerned left 3

such covered housing upon vacating such cov-4

ered housing. 5

(2) Contact information a housing provider may 6

use to inquire about such a record. 7

(c) ONLINE ACCESS.—A record described in sub-8

section (a) would be accessible through a website, main-9

tained by the Secretary of the military department con-10

cerned, through which a member of the Armed Forces 11

under the jurisdiction of such Secretary may access such 12

record of such member. 13

(d) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary concerned would issue 14

a copy of a described in subsection (a) to the member con-15

cerned upon the separation, retirement, discharge, or dis-16

missal of such member from the Armed Forces, with the 17

DD Form 214 for such member. 18

(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 19

(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-20


(A) The Committee on Armed Services of 22


(B) The Committee on Armed Services of 24

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(C) The Committee on Transportation and 1

Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. 2

(D) The Committee on Commerce, Science, 3

and Transportation of the Senate. 4

(2) The term ‘‘covered housing’’ means housing 5

provided by the United States to a member of the 6

Armed Forces. 7

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OFFERED BY MR. JACKSON OF TEXAS

At the appropriate place in title IX, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 9ll. REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE TO 1

OVERSEE SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CHI-2

NESE MILITARY COMPANIES. 3



of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-6

ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re-7

port on the feasibility of establishing an office within the 8

Department of Defense to oversee sanctions with respect 9

to Chinese military companies. 10

(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 11

shall include, at a minimum, the following: 12

(1) An explanation of where in the organiza-13

tional structure of the Department such an office 14

should be established. 15

(2) An assessment any benefits and drawbacks 16

that may result from— 17

(A) establishing such an office; and 18

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(B) making oversight of sanctions with re-1

spect to Chinese military companies an internal 2

responsibility of the Department. 3

(c) CHINESE MILITARY COMPANY DEFINED.—In this 4

section, the term ‘‘Chinese military company’’ has the 5

meaning given that term in section 1260H(d) of the Wil-6

liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-7

tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 8

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OFFERED BY MR. LAMBORN OF COLORADO

At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 7ll. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROCEDURES FOR 1

EXEMPTIONS FROM MANDATORY COVID–19 2

VACCINES. 3

(a) EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 4

establish uniform procedures under which covered mem-5

bers may be exempted from receiving an otherwise man-6

dated COVID–19 vaccine for administrative, medical, or 7

religious reasons, including on the basis of possessing an 8

antibody test result demonstrating previous COVID–19 9

infection. 10

(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 11

(1) The term ‘‘covered member’’ means a mem-12

ber of an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the 13

Secretary of a military department. 14

(2) The term ‘‘COVID–19 vaccine’’ means any 15

vaccine for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID– 16

19), including any subsequent booster shot for 17

COVID–19. 18

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OFFERED BY MR. GALLEGO OF ARIZONA

At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the fol-

lowing:

SEC. 12l. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 1

It is the sense of Congress that— 2

(1) South Korea continues to be a critical ally 3

of the United States; 4

(2) the presence of United States Armed Forces 5

in South Korea serves as a strong deterrent against 6

North Korean military aggression and as a critical 7

support platform for national security engagements 8

in the Indo-Pacific region; 9

(3) the presence of approximately 28,500 mem-10

bers of the United States Armed Forces deployed to 11

South Korea serves not only as a stabilizing force to 12

the Korean peninsula but also as a reassurance to 13

all our allies in the region; and 14

(4) the United States should continue to— 15

(A) maintain and strengthen its bilateral 16

relationship with South Korea and with other 17

regional allies such as Japan; and 18

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(B) maintain its existing robust military 1

presence in South Korea to deter aggression 2

against the United States and its allies and 3

partners. 4

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OFFERED BY Ml. llllll


lowing new section:

SEC. 7ll. AUTHORIZATION OF PROVISION OF INSTRUC-1

TION AT UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY 2

OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES TO CERTAIN FED-3

ERAL EMPLOYEES. 4

Section 2114(h) of title 10, United States Code, is 5

amended— 6

(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’ and 7

inserting ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Defense, in coordi-8

nation with the Secretary of Health and Human 9

Services and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,’’; 10

and 11

(2) by adding at the end the following new 12

paragraph: 13

‘‘(2)(A) A covered employee whose employment or 14

service with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Public 15

Health Service, or Coast Guard (as applicable) is in a posi-16

tion relevant to national security or health sciences may 17

receive instruction at the University within the scope of 18

such employment or service. 19

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‘‘(B) If a covered employee receives instruction at the 1

University pursuant to subparagraph (A), the head of the 2

Federal agency concerned shall reimburse the University 3

for the cost of providing such instruction to the covered 4

employee. Amounts received by the University under this 5

subparagraph shall be retained by the University to defray 6

the costs of such instruction. 7

‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e) 8

and subsection (i), the head of the Federal agency con-9

cerned shall determine the service obligations of the cov-10

ered employee receiving instruction at the University pur-11

suant to subparagraph (A) in accordance with applicable 12

law. 13

‘‘(D) In this paragraph— 14

‘‘(i) the term ‘covered employee’ means an em-15

ployee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a ci-16

vilian employee of the Public Health Service, a mem-17

ber of the commissioned corps of the Public Health 18

Service, a member of the Coast Guard, or a civilian 19

employee of the Coast Guard; and 20

‘‘(ii) the term ‘head of the Federal agency con-21

cerned’ means the head of the Federal agency that 22

employs, or has jurisdiction over the uniformed serv-23

ice of, a covered employee permitted to receive in-24

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in the relevant position described in such subpara-1

graph.’’. 2

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OFFERED BY MS. JACOBS OF CALIFORNIA


lowing:

SEC. 5ll. PUBLIC-PRIVATE CONSORTIUM TO IMPROVE 1

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION. 2

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, 3

acting through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 4

and in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense 5

for Personnel and Readiness, may establish and maintain 6

a public-private consortium (referred to in this section as 7

the ‘‘Consortium’’) to improve and broaden professional 8

military education for military officers and civilian em-9

ployees of the Federal Government. 10

(b) DIRECTORS.— 11

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President of the Na-12

tional Defense University and the head of a civilian 13

institution of higher education appointed in accord-14

ance with paragraph (3) shall serve as co-directors 15

of the Consortium. 16

(2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF CO-DIRECTORS.—The 17

co-directors shall be responsible for— 18

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(A) the administration and management of 1

the Consortium; and 2

(B) developing a common curriculum for 3

professional military education using input re-4

ceived from members of the Consortium. 5

(3) APPOINTMENT OF CO-DIRECTOR FROM CI-6

VILIAN INSTITUTION.—Not later than June 1, 2022, 7

the Secretary of Defense shall appoint an individual 8

who is the President or Chancellor of a civilian insti-9

tution of higher education to serve as co-director of 10

the Consortium as described in paragraph (1). 11

(4) TERM OF CO-DIRECTOR.—The co-director 12

appointed under paragraph (3) shall serve an initial 13

term of five years. The Secretary of Defense may re-14

appoint such co-director for one or more additional 15

terms of not more than five years, as the Secretary 16

determines appropriate. 17

(5) AUTHORITY.—In the event that a conflict 18

arises between co-directors of the Consortium, the 19

conflict shall be resolved by the Director for Joint 20

Force Development of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J– 21

7). 22

(c) ACTIVITIES OF CONSORTIUM.—The Consortium 23

shall carry out the following activities: 24



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(1) Bring the military education system (includ-1

ing military service academies, institutions that pro-2

vide professional military education, and other insti-3

tutions the provide military education) together with 4

a broad group of civilian institutions of higher edu-5

cation, policy research institutes, and the commercial 6

sector to develop and continually update a research- 7

based curriculum to prepare early career, mid-ca-8

reer, and senior military officers and civilian employ-9

ees of the Federal Government to succeed in an era 10

that will be predominantly defined by great power 11

competition and in which security challenges will 12

transcend the traditional areas of defense expertise, 13

becoming more complex and inter-related than be-14

fore, with disruptions that will manifest rapidly and 15

with little warning. 16

(2) Train military officers and civilian edu-17

cators serving in the joint professional military edu-18

cation system to implement the curriculum developed 19

under paragraph (2) at the institutions they serve. 20

(3) On a regular basis, make recommendations 21

to the Secretary about how the joint professional 22

military education system should be modified to 23

meet the challenges of apparent or possible future 24



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defense, national security, and international environ-1

ments. 2

(d) MEMBERS.—The Consortium shall be composed 3

of representatives selected by the Secretary of Defense 4

from the following organizations: 5

(1) Organizations within the joint professional 6

military education system. 7

(2) Military service academies. 8

(3) Other institutions of the Federal Govern-9

ment that provide military education. 10

(4) Civilian institutions of higher education. 11

(5) Private sector and government policy re-12

search institutes. 13

(6) Organizations in the commercial sector, in-14

cluding organizations from the industrial, finance, 15

and technology sectors. 16

(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 17

2023, and annually thereafter, the co-directors of the Con-18

sortium shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the 19

appropriate congressional committees a report that de-20

scribes the activities carried out by the Consortium during 21

the preceding year. 22

(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 23


mittees’’ means— 25



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(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 1

the Committee on Transportation and Infra-2

structure of the House of Representatives; and 3

(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 4

the Committee on the Environment and Public 5

Works of the Senate. 6

(2) The term ‘‘civilian institution of higher edu-7

cation’’ means an institution of higher education (as 8

defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act 9

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that is not owned or con-10

trolled by the Federal Government. 11

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OFFERED BY MR. BROWN OF MARYLAND


lowing new section:

SEC. 5ll. SURVEYS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLU-1

SION AND ANNUAL REPORTS ON SEXUAL AS-2

SAULTS AND RACIAL AND ETHNIC DEMO-3

GRAPHICS IN THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYS-4

TEM. 5

(a) MODIFICATION OF CONTENT OF CERTAIN SUR-6

VEYS.— 7

(1) ARMED FORCES SURVEYS.—Section 481 of 8

title 10, United States Code, is amended— 9

(A) in subsection (a)— 10

(i) in paragraph (1) by striking the 11

second sentence; 12

(ii) in paragraph (3) by striking 13

‘‘Equal Opportunity’’ and inserting ‘‘Di-14

versity, Equity, and Inclusion’’; 15

(B) in subsection (b)— 16

(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-17

ing ‘‘EQUAL OPPORTUNITY’’ and inserting 18

‘‘DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION’’; 19

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(ii) in the matter preceding paragraph 1

(1), by striking ‘‘Equal Opportunity’’ and 2

inserting ‘‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclu-3

sion’’; and 4

(iii) by adding at the end the fol-5

lowing new paragraphs: 6

‘‘(4) Identifying and assessing the extent of ac-7

tivity among such members that may be seen as 8

‘hate group’ activity. 9

‘‘(5) Whether respondents have, in the pre-10

ceding year— 11

‘‘(A) experienced or witnessed extremist, 12

racist, anti-Semitic, or supremacist activity in 13

the workplace; or 14

‘‘(B) reported such activity.’’; 15

(C) in subsection (c)— 16

(i) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 17

paragraph (6); and 18

(ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) 19

the following new paragraph: 20

‘‘(5) Identifying and assessing the extent of ac-21

tivity among such members that may be seen as 22

‘hate group’ activity.’’; 23

(D) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-24

section (g); and 25



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(E) by inserting after subsection (e) the 1

following new subsection: 2

‘‘(f) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of Defense 3

shall— 4

‘‘(1) publish on an appropriate publicly avail-5

able website of the Department of Defense the re-6

ports required by subsection (e); and 7

‘‘(2) ensure that any data included with each 8

such report is made available in a machine-readable 9

format that is downloadable, searchable, and sort-10

able.’’. 11

(2) CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE SURVEYS.—Section 12

481a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 13

(A) in subsection (b)— 14

(i) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 15


(ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) 17

the following new paragraphs: 18

‘‘(5) Identifying and assessing the extent (if 19

any) of activity among such employees that may be 20

seen as so-called ‘hate group’ activity. 21

‘‘(6) Whether respondents have, in the pre-22

ceding year— 23



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‘‘(A) experienced or witnessed extremist, 1

racist, anti-Semitic, or supremacist activity in 2

the workplace; or 3

‘‘(B) reported such activity.’’; and 4

(B) by adding at the end the following new 5

subsection: 6

‘‘(e) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of Defense 7

shall— 8



ports required by subsection (c); and 11




able.’’. 15

(3) PREVALENCE OF OFFENSES UNDER THE 16

UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.—Section 17

481(b) of title 10, United States Code, as amended 18

by paragraph (1) of this subsection, is further 19

amended by adding at the end the following new 20

paragraphs: 21

‘‘(6) An estimate of the total number of of-22

fenses committed under each punitive article under 23

chapter 47 of this title (the Uniform Code of Mili-24

tary Justice) over the period covered by the survey. 25



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‘‘(7) For each category of offense identified 1

under paragraph (6)— 2

‘‘(A) an estimate of the racial, ethnic, gen-3

der, age, and rank demographics of principals; 4

and 5

‘‘(B) an estimate of the racial, ethnic, gen-6

der, age, and rank demographics of victims.’’. 7

(4) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 593 of the 8


2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1415; 10 10

U.S.C. 480 note prec.) is repealed. 11

(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 12

(A) The amendments made by paragraphs 13

(1) and (2) shall take effect on the day after 14

the date of the enactment of this Act. 15

(B) The amendments made by paragraph 16

(3) shall take effect on January 1, 2023. 17

(b) ANNUAL REPORTS ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC DE-18

MOGRAPHICS IN THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM.— 19

(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 23 of title 10, 20

United States Code, is amended by inserting after 21

section 485 the following new section: 22



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‘‘§ 486. Annual reports on racial and ethnic demo-1

graphics in the military justice system 2

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 of each 3

year, the Secretary of each military department shall sub-4

mit to the Secretary of Defense a report on racial, ethnic, 5

and gender demographics in the military justice system 6

during the preceding year. In the case of the Secretary 7

of the Navy, separate reports shall be prepared for the 8

Navy and for the Marine Corps. In the case of the Sec-9

retary of the Air Force, separate reports shall be prepared 10

for the Air Force and for the Space Force. 11

‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The report of a Secretary of a 12

military department for an armed force under subsection 13

(a) shall contain the following: 14

‘‘(1) Statistics on offenses under chapter 47 of 15

this title (the Uniform Code of Military Justice) dur-16

ing the year covered by the report, including: 17

‘‘(A) an estimate based on survey data 18

from the armed forces Workplace and Diversity, 19

Equity, and Inclusion Surveys of the number of 20

offenses committed by members of the armed 21

force, disaggregated by— 22

‘‘(i) statistical category as related to 23

the victim; and 24

‘‘(ii) statistical category as related to 25

the principal; 26



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‘‘(B) the number of offenses in the armed 1

force that were reported to military officials, 2

disaggregated by— 3

‘‘(i) statistical category as related to 4

the victim; and 5

‘‘(ii) statistical category as related to 6

the principal; 7

‘‘(C) the number of offenses in the armed 8

force that were investigated, disaggregated by 9

statistical category as related to the principal; 10

‘‘(D) the number of offenses in which the 11

evidence supported possible action by the De-12

partment, disaggregated by statistical category 13

as related to the principal; 14

‘‘(E) the number of offenses in which ad-15

ministrative action was imposed, disaggregated 16

by statistical category as related to the prin-17

cipal and each type of administrative action im-18

posed; 19

‘‘(F) the number of offenses in which non- 20

judicial punishment was imposed under section 21

815 of this title (article 15 of the Uniform Code 22

of Military Justice), disaggregated by statistical 23

category as related to the principal; 24



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‘‘(G) the number of offenses in which 1

charges were preferred, disaggregated by statis-2

tical category as related to the principal; 3

‘‘(H) the number of offenses in which 4

charges were referred to court-martial, 5

disaggregated by statistical category as related 6

to the principal and type of court-martial; 7

‘‘(I) the number of offenses which resulted 8

in conviction at court-martial, disaggregated by 9

statistical category as related to the principal 10

and type of court-martial; and 11

‘‘(J) the number of offenses which resulted 12

in acquittal at court-martial, disaggregated by 13

statistical category as related to the principal 14

and type of court-martial. 15

‘‘(2) An analysis of any disparities among race, 16

gender, and ethnicity in the incidence, reporting, dis-17

position, and prosecution of offenses by units, com-18

mands, and installations during the year covered by 19

the report, including trends relating to— 20

‘‘(A) the prosecution of offenses; and 21

‘‘(B) the prevalence of offenses, set forth 22

separately for— 23

‘‘(i) each installation with 5,000 or 24

more servicemembers; 25



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‘‘(ii) the major career fields of any in-1

dividuals involved in such incidents, includ-2

ing the fields of combat arms, aviation, lo-3

gistics, maintenance, administration, and 4

medical; 5

‘‘(iii) in the case of the Navy, the 6

operational status (whether sea duty or 7

shore duty) of any individuals involved in 8

such incidents. 9

‘‘(3) The policies, procedures, and processes im-10

plemented by the Secretary concerned during the 11

year covered by the report in response to any race, 12

gender, or ethnicity disparities involving members of 13

the armed force concerned. 14

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 15

‘‘(1) The term ‘statistical category’ means each 16

of the following categories: 17

‘‘(A) race; 18

‘‘(B) gender; 19

‘‘(C) ethnicity; 20

‘‘(D) rank; and 21

‘‘(E) offense enumerated under chapter 47 22

of this title (the Uniform Code of Military Jus-23

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‘‘(2) The term ‘principal’ has the meaning given 1

that term in section 877 of this title (article 77 of 2

the Uniform Code of Military Justice). 3

‘‘(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 4

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 30 of 5

each year in which the Secretary of Defense receives 6

reports under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-7

fense shall forward the reports to the appropriate 8

congressional committees, together with— 9

‘‘(A) an assessment of the information 10

submitted to the Secretary pursuant to sub-11

section (b)(3); 12

‘‘(B) such other assessments on the re-13

ports as the Assistant Inspector General estab-14

lished under section 554 of the William M. 15

(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-16

tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 17

116–283) considers appropriate; and 18

‘‘(C) such other assessments on the reports 19

as the Secretary of Defense considers appro-20

priate. 21

‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-22

TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap-23

propriate congressional committees’ means— 24



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‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services, 1


Transportation, and the Committee on Vet-3

erans’ Affairs of the Senate; and 4

‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services, 5


structure, and the Committee on Veterans’ Af-7

fairs of the House of Representatives. 8


shall— 10



ports required by subsections (a) and (d); and 13




able.’’. 17

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-18

tions at the beginning of chapter 23 of such title is 19

amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-20

tion 485 the following new item: 21

‘‘486. Annual reports on racial and ethnic demographics in the military justice

system.’’.

(c) ANNUAL REPORTS ON SEXUAL ASSAULTS.— 22


United States Code, as amended by section 3, is fur-24



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ther amended by inserting after section 486 the fol-1

lowing new section: 2

‘‘§ 487. Annual reports on sexual assaults 3

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 of each 4

year, the Secretary of each military department shall sub-5

mit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the sexual 6

assaults involving members of the armed forces under the 7

jurisdiction of that Secretary during the preceding year. 8

In the case of the Secretary of the Navy, separate reports 9

shall be prepared for the Navy and for the Marine Corps. 10

In the case of the Secretary of the Air Force, separate 11

reports shall be prepared for the Air Force and for the 12

Space Force. 13

‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The report of a Secretary of a 14

military department for an armed force under subsection 15

(a) shall contain the following: 16

‘‘(1) The number of sexual assaults committed 17

against members of the armed force that were re-18

ported to military officials during the year covered 19

by the report, and the number of the cases so re-20

ported that were substantiated. 21

‘‘(2) The number of sexual assaults committed 22

by members of the armed force that were reported 23

to military officials during the year covered by the 24

report, and the number of the cases so reported that 25



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were substantiated. The information required by this 1

paragraph may not be combined with the informa-2

tion required by paragraph (1). 3

‘‘(3) A synopsis of each such substantiated 4

case, organized by offense, and, for each such case, 5

the race and ethnicity of the victim and accused, the 6

action taken in the case, including the type of dis-7

ciplinary or administrative sanction imposed, if any, 8

including courts-martial sentences, nonjudicial pun-9

ishments administered by commanding officers pur-10

suant to section 815 of this title (article 15 of the 11

Uniform Code of Military Justice), and administra-12

tive separations. 13

‘‘(4) The policies, procedures, and processes im-14

plemented by the Secretary concerned during the 15

year covered by the report in response to incidents 16

of sexual assault involving members of the armed 17

force concerned. 18

‘‘(5) The number of substantiated sexual as-19

sault cases in which the victim is a deployed member 20

of the armed forces and the assailant is a foreign 21

national, and the policies, procedures, and processes 22

implemented by the Secretary concerned to monitor 23

the investigative processes and disposition of such 24



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cases and any actions taken to eliminate any gaps 1

in investigating and adjudicating such cases. 2

‘‘(6) A description of the implementation of the 3

accessibility plan implemented pursuant to section 4

596(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 5

for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 10 6

U.S.C. 1561 note), including a description of the 7

steps taken during that year to ensure that trained 8

personnel, appropriate supplies, and transportation 9

resources are accessible to deployed units in order to 10

provide an appropriate and timely response in any 11

case of reported sexual assault in a deployed unit, 12

location, or environment. 13

‘‘(7) The number of applications submitted 14

under section 673 of title 10, United States Code, 15

during the year covered by the report for a perma-16

nent change of station or unit transfer for members 17

of the armed forces on active duty who are the vic-18

tim of a sexual assault or related offense, the num-19

ber of applications denied, and, for each application 20

denied, a description of the reasons why the applica-21

tion was denied. 22

‘‘(8) An analysis and assessment of trends in 23

the incidence, disposition, and prosecution of sexual 24

assaults by units, commands, and installations dur-25



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ing the year covered by the report, including trends 1

relating to— 2

‘‘(A) the prosecution of incidents and 3

avoidance of incidents; and 4

‘‘(B) the prevalence of incidents, set forth 5

separately for— 6

‘‘(i) each installation with 5,000 or 7

more servicemembers; 8

‘‘(ii) the major career fields of any in-9

dividuals involved in such incidents, includ-10

ing the fields of combat arms, aviation, lo-11

gistics, maintenance, administration, and 12

medical; and 13

‘‘(iii) in the case of the Navy, the 14

operational status (whether sea duty or 15

shore duty) of any individuals involved in 16

such incidents. 17

‘‘(9) An assessment of the adequacy of sexual 18

assault prevention and response activities carried out 19

by training commands during the year covered by 20

the report. 21

‘‘(10) An analysis of the specific factors that 22

may have contributed to sexual assault during the 23

year covered by the report, an assessment of the role 24

of such factors in contributing to sexual assaults 25



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during that year, and recommendations for mecha-1

nisms to eliminate or reduce the incidence of such 2

factors or their contributions to sexual assaults. 3

‘‘(11) An analysis of the disposition of the most 4

serious offenses occurring during sexual assaults 5

committed by members of the armed force during 6

the year covered by the report, as identified in unre-7

stricted reports of sexual assault by any members of 8

the armed forces, including the numbers of reports 9

identifying offenses that were disposed of by each of 10

the following: 11

‘‘(A) Conviction by court-martial, including 12

a separate statement of the most serious charge 13

preferred and the most serious charge for which 14

convicted. 15

‘‘(B) Acquittal of all charges at court-mar-16

tial. 17

‘‘(C) Non-judicial punishment under sec-18

tion 815 of this title (article 15 of the Uniform 19

Code of Military Justice). 20

‘‘(D) Administrative action, including by 21

each type of administrative action imposed. 22

‘‘(E) Dismissal of all charges, including by 23

reason for dismissal and by stage of pro-24

ceedings in which dismissal occurred. 25



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‘‘(12) Information on each claim of retaliation 1

in connection with a report of sexual assault in the 2

armed force made by or against a member of such 3

armed force as follows: 4

‘‘(A) A narrative description of each com-5

plaint. 6

‘‘(B) The nature of such complaint, includ-7

ing whether the complainant claims professional 8

or social retaliation. 9

‘‘(C) The gender of the complainant. 10

‘‘(D) The gender of the individual claimed 11

to have committed the retaliation. 12

‘‘(E) The nature of the relationship be-13

tween the complainant and the individual 14

claimed to have committed the retaliation. 15

‘‘(F) The nature of the relationship, if any, 16

between the individual alleged to have com-17

mitted the sexual assault concerned and the in-18

dividual claimed to have committed the retalia-19

tion. 20

‘‘(G) The official or office that received the 21

complaint. 22

‘‘(H) The organization that investigated or 23

is investigating the complaint. 24



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‘‘(I) The current status of the investiga-1

tion. 2

‘‘(J) If the investigation is complete, a de-3

scription of the results of the investigation, in-4

cluding whether the results of the investigation 5

were provided to the complainant. 6

‘‘(K) If the investigation determined that 7

retaliation occurred, whether the retaliation was 8

an offense under chapter 47 of this title (the 9

Uniform Code of Military Justice). 10

‘‘(13) Information and data collected through 11

formal and informal reports of sexual harassment in-12

volving members of the armed forces during the year 13

covered by the report, as follows: 14

‘‘(A) The number of substantiated and un-15

substantiated reports. 16

‘‘(B) A synopsis of each substantiated re-17

port, including the race and ethnicity of the vic-18

tim and accused. 19

‘‘(C) The action taken in the case of each 20

substantiated report, including the type of dis-21

ciplinary or administrative sanction imposed, if 22

any, such as— 23

‘‘(i) conviction and sentence by court- 24

martial; 25



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‘‘(ii) imposition of non-judicial punish-1

ment under section 815 of this title (article 2

15 of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-3

tice); or 4

‘‘(iii) administrative separation or 5

other type of administrative action im-6

posed. 7

‘‘(14) Information and data collected during the 8

year covered by the report on each reported incident 9

involving the non-consensual distribution by a person 10

subject to chapter 47 of this title (the Uniform Code 11

of Military Justice), of a private sexual image of an-12

other person, including the following: 13

‘‘(A) The number of substantiated and un-14

substantiated reports. 15

‘‘(B) A synopsis of each substantiated re-16

port. 17

‘‘(C) The action taken in the case of each 18

substantiated report, including the type of dis-19

ciplinary or administrative sanction imposed, if 20

any, such as— 21

‘‘(i) conviction and sentence by court- 22

martial; 23

‘‘(ii) imposition of non-judicial punish-24

ment under section 815 this title (article 25



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15 of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-1

tice); or 2

‘‘(iii) administrative separation or 3

other type of administrative action im-4

posed. 5

‘‘(c) SUBSTANTIATED DEFINED.—In this section, the 6

term ‘substantiated’, when used with respect to the report 7

of an incident or offense, means that the report meets the 8

following criteria: 9

‘‘(1) The victim made an unrestricted report of 10

such incident or offense. 11

‘‘(2) The report was investigated by the Federal 12

Government or a State, local, or Tribal law enforce-13

ment organization. 14

‘‘(3) The report was provided to the appropriate 15

military command for consideration of action and 16

was found to have sufficient evidence to support the 17

command’s action against the subject. 18

‘‘(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 19

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 30 of 20

each year in which the Secretary of Defense receives 21

reports under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-22

fense shall forward the reports to the appropriate 23

congressional committees, together with— 24



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‘‘(A) the results of assessments conducted 1

under the evaluation plan required by section 2

1602(c) of the Ike Skelton National Defense 3

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public 4

Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note); 5

‘‘(B) an assessment of the information 6

submitted to the Secretary pursuant to sub-7

section (b)(11); and 8

‘‘(C) such other assessments on the reports 9

as the Secretary of Defense considers appro-10

priate. 11

‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-12

TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap-13

propriate congressional committees’ means— 14

‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services, 15


Transportation, and the Committee on Vet-17

erans’ Affairs of the Senate; and 18

‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services, 19


structure, and the Committee on Veterans’ Af-21

fairs of the House of Representatives. 22


shall— 24



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ports required by subsections (a) and (d); and 3




able. 7

‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR CASE SYNOPSES 8

PORTION OF REPORT.—The Secretary of each military de-9

partment shall include in the case synopses portion of each 10

report, as described in subsection (b)(3), the following ad-11

ditional information: 12

‘‘(1) If charges are dismissed following an in-13

vestigation conducted under section 832 of this title 14

(article 32 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 15

the case synopsis shall include the reason for the 16

dismissal of the charges. 17

‘‘(2) If the case synopsis states that a member 18

of the armed forces accused of committing a sexual 19

assault was administratively separated or, in the 20

case of an officer, allowed to resign in lieu of facing 21

a court-martial, the case synopsis shall include the 22

characterization (honorable, general, or other than 23

honorable) given the service of the member upon 24

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‘‘(3) The case synopsis shall indicate whether a 1

member of the armed forces accused of committing 2

a sexual assault was ever previously accused of a 3

substantiated sexual assault or was admitted to the 4

armed forces under a moral waiver granted with re-5

spect to prior sexual misconduct. 6

‘‘(4) The case synopsis shall indicate the branch 7

of the armed forces of each member accused of com-8

mitting a sexual assault and the branch of the 9

armed forces of each member who is a victim of a 10

sexual assault. 11

‘‘(5) If the case disposition includes non-judicial 12

punishment, the case synopsis shall explicitly state 13

the nature of the punishment. 14

‘‘(6) The case synopsis shall indicate whether 15

alcohol was involved in any way in a substantiated 16

sexual assault incident. 17

‘‘(g) COORDINATION OF RELEASE DATE BETWEEN 18

ANNUAL REPORTS REGARDING SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND 19

FAMILY ADVOCACY REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense 20

shall ensure that the reports required under subsection (a) 21

for a given year are delivered to the Committees on Armed 22

Services of the Senate and House of Representatives si-23

multaneously with the Family Advocacy Program report 24

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as required by section 574 of the National Defense Au-1

thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 2

328; 130 Stat. 2141). 3

‘‘(h) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN REGARDING 4

SEXUAL ASSAULTS COMMITTED AGAINST A MEMBER’S 5

SPOUSE OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBER.—The Secretary of 6

Defense shall include, in each report under this section, 7

information regarding a sexual assault committed by a 8

member of the armed forces against the spouse or intimate 9

partner of the member or another dependent of the mem-10

ber in addition to the annual Family Advocacy Program 11

report as required by section 574 of the National Defense 12

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 13

328; 130 Stat. 2141). The information may be included 14

as an annex to such reports.’’. 15

(2) CONFORMING REPEALS.— 16

(A) Section 1631 of the Ike Skelton Na-17

tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 18

Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 19

1561 note) is repealed. 20

(B) Section 538 of the National Defense 21

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 22

Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is repealed. 23


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amended by this subsection, is further amended by 1

inserting after the item relating to section 486 the 2

following new item: 3

‘‘487. Annual reports on sexual assaults.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-5

graph (2), the amendments made by subsections (b) 6

and (c) shall take effect on the day after the date 7

of the enactment of this Act. 8

(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 9

(A) SEPARATE SPACE FORCE REPORTS.— 10

The requirement for the Secretary of the Air 11

Force to submit separate reports for the Space 12

Force under sections 486 and 487 of title 10, 13

United States Code (as added by subsections 14

(b) and (c) of this section) shall take effect on 15

October 1, 2023 and shall apply with respect to 16

reports required to be submitted under such 17

sections after such date. 18

(B) CERTAIN STATISTICAL INFORMA-19

TION.—The requirement to include the informa-20

tion described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 21

section 486(b)(1) of title 10, United States 22

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shall apply with respect to reports required to 1

be submitted after January 1, 2023. 2

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OFFERED BY MR. WALTZ OF FLORIDA

Subsection (b) of section 142 (Log 73457) is amend-

ed to read as follows—

(b) DOCUMENTATION DESCRIBED.—The documenta-1

tion described in this subsection is the airborne intel-2

ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance acquisition road-3

map for the United States Special Operations Command 4

required to be submitted to the congressional defense com-5

mittees under section 165 of the William M. (Mac) Thorn-6

berry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 7

2021 (Public Law 116–283). 8

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OFFERED BY MR. WILSON OF SOUTH CAROLINA


lowing:

SEC. 12l. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO QATAR. 1


(1) the United States and the country of Qatar 3

have built a strong, enduring, and forward-looking 4

strategic partnership based on long-standing and 5

mutually beneficial cooperation, including through 6

security, defense, and economic ties; 7

(2) robust security cooperation between the 8

United States and Qatar is crucial to promoting 9

peace and stability in the Middle East region; 10

(3) Qatar plays a unique role as host of the for-11

ward headquarters for the United States Central 12

Command, and that partnership facilitates United 13

States coalition operations countering terrorism; 14

(4) Qatar is a major security cooperation part-15

ner of the United States, as recognized in the 2018 16

Strategic Dialogue and the 2019 Memorandum of 17

Understanding to expand Al Udeid Air Base to im-18

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prove and expand accommodation for United States 1

military personnel; 2

(5) the United States values Qatar’s provision 3

of access to its military facilities and its manage-4

ment and financial assistance in expanding the Al 5

Udeid Air Base, which supports the continued secu-6

rity presence of the United States in the Middle 7

East region; and 8

(6) the United States should continue to 9

strengthen the relationship between the United 10

States and Qatar, including through security and 11

economic cooperation. 12

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OFFERED BY MRS. HARTZLER OF MISSOURI


lowing:

SEC. 5ll. AUTHORIZATION OF PERMISSIVE TEMPORARY 1

DUTY FOR WELLNESS. 2

In order to reduce the rate of suicides in the Armed 3

Forces, the Secretary of each military department shall 4

prescribe regulations that authorize a member of an 5

Armed Force under the jurisdiction of such Secretary to 6

take not more than two weeks of permissive temporary 7

duty each year to attend a seminar, retreat, workshop, or 8

outdoor recreational therapy event— 9

(a) hosted by a non-profit organization; and 10

(b) that focuses on psychological, physical, spiritual, 11

or social wellness. 12

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lowing:

SEC. 7ll. BRIEFING ON ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS 1

INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 2

FORCES. 3

(a) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2022, the 4

Secretary of Defense shall provide to the appropriate con-5

gressional committees a briefing on anomalous health inci-6

dents affecting members of the Armed Forces and civilian 7

employees of the Department of Defense, any ongoing ef-8

forts carried out by the Secretary to protect such members 9

and employees from the effects of anomalous health inci-10

dents, and the extent and nature of engagement by the 11

Secretary with the heads of other Federal departments 12

and agencies regarding anomalous health incidents affect-13

ing the employees of such other departments and agencies. 14

(b) MATTERS.—The briefing provided under sub-15

section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 16

(1) Information on cases of confirmed or sus-17

pected anomalous health incidents affecting mem-18

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bers of the Armed Forces or civilian employees of 1

the Department. 2

(2) An update on the strategy of the Depart-3

ment to protect such members and employees from 4

the effects of anomalous health incidents, including 5

any efforts carried out by the Secretary to ensure 6

that— 7

(A) suspected anomalous health incidents 8

are promptly reported; and 9

(B) victims of anomalous health incidents 10

are provided immediate and long-term medical 11

treatment. 12

(3) The current efforts of the Department to 13

contribute to the overall approach of the U.S. Gov-14

ernment to address, prevent, and respond to, anoma-15

lous health incidents, including such contributed ef-16

forts of the Department to defend against anoma-17

lous health incident attacks against personnel of the 18

U.S. Government and United States citizens. 19

(4) The current efforts of the Department to 20

prepare members of the Armed Forces and civilian 21

employees of the Department for the effects of 22

anomalous health incidents, including prior to de-23

ployment. 24



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(5) Recommendations on how to improve the 1

identification and reporting of anomalous health in-2

cidents affecting such members and employees, in-3

cluding a recommendation on whether to conduct a 4

health assessment prior to the deployment of such 5

members or employees if the prospective deployment 6

is to an embassy of the United States (or to another 7

location that the Secretary determines may present 8

a heightened risk of anomalous health incidents), to 9

establish a medical baseline against which medical 10

data of the member or employee may be compared 11

following a suspected anomalous health incident. 12

(6) An identification by the Secretary of a sen-13

ior official of the Department who has been des-14

ignated by the Secretary as the official with prin-15

cipal responsibility for leading the efforts of the De-16

partment regarding anomalous health incidents (and 17

related issues within the Department) and for co-18

ordinating with the heads of other Federal depart-19

ments and agencies regarding such incidents and re-20

lated issues. 21

(c) SENATE CONFIRMATION OF RESPONSIBLE INDI-22

VIDUAL.—If the designated senior official identified pur-23

suant to subsection (b)(6) has not been appointed by and 24

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shall ensure that the principal responsibility for the ac-1

tions specified in such subsection is transferred to a senior 2

official of the Department who has been so appointed. 3

(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 4


gressional committees’’ means— 6

(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 7

Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Com-8

mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 9

House of Representatives; and 10

(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 11

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 12

Affairs, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 13

and Transportation of the Senate. 14

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At the appropriate place in title LX, insert the fol-

lowing:

SEC. 60lll. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GOV-1

ERNORS CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM. 2

(a) GOVERNORS CHALLENGE PROGRAM.—The Sec-3

retary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a grant program 4

to be known as the ‘‘Governors Challenge Program’’ under 5

which the Secretary shall provide technical assistance to 6

States and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes for 7

the development of veteran suicide prevention activities. 8

(b) GOVERNORS CHALLENGE IMPLEMENTATION 9

GRANT PROGRAM.— 10

(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Veterans 11

Affairs shall carry out a grant program, to be known 12

as the ‘‘Governors Challenge Implementation Grant 13

Program’’ under which the Secretary shall make 14

grants to eligible entities for the purpose of devel-15

oping and implementing plans developed by the enti-16

ties to prevent veteran suicides. 17

(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For purposes of the 18

grant program under paragraph (1), an eligible enti-19

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ty is a State or an American Indian or Alaska Na-1

tive tribe— 2

(A) that— 3

(i) in the case of a State, develops a 4

veteran suicide prevention plan, known as 5

a ‘‘Governors Challenge Action Plan’’; or 6

(ii) in the case of an American Indian 7

or Alaska Native tribe, develops a veteran 8

suicide prevention plan; and 9

(B) that submits to the Secretary a pro-10

posal for the implementation of such plan that 11

contains such information and assurances as 12

the Secretary may require. 13

(3) AWARD OF GRANT.—The Secretary shall 14

award grants under this subsection as follows: 15

(A) For fiscal year 2022, the Secretary 16

shall award grants to 20 eligible entities. 17

(B) For each of fiscal years 2023 and 18

2024, the Secretary shall award grants to 24 el-19

igible entities. 20

(4) AMOUNT OF GRANT; LIMITATION.— 21

(A) AMOUNT.—The recipient of a grant 22

under this subsection shall receive an amount of 23

not more than $500,000 for any fiscal year for 24

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(B) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The 1

recipient of a grant under this subsection may 2

not use more than ten percent of the amount of 3

the grant for administrative costs. 4

(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 5

(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 6

be appropriated to carry out this subsection— 7

(i) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 8

(ii) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 9

and 10

(iii) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 11

(B) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER 12

AMOUNTS.—Amounts authorized to be appro-13

priated pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be 14

in addition to any other amounts otherwise 15

available for the Governors Challenge Program. 16

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OFFERED BY MS. HOULAHAN OF PENNSYLVANIA


lowing new section:

SEC. 10ll. IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS RELAT-1

ING TO UNAUTHORIZED USE OF COMPUTERS 2

OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 3

The Secretary of Defense shall take such steps as 4

may be necessary to ensure that the electronic banner that 5

appears on the screens of computers of the Department 6

of Defense upon access of such computers (providing 7

warnings related to access and use of U.S. Government 8

computers) is updated to include language prohibiting 9

users from using government email for an unauthorized 10

purpose. 11

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Offered by: Mrs. McClain



REPORT ON ENGAGING TAIWAN IN INDO-PACIFIC REGIONAL

DIALOGUES OR FORUMS

The committee recognizes the value of Taiwan-US relations, and the importance Taiwan plays in

the Indo-Pacific region.

As such, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, to submit a report to the House

Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2022, on the Department of Defense’s plan to

meaningfully engage Taiwan in regional security dialogues or forums that shall include the

following:

1. An assessment of list of security regional dialogues or forums that would fit for Taiwan’s

participation.

2. A discussion of current and future plans to achieve engaging Taiwan in regional security

dialogues or forums.

3. An evaluation of the feasibility of cooperating on a range of activities with the aforementioned

security dialogues or forums, including—

a. humanitarian-assistance and disaster-relief;

b. supply chain security;

c. cyber security;

d. coast guard.

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lowing new section:

SEC. ll. NON-MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICES FOR MILI-1

TARY FAMILIES. 2

Section 1781 of title 10, United States Code, is 3

amended by adding at the end the following new sub-4

section: 5

‘‘(d) NON-MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICES.—(1) In 6

carrying out its duties under subsection (b), the Office 7

may coordinate programs and activities for the provision 8

of non-medical counseling services to military families 9

through the Department of Defense Family Readiness 10

System. 11

‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 12

mental health care provider described in paragraph (3) 13

may provide non-medical counseling services at any loca-14

tion in a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory 15

or possession of the United States, without regard to 16

where the provider or recipient of such services is located, 17

if the provision of such services is within the scope of the 18

authorized Federal duties of the provider. 19

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‘‘(3) A mental health care provider described in this 1

subsection is a person who is— 2

‘‘(A) a currently licensed mental health care 3

provider who holds a license that is— 4

‘‘(i) issued by a State, the District of Co-5

lumbia, or a territory or possession of the 6

United States; and 7

‘‘(ii) recognized by the Secretary of De-8

fense; 9

‘‘(B) a member of the armed forces, a civilian 10

employee of the Department of Defense, or a con-11

tractor designated by the Secretary; and 12

‘‘(C) performing authorized duties for the De-13

partment of Defense under a program or activity re-14

ferred to in paragraph (1). 15

‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘non-medical coun-16

seling services’ means mental health care services that are 17

non-clinical, short-term and solution focused, and address 18

topics related to personal growth, development, and posi-19

tive functioning.’’. 20

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OFFERED BY MR. PANETTA OF CALIFORNIA


lowing:

SEC. 10ll. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR NATIONAL MOBILIZA-1

TION; PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS. 2

(a) EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR NATIONAL MOBILIZA-3

TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior 4

official within the Office of the Secretary of Defense as 5

the Executive Agent for National Mobilization. The Exec-6

utive Agent for National Mobilization shall be responsible 7

for— 8

(1) developing, managing, and coordinating pol-9

icy and plans that address the full spectrum of mili-10

tary mobilization readiness, including full mobiliza-11

tion of personnel from volunteers to draftees in the 12

event of a draft activation; 13

(2) providing Congress and the Selective Serv-14

ice System with updated requirements and timelines 15

for obtaining draft inductees in the event of a na-16

tional emergency requiring mass mobilization and 17

activation of the draft; and 18

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(3) providing Congress with a plan, developed 1

in coordination with the Selective Service System, to 2

induct large numbers of volunteers who may respond 3

to a national call for volunteers during an emer-4

gency. 5

(b) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after 6

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 7

Defense shall submit to Congress a plan for obtaining 8

draft inductees as part of a mobilization timeline for the 9

Selective Service System. The plan shall include a descrip-10

tion of resources, locations, and capabilities of the Armed 11

Forces required to train, equip, and integrate drafted per-12

sonnel into the total force, addressing scenarios that would 13

include 300,000, 600,000, and 1,000,000 new volunteer 14

and drafted personnel. The plan may be provided in classi-15

fied form. 16

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OFFERED BY MR. GALLAGHER OF WISCONSIN


lowing:

SEC. 10lll. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT WITH RESPECT 1

TO THE ARCTIC REGION. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 15, 3

2022, the Commander of the United States Northern 4

Command, in consultation and coordination with United 5

States European Command and United States Indo-Pa-6

cific Command, the military services, and defense agen-7

cies, shall conduct an independent assessment with respect 8

to the activities and resources required, for fiscal years 9

2023 through 2027, to achieve the following objectives: 10

(1) The implementation of the National De-11

fense Strategy and military service-specific strategies 12

with respect to the Arctic region. 13

(2) The maintenance or restoration of the com-14

parative military advantage of the United States in 15

response to great power competitors in the Arctic re-16

gion. 17

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(3) The reduction of the risk of executing oper-1

ation and contingency plans of the Department of 2

Defense. 3

(4) To maximize execution of Department oper-4

ation and contingency plans, in the event deterrence 5

fails. 6

(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by para-7

graph (1) shall include the following: 8

(1) An analysis of, and recommended changes 9

to achieve, the required force structure and posture 10

of assigned and allocated forces within the Arctic re-11

gion for fiscal year 2027 necessary to achieve the 12

objectives described in paragraph (1), which shall be 13

informed by— 14

(A) a review of United States military re-15

quirements based on operation and contingency 16

plans, capabilities of potential adversaries, as-17

sessed gaps or shortfalls of the joint force with-18

in the Arctic region, and scenarios that con-19

sider— 20

(i) potential contingencies that com-21

mence in the Arctic region and contin-22

gencies that commence in other regions but 23

affect the Arctic region; 24



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(ii) use of near-, mid-, and far-time 1

horizons to encompass the range of cir-2

cumstances required to test new concepts 3

and doctrine; and 4

(iii) supporting analyses that focus on 5

the number of regionally postured military 6

units and the quality of capability of such 7

units; 8

(B) a review of current United States mili-9

tary force posture and deployment plans within 10

the Arctic region, especially of Arctic-based 11

forces that provide support to, or receive sup-12

port from, the United States Northern Com-13

mand, the United States Indo-Pacific Com-14

mand, or the United States European Com-15

mand; 16

(C) an analysis of potential future realign-17

ments of United States forces in the region, in-18

cluding options for strengthening United States 19

presence, access, readiness, training, exercises, 20

logistics, and pre-positioning; and 21

(D) any other matter the Commander de-22

termines to be appropriate. 23



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(2) A discussion of any factor that may influ-1

ence the United States posture, supported by annual 2

wargames and other forms of research and analysis. 3

(3) An assessment of capabilities requirements 4

to achieve such objectives. 5

(4) An assessment of logistics requirements, in-6

cluding personnel, equipment, supplies, storage, and 7

maintenance needs to achieve such objectives. 8

(5) An assessment and identification of re-9

quired infrastructure and military construction in-10

vestments to achieve such objectives. 11

(6) An assessment and recommended changes 12

to the leadership, organization, and management of 13

Arctic policy, strategy, and operations among the 14

combatant commands and military services. 15

(c) REPORT.— 16

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 15, 17

2022, the Commander of the United States North-18

ern Command, in consultation and coordination with 19

United States European Command and United 20

States Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit to the 21

congressional defense committees a report on the as-22

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(2) FORM.—The report required by subpara-1

graph (A) may be submitted in classified form, but 2

shall include an unclassified summary. 3

(3) AVAILABILITY.—Not later than February 4

15, 2022, the Commander of United States North-5

ern Command shall make the report available to the 6

Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of De-7

fense for Policy, the Under Secretary of Defense 8

(Comptroller), the Director of Cost Assessment and 9

Program Evaluation, the Chairman of the Joint 10

Chiefs of Staff, the Secretaries of the military de-11

partments, and the chiefs of staff of each military 12

service. 13

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OFFERED BY MR. AUSTIN SCOTT OF GEORGIA

At the appropriate place in subtitle D of title XII,

insert the following:

SEC. 12ll. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON GEORGIA. 1


(1) Georgia is a valued friend of the United 3

States and has repeatedly demonstrated its commit-4

ment to advancing the mutual interests of both 5

countries, including strong participation in the State 6

Partnership Program of the National Guard between 7

the Georgia National Guard and the Georgian armed 8

forces. 9

(2) The contributions of the Georgian armed 10

forces have been remarkable with members of the 11

Georgia National Guard having fought side-by-side 12

with Georgian soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. 13

(3) Georgia’s geographic location gives it stra-14

tegic importance as a transit corridor. 15

(4) The resilience of Georgia’s democratic insti-16

tutions is critical to its Euro-Atlantic integration. 17


gress that the United States should— 19

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(1) reaffirm support for an enduring strategic 1

partnership between the United States and Georgia; 2

(2) support Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial 3

integrity within its internationally recognized bor-4

ders and not recognize the independence of the 5

Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions currently occu-6

pied by the Russian Federation; 7

(3) continue support for multi-domain security 8

assistance for Georgia in the form of lethal and non- 9

lethal measures to build resiliency, bolster deterrence 10

against Russian aggression, and promote stability in 11

the region, by— 12

(A) strengthening defensive capabilities 13

and promote readiness; and 14

(B) improving interoperability with NATO 15

forces; 16

(4) further enhance security cooperation and 17

engagement with Georgia and other Black Sea re-18

gional partners; and 19

(5) continue to work with Georgia’s political 20

leaders to strengthen Georgia’s democratic institu-21

tions. 22

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OFFERED BY Mr. Keating of Massachusetts

At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the fol-

lowing:

1 SEC. ll. ADVANCING MUTUAL INTERESTS AND GROWING

2 OUR SUCCESS.

3 (a) NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS.—For

4 purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(E)

5 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.

6 1101(a)(15)(E)), Portugal shall be considered to be a for-

7 eign state described in such section if the Government of

8 Portugal provides similar nonimmigrant status to nation-

9 als of the United States.

10 (b) MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR E

11 VISAS.—

12 Section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and

13 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)) is

14 amended—

15 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)—

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of an

17 alien who acquired the relevant nationality

18 through a financial investment and who has not

19 previously been granted status under this sub-


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1 paragraph, the foreign state of which the alien

2 is a national and in which the alien has been

3 domiciled for a continuous period of not less

4 than 3 years at any point before applying for

5 a nonimmigrant visa under this subparagraph)’’

6 before ‘‘, and the spouse’’; and

7 (B) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘such

8 alien’’; and

9 (2) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such term ap-

10 pears and inserting ‘‘the alien’’.

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OFFERED BY MR. MOORE OF UTAH

(funding table amendment)

In section 4201 of Division D, relating to Research, Development Test and

Evaluation, Defense-Wide, increase the amount for Industrial Base Analysis and

Sustainment (IBAS) activities, Line 206, by $5,000,000 for the purpose of Radar

Resiliency.

In section 4201 of Division D, relating to Research, Development Test and

Evaluation, Defense-Wide, increase the amount for Industrial Base Analysis and

Sustainment (IBAS) activities, Line 206, by $2,000,000 for the purpose of Directed

Energy Supply Chain Assurance.

In section 4301 of Division D, relating to Operation and Maintenance, Navy,

reduce the amount for Investigative and Security Services, Line 520, by

$7,000,000.



OFFERED BY MR. WILSON OF SOUTH

CAROLINA

At the appropriate place in title 60, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. lll. FOREIGN CORRUPTION ACCOUNTABILITY. 1


(1) When public officials and their allies use the 3

mechanisms of government to engage in extortion or 4

bribery, they impoverish their countries’ economic 5

health and harm citizens. 6

(2) By empowering the United States Govern-7

ment to hold to account foreign public officials and 8

their associates who engage in extortion or bribery, 9

the United States can deter malfeasance and ulti-10

mately serve the citizens of fragile countries suffo-11

cated by corrupt bureaucracies. 12

(3) The Special Inspector General for Afghan 13

Reconstruction’s 2016 report ‘‘Corruption in Con-14

flict: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghani-15

stan’’ included the recommendation, ‘‘Congress 16

should consider enacting legislation that authorizes 17

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sanctions against foreign government officials or 1

their associates who engage in corruption.’’. 2

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSITION OF SANC-3

TIONS.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may impose 5

the sanctions described in paragraph (2) with re-6

spect to any foreign person who is an individual the 7

President determines— 8

(A) engages in public corruption activities 9

against a United States person, including— 10

(i) soliciting or accepting bribes; 11

(ii) using the authority of the state to 12

extort payments; or 13

(iii) engaging in extortion; or 14

(B) conspires to engage in, or knowingly 15

and materially assists, sponsors, or provides sig-16

nificant financial, material, or technological 17

support for any of the activities described in 18

subparagraph (A). 19

(2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 20

(A) INADMISSIBILITY TO UNITED 21

STATES.—A foreign person who is subject to 22

sanctions under this section shall be— 23

(i) inadmissible to the United States; 24



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(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 1

documentation to enter the United States; 2

and 3

(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 4

or paroled into the United States or to re-5

ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-6

tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 7

seq.). 8

(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 9

(i) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other 10

entry documentation of a foreign person 11

who is subject to sanctions under this sec-12

tion shall be revoked regardless of when 13

such visa or other entry documentation is 14

issued. 15

(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev-16

ocation under clause (i) shall— 17

(I) take effect immediately; and 18

(II) automatically cancel any 19

other valid visa or entry documenta-20

tion that is in the foreign person’s 21

possession. 22

(3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH LAW EN-23

FORCEMENT OBJECTIVES AND AGREEMENT REGARD-24

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tions described under paragraph (2) shall not apply 1

to a foreign person if admitting the person into the 2

United States— 3

(A) would further important law enforce-4

ment objectives; or 5

(B) is necessary to permit the United 6

States to comply with the Agreement regarding 7

the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 8

at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 9

into force November 21, 1947, between the 10

United Nations and the United States, or other 11

applicable international obligations of the 12

United States. 13

(4) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi-14

dent may terminate the application of sanctions 15

under this subsection with respect to a foreign per-16

son if the President determines and reports to the 17

appropriate congressional committees not later than 18

15 days before the termination of the sanctions 19

that— 20

(A) the person is no longer engaged in the 21

activity that was the basis for the sanctions or 22

has taken significant verifiable steps toward 23

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(B) the President has received reliable as-1

surances that the person will not knowingly en-2

gage in activity subject to sanctions under this 3

part in the future; or 4

(C) the termination of the sanctions is in 5

the national security interests of the United 6

States. 7

(5) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President 8

shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as 9

are necessary to carry out this subsection. 10


TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-12

propriate congressional committees’’ means— 13

(A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 14

Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-15

mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-16

resentatives; and 17

(B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 18

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 19

Affairs, and the Committee on Foreign Rela-20

tions of the Senate. 21

(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 22

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit 23

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cordance with paragraph (2), a report that in-1

cludes— 2

(A) a list of each foreign person with re-3

spect to whom the President imposed sanctions 4

pursuant to subsection (b) during the year pre-5

ceding the submission of the report; 6

(B) the number of foreign persons with re-7

spect to which the President— 8

(i) imposed sanctions under sub-9

section (b)(1) during that year; and 10

(ii) terminated sanctions under sub-11

section (b)(4) during that year; 12

(C) the dates on which such sanctions were 13

imposed or terminated, as the case may be; 14

(D) the reasons for imposing or termi-15

nating such sanctions; 16

(E) the total number of foreign persons 17

considered under subsection (b)(3) for whom 18

sanctions were not imposed; and 19

(F) recommendations as to whether the 20

imposition of additional sanctions would be an 21

added deterrent in preventing public corruption. 22

(2) DATES FOR SUBMISSION.— 23

(A) INITIAL REPORT.—The President shall 24

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not later than 120 days after the date of the 1

enactment of this Act. 2

(B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—The Presi-3

dent shall submit a subsequent report under 4

paragraph (1) on December 10, or the first day 5

thereafter on which both Houses of Congress 6

are in session, of— 7

(i) the calendar year in which the ini-8

tial report is submitted if the initial report 9

is submitted before December 10 of that 10

calendar year; and 11

(ii) each calendar year thereafter. 12

(3) FORM OF REPORT.— 13

(A) IN GENERAL.—Each report required 14

by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi-15

fied form, but may include a classified annex. 16

(B) EXCEPTION.—The name of a foreign 17

person to be included in the list required by 18

paragraph (1)(A) may be submitted in the clas-19

sified annex authorized by subparagraph (A) 20

only if the President— 21

(i) determines that it is vital for the 22

national security interests of the United 23

States to do so; and 24



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(ii) uses the annex in a manner con-1

sistent with congressional intent and the 2

purposes of this Act. 3

(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 4

(A) IN GENERAL.—The unclassified por-5

tion of the report required by paragraph (1) 6

shall be made available to the public, including 7

through publication in the Federal Register. 8

(B) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CONFIDEN-9

TIALITY REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO VISA 10

RECORDS.—The President shall publish the list 11

required by paragraph (1)(A) without regard to 12

the requirements of section 222(f) of the Immi-13

gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) 14

with respect to confidentiality of records per-15

taining to the issuance or refusal of visas or 16

permits to enter the United States. 17


TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-19

propriate congressional committees’’ means— 20

(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the 21

Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 22

on Financial Services, and the Committee on 23

the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; 24

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(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 1

Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-2

mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-3

fairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 4

the Senate. 5

(d) SUNSET.— 6

(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to impose 7

sanctions under subsection (b) and the requirements 8

to submit reports under subsection (c) shall termi-9

nate on the date that is 6 years after the date of en-10

actment of this Act. 11

(2) CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANC-12

TIONS.—Sanctions imposed under subsection (b) on 13

or before the date specified in paragraph (1), and in 14

effect as of such date, shall remain in effect until 15

terminated in accordance with the requirements of 16

subsection (b)(4). 17


(1) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a part-19

nership, association, trust, joint venture, corpora-20

tion, group, subgroup, or other organization. 21

(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-22

son’’ means a person that is not a United States 23

person. 24



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(3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 1

‘‘United States person’’ means a person that is a 2

United States citizen, permanent resident alien, enti-3

ty organized under the laws of the United States or 4

any jurisdiction within the United States (including 5

foreign branches), or any person in the United 6

States. 7

(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-8

dividual or entity. 9

(5) PUBLIC CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘public 10

corruption’’ means the unlawful exercise of entrusted 11

public power for private gain, including by bribery, 12

nepotism, fraud, or embezzlement. 13

SEC. lll. JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF KLEPTOCRACY. 14

(a) FORFEITED PROPERTY.— 15


United States Code, is amended by adding at the 17

end the following: 18

‘‘§ 988. Accounting of certain forfeited property 19

‘‘(a) ACCOUNTING.—The Attorney General shall 20

make available to the public an accounting of any property 21

relating to foreign government corruption that is forfeited 22

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‘‘(b) FORMAT.—The accounting described under sub-1

section (a) shall be published on the website of the Depart-2

ment of Justice in a format that includes the following: 3

‘‘(1) A heading as follows: ‘Assets stolen from 4

the people of llllll and recovered by the 5

United States’, the blank space being filled with the 6

name of the foreign government that is the target of 7

corruption. 8

‘‘(2) The total amount recovered by the United 9

States on behalf of the foreign people that is the tar-10

get of corruption at the time when such recovered 11

funds are deposited into the Department of Justice 12

Asset Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the 13

Treasury Forfeiture Fund 14

‘‘(c) UPDATED WEBSITE.—The Attorney General 15

shall update the website of the Department of Justice to 16

include an accounting of any new property relating to for-17

eign government corruption that has been forfeited to the 18

United States under section 981 or 982 not later than 19

14 days after such forfeiture, unless such update would 20

compromise an ongoing law enforcement investigation.’’. 21


tions for chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code, 23

is amended by adding at the end the following: 24

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gress that recovered assets be returned for the benefit of 2

the people harmed by the corruption under conditions that 3

reasonably ensure the transparent and effective use, ad-4

ministration and monitoring of returned proceeds. 5

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lowing:

SEC. 12l. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 1

(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the policy of the United 2

States to maintain the ability of the United States Armed 3

Forces to deny a fait accompli by a strategic competitor 4

against a covered defense partner. 5


(1) COVERED DEFENSE PARTNER.—The term 7

‘‘covered defense partner’’ means a partner identi-8

fied in the ‘‘Department of Defense Indo-Pacific 9

Strategy Report’’ issued on June 1, 2019, located 10

within 100 miles off the coast of a strategic compet-11

itor. 12

(2) FAIT ACCOMPLI.—The term ‘‘fait accompli’’ 13

means the strategy of a strategic competitor de-14

signed to allow such strategic competitor to use mili-15

tary force to seize control of a covered defense part-16

ner before the United States Armed Forces are able 17

to respond effectively. 18

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(3) STRATEGIC COMPETITOR.—The term ‘‘stra-1

tegic competitor’’ means a country labeled as a stra-2

tegic competitor in the ‘‘Summary of the 2018 Na-3

tional Defense Strategy of the United States of 4

America: Sharpening the American Military’s Com-5

petitive Edge’’ issued by the Department of Defense 6

pursuant to section 113 of title 10, United States 7

Code. 8

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OFFERED BY MR. NORCROSS OF NEW JERSEY

At the appropriate place in title VIII, add the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 8lll. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE COALITION FOR 1

CAREER DEVELOPMENT. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of Defense 3

for Acquisition and Sustainment shall establish and man-4

age a coalition among covered institutions of higher edu-5

cation, career and technical education programs, work-6

force development boards, labor organizations, and organi-7

zations representing defense industrial base contractors to 8

focus on career pathways for individuals seeking careers 9

in manufacturing. The goals of the coalition shall be— 10

(1) to highlight the importance of expertise in 11

manufacturing careers; 12

(2) to share experiences of successful partner-13

ships between such organizations and covered insti-14

tutions of higher education to create opportunities 15

for individuals attending such institutions to be 16

hired by defense industrial base contractors; and 17

(3) to encourage opportunities for donating 18

used equipment of defense industrial base contrac-19

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tors to covered institutions of higher education for 1

use in training such individuals. 2

(b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 3

of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of De-4

fense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination 5

with the coalition established under subsection (a), shall 6

submit to the congressional defense committees a report 7

including— 8

(1) the results of any cooperative work-edu-9

cation program established by defense laboratories 10

pursuant to section 2195 of title 10, United States 11

Code; 12

(2) an assessment of whether such programs 13

could be expanded to include individuals attending 14

secondary schools and career and technical education 15

programs to create opportunities for such individuals 16

to be hired by defense industrial base contractors; 17

and 18

(3) recommendations for whether incentive con-19

tracts are needed to encourage defense industrial 20

base contractors to provide career pathways for indi-21

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(1) COVERED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-1

CATION.—The term ‘‘covered institution of higher 2

education’’ means— 3

(A) an institution of higher education, as 4

defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 5

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); and 6

(B) a postsecondary vocational institution, 7

as defined in section 102(c) of such Act (20 8

U.S.C. 1002(c)). 9

(2) DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE CON-10

TRACTOR.—The term ‘‘defense industrial base con-11

tractor’’ means a prime contractor or subcontractor 12

(at any tier) in the defense industrial base. 13

(3) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘labor 14

organization’’ has the meaning given such term in 15

section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 16

U.S.C. 152(5)). 17

(4) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec-18

ondary school’’ has the meaning given such term in 19

section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-20

cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 21

(5) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The 22

term ‘‘career and technical education’’ has the 23

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Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 1

2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 2

(6) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.—The 3

term ‘‘workforce development board’’ means a State 4

board or a local board, as such terms are defined in 5

section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-6

tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 7

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OFFERED BY MR. GARAMENDI OF

CALIFORNIA


lowing new section:

SEC. 8lll. OFFICE OF CORROSION POLICY AND OVER-1

SIGHT EMPLOYEE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. 2


amended— 4

(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 5

following new paragraph: 6

‘‘(6) To the greatest extent practicable, the Di-7

rector shall ensure that contractors of the Depart-8

ment of Defense carrying out activities for the pre-9

vention and mitigation of corrosion of the military 10

equipment and infrastructure of the Department of 11

Defense employ for such activities a substantial 12

number of individuals who have completed, or who 13

are currently enrolled in, a qualified training pro-14

gram that meets industry-wide recognized corrosion 15

control standards.’’; 16

(2) in subsection (c)— 17

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(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 1

and inserting a semicolon; 2

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-3

riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’ ; and 4

(C) by adding at the end the following new 5

paragraph: 6

‘‘(4) require that any training or professional 7

development activities for military personnel or civil-8

ian employees of the Department of Defense for the 9

prevention and mitigation of corrosion of the mili-10

tary equipment and infrastructure of the Depart-11

ment of Defense be under a qualified training pro-12

gram such that, to the greatest extent practicable, 13

the military personnel or civilian employees partici-14

pating in such qualified training program are 15

trained and certified by the qualified training pro-16

gram as meeting industry-wide recognized corrosion 17

control standards.’’; and 18

(3) in subparagraph (f), by adding at the end 19

the following new paragraph: 20

‘‘(6) The term ‘qualified training program’ 21

means a training program in corrosion control, miti-22

gation, and prevention that is either— 23

‘‘(A) offered or accredited by an organiza-24

tion that sets industry corrosion standards; or 25



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‘‘(B) an industrial coatings applicator 1

training program registered under the Act of 2

August 16, 1937 (popularly known as the ‘Na-3

tional Apprenticeship Act’; 29 U.S.C. 50 et 4

seq.).’’. 5

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Offered by: Representative C. Scott Franklin



Report to Congress on the Status of Abandoned United States Military Air

Capabilities in Afghanistan

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on the inventory

of aircraft left behind by the United States during the 2021 withdrawal of forces

from Afghanistan to the committees on armed services of the House and Senate no

later than March 1st, 2022.

The report should include a inventory of both rotary and fixed wing aircraft left

behind in Afghanistan as well at the number of aircraft that were returned to the

United States.

The report should also include a plan from the Department to recoup or reduce the

United States aircraft that are in the hands of the Taliban.



OFFERED BY MR. WITTMAN OF VIRGINIA

At the appropriate place in title X insert the fol-

lowing:

SEC. ll. ANNUAL REPORT AND BRIEFING ON GLOBAL 1

FORCE MANAGEMENT ALLOCATION PLAN. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 31, 2022, 3

and annually thereafter through 2024, the Secretary of 4

Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Serv-5

ices of the Senate and House of Representatives a classi-6

fied report and a classified briefing on the Global Force 7

Management Allocation Plan and its implementation. 8

(b) REPORT.—Each report required by subsection (a) 9

shall include a summary describing the Global Force Man-10

agement Allocation Plan being implemented as of October 11

1 of the year in which the report is provided. 12

(c) BRIEFING.—Each briefing required by subsection 13

(a) shall include the following: 14

(1) A summary of the major modifications to 15

global force allocation made during the preceding 16

fiscal year that deviated from the Global Force Man-17

agement Allocation Plan for that fiscal year as a re-18

sult of a shift in strategic priorities, requests for 19

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forces, or other contingencies, and an explanation 1

for such modifications. 2

(2) A description of the major differences be-3

tween the Global Force Management Allocation Plan 4

for the current fiscal year and the Global Force 5

Management Allocation Plan for the preceding fiscal 6

year. 7

(3) A description of any difference between the 8

actual global allocation of forces, as of October 1 of 9

the year in which the briefing is provided, and the 10

forces stipulated in the Global Force Management 11

Allocation Plan being implemented on that date. 12

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Amendment to H.R. 4350 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Offered by: Mr. Franklin

In the portion of the report to accompany H.R. 4350 titled “Enterprise Network Endpoint Monitoring”, insert after the phrase “To address these concerns, the committee directs the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, in coordination with the JFHQ-DODIN, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2022, on the efforts of the Department to increase and ensure compliance at the component level of network endpoint monitoring”, the following new text: “, and plans to update network patching standards to reflect current industry approaches and practices.”




Offered by:

Mr. Gallagher of Wisconsin



Defense Cooperation with Compacts of Free Association States

The committee supports expanded defense cooperation with Compacts of Free

Association states. The committee welcomes statements from Compact State

leaders, such as President Surangel Whipps Jr. of the Republic of Palau, in support

of closer ties with the United States, including potential military presence. As the

Department of Defense considers options to improve the design and posture of the

joint force in the Indo-Pacific region west of the International Date Line, the

committee strongly urges the Department to consider the strategic geography of

these crucial partners. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to

submit a report to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of

Representatives no later than March 1, 2021, describing:

(1) The manner in which Compacts of Free Association states could contribute to

national security objectives;

(2) The advantages and disadvantages of various options related to presence of

United States military forces in Compacts of Free Association states to

support national security objectives, including through Expeditionary

Advanced Base Operations;

(3) An assessment of the resources required to carry out the various options

related to the presence of Unites States military forces in Compacts of Free

Association states;

(4) Additional logistical requirements or considerations associated with the

requirements of paragraph (3);

(5) Further avenues for defense cooperation with Compacts of Free Association

States;

(6) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.



AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4350 OFFERED BY MR. DESJARLAIS


In section 4201 of division D, relating to Research Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army, increase the amount for Soldier Lethality Technology, Line 010, by $10,000,000 for AFC Pathfinder Partnership Program-Air Assault.

In section 4301 of division D, relating to Operations and Maintenance, Navy reduce the amount for Administration, Line 440, by $10,000,000.

Log 951 [Revision 2]Log 1456 [Revision 1]




lowing new section:

SEC. 8ll. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS 1

FROM THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS 2

REGION. 3

(a) PROHIBITION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 4

FOR CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS FROM XUAR.—None of 5

the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 6

otherwise made available for fiscal year 2022 for the De-7

partment of Defense may be obligated or expended to pro-8

cure any products mined, produced, or manufactured 9

wholly or in part by forced labor from XUAR or from an 10

entity that has used labor from within or transferred from 11

XUAR as part of a ‘‘poverty alleviation’’ or ‘‘pairing as-12

sistance’’ program. 13

(b) RULEMAKING.—The Secretary of Defense shall 14

issue rules not later than 90 days after the date of the 15

enactment of this Act to require a certification from 16

offerors for contracts with the Department of Defense 17

stating the offeror has made a good faith effort to deter-18

mine that forced labor from XUAR, as described in sub-19

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section (a), was not or will not be used in the performance 1

of such contract. 2


(1) FORCED LABOR.—The term ‘‘forced labor’’ 4

means all work or service which is exacted from any 5

person under the menace of any penalty for its non-6

performance and for which the worker does not offer 7

himself voluntarily. 8

(2) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means— 9

(A) a natural person, corporation, com-10

pany, business association, partnership, society, 11

trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, or-12

ganization, or group; or 13

(B) any successor, subunit, parent entity, 14

or subsidiary of, or any entity under common 15

ownership or control with, any entity described 16

in subparagraph (A). 17

(3) XUAR.—The term ‘‘XUAR’’ means the 18

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the Peo-19

ple’s Republic of China. 20

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lowing new section:

SEC. 9ll. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF AND REPORT ON THE 1

UNIFIED COMMAND PLAN. 2

(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.— 3

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 4

shall provide for an independent review of the cur-5

rent Unified Command Plan. 6

(2) ELEMENTS.—The review required by para-7

graph (1) shall include the following: 8

(A) An assessment of the most recent Uni-9

fied Command Plan with respect to— 10

(i) current and anticipated threats; 11

(ii) deployment and mobilization of 12

the Armed Forces; and 13

(iii) the most current versions of the 14

National Defense Strategy and Joint 15

Warfighting Concept. 16

(B) An evaluation of the missions, respon-17

sibilities, and associated force structure of each 18

geographic and functional combatant command. 19

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(C) An assessment of the feasibility of al-1

ternative Unified Command Plan structures. 2

(D) Recommendations, if any, for alter-3

native Unified Command Plan structures. 4

(E) Recommendations, if any, for how 5

combatant command assessments of the capa-6

bilities and capacities required to conduct the 7

routine and contingency operations assigned to 8

such commands can more effectively drive mili-9

tary service modernization and procurement 10

planning. 11

(F) Recommendations, if any, for modifica-12

tions to sections 161 through 169 of title 10, 13

United States Code. 14

(G) Any other matter the Secretary con-15

siders appropriate. 16

(3) CONDUCT OF REVIEW BY INDEPENDENT 17

ENTITY.— 18

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 19

(i) select an entity described in sub-20

paragraph (B) to conduct the review re-21

quired by paragraph (1); and 22

(ii) ensure that the review is con-23

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(B) ENTITY DESCRIBED.—An entity de-1

scribed in this subparagraph is— 2

(i) a federally funded research and de-3

velopment center; or 4

(ii) an independent, nongovernmental 5

institute that— 6

(I) is described in section 7

501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 8

Code of 1986; 9

(II) is exempt from taxation 10

under section 501(c) of that Code; 11

and 12

(III) has recognized credentials 13

and expertise in national security and 14

military affairs. 15

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 16

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 17

2022, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 18

on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep-19

resentatives the results of the review conducted 20

under subsection (a). 21

(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 22

(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 23

include a classified annex. 24

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OFFERED BY MS. SPEIER OF CALIFORNIA

In subsection (b)(2) of section 733 (log 72954, relat-

ing to the Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration

program)—

(1) redesignate subparagraph (G) as subpara-

graph (H); and

(2) insert after subparagraph (F) the following

new subparagraph:

(G) An analysis on whether the incidence 1

of autism is higher among the children of mili-2

tary families. 3

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Amendment to H.R. 4350 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Offered by: Mr. Keating


Directive Report Language

Special Inspector General of Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Evaluation of Performance of

Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).

The Committee recognizes the work of SIGAR with respect to U.S. military engagement in

Afghanistan and directs the agency to conduct an evaluation of performance of the Afghan

National Security and Defense Forces for the period between February 2020 and August 2021.

The report shall include, and is not limited to, findings towards the following questions:

1. Why the ANDSF proved unable to defend Afghanistan from the Taliban following the

withdrawal of U.S. military personnel.

2. The impact the withdrawal of U.S. military personnel had on the performance of the

ANDSF;

3. Elements of the U.S. military’s efforts since 2001 to provide training, assistance, and

advising to the ANDSF that impacted the ANDSF’s performance following the U.S.

military withdrawal;

4. The current status of U.S.-provided equipment to the ANDSF;

5. The current status of U.S.-trained ANDSF personnel; and

6. Any other matters the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction deems

appropriate;

The committee also directs SIGAR to submit a report of these findings to the Committees on

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the Secretary of Defense by

February 1, 2022. The report shall be provided in unclassified form but may include a classified

appendix.

Further, the Secretary of Defense shall, insofar as is practicable and not in contravention of any

existing law, furnish all such information or assistance to the Special Inspector General as the

Special Inspector General may request for the purpose of conducting the evaluation required by

this section.



OFFERED BY MR. TURNER OF OHIO


lowing:

SEC. 5ll. ELECTRONIC OR ONLINE NOTARIZATION FOR 1

MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 2

Section 1044a of title 10, United States Code, is 3

amended by adding at the end the following new sub-4

section: 5

‘‘(e)(1) A person named in subsection (b) may exer-6

cise the powers described in subsection (a) through elec-7

tronic or online means, including under circumstances 8

where the individual with respect to whom such person 9

is performing the notarial act is not physically present in 10

the same location as such person. 11

‘‘(2) A determination of the authenticity of a notarial 12

act authorized in this section shall be made without regard 13

to whether the notarial act was performed through elec-14

tronic or online means. 15

‘‘(3) A log or journal of a notarial act authorized in 16

this section shall be considered for evidentiary purposes 17

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without regard to whether the log or journal is in elec-1

tronic or online form.’’. 2

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OFFERED BY MR. LANGEVIN OF RHODE ISLAND

At the appropriate place in title LII, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 52ll. PILOT PROGRAM TO FACILITATE THE AGILE 1

ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR 2

WARFIGHTERS. 3

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the availability of 4

appropriations in a program element for this purpose, the 5

Secretary of Defense shall establish and carry out a pilot 6

program to be known as the ‘‘Warfighter Innovation Tran-7

sition Project’’ (referred to in this section as the 8

‘‘Project’’). Under the Project, the Secretary shall seek to 9

make grants to, or enter into contracts or other agree-10

ments with, technology producers— 11

(1) to facilitate the agile acquisition of tech-12

nologies, including capabilities, software, and serv-13

ices, to support warfighters; and 14

(2) to transition such technologies, including 15

technologies developed from pilot programs, proto-16

type projects, or other research and development 17

programs, from the prototyping phase to production 18

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for implementation within the Department of De-1

fense. 2

(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Deputy Secretary of De-3

fense shall administer the Project in coordination with the 4

Joint Staff, the service acquisition executive of each mili-5

tary department, Under Secretary of Defense for Research 6

and Engineering, and the Under Secretary of Defense for 7

Acquisition and Sustainment. 8

(c) ACTIVITIES.—A technology producer that receives 9

a grant, contract, or other agreement under the Project 10

may conduct the following activities under such grant, 11

contract, or other agreement: 12

(1) To provide commercially available tech-13

nologies to each Secretary of a military department 14

and commanders of combatant commands to support 15

warfighters. 16

(2) To build and strengthen relationships of the 17

Department of Defense with nontraditional defense 18

contractors (as defined in section 2302 of title 10, 19

United States Code) in the technology industry that 20

may have unused or underused solutions to the spe-21

cific operational challenges of the Department. 22

(d) SUBSEQUENT AWARDS.—A technology producer 23

may receive a subsequent grant, contract, or other agree-24

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(1) the duration of such subsequent grant, con-1

tract, or other agreement is not more than three 2

years; and 3

(2) the amount of such subsequent grant, con-4

tract, or other agreement is not greater than 5

$50,000,000 per fiscal year. 6

(e) PRIORITY OF AWARDS.—In providing assistance 7

under the Project, the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall 8

give preference to technology producers that— 9

(1) offer commercial products or commercial 10

services, as required by section 2377 of title 10, 11

United States Code; and 12

(2) are developing a technology or a potential 13

technology that has received a grant, contract, or 14

other agreement from— 15

(A) the Small Business Innovation Re-16

search Program or Small Business Technology 17

Transfer Program (as such terms are defined, 18

respectively, in section 9 of the Small Business 19

Act (15 U.S.C. 638)); or 20

(B) another acquisition program of the De-21

partment of Defense. 22

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(1) PLAN REQUIRED BEFORE IMPLEMENTA-1

TION.—The Secretary of Defense may not commence 2

the Project until the date on which the Secretary— 3

(A) completes a plan for carrying out the 4

data collection required under paragraph (2); 5

and 6

(B) submits the plan to the congressional 7

defense committees. 8

(2) DATA COLLECTION REQUIRED.—The Sec-9

retary of Defense shall collect and analyze data on 10

the Project for the purposes of— 11

(A) developing and sharing best practices 12

for achieving the objectives of the Project; 13

(B) providing information to the Secretary 14

of Defense on the implementation of the Project 15

and related policy issues; and 16

(C) reporting to the congressional defense 17

committees as required under subsection (g). 18

(g) BIANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than March 1 19

and September 1 of each year beginning after the date 20

of the enactment of this Act until the termination of the 21

Project, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 22

Joint Staff, the applicable service acquisition executive of 23

each military department, Under Secretary of Defense for 24

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Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to 1

the congressional defense committees a report on the use 2

of funds under the Project. Each such report shall include 3

the following: 4

(1) An explanation how grants, contracts, or 5

other agreements made under the Project met mis-6

sion requirements during the period covered by the 7

report, including— 8

(A) the value of each grant, contract, or 9

other agreement made under the Project; 10

(B) a description of the technology funded 11

with such grant, contract, or other agreement; 12

and 13

(C) the estimate future costs of such tech-14

nology for the successful transition of such 15

technology to implementation within the De-16

partment of Defense. 17

(2) A description of the capabilities being tested 18

under the Project as of the date of the report and 19

the proposed path to implement such capabilities 20

within the Department. 21

(3) The data and analysis required under sub-22

section (f). 23

(4) A list and detailed description of lessons 24

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(h) TERMINATION.—The Project shall terminate on 1

December 31, 2026. 2

(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 3

(1) The term ‘‘agile acquisition’’ means acquisi-4

tion using agile or iterative development. 5

(2) The term ‘‘agile or iterative development’’— 6

(A) means acquisition pursuant to a meth-7

od for delivering multiple, rapid, incremental 8

capabilities to the user for operational use, eval-9

uation, and feedback not exclusively linked to 10

any single, proprietary method or process; and 11

(B) involves— 12

(i) the incremental development and 13

fielding of capabilities which can be meas-14

ured in short timeframe; and 15

(ii) continuous participation and col-16

laboration by users, testers, and require-17

ments authorities. 18

(3) The term ‘‘technology producer’’ means an 19

individual or entity engaged in the research, develop-20

ment, production, or distribution of science or tech-21

nology that— 22

(A) the Secretary of Defense determines 23

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(B) at the time of receipt of a grant, con-1

tract, or other agreement under the Project, 2

has performed or is performing one or more 3

contracts with the Department of Defense, 4

where such contracts have a total value that 5

does not exceed $500,000,000. 6

(4) The term ‘‘warfighter’’ means a member of 7

the Armed Forces (other than the Coast Guard). 8

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At the end of subtitle G of title XXVIII, add the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 28ll. PILOT PROGRAM ON INCREASED USE OF SUS-1

TAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS IN MILI-2

TARY CONSTRUCTION. 3

(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Each Secretary of 4

a military department shall conduct a pilot program to 5

evaluate the effect that the use of sustainable building ma-6

terials as the primary construction material in military 7

construction may have on the environmental sustain-8

ability, infrastructure resilience, cost effectiveness, and 9

construction timeliness of military construction. 10

(b) PROJECT SELECTION AND LOCATIONS.— 11

(1) MINIMUM NUMBER OF PROJECTS.—Each 12

Secretary of a military department shall carry out at 13

least one military construction project under the 14

pilot program. 15

(2) PROJECT LOCATIONS.—The pilot program 16

shall be conducted at military installations in the 17

continental United States— 18

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(A) that are identified as vulnerable to ex-1

treme weather events; and— 2

(B) for which a military construction 3

project is authorized but a request for proposal 4

has not been released. 5

(c) INCLUSION OF MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED 6

HOUSING PROJECT.—The Secretaries of the military de-7

partments shall coordinate the selection of military con-8

struction projects to be carried out under the pilot pro-9

gram so that at least one of the military construction 10

projects involves construction of military unaccompanied 11

housing. 12

(d) DURATION OF PROGRAM.—The authority of the 13

Secretary of a military department to carry out a military 14

construction project under the pilot program shall expire 15

on September 30, 2024. Any construction commenced 16

under the pilot program before the expiration date may 17

continue to completion. 18

(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 19

(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 20

days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 21

every 180 days thereafter through December 31, 22

2024, the Secretaries of the military departments 23

shall submit to the congressional defense committees 24

a report on the progress of the pilot program. 25



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(2) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report shall in-1

clude the following: 2

(A) A description of the status of the mili-3

tary construction projects selected to be con-4

ducted under the pilot program. 5

(B) An explanation of the reasons why 6

those military construction projects were se-7

lected. 8

(C) An analysis of the projected or actual 9

carbon footprint over the full life cycle of the 10

sustainable building material, resilience to ex-11

treme weather events, construction timeliness, 12

and cost effectiveness of the military construc-13

tion projects conducted under the pilot program 14

using sustainable building materials as com-15

pared to other materials historically used in 16

military construction. 17

(D) Any updated guidance the Under Sec-18

retary of Defense for Acquisition and 19

Sustainment has released in relation to the pro-20

curement policy for future military construction 21

projects based on comparable benefits realized 22

from use of sustainable building materials, in-23

cluding guidance on prioritizing sustainable ma-24

terials in establishing evaluation criteria for 25



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military construction project contracts when 1

technically feasible. 2

(f) SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS DE-3

FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘sustainable building 4

material’’ means any building material the use of which 5

will reduce carbon emissions over the life cycle of the 6

building. The term includes mass timber, concrete, and 7

other carbon reducing materials. 8

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OFFERED BY MR. KELLY OF MISSISSIPPI

At the appropriate place in title XVI, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 16ll. EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE 1

INTELLIGENCE. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 3

10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 4

the following new section: 5

‘‘§ 430c. Executive agent for explosive ordnance intel-6

ligence 7

‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 8

designate the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency 9

as the executive agent for explosive ordnance intelligence. 10

‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 11

‘‘(1) The term ‘explosive ordnance intelligence’ 12

means technical intelligence relating to explosive 13

ordnance (as defined in section 283(d) of this title), 14

including with respect to the processing, production, 15

dissemination, integration, exploitation, evaluation, 16

feedback, and analysis of explosive ordnance using 17

the skills, techniques, principles, and knowledge of 18

explosive ordnance disposal personnel regarding 19

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fuzing, firing systems, ordnance disassembly, and 1

development of render safe techniques, procedures 2

and tools, publications, and applied technologies. 3

‘‘(2) The term ‘executive agent’ has the mean-4

ing given the term ‘DoD Executive Agent’ in Direc-5

tive 5101.1.’’. 6

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 7

at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 8

after the item relating to section 430b the following new 9

item: 10

‘‘430c. Executive agent for explosive ordnance intelligence.’’.

(c) DATE OF DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of De-11

fense shall make the designation under section 430c of 12

title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 13

by not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 14

of this Act. 15

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lowing new section:

SEC. 5ll. GAO REVIEW OF EXTREMIST AFFILIATIONS AND 1

ACTIVITY AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 2

FORCES ON ACTIVE DUTY. 3

(a) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the United 4

States shall perform a review to determine the prevalence 5

of extremist affiliations and activity among members of 6

the Armed Forces on active duty. The review shall include 7

the following elements: 8

(1) Sources of information used by the Sec-9

retary of Defense and Secretaries of the military de-10

partments to determine extremist affiliations and ac-11

tivity, including the extent to which— 12

(A) the Armed Forces have established 13

methods for anonymous reporting of suspected 14

extremist affiliations and activity; 15

(B) the Armed Forces have established 16

guidelines to help ensure that commanders 17

properly investigate such reports; 18

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(C) reports of violence by members of the 1

Armed Forces have been investigated for rela-2

tion to extremist affiliations and activity; 3

(D) members of the Armed Forces have 4

been discharged or disciplinary actions because 5

of extremist affiliations or activity; and 6

(E) the Department of Defense tracking 7

cases described in subparagraph (D). 8

(2) The extent to which the Secretary of De-9

fense and Secretaries of the military departments 10

use information described in paragraph (1) in vet-11

ting members, including the extent to which— 12

(A) recruiters have identified individuals 13

with suspected extremist affiliations; 14

(B) such individuals have received waivers; 15

and 16

(C) command climate surveys indicate a 17

culture in the Armed Forces that supports ex-18

tremist affiliations and activity. 19

(3) The extent to which the Secretary of De-20

fense and Secretaries of the military departments 21

use information described in paragraph (1) in vet-22

ting members. 23

(4) Procedures of the Department of Defense 24

and the Armed Forces for identifying, responding to, 25



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and tracking reported instances of extremist affili-1

ations and activity. 2

(5) Efforts of the Secretary of Defense and 3

Secretaries of the military departments to train per-4

sonnel to identify and report members or recruits 5

suspected of extremist affiliations or activity, includ-6

ing the extent to which— 7

(A) commanders and recruiters trained to 8

identify potential indicators of extremist affili-9

ations (including tattoos); and 10

(B) members are trained to identify and 11

report indicators of extremist affiliations and 12

activity in the Armed Forces or Department of 13

Defense. 14

(6) Any other matter that the Comptroller Gen-15

eral determines relevant. 16

(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2022, the 17

Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on 18

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-19

atives a report containing the results of the review under 20

this section. 21

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Add at the appropriate place in title XVI the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 16l. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE TO ADDRESS UN-1

IDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA. 2

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 3


Defense, in coordination with the Director of National In-5

telligence, shall establish an office within the Office of the 6

Secretary of Defense to carry out, on a Department-wide 7

basis, the mission currently performed by the Unidentified 8

Aerial Phenomenon Task Force as of the date of the en-9

actment of this Act. 10

(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the office established 11

under subsection (a) shall include the following: 12

(1) Developing procedures to synchronize and 13

standardize the collection, reporting, and analysis of 14

incidents regarding unidentified aerial phenomena 15

across the Department of Defense. 16

(2) Developing processes and procedures to en-17

sure that such incidents from each military depart-18

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ment are reported and incorporated in a centralized 1

repository. 2

(3) Establishing procedures to require the time-3

ly and consistent reporting of such incidents. 4

(4) Evaluating links between unidentified aerial 5

phenomena and adversarial foreign governments, 6

other foreign governments, or nonstate actors. 7

(5) Evaluating the threat that such incidents 8

present to the United States. 9

(6) Coordinating with other departments and 10

agencies of the Federal Government, as appropriate. 11

(7) Coordinating with allies and partners of the 12

United States, as appropriate, to better assess the 13

nature and extent of unidentified aerial phenomena. 14

(c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 15

(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than December 16

31, 2022, and annually thereafter until December 17

31, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 18

the appropriate congressional committees a report 19

on unidentified aerial phenomena. 20

(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 21

(1) shall include, with respect to the year covered by 22

the report, the following information: 23



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(A) An analysis of data and intelligence re-1

ceived through reports of unidentified aerial 2

phenomena. 3

(B) An analysis of data relating to uniden-4

tified aerial phenomena collected through— 5

(i) geospatial intelligence; 6

(ii) signals intelligence; 7

(iii) human intelligence; and 8

(iv) measurement and signals intel-9

ligence. 10

(C) The number of reported incidents of 11

unidentified aerial phenomena over restricted 12

air space of the United States. 13

(D) An analysis of such incidents identified 14

under subparagraph (C). 15

(E) Identification of potential aerospace or 16

other threats posed by unidentified aerial phe-17

nomena to the national security of the United 18

States. 19

(F) An assessment of any activity regard-20

ing unidentified aerial phenomena that can be 21

attributed to one or more adversarial foreign 22

governments. 23

(G) Identification of any incidents or pat-24

terns regarding unidentified aerial phenomena 25



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that indicate a potential adversarial foreign gov-1

ernment may have achieved a breakthrough 2

aerospace capability. 3

(H) An update on the coordination by the 4

United States with allies and partners on ef-5

forts to track, understand, and address uniden-6

tified aerial phenomena. 7

(I) An update on any efforts underway on 8

the ability to capture or exploit discovered un-9

identified aerial phenomena. 10

(J) An assessment of any health-related ef-11

fects for individuals that have encountered un-12

identified aerial phenomena. 13

(d) TASK FORCE.—Not later than the date on which 14

the Secretary establishes the office under subsection (a), 15

the Secretary shall terminate the Unidentified Aerial Phe-16

nomenon Task Force. 17




(A) The Committee on Armed Services, the 21

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma-22

nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 23

House of Representatives. 24



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(B) The Committee on Armed Services, 1

the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 2

Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 3

(2) The term ‘‘unidentified aerial phenomena’’ 4

means airborne objects witnessed by a pilot or air-5

crew member that are not immediately identifiable. 6

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OFFERED BY MS. ESCOBAR OF TEXAS

In subsection (a) of section ll(Log 73541)—

(1) in paragraph (3), insert ‘‘, which shall be

prioritized for students attending community col-

leges and minority-serving institutions specified in

section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965

(20 U.S.C. 1067q(a))’’ after ‘‘engineering, and

mathematics’’; and

(2) in paragraph (7), insert ‘‘and minority-serv-

ing institutions specified in section 371(a) of the

Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

1067q(a))’’ after ‘‘community colleges’’.

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AMENDMENT TO H.R. ll [NATIONAL DEFENSE

AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022]


At the appropriate place in division E, insert the fol-

lowing:

SEC. 5lll. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY BY 1

REASON OF SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE TO 2

EMERGENCY AND OTHER SITUATIONS UNDER 3

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TRAIN-4

ING AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR 5

VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DIS-6

ABILITIES. 7


amended— 9

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or (g)’’ and 10

inserting ‘‘(g), or (h)’’; and 11

(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-12

section: 13

‘‘(h)(1) In the case of a veteran who is eligible for 14

a vocational rehabilitation program under this chapter and 15

who is prevented from participating in the vocational reha-16

bilitation program within the period of eligibility pre-17

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scribed in subsection (a) because of a covered reason, as 1

determined by the Secretary, such period of eligibility— 2

‘‘(A) shall not run during the period the vet-3

eran is so prevented from participating in such pro-4

gram; and 5

‘‘(B) shall again begin running on a date deter-6

mined by the Secretary that is— 7

‘‘(i) not earlier than the first day after the 8

veteran is able to resume participation in a vo-9

cational rehabilitation program under this chap-10

ter; and 11

‘‘(ii) not later than 90 days after that day. 12

‘‘(2) In this subsection, a covered reason is— 13

‘‘(A) the temporary or permanent closure of an 14

educational institution by reason of an emergency 15

situation; or 16

‘‘(B) another reason that prevents the veteran 17

from participating in the vocational rehabilitation 18

program, as determined by the Secretary.’’. 19



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SEC. 5lll. EXTENSION OF TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF 1

ENTITLEMENT UNDER DEPARTMENT OF VET-2

ERANS AFFAIRS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 3

PROGRAMS BY REASON OF SCHOOL CLO-4

SURES DUE TO EMERGENCY AND OTHER SIT-5

UATIONS. 6

(a) MONTGOMERY GI BILL.—Section 3031 of title 7

38, United States Code, is amended— 8

(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and sub-9

section (i)’’ after ‘‘through (g)’’; and 10


section: 12

‘‘(i)(1) In the case of an individual eligible for edu-13

cational assistance under this chapter who is prevented 14

from pursuing the individual’s chosen program of edu-15

cation before the expiration of the 10-year period for the 16

use of entitlement under this chapter otherwise applicable 17

under this section because of a covered reason, as deter-18

mined by the Secretary, such 10-year period— 19

‘‘(A) shall not run during the period the indi-20

vidual is so prevented from pursuing such program; 21

and 22

‘‘(B) shall again begin running on a date deter-23

mined by the Secretary that is— 24

‘‘(i) not earlier than the first day after the 25

individual is able to resume pursuit of a pro-26



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gram of education with educational assistance 1

under this chapter; and 2

‘‘(ii) not later than 90 days after that day. 3

‘‘(2) In this subsection, a covered reason is— 4

‘‘(A) the temporary or permanent closure of an 5

educational institution by reason of an emergency 6

situation; or 7

‘‘(B) another reason that prevents the indi-8

vidual from pursuing the individual’s chosen pro-9

gram of education, as determined by the Sec-10

retary.’’. 11

(b) POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.— Section 12

3321(b)(1) of such title is amended— 13

(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Subsections’’; 14

(2) by striking ‘‘and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d), 15

and (i)’’; and 16


paragraph: 18

‘‘(B) Subsection (i) of section 3031 of this title 19

shall apply with respect to the running of the 15- 20

year period described in paragraphs (4)(A) and 21

(5)(A) of this subsection in the same manner as 22

such subsection applies under section 3031 with re-23



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spect to the running of the 10-year period described 1

in section 3031(a).’’. 2

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OFFERED BY MR. MOULTON OF MASSACHUSETTS


lowing new section:

SEC. 7ll. EATING DISORDERS TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN 1

MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DE-2

PENDENTS. 3

(a) EATING DISORDERS TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN 4

DEPENDENTS.—Section 1079 of title 10, United States 5

Code, is amended— 6

(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 7

following new paragraph: 8

‘‘(18) Treatment for eating disorders may be 9

provided in accordance with subsection (r).’’; and 10


section: 12

‘‘(r)(1) The provision of health care services for an 13

eating disorder under subsection (a)(18) shall include the 14

following services: 15

‘‘(A) Inpatient services, including residential 16

services. 17

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‘‘(B) Outpatient services for in-person or tele-1

health care, including partial hospitalization services 2

and intensive outpatient services. 3

‘‘(2) A dependent may be provided health care serv-4

ices for an eating disorder under subsection (a)(18) with-5

out regard to— 6

‘‘(A) the age of the dependent, except with re-7

spect to residential services under paragraph (1)(A), 8

which may be provided only to a dependent who is 9

not eligible for hospital insurance benefits under 10

part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 11

U.S.C. 1395c et seq.); and 12

‘‘(B) whether the eating disorder is the primary 13

or secondary diagnosis of the dependent. 14

‘‘(3) In this section, the term ‘eating disorder’ has 15

the meaning given the term ‘feeding and eating disorders’ 16

in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Dis-17

orders, 5th Edition (or successor edition), published by the 18

American Psychiatric Association.’’. 19

(b) LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO RETIREES.— 20

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1086(a) of title 10, 21

Untied States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and 22

(except as provided in subsection (i)) treatments for 23

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(2) EXCEPTION.—Such section is further 1

amended by adding at the end the following new 2

subsection: 3

‘‘(i) If, prior to October 1, 2022, a category of per-4

sons covered by this section was eligible to receive a spe-5

cific type of treatment for eating disorders under a plan 6

contracted for under subsection (a), the general prohibi-7

tion on the provision of treatments for eating disorders 8

specified in such subsection shall not apply with respect 9

to the provision of the specific type of treatment to such 10

category of persons.’’. 11

(c) IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF EATING 12

DISORDERS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.— 13

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1090 of title 10, 14

United States Code, is amended— 15

(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘eating 16

disorders and’’ after ‘‘treating’’; 17

(B) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of De-18

fense’’ and inserting the following: 19

‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF EATING 20

DISORDERS AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE.— 21

Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of De-22

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(C) by inserting ‘‘have an eating disorder 1

or’’ before ‘‘are dependent on drugs or alcohol’’; 2

and 3

(D) by adding at the end the following new 4

subsections: 5

‘‘(b) FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH 6

EATING DISORDERS.—For purposes of this section, ‘nec-7

essary facilities’ described in subsection (a) shall include, 8

with respect to individuals who have an eating disorder, 9

facilities that provide the services specified in section 10

1079(r)(1) of this title. 11

‘‘(c) EATING DISORDER DEFINED.—In this section, 12

the term ‘eating disorder’ has the meaning given that term 13

in section 1079(r) of this title.’’. 14


tions at the beginning of chapter 55 of title 10, 16

United States Code, is amended by striking the item 17

relating to section 1090 and inserting the following 18

new item: 19

‘‘1090. Identifying and treating eating disorders and drug and alcohol depend-

ence.’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 20

this section shall take effect on October 1, 2022. 21

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Offered by: Mr. Lamborn of Colorado



Report on Anti-Ship Systems for Defense of Taiwan

The committee supports the strategic partnership between the U.S. and

Taiwan, and notes the importance of anti-ship systems in defending the territorial

integrity of the Government of Taiwan. The committee further notes the urgent

need for ground-based anti-ship cruise missiles, ground-based cruise missiles, and

anti-ship mines to defend United States and allied forces in the Indo-Pacific

against growing threats and deter conflict in the region. The committee strongly

supports an effort to expand defense industrial cooperation with the Government

of Taiwan. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to

the congressional defense committees a report by January 31, 2022, on what anti-

ship systems and capabilities in the extant U.S. military hardware inventory

might be used to enhance the defense of Taiwan, and plans on how these systems

and capabilities could be incorporated into the current military of the Government

of Taiwan to enhance their self-defense capabilities.




At the end of title XI, add the following:

SEC. 11ll. INCREASE IN ALLOWANCE BASED ON DUTY AT 1

REMOTE WORKSITES. 2

(a) ASSESSMENT AND RATE.—Not later than March 3

31, 2022, the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-4

ment shall complete an assessment of the remote site pay 5

allowance under section 5942 of title 5, United States 6

Code, and propose a new rate of such allowance, adjusted 7

for inflation, and submit such assessment and rate to the 8

President and to Congress. 9

(b) APPLICATION.—Beginning on the first day of the 10

first pay period beginning after the date the Director sub-11

mits the assessment and rate under subsection (a), such 12

rate shall, notwithstanding subsection (a) of such section 13

5942, be the rate of such allowance. 14

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lowing new section:

SEC. 7ll. MODIFICATIONS RELATING TO COVERAGE OF 1

TELEHEALTH SERVICES UNDER TRICARE 2

PROGRAM AND OTHER MATTERS. 3

(a) COVERAGE OF TELEHEALTH SERVICES UNDER 4

TRICARE PROGRAM DURING CERTAIN HEALTH EMER-5

GENCIES.— 6

(1) COVERAGE DURING HEALTH EMER-7

GENCIES.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United States 8

Code, is amended by inserting after section 1076f 9

the following new section: 10

‘‘§ 1076g. TRICARE program: coverage of telehealth 11

services during certain health emer-12

gencies 13

‘‘(a) TELEHEALTH COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.— 14

During a covered health emergency— 15

‘‘(1) no cost sharing amount (including copay-16

ments and deductibles, as applicable) may be 17

charged under the TRICARE program to a covered 18

beneficiary for a telehealth service; 19

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‘‘(2) telehealth appointments that involve audio 1

communication shall be considered to be telehealth 2

appointments for purposes of coverage under the 3

TRICARE program, notwithstanding that such ap-4

pointments do not involve video communication; and 5

‘‘(3) the Secretary of Defense may reimburse 6

providers of telehealth services under the TRICARE 7

program for the provision of such services to covered 8

beneficiaries regardless of whether the provider is li-9

censed in the State in which the covered beneficiary 10

is located. 11

‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO OVERSEAS PROVIDERS.—Sub-12

section (a)(3) shall apply with respect to a provider located 13

in a foreign country if the provider holds a license to prac-14

tice that is determined by the Secretary to be an equiva-15

lent to a U.S. license and the provider is authorized to 16

practice by the respective foreign government. 17

‘‘(c) EXTENSION.—The Secretary may extend the 18

coverage requirements under subsection (a) for a period 19

of time after the date on which a covered health emergency 20

terminates, as determined appropriate by the Secretary. 21

‘‘(d) COVERED HEALTH EMERGENCY DEFINED.—In 22

this section, the term ‘covered health emergency’ means 23

a national emergency or disaster related to public health 24

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(50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 1

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 2

seq.), section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 3

U.S.C. 247d), or any other Federal law determined rel-4

evant by the Secretary.’’. 5

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Such chapter is 6

further amended in the table of sections by inserting 7

after the item relating to section 1076f the following 8

new item: 9

‘‘1076g. TRICARE program: coverage of telehealth services during certain

health emergencies.’’.

(3) APPLICATION AND EXTENSION FOR COVID– 10

19.— 11

(A) APPLICATION.—The amendments 12

made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect 13

to the emergency declared by the President on 14

March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of 15

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 16

Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)) 17

with respect to the coronavirus disease 2019 18

(COVID–19). 19

(B) EXTENSION.—The Secretary shall ex-20

tend the telehealth coverage requirements pur-21

suant to section 1074g(c) of title 10, United 22

States Code, as added by paragraph (1), until 23

the date that is 180 days after the date on 24



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which the emergency specified in subparagraph 1

(A) terminates. 2

(b) PILOT PROGRAM TO PLACE CERTAIN RETIRED 3

MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN THE READY RE-4

SERVE; PAY.— 5

(1) AUTHORITY.— 6

(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-7

tion 10145 of title 10, United States Code, the 8

Secretary of a military department may pre-9

scribe regulations to carry out a pilot program 10

under which a retired member of a regular com-11

ponent of the Armed Forces entitled to retired 12

pay may be placed in the Ready Reserve if the 13

Secretary concerned— 14

(i) determines that the retired mem-15

ber has more than 20 years of creditable 16

service in that regular component; and 17

(ii) makes a special finding that the 18

member possesses a skill in which the 19

Ready Reserve of the Armed Force con-20

cerned has a critical shortage of personnel. 21

(B) LIMITATION ON DELEGATION.—The 22

authority of the Secretary concerned under sub-23

paragraph (A) may not be delegated— 24



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(i) to a civilian officer or employee of 1

the military department concerned below 2

the level of Assistant Secretary; or 3

(ii) to a member of the Armed Forces 4

below the level of the lieutenant general or 5

vice admiral in an Armed Force with re-6

sponsibility for military personnel policy in 7

that Armed Force. 8

(2) PAY FOR DUTIES PERFORMED IN THE 9

READY RESERVE IN ADDITION TO RETIRED PAY.— 10

Notwithstanding section 12316 of such title 10, a 11

member placed in the Ready Reserve under para-12

graph (1) may receive— 13

(A) retired pay; and 14

(B) the pay and allowances authorized by 15

law for duty that member performs. 16

(3) TERMINATION.—A pilot program under this 17

subsection shall terminate not later than four years 18

after the date of the enactment of this Act. 19

(4) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after a 20

pilot program terminates under paragraph (3), the 21

Secretary concerned shall submit to the Committees 22

on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep-23

resentatives a report regarding such pilot program, 24

including the recommendation of the Secretary con-25



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cerned whether such pilot program should be made 1

permanent. 2

(c) SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN OPEN ENROLLMENT 3

PERIOD.— 4

(1) PERSONS NOT CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING 5

IN SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN.— 6

(A) ELECTION OF SBP COVERAGE.—An eli-7

gible retired or former member may elect to 8

participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan during 9

the open enrollment period specified in para-10

graph (4). 11

(B) ELIGIBLE RETIRED OR FORMER MEM-12

BER.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), an 13

eligible retired or former member is a member 14

or former member of the uniformed services 15

who, on the day before the first day of the open 16

enrollment period, discontinued participation in 17

the Survivor Benefit Plan under section 18

1452(g) of title 10, United States Code, and— 19

(i) is entitled to retired pay; or 20

(ii) would be entitled to retired pay 21

under chapter of title 10, United States 22

Code (or chapter 67 of such title as in ef-23

fect before October 5, 1994), but for the 24



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fact that such member or former member 1

is under 60 years of age. 2

(C) STATUS UNDER SBP OF PERSONS MAK-3

ING ELECTIONS.— 4

(i) STANDARD ANNUITY.—A person 5

making an election under subparagraph 6

(A) by reason of eligibility under subpara-7

graph (B)(i) shall be treated for all pur-8

poses as providing a standard annuity 9

under the Survivor Benefit Plan. 10

(ii) RESERVE-COMPONENT ANNU-11

ITY.—A person making an election under 12

subparagraph (A) by reason of eligibility 13

under subparagraph (B)(ii) shall be treat-14

ed for all purposes as providing a reserve- 15

component annuity under the Survivor 16

Benefit Plan. 17

(2) MANNER OF MAKING ELECTIONS.— 18

(A) IN GENERAL.—An election under this 19

subsection must be made in writing, signed by 20

the person making the election, and received by 21

the Secretary concerned before the end of the 22

open enrollment period. Except as provided in 23

subparagraph (B), any such election shall be 24

made subject to the same conditions, and with 25



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the same opportunities for designation of bene-1

ficiaries and specification of base amount, that 2

apply under the Survivor Benefit Plan. A per-3

son making an election under paragraph (1) to 4

provide a reserve-component annuity shall make 5

a designation described in section 1448(e) of 6

title 10, United States Code. 7

(B) ELECTION MUST BE VOLUNTARY.—An 8

election under this subsection is not effective 9

unless the person making the election declares 10

the election to be voluntary. An election to par-11

ticipate in the Survivor Benefit Plan under this 12

subsection may not be required by any court. 13

An election to participate or not to participate 14

in the Survivor Benefit Plan is not subject to 15

the concurrence of a spouse or former spouse of 16

the person. 17

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR ELECTIONS.—Any 18

such election shall be effective as of the first day of 19

the first calendar month following the month in 20

which the election is received by the Secretary con-21

cerned. 22

(4) OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD DEFINED.— 23

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on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 1

on January 1, 2023. 2

(5) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF 3

LAW.—The provisions of sections 1449, 1453, and 4

1454 of title 10, United States Code, are applicable 5

to a person making an election, and to an election, 6

under this subsection in the same manner as if the 7

election were made under the Survivor Benefit Plan. 8

(6) PREMIUMS FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT ELEC-9

TION.— 10

(A) PREMIUMS TO BE CHARGED.—The 11

Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regula-12

tions premiums which a person electing under 13

this subsection shall be required to pay for par-14

ticipating in the Survivor Benefit Plan pursuant 15

to the election. The total amount of the pre-16

miums to be paid by a person under the regula-17

tions shall be equal to the sum of— 18

(i) the total amount by which the re-19

tired pay of the person would have been re-20

duced before the effective date of the elec-21

tion if the person had elected to participate 22

in the Survivor Benefit Plan (for the same 23

base amount specified in the election) at 24

the first opportunity that was afforded the 25



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member to participate under chapter 73 of 1

title 10, United States Code; 2

(ii) interest on the amounts by which 3

the retired pay of the person would have 4

been so reduced, computed from the dates 5

on which the retired pay would have been 6

so reduced at such rate or rates and ac-7

cording to such methodology as the Sec-8

retary of Defense determines reasonable; 9

and 10

(iii) any additional amount that the 11

Secretary determines necessary to protect 12

the actuarial soundness of the Department 13

of Defense Military Retirement Fund 14

against any increased risk for the fund 15

that is associated with the election. 16

(B) PREMIUMS TO BE CREDITED TO RE-17

TIREMENT FUND.—Premiums paid under the 18

regulations shall be credited to the Department 19

of Defense Military Retirement Fund. 20

(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 21

(A) The term ‘‘Survivor Benefit Plan’’ 22

means the program established under sub-23

chapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United 24

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(B) The term ‘‘retired pay’’ includes re-1

tainer pay paid under section 8330 of title 10, 2


(C) The terms ‘‘uniformed services’’ and 4

‘‘Secretary concerned’’ have the meanings given 5

those terms in section 101 of title 37, United 6

States Code. 7

(D) The term ‘‘Department of Defense 8

Military Retirement Fund’’ means the Depart-9

ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund es-10

tablished under section 1461(a) of title 10, 11


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lowing new section:

SEC. 5ll. REQUIREMENT TO ISSUE REGULATIONS ENSUR-1

ING CERTAIN PARENTAL GUARDIANSHIP 2

RIGHTS OF CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN. 3

(a) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary concerned 5

shall prescribe by regulation policies ensuring that 6

the parental guardianship rights of cadets and mid-7

shipmen are protected consistent with individual and 8

academic responsibilities. 9

(2) PROTECTION OF PARENTAL GUARDIANSHIP 10

RIGHTS.—The regulations prescribed under para-11

graph (1) shall provide that— 12

(A) a cadet or midshipman of a covered 13

service academy may not be required to give up 14

such cadet or midshipman’s parental guardian-15

ship rights in the event of a pregnancy occur-16

ring after the beginning of such cadet or mid-17

shipman’s first day of academic courses; 18

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(B) except as provided under paragraph 1

(3), a covered service academy may not involun-2

tarily dis-enroll a cadet or midshipman who be-3

comes pregnant or fathers a child while enrolled 4

at such academy after the first day of academic 5

courses; and 6

(C) a cadet or midshipman who becomes 7

pregnant or fathers a child while enrolled at a 8

covered service academy shall be allowed to take 9

leave for up to one year and return to the acad-10

emy to resume classes afterward. 11

(3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARENTS ENROLLED 12

AT COVERED SERVICE ACADEMIES.—The regulations 13

prescribed under paragraph (1) shall require cadets 14

and midshipmen with dependents to establish a fam-15

ily care plan in consultation with and approved by 16

appropriate academy leadership. The family care 17

plan shall— 18

(A) designate a full-time care provider, 19

such as another parent or guardian of the de-20

pendent or a family member of the cadet or 21

midshipman, who shall— 22

(i) be responsible for the dependent; 23

(ii) not be enrolled at a covered serv-24

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(iii) have either full power-of-attorney 1

or guardianship rights in order to prevent 2

situations where such cadet or midshipman 3

is pulled away from such cadet or mid-4

shipman’s duties and responsibilities at the 5

covered service academy; 6

(B) ensure that such cadet or mid-7

shipman— 8

(i) does not rely on base facilities or 9

child-care services and is able to function 10

as any other cadet or midshipman, includ-11

ing residing in covered service academy 12

dormitories; 13

(ii) except as provided under para-14

graphs (4) and (5)(B)(i), does not receive 15

additional compensation benefits or conces-16

sions from the covered service academy on 17

account of having a dependent, including 18

money, leave, or liberty; 19

(iii) is not be excused on account of 20

such dependent from standard classes, 21

training, traveling, fitness requirements, or 22

any other responsibilities inherent to at-23

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(C) ensure, that if both parents of a de-1

pendent are cadets or midshipmen at a covered 2

service academy, the parents shall agree on the 3

family care plan or face expulsion (with no in-4

curred obligations). 5

(4) OPTIONS FOR PREGNANT CADETS AND MID-6

SHIPMEN.—The regulations prescribed under para-7

graph (1) shall provide that females becoming preg-8

nant while enrolled at a covered service academy 9

shall have, at a minimum, the following options: 10

(A) At the conclusion of the current semes-11

ter or when otherwise deemed medically appro-12

priate, taking leave from the covered service 13

academy for up to one year followed by a return 14

to full cadet or midshipman status. 15

(B) Seek a transfer to a university with a 16

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps for the Armed 17

Force under the military department concerned. 18

(C) Full release from the covered service 19

academy and any related obligations. 20

(D) Enlistment in active-duty service, with 21

all of the attendant benefits. 22

(5) TREATMENT OF MALES FATHERING A 23

CHILD WHILE ENROLLED AT COVERED SERVICE 24

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paragraph (1) shall provide that males fathering a 1

child while enrolled at a covered service academy— 2

(A) shall not be required to give up paren-3

tal rights; and 4

(B) shall not acquire any benefits or leave 5

considerations as a result of fathering a child, 6

except that— 7

(i) academy leadership shall establish 8

policies to allow cadets and midshipmen at 9

least one week of leave to attend the birth 10

of such child, which must be used in con-11

junction with the birth; and 12

(ii) in the event the male father be-13

comes the sole financial provider for a de-14

pendent, the academy shall provide the fa-15

ther the same options available to a cadet 16

or midshipman who becomes a mother 17

while enrolled, including remaining enrolled 18

in accordance with a family care plan es-19

tablished pursuant to paragraph (3) or se-20

lecting one of the options specified in sub-21

paragraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (4). 22

(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 23

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for the changing of admission requirements at any 1

of the covered service academies. 2


(1) The term ‘‘covered service academy’’ means 4

the following: 5

(A) The United States Military Academy, 6

West Point, New York. 7

(B) The United States Naval Academy, 8

Annapolis, Maryland. 9

(C) The United States Air Force Academy, 10

Colorado Springs, Colorado. 11

(D) The United States Coast Guard Acad-12

emy, New London, Connecticut. 13

(E) The United States Merchant Marine 14

Academy, Kings Point, New York. 15

(2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 16

(A) with respect to the United States Mili-17

tary Academy, the United States Naval Acad-18

emy, and the United States Air Force Academy, 19

the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 20

the Secretaries of the military departments and 21

the Superintendent of each such academy; 22

(B) with respect to the United States 23

Coast Guard Academy, the Secretary of Home-24

land Security, in consultation with the Com-25



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mandant of the Coast Guard and the Super-1

intendent of the Coast Guard Academy; and 2

(C) with respect to the United States Mer-3

chant Marine Academy, the Secretary of Trans-4

portation, in consultation with the Adminis-5

trator of the Maritime Administration and the 6

Superintendent of the Merchant Marine Acad-7

emy. 8

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OFFERED BY MS. STRICKLAND OF WASHINGTON

At the appropriate place in title VI, insert the fol-

lowing:

SEC. 6ll. REPORT ON RENTAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS. 1



of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 4

committees a report on the rental partnership programs 5

of the Armed Forces. Such report shall include— 6

(1) the numbers and percentages of members of 7

the Armed Forces who do not live in housing located 8

on military installations who participate in such pro-9

grams; and 10

(2) the recommendation of the Secretary wheth-11

er Congress should establish annual funding for 12

such programs and, if so, what in amounts. 13

(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 14


gressional committees’’ means the following: 16

(1) The Committee on Armed Services of the 17

House of Representatives. 18

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(2) The Committee on Armed Services of the 1

Senate. 2

(3) The Committee on Transportation and In-3

frastructure of the House of Representatives. 4

(4) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and 5

Transportation of the Senate. 6

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lowing new section:

SEC. 7ll. GAO BIENNIAL STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL LONGITU-1

DINAL EXPOSURE RECORD PROGRAM. 2

(a) STUDIES AND REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later 3

than December 31, 2022, and once every two years there-4

after until December 31, 2030, the Comptroller General 5

of the United States shall— 6

(1) conduct a study on the implementation and 7

effectiveness of the Individual Longitudinal Expo-8

sure Record program of the Department of Defense 9

and the Department of Veterans Affairs; and 10

(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 11

committees a report containing the findings of the 12

most recently conducted study. 13

(b) ELEMENTS.—The biennial studies under sub-14

section (a) shall include an assessment of elements as fol-15

lows: 16

(1) INITIAL STUDY.—The initial study con-17

ducted under subsection (a) shall assess, at a min-18

imum, the following: 19

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(A) Statistics relating to use of the Indi-1

vidual Longitudinal Exposure Record program, 2

including the total number of individuals the 3

records of whom are contained therein and the 4

total number of records accessible under the 5

program. 6

(B) Costs associated with the program, in-7

cluding any cost overruns associated with the 8

program. 9

(C) The capacity to expand the program to 10

include the medical records of veterans who 11

served prior to the establishment of the pro-12

gram. 13

(D) Any illness recently identified as relat-14

ing to a toxic exposure (or any guidance relat-15

ing to such an illness recently issued) by either 16

the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 17

Veterans Affairs, including any such illness or 18

guidance that relates to open burn pit exposure. 19

(E) How the program has enabled (or 20

failed to enable) the discovery, notification, and 21

medical care of individuals affected by an illness 22

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(F) Physician and patient feedback on the 1

program, particularly feedback that relates to 2

ease of use. 3

(G) Cybersecurity and privacy protections 4

of patient data stored under the program, in-5

cluding whether any classified or restricted data 6

has been stored under the program (such as 7

data relating to deployment locations or duty 8

stations). 9

(H) Any technical or logistical impedi-10

ments to the implementation or expansion of 11

the program, including any impediments to the 12

inclusion in the program of databases or mate-13

rials originally intended to be included. 14

(I) Any issues relating to read-only access 15

to data under the program by veterans. 16

(J) Any issues relating to the interoper-17

ability of the program between the Department 18

of Defense and the Department of Veterans Af-19

fairs. 20

(2) SUBSEQUENT STUDIES.—Except as pro-21

vided in paragraph (3), each study conducted under 22

subsection (a) following the initial study specified in 23

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(A) statistics relating to use of the Indi-1

vidual Longitudinal Exposure Record program, 2

including the total number of individuals the 3

records of whom are contained therein and the 4

total number of records accessible under the 5

program; and 6

(B) such other elements as the Comptroller 7

General determines appropriate, which may in-8

clude any other element specified in paragraph 9

(1). 10

(3) FINAL STUDY.—The final study conducted 11

under subsection (a) shall assess— 12

(A) the elements specified in subpara-13

graphs (A), (B), (D), (E), (F), and (H) of 14


(B) such other elements as the Comptroller 16

General determines appropriate, which may in-17

clude any other element specified in paragraph 18

(1). 19

(c) ACCESS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 20

(1) INFORMATION AND MATERIALS.—Upon re-21

quest of the Comptroller General, the Secretary of 22

Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 23

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mation or other materials necessary for the conduct 1

of each biennial study under subsection (a). 2

(2) INTERVIEWS.—In addition to such other au-3

thorities as are available, the Comptroller General 4

shall have the right to interview officials and em-5

ployees of the Department of Defense and the De-6

partment of Veterans Affairs (including clinicians, 7

claims adjudicators, and researchers) as necessary 8

for the conduct of each biennial study under sub-9

section (a). 10

(3) INFORMATION FROM PATIENTS AND 11

FORMER PATIENTS.— 12

(A) DEVELOPMENT OF QUESTIONNAIRE.— 13

In carrying out each biennial study under sub-14

section (a), the Comptroller General may de-15

velop a questionnaire for individuals the records 16

of whom are contained in the Individual Longi-17

tudinal Exposure Record, to obtain the infor-18

mation necessary for the conduct of the study. 19

(B) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary con-20

cerned shall ensure that any questionnaire de-21

veloped pursuant to subparagraph (A) is dis-22

tributed to individuals the records of whom are 23

contained in the Individual Longitudinal Expo-24

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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 1


mittees’’ means— 3

(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 4

the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 5

House of Representatives; and 6

(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 7

the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-8

ate. 9

(2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 10

(A) the Secretary of Defense, with respect 11

to matters concerning the Department of De-12

fense; and 13

(B) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with 14

respect to matters concerning the Department 15

of Veterans Affairs. 16

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OFFERED BY MR. AUSTIN SCOTT OF GEORGIA

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, insert the fol-

lowing:

SEC. 12ll. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INVITING TAIWAN TO 1

THE RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISE. 2

It is the sense of Congress that the naval forces of 3

Taiwan should be invited to participate in the Rim of the 4

Pacific exercise conducted in 2022. 5

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OFFERED BY MRS. MURPHY OF FLORIDA

In log 73510, in section lll(b)(1)(D), proposing

amendments to section 54301(a)(6) of title 46, United

States Code, strike ‘‘(6)(B)—’’ and insert ‘‘(6)—’’.



States Code, redesignate clauses (i) through (iii) as sub-

clauses (I) through (III), respectively, and adjust the

margins accordingly.



States Code, insert before subclause (I), as so redesig-

nated, the following:

(i) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 1

(I) by striking ‘‘movement of 2

goods through a port or intermodal 3

connection to a port’’ and inserting 4

‘‘movement of—’’; and 5

(II) by adding at the end the fol-6

lowing new subclauses: 7

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‘‘(I) goods through a port or 1

intermodal connection to a port; or 2

‘‘(II) passengers through an 3

emission mitigation measure under 4

paragraph (3)(A)(ii)(IV) that provides 5

for the use of shore power for vessels 6

to which sections 3507 and 3508 7

apply.’’; and 8

(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 9

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OFFERED BY MR. LANGEVIN OF RHODE

ISLAND

At the appropriate place in title LII, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 52lløLog 73618¿. MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL DE-1

FENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STRAT-2

EGY. 3

Section 218(a) of the John S. McCain National De-4

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 5

115–232; 132 Stat. 1679) is amended— 6

(1) in paragraph (1)— 7

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 8

(A), by striking ‘‘Not later than February 4, 9

2019, the Secretary of Defense shall develop a 10

strategy’’ and inserting ‘‘The Under Secretary 11

of Defense for Research and Engineering, pur-12

suant to guidance provided by the Deputy Sec-13

retary of Defense for purposes of this section 14

and in coordination with the entities specified in 15

paragraph (3), shall develop a strategy—’’; 16

(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 17

‘‘and’’ at the end; 18

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(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 1

period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2

(D) by adding at the end the following: 3

‘‘(C) to establish an integrated and endur-4

ing approach to the identification, 5

prioritization, development, and fielding of 6

emerging capabilities and technologies, includ-7

ing artificial intelligence-enabled applications.’’; 8

(2) in paragraph (2)— 9

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘be 10

aligned with the National Defense Strategy 11

and’’ and inserting ‘‘inform the development of 12

each National Defense Strategy under section 13

113(g) of title 10, United States Code, and be 14

aligned with’’; 15

(B) in subparagraph (B), in the matter 16

preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘invest-17

ments,’’ after ‘‘goals,’’; 18

(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 19

‘‘and’’ at the end; 20

(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 21

period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 22

and 23

(E) by adding at the end the following new 24

subparagraphs: 25



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‘‘(E) identify critical capabilities and tech-1

nological applications required to address oper-2

ational challenges outlined in the National De-3

fense Strategy; 4

‘‘(F) assess existing capabilities and tech-5

nologies, including dual-use commercial tech-6

nologies; 7

‘‘(G) based on the determinations made 8

under subparagraphs (E) and (F), inform the 9

agenda of the Department’s research and devel-10

opment organizations, including the Defense 11

Advanced Research Projects Agency, the de-12

fense laboratories, university affiliated research 13

centers, and federally funded research and de-14

velopment centers, by identifying potentially 15

disruptive and useful technologies and applica-16

tions that warrant long-term, exploratory in-17

vestment; 18

‘‘(H) employ a portfolio management ap-19

proach for pursuing such technologies and ap-20

plications; 21

‘‘(I) build a framework for the rapid inte-22

gration of existing capabilities and technologies 23

to close near-term capability gaps; 24



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‘‘(J) provide informed consideration of 1

which technical areas the Department should be 2

working to advance, and which areas the De-3

partment should work to incorporate commer-4

cial technology; and 5

‘‘(K) develop a consistent and transparent 6

approach to strategic defense technology prior-7

ities to enable industry to invest deliberately in 8

emerging technologies to build and broaden the 9

capabilities of the industrial base.’’. 10

(3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); 11

(4) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as 12

paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; 13


lowing new paragraphs: 15

‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Under Secretary of 16

Defense for Research and Engineering shall develop 17

the strategy under paragraph (1) in coordination 18

with relevant entities within the Office of the Sec-19

retary of Defense, the military departments, the re-20

search organizations of Defense Agencies and De-21

partment of Defense Field Activities, the intelligence 22

community, defense and technology industry part-23

ners, research and development partners, other Fed-24



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eral research agencies, and allies and partners of the 1

United States. 2

‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the 3

strategy under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary 4

of Defense for Research and Engineering shall— 5

‘‘(A) be informed by the operational chal-6

lenges identified in the National Defense Strat-7

egy and the technological threats and opportu-8

nities identified through the global technology 9

review and assessment activities of the Depart-10

ment of Defense, the intelligence community, 11

and other technology partners; 12

‘‘(B) support the deliberate development of 13

capabilities based on military requirements and 14

the opportunistic development of capabilities 15

based on emerging technologies; 16

‘‘(C) synchronize and integrate the per-17

spectives of members of the covered Armed 18

Forces and technologists; 19

‘‘(D) work to align the Department of De-20

fense and the intelligence community to im-21

prove interoperability and promote efficiencies; 22

‘‘(E) balance investments based on near- 23

term and long-term time horizons and tech-24

nology maturation, including— 25



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‘‘(i) mature and commercially avail-1

able technologies and applications to ad-2

dress near-term capability gaps and oper-3

ational requirements; 4

‘‘(ii) disruptive technologies to enable 5

transformative capabilities and operational 6

concepts over the longer-term; and 7

‘‘(iii) foundational research and devel-8

opment and technologies required for long- 9

term innovation; 10

‘‘(F) provide strategic guidance to the re-11

search, engineering, and acquisition commu-12

nities of the Department of Defense and to the 13

defense and technology industries that support 14

the Department; and 15

‘‘(G) consider the ethical and responsible 16

development and use of emerging technologies. 17

‘‘(5) REPORTS AND UPDATES.— 18

‘‘(A) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 19

days after the date on which the Under Sec-20

retary of Defense for Research and Engineering 21

completes the development of the initial strat-22

egy under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary 23

shall submit to the congressional defense com-24

mittees a report that includes such strategy. 25



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‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS AND UP-1

DATES.—Not later than the first Monday in 2

February of the year following each fiscal year 3

during which the National Defense Strategy is 4

submitted under section 113(g) of title 10, 5

United States Code, the Under Secretary of De-6

fense for Research and Engineering shall sub-7

mit to the congressional defense committees a 8

report that includes an updated version of the 9

strategy under paragraph (1). Each update to 10

such strategy shall be prepared for purposes of 11

such report based on emerging requirements, 12

technological developments in the United 13

States, and technical intelligence derived from 14

global technology reviews conducted by the Sec-15

retary of Defense 16

‘‘(C) FORM OF REPORTS.—The reports 17

submitted under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 18

shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 19

include a classified annex.’’; 20

(6) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated— 21

(A) by striking ‘‘14 days’’ and inserting 22

‘‘90 days’’; and 23



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(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and insert-1

ing ‘‘the Under Secretary of Defense for Re-2

search and Engineering’’; and 3

(7) by adding at the end the following new 4

paragraph: 5

‘‘(8) COVERED ARMED FORCE DEFINED.—In 6

this section, the term ‘covered Armed Force’ means 7

the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and 8

Space Force.’’. 9

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OFFERED BY MRS. BICE OF OKLAHOMA


In section 4201 of division D, relating to Research, Development, Test, and

Evaluation, increase the amount for Defense-Wide Manufacturing Science and

Technology Program, Line 050 by $3,000,000 for virtual reality-enabled smart

installation experimentation.


Evaluation, Defense-wide, reduce the amount for line 104, Advanced Innovative

Technologies by $3,000,000.




Offered by: Mr. Scott of Georgia



Use of Multi-role Contractor Own Contractor Operated Aircraft

The committee understands that Combatant Commanders continue to manage air assets

to maximize ability to meet mission requirements in their Area of Responsibility. It also

understands those forces are composed of combination of organic and contractor personnel

operating single-role and multi-role aircraft and that currently, all contractor owned contractor

operated Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft are dedicated to ISR

missions and contractor owned contractor operated Mobility/Casualty Evacuation aircraft are

dedicated to mobility/casualty evacuation missions. As a result, there are missed opportunities

for cross-over or economies of scale. The committee believes an increase in the use of multi-role

assets could provide Combatant Commanders additional flexibility in executing day-to-day

mission requirements. Any contractor-owned, contractor operated (COCO) solutions considered

should be responsive to validated Joint Service gaps and should be incorporated into their Force

Development processes. However, the committee is concerned about potential tasking and

funding restrictions on the use of contractor owned multi-role capable aircraft and the ability to

execute missions such as air mobility, medical and casualty evacuation and ISR.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the congressional

defense committees a briefing, not later than June 1, 2022, on the Department of Defense’s

ability to utilize contractor owned contractor operated aircraft in a multi-use role. At a minimum,

the briefing will include: challenges and opportunities associated with a single or fleet of

contractor owned contractor operated aircraft equipped to carry out multiple functions and

missions; cost associated with single-role vs multi-use contractor operated contractor owned

aircraft; comparison of operational value associated with single-role vs multi-use contractor

operated contractor owned aircraft; capability of swapping payloads in a timely manner to meet

changing mission requirements; assessment of types of aircraft available to meet multi-role

mission requirements; assessment of single role mission capabilities with similar mission

capabilities on a multi-role aircraft; potential contracting challenges associated with executing

multi-role missions using contractor operated contractor owned aircraft (i.e. air mobility,

medical/casualty evacuation, ISR, etc.); mission prioritization and tasking constraints; and

analysis that weighs the costs, benefits, and risks required to determine the expected impact on

costs and on mission achievement; methods to ensure that multi-role aircraft that will transport

service members are certified to the proper standard; processes for evaluating functions that

could be categorized as inherently governmental or closely associated to governmental services.





lowing:

SEC. lll. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF DEPARTMENT OF 1

VETERANS AFFAIRS OPEN BURN PIT REG-2

ISTRY TO INCLUDE OPEN BURN PITS IN 3

EGYPT AND SYRIA. 4

Section 201(c)(2) of the Dignified Burial and Other 5

Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 6

112–260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note) is amended, in the matter 7

before subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or Iraq’’ and insert-8

ing ‘‘, Iraq, Egypt, or Syria’’. 9

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OFFERED BY MS. JACOBS


In section 4101 of division D, relating to Aircraft Procurement Air Force,

increase the amount for C-130, Line 51, by $15,000,000 for the purpose of

Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems.

In section 4301 of division D, relating to Operations and Maintenance,

Defense-Wide, reduce the amount for Office of Secretary of Defense, Line 540, by

$15,000,000.





lowing new section:

SEC. 9ll. INCLUSION OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DIS-1

POSAL IN SPECIAL OPERATIONS ACTIVITIES. 2

Section 167(k) of title 10, United States Code, is 3

amended— 4

(1) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-5

graph (11); and 6


lowing new paragraph (10): 8

‘‘(10) Explosive ordnance disposal.’’. 9

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Offered by: Mr. Wilson of South Carolina



Enterprise Telecommunications Security

The committee asserts that the military forces require a robust telecommunications

infrastructure with built-in resilience and persistent risk mitigations measures.

While the Department must develop enterprise-wide efforts, the regional combatant

commands must also consider regionally specific considerations. These often include

analyses of military-managed and commercially managed infrastructures. To

understand these region-specific considerations devised by combatant commands,

the committee directs the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense,

in coordination with the combatant commands, to brief the committee no later than

May 31, 2022 on the evolution of the Department’s secure communications

infrastructure. The committee further directs that the briefing should place greater

emphasis on European Command and Indo-Pacific Command, in line with the

National Defense Strategy. The briefing should specifically address how integration

with U.S. hosted commercial capabilities could improve mission effectiveness,

including considerations of reduced latency and increased fidelity through emerging

technologies.




At the appropriate place in title XIII, insert the fol-

lowing:

SEC. 13ll. REPORT ON HOSTILITIES INVOLVING UNITED 1

STATES ARMED FORCES. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall report to the 3

congressional defense committees, the Committee on For-4

eign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on For-5

eign Affairs of the House of Representatives not later than 6

48 hours after any incident in which the United States 7

Armed Forces are involved in an attack or hostilities, 8

whether in an offensive or defensive capacity, unless the 9

President— 10

(1) otherwise reports the incident within 48 11

hours pursuant to section 4 of the War Powers Res-12

olution (50 U.S.C. 1543); or 13

(2) has determined prior to the incident, and so 14

reported pursuant to section 1264 of the National 15

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (50 16

U.S.C. 1549), that the United States Armed Forces 17

involved in the incident would be operating under 18

specific statutory authorization within the meaning 19

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of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution (50 1

U.S.C. 1544(b)). 2

(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re-3

quired by subsection (a) shall include— 4

(1) the statutory and operational authorities 5

under which the United States Armed Forces were 6

operating, including any relevant executive orders 7

and an identification of the operational activities au-8

thorized under such executive orders; 9

(2) the date, location, duration, and other par-10

ties involved; 11

(3) a description of the United States Armed 12

Forces involved and the mission of such Armed 13

Forces; 14

(4) the numbers of any combatant casualties 15

and civilian casualties; and 16

(5) any other information the President deter-17

mines appropriate. 18

(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 19

shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 20

a classified annex. 21

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Offered by: Ms. Cheney of Wyoming



Report on Security of Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal

“The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the to the congressional

defense committees not later than December 31, 2021, on the vulnerability of the nuclear arsenal

of the Government of Pakistan to seizure or control, that includes considerations of known

extremism among personnel of the Inter-Services Intelligence and the possibility of terror group

threats from Afghanistan.”




At the appropriate place in title XVI, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 16ll. INCLUSION OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE INTEL-1

LIGENCE IN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGEN-2

CY ACTIVITIES. 3

Section 105 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 4

U.S.C. 3038) is amended— 5

(1) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘human in-6

telligence and’’ and inserting ‘‘explosive ordnance in-7

telligence, human intelligence, and’’; and 8


section: 10

‘‘(e) EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE INTELLIGENCE DE-11

FINED.—In this section, the term ‘explosive ordnance in-12

telligence’ means technical intelligence relating to explo-13

sive ordnance (as defined in section 283(d) of title 10, 14

United States Code), including with respect to the proc-15

essing, production, dissemination, integration, exploi-16

tation, evaluation, feedback, and analysis of explosive ord-17

nance using the skills, techniques, principles, and knowl-18

edge of explosive ordnance disposal personnel regarding 19



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fuzing, firing systems, ordnance disassembly, and develop-1

ment of render safe techniques, procedures and tools, pub-2

lications, and applied technologies.’’. 3

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OFFERED BY MR. JIM BANKS


In section 4201 of division D, relating to Research, Development, Test & Eval, Navy Basic Research, increase the amount for University Research Initiatives, Line 001, by $5,000,000.

In section 4301 of division D, relating to Operation and Maintenance, Army,

reduce the amount for Theater Level Assets, Line 040, by $5,000,000.



OFFERED BY MR. WILSON OF SOUTH CAROLINA



Evaluation, Navy, increase the amount for Afloat Networks, Line 234, by

$5,000,000.

In section 4301 of division D, relating to Operation and Maintenance, Army,

reduce the amount for Maneuver Units, Line 010, by $5,000,000, derived from the

amount for Unjustified growth decrease.



OFFERED BY MR. LANGEVIN



Evaluation, Navy increase the amount for Undersea Warfare Applied Research,

Line 012, by $8,500,000.

In section 4301 of division D, relating to Operation and Maintenance, Air

Force reduce the amount for Administration, Line 400, by $8,500,000.




At the end of subtitle F of title XXVIII, add the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 28ll. LAND CONVEYANCE, JOINT BASE CAPE COD, 1

BOURNE, MASSACHUSETTS. 2

(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 3

the Air Force may convey to the Commonwealth of Massa-4

chusetts (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Common-5

wealth’’) all right, title, and interest of the United States 6

in and to a parcel of real property, including improve-7

ments thereon and related easements, consisting of ap-8

proximately 10 acres located on Joint Base Cape Cod, 9

Bourne, Massachusetts. 10

(b) CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance 11

under subsection (a) shall be subject to valid existing 12

rights and the Commonwealth shall accept the real prop-13

erty, and any improvements thereon, in its condition at 14

the time of the conveyance (commonly known as a convey-15

ance ‘‘as is’’). 16

(c) CONSIDERATION.— 17

(1) CONSIDERATION REQUIRED.—As consider-18

ation for the conveyance under subsection (a), the 19

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Commonwealth shall pay to the United States an 1

amount equal to the fair market value of the right, 2

title, and interest conveyed under subsection (a) 3

based on an appraisal approved by the Secretary. 4

(2) TREATMENT OF CONSIDERATION RE-5

CEIVED.—Consideration received under paragraph 6

(1) shall be deposited in the special account in the 7

Treasury established under subsection (b) of section 8

572 of title 40, United States Code, and shall be 9

available in accordance with paragraph (5)(B) of 10

such subsection. 11

(d) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 12

(1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 13

the Air Force shall require the Commonwealth to 14

cover all costs (except costs for environmental reme-15

diation of the property) to be incurred by the Sec-16

retary, or to reimburse the Secretary for costs in-17

curred by the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance 18

under subsection (a), including survey costs, costs 19

for environmental documentation, and any other ad-20

ministrative costs related to the conveyance. If 21

amounts are collected from the Commonwealth in 22

advance of the Secretary incurring the actual costs, 23

and the amount collected exceeds the costs actually 24

incurred by the Secretary to carry out the convey-25



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ance, the Secretary shall refund the excess amount 1

to the Commonwealth. 2

(2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.— 3

Amounts received as reimbursement under para-4

graph (1) shall be credited to the fund or account 5

that was used to cover the costs incurred by the Sec-6

retary in carrying out the conveyance or, if the pe-7

riod of availability for obligations for that appropria-8

tion has expired, to an appropriate fund or account 9

currently available to the Secretary for the same 10

purpose. Amounts so credited shall be merged with 11

amounts in such fund or account, and shall be avail-12

able for the same purposes, and subject to the same 13

conditions and limitations, as amounts in such fund 14

or account. 15

(e) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 16

and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 17

subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 18

to the Secretary of the Air Force. 19

(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-20

retary of the Air Force may require such additional terms 21

and conditions in connection with the conveyance under 22

subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to 23

protect the interests of the United States. 24

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AMENDMENT TO H.R. ll

OFFERED BY MR. PANETTA OF CALIFORNIA

Add at the appropriate place in title XXXI the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 31ll. UNIVERSITY-BASED NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERA-1

TION COLLABORATION PROGRAM. 2

Title XLIII of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 3

U.S.C. 2565 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 4

the following new section (and conforming the table of 5

contents accordingly): 6

‘‘SEC. 4312. UNIVERSITY-BASED DEFENSE NUCLEAR NON-7

PROLIFERATION COLLABORATION PRO-8

GRAM. 9

‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall carry out 10

a program under which the Administrator establishes a 11

policy research consortium of institutions of higher edu-12

cation and nonprofit entities in support of implementing 13

and innovating the defense nuclear nonproliferation pro-14

grams of the Administration. The Administrator shall es-15

tablish and carry out such program in a manner similar 16

to the program established under section 4814. 17

‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the consortium 18

under subsection (a) are as follows: 19

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‘‘(1) To shape the formulation and application 1

of policy through the conduct of research and anal-2

ysis regarding defense nuclear nonproliferation pro-3

grams. 4

‘‘(2) To maintain open-source databases on 5

issues relevant to understanding defense nuclear 6

nonproliferation, arms control, and nuclear security. 7

‘‘(3) To facilitate the collaboration of research 8

centers of excellence relating to defense nuclear non-9

proliferation to better distribute expertise to specific 10

issues and scenarios regarding such threats. 11

‘‘(c) DUTIES.— 12

‘‘(1) SUPPORT.—The Administrator shall en-13

sure that the consortium established under sub-14

section (a) provides support to individuals described 15

in paragraph (2) through the use of nongovern-16

mental fellowships, scholarships, research intern-17

ships, workshops, short courses, summer schools, 18

and research grants. 19

‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—The individ-20

uals described in this paragraph are graduate stu-21

dents, academics, and policy specialists, who are fo-22

cused on policy innovation related to— 23

‘‘(A) defense nuclear nonproliferation; 24

‘‘(B) arms control; 25



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‘‘(C) nuclear deterrence; 1

‘‘(D) the study of foreign nuclear pro-2

grams; 3

‘‘(E) nuclear security; or 4

‘‘(F) educating and training the next gen-5

eration of defense nuclear nonproliferation pol-6

icy experts.’’. 7

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Offered by: Mr. Brown



Report on Existing Use of Virtual Reality Technology in Hard Skills and Soft Skills

Training

The Committee recognizes the rapid advance in the capability of virtual reality (VR)

and augmented reality (AR) systems, and notes their commercial adoption in

training programs for activities such as aircraft maintenance, aircraft operations,

and advanced pilot education. The committee believes that adoption of VR and AR

technologies in the activities of the Department of Defense promises to produce

favorable impacts in readiness, cost effectiveness, productivity, and availability.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the

House Armed Services Committee not later than March 30, 2022, that includes, at

minimum, the following:

1. An overview of the current level of adoption of commercially-based VR

and AR training platforms throughout the Department of Defense;

2. The impacts to readiness observed to be associated with VR and AR

adoption, including cost effectiveness, productivity, availability, access,

adaptability, and end user satisfaction;

3. Currently planned additional deployments of commercially-based VR

and AR training capabilities, including those associated with major

acquisition programs;

4. The possible utility of commercially available VR and AR platforms to

support additional Department of Defense training activities, including

but not limited to aircraft maintenance, aircraft operations, advanced

pilot education, sexual assault prevention, and suicide prevention; and

5. Such other information as the Secretary deems appropriate.



OFFERED BY MRS. LURIA OF VIRGINIA

At the end of subtitle G of title XXVIII, add the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 28ll. PILOT PROGRAM TO EXPEDITE 5G TELE-1

COMMUNICATIONS ON MILITARY INSTALLA-2

TIONS THROUGH DEPLOYMENT OF TELE-3

COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE. 4

(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Not later than one 5

year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Sec-6

retary of a military department shall establish a pilot pro-7

gram to evaluate the feasibility of deploying telecommuni-8

cations infrastructure to expedite the availability of 5G 9

telecommunications on military installations. 10

(b) SELECTION OF PROGRAM SITES.— 11

(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary of a military 12

department shall select at least one military installa-13

tion under the jurisdiction of the Secretary as a lo-14

cation at which to conduct the pilot program. 15

(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting a military installa-16

tion as a location for the pilot program, the Sec-17

retary of a military department shall prioritize mili-18

tary installations that are located in close proximity 19

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to other military installations, whether or not the 1

other installations are under the jurisdiction of that 2

Secretary. 3

(c) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later than six 4

months after the establishment of the pilot program by 5

the Secretary of a military department, that Secretary 6

shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-7

port containing the following: 8

(1) A list of the military installations selected 9

by that Secretary as locations for the pilot program. 10

(2) A description of authorities used to execute 11

the pilot program. 12

(3) The number and identity of telecommuni-13

cation carriers that intend to use the telecommuni-14

cations infrastructure deployed pursuant to the pilot 15

program to provide 5G telecommunication services 16

at the selected military installations. 17

(4) An assessment of the need to have central-18

ized processes and points of contacts or additional 19

authorities, to facilitate deployment of telecommuni-20

cations infrastructure. 21

(d) TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DE-22

FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘telecommunications in-23

frastructure’’ includes, but is not limited to, the following: 24

(1) Macro towers. 25



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(2) Small cell poles. 1

(3) Distributed antenna systems. 2

(4) Dark fiber. 3

(5) Power solutions. 4

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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022

OFFERED BY: MS. CHENEY OF WYOMING


new text:

Defense Security Cooperation Agency briefing on lessons learned from the failure of the ANSF

and partner forces with less capable security forces.

“The committee is concerned about the failure of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)

to sustain security operations after the withdrawal of American forces. The rapid failure of the

ANSF raises questions about the Department’s ability to oversee security cooperation

programs. After years of training, funding, and embedding with the ANSF, their mission failure

raises serious concerns about how the United States trains and equips certain partner forces.

Training less capable partner forces to fight with American technology and assets, to include

multi-domain intelligence, ISR, close air support, and other sophisticated technology that is not

present organically for host nations, may not achieve U.S. security cooperation objectives nor

develop an enduring capability for partner nations. The committee directs the Secretary of

Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than

December 1, 2021, that includes how the agency plans to incorporate lessons learned from the

failure of the ANSF; and how the agency trains other partner forces with less capable security

forces.”




At the appropriate place in title III, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 3ll. PILOT PROGRAM ON BIOBASED CORROSION 1

CONTROL AND MITIGATION. 2

(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 120 days after 3


Defense shall commence a one-year pilot program to test 5

and evaluate the use of covered biobased solutions as alter-6

natives to current solutions for the control and mitigation 7

of corrosion. 8

(b) SELECTION.—In carrying out the pilot program 9

under subsection (a), the Secretary shall select for test 10

and evaluation under the pilot program at least one exist-11

ing covered biobased solution. 12

(c) TEST AND EVALUATION.—Following the test and 13

evaluation of a covered biobased solution under the pilot 14

program, the Secretary shall determine, based on such test 15

and evaluation, whether the solution meets the following 16

requirements: 17

(1) The solution is capable of being produced 18

domestically. 19



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(2) The solution is at least as effective at the 1

control and mitigation of corrosion as current alter-2

native solutions. 3

(3) The solution reduces environmental expo-4

sures. 5

(d) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Upon termination of the 6

pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall de-7

velop recommendations for the Department of Defense- 8

wide deployment of covered biobased solutions that the 9

Secretary has determined meet the requirements under 10

subsection (c). 11

(e) COVERED BIOBASED SOLUTION DEFINED.—In 12

this section, the term ‘‘covered biobased solution’’ means 13

a solution for the control and mitigation of corrosion that 14

is domestically produced, commercial, and biobased. 15

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In the appropriate place in the report to accompany H.R. 4350, insert the following new Directive Report

Language: Report on the Progress and Development of ICBM Silos in Eastern XinJiang, Gansu, and Jinlantai

Provinces

“The committee also directs the Secretary of Defense provide a report to the House Committee on Armed

Services, no later than March 31, 2021 on the current progress and development of ICBM silos in Eastern

Xinjiang, Gansu and Jinlantai provinces of the People’s Republic of China. The report should also include

a current assessment of silo capabilities, an analysis of the infrastructure concept behind development of

such silos, updates on the size of over the horizon force with respect to such silos, updates on the

locations of such silos, and anticipated completion dates of such silos, and a comparative assessment of

the modernization efforts of the PRC’s nuclear triad.”




Offered by: Mr. Wilson of South Carolina



Tracking Local National Support to U.S. Armed Forces

“The committee recognizes the invaluable support provided to the United States

military by local nationals who serve in a variety of different positions from linguist,

cultural advisors, and other support positions. Without their support, the ability to

accomplish our mission would be more difficult.

To ensure the Department of Defense is able to support routine immigration

requests as well as emergency evacuations, the committee directs the Secretary of

Defense to provide a briefing by March 1, 2022, to the House Committee on Armed

Services and Senate Committee on Armed Services detailing the feasibility of

maintaining a comprehensive database of local nationals that work in support of the

United States military during armed conflicts.”


AMENDMENT TO H.R.

OFFERED BY MS. HOULAHAN OF PENNSYLVANIA


lowing:

SEC. 8ll. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DE-1

VELOPMENT PRIORITIES. 2

The Secretary of Defense shall coordinate with the 3

Secretary of Energy to ensure that the priorities of the 4

Department of Defense with respect to the research and 5

development of alternative technologies to, and methods 6

for the extraction, processing, and recycling of, critical 7

minerals (as defined in section 2(b) of the National Mate-8

rials and Minerals Policy, Research, and Development Act 9

of 1980 (30 U.S.C. 1601(b))) are included in the appro-10

priate research and development activities funded by the 11

Secretary of Energy pursuant to the program established 12

under paragraph (g) of section 7002 of division Z of the 13

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116- 14

260). 15

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Offered by: Ms. Slotkin of Michigan



Leveraging Opportunities for Public-Private Partnerships on U.S. Military

Installations

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House

Committee on Armed Services by no later than March 1, 2022 on recommendations

for reducing barriers and streamlining processes to enable private companies to

build partnerships with federal and state-owned military installations, including

all-domain training centers, and installations operated by the National Guard.

The report shall include, at a minimum;

1) Recommendations regarding opportunities to leverage public-private

partnerships to enable private companies to create synergies work with

servicemembers and the National Guard;

2) Currently existing authorities allowing private companies to lease, rent, or

otherwise permitted to operate on and improve, state and federally-owned

military installations, to include support research, development, testing, and

evaluation (RDT&E) of defense technologies;

3) Identifying the instrumentation and equipment needs necessary for increased

RDT&E at all-domain training centers that are able to support training,

testing and exercises for aircraft, maritime, littoral, amphibious, joint fire

support, maneuver coordinated with fires and effects, multi-echelon

sustainment, combined arms live fire, decisive major combat operations

scenarios, air mobility, cyber operations, space operations, electronic warfare

spectrum availability, mission command, remotely piloted aircraft launch and

recovery, and four seasons capabilities.

4) Any statutory or regulatory barriers to such opportunities.



OFFERED BY MS. CHENEY OF WYOMING

At the appropriate place in title I, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 1ll. PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN 1

PARTS OF THE GROUND-BASED STRATEGIC 2

DETERRENT CRYPTOGRAPHIC DEVICE. 3

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force 4

may enter into contracts for the life-of-type procurement 5

of covered parts supporting the KS–75 cryptographic de-6

vice under the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent pro-7

gram. 8

(b) COVERED PARTS DEFINED.—In this section the 9

term ‘‘covered parts’’ means commercially available off- 10

the-shelf items as defined in section 104 of title 41, United 11

States Code. 12

(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding sec-13

tion 1502(a) of title 31, United States Code, of the 14

amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 15

by section 101 and available for missile procurement, Air 16

Force, as specified in the corresponding funding table in 17

section 4101, $10,900,000 shall be available for the pro-18

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curement of covered parts pursuant to contracts entered 1

into under subsection (a). 2

In section 4101, title 16, relating to Ballistic Missile

Procurement, increase the amount Review of Engineering

and Manufacturing Development Contract for Ground-

Based Strategic Deterrent Program, Line 002, by

$10,900,000.

In section 4101, title 16, relating to Ballistic Missile

Procurement, Army, reduce the amount Review of Engi-

neering and Manufacturing Development Contract for

Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Program, Line 002,

by $10,900,000.

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OFFERED BY MR. CARL


In section 4101 of division D, relating to SHIPBUILDING AND

CONVERSION, NAVY, increase the amount for Expeditionary Fast Transport

(EPF), Line 20, by $270,000,000.

In section 4101 of division D, relating to WEAPON PROCURMENT, NAVY,

increase the amount for TOMAHAWK, Line 3, by $17,370,000.

In section 4101 of division D, relating to OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY,

reduce the amount for SURFACE COMBATANT HM&E, Line 2, by 12,692,000.


reduce the amount for LHA/LHD MIDLIFE, Line 8, by 12,773,000.


reduce the amount for LPD CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, Line 15, by

4,814,000.


reduce the amount for OPERATING FORCES IPE, Line 30, by 18,000,000.


reduce the amount for LCS MCM MISSION MODULES, Line 32, by 10,511,000.


reduce the amount for AN/SQQ-89 SURF ASW COMBAT SYSTEM, Line 39, by

4,958,000.


reduce the amount for SSN ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT, Line 40, by 18,952,000.



reduce the amount for AN/SLQ-32, Line 46, by 56,415,000.

In section 4102 of division D, relating to RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,

TEST & EVAL, AF, reduce the amount for B-52 SQUADRONS, Line 8, by

43,000,000.


CONVERSION, NAVY, reduce the amount for CARRIER REPLACEMENT

PROGRAM (CVN 80), Line 3, by 6,500,000.


CONVERSION, NAVY, reduce the amount for CARRIER REPLACEMENT

PROGRAM (CVN 81), Line 4, by 12,045,000.


CONVERSION, NAVY, reduce the amount for DDG-51, Line 10, by 20,463,000.


CONVERSION, NAVY, reduce the amount for OUTFITTING, Line 26, by

40,976,000.


reduce the amount for TOMAHAWK, Line 3, by 3,743,000.


reduce the amount for NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE, Line 17, by 6,954,000.


reduce the amount for MK-48 TORPEDO, Line 28, by 2,630,000.


reduce the amount for MK-54 TORPEDO MODS, Line 30, by 11,944,000.




Offered by: Mr. Kelly of Mississippi



Military Wellness Programs

Congress is aware of the significant challenges the Department faces regarding both

the readiness and health of the force. The Committee commends the Department for

placing a priority on and making a concerted investment in these matters.

A key aspect to this focus is the integration of human and technological factors to

enhance traditional approaches to readiness. The explosive growth in membership

to a military wellness community of interest should serve as an indicator that our

soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen are reaching out for assistance at an alarming

rate. The significant interest of programs like this give credence that proven, digital

resources may provide a connection and community for members is in high demand.

Given the increasing costs associated with recruiting, training and sustaining the

armed forces, Congress encourages the Department to continue their investment in

existing technologies within the private and non-profit sectors that enhances their

ability to analyze readiness data to better inform the decision-making process.

Accordingly, the committee urges the Department to continue to resource these

programs. The Committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report

to the Committees of Armed Services of the Senate and the House of

Representatives no later than February 1, 2022, on their plan to leverage existing

digital solutions and capabilities to aid DoD efforts to improve and sustain force

readiness.



OFFERED BY MR. TURNER OF OHIO

In section 1ll (Log 72826)—

(1) in subsection (a), strike ‘‘287’’ and insert

‘‘279’’;

(2) redesignate subsection (b) as subsection (c);

and

(3) insert after subsection (a) the following new

subsection:

(b) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of the Air Force 1

may reduce the number of tactical airlift aircraft in the 2

Air Force below the minimum number specified in sub-3

section (a) if the Secretary of the Air Force determines, 4

on a case-by-case basis, that an aircraft is no longer mis-5

sion capable because of a mishap or other damage. 6

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OFFERED BY MR. WILSON


In section 4701 of division D, relating to Savannah River Sites, increase the

amount for SR community and regulatory support, by $6,500,000.

In section 4701 of division D, relating to Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation,

reduce the amount for 18-D-150 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project, SRS, by

$6,500,000.





lowing:

SEC. ll. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR UNITED 1

STATES SPACE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS. 2

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 3

this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2022 4

for the Department of Defense may be obligated or ex-5

pended to construct, plan, or design a new headquarters 6

building for United States Space Command until the In-7

spector General of the Department of the Defense and the 8

Comptroller General of the United States complete site se-9

lection reviews for such building. 10

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OFFERED BY MR. DESJARLAIS OF TENNESSEE

Add at the appropriate place in title XXXI the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 31ll. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO 1

RECONVERT OR RETIRE W76–2 WARHEADS. 2

(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 3

(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 4

this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2022 5

for the National Nuclear Security Administration may be 6

obligated or expended to reconvert or retire a W76–2 war-7

head. 8

(b) WAIVER.—The Administrator for Nuclear Secu-9

rity may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if the Ad-10

ministrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 11

the Director of National Intelligence, and the Chairman 12

of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, certifies to the congressional 13

defense committees that Russia and China do not possess 14

naval capabilities similar to the W76–2 warhead in the 15

active stockpiles of the respective country. 16

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OFFERED BY MR. GREEN OF TENNESSEE

At the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, add the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 28ll. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MONITORING OF 1

REAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND OCCU-2

PANCY IN VICINITY OF MILITARY INSTALLA-3

TIONS TO IDENTIFY FOREIGN ADVERSARY 4

OWNERSHIP OR OCCUPANCY. 5


amended— 7

(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-8

section (e); and 9

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-10

lowing new subsection (d): 11

‘‘(d) IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY 12

OWNERSHIP OR OCCUPANCY OF REAL PROPERTY IN VI-13

CINITY OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—(1) The Secretary 14

of Defense and each Secretary of a military department 15

shall monitor real property ownership and occupancy in 16

the vicinity of military installations under the jurisdiction 17

of the Secretary concerned inside and outside of the 18

United States to identify instances in which a foreign ad-19

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versary owns or occupies, or the Secretary concerned de-1

termines a foreign adversary is seeking to own or occupy, 2

real property in the vicinity of a military installation. 3

‘‘(2) Not later than March 1 each year, the Secretary 4

of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the 5

military departments, shall submit to the Committees on 6

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-7

atives a report containing the following: 8

‘‘(A) A description of all real property in the vi-9

cinity of military installations that the Secretary 10

concerned— 11

‘‘(i) has identified under paragraph (1) as 12

owned or occupied by a foreign adversary; or 13

‘‘(ii) has determined under paragraph (1) 14

that a foreign adversary is seeking to own or 15

occupy. 16

‘‘(B) Changes in foreign adversary ownership or 17

occupancy of real property in the vicinity of military 18

installations since the previous report. 19

‘‘(C) Recommendations regarding the appro-20

priate response to such foreign adversary ownership 21

or occupancy of real property in the vicinity of mili-22

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‘‘(3) A report under paragraph (2) shall be submitted 1

in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex 2

as necessary. 3

‘‘(4) In this section: 4

‘‘(A) The term ‘foreign adversary’ has the 5

meaning given that term in section 8(c)(2) of the 6

Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act 7

of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2)). The term includes 8

agents of, and partnerships and corporations includ-9

ing, a foreign adversary. 10

‘‘(B) The term ‘military installation’ does not 11

include a contingency overseas military location de-12

scribed in section 2687a(a)(3)(A)(iii) of this title. 13

‘‘(C) The term ‘vicinity’, with respect to prox-14

imity to a military installation, means— 15

‘‘(i) real property adjacent to the boundary 16

of a military installation; and 17

‘‘(ii) real property any part of which is lo-18

cated within 10 miles of the boundary of a mili-19

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OFFERED BY MRS. BICE OF OKLAHOMA


lowing new section:

SEC. 8lll. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR THE DE-1

FENSE CIVILIAN ACQUISITION WORKFORCE 2

PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 3

Section 1762(g) of title 10, United States Code, is 4

amended by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 5

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Amendment to H.R. 4350 Offered by Mr. Gaetz of Florida


In section 4201 of division D, relating to Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air

Force, increase the amount for Major T & E Investment, Line 125, by $3,000,000, for the Gulf

Test Range and Training Enhancements.

In section 4301 of division D, relating to Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve

Operating Forces, reduce the amount for Primary Combat Forces, Line 010, by $3,000,000.



OFFERED BY MR. ROGERS OF ALABAMA

At the appropriate place in title III, insert the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. 3ll. PILOT PROGRAM ON MILITARY WORKING DOG 1

AND EXPLOSIVES DETECTION CANINE 2

HEALTH AND EXCELLENCE. 3

(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than September 31, 4

2022, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot pro-5

gram to ensure the health and excellence of explosives de-6

tection military working dogs. Under such pilot program, 7

the Secretary shall consult with domestic breeders of 8

working dog lines, covered institutions of higher education, 9

and covered national domestic canine associations, to— 10

(1) facilitate the presentation of domestically- 11

bred explosives detection military working dogs for 12

assessment for procurement by the Department of 13

Defense, at a rate of at least 100 canines presented 14

per fiscal year; 15

(2) facilitate the delivery and communication to 16

domestic breeders, covered institutions of higher 17

education, and covered national domestic canine as-18

sociations, of information regarding— 19

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(A) any specific needs or requirements for 1

the future acquisition by the Department of ex-2

plosives detection military working dogs; and 3

(B) any factors identified as relevant to 4

the success or failure of explosives detection 5

military working dogs presented for assessment 6

pursuant to this section; 7

(3) collect information on the biological and 8

health factors of explosives detection military work-9

ing dogs procured by the Department, and make 10

such information available for academic research 11

and to domestic breeders; and 12

(4) collect and make available genetic and 13

phenotypic information, including canine rearing and 14

training data for study by domestic breeders and 15

covered institutions of higher education, for the fur-16

ther development of working canines that are bred, 17

raised, and trained domestically. 18

(b) CONSULTATIONS.—In carrying out the pilot pro-19

gram under subsection (a), the Secretary may consult with 20

the working group established pursuant to section 1927 21

of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 22

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(c) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the 1

pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate on Oc-2

tober 1, 2024. 3

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 4

(1) The term ‘‘covered institution of higher 5

education’’ means an institution of higher education, 6

as such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher 7

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001), with dem-8

onstrated expertise in veterinary medicine for work-9

ing canines. 10

(2) The term ‘‘covered national domestic canine 11

association’’ means a national domestic canine asso-12

ciation with demonstrated expertise in the breeding 13

and pedigree of working canine lines. 14

(3) The term ‘‘explosives detection military 15

working dog’’ means a canine that, in connection 16

with the work duties of the canine performed for the 17

Department of Defense, is certified and trained to 18

detect odors indicating the presence of explosives in 19

a given object or area, in addition to the perform-20

ance of such other duties for the Department as 21

may be assigned. 22



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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 1

authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out 2

this section. 3

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Add at the appropriate place in title XVI the fol-

lowing new section:

SEC. ll. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INDEMNIFICATION AND 1

THE CONVENTIONAL PROMPT GLOBAL 2

STRIKE WEAPON SYSTEM. 3


(1) the conventional prompt global strike weap-5

on system of the Navy, for which the Secretary of 6

the Navy has declined to provide indemnification, 7

will have more than twice the TNT equivalent of the 8

bomb used in the 1993 World Trade Center bomb-9

ing that resulted in many casualties and more than 10

$3,300,000,000 in insurance claims in 2021 dol-11

lars—an amount that is $1,100,000,000 greater 12

than the insurance limits currently available from 13

private insurance underwriters; 14

(2) the term ‘‘unusually hazardous’’ used in Ex-15

ecutive Order 10789, as amended, pursuant to pub-16

lic Law 85–804 (50 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) should be 17

objectively and consistently applied to weapons sys-18

tems and programs whose physical properties inher-19

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ently possess substantial explosive energy whose 1

misapplication or accidental ignition could result in 2

catastrophic material destruction and human inju-3

ries and deaths; 4

(3) an inconsistent and arbitrary application of 5

such Executive Order and law may create significant 6

risk for the industrial base and loss of critical de-7

fense capabilities; and 8

(4) the Secretary of the Navy should— 9

(A) take maximum practicable advantage 10

of existing statutory authority to provide in-11

demnification for large rocket programs employ-12

ing ‘‘unusually hazardous’’ propulsion systems 13

for both nuclear and non-nuclear strategic sys-14

tems; and 15

(B) develop a policy for more consistently 16

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Offered by:

Mr. Gallagher of Wisconsin



Update on the Limitation of Funds to Institutions of Higher Education Hosting

Confucius Institutes

Section 1062 of the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) National Defense Authorization Act

(NDAA) (PL 116-617) placed a limitation on the provision of Department of Defense

funds to institutions of higher education that hosted Confucius Institutes, unless

the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the National Academies of Sciences,

Engineering, and Medicine, determines a waiver is appropriate. Section 1299C of

the same bill established an academic liaison in the Department responsible for

working with the academic and research communities to protect Department-

sponsored academic research of concern from undue foreign influence and threats.

Section 1062 directed that academic liaison manage the waiver process on behalf of

the Secretary, and that waivers may be granted to institutions of higher education

that have taken steps to:

(1) Protect academic freedom at the institution;

(2) Prohibit the application of any foreign law on any campus of the

institution;

(3) Grant full managerial authority of the Confucius Institute to the

institution, including full control over what is being taught, the activities

carried out, the research grants that are made, and who is employed at the

Confucius Institute; and

(4) Engage with the Academic Liaison Officer in the Under Secretary of

Defense for Research and Engineering, and take appropriate measures to

safeguard defense-funded fundamental research activities.

The conferees directed that the Secretary brief the congressional defense

committees on the establishment of the waiver process, including the institutions

for which the waiver has been invoked. The committee is now aware that the

majority of universities have closed or ended their agreements with Confucius

Institutes, and that there are fewer than 20 universities with these contracts today.


Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary to provide a briefing to the

Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, not later than

March 1, 2022, on which of these universities that have obtained waivers from the

Secretary and therefore still receive Department funding also host or coordinate

Department programs such as the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or innovation

programs including the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN).



Offered by Mr. Moore of Utah


In section 4101 of division D, relating to Aircraft Procurement, Army,

increase the amount for Utility Helicopter Mods, Line 25, by $11,000,000.

In section 4301 of division D, relating to Operation and Maintenance, Air

Force, reduce the amount for Other Servicewide Activities, Line 420, by

$11,000,000




In section 523 (Log 72957)—

(1) redesignate subsection (c) as subsection (d);

and

(2) insert after subsection (b) the following:

(c) LIMITATION ON THE CHANGES TO TRAINING LO-1

CATIONS.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 2

Defense may not change the locations at which military 3

criminal investigative training is provided to members of 4

military criminal investigative organizations until— 5

(1) the implementation plan under subsection 6

(b) is submitted to the appropriate congressional 7

committees; and 8

(2) a period of 60 days has elapsed following 9

the date on which the Secretary notifies the congres-10

sional defense committees of the Secretary’s intent 11

to move such training to a different location. 12

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Amendment to H.R. 4350 Offered by Mr. Gaetz of Florida


In section 4201 of division D, relating to Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air

Force, increase the amount for Threat Simulator Development, Line 124, by $17,037,000.

In section 4301 of division D, relating to Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve

Operating Forces, reduce the amount for Primary Combat Forces, Line 010, by $17,037,000.


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