[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3501-S3502]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2035. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1287. MODIFICATION TO INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PROTECTION 
                   OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS FROM 
                   UNDUE INFLUENCE AND OTHER SECURITY THREATS.

       Section 1286 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note) 
     is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
       (2) by adding after subsection (e) the following new 
     subsection (f):
       ``(f) Designation of Academic Liaison.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2021, the Secretary, acting through the Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall 
     designate an academic liaison with principal responsibility 
     for working with the academic community to protect 
     Department-sponsored academic research of concern from undue 
     foreign influence.
       ``(2) Qualification.--The Secretary shall designate an 
     individual under paragraph (1)

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     who is an official of the Office of the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Research and Engineering.
       ``(3) Duties.--The duties of the academic liaison 
     designated under paragraph (1) shall be as follows:
       ``(A) To serve as the liaison of the Department with the 
     academic community.
       ``(B) To conduct annual outreach and education activities 
     for the academic community on undue foreign influence and 
     threats to Department-sponsored academic research of concern.
       ``(C) To coordinate and align academic security policies 
     with Department component agencies, the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy, the intelligence community, Federal 
     science agencies, and Federal regulatory agencies, including 
     agencies involved in export controls.
       ``(D) To the extent practicable, to coordinate on an annual 
     basis with the intelligence community to share, not less 
     frequently than annually, with the academic community 
     unclassified information, including counterintelligence 
     information, on threats from undue foreign influence.
       ``(E) Any other related responsibility, as determined by 
     the Secretary in consultation with the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Research and Engineering.
       ``(F) Any other duty, as determined by the Secretary.''.
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