[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

  Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 became public law on 
January 1, 2021, and included reforms to the U.S. Agency for Global 
Media outlined in section 1299Q. The FY21 consolidated appropriations 
act became public law on December 27, 2020, and included language that 
would have delayed those reforms had they already been in law, but they 
were not. Reserving any concerns about the lawfulness of insulating 
Senate-confirmed officers from removal, I believe it is Congress's 
intent that these two provisions should not be understood concurrently 
and that the reforms outlined in section 1299Q shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of the fiscal year 2021 NDAA.

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