[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2995-S3118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 807. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

       DIVISION F--INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION 
                      REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2023

     SEC. 6001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``International 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023''

             TITLE LXI--COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ABROAD

     SEC. 6101. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF ANTI-
                   TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INTERVENTIONS IN 
                   MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS.

       (a) Requirements.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State acting through the 
     Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in 
     Persons, shall instruct the United States Executive Director 
     of each multilateral development bank (as defined in section 
     110(d) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
     U.S.C. 7107(d))) to encourage the inclusion of a counter-
     trafficking strategy, including risk assessment and 
     mitigation efforts as needed, in proposed projects in 
     countries listed--
       (1) on the Tier 2 Watch List (required under section 
     110(b)(2)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
     2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(A)), as amended by section 
     104(a));
       (2) under subparagraph (C) of section 110(b)(1) of the 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
     7107(b)(1)) (commonly referred to as ``tier 3''); and
       (3) as Special Cases in the most recent report on 
     trafficking in persons required under such section (commonly 
     referred to as the ``Trafficking in Persons Report'').
       (b) Briefings.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, shall brief the 
     appropriate congressional committees regarding the 
     implementation of this section.
       (c) GAO Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report that details the activities of the United 
     States relating to combating human trafficking, including 
     forced labor, within multilateral development projects.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 6102. EXPANDING PREVENTION EFFORTS AT THE UNITED STATES 
                   AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) In General.--In order to strengthen prevention efforts 
     by the United States abroad, the Administrator of the United 
     States Agency for International Development (referred to in 
     this section as the ``Administrator'') shall, to the extent 
     practicable and appropriate--
       (1) encourage the integration of activities to counter 
     trafficking in persons (referred to in this section as ``C-
     TIP'') into broader assistance programming;
       (2) determine a reasonable definition for the term ``C-TIP 
     Integrated Development Programs,'' which shall include any 
     programming to address health, food security, economic 
     development, education, democracy and governance, and 
     humanitarian assistance that includes a sufficient C-TIP 
     element; and
       (3) ensure that each mission of the United States Agency 
     for International Development (referred to in this section as 
     ``USAID'')--
       (A) integrates a C-TIP component into development programs, 
     project design, and methods for program monitoring and 
     evaluation, as necessary and appropriate, when addressing 
     issues, including--
       (i) health;
       (ii) food security;
       (iii) economic development;
       (iv) education;
       (v) democracy and governance; and
       (vi) humanitarian assistance;
       (B) continuously adapts, strengthens, and implements 
     training and tools related to the integration of a C-TIP 
     perspective into the work of development actors; and
       (C) encourages USAID Country Development Cooperation 
     Strategies to include C-TIP components in project design, 
     implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, as necessary and 
     appropriate.
       (b) Reports and Briefings Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of an Act making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     through fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the Administrator, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on obligations 
     and expenditures of all funds managed by the Department of 
     State and USAID in the prior fiscal year to combat human 
     trafficking and forced labor, including integrated C-TIP 
     activities.
       (2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include--
       (A) a description of funding aggregated by program, 
     project, and activity; and
       (B) a description of the management structure at the 
     Department of State and USAID used to manage such programs.
       (3) Biennial briefing.--Not later than 6 months of after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years 
     thereafter through fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of State, 
     in consultation with the Administrator, shall brief the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     on the implementation of subsection (a).
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 6103. COUNTER-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS EFFORTS IN 
                   DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE POLICY.

       The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 102(b)(4)(22 U.S.C. 2151-1(b)(4))--
       (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(H) effective counter-trafficking in persons policies and 
     programs.''; and
       (2) in section 492(d)(1)(22 U.S.C. 2292a(d)(1))--
       (A) by striking ``that the funds'' and inserting the 
     following: ``that--
       ``(A) the funds'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A), as added by subparagraph (A) of 
     this paragraph, by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the 
     President shall, to the greatest extent possible--
       ``(i) ensure that assistance made available under this 
     section does not create or contribute to conditions that can 
     be reasonably expected to result in an increase in 
     trafficking in persons who are in conditions of heightened 
     vulnerability as a result of natural and manmade disasters; 
     and
       ``(ii) integrate appropriate protections into the planning 
     and execution of activities authorized under this chapter.''.

     SEC. 6104. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TIER RANKINGS.

       (a) Modifications to Tier 2 Watch List.--Section 110(b)(2) 
     of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
     7107(b)(2)), is amended--

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       (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Special'' and 
     inserting ``Tier 2''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) by striking ``of the following countries'' and all that 
     follows through ``annual report, where--''and inserting ``of 
     countries that have been listed pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) 
     pursuant to the current annual report, in which--''; and
       (B) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) 
     and (ii), respectively, and moving such clauses (as so 
     redesignated) 2 ems to the left.
       (b) Modification to Special Rule for Downgraded and 
     Reinstated Countries.--Section 110(b)(2)(F) of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 7107(b)(2)(F)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
     ``special watch list described in subparagraph (A)(iii) for 
     more than 1 consecutive year after the country'' and 
     inserting ``Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A) 
     for more than one year immediately after the country 
     consecutively'';
       (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
     by striking ``special watch list described in subparagraph 
     (A)(iii)'' and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list described in 
     subparagraph (A)''; and
       (3) in clause (ii), by inserting ``in the year following 
     such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii)'' after ``paragraph 
     (1)(C)''.
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Trafficking victims protection act of 2000.--Section 
     110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
     U.S.C. 7107(b)), as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is 
     further amended--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``special watch list'' 
     and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list'';
       (ii) in subparagraph (C)--

       (I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``special 
     watch list'' and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list''; and
       (II) by striking ``special watch list'' and inserting 
     ``Tier 2 watch list''; and

       (iii) in subparagraph (D)--

       (I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``special 
     watch list'' and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list''; and
       (II) in clause (i), by striking ``special watch list'' and 
     inserting ``Tier 2 watch list'';

       (B) in paragraph (3)(B), in the matter preceding clause 
     (i), by striking ``clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of''; and
       (C) in paragraph (4)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause 
     (i), by striking ``each country described in paragraph 
     (2)(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``each country described in 
     paragraph (2)(A)''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking ``the Special 
     Watch List'' and inserting ``the Tier 2 watch list''.
       (2) Frederick douglass trafficking victims prevention and 
     protection reauthorization act of 2018.--Section 204(b)(1) of 
     the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and 
     Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-425) 
     is amended by striking ``special watch list'' and inserting 
     ``Tier 2 watch list''.

     SEC. 6105. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROGRAM TO END MODERN 
                   SLAVERY.

       (a) In General.--Section 1298 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``Not later than 90 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and 
     inserting ``Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of the International Trafficking Victims Protection 
     Reauthorization Act of 2023'';
       (2) in subsection (g)--
       (A) by striking ``Appropriations'' in the heading and all 
     that follows through ``There is authorized'' and inserting 
     ``Appropriations .--There is authorized''; and
       (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (3) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ``Not later than 
     September 30, 2018, and September 30, 2020'' and inserting 
     ``Not later than September 30, 2023, and September 30, 
     2027''.
       (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible for funding under the 
     Program to End Modern Slavery of the Office to Monitor and 
     Combat Trafficking in Persons, a grant recipient shall--
       (1) publish the names of all subgrantee organizations on a 
     publicly available website; or
       (2) if the subgrantee organization expresses a security 
     concern, the grant recipient shall relay such concerns to the 
     Secretary of State, who shall transmit annually the names of 
     all subgrantee organizations in a classified annex to the 
     chairs of the appropriate congressional committees (as 
     defined in section 1298(i) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114(i))).
       (c) Award of Funds.--All grants issued under the program 
     referred to in subsection (b) shall be--
       (1) awarded on a competitive basis; and
       (2) subject to the regular congressional notification 
     procedures applicable with respect to grants made available 
     under section 1298(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 7114(b)).

     SEC. 6106. CLARIFICATION OF NONHUMANITARIAN, NONTRADE-RELATED 
                   FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Clarification of Scope of Withheld Assistance.--Section 
     110(d)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
     (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Withholding of assistance.--The President has 
     determined that--
       ``(A) the United States will not provide nonhumanitarian, 
     nontrade-related foreign assistance to the central government 
     of the country or funding to facilitate the participation by 
     officials or employees of such central government in 
     educational and cultural exchange programs, for the 
     subsequent fiscal year until such government complies with 
     the minimum standards or makes significant efforts to bring 
     itself into compliance; and
       ``(B) the President will instruct the United States 
     Executive Director of each multilateral development bank and 
     of the International Monetary Fund to vote against, and to 
     use the Executive Director's best efforts to deny, any loan 
     or other utilization of the funds of the respective 
     institution to that country (other than for humanitarian 
     assistance, for trade-related assistance, or for development 
     assistance that directly addresses basic human needs, is not 
     administered by the central government of the sanctioned 
     country, and is not provided for the benefit of that 
     government) for the subsequent fiscal year until such 
     government complies with the minimum standards or makes 
     significant efforts to bring itself into compliance.''.
       (b) Definition of Non-Humanitarian, Nontrade Related 
     Assistance.--Section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(10) Nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign 
     assistance.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `nonhumanitarian, nontrade-
     related foreign assistance' means--
       ``(i) United States foreign assistance, other than--

       ``(I) with respect to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961--

       ``(aa) assistance for international narcotics and law 
     enforcement under chapter 8 of part I of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2291 et seq.);
       ``(bb) assistance for International Disaster Assistance 
     under subsections (b) and (c) of section 491 of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2292);
       ``(cc) antiterrorism assistance under chapter 8 of part II 
     of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2349aa et seq.); and
       ``(dd) health programs under chapters 1 and 10 of part I 
     and chapter 4 of part II of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 
     seq.);

       ``(II) assistance under the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1691 et seq.);
       ``(III) assistance under sections 2(a), (b), and (c) of the 
     Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 
     2601(a), (b), (c)) to meet refugee and migration needs;
       ``(IV) any form of United States foreign assistance 
     provided through nongovernmental organizations, international 
     organizations, or private sector partners--

       ``(aa) to combat human and wildlife trafficking;
       ``(bb) to promote food security;
       ``(cc) to respond to emergencies;
       ``(dd) to provide humanitarian assistance;
       ``(ee) to address basic human needs, including for 
     education;
       ``(ff) to advance global health security; or
       ``(gg) to promote trade; and

       ``(V) any other form of United States foreign assistance 
     that the President determines, by not later than October 1 of 
     each fiscal year, is necessary to advance the security, 
     economic, humanitarian, or global health interests of the 
     United States without compromising the steadfast U.S. 
     commitment to combatting human trafficking globally; or

       ``(ii) sales, or financing on any terms, under the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), other than sales 
     or financing provided for narcotics-related purposes 
     following notification in accordance with the prior 
     notification procedures applicable to reprogrammings pursuant 
     to section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2394-1).
       ``(B) Exclusions.--The term `nonhumanitarian, nontrade-
     related foreign assistance' shall not include payments to or 
     the participation of government entities necessary or 
     incidental to the implementation of a program that is 
     otherwise consistent with section 110.''.

     SEC. 6107. EXPANDING PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS OF 
                   OFFICIAL AND DIPLOMATIC VISA HOLDERS.

       Section 203(b) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 
     1375c(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
     following:
       ``(5) National expansion of in-person registration 
     program.--The Secretary shall administer the Domestic Worker 
     In-Person Registration Program for employees with A-3 visas 
     or G-5 visas employed by accredited foreign mission members 
     or international organization employees and shall expand this 
     program nationally, which shall include--
       ``(A) after the arrival of each such employee in the United 
     States, and annually during the course of such employee's 
     employment, a description of the rights of such employee 
     under applicable Federal and State law; and
       ``(B) provision of a copy of the pamphlet developed 
     pursuant to section 202 to the employee with an A-3 visa or a 
     G-5 visa; and
       ``(C) information on how to contact the National Human 
     Trafficking Hotline.
       ``(6) Monitoring and training of a-3 and g-5 visa employers 
     accredited to foreign missions and international 
     organizations.--The Secretary shall--
       ``(A) inform embassies, international organizations, and 
     foreign missions of the rights of A-3 and G-5 domestic 
     workers under the applicable labor laws of the United States,

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     including the fair labor standards described in the pamphlet 
     developed pursuant to section 202. Information provided to 
     foreign missions, embassies, and international organizations 
     should include material on labor standards and labor rights 
     of domestic worker employees who hold A-3 and G-5 visas;
       ``(B) inform embassies, international organizations, and 
     foreign missions of the potential consequences to individuals 
     holding a nonimmigrant visa issued pursuant to subparagraph 
     (A)(i), (A)(ii), (G)(i), (G)(ii), or (G)(iii) of section 
     101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1101(a)(15)) who violate the laws described in subclause 
     (I)(aa), including (at the discretion of the Secretary)--
       ``(i) the suspension of A-3 visas and G-5 visas;
       ``(ii) request for waiver of immunity;
       ``(iii) criminal prosecution;
       ``(iv) civil damages; and
       ``(v) permanent revocation of or refusal to renew the visa 
     of the accredited foreign mission or international 
     organization employee; and
       ``(C) require all accredited foreign mission and 
     international organization employers of individuals holding 
     A-3 visas or G-5 visas to report the wages paid to such 
     employees on an annual basis.''.

     SEC. 6108. EFFECTIVE DATES.

       Sections 6104(b) and 6106 and the amendments made by those 
     sections take effect on the date that is the first day of the 
     first full reporting period for the report required by 
     section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
     of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

              TITLE LXII--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

     SEC. 6201. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE VICTIMS OF 
                   TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT OF 
                   2000.

       Section 113 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2018 through 2021, 
     $13,822,000'' and inserting ``2024 through 2027, 
     $17,000,000''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``2018 through 2021, $65,000,000'' and inserting ``2024 
     through 2027, $102,500,000, of which $22,000,000 shall be 
     made available each fiscal year to the United States Agency 
     for International Development and the remainder of'';
       (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; and'' at the end 
     and inserting a semicolon;
       (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) to fund programs to end modern slavery, in an amount 
     not to exceed $37,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024 
     through 2027.''.

     SEC. 6202. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE 
                   INTERNATIONAL MEGAN'S LAW.

       Section 11 of the International Megan's Law to Prevent 
     Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced 
     Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (34 U.S.C. 21509) is 
     amended by striking ``2018 through 2021'' and inserting 
     ``2024 through 2027''.

                         TITLE LXIII--BRIEFINGS

     SEC. 6301. BRIEFING ON ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSON'S REPORT.

       Not later than 30 days after the public designation of 
     country tier rankings and subsequent publishing of the 
     Trafficking in Persons Report, the Secretary of State shall 
     brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives on--
       (1) countries that were downgraded or upgraded in the most 
     recent Trafficking in Persons Report; and
       (2) the efforts made by the United States to improve 
     counter-trafficking efforts in those countries, including 
     foreign government efforts to better meet minimum standards 
     to eliminate human trafficking.

     SEC. 6302. BRIEFING ON USE AND JUSTIFICATION OF WAIVERS.

       Not later than 30 days after the President has determined 
     to issue a waiver under section 110(d)(5) of the Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(5)), the 
     Secretary of State shall brief the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives on--
        (a) each country that received a waiver;
       (b) the justification for each such waiver; and
       (c) a description of the efforts made by each country to 
     meet the minimum standards to eliminate human trafficking.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 808. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

                       Subtitle__--Iran Sanctions

     SEC. ___1. SHORT TITLES.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Making Iran Sanctions 
     Stick In Lieu of Expiration of Sanctions Act'' or the 
     ``MISSILES Act''.

     SEC. ___2. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Annex B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 
     2231 (2015) restricts certain missile-related activities and 
     transfers to and from Iran, including all items, materials, 
     equipment, goods, and technology set out in the Missile 
     Technology Control Regime Annex, absent advance, case-by-case 
     approval from the United Nations Security Council.
       (2) Iran has transferred Shahed and Mohajer drones, covered 
     under the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex, to the 
     Russian Federation, the Government of Ethiopia, and other 
     Iran-aligned entities, including the Houthis in Yemen and 
     militia units in Iraq, without prior authorization from the 
     United Nations Security Council, in violation of the 
     restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations Security 
     Council Resolution 2231.
       (3) Absent action by the United Nations Security Council, 
     certain missile-related restrictions in Annex B to United 
     Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 will expire in 
     October 2023, removing international legal restrictions on 
     missile-related activities and transfers to and from Iran.

     SEC. ___3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) to combat and deter the transfer of conventional and 
     non-conventional arms, equipment, material, and technology to 
     or from Iran, or involving the Government of Iran;
       (2) to ensure countries, individuals, and entities engaged 
     in, or attempting to engage in, the acquisition, 
     facilitation, or development of arms and related components 
     and technology and subject to restrictions under Annex B to 
     United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 are held to 
     account under United States and international law, including 
     through the application and enforcement of sanctions and use 
     of export controls, regardless of whether the restrictions 
     under Annex B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 
     2231 remain in effect following their anticipated expiration 
     in October 2023;
       (3) to urgently seek the extension of missile-related 
     restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations Security 
     Council Resolution 2231 (2015); and
       (4) to use all available authorities to constrain Iran's 
     domestic ballistic missile production capabilities.

     SEC. ___4. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
     the Senate;
       (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Covered technology.--The term ``covered technology'' 
     means--
       (A) any goods, technology, software, or related material 
     specified in the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex, as 
     in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act; and
       (B) any additional goods, technology, software, or related 
     material added to the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex 
     after the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person''--
       (A) means an individual or entity that is not a United 
     States person; and
       (B) includes a foreign state (as such term is defined in 
     section 1603 of title 28, United States Code).
       (4) Good.--The term ``good'' means any article, natural or 
     manmade substance, material, supply or manufactured product, 
     including inspection and test equipment, and excluding 
     technical data.
       (5) Government of iran.--The term ``Government of Iran'' 
     has the meaning given such term in section 560.304 of title 
     31, Code of Federal Regulations, as such section was in 
     effect on January 1, 2021.
       (6) Iran-aligned entity.--The term ``Iran-aligned entity'' 
     means a foreign person that--
       (A) is controlled or reports directly to the Government of 
     Iran; and
       (B) knowingly receives material or financial support from 
     the Government of Iran, including Hezbollah, Ansar Allah, or 
     another Iranian-backed proxy group.
       (7) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 14(13) of the Iran Sanctions Act 
     of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
       (8) Missile technology control regime.--The term ``Missile 
     Technology Control Regime'' means the policy statement 
     between the United States, the United Kingdom, the Federal 
     Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan that 
     was announced on April 16, 1987, to restrict sensitive 
     missile-relevant transfers based on the Missile Technology 
     Control Regime Annex, and any amendments thereto or 
     expansions thereof, as in effect on the day before the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (9) Missile technology control regime annex.--The term 
     ``Missile Technology Control Regime Annex'' means the 
     Guidelines and Equipment and Technology Annex of the Missile 
     Technology Control Regime, and any amendments thereto or 
     updates thereof, as

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     in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (10) United states person.--The terms ``United States 
     person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen;
       (B) a permanent resident alien of the United States;
       (C) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a 
     foreign branch of such an entity; or
       (D) a person in the United States.

     SEC. ___5. DEPARTMENT OF STATE REPORT ON DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY 
                   AND OTHER ASPECTS OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY 
                   COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2231 EXPIRATIONS.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 4 years, 
     the Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of 
     other relevant departments and agencies, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report, 
     with a classified annex, if necessary, that includes--
       (1) a diplomatic strategy to secure the renewal of 
     international restrictions on certain missile-related 
     activities, including transfers to and from Iran set forth in 
     Annex B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 
     (2015) before October 2023;
       (2) an analysis of how the expiration of missile-related 
     restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations Security 
     Council Resolution 2231 would impact the Government of Iran's 
     arms proliferation and malign activities, including as the 
     restrictions relate to cooperation with, and support for, 
     Iran-aligned entities and allied countries;
       (3) an assessment of the revenue, or non-cash benefits, to 
     be accrued by the Government of Iran, or Iran-aligned 
     entities, as a result of a lapse in missile-related 
     restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations Security 
     Council Resolution 2231;
       (4) a detailed description of the United States strategy to 
     deter, prevent, and disrupt the sale, purchase, or transfer 
     of covered technology involving Iran absent restrictions set 
     forth in Annex B to United Nations Security Council 
     Resolution 2231;
       (5) the identification of any foreign person engaging in, 
     enabling, or otherwise facilitating any activity involving 
     Iran restricted under Annex B to United Nations Security 
     Council Resolution 2231, regardless of whether such 
     restrictions remain in effect after October 2023;
       (6) a description of actions by the United Nations and 
     other multilateral organizations, including the European 
     Union, to hold accountable foreign persons that have violated 
     the restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations 
     Security Council Resolution 2231, and efforts to prevent 
     further violations of such restrictions;
       (7) a description of actions by individual member states of 
     the United Nations Security Council to hold accountable 
     foreign persons that have violated restrictions set forth in 
     Annex B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 
     and efforts to prevent further violations of such 
     restrictions;
       (8) a description of actions taken by the People's Republic 
     of China, the Russian Federation, or any other country to 
     prevent, interfere with, or undermine efforts to hold 
     accountable foreign persons that have violated the 
     restrictions set forth in Annex B to United Nations Security 
     Council Resolution 2231, including actions to restrict United 
     Nations-led investigations into suspected violations of such 
     restrictions, or limit funding to relevant United Nations 
     offices or experts;
       (9) an analysis of the foreign and domestic supply chains 
     in Iran that directly or indirectly facilitate, support, or 
     otherwise aid the Government of Iran's drone or missile 
     program, including storage, transportation, or flight-testing 
     of related goods, technology, or components;
       (10) the identification of any foreign entity or entities 
     that enables, supports, or otherwise facilitates the 
     operations or maintenance of any Iranian airline subject to 
     United States sanctions or export control restrictions;
       (11) an assessment of how the continued operation of 
     Iranian airlines subject to United States sanctions or export 
     control restrictions impacts the Government of Iran's ability 
     to transport or develop arms, including covered technology; 
     and
       (12) a description of actions taken by the People's 
     Republic of China, the Russian Federation, or any other 
     country that have violated the restrictions set forth in 
     Annex B of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, 
     including any purchase, transfer, or acquisition of covered 
     technology or component parts.

     SEC. ___6. COMBATING THE PROLIFERATION OF IRANIAN MISSILES.

       (a) In General.--The actions, including sanctions, 
     described in subsection (b) shall apply to any foreign person 
     the President determines, on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act--
       (1) knowingly engages in any effort to acquire, possess, 
     develop, transport, transfer, or deploy covered technology 
     to, from, or involving the Government of Iran or Iran-aligned 
     entities, regardless of whether the restrictions set forth in 
     Annex B to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 
     (2015) remain in effect after October 2023;
       (2) knowingly provides entities owned or controlled by the 
     Government of Iran or Iran-aligned entities with goods, 
     technology, parts, or components, that may contribute to the 
     development of covered technology;
       (3) knowingly participates in joint missile or drone 
     development, including development of covered technology, 
     with the Government of Iran or Iran-aligned entities, 
     including technical training, storage, and transport;
       (4) knowingly imports, exports, or re-exports to, into, or 
     from Iran, whether directly or indirectly, any significant 
     arms or related materiel prohibited under paragraph (5) or 
     (6) to Annex B of United Nations Security Council Resolution 
     2231 (2015) as of April 1, 2023; or
       (5) knowingly provides significant financial, material, or 
     technological support to, or knowingly engages in a 
     significant transaction with, a foreign person subject to 
     sanctions for conduct described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), 
     or (4).
       (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) Blocking of property.--The President shall exercise all 
     authorities granted under the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent 
     necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property 
     and interests in property of the foreign person if such 
     property and interests in property are in the United States, 
     come within the United States, or come within the possession 
     or control of a United States person.
       (2) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
       (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien described in 
     subsection (a) shall be--
       (i) inadmissible to the United States;
       (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to 
     enter the United States; and
       (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into 
     the United States or to receive any other benefit under the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
       (B) Current visas revoked.--
       (i) In general.--The visa or other entry documentation of 
     any alien described in subsection (a) is subject to 
     revocation regardless of the issue date of the visa or other 
     entry documentation.
       (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under clause (i) 
     shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i))--

       (I) take effect immediately; and
       (II) cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation 
     that is in the possession of the alien.

       (c) Penalties.--Any person that violates, or attempts to 
     violate, subsection (a) or any regulation, license, or order 
     issued pursuant to that subsection, shall be subject to the 
     penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 
     of the International Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to 
     the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act 
     described in subsection (a) of that section.
       (d) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of 
     sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person 
     only if, not later than 15 days before the date on which the 
     waiver is to take effect, the President submits to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a written determination 
     and justification that the waiver is in the vital national 
     security interests of the United States.
       (e) Implementation.--The President may exercise all the 
     authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
     and 1704) to carry out the amendments made by this section.
       (f) Rulemaking.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of State, shall promulgate any regulations 
     that are necessary to implement this subtitle and the 
     amendments made by this subtitle.
       (2) Notification to congress.--Not less than 10 days before 
     the promulgation of regulations pursuant to paragraph (1), 
     the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees--
       (A) a copy of the proposed regulations; and
       (B) a description of the specific provisions of this 
     subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle that such 
     regulations are implementing.
       (g) Exceptions.--
       (1) Exception for intelligence activities.--Sanctions 
     authorized under this section shall not apply to any activity 
     subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any 
     authorized intelligence activities of the United States.
       (2) Exception to comply with international obligations and 
     for law enforcement activities.--Sanctions authorized under 
     this section shall not apply with respect to an alien if 
     admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is 
     necessary--
       (A) to permit the United States to comply with the 
     Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
     signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
     November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
     States, or other applicable international obligations; or
       (B) to carry out or assist authorized law enforcement 
     activity in the United States.
       (3) Exception relating to importation of goods.--The 
     authorities and requirements to impose sanctions authorized 
     under this section shall not include the authority or a 
     requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
       (h) Termination of Sanctions.--This section shall cease to 
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     the date that is 30 days after the date on which the 
     President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that--
       (1) the Government of Iran no longer provides support for 
     international terrorism, as determined by the Secretary of 
     State pursuant to--
       (A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform Act 
     of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A));
       (B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2371);
       (C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2780); or
       (D) any other provision of law; and
       (2) Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, and 
     development of, and verifiably dismantled, its nuclear, 
     biological, and chemical weapons and ballistic missiles and 
     ballistic missile launch technology.

                                 ______
                                 
  SA 809. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Moran, and Ms. Hirono) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. RED HILL HEALTH IMPACTS.

       (a) Registry for Impacted Individuals of the Red Hill 
     Incident.--
       (1) Establishment of registry.--The Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services (referred to in this subsection as the 
     ``Secretary'') shall establish within the Agency for Toxic 
     Substances and Disease Registry or the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention or through an award of a grant or 
     contract, as the Secretary determines appropriate, a Red Hill 
     Incident exposure registry to collect data on health 
     implications of petroleum contaminated water for impacted 
     individuals on a voluntary basis. Such registry shall be 
     complementary to, and not duplicative of, the Red Hill 
     Incident Report of the Defense Occupational and Environmental 
     Health Readiness System.
       (2) Other responsibilities.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary, in coordination with the 
     Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
     and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and such State and local 
     authorities or other partners as the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services considers appropriate, shall--
       (i) review the Federal programs and services available to 
     individuals exposed to petroleum;
       (ii) review current research on petroleum exposure in order 
     to identify additional research needs; and
       (iii) undertake any other review or activities that the 
     Secretary determines to be appropriate.
       (B) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 6 
     additional years, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the review 
     and activities undertaken under subparagraph (A) that 
     includes--
       (i) strategies for communicating and engaging with 
     stakeholders on the Red Hill Incident;
       (ii) the number of impacted and potentially impacted 
     individuals enrolled in the registry established under 
     paragraph (1);
       (iii) measures and frequency of follow-up to collect data 
     and specimens related to exposure, health, and developmental 
     milestones as appropriate; and
       (iv) a summary of data and analyses on exposure, health, 
     and developmental milestones for impacted individuals.
       (C) Consultation.--In carrying out subparagraphs (A) and 
     (B), the Secretary shall consult with non-Federal experts, 
     including individuals with certification in epidemiology, 
     toxicology, mental health, pediatrics, and environmental 
     health, and members of the impacted community.
       (3) Funding.--Without regard to section 2215 of title 10, 
     United States Code, the Secretary of the Defense is 
     authorized to provide, from amounts made available to such 
     Secretary, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
     years 2024 through 2030 for the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to carry out this subsection.
       (b) Red Hill Epidemiological Health Outcomes Study.--
       (1) Contracts.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     may contract with independent research institutes or 
     consultants, nonprofit or public entities, laboratories, or 
     medical schools, as the Secretary considers appropriate, that 
     are not part of the Federal Government to assist with the 
     feasibility assessment required by paragraph (2).
       (2) Feasibility assessment.--Not later than one year after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees the results of a feasibility 
     assessment to inform the design of the epidemiological study 
     or studies to assess health outcomes for impacted 
     individuals, which may include--
       (A) a strategy to recruit impacted individuals to 
     participate in the study or studies, including incentives for 
     participation;
       (B) a description of protocols and methodologies to assess 
     health outcomes from the Red Hill Incident, including data 
     management protocols to secure the privacy and security of 
     the personal information of impacted individuals; and
       (C) the periodicity for data collection that takes into 
     account the differences between health care practices among 
     impacted individuals who are--
       (i) members of the Armed Forces on active duty or spouses 
     or dependents of such members;
       (ii) members of the Armed Forces separating from active 
     duty or spouses or dependents of such members;
       (iii) veterans and other individuals with access to health 
     care from the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
       (iv) individuals without access to health care from the 
     Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs;
       (D) a description of methodologies to analyze data received 
     from the study or studies to determine possible connections 
     between exposure to water contaminated during the Red Hill 
     Incident and adverse impacts to the health of impacted 
     individuals;
       (E) an identification of exposures resulting from the Red 
     Hill Incident that may qualify individuals to be eligible for 
     participation in the study or studies as a result of those 
     exposures; and
       (F) steps that will be taken to provide individuals 
     impacted by the Red Hill Incident with information on 
     available resources and services.
       (3) Notifications; briefings.--Not later than one year 
     after the completion of the feasibility assessment under 
     paragraph (2), the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall--
       (A) notify impacted individuals on the interim findings of 
     the study or studies; and
       (B) brief the appropriate congressional committees on the 
     interim findings of the study or studies.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
     of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on 
     Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (C) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate;
       (D) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (E) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on 
     Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (F) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Impacted individual.--The term ``impacted individual'' 
     means an individual who, at the time of the Red Hill 
     Incident, lived or worked in a building or residence served 
     by the community water system at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-
     Hickam, Oahu, Hawaii.
       (3) Red hill incident.--The term ``Red Hill Incident'' 
     means the release of fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage 
     Facility, Oahu, Hawaii, into the sole-source basal aquifer 
     located 100 feet below the facility, contaminating the 
     community water system at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on 
     November 20, 2021.
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  SA 810. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
Risch, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Wyden) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2024 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE RENEWAL OF THE COMPACTS 
                   OF FREE ASSOCIATION WITH THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU, 
                   THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, AND THE 
                   REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) in 1947, the United Nations entrusted the United States 
     with the defense and security of the region that now 
     comprises--
       (A) the Republic of Palau;
       (B) the Federated States of Micronesia; and
       (C) the Republic of the Marshall Islands;
       (2) in 1983, the United States signed Compacts of Free 
     Association with the Federated States of Micronesia and the 
     Republic of the Marshall Islands;
       (3) in 1985, the United States signed a Compact of Free 
     Association with the Republic of Palau;
       (4) in 1986, Congress--
       (A) enacted the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 
     U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 99-239), which approved the 
     Compacts of Free Association with the Federated States of 
     Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and
       (B) enacted Public Law 99-658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note), which 
     approved the Compact of Free Association with the Republic of 
     Palau;
       (5) in 2003, Congress enacted the Compact of Free 
     Association Amendments Act of 2003

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     (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108-188), which approved and 
     renewed the Compacts of Free Association with the Federated 
     States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall 
     Islands;
       (6) in 2010, the United States and the Republic of Palau 
     agreed to terms for renewing the Compact of Free Association 
     with the Republic of Palau in the Palau Compact Review 
     Agreement, which was approved by Congress in section 1259C of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 
     (48 U.S.C. 1931 note; Public Law 115-91);
       (7) on January 11, 2023, the United States signed a 
     Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of the Marshall 
     Islands on funding priorities for the Compact of Free 
     Association with the Republic of the Marshall Islands;
       (8) on May 22, 2023, the United States signed the U.S.-
     Palau 2023 Agreement, following the Compact of Free 
     Association Section 432 Review;
       (9) on May 23, 2023, the United States signed 3 agreements 
     relating to the U.S.-FSM Compact of Free Association, which 
     included--
       (A) an Agreement to Amend the Compact, as amended;
       (B) a new fiscal procedures agreement; and
       (C) a new trust fund agreement; and
       (10) the United States is undergoing negotiations relating 
     to the Compact of Free Association with the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the close and strategic partnerships of the United 
     States with the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of 
     Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands are 
     vital to international peace and security in the Indo-Pacific 
     region;
       (2) the Compacts of Free Association with the Republic of 
     Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic 
     of the Marshall Islands form the political, economic, and 
     security architecture that bolsters and sustains security and 
     drives regional development and the prosperity of the larger 
     Indo-Pacific community of nations;
       (3) certain provisions of the current Compacts of Free 
     Association with the Federated States of Micronesia and the 
     Republic of the Marshall Islands expire on September 30, 
     2023;
       (4) certain provisions of the Compact of Free Association 
     with the Republic of Palau expire on September 30, 2024;
       (5) it is in the national interest of the United States to 
     successfully renegotiate and renew the Compacts of Free 
     Association with the Republic of Palau, the Federated States 
     of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and
       (6) enacting legislation to approve amended Compacts of 
     Free Association with the Republic of Palau, the Federated 
     States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall 
     Islands is the most important way for Congress to support 
     United States strategic partnerships with the 3 countries.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 811. Mr. TESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. 1299L. ASSESSMENT OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES-ORIGIN 
                   TECHNOLOGY USED BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES.

       (a) In General.--The Director of National Intelligence 
     shall conduct an assessment to evaluate the top five 
     technologies that originate in the United States and are not 
     currently subject to export controls as prioritized by the 
     Director of National Intelligence, in order to identify and 
     assess the risk from those specified technologies that could 
     be or are being used by foreign adversaries in foreign 
     espionage programs targeting the United States.
       (b) Report Required.--Not later than 270 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit 
     a report on the assessment required by subsection (a) to--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 812. Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 345. BRIEFING ON ARCTIC WATCHTOWER RESEARCH.

       (a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) confronting and adapting to rapidly evolving challenges 
     in the Arctic region, including coastal resilience, would 
     benefit from increased place-based, forward operating 
     research capacity;
       (2) establishing strategically located, scalable watchtower 
     field research centers known as Arctic Watchtowers to conduct 
     on-the-ground research in Arctic gateways could improve the 
     reliability and breadth of monitoring data to inform decision 
     making of the Department of Defense, such as when defense 
     operations impact mammalian habitat;
       (3) locally-based, forward operating research benefits from 
     robust partnerships with regional and local universities, 
     Tribal communities, and international collaboration;
       (4) on the ground, forward operating research data can 
     complement satellite and other data on littoral 
     meteorological or ecosystem changes;
       (5) the National Strategy for the Arctic Region highlights 
     the need to invest in research in such region and 
     collaboration with Arctic communities for co-production of 
     knowledge to advance monitoring and predictive capacity, such 
     as--
       (A) maritime domain awareness;
       (B) operational oceanography;
       (C) tracking shifts in sea ice flows;
       (D) monitoring emerging trade routes; and
       (E) reduction of data gaps where they exist; and
       (6) the Secretary of Defense should consider investments in 
     watchtower research efforts in the Arctic and near-Arctic 
     region as part of the execution of such strategy.
       (b) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
     to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives a briefing on the potential benefits 
     to be derived from, and the feasibility of, establishing 
     watchtower field research centers in the Arctic and near-
     Arctic region.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 813. Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Daines, Mr. Kennedy, 
and Ms. Lummis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 
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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1083. REVIEW OF AGRICULTURE-RELATED TRANSACTIONS BY 
                   COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
     U.S.C. 4565) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (4)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)--

       (I) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (II) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (III) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(iii) any transaction described in clause (vi) or (vii) 
     of subparagraph (B) proposed or pending on or after the date 
     of the enactment of this clause.'';
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(vi) Any other investment, subject to regulations 
     prescribed under subparagraphs (D) and (E), by a foreign 
     person in any unaffiliated United States business that is 
     engaged in agriculture or biotechnology related to 
     agriculture.
       ``(vii) Subject to subparagraphs (C) and (E), the purchase 
     or lease by, or a concession to, a foreign person of private 
     real estate that is--

       ``(I) located in the United States;
       ``(II) used in agriculture; and
       ``(III) more than 320 acres or valued in excess of 
     $5,000,000.'';

       (iii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``subparagraph 
     (B)(ii)'' and inserting ``clause (ii) or (vii) of 
     subparagraph (B)'';
       (iv) in subparagraph (D)--

       (I) in clause (i), by striking ``subparagraph (B)(iii)'' 
     and inserting ``clauses (iii) and (vi) of subparagraph (B)'';
       (II) in clause (iii)(I), by striking ``subparagraph 
     (B)(iii)'' and inserting ``clauses (iii) and (vi) of 
     subparagraph (B)'';
       (III) in clause (iv)(I), by striking ``subparagraph 
     (B)(iii)'' each place it appears and inserting ``clauses 
     (iii) and (vi) of subparagraph (B)''; and
       (IV) in clause (v), by striking ``subparagraph (B)(iii)'' 
     and inserting ``clauses (iii) and (vi) of subparagraph (B)''; 
     and

       (v) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``clauses (ii) and 
     (iii)'' and inserting ``clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and 
     (vii)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(14) Agriculture.--The term `agriculture' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
     of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203).'';
       (2) in subsection (k)(2)--
       (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), (I), and (J), as 
     subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K), respectively; and
       (B) inserting after subparagraph (G) the following new 
     subparagraph:

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       ``(H) The Secretary of Agriculture (nonvoting, ex 
     officio).''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(r) Prohibition With Respect to Agricultural Companies 
     and Real Estate.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this section, if the Committee, in conducting a review and 
     investigation under this section, determines that a 
     transaction described in clause (i), (vi), or (vii) of 
     subsection (a)(4)(B) would result in control by a covered 
     foreign person of or investment by a covered foreign person 
     in a United States business engaged in agriculture or private 
     real estate used in agriculture, the President shall prohibit 
     such transaction.
       ``(2) Waiver.--The President may waive, on a case-by-case 
     basis, the requirement to prohibit a transaction under 
     paragraph (1), not less than 30 days after the President 
     determines and reports to the relevant committees of 
     jurisdiction that it is vital to the national security 
     interests of the United States to waive such prohibition.
       ``(3) Defined terms.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Covered person.--
       ``(i) In general.--Except as provided by clause (ii), the 
     term `covered person'--

       ``(I) has the meaning given the term `a person owned by, 
     controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of 
     a foreign adversary' in section 7.2 of title 15, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the 
     enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2024), except that each reference to `foreign 
     adversary' in that definition shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the government of a covered country; and
       ``(II) includes an entity that--

       ``(aa) is registered in or organized under the laws of a 
     covered country;
       ``(bb) has a principal place of business in a covered 
     country; or
       ``(cc) has a subsidiary with a principal place of business 
     in a covered country.
       ``(ii) Exclusions.--The term `covered person' does not 
     include a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence to the United States.
       ``(B) Covered country.--The term `covered country' means 
     any of the following:
       ``(i) The People's Republic of China.
       ``(ii) The Russian Federation.
       ``(iii) The Islamic Republic of Iran.
       ``(iv) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 814. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Young, and Mr. Lee) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT 
                   GRANT FUNDS TO CERTAIN ENTITIES THAT HAVE 
                   VIOLATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF UNITED 
                   STATES ENTITIES.

       (a) In General.--During the period beginning on the date 
     that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     section, amounts provided as project grants under subchapter 
     I of chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, may not be 
     used to enter into a contract described in subsection (b) 
     with any entity on the list required by subsection (c).
       (b) Contract Described.--A contract described in this 
     subsection is a contract or other agreement for the 
     procurement of infrastructure or equipment for a passenger 
     boarding bridge at an airport.
       (c) List Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and thereafter as required by 
     paragraph (2), the United States Trade Representative, and 
     the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
     shall make available to the Administrator of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration a publicly-available a list of 
     entities manufacturing airport passenger boarding 
     infrastructure or equipment that--
       (A) are owned, directed by, or subsidized in whole, or in 
     part by the People's Republic of China;
       (B) have been determined by a Federal court to have 
     misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from 
     an entity organized under the laws of the United States or 
     any jurisdiction within the United States;
       (C) own or control, are owned or controlled by, are under 
     common ownership or control with, or are successors to, an 
     entity described in subparagraph (A);
       (D) own or control, are under common ownership or control 
     with, or are successors to, an entity described in 
     subparagraph (A); or
       (E) have entered into an agreement with or accepted funding 
     from, whether in the form of minority investment interest or 
     debt, have entered into a partnership with, or have entered 
     into another contractual or other written arrangement with, 
     an entity described in subparagraph (A).
       (2) Updates to list.--The United States Trade 
     Representative shall update the list required by paragraph 
     (1), based on information provided by the Administrator of 
     the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation with the 
     Attorney General--
       (A) not less frequently than every 90 days during the 180-
     day period following the initial publication of the list 
     under paragraph (1); and
       (B) not less frequently than annually thereafter.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section, the definitions in 
     section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 815. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 C of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1025. OVERSEAS MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS.

       (a) In General.--Section 8680(a) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``A naval vessel'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided in paragraphs (2) through (4), 
     a naval vessel''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any conventionally-
     powered surface naval vessel may be overhauled, repaired, or 
     maintained in Japan if a delay of longer than 1 year is 
     expected before a shipyard located in the United States or in 
     Guam is available to perform such service on such vessel.''.
       (b) Sunset.--Paragraph (4) of section 8680(a) of title 10, 
     United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall remain 
     in effect until the earlier of--
       (1) the date on which necessary maintenance and repairs 
     (including overhauls) on conventionally-powered surface naval 
     vessels can be scheduled for service at a shipyard in the 
     United States or Guam within 1 year after the date on which 
     such service is requested; or
       (2) the date that is 5 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 816. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Padilla) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP USE OF INCOME.

       Section 6 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 
     (20 U.S.C. 5205) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(e) Strategy to Increase Latin American and Caribbean 
     Participation.--In order to increase the impact of the 
     Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships program in developing 
     societal leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean, the 
     Department of State shall, not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this subsection, publish a strategy for 
     increasing the number of applications received from Latin 
     American and Caribbean countries and the number of 
     fellowships awarded to applicants from Latin America and the 
     Caribbean.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 817. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle D of title XII, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. NUCLEAR CONSULTATIVE GROUP.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) The United States extended deterrence commitment to the 
     Republic of Korea is ironclad and enduring.
       (2) Such extended deterrence relies on the full range of 
     defense capabilities, including conventional and nuclear 
     forces of the United States.
       (3) The establishment of the Nuclear Consultative Group 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Group'') between the 
     United States and the Republic of Korea during President Yoon 
     Suk Yeol's visit to the United States on April 26, 2023, 
     reflected a recognition of the accelerating threat posed by 
     the nuclear weapons and missile program of the Democratic 
     People's Republic of Korea and a requirement to adjust the 
     alliances approach to deterring the Democratic People's 
     Republic of Korea.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--

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       (1) the Group will strengthen the alliance between the 
     governments of the United States and the Republic of Korea by 
     deepening the ability of such governments to plan, consult, 
     and conduct exercises on issues related to nuclear 
     deterrence; and
       (2) integrated deterrence requires a whole-of-government 
     approach to deter adversaries and assure United States 
     allies.
       (c)  Report on the Implementation of the Nuclear 
     Consultative Group.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the congressional 
     defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives a report that includes a description of each 
     of the following:
       (A) The organization of the Group, including co-chairs and 
     interagency participants of the Group who are representatives 
     of the United States.
       (B) The scope of the activities of the Group and how such 
     activities connect to the Security Consultative Mechanism and 
     the Military Consultative Mechanism between the Republic of 
     Korea and the United States.
       (C) The relationship of the Group to existing extended 
     deterrence mechanisms of the Republic of Korea and the United 
     States, including the Korean Integrated Defense Dialogue, the 
     Deterrence Strategy Committee, and the Extended Deterrence 
     Consultative Group.
       (D) The frequency and circumstances under which the Group 
     convenes.
       (E) The scope of activities the Group addresses, including 
     strategic planning, crisis consultation, and exercises.
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (3) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until 
     December 31, 2026, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
     of Defense shall brief the Committee on Armed Services and 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives on the outcomes of 
     meetings of the Group.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 818. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1269. DEVELOPING ECONOMIC TOOLS TO DETER AGGRESSION 
                   AGAINST TAIWAN.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States must be prepared to take immediate action 
     to impose sanctions with respect to any military or 
     nonmilitary entities owned, controlled, or acting at the 
     direction of the Government of the People's Republic of China 
     or the Chinese Communist Party and that are supporting 
     actions by the Government of the People's Republic of China 
     or the Chinese Communist Party--
       (1) to overthrow or dismantle the governing institutions in 
     Taiwan;
       (2) to occupy any territory controlled or administered by 
     Taiwan;
       (3) to violate the territorial integrity of Taiwan; or
       (4) to take significant action against Taiwan, including 
     conducting a naval blockade, seizing Taiwan's outlying 
     islands, or perpetrating a significant cyber attack on 
     Taiwan.
       (b) Task Force.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the head of the Office of the 
     Sanctions Coordinator of the Department of State and the 
     Director of the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the 
     Department of the Treasury, in coordination with the Director 
     of National Intelligence, shall establish an interagency task 
     force to identify military and nonmilitary entities with 
     respect to which sanctions could be imposed immediately 
     following any action taken by the People's Republic of China 
     that demonstrates an attempt to achieve or has the 
     significant effect of achieving the physical or political 
     control of Taiwan, including by--
       (1) overthrowing or dismantling the governing institutions 
     in Taiwan;
       (2) occupying any territory controlled or administered by 
     Taiwan as of the date of the enactment of this Act;
       (3) violating the territorial integrity of Taiwan; or
       (4) taking significant action against Taiwan, including--
       (A) creation of a naval blockade of Taiwan;
       (B) seizure of the outer lying islands of Taiwan; or
       (C) initiation of a significant cyber attack that threatens 
     civilian or military infrastructure of Taiwan.
       (c) Strategy.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     establishment of the task force required by subsection (b), 
     the task force shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a strategy for identifying targets for the 
     imposition of sanctions as described in subsection (b).
       (2) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) include an assessment of how existing sanctions regimes 
     could be used in the case of an action by the People's 
     Republic of China described in subsection (b);
       (B) develop or propose, as appropriate, new sanctions 
     authorities that might be required to impose sanctions on 
     targets described in paragraph (1);
       (C) analyze the potential economic consequences to the 
     United States, and to allies and partners of the United 
     States, of various types of sanctions and assess measures 
     that could be taken to mitigate such consequences, including 
     through the use of licenses, exemptions, carve-outs, and 
     other forms of relief;
       (D) develop a strategy for the United States to work with 
     allies and partners--
       (i) to leverage sanctions and other economic tools to deter 
     or respond to aggression against to Taiwan;
       (ii) to identify and resolve potential impediments to 
     coordinating sanctions-related efforts with respect to 
     responding to or deterring aggression against Taiwan; and
       (iii) to identify industries, sectors, or goods and 
     services with respect to which the United States and 
     countries that are allies and partners of the United States 
     can take coordinated action through sanctions or other 
     economic tools that will have a significant negative impact 
     on the economy of the People's Republic of China;
       (E) assess the resource gaps and needs at the Departments 
     of State, the Department of the Treasury, and other Federal 
     agencies, as appropriate, to most effectively use sanctions 
     and other economic tools to respond to the threat posed by 
     the People's Republic of China;
       (F) recommend how best to target sanctions and other 
     economic tools against individuals, entities, and economic 
     sectors in the People's Republic of China, taking into 
     account the role of such individuals, entities, and economic 
     sectors in supporting policies and activities of the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese 
     Communist Party that pose a threat to the national security 
     or foreign policy interests of the United States, the 
     negative economic implications for the People's Republic of 
     China, including its ability to achieve its objectives with 
     respect to Taiwan, and the potential impact of such sanctions 
     on the stability of the global financial system, including 
     with regard to--
       (i) entities--

       (I) owned or controlled by the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China; and
       (II) organized under the laws of or otherwise subject to 
     the jurisdiction of that Government that are not formally 
     owned or controlled by that Government;

       (ii) officials of that Government; and
       (iii) financial institutions associated with that 
     Government; and
       (G) identify any foreign military or nonmilitary entities 
     that would likely be used in actions described in subsection 
     (b), including entities in the following sectors:
       (i) Shipping.
       (ii) Logistics.
       (iii) Energy, including oil and gas.
       (iv) Aviation.
       (v) Ground transportation.
       (vi) Technology.
       (d) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later 60 days after the submission of 
     the strategy required by subsection (c), and every 180 days 
     thereafter, the task force established under subsection (b) 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report that includes information regarding--
       (A) any entities identified pursuant to subparagraph (G) of 
     subsection (c)(2);
       (B) any new authorities needed to impose sanctions with 
     respect to individuals, entities, and economic sectors 
     identified under subparagraph (D) of that subsection;
       (C) potential economic impacts on the People's Republic of 
     China and on the United States and allies and partners of the 
     United States relating to sanctions imposed with respect to 
     such individuals, entities, and economic sectors;
       (D) mitigation measures that could be employed to limit 
     deleterious impacts on the United States and allies and 
     partners of the United States;
       (E) the status of coordination with allies and partners of 
     the United States with respect to the use of sanctions and 
     other economic tools identified under this section;
       (F) resource gaps and recommendations to enable the 
     Department of State and the Department of the Treasury to use 
     sanctions to more effectively to respond to the malign 
     activities of the People's Republic of China; and
       (G) any additional resources that may be necessary to carry 
     out the strategy.
       (2) Form.--Each report required by subsection (b) shall be 
     submitted in classified form.
       (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, 
     the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Financial Services, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
     of the House of Representatives.

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  SA 819. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1282. REPORT ON ACTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 
                   THAT THREATEN UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY 
                   INTERESTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State and the heads of 
     other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit 
     to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing 
     an assessment of the extent to which the foreign policy of 
     the Republic of South Africa threatens United States national 
     security interests, including as such foreign policy relates 
     to--
       (1) strategic military and economic engagement by the 
     Republic of South Africa with the Russian Federation and 
     People's Republic of China;
       (2) actions taken by the Republic of South Africa, and 
     actions of officials of the Republic of South Africa, to 
     support, directly and indirectly, the Russian Federation in 
     its war in Ukraine;
       (3) actions taken by the Republic of South Africa to evade 
     or enforce United States sanctions on Specially Designated 
     Nationals conducting activities and transactions in the 
     Republic of South Africa;
       (4) actions taken by the Republic of South Africa to build 
     alliances against the national interests of the United States 
     with malign actors such as Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela;
       (5) the scope and scale of financial and other forms of 
     public corruption to support strategic alliances with malign 
     actors; and
       (6) the security and stability of the southern Africa 
     region.
       (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in classified form and shall include an 
     unclassified summary.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 820. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle A of title XII, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 12__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE HOST COUNTRY FOR 
                   THE 2023 AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT 
                   FORUM.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum (referred 
     to in this section as the ``AGOA Forum''), which is required 
     to be held annually under section 5 of the African Growth and 
     Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3704), is an important opportunity 
     to foster close economic ties between the United States and 
     sub-Saharan Africa;
       (2) the country selected to host the 2023 AGOA Forum should 
     reflect optimal adherence to the eligibility requirements set 
     forth in section 104 (a)(2) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 
     3703(a)(2)) that the country ``not engage in activities that 
     undermine United States national security or foreign policy 
     interests'';
       (3) the recent actions of the Republic of South Africa in 
     contravention of United States national security and foreign 
     policy interests make that country an inappropriate venue for 
     the 2023 AGOA Forum; and
       (4) the President should identify an alternative venue for 
     the 2023 AGOA Forum that is consistent with the spirit and 
     member eligibility criteria of the African Growth and 
     Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 821. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. REPORT ON UNITED STATES PRESENCE IN THE HORN OF 
                   AFRICA AND RED SEA REGION.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) increased United States engagement in the Horn of 
     Africa and Red Sea region has presented an opportunity to 
     build and strengthen security cooperation with key partners 
     in that region;
       (2) the Red Sea region includes a strategic maritime choke 
     point, the Bab-al-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea 
     to the Gulf of Aden, and is essential to support United 
     States national security interests, including countering the 
     flows of Iranian lethal aid to Yemen and facilitating the 
     free flow of commerce;
       (3) security cooperation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden 
     region is critical--
       (A) to maintaining a de facto ceasefire in Yemen; and
       (B) to furthering a political resolution to the Yemeni 
     conflict.
       (4) Somaliland, which has a port and an airfield in 
     Berbera--
       (A) occupies a pivotal geographic location in the Horn of 
     Africa;
       (B) is adjacent to strategic maritime routes in the Red Sea 
     and Gulf of Aden; and
       (C) could contribute to United States military objectives 
     given the evolving security situation in the region; and
       (5) utilizing the port of Berbera as an access point to the 
     Horn of Africa would provide flexibility with regards to the 
     delivery of humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa 
     region and beyond.
       (b) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
     congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (3) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State and the heads of 
     other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit 
     a classified report, along with an unclassified summary, to 
     the appropriate congressional committees containing an 
     assessment of the extent to which a sustained United States 
     Government presence in Somaliland would--
       (1) support United States policy focused on the Red Sea 
     corridor, the Indo-Pacific region, and the Horn of Africa, 
     including the promotion of conflict avoidance and resolution;
       (2) improve cooperation on counterterrorism and 
     intelligence sharing, including by--
       (A) degrading and ultimately defeating the terrorist threat 
     posed by Al-Shabaab, the Islamic State in Somalia, and other 
     terrorist groups operating in Somalia; and
       (B) countering the malign influence of the Iranian regime 
     and its terror proxies;
       (3) enhance cooperation on counter-trafficking, including 
     the trafficking of humans, wildlife, weapons, and illicit 
     goods;
       (4) support trade and development in the region;
       (5) facilitate the distribution of humanitarian assistance 
     in the Horn of Africa; and
       (6) counter the presence of the People's Republic of China 
     (PRC) in the region, including by detailing--
       (A) the PRC's interest in access to port facilities in 
     Djibouti, Mombasa, Massawa, and Assab;
       (B) the PRC's role in fomenting unrest in the Sool region 
     of Somaliland; and
       (C) the role played by the Republic of China (Taiwan) in 
     checking the PRC's engagement with Somaliland.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 822. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Cardin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. GLOBAL COOPERATIVE FRAMEWORK TO END HUMAN RIGHTS 
                   ABUSES IN SOURCING CRITICAL MINERALS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall seek to 
     convene a meeting of foreign leaders to establish a 
     multilateral framework to end human rights abuses, including 
     the exploitation of forced labor and child labor, related to 
     the mining and sourcing of critical minerals.
       (b) Certification Scheme.--The Secretary shall seek to 
     ensure that the framework under subsection (a) includes a 
     certification scheme, comprised of--
       (1) minimum requirements for national legislation, 
     institutions, and import and export controls related to the 
     sourcing of critical minerals;
       (2) measures to enforce transparency in the exchange of 
     production, transportation, and end-use manufacturing data 
     related to critical minerals, including through the use of 
     blockchain technology, if feasible;
       (3) prohibitions on the purchase or trade in critical 
     minerals unless parties to the purchase or trade are 
     certified under and in compliance with the framework; and
       (4) measures to certify shipments as in compliance with the 
     framework, including

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     requiring the provision of supporting documentation.
       (c) Implementation Report.--The Secretary shall lead the 
     development of an annual global report on the implementation 
     of the framework under subsection (a), including progress and 
     recommendations to fully end human rights abuses, including 
     the exploitation of forced labor and child labor, related to 
     the extraction of critical minerals around the world.
       (d) Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and 
     Certain Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
     Consumer Protection Act.--Nothing in this section shall--
       (1) affect the authority of the President to take any 
     action to join and subsequently comply with the terms and 
     obligations of the Extractive Industries Transparency 
     Initiative (EITI); or
       (2) affect section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
     Reform and Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 78m note), or 
     subsection (q) of section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act 
     of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m), as added by section 1504 of the 
     Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
     (Public Law 111-203; 124 Stat. 2220), or any rule prescribed 
     under either such section.
       (e) Critical Mineral Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``critical mineral'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 
     1606(a)).
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  SA 823. Mr. ROMNEY (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
Cornyn, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, and Mr. Braun) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. ENDING CHINA'S DEVELOPING NATION STATUS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Ending 
     China's Developing Nation Status Act''.
       (b) Finding; Statement of Policy.--
       (1) Finding.--Congress finds that the People's Republic of 
     China is still classified as a developing nation under 
     multiple treaties and international organization structures, 
     even though China has grown to be the second largest economy 
     in the world.
       (2) Statement of policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States--
       (A) to oppose the labeling or treatment of the People's 
     Republic of China as a developing nation in current and 
     future treaty negotiations and in each international 
     organization of which the United States and the People's 
     Republic of China are both current members;
       (B) to pursue the labeling or treatment of the People's 
     Republic of China as a developed nation in each international 
     organization of which the United States and the People's 
     Republic of China are both current members; and
       (C) to work with allies and partners of the United States 
     to implement the policies described in paragraphs (1) and 
     (2).
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives with respect to--
       (i) reports produced by the Secretary of State; and
       (ii) a waiver exercised pursuant to subsection (f)(2), 
     except with respect to any international organization for 
     which the United States Trade Representative is the chief 
     representative of the United States; and
       (B) the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
     with respect to--
       (i) reports produced by the United States Trade 
     Representative; and
       (ii) a waiver exercised pursuant to subsection (f)(2) with 
     respect to any international organization for which the 
     United States Trade Representative is the chief 
     representative of the United States.
       (2) Secretary.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of State.
       (B) Exception.--The term ``Secretary'' shall mean the 
     United States Trade Representative with respect to any 
     international organization for which the United States Trade 
     Representative is the chief representative of the United 
     States.
       (d) Report on Development Status in Current Treaty 
     Negotiations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress that--
       (1) identifies all current treaty negotiations in which--
       (A) the proposed treaty would provide for different 
     treatment or standards for enforcement of the treaty based on 
     respective development status of the states that are party to 
     the treaty; and
       (B) the People's Republic of China is actively 
     participating in the negotiations, or it is reasonably 
     foreseeable that the People's Republic of China would seek to 
     become a party to the treaty; and
       (2) for each treaty negotiation identified pursuant to 
     paragraph (1), describes how the treaty under negotiation 
     would provide different treatment or standards for 
     enforcement of the treaty based on development status of the 
     states parties.
       (e) Report on Development Status in Existing Organizations 
     and Treaties.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress that--
       (1) identifies all international organizations or treaties, 
     of which the United States is a member, that provide 
     different treatment or standards for enforcement based on the 
     respective development status of the member states or states 
     parties;
       (2) describes the mechanisms for changing the country 
     designation for each relevant treaty or organization; and
       (3) for each of the organizations or treaties identified 
     pursuant to paragraph (1)--
       (A) includes a list of countries that--
       (i) are labeled as developing nations or receive the 
     benefits of a developing nation under the terms of the 
     organization or treaty; and
       (ii) meet the World Bank classification for upper middle 
     income or high-income countries; and
       (B) describes how the organization or treaty provides 
     different treatment or standards for enforcement based on 
     development status of the member states or states parties.
       (f) Mechanisms for Changing Development Status.--
       (1) In general.--In any international organization of which 
     the United States and the People's Republic of China are both 
     current members, the Secretary, in consultation with allies 
     and partners of the United States, shall pursue--
       (A) changing the status of the People's Republic of China 
     from developing nation to developed nation if a mechanism 
     exists in such organization to make such status change; or
       (B) proposing the development of a mechanism described in 
     paragraph (1) to change the status of the People's Republic 
     of China in such organization from developing nation to 
     developed nation.
       (2) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of 
     subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) with respect to any 
     international organization if the President notifies the 
     appropriate committees of Congress that such a waiver is in 
     the national interests of the United States.
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  SA 824. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. CONFISCATION OF ASSETS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION; USE 
                   TO OFFSET COSTS TO UNITED STATES OF AID TO 
                   UKRAINE.

       (a) In General.--The President shall--
       (1) confiscate, through instructions or licenses or in such 
     other manner as the President determines appropriate, funds 
     of the Government of the Russian Federation that are subject 
     to the jurisdiction of the United States; and
       (2) deposit funds confiscated under paragraph (1) in the 
     general fund of the Treasury to offset the costs of amounts 
     appropriated by any Act making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.
       (b) Vesting.--All right, title, and interest in funds 
     confiscated under subsection (a) shall vest in the Government 
     of the United States.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 825. Mr. FETTERMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle A of title VII, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 7___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH 
                   SERVICES THROUGH TRICARE.

       It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
     should take all necessary steps to ensure members of the 
     National Guard and the members of their families who are 
     enrolled in TRICARE have timely access to mental and 
     behavioral health care services through the TRICARE program.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 826. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for

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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 appropriate place in title XVI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 16__. CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   DATA AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CHIEF DIGITAL AND 
                   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER GOVERNING 
                   COUNCIL.

       (a) Control and Management of Department of Defense Data.--
     The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the 
     Department of Defense shall maintain the authority, but not 
     the requirement, to access and control, on behalf of the 
     Secretary of Defense, of all data collected, acquired, 
     accessed, or utilized by Department of Defense components 
     consistent with section 1513 of the James M. Inhofe National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 
     117-263; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note).
       (b) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer 
     Governing Council.--Paragraph (3) of section 238(d) of the 
     John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(3) Chief digital and artificial intelligence officer 
     governing council.--
       ``(A) Establishment.--(i) The Secretary shall establish a 
     council to provide policy oversight to ensure the 
     responsible, coordinated, and ethical employment of data and 
     artificial intelligence capabilities across Department of 
     Defense missions and operations.
       ``(ii) The council established pursuant to clause (i) shall 
     be known as the `Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence 
     Officer Governing Council' (in this paragraph the `Council').
       ``(B) Membership.--The Council shall be composed of the 
     following:
       ``(i) Joint Staff J-6.
       ``(ii) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
     Sustainment.
       ``(iii) The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
     Evaluation.
       ``(iv) The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and 
     Security.
       ``(v) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
       ``(vi) The Director of Cost Analysis and Program 
     Evaluation.
       ``(vii) The Chief Information Officer of the Department.
       ``(viii) The Director of Administration and Management.
       ``(ix) The service acquisition executives of each of the 
     military departments.
       ``(C) Head of council.--The Council shall be headed by the 
     Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the 
     Department.
       ``(D) Meetings.--The Council shall meet not less frequently 
     than twice each fiscal year.
       ``(E) Duties of council.--The duties of the Council are as 
     follows:
       ``(i) To streamline the organizational structure of the 
     Department as it relates to artificial intelligence 
     development, implementation, and oversight.
       ``(ii) To improve coordination on artificial intelligence 
     governance with the defense industry sector.
       ``(iii) To establish and oversee artificial intelligence 
     guidance on ethical requirements and protections for usage of 
     artificial intelligence supported by Department funding and 
     reduces or mitigates instances of unintended bias in 
     artificial intelligence algorithms.
       ``(iv) To identify, monitor, and periodically update 
     appropriate recommendations for operational usage of 
     artificial intelligence.
       ``(v) To review, as the head of the Council considers 
     necessary, artificial intelligence program funding to ensure 
     that any Department investment in an artificial intelligence 
     tool, system, or algorithm adheres to all Department 
     established policy related to artificial intelligence.
       ``(vi) To provide periodic status updates on the efforts of 
     the Department to develop and implement artificial 
     intelligence into existing Department programs and processes.
       ``(vii) To provide guidance on access and distribution 
     restrictions relating to data, models, tool sets, or testing 
     or validation infrastructure.
       ``(viii) to implement and oversee a data and artificial 
     intelligence educational program for the purpose of 
     familiarizing the Department at all levels on the 
     applications of artificial intelligence in their operations.
       ``(ix) To implement and oversee a data decree scorecard.
       ``(x) Such other duties as the Council determines 
     appropriate.
       ``(F) Periodic reports.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2024 and not less frequently than once 
     every 18 months thereafter, the Council shall submit to the 
     Secretary and the congressional defense committees a report 
     on the activities of the Council during the period covered by 
     the report.''.
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  SA 827. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Vance) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title XVI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 16__. CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE MONITORING.

       Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 
     congressional defense committees a briefing on how the Cyber 
     Workforce Qualification Program of the Department of Defense 
     is using the 8140.03 manual in program implementation.
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  SA 828. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Cotton) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. 2__. RAPID RESPONSE TO EMERGENT TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS 
                   OR THREATS.

       (a) Authorities.--Upon approval by the Secretary of Defense 
     of a determination described in subsection (b), the Secretary 
     of a military department may use the rapid acquisition and 
     funding authorities established pursuant to section 3601 of 
     title 10, United States Code, to initiate urgent or emerging 
     operational development activities for a period of up to one 
     year, in order to--
       (1) leverage an emergent technological advancement of value 
     to the national defense to address a specific need of a 
     military department; or
       (2) provide a rapid response to an emerging threat 
     identified by a military department.
       (b) Determination.--A determination described in this 
     subsection is a determination by the Secretary of a military 
     department submitted in writing to the Secretary of Defense 
     that provides the following:
       (1) Identification of a compelling urgent or emergency 
     national security need to immediately initiate development 
     activity in anticipation of a programming or budgeting 
     action, in order to leverage an emergent technological 
     advancement or provide a rapid response to an emerging 
     threat.
       (2) Justification for why the effort cannot be delayed 
     until the next submission of the budget of the President 
     (under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) 
     without harming the national defense.
       (3) Funding is identified for the effort in the current 
     fiscal year to initiative the activity.
       (4) An appropriate acquisition pathway and programmed 
     funding for transition to continued development, integration, 
     or sustainment is identified to on-ramp this activity within 
     two years.
       (c) Additional Procedures.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     amend the procedures for the rapid acquisition and deployment 
     of capabilities needed in response to urgent operational 
     needs prescribed pursuant to such section 3601 to carry out 
     this section.
       (2) Requirements to be included.--The procedures amended 
     under paragraph (1) shall include the following requirements:
       (A) Funding.--(i) Subject to clause (ii), in any fiscal 
     year in which a determination described in subsection (b) is 
     made, the Secretary of the military department making the 
     determination may initiate the activities authorized under 
     subsection (a) using any funds available to the Secretary for 
     such fiscal year for--
       (I) procurement; or
       (II) research, development, test, and evaluation.
       (ii) The total cost of all developmental activities within 
     the Department of Defense, funded under this section, may not 
     exceed $100,000,000 for any fiscal year.
       (B) Waiver authority.--(i) Subject to clause (ii), the 
     Secretary of the military department making a determination 
     under subsection (b) may issue a waiver under subsection (d) 
     of such section 3601.
       (ii) Chapter 221 of title 10, United States Code, may not 
     be waived pursuant to clause (i).
       (C) Transition.--(i) Any acquisition initiated under 
     subsection (a) shall transition to an appropriate acquisition 
     pathway for transition and integration of the development 
     activity, or be transitioned to a newly established program 
     element or procurement line for completion of such activity.
       (ii)(I) Transition shall be completed within one year of 
     initiation, but may be extended one time only at the 
     discretion of the Secretary of the military department for 
     one additional year.
       (II) In the event an extension determination is made under 
     subclause (I), the affected Secretary of the military 
     department shall

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     submit to the congressional defense committees, not later 
     than 30 days before the extension takes effect, notification 
     of the extension with a justification for the extension.
       (3) Submittal to congress.--Concurrent with promulgation to 
     the Department of the amendments to the procedures under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees the procedures update by 
     such amendments.
       (d) Congressional Notification.--Within 15 days after the 
     Secretary of Defense approves a determination described in 
     subsection (b), the Secretary of the military department 
     making the determination shall provide written notification 
     of such determination to the congressional defense committees 
     following the procedures for notification in subsections 
     (c)(4)(D) and (c)(4)(F) of such section 3601. A notice under 
     this subsection shall be sufficient to fulfill any 
     requirement to provide notification to Congress for a new 
     start program.
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  SA 829. Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Young, and Mr. 
Heinrich) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

  Subtitle __--Additional Matters Relating to Artificial Intelligence

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REGULATION IN 
                   FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, each of the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 
     the National Credit Union Administration, and the Bureau of 
     Consumer Financial Protection shall submit to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives a report on its gap in knowledge relating to 
     artificial intelligence, including an analysis on--
       (1) which tasks are most frequently being assisted or 
     completed with artificial intelligence in the institutions 
     the agency regulates;
       (2) current governance standards in place for artificial 
     intelligence use at the agency and current standards in place 
     for artificial intelligence oversight by the agency;
       (3) potentially additional regulatory authorities required 
     by the agency to continue to successfully execute its 
     mission;
       (4) where artificial intelligence may lead to overlapping 
     regulatory issues between agencies that require 
     clarification;
       (5) how the agency is currently using artificial 
     intelligence, how the agency plans to use such artificial 
     intelligence the next 3 years, and the expected impact, 
     including fiscal and staffing, of those plans; and
       (6) what resources, monetary or other resources, if any, 
     the agency requires to both adapt to the changes that 
     artificial intelligence will bring to the regulatory 
     landscape and to adequately adopt and oversee the use of 
     artificial intelligence across its operations described in 
     paragraph (5).
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to require an agency to include confidential 
     supervisory information or pre-decisional or deliberative 
     non-public information in a report under this section.

     SEC. ___. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BUG BOUNTY PROGRAMS.

       (a) Program for Foundational Artificial Intelligence 
     Products Being Incorporated by Department of Defense.--
       (1) Development required.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to the 
     availability of appropriations, the Chief Data and Artificial 
     Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense shall 
     develop a bug bounty program for foundational artificial 
     intelligence models being integrated into Department of 
     Defense missions and operations.
       (2) Collaboration.--In developing the program required by 
     paragraph (1), the Chief may collaborate with the heads of 
     other government agencies that have expertise in 
     cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
       (3) Implementation authorized.--The Chief may carry out the 
     program developed pursuant to subsection (a).
       (4) Contracts.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, as 
     may be appropriate, that whenever the Department of Defense 
     enters into any contract, the contract allows for 
     participation in the bug bounty program developed pursuant to 
     paragraph (1).
       (5) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall 
     be construed to require--
       (A) the use of any foundational artificial intelligence 
     model; or
       (B) the implementation of the program developed pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) in order for the Department to incorporate a 
     foundational artificial intelligence model.
       (b) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Chief shall provide the 
     congressional defense committees a briefing on--
       (1) the development and implementation of bug bounty 
     programs the Chief considers relevant to the matters covered 
     by this section; and
       (2) long-term plans of the Chief with respect to such bug 
     bounty programs.
       (c) Definition of Foundational Artificial Intelligence 
     Model.--In this section, the term ``foundational artificial 
     intelligence model'' means an adaptive generative model that 
     is trained on a broad set of unlabeled data sets that can be 
     used for different tasks, with minimal fine-tuning.

     SEC. ___. VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS STUDY FOR ARTIFICIAL 
                   INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED MILITARY APPLICATIONS.

       (a) Study Required.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Digital and 
     Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) of the Department of 
     Defense shall complete a study analyzing the vulnerabilities 
     to the privacy, security, and accuracy of, and capacity to 
     assess, artificial intelligence-enabled military 
     applications, as well as research and development needs for 
     such applications.
       (b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall 
     cover the following:
       (1) Research and development needs and transition pathways 
     to advance explainable and interpretable artificial 
     intelligence-enabled military applications, including the 
     capability to assess the underlying algorithms and data 
     models of such applications.
       (2) Assessing the potential risks to the privacy, security, 
     and accuracy of underlying architectures and algorithms of 
     artificial intelligence-enabled military applications, 
     including the following:
       (A) Individual foundational artificial intelligence models, 
     including the adequacy of existing testing, training, and 
     auditing for such models to ensure models can be properly 
     assessed over time.
       (B) The interactions of multiple artificial intelligence-
     enabled military applications, and the ability to detect and 
     assess new, complex, and emergent behavior amongst individual 
     agents, as well as the collective impact, including how such 
     changes may affect risk to privacy, security, and accuracy 
     over time.
       (C) The impact of increased agency in artificial 
     intelligence-enabled military applications and how such 
     increased agency may affect the ability to detect and assess 
     new, complex, and emergent behavior, as well risks to the 
     privacy, security, and accuracy of such applications over 
     time.
       (3) Assessing the survivability and traceability of 
     decision support systems that are integrated with artificial 
     intelligence-enabled military applications and used in a 
     contested environment, including--
       (A) potential benefits and risks to Department of Defense 
     missions and operations of implementing such applications; 
     and
       (B) other technical or operational constraints to ensure 
     such decision support systems that are integrated with 
     artificial intelligence-enabled military applications are 
     able to adhere to the Department of Defense Ethical 
     Principles for Artificial Intelligence.
       (4) Identification of existing artificial intelligence 
     metrics, developmental, testing and audit capabilities, 
     personnel, and infrastructure within the Department of 
     Defense, including test and evaluation facilities, needed to 
     enable ongoing identification and assessment under paragraphs 
     (1) through (3), and other factors such as--
       (A) implications for deterrence systems based on systems 
     warfare; and
       (B) vulnerability to systems confrontation on the system 
     and system-of-systems level.
       (5) Identification of gaps or research needs to 
     sufficiently respond to the elements outlined in this 
     subsection that are not currently, or not sufficiently, 
     funded within the Department of Defense.
       (c) Coordination.--In carrying out the study required by 
     subsection (a), the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence 
     Officer shall coordinate with the following:
       (1) The Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
     Agency (DARPA).
       (2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
     Evaluation.
       (3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
       (4) The Director for Operational Test and Evaluation 
     (DOT&E) of the Department.
       (5) As the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence 
     Officer considers appropriate, the following:
       (A) The Secretary of Energy.
       (B) The Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology.
       (C) The Director of the National Science Foundation.
       (D) The head of the National Artificial Intelligence 
     Initiative Office of the Office of Science and Technology 
     Policy.
       (E) Members and representatives of industry.
       (F) Members and representatives of academia.
       (d) Interim Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Digital and 
     Artificial Intelligence Officer shall provide the 
     congressional defense committees a briefing on the interim 
     findings of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence 
     Officer with respect to the study being conducted pursuant to 
     subsection (a).
       (e) Final Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Chief Digital and Artificial 
     Intelligence

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     Officer shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
     a final report on the findings of the Chief Digital and 
     Artificial Intelligence Officer with respect to the study 
     conducted pursuant to subsection (a).
       (2) Form.--The final report submitted pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) shall be submitted in unclassified for, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (f) Definition of Foundational Artificial Intelligence 
     Model.--In this section, the term ``foundational artificial 
     intelligence model'' means an adaptive generative model that 
     is trained on a broad set of unlabeled data sets that can be 
     used for different tasks, with minimal fine-tuning.

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON DATA SHARING AND COORDINATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     ways to improve data sharing, interoperability, and quality, 
     as may be appropriate, across the Department of Defense.
       (b) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to subsection 
     (a) shall include the following:
       (1) A description of policies, practices, and cultural 
     barriers that impede data sharing and interoperability, and 
     lead to data quality issues, among components of the 
     Department.
       (2) The impact a lack of appropriate levels of data 
     sharing, interoperability, and quality has on Departmental 
     collaboration, efficiency, interoperability, and joint-
     decisionmaking.
       (3) A review of current efforts to promote appropriate data 
     sharing, including to centralize data management, such as the 
     AVANA program.
       (4) A description of near-, mid-, and long-term efforts 
     that the Office of the Secretary of Defense plans to 
     implement to promote data sharing and interoperability, 
     including efforts to improve data quality.
       (5) A detailed plan to implement a data sharing and 
     interoperability strategy that supports effective development 
     and employment of artificial intelligence-enabled military 
     applications.
       (6) A detailed assessment of the implementation of the 
     Department of Defense Data Strategy issued in 2020, as well 
     as the use of data decrees to improve management rigor in the 
     Department when it comes to data sharing and 
     interoperability.
       (7) Any recommendations for Congress with respect to 
     assisting the Department in these efforts.
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  SA 830. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Ms. 
Ernst, and Mr. Graham) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 D of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1035. ESTABLISHING A COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERING MEXICO'S 
                   CRIMINAL CARTELS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, shall designate an existing 
     official within the executive branch to serve as senior-level 
     coordinator to coordinate, in conjunction with other relevant 
     agencies, all defense, diplomatic, intelligence, financial, 
     and legal efforts to counter the drug- and human-trafficking 
     activities of Mexico's criminal cartels.
       (b) Retention of Authority.--The designation of a 
     coordinator under subsection (a) shall not deprive any agency 
     of any authority to independently perform functions of that 
     agency.
       (c) Quarterly Reports.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter 
     through January 31, 2029, the coordinator designated under 
     subsection (a) shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a detailed report on the following:
       (A) Efforts taken during the previous quarter to bolster 
     defense cooperation with the Government of Mexico against 
     Mexico's criminal cartels, and any other activities of the 
     Department of Defense with respect to countering the cartels, 
     including in cooperation with the Government of Mexico or 
     interagency partners.
       (B) Diplomatic efforts, including numbers of demarches and 
     meetings, taken during the previous quarter to highlight and 
     counter the human rights abuses of Mexico's criminal cartels, 
     including human trafficking, sex trafficking, other 
     exploitation of migrants, endangerment of children, and other 
     abuses.
       (C) Diplomatic efforts taken during the previous quarter to 
     improve cooperation with the Government of Mexico in 
     countering Mexico's criminal cartels, and a detailed list and 
     assessment of any actions that the Government of Mexico has 
     taken during the previous quarter to counter the cartels.
       (D) Diplomatic efforts taken during the previous quarter to 
     improve cooperation with partners and allies in countering 
     Mexico's criminal cartels.
       (E) Efforts taken during the previous quarter to bolster 
     the screening process at ports of entry to prevent members 
     and associates of Mexico's criminal cartels, and individuals 
     who are working for the cartels, from entering or trafficking 
     drugs, humans, and contraband into the United States.
       (F) Efforts taken during the previous quarter to encourage 
     the Government of Mexico to improve its screening process 
     along its own ports of entry in order to prevent illicit 
     cash, weapons, and contraband that is destined for Mexico's 
     criminal cartels from entering Mexico.
       (G) Efforts taken during the previous quarter to 
     investigate and prosecute members and associates of Mexico's 
     criminal cartels, including members and associates operating 
     from within the United States.
       (H) Efforts taken during the previous quarter to encourage 
     the Government of Mexico to increase its investigation and 
     prosecution of leaders, members, and associates of Mexcio's 
     criminal cartels within Mexico.
       (I) Efforts taken during the previous quarter to initiate 
     or improve the sharing of intelligence with allies and 
     partners, including the Government of Mexico, for the purpose 
     of countering Mexico's criminal cartels.
       (J) Efforts taken during the previous quarter to impose 
     sanctions with respect to--
       (i) leaders, members, and associates of Mexico's criminal 
     cartels; and
       (ii) any companies, banks, or other institutions that 
     facilitate the cartels' human-trafficking, drug-trafficking, 
     and other criminal enterprises.
       (K) The total number of personnel and resources in the 
     Department of Defense, the Department of State, the 
     Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, 
     and the Department of the Treasury focused on countering 
     Mexico's criminal cartels.
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
     Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Mexico's criminal cartels.--The term ``Mexico's 
     criminal cartels'' means the following:
       (A) Criminal organizations the operations of which include 
     human-trafficking, drug-trafficking, and other types of 
     smuggling operations across the southwest border of the 
     United States and take place largely within Mexico, including 
     the following:
       (i) The Sinaloa Cartel.
       (ii) The Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
       (iii) The Gulf Cartel.
       (iv) The Los Zetas Cartel.
       (v) The Northeast Cartel.
       (vi) The Juarez Cartel.
       (vii) The Tijuana Cartel.
       (viii) The Beltran-Leyva Cartel.
       (ix) The La Familia Michoacana, also known as the Knights 
     Templar Cartel.
       (x) Las Moicas.
       (xi) La Empresa Nueva.
       (xii) MS-13.
       (xiii) The Medellin Cartel.
       (B) Any successor organization to an organization described 
     in subparagraph (A).
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  SA 831. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title V, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL SKILL IDENTIFIERS (ASI) 
                   AND SKILL IDENTIFIERS (SI) FOR ARMY MOUNTAIN 
                   WARFARE SCHOOL COURSES.

       (a) Additional Skill Identifiers.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
     a report on the feasibility and advisability of assigning 
     Additional Skill Identifiers (ASIs) for the following courses 
     at the Army Mountain Warfare School (AMWS):
       (1) Advanced Military Mountaineer Course (Summer).
       (2) Advanced Military Mountaineer Course (Winter).
       (3) Rough Terrain Evacuation Course.
       (4) Mountain Planner Course.
       (5) Mountain Rifleman Course.
       (b) Skill Identifiers.--The report required under 
     subsection (a) shall also include the feasibility and 
     advisability of assigning

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     Skill Identifiers (SIs) for officers and warrant officers who 
     complete the following courses at the AMWS:
       (1) Basic Military Mountaineer Course.
       (2) Mountain Planner Course.
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  SA 832. Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. Murkowski) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 345. REPORT BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON ALTERNATIVES TO 
                   BURN PITS.

       Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
     Sustainment shall submit to Congress a report on incinerators 
     and waste-to-energy waste disposal alternatives to burn pits.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 833. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXPANSION OF DOULA CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       The text of section 706 is hereby deemed to read as 
     follows:

     ``SEC. 706 EXPANSION OF DOULA CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       ``(a) Expansion of Extramedical Maternal Health Providers 
     Demonstration Project.--Section 746 of the William M. (Mac) 
     Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended--
       ``(1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as 
     subsections (f) through (i), respectively; and
       ``(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
     subsection (e):
       `` `(e) Coverage of Doula Care.--The Secretary may add 
     coverage of labor doula care to the demonstration project, or 
     reimbursement for such care, for all beneficiaries under the 
     TRICARE program, including access--
       `` `(1) by members of the Armed Forces on active duty;
       `` `(2) by beneficiaries outside the continental United 
     States; and
       `` `(3) at military medical treatment facilities.'.
       ``(b) Hiring of Doulas.--The hiring authority for each 
     military medical treatment facility may hire a team of doulas 
     to work in coordination with lactation support personnel or 
     labor and delivery units at such facility.''.
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  SA 834. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Ms. Warren) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 D of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 543. MODIFICATION OF RULE 513 OF THE MILITARY RULES OF 
                   EVIDENCE, RELATING TO THE PRIVILEGE AGAINST 
                   DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN 
                   PSYCHOTHERAPISTS AND PATIENTS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, Rule 513 of the Military Rules of Evidence shall be 
     modified--
       (1) to amend subsection (a) of the rule to add ``A patient 
     furthermore has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to 
     prevent any other person from disclosing, records made for 
     the purpose of diagnosis and treatment of the patient's 
     mental or emotional condition, including any diagnosis made, 
     advice given, or treatment provided or prescribed by a 
     psychotherapist or an assistant to a psychotherapist in a 
     case arising under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.'';
       (2) to add to subsection (b) of the rule a new paragraph 
     (6) stating, ``This privilege applies to records, including 
     diagnoses and treatments, regardless of prior disclosure of 
     those records pursuant to Federal law, state law, or service 
     regulation. This privilege applies to production for the 
     purpose of courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military 
     Justice and admissibility therein, but shall not 
     independently prohibit the disclosure of diagnoses, 
     treatments, or communications the disclosure of which is 
     required to ensure the safety and security of military 
     personnel, military dependents, military property, classified 
     information, or the accomplishment of a military mission.'';
       (3) in subsection (d)(2), to strike ``, or in a proceeding 
     in which one spouse is charged with a crime against a child 
     of either spouse'';
       (4) to strike subsection (d)(3), renumber (d)(4) as (d)(3), 
     and renumber (d)(5) as (d)(4);
       (5) to strike subsection (d)(6) and renumber subparagraph 
     (d)(7) as (d)(5); and
       (6) to amend subsection (e)(2) to add the following 
     language: ``Prior to ordering the production or admission of 
     evidence of a patient's records as described in subsection 
     (a) or communications, the judge must make a ruling that the 
     party seeking production or admission of such records has 
     demonstrated: (A) a specific factual basis demonstrating a 
     reasonable likelihood that the records or communications will 
     yield evidence admissible under an exception to the 
     privilege; (B) by a preponderance of the evidence that the 
     requested information meets one of the enumerated exceptions 
     to the privilege or is constitutionally required; (C) that 
     the information sought is not merely cumulative of other 
     information available; and (D) that the party made reasonable 
     efforts to obtain the same or substantially similar 
     information through non-privileged sources.''.
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  SA 835. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 title VIII, add the following:

                 Subtitle F--Time to Choose Act of 2023

     SEC. 871. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Time to Choose Act of 
     2022''.

     SEC. 872. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Department of Defense and other agencies in the 
     United States Government regularly award contracts to firms 
     such as Deloitte, McKinsey & Company, and others who are 
     simultaneously providing consulting services to the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China and proxies or 
     affiliates thereof.
       (2) The provision of such consulting services by firms like 
     Deloitte, McKinsey & Company, and others to entities in the 
     People's Republic of China directly supports efforts by that 
     nation's government to generate economic and military power 
     that it can then use to undermine the economic and national 
     security of the American people, including through economic 
     coercion and by threatening or using military force against 
     us.
       (3) It is a conflict of interest for firms like Deloitte, 
     McKinsey & Company, and others to simultaneously aid in the 
     efforts of the Government of the People's Republic of China 
     to undermine the economic and national security of the United 
     States while they are simultaneously contracting with the 
     Department of Defense and other United States Government 
     agencies responsible for defending the United States from 
     foreign threats, above all from China.
       (4) Firms like Deloitte, McKinsey & Company, and others 
     should no longer be allowed to engage in such a conflict of 
     interest and should instead be required to choose between 
     aiding the efforts of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China to harm the United States or helping the United 
     States Government to defend its citizens against such foreign 
     coercion.

     SEC. 873. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES 
                   THAT ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY AIDING IN THE EFFORTS 
                   OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO HARM THE 
                   UNITED STATES.

       In order to end conflict of interests in Federal 
     contracting among consulting firms that simultaneously 
     contract with the United States Government and covered 
     foreign entities, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council 
     shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, amend the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation--
       (1) to require any entity that provides the services 
     described in the North American Industry Classification 
     System's Industry Group code 5416, prior to entering into a 
     Federal contract, to certify that neither it nor any of its 
     subsidiaries or affiliates hold a contract with one or more 
     covered foreign entities; and
       (2) to prohibit Federal contracts from being awarded to an 
     entity that provides the services described under the North 
     American Industry Classification System's Industry Group code 
     5416 if the entity or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates 
     are determined, based on the self-certification required 
     under paragraph (1) or other information, to be a contractor 
     of, or otherwise providing services to, a covered foreign 
     entity.

     SEC. 874. PENALTIES FOR FALSE INFORMATION ON CONTRACTING WITH 
                   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) Termination, Suspension, and Debarment.--If the head of 
     an executive agency determines that a consulting firm 
     described in section 3 has knowingly submitted a false 
     certification or information on or after the

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     date on which the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council 
     amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to such 
     section, the head of the executive agency shall terminate the 
     contract with the consulting firm and consider suspending or 
     debarring the firm from eligibility for future Federal 
     contracts in accordance with subpart 9.4 of the Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation.
       (b) False Claims Act.--A consulting firm described in 
     section 873 that, for the purposes of the False Claims Act, 
     intentionally hides or misrepresents one or more contracts 
     with covered foreign entities shall be subject to the 
     penalties and corrective actions described in the False 
     Claims Act, including liability for three times the amount of 
     damages which the United States Government sustains, 
     including funds or other resources expended on or in support 
     of the solicitation, selection, and performance of such 
     contracts.

     SEC. 875. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Covered foreign entity.--The term ``covered foreign 
     entity'' means--
       (A) a person, business trust, business association, 
     company, institution, government agency, university, 
     partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or any 
     other individual or organization that can legally enter into 
     contracts, own properties, or pay taxes on behalf of, the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China;
       (B) the Chinese Communist Party;
       (C) the People's Republic of China's United Front;
       (D) an entity owned or controlled by, or that performs 
     activities on behalf of, a person or entity described in 
     subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); and
       (E) an individual that is a member of the board of 
     directors, an executive officer, or a senior official of an 
     entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D).
       (2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United 
     States Code.
       (3) False claims act.--The term ``False Claims Act'' means 
     sections 3729 through 3733 of title 31, United States Code
       (4) North american industry classification system's 
     industry group code 5416.--The term ``North American Industry 
     Classification System's Industry Group code 5416'' refers to 
     the North American Industry Classification System category 
     that covers Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting 
     Services as Industry Group code 5416, including industry 
     codes 54151, 541611, 541612, 541613, 541614, 541618, 54162, 
     541620, 54169, 541690.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 836. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. 
Gillibrand, Mr. Young, and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

          TITLE _--UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA DISCLOSURE

     SEC. __01. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Unidentified Anomalous 
     Phenomena Disclosure Act of 2023'' or the ``UAP Disclosure 
     Act of 2023''.

     SEC. __02. FINDINGS, DECLARATIONS, AND PURPOSES.

       (a) Findings and Declarations.--Congress finds and declares 
     the following:
       (1) All Federal Government records related to unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena should be preserved and centralized for 
     historical and Federal Government purposes.
       (2) All Federal Government records concerning unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena should carry a presumption of immediate 
     disclosure and all records should be eventually disclosed to 
     enable the public to become fully informed about the history 
     of the Federal Government's knowledge and involvement 
     surrounding unidentified anomalous phenomena.
       (3) Legislation is necessary to create an enforceable, 
     independent, and accountable process for the public 
     disclosure of such records.
       (4) Legislation is necessary because credible evidence and 
     testimony indicates that Federal Government unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena records exist that have not been 
     declassified or subject to mandatory declassification review 
     as set forth in Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; 
     relating to classified national security information) due in 
     part to exemptions under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
     U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), as well as an over-broad interpretation 
     of ``transclassified foreign nuclear information'', which is 
     also exempt from mandatory declassification, thereby 
     preventing public disclosure under existing provisions of 
     law.
       (5) Legislation is necessary because section 552 of title 
     5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Freedom 
     of Information Act''), as implemented by the Executive branch 
     of the Federal Government, has proven inadequate in achieving 
     the timely public disclosure of Government unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena records that are subject to mandatory 
     declassification review.
       (6) Legislation is necessary to restore proper oversight 
     over unidentified anomalous phenomena records by elected 
     officials in both the executive and legislative branches of 
     the Federal Government that has otherwise been lacking as of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       (7) Legislation is necessary to afford complete and timely 
     access to all knowledge gained by the Federal Government 
     concerning unidentified anomalous phenomena in furtherance of 
     comprehensive open scientific and technological research and 
     development essential to avoiding or mitigating potential 
     technological surprise in furtherance of urgent national 
     security concerns and the public interest.
       (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this title are--
       (1) to provide for the creation of the unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena Records Collection at the National 
     Archives and Records Administration; and
       (2) to require the expeditious public transmission to the 
     Archivist and public disclosure of such records.

     SEC. __03. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Archivist.--The term ``Archivist'' means the Archivist 
     of the United States.
       (2) Close observer.--The term ``close observer'' means 
     anyone who has come into close proximity to unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena or non-human intelligence.
       (3) Collection.--The term ``Collection'' means the 
     Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection 
     established under section __04.
       (4) Controlled disclosure campaign plan.--The term 
     ``Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan'' means the Controlled 
     Disclosure Campaign Plan required by section __09(c)(3).
       (5) Controlling authority.--The term ``controlling 
     authority'' means any Federal, State, or local government 
     department, office, agency, committee, commission, commercial 
     company, academic institution, or private sector entity in 
     physical possession of technologies of unknown origin or 
     biological evidence of non-human intelligence.
       (6) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
     the Office of Government Ethics.
       (7) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' means 
     an Executive agency, as defined in subsection 552(f) of title 
     5, United States Code.
       (8) Government office.--The term ``Government office'' 
     means any department, office, agency, committee, or 
     commission of the Federal Government and any independent 
     office or agency without exception that has possession or 
     control, including via contract or other agreement, of 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records.
       (9) Identification aid.--The term ``identification aid'' 
     means the written description prepared for each record, as 
     required in section __04.
       (10) Leadership of congress.--The term ``leadership of 
     Congress'' means--
       (A) the majority leader of the Senate;
       (B) the minority leader of the Senate;
       (C) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
       (D) the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
       (11) Legacy program.--The term ``legacy program'' means all 
     Federal, State, and local government, commercial industry, 
     academic, and private sector endeavors to collect, exploit, 
     or reverse engineer technologies of unknown origin or examine 
     biological evidence of living or deceased non-human 
     intelligence that pre-dates the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (12) National archives.--The term ``National Archives'' 
     means the National Archives and Records Administration and 
     all components thereof, including presidential archival 
     depositories established under section 2112 of title 44, 
     United States Code.
       (13) Non-human intelligence.--The term ``non-human 
     intelligence'' means any sentient intelligent non-human 
     lifeform regardless of nature or ultimate origin that may be 
     presumed responsible for unidentified anomalous phenomena or 
     of which the Federal Government has become aware.
       (14) Originating body.--The term ``originating body'' means 
     the Executive agency, Federal Government commission, 
     committee of Congress, or other Governmental entity that 
     created a record or particular information within a record.
       (15) Prosaic attribution.--The term ``prosaic attribution'' 
     means having a human (either foreign or domestic) origin and 
     operating according to current, proven, and generally 
     understood scientific and engineering principles and 
     established laws-of-nature and not attributable to non-human 
     intelligence.
       (16) Public interest.--The term ``public interest'' means 
     the compelling interest in the prompt public disclosure of 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records for historical and 
     Governmental purposes and for the purpose of fully informing 
     the people of the United States about the history of the 
     Federal Government's knowledge and involvement surrounding 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena.
       (17) Record.--The term ``record'' includes a book, paper, 
     report, memorandum, directive, email, text, or other form of 
     communication, or map, photograph, sound or video recording, 
     machine-readable material, computerized, digitized, or 
     electronic information, including intelligence, surveillance, 
     reconnaissance, and target acquisition sensor

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     data, regardless of the medium on which it is stored, or 
     other documentary material, regardless of its physical form 
     or characteristics.
       (18) Review board.--The term ``Review Board'' means the 
     Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Review Board 
     established by section __07.
       (19) Technologies of unknown origin.--The term 
     ``technologies of unknown origin'' means any materials or 
     meta-materials, ejecta, crash debris, mechanisms, machinery, 
     equipment, assemblies or sub-assemblies, engineering models 
     or processes, damaged or intact aerospace vehicles, and 
     damaged or intact ocean-surface and undersea craft associated 
     with unidentified anomalous phenomena or incorporating 
     science and technology that lacks prosaic attribution or 
     known means of human manufacture.
       (20) Temporarily non-attributed objects.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``temporarily non-attributed 
     objects'' means the class of objects that temporarily resist 
     prosaic attribution by the initial observer as a result of 
     environmental or system limitations associated with the 
     observation process that nevertheless ultimately have an 
     accepted human origin or known physical cause. Although some 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena may at first be interpreted 
     as temporarily non-attributed objects, they are not 
     temporarily non-attributed objects, and the two categories 
     are mutually exclusive.
       (B) Inclusion.--The term ``temporarily non-attributed 
     objects'' includes--
       (i) natural celestial, meteorological, and undersea weather 
     phenomena;
       (ii) mundane human-made airborne objects, clutter, and 
     marine debris;
       (iii) Federal, State, and local government, commercial 
     industry, academic, and private sector aerospace platforms;
       (iv) Federal, State, and local government, commercial 
     industry, academic, and private sector ocean-surface and 
     undersea vehicles; and
       (v) known foreign systems.
       (21) Third agency.--The term ``third agency'' means a 
     Government agency that originated a unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena record that is in the possession of another 
     Government agency.
       (22) Unidentified anomalous phenomena.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena'' means any object operating or judged capable of 
     operating in outer-space, the atmosphere, ocean surfaces, or 
     undersea lacking prosaic attribution due to performance 
     characteristics and properties not previously known to be 
     achievable based upon commonly accepted physical principles. 
     Unidentified anomalous phenomena are differentiated from both 
     attributed and temporarily non-attributed objects by one or 
     more of the following observables:
       (i) Instantaneous acceleration absent apparent inertia.
       (ii) Hypersonic velocity absent a thermal signature and 
     sonic shockwave.
       (iii) Transmedium (such as space-to-ground and air-to-
     undersea) travel.
       (iv) Positive lift contrary to known aerodynamic 
     principles.
       (v) Multispectral signature control.
       (vi) Physical or invasive biological effects to close 
     observers and the environment.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena'' includes what were previously described as--
       (i) flying discs;
       (ii) flying saucers;
       (iii) unidentified aerial phenomena;
       (iv) unidentified flying objects (UFOs); and
       (v) unidentified submerged objects (USOs).
       (23) Unidentified anomalous phenomena record.--The term 
     ``unidentified anomalous phenomena record'' means a record 
     that is related to unidentified anomalous phenomena, 
     technologies of unknown origin, or non-human intelligence 
     (and all equivalent subjects by any other name with the 
     specific and sole exclusion of temporarily non-attributed 
     objects) that was created or made available for use by, 
     obtained by, or otherwise came into the possession of--
       (A) the Executive Office of the President;
       (B) the Department of Defense and its progenitors, the 
     Department of War and the Department of the Navy;
       (C) the Department of the Army;
       (D) the Department of the Navy;
       (E) the Department of the Air Force, specifically the Air 
     Force Office of Special Investigations;
       (F) the Department of Energy and its progenitors, the 
     Manhattan Project, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the 
     Energy Research and Development Administration;
       (G) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
       (H) the Central Intelligence Agency and its progenitor, the 
     Office of Strategic Services;
       (I) the National Reconnaissance Office;
       (J) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
       (K) the National Security Agency;
       (L) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency;
       (M) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
       (N) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
       (O) the Federal Aviation Administration;
       (P) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
       (Q) the Library of Congress;
       (R) the National Archives and Records Administration;
       (S) any Presidential library;
       (T) any Executive agency;
       (U) any independent office or agency;
       (V) any other department, office, agency, committee, or 
     commission of the Federal Government;
       (W) any State or local government department, office, 
     agency, committee, or commission that provided support or 
     assistance or performed work, in connection with a Federal 
     inquiry into unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies 
     of unknown origin, or non-human intelligence; and
       (X) any private sector person or entity formerly or 
     currently under contract or some other agreement with the 
     Federal Government.

     SEC. __04. UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS 
                   COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 
                   ADMINISTRATION.

       (a) Establishment.--
       (1) In general.--(A) Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Archivist shall commence 
     establishment of a collection of records in the National 
     Archives to be known as the ``Unidentified Anomalous 
     Phenomena Records Collection''.
       (B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Archivist shall 
     ensure the physical integrity and original provenance (or if 
     indeterminate, the earliest historical owner) of all records 
     in the Collection.
       (C) The Collection shall consist of record copies of all 
     Government, Government-provided, or Government-funded records 
     relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies of 
     unknown origin, and non-human intelligence (or equivalent 
     subjects by any other name with the specific and sole 
     exclusion of temporarily non-attributed objects), which shall 
     be transmitted to the National Archives in accordance with 
     section 2107 of title 44, United States Code.
       (D) The Archivist shall prepare and publish a subject 
     guidebook and index to the Collection.
       (2) Contents.--The Collection shall include the following:
       (A) All unidentified anomalous phenomena records, 
     regardless of age or date of creation--
       (i) that have been transmitted to the National Archives or 
     disclosed to the public in an unredacted form prior to the 
     date of the enactment of this Act;
       (ii) that are required to be transmitted to the National 
     Archives; and
       (iii) that the disclosure of which is postponed under this 
     Act.
       (B) A central directory comprised of identification aids 
     created for each record transmitted to the Archivist under 
     section __05.
       (C) All Review Board records as required by this Act.
       (b) Disclosure of Records.--All unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records transmitted to the National Archives for 
     disclosure to the public shall--
       (1) be included in the Collection; and
       (2) be available to the public--
       (A) for inspection and copying at the National Archives 
     within 30 days after their transmission to the National 
     Archives; and
       (B) digitally via the National Archives online database 
     within a reasonable amount of time not to exceed 180 days 
     thereafter.
       (c) Fees for Copying.--
       (1) In general.--The Archivist shall--
       (A) charge fees for copying unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records; and
       (B) grant waivers of such fees pursuant to the standards 
     established by section 552(a)(4) of title 5, United States 
     Code.
       (2) Amount of fees.--The amount of a fee charged by the 
     Archivist pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) for the copying of an 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena record shall be such amount 
     as the Archivist determines appropriate to cover the costs 
     incurred by the National Archives in making and providing 
     such copy, except that in no case may the amount of the fee 
     charged exceed the actual expenses incurred by the National 
     Archives in making and providing such copy.
       (d) Additional Requirements.--
       (1) Use of funds.--The Collection shall be preserved, 
     protected, archived, digitized, and made available to the 
     public at the National Archives and via the official National 
     Archives online database using appropriations authorized, 
     specified, and restricted for use under the terms of this 
     Act.
       (2) Security of records.--The National Security Program 
     Office at the National Archives, in consultation with the 
     National Archives Information Security Oversight Office, 
     shall establish a program to ensure the security of the 
     postponed unidentified anomalous phenomena records in the 
     protected, and yet-to-be disclosed or classified portion of 
     the Collection.
       (e) Oversight.--
       (1) Senate.--The Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate shall have continuing 
     legislative oversight jurisdiction in the Senate with respect 
     to the Collection.
       (2) House of representatives.--The Committee on Oversight 
     and Accountability of the House of Representatives shall have 
     continuing legislative oversight jurisdiction in the House of 
     Representatives with respect to the Collection.

     SEC. __05. REVIEW, IDENTIFICATION, TRANSMISSION TO THE 
                   NATIONAL ARCHIVES, AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF 
                   UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS BY 
                   GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

       (a) Identification, Organization, and Preparation for 
     Transmission.--

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       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, each head of a Government office 
     shall--
       (A) identify and organize records in the possession of the 
     Government office or under the control of the Government 
     office relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena; and
       (B) prepare such records for transmission to the Archivist 
     for inclusion in the Collection.
       (2) Prohibitions.--(A) No unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     record shall be destroyed, altered, or mutilated in any way.
       (B) No unidentified anomalous phenomena record made 
     available or disclosed to the public prior to the date of the 
     enactment of this Act may be withheld, redacted, postponed 
     for public disclosure, or reclassified.
       (C) No unidentified anomalous phenomena record created by a 
     person or entity outside the Federal Government (excluding 
     names or identities consistent with the requirements of 
     section __06) shall be withheld, redacted, postponed for 
     public disclosure, or reclassified.
       (b) Custody of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records 
     Pending Review.--During the review by the heads of Government 
     offices under subsection (c) and pending review activity by 
     the Review Board, each head of a Government office shall 
     retain custody of the unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     records of the office for purposes of preservation, security, 
     and efficiency, unless--
       (1) the Review Board requires the physical transfer of the 
     records for purposes of conducting an independent and 
     impartial review;
       (2) transfer is necessary for an administrative hearing or 
     other Review Board function; or
       (3) it is a third agency record described in subsection 
     (c)(2)(C).
       (c) Review by Heads of Government Offices.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 300 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, each head of a Government office 
     shall review, identify, and organize each unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena record in the custody or possession of 
     the office for--
       (A) disclosure to the public;
       (B) review by the Review Board; and
       (C) transmission to the Archivist.
       (2) Requirements.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the head 
     of a Government office shall--
       (A) determine which of the records of the office are 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records;
       (B) determine which of the unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     records of the office have been officially disclosed or made 
     publicly available in a complete and unredacted form;
       (C)(i) determine which of the unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records of the office, or particular information 
     contained in such a record, was created by a third agency or 
     by another Government office; and
       (ii) transmit to a third agency or other Government office 
     those records, or particular information contained in those 
     records, or complete and accurate copies thereof;
       (D)(i) determine whether the unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records of the office or particular information in 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records of the office are 
     covered by the standards for postponement of public 
     disclosure under this title; and
       (ii) specify on the identification aid required by 
     subsection (d) the applicable postponement provision 
     contained in section __06;
       (E) organize and make available to the Review Board all 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records identified under 
     subparagraph (D) the public disclosure of, which in-whole or 
     in-part, may be postponed under this title;
       (F) organize and make available to the Review Board any 
     record concerning which the office has any uncertainty as to 
     whether the record is an unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     record governed by this title;
       (G) give precedence of work to--
       (i) the identification, review, and transmission of 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records not already publicly 
     available or disclosed as of the date of the enactment of 
     this Act;
       (ii) the identification, review, and transmission of all 
     records that most unambiguously and definitively pertain to 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown 
     origin, and non-human intelligence;
       (iii) the identification, review, and transmission of 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records that on the date of 
     the enactment of this Act are the subject of litigation under 
     section 552 of title 5, United States Code; and
       (iv) the identification, review, and transmission of 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records with earliest 
     provenance when not inconsistent with clauses (i) through 
     (iii) and otherwise feasible; and
       (H) make available to the Review Board any additional 
     information and records that the Review Board has reason to 
     believe the Review Board requires for conducting a review 
     under this title.
       (3) Priority of expedited review for directors of certain 
     archival depositories.--The Director of each archival 
     depository established under section 2112 of title 44, United 
     States Code, shall have as a priority the expedited review 
     for public disclosure of unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     records in the possession and custody of the depository, and 
     shall make such records available to the Review Board as 
     required by this title.
       (d) Identification Aids.--
       (1) In general.--(A) Not later than 45 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Archivist, in consultation 
     with the heads of such Government offices as the Archivist 
     considers appropriate, shall prepare and make available to 
     all Government offices a standard form of identification, or 
     finding aid, for use with each unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena record subject to review under this title whether 
     in hardcopy (physical), softcopy (electronic), or digitized 
     data format as may be appropriate.
       (B) The Archivist shall ensure that the identification aid 
     program is established in such a manner as to result in the 
     creation of a uniform system for cataloging and finding every 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena record subject to review 
     under this title where ever and how ever stored in hardcopy 
     (physical), softcopy (electronic), or digitized data format.
       (2) Requirements for government offices.--Upon completion 
     of an identification aid using the standard form of 
     identification prepared and made available under subparagraph 
     (A) of paragraph (1) for the program established pursuant to 
     subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, the head of a Government 
     office shall--
       (A) attach a printed copy to each physical unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena record, and an electronic copy to each 
     softcopy or digitized data unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     record, the identification aid describes;
       (B) transmit to the Review Board a printed copy for each 
     physical unidentified anomalous phenomena record and an 
     electronic copy for each softcopy or digitized data 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena record the identification 
     aid describes; and
       (C) attach a printed copy to each physical unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena record, and an electronic copy to each 
     softcopy or digitized data unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     record the identification aid describes, when transmitted to 
     the Archivist.
       (3) Records of the national archives that are publicly 
     available.--Unidentified anomalous phenomena records which 
     are in the possession of the National Archives on the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and which have been publicly 
     available in their entirety without redaction, shall be made 
     available in the Collection without any additional review by 
     the Review Board or another authorized office under this 
     title, and shall not be required to have such an 
     identification aid unless required by the Archivist.
       (e) Transmission to the National Archives.--Each head of a 
     Government office shall--
       (1) transmit to the Archivist, and make immediately 
     available to the public, all unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     records of the Government office that can be publicly 
     disclosed, including those that are publicly available on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, without any redaction, 
     adjustment, or withholding under the standards of this title; 
     and
       (2) transmit to the Archivist upon approval for 
     postponement by the Review Board or upon completion of other 
     action authorized by this title, all unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records of the Government office the public 
     disclosure of which has been postponed, in whole or in part, 
     under the standards of this title, to become part of the 
     protected, yet-to-be disclosed, or classified portion of the 
     Collection.
       (f) Custody of Postponed Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena 
     Records.--An unidentified anomalous phenomena record the 
     public disclosure of which has been postponed shall, pending 
     transmission to the Archivist, be held for reasons of 
     security and preservation by the originating body until such 
     time as the information security program has been established 
     at the National Archives as required in section __04(d)(2).
       (g) Periodic Review of Postponed Unidentified Anomalous 
     Phenomena Records.--
       (1) In general.--All postponed or redacted records shall be 
     reviewed periodically by the originating agency and the 
     Archivist consistent with the recommendations of the Review 
     Board in the Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan under 
     section __09(c)(3)(B).
       (2) Requirements.--(A) A periodic review under paragraph 
     (1) shall address the public disclosure of additional 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records in the Collection 
     under the standards of this title.
       (B) All postponed unidentified anomalous phenomena records 
     determined to require continued postponement shall require an 
     unclassified written description of the reason for such 
     continued postponement relevant to these specific records. 
     Such description shall be provided to the Archivist and 
     published in the Federal Register upon determination.
       (C) The time and release requirements specified in the 
     Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan shall be revised or 
     amended only if the Review Board is still in session and 
     concurs with the rationale for postponement, subject to the 
     limitations in section __09(d)(1).
       (D) The periodic review of postponed unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records shall serve to downgrade and declassify 
     security classified information.
       (E) Each unidentified anomalous phenomena record shall be 
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     full, and available in the Collection, not later than the 
     date that is 25 years after the date of the first creation of 
     the record by the originating body, unless the President 
     certifies, as required by this title, that--
       (i) continued postponement is made necessary by an 
     identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence 
     operations, law enforcement, or conduct of foreign relations; 
     and
       (ii) the identifiable harm is of such gravity that it 
     outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
       (h) Requirements for Executive Agencies.--
       (1) In general.--Executive agencies shall--
       (A) transmit digital records electronically in accordance 
     with section 2107 of title 44, United States Code;
       (B) charge fees for copying unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records; and
       (C) grant waivers of such fees pursuant to the standards 
     established by section 552(a)(4) of title 5, United States 
     Code.
       (2) Amount of fees.--The amount of a fee charged by the 
     head of an Executive agency pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) for 
     the copying of an unidentified anomalous phenomena record 
     shall be such amount as the head determines appropriate to 
     cover the costs incurred by the Executive agency in making 
     and providing such copy, except that in no case may the 
     amount of the fee charged exceed the actual expenses incurred 
     by the Executive agency in making and providing such copy.

     SEC. __06. GROUNDS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF 
                   UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS.

       Disclosure of unidentified anomalous phenomena records or 
     particular information in unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     records to the public may be postponed subject to the 
     limitations of this title if there is clear and convincing 
     evidence that--
       (1) the threat to the military defense, intelligence 
     operations, or conduct of foreign relations of the United 
     States posed by the public disclosure of the unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena record is of such gravity that it 
     outweighs the public interest in disclosure, and such public 
     disclosure would reveal--
       (A) an intelligence agent whose identity currently requires 
     protection;
       (B) an intelligence source or method which is currently 
     utilized, or reasonably expected to be utilized, by the 
     Federal Government and which has not been officially 
     disclosed, the disclosure of which would interfere with the 
     conduct of intelligence activities; or
       (C) any other matter currently relating to the military 
     defense, intelligence operations, or conduct of foreign 
     relations of the United States, the disclosure of which would 
     demonstrably and substantially impair the national security 
     of the United States;
       (2) the public disclosure of the unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena record would reveal the name or identity of a 
     living person who provided confidential information to the 
     Federal Government and would pose a substantial risk of harm 
     to that person;
       (3) the public disclosure of the unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena record could reasonably be expected to constitute 
     an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that 
     invasion of privacy is so substantial that it outweighs the 
     public interest; or
       (4) the public disclosure of the unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena record would compromise the existence of an 
     understanding of confidentiality currently requiring 
     protection between a Federal Government agent and a 
     cooperating individual or a foreign government, and public 
     disclosure would be so harmful that it outweighs the public 
     interest.

     SEC. __07. ESTABLISHMENT AND POWERS OF THE UNIDENTIFIED 
                   ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS REVIEW BOARD.

       (a) Establishment.--There is established as an independent 
     agency a board to be known as the ``Unidentified Anomalous 
     Phenomena Records Review Board''.
       (b) Appointment.--
       (1) In general.--The President, by and with the advice and 
     consent of the Senate, shall appoint, without regard to 
     political affiliation, 9 citizens of the United States to 
     serve as members of the Review Board to ensure and facilitate 
     the review, transmission to the Archivist, and public 
     disclosure of government records relating to unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena.
       (2) Period for nominations.--(A) The President shall make 
     nominations to the Review Board not later than 90 calendar 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (B) If the Senate votes not to confirm a nomination to the 
     Review Board, the President shall make an additional 
     nomination not later than 30 days thereafter.
       (3) Consideration of recommendations.--(A) The President 
     shall make nominations to the Review Board after considering 
     persons recommended by the following:
       (i) The majority leader of the Senate.
       (ii) The minority leader of the Senate.
       (iii) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
       (iv) The minority leader of the House of Representatives.
       (v) The Secretary of Defense.
       (vi) The National Academy of Sciences.
       (vii) Established nonprofit research organizations relating 
     to unidentified anomalous phenomena.
       (viii) The American Historical Association.
       (ix) Such other persons and organizations as the President 
     considers appropriate.
       (B) If an individual or organization described in 
     subparagraph (A) does not recommend at least 2 nominees 
     meeting the qualifications stated in paragraph (5) by the 
     date that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the President shall consider for nomination the persons 
     recommended by the other individuals and organizations 
     described in such subparagraph.
       (C) The President may request an individual or organization 
     described in subparagraph (A) to submit additional 
     nominations.
       (4) Qualifications.--Persons nominated to the Review 
     Board--
       (A) shall be impartial citizens, none of whom shall have 
     had any previous or current involvement with any legacy 
     program or controlling authority relating to the collection, 
     exploitation, or reverse engineering of technologies of 
     unknown origin or the examination of biological evidence of 
     living or deceased non-human intelligence;
       (B) shall be distinguished persons of high national 
     professional reputation in their respective fields who are 
     capable of exercising the independent and objective judgment 
     necessary to the fulfillment of their role in ensuring and 
     facilitating the review, transmission to the public, and 
     public disclosure of records related to the government's 
     understanding of, and activities associated with unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin, and non-
     human intelligence and who possess an appreciation of the 
     value of such material to the public, scholars, and 
     government; and
       (C) shall include at least--
       (i) 1 current or former national security official;
       (ii) 1 current or former foreign service official;
       (iii) 1 scientist or engineer;
       (iv) 1 economist;
       (v) 1 professional historian; and
       (vi) 1 sociologist.
       (5) Mandatory conflicts of interest review.--
       (A) In general.--The Director shall conduct a review of 
     each individual nominated and appointed to the position of 
     member of the Review Board to ensure the member does not have 
     any conflict of interest during the term of the service of 
     the member.
       (B) Reports.--During the course of the review under 
     subparagraph (A), if the Director becomes aware that the 
     member being reviewed possesses a conflict of interest to the 
     mission of the Review Board, the Director shall, not later 
     than 30 days after the date on which the Director became 
     aware of the conflict of interest, submit to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the conflict of interest.
       (c) Security Clearances.--
       (1) In general.--All Review Board nominees shall be granted 
     the necessary security clearances and accesses, including any 
     and all relevant Presidential, departmental, and agency 
     special access programs, in an accelerated manner subject to 
     the standard procedures for granting such clearances.
       (2) Qualification for nominees.--All nominees for 
     appointment to the Review Board under subsection (b) shall 
     qualify for the necessary security clearances and accesses 
     prior to being considered for confirmation by the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
       (d) Consideration by the Senate.--Nominations for 
     appointment under subsection (b) shall be referred to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
     the Senate for consideration.
       (e) Vacancy.--A vacancy on the Review Board shall be filled 
     in the same manner as specified for original appointment 
     within 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy.
       (f) Removal of Review Board Member.--
       (1) In general.--No member of the Review Board shall be 
     removed from office, other than--
       (A) by impeachment and conviction; or
       (B) by the action of the President for inefficiency, 
     neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, physical disability, 
     mental incapacity, or any other condition that substantially 
     impairs the performance of the member's duties.
       (2) Notice of removal.--(A) If a member of the Review Board 
     is removed from office, and that removal is by the President, 
     not later than 10 days after the removal, the President shall 
     submit to the leadership of Congress, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
     Representatives a report specifying the facts found and the 
     grounds for the removal.
       (B) The President shall publish in the Federal Register a 
     report submitted under subparagraph (A), except that the 
     President may, if necessary to protect the rights of a person 
     named in the report or to prevent undue interference with any 
     pending prosecution, postpone or refrain from publishing any 
     or all of the report until the completion of such pending 
     cases or pursuant to privacy protection requirements in law.
       (3) Judicial review.--(A) A member of the Review Board 
     removed from office may obtain judicial review of the removal 
     in a civil action commenced in the United States District 
     Court for the District of Columbia.

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       (B) The member may be reinstated or granted other 
     appropriate relief by order of the court.
       (g) Compensation of Members.--
       (1) In general.--A member of the Review Board, other than 
     the Executive Director under section __08(c)(1), shall be 
     compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the 
     annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the 
     Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
     States Code, for each day (including travel time) during 
     which the member is engaged in the performance of the duties 
     of the Review Board.
       (2) Travel expenses.--A member of the Review Board shall be 
     allowed reasonable travel expenses, including per diem in 
     lieu of subsistence, at rates for employees of agencies under 
     subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 
     while away from the member's home or regular place of 
     business in the performance of services for the Review Board.
       (h) Duties of the Review Board.--
       (1) In general.--The Review Board shall consider and render 
     decisions on a determination by a Government office to seek 
     to postpone the disclosure of unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records.
       (2) Considerations and rendering of decisions.--In carrying 
     out paragraph (1), the Review Board shall consider and render 
     decisions--
       (A) whether a record constitutes a unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena record; and
       (B) whether a unidentified anomalous phenomena record or 
     particular information in a record qualifies for postponement 
     of disclosure under this title.
       (i) Powers.--
       (1) In general.--The Review Board shall have the authority 
     to act in a manner prescribed under this title, including 
     authority--
       (A) to direct Government offices to complete identification 
     aids and organize unidentified anomalous phenomena records;
       (B) to direct Government offices to transmit to the 
     Archivist unidentified anomalous phenomena records as 
     required under this title, including segregable portions of 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records and substitutes and 
     summaries of unidentified anomalous phenomena records that 
     can be publicly disclosed to the fullest extent;
       (C)(i) to obtain access to unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     records that have been identified and organized by a 
     Government office;
       (ii) to direct a Government office to make available to the 
     Review Board, and if necessary investigate the facts 
     surrounding, additional information, records, or testimony 
     from individuals which the Review Board has reason to believe 
     are required to fulfill its functions and responsibilities 
     under this title; and
       (iii) request the Attorney General to subpoena private 
     persons to compel testimony, records, and other information 
     relevant to its responsibilities under this title;
       (D) require any Government office to account in writing for 
     the destruction of any records relating to unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin, or non-
     human intelligence;
       (E) receive information from the public regarding the 
     identification and public disclosure of unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena records;
       (F) hold hearings, administer oaths, and subpoena witnesses 
     and documents;
       (G) use the Federal Acquisition Service in the same manner 
     and under the same conditions as other Executive agencies; 
     and
       (H) use the United States mails in the same manner and 
     under the same conditions as other Executive agencies.
       (2) Enforcement of subpoena.--A subpoena issued under 
     paragraph (1)(C)(iii) may be enforced by any appropriate 
     Federal court acting pursuant to a lawful request of the 
     Review Board.
       (j) Witness Immunity.--The Review Board shall be considered 
     to be an agency of the United States for purposes of section 
     6001 of title 18, United States Code. Witnesses, close 
     observers, and whistleblowers providing information directly 
     to the Review Board shall also be afforded the protections 
     provided to such persons specified under section 1673(b) of 
     the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2023 (50 U.S.C. 3373b(b)).
       (k) Oversight.--
       (1) Senate.--The Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate shall have continuing 
     legislative oversight jurisdiction in the Senate with respect 
     to the official conduct of the Review Board and the 
     disposition of postponed records after termination of the 
     Review Board, and shall have access to any records held or 
     created by the Review Board.
       (2) House of representatives.--Unless otherwise determined 
     appropriate by the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
     Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives 
     shall have continuing legislative oversight jurisdiction in 
     the House of Representatives with respect to the official 
     conduct of the Review Board and the disposition of postponed 
     records after termination of the Review Board, and shall have 
     access to any records held or created by the Review Board.
       (3) Duty to cooperate.--The Review Board shall have the 
     duty to cooperate with the exercise of oversight jurisdiction 
     described in this subsection.
       (4) Security clearances.--The Chairmen and Ranking Members 
     of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability of the House of Representatives, and staff of 
     such committees designated by such Chairmen and Ranking 
     Members, shall be granted all security clearances and 
     accesses held by the Review Board, including to relevant 
     Presidential and department or agency special access and 
     compartmented access programs.
       (l) Support Services.--The Administrator of the General 
     Services Administration shall provide administrative services 
     for the Review Board on a reimbursable basis.
       (m) Interpretive Regulations.--The Review Board may issue 
     interpretive regulations.
       (n) Termination and Winding Down.--
       (1) In general.--The Review Board and the terms of its 
     members shall terminate not later than September 30, 2030, 
     unless extended by Congress.
       (2) Reports.--Upon its termination, the Review Board shall 
     submit to the President and Congress reports, including a 
     complete and accurate accounting of expenditures during its 
     existence and shall complete all other reporting requirements 
     under this title.
       (3) Transfer of records.--Upon termination and winding 
     down, the Review Board shall transfer all of its records to 
     the Archivist for inclusion in the Collection, and no record 
     of the Review Board shall be destroyed.

     SEC. __08. UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS REVIEW 
                   BOARD PERSONNEL.

       (a) Executive Director.--
       (1) Appointment.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint 1 
     citizen of the United States, without regard to political 
     affiliation, to the position of Executive Director of the 
     Review Board. This position counts as 1 of the 9 Review Board 
     members under section __07(b)(1).
       (2) Qualifications.--The person appointed as Executive 
     Director shall be a private citizen of integrity and 
     impartiality who--
       (A) is a distinguished professional; and
       (B) is not a present employee of the Federal Government; 
     and
       (C) has had no previous or current involvement with any 
     legacy program or controlling authority relating to the 
     collection, exploitation, or reverse engineering of 
     technologies of unknown origin or the examination of 
     biological evidence of living or deceased non-human 
     intelligence.
       (3) Mandatory conflicts of interest review.--
       (A) In general.--The Director shall conduct a review of 
     each individual appointed to the position of Executive 
     Director to ensure the Executive Director does not have any 
     conflict of interest during the term of the service of the 
     Executive Director.
       (B) Reports.--During the course of the review under 
     subparagraph (A), if the Director becomes aware that the 
     Executive Director possesses a conflict of interest to the 
     mission of the Review Board, the Director shall, not later 
     than 30 days after the date on which the Director became 
     aware of the conflict of interest, submit to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the conflict of interest.
       (4) Security clearances.--(A) A candidate for Executive 
     Director shall be granted all the necessary security 
     clearances and accesses, including to relevant Presidential 
     and department or agency special access and compartmented 
     access programs in an accelerated manner subject to the 
     standard procedures for granting such clearances.
       (B) A candidate shall qualify for the necessary security 
     clearances and accesses prior to being appointed by the 
     President.
       (5) Functions.--The Executive Director shall--
       (A) serve as principal liaison to the Executive Office of 
     the President and Congress;
       (B) serve as Chairperson of the Review Board;
       (C) be responsible for the administration and coordination 
     of the Review Board's review of records;
       (D) be responsible for the administration of all official 
     activities conducted by the Review Board;
       (E) exercise tie-breaking Review Board authority to decide 
     or determine whether any record should be disclosed to the 
     public or postponed for disclosure; and
       (F) retain right-of-appeal directly to the President for 
     decisions pertaining to executive branch unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena records for which the Executive Director 
     and Review Board members may disagree.
       (6) Removal.--The Executive Director shall not be removed 
     for reasons other for cause on the grounds of inefficiency, 
     neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, physical disability, 
     mental incapacity, or any other condition that substantially 
     impairs the performance of the responsibilities of the 
     Executive Director or the staff of the Review Board.
       (b) Staff.--
       (1) In general.--The Review Board, without regard to the 
     civil service laws, may appoint and terminate additional 
     personnel as are necessary to enable the Review Board and its 
     Executive Director to perform the duties of the Review Board.

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       (2) Qualifications.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a 
     person appointed to the staff of the Review Board shall be a 
     citizen of integrity and impartiality who has had no previous 
     or current involvement with any legacy program or controlling 
     authority relating to the collection, exploitation, or 
     reverse engineering of technologies of unknown origin or the 
     examination of biological evidence of living or deceased non-
     human intelligence.
       (B) Consultation with director of the office of government 
     ethics.--In their consideration of persons to be appointed as 
     staff of the Review Board under paragraph (1), the Review 
     Board shall consult with the Director--
       (i) to determine criteria for possible conflicts of 
     interest of staff of the Review Board, consistent with ethics 
     laws, statutes, and regulations for employees of the 
     executive branch of the Federal Government; and
       (ii) ensure that no person selected for such position of 
     staff of the Review Board possesses a conflict of interests 
     in accordance with the criteria determined pursuant to clause 
     (i).
       (3) Security clearances.--(A) A candidate for staff shall 
     be granted the necessary security clearances (including all 
     necessary special access program clearances) in an 
     accelerated manner subject to the standard procedures for 
     granting such clearances.
       (B)(i) The Review Board may offer conditional employment to 
     a candidate for a staff position pending the completion of 
     security clearance background investigations. During the 
     pendency of such investigations, the Review Board shall 
     ensure that any such employee does not have access to, or 
     responsibility involving, classified or otherwise restricted 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena record materials.
       (ii) If a person hired on a conditional basis under clause 
     (i) is denied or otherwise does not qualify for all security 
     clearances necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the 
     position for which conditional employment has been offered, 
     the Review Board shall immediately terminate the person's 
     employment.
       (4) Support from national declassification center.--The 
     Archivist shall assign one representative in full-time 
     equivalent status from the National Declassification Center 
     to advise and support the Review Board disclosure 
     postponement review process in a non-voting staff capacity.
       (c) Compensation.--Subject to such rules as may be adopted 
     by the Review Board, without regard to the provisions of 
     title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the 
     competitive service and without regard to the provisions of 
     chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title 
     relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates--
       (1) the Executive Director shall be compensated at a rate 
     not to exceed the rate of basic pay for level II of the 
     Executive Schedule and shall serve the entire tenure as one 
     full-time equivalent; and
       (2) the Executive Director shall appoint and fix 
     compensation of such other personnel as may be necessary to 
     carry out this title.
       (d) Advisory Committees.--
       (1) Authority.--The Review Board may create advisory 
     committees to assist in fulfilling the responsibilities of 
     the Review Board under this title.
       (2) FACA.--Any advisory committee created by the Review 
     Board shall be subject to chapter 10 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (e) Security Clearance Required.--An individual employed in 
     any position by the Review Board (including an individual 
     appointed as Executive Director) shall be required to qualify 
     for any necessary security clearance prior to taking office 
     in that position, but may be employed conditionally in 
     accordance with subsection (b)(3)(B) before qualifying for 
     that clearance.

     SEC. __09. REVIEW OF RECORDS BY THE UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS 
                   PHENOMENA RECORDS REVIEW BOARD.

       (a) Custody of Records Reviewed by Review Board.--Pending 
     the outcome of a review of activity by the Review Board, a 
     Government office shall retain custody of its unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena records for purposes of preservation, 
     security, and efficiency, unless--
       (1) the Review Board requires the physical transfer of 
     records for reasons of conducting an independent and 
     impartial review; or
       (2) such transfer is necessary for an administrative 
     hearing or other official Review Board function.
       (b) Startup Requirements.--The Review Board shall--
       (1) not later than 90 days after the date of its 
     appointment, publish a schedule in the Federal Register for 
     review of all unidentified anomalous phenomena records;
       (2) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, begin its review of unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records under this title; and
       (3) periodically thereafter as warranted, but not less 
     frequently than semiannually, publish a revised schedule in 
     the Federal Register addressing the review and inclusion of 
     any unidentified anomalous phenomena records subsequently 
     discovered.
       (c) Determinations of the Review Board.--
       (1) In general.--The Review Board shall direct that all 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records be transmitted to 
     the Archivist and disclosed to the public in the Collection 
     in the absence of clear and convincing evidence that--
       (A) a Government record is not an unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena record; or
       (B) a Government record, or particular information within 
     an unidentified anomalous phenomena record, qualifies for 
     postponement of public disclosure under this title.
       (2) Requirements.--In approving postponement of public 
     disclosure of a unidentified anomalous phenomena record, the 
     Review Board shall seek to--
       (A) provide for the disclosure of segregable parts, 
     substitutes, or summaries of such a record; and
       (B) determine, in consultation with the originating body 
     and consistent with the standards for postponement under this 
     title, which of the following alternative forms of disclosure 
     shall be made by the originating body:
       (i) Any reasonably segregable particular information in a 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena record.
       (ii) A substitute record for that information which is 
     postponed.
       (iii) A summary of a unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     record.
       (3) Controlled disclosure campaign plan.--With respect to 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records, particular 
     information in unidentified anomalous phenomena records, 
     recovered technologies of unknown origin, and biological 
     evidence for non-human intelligence the public disclosure of 
     which is postponed pursuant to section __06, or for which 
     only substitutions or summaries have been disclosed to the 
     public, the Review Board shall create and transmit to the 
     President, the Archivist, the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives 
     a Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan, with classified 
     appendix, containing--
       (A) a description of actions by the Review Board, the 
     originating body, the President, or any Government office 
     (including a justification of any such action to postpone 
     disclosure of any record or part of any record) and of any 
     official proceedings conducted by the Review Board with 
     regard to specific unidentified anomalous phenomena records; 
     and
       (B) a benchmark-driven plan, based upon a review of the 
     proceedings and in conformity with the decisions reflected 
     therein, recommending precise requirements for periodic 
     review, downgrading, and declassification as well as the 
     exact time or specified occurrence following which each 
     postponed item may be appropriately disclosed to the public 
     under this title.
       (4) Notice following review and determination.--(A) 
     Following its review and a determination that a unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena record shall be publicly disclosed in the 
     Collection or postponed for disclosure and held in the 
     protected Collection, the Review Board shall notify the head 
     of the originating body of the determination of the Review 
     Board and publish a copy of the determination in the Federal 
     Register within 14 days after the determination is made.
       (B) Contemporaneous notice shall be made to the President 
     for Review Board determinations regarding unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena records of the executive branch of the 
     Federal Government, and to the oversight committees 
     designated in this title in the case of records of the 
     legislative branch of the Federal Government. Such notice 
     shall contain a written unclassified justification for public 
     disclosure or postponement of disclosure, including an 
     explanation of the application of any standards contained in 
     section __06.
       (d) Presidential Authority Over Review Board 
     Determination.--
       (1) Public disclosure or postponement of disclosure.--After 
     the Review Board has made a formal determination concerning 
     the public disclosure or postponement of disclosure of an 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena record of the executive 
     branch of the Federal Government or information within such a 
     record, or of any information contained in a unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena record, obtained or developed solely 
     within the executive branch of the Federal Government, the 
     President shall--
       (A) have the sole and nondelegable authority to require the 
     disclosure or postponement of such record or information 
     under the standards set forth in section __06; and
       (B) provide the Review Board with both an unclassified and 
     classified written certification specifying the President's 
     decision within 30 days after the Review Board's 
     determination and notice to the executive branch agency as 
     required under this title, stating the justification for the 
     President's decision, including the applicable grounds for 
     postponement under section __06, accompanied by a copy of the 
     identification aid required under section __04.
       (2) Periodic review.--(A) Any unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena record postponed by the President shall henceforth 
     be subject to the requirements of periodic review, 
     downgrading, declassification, and public disclosure in 
     accordance with the recommended timeline and associated 
     requirements specified in the Controlled Disclosure Campaign 
     Plan unless these conflict with the standards set forth in 
     section __06.
       (B) This paragraph supersedes all prior declassification 
     review standards that may previously have been deemed 
     applicable to unidentified anomalous phenomena records.

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       (3) Record of presidential postponement.--The Review Board 
     shall, upon its receipt--
       (A) publish in the Federal Register a copy of any 
     unclassified written certification, statement, and other 
     materials transmitted by or on behalf of the President with 
     regard to postponement of unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     records; and
       (B) revise or amend recommendations in the Controlled 
     Disclosure Campaign Plan accordingly.
       (e) Notice to Public.--Every 30 calendar days, beginning on 
     the date that is 60 calendar days after the date on which the 
     Review Board first approves the postponement of disclosure of 
     a unidentified anomalous phenomena record, the Review Board 
     shall publish in the Federal Register a notice that 
     summarizes the postponements approved by the Review Board or 
     initiated by the President, the Senate, or the House of 
     Representatives, including a description of the subject, 
     originating agency, length or other physical description, and 
     each ground for postponement that is relied upon to the 
     maximum extent classification restrictions permitting.
       (f) Reports by the Review Board.--
       (1) In general.--The Review Board shall report its 
     activities to the leadership of Congress, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
     Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
     Representatives, the President, the Archivist, and the head 
     of any Government office whose records have been the subject 
     of Review Board activity.
       (2) First report.--The first report shall be issued on the 
     date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     and subsequent reports every 1 year thereafter until 
     termination of the Review Board.
       (3) Contents.--A report under paragraph (1) shall include 
     the following information:
       (A) A financial report of the expenses for all official 
     activities and requirements of the Review Board and its 
     personnel.
       (B) The progress made on review, transmission to the 
     Archivist, and public disclosure of unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records.
       (C) The estimated time and volume of unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records involved in the completion of the Review 
     Board's performance under this title.
       (D) Any special problems, including requests and the level 
     of cooperation of Government offices, with regard to the 
     ability of the Review Board to operate as required by this 
     title.
       (E) A record of review activities, including a record of 
     postponement decisions by the Review Board or other related 
     actions authorized by this title, and a record of the volume 
     of records reviewed and postponed.
       (F) Suggestions and requests to Congress for additional 
     legislative authority needs.
       (4) Copies and briefs.--Coincident with the reporting 
     requirements in paragraph (2), or more frequently as 
     warranted by new information, the Review Board shall provide 
     copies to, and fully brief, at a minimum the President, the 
     Archivist, leadership of Congress, the Chairmen and Ranking 
     Members of the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives, 
     and the Chairs and Chairmen, as the case may be, and Ranking 
     Members and Vice Chairmen, as the case may be, of such other 
     committees as leadership of Congress determines appropriate 
     on the Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan, classified 
     appendix, and postponed disclosures, specifically 
     addressing--
       (A) recommendations for periodic review, downgrading, and 
     declassification as well as the exact time or specified 
     occurrence following which specific unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena records and material may be appropriately 
     disclosed;
       (B) the rationale behind each postponement determination 
     and the recommended means to achieve disclosure of each 
     postponed item;
       (C) any other findings that the Review Board chooses to 
     offer; and
       (D) an addendum containing copies of reports of postponed 
     records to the Archivist required under subsection (c)(3) 
     made since the date of the preceding report under this 
     subsection.
       (5) Notice.--At least 90 calendar days before completing 
     its work, the Review Board shall provide written notice to 
     the President and Congress of its intention to terminate its 
     operations at a specified date.
       (6) Briefing the all-domain anomaly resolution office.--
     Coincident with the provision in paragraph (5), if not 
     accomplished earlier under paragraph (4), the Review Board 
     shall brief the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office 
     established pursuant to section 1683 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373), or 
     its successor, as subsequently designated by Act of Congress, 
     on the Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan, classified 
     appendix, and postponed disclosures.

     SEC. __10. DISCLOSURE OF RECOVERED TECHNOLOGIES OF UNKNOWN 
                   ORIGIN AND BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF NON-HUMAN 
                   INTELLIGENCE.

       (a) Exercise of Eminent Domain.--The Federal Government 
     shall exercise eminent domain over any and all recovered 
     technologies of unknown origin and biological evidence of 
     non-human intelligence that may be controlled by private 
     persons or entities in the interests of the public good.
       (b) Availability to Review Board.--Any and all such 
     material, should it exist, shall be made available to the 
     Review Board for personal examination and subsequent 
     disclosure determination at a location suitable to the 
     controlling authority of said material and in a timely manner 
     conducive to the objectives of the Review Board in accordance 
     with the requirements of this title.
       (c) Actions of Review Board.--In carrying out subsection 
     (b), the Review Board shall consider and render decisions--
       (1) whether the material examined constitutes technologies 
     of unknown origin or biological evidence of non-human 
     intelligence beyond a reasonable doubt;
       (2) whether recovered technologies of unknown origin, 
     biological evidence of non-human intelligence, or a 
     particular subset of material qualifies for postponement of 
     disclosure under this title; and
       (3) what changes, if any, to the current disposition of 
     said material should the Federal Government make to 
     facilitate full disclosure.
       (d) Review Board Access to Testimony and Witnesses.--The 
     Review Board shall have access to all testimony from 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena witnesses, close observers 
     and legacy program personnel and whistleblowers within the 
     Federal Government's possession as of and after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act in furtherance of Review Board 
     disclosure determination responsibilities in section __07(h) 
     and subsection (c) of this section.
       (e) Solicitation of Additional Witnesses.--The Review Board 
     shall solicit additional unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     witness and whistleblower testimony and afford protections 
     under section 1673(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (50 U.S.C. 3373b(b)) 
     if deemed beneficial in fulfilling Review Board 
     responsibilities under this title.

     SEC. __11. DISCLOSURE OF OTHER MATERIALS AND ADDITIONAL 
                   STUDY.

       (a) Materials Under Seal of Court.--
       (1) Information held under seal of a court.--The Review 
     Board may request the Attorney General to petition any court 
     in the United States or abroad to release any information 
     relevant to unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies of 
     unknown origin, or non-human intelligence that is held under 
     seal of the court.
       (2) Information held under injunction of secretary of grand 
     jury.--(A) The Review Board may request the Attorney General 
     to petition any court in the United States to release any 
     information relevant to unidentified anomalous phenomena, 
     technologies of unknown origin, or non-human intelligence 
     that is held under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury.
       (B) A request for disclosure of unidentified anomalous 
     phenomena, technologies of unknown origin, and non-human 
     intelligence materials under this title shall be deemed to 
     constitute a showing of particularized need under rule 6 of 
     the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) the Attorney General should assist the Review Board in 
     good faith to unseal any records that the Review Board 
     determines to be relevant and held under seal by a court or 
     under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury;
       (2) the Secretary of State should contact any foreign 
     government that may hold material relevant to unidentified 
     anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin, or non-
     human intelligence and seek disclosure of such material; and
       (3) all heads of Executive agencies should cooperate in 
     full with the Review Board to seek the disclosure of all 
     material relevant to unidentified anomalous phenomena, 
     technologies of unknown origin, and non-human intelligence 
     consistent with the public interest.

     SEC. __12. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

       (a) Precedence Over Other Law.--When this title requires 
     transmission of a record to the Archivist or public 
     disclosure, it shall take precedence over any other provision 
     of law (except section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 specifying confidentiality and disclosure of tax returns 
     and tax return information), judicial decision construing 
     such provision of law, or common law doctrine that would 
     otherwise prohibit such transmission or disclosure, with the 
     exception of deeds governing access to or transfer or release 
     of gifts and donations of records to the United States 
     Government.
       (b) Freedom of Information Act.--Nothing in this title 
     shall be construed to eliminate or limit any right to file 
     requests with any executive agency or seek judicial review of 
     the decisions pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (c) Judicial Review.--Nothing in this title shall be 
     construed to preclude judicial review, under chapter 7 of 
     title 5, United States Code, of final actions taken or 
     required to be taken under this title.
       (d) Existing Authority.--Nothing in this title revokes or 
     limits the existing authority of the President, any executive 
     agency, the Senate, or the House of Representatives, or any 
     other entity of the Federal Government to publicly disclose 
     records in its possession.
       (e) Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.--To 
     the extent that any provision of this title establishes a 
     procedure to be followed in the Senate or the House of 
     Representatives, such provision is adopted--
       (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, respectively, and is deemed to 
     be part of the

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     rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
     respect to the procedure to be followed in that House, and it 
     supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is 
     inconsistent with such rules; and
       (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as they relate to 
     the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, 
     and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of 
     that House.

     SEC. __13. TERMINATION OF EFFECT OF TITLE.

       (a) Provisions Pertaining to the Review Board.--The 
     provisions of this title that pertain to the appointment and 
     operation of the Review Board shall cease to be effective 
     when the Review Board and the terms of its members have 
     terminated pursuant to section __07(n).
       (b) Other Provisions.--(1) The remaining provisions of this 
     title shall continue in effect until such time as the 
     Archivist certifies to the President and Congress that all 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records have been made 
     available to the public in accordance with this title.
       (2) In facilitation of the provision in paragraph (1), the 
     All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office established pursuant to 
     section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373), or its successor as 
     subsequently designated by Act of Congress, shall develop 
     standardized unidentified anomalous phenomena 
     declassification guidance applicable to any and all 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records generated by 
     originating bodies subsequent to termination of the Review 
     Board consistent with the requirements and intent of the 
     Controlled Disclosure Campaign Plan with respect to 
     unidentified anomalous phenomena records originated prior to 
     Review Board termination.

     SEC. __14. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     carry out the provisions of this title $20,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 2024.
       (b) Interim Funding.--Until such time as funds are 
     appropriated pursuant to subsection (a), the President may 
     use such sums as are available for discretionary use to carry 
     out this title.

     SEC. __15. SEVERABILITY.

       If any provision of this title or the application thereof 
     to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder 
     of this title and the application of that provision to other 
     persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances 
     shall not be affected by the invalidation.
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  SA 837. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. WITHDRAWAL OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS TREATMENT 
                   FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       Notwithstanding title I of Public Law 106-286 (114 Stat. 
     880) or any other provision of law, effective on the date 
     that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act--
       (1) normal trade relations treatment shall not apply 
     pursuant to section 101 of that Act to the products of the 
     People's Republic of China;
       (2) normal trade relations treatment may not thereafter be 
     extended to the products of the People's Republic of China 
     under the provisions of chapter 1 of title IV of the Trade 
     Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.);
       (3) the rates of duty set forth in column 2 of the 
     Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States shall apply 
     to all products of the People's Republic of China; and
       (4) the President may proclaim increases in the rates of 
     duty applicable to products of the People's Republic of China 
     to rates that are higher than the rates described in 
     paragraph (3).
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  SA 838. Mr. HAWLEY (for himself and Mr. Vance) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. 1299L. CLARIFICATION OF THE TERM ``AGGREGATE VALUE'' FOR 
                   PURPOSES OF PRESIDENTIAL DRAWDOWN AUTHORITY.

       The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 506(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1)), in the 
     undesignated matter following subparagraph (B), by inserting 
     after ``fiscal year.'' the following: ``For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the term `aggregate value' means--
       ``(A) in the case of defense articles, the greater of--
       ``(i) the original acquisition cost to the United States 
     Government, plus the cost of improvements or other 
     modifications made by or on behalf of the Government; or
       ``(ii) the replacement cost; and
       ``(B) in the case of defense services, the full cost to the 
     Government of providing the services.''; and
       (2) in section 644(m)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2403(m)(2)), by 
     inserting ``except as provided in section 506(a)(1),'' before 
     ``with respect to''.
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  SA 839. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XXVIII, insert the 
     following:

         Subtitle ___--Justice for Jana Elementary Act of 2023

     SEC. ___. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Justice for Jana 
     Elementary Act of 2023''.

     SEC. ___. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Covered school.--The term ``covered school'' means a 
     school that is part of the Hazelwood School District in the 
     State of Missouri.
       (2) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Radioactive School 
     Assistance Fund established under this subtitle.
       (3) Impacted school.--The term ``impacted school'' means a 
     public elementary school or secondary school--
       (A) that closed on or after January 1, 2020; and
       (B) where the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action 
     Program of the Corps of Engineers detected radiation above 
     background levels--
       (i) on school property; or
       (ii) otherwise, within 1000 feet of a building containing 
     classrooms or other educational facilities of the school.
       (4) Jana elementary school.--The term ``Jana Elementary 
     School'' means the school located at 405 Jana Drive in 
     Florissant, Missouri.
       (5) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
     agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     7801).
       (6) National contingency plan.--The term ``National 
     Contingency Plan'' means the National Contingency Plan--
       (A) prepared and published under section 311(d) of the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(d)); or
       (B) revised under section 105 of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (42 U.S.C. 9605).
       (7) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the Radioactive 
     School Assistance Program established in accordance with this 
     subtitle.
       (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy.
       (9) Vicinity property.--The term ``vicinity property'' has 
     the meaning given the term in the Engineer Regulation ER 200-
     1-4 of the Corps of Engineers entitled ``Formerly Utilized 
     Sites Remedial Action Program'' and dated August 29, 2014 (or 
     a successor document).

     SEC. ___. REMEDIATION OF JANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

       Consistent with the requirements and obligations under the 
     Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program of the Corps 
     of Engineers, the Secretary of the Army shall--
       (1) not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, establish new remediation goals for Jana 
     Elementary School that will result in the removal of all 
     radioactive contamination at Jana Elementary School such that 
     no portion of the site is subjected to radiation above 
     background levels; and
       (2) after establishing remediation goals under paragraph 
     (1), carry out activities necessary to achieve those goals.

     SEC. ___. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOLS WITH RADIOACTIVE 
                   CONTAMINATION.

       (a) Radioactive School Assistance Fund.--
       (1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a fund to be known as the Radioactive 
     School Assistance Fund to carry out the reimbursement program 
     described in subsection (b).
       (2) Funding.--The Fund shall consist of amounts 
     appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
     under this subtitle.
       (b) Radioactive School Assistance Program.--Not later than 
     30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary shall establish and implement a program to be known 
     as the ``Radioactive School Assistance Program'' to provide 
     financial assistance in accordance with subsection (c) to 
     local educational agencies that have been financially 
     impacted by the presence of radioactive contaminants stemming 
     from the atomic energy activities of the United States 
     Government.

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       (c) Applications for Financial Assistance.--
       (1) Reimbursement for testing.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide financial 
     assistance to each local educational agency that submits to 
     the Secretary an application that includes--
       (i) a certification that the local educational agency 
     incurred expenses while testing for radioactive contaminants 
     at an impacted school;
       (ii) proof of such expenses; and
       (iii) proof that such testing--

       (I) led to further testing under the Formerly Utilized 
     Sites Remedial Action Program of the Corps of Engineers; or
       (II) was undertaken following testing by a private entity 
     that found radioactive contamination.

       (B) Limitations.--Financial assistance provided to a local 
     educational agency under this paragraph shall not exceed the 
     amount expended by such local educational agency to test for 
     radioactive contamination.
       (2) Funding for construction.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide financial 
     assistance for the construction of a new school building to 
     each local educational agency that submits to the Secretary 
     an application that includes the following:
       (i) A plan for the construction of a new school building.
       (ii) Documentation that a school under the jurisdiction of 
     the local educational agency is an impacted school.
       (iii) A budget for the construction of a new school 
     building.
       (iv) A certification that the local educational agency 
     shall only use financial assistance provided under this 
     paragraph for 1 or more of the following purposes:

       (I) To purchase land for the construction of a new school 
     building.
       (II) To construct a new school building to replace an 
     impacted school.

       (B) Limitations.--
       (i) Amount of funding.--Financial assistance provided to a 
     local educational agency under this paragraph shall not 
     exceed $20,000,000 for each impacted school.
       (ii) Use of funds.--A local educational agency that 
     receives financial assistance under this paragraph may only 
     use such financial assistance for 1 or more of the following 
     purposes:

       (I) To purchase land for the construction of a new school 
     building.
       (II) To construct a new school building to replace an 
     impacted school.

       (3) Considerations.--The Secretary may not reject an 
     application submitted by a local educational agency for 
     financial assistance under this subsection due to prior 
     remediation by the Corps of Engineers or any other relevant 
     Federal agency of an impacted school under the jurisdiction 
     of such local educational agency.
       (d) Reports.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
     a report on the Program, which shall include--
       (1) a description of the number of applications submitted 
     under this section; and
       (2) a description of the amount of financial assistance 
     provided to local educational agencies under this section.

     SEC. ___. INVESTIGATION OF SCHOOLS IN HAZELWOOD SCHOOL 
                   DISTRICT FOR CONTAMINATES.

       (a) Designation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, each covered school shall be designated as a vicinity 
     property of the St. Louis Airport Site of the Formerly 
     Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program of the Corps of 
     Engineers.
       (b) Investigation.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Army shall 
     investigate and characterize each covered school in 
     accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 
     seq.) and the National Contingency Plan, including, at a 
     minimum, carrying out a preliminary assessment and site 
     inspection of each covered school.
       (2) Inclusion.--An investigation of a covered school under 
     paragraph (1) shall include on-site investigatory efforts and 
     sampling in accordance with section 300.420(c)(2) of title 
     40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
     enactment of this Act).
       (c) Reports.--The Secretary of the Army shall develop and 
     make available to the public, for each covered school, a 
     report that includes the results of the investigation under 
     subsection (b), including--
       (1) the results of the on-site investigatory efforts;
       (2) a summary of the results of sampling under paragraph 
     (2) of that subsection for contaminants of concern, including 
     the average and highest detected levels of each contaminant 
     of concern; and
       (3) an evaluation of the danger posed to students and 
     employees of the covered school by the levels of 
     contamination.
       (d) Community Relations.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary of the Army shall comply with all applicable 
     requirements relating to community relations and public 
     notification under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 
     seq.), section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
     (33 U.S.C. 1321), and sections 300.415, 300.430, and 300.435 
     of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 
     date of enactment of this Act).

     SEC. ___. REVIEW AND REPORT OF RADIOACTIVE TESTING AT JANA 
                   ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

       (a) Review.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall review the 
     methodology and results of all tests for radioactive 
     contaminants conducted at Jana Elementary School, including--
       (1) tests conducted by the Corps of Engineers;
       (2) tests conducted by Boston Chemical Data Corporation; 
     and
       (3) tests commissioned by the Hazelwood School District in 
     the State of Missouri.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
     Congress a report on the review required by subsection (a).
       (2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include--
       (A) for each test described in subsection (a), an 
     evaluation of--
       (i) the reliability of the methodology used--

       (I) to conduct such test; and
       (II) to evaluate the results of such test; and

       (ii) the reliability of the opinions contained in any 
     report summarizing the test; and
       (B) an evaluation of the danger posed to children by any 
     radioactive contaminants found at Jana Elementary School.

     SEC. ___. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 
     $25,000,000 to carry out this subtitle.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 840. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1240A. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR UKRAINE ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are as follows:
       (1) To provide for the independent and objective conduct 
     and supervision of audits and investigations, including 
     within the territory of Ukraine, relating to the programs and 
     operations funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
     available for the military and nonmilitary support of 
     Ukraine.
       (2) To provide for the independent and objective leadership 
     and coordination of, and recommendations on, policies 
     designed to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse in 
     such programs and operations described in paragraph (1).
       (3) To provide for an independent and objective means of 
     keeping the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and 
     Congress fully and currently informed about problems and 
     deficiencies relating to the administration of such programs 
     and operations and the necessity for and progress on 
     corrective action.
       (b) Office of Inspector General.--There is hereby 
     established the Office of the Special Inspector General for 
     Ukraine Assistance to carry out the purposes set forth in 
     subsection (a).
       (c) Appointment of Inspector General; Removal.--
       (1) Appointment.--The head of the Office of the Special 
     Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance is the Special 
     Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Inspector General''), who shall be 
     appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the 
     Senate.
       (2) Qualifications.--The appointment of the Inspector 
     General shall be made solely on the basis of integrity and 
     demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 
     analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or 
     investigations.
       (3) Deadline for appointment.--The appointment of an 
     individual as Inspector General shall be made not later than 
     30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (4) Compensation.--The annual rate of basic pay of the 
     Inspector General shall be the annual rate of basic pay 
     provided for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
       (5) Prohibition on political activities.--For purposes of 
     section 7324 of title 5, United States Code, the Inspector 
     General shall not be considered an employee who determines 
     policies to be pursued by the United States in the nationwide 
     administration of Federal law.
       (6) Removal.--The Inspector General shall be removable from 
     office in accordance with the provisions of section 403(b) of 
     title 5, United States Code.
       (d) Assistant Inspectors General.--The Inspector General 
     shall, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations 
     governing the civil service--
       (1) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for Auditing who 
     shall have the responsibility for supervising the performance 
     of auditing activities relating to programs and operations 
     supported by amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
     for the

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     military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine; and
       (2) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for 
     Investigations who shall have the responsibility for 
     supervising the performance of investigative activities 
     relating to such programs and operations.
       (e) Supervision.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     Inspector General shall report directly to, and be under the 
     general supervision of, the Secretary of State and the 
     Secretary of Defense.
       (2) Independence to conduct investigations and audits.--No 
     officer of the Department of Defense, the Department of 
     State, or the United States Agency for International 
     Development shall prevent or prohibit the Inspector General 
     from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or 
     investigation related to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available for the military and nonmilitary support of 
     Ukraine or from issuing any subpoena during the course of any 
     such audit or investigation.
       (f) Duties.--
       (1) Oversight of military and nonmilitary support of 
     ukraine.--It shall be the duty of the Inspector General to 
     conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations 
     of the treatment, handling, and expenditure of amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available for the military and 
     nonmilitary support of Ukraine, and of the programs, 
     operations, and contracts carried out utilizing such funds, 
     including--
       (A) the oversight and accounting of the obligation and 
     expenditure of such funds;
       (B) the monitoring and review of contracts funded by such 
     funds;
       (C) the monitoring and review of the transfer of such funds 
     and associated information between and among departments, 
     agencies, and entities of the United States and private and 
     nongovernmental entities;
       (D) the maintenance of records on the use of such funds to 
     facilitate future audits and investigations of the use of 
     such funds;
       (E) the investigation of overpayments such as duplicate 
     payments or duplicate billing and any potential unethical or 
     illegal actions of Federal employees, contractors, or 
     affiliated entities and the referral of such reports, as 
     necessary, to the Department of Justice to ensure further 
     investigations, prosecutions, recovery of further funds, or 
     other remedies;
       (F) the monitoring and review of all military and 
     nonmilitary activities funded by such funds; and
       (G) the tracking and monitoring of all lethal and nonlethal 
     security assistance provided by the United States, including 
     a review of compliance with all applicable end-use 
     certification requirements.
       (2) Other duties related to oversight.--The Inspector 
     General shall establish, maintain, and oversee such systems, 
     procedures, and controls as the Inspector General considers 
     appropriate to discharge the duties under paragraph (1).
       (3) Duties and responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 5, 
     united states code.--In addition to the duties specified in 
     paragraphs (1) and (2), the Inspector General shall also have 
     the duties and responsibilities of inspectors general under 
     chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code.
       (4) Coordination of efforts.--In carrying out the duties, 
     responsibilities, and authorities of the Inspector General 
     under this section, the Inspector General shall coordinate 
     with, and receive the cooperation of each of the following:
       (A) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense.
       (B) The Inspector General of the Department of State.
       (C) The Inspector General of the United States Agency for 
     International Development.
       (g) Powers and Authorities.--
       (1) Authorities under chapter 4 of title 5, united states 
     code.--In carrying out the duties specified in subsection 
     (f), the Inspector General shall have the authorities 
     provided in section 406 of title 5, United States Code, 
     including the authorities under subsection (e) of such 
     section.
       (2) Audit standards.--The Inspector General shall carry out 
     the duties specified in subsection (f)(1) in accordance with 
     section 404(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code.
       (h) Personnel, Facilities, and Other Resources.--
       (1) Personnel.--
       (A) In general.--The Inspector General may select, appoint, 
     and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary 
     for carrying out the duties of the Inspector General, subject 
     to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
     appointments in the competitive service, and the provisions 
     of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, 
     relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates.
       (B) Additional authorities.--
       (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the Inspector 
     General may exercise the authorities of subsections (b) 
     through (i) of section 3161 of title 5, United States Code 
     (without regard to subsection (a) of that section).
       (ii) Periods of appointments.--In exercising the employment 
     authorities under subsection (b) of section 3161 of title 5, 
     United States Code, as provided under clause (i) of this 
     subparagraph--

       (I) paragraph (2) of that subsection (relating to periods 
     of appointments) shall not apply; and
       (II) no period of appointment may exceed the date on which 
     the Office of the Special Inspector General for Ukraine 
     Assistance terminates under subsection (o).

       (2) Employment of experts and consultants.--The Inspector 
     General may obtain services as authorized by section 3109 of 
     title 5, United States Code, at daily rates not to exceed the 
     equivalent rate prescribed for grade GS-15 of the General 
     Schedule by section 5332 of such title.
       (3) Contracting authority.--To the extent and in such 
     amounts as may be provided in advance by appropriations Acts, 
     the Inspector General may enter into contracts and other 
     arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other 
     services with public agencies and with private persons, and 
     make such payments as may be necessary to carry out the 
     duties of the Inspector General.
       (4) Resources.--The Secretary of State or the Secretary of 
     Defense, as appropriate, shall provide the Inspector General 
     with--
       (A) appropriate and adequate office space at appropriate 
     locations of the Department of State or the Department of 
     Defense, as the case may be, in Ukraine or at an appropriate 
     United States military installation in the European theater, 
     together with such equipment, office supplies, and 
     communications facilities and services as may be necessary 
     for the operation of such offices, and shall provide 
     necessary maintenance services for such offices and the 
     equipment and facilities located therein; and
       (B) appropriate and adequate support for audits, 
     investigations, and related activities by the Inspector 
     General or assigned personnel within the territory of 
     Ukraine.
       (5) Assistance from federal agencies.--
       (A) In general.--Upon request of the Inspector General for 
     information or assistance from any department, agency, or 
     other entity of the Federal Government, the head of such 
     entity shall, insofar as is practicable and not in 
     contravention of any existing law, furnish such information 
     or assistance to the Inspector General, or an authorized 
     designee.
       (B) Reporting of refused assistance.--Whenever information 
     or assistance requested by the Inspector General is, in the 
     judgment of the Inspector General, unreasonably refused or 
     not provided, the Inspector General shall report the 
     circumstances to the Secretary of State or the Secretary of 
     Defense, as appropriate, and to the appropriate congressional 
     committees without delay.
       (i) Reports.--
       (1) Quarterly reports.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Inspector General shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     summarizing, for the period of that quarter and, to the 
     extent possible, the period from the end of such quarter to 
     the time of the submission of the report, the activities 
     during such period of the Inspector General and the 
     activities under programs and operations funded with amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available for the military and 
     nonmilitary support of Ukraine. Each report shall include, 
     for the period covered by such report, a detailed statement 
     of all obligations, expenditures, and revenues associated 
     with military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine, including 
     the following:
       (A) Obligations and expenditures of appropriated funds.
       (B) Operating expenses of agencies or entities receiving 
     amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
     military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine.
       (C) In the case of any contract, grant, agreement, or other 
     funding mechanism described in paragraph (2)--
       (i) the amount of the contract, grant, agreement, or other 
     funding mechanism;
       (ii) a brief discussion of the scope of the contract, 
     grant, agreement, or other funding mechanism;
       (iii) a discussion of how the department or agency of the 
     United States Government involved in the contract, grant, 
     agreement, or other funding mechanism identified, and 
     solicited offers from, potential individuals or entities to 
     perform the contract, grant, agreement, or other funding 
     mechanism, together with a list of the potential individuals 
     or entities that were issued solicitations for the offers; 
     and
       (iv) the justification and approval documents on which was 
     based the determination to use procedures other than 
     procedures that provide for full and open competition.
       (D) An accounting comparison of--
       (i) the military and nonmilitary support provided to 
     Ukraine by the United States; and
       (ii) the military and nonmilitary support provided to 
     Ukraine by other North Atlantic Treaty Organization member 
     countries, including allied contributions to Ukraine that are 
     subsequently backfilled or subsidized using United States 
     funds.
       (E) An evaluation of the compliance of the Government of 
     Ukraine with all requirements for receiving United States 
     funds, including a description of any area of concern with 
     respect to the ability of the Government of Ukraine to 
     achieve such compliance.
       (2) Covered contracts, grants, agreements, and funding 
     mechanisms.--A contract, grant, agreement, or other funding 
     mechanism described in this paragraph is any major contract, 
     grant, agreement, or other funding mechanism that is entered 
     into by any department or agency of the United States 
     Government that involves the use of amounts appropriated or 
     otherwise made available for the military and nonmilitary 
     support of Ukraine with any public

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     or private sector entity for any of the following purposes:
       (A) To build or rebuild physical infrastructure of Ukraine.
       (B) To establish or reestablish a political or societal 
     institution of Ukraine.
       (C) To provide products or services to the people of 
     Ukraine.
       (D) To provide lethal or nonlethal weaponry to Ukraine.
       (E) To otherwise provide military or nonmilitary support to 
     Ukraine.
       (3) Public availability.--The Inspector General shall 
     publish on a publicly available internet website each report 
     under paragraph (1) of this subsection in English and other 
     languages that the Inspector General determines are widely 
     used and understood in Ukraine.
       (4) Form.--Each report required under this subsection shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex if the Inspector General considers it 
     necessary.
       (5) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall 
     be construed to authorize the public disclosure of 
     information that is--
       (A) specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other 
     provision of law;
       (B) specifically required by Executive order to be 
     protected from disclosure in the interest of national defense 
     or national security or in the conduct of foreign affairs; or
       (C) a part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
       (j) Report Coordination.--
       (1) Submission to secretaries of state and defense.--The 
     Inspector General shall also submit each report required 
     under subsection (i) to the Secretary of State and the 
     Secretary of Defense.
       (2) Submission to congress.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after receipt of a 
     report under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State and the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees any comments on the matters covered 
     by the report. Such comments shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form, but may include a classified annex if the 
     Secretary of State or the Secretary of Defense, as the case 
     may be, considers it necessary.
       (B) Access.--On request, any Member of Congress may view 
     comments submitted under subparagraph (A), including the 
     classified annex.
       (k) Transparency.--
       (1) Report.--Not later than 60 days after submission to the 
     appropriate congressional committees of a report under 
     subsection (i), the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
     Defense shall jointly make copies of the report available to 
     the public upon request, and at a reasonable cost.
       (2) Comments on matters covered by report.--Not later than 
     60 days after submission to the appropriate congressional 
     committees under subsection (j)(2)(A) of comments on a report 
     under subsection (i), the Secretary of State and the 
     Secretary of Defense shall jointly make copies of the 
     comments available to the public upon request, and at a 
     reasonable cost.
       (l) Waiver.--
       (1) Authority.--The President may waive the requirement 
     under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (k) with respect to 
     availability to the public of any element in a report under 
     subsection (i), or any comment under subsection (j)(2)(A), if 
     the President determines that the waiver is justified for 
     national security reasons.
       (2) Notice of waiver.--The President shall publish a notice 
     of each waiver made under this subsection in the Federal 
     Register no later than the date on which a report required 
     under subsection (i), or any comment under subsection 
     (j)(2)(A), is submitted to the appropriate congressional 
     committees. The report and comments shall specify whether 
     waivers under this subsection were made and with respect to 
     which elements in the report or which comments, as 
     appropriate.
       (3) Submission of comments.--The President may not waive 
     under this subsection subparagraphs (A) or (B) of subsection 
     (j).
       (m) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for 
     the military and nonmilitary support of ukraine.--The term 
     ``amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
     military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine'' means--
       (A) amounts appropriated or otherwise made available on or 
     after January 1, 2022, for--
       (i) the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative under 
     section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 11492; 129 Stat. 1608);
       (ii) any foreign military financing accessed by the 
     Government of Ukraine;
       (iii) the Presidential drawdown authority under section 
     506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2318(a));
       (iv) the defense institution building program under section 
     332 of title 10, United States Code;
       (v) the building partner capacity program under section 333 
     of title 10, United States Code;
       (vi) the International Military Education and Training 
     program of the Department of State; and
       (vii) the United States European Command; and
       (B) amounts appropriated or otherwise made available on or 
     after January 1, 2022, for the military, economic, 
     reconstruction, or humanitarian support of Ukraine under any 
     account or for any purpose not described in subparagraph (A).
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committees on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
     the Senate; and
       (B) the Committees on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
     Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (n) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 to carry out this section.
       (2) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2023 for the Ukraine Security Assistance 
     Initiative is hereby reduced by $70,000,000.
       (o) Termination.--
       (1) In general.--The Office of the Special Inspector 
     General for Ukraine Assistance shall terminate 180 days after 
     the date on which amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
     available for the military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine 
     that are unexpended are less than $250,000,000.
       (2) Final report.--The Inspector General shall, prior to 
     the termination of the Office of the Special Inspector 
     General for Ukraine Assistance under paragraph (1), prepare 
     and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     final forensic audit report on programs and operations funded 
     with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
     military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 841. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 title X, add the following:

           Subtitle H--No TikTok on United States Devices Act

     SEC. 1091. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``No TikTok on United 
     States Devices Act''.

     SEC. 1092. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO TIKTOK.

       (a) Blocking of Property.--On and after the date that is 30 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     President shall exercise all the powers granted to the 
     President under the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et. seq.) to the extent necessary to 
     block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 
     interests in property of a covered company if such property 
     and interests in property--
       (1) are in the United States or come within the United 
     States; or
       (2) to the extent necessary to prevent commercial operation 
     of the covered company in the United States, are or come 
     within the possession or control of a United States person.
       (b) Inapplicability of National Emergency Requirement.--The 
     requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply for 
     purposes of this section.
       (c) Implementation.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     President may exercise all authorities provided under 
     sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
     Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this 
     section.
       (2) Exceptions.--The exceptions under subsection (b) of 
     section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) shall not apply to the use by the 
     President in carrying out this section of the authorities 
     under such section 203.
       (d) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 
     section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 
     out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
     in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) 
     to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act 
     described in subsection (a) of that section.
       (e) National Security and Research Exceptions.--Sanctions 
     under this section shall not apply with respect to law 
     enforcement activities, national security interests and 
     activities, and security research activities, as provided 
     under the standards and guidelines developed by the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget under section 
     102(b)(1) of the No TikTok on Government Devices Act 
     (division R of Public Law 117-328).
       (f) Covered Company Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered company'' means--
       (1) ByteDance Limited, or any successor entity to ByteDance 
     Limited, if ByteDance Limited or the successor entity--
       (A) is involved in matters relating to the social 
     networking service TikTok, or any successor service; or
       (B) is involved in matters relating to any information, 
     videos, or data associated with such service; or
       (2) any entity owned by ByteDance Limited or the successor 
     entity that--

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       (A) is involved in matters relating to the social 
     networking service TikTok, or any successor service; or
       (B) is involved in matters relating to any information, 
     videos, or data associated with such service.

     SEC. 1093. REPORT ON THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY POSED BY 
                   TIKTOK.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
     the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
     Agency, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director 
     of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall submit to 
     Congress a report on the threats to national security posed 
     by TikTok, including the following:
       (1) The ability of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China to access, directly or indirectly, data of users in 
     the United States via TikTok.
       (2) The ability of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China to use data of users in the United States, including 
     that of members of the Armed Forces, accessed via TikTok for 
     intelligence or military purposes, including surveillance, 
     microtargeting, deepfakes, or blackmail.
       (3) Any ongoing efforts by the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China to monitor or manipulate United States 
     persons using data accessed via TikTok, including a detailed 
     account of any data employed for those purposes.
       (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
     annex.

     SEC. 1094. BRIEFING.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall provide 
     to Congress a classified briefing on the implementation of 
     this subtitle, which shall include a briefing on the report 
     required by section 1093(a).
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  SA 842. Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Carper) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. 1299L. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON DIGITAL TRADE AND THE 
                   DIGITAL ECONOMY.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Over half of the world's population, totaling more than 
     5,000,000,000 people, use the internet.
       (2) The digital economy encompasses the economic and social 
     activity from billions of online connections among people, 
     businesses, devices, and data as a result of the internet, 
     mobile technology, and the internet of things.
       (3) The Bureau of Economic Analysis found that the digital 
     economy contributed nearly 10.3 percent of United States 
     gross domestic product and supported 8,000,000 United States 
     jobs in 2020.
       (4) The digital sector added 1,400,000 new jobs between 
     2019 and 2022.
       (5) United States jobs supported by the digital economy 
     have sustained annual wage growth at a rate of 5.9 percent 
     since 2010, as compared to a 4.2 percent for all jobs.
       (6) In 2021, United States exports of digital services 
     surpassed $594,000,000,000, accounting for more than half of 
     all United States services exports and generating a digital 
     services trade surplus for the United States of 
     $262,300,000,000.
       (7) Digital trade bolsters the digital economy by enabling 
     the sale of goods on the internet and the supply of online 
     services across borders and depends on the free flow of data 
     across borders to promote commerce, manufacturing, and 
     innovation.
       (8) Digital trade has become increasingly vital to United 
     States workers and businesses of all sizes, including the 
     countless small and medium-sized enterprises that use digital 
     technology, data flows, and e-commerce to export goods and 
     services across the world.
       (9) Digital trade has advanced entrepreneurship 
     opportunities for women, people of color, and individuals 
     from otherwise underrepresented backgrounds and enabled the 
     formation of innovative start-ups.
       (10) International supply chains are becoming increasingly 
     digitized and data driven and businesses in a variety of 
     industries, such as construction, healthcare, transportation, 
     and aerospace, invested heavily in digital supply chain 
     technologies in 2020.
       (11) United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai said, 
     ``[T]here is no bright line separating digital trade from the 
     digital economy--or the `traditional' economy for that 
     matter. Nearly every aspect of our economy has been digitized 
     to some degree.''.
       (12) Industries outside of the technology sector, such as 
     manufacturing and agriculture, are integrating digital 
     technology into their businesses in order to increase 
     efficiency, improve safety, reach new customers, and remain 
     globally competitive.
       (13) The increasing reliance on digital technologies has 
     modernized legacy processes, accelerated workflows, increased 
     access to information and services, and strengthened security 
     in a variety of industries, leading to better health, 
     environmental, and safety outcomes.
       (14) The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased uptake and 
     reliance on digital technologies, data flows, and e-commerce.
       (15) Ninety percent of adults in the United States say that 
     the internet has been essential or important for them 
     personally during the COVID-19 pandemic.
       (16) United States families, workers, and business owners 
     have seen how vital access to the internet has been to daily 
     life, as work, education, medicine, and communication with 
     family and friends have shifted increasingly online.
       (17) Many individuals and families, especially in rural and 
     Tribal communities, struggle to participate in the digital 
     economy because of a lack of access to a reliable internet 
     connection.
       (18) New developments in technology must be deployed with 
     consideration to the unique access challenges of rural, urban 
     underserved, and vulnerable communities.
       (19) Digital trade has the power to help level the playing 
     field and uplift those in traditionally unrepresented or 
     underrepresented communities.
       (20) Countries have negotiated international rules 
     governing digital trade in various bilateral and plurilateral 
     agreements, but those rules remain fragmented, and no 
     multilateral agreement on digital trade exists within the 
     World Trade Organization.
       (21) The United States, through free trade agreements or 
     other digital agreements, has been a leader in developing a 
     set of rules and standards on digital governance and e-
     commerce that has helped allies and partners of the United 
     States unlock the full economic and social potential of 
     digital trade.
       (22) Congress recognizes the need for agreements on digital 
     trade, as indicated by its support for a robust digital trade 
     chapter in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
       (23) Other countries are operating under their own digital 
     rules, some of which are contrary to democratic values shared 
     by the United States and many allies and partners of the 
     United States.
       (24) Those countries are attempting to advance their own 
     digital rules on a global scale.
       (25) Examples of the plethora of nontariff barriers to 
     digital trade that have emerged around the globe include--
       (A) overly restrictive data localization requirements and 
     limitations on cross border data flows that do not achieve 
     legitimate public policy objectives;
       (B) intellectual property rights infringement;
       (C) policies that make market access contingent on forced 
     technology transfers or voluntary transfers subject to 
     coercive terms;
       (D) web filtering;
       (E) economic espionage;
       (F) cybercrime exposure; and
       (G) government-directed theft of trade secrets.
       (26) Certain countries are pursuing or have implemented 
     digital policies that unfairly discriminate against 
     innovative United States technology companies and United 
     States workers that create and deliver digital products and 
     services.
       (27) The Government of the People's Republic of China is 
     currently advancing a model for digital governance and the 
     digital economy domestically and abroad through its Digital 
     Silk Road Initiative that permits censorship, surveillance, 
     human and worker rights abuses, forced technology transfers, 
     and data flow restrictions at the expense of human and worker 
     rights, privacy, the free flow of data, and an open internet.
       (28) The 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices of 
     the Department of State highlighted significant human rights 
     issues committed by the People's Republic of China in the 
     digital realm, including ``arbitrary interference with 
     privacy including pervasive and intrusive technical 
     surveillance and monitoring including the use of COVID-19 
     tracking apps for nonpublic-health purposes; punishment of 
     family members for offenses allegedly committed by an 
     individual; serious restrictions on free expression and 
     media, including physical attacks on and criminal prosecution 
     of journalists, lawyers, writers, bloggers, dissidents, 
     petitioners, and others; serious restrictions on internet 
     freedom, including site blocking''.
       (29) The United States discourages digital 
     authoritarianism, including practices that undermine human 
     and worker rights and result in other social and economic 
     coercion.
       (30) Allies and trading partners of the United States in 
     the Indo-Pacific region have urged the United States to 
     deepen economic engagement in the region by negotiating rules 
     on digital trade and technology standards.
       (31) The digital economy has provided new opportunities for 
     economic development, entrepreneurship, and growth in 
     developing countries around the world.
       (32) Negotiating strong digital trade principles and 
     commitments with allies and partners across the globe enables 
     the United States to unite like-minded economies around 
     common standards and ensure that principles of democracy, 
     rule of law, freedom of speech, human and worker rights, 
     privacy, and a free and open internet are at the very core of 
     digital governance.

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       (33) United States leadership and substantive engagement is 
     necessary to ensure that global digital rules reflect United 
     States values so that workers are treated fairly, small 
     businesses can compete and win in the global economy, and 
     consumers are guaranteed the right to privacy and security.
       (34) The United States supports rules that reduce digital 
     trade barriers, promote free expression and the free flow of 
     information, enhance privacy protections, protect sensitive 
     information, defend human and worker rights, prohibit forced 
     technology transfer, and promote digitally enabled commerce.
       (35) The United States supports efforts to cooperate with 
     allies and trading partners to mitigate the risks of 
     cyberattacks, address potentially illegal or deceptive 
     business activities online, promote financial inclusion and 
     digital workforce skills, and develop rules to govern the use 
     of artificial intelligence and other emerging and future 
     technologies.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) the United States should negotiate strong, inclusive, 
     forward-looking, and enforceable rules on digital trade and 
     the digital economy with like-minded countries as part of a 
     broader trade and economic strategy to address digital 
     barriers and ensure that the United States values of 
     democracy, rule of law, freedom of speech, human and worker 
     rights, privacy, and a free and open internet are at the very 
     core of the digital world and advanced technology;
       (2) in conducting such negotiations, the United States 
     must--
       (A) pursue digital trade rules that--
       (i) serve the best interests of workers, consumers, and 
     small and medium-sized enterprises;
       (ii) empower United States workers;
       (iii) fuel wage growth; and
       (iv) lead to materially positive economic outcomes for all 
     people in the United States;
       (B) ensure that any future agreement prevents the adoption 
     of non-democratic, coercive, or overly restrictive policies 
     that would be obstacles to a free and open internet and harm 
     the ability of the e-commerce marketplace to continue to grow 
     and thrive;
       (C) coordinate sufficient trade-related assistance to 
     ensure that developing countries can improve their capacity 
     and benefit from increased digital trade; and
       (D) consult closely with all relevant stakeholders, 
     including workers, consumers, small and medium-sized 
     enterprises, civil society groups, and human rights 
     advocates; and
       (3) with respect to any negotiations for an agreement 
     facilitating digital trade, the United States Trade 
     Representative and the heads of other relevant Federal 
     agencies must consult closely and on a timely basis with 
     Congress.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 843. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Durbin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 title X, add the following:

                         Subtitle H--PRESS Act

     SEC. 1091. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Protect Reporters from 
     Exploitative State Spying Act'' or the ``PRESS Act''.

     SEC. 1092. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Covered journalist.--The term ``covered journalist'' 
     means a person who regularly gathers, prepares, collects, 
     photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, investigates, 
     or publishes news or information that concerns local, 
     national, or international events or other matters of public 
     interest for dissemination to the public.
       (2) Covered service provider.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``covered service provider'' 
     means any person that, by an electronic means, stores, 
     processes, or transmits information in order to provide a 
     service to customers of the person.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``covered service provider'' 
     includes--
       (i) a telecommunications carrier and a provider of an 
     information service (as such terms are defined in section 3 
     of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153));
       (ii) a provider of an interactive computer service and an 
     information content provider (as such terms are defined in 
     section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     230));
       (iii) a provider of remote computing service (as defined in 
     section 2711 of title 18, United States Code); and
       (iv) a provider of electronic communication service (as 
     defined in section 2510 of title 18, United States Code) to 
     the public.
       (3) Document.--The term ``document'' means writings, 
     recordings, and photographs, as those terms are defined by 
     Federal Rule of Evidence 1001 (28 U.S.C. App.).
       (4) Federal entity.--The term ``Federal entity'' means an 
     entity or employee of the judicial or executive branch or an 
     administrative agency of the Federal Government with the 
     power to issue a subpoena or issue other compulsory process.
       (5) Journalism.--The term ``journalism'' means gathering, 
     preparing, collecting, photographing, recording, writing, 
     editing, reporting, investigating, or publishing news or 
     information that concerns local, national, or international 
     events or other matters of public interest for dissemination 
     to the public.
       (6) Personal account of a covered journalist.--The term 
     ``personal account of a covered journalist'' means an account 
     with a covered service provider used by a covered journalist 
     that is not provided, administered, or operated by the 
     employer of the covered journalist.
       (7) Personal technology device of a covered journalist.--
     The term ``personal technology device of a covered 
     journalist'' means a handheld communications device, laptop 
     computer, desktop computer, or other internet-connected 
     device used by a covered journalist that is not provided or 
     administered by the employer of the covered journalist.
       (8) Protected information.--The term ``protected 
     information'' means any information identifying a source who 
     provided information as part of engaging in journalism, and 
     any records, contents of a communication, documents, or 
     information that a covered journalist obtained or created as 
     part of engaging in journalism.
       (9) Specified offense against a minor.--The term 
     ``specified offense against a minor'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 111(7) of the Adam Walsh Child 
     Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(7)).

     SEC. 1093. LIMITS ON COMPELLED DISCLOSURE FROM COVERED 
                   JOURNALISTS.

       In any matter arising under Federal law, a Federal entity 
     may not compel a covered journalist to disclose protected 
     information, unless a court in the judicial district in which 
     the subpoena or other compulsory process is, or will be, 
     issued determines by a preponderance of the evidence, after 
     providing notice and an opportunity to be heard to the 
     covered journalist, that--
       (1) disclosure of the protected information is necessary to 
     prevent, or to identify any perpetrator of, an act of 
     terrorism against the United States; or
       (2) disclosure of the protected information is necessary to 
     prevent a threat of imminent violence, significant bodily 
     harm, or death, including specified offenses against a minor.

     SEC. 1094. LIMITS ON COMPELLED DISCLOSURE FROM COVERED 
                   SERVICE PROVIDERS.

       (a) Conditions for Compelled Disclosure.--In any matter 
     arising under Federal law, a Federal entity may not compel a 
     covered service provider to provide testimony or any document 
     consisting of any record, information, or other 
     communications stored by a covered provider on behalf of a 
     covered journalist, including testimony or any document 
     relating to a personal account of a covered journalist or a 
     personal technology device of a covered journalist, unless a 
     court in the judicial district in which the subpoena or other 
     compulsory process is, or will be, issued determines by a 
     preponderance of the evidence that there is a reasonable 
     threat of imminent violence unless the testimony or document 
     is provided, and issues an order authorizing the Federal 
     entity to compel the disclosure of the testimony or document.
       (b) Notice to Court.--A Federal entity seeking to compel 
     the provision of testimony or any document described in 
     subsection (a) shall inform the court that the testimony or 
     document relates to a covered journalist.
       (c) Notice to Covered Journalist and Opportunity To Be 
     Heard.--
       (1) In general.--A court may authorize a Federal entity to 
     compel the provision of testimony or a document under this 
     section only after the Federal entity seeking the testimony 
     or document provides the covered journalist on behalf of whom 
     the testimony or document is stored pursuant to subsection 
     (a)--
       (A) notice of the subpoena or other compulsory request for 
     such testimony or document from the covered service provider 
     not later than the time at which such subpoena or request is 
     issued to the covered service provider; and
       (B) an opportunity to be heard before the court before the 
     time at which the provision of the testimony or document is 
     compelled.
       (2) Exception to notice requirement.--
       (A) In general.--Notice and an opportunity to be heard 
     under paragraph (1) may be delayed for not more than 45 days 
     if the court involved determines there is clear and 
     convincing evidence that such notice would pose a clear and 
     substantial threat to the integrity of a criminal 
     investigation, or would present an imminent risk of death or 
     serious bodily harm, including specified offenses against a 
     minor.
       (B) Extensions.--The 45-day period described in 
     subparagraph (A) may be extended by the court for additional 
     periods of not more than 45 days if the court involved makes 
     a new and independent determination that there is clear and 
     convincing evidence that providing notice to the covered 
     journalist would pose a clear and substantial threat to the 
     integrity of a criminal investigation, or would present an 
     imminent risk of death or serious bodily harm, including 
     specified offenses against a minor, under current 
     circumstances.

     SEC. 1095. LIMITATION ON CONTENT OF INFORMATION.

       The content of any testimony, document, or protected 
     information that is compelled under section 1093 or 1094 
     shall--
       (1) not be overbroad, unreasonable, or oppressive, and, as 
     appropriate, be limited to

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     the purpose of verifying published information or describing 
     any surrounding circumstances relevant to the accuracy of 
     such published information; and
       (2) be narrowly tailored in subject matter and period of 
     time covered so as to avoid compelling the production of 
     peripheral, nonessential, or speculative information.

     SEC. 1096. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

       Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to--
       (1) apply to civil defamation, slander, or libel claims or 
     defenses under State law, regardless of whether or not such 
     claims or defenses, respectively, are raised in a State or 
     Federal court; or
       (2) prevent the Federal Government from pursuing an 
     investigation of a covered journalist or organization that 
     is--
       (A) suspected of committing a crime;
       (B) a witness to a crime unrelated to engaging in 
     journalism;
       (C) suspected of being an agent of a foreign power, as 
     defined in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801);
       (D) an individual or organization designated under 
     Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
     blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons 
     who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism);
       (E) a specially designated terrorist, as that term is 
     defined in section 595.311 of title 31, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or any successor thereto); or
       (F) a terrorist organization, as that term is defined in 
     section 212(a)(3)(B)(vi)(II) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(vi)(II)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 844. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. STATEMENT OF POLICY AND ANNUAL REPORT RELATED TO 
                   UNITED STATES-PACIFIC ISLAND PARTNERSHIP.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``United 
     States-Pacific Island Partnership Empowerment Act''.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Excess defense articles.--The term ``excess defense 
     articles'' has the meaning given that term in section 644 of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403).
       (3) United states-pacific island partnership.--The term 
     ``United States-Pacific Island Partnership'' means the 
     partnership between the United States and the Cook Islands, 
     the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, 
     Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic 
     of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, 
     Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and such other states in the Pacific Islands 
     as the President may identify.
       (c) Statement of Policy.--The United States supports 
     expanding and deepening cooperation within the United States-
     Pacific Island Partnership to maintain free, open, and 
     peaceful waterways in the Pacific in which the rights to the 
     freedom of navigation and overflight are recognized and 
     respected, trade flows are unimpeded, and geopolitical 
     competition does not undermine the sovereignty and security 
     of the Pacific Islands.
       (d) Annual Report on Transfer of Excess Defense Articles to 
     Members of the United States-Pacific Island Partnership.--
       (1) Annual report requirement.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
     thereafter for a period of 5 years, the President shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     on the transfer of excess defense articles to members of the 
     United States-Pacific Island Partnership.
       (2) Contents of report.--Each report required by paragraph 
     (1) shall include the following:
       (A) An overview of the transfer of excess defense articles 
     to members of the United States-Pacific Island Partnership 
     during the period covered by the report, including the 
     quantity and types of articles transferred.
       (B) A description of the prioritization process used by the 
     Department of Defense to determine the allocation of 
     nonlethal excess defense articles transferred to foreign 
     countries.
       (C) A description of--
       (i) any challenges or constraints encountered in the 
     process for transferring excess defense articles to members 
     of the United States-Pacific Island Partnership; and
       (ii) efforts undertaken to address those challenges or 
     constraints.
       (D) An assessment of the impact of excess defense articles 
     transferred to members of the United States-Pacific Island 
     Partnership on the capacity-building efforts, security 
     cooperation, and interoperability of those members.
       (E) A review of the effectiveness of the transfer of excess 
     defense articles to members of the United States-Pacific 
     Island Partnership in promoting regional stability, maritime 
     security, and the sovereignty and security of the Pacific 
     Islands.
       (3) Formats; public availability.--Each report required by 
     paragraph (1) shall be submitted in both electronic and hard 
     copy formats and made available to the public, consistent 
     with applicable law.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 845. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PRIORITY FOR THE TRANSFER OF EXCESS DEFENSE 
                   ARTICLES.

       Section 516(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2321j(c)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) Certain nato countries, taiwan, and the 
     philippines.--Notwithstanding''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) United states-pacific island partnership.--
       ``(i) In general.--The delivery of excess defense articles, 
     including office supplies, furniture, and other items except 
     those described in paragraph (1) of section 644(d), under 
     this section to members of the United States-Pacific Island 
     Partnership shall be given priority to the maximum extent 
     feasible over the delivery of such excess defense articles to 
     other countries.
       ``(ii) Definition.--In this subparagraph, the term `United 
     States-Pacific Island Partnership' means the partnership 
     between the United States and the Cook Islands, the Federated 
     States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Nauru, New 
     Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, 
     Vanuatu, and such other states in the Pacific Islands as the 
     President may identify.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 846. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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:

       In subtitle D of title XXXI, add at the end the following:

     SEC. 31__. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR ALASKA NATURAL GAS 
                   PIPELINE ACT.

       From amounts available for administrative expenses to make 
     loan guarantees, the Secretary of Energy may use unobligated 
     funds, regardless of the fiscal year for which such amounts 
     are made available, for the purpose of administrative 
     expenses associated with carrying out the loan guarantee 
     program established in section 116 of the Alaska Natural Gas 
     Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720n).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 847. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 A of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 612. INCREASE IN BASIC HOUSING ALLOWANCE.

       (a) Increased Funding.--The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 421 for military personnel, as 
     specified in the funding table in section 4401, is hereby 
     increased by $244,000,000, with the amount of such increase 
     to be available for an increase in the basic allowance for 
     housing (BAH) reabsorption.
       (b) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2024 by section 301 for operation and maintenance 
     is hereby reduced by $244,000,000, with the amount of the 
     reduction to be derived from Operation and Maintenance, 
     Defense-wide, Administration and Service-wide Activities, for 
     the Office of the Secretary of Defense (line 490), as 
     specified in the funding table in section 4301.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 848. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for

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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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SECURITY CLEARANCE 
                   PROCESS UPDATES.

       (a) Study Required.--No later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the status of the updates the 
     Secretary is carrying out to the security clearance process 
     and the methods the Secretary is pursuing to ensure the 
     security clearance process of the Department of Defense 
     continues to protect national security.
       (b) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to subsection 
     (a) shall include the following:
       (1) A review of the last 10 years of cases of those who 
     held security clearances granted by the Department that were 
     ultimately charged with terrorism, espionage, sabotage, 
     sedition, or other related crimes.
       (2) A review of any existing internal processes applicable 
     to the suspension of security clearances for those 
     individuals.
       (3) Any policy that may address revocation of clearances of 
     individuals who are found to pose a threat to other members 
     of the Armed Forces or to national security after their 
     clearance process has been adjudicated.
       (4) Recommendations on enhancing existing security review 
     processes and recommendations for future new processes to 
     address any gaps identified and lessons learned from the 
     review.
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  SA 849. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 title X, add the following:

    Subtitle H--Fighting Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; Controlled 
 Substance Act Amendments; Disclosure of Foreign Influence in Lobbying

     SEC. 1091. FIGHTING POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) Public safety officers serve their communities with 
     bravery and distinction in order to keep their communities 
     safe.
       (2) Public safety officers, including police officers, 
     firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and 911 
     dispatchers, are on the front lines of dealing with 
     situations that are stressful, graphic, harrowing, and life-
     threatening.
       (3) The work of public safety officers puts them at risk 
     for developing post-traumatic stress disorder and acute 
     stress disorder.
       (4) It is estimated that 30 percent of public safety 
     officers develop behavioral health conditions at some point 
     in their lifetimes, including depression and post-traumatic 
     stress disorder, in comparison to 20 percent of the general 
     population that develops such conditions.
       (5) Victims of post-traumatic stress disorder and acute 
     stress disorder are at a higher risk of dying by suicide.
       (6) Firefighters have been reported to have higher suicide 
     attempt and ideation rates than the general population.
       (7) It is estimated that between 125 and 300 police 
     officers die by suicide every year.
       (8) In 2019, pursuant to section 2(b) of the Law 
     Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017 (Public 
     Law 115-113; 131 Stat. 2276), the Director of the Office of 
     Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of 
     Justice developed a report (referred to in this section as 
     the ``LEMHWA report'') that expressed that many law 
     enforcement agencies do not have the capacity or local access 
     to the mental health professionals necessary for treating 
     their law enforcement officers.
       (9) The LEMHWA report recommended methods for establishing 
     remote access or regional mental health check programs at the 
     State or Federal level.
       (10) Individual police and fire departments generally do 
     not have the resources to employ full-time mental health 
     experts who are able to treat public safety officers with 
     state-of-the-art techniques for the purpose of treating job-
     related post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress 
     disorder.
       (b) Programming for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Public safety officer.--The term ``public safety 
     officer''--
       (i) has the meaning given the term in section 1204 of title 
     I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
     (34 U.S.C. 10284); and
       (ii) includes Tribal public safety officers.
       (B) Public safety telecommunicator.--The term ``public 
     safety telecommunicator'' means an individual who--
       (i) operates telephone, radio, or other communication 
     systems to receive and communicate requests for emergency 
     assistance at 911 public safety answering points and 
     emergency operations centers;
       (ii) takes information from the public and other sources 
     relating to crimes, threats, disturbances, acts of terrorism, 
     fires, medical emergencies, and other public safety matters; 
     and
       (iii) coordinates and provides information to law 
     enforcement and emergency response personnel.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 150 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through 
     the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing 
     Services of the Department of Justice, shall submit to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 
     the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on--
       (A) not fewer than 1 proposed program, if the Attorney 
     General determines it appropriate and feasible to do so, to 
     be administered by the Department of Justice for making 
     state-of-the-art treatments or preventative care available to 
     public safety officers and public safety telecommunicators 
     with regard to job-related post-traumatic stress disorder or 
     acute stress disorder by providing public safety officers and 
     public safety telecommunicators access to evidence-based 
     trauma-informed care, peer support, counselor services, and 
     family supports for the purpose of treating or preventing 
     post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder;
       (B) a draft of any necessary grant conditions required to 
     ensure that confidentiality is afforded to public safety 
     officers on account of seeking the care or services described 
     in subparagraph (A) under the proposed program;
       (C) how each proposed program described in subparagraph (A) 
     could be most efficiently administered throughout the United 
     States at the State, Tribal, territorial, and local levels, 
     taking into account in-person and telehealth capabilities;
       (D) a draft of legislative language necessary to authorize 
     each proposed program described in subparagraph (A); and
       (E) an estimate of the amount of annual appropriations 
     necessary for administering each proposed program described 
     in subparagraph (A).
       (3) Development.--In developing the report required under 
     paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall consult relevant 
     stakeholders, including--
       (A) Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, and local agencies 
     employing public safety officers and public safety 
     telecommunicators; and
       (B) non-governmental organizations, international 
     organizations, academies, or other entities, including 
     organizations that support the interests of public safety 
     officers and public safety telecommunicators and the 
     interests of family members of public safety officers and 
     public safety telecommunicators.

     SEC. 1092. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

        Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     802) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (58) as paragraph (59);
       (2) by redesignating the second paragraph designated as 
     paragraph (57) (relating to the definition of ``serious drug 
     felony'') as paragraph (58); and
       (3) by moving paragraphs (57), (58) (as so redesignated), 
     and (59) (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the left.

     SEC. 1093. DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN LOBBYING.

       Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
     U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
       (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ``the offense.'' and 
     inserting the following: ``the offense; and
       ``(8) notwithstanding paragraph (4), the name and address 
     of each government of a foreign country (including any agency 
     or subdivision of a government of a foreign country, such as 
     a regional or municipal unit of government) and foreign 
     political party, other than the client, that participates in 
     the direction, planning, supervision, or control of any 
     lobbying activities of the registrant.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 850. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. SLOAN CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA BOUNDARY 
                   ADJUSTMENT.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Conservation area.--The term ``Conservation Area'' 
     means the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
     Land Management).
       (b) Boundary Adjustment.--
       (1) Map.--Section 603(4) of the Sloan Canyon National 
     Conservation Area Act (16

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     U.S.C. 460qqq-1(4)) is amended by striking ``map entitled 
     `Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act' and dated 
     October 1, 2002'' and inserting ``map entitled `Proposed 
     Sloan Canyon Expansion' and dated June 7, 2023''.
       (2) Acreage.--Section 604(b) of the Sloan Canyon National 
     Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-2(b)) is amended by 
     striking ``48,438'' and inserting ``57,728''.
       (c) Right-of-Way.--Section 605 of the Sloan Canyon National 
     Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-3) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Horizon Lateral Pipeline Right-of-Way.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding sections 202 and 503 of 
     the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
     1712, 1763) and subject to valid existing rights and 
     paragraph (3), the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
     the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (referred to in 
     this subsection as the `Secretary'), shall, not later than 1 
     year after the date of enactment of this subsection, grant to 
     the Southern Nevada Water Authority (referred to in this 
     subsection as the `Authority'), not subject to the payment of 
     rents or other charges, the temporary and permanent water 
     pipeline infrastructure, and outside the boundaries of the 
     Conservation Area, powerline, facility, and access road 
     rights-of-way depicted on the map for the purposes of--
       ``(A) performing geotechnical investigations within the 
     rights-of-way; and
       ``(B) constructing and operating water transmission and 
     related facilities.
       ``(2) Excavation and disposal.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Authority may, without 
     consideration, excavate and use or dispose of sand, gravel, 
     minerals, or other materials from the tunneling of the water 
     pipeline necessary to fulfill the purpose of the rights-of-
     way granted under paragraph (1).
       ``(B) Memorandum of understanding.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the date on which the rights-of-way are granted under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Authority shall enter 
     into a memorandum of understanding identifying Federal land 
     on which the Authority may dispose of materials under 
     subparagraph (A) to further the interests of the Bureau of 
     Land Management.
       ``(3) Requirements.--A right-of-way issued under this 
     subsection shall be subject to the following requirements:
       ``(A) The Secretary may include reasonable terms and 
     conditions, consistent with section 505 of the Federal Land 
     Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1765), as are 
     necessary to protect Conservation Area resources.
       ``(B) Construction of the water pipeline shall not 
     permanently adversely affect conservation area surface 
     resources.
       ``(C) The right-of-way shall not be located through or 
     under any area designated as wilderness.''.
       (d) Preservation of Transmission and Utility Corridors and 
     Rights-of-way.--The expansion of the Conservation Area 
     boundary under the amendment made by subsection (b)--
       (1) shall be subject to valid existing rights, including 
     land within a designated utility transmission corridor or a 
     transmission line right-of-way grant approved by the 
     Secretary in a record of decision issued before the date of 
     enactment of this Act;
       (2) shall not preclude--
       (A) any activity authorized in accordance with a designated 
     corridor or right-of-way referred to in paragraph (1), 
     including the operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement 
     of any authorized utility facility within the corridor or 
     right-of-way; or
       (B) the Secretary from authorizing the establishment of a 
     new utility facility right-of-way within an existing 
     designated transportation and utility corridor referred to in 
     paragraph (1) in accordance with--
       (i) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
     U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other applicable laws; and
       (ii) subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate; and
       (3) except as provided in the amendment made by subsection 
     (c), modifies the management of the Conservation Area 
     pursuant to section 605 of the Sloan Canyon National 
     Conservation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460qqq-3).

     SEC. 10__. APEX PROJECT, NEVADA LAND TRANSFER AND 
                   AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1989.

       (a) Definitions.--Section 2(b) of the Apex Project, Nevada 
     Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-
     67; 103 Stat. 169)--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``As 
     used in this Act, the following terms shall have the 
     following meanings--'' and inserting ``In this Act:'';
       (2) in each of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5), by 
     inserting a paragraph heading, the text of which comprises 
     the term defined in that paragraph;
       (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``County; clark 
     county.--'' before ``The term'';
       (4) in paragraph (6)--
       (A) by inserting ``FLPMA terms.--'' before ``All''; and
       (B) by inserting ``(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)'' before the 
     period at the end;
       (5) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), 
     and (6) as paragraphs (7), (6), (4), (5), (2), and (8), 
     respectively;
       (6) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
     the following:
       ``(1) Apex industrial park owners association.--The term 
     `Apex Industrial Park Owners Association' has the meaning 
     given the term in the charter document for the entity 
     entitled `Apex Industrial Park Owners Association', which was 
     formed on April 9, 2001, and any successor documents to the 
     charter document, as on file with the Nevada Secretary of 
     State.''; and
       (7) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
     the following:
       ``(3) City.--The term `City' means the city of North Las 
     Vegas, Nevada.''.
       (b) Kerr-McGee Site Transfer.--Section 3(b) of the Apex 
     Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 
     (Public Law 101-67; 103 Stat. 170) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``Clark County for the connection'' and 
     inserting ``Clark County, the City, and the Apex Industrial 
     Park Owners Association, individually or jointly, as 
     appropriate, for the connection'';
       (B) by striking ``Kerr-McGee Site'' and inserting ``Kerr-
     McGee Site and other land conveyed in accordance with this 
     Act''; and
       (C) by inserting ``(or any successor map prepared by the 
     Secretary)'' after ``May 1989''; and
       (2) in the third sentence, by inserting ``, the City, or 
     the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association, individually or 
     jointly, as appropriate,'' after ``Clark County''.
       (c) Authorization for Additional Transfers.--Section 4 of 
     the Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act 
     of 1989 (Public Law 101-67; 103 Stat. 171)--
       (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``Pursuant'' and all 
     that follows through ``Clark County'' and inserting ``During 
     any period in which the requirements of section 6 are met, 
     pursuant to applicable law, the Secretary shall grant to 
     Clark County, the City, and the Apex Industrial Park Owners 
     Association''; and
       (2) in subsection (e)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the last sentence and 
     inserting ``The withdrawal made by this subsection shall 
     continue in perpetuity for all land transferred in accordance 
     with this Act.''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Mineral Materials Sale.--In the case of the sale of 
     mineral materials resulting from grading, land balancing, or 
     other activities on the surface of a parcel within the Apex 
     Site for which the United States retains an interest in the 
     minerals--
       ``(A) it shall be considered impracticable to obtain 
     competition for purposes of section 3602.31(a)(2) of title 
     43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
     enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2024); and
       ``(B) the sale shall be exempt from the quantity and term 
     limitations imposed on noncompetitive sales under subpart 
     3602 of that title (as in effect on the date of enactment of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2024).''.
       (d) Environmental Considerations.--Section 6 of the Apex 
     Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 
     (Public Law 101-67; 103 Stat. 173) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(d) Compliance With Environmental Assessments.--Each 
     transfer by the United States of land or interest in lands 
     within the Apex Site or rights-of-way issued pursuant to this 
     Act shall be conditioned on the compliance with applicable 
     Federal land laws, including the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal 
     Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
     seq.).''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 851. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. 1299L. EXTENSION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON STRIKES UNDERTAKEN 
                   BY THE UNITED STATES AGAINST TERRORIST TARGETS 
                   OUTSIDE AREAS OF ACTIVE HOSTILITIES.

       Section 1723 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1811) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``until 2022'' and 
     inserting ``until 2033'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``The report'' and inserting ``Each report''; and
       (B) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``The report'' and 
     inserting ``Each report''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 852. Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Warren) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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:


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       At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 144. REPORT ON PROCUREMENT COSTS OF NONTACTICAL 
                   VEHICLES.

       The Secretary of Defense, when conducting any action with 
     the Government Services Administration relating to the 
     procurement or requisition of a nontactical vehicle, shall 
     submit to Congress a report that, at a minimum, identifies--
       (1) types of vehicles by--
       (A) size; and
       (B) fuel source; and
       (2) the total estimated cost savings and avoided emissions 
     that result or would have resulted from the purchase or lease 
     of a zero-emission vehicle instead of an internal combustion 
     engine vehicle.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 853. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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:

       On page 695, strike lines 1 through 5 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1296. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY AND QUARTERLY REPORT 
                   REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO REDRESS 
                   INJURY AND LOSS.

       (a) Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 1213 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (10 
     U.S.C. 2731 note) is amended by striking ``$3,000,000 for 
     each calendar year'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for each 
     calendar year, except in extraordinary circumstances at the 
     discretion of the Secretary of Defense,''.
       (b) Quarterly Report.--Subsection (h) of such section is 
     amended--
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 854. Mr. VANCE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON MUNITIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES TO 
                   UKRAINE.

       Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the President shall submit to the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the House of Representatives a report that 
     includes the following:
       (1) A full list of the munitions provided to Ukraine by the 
     United States between January 1, 2022 and the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (2) An identification of the length of time of 
     manufacturing rates, as of the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, to replace United States stocks of the munitions 
     described in paragraph (1).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 855. Mr. VANCE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 H of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 584. DIGITAL AMBASSADOR PROGRAM OF THE NAVY: CESSATION; 
                   REPORT; RESTART.

       (a) Cessation.--The Secretary of the Navy shall cease all 
     activities of the digital ambassador program of the Office of 
     Information of the Department of the Navy. The Secretary 
     shall notify each individual designated as a digital 
     ambassador of such cessation and that the individual is not 
     authorized to act as a digital ambassador of the Navy.
       (b) Restart.--The Secretary may not restart such program 
     until 60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits 
     to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 
     of Representatives a report containing the following:
       (1) All policies and documents of the program.
       (2) The number of digital ambassadors designated.
       (3) The process and criteria for such designation.
       (4) The duties of a digital ambassador.
       (5) The online platforms (including social media) on which 
     an individual is authorized under such program to perform 
     duties of a digital ambassador.
       (6) The determination of the Secretary that such program 
     complies with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 856. Mr. VANCE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. __. CERTAIN DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIVERSITY 
                   RESEARCH FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Disclosures Required.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall require the principal investigator of any covered 
     research program at an institution of higher education to 
     accurately and completely disclose to the Department of 
     Defense the following:
       (1) At the time of application for funding from the 
     Department of Defense for a covered research program, 
     disclose, with respect to each researcher who is expected to 
     participate in the program--
       (A) date and place of birth, country of citizenship, and 
     immigration status in the case of a foreign national;
       (B) educational background from undergraduate education 
     onwards;
       (C) professional and employment background, as applicable, 
     including any history of working for a foreign government or 
     on foreign government sponsored projects;
       (D) all previous and concurrent research, academic and 
     corporate positions, ties, or relationships;
       (E) past and current affiliation with foreign governments, 
     including foreign political parties or organizations, and 
     military ties, as applicable, in case of foreign national;
       (F) past or current involvement in any foreign talent 
     programs;
       (G) memberships in foreign and United States academic and 
     professional associations and organizations; and
       (H) a list of all publications published anywhere in any 
     language, peer reviewed or non-peer reviewed, including all 
     mentions of foreign funding, research collaborations, and in 
     kind support that supported the research and publication.
       (2) Disclose the information specified in paragraph (1) 
     with respect to any researcher who joins a covered research 
     program after funding is awarded by the Department of Defense 
     not later than 90 days after the researcher joins the 
     program.
       (3) Beginning not later than one year after funding is 
     awarded by the Department of Defense for a covered research 
     program, and annually thereafter through the end of the award 
     period, disclose--
       (A) any direct, indirect, formal, or informal collaboration 
     that the principal investigator, either independently or as 
     the lead of the covered research program, enters into with 
     any third-party persons or entities, including the identity 
     and nationality of the third party collaborator, the nature 
     of the collaboration (whether direct, indirect, formal or 
     informal) and the terms and conditions of such collaboration; 
     and
       (B) any change of status with regard to a researcher who 
     was the subject of a disclosure under paragraphs (1) or (2), 
     including any departure of such researcher from the program, 
     the terms of such departure, change of immigration status, 
     and change in foreign ties and collaboration.
       (b) Form; Public Availability of Information.--Each 
     disclosure under subsection (a) shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form and shall be made available on a publicly 
     accessible website of the Federal Government.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``covered research program'' means any 
     research program, research project, or other research 
     activity (including classified and unclassified research) 
     that is--
       (A) conducted by an institution of higher education; and
       (B) funded, in whole or in part, by the Department of 
     Defense;
       (2) the term ``institution of higher education'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 102 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002) and includes any 
     department, program, project, faculty, researcher, or other 
     individual, entity, or activity of such institution; and
       (3) the term ``researcher'' means any person who has access 
     to research information under a covered research program, 
     including the principal investigator and any graduate 
     students, post-doctoral fellows, or visiting scholars 
     participating in such program.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 857. Mr. VANCE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 A of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2816. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION 
                   OF UNPAVED ASSAULT RUNWAY FOR YOUNGSTOWN AIR 
                   RESERVE STATION, OHIO.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
     Defense $15,000,000 for fiscal

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     year 2024 to construct an unpaved assault runway for 
     Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 858. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. Budd) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10____. FEDERAL RECOGNITION.

       The Act of June 7, 1956 (70 Stat. 254, chapter 375), is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking section 2;
       (2) in the first sentence of the first section, by striking 
     ``That the Indians'' and inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF LUMBEE INDIANS.

       ``The Indians'';
       (3) in the preamble--
       (A) by inserting before the first undesignated clause the 
     following:

     ``SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

       ``Congress finds that--'';
       (B) by designating the undesignated clauses as paragraphs 
     (1) through (4), respectively, and indenting appropriately;
       (C) by striking ``Whereas'' each place it appears;
       (D) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon at the end of 
     each of paragraphs (1) and (2) (as so designated); and
       (E) in paragraph (4) (as so designated), by striking ``: 
     Now, therefore,'' and inserting a period;
       (4) by moving the enacting clause so as to appear before 
     section 1 (as so designated);
       (5) by striking the last sentence of section 3 (as 
     designated by paragraph (2));
       (6) by inserting before section 3 (as designated by 
     paragraph (2)) the following:

     ``SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       ``In this Act:
       ``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       ``(2) Tribe.--The term `Tribe' means the Lumbee Tribe of 
     North Carolina or the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina.''; 
     and
       (7) by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 4. FEDERAL RECOGNITION.

       ``(a) In General.--Federal recognition is extended to the 
     Tribe (as designated as petitioner number 65 by the Office of 
     Federal Acknowledgment).
       ``(b) Applicability of Laws.--All laws and regulations of 
     the United States of general application to Indians and 
     Indian tribes shall apply to the Tribe and its members.
       ``(c) Petition for Acknowledgment.--Notwithstanding section 
     3, any group of Indians in Robeson and adjoining counties, 
     North Carolina, whose members are not enrolled in the Tribe 
     (as determined under section 5(d)) may petition under part 83 
     of title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations for 
     acknowledgment of tribal existence.

     ``SEC. 5. ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL SERVICES.

       ``(a) In General.--The Tribe and its members shall be 
     eligible for all services and benefits provided by the 
     Federal Government to federally recognized Indian tribes.
       ``(b) Service Area.--For the purpose of the delivery of 
     Federal services and benefits described in subsection (a), 
     those members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, 
     Hoke, and Scotland counties in North Carolina shall be deemed 
     to be residing on or near an Indian reservation.
       ``(c) Determination of Needs.--On verification by the 
     Secretary of a tribal roll under subsection (d), the 
     Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall--
       ``(1) develop, in consultation with the Tribe, a 
     determination of needs to provide the services for which 
     members of the Tribe are eligible; and
       ``(2) after the tribal roll is verified, each submit to 
     Congress a written statement of those needs.
       ``(d) Tribal Roll.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purpose of the delivery of Federal 
     services and benefits described in subsection (a), the tribal 
     roll in effect on the date of enactment of this section 
     shall, subject to verification by the Secretary, define the 
     service population of the Tribe.
       ``(2) Verification limitation and deadline.--The 
     verification by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall--
       ``(A) be limited to confirming documentary proof of 
     compliance with the membership criteria set out in the 
     constitution of the Tribe adopted on November 16, 2001; and
       ``(B) be completed not later than 2 years after the 
     submission of a digitized roll with supporting documentary 
     proof by the Tribe to the Secretary.

     ``SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION TO TAKE LAND INTO TRUST.

       ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary is hereby authorized to take land into 
     trust for the benefit of the Tribe.
       ``(b) Treatment of Certain Land.--An application to take 
     into trust land located within Robeson County, North 
     Carolina, under this section shall be treated by the 
     Secretary as an `on reservation' trust acquisition under part 
     151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
     regulation).

     ``SEC. 7. JURISDICTION OF STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

       ``(a) In General.--With respect to land located within the 
     State of North Carolina that is owned by, or held in trust by 
     the United States for the benefit of, the Tribe, or any 
     dependent Indian community of the Tribe, the State of North 
     Carolina shall exercise jurisdiction over--
       ``(1) all criminal offenses that are committed; and
       ``(2) all civil actions that arise.
       ``(b) Transfer of Jurisdiction.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
     may accept on behalf of the United States, after consulting 
     with the Attorney General of the United States, any transfer 
     by the State of North Carolina to the United States of any 
     portion of the jurisdiction of the State of North Carolina 
     described in subsection (a) over Indian country occupied by 
     the Tribe pursuant to an agreement between the Tribe and the 
     State of North Carolina.
       ``(2) Restriction.--A transfer of jurisdiction described in 
     paragraph (1) may not take effect until 2 years after the 
     effective date of the agreement described in that paragraph.
       ``(c) Effect.--Nothing in this section affects the 
     application of section 109 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 
     1978 (25 U.S.C. 1919).

     ``SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       ``There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
     necessary to carry out this Act.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 859. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES PROJECTS 
                   FOR B-21 BOMBER AIRCRAFT AT DYESS AIR FORCE 
                   BASE.

       (a) Additional Funding.--The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2024 by section 301 for 
     operation and maintenance for the Air Force is hereby 
     increased by $45,000,000, with the amount of the increase to 
     be available for facilities sustainment to carry out 
     infrastructure and facilities projects to make Dyess Air 
     Force Base capable to receive nuclear-capable B-21 bomber 
     aircraft, including--
       (1) project 100012 (ADAL Traffic Lanes Tye Gate Entry);
       (2) project 100009 (ADAL Traffic Lanes Main Gate Entry);
       (3) project 203002 (Hazardous Cargo Pad); and
       (4) project 033005 (Enlisted Dorm).
       (b) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2024 by section 201 for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for the Air Force is hereby decreased by 
     $45,000,000, with the amount of the decrease to be taken from 
     amounts available for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation for the B-21 bomber program (PE 0604015F).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 860. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. 2__. STRATEGY ON SOLID ROCKET DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to Congress a strategy to ensure the United 
     States remains at the forefront in solid rocket development.
       (b) Elements.--The strategy submitted pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall include strategies for the following:
       (1) Bringing new entrants into the solid rocket motor 
     industrial base of the United States.
       (2) Accelerating manufacturing technologies that can help 
     meet the replenishment needs in critical munitions.
       (3) Ensuring that competitive procurements are used and 
     nontraditional providers are encouraged to compete and become 
     qualified new entrants.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 861. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, and Ms. Rosen) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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:


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       At the appropriate place in subtitle C of title II, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR 
                   STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DETERRENCE.

       (a) In General.--The Commander of Air Force Global Strike 
     Command may, through the use of a partnership intermediary, 
     establish a program--
       (1) to carry out technology transition, digital engineering 
     projects, and other innovation activities supporting the Air 
     Force nuclear enterprise; and
       (2) to discover capabilities that have the potential to 
     generate life-cycle cost savings and provide data-driven 
     approaches to resource allocation.
       (b) Termination.--The program established under subsection 
     (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2029.
       (c) Partnership Intermediary Defined.--The term 
     ``partnership intermediary'' has the meaning given the term 
     in section 23(c) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
     Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3715(c)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 862. Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Welch) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. CREDIT CARD COMPETITION.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Credit 
     Card Competition Act of 2023''.
       (b) Competition in Credit Card Transactions.--
       (1) In general.--Section 921 of the Electronic Fund 
     Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693o-2) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
     paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
       (ii) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) Competition in credit card transactions.--
       ``(A) No exclusive network.--
       ``(i) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of the Credit Card Competition Act of 2023, the 
     Board shall prescribe regulations providing that a covered 
     card issuer or payment card network shall not directly or 
     through any agent, processor, or licensed member of a payment 
     card network, by contract, requirement, condition, penalty, 
     technological specification, or otherwise, restrict the 
     number of payment card networks on which an electronic credit 
     transaction may be processed to--

       ``(I) 1 such network;
       ``(II) 2 or more such networks, if--

       ``(aa) each such network is owned, controlled, or otherwise 
     operated by--
       ``(AA) affiliated persons; or
       ``(BB) networks affiliated with such issuer; or
       ``(bb) any such network is identified on the list 
     established and updated under subparagraph (D); or

       ``(III) subject to clause (ii), the 2 such networks that 
     hold the 2 largest market shares with respect to the number 
     of credit cards issued in the United States by licensed 
     members of such networks (and enabled to be processed through 
     such networks), as determined by the Board on the date on 
     which the Board prescribes the regulations.

       ``(ii) Determinations by board.--

       ``(I) In general.--The Board, not later than 3 years after 
     the date on which the regulations prescribed under clause (i) 
     take effect, and not less frequently than once every 3 years 
     thereafter, shall determine whether the 2 networks identified 
     under clause (i)(III) have changed, as compared with the most 
     recent such determination by the Board.
       ``(II) Effect of determination.--If the Board, under 
     subclause (I), determines that the 2 networks described in 
     clause (i)(III) have changed (as compared with the most 
     recent such determination by the Board), clause (i)(III) 
     shall no longer have any force or effect.

       ``(B) No routing restrictions.--Not later than 1 year after 
     the date of enactment of the Credit Card Competition Act of 
     2023, the Board shall prescribe regulations providing that a 
     covered card issuer or payment card network shall not--
       ``(i) directly or through any agent, processor, or licensed 
     member of the network, by contract, requirement, condition, 
     penalty, or otherwise--

       ``(I) inhibit the ability of any person who accepts credit 
     cards for payments to direct the routing of electronic credit 
     transactions for processing over any payment card network 
     that--

       ``(aa) may process such transactions; and
       ``(bb) is not on the list established and updated by the 
     Board under subparagraph (D);

       ``(II) require any person who accepts credit cards for 
     payments to exclusively use, for transactions associated with 
     a particular credit card, an authentication, tokenization, or 
     other security technology that cannot be used by all of the 
     payment card networks that may process electronic credit 
     transactions for that particular credit card; or
       ``(III) inhibit the ability of another payment card network 
     to handle or process electronic credit transactions using an 
     authentication, tokenization, or other security technology 
     for the processing of those electronic credit transactions; 
     or

       ``(ii) impose any penalty or disadvantage, financial or 
     otherwise, on any person for--

       ``(I) choosing to direct the routing of an electronic 
     credit transaction over any payment card network on which the 
     electronic credit transaction may be processed; or
       ``(II) failing to ensure that a certain number, or 
     aggregate dollar amount, of electronic credit transactions 
     are handled by a particular payment card network.

       ``(C) Applicability.--The regulations prescribed under 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply to a credit card 
     issued in a 3-party payment system model.
       ``(D) Designation of national security risks.--
       ``(i) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of the Credit Card Competition Act of 2023, the 
     Board, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     shall prescribe regulations to establish a public list of any 
     payment card network--

       ``(I) the processing of electronic credit transactions by 
     which is determined by the Board to pose a risk to the 
     national security of the United States; or
       ``(II) that is owned, operated, or sponsored by a foreign 
     state entity.

       ``(ii) Updating of list.--Not less frequently than once 
     every 2 years after the date on which the Board establishes 
     the public list required under clause (i), the Board, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall update 
     that list.
       ``(E) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
       ``(i) the terms `card issuer' and `creditor' have the 
     meanings given the terms in section 103 of the Truth in 
     Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1602);
       ``(ii) the term `covered card issuer' means a card issuer 
     that, together with the affiliates of the card issuer, has 
     assets of more than $100,000,000,000;
       ``(iii) the term `credit card issued in a 3-party payment 
     system model' means a credit card issued by a card issuer 
     that is--

       ``(I) the payment card network with respect to the credit 
     card; or
       ``(II) under common ownership with the payment card network 
     with respect to the credit card;

       ``(iv) the term `electronic credit transaction'--

       ``(I) means a transaction in which a person uses a credit 
     card; and
       ``(II) includes a transaction in which a person does not 
     physically present a credit card for payment, including a 
     transaction involving the entry of credit card information 
     onto, or use of credit card information in conjunction with, 
     a website interface or a mobile telephone application; and

       ``(v) the term `licensed member' includes, with respect to 
     a payment card network--

       ``(I) a creditor or card issuer that is authorized to issue 
     credit cards bearing any logo of the payment card network; 
     and
       ``(II) any person, including any financial institution and 
     any person that may be referred to as an `acquirer', that is 
     authorized to--

       ``(aa) screen and accept any person into any program under 
     which that person may accept, for payment for goods or 
     services, a credit card bearing any logo of the payment card 
     network;
       ``(bb) process transactions on behalf of any person who 
     accepts credit cards for payments; and
       ``(cc) complete financial settlement of any transaction on 
     behalf of a person who accepts credit cards for payments.''; 
     and
       (B) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ``, except that the 
     Bureau shall not have authority to enforce the requirements 
     of this section or any regulations prescribed by the Board 
     under this section'' after ``section 918''.
       (2) Effective date.--Each set of regulations prescribed by 
     the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under 
     paragraph (2) of section 921(b) of the Electronic Fund 
     Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693o-2(b)), as amended by this 
     section, shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after 
     the date on which the Board prescribes the final version of 
     that set of regulations.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 863. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. REPORT ON IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IN REGIONAL 
                   NARCOTICS TRADE.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Middle East narcotics trade continues to evolve, 
     including through expanding volumes and routes facilitating 
     the sale, supply, or transfer of captagon and 
     methamphetamines throughout the region.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of

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     National Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
     the Select Committee on Intelligence in the Senate a report 
     on Iranian involvement in the narcotics trade in the Middle 
     East region. Such report shall include each of the following:
       (1) An assessment of any element of the Government of Iran, 
     including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (in this 
     section referred to as the ``IRGC'') and any Iran-backed 
     group operating in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, or Yemen, that 
     supports the sale, supply, or transfer of narcotics in the 
     Middle East region.
       (2) An assessment of the benefits accrued from the sale, 
     supply, and transfer of narcotics in the region by any 
     element of the Government of Iran, including the IRGC and any 
     Iran-backed groups operating in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, or 
     Yemen.
       (3) An assessment of all foreign terrorist organizations to 
     or for which the IRGC, or any person owned or controlled by 
     the IRGC, provides material support in the sale, supply, 
     transfer, or production of captagon or other related 
     narcotics or precursors in the Middle East and North Africa.
       (4) An assessment of activities conducted by the IRGC in 
     Afghanistan related to the trade of methamphetamine or 
     opiates, including synthetic opiates.
       (5) A detailed account of intercepted transfers involving 
     the United States Fifth Fleet of narcotics from Iran or 
     involving Iranian nationals or persons acting, or purporting 
     to act, for or on behalf of the Government of Iran, including 
     the IRGC.
       (c) Form.--The report required under subsection (b) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a 
     classified annex.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 864. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 B of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1015. THREAT ANALYSIS REGARDING FENTANYL CRISIS.

       (a) Threat Analysis.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Director of the Defense Threat 
     Reduction Agency and the Office of the Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization 
     Policy, shall conduct an analysis of--
       (1) any potential threats the illicit fentanyl drug trade 
     poses to the defense interests of the United States;
       (2) the illicit fentanyl drug trade, including the 
     manufacture, distribution, and sale or trade, and trans-
     shipment of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances;
       (3) new or emerging techniques or technologies that are 
     likely to affect the evolution of the illicit fentanyl drug 
     trade; and
       (4) United States laws, executive orders, secretarial 
     orders, and agency actions that are likely affecting the 
     evolution of the illicit fentanyl drug trade across the 
     southern border of the United States.
       (b) Report.--Not later than March 31, 2024, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report that includes--
       (1) the threat analysis required under subsection (a), 
     including any recommendations of the Secretary for any 
     related actions;
       (2) any actions the Department of Defense has taken in 
     response to such threat analysis; and
       (3) any other matter the Secretary of Defense determines to 
     be appropriate.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 865. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING 
                   RESTRICTIONS ON INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
                   EDUCATION THAT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH 
                   CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.

       (a) Restrictions on Institutions of Higher Education.--
     Beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after the 
     date that is 12 months after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 
     that an institution of higher education (referred to in this 
     section as an ``institution'') which has a relationship with 
     a Confucius Institute or Chinese entity of concern is 
     ineligible to receive any funds from the Department of 
     Homeland Security, unless the institution terminates the 
     relationship between the institution and such Confucius 
     Institute or Chinese entity of concern, as the case may be. 
     Upon the termination of such a relationship, the institution 
     at issue shall be eligible to receive funds from the 
     Department of Homeland Security.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Chinese entity of concern.--The term ``Chinese entity 
     of concern'' means any university or college in the People's 
     Republic of China that--
       (A) is involved in the implementation of military-civil 
     fusion;
       (B) participates in the Chinese defense industrial base;
       (C) is affiliated with the Chinese State Administration for 
     Science, Technology and Industry for the National Defense;
       (D) receives funding from any organization subordinate to 
     the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist 
     Party; or
       (E) provides support to any security, defense, police, or 
     intelligence organization of the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.
       (2) Confucius institute.--The term ``Confucius Institute'' 
     means a cultural institute funded by the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China.
       (3) Institution of higher education.--The term 
     ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1002).
       (4) Relationship.--The term ``relationship'' means, with 
     respect to an institution of higher education, any contract 
     awarded, or agreement entered into, as well as any in-kind 
     donation or gift, received from a Confucius Institute or 
     Chinese entity of concern.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 866. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL CHINESE COMPANY 
                   INVESTMENT PROHIBITION.

       Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Office of Strategic Capital in the Office of the Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering may not 
     invest in or guarantee or otherwise facilitate any investment 
     in any entity--
       (1) incorporated under the laws of the People's Republic of 
     China; or
       (2) of which more than 50 percent is owned, directly or 
     indirectly, by--
       (A) citizens of the People's Republic of China;
       (B) entities incorporated under the laws of the People's 
     Republic of China; or
       (C) any combination of the individuals and entities 
     described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 867. Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:

     SEC. __. RECEIPT OF GRANT FUNDS BY UNITED STATES NAVAL 
                   ACADEMY EMPLOYEES.

       Section 8452 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection (d):
       ``(d) Notwithstanding section 5533 of title 5, employees of 
     the Naval Academy who are on leave without pay, due to the 
     regular 10-month pay schedule and not due to discipline or 
     other reasons, are eligible to receive funds, including for 
     salary and fringe benefit payments, from grant funds provided 
     by Federal agencies other than the Naval Academy, including 
     the National Institutes of Health, the National Science 
     Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Department of 
     Energy, and the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration.''.
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  SA 868. Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:

     SEC. __. RECEIPT OF GRANT FUNDS BY UNITED STATES NAVAL 
                   ACADEMY EMPLOYEES.

       Section 8452 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

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       (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection (d):
       ``(d) Employees of the Naval Academy who are on leave 
     without pay, due to the regular 10-month pay schedule and not 
     due to discipline or other reasons, are eligible to receive 
     funds, including for salary and fringe benefit payments, from 
     grant funds provided by Federal agencies other than the Naval 
     Academy, including the National Institutes of Health, the 
     National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, 
     the Department of Energy, and the National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration.''.
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  SA 869. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. STEM APPRENTICESHIPS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 9901(2) of the William M. 
     (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 4651(2)).
       (2) Eligible recipient.--The term ``eligible recipient'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 30(b) of the 
     Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
     3723(b)).
       (3) Labor organization.--The term ``labor organization'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 2(5) of the 
     National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(5)), except that 
     such term shall also include--
       (A) any organization composed of labor organizations, such 
     as a labor union federation or a State or municipal labor 
     body; and
       (B) any organization which would be included in the 
     definition for such term under such section 2(5) but for the 
     fact that the organization represents--
       (i) individuals employed by the United States, any wholly 
     owned Government corporation, any Federal Reserve Bank, or 
     any State or political subdivision thereof;
       (ii) individuals employed by persons subject to the Railway 
     Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or
       (iii) individuals employed as agricultural laborers.
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Commerce.
       (5) STEM.--The term ``STEM'' means the fields of science, 
     technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer 
     science.
       (b) CHIPS STEM Apprenticeships.--The Secretary shall make 
     awards to covered entities to develop and expand STEM 
     apprenticeship programs.
       (c) STEM Apprenticeships for Key Technology Focus Areas.--
     The Secretary shall make awards to eligible recipients and 
     labor organizations to develop and expand STEM apprenticeship 
     programs, including programs focused on the key technology 
     focus areas identified under section 10387 of Public Law 117-
     167 (commonly known as the ``CHIPS and Science Act of 2022'') 
     (42 U.S.C. 19107).
       (d) Additional Use of Funds.--In making awards under 
     subsections (b) and (c) the Secretary may also make awards 
     to--
       (1) develop and disseminate best practices for STEM 
     apprenticeship programs; and
       (2) identify national and regional workforce needs that can 
     be addressed through STEM apprenticeship programs.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section 
     $2,000,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, 
     of which--
       (1) $1,000,000,000 is authorized for awards made under 
     subsection (b); and
       (2) $1,000,000,000 is authorized for awards made under 
     subsection (c).
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  SA 870. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. Carper) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title XXXI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 31___. ACCELERATING DEPLOYMENT OF VERSATILE, ADVANCED 
                   NUCLEAR FOR CLEAN ENERGY.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for 
     Clean Energy Act of 2023'' or the ``ADVANCE Act of 2023''.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Accident tolerant fuel.--The term ``accident tolerant 
     fuel'' has the meaning given the term in section 107(a) of 
     the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (Public 
     Law 115-439; 132 Stat. 5577).
       (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       (3) Advanced nuclear fuel.--The term ``advanced nuclear 
     fuel'' means--
       (A) advanced nuclear reactor fuel; and
       (B) accident tolerant fuel.
       (4) Advanced nuclear reactor.--The term ``advanced nuclear 
     reactor'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the 
     Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 
     2215 note; Public Law 115-439).
       (5) Advanced nuclear reactor fuel.--The term ``advanced 
     nuclear reactor fuel'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 3 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 2215 note; Public Law 115-439).
       (6) Appropriate committees of Congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (7) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission.
       (8) Institution of higher education.--The term 
     ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
       (9) National laboratory.--The term ``National Laboratory'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
       (c) International Nuclear Reactor Export and Innovation 
     Activities.--
       (1) Coordination.--
       (A) In general.--The Commission shall--
       (i) coordinate all work of the Commission relating to--

       (I) nuclear reactor import and export licensing; and
       (II) international regulatory cooperation and assistance 
     relating to nuclear reactors, including with countries that 
     are members of--

       (aa) the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and 
     Development; or
       (bb) the Nuclear Energy Agency; and
       (ii) support interagency and international coordination 
     with respect to--

       (I) the consideration of international technical standards 
     to establish the licensing and regulatory basis to assist the 
     design, construction, and operation of nuclear systems;
       (II) efforts to help build competent nuclear regulatory 
     organizations and legal frameworks in countries seeking to 
     develop nuclear power; and
       (III) exchange programs and training provided, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, to other countries 
     relating to nuclear regulation and oversight to improve 
     nuclear technology licensing, in accordance with subparagraph 
     (B).

       (B) Exchange programs and training.--With respect to the 
     exchange programs and training described in subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)(III), the Commission shall coordinate, as applicable, 
     with--
       (i) the Secretary of Energy;
       (ii) the Secretary of State;
       (iii) National Laboratories;
       (iv) the private sector; and
       (v) institutions of higher education.
       (2) Authority to establish branch.--The Commission may 
     establish within the Office of International Programs a 
     branch, to be known as the ``International Nuclear Reactor 
     Export and Innovation Branch'', to carry out such 
     international nuclear reactor export and innovation 
     activities as the Commission determines to be appropriate and 
     within the mission of the Commission.
       (3) Exclusion of international activities from the fee 
     base.--
       (A) In general.--Section 102 of the Nuclear Energy 
     Innovation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215) is 
     amended--
       (i) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) International nuclear reactor export and innovation 
     activities.--The Commission shall identify in the annual 
     budget justification international nuclear reactor export and 
     innovation activities described in subsection (c)(1) of the 
     ADVANCE Act of 2023.''; and
       (ii) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(iv) Costs for international nuclear reactor export and 
     innovation activities described in subsection (c)(1) of the 
     ADVANCE Act of 2023.''.
       (B) Effective date.--The amendments made by subparagraph 
     (A) shall take effect on October 1, 2024.
       (4) Coordination.--The Commission shall coordinate all 
     international activities under this subsection with the 
     Secretary of State and other applicable agencies, as 
     appropriate.
       (5) Savings clause.--Nothing in this subsection alters the 
     authority of the Commission to license and regulate the 
     civilian use of radioactive materials.
       (d) Denial of Certain Domestic Licenses for National 
     Security Purposes.--
       (1) Definition of covered fuel.--In this subsection, the 
     term ``covered fuel'' means enriched uranium that is 
     fabricated into fuel assemblies for nuclear reactors by an 
     entity that--
       (A) is owned or controlled by the Government of the Russian 
     Federation or the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China; or

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       (B) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise subject to 
     the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation or the People's 
     Republic of China.
       (2) Prohibition on unlicensed possession or ownership of 
     covered fuel.--Unless specifically authorized by the 
     Commission in a license issued under section 53 of the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2073) and part 70 of title 10, 
     Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), no 
     person subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission may 
     possess or own covered fuel.
       (3) License to possess or own covered fuel.--
       (A) Consultation required prior to issuance.--The 
     Commission shall not issue a license to possess or own 
     covered fuel under section 53 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
     1954 (42 U.S.C. 2073) and part 70 of title 10, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), unless the 
     Commission has first consulted with the Secretary of Energy 
     and the Secretary of State before issuing the license.
       (B) Prohibition on issuance of license.--
       (i) In general.--Subject to clause (iii), a license to 
     possess or own covered fuel shall not be issued if the 
     Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State make the 
     determination described in clause (ii)(I)(aa).
       (ii) Determination.--

       (I) In general.--The determination referred to in clause 
     (i) is a determination that possession or ownership, as 
     applicable, of covered fuel--

       (aa) poses a threat to the national security of the United 
     States, including because of an adverse impact on the 
     physical and economic security of the United States; or
       (bb) does not pose a threat to the national security of the 
     United States.

       (II) Joint determination.--A determination described in 
     subclause (I) shall be jointly made by the Secretary of 
     Energy and the Secretary of State.
       (III) Timeline.--

       (aa) Notice of application.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date on which the Commission receives an application for 
     a license to possess or own covered fuel, the Commission 
     shall notify the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of 
     State of the application.
       (bb) Determination.--The Secretary of Energy and the 
     Secretary of State shall have a period of 180 days, beginning 
     on the date on which the Commission notifies the Secretary of 
     Energy and the Secretary of State under item (aa) of an 
     application for a license to possess or own covered fuel, in 
     which to make the determination described in subclause (I).
       (cc) Commission notification.--On making the determination 
     described in subclause (I), the Secretary of Energy and the 
     Secretary of State shall immediately notify the Commission.
       (dd) Congressional notification.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the date on which the Secretary of Energy and the 
     Secretary of State notify the Commission under item (cc), the 
     Commission shall notify the appropriate committees of 
     Congress, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, 
     and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives of the determination.
       (ee) Public notice.--Not later than 15 days after the date 
     on which the Commission notifies Congress under item (dd) of 
     a determination made under subclause (I), the Commission 
     shall make that determination publicly available.
       (iii) Effect of no determination.--The Commission shall not 
     issue a license if the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary 
     of State have not made a determination described in clause 
     (ii).
       (4) Savings clause.--Nothing in this subsection alters any 
     treaty or international agreement in effect on the date of 
     enactment of this Act or that enters into force after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       (e) Export License Requirements.--
       (1) Definition of low-enriched uranium.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``low-enriched uranium'' means uranium 
     enriched to less than 20 percent of the uranium-235 isotope.
       (2) Requirement.--The Commission shall not issue an export 
     license for the transfer of any item described in paragraph 
     (4) to a country described in paragraph (3) unless the 
     Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of State and 
     any other relevant agencies, makes a determination that such 
     transfer will not be inimical to the common defense and 
     security of the United States.
       (3) Countries described.--A country referred to in 
     paragraph (2) is a country that--
       (A) has not concluded and ratified an Additional Protocol 
     to its safeguards agreement with the International Atomic 
     Energy Agency; or
       (B) has not ratified or acceded to the amendment to the 
     Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, 
     adopted at Vienna October 26, 1979, and opened for signature 
     at New York March 3, 1980 (TIAS 11080), described in the 
     information circular of the International Atomic Energy 
     Agency numbered INFCIRC/274/Rev.1/Mod.1 and dated May 9, 2016 
     (TIAS 16-508).
       (4) Items described.--An item referred to in paragraph (2) 
     includes--
       (A) unirradiated nuclear fuel containing special nuclear 
     material (as defined in section 11 of the Atomic Energy Act 
     of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014)), excluding low-enriched uranium;
       (B) a nuclear reactor that uses nuclear fuel described in 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (C) any plant or component listed in Appendix I to part 110 
     of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
     regulations), that is involved in--
       (i) the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel 
     elements;
       (ii) the separation of plutonium; or
       (iii) the separation of the uranium-233 isotope.
       (5) Notification.--If the Commission, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of State and any other relevant agencies, makes 
     a determination, in accordance with applicable laws and 
     regulations, under paragraph (2) that the transfer of any 
     item described in paragraph (4) to a country described in 
     paragraph (3) will not be inimical to the common defense and 
     security of the United States, the Commission shall notify 
     the appropriate committees of Congress, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (f) Fees for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Application Review.--
       (1) Definitions.--Section 3 of the Nuclear Energy 
     Innovation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215 note; Public 
     Law 115-439) is amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (15) as 
     paragraphs (3), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (12), (15), (16), 
     (17), (18), (19), (20), and (21), respectively;
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) Advanced nuclear reactor applicant.--The term 
     `advanced nuclear reactor applicant' means an entity that has 
     submitted to the Commission an application to receive a 
     license for an advanced nuclear reactor under the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).'';
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) 
     the following:
       ``(4) Advanced nuclear reactor pre-applicant.--The term 
     `advanced nuclear reactor pre-applicant' means an entity that 
     has submitted to the Commission a licensing project plan for 
     the purposes of submitting a future application to receive a 
     license for an advanced nuclear reactor under the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
       ``(5) Agency support.--The term `agency support' means the 
     resources of the Commission that are located in executive, 
     administrative, and other support offices of the Commission, 
     as described in the document of the Commission entitled `FY 
     2023 Final Fee Rule Work Papers' (or a successor 
     document).'';
       (D) by inserting after paragraph (10) (as so redesignated) 
     the following:
       ``(11) Hourly rate for mission-direct program salaries and 
     benefits for the nuclear reactor safety program.--The term 
     `hourly rate for mission-direct program salaries and benefits 
     for the Nuclear Reactor Safety Program' means the quotient 
     obtained by dividing--
       ``(A) the full-time equivalent rate (within the meaning of 
     the document of the Commission entitled `FY 2023 Final Fee 
     Rule Work Papers' (or a successor document)) for mission-
     direct program salaries and benefits for the Nuclear Reactor 
     Safety Program (as determined by the Commission) for a fiscal 
     year; by
       ``(B) the productive hours assumption for that fiscal year, 
     determined in accordance with the formula established in the 
     document referred to in subparagraph (A) (or a successor 
     document).''; and
       (E) by inserting after paragraph (12) (as so redesignated) 
     the following:
       ``(13) Mission-direct program salaries and benefits for the 
     nuclear reactor safety program.--The term `mission-direct 
     program salaries and benefits for the Nuclear Reactor Safety 
     Program' means the resources of the Commission that are 
     allocated to the Nuclear Reactor Safety Program (as 
     determined by the Commission) to perform core work activities 
     committed to fulfilling the mission of the Commission, as 
     described in the document of the Commission entitled `FY 2023 
     Final Fee Rule Work Papers' (or a successor document).
       ``(14) Mission-indirect program support.--The term 
     `mission-indirect program support' means the resources of the 
     Commission that support the core mission-direct activities 
     for the Nuclear Reactor Safety Program of the Commission (as 
     determined by the Commission), as described in the document 
     of the Commission entitled `FY 2023 Final Fee Rule Work 
     Papers' (or a successor document).''.
       (2) Excluded activities.--Section 102(b)(1)(B) of the 
     Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 
     2215(b)(1)(B)) (as amended by subsection (c)(3)(A)(ii)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(v) The total costs of mission-indirect program support 
     and agency support that, under paragraph (2)(B), may not be 
     included in the hourly rate charged for fees assessed to 
     advanced nuclear reactor applicants.
       ``(vi) The total costs of mission-indirect program support 
     and agency support that, under paragraph (2)(C), may not be 
     included in the hourly rate charged for fees assessed to 
     advanced nuclear reactor pre-applicants.''.
       (3) Fees for service or thing of value.--Section 102(b) of 
     the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 
     U.S.C. 2215(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(2) Fees for service or thing of value.--
       ``(A) In general.--In accordance with section 9701 of title 
     31, United States Code, the

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     Commission shall assess and collect fees from any person who 
     receives a service or thing of value from the Commission to 
     cover the costs to the Commission of providing the service or 
     thing of value.
       ``(B) Advanced nuclear reactor applicants.--The hourly rate 
     charged for fees assessed to advanced nuclear reactor 
     applicants under this paragraph relating to the review of a 
     submitted application described in section 3(1) shall not 
     exceed the hourly rate for mission-direct program salaries 
     and benefits for the Nuclear Reactor Safety Program.
       ``(C) Advanced nuclear reactor pre-applicants.--The hourly 
     rate charged for fees assessed to advanced nuclear reactor 
     pre-applicants under this paragraph relating to the review of 
     submitted materials as described in the licensing project 
     plan of an advanced nuclear reactor pre-applicant shall not 
     exceed the hourly rate for mission-direct program salaries 
     and benefits for the Nuclear Reactor Safety Program.''.
       (4) Sunset.--Section 102 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation 
     and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(g) Cessation of Effectiveness.--Paragraphs (1)(B)(vi) 
     and (2)(C) of subsection (b) shall cease to be effective on 
     September 30, 2029.''.
       (5) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     shall take effect on October 1, 2024.
       (g) Advanced Nuclear Reactor Prizes.--Section 103 of the 
     Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (Public Law 
     115-439; 132 Stat. 5571) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(f) Prizes for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Licensing.--
       ``(1) Definition of eligible entity.--In this subsection, 
     the term `eligible entity' means--
       ``(A) a non-Federal entity; and
       ``(B) the Tennessee Valley Authority.
       ``(2) Prize for advanced nuclear reactor licensing.--
       ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 169 of the 
     Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2209) and subject to the 
     availability of appropriations, the Secretary is authorized 
     to make, with respect to each award category described in 
     subparagraph (C), an award in an amount described in 
     subparagraph (B) to the first eligible entity--
       ``(i) to which the Commission issues an operating license 
     for an advanced nuclear reactor under part 50 of title 10, 
     Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), for 
     which an application has not been approved by the Commission 
     as of the date of enactment of this subsection; or
       ``(ii) for which the Commission makes a finding described 
     in section 52.103(g) of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations 
     (or successor regulations), with respect to a combined 
     license for an advanced nuclear reactor--

       ``(I) that is issued under subpart C of part 52 of that 
     title (or successor regulations); and
       ``(II) for which an application has not been approved by 
     the Commission as of the date of enactment of this 
     subsection.

       ``(B) Amount of award.--An award under subparagraph (A) 
     shall be in an amount equal to the total amount assessed by 
     the Commission and collected under section 102(b)(2) from the 
     eligible entity receiving the award for costs relating to the 
     issuance of the license described in that subparagraph, 
     including, as applicable, costs relating to the issuance of 
     an associated construction permit described in section 50.23 
     of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
     regulations), or early site permit (as defined in section 
     52.1 of that title (or successor regulations)).
       ``(C) Award categories.--An award under subparagraph (A) 
     may be made for--
       ``(i) the first advanced nuclear reactor for which the 
     Commission--

       ``(I) issues a license in accordance with clause (i) of 
     subparagraph (A); or
       ``(II) makes a finding in accordance with clause (ii) of 
     that subparagraph;

       ``(ii) an advanced nuclear reactor that--

       ``(I) uses isotopes derived from spent nuclear fuel (as 
     defined in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
     (42 U.S.C. 10101)) or depleted uranium as fuel for the 
     advanced nuclear reactor; and
       ``(II) is the first advanced nuclear reactor described in 
     subclause (I) for which the Commission--

       ``(aa) issues a license in accordance with clause (i) of 
     subparagraph (A); or
       ``(bb) makes a finding in accordance with clause (ii) of 
     that subparagraph;
       ``(iii) an advanced nuclear reactor that--

       ``(I) is a nuclear integrated energy system--

       ``(aa) that is composed of 2 or more co-located or jointly 
     operated subsystems of energy generation, energy storage, or 
     other technologies;
       ``(bb) in which not fewer than 1 subsystem described in 
     item (aa) is a nuclear energy system; and
       ``(cc) the purpose of which is--
       ``(AA) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in both the power 
     and nonpower sectors; and
       ``(BB) to maximize energy production and efficiency; and

       ``(II) is the first advanced nuclear reactor described in 
     subclause (I) for which the Commission--

       ``(aa) issues a license in accordance with clause (i) of 
     subparagraph (A); or
       ``(bb) makes a finding in accordance with clause (ii) of 
     that subparagraph;
       ``(iv) an advanced reactor that--

       ``(I) operates flexibly to generate electricity or high 
     temperature process heat for nonelectric applications; and
       ``(II) is the first advanced nuclear reactor described in 
     subclause (I) for which the Commission--

       ``(aa) issues a license in accordance with clause (i) of 
     subparagraph (A); or
       ``(bb) makes a finding in accordance with clause (ii) of 
     that subparagraph; and
       ``(v) the first advanced nuclear reactor for which the 
     Commission grants approval to load nuclear fuel pursuant to 
     the technology-inclusive regulatory framework established 
     under subsection (a)(4).
       ``(3) Federal funding limitations.--
       ``(A) Exclusion of tva funds.--In this paragraph, the term 
     `Federal funds' does not include funds received under the 
     power program of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
       ``(B) Limitation on amounts expended.--An award under this 
     subsection shall not exceed the total amount expended 
     (excluding any expenditures made with Federal funds received 
     for the applicable project and an amount equal to the minimum 
     cost-share required under section 988 of the Energy Policy 
     Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352)) by the eligible entity 
     receiving the award for licensing costs relating to the 
     project for which the award is made.
       ``(C) Repayment and dividends not required.--
     Notwithstanding section 9104(a)(4) of title 31, United States 
     Code, or any other provision of law, an eligible entity that 
     receives an award under this subsection shall not be 
     required--
       ``(i) to repay that award or any part of that award; or
       ``(ii) to pay a dividend, interest, or other similar 
     payment based on the sum of that award.''.
       (h) Report on Unique Licensing Considerations Relating to 
     the Use of Nuclear Energy for Nonelectric Applications.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report (referred to in 
     this subsection as the ``report'') addressing any unique 
     licensing issues or requirements relating to--
       (A) the flexible operation of nuclear reactors, such as 
     ramping power output and switching between electricity 
     generation and nonelectric applications;
       (B) the use of advanced nuclear reactors exclusively for 
     nonelectric applications; and
       (C) the colocation of nuclear reactors with industrial 
     plants or other facilities.
       (2) Stakeholder input.--In developing the report, the 
     Commission shall seek input from--
       (A) the Secretary of Energy;
       (B) the nuclear energy industry;
       (C) technology developers;
       (D) the industrial, chemical, and medical sectors;
       (E) nongovernmental organizations; and
       (F) other public stakeholders.
       (3) Contents.--
       (A) In general.--The report shall describe--
       (i) any unique licensing issues or requirements relating to 
     the matters described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 
     paragraph (1), including, with respect to the nonelectric 
     applications referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of that 
     paragraph, any licensing issues or requirements relating to 
     the use of nuclear energy in--

       (I) hydrogen or other liquid and gaseous fuel or chemical 
     production;
       (II) water desalination and wastewater treatment;
       (III) heat for industrial processes;
       (IV) district heating;
       (V) energy storage;
       (VI) industrial or medical isotope production; and
       (VII) other applications, as identified by the Commission;

       (ii) options for addressing those issues or requirements--

       (I) within the existing regulatory framework of the 
     Commission;
       (II) as part of the technology-inclusive regulatory 
     framework required under subsection (a)(4) of section 103 of 
     the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 
     U.S.C. 2133 note; Public Law 115-439) or described in the 
     report required under subsection (e) of that section (Public 
     Law 115-439; 132 Stat. 5575); or
       (III) through a new rulemaking; and

       (iii) the extent to which Commission action is needed to 
     implement any matter described in the report.
       (B) Cost estimates, budgets, and timeframes.--The report 
     shall include cost estimates, proposed budgets, and proposed 
     timeframes for implementing risk-informed and performance-
     based regulatory guidance in the licensing of nuclear 
     reactors for nonelectric applications.
       (i) Enabling Preparations for the Demonstration of Advanced 
     Nuclear Reactors on Department of Energy Sites or Critical 
     National Security Infrastructure Sites.--
       (1) In general.--Section 102(b)(1)(B) of the Nuclear Energy 
     Innovation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215(b)(1)(B)) 
     (as amended by subsection (f)(2)) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(vii) Costs for--

       ``(I) activities to review and approve or disapprove an 
     application for an early site permit (as defined in section 
     52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor

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     regulation)) to demonstrate an advanced nuclear reactor on a 
     Department of Energy site or critical national security 
     infrastructure (as defined in section 327(d) of the John S. 
     McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1722)) site; and
       ``(II) pre-application activities relating to an early site 
     permit (as defined in section 52.1 of title 10, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) to 
     demonstrate an advanced nuclear reactor on a Department of 
     Energy site or critical national security infrastructure (as 
     defined in section 327(d) of the John S. McCain National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
     115-232; 132 Stat. 1722)) site.''.

       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 2024.
       (j) Clarification on Fusion Regulation.--Section 103(a)(4) 
     of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 
     U.S.C. 2133 note; Public Law 115-439) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Not later'' and inserting the following:
       ``(A) In general.--Not later''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Exclusion of fusion reactors.--For purposes of 
     subparagraph (A), the term `advanced reactor applicant' does 
     not include an applicant seeking a license for a fusion 
     reactor.''.
       (k) Regulatory Issues for Nuclear Facilities at Brownfield 
     Sites.--
       (1) Definitions.--
       (A) Brownfield site.--The term ``brownfield site'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
       (B) Production facility.--The term ``production facility'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 11 of the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014).
       (C) Retired fossil fuel site.--The term ``retired fossil 
     fuel site'' means the site of 1 or more fossil fuel electric 
     generation facilities that are retired or scheduled to 
     retire, including multi-unit facilities that are partially 
     shut down.
       (D) Utilization facility.--The term ``utilization 
     facility'' has the meaning given the term in section 11 of 
     the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014).
       (2) Identification of regulatory issues.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission shall evaluate the 
     extent to which modification of regulations, guidance, or 
     policy is needed to enable timely licensing reviews for, and 
     to support the oversight of, production facilities or 
     utilization facilities at brownfield sites.
       (B) Requirement.--In carrying out subparagraph (A), the 
     Commission shall consider how licensing reviews for 
     production facilities or utilization facilities at brownfield 
     sites may be expedited by considering matters relating to 
     siting and operating a production facility or a utilization 
     facility at or near a retired fossil fuel site to support--
       (i) the reuse of existing site infrastructure, including--

       (I) electric switchyard components and transmission 
     infrastructure;
       (II) heat-sink components;
       (III) steam cycle components;
       (IV) roads;
       (V) railroad access; and
       (VI) water availability;

       (ii) the use of early site permits;
       (iii) the utilization of plant parameter envelopes or 
     similar standardized site parameters on a portion of a larger 
     site; and
       (iv) the use of a standardized application for similar 
     sites.
       (C) Report.--Not later than 14 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report describing any 
     regulations, guidance, and policies identified under 
     subparagraph (A).
       (3) Licensing.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission shall--
       (i) develop and implement strategies to enable timely 
     licensing reviews for, and to support the oversight of, 
     production facilities or utilization facilities at brownfield 
     sites, including retired fossil fuel sites; or
       (ii) initiate a rulemaking to enable timely licensing 
     reviews for, and to support the oversight of, of production 
     facilities or utilization facilities at brownfield sites, 
     including retired fossil fuel sites.
       (B) Requirements.--In carrying out subparagraph (A), 
     consistent with the mission of the Commission, the Commission 
     shall consider matters relating to--
       (i) the use of existing site infrastructure;
       (ii) existing emergency preparedness organizations and 
     planning;
       (iii) the availability of historical site-specific 
     environmental data;
       (iv) previously approved environmental reviews required by 
     the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
     et seq.);
       (v) activities associated with the potential 
     decommissioning of facilities or decontamination and 
     remediation at brownfield sites; and
       (vi) community engagement and historical experience with 
     energy production.
       (4) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report describing the 
     actions taken by the Commission under paragraph (3).
       (l) Appalachian Regional Commission Nuclear Energy 
     Development.--
       (1) In general.--Subchapter I of chapter 145 of subtitle IV 
     of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:

     ``Sec. 14512. Appalachian Regional Commission nuclear energy 
       development

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Brownfield site.--The term `brownfield site' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
       ``(2) Production facility.--The term `production facility' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 11 of the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014).
       ``(3) Retired fossil fuel site.--The term `retired fossil 
     fuel site' means the site of 1 or more fossil fuel electric 
     generation facilities that are retired or scheduled to 
     retire, including multi-unit facilities that are partially 
     shut down.
       ``(4) Utilization facility.--The term `utilization 
     facility' has the meaning given the term in section 11 of the 
     Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014).
       ``(b) Authority.--The Appalachian Regional Commission may 
     provide technical assistance to, make grants to, enter into 
     contracts with, or otherwise provide amounts to individuals 
     or entities in the Appalachian region for projects and 
     activities--
       ``(1) to conduct research and analysis regarding the 
     economic impact of siting, constructing, and operating a 
     production facility or a utilization facility at a brownfield 
     site, including a retired fossil fuel site;
       ``(2) to assist with workforce training or retraining to 
     perform activities relating to the siting and operation of a 
     production facility or a utilization facility at a brownfield 
     site, including a retired fossil fuel site; and
       ``(3) to engage with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the 
     Department of Energy, and other Federal agencies with 
     expertise in civil nuclear energy.
       ``(c) Limitation on Available Amounts.--Of the cost of any 
     project or activity eligible for a grant under this section--
       ``(1) except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), not 
     more than 50 percent may be provided from amounts made 
     available to carry out this section;
       ``(2) in the case of a project or activity to be carried 
     out in a county for which a distressed county designation is 
     in effect under section 14526, not more than 80 percent may 
     be provided from amounts made available to carry out this 
     section; and
       ``(3) in the case of a project or activity to be carried 
     out in a county for which an at-risk county designation is in 
     effect under section 14526, not more than 70 percent may be 
     provided from amounts made available to carry out this 
     section.
       ``(d) Sources of Assistance.--Subject to subsection (c), a 
     grant provided under this section may be provided from 
     amounts made available to carry out this section, in 
     combination with amounts made available--
       ``(1) under any other Federal program; or
       ``(2) from any other source.
       ``(e) Federal Share.--Notwithstanding any provision of law 
     limiting the Federal share under any other Federal program, 
     amounts made available to carry out this section may be used 
     to increase that Federal share, as the Appalachian Regional 
     Commission determines to be appropriate.''.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 14703 of 
     title 40, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
     (f) and (g), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Appalachian Regional Commission Nuclear Energy 
     Development.--Of the amounts made available under subsection 
     (a), $5,000,000 may be used to carry out section 14512 for 
     each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026.''.
       (3) Clerical amendment.--The analysis for subchapter I of 
     chapter 145 of subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, 
     is amended by striking the item relating to section 14511 and 
     inserting the following:

``14511. Appalachian regional energy hub initiative.
``14512. Appalachian Regional Commission nuclear energy development.''.
       (m) Foreign Ownership.--
       (1) In general.--The prohibitions against issuing certain 
     licenses for utilization facilities to certain corporations 
     and other entities described in the second sentence of 
     section 103 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
     2133(d)) and the second sentence of section 104 d. of that 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 2134(d)) shall not apply to an entity 
     described in paragraph (2) if the Commission determines that 
     issuance of the applicable license to that entity is not 
     inimical to--
       (A) the common defense and security; or
       (B) the health and safety of the public.
       (2) Entities described.--
       (A) In general.--An entity referred to in paragraph (1) is 
     a corporation or other entity that is owned, controlled, or 
     dominated by--
       (i) the government of--

       (I) a country that is a member of the Organisation for 
     Economic Co-operation and Development on the date of 
     enactment of this Act, subject to subparagraph (B); or
       (II) the Republic of India;

       (ii) a corporation that is incorporated in a country 
     described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i); or

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       (iii) an alien who is a national of a country described in 
     subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i).
       (B) Exclusion.--An entity described in subparagraph 
     (A)(i)(I) is not an entity referred to in paragraph (1), and 
     paragraph (1) shall not apply to that entity, if, on the date 
     of enactment of this Act--
       (i) the entity (or any department, agency, or 
     instrumentality of the entity) is a person subject to 
     sanctions under section 231 of the Countering America's 
     Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525); or
       (ii) any citizen of the entity, or any entity organized 
     under the laws of, or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction 
     of, the entity, is a person subject to sanctions under that 
     section.
       (3) Technical amendment.--Section 103 d. of the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(d)) is amended, in the 
     second sentence, by striking ``any any'' and inserting 
     ``any''.
       (4) Savings clause.--Nothing in this subsection affects the 
     requirements of section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 
     1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565).
       (n) Extension of the Price-Anderson Act.--
       (1) Extension.--Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
     1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210) (commonly known as the ``Price-Anderson 
     Act'') is amended by striking ``December 31, 2025'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``December 31, 2045''.
       (2) Liability.--Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
     1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210) (commonly known as the ``Price-Anderson 
     Act'') is amended--
       (A) in subsection d. (5), by striking ``$500,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$2,000,000,000''; and
       (B) in subsection e. (4), by striking ``$500,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$2,000,000,000''.
       (3) Report.--Section 170 p. of the Atomic Energy Act of 
     1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(p)) (commonly known as the ``Price-
     Anderson Act'') is amended by striking ``December 31, 2021'' 
     and inserting ``December 31, 2041''.
       (4) Definition of nuclear incident.--Section 11 q. of the 
     Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(q)) is amended, in 
     the second proviso, by striking ``if such occurrence'' and 
     all that follows through ``United States:'' and inserting a 
     colon.
       (o) Report on Advanced Methods of Manufacturing and 
     Construction for Nuclear Energy Applications.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report (referred to in 
     this subsection as the ``report'') on manufacturing and 
     construction for nuclear energy applications.
       (2) Stakeholder input.--In developing the report, the 
     Commission shall seek input from--
       (A) the Secretary of Energy;
       (B) the nuclear energy industry;
       (C) National Laboratories;
       (D) institutions of higher education;
       (E) nuclear and manufacturing technology developers;
       (F) the manufacturing and construction industries, 
     including manufacturing and construction companies with 
     operating facilities in the United States;
       (G) standards development organizations;
       (H) labor unions;
       (I) nongovernmental organizations; and
       (J) other public stakeholders.
       (3) Contents.--
       (A) In general.--The report shall--
       (i) examine any unique licensing issues or requirements 
     relating to the use of innovative--

       (I) advanced manufacturing processes;
       (II) advanced construction techniques; and
       (III) rapid improvement or iterative innovation processes;

       (ii) examine--

       (I) the requirements for nuclear-grade components in 
     manufacturing and construction for nuclear energy 
     applications;
       (II) opportunities to use standard materials, parts, or 
     components in manufacturing and construction for nuclear 
     energy applications;
       (III) opportunities to use standard materials that are in 
     compliance with existing codes to provide acceptable 
     approaches to support or encapsulate new materials that do 
     not yet have applicable codes; and
       (IV) requirements relating to the transport of a fueled 
     advanced nuclear reactor core from a manufacturing licensee 
     to a licensee that holds a license to construct and operate a 
     facility at a particular site;

       (iii) identify any safety aspects of innovative advanced 
     manufacturing processes and advanced construction techniques 
     that are not addressed by existing codes and standards, so 
     that generic guidance may be updated or created, as 
     necessary;
       (iv) identify options for addressing the issues, 
     requirements, and opportunities examined under clauses (i) 
     and (ii)--

       (I) within the existing regulatory framework; or
       (II) through a new rulemaking;

       (v) identify how addressing the issues, requirements, and 
     opportunities examined under clauses (i) and (ii) will impact 
     opportunities for domestic nuclear manufacturing and 
     construction developers; and
       (vi) describe the extent to which Commission action is 
     needed to implement any matter described in the report.
       (B) Cost estimates, budgets, and timeframes.--The report 
     shall include cost estimates, proposed budgets, and proposed 
     timeframes for implementing risk-informed and performance-
     based regulatory guidance for manufacturing and construction 
     for nuclear energy applications.
       (p) Nuclear Energy Traineeship.--Section 313 of division C 
     of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (42 U.S.C. 16274a), 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Nuclear Regulatory'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter preceding 
     subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and subsection (c)'' after 
     ``paragraph (2)'';
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (5); and
       (B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Advanced nuclear reactor.--The term `advanced nuclear 
     reactor' has the meaning given the term in section 951(b) of 
     the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271(b)).
       ``(2) Commission.--The term `Commission' means the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission.
       ``(3) Institution of higher education.--The term 
     `institution of higher education' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
     15801).
       ``(4) National laboratory.--The term `National Laboratory' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 951(b) of the 
     Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271(b)).'';
       (4) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ``Nuclear 
     Regulatory'';
       (5) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
     (d) and (e), respectively; and
       (6) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Nuclear Energy Traineeship Subprogram.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Commission shall establish, as a 
     subprogram of the Program, a nuclear energy traineeship 
     subprogram under which the Commission, in coordination with 
     institutions of higher education and trade schools, shall 
     competitively award traineeships that provide focused 
     training to meet critical mission needs of the Commission and 
     nuclear workforce needs, including needs relating to the 
     nuclear tradecraft workforce.
       ``(2) Requirements.--In carrying out the nuclear energy 
     traineeship subprogram described in paragraph (1), the 
     Commission shall--
       ``(A) coordinate with the Secretary of Energy to prioritize 
     the funding of traineeships that focus on--
       ``(i) nuclear workforce needs; and
       ``(ii) critical mission needs of the Commission;
       ``(B) encourage appropriate partnerships among--
       ``(i) National Laboratories;
       ``(ii) institutions of higher education;
       ``(iii) trade schools;
       ``(iv) the nuclear energy industry; and
       ``(v) other entities, as the Commission determines to be 
     appropriate; and
       ``(C) on an annual basis, evaluate nuclear workforce needs 
     for the purpose of implementing traineeships in focused 
     topical areas that--
       ``(i) address the workforce needs of the nuclear energy 
     community; and
       ``(ii) support critical mission needs of the Commission.''.
       (q) Report on Commission Readiness and Capacity to License 
     Additional Conversion and Enrichment Capacity to Reduce 
     Reliance on Uranium From Russia.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress, the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives a report on the readiness and 
     capacity of the Commission to license additional conversion 
     and enrichment capacity at existing and new fuel cycle 
     facilities to reduce reliance on nuclear fuel that is 
     recovered, converted, enriched, or fabricated by an entity 
     that--
       (A) is owned or controlled by the Government of the Russian 
     Federation; or
       (B) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise subject to 
     the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation.
       (2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall analyze how the capacity of the Commission to license 
     additional conversion and enrichment capacity at existing and 
     new fuel cycle facilities may conflict with or restrict the 
     readiness of the Commission to review advanced nuclear 
     reactor applications.
       (r) Annual Report on the Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-level 
     Radioactive Waste Inventory in the United States.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) High-level radioactive waste.--The term ``high-level 
     radioactive waste'' has the meaning given the term in section 
     2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
       (B) Spent nuclear fuel.--The term ``spent nuclear fuel'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear 
     Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
       (C) Standard contract.--The term ``standard contract'' has 
     the meaning given the term ``contract'' in section 961.3 of 
     title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
     regulation).
       (2) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually 
     thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress 
     a report that describes--

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       (A) the annual and cumulative amount of payments made by 
     the United States to the holder of a standard contract due to 
     a partial breach of contract under the Nuclear Waste Policy 
     Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) resulting in financial 
     damages to the holder;
       (B) the cumulative amount spent by the Department of Energy 
     since fiscal year 2008 to reduce future payments projected to 
     be made by the United States to any holder of a standard 
     contract due to a partial breach of contract under the 
     Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.);
       (C) the cumulative amount spent by the Department of Energy 
     to store, manage, and dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-
     level radioactive waste in the United States as of the date 
     of the report;
       (D) the projected lifecycle costs to store, manage, 
     transport, and dispose of the projected inventory of spent 
     nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United 
     States, including spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
     radioactive waste expected to be generated from existing 
     reactors through 2050;
       (E) any mechanisms for better accounting of liabilities for 
     the lifecycle costs of the spent nuclear fuel and high-level 
     radioactive waste inventory in the United States;
       (F) any recommendations for improving the methods used by 
     the Department of Energy for the accounting of spent nuclear 
     fuel and high-level radioactive waste costs and liabilities;
       (G) any actions taken in the previous fiscal year by the 
     Department of Energy with respect to interim storage; and
       (H) any activities taken in the previous fiscal year by the 
     Department of Energy to develop and deploy nuclear 
     technologies and fuels that enhance the safe transportation 
     or storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive 
     waste, including technologies to protect against seismic, 
     flooding, and other extreme weather events.
       (s) Authorization of Appropriations for Superfund Actions 
     at Abandoned Mining Sites on Tribal Land.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Eligible non-NPL site.--The term ``eligible non-NPL 
     site'' means a site--
       (i) that is not on the National Priorities List; but
       (ii) with respect to which the Administrator determines 
     that--

       (I) the site would be eligible for listing on the National 
     Priorities List based on the presence of hazards from 
     contamination at the site, applying the hazard ranking system 
     described in section 105(c) of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (42 U.S.C. 9605(c)); and
       (II) for removal site evaluations, engineering evaluations/
     cost analyses, remedial planning activities, remedial 
     investigations and feasibility studies, and other actions 
     taken pursuant to section 104(b) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
     9604), the site--

       (aa) has undergone a pre-CERCLA screening; and
       (bb) is included in the Superfund Enterprise Management 
     System.
       (B) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
       (C) National priorities list.--The term ``National 
     Priorities List'' means the National Priorities List 
     developed by the President in accordance with section 
     105(a)(8)(B) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
     9605(a)(8)(B)).
       (D) Remedial action; removal; response.--The terms 
     ``remedial action'', ``removal'', and ``response'' have the 
     meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
       (E) Tribal land.--The term ``Tribal land'' has the meaning 
     given the term ``Indian country'' in section 1151 of title 
     18, United States Code.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2023 through 
     2032, to remain available until expended--
       (A) $97,000,000 to the Administrator to carry out this 
     subsection (except for paragraph (4)); and
       (B) $3,000,000 to the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic 
     Substances and Disease Registry to carry out paragraph (4).
       (3) Uses of amounts.--Amounts appropriated under paragraph 
     (2)(A) shall be used by the Administrator--
       (A) to carry out removal actions on abandoned mine land 
     located on Tribal land;
       (B) to carry out response actions, including removal and 
     remedial planning activities, removal and remedial studies, 
     remedial actions, and other actions taken pursuant to section 
     104(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(b)) 
     on abandoned mine land located on Tribal land at--
       (i) eligible non-NPL sites; and
       (ii) sites listed on the National Priorities List; and
       (C) to make grants under paragraph (5).
       (4) Health assessments.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
     Registry, in coordination with Tribal health authorities, 
     shall perform 1 or more health assessments at each eligible 
     non-NPL site that is located on Tribal land, in accordance 
     with section 104(i)(6) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
     9604(i)(6)).
       (5) Tribal grants.--
       (A) In general.--The Administrator may use amounts 
     appropriated under paragraph (2)(A) to make grants to 
     eligible entities described in subparagraph (B) for the 
     purposes described in subparagraph (C).
       (B) Eligible entities described.--An eligible entity 
     referred to in subparagraph (A) is--
       (i) the governing body of an Indian Tribe; or
       (ii) a legally established organization of Indians that--

       (I) is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by the 
     governing bodies of 2 or more Indian Tribes to be served, or 
     that is democratically elected by the adult members of the 
     Indian community to be served, by that organization; and
       (II) includes the maximum participation of Indians in all 
     phases of the activities of that organization.

       (C) Use of grant funds.--A grant under this paragraph shall 
     be used--
       (i) in accordance with the second sentence of section 
     117(e)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
     9617(e)(1));
       (ii) for obtaining technical assistance in carrying out 
     response actions under clause (iii); or
       (iii) for carrying out response actions, if the 
     Administrator determines that the Indian Tribe has the 
     capability to carry out any or all of those response actions 
     in accordance with the criteria and priorities established 
     pursuant to section 105(a)(8) of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (42 U.S.C. 9605(a)(8)).
       (D) Applications.--An eligible entity desiring a grant 
     under this paragraph shall submit to the Administrator an 
     application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
     information as the Administrator may require.
       (E) Limitations.--A grant under this paragraph shall be 
     governed by the rules, procedures, and limitations described 
     in section 117(e)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
     9617(e)(2)), except that--
       (i) ``Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency'' shall be substituted for ``President'' each place it 
     appears in that section; and
       (ii) in the first sentence of that section, ``under 
     subsection (s) of the ADVANCE Act of 2023'' shall be 
     substituted for ``under this subsection''.
       (6) Statute of limitations.--If a remedial action described 
     in paragraph (3)(B) is scheduled at an eligible non-NPL site, 
     no action may be commenced for damages (as defined in section 
     101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601)) 
     with respect to that eligible non-NPL site unless the action 
     is commenced within the timeframe provided for such actions 
     with respect to facilities on the National Priorities List in 
     the first sentence of the matter following subparagraph (B) 
     of section 113(g)(1) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9613(g)(1)).
       (7) Coordination.--The Administrator shall coordinate with 
     the Indian Tribe on whose land the applicable site is located 
     in--
       (A) selecting and prioritizing sites for response actions 
     under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3); and
       (B) carrying out those response actions.
       (t) Development, Qualification, and Licensing of Advanced 
     Nuclear Fuel Concepts.--
       (1) In general.--The Commission shall establish an 
     initiative to enhance preparedness and coordination with 
     respect to the qualification and licensing of advanced 
     nuclear fuel.
       (2) Agency coordination.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Commission and the 
     Secretary of Energy shall enter into a memorandum of 
     understanding--
       (A) to share technical expertise and knowledge through--
       (i) enabling the testing and demonstration of accident 
     tolerant fuels for existing commercial nuclear reactors and 
     advanced nuclear reactor fuel concepts to be proposed and 
     funded, in whole or in part, by the private sector;
       (ii) operating a database to store and share data and 
     knowledge relevant to nuclear science and engineering between 
     Federal agencies and the private sector;
       (iii) leveraging expertise with respect to safety analysis 
     and research relating to advanced nuclear fuel; and
       (iv) enabling technical staff to actively observe and learn 
     about technologies, with an emphasis on identification of 
     additional information needed with respect to advanced 
     nuclear fuel; and
       (B) to ensure that--
       (i) the Department of Energy has sufficient technical 
     expertise to support the timely research, development, 
     demonstration, and commercial application of advanced nuclear 
     fuel;
       (ii) the Commission has sufficient technical expertise to 
     support the evaluation of applications for licenses, permits, 
     and design certifications and other requests for regulatory 
     approval for advanced nuclear fuel;
       (iii)(I) the Department of Energy maintains and develops 
     the facilities necessary to enable the timely research, 
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     by the civilian nuclear industry of advanced nuclear fuel; 
     and
       (II) the Commission has access to the facilities described 
     in subclause (I), as needed; and
       (iv) the Commission consults, as appropriate, with the 
     modeling and simulation experts at the Office of Nuclear 
     Energy of the Department of Energy, at the National 
     Laboratories, and within industry fuel vendor teams in 
     cooperative agreements with the Department of Energy to 
     leverage physics-based computer modeling and simulation 
     capabilities.
       (3) Report.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report describing the 
     efforts of the Commission under paragraph (1), including--
       (i) an assessment of the preparedness of the Commission to 
     review and qualify for use--

       (I) accident tolerant fuel;
       (II) ceramic cladding materials;
       (III) fuels containing silicon carbide;
       (IV) high-assay, low-enriched uranium fuels;
       (V) molten-salt based liquid fuels;
       (VI) fuels derived from spent nuclear fuel or depleted 
     uranium; and
       (VII) other related fuel concepts, as determined by the 
     Commission;

       (ii) activities planned or undertaken under the memorandum 
     of understanding described in paragraph (2);
       (iii) an accounting of the areas of research needed with 
     respect to advanced nuclear fuel; and
       (iv) any other challenges or considerations identified by 
     the Commission.
       (B) Consultation.--In developing the report under 
     subparagraph (A), the Commission shall seek input from--
       (i) the Secretary of Energy;
       (ii) National Laboratories;
       (iii) the nuclear energy industry;
       (iv) technology developers;
       (v) nongovernmental organizations; and
       (vi) other public stakeholders.
       (u) Commission Workforce.--
       (1) Definition of chairman.--In this subsection, the term 
     ``Chairman'' means the Chairman of the Commission.
       (2) Hiring bonus and appointment authority.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 161 d. of the 
     Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201(d)), any provision 
     of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 (94 Stat. 3585; 5 U.S.C. 
     app.), and any provision of title 5, United States Code, 
     governing appointments and General Schedule classification 
     and pay rates, the Chairman may, subject to the limitations 
     described in subparagraph (C), and without regard to the 
     civil service laws--
       (i) establish the positions described in subparagraph (B); 
     and
       (ii) appoint persons to the positions established under 
     clause (i).
       (B) Positions described.--The positions referred to in 
     subparagraph (A)(i) are--
       (i) permanent or term-limited positions with highly 
     specialized scientific, engineering, and technical 
     competencies to address a critical licensing or regulatory 
     oversight need for the Commission, including--

       (I) health physicist;
       (II) reactor operations engineer;
       (III) human factors analyst or engineer;
       (IV) risk and reliability analyst or engineer;
       (V) licensing project manager;
       (VI) reactor engineer for severe accidents;
       (VII) geotechnical engineer;
       (VIII) structural engineer;
       (IX) reactor systems engineer;
       (X) reactor engineer;
       (XI) radiation scientist;
       (XII) seismic engineer; and
       (XIII) electronics engineer; or

       (ii) permanent or term-limited positions to be filled by 
     exceptionally well-qualified individuals that the Chairman, 
     subject to paragraph (5), determines are necessary to fulfill 
     the mission of the Commission.
       (C) Limitations.--
       (i) In general.--Appointments under subparagraph (A)(ii) 
     may be made to not more than--

       (I)(aa) 15 permanent positions described in subparagraph 
     (B)(i) during fiscal year 2024; and
       (bb) 10 permanent positions described in subparagraph 
     (B)(i) during each fiscal year thereafter;
       (II)(aa) 15 term-limited positions described in 
     subparagraph (B)(i) during fiscal year 2024; and
       (bb) 10 term-limited positions described in subparagraph 
     (B)(i) during each fiscal year thereafter;
       (III)(aa) 15 permanent positions described in subparagraph 
     (B)(ii) during fiscal year 2024; and
       (bb) 10 permanent positions described in subparagraph 
     (B)(ii) during each fiscal year thereafter; and
       (IV)(aa) 15 term-limited positions described in 
     subparagraph (B)(ii) during fiscal year 2024; and
       (bb) 10 term-limited positions described in subparagraph 
     (B)(ii) during each fiscal year thereafter.

       (ii) Term of term-limited appointment.--If a person is 
     appointed to a term-limited position described in clause (i) 
     or (ii) of subparagraph (B), the term of that appointment 
     shall not exceed 4 years.
       (iii) Staff positions.--Subject to paragraph (5), 
     appointments made to positions established under this 
     paragraph shall be to a range of staff positions that are of 
     entry, mid, and senior levels, to the extent practicable.
       (D) Hiring bonus.--The Commission may pay a person 
     appointed under subparagraph (A) a 1-time hiring bonus in an 
     amount not to exceed the least of--
       (i) $25,000;
       (ii) the amount equal to 15 percent of the annual rate of 
     basic pay of the employee; and
       (iii) the amount of the limitation that is applicable for a 
     calendar year under section 5307(a)(1) of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (3) Compensation and appointment authority.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 161 d. of the 
     Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201(d)), any provision 
     of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 (94 Stat. 3585; 5 U.S.C. 
     app.), and chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53, of 
     title 5, United States Code, the Chairman, subject to the 
     limitations described in subparagraph (C) and without regard 
     to the civil service laws, may--
       (i) establish and fix the rates of basic pay for the 
     positions described in subparagraph (B); and
       (ii) appoint persons to the positions established under 
     clause (i).
       (B) Positions described.--The positions referred to in 
     subparagraph (A)(i) are--
       (i) positions with highly specialized scientific, 
     engineering, and technical competencies to address a critical 
     need for the Commission, including--

       (I) health physicist;
       (II) reactor operations engineer;
       (III) human factors analyst or engineer;
       (IV) risk and reliability analyst or engineer;
       (V) licensing project manager;
       (VI) reactor engineer for severe accidents;
       (VII) geotechnical engineer;
       (VIII) structural engineer;
       (IX) reactor systems engineer;
       (X) reactor engineer;
       (XI) radiation scientist;
       (XII) seismic engineer; and
       (XIII) electronics engineer; or

       (ii) positions to be filled by exceptionally well-qualified 
     persons that the Chairman, subject to paragraph (5), 
     determines are necessary to fulfill the mission of the 
     Commission.
       (C) Limitations.--
       (i) In general.--The annual rate of basic pay for a 
     position described in subparagraph (B) may not exceed the per 
     annum rate of salary payable for level III of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
       (ii) Number of positions.--Appointments under subparagraph 
     (A)(ii) may be made to not more than--

       (I) 10 positions described in subparagraph (B)(i) per 
     fiscal year, not to exceed a total of 50 positions; and
       (II) 10 positions described in subparagraph (B)(ii) per 
     fiscal year, not to exceed a total of 50 positions.

       (D) Performance bonus.--
       (i) In general.--Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), an 
     employee may be paid a 1-time performance bonus in an amount 
     not to exceed the least of--

       (I) $25,000;
       (II) the amount equal to 15 percent of the annual rate of 
     basic pay of the person; and
       (III) the amount of the limitation that is applicable for a 
     calendar year under section 5307(a)(1) of title 5, United 
     States Code.

       (ii) Performance.--Any 1-time performance bonus under 
     clause (i) shall be made to a person who demonstrated 
     exceptional performance in the applicable fiscal year, 
     including--

       (I) leading a project team in a timely, efficient, and 
     predictable licensing review to enable the safe use of 
     nuclear technology;
       (II) making significant contributions to a timely, 
     efficient, and predictable licensing review to enable the 
     safe use of nuclear technology;
       (III) the resolution of novel or first-of-a-kind regulatory 
     issues;
       (IV) developing or implementing licensing or regulatory 
     oversight processes to improve the effectiveness of the 
     Commission; and
       (V) other performance, as determined by the Chairman, 
     subject to paragraph (5).

       (iii) Limitations.--The Commission may pay a 1-time 
     performance bonus under clause (i) for not more than 15 
     persons per fiscal year, and a person who receives a 1-time 
     performance bonus under that clause may not receive another 
     1-time performance bonus under that clause for a period of 5 
     years thereafter.
       (4) Annual solicitation for nuclear regulator 
     apprenticeship network applications.--The Chairman, on an 
     annual basis, shall solicit applications for the Nuclear 
     Regulator Apprenticeship Network.
       (5) Application of merit system principles.--To the maximum 
     extent practicable, appointments under paragraphs (2)(A) and 
     (3)(A) and any 1-time performance bonus under paragraph 
     (3)(D) shall be made in accordance with the merit system 
     principles set forth in section 2301 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (6) Delegation.--Pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 
     1980 (94 Stat. 3585; 5 U.S.C. app.), the Chairman shall 
     delegate, subject to the direction and supervision of the 
     Chairman, the authority provided by paragraphs (2), (3), and 
     (4) to the Executive Director for Operations of the 
     Commission.
       (7) Annual report.--The Commission shall include in the 
     annual budget justification of the Commission--
       (A) information that describes--

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       (i) the total number of and the positions of the persons 
     appointed under the authority provided by paragraph (2);
       (ii) the total number of and the positions of the persons 
     paid at the rate determined under the authority provided by 
     paragraph (3)(A);
       (iii) the total number of and the positions of the persons 
     paid a 1-time performance bonus under the authority provided 
     by paragraph (3)(D);
       (iv) how the authority provided by paragraphs (2) and (3) 
     is being used, and has been used during the previous fiscal 
     year, to address the hiring and retention needs of the 
     Commission with respect to the positions described in those 
     subsections to which that authority is applicable;
       (v) if the authority provided by paragraphs (2) and (3) is 
     not being used, or has not been used, the reasons, including 
     a justification, for not using that authority; and
       (vi) the attrition levels with respect to the term-limited 
     appointments made under paragraph (2), including, with 
     respect to persons leaving a position before completion of 
     the applicable term of service, the average length of service 
     as a percentage of the term of service;
       (B) an assessment of--
       (i) the current critical workforce needs of the Commission, 
     including any critical workforce needs that the Commission 
     anticipates in the subsequent 5 fiscal years; and
       (ii) further skillsets that are or will be needed for the 
     Commission to fulfill the licensing and oversight 
     responsibilities of the Commission; and
       (C) the plans of the Commission to assess, develop, and 
     implement updated staff performance standards, training 
     procedures, and schedules.
       (8) Report on attrition and effectiveness.--Not later than 
     September 30, 2032, the Commission shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Environment and Public Works 
     of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Energy 
     and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that--
       (A) describes the attrition levels with respect to the 
     term-limited appointments made under paragraph (2), 
     including, with respect to persons leaving a position before 
     completion of the applicable term of service, the average 
     length of service as a percentage of the term of service;
       (B) provides the views of the Commission on the 
     effectiveness of the authorities provided by paragraphs (2) 
     and (3) in helping the Commission fulfill the mission of the 
     Commission; and
       (C) makes recommendations with respect to whether the 
     authorities provided by paragraphs (2) and (3) should be 
     continued, modified, or discontinued.
       (v) Commission Corporate Support Funding.--
       (1) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress and make publicly 
     available a report that describes--
       (A) the progress on the implementation of section 102(a)(3) 
     of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 
     U.S.C. 2215(a)(3)); and
       (B) whether the Commission is meeting and is expected to 
     meet the total budget authority caps required for corporate 
     support under that section.
       (2) Limitation on corporate support costs.--Section 
     102(a)(3) of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 2215(a)(3)) is amended by striking 
     subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following:
       ``(B) 30 percent for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter.''.
       (3) Corporate support costs clarification.--Paragraph (9) 
     of section 3 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and 
     Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215 note; Public Law 115-439) 
     (as redesignated by subsection (f)(1)(A)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``The term'' and inserting the following:
       ``(A) In general.--The term''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Exclusions.--The term `corporate support costs' does 
     not include--
       ``(i) costs for rent and utilities relating to any and all 
     space in the Three White Flint North building that is not 
     occupied by the Commission; or
       ``(ii) costs for salaries, travel, and other support for 
     the Office of the Commission.''.
       (w) Performance and Reporting Update.--Section 102(c) of 
     the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 
     U.S.C. 2215(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``180'' and 
     inserting ``90''; and
       (B) by striking ``180'' and inserting ``90''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) Periodic updates to metrics and schedules.--
       ``(A) Review and assessment.--Not less frequently than once 
     every 3 years, the Commission shall review and assess, based 
     on the licensing and regulatory activities of the Commission, 
     the performance metrics and milestone schedules established 
     under paragraph (1).
       ``(B) Revisions.--After each review and assessment under 
     subparagraph (A), the Commission shall revise and improve, as 
     appropriate, the performance metrics and milestone schedules 
     described in that subparagraph to provide the most efficient 
     metrics and schedules reasonably achievable.''.
       (x) Nuclear Closure Communities.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Community advisory board.--The term ``community 
     advisory board'' means a community committee or other 
     advisory organization that aims to foster communication and 
     information exchange between a licensee planning for and 
     involved in decommissioning activities and members of the 
     community that decommissioning activities may affect.
       (B) Decommission.--The term ``decommission'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 50.2 of title 10, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
       (C) Eligible recipient.--The term ``eligible recipient'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Public 
     Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3122).
       (D) Licensee.--The term ``licensee'' has the meaning given 
     the term in section 50.2 of title 10, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or successor regulations).
       (E) Nuclear closure community.--The term ``nuclear closure 
     community'' means a unit of local government, including a 
     county, city, town, village, school district, or special 
     district, that has been impacted, or reasonably demonstrates 
     to the satisfaction of the Secretary that it will be 
     impacted, by a nuclear power plant licensed by the Commission 
     that--
       (i) is not co-located with an operating nuclear power 
     plant;
       (ii) is at a site with spent nuclear fuel; and
       (iii) as of the date of enactment of this Act--

       (I) has ceased operations; or
       (II) has provided a written notification to the Commission 
     that it will cease operations.

       (F) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of 
     Commerce for Economic Development.
       (2) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     grant program to provide grants to eligible recipients--
       (A) to assist with economic development in nuclear closure 
     communities; and
       (B) to fund community advisory boards in nuclear closure 
     communities.
       (3) Requirement.--In carrying out this subsection, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall implement the 
     recommendations described in the report submitted to Congress 
     under section 108 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and 
     Modernization Act (Public Law 115-439; 132 Stat. 5577) 
     entitled ``Best Practices for Establishment and Operation of 
     Local Community Advisory Boards Associated with 
     Decommissioning Activities at Nuclear Power Plants''.
       (4) Distribution of funds.--The Secretary shall establish a 
     formula to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, 
     geographic diversity among grant recipients under this 
     subsection.
       (5) Authorization of appropriations.--
       (A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Secretary--
       (i) to carry out paragraph (2)(A), $35,000,000 for each of 
     fiscal years 2023 through 2028; and
       (ii) to carry out paragraph (2)(B), $5,000,000 for each of 
     fiscal years 2023 through 2025.
       (B) Availability.--Amounts made available under this 
     subsection shall remain available for a period of 5 years 
     beginning on the date on which the amounts are made 
     available.
       (C) No offset.--None of the funds made available under this 
     subsection may be used to offset the funding for any other 
     Federal program.
       (y) Technical Correction.--Section 104 c. of the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2134(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking the third sentence and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(3) Limitation on utilization facilities.--The Commission 
     may issue a license under this section for a utilization 
     facility useful in the conduct of research and development 
     activities of the types specified in section 31 if--
       ``(A) not more than 75 percent of the annual costs to the 
     licensee of owning and operating the facility are devoted to 
     the sale, other than for research and development or 
     education and training, of--
       ``(i) nonenergy services;
       ``(ii) energy; or
       ``(iii) a combination of nonenergy services and energy; and
       ``(B) not more than 50 percent of the annual costs to the 
     licensee of owning and operating the facility are devoted to 
     the sale of energy.'';
       (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``The Commission'' 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Regulation.--The Commission''; and
       (3) by striking ``c. The Commission'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``c. Research and Development Activities.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
     Commission''.
       (z) Report on Engagement With the Government of Canada With 
     Respect to Nuclear Waste Issues in the Great Lakes Basin.--
     Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Commission shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress, the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
     the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
     the Senate,

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     and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives a report describing any engagement between 
     the Commission and the Government of Canada with respect to 
     nuclear waste issues in the Great Lakes Basin.
       (aa) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section affects 
     authorities of the Department of State.
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  SA 871. Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title VIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 8___. MODIFICATIONS TO RIGHTS IN TECHNICAL DATA.

       Section 3771(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ``for which the 
     United States shall have government purpose rights, unless 
     the Government and the contractor negotiate different license 
     rights'' after ``component)''; and
       (2) in paragraph (4)(A)--
       (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
       (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause 
     (iii):
       ``(iii) is a release, disclosure, or use of detailed 
     manufacturing or process data--

       ``(I) that is necessary for operation, maintenance, 
     installation, or training and shall be used only for 
     operation, maintenance, installation, or training purposes 
     supporting wartime operations or contingency operations; and
       ``(II) for which the head of an agency determines that the 
     original supplier of such data will be unable to satisfy 
     military readiness or operational requirements for such 
     operations; or''.

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  SA 872. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Carper, and Mr. 
Daines) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. CREDIT MONITORING.

       (a) In General.--The Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 
     1681 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 605A(k) (15 U.S.C. 1681c-1(k)) is amended--
       (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Uniformed services.--The term `uniformed services' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       ``(B) Uniformed services member consumer.--The term 
     `uniformed services member consumer' means a consumer who, 
     regardless of duty status, is--
       ``(i) a member of the uniformed services; or
       ``(ii) a spouse, or a dependent who is not less than 18 
     years old, of a member of the uniformed services.''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``active duty military 
     consumer'' and inserting ``uniformed services member 
     consumer''; and
       (2) in section 625 (15 U.S.C. 1681t(b)(1)(K)), by striking 
     ``active duty military consumers'' and inserting ``uniformed 
     services member consumer''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date 
     on which the appropriate agency updates existing rules to 
     implement the amendments made by subsection (a).
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  SA 873. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10__. PUBLIC BUILDING PROHIBITIONS BASED ON LEGALITY OR 
                   AVAILABILITY OF ABORTION.

       (a) Acquisition of Buildings and Sites.--Section 3304 of 
     title 40, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(referred to in this 
     section as the `Administrator')'' after ``Administrator of 
     General Services''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) No Consideration of Legality or Availability of 
     Abortion.--In acquiring a building or site under this 
     section, the Administrator shall not consider the legality or 
     availability of abortion.''.
       (b) Construction and Alteration of Buildings.--Section 3305 
     of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by inserting 
     ``(referred to in this section as the `Administrator')'' 
     after ``Administrator of General Services''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) No consideration of legality or availability of 
     abortion.--In acquiring a site to construct a public building 
     under paragraph (1), including through exchange, the 
     Administrator shall not consider the legality or availability 
     of abortion.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``section 3304(b)-
     (d) of this title'' and inserting ``subsections (b) through 
     (e) of section 3304''.
       (c) Lease of Buildings.--Section 1302 of title 40, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
     ``The leasing of buildings and property of the Federal 
     Government shall not be based on the consideration of the 
     legality or availability of abortion.''.
       (d) Lease Agreements.--Section 585 of title 40, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), in the first sentence, by 
     inserting ``(referred to in this section as the 
     `Administrator')'' after ``Administrator of General 
     Services''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) No Consideration of Legality or Availability of 
     Abortion.--In entering into a lease agreement under this 
     section, the Administrator shall not consider the legality or 
     availability of abortion.''.
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  SA 874. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FLAGS OTHER THAN THE FLAG OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Flag of the united states.--The term ``flag of the 
     United States'' has the meaning given the term in section 
     700(b) of title 18, United States Code.
       (2) Public building.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     the term ``public building'' has the meaning given the term 
     in section 3301(a) of title 40, United States Code.
       (B) Inclusion.--The term ``public building'' includes--
       (i) a military installation (as defined in section 2801(c) 
     of title 10, United States Code); and
       (ii) any embassy or consulate of the United States.
       (b) Prohibitions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law and except as provided in subsection (c), no flag that is 
     not the flag of the United States may be flown, draped, or 
     otherwise displayed--
       (1) on the exterior of a public building; or
       (2) in the hallway of a public building.
       (c) Exceptions.--The prohibitions under subsection (b) 
     shall not apply to--
       (1) a National League of Families POW/MIA flag (as 
     designated by section 902 of title 36, United States Code);
       (2) any flag that represents the nation of a visiting 
     diplomat;
       (3) the State flag of the State represented by a member of 
     Congress, outside or within the office of the member;
       (4) in the case of a military installation, any flag that 
     represents a unit or branch of the Armed Forces;
       (5) any flag that represents an Indian Tribe (as defined in 
     section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)); or
       (6) any flag that represents the State, territory, county, 
     city, or local jurisdiction in which the public building is 
     located.
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  SA 875. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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, add the following:

                   DIVISION F--CALIFORNIA PUBLIC LAND

  TITLE LXI--NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS, RECREATION, AND WORKING 
                                FORESTS

     SEC. 6101. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means--
       (A) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture; and
       (B) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior.

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       (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
     California.

            Subtitle A--Restoration and Economic Development

     SEC. 6111. SOUTH FORK TRINITY-MAD RIVER RESTORATION AREA.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Collaboratively developed.--The term ``collaboratively 
     developed'' means, with respect to a restoration project, the 
     development and implementation of the restoration project 
     through a collaborative process that--
       (A) includes--
       (i) appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies; and
       (ii) multiple interested persons representing diverse 
     interests; and
       (B) is transparent and nonexclusive.
       (2) Plantation.--The term ``plantation'' means a forested 
     area that has been artificially established by planting or 
     seeding.
       (3) Restoration.--The term ``restoration'' means the 
     process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has 
     been degraded, damaged, or destroyed by establishing the 
     composition, structure, pattern, and ecological processes 
     necessary to facilitate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem 
     sustainability, resilience, and health under current and 
     future conditions.
       (4) Restoration area.--The term ``restoration area'' means 
     the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area established 
     by subsection (b).
       (5) Shaded fuel break.--The term ``shaded fuel break'' 
     means a vegetation treatment that--
       (A) effectively addresses all slash generated by a project; 
     and
       (B) retains, to the maximum extent practicable--
       (i) adequate canopy cover to suppress plant regrowth in the 
     forest understory following treatment;
       (ii) the longest living trees that provide the most shade 
     over the longest period of time;
       (iii) the healthiest and most vigorous trees with the 
     greatest potential for crown growth in--

       (I) plantations; and
       (II) natural stands adjacent to plantations; and

       (iv) mature hardwoods.
       (6) Stewardship contract.--The term ``stewardship 
     contract'' means an agreement or contract entered into under 
     section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
     (16 U.S.C. 6591c).
       (7) Wildland-urban interface.--The term ``wildland-urban 
     interface'' has the meaning given the term in section 101 of 
     the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511).
       (b) Establishment.--Subject to valid existing rights, there 
     is established the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration 
     Area, comprising approximately 871,414 acres of Federal land 
     administered by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
     Management, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``South 
     Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area'' and dated May 15, 
     2020.
       (c) Purposes.--The purposes of the restoration area are--
       (1) to establish, restore, and maintain fire-resilient late 
     successional forest structures characterized by large trees 
     and multistoried canopies, as ecologically appropriate, in 
     the restoration area;
       (2) to protect late successional reserves in the 
     restoration area;
       (3) to enhance the restoration of Federal land in the 
     restoration area;
       (4) to reduce the threat posed by wildfires to communities 
     in or in the vicinity of the restoration area;
       (5) to protect and restore aquatic habitat and anadromous 
     fisheries;
       (6) to protect the quality of water within the restoration 
     area; and
       (7) to allow visitors to enjoy the scenic, recreational, 
     natural, cultural, and wildlife values of the restoration 
     area.
       (d) Management.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall manage the restoration 
     area--
       (A) in a manner--
       (i) consistent with the purposes described in subsection 
     (c); and
       (ii) in the case of the Forest Service, that prioritizes 
     the restoration of the restoration area over other 
     nonemergency vegetation management projects on the portions 
     of the Six Rivers and Shasta-Trinity National Forests in 
     Humboldt and Trinity Counties, California;
       (B) in accordance with an agreement entered into by the 
     Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service--
       (i) for cooperation to ensure the timely consultation 
     required under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) on restoration projects within the 
     restoration area; and
       (ii) to maintain and exchange information on planning 
     schedules and priorities with respect to the restoration area 
     on a regular basis;
       (C) in accordance with--
       (i) the laws (including regulations) and rules applicable 
     to the National Forest System, with respect to land managed 
     by the Forest Service;
       (ii) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
     U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), with respect to land managed by the 
     Bureau of Land Management;
       (iii) this title; and
       (iv) any other applicable law (including regulations); and
       (D) in a manner consistent with congressional intent that 
     consultation for restoration projects within the restoration 
     area be completed in a timely and efficient manner.
       (2) Conflict of laws.--
       (A) In general.--The establishment of the restoration area 
     shall not modify the management status of any land or water 
     that is designated as a component of the National Wilderness 
     Preservation System or the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
     System, including land or water designated as a component of 
     the National Wilderness Preservation System or the National 
     Wild and Scenic Rivers System by this title (including an 
     amendment made by this title).
       (B) Resolution of conflict.--If there is a conflict between 
     a law applicable to a component described in subparagraph (A) 
     and this section, the more restrictive provision shall 
     control.
       (3) Uses.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall only allow uses of the 
     restoration area that the Secretary determines would further 
     the purposes described in subsection (c).
       (B) Priority.--The Secretary shall give priority to 
     restoration activities within the restoration area.
       (C) Limitation.--Nothing in this section limits the ability 
     of the Secretary to plan, approve, or prioritize activities 
     outside of the restoration area.
       (4) Wildland fire.--
       (A) In general.--Nothing in this section prohibits the 
     Secretary, in cooperation with Federal, State, and local 
     agencies, as appropriate, from conducting wildland fire 
     operations in the restoration area, consistent with the 
     purposes of this section.
       (B) Priority.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
     Secretary may use prescribed burning and managed wildland 
     fire to achieve the purposes of this section.
       (5) Road decommissioning.--
       (A) Definition of decommission.--In this paragraph, the 
     term ``decommission'' means, with respect to a road--
       (i) to reestablish vegetation on the road; and
       (ii) to restore any natural drainage, watershed function, 
     or other ecological process that is disrupted or adversely 
     impacted by the road by removing or hydrologically 
     disconnecting the road prism.
       (B) Decommissioning.--To the maximum extent practicable, 
     the Secretary shall decommission any unneeded National Forest 
     System road or any unauthorized road identified for 
     decommissioning within the restoration area--
       (i) subject to appropriations;
       (ii) consistent with the analysis required under subparts A 
     and B of part 212 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations 
     (or successor regulations); and
       (iii) in accordance with existing law.
       (C) Additional requirement.--In making determinations with 
     respect to the decommissioning of a road under subparagraph 
     (B), the Secretary shall consult with--
       (i) appropriate State, Tribal, and local governmental 
     entities; and
       (ii) members of the public.
       (6) Vegetation management.--
       (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraphs (B), (C), and 
     (D), the Secretary may carry out any vegetation management 
     projects in the restoration area that the Secretary 
     determines to be necessary--
       (i) to maintain or restore the characteristics of ecosystem 
     composition and structure;
       (ii) to reduce wildfire risk to the community by promoting 
     forests that are fire resilient;
       (iii) to improve the habitat of threatened species, 
     endangered species, or sensitive species;
       (iv) to protect or improve water quality; or
       (v) to enhance the restoration of land within the 
     restoration area.
       (B) Additional requirements.--
       (i) Shaded fuel breaks.--In carrying out subparagraph (A), 
     the Secretary shall prioritize, as practicable, the 
     establishment in the restoration area of a network of shaded 
     fuel breaks within--

       (I) any portion of the wildland-urban interface that is 
     within 150 feet of private property contiguous to Federal 
     land;
       (II) on the condition that the Secretary includes 
     vegetation treatments within a minimum of 25 feet of a road 
     that is open to motorized vehicles as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act if practicable, feasible, and 
     appropriate as part of any shaded fuel break--

       (aa) 150 feet of the road; or
       (bb) as topography or other conditions require, 275 feet of 
     the road, if the combined total width of the shaded fuel 
     breaks for both sides of the road does not exceed 300 feet; 
     or

       (III) 150 feet of any plantation.

       (ii) Plantations; riparian reserves.--The Secretary may 
     carry out vegetation management projects--

       (I) in an area within the restoration area in which a fish 
     or wildlife habitat is significantly compromised as a result 
     of past management practices (including plantations); and
       (II) in designated riparian reserves in the restoration 
     area, as the Secretary determines to be necessary--

       (aa) to maintain the integrity of fuel breaks; or
       (bb) to enhance fire resilience.
       (C) Applicable law.--The Secretary shall carry out 
     vegetation management projects in the restoration area--

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       (i) in accordance with--

       (I) this section; and
       (II) applicable law (including regulations);

       (ii) after providing an opportunity for public comment; and
       (iii) subject to appropriations.
       (D) Best available science.--The Secretary shall use the 
     best available science in planning and carrying out 
     vegetation management projects in the restoration area.
       (7) Grazing.--
       (A) Existing grazing.--The grazing of livestock in the 
     restoration area, where established before the date of 
     enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue--
       (i) subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and 
     practices as the Secretary considers to be necessary;
       (ii) in accordance with applicable law (including 
     regulations); and
       (iii) in a manner consistent with the purposes described in 
     subsection (c).
       (B) Targeted new grazing.--The Secretary may issue annual 
     targeted grazing permits for the grazing of livestock in an 
     area of the restoration area in which the grazing of 
     livestock is not authorized before the date of enactment of 
     this Act to control noxious weeds, aid in the control of 
     wildfire within the wildland-urban interface, or provide 
     other ecological benefits--
       (i) subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and 
     practices as the Secretary considers to be necessary; and
       (ii) in a manner consistent with the purposes described in 
     subsection (c).
       (C) Best available science.--The Secretary shall use the 
     best available science in determining whether to issue 
     targeted grazing permits under subparagraph (B) within the 
     restoration area.
       (e) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     restoration area is withdrawn from--
       (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
     the public land laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and 
     geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
       (f) Use of Stewardship Contracts.--To the maximum extent 
     practicable, the Secretary shall--
       (1) use stewardship contracts to carry out this section; 
     and
       (2) use revenue derived from stewardship contracts under 
     paragraph (1) to carry out restoration and other activities 
     within the restoration area, including staff and 
     administrative costs to support timely consultation 
     activities for restoration projects.
       (g) Collaboration.--In developing and carrying out 
     restoration projects in the restoration area, the Secretary 
     shall consult with collaborative groups with an interest in 
     the restoration area.
       (h) Environmental Review.--A collaboratively developed 
     restoration project within the restoration area may be 
     carried out in accordance with the provisions for hazardous 
     fuel reduction projects in sections 104, 105, and 106 of the 
     Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6514, 
     6515, 6516), as applicable.
       (i) Multiparty Monitoring.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     shall--
       (1) in collaboration with the Secretary of the Interior and 
     interested persons, use a multiparty monitoring, evaluation, 
     and accountability process to assess the positive or negative 
     ecological, social, and economic effects of restoration 
     projects within the restoration area; and
       (2) incorporate the monitoring results into the management 
     of the restoration area.
       (j) Available Authorities.--The Secretary shall use any 
     available authorities to secure the funding necessary to 
     fulfill the purposes of the restoration area.
       (k) Forest Residues Utilization.--
       (1) In general.--In accordance with applicable law 
     (including regulations) and this section, the Secretary may 
     use forest residues from restoration projects, including 
     shaded fuel breaks, in the restoration area for research and 
     development of biobased products that result in net carbon 
     sequestration.
       (2) Partnerships.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary may enter into partnerships with institutions of 
     higher education, nongovernmental organizations, industry, 
     Tribes, and Federal, State, and local governmental agencies.

     SEC. 6112. REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS RESTORATION.

       (a) Partnership Agreements.--The Secretary of the Interior 
     may carry out initiatives to restore degraded redwood forest 
     ecosystems in Redwood National and State Parks in partnership 
     with the State, local agencies, and nongovernmental 
     organizations.
       (b) Applicable Law.--In carrying out an initiative under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall comply 
     with applicable law.

     SEC. 6113. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC LAND REMEDIATION PARTNERSHIP.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Partnership.--The term ``partnership'' means the 
     California Public Land Remediation Partnership established by 
     subsection (b).
       (2) Priority land.--The term ``priority land'' means 
     Federal land in the State that is determined by the 
     partnership to be a high priority for remediation.
       (3) Remediation.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``remediation'' means to 
     facilitate the recovery of land or water that has been 
     degraded, damaged, or destroyed by illegal marijuana 
     cultivation or another illegal activity.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``remediation'' includes--
       (i) the removal of trash, debris, or other material; and
       (ii) establishing the composition, structure, pattern, and 
     ecological processes necessary to facilitate terrestrial or 
     aquatic ecosystem sustainability, resilience, or health under 
     current and future conditions.
       (b) Establishment.--There is established the California 
     Public Land Remediation Partnership.
       (c) Purposes.--The purposes of the partnership are to 
     support coordination of activities among Federal, State, 
     Tribal, and local authorities and the private sector in the 
     remediation of priority land in the State affected by illegal 
     marijuana cultivation or another illegal activity.
       (d) Membership.--The members of the partnership shall 
     include the following:
       (1) The Secretary of Agriculture (or a designee) to 
     represent the Forest Service.
       (2) The Secretary of the Interior (or a designee) to 
     represent--
       (A) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
       (B) the Bureau of Land Management; and
       (C) the National Park Service.
       (3) The Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy (or a designee).
       (4) The Secretary of the State Natural Resources Agency (or 
     a designee) to represent the California Department of Fish 
     and Wildlife.
       (5) A designee of the California State Water Resources 
     Control Board.
       (6) A designee of the California State Sheriffs' 
     Association.
       (7) 1 member to represent federally recognized Indian 
     Tribes, to be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
       (8) 1 member to represent nongovernmental organizations 
     with an interest in Federal land remediation, to be appointed 
     by the Secretary of Agriculture.
       (9) 1 member to represent local governmental interests, to 
     be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
       (10) A law enforcement official from each of the following:
       (A) The Department of the Interior.
       (B) The Department of Agriculture.
       (11) A subject matter expert to provide expertise and 
     advice on methods needed for remediation efforts, to be 
     appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
       (12) A designee of the National Guard Counterdrug Program.
       (13) Any other members that are determined to be 
     appropriate by the partnership.
       (e) Duties.--To further the purposes of this section and 
     subject to subsection (f), the partnership shall--
       (1) identify priority land for remediation in the State;
       (2) secure voluntary contributions of resources from 
     Federal sources and non-Federal sources for remediation of 
     priority land in the State;
       (3) support efforts by Federal, State, Tribal, and local 
     agencies and nongovernmental organizations in carrying out 
     remediation of priority land in the State;
       (4) support research and education on the impacts of, and 
     solutions to, illegal marijuana cultivation and other illegal 
     activities on priority land in the State;
       (5) involve other Federal, State, Tribal, and local 
     agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the public in 
     remediation efforts on priority land in the State, to the 
     maximum extent practicable; and
       (6) carry out any other administrative or advisory 
     activities necessary to address remediation of priority land 
     in the State.
       (f) Limitation.--Nothing in this section limits the 
     authorities of the Federal, State, Tribal, and local entities 
     that comprise the partnership.
       (g) Authorities.--Subject to the prior approval of the 
     Secretary of Agriculture and consistent with applicable law 
     (including regulations), the partnership may--
       (1) provide grants to the State, political subdivisions of 
     the State, nonprofit organizations, and other persons;
       (2) enter into cooperative agreements with or provide 
     technical assistance to Federal agencies, the State, 
     political subdivisions of the State, nonprofit organizations, 
     and other interested persons;
       (3) identify opportunities for collaborative efforts among 
     members of the partnership;
       (4) hire and compensate staff;
       (5) obtain funds or services from any source, including--
       (A) Federal funds (including funds and services provided 
     under any other Federal law or program); and
       (B) non-Federal funds;
       (6) coordinate to identify sources of funding or services 
     that may be available for remediation activities;
       (7) seek funds or services from any source, including--
       (A) Federal funds (including funds and services provided 
     under any other Federal law or program); and
       (B) non-Federal funds; and
       (8) support--
       (A) activities of partners; and
       (B) any other activities that further the purposes of this 
     section.
       (h) Procedures.--The partnership shall establish any 
     internal administrative procedures for the partnership that 
     the partnership determines to be necessary or appropriate.

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       (i) Local Hiring.--The partnership shall, to the maximum 
     extent practicable and in accordance with existing law, give 
     preference to local entities and individuals in carrying out 
     this section.
       (j) Service Without Compensation.--A member of the 
     partnership shall serve without pay.
       (k) Duties and Authorities of the Secretaries.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall convene 
     the partnership on a regular basis to carry out this section.
       (2) Technical and financial assistance.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior may provide 
     technical and financial assistance, on a reimbursable or 
     nonreimbursable basis, as determined to be appropriate by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as 
     applicable, to the partnership or any members of the 
     partnership to carry out this section.
       (3) Cooperative agreements.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     and the Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative 
     agreements with the partnership, any member of the 
     partnership, or other public or private entities to provide 
     technical, financial, or other assistance to carry out this 
     section.

     SEC. 6114. TRINITY LAKE VISITOR CENTER.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
     through the Chief of the Forest Service (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Secretary''), may establish, in cooperation 
     with any other public or private entity that the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate, a visitor center in 
     Weaverville, California--
       (1) to serve visitors; and
       (2) to assist in fulfilling the purposes of the 
     Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area.
       (b) Requirements.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
     visitor center authorized under subsection (a) is designed to 
     provide for the interpretation of the scenic, biological, 
     natural, historical, scientific, paleontological, 
     recreational, ecological, wilderness, and cultural resources 
     of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area 
     and other Federal land in the vicinity of the visitor center.
       (c) Cooperative Agreements.--In a manner consistent with 
     this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
     agreements with the State and any other appropriate 
     institutions and organizations to carry out the purposes of 
     this section.

     SEC. 6115. DEL NORTE COUNTY VISITOR CENTER.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the 
     Secretary of the Interior, acting jointly or separately 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretaries''), may 
     establish, in cooperation with any other public or private 
     entity that the Secretaries determine to be appropriate, a 
     visitor center in Del Norte County, California--
       (1) to serve visitors; and
       (2) to assist in fulfilling the purposes of Redwood 
     National and State Parks, the Smith River National Recreation 
     Area, and any other Federal land in the vicinity of the 
     visitor center.
       (b) Requirements.--The Secretaries shall ensure that the 
     visitor center authorized under subsection (a) is designed to 
     interpret the scenic, biological, natural, historical, 
     scientific, paleontological, recreational, ecological, 
     wilderness, and cultural resources of Redwood National and 
     State Parks, the Smith River National Recreation Area, and 
     any other Federal land in the vicinity of the visitor center.

     SEC. 6116. LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS.

        In revising the land and resource management plan for each 
     of the Shasta-Trinity, Six Rivers, Klamath, and Mendocino 
     National Forests, the Secretary shall consider the purposes 
     of the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area 
     established by section 6111(b).

     SEC. 6117. ANNUAL FIRE MANAGEMENT PLANS.

       In revising the fire management plan for a wilderness area 
     or wilderness addition designated by section 6131(a), the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) develop spatial fire management plans in accordance 
     with--
       (A) the Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland 
     Fire Management Policy, dated February 13, 2009, including 
     any amendments to the guidance; and
       (B) other appropriate policies;
       (2) ensure that a fire management plan--
       (A) considers how prescribed or managed fire can be used to 
     achieve ecological management objectives of wilderness and 
     other natural or primitive areas; and
       (B) in the case of a wilderness area to which land is added 
     under section 6131, provides consistent direction regarding 
     fire management to the entire wilderness area, including the 
     wilderness addition;
       (3) consult with--
       (A) appropriate State, Tribal, and local governmental 
     entities; and
       (B) members of the public; and
       (4) comply with applicable law (including regulations).

     SEC. 6118. STUDY; PARTNERSHIPS RELATED TO OVERNIGHT 
                   ACCOMMODATIONS.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in 
     this section as the ``Secretary''), in consultation with 
     interested Federal, State, Tribal, and local entities and 
     private and nonprofit organizations, shall conduct a study to 
     evaluate the feasibility and suitability of establishing 
     overnight accommodations near Redwood National and State 
     Parks on--
       (1) Federal land that is--
       (A) at the northern boundary of Redwood National and State 
     Parks; or
       (B) on land within 20 miles of the northern boundary of 
     Redwood National and State Parks; and
       (2) Federal land that is--
       (A) at the southern boundary of Redwood National and State 
     Parks; or
       (B) on land within 20 miles of the southern boundary of 
     Redwood National and State Parks.
       (b) Partnerships.--
       (1) Agreements authorized.--If the Secretary determines, 
     based on the study conducted under subsection (a), that 
     establishing the accommodations described in that subsection 
     is suitable and feasible, the Secretary may, in accordance 
     with applicable law, enter into 1 or more agreements with 
     qualified private and nonprofit organizations for the 
     development, operation, and maintenance of the 
     accommodations.
       (2) Contents.--Any agreement entered into under paragraph 
     (1) shall clearly define the role and responsibility of the 
     Secretary and the private or nonprofit organization entering 
     into the agreement.
       (3) Effect.--Nothing in this subsection--
       (A) reduces or diminishes the authority of the Secretary to 
     manage land and resources under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary; or
       (B) amends or modifies the application of any law 
     (including regulations) applicable to land under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary.

                         Subtitle B--Recreation

     SEC. 6121. HORSE MOUNTAIN SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA.

       (a) Establishment.--Subject to valid existing rights, there 
     is established the Horse Mountain Special Management Area 
     (referred to in this section as the ``special management 
     area'') comprising approximately 7,482 acres of Federal land 
     administered by the Forest Service in Humboldt County, 
     California, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Horse 
     Mountain Special Management Area'' and dated May 15, 2020.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the special management area is 
     to enhance the recreational and scenic values of the special 
     management area while conserving the plants, wildlife, and 
     other natural resource values of the area.
       (c) Management Plan.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act and in accordance with paragraph (2), 
     the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as 
     the ``Secretary'') shall develop a comprehensive plan for the 
     long-term management of the special management area.
       (2) Consultation.--In developing the management plan 
     required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult 
     with--
       (A) appropriate State, Tribal, and local governmental 
     entities; and
       (B) members of the public.
       (3) Additional requirement.--The management plan required 
     under paragraph (1) shall ensure that recreational use within 
     the special management area does not cause significant 
     adverse impacts on the plants and wildlife of the special 
     management area.
       (d) Management.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall manage the special 
     management area--
       (A) in furtherance of the purpose described in subsection 
     (b); and
       (B) in accordance with--
       (i) the laws (including regulations) generally applicable 
     to the National Forest System;
       (ii) this section; and
       (iii) any other applicable law (including regulations).
       (2) Recreation.--The Secretary shall continue to authorize, 
     maintain, and enhance the recreational use of the special 
     management area, including hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, 
     hang gliding, sightseeing, nature study, horseback riding, 
     rafting, mountain bicycling, motorized recreation on 
     authorized routes, and other recreational activities, if the 
     recreational use is consistent with--
       (A) the purpose of the special management area;
       (B) this section;
       (C) other applicable law (including regulations); and
       (D) any applicable management plans.
       (3) Motorized vehicles.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     the use of motorized vehicles in the special management area 
     shall be permitted only on roads and trails designated for 
     the use of motorized vehicles.
       (B) Use of snowmobiles.--The winter use of snowmobiles 
     shall be allowed in the special management area--
       (i) during periods of adequate snow coverage during the 
     winter season; and
       (ii) subject to any terms and conditions determined to be 
     necessary by the Secretary.
       (4) New trails.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary may construct new trails for 
     motorized or nonmotorized recreation within the special 
     management area in accordance with--
       (i) the laws (including regulations) generally applicable 
     to the National Forest System;
       (ii) this section; and
       (iii) any other applicable law (including regulations).
       (B) Priority.--In establishing new trails within the 
     special management area, the Secretary shall--
       (i) prioritize the establishment of loops that provide 
     high-quality, diverse recreational experiences; and

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       (ii) consult with members of the public.
       (e) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     special management area is withdrawn from--
       (1) all forms of appropriation or disposal under the public 
     land laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (3) disposition under laws relating to mineral and 
     geothermal leasing.

     SEC. 6122. BIGFOOT NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL.

       (a) Feasibility Study.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred 
     to in this section as the ``Secretary''), in cooperation with 
     the Secretary of the Interior, shall submit to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives a study that describes the feasibility of 
     establishing a nonmotorized Bigfoot National Recreation Trail 
     that follows the route described in paragraph (2).
       (2) Route.--The route referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
     extend from the Ides Cove Trailhead in the Mendocino National 
     Forest to Crescent City, California, following the route as 
     generally depicted on the map entitled ``Bigfoot National 
     Recreation Trail--Proposed'' and dated July 25, 2018.
       (3) Additional requirement.--In completing the study 
     required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult 
     with--
       (A) appropriate Federal, State, Tribal, regional, and local 
     agencies;
       (B) private landowners;
       (C) nongovernmental organizations; and
       (D) members of the public.
       (b) Designation.--
       (1) In general.--On a determination by the Secretary that 
     the Bigfoot National Recreation Trail is feasible and meets 
     the requirements for a National Recreation Trail under 
     section 4 of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1243), 
     the Secretary shall designate the Bigfoot National Recreation 
     Trail (referred to in this section as the ``trail'') in 
     accordance with--
       (A) the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.)
       (B) this title; and
       (C) other applicable law (including regulations).
       (2) Administration.--On designation by the Secretary, the 
     trail shall be administered by the Secretary, in consultation 
     with--
       (A) other Federal, State, Tribal, regional, and local 
     agencies;
       (B) private landowners; and
       (C) other interested organizations.
       (3) Private property rights.--
       (A) In general.--No portions of the trail may be located on 
     non-Federal land without the written consent of the 
     landowner.
       (B) Prohibition.--The Secretary shall not acquire for the 
     trail any land or interest in land outside the exterior 
     boundary of any federally managed area without the consent of 
     the owner of the land or interest in the land.
       (C) Effect.--Nothing in this section--
       (i) requires any private property owner to allow public 
     access (including Federal, State, or local government access) 
     to private property; or
       (ii) modifies any provision of Federal, State, or local law 
     with respect to public access to or use of private land.
       (c) Cooperative Agreements.--In carrying out this section, 
     the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 
     State, Tribal, and local government entities and private 
     entities--
       (1) to complete necessary trail construction, 
     reconstruction, realignment, or maintenance; or
       (2) carry out education projects relating to the trail.
       (d) Map.--
       (1) Map required.--On designation of the trail, the 
     Secretary shall prepare a map of the trail.
       (2) Public availability.--The map referred to in paragraph 
     (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
     the appropriate offices of the Forest Service.

     SEC. 6123. ELK CAMP RIDGE RECREATION TRAIL.

       (a) Designation.--
       (1) In general.--In accordance with paragraph (2), the 
     Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Secretary''), after providing an opportunity for public 
     comment, shall designate a trail (which may include a system 
     of trails)--
       (A) for use by off-highway vehicles, mountain bicycles, or 
     both; and
       (B) to be known as the ``Elk Camp Ridge Recreation Trail'' 
     (referred to in this section as the ``trail'').
       (2) Requirements.--In designating the trail under paragraph 
     (1), the Secretary shall only include routes that are--
       (A) as of the date of enactment of this Act, authorized for 
     use by off-highway vehicles, mountain bicycles, or both; and
       (B) located on land that is managed by the Forest Service 
     in Del Norte County in the State.
       (3) Map.--A map that depicts the trail shall be on file and 
     available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of 
     the Forest Service.
       (b) Management.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall manage the trail--
       (A) in accordance with applicable law (including 
     regulations);
       (B) in a manner that ensures the safety of citizens who use 
     the trail; and
       (C) in a manner that minimizes any damage to sensitive 
     habitat or cultural resources.
       (2) Monitoring; evaluation.--To minimize the impacts of the 
     use of the trail on environmental and cultural resources, the 
     Secretary shall annually assess the effects of the use of 
     off-highway vehicles and mountain bicycles on--
       (A) the trail;
       (B) land located in proximity to the trail; and
       (C) plants, wildlife, and wildlife habitat.
       (3) Closure.--The Secretary, in consultation with the State 
     and Del Norte County in the State and subject to paragraph 
     (4), may temporarily close or permanently reroute a portion 
     of the trail if the Secretary determines that--
       (A) the trail is having an adverse impact on--
       (i) wildlife habitat;
       (ii) natural resources;
       (iii) cultural resources; or
       (iv) traditional uses;
       (B) the trail threatens public safety; or
       (C) closure of the trail is necessary--
       (i) to repair damage to the trail; or
       (ii) to repair resource damage.
       (4) Rerouting.--Any portion of the trail that is 
     temporarily closed by the Secretary under paragraph (3) may 
     be permanently rerouted along any road or trail--
       (A) that is--
       (i) in existence as of the date of the closure of the 
     portion of the trail;
       (ii) located on public land; and
       (iii) open to motorized or mechanized use; and
       (B) if the Secretary determines that rerouting the portion 
     of the trail would not significantly increase or decrease the 
     length of the trail.
       (5) Notice of available routes.--The Secretary shall ensure 
     that visitors to the trail have access to adequate notice 
     relating to the availability of trail routes through--
       (A) the placement of appropriate signage along the trail; 
     and
       (B) the distribution of maps, safety education materials, 
     and other information that the Secretary determines to be 
     appropriate.
       (c) Effect.--Nothing in this section affects the ownership, 
     management, or other rights relating to any non-Federal land 
     (including any interest in any non-Federal land).

     SEC. 6124. TRINITY LAKE TRAIL.

       (a) Trail Construction.--
       (1) Feasibility study.--Not later than 3 years after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall study the 
     feasibility and public interest of constructing a 
     recreational trail for nonmotorized uses around Trinity Lake 
     (referred to in this section as the ``trail'').
       (2) Construction.--
       (A) Construction authorized.--Subject to appropriations, 
     and in accordance with paragraph (3), if the Secretary 
     determines under paragraph (1) that the construction of the 
     trail is feasible and in the public interest, the Secretary 
     may provide for the construction of the trail.
       (B) Use of volunteer services and contributions.--The trail 
     may be constructed under this section through the acceptance 
     of volunteer services and contributions from non-Federal 
     sources to reduce or eliminate the need for Federal 
     expenditures to construct the trail.
       (3) Compliance.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary shall comply with--
       (A) the laws (including regulations) generally applicable 
     to the National Forest System; and
       (B) this title.
       (b) Effect.--Nothing in this section affects the ownership, 
     management, or other rights relating to any non-Federal land 
     (including any interest in any non-Federal land).

     SEC. 6125. TRAILS STUDY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in 
     accordance with subsection (b) and in consultation with 
     interested parties, shall conduct a study to improve 
     motorized and nonmotorized recreation trail opportunities 
     (including mountain bicycling) on land not designated as 
     wilderness within the portions of the Six Rivers, Shasta-
     Trinity, and Mendocino National Forests located in Del Norte, 
     Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino Counties in the State.
       (b) Consultation.--In carrying out the study under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult 
     with the Secretary of the Interior regarding opportunities to 
     improve, through increased coordination, recreation trail 
     opportunities on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
     of the Interior that shares a boundary with the National 
     Forest System land described in subsection (a).

     SEC. 6126. CONSTRUCTION OF MOUNTAIN BICYCLING ROUTES.

       (a) Trail Construction.--
       (1) Feasibility study.--Not later than 3 years after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall 
     study the feasibility and public interest of constructing 
     recreational trails for mountain bicycling and other 
     nonmotorized uses on the routes as generally depicted in the 
     report entitled ``Trail Study for Smith River National 
     Recreation Area Six Rivers National Forest'' and dated 2016.

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       (2) Construction.--
       (A) Construction authorized.--Subject to appropriations and 
     in accordance with paragraph (3), if the Secretary determines 
     under paragraph (1) that the construction of 1 or more routes 
     described in that paragraph is feasible and in the public 
     interest, the Secretary may provide for the construction of 
     the routes.
       (B) Modifications.--The Secretary may modify the routes, as 
     determined to be necessary by the Secretary.
       (C) Use of volunteer services and contributions.--Routes 
     may be constructed under this section through the acceptance 
     of volunteer services and contributions from non-Federal 
     sources to reduce or eliminate the need for Federal 
     expenditures to construct the route.
       (3) Compliance.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary shall comply with--
       (A) the laws (including regulations) generally applicable 
     to the National Forest System; and
       (B) this title.
       (b) Effect.--Nothing in this section affects the ownership, 
     management, or other rights relating to any non-Federal land 
     (including any interest in any non-Federal land).

     SEC. 6127. PARTNERSHIPS.

       (a) Agreements Authorized.--The Secretary may enter into 
     agreements with qualified private and nonprofit organizations 
     to carry out the following activities on Federal land in 
     Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte Counties in the 
     State:
       (1) Trail and campground maintenance.
       (2) Public education, visitor contacts, and outreach.
       (3) Visitor center staffing.
       (b) Contents.--An agreement entered into under subsection 
     (a) shall clearly define the role and responsibility of the 
     Secretary and the private or nonprofit organization.
       (c) Compliance.--The Secretary shall enter into agreements 
     under subsection (a) in accordance with existing law.
       (d) Effect.--Nothing in this section--
       (1) reduces or diminishes the authority of the Secretary to 
     manage land and resources under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary; or
       (2) amends or modifies the application of any existing law 
     (including regulations) applicable to land under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary.

                        Subtitle C--Conservation

     SEC. 6131. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.

       (a) In General.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are 
     designated as wilderness areas and as components of the 
     National Wilderness Preservation System:
       (1) Black butte river wilderness.--Certain Federal land 
     managed by the Forest Service in the State, comprising 
     approximately 11,155 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
     entitled ``Black Butte Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated May 
     15, 2020, which shall be known as the ``Black Butte River 
     Wilderness''.
       (2) Chanchelulla wilderness additions.--Certain Federal 
     land managed by the Forest Service in the State, comprising 
     approximately 6,382 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
     entitled ``Chanchelulla Wilderness Additions--Proposed'' and 
     dated May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, and considered 
     to be a part of, the Chanchelulla Wilderness designated by 
     section 101(a)(4) of the California Wilderness Act of 1984 
     (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98-425; 98 Stat. 1619).
       (3) Chinquapin wilderness.--Certain Federal land managed by 
     the Forest Service in the State, comprising approximately 
     27,164 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
     ``Chinquapin Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated May 15, 2020, 
     which shall be known as the ``Chinquapin Wilderness''.
       (4) Elkhorn ridge wilderness addition.--Certain Federal 
     land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the State, 
     comprising approximately 37 acres, as generally depicted on 
     the map entitled ``Proposed Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness 
     Additions'' and dated February 2, 2022, which is incorporated 
     in, and considered to be a part of, the Elkhorn Ridge 
     Wilderness designated by section 6(d) of the Northern 
     California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1132 note; Public Law 109-362; 120 Stat. 2070).
       (5) English ridge wilderness.--Certain Federal land managed 
     by the Bureau of Land Management in the State, comprising 
     approximately 6,204 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
     entitled ``English Ridge Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated 
     February 2, 2022, which shall be known as the ``English Ridge 
     Wilderness''.
       (6) Headwaters forest wilderness.--Certain Federal land 
     managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the State, 
     comprising approximately 4,360 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Headwaters Forest Wilderness--
     Proposed'' and dated October 15, 2019, which shall be known 
     as the ``Headwaters Forest Wilderness''.
       (7) Mad river buttes wilderness.--Certain Federal land 
     managed by the Forest Service in the State, comprising 
     approximately 6,097 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
     entitled ``Mad River Buttes Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated 
     May 15, 2020, which shall be known as the ``Mad River Buttes 
     Wilderness''.
       (8) Mount lassic wilderness addition.--Certain Federal land 
     managed by the Forest Service in the State, comprising 
     approximately 1,288 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
     entitled ``Mt. Lassic Wilderness Additions--Proposed'' and 
     dated May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, and considered 
     to be a part of, the Mount Lassic Wilderness designated by 
     section 3(6) of the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 109-362; 120 
     Stat. 2065).
       (9) North fork wilderness addition.--Certain Federal land 
     managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
     Management in the State, comprising approximately 16,342 
     acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``North Fork 
     Eel Wilderness Additions'' and dated May 15, 2020, which is 
     incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the North 
     Fork Wilderness designated by section 101(a)(19) of the 
     California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
     Public Law 98-425; 98 Stat. 1621).
       (10) Pattison wilderness.--Certain Federal land managed by 
     the Forest Service in the State, comprising approximately 
     29,451 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
     ``Pattison Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated May 15, 2020, 
     which shall be known as the ``Pattison Wilderness''.
       (11) Siskiyou wilderness addition.--Certain Federal land 
     managed by the Forest Service in the State, comprising 
     approximately 23,913 acres, as generally depicted on the maps 
     entitled ``Siskiyou Wilderness Additions--Proposed (North)'' 
     and ``Siskiyou Wilderness Additions--Proposed (South)'' and 
     dated May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, and considered 
     to be a part of, the Siskiyou Wilderness, as designated by 
     section 101(a)(30) of the California Wilderness Act of 1984 
     (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98-425; 98 Stat. 1623).
       (12) South fork eel river wilderness addition.--Certain 
     Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the 
     State, comprising approximately 603 acres, as generally 
     depicted on the map entitled ``South Fork Eel River 
     Wilderness Additions--Proposed'' and dated October 24, 2019, 
     which is incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the 
     South Fork Eel River Wilderness designated by section 3(10) 
     of the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 109-362; 120 Stat. 
     2066).
       (13) South fork trinity river wilderness.--Certain Federal 
     land managed by the Forest Service in the State, comprising 
     approximately 26,115 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
     entitled ``South Fork Trinity River Wilderness Additions--
     Proposed'' and dated May 15, 2020, which shall be known as 
     the ``South Fork Trinity River Wilderness''.
       (14) Trinity alps wilderness addition.--Certain Federal 
     land managed by the Forest Service in the State, comprising 
     approximately 61,187 acres, as generally depicted on the maps 
     entitled ``Trinity Alps Proposed Wilderness Additions EAST'' 
     and ``Trinity Alps Wilderness Additions West--Proposed'' and 
     dated May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, and considered 
     to be a part of, the Trinity Alps Wilderness designated by 
     section 101(a)(34) of the California Wilderness Act of 1984 
     (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98-425; 98 Stat. 1623).
       (15) Underwood wilderness.--Certain Federal land managed by 
     the Forest Service in the State, comprising approximately 
     15,068 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
     ``Underwood Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated May 15, 2020, 
     which shall be known as the ``Underwood Wilderness''.
       (16) Yolla bolly-middle eel wilderness additions.--Certain 
     Federal land managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of 
     Land Management in the State, comprising approximately 11,243 
     acres, as generally depicted on the maps entitled ``Yolla 
     Bolly Wilderness Proposed--NORTH'', ``Yolla Bolly Wilderness 
     Proposed--SOUTH'', and ``Yolla Bolly Wilderness Proposed--
     WEST'' and dated May 15, 2020, which is incorporated in, and 
     considered to be a part of, the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel 
     Wilderness designated by section 3 of the Wilderness Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1132).
       (17) Yuki wilderness addition.--Certain Federal land 
     managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
     Management in the State, comprising approximately 11,076 
     acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Yuki 
     Wilderness Additions--Proposed'' and dated February 7, 2022, 
     which is incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the 
     Yuki Wilderness designated by section 3(3) of the Northern 
     California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1132 note; Public Law 109-362; 120 Stat. 2065).
       (b) Redesignation of North Fork Wilderness as North Fork 
     Eel River Wilderness.--
       (1) In general.--Section 101(a)(19) of the California 
     Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98-
     425; 98 Stat. 1621) is amended by striking ``which shall be 
     known as the North Fork Wilderness'' and inserting ``which 
     shall be known as the `North Fork Eel River Wilderness' ''.
       (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     ``North Fork Wilderness'' shall be considered to be a 
     reference to the ``North Fork Eel River Wilderness''.
       (c) Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness Modification.--The boundary of 
     the Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness established by section 6(d) of 
     the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 109-362; 120 Stat. 2070) is 
     modified by removing approximately 30 acres of Federal land, 
     as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed Elkhorn 
     Ridge Wilderness Additions'' and dated October 24, 2019.

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     SEC. 6132. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS.

       (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, a 
     wilderness area or wilderness addition established by section 
     6131(a) (referred to in this section as a ``wilderness area 
     or addition'') shall be administered by the Secretary in 
     accordance with this subtitle and the Wilderness Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that--
       (1) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective 
     date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the 
     date of enactment of this Act; and
       (2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the 
     Secretary.
       (b) Fire Management and Related Activities.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may carry out any activities 
     in a wilderness area or addition as are necessary for the 
     control of fire, insects, or disease in accordance with--
       (A) section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1133(d)(1)); and
       (B) the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 
     1437 of the 98th Congress (House Report 98-40).
       (2) Funding priorities.--Nothing in this subtitle limits 
     funding for fire or fuels management in a wilderness area or 
     addition.
       (3) Administration.--In accordance with paragraph (1) and 
     any other applicable Federal law, to ensure a timely and 
     efficient response to a fire emergency in a wilderness area 
     or addition, the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
       (A) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, establish agency approval procedures (including 
     appropriate delegations of authority to the Forest 
     Supervisor, District Manager, or other agency officials) for 
     responding to fire emergencies; and
       (B) enter into agreements with appropriate State or local 
     firefighting agencies.
       (c) Grazing.--The grazing of livestock in a wilderness area 
     or addition, if established before the date of enactment of 
     this Act, shall be administered in accordance with--
       (1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1133(d)(4)); and
       (2)(A) for land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, the guidelines set forth in the report of the 
     Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives accompanying H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress 
     (H. Rept. 96-617); and
       (B) for land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
     Interior, the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the 
     report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of 
     the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 
     101st Congress (H. Rept. 101-405).
       (d) Fish and Wildlife.--
       (1) In general.--In accordance with section 4(d)(7) of the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this 
     subtitle affects the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the 
     State with respect to fish and wildlife on public land in the 
     State.
       (2) Management activities.--In support of the purposes and 
     principles of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 
     the Secretary may conduct any management activity that the 
     Secretary determines to be necessary to maintain or restore a 
     fish, wildlife, or plant population or habitat in a 
     wilderness area or addition, if the management activity is 
     conducted in accordance with--
       (A) an applicable wilderness management plan;
       (B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and
       (C) appropriate policies, such as the policies established 
     in Appendix B of the report of the Committee on Interior and 
     Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying 
     H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101-405).
       (e) Buffer Zones.--
       (1) In general.--Nothing in this subtitle establishes a 
     protective perimeter or buffer zone around a wilderness area 
     or addition.
       (2) Outside activities or uses.--The fact that a 
     nonwilderness activity or use can be seen or heard from 
     within a wilderness area or addition shall not preclude the 
     activity or use outside the boundary of the wilderness area 
     or addition.
       (f) Military Activities.--Nothing in this subtitle 
     precludes--
       (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over a 
     wilderness area or addition;
       (2) the designation of a new unit of special airspace over 
     a wilderness area or addition; or
       (3) the use or establishment of a military flight training 
     route over a wilderness area or addition.
       (g) Horses.--Nothing in this subtitle precludes horseback 
     riding in, or the entry of recreational or commercial saddle 
     or pack stock into, a wilderness area or addition--
       (1) in accordance with section 4(d)(5) of the Wilderness 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)); and
       (2) subject to any terms and conditions determined to be 
     necessary by the Secretary.
       (h) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     wilderness areas and additions are withdrawn from--
       (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
     the public land laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (3) operation of the mineral materials and geothermal 
     leasing laws.
       (i) Use by Members of Indian Tribes.--
       (1) Access.--In recognition of the past use of wilderness 
     areas and additions by members of Indian Tribes for 
     traditional cultural and religious purposes, the Secretary 
     shall ensure that Indian Tribes have access to the wilderness 
     areas and additions for traditional cultural and religious 
     purposes.
       (2) Temporary closures.--
       (A) In general.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary, on request of an Indian Tribe, may temporarily 
     close to the general public 1 or more specific portions of a 
     wilderness area or addition to protect the privacy of the 
     members of the Indian Tribe in the conduct of the traditional 
     cultural and religious activities in the wilderness area or 
     addition.
       (B) Requirement.--Any closure under subparagraph (A) shall 
     be made in such a manner as to affect the smallest 
     practicable area for the minimum period of time necessary for 
     the activity to be carried out.
       (3) Applicable law.--Access to the wilderness areas and 
     wilderness additions under this subsection shall be in 
     accordance with--
       (A) Public Law 95-341 (commonly known as the ``American 
     Indian Religious Freedom Act'') (42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.); and
       (B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
       (j) Incorporation of Acquired Land and Interests.--Any land 
     within the boundary of a wilderness area or addition that is 
     acquired by the United States shall--
       (1) become part of the wilderness area or addition in which 
     the land is located;
       (2) be withdrawn in accordance with subsection (h); and
       (3) be managed in accordance with--
       (A) this section;
       (B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and
       (C) any other applicable law.
       (k) Climatological Data Collection.--In accordance with the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and subject to such 
     terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, the 
     Secretary may authorize the installation and maintenance of 
     hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological collection 
     devices in a wilderness area or addition if the Secretary 
     determines that the devices and access to the devices are 
     essential to a flood warning, flood control, or water 
     reservoir operation activity.
       (l) Authorized Events.--The Secretary may continue to 
     authorize the competitive equestrian event permitted since 
     2012 in the Chinquapin Wilderness established by section 
     6131(a)(3) in a manner compatible with the preservation of 
     the area as wilderness.
       (m) Recreational Climbing.--Nothing in this title prohibits 
     recreational rock climbing activities in the wilderness areas 
     or additions, such as the placement, use, and maintenance of 
     fixed anchors, including any fixed anchor established before 
     the date of enactment of this Act--
       (1) in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
     et seq.); and
       (2) subject to any terms and conditions determined to be 
     necessary by the Secretary.

     SEC. 6133. DESIGNATION OF POTENTIAL WILDERNESS.

       (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas 
     in the State are designated as potential wilderness areas:
       (1) Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, 
     comprising approximately 4,005 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Chinquapin Proposed Potential 
     Wilderness'' and dated May 15, 2020.
       (2) Certain Federal land administered by the National Park 
     Service, compromising approximately 31,000 acres, as 
     generally depicted on the map entitled ``Redwood National 
     Park--Potential Wilderness'' and dated October 9, 2019.
       (3) Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, 
     comprising approximately 5,681 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Siskiyou Proposed Potential 
     Wildernesses'' and dated May 15, 2020.
       (4) Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, 
     comprising approximately 446 acres, as generally depicted on 
     the map entitled ``South Fork Trinity River Proposed 
     Potential Wilderness'' and dated May 15, 2020.
       (5) Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, 
     comprising approximately 1,256 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Trinity Alps Proposed Potential 
     Wilderness'' and dated May 15, 2020.
       (6) Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, 
     comprising approximately 4,386 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Yolla Bolly Middle-Eel Proposed 
     Potential Wilderness'' and dated May 15, 2020.
       (7) Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, 
     comprising approximately 2,918 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Yuki Proposed Potential Wilderness'' 
     and dated May 15, 2020.
       (b) Management.--Except as provided in subsection (c) and 
     subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall manage 
     each potential wilderness area designated by subsection (a) 
     (referred to in this section as a ``potential wilderness 
     area'') as wilderness until the date on which the potential 
     wilderness area is designated as wilderness under subsection 
     (d).
       (c) Ecological Restoration.--
       (1) In general.--For purposes of ecological restoration 
     (including the elimination of nonnative species, removal of 
     illegal, unused, or decommissioned roads, repair of skid 
     tracks, and any other activities necessary to restore the 
     natural ecosystems in a potential wilderness area and 
     consistent with paragraph (2)), the Secretary may use 
     motorized equipment and mechanized transport in a potential 
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     date on which the potential wilderness area is designated as 
     wilderness under subsection (d).
       (2) Limitation.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
     Secretary shall use the minimum tool or administrative 
     practice necessary to accomplish ecological restoration with 
     the least amount of adverse impact on wilderness character 
     and resources.
       (d) Wilderness Designation.--A potential wilderness area 
     shall be designated as wilderness and as a component of the 
     National Wilderness Preservation System on the earlier of--
       (1) the date on which the Secretary publishes in the 
     Federal Register notice that the conditions in the potential 
     wilderness area that are incompatible with the Wilderness Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have been removed; and
       (2) the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, in the case of a potential wilderness area 
     located on land managed by the Forest Service.
       (e) Administration as Wilderness.--
       (1) In general.--On the designation of a potential 
     wilderness area as wilderness under subsection (d), the 
     wilderness shall be administered in accordance with--
       (A) section 6132; and
       (B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
       (2) Designation.--On the designation as wilderness under 
     subsection (d)--
       (A) the land described in subsection (a)(1) shall be 
     incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the 
     Chinquapin Wilderness established by section 6131(a)(3);
       (B) the land described in subsection (a)(3) shall be 
     incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the Siskiyou 
     Wilderness designated by section 101(a)(30) of the California 
     Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98-
     425; 98 Stat. 1623);
       (C) the land described in subsection (a)(4) shall be 
     incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the South 
     Fork Trinity River Wilderness established by section 
     6131(a)(13);
       (D) the land described in subsection (a)(5) shall be 
     incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the Trinity 
     Alps Wilderness designated by section 101(a)(34) of the 
     California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
     Public Law 98-425; 98 Stat. 1623);
       (E) the land described in subsection (a)(6) shall be 
     incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the Yolla 
     Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness designated by section 3 of the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132); and
       (F) the land described in subsection (a)(7) shall be 
     incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the Yuki 
     Wilderness designated by section 3(3) of the Northern 
     California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1132 note; Public Law 109-362; 120 Stat. 2065) and expanded 
     by section 6131(a)(17).
       (f) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter until the 
     date on which the potential wilderness areas are designated 
     as wilderness under subsection (d), the Secretary shall 
     submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
     House of Representatives a report that describes--
       (1) the status of ecological restoration within the 
     potential wilderness areas; and
       (2) the progress toward the eventual designation of the 
     potential wilderness areas as wilderness under subsection 
     (d).

     SEC. 6134. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS.

       Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(233) South fork trinity river.--The following segments 
     from the source tributaries in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel 
     Wilderness, to be administered by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 18.3-mile segment from its multiple source 
     springs in the Cedar Basin of the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel 
     Wilderness in sec. 15, T. 27 N., R. 10 W., to 0.25 miles 
     upstream of the Wild Mad Road, as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 0.65-mile segment from 0.25 miles upstream of 
     Wild Mad Road to the confluence with the unnamed tributary 
     approximately 0.4 miles downstream of the Wild Mad Road in 
     sec. 29, T. 28 N., R. 11 W., as a scenic river.
       ``(C) The 9.8-mile segment from 0.75 miles downstream of 
     Wild Mad Road to Silver Creek, as a wild river.
       ``(D) The 5.4-mile segment from Silver Creek confluence to 
     Farley Creek, as a scenic river.
       ``(E) The 3.6-mile segment from Farley Creek to Cave Creek, 
     as a recreational river.
       ``(F) The 5.6-mile segment from Cave Creek to the 
     confluence of the unnamed creek upstream of Hidden Valley 
     Ranch in sec. 5, T. 15, R. 7 E., as a wild river.
       ``(G) The 2.5-mile segment from the unnamed creek 
     confluence upstream of Hidden Valley Ranch to the confluence 
     with the unnamed creek flowing west from Bear Wallow Mountain 
     in sec. 29, T. 1 N., R. 7 E., as a scenic river.
       ``(H) The 3.8-mile segment from the unnamed creek 
     confluence in sec. 29, T. 1 N., R. 7 E., to Plummer Creek, as 
     a wild river.
       ``(I) The 1.8-mile segment from Plummer Creek to the 
     confluence with the unnamed tributary north of McClellan 
     Place in sec. 6, T. 1 N., R. 7 E., as a scenic river.
       ``(J) The 5.4-mile segment from the unnamed tributary 
     confluence in sec. 6, T. 1 N., R. 7 E., to Hitchcock Creek, 
     as a wild river.
       ``(K) The 7-mile segment from Eltapom Creek to the Grouse 
     Creek, as a scenic river.
       ``(L) The 5-mile segment from Grouse Creek to Coon Creek, 
     as a wild river.
       ``(234) East fork south fork trinity river.--The following 
     segments, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 8.4-mile segment from its source in the Pettijohn 
     Basin in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness in sec. 10, T. 
     3 S., R. 10 W., to 0.25 miles upstream of the Wild Mad Road, 
     as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 3.4-mile segment from 0.25 miles upstream of the 
     Wild Mad Road to the South Fork Trinity River, as a 
     recreational river.
       ``(235) Rattlesnake creek.--The 5.9-mile segment from the 
     confluence with the unnamed tributary in the southeast corner 
     of sec. 5, T. 1 S., R. 12 W., to the South Fork Trinity 
     River, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     a recreational river.
       ``(236) Butter creek.--The 7-mile segment from 0.25 miles 
     downstream of the Road 3N08 crossing to the South Fork 
     Trinity River, to be administered by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture as a scenic river.
       ``(237) Hayfork creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 3.2-mile segment from Little Creek to Bear Creek, 
     as a recreational river.
       ``(B) The 13.2-mile segment from Bear Creek to the northern 
     boundary of sec. 19, T. 3 N., R. 7 E., as a scenic river.
       ``(238) Olsen creek.--The 2.8-mile segment from the 
     confluence of its source tributaries in sec. 5, T. 3 N., R. 7 
     E., to the northern boundary of sec. 24, T. 3 N., R. 6 E., to 
     be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a scenic 
     river.
       ``(239) Rusch creek.--The 3.2-mile segment from 0.25 miles 
     downstream of the 32N11 Road crossing to Hayfork Creek, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a 
     recreational river.
       ``(240) Eltapom creek.--The 3.4-mile segment from Buckhorn 
     Creek to the South Fork Trinity River, to be administered by 
     the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
       ``(241) Grouse creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 3.9-mile segment from Carson Creek to Cow Creek, 
     as a scenic river.
       ``(B) The 7.4-mile segment from Cow Creek to the South Fork 
     Trinity River, as a recreational river.
       ``(242) Madden creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 6.8-mile segment from the confluence of Madden 
     Creek and its unnamed tributary in sec. 18, T. 5 N., R. 5 E., 
     to Fourmile Creek, as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 1.6-mile segment from Fourmile Creek to the South 
     Fork Trinity River, as a recreational river.
       ``(243) Canyon creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
     Secretary of the Interior:
       ``(A) The 6.6-mile segment from the outlet of lower Canyon 
     Creek Lake to Bear Creek upstream of Ripstein, as a wild 
     river.
       ``(B) The 11.2-mile segment from Bear Creek upstream of 
     Ripstein to the southern boundary of sec. 25, T. 34 N., R. 11 
     W., as a recreational river.
       ``(244) North fork trinity river.--The following segments, 
     to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 12-mile segment from the confluence of source 
     tributaries in sec. 24, T. 8 N., R. 12 W., to the Trinity 
     Alps Wilderness boundary upstream of Hobo Gulch, as a wild 
     river.
       ``(B) The 0.5-mile segment from where the river leaves the 
     Trinity Alps Wilderness to where it fully reenters the 
     Trinity Alps Wilderness downstream of Hobo Gulch, as a scenic 
     river.
       ``(C) The 13.9-mile segment from where the river fully 
     reenters the Trinity Alps Wilderness downstream of Hobo Gulch 
     to the Trinity Alps Wilderness boundary upstream of the 
     County Road 421 crossing, as a wild river.
       ``(D) The 1.3-mile segment from the Trinity Alps Wilderness 
     boundary upstream of the County Road 421 crossing to the 
     Trinity River, as a recreational river.
       ``(245) East fork north fork trinity river.--The following 
     segments, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 9.5-mile segment from the source north of Mt. 
     Hilton in sec. 19, T. 36 N., R. 10 W., to the end of Road 
     35N20 approximately 0.5 miles downstream of the confluence 
     with the East Branch East Fork North Fork Trinity River, as a 
     wild river.
       ``(B) The 3.25-mile segment from the end of Road 35N20 to 
     0.25 miles upstream of Coleridge, as a scenic river.
       ``(C) The 4.6-mile segment from 0.25 miles upstream of 
     Coleridge to the confluence of Fox Gulch, as a recreational 
     river.
       ``(246) New river.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 12.7-mile segment of Virgin Creek from its source 
     spring in sec. 22, T. 9 N., R. 7 E., to Slide Creek, as a 
     wild river.
       ``(B) The 2.3-mile segment of the New River where it begins 
     at the confluence of Virgin and Slide Creeks to Barron Creek, 
     as a wild river.
       ``(247) Middle eel river.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 37.7-mile segment from its source in Frying Pan 
     Meadow to Rose Creek, as a wild river.

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       ``(B) The 1.5-mile segment from Rose Creek to the Black 
     Butte River, as a recreational river.
       ``(C) The 10.5-mile segment of Balm of Gilead Creek from 
     its source in Hopkins Hollow to the Middle Eel River, as a 
     wild river.
       ``(D) The 13-mile segment of the North Fork Middle Fork Eel 
     River from the source on Dead Puppy Ridge in sec. 11, T. 26 
     N., R. 11 W., to the confluence of the Middle Eel River, as a 
     wild river.
       ``(248) North fork eel river, california.--The 14.3-mile 
     segment from the confluence with Gilman Creek to the Six 
     Rivers National Forest boundary, to be administered by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
       ``(249) Red mountain creek, california.--The following 
     segments, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 5.25-mile segment from its source west of Mike's 
     Rock in sec. 23, T. 26 N., R. 12 E., to the confluence with 
     Littlefield Creek, as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 1.6-mile segment from the confluence with 
     Littlefield Creek to the confluence with the unnamed 
     tributary in sec. 32, T. 26 N., R. 8 E., as a scenic river.
       ``(C) The 1.25-mile segment from the confluence with the 
     unnamed tributary in sec. 32, T. 4 S., R. 8 E., to the 
     confluence with the North Fork Eel River, as a wild river.
       ``(250) Redwood creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior:
       ``(A) The 6.2-mile segment from the confluence with Lacks 
     Creek to the confluence with Coyote Creek, as a scenic river, 
     on publication by the Secretary of the Interior of a notice 
     in the Federal Register that sufficient land or interests in 
     land within the boundaries of the segments have been acquired 
     in fee title or as a scenic easement to establish a 
     manageable addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
     System.
       ``(B) The 19.1-mile segment from the confluence with Coyote 
     Creek in sec. 2, T. 8 N., R. 2 E., to the Redwood National 
     Park boundary upstream of Orick in sec. 34, T. 11 N., R. 1 
     E., as a scenic river.
       ``(C) The 2.3-mile segment of Emerald Creek (also known as 
     Harry Weir Creek) from its source in sec. 29, T. 10 N., R. 2 
     E., to the confluence with Redwood Creek, as a scenic river.
       ``(251) Lacks creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior:
       ``(A) The 5.1-mile segment from the confluence with 2 
     unnamed tributaries in sec. 14, T. 7 N., R. 3 E., to Kings 
     Crossing in sec. 27, T. 8 N., R. 3 E., as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 2.7-mile segment from Kings Crossing to the 
     confluence with Redwood Creek, as a scenic river, on 
     publication by the Secretary of a notice in the Federal 
     Register that sufficient inholdings within the segment have 
     been acquired in fee title or as scenic easements to 
     establish a manageable addition to the National Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers System.
       ``(252) Lost man creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior:
       ``(A) The 6.4-mile segment of Lost Man Creek from its 
     source in sec. 5, T. 10 N., R. 2 E., to 0.25 miles upstream 
     of the Prairie Creek confluence, as a recreational river.
       ``(B) The 2.3-mile segment of Larry Damm Creek from its 
     source in sec. 8, T. 11 N., R. 2 E., to the confluence with 
     Lost Man Creek, as a recreational river.
       ``(253) Little lost man creek.--The 3.6-mile segment of 
     Little Lost Man Creek from its source in sec. 6, T. 10 N., R. 
     2 E., to 0.25 miles upstream of the Lost Man Creek road 
     crossing, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior 
     as a wild river.
       ``(254) South fork elk river.--The following segments, to 
     be administered by the Secretary of the Interior through a 
     cooperative management agreement with the State of 
     California:
       ``(A) The 3.6-mile segment of the Little South Fork Elk 
     River from the source in sec. 21, T. 3 N., R. 1 E., to the 
     confluence with the South Fork Elk River, as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 2.2-mile segment of the unnamed tributary of the 
     Little South Fork Elk River from its source in sec. 15, T. 3 
     N., R. 1 E., to the confluence with the Little South Fork Elk 
     River, as a wild river.
       ``(C) The 3.6-mile segment of the South Fork Elk River from 
     the confluence of the Little South Fork Elk River to the 
     confluence with Tom Gulch, as a recreational river.
       ``(255) Salmon creek.--The 4.6-mile segment from its source 
     in sec. 27, T. 3 N., R. 1 E., to the Headwaters Forest 
     Reserve boundary in sec. 18, T. 3 N., R. 1 E., to be 
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a wild river 
     through a cooperative management agreement with the State of 
     California.
       ``(256) South fork eel river.--The following segments, to 
     be administered by the Secretary of the Interior:
       ``(A) The 6.2-mile segment from the confluence with Jack of 
     Hearts Creek to the southern boundary of the South Fork Eel 
     Wilderness in sec. 8, T. 22 N., R. 16 W., as a recreational 
     river to be administered by the Secretary through a 
     cooperative management agreement with the State of 
     California.
       ``(B) The 6.1-mile segment from the southern boundary of 
     the South Fork Eel Wilderness to the northern boundary of the 
     South Fork Eel Wilderness in sec. 29, T. 23 N., R. 16 W., as 
     a wild river.
       ``(257) Elder creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior through a 
     cooperative management agreement with the State of 
     California:
       ``(A) The 3.6-mile segment from its source north of Signal 
     Peak in sec. 6, T. 21 N., R. 15 W., to the confluence with 
     the unnamed tributary near the center of sec. 28, T. 22 N., 
     R. 16 W., as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 1.3-mile segment from the confluence with the 
     unnamed tributary near the center of sec. 28, T. 22 N., R. 15 
     W., to the confluence with the South Fork Eel River, as a 
     recreational river.
       ``(C) The 2.1-mile segment of Paralyze Canyon from its 
     source south of Signal Peak in sec. 7, T. 21 N., R. 15 W., to 
     the confluence with Elder Creek, as a wild river.
       ``(258) Cedar creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered as a wild river by the Secretary of the 
     Interior:
       ``(A) The 7.7-mile segment from its source in sec. 22, T. 
     24 N., R. 16 W., to the southern boundary of the Red Mountain 
     unit of the South Fork Eel Wilderness.
       ``(B) The 1.9-mile segment of North Fork Cedar Creek from 
     its source in sec. 28, T. 24 N., R. 16 E., to the confluence 
     with Cedar Creek.
       ``(259) East branch south fork eel river.--The following 
     segments, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior 
     as a scenic river on publication by the Secretary of a notice 
     in the Federal Register that sufficient inholdings within the 
     boundaries of the segments have been acquired in fee title or 
     as scenic easements to establish a manageable addition to the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers System:
       ``(A) The 2.3-mile segment of Cruso Cabin Creek from the 
     confluence of 2 unnamed tributaries in sec. 18, T. 24 N., R. 
     15 W., to the confluence with Elkhorn Creek.
       ``(B) The 1.8-mile segment of Elkhorn Creek from the 
     confluence of 2 unnamed tributaries in sec. 22, T. 24 N., R. 
     16 W., to the confluence with Cruso Cabin Creek.
       ``(C) The 14.2-mile segment of the East Branch South Fork 
     Eel River from the confluence of Cruso Cabin and Elkhorn 
     Creeks to the confluence with Rays Creek.
       ``(D) The 1.7-mile segment of the unnamed tributary from 
     its source on the north flank of Red Mountain's north ridge 
     in sec. 2, T. 24 N., R. 17 W., to the confluence with the 
     East Branch South Fork Eel River.
       ``(E) The 1.3-mile segment of the unnamed tributary from 
     its source on the north flank of Red Mountain's north ridge 
     in sec. 1, T. 24 N., R. 17 W., to the confluence with the 
     East Branch South Fork Eel River.
       ``(F) The 1.8-mile segment of Tom Long Creek from the 
     confluence with the unnamed tributary in sec. 12, T. 5 S., R. 
     4 E., to the confluence with the East Branch South Fork Eel 
     River.
       ``(260) Mattole river estuary.--The 1.5-mile segment from 
     the confluence of Stansberry Creek to the Pacific Ocean, to 
     be administered as a recreational river by the Secretary of 
     the Interior.
       ``(261) Honeydew creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered as a wild river by the Secretary of the 
     Interior:
       ``(A) The 5.1-mile segment of Honeydew Creek from its 
     source in the southwest corner of sec. 25, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., 
     to the eastern boundary of the King Range National 
     Conservation Area in sec. 18, T. 3 S., R. 1 E.
       ``(B) The 2.8-mile segment of West Fork Honeydew Creek from 
     its source west of North Slide Peak to the confluence with 
     Honeydew Creek.
       ``(C) The 2.7-mile segment of Upper East Fork Honeydew 
     Creek from its source in sec. 23, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., to the 
     confluence with Honeydew Creek.
       ``(262) Bear creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior:
       ``(A) The 1.9-mile segment of North Fork Bear Creek from 
     the confluence with the unnamed tributary immediately 
     downstream of the Horse Mountain Road crossing to the 
     confluence with the South Fork, as a scenic river.
       ``(B) The 6.1-mile segment of South Fork Bear Creek from 
     the confluence in sec. 2, T. 5 S., R. 1 W., with the unnamed 
     tributary flowing from the southwest flank of Queen Peak to 
     the confluence with the North Fork, as a scenic river.
       ``(C) The 3-mile segment of Bear Creek from the confluence 
     of the North and South Forks to the southern boundary of sec. 
     11, T. 4 S., R. 1 E., as a wild river.
       ``(263) Gitchell creek.--The 3-mile segment of Gitchell 
     Creek from its source near Saddle Mountain to the Pacific 
     Ocean, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as 
     a wild river.
       ``(264) Big flat creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a wild 
     river:
       ``(A) The 4-mile segment of Big Flat Creek from its source 
     near King Peak in sec. 36, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., to the Pacific 
     Ocean.
       ``(B) The 0.8-mile segment of the unnamed tributary from 
     its source in sec. 35, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., to the confluence 
     with Big Flat Creek.
       ``(C) The 2.7-mile segment of North Fork Big Flat Creek 
     from the source in sec. 34, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., to the 
     confluence with Big Flat Creek.
       ``(265) Big creek.--The following segments, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a wild 
     river:
       ``(A) The 2.7-mile segment of Big Creek from its source in 
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       ``(B) The 1.9-mile unnamed southern tributary from its 
     source in sec. 25, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., to the confluence with 
     Big Creek.
       ``(266) Elk creek.--The 11.4-mile segment from its 
     confluence with Lookout Creek to its confluence with Deep 
     Hole Creek, to be jointly administered by the Secretaries of 
     Agriculture and the Interior as a wild river.
       ``(267) Eden creek.--The 2.7-mile segment from the private 
     property boundary in the northwest quarter of sec. 27, T. 21 
     N., R. 12 W., to the eastern boundary of sec. 23, T. 21 N., 
     R. 12 W., to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior 
     as a wild river.
       ``(268) Deep hole creek.--The 4.3-mile segment from the 
     private property boundary in the southwest quarter of sec. 
     13, T. 20 N., R. 12 W., to the confluence with Elk Creek, to 
     be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a wild 
     river.
       ``(269) Indian creek.--The 3.3-mile segment from 300 feet 
     downstream of the jeep trail in sec. 13, T. 20 N., R. 13 W., 
     to the confluence with the Eel River, to be administered by 
     the Secretary of the Interior as a wild river.
       ``(270) Fish creek.--The 4.2-mile segment from the source 
     at Buckhorn Spring to the confluence with the Eel River, to 
     be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a wild 
     river.''.

     SEC. 6135. SANHEDRIN SPECIAL CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT AREA.

       (a) Establishment.--Subject to valid existing rights, there 
     is established the Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management 
     Area (referred to in this section as the ``conservation 
     management area''), comprising approximately 12,254 acres of 
     Federal land administered by the Forest Service in Mendocino 
     County, California, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
     ``Sanhedrin Conservation Management Area'' and dated May 15, 
     2020.
       (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the conservation management 
     area are--
       (1) to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and 
     enjoyment of present and future generations the ecological, 
     scenic, wildlife, recreational, roadless, cultural, 
     historical, natural, educational, and scientific resources of 
     the conservation management area;
       (2) to protect and restore late-successional forest 
     structure, oak woodlands and grasslands, aquatic habitat, and 
     anadromous fisheries within the conservation management area;
       (3) to protect and restore the undeveloped character of the 
     conservation management area; and
       (4) to allow visitors to enjoy the scenic, natural, 
     cultural, and wildlife values of the conservation management 
     area.
       (c) Management.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall manage the 
     conservation management area--
       (A) in a manner consistent with the purposes described in 
     subsection (b); and
       (B) in accordance with--
       (i) the laws (including regulations) generally applicable 
     to the National Forest System;
       (ii) this section; and
       (iii) any other applicable law (including regulations).
       (2) Uses.--The Secretary shall only allow uses of the 
     conservation management area that the Secretary determines 
     would further the purposes described in subsection (b).
       (d) Motorized Vehicles.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), the 
     use of motorized vehicles in the conservation management area 
     shall be permitted only on existing roads, trails, and areas 
     designated for use by such vehicles as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       (2) New or temporary roads.--Except as provided in 
     paragraph (3), no new or temporary roads shall be constructed 
     within the conservation management area.
       (3) Exceptions.--Nothing in paragraph (1) or (2) prevents 
     the Secretary from--
       (A) rerouting or closing an existing road or trail to 
     protect natural resources from degradation, or to protect 
     public safety, as determined to be appropriate by the 
     Secretary;
       (B) designating routes of travel on land acquired by the 
     Secretary and incorporated into the conservation management 
     area if the designations are--
       (i) consistent with the purposes described in subsection 
     (b); and
       (ii) completed, to the maximum extent practicable, not 
     later than 3 years after the date of acquisition;
       (C) constructing a temporary road on which motorized 
     vehicles are permitted as part of a vegetation management 
     project carried out in accordance with paragraph (4);
       (D) authorizing the use of motorized vehicles for 
     administrative purposes; or
       (E) responding to an emergency.
       (4) Decommissioning of temporary roads.--
       (A) Definition of decommission.--In this paragraph, the 
     term ``decommission'' means, with respect to a road--
       (i) to reestablish vegetation on the road; and
       (ii) to restore any natural drainage, watershed function, 
     or other ecological processes that are disrupted or adversely 
     impacted by the road by removing or hydrologically 
     disconnecting the road prism.
       (B) Requirement.--Not later than 3 years after the date on 
     which the applicable vegetation management project is 
     completed, the Secretary shall decommission any temporary 
     road constructed under paragraph (3)(C).
       (e) Timber Harvest.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
     harvesting of timber shall be allowed within the conservation 
     management area.
       (2) Exceptions.--The Secretary may authorize harvesting of 
     timber in the conservation management area--
       (A) if the Secretary determines that the harvesting is 
     necessary to further the purposes of the conservation 
     management area;
       (B) in a manner consistent with the purposes described in 
     subsection (b); and
       (C) subject to--
       (i) such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as 
     the Secretary determines to be appropriate; and
       (ii) all applicable laws (including regulations).
       (f) Grazing.--The grazing of livestock in the conservation 
     management area, where established before the date of 
     enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue--
       (1) subject to--
       (A) such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as 
     the Secretary considers necessary; and
       (B) applicable law (including regulations); and
       (2) in a manner consistent with the purposes described in 
     subsection (b).
       (g) Wildfire, Insect, and Disease Management.--Consistent 
     with this section, the Secretary may carry out any activities 
     within the conservation management area that the Secretary 
     determines to be necessary to control fire, insects, or 
     diseases, including the coordination of those activities with 
     a State or local agency.
       (h) Acquisition and Incorporation of Land and Interests in 
     Land.--
       (1) Acquisition authority.--In accordance with applicable 
     laws (including regulations), the Secretary may acquire any 
     land or interest in land within or adjacent to the boundaries 
     of the conservation management area by purchase from a 
     willing seller, donation, or exchange.
       (2) Incorporation.--Any land or interest in land acquired 
     by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be--
       (A) incorporated into, and administered as part of, the 
     conservation management area; and
       (B) withdrawn in accordance with subsection (i).
       (i) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all 
     Federal land located in the conservation management area is 
     withdrawn from--
       (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
     the public land laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patenting under the mining laws; 
     and
       (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, 
     and geothermal leasing laws.

     SEC. 6136. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREA.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that, for purposes of section 
     603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
     U.S.C. 1782), any portion of the Eden Valley Wilderness Study 
     Area that is not designated as a wilderness area or 
     wilderness addition by section 6131(a) has been adequately 
     studied for wilderness designation.
       (b) Release.--Any portion of a wilderness study area 
     described in subsection (a) that is not designated as a 
     wilderness area or wilderness addition by section 6131(a) is 
     no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land 
     Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)).

                       Subtitle D--Miscellaneous

     SEC. 6141. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.

       (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare maps and 
     legal descriptions of--
       (1) the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area 
     established by section 6111(b);
       (2) the Horse Mountain Special Management Area established 
     by section 6121(a);
       (3) the wilderness areas and wilderness additions 
     designated by section 6131(a);
       (4) the potential wilderness areas designated by section 
     6133(a); and
       (5) the Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area 
     established by section 6135(a).
       (b) Submission of Maps and Legal Descriptions.--The 
     Secretary shall file the maps and legal descriptions prepared 
     under subsection (a) with--
       (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (c) Force of Law.--The maps and legal descriptions prepared 
     under subsection (a) shall have the same force and effect as 
     if included in this title, except that the Secretary may 
     correct any clerical and typographical errors in the maps and 
     legal descriptions.
       (d) Public Availability.--The maps and legal descriptions 
     prepared under subsection (a) shall be on file and available 
     for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
     Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the 
     National Park Service, as applicable.

     SEC. 6142. UPDATES TO LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS.

       As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, in accordance with applicable law (including 
     regulations), the Secretary shall incorporate the 
     designations and studies required by this title into updated 
     management plans for units covered by this title.

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     SEC. 6143. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY UTILITY 
                   FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

       (a) Effect of Title.--Nothing in this title--
       (1) affects any validly issued right-of-way for the 
     customary operation, maintenance, upgrade, repair, relocation 
     within an existing right-of-way, replacement, or other 
     authorized activity (including the use of any mechanized 
     vehicle, helicopter, and other aerial device) in a right-of-
     way acquired by or issued, granted, or permitted to Pacific 
     Gas and Electric Company (including any predecessor or 
     successor in interest or assign) that is located on land 
     included in--
       (A) the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area 
     established by section 6111(b);
       (B) the Horse Mountain Special Management Area established 
     by section 6121(a);
       (C) the Bigfoot National Recreation Trail established under 
     section 6122(b)(1);
       (D) the Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area 
     established by section 6135(a); or
       (2) prohibits the upgrading or replacement of any--
       (A) utility facilities of the Pacific Gas and Electric 
     Company, including those utility facilities in existence on 
     the date of enactment of this Act within--
       (i) the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area known 
     as--

       (I) ``Gas Transmission Line 177A or rights-of-way'';
       (II) ``Gas Transmission Line DFM 1312-02 or rights-of-
     way'';
       (III) ``Electric Transmission Line Bridgeville-Cottonwood 
     115 kV or rights-of-way'';
       (IV) ``Electric Transmission Line Humboldt-Trinity 60 kV or 
     rights-of-way'';
       (V) ``Electric Transmission Line Humboldt-Trinity 115 kV or 
     rights-of-way'';
       (VI) ``Electric Transmission Line Maple Creek-Hoopa 60 kV 
     or rights-of-way'';
       (VII) ``Electric Distribution Line-Willow Creek 1101 12 kV 
     or rights-of-way'';
       (VIII) ``Electric Distribution Line-Willow Creek 1103 12 kV 
     or rights-of-way'';
       (IX) ``Electric Distribution Line-Low Gap 1101 12 kV or 
     rights-of-way'';
       (X) ``Electric Distribution Line-Fort Seward 1121 12 kV or 
     rights-of-way'';
       (XI) ``Forest Glen Border District Regulator Station or 
     rights-of-way'';
       (XII) ``Durret District Gas Regulator Station or rights-of-
     way'';
       (XIII) ``Gas Distribution Line 4269C or rights-of-way'';
       (XIV) ``Gas Distribution Line 43991 or rights-of-way'';
       (XV) ``Gas Distribution Line 4993D or rights-of-way'';
       (XVI) ``Sportsmans Club District Gas Regulator Station or 
     rights-of-way'';
       (XVII) ``Highway 36 and Zenia District Gas Regulator 
     Station or rights-of-way'';
       (XVIII) ``Dinsmore Lodge 2nd Stage Gas Regulator Station or 
     rights-of-way'';
       (XIX) ``Electric Distribution Line-Wildwood 1101 12kV or 
     rights-of-way'';
       (XX) ``Low Gap Substation'';
       (XXI) ``Hyampom Switching Station''; or
       (XXII) ``Wildwood Substation'';

       (ii) the Bigfoot National Recreation Trail known as--

       (I) ``Gas Transmission Line 177A or rights-of-way'';
       (II) ``Electric Transmission Line Humboldt-Trinity 115 kV 
     or rights-of-way'';
       (III) ``Electric Transmission Line Bridgeville-Cottonwood 
     115 kV or rights-of-way''; or
       (IV) ``Electric Transmission Line Humboldt-Trinity 60 kV or 
     rights-of-way'';

       (iii) the Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area 
     known as ``Electric Distribution Line-Willits 1103 12 kV or 
     rights-of-way''; or
       (iv) the Horse Mountain Special Management Area known as 
     ``Electric Distribution Line Willow Creek 1101 12 kV or 
     rights-of-way''; or
       (B) utility facilities of the Pacific Gas and Electric 
     Company in rights-of-way issued, granted, or permitted by the 
     Secretary adjacent to a utility facility referred to in 
     subparagraph (A).
       (b) Plans for Access.--Not later than the later of the date 
     that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act or the 
     date of issuance of a new utility facility right-of-way 
     within the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area, 
     Bigfoot National Recreation Trail, Sanhedrin Special 
     Conservation Management Area, or Horse Mountain Special 
     Management Area, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Pacific Gas and Electric Company, shall publish plans for 
     regular and emergency access by the Pacific Gas and Electric 
     Company to the inholdings and rights-of-way of the Pacific 
     Gas and Electric Company.

             TITLE LXII--CENTRAL COAST HERITAGE PROTECTION

     SEC. 6201. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Scenic area.--The term ``scenic area'' means a scenic 
     area designated by section 6207(a).
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means--
       (A) with respect to land managed by the Bureau of Land 
     Management, the Secretary of the Interior; and
       (B) with respect to land managed by the Forest Service, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture.
       (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
     California.
       (4) Wilderness area.--The term ``wilderness area'' means a 
     wilderness area or wilderness addition designated by section 
     6202(a).

     SEC. 6202. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.

       (a) In General.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are 
     designated as wilderness areas and as components of the 
     National Wilderness Preservation System:
       (1) Certain land in the Bakersfield Field Office of the 
     Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 35,116 
     acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed 
     Caliente Mountain Wilderness'' and dated February 2, 2022, 
     which shall be known as the ``Caliente Mountain Wilderness''.
       (2) Certain land in the Bakersfield Field Office of the 
     Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 13,332 
     acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed 
     Soda Lake Wilderness'' and dated June 25, 2019, which shall 
     be known as the ``Soda Lake Wilderness''.
       (3) Certain land in the Bakersfield Field Office of the 
     Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 12,585 
     acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed 
     Temblor Range Wilderness'' and dated June 25, 2019, which 
     shall be known as the ``Temblor Range Wilderness''.
       (4) Certain land in the Los Padres National Forest 
     comprising approximately 23,670 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Chumash Wilderness Area Additions--
     Proposed'' and dated March 29, 2019, which shall be 
     incorporated into and managed as part of the Chumash 
     Wilderness as designated by section 2(5) of the Los Padres 
     Condor Range and River Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
     Public Law 102-301; 106 Stat. 243).
       (5) Certain land in the Los Padres National Forest 
     comprising approximately 54,036 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the maps entitled ``Dick Smith Wilderness Area Additions--
     Proposed Map 1 of 2 (Bear Canyon and Cuyama Peak Units)'' and 
     ``Dick Smith Wilderness Area Additions--Proposed Map 2 of 2 
     (Buckhorn and Mono Units)'' and dated November 14, 2019, 
     which shall be incorporated into and managed as part of the 
     Dick Smith Wilderness as designated by section 101(a)(6) of 
     the California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
     Public Law 98-425; 98 Stat. 1620).
       (6) Certain land in the Los Padres National Forest and the 
     Bakersfield Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management 
     comprising approximately 7,289 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Garcia Wilderness Area Additions--
     Proposed'' and dated March 29, 2019, which shall be 
     incorporated into and managed as part of the Garcia 
     Wilderness as designated by section 2(4) of the Los Padres 
     Condor Range and River Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
     Public Law 102-301; 106 Stat. 243).
       (7) Certain land in the Los Padres National Forest and the 
     Bakersfield Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management 
     comprising approximately 8,774 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Machesna Mountain Wilderness--Proposed 
     Additions'' and dated October 30, 2019, which shall be 
     incorporated into and managed as part of the Machesna 
     Mountain Wilderness as designated by section 101(a)(38) of 
     the California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
     Public Law 98-425; 98 Stat. 1624).
       (8) Certain land in the Los Padres National Forest 
     comprising approximately 30,184 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Matilija Wilderness Area Additions--
     Proposed'' and dated March 29, 2019, which shall be 
     incorporated into and managed as part of the Matilija 
     Wilderness as designated by section 2(2) of the Los Padres 
     Condor Range and River Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
     Public Law 102-301; 106 Stat. 242).
       (9) Certain land in the Los Padres National Forest 
     comprising approximately 23,969 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``San Rafael Wilderness Area Additions--
     Proposed'' and dated February 2, 2021, which shall be 
     incorporated into and managed as part of the San Rafael 
     Wilderness as designated by Public Law 90-271 (16 U.S.C. 1132 
     note; 82 Stat. 51).
       (10) Certain land in the Los Padres National Forest 
     comprising approximately 2,921 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Santa Lucia Wilderness Area Additions--
     Proposed'' and dated March 29, 2019, which shall be 
     incorporated into and managed as part of the Santa Lucia 
     Wilderness as designated by section 2(c) of the Endangered 
     American Wilderness Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public 
     Law 95-237; 92 Stat. 41).
       (11) Certain land in the Los Padres National Forest 
     comprising approximately 14,313 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Sespe Wilderness Area Additions--
     Proposed'' and dated March 29, 2019, which shall be 
     incorporated into and managed as part of the Sespe Wilderness 
     as designated by section 2(1) of the Los Padres Condor Range 
     and River Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 
     102-301; 106 Stat. 242).
       (12) Certain land in the Los Padres National Forest 
     comprising approximately 17,870 acres, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Diablo Caliente Wilderness Area--
     Proposed'' and dated March 29, 2019, which shall be known as 
     the ``Diablo Caliente Wilderness''.
       (b) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--
       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file maps and 
     legal descriptions of the wilderness areas with--

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       (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Force of law.--The maps and legal descriptions filed 
     under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as 
     if included in this title, except that the Secretary may 
     correct any clerical and typographical errors in the maps and 
     legal descriptions.
       (3) Public availability.--The maps and legal descriptions 
     filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
     public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest 
     Service and Bureau of Land Management.

     SEC. 6203. DESIGNATION OF THE MACHESNA MOUNTAIN POTENTIAL 
                   WILDERNESS.

       (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain land in the 
     Los Padres National Forest comprising approximately 2,359 
     acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Machesna 
     Mountain Potential Wilderness'' and dated March 29, 2019, is 
     designated as the Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness 
     Area.
       (b) Map and Legal Description.--
       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and 
     legal description of the Machesna Mountain Potential 
     Wilderness Area (referred to in this section as the 
     ``potential wilderness area'') with--
       (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Force of law.--The map and legal description filed 
     under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as 
     if included in this title, except that the Secretary may 
     correct any clerical and typographical errors in the map and 
     legal description.
       (3) Public availability.--The map and legal description 
     filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
     public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest 
     Service.
       (c) Management.--Except as provided in subsection (d) and 
     subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall manage 
     the potential wilderness area in accordance with the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
       (d) Trail Use, Construction, Reconstruction, and 
     Realignment.--
       (1) In general.--In accordance with paragraph (2), the 
     Secretary may reconstruct, realign, or reroute the Pine 
     Mountain Trail.
       (2) Requirement.--In carrying out the reconstruction, 
     realignment, or rerouting under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
     shall--
       (A) comply with all existing laws (including regulations); 
     and
       (B) to the maximum extent practicable, use the minimum tool 
     or administrative practice necessary to accomplish the 
     reconstruction, realignment, or rerouting with the least 
     amount of adverse impact on wilderness character and 
     resources.
       (3) Motorized vehicles and machinery.--In accordance with 
     paragraph (2), the Secretary may use motorized vehicles and 
     machinery to carry out the trail reconstruction, realignment, 
     or rerouting authorized by this subsection.
       (4) Motorized and mechanized vehicles.--The Secretary may 
     permit the use of motorized and mechanized vehicles on the 
     existing Pine Mountain Trail in accordance with existing law 
     (including regulations) and this subsection until such date 
     as the potential wilderness area is designated as wilderness 
     in accordance with subsection (h).
       (e) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     Federal land in the potential wilderness area is withdrawn 
     from all forms of--
       (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
     laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
     geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
       (f) Cooperative Agreements.--In carrying out this section, 
     the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 
     State, Tribal, and local governmental entities and private 
     entities to complete the trail reconstruction, realignment, 
     or rerouting authorized by subsection (d).
       (g) Boundaries.--The Secretary shall modify the boundary of 
     the potential wilderness area to exclude any area within 150 
     feet of the centerline of the new location of any trail that 
     has been reconstructed, realigned, or rerouted under 
     subsection (d).
       (h) Wilderness Designation.--
       (1) In general.--The potential wilderness area, as modified 
     under subsection (g), shall be designated as wilderness and 
     as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System 
     on the earlier of--
       (A) the date on which the Secretary publishes in the 
     Federal Register notice that the trail reconstruction, 
     realignment, or rerouting authorized by subsection (d) has 
     been completed; and
       (B) the date that is 20 years after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       (2) Administration of wilderness.--On designation as 
     wilderness under this section, the potential wilderness area 
     shall be--
       (A) incorporated into the Machesna Mountain Wilderness 
     Area, as designated by section 101(a)(38) of the California 
     Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98-
     425; 98 Stat. 1624) and expanded by section 6202; and
       (B) administered in accordance with--
       (i) section 6204; and
       (ii) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).

     SEC. 6204. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS.

       (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     wilderness areas shall be administered by the Secretary in 
     accordance with this title and the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1131 et seq.), except that--
       (1) any reference in the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
     seq.) to the effective date of that Act shall be considered 
     to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act; and
       (2) any reference in the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
     seq.) to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to 
     be a reference to the Secretary that has jurisdiction over 
     the wilderness area.
       (b) Fire Management and Related Activities.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may take any measures in a 
     wilderness area as are necessary for the control of fire, 
     insects, and diseases in accordance with section 4(d)(1) of 
     the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and House Report 
     98-40 of the 98th Congress.
       (2) Funding priorities.--Nothing in this title limits 
     funding for fire and fuels management in the wilderness 
     areas.
       (3) Revision and development of local fire management 
     plans.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall amend the local information in 
     the Fire Management Reference System or individual 
     operational plan that applies to the land designated as a 
     wilderness area.
       (4) Administration.--Consistent with paragraph (1) and 
     other applicable Federal law, to ensure a timely and 
     efficient response to fire emergencies in the wilderness 
     areas, the Secretary shall enter into agreements with 
     appropriate State or local firefighting agencies.
       (c) Grazing.--The grazing of livestock in the wilderness 
     areas, if established before the date of enactment of this 
     Act, shall be permitted to continue, subject to any 
     reasonable regulations as the Secretary considers necessary 
     in accordance with--
       (1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1133(d)(4));
       (2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 
     101-405, accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress for 
     land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior;
       (3) the guidelines set forth in House Report 96-617, 
     accompanying H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress for land under 
     the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture; and
       (4) all other laws governing livestock grazing on Federal 
     public land.
       (d) Fish and Wildlife.--
       (1) In general.--In accordance with section 4(d)(7) of the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this title 
     affects the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State 
     with respect to fish and wildlife on public land in the 
     State.
       (2) Management activities.--In furtherance of the purposes 
     and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
     seq.), the Secretary may conduct any management activities 
     that are necessary to maintain or restore fish and wildlife 
     populations and habitats in the wilderness areas, if the 
     management activities are--
       (A) consistent with relevant wilderness management plans;
       (B) conducted in accordance with appropriate policies, such 
     as the policies established in Appendix B of House Report 
     101-405; and
       (C) in accordance with memoranda of understanding between 
     the Federal agencies and the State Department of Fish and 
     Wildlife.
       (e) Buffer Zones.--
       (1) In general.--Congress does not intend for the 
     designation of wilderness areas by this title to lead to the 
     creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around each 
     wilderness area.
       (2) Activities or uses up to boundaries.--The fact that 
     nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from 
     within a wilderness area shall not, of itself, preclude the 
     activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area.
       (f) Military Activities.--Nothing in this title precludes--
       (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over the 
     wilderness areas;
       (2) the designation of new units of special airspace over 
     the wilderness areas; or
       (3) the use or establishment of military flight training 
     routes over wilderness areas.
       (g) Horses.--Nothing in this title precludes horseback 
     riding in, or the entry of recreational saddle or pack stock 
     into, a wilderness area--
       (1) in accordance with section 4(d)(5) of the Wilderness 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)); and
       (2) subject to any terms and conditions determined to be 
     necessary by the Secretary.
       (h) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     wilderness areas are withdrawn from--
       (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
     the public land laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
     geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
       (i) Incorporation of Acquired Land and Interests.--Any land 
     within the boundary of a wilderness area that is acquired by 
     the United States shall--
       (1) become part of the wilderness area in which the land is 
     located; and
       (2) be managed in accordance with--

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       (A) this section;
       (B) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and
       (C) any other applicable law.
       (j) Treatment of Existing Water Diversions in the San 
     Rafael Wilderness Additions.--
       (1) Authorization for continued use.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture may issue a special use authorization to the 
     owners of the 2 existing water transport or diversion 
     facilities, including administrative access roads (each 
     referred to in this subsection as a ``facility''), located on 
     National Forest System land in the San Rafael Wilderness 
     Additions in the Moon Canyon unit (T. 11 N., R. 30 W., secs. 
     13 and 14) and the Peak Mountain unit (T. 10 N., R. 28 W., 
     secs. 23 and 26) for the continued operation, maintenance, 
     and reconstruction of the facility if the Secretary 
     determines that--
       (A) the facility was in existence on the date on which the 
     land on which the facility is located was designated as part 
     of the National Wilderness Preservation System (referred to 
     in this subsection as ``the date of designation'');
       (B) the facility has been in substantially continuous use 
     to deliver water for the beneficial use on the non-Federal 
     land of the owner since the date of designation;
       (C) the owner of the facility holds a valid water right for 
     use of the water on the non-Federal land of the owner under 
     State law, with a priority date that predates the date of 
     designation; and
       (D) it is not practicable or feasible to relocate the 
     facility to land outside of the wilderness and continue the 
     beneficial use of water on the non-Federal land recognized 
     under State law.
       (2) Terms and conditions.--
       (A) Required terms and conditions.--In a special use 
     authorization issued under paragraph (1), the Secretary may--
       (i) allow use of motorized equipment and mechanized 
     transport for operation, maintenance, or reconstruction of a 
     facility, if the Secretary determines that--

       (I) the use is the minimum necessary to allow the facility 
     to continue delivery of water to the non-Federal land for the 
     beneficial uses recognized by the water right held under 
     State law; and
       (II) the use of nonmotorized equipment and nonmechanized 
     transport is impracticable or infeasible; and

       (ii) preclude use of the facility for the diversion or 
     transport of water in excess of the water right recognized by 
     the State on the date of designation.
       (B) Discretionary terms and conditions.--In a special use 
     authorization issued under paragraph (1), the Secretary may 
     require or allow modification or relocation of the facility 
     in the wilderness, as the Secretary determines necessary, to 
     reduce impacts to wilderness values set forth in section 2 of 
     the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131) if the beneficial use of 
     water on the non-Federal land is not diminished.
       (k) Treatment of Existing Electrical Distribution Line in 
     the San Rafael Wilderness Additions.--
       (1) Authorization for continued use.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture may issue a special use authorization to the 
     owners of the existing electrical distribution line to the 
     Plowshare Peak communication site (referred to in this 
     subsection as a ``facility'') located on National Forest 
     System land in the San Rafael Wilderness Additions in the 
     Moon Canyon unit (T. 11 N., R. 30 W., secs. 2, 3 and 4) for 
     the continued operation, maintenance, and reconstruction of 
     the facility if the Secretary determines that--
       (A) the facility was in existence on the date on which the 
     land on which the facility is located was designated as part 
     of the National Wilderness Preservation System (referred to 
     in this subsection as ``the date of designation'');
       (B) the facility has been in substantially continuous use 
     to deliver electricity to the communication site; and
       (C) it is not practicable or feasible to relocate the 
     distribution line to land outside of the wilderness.
       (2) Terms and conditions.--
       (A) Required terms and conditions.--In a special use 
     authorization issued under paragraph (1), the Secretary may 
     allow use of motorized equipment and mechanized transport for 
     operation, maintenance, or reconstruction of the electrical 
     distribution line, if the Secretary determines that the use 
     of nonmotorized equipment and nonmechanized transport is 
     impracticable or infeasible.
       (B) Discretionary terms and conditions.--In a special use 
     authorization issued under paragraph (1), the Secretary may 
     require or allow modification or relocation of the facility 
     in the wilderness, as the Secretary determines necessary, to 
     reduce impacts to wilderness values set forth in section 2 of 
     the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131).
       (l) Climatological Data Collection.--In accordance with the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and subject to terms 
     and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary 
     may authorize the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, 
     meteorologic, or climatological collection devices in the 
     wilderness areas if the Secretary determines that the 
     facilities and access to the facilities are essential to 
     flood warning, flood control, or water reservoir operation 
     activities.

     SEC. 6205. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS.

       (a) Indian Creek, Mono Creek, and Matilija Creek, 
     California.--Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by section 6134) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(271) Indian creek, california.--The following segments 
     of Indian Creek in the State of California, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 9.5-mile segment of Indian Creek from its source 
     in sec. 19, T. 7 N., R. 26 W., to the Dick Smith Wilderness 
     boundary, as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 1-mile segment of Indian Creek from the Dick 
     Smith Wilderness boundary to 0.25 miles downstream of Road 
     6N24, as a scenic river.
       ``(C) The 3.9-mile segment of Indian Creek from 0.25 miles 
     downstream of Road 6N24 to the southern boundary of sec. 32, 
     T. 6 N., R. 26 W., as a wild river.
       ``(272) Mono creek, california.--The following segments of 
     Mono Creek in the State of California, to be administered by 
     the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 4.2-mile segment of Mono Creek from its source in 
     sec. 1, T. 7 N., R. 26 W., to 0.25 miles upstream of Don 
     Victor Fire Road in sec. 28, T. 7 N., R. 25 W., as a wild 
     river.
       ``(B) The 2.1-mile segment of Mono Creek from 0.25 miles 
     upstream of the Don Victor Fire Road in sec. 28, T. 7 N., R. 
     25 W., to 0.25 miles downstream of Don Victor Fire Road in 
     sec. 34, T. 7 N., R. 25 W., as a recreational river.
       ``(C) The 14.7-mile segment of Mono Creek from 0.25 miles 
     downstream of Don Victor Fire Road in sec. 34, T. 7 N., R. 25 
     W., to the Ogilvy Ranch private property boundary in sec. 22, 
     T. 6 N., R. 26 W., as a wild river.
       ``(D) The 3.5-mile segment of Mono Creek from the Ogilvy 
     Ranch private property boundary to the southern boundary of 
     sec. 33, T. 6 N., R. 26 W., as a recreational river.
       ``(273) Matilija creek, california.--The following segments 
     of Matilija Creek in the State of California, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 7.2-mile segment of the Matilija Creek from its 
     source in sec. 25, T. 6 N., R. 25 W., to the private property 
     boundary in sec. 9, T. 5 N., R. 24 W., as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 7.25-mile segment of the Upper North Fork 
     Matilija Creek from its source in sec. 36, T. 6 N., R. 24 W., 
     to the Matilija Wilderness boundary, as a wild river.''.
       (b) Sespe Creek, California.--Section 3(a) of the Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by striking 
     paragraph (142) and inserting the following:
       ``(142) Sespe creek, california.--The following segments of 
     Sespe Creek in the State of California, to be administered by 
     the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 2.7-mile segment of Sespe Creek from the private 
     property boundary in sec. 10, T. 6 N., R. 24 W., to the 
     Hartman Ranch private property boundary in sec. 14, T. 6 N., 
     R. 24 W., as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 15-mile segment of Sespe Creek from the Hartman 
     Ranch private property boundary in sec. 14, T. 6 N., R. 24 
     W., to the western boundary of sec. 6, T. 5 N., R. 22 W., as 
     a recreational river.
       ``(C) The 6.1-mile segment of Sespe Creek from the western 
     boundary of sec. 6, T. 5 N., R. 22 W., to the confluence with 
     Trout Creek, as a scenic river.
       ``(D) The 28.6-mile segment of Sespe Creek from the 
     confluence with Trout Creek to the southern boundary of sec. 
     35, T. 5 N., R. 20 W., as a wild river.''.
       (c) Sisquoc River, California.--Section 3(a) of the Wild 
     and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by 
     striking paragraph (143) and inserting the following:
       ``(143) Sisquoc river, california.--The following segments 
     of the Sisquoc River and its tributaries in the State of 
     California, to be administered by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 33-mile segment of the main stem of the Sisquoc 
     River extending from its origin downstream to the Los Padres 
     Forest boundary, as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 4.2-mile segment of the South Fork Sisquoc River 
     from its source northeast of San Rafael Mountain in sec. 2, 
     T. 7 N., R. 28 W., to its confluence with the Sisquoc River, 
     as a wild river.
       ``(C) The 10.4-mile segment of Manzana Creek from its 
     source west of San Rafael Peak in sec. 4, T. 7 N., R. 28 W., 
     to the San Rafael Wilderness boundary upstream of Nira 
     Campground, as a wild river.
       ``(D) The 0.6-mile segment of Manzana Creek from the San 
     Rafael Wilderness boundary upstream of the Nira Campground to 
     the San Rafael Wilderness boundary downstream of the 
     confluence of Davy Brown Creek, as a recreational river.
       ``(E) The 5.8-mile segment of Manzana Creek from the San 
     Rafael Wilderness boundary downstream of the confluence of 
     Davy Brown Creek to the private property boundary in sec. 1, 
     T. 8 N., R. 30 W., as a wild river.
       ``(F) The 3.8-mile segment of Manzana Creek from the 
     private property boundary in sec. 1, T. 8 N., R. 30 W., to 
     the confluence of the Sisquoc River, as a recreational river.
       ``(G) The 3.4-mile segment of Davy Brown Creek from its 
     source west of Ranger Peak in sec. 32, T. 8 N., R. 29 W., to 
     300 feet upstream of its confluence with Munch Canyon, as a 
     wild river.
       ``(H) The 1.4-mile segment of Davy Brown Creek from 300 
     feet upstream of its confluence with Munch Canyon to its 
     confluence with Manzana Creek, as a recreational river.
       ``(I) The 2-mile segment of Munch Canyon from its source 
     north of Ranger Peak in sec. 33, T. 8 N., R. 29 W., to 300 
     feet upstream of

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     its confluence with Sunset Valley Creek, as a wild river.
       ``(J) The 0.5-mile segment of Munch Canyon from 300 feet 
     upstream of its confluence with Sunset Valley Creek to its 
     confluence with Davy Brown Creek, as a recreational river.
       ``(K) The 2.6-mile segment of Fish Creek from 500 feet 
     downstream of Sunset Valley Road to its confluence with 
     Manzana Creek, as a wild river.
       ``(L) The 1.5-mile segment of East Fork Fish Creek from its 
     source in sec. 26, T. 8 N., R. 29 W., to its confluence with 
     Fish Creek, as a wild river.''.
       (d) Piru Creek, California.--Section 3(a) of the Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by striking 
     paragraph (199) and inserting the following:
       ``(199) Piru creek, california.--The following segments of 
     Piru Creek in the State of California, to be administered by 
     the Secretary of Agriculture:
       ``(A) The 9.1-mile segment of Piru Creek from its source in 
     sec. 3, T. 6 N., R. 22 W., to the private property boundary 
     in sec. 4, T. 6 N., R. 21 W., as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 17.2-mile segment of Piru Creek from the private 
     property boundary in sec. 4, T. 6 N., R. 21 W., to 0.25 miles 
     downstream of the Gold Hill Road, as a scenic river.
       ``(C) The 4.1-mile segment of Piru Creek from 0.25 miles 
     downstream of Gold Hill Road to the confluence with Trail 
     Canyon, as a wild river.
       ``(D) The 7.25-mile segment of Piru Creek from the 
     confluence with Trail Canyon to the confluence with Buck 
     Creek, as a scenic river.
       ``(E) The 3-mile segment of Piru Creek from 0.5 miles 
     downstream of Pyramid Dam at the first bridge crossing to the 
     boundary of the Sespe Wilderness, as a recreational river.
       ``(F) The 13-mile segment of Piru Creek from the boundary 
     of the Sespe Wilderness to the boundary of the Sespe 
     Wilderness, as a wild river.
       ``(G) The 2.2-mile segment of Piru Creek from the boundary 
     of the Sespe Wilderness to the upper limit of Piru Reservoir, 
     as a recreational river.''.
       (e) Effect.--The designation of additional miles of Piru 
     Creek under subsection (d) shall not affect valid water 
     rights in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.
       (f) Motorized Use of Trails.--Nothing in this section 
     (including the amendments made by this section) affects the 
     motorized use of trails designated by the Forest Service for 
     motorized use that are located adjacent to and crossing upper 
     Piru Creek, if the use is consistent with the protection and 
     enhancement of river values under the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.).

     SEC. 6206. DESIGNATION OF THE FOX MOUNTAIN POTENTIAL 
                   WILDERNESS.

       (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain land in the 
     Los Padres National Forest comprising approximately 41,082 
     acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Fox 
     Mountain Potential Wilderness Area'' and dated November 14, 
     2019, is designated as the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness 
     Area.
       (b) Map and Legal Description.--
       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     file a map and a legal description of the Fox Mountain 
     Potential Wilderness Area (referred to in this section as the 
     ``potential wilderness area'') with--
       (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Force of law.--The map and legal description filed 
     under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as 
     if included in this title, except that the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may correct any clerical and typographical errors 
     in the map and legal description.
       (3) Public availability.--The map and legal description 
     filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
     public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest 
     Service.
       (c) Management.--Except as provided in subsection (d) and 
     subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall manage 
     the potential wilderness area in accordance with the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
       (d) Trail Use Construction, Reconstruction, and 
     Realignment.--
       (1) In general.--In accordance with paragraph (2), the 
     Secretary of Agriculture may--
       (A) construct a new trail for use by hikers, equestrians, 
     and mechanized vehicles that connects the Aliso Park 
     Campground to the Bull Ridge Trail; and
       (B) reconstruct or realign--
       (i) the Bull Ridge Trail; and
       (ii) the Rocky Ridge Trail.
       (2) Requirement.--In carrying out the construction, 
     reconstruction, or alignment under paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary shall--
       (A) comply with all existing laws (including regulations); 
     and
       (B) to the maximum extent practicable, use the minimum tool 
     or administrative practice necessary to accomplish the 
     construction, reconstruction, or alignment with the least 
     amount of adverse impact on wilderness character and 
     resources.
       (3) Motorized vehicles and machinery.--In accordance with 
     paragraph (2), the Secretary may use motorized vehicles and 
     machinery to carry out the trail construction, 
     reconstruction, or realignment authorized by this subsection.
       (4) Mechanized vehicles.--The Secretary may permit the use 
     of mechanized vehicles on the existing Bull Ridge Trail and 
     Rocky Ridge Trail in accordance with existing law (including 
     regulations) and this subsection until such date as the 
     potential wilderness area is designated as wilderness in 
     accordance with subsection (h).
       (e) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     Federal land in the potential wilderness area is withdrawn 
     from all forms of--
       (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
     laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
     geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
       (f) Cooperative Agreements.--In carrying out this section, 
     the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 
     State, Tribal, and local governmental entities and private 
     entities to complete the trail construction, reconstruction, 
     and realignment authorized by subsection (d).
       (g) Boundaries.--The Secretary shall modify the boundary of 
     the potential wilderness area to exclude any area within 50 
     feet of the centerline of the new location of any trail that 
     has been constructed, reconstructed, or realigned under 
     subsection (d).
       (h) Wilderness Designation.--
       (1) In general.--The potential wilderness area, as modified 
     under subsection (g), shall be designated as wilderness and 
     as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System 
     on the earlier of--
       (A) the date on which the Secretary publishes in the 
     Federal Register notice that the trail construction, 
     reconstruction, or alignment authorized by subsection (d) has 
     been completed; and
       (B) the date that is 20 years after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       (2) Administration of wilderness.--On designation as 
     wilderness under this section, the potential wilderness area 
     shall be--
       (A) incorporated into the San Rafael Wilderness, as 
     designated by Public Law 90-271 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 82 
     Stat. 51) and expanded by section 6202; and
       (B) administered in accordance with section 6204 and the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).

     SEC. 6207. DESIGNATION OF SCENIC AREAS.

       (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, there 
     are established the following scenic areas:
       (1) Condor ridge scenic area.--Certain land in the Los 
     Padres National Forest comprising approximately 18,666 acres, 
     as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Condor Ridge 
     Scenic Area--Proposed'' and dated March 29, 2019, which shall 
     be known as the ``Condor Ridge Scenic Area''.
       (2) Black mountain scenic area.--Certain land in the Los 
     Padres National Forest and the Bakersfield Field Office of 
     the Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately 16,216 
     acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Black 
     Mountain Scenic Area--Proposed'' and dated March 29, 2019, 
     which shall be known as the ``Black Mountain Scenic Area''.
       (b) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--
       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
     Secretary of the Interior shall file a map and legal 
     description of the Condor Ridge Scenic Area and Black 
     Mountain Scenic Area with--
       (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Force of law.--The maps and legal descriptions filed 
     under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as 
     if included in this title, except that the Secretary of 
     Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior may correct any 
     clerical and typographical errors in the maps and legal 
     descriptions.
       (3) Public availability.--The maps and legal descriptions 
     filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
     public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest 
     Service and Bureau of Land Management.
       (c) Purpose.--The purpose of the scenic areas is to 
     conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment 
     of present and future generations the ecological, scenic, 
     wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, 
     educational, and scientific resources of the scenic areas.
       (d) Management.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the 
     Secretary of the Interior shall administer the scenic areas--
       (A) in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the 
     resources of the scenic areas, and in particular the scenic 
     character attributes of the scenic areas; and
       (B) in accordance with--
       (i) this section;
       (ii) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 
     1701 et seq.) for land under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of the Interior;
       (iii) any laws (including regulations) relating to the 
     National Forest System, for land under the jurisdiction of 
     the Secretary of Agriculture; and
       (iv) any other applicable law (including regulations).
       (2) Uses.--The Secretary shall only allow those uses of the 
     scenic areas that the Secretary determines would further the 
     purposes described in subsection (c).

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       (e) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     Federal land in the scenic areas is withdrawn from all forms 
     of--
       (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
     laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
     geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
       (f) Prohibited Uses.--The following shall be prohibited on 
     the Federal land within the scenic areas:
       (1) Permanent roads.
       (2) Permanent structures.
       (3) Timber harvesting except when necessary for the 
     purposes described in subsection (g).
       (4) Transmission lines.
       (5) Except as necessary to meet the minimum requirements 
     for the administration of the scenic areas and to protect 
     public health and safety--
       (A) the use of motorized vehicles; or
       (B) the establishment of temporary roads.
       (6) Commercial enterprises, except as necessary for 
     realizing the purposes of the scenic areas.
       (g) Wildfire, Insect, and Disease Management.--Consistent 
     with this section, the Secretary may take any measures in the 
     scenic areas that the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
     control fire, insects, and diseases, including, as the 
     Secretary determines to be appropriate, the coordination of 
     those activities with the State or a local agency.
       (h) Adjacent Management.--The fact that an otherwise 
     authorized activity or use can be seen or heard within a 
     scenic area shall not preclude the activity or use outside 
     the boundary of the scenic area.

     SEC. 6208. CONDOR NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the Condor National 
     Scenic Trail established under paragraph (33) of section 5(a) 
     of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is 
     named after the California Condor, a critically endangered 
     bird species that lives along the corridor of the Condor 
     National Scenic Trail.
       (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Condor National Scenic 
     Trail are--
       (1) to provide a continual extended hiking corridor that 
     connects the southern and northern portions of the Los Padres 
     National Forest, spanning the entire length of the forest 
     along the coastal mountains of southern and central 
     California; and
       (2) to provide for the public enjoyment of the nationally 
     significant scenic, historic, natural, and cultural resources 
     of the Los Padres National Forest.
       (c) Amendment.--Section 5(a) of the National Trails System 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating the second paragraph (31) (relating to 
     the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail) as 
     paragraph (32); and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(33) Condor national scenic trail.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Condor National Scenic Trail, a 
     trail extending approximately 400 miles from Lake Piru in the 
     southern portion of the Los Padres National Forest to the 
     Bottchers Gap Campground in the northern portion of the Los 
     Padres National Forest.
       ``(B) Administration.--The Condor National Scenic Trail 
     shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, in 
     consultation with--
       ``(i) other Federal, State, Tribal, regional, and local 
     agencies;
       ``(ii) private landowners; and
       ``(iii) other interested organizations.
       ``(C) Recreational uses.--Notwithstanding section 7(c), the 
     use of motorized vehicles on roads or trails included in the 
     Condor National Scenic Trail on which motorized vehicles are 
     permitted as of the date of enactment of this paragraph may 
     be permitted.
       ``(D) Private property rights.--
       ``(i) Prohibition.--The Secretary shall not acquire for the 
     Condor National Scenic Trail any land or interest in land 
     outside the exterior boundary of any federally managed area 
     without the consent of the owner of land or interest in land.
       ``(ii) Effect.--Nothing in this paragraph--

       ``(I) requires any private property owner to allow public 
     access (including Federal, State, or local government access) 
     to private property; or
       ``(II) modifies any provision of Federal, State, or local 
     law with respect to public access to or use of private land.

       ``(E) Realignment.--The Secretary of Agriculture may 
     realign segments of the Condor National Scenic Trail as 
     necessary to fulfill the purposes of the Condor National 
     Scenic Trail.''.
       (d) Study.--
       (1) Study required.--Not later than 6 years after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, in accordance with this subsection, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a study that--
       (A) addresses the feasibility of, and alternatives for, 
     connecting the northern and southern portions of the Los 
     Padres National Forest by establishing a trail across the 
     applicable portions of the northern and southern Santa Lucia 
     Mountains of the southern California Coastal Range; and
       (B) considers realignment of the Condor National Scenic 
     Trail or construction of new segments for the Condor National 
     Scenic Trail to avoid existing segments of the Condor 
     National Scenic Trail that allow motorized vehicles.
       (2) Contents.--In carrying out the study required under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
       (A) comply with the requirements for studies for a national 
     scenic trail described in section 5(b) of the National Trails 
     System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(b));
       (B) provide for a continual hiking route through and 
     connecting the southern and northern sections of the Los 
     Padres National Forest;
       (C) promote recreational, scenic, wilderness, and cultural 
     values;
       (D) enhance connectivity with the overall system of 
     National Forest System trails;
       (E) consider new connectors and realignment of existing 
     trails;
       (F) emphasize safe and continuous public access, dispersal 
     from high-use areas, and suitable water sources; and
       (G) to the extent practicable, provide all-year use.
       (3) Additional requirement.--In completing the study 
     required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture 
     shall consult with--
       (A) appropriate Federal, State, Tribal, regional, and local 
     agencies;
       (B) private landowners;
       (C) nongovernmental organizations; and
       (D) members of the public.
       (4) Submission.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit 
     the study required under paragraph (1) to--
       (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (5) Additions and alterations to the condor national scenic 
     trail.--
       (A) In general.--On completion of the study required under 
     paragraph (1), if the Secretary of Agriculture determines 
     that additional or alternative trail segments are feasible 
     for inclusion in the Condor National Scenic Trail, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall include the segments in the 
     Condor National Scenic Trail.
       (B) Effective date.--An addition or alteration to the 
     Condor National Scenic Trail determined to be feasible under 
     subparagraph (A) shall take effect on the date on which the 
     Secretary of Agriculture publishes in the Federal Register 
     notice that the additional or alternative segments are 
     included in the Condor National Scenic Trail.
       (e) Cooperative Agreements.--In carrying out this section 
     (including the amendments made by this section), the 
     Secretary of Agriculture may enter into cooperative 
     agreements with State, Tribal, and local government entities 
     and private entities to complete necessary construction, 
     reconstruction, and realignment projects authorized for the 
     Condor National Scenic Trail under this section (including 
     the amendments made by this section).

     SEC. 6209. FOREST SERVICE STUDY.

       Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief 
     of the Forest Service) shall study the feasibility of opening 
     a new trail, for vehicles measuring 50 inches or less, 
     connecting Forest Service Highway 95 to the existing off-
     highway vehicle trail system in the Ballinger Canyon off-
     highway vehicle area.

     SEC. 6210. NONMOTORIZED RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.

       Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with 
     interested parties, shall conduct a study to improve 
     nonmotorized recreation trail opportunities (including 
     mountain bicycling) on land not designated as wilderness 
     within the Santa Barbara, Ojai, and Mt. Pinos ranger 
     districts.

     SEC. 6211. USE BY MEMBERS OF INDIAN TRIBES.

       (a) Access.--The Secretary shall ensure that Indian Tribes 
     have access, in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1131 et seq.), to the wilderness areas, scenic areas, and 
     potential wilderness areas designated by this title for 
     traditional cultural and religious purposes.
       (b) Temporary Closures.--
       (1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary, on request of an Indian Tribe, may temporarily 
     close to the general public 1 or more specific portions of a 
     wilderness area, scenic area, or potential wilderness area 
     designated by this title to protect the privacy of the 
     members of the Indian Tribe in the conduct of traditional 
     cultural and religious activities.
       (2) Requirement.--Any closure under paragraph (1) shall 
     be--
       (A) made in such a manner as to affect the smallest 
     practicable area for the minimum period of time necessary for 
     the activity to be carried out; and
       (B) be consistent with--
       (i) Public Law 95-341 (commonly known as the ``American 
     Indian Religious Freedom Act'') (42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.); and
       (ii) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).

   TITLE LXIII--SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS AND RIVERS PROTECTION

     SEC. 6301. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
     California.
       (3) Wilderness area or addition.--The term ``wilderness 
     area or addition'' means any wilderness area or wilderness 
     addition designated by section 6303(a).

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     SEC. 6302. NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

       (a) In General.--The San Gabriel Mountains National 
     Monument established by Presidential Proclamation 9194 (54 
     U.S.C. 320301 note) (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Monument'') is modified to include the approximately 
     109,167 acres of additional National Forest System land 
     depicted as the ``Proposed San Gabriel Mountains National 
     Monument Expansion'' on the map entitled ``Proposed San 
     Gabriel Mountains National Monument Expansion'' and dated 
     June 26, 2019.
       (b) Administration.--The Secretary shall administer the 
     Monument (including the land added to the Monument by 
     subsection (a)), in accordance with--
       (1) Presidential Proclamation Number 9194, dated October 
     10, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 62303);
       (2) the laws generally applicable to the Monument; and
       (3) this title.
       (c) Management Plan.--Not later than 3 years after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall consult with 
     the State, local governments, and interested members of the 
     public to update the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument 
     Plan to provide management direction and protection for the 
     land added to the Monument by subsection (a).

     SEC. 6303. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS AND ADDITIONS.

       (a) Designation.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following parcels of National 
     Forest System land in the State are designated as wilderness 
     and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
     System:
       (1) Condor peak wilderness.--Certain Federal land in the 
     Angeles National Forest, comprising approximately 8,207 
     acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Condor 
     Peak Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated June 6, 2019, which 
     shall be known as the ``Condor Peak Wilderness''.
       (2) San gabriel wilderness additions.--Certain Federal land 
     in the Angeles National Forest, comprising approximately 
     2,032 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``San 
     Gabriel Wilderness Additions'' and dated June 6, 2019, which 
     is incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the San 
     Gabriel Wilderness designated by Public Law 90-318 (16 U.S.C. 
     1132 note; 82 Stat. 131).
       (3) Sheep mountain wilderness additions.--Certain Federal 
     land in the Angeles National Forest, comprising approximately 
     13,726 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
     ``Sheep Mountain Wilderness Additions'' and dated June 6, 
     2019, which is incorporated in, and considered to be a part 
     of, the Sheep Mountain Wilderness designated by section 
     101(a)(29) of the California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 
     U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98-425; 98 Stat. 1623).
       (4) Yerba buena wilderness.--Certain Federal land in the 
     Angeles National Forest, comprising approximately 6,694 
     acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Yerba 
     Buena Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated June 6, 2019, which 
     shall be known as the ``Yerba Buena Wilderness''.
       (b) Map and Legal Description.--
       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and a 
     legal description of the wilderness areas and additions 
     with--
       (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Force of law.--The map and legal description filed 
     under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as 
     if included in this title, except that the Secretary may 
     correct any clerical or typographical error in the map or 
     legal description.
       (3) Public availability.--The map and legal description 
     filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
     public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest 
     Service.

     SEC. 6304. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS AND ADDITIONS.

       (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     wilderness areas and additions shall be administered by the 
     Secretary in accordance with this section and the Wilderness 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any reference in 
     that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be 
     considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this 
     Act.
       (b) Fire Management and Related Activities.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may carry out such 
     activities in a wilderness area or addition as are necessary 
     for the control of fire, insects, or diseases in accordance 
     with--
       (A) section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1133(d)(1)); and
       (B) House Report 98-40 of the 98th Congress.
       (2) Funding priorities.--Nothing in this title limits 
     funding for fire or fuels management in a wilderness area or 
     addition.
       (3) Revision and development of local fire management 
     plans.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall amend, as applicable, any local 
     fire management plan that applies to a wilderness area or 
     addition.
       (4) Administration.--In accordance with paragraph (1) and 
     any other applicable Federal law, to ensure a timely and 
     efficient response to a fire emergency in a wilderness area 
     or addition, the Secretary shall--
       (A) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, establish agency approval procedures (including 
     appropriate delegations of authority to the Forest 
     Supervisor, District Manager, or other agency officials) for 
     responding to fire emergencies; and
       (B) enter into agreements with appropriate State or local 
     firefighting agencies.
       (c) Grazing.--The grazing of livestock in a wilderness area 
     or addition, if established before the date of enactment of 
     this Act, shall be administered in accordance with--
       (1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1133(d)(4)); and
       (2) the guidelines contained in Appendix A of the report of 
     the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 
     (H. Rept. 101-405).
       (d) Fish and Wildlife.--
       (1) In general.--In accordance with section 4(d)(7) of the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this title 
     affects the jurisdiction or responsibility of the State with 
     respect to fish or wildlife on public land in the State.
       (2) Management activities.--
       (A) In general.--In support of the purposes and principles 
     of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary 
     may conduct any management activity that the Secretary 
     determines to be necessary to maintain or restore a fish or 
     wildlife population or habitat in a wilderness area or 
     addition, if the activity is conducted in accordance with--
       (i) applicable wilderness management plans; and
       (ii) appropriate policies, such as the policies established 
     in Appendix B of the report of the Committee on Interior and 
     Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying 
     H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101-405).
       (B) Inclusions.--A management activity under subparagraph 
     (A) may include the occasional and temporary use of motorized 
     vehicles, if the use, as determined by the Secretary--
       (i) would maintain or improve the wilderness character of 
     the wilderness area or addition;
       (ii) is impracticable to accomplish by nonmotorized 
     methods; and
       (iii) is in accordance with memoranda of understanding 
     between the applicable Federal agencies and the State 
     Department of Fish and Wildlife.
       (C) Existing activities.--In accordance with section 
     4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and 
     other appropriate policies (such as the policies established 
     in Appendix B of the report of the Committee on Interior and 
     Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying 
     H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101-405)), the 
     State may use aircraft (including helicopters) in a 
     wilderness area or addition to survey, capture, transplant, 
     monitor, or provide water for a wildlife population, 
     including bighorn sheep, if the activity, as determined by 
     the Secretary--
       (i) is impracticable to accomplish without use of aircraft; 
     and
       (ii) is in accordance with memoranda of understanding 
     between the applicable Federal agencies and the State 
     Department of Fish and Wildlife.
       (e) Buffer Zones.--
       (1) In general.--Nothing in this title establishes any 
     protective perimeter or buffer zone around a wilderness area 
     or addition.
       (2) Activities or uses up to boundaries.--The fact that a 
     nonwilderness activity or use can be seen or heard from 
     within a wilderness area or addition shall not preclude the 
     activity or use up to the boundary of the wilderness area or 
     addition.
       (f) Military Activities.--Nothing in this title precludes--
       (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over a 
     wilderness area or addition;
       (2) the designation of a new unit of special airspace over 
     a wilderness area or addition; or
       (3) the use or establishment of a military flight training 
     route over a wilderness area or addition.
       (g) Horses.--Nothing in this title precludes horseback 
     riding in, or the entry of recreational or commercial saddle 
     or pack stock into, a wilderness area or addition--
       (1) in accordance with section 4(d)(5) of the Wilderness 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)); and
       (2) subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
     determines to be necessary.
       (h) Law Enforcement.--Nothing in this title precludes any 
     law enforcement or drug interdiction effort within a 
     wilderness area or addition, in accordance with the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
       (i) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     wilderness areas and additions are withdrawn from--
       (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
     the public land laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (3) operation of the mineral materials and geothermal 
     leasing laws.
       (j) Incorporation of Acquired Land and Interests.--Any land 
     within the boundary of a wilderness area or addition that is 
     acquired by the United States shall--
       (1) become part of the wilderness area or addition in which 
     the land is located; and
       (2) be managed in accordance with this section, the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and any other 
     applicable law (including regulations).
       (k) Climatological Data Collection.--In accordance with the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and subject to such 
     terms

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     and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary 
     may authorize the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, 
     meteorologic, or climatological collection devices in a 
     wilderness area or addition if the Secretary determines that 
     the device and access to the device is essential to a flood 
     warning, flood control, or water reservoir operation 
     activity.
       (l) Authorized Event.--The Secretary may authorize the 
     Angeles Crest 100 competitive running event to continue in 
     substantially the same manner in which the event was operated 
     and permitted in 2015 within the land added to the Sheep 
     Mountain Wilderness by section 6303(a)(3) and the Pleasant 
     View Ridge Wilderness Area designated by section 1802(8) of 
     the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
     1132 note; Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1054), if the event 
     is authorized and conducted in a manner compatible with the 
     preservation of the areas as wilderness.

     SEC. 6305. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS.

       (a) Designation.--Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic 
     Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by section 
     6205(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(274) East fork san gabriel river, california.--The 
     following segments of the East Fork San Gabriel River, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the following 
     classes:
       ``(A) The 10-mile segment from the confluence of the 
     Prairie Fork and Vincent Gulch to 100 yards upstream of the 
     Heaton Flats trailhead and day use area, as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 2.7-mile segment from 100 yards upstream of the 
     Heaton Flats trailhead and day use area to 100 yards upstream 
     of the confluence with Williams Canyon, as a recreational 
     river.
       ``(275) North fork san gabriel river, california.--The 4.3-
     mile segment of the North Fork San Gabriel River from the 
     confluence with Cloudburst Canyon to 0.25 miles upstream of 
     the confluence with the West Fork San Gabriel River, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a 
     recreational river.
       ``(276) West fork san gabriel river, california.--The 
     following segments of the West Fork San Gabriel River, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the following 
     classes:
       ``(A) The 6.7-mile segment from 0.25 miles downstream of 
     its source near Red Box Gap in sec. 14, T. 2 N., R. 12 W., to 
     the confluence with the unnamed tributary 0.25 miles 
     downstream of the power lines in sec. 22, T. 2 N., R. 11 W., 
     as a recreational river.
       ``(B) The 1.6-mile segment of the West Fork from 0.25 miles 
     downstream of the power lines in sec. 22, T. 2 N., R. 11 W., 
     to the confluence with Bobcat Canyon, as a wild river.
       ``(277) Little rock creek, california.--The following 
     segments of Little Rock Creek and tributaries, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the following 
     classes:
       ``(A) The 10.3-mile segment from its source on Mt. 
     Williamson in sec. 6, T. 3 N., R. 9 W., to 100 yards upstream 
     of the confluence with the South Fork Little Rock Creek, as a 
     wild river.
       ``(B) The 6.6-mile segment from 100 yards upstream of the 
     confluence with the South Fork Little Rock Creek to the 
     confluence with Santiago Canyon, as a recreational river.
       ``(C) The 1-mile segment of Cooper Canyon Creek from 0.25 
     miles downstream of Highway 2 to 100 yards downstream of 
     Cooper Canyon Campground, as a scenic river.
       ``(D) The 1.3-mile segment of Cooper Canyon Creek from 100 
     yards downstream of Cooper Canyon Campground to the 
     confluence with Little Rock Creek, as a wild river.
       ``(E) The 1-mile segment of Buckhorn Creek from 100 yards 
     downstream of the Buckhorn Campground to its confluence with 
     Cooper Canyon Creek, as a wild river.''.
       (b) Water Resource Facilities; Water Use.--
       (1) Water resource facilities.--
       (A) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
       (i) Water resource facility.--The term ``water resource 
     facility'' means--

       (I) an irrigation or pumping facility;
       (II) a dam or reservoir;
       (III) a flood control facility;
       (IV) a water conservation works (including a debris 
     protection facility);
       (V) a sediment placement site;
       (VI) a rain gauge or stream gauge;
       (VII) a water quality facility;
       (VIII) a recycled water facility or water pumping, 
     conveyance, or distribution system;
       (IX) a water storage tank or reservoir;
       (X) a water treatment facility;
       (XI) an aqueduct, canal, ditch, pipeline, well, hydropower 
     project, or transmission or other ancillary facility;
       (XII) a groundwater recharge facility;
       (XIII) a water filtration plant; and
       (XIV) any other water diversion, conservation, storage, or 
     carriage structure.

       (ii) Wild and scenic river segment.--The term ``wild and 
     scenic river segment'' means a component of the national wild 
     and scenic rivers system designated by paragraph (274), 
     (275), (276), or (277) of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic 
     Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as added by subsection (a)).
       (B) No effect on existing water resource facilities.--
     Nothing in this section alters, modifies, or affects--
       (i) the use, operation, maintenance, repair, construction, 
     destruction, reconfiguration, expansion, relocation, or 
     replacement of a water resource facility downstream of a wild 
     and scenic river segment, subject to the condition that the 
     physical structures of such a facility or reservoir shall not 
     be located within the wild and scenic river segment; or
       (ii) access to a water resource facility downstream of a 
     wild and scenic river segment.
       (C) No effect on new water resource facilities.--Nothing in 
     this section precludes the establishment of a new water 
     resource facility (including instream sites, routes, and 
     areas) downstream of a wild and scenic river segment.
       (2) Limitation.--Any new reservation of water or new use of 
     water pursuant to existing water rights held by the United 
     States to advance the purposes of the National Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) shall be for 
     nonconsumptive instream use only within the wild and scenic 
     river segments (as defined in paragraph (1)(A)).
       (3) Existing law.--Nothing in this section affects the 
     implementation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
     U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

     SEC. 6306. WATER RIGHTS.

       (a) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this title, and no 
     action carried out pursuant to this title--
       (1) constitutes an express or implied reservation of any 
     water or water right, or authorizes an expansion of water use 
     pursuant to existing water rights held by the United States, 
     with respect to--
       (A) the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument;
       (B) the wilderness areas and additions; and
       (C) the components of the national wild and scenic rivers 
     system designated by paragraphs (274), (275), (276), and 
     (277) of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as added by section 6305(a)) and land 
     adjacent to the components;
       (2) affects, alters, modifies, or conditions any water 
     right in the State in existence on the date of enactment of 
     this Act, including any water rights held by the United 
     States;
       (3) establishes a precedent with respect to any designation 
     of wilderness or wild and scenic rivers after the date of 
     enactment of this Act;
       (4) affects, alters, or modifies the interpretation of, or 
     any designation, decision, adjudication, or action carried 
     out pursuant to, any other Act; or
       (5) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any interstate 
     compact or equitable apportionment decree that apportions 
     water among or between the State and any other State.
       (b) State Water Law.--The Secretary shall comply with 
     applicable procedural and substantive requirements under 
     State law to obtain and hold any water rights not in 
     existence on the date of enactment of this Act with respect 
     to--
       (1) the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument;
       (2) the wilderness areas and additions; and
       (3) the components of the national wild and scenic rivers 
     system designated by paragraphs (274), (275), (276), or (277) 
     of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1274(a)) (as added by section 6305(a)).

     SEC. 6307. REAUTHORIZATION OF EXISTING WATER FACILITIES IN 
                   PLEASANT VIEW RIDGE WILDERNESS.

       (a) Authorization for Continued Use.--The Secretary may 
     issue a special use authorization to the owners of a water 
     transport or diversion facility (referred to in this section 
     as a ``facility'') located on National Forest System land in 
     the Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness for the continued 
     operation, maintenance, and reconstruction of the facility if 
     the Secretary determines that--
       (1) the facility was in existence on the date on which the 
     land on which the facility is located was designated as part 
     of the National Wilderness Preservation System (referred to 
     in this section as ``the date of designation'');
       (2) the facility has been in substantially continuous use 
     to deliver water for the beneficial use on the non-Federal 
     land of the owner since the date of designation;
       (3) the owner of the facility holds a valid water right for 
     use of the water on the non-Federal land of the owner under 
     State law, with a priority date that predates the date of 
     designation; and
       (4) it is not practicable or feasible to relocate the 
     facility to land outside of the Pleasant View Ridge 
     Wilderness and continue the beneficial use of water on the 
     non-Federal land recognized under State law.
       (b) Terms and Conditions.--
       (1) Required terms and conditions.--In a special use 
     authorization issued under subsection (a), the Secretary 
     may--
       (A) allow use of motorized equipment and mechanized 
     transport for operation, maintenance, or reconstruction of a 
     facility, if the Secretary determines that--
       (i) the use is the minimum necessary to allow the facility 
     to continue delivery of water to the non-Federal land for the 
     beneficial uses recognized by the water right held under 
     State law; and
       (ii) the use of nonmotorized equipment and nonmechanized 
     transport is impracticable or infeasible; and
       (B) prohibit use of the facility for the diversion or 
     transport of water in excess of the water right recognized by 
     the State on the date of designation.
       (2) Discretionary terms and conditions.--In a special use 
     authorization issued under subsection (a), the Secretary may 
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     allow modification or relocation of the facility in the 
     wilderness, as the Secretary determines necessary, to reduce 
     impacts to wilderness values set forth in section 2 of the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131) if the beneficial use of 
     water on the non-Federal land is not diminished.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 876. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 10____. BERRYESSA SNOW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT 
                   BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Board on 
     Geographic Names established by section 2 of the Act of July 
     25, 1947 (61 Stat. 456, chapter 330; 43 U.S.C. 364a).
       (2) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled 
     ``Proposed Walker Ridge (Molok Luyuk) Addition Berryessa Snow 
     Mountain National Monument'' and dated October 26, 2021.
       (3) Molok luyuk.--The term ``Molok Luyuk'' means Condor 
     Ridge (in the Patwin language).
       (4) National monument.--The term ``National Monument'' 
     means the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument 
     established by Presidential Proclamation 9298, dated July 10, 
     2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 41975), including all land, interests in 
     the land, and objects on the land identified in that 
     Presidential Proclamation.
       (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (6) Walker ridge (molok luyuk) addition.--The term ``Walker 
     Ridge (Molok Luyuk) Addition'' means the approximately 3,925 
     acres of Federal land (including any interests in, or objects 
     on, the land) administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
     in Lake County, California, and identified as ``Proposed 
     Walker Ridge (Molok Luyuk) Addition'' on the Map.
       (b) Boundary Modification.--The boundary of the National 
     Monument is modified to include the Walker Ridge (Molok 
     Luyuk) Addition.
       (c) Map.--
       (1) Corrections.--The Secretary may make clerical and 
     typographical corrections to the Map.
       (2) Public availability; effect.--The Map and any 
     corrections to the Map under paragraph (1) shall--
       (A) be publicly available on the website of the Bureau of 
     Land Management; and
       (B) have the same force and effect as if included in this 
     section.
       (d) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     Secretary shall administer the Walker Ridge (Molok Luyuk) 
     Addition--
       (1) as part of the National Monument;
       (2) in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 9298, 
     dated July 10, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 41975); and
       (3) in accordance with applicable laws (including 
     regulations).
       (e) Management Plan.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall jointly develop a comprehensive management 
     plan for the National Monument in accordance with, and in a 
     manner that fulfills the purposes described in, Presidential 
     Proclamation 9298, dated July 10, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 41975).
       (2) Tribal consultation.--The Secretary and the Secretary 
     of Agriculture shall consult with affected federally 
     recognized Indian Tribes in--
       (A) the development of the management plan under paragraph 
     (1); and
       (B) making management decisions relating to the National 
     Monument.
       (3) Continued engagement with indian tribes.--The 
     management plan developed under paragraph (1) shall set forth 
     parameters for continued meaningful engagement with affected 
     federally recognized Indian Tribes in the implementation of 
     the management plan.
       (4) Effect.--Nothing in this section affects the conduct of 
     fire mitigation or suppression activities at the National 
     Monument, including through the use of existing agreements.
       (f) Agreements and Partnerships.--To the maximum extent 
     practicable and in accordance with applicable laws, on 
     request of an affected federally recognized Indian Tribe, the 
     Secretary (acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land 
     Management) and the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through 
     the Chief of the Forest Service) shall enter into agreements, 
     contracts, and other cooperative and collaborative 
     partnerships with the federally recognized Indian Tribe 
     regarding management of the National Monument under relevant 
     Federal authority, including--
       (1) the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
     Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.);
       (2) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
     U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
       (3) the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5361 
     et seq.);
       (4) the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 
     3115a et seq.);
       (5) the good neighbor authority under section 8206 of the 
     Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a);
       (6) Executive Order 13175 (25 U.S.C. 5301 note; relating to 
     consultation and coordination with Indian Tribal 
     governments);
       (7) Secretarial Order 3342, issued by the Secretary on 
     October 21, 2016 (relating to identifying opportunities for 
     cooperative and collaborative partnerships with federally 
     recognized Indian Tribes in the management of Federal lands 
     and resources); and
       (8) Joint Secretarial Order 3403, issued by the Secretary 
     and the Secretary of Agriculture on November 15, 2021 
     (relating to fulfilling the trust responsibility to Indian 
     Tribes in the stewardship of Federal lands and waters).
       (g) Designation of Condor Ridge (Molok Luyuk) in Lake and 
     Colusa Counties, California.--
       (1) In general.--The parcel of Federal land administered by 
     the Bureau of Land Management located in Lake and Colusa 
     Counties in the State of California and commonly referred to 
     as ``Walker Ridge'' shall be known and designated as ``Condor 
     Ridge (Molok Luyuk)''.
       (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     parcel of Federal land described in paragraph (1) shall be 
     deemed to be a reference to ``Condor Ridge (Molok Luyuk)''.
       (3) Map and legal description.--
       (A) Preparation.--
       (i) Initial map.--The Board shall prepare a map and legal 
     description of the parcel of Federal land designated by 
     paragraph (1).
       (ii) Corrections.--The Board and the Director of the Bureau 
     of Land Management may make clerical and typographical 
     corrections to the map and legal description prepared under 
     clause (i).
       (B) Consultation.--In preparing the map and legal 
     description under subparagraph (A)(i), the Board shall 
     consult with--
       (i) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management; and
       (ii) affected federally recognized Indian Tribes.
       (C) Public availability; effect.--The map and legal 
     description prepared under subparagraph (A)(i) and any 
     correction to the map or legal description made under 
     subparagraph (A)(ii) shall--
       (i) be publicly available on the website of the Board, the 
     Bureau of Land Management, or both;
       (ii) be subject to a public notice and comment period of 
     not less than 30 days; and
       (iii) have the same force and effect as if included in this 
     section.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 877. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. __. SUPERCOMPUTING FOR SAFER CHEMICALS (SUPERSAFE) 
                   CONSORTIUM.

       (a) Establishment.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Administrator''), in consultation with the heads of 
     relevant Federal agencies, shall form a consortium, to be 
     known as the ``Supercomputing for Safer Chemicals (SUPERSAFE) 
     Consortium'' (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Consortium''). The Consortium shall include the National 
     Laboratories of the Department of Energy, academic and other 
     research institutions, and other entities, as determined by 
     the Administrator, to carry out the activities described in 
     subsection (b).
       (2) Inclusion of state agencies.--The Administrator shall 
     allow the head of a relevant State agency to join the 
     Consortium on request of the State agency.
       (b) Consortium Activities.--
       (1) In general.--The Consortium shall use supercomputing, 
     machine learning, and other similar capabilities--
       (A) to establish rapid approaches for large-scale 
     identification of toxic substances and the development of 
     safer alternatives to toxic substances by developing and 
     validating computational toxicology methods based on unique 
     high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, machine 
     learning, and precision measurements;
       (B) to address the need to identify safe chemicals for use 
     in consumer and industrial products and in their manufacture 
     to support the move away from toxic substances and toward 
     safe-by-design alternatives; and
       (C) to make recommendations on how the information produced 
     can be applied in risk assessments and other 
     characterizations for use by the Environmental Protection 
     Agency and other agencies in regulatory decisions, and by 
     industry in identifying toxic and safer chemicals.
       (2) Models.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the 
     Consortium--
       (A) shall use supercomputers and other virtual tools to 
     develop, validate, and run models to predict adverse health 
     effects caused by toxic substances and to identify safe

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     chemicals for use in products and manufacturing; and
       (B) may utilize, as needed, appropriate biological test 
     systems to test and evaluate approaches and improve their 
     predictability and reliability in industrial and regulatory 
     applications.
       (c) Public Results.--The Consortium shall make model 
     predictions, along with supporting documentation, available 
     to the public in an accessible format.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this 
     section--
       (1) for fiscal year 2023, $20,000,000;
       (2) for fiscal year 2024, $30,000,000; and
       (3) for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027, 
     $35,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 878. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 10____. OUTDOOR RECREATION LEGACY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means an 
     entity that represents or otherwise serves a qualifying area.
       (2) Eligible nonprofit organization.--The term ``eligible 
     nonprofit organization'' means an organization that is 
     described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of 
     such code.
       (3) Entity.--The term ``entity'' means--
       (A) a State;
       (B) a political subdivision of a State, including--
       (i) a city;
       (ii) a county; and
       (iii) a special purpose district that manages open space, 
     including a park district; and
       (C) an Indian Tribe, urban Indian organization, or Alaska 
     Native or Native Hawaiian community or organization.
       (4) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
       (5) Low-income community.--The term ``low-income 
     community'' means any census block group in which 30 percent 
     or more of the population are individuals with an annual 
     household equal to, or less than, the greater of--
       (A) an amount equal to 80 percent of the median income of 
     the area in which the household is located, as reported by 
     the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and
       (B) an amount equal to 200 percent of the Federal poverty 
     line.
       (6) Outdoor recreation legacy partnership program.--The 
     term ``Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program'' means 
     the program established under subsection (b)(1).
       (7) Qualifying area.--The term ``qualifying area'' means--
       (A) an urbanized area or urban cluster that has a 
     population of 25,000 or more in the most recent census;
       (B) 2 or more adjacent urban clusters with a combined 
     population of 25,000 or more in the most recent census; or
       (C) an area administered by an Indian Tribe or an Alaska 
     Native or Native Hawaiian community organization.
       (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (9) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
     States, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the 
     United States.
       (b) Establishment of Program.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an outdoor 
     recreation legacy partnership program under which the 
     Secretary may award grants to eligible entities for 
     projects--
       (A) to acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor 
     recreation purposes in qualifying areas; and
       (B) to develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation 
     facilities that provide outdoor recreation opportunities to 
     the public in qualifying areas.
       (2) Priority.--In awarding grants to eligible entities 
     under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to 
     projects that--
       (A) create or significantly enhance access to park and 
     recreational opportunities in an urban neighborhood or 
     community;
       (B) engage and empower underserved communities and youth;
       (C) provide employment or job training opportunities for 
     youth or underserved communities;
       (D) establish or expand public-private partnerships, with a 
     focus on leveraging resources; and
       (E) take advantage of coordination among various levels of 
     government.
       (c) Matching Requirement.--
       (1) In general.--As a condition of receiving a grant under 
     subsection (b), an eligible entity shall provide matching 
     funds in the form of cash or an in-kind contribution in an 
     amount equal to not less than 100 percent of the amounts made 
     available under the grant.
       (2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive all or part of the 
     matching requirement under paragraph (1) if the Secretary 
     determines that--
       (A) no reasonable means are available through which the 
     eligible entity can meet the matching requirement; and
       (B) the probable benefit of the project outweighs the 
     public interest in the matching requirement.
       (3) Administrative expenses.--Not more than 10 percent of 
     funds provided to an eligible entity under a grant awarded 
     under subsection (b) may be used for administrative expenses.
       (d) Considerations.--In awarding grants to eligible 
     entities under subsection (b), the Secretary shall consider 
     the extent to which a project would--
       (1) provide recreation opportunities in underserved 
     communities in which access to parks is not adequate to meet 
     local needs;
       (2) provide opportunities for outdoor recreation and public 
     land volunteerism;
       (3) support innovative or cost-effective ways to enhance 
     parks and other recreation--
       (A) opportunities; or
       (B) delivery of services;
       (4) support park and recreation programming provided by 
     cities, including cooperative agreements with community-based 
     eligible nonprofit organizations;
       (5) develop Native American event sites and cultural 
     gathering spaces; and
       (6) provide benefits such as community resilience, 
     reduction of urban heat islands, enhanced water or air 
     quality, or habitat for fish or wildlife.
       (e) Eligible Uses.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a grant 
     recipient may use a grant awarded under subsection (b) for a 
     project described in paragraph (1) or (2) of that subsection.
       (2) Limitations on use.--A grant recipient may not use 
     grant funds for--
       (A) incidental costs related to land acquisition, including 
     appraisal and titling;
       (B) operation and maintenance activities;
       (C) facilities that support semiprofessional or 
     professional athletics;
       (D) indoor facilities, such as recreation centers or 
     facilities that support primarily non-outdoor purposes; or
       (E) acquisition of land or interests in land that restrict 
     access to specific persons.
       (f) Review and Evaluation Requirements.--In carrying out 
     the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) conduct an initial screening and technical review of 
     applications received;
       (2) evaluate and score all qualifying applications; and
       (3) provide culturally and linguistically appropriate 
     information to eligible entities (including low-income 
     communities and eligible entities serving low-income 
     communities) on--
       (A) the opportunity to apply for grants under this section;
       (B) the application procedures by which eligible entities 
     may apply for grants under this section; and
       (C) eligible uses for grants under this section.
       (g) Reporting.--
       (1) Annual reports.--Not later than 30 days after the last 
     day of each report period, each State lead agency that 
     receives a grant under this section shall annually submit to 
     the Secretary performance and financial reports that--
       (A) summarize project activities conducted during the 
     report period; and
       (B) provide the status of the project.
       (2) Final reports.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     earlier of the date of expiration of a project period or the 
     completion of a project, each State lead agency that receives 
     a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary a 
     final report containing such information as the Secretary may 
     require.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 879. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 10___. GRANTS TO STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES FOR 
                   MULTIBENEFIT PROGRAMS TO VOLUNTARILY REPURPOSE 
                   AGRICULTURAL LAND TO REDUCE CONSUMPTIVE WATER 
                   USE.

       (a) Authorization of Grants.--
       (1) In general.--Section 101 of the Reclamation States 
     Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2211) is 
     amended--
       (A) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as 
     subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b) Grants to States and Indian Tribes for Multibenefit 
     Programs to Voluntarily Repurpose Agricultural Land.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Basin-scale.--The term `basin-scale' means an 
     eligible landscape area or sub-basin that--
       ``(i) includes multiple water users; or

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       ``(ii) aligns with the boundaries of a State, Tribal, 
     regional, or local land or water management agency.
       ``(B) Covered program.--The term `covered program' means an 
     existing program of an eligible entity or a pilot program 
     proposed to be carried out by an eligible entity, the purpose 
     of which is to voluntarily repurpose or provide for the 
     transition of, over a period of years, irrigated agricultural 
     land to reduce consumptive water use, while providing 
     community health, economic wellbeing, water supply, habitat, 
     and climate benefits.
       ``(C) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
       ``(i) a State (including a designated State agency); or
       ``(ii) a Tribal government.
       ``(2) Authorization of grants.--The Secretary shall carry 
     out a program under which the Secretary shall provide 
     competitive matching grants to eligible entities, in 
     accordance with this subsection, to carry out covered 
     programs.
       ``(3) Eligible programs.--To be eligible for a grant under 
     paragraph (2), a covered program shall--
       ``(A) be basin-scale;
       ``(B) reduce consumptive water use;
       ``(C) repurpose or transition irrigated agricultural land 
     for not less than 10 years;
       ``(D) provide, for not less than 10 years, 1 or more other 
     measurable benefits to the environment or community in which 
     the program is being carried out, including--
       ``(i) restoring upland habitat;
       ``(ii) restoring riparian habitat;
       ``(iii) creating pollinator habitat;
       ``(iv) restoring flood plains connection to stream or river 
     channels;
       ``(v) creating dedicated multibenefit recharge areas;
       ``(vi) dry-land farming or planting non-irrigated or water-
     saving cover crops;
       ``(vii) switching from irrigated agriculture to non-
     irrigated rangeland;
       ``(viii) creating park or community recreation areas;
       ``(ix) acquiring a conservation easement on land taken out 
     of irrigated agricultural production to permanently protect a 
     new use of the land;
       ``(x) facilitation of renewable energy projects that have 
     an overall greenhouse gas reduction; and
       ``(xi) reestablishment of Tribal land uses.
       ``(4) Application.--To be eligible for a grant under 
     paragraph (2), an eligible entity shall submit to the 
     Secretary an application in such form, at such time, and 
     containing such information as the Secretary may require, 
     including a description of the manner in which the eligible 
     entity would use the grant funds to carry out projects under 
     the covered program that reduce consumptive water use by 
     converting irrigated agricultural land to a new use that--
       ``(A) reduces groundwater withdrawals or consumptive water 
     use for not less than 10 years; and
       ``(B) provides other measurable benefits to the environment 
     or communities in which the covered program is being carried 
     out.
       ``(5) Priority.--In providing grants under paragraph (2), 
     the Secretary shall give priority to covered programs that--
       ``(A) provide direct benefits to disadvantaged communities; 
     or
       ``(B) were developed through a multi-stakeholder planning 
     process.
       ``(6) Voluntary conservation agreements.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (C), the 
     Secretary (acting through the Director of the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service) or the Secretary of Commerce 
     (acting through the Director of the National Marine Fisheries 
     Service), as applicable, shall seek to enter into voluntary 
     conservation agreements, with the individuals and entities 
     described in subparagraph (B), under which the individuals 
     and entities entering into the agreements would carry out on 
     formerly irrigated agricultural land converted under a 
     covered program carried out under this subsection or on 
     associated aquatic resources actions that contribute to the 
     recovery of species listed as endangered or threatened under 
     the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
       ``(B) Entities and individuals described.--The individuals 
     and entities referred to in subparagraph (A) are the 
     following:
       ``(i) Eligible entities provided grants to carry out a 
     covered program under paragraph (2).
       ``(ii) Owners of irrigated agricultural land converted 
     under a covered program carried out under this subsection.
       ``(iii) Owners of land adjacent to irrigated agricultural 
     land converted under a covered program carried out under this 
     subsection.
       ``(7) Annual report to congress.--Annually, the Secretary 
     shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     report that describes the status of covered programs for 
     which grant funds have been provided under this subsection 
     during the period covered by the report, including a 
     description of--
       ``(A) the achievements and effectiveness of each covered 
     program with respect to reducing groundwater withdrawals and 
     reducing consumptive water use;
       ``(B) the quantity of groundwater or surface water that was 
     conserved; and
       ``(C) the community agricultural sustainability or 
     environmental benefits that were achieved under each covered 
     program.
       ``(8) Authorization of appropriations.--
       ``(A) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     to carry out this subsection $250,000,000 for the period of 
     fiscal years 2024 through 2028.
       ``(B) Reservation of funds.--Of the amounts made available 
     for a fiscal year under subparagraph (A), 50 percent shall be 
     used--
       ``(i) to provide grants for covered programs that are pilot 
     programs; or
       ``(ii) if no applications for grants for a pilot program 
     for the applicable fiscal year are submitted, to provide 
     grants to eligible covered programs that are existing 
     programs.''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) Section 102(c) of the Reclamation States Emergency 
     Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2212) is amended, in 
     the first sentence of the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
     striking ``section 101(c)'' and inserting ``section 101(d)''.
       (B) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought 
     Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) is amended by striking 
     ``section 303 of this Act'' and inserting ``section 
     101(b)(7)(A) or 303''.
       (b) Applicable Period of Drought Program.--Section 104 of 
     the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 
     (43 U.S.C. 2214) is amended by striking subsection (a) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(a) In General.--The programs and authorities established 
     under this title shall only become operative in a Reclamation 
     State or in the State of Hawaii if--
       ``(1)(A) the Governor of the affected State, or the 
     governing body of the affected Indian Tribe with respect to a 
     reservation, has made a request for temporary drought 
     assistance; and
       ``(B) the Secretary has determined that the temporary 
     assistance is merited;
       ``(2) a drought emergency has been declared by the Governor 
     of the affected State;
       ``(3) a drought contingency plan has been approved in 
     accordance with title II;
       ``(4) for purposes of subsection (b) of section 101, the 
     affected State has implemented a covered program under that 
     subsection; or
       ``(5) in the case of a Colorado River Basin State, by 
     operation of the Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency 
     Plan executed in accordance with the Colorado River Drought 
     Contingency Plan Authorization Act (Public Law 116-14; 133 
     Stat. 850).''.

     SEC. 10__. GRANTS TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY TO 
                   REDUCE RELIANCE ON GROUNDWATER AND REDUCE 
                   CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE.

       Section 9504(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
     of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(J)--
       (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iv) to reduce groundwater withdrawals and otherwise 
     reduce consumptive water use to respond to drought.'';
       (2) in paragraph (2)(B)--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iii) for a project to carry out on an activity described 
     in paragraph (1)(J)(iv)--

       ``(I) a proposal to repurpose irrigated agricultural land 
     for not less than 10 years to reduce consumptive water use, 
     while providing community health, economic wellbeing, water 
     supply, habitat, and climate resilience benefits, including--

       ``(aa) restoring upland habitat;
       ``(bb) restoring riparian habitat;
       ``(cc) creating pollinator habitat;
       ``(dd) restoring the connection of floodplains to stream or 
     river channels;
       ``(ee) creating dedicated multi-benefit recharge areas;
       ``(ff) dry-land farming or planting nonirrigated cover 
     crops;
       ``(gg) switching from irrigated agriculture to nonirrigated 
     rangeland;
       ``(hh) creating park or community recreation areas;
       ``(ii) acquiring a conservation easement on land taken out 
     of irrigated agricultural production to permanently protect 
     any of the new uses;
       ``(jj) facilitation of renewable energy projects that have 
     an overall greenhouse gas reduction; and
       ``(kk) reestablishment of Tribal land uses; and

       ``(II) a demonstration of the manner in which the proposed 
     activity would--

       ``(aa) reduce groundwater withdrawals or consumptive water 
     use for not less than 10 years; and
       ``(bb) provide other measurable benefits to the environment 
     or disadvantaged communities.''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4)--
       (A) by striking ``In providing'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--In providing''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Grants to repurpose agricultural land.--For purposes 
     of evaluating applications for grants described in paragraph 
     (2)(B)(iii), the Secretary shall give priority to 
     applications for proposals that provide direct benefits to 
     disadvantaged communities.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 880. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for

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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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 10___. CESAR E. CHAVEZ AND THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT 
                   NATIONAL HISTORICAL PAR.

       (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to establish 
     the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National 
     Historical Park--
       (1) to help preserve, protect, and interpret the nationally 
     significant resources associated with Cesar Chavez and the 
     farmworker movement;
       (2) to interpret and provide for a broader understanding of 
     the extraordinary achievements and contributions to the 
     history of the United States made by Cesar Chavez and the 
     farmworker movement; and
       (3) to support and enhance the network of sites and 
     resources associated with Cesar Chavez and the farmworker 
     movement.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Historical park.--The term ``historical park'' means 
     the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National 
     Historical Park established by subsection (c).
       (2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Cesar 
     E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical 
     Park Proposed Boundary'', numbered 502/179857B, and dated 
     September 2022.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (4) States.--The term ``States'' means--
       (A) the State of California; and
       (B) the State of Arizona.
       (5) Study.--The term ``Study'' means the study conducted by 
     the National Park Service entitled ``Cesar Chavez Special 
     Resource Study and Environmental Assessment'' and submitted 
     to Congress on October 24, 2013.
       (c) Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National 
     Historical Park.--
       (1) Redesignation of cesar e. chavez national monument.--
       (A) In general.--The Cesar E. Chavez National Monument 
     established on October 8, 2012, by Presidential Proclamation 
     8884 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note) is redesignated as the ``Cesar 
     E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical 
     Park''.
       (B) Availability of funds.--Any funds available for the 
     purposes of the monument referred to in subparagraph (A) 
     shall be available for the purposes of the historical park.
       (C) References.--Any reference in a law, regulation, 
     document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to 
     the monument referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be 
     considered to be a reference to the ``Cesar E. Chavez and the 
     Farmworker Movement National Historical Park''.
       (2) Boundary.--
       (A) In general.--The boundary of the historical park shall 
     include the area identified as ``Cesar E. Chavez National 
     Monument'' in Keene, California, as generally depicted on the 
     map.
       (B) Inclusion of additional sites.--Subject to subparagraph 
     (C), the Secretary may include within the boundary of the 
     historical park the following sites, as generally depicted on 
     the map:
       (i) The Forty Acres in Delano, California.
       (ii) Santa Rita Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
       (iii) McDonnell Hall in San Jose, California.
       (C) Conditions for inclusion.--A site described in 
     subparagraph (B) shall not be included in the boundary of the 
     historical park until--
       (i) the date on which the Secretary acquires the land or an 
     interest in the land at the site; or
       (ii) the date on which the Secretary enters into a written 
     agreement with the owner of the site providing that the site 
     shall be managed in accordance with this section.
       (D) Notice.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
     the Secretary includes a site described in subparagraph (B) 
     in the historical park, the Secretary shall publish in the 
     Federal Register notice of the addition to the historical 
     park.
       (3) Availability of map.--The map shall be available for 
     public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 
     Park Service.
       (4) Land acquisition.--The Secretary may acquire land and 
     interests in land within the area generally depicted on the 
     map as ``Proposed NPS Boundary'' by donation, purchase from a 
     willing seller with donated or appropriated funds, or 
     exchange.
       (5) Administration.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the 
     historical park in accordance with--
       (i) this subsection; and
       (ii) the laws generally applicable to units of the National 
     Park System, including--

       (I) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 
     100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54, United 
     States Code; and
       (II) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States Code.

       (B) Interpretation.--The Secretary may provide technical 
     assistance and public interpretation of historic sites, 
     museums, and resources on land not administered by the 
     Secretary relating to the life of Cesar E. Chavez and the 
     history of the farmworker movement.
       (C) Cooperative agreements.--The Secretary may enter into 
     cooperative agreements with the States, local governments, 
     public and private organizations, and individuals to provide 
     for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of 
     the historical park.
       (6) General management plan.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date on 
     which funds are made available to carry out this paragraph, 
     the Secretary shall prepare a general management plan for the 
     historical park in accordance with section 100502 of title 
     54, United States Code.
       (B) Additional sites.--
       (i) In general.--The general management plan prepared under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include a determination of whether 
     there are--

       (I) sites located in the Coachella Valley in the State of 
     California that were reviewed in the Study that should be 
     added to the historical park;
       (II) additional representative sites in the States that 
     were reviewed in the Study that should be added to the 
     historical park; or
       (III) sites outside of the States in the United States that 
     relate to the farmworker movement that should be linked to, 
     and interpreted at, the historical park.

       (ii) Recommendation.--On completion of the preparation of 
     the general management plan under subparagraph (A), the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 
     Resources of the House of Representatives any recommendations 
     for additional sites to be included in the historical park.
       (C) Consultation.--The general management plan under 
     subparagraph (A) shall be prepared in consultation with--
       (i) any owner of land that is included within the 
     boundaries of the historical park; and
       (ii) appropriate Federal, State, and Tribal agencies, 
     public and private organizations, and individuals, 
     including--

       (I) the National Chavez Center; and
       (II) the Cesar Chavez Foundation.

       (d) Farmworker Peregrinacion National Historical Trail 
     Study.--Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(50) Farmworker peregrinacion national historic trail.--
     The Farmworker Peregrinacion National Historic Trail, a route 
     of approximately 300 miles taken by farmworkers between 
     Delano and Sacramento, California, in 1966, as generally 
     depicted as `Alternative C' in the study conducted by the 
     National Park Service entitled `Cesar Chavez Special Resource 
     Study and Environmental Assessment' and submitted to Congress 
     on October 24, 2013.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 881. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Cramer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

                 Subtitle __--Transnational Repression

     SECTION 12_1. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Transnational 
     Repression Policy Act''.

     SEC. 12_2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) Transnational repression against individuals who live 
     outside their countries of origin, prominent or vocal anti-
     regime figures, and persons who provide aid and support to 
     dissidents--
       (A) is a human rights violation that seeks to stifle 
     dissent and enhance control over exile, activist, emigrant, 
     and diaspora communities; and
       (B) can take the form of--
       (i) extrajudicial killings;
       (ii) physical assaults and intimidation;
       (iii) unlawful detentions;
       (iv) unlawful renditions;
       (v) unlawful deportations;
       (vi) unexplained or enforced disappearances;
       (vii) physical or online surveillance or stalking;
       (viii) unwarranted passport cancellation or control over 
     other identification documents;
       (ix) INTERPOL abuse;
       (x) intimidation by diplomatic personnel, government 
     officials, or proxies;
       (xi) unlawful asset freezes;
       (xii) digital threats, such as cyberattacks, targeted 
     surveillance and spyware, online harassment, and 
     intimidation;
       (xiii) coercion by proxy, such as harassment of, or threats 
     or harm to, family and associates of such private individuals 
     who remain in the country of origin; and
       (xiv) slander and libel to discredit individuals.
       (2) Governments perpetrating transnational repression often 
     pressure host countries, especially--
       (A) through threats to condition foreign assistance or 
     other pressure campaigns on lawmakers in host countries, such 
     as threats--

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       (i) to withdraw foreign students from their universities; 
     and
       (ii) to induce them to enact policies that repress emigrant 
     and diaspora communities; and
       (B) by offering financial and material assistance to host 
     countries to harass and intimidate emigrant and diaspora 
     communities.
       (3) Transnational repression is a threat to individuals, 
     democratic institutions, the exercise of rights and freedoms, 
     and national security and sovereignty.
       (4) Authoritarian governments increasingly rely on 
     transnational repression as their consolidation of control at 
     home pushes dissidents abroad.
       (5) The spread of digital technologies provides new tools 
     for censoring, surveilling, and targeting individuals deemed 
     to be threats across international borders, especially 
     dissidents pushed abroad who themselves rely on 
     communications technology to amplify their messages, which 
     can often lead to physical attacks and coercion by proxy.
       (6) Many acts of transnational repression are undertaken 
     through cooperation of, or cooperation with, authorities in 
     the host country, most notably by taking advantage of other 
     States' concerns about terrorism to accuse the targeted 
     individual of terrorism or extremism.
       (7) Authoritarian actors routinely attempt to deter and 
     silence the voices of dissident and exile communities at 
     international fora, as documented by the United Nations 
     Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights in the 
     Secretary-General's annual report on reprisals to the United 
     Nations Human Rights Council.
       (8) The principle of non-refoulement, which is explicitly 
     included in the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, 
     Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at New 
     York December 10, 1984--
       (A) forms an essential protection under international law; 
     and
       (B) prohibits countries from expelling or returning an 
     individual to another country where the individual's life or 
     freedom would be threatened on account of the individual's 
     race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular 
     social group, or political opinion, or due to substantial 
     grounds for believing that the individual would be at risk of 
     torture.

     SEC. 12_3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

        It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) to protect persons in the United States and United 
     States persons outside of the United States from undue 
     foreign harassment, intimidation, coercion, and surveillance 
     in accordance with section 6 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2756);
       (2) to pursue criminal prosecutions, as appropriate, and 
     carry out other steps, such as facilitating mutual legal 
     assistance and other forms of international cooperation with 
     like-minded partners, in accordance with United States law, 
     to hold foreign governments and individuals accountable when 
     they stalk, publish false narratives online with the intent 
     to unlawfully intimidate, harass, coerce, or assault people 
     in the United States or United States persons outside of the 
     United States or collect information while acting as a 
     foreign agent in the United States without notifying United 
     States authorities; and
       (3) to prohibit the arrest or seizure of assets of any 
     individual based solely on an INTERPOL Red Notice or 
     Diffusion issued by another INTERPOL member country for such 
     individual because such notices do not meet the requirements 
     of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
     States.

     SEC. 12_4. AMENDMENTS TO ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN 
                   RIGHTS PRACTICES.

       Section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2151n) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Use of Transnational Repression.--The country reports 
     required under subsection (d) shall, as applicable--
       ``(1) describe incidents in which a government has 
     harassed, intimidated, or killed individuals outside of their 
     internationally recognized borders and document patterns of 
     such repression among repeat offenders;
       ``(2) identify the countries in which such repression 
     occurs and the roles of the host government in enabling, 
     preventing, mitigating, and responding to such acts;
       ``(3) describe the tactics used by the countries identified 
     pursuant to paragraph (2), including the actions identified 
     in section 2(1) and any new techniques observed; and
       ``(4) in the case of digital surveillance and harassment, 
     specify the type of technology or platform, including social 
     media, smart city technology, health tracking systems, 
     general surveillance technology, and data access, transfer, 
     and storage procedures, used by the countries for such 
     actions.''.

     SEC. 12_5. INTERAGENCY STRATEGY TO ADDRESS TRANSNATIONAL 
                   REPRESSION IN UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal 
     departments and agencies, shall submit a report to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee 
     on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
     the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security of 
     the House of Representatives that contains a United States 
     strategy to promote initiatives that will--
       (1) enhance international awareness of transnational 
     repression;
       (2) address transnational repression, including through 
     raising the costs of such activities for perpetrating 
     governments and protecting targeted individuals and groups;
       (3) conduct regular outreach (whether through government 
     agencies or civil society organizations) with diaspora 
     communities and other people who have been targeted by 
     foreign governments regarding the transnational threats they 
     face within the United States and around the world and the 
     resources available to them without putting them at further 
     risk; and
       (4) develop policy and programmatic-related responses based 
     on input from the communities and people referred to in 
     paragraph (3) and regularly seek and consider credible 
     information obtained by nongovernmental organizations working 
     on issues of transnational repression.
       (b) Matters To Be Included.--
       (1) Diplomacy.--The strategy required under subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (A) a plan developed in consultation with like-minded 
     partner governments, civil society, the business community, 
     and other entities for advancing and promoting--
       (i) the rule of law and human rights globally with respect 
     to the use of surveillance technology and export licensing 
     policy regarding such technology; and
       (ii) safeguards to prevent the access, use, and storage of 
     personal digital data by governments and technology companies 
     for the purposes of transnational repression;
       (B) public affairs, public diplomacy, and counter-messaging 
     efforts, including through the use of the voice, vote, and 
     influence of the United States at international bodies--
       (i) to promote awareness;
       (ii) to develop a common understanding; and
       (iii) to draw critical attention to and oppose acts of 
     transnational repression;
       (C) a plan for establishing or strengthening regional and 
     international coalitions--
       (i) to monitor cases of transnational repression, including 
     reprisals when human rights defenders and other activists 
     face reprisals for engaging at multilateral organizations, 
     such as the United Nations; and
       (ii) to create or strengthen emergency alert mechanisms for 
     key stakeholders within the international community that can 
     engage in public or private diplomacy to address emergency 
     cases of transnational repression, including cases involving 
     individuals and their family members who are at serious risk 
     of rendition, disappearance, unlawful deportation, 
     refoulement, or other actions;
       (D) an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of 
     working with partners and allies to push for the 
     establishment of a special rapporteur for transnational 
     repression at the United Nations; and
       (E) a plan for engaging with diplomats and consular 
     officials who abuse their positions by intimidating, 
     threatening, attacking, or otherwise undermining the human 
     rights and fundamental freedoms of exiles and members of 
     diasporas in the United States.
       (2) Assistance programming.--The strategy required under 
     subsection (a) shall include--
       (A) ways in which the United States Government has 
     previously and will continue to provide support to civil 
     society organizations in the United States and in countries 
     in which transnational repression occurs--
       (i) to improve the documentation, investigation, and 
     research of cases, trends, and tactics of transnational 
     repression, including--

       (I) any potential for misusing security tools to target 
     individual dissidents, activists, or journalists; and
       (II) ramifications of transnational repression in 
     undermining United States policy or assistance efforts to 
     promote internationally recognized human rights and democracy 
     overseas; and

       (ii) to promote the transparency of the host country 
     decision-making processes, including instances in which law 
     enforcement actions against victims of transnational 
     repression occurred because of INTERPOL red notices or 
     extradition treaties; and
       (B) a description of new or existing emergency assistance 
     mechanisms, including the Fundamental Freedoms Fund and the 
     Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund, to aid at-risk 
     groups, communities, and individuals, and victims of 
     transnational repression in the United States and in 
     countries in which transnational repression occurs to 
     address--
       (i) physical security installation and support;
       (ii) operational support of organizations providing 
     assistance to at-risk groups, communities, and individuals;
       (iii) psychosocial and psycho-emotional support;
       (iv) medical assistance, subject to the limitations of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.);
       (v) digital security installation and support;
       (vi) support and training beyond basic digital hygiene 
     training, including emergency response to cyberattacks and 
     enhanced capacity to deter surveillance and monitoring by 
     malicious actors;
       (vii) relocation support;

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       (viii) legal advice and assistance; and
       (ix) trainings to build on their existing capacities so 
     they can continue their activism.
       (3) Law enforcement in the united states.--The strategy 
     required under subsection (a) shall include--
       (A) the consideration of updates to United States law to 
     directly address certain tactics of transnational repression, 
     including--
       (i) the criminalization of the gathering of information 
     about private individuals in diaspora and exile communities 
     on behalf of a foreign power that is intending to harass, 
     intimidate, or harm an individual in order to prevent their 
     exercise of internationally recognized human rights; and
       (ii) the expansion of the definition of foreign agents 
     under the Foreign Registrations Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et 
     seq.) and section 951 of title 18, United States Code;
       (B) ways in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
     coordinates with the Department of State, the Department of 
     Homeland Security, United States intelligence agencies, and 
     domestic law enforcement agencies in partner countries in 
     responding to transnational repression;
       (C) full consideration of unintended negative impacts of 
     such expanded legal authorities on the civil liberties of 
     communities targeted by transnational repression, taking into 
     account the views of such affected communities;
       (D) the development of specific outreach strategies to 
     connect law enforcement, other agencies, and local municipal 
     officials with targeted diaspora communities to ensure that 
     individuals who are vulnerable to transnational repression 
     are aware of the Federal and local resources available to 
     them without putting them at further risk; and
       (E) examining and reviewing the steps taken to address the 
     legality of foreign governments establishing overseas police 
     stations to monitor members of the diaspora.
       (c) Additional Matters To Be Included.--In addition to the 
     matters set forth in subsection (b), the report required 
     under subsection (a) shall include--
       (1) to the extent practicable, a list of--
       (A) the governments that perpetrate transnational 
     repression most often and the host countries that such 
     governments are targeting most often;
       (B) the host governments that cooperate most often with the 
     governments on transnational repression actions referred to 
     in subparagraph (A);
       (C) any individuals, whether United States citizens or 
     foreign nationals, who are complicit in transnational 
     repression as agents of a foreign government referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) who are operating in the United States;
       (D) refugees, asylum seekers, and populations that are most 
     vulnerable to transnational repression in the United States 
     and, to the extent possible, in foreign countries;
       (E) entities that are exporting dual-use spyware technology 
     to any of the governments referred to in subparagraph (A);
       (F) entities that are buying and selling personally 
     identifiable information that can be used to track and 
     surveil potential victims; and
       (G) entities that are exporting items on the Commerce 
     Control List (as set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of 
     the Export Administration Regulations under subchapter C of 
     chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations) to any 
     governments referred to in subparagraph (a) that can be 
     misused for human rights abuses;
       (2) an assessment of how data that is purchased by 
     governments most often perpetrating transnational repression 
     is utilized; and
       (3) a description of any actions taken by the United States 
     Government to address transnational repression under existing 
     law, including--
       (A) section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(C));
       (B) section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
     Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 note);
       (C) the interim final rule issued by the Bureau of Industry 
     and Security of the Department of Commerce relating to 
     ``Information Security Controls: Cybersecurity Items'' (86 
     Fed. Reg. 58205; October 21, 2021; 87 Fed. Reg. 1670, 
     effective March 7, 2022);
       (D) section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 
     (division G of Public Law 116-94; 8 U.S.C. 1182 note);
       (E) prosecutions and the statutory authority authorizing 
     such prosecutions;
       (F) establishing specific bureaucratic structures focused 
     on transnational repression;
       (G) which agencies are conducting outreach to victims of 
     transnational repression and the form of such outreach;
       (H) the challenges of intelligence agencies in identifying 
     transnational repression threats and perpetrators; and
       (I) United States technology companies that knowingly or 
     unknowingly employ, or provide access to information to, 
     foreign intelligence officers.
       (d) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex, if necessary.
       (e) Updates.--The Secretary of State shall provide the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     with annual updates of the strategy required under subsection 
     (a).

     SEC. 12_6. TRAINING.

       (a) Department of State Personnel.--
       (1) In general.--In order to provide United States 
     diplomats and personnel stationed around the world with the 
     level of understanding to recognize and combat transnational 
     repression, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
     civil society and the business community, shall provide 
     training to such members of the Foreign Service, including 
     chiefs of mission, regarding transnational repression, 
     including training on--
       (A) how to identify different tactics of transnational 
     repression in physical and nonphysical forms;
       (B) which governments are known to employ transnational 
     repression most frequently;
       (C) which governments are most likely to cooperate with 
     governments on transnational repression-related actions 
     referred to in subparagraph (B); and
       (D) tools of digital surveillance and other cyber tools 
     used to carry out transnational repression activities.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
     2024 through 2027, to develop and implement the curriculum 
     described in paragraph (1).
       (b) United States Officials Responsible for Domestic 
     Threats of Transnational Repression.--
       (1) In general.--In order to achieve an adequate level of 
     understanding to recognize and combat transnational 
     repression, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, civil society, and the business community, 
     shall provide the training recipients referred to in 
     paragraph (2) with training regarding transnational 
     repression, including training on--
       (A) how to identify different tactics of transnational 
     repression in physical and nonphysical forms;
       (B) which governments are known to employ transnational 
     repression most frequently;
       (C) which communities and locations in the United States 
     are most vulnerable to transnational repression;
       (D) tools of digital surveillance and other cyber tools 
     used to carry out transnational repression activities;
       (E) espionage and foreign agent laws; and
       (F) how foreign governments may try to coopt the 
     immigration system.
       (2) Training recipients.--The training recipients referred 
     to in this paragraph include, to the extent deemed 
     appropriate and necessary by their respective agency heads in 
     the case of any Federal employee--
       (A) employees of--
       (i) the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship and 
     Immigration Services, and U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement;
       (ii) the Department of Justice, including the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation; and
       (iii) the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department 
     of Health and Human Services;
       (B) other Federal, State, and local law enforcement and 
     municipal officials receiving instruction at the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center; and
       (C) appropriate private sector and community partners of 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
       (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
     2024 through 2027, to develop and provide the curriculum and 
     training described in paragraph (1).

     SEC. 12_7. INTELLIGENCE GATHERING.

       The intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003) shall devote 
     significant resources--
       (1) to prioritize, to the extent feasible, the 
     identification of individuals, networks, and tools that are 
     used for perpetrating transnational repression against 
     communities in the United States on behalf of foreign 
     governments;
       (2) to share relevant and appropriate information with 
     like-minded partners; and
       (3) to effectively coordinate such efforts with the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, 
     the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the 
     Department of State.

     SEC. 12_8. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEPARTMENT OF 
                   JUSTICE INITIATIVES TO COMBAT TRANSNATIONAL 
                   REPRESSION IN THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
     Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall--
       (1) dedicate resources to ensure that a tip line for 
     victims and witnesses of transnational repression--
       (A) is staffed by people who are--
       (i) equipped with cultural and linguistic ability to 
     communicate effectively with diaspora and exile communities; 
     and
       (ii) knowledgeable of the tactics of transnational 
     repression;
       (B) is encrypted and, to the maximum extent practicable, 
     protects the confidentiality of the identifying information 
     of individuals who may call the tip line;

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       (2) not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act--
       (A) identify existing Federal resources to assist and 
     protect individuals and communities targeted by transnational 
     repression in the United States; and
       (B) in cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services and the heads of other Federal agencies, publish 
     such resources in a toolkit or guide;
       (3) continue to conduct proactive outreach so that 
     individuals in targeted communities--
       (A) are aware of the tip line described in paragraph (1); 
     and
       (B) are informed about the types of incidents that should 
     be reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
       (4) support data collection and analysis undertaken by 
     Federal research and development centers regarding the needs 
     of targeted communities in the United States, with the goal 
     of identifying priority needs and developing solutions and 
     assistance mechanisms, while recognizing that such mechanisms 
     may differ depending on geographic location of targeted 
     communities, language, and other factors;
       (5) continue to issue advisories to, and engage regularly 
     with, communities that are at particular risk of 
     transnational repression, including specific diaspora 
     communities--
       (A) to explain what transnational repression is and clarify 
     the threshold at which incidents of transnational repression 
     constitute a crime; and
       (B) to identify the resources available to individuals in 
     targeted communities to facilitate their reporting of, and to 
     protect them from, transnational repression, without placing 
     such individuals at additional risk; and
       (6) conduct annual trainings with caseworker staff in 
     congressional offices regarding the tactics of transnational 
     repression and the resources available to their constituents.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
     2024 through 2027, for the research, development, outreach, 
     and training activities described in subsection (a).

     SEC. 12_9. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO TRANSNATIONAL 
                   REPRESSION.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Admission; admitted; alien; lawfully admitted for 
     permanent residence.--The terms ``admission'', ``admitted'', 
     ``alien'', and ``lawfully admitted for permanent residence'' 
     have the meanings given such terms in section 101 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
     the Senate;
       (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (D) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an 
     individual or entity that is not a United States person.
       (4) Transnational repression.--The term ``transnational 
     repression'' means actions of a foreign government, or agents 
     of a foreign government, involving the transgression of 
     national borders through physical, digital, or analog means 
     to intimidate, silence, coerce, harass, or harm members of 
     diaspora and exile communities in order to prevent their 
     exercise of internationally recognized human rights.
       (5) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence to the United States;
       (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States, 
     including a foreign branch of such an entity; and
       (C) any person who is physically present in the United 
     States.
       (b) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
     annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees that, 
     except as provided in paragraph (2), identifies each foreign 
     person that the President determines has, on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, whether knowingly or 
     unknowingly, directly engaged in transnational repression.
       (2) Exception.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall not identify individuals if such identification would 
     interfere with law enforcement efforts.
       (3) Explanation.--If a foreign person identified in the 
     report required under paragraph (1) is not subject to 
     sanctions under subsection (c), the report shall explain, to 
     the extent practicable, the reasons such sanctions were not 
     imposed on such person.
       (4) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (c) Imposition of Sanctions.--Except as provided in 
     subsection (b)(3), the President shall impose 1 or more of 
     the sanctions described in subsection (d) with respect to 
     each foreign person identified in the report required under 
     subsection (b)(1).
       (d) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) Property blocking.--The President shall exercise all of 
     the powers granted to the President under section 203 through 
     207 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
     U.S.C. 1702 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and 
     prohibit all transactions in property and interests in 
     property of a foreign person identified in the report 
     required under subsection (b)(1) if such property and 
     interests in property are in the United States, come within 
     the United States, or are or come within the possession or 
     control of a United States person.
       (2) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
       (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien described in 
     subsection (b)(1) is--
       (i) inadmissible to the United States;
       (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to 
     enter the United States; and
       (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into 
     the United States or to receive any other benefit under the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
       (B) Current visas revoked.--
       (i) In general.--An alien described in subsection (b)(1) is 
     subject to revocation of any visa or other entry 
     documentation of the alien, regardless of when the visa or 
     other entry documentation is or was issued.
       (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under clause (i) 
     shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1201(i)--

       (I) take effect immediately; and
       (II) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry 
     documentation that is in the alien's possession.

       (e) Implementation; Penalties.--
       (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
     authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
     and 1704) to carry out this section.
       (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 
     section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 
     out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
     in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) 
     to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act 
     described in subsection (a) of such section.
       (f) Sanctions.--The President is authorized to impose 
     sanctions as provided under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
     Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) against any 
     foreign person who the President, based on credible evidence, 
     determines is responsible for the rendition of journalists, 
     activists, or other individuals to a country in which the 
     person would be at risk of irreparable harm upon return, 
     including extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights.
       (g) Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--The President may waive the application of 
     sanctions authorized under this section with respect to a 
     foreign person if the President determines and certifies to 
     the appropriate congressional committees that such a waiver 
     is in the national interests of the United States.
       (2) Annual report.--The President shall provide an annual 
     report to Congress that--
       (A) lists every waiver granted under paragraph (1); and
       (B) provides a justification for each such waiver.
       (h) Exceptions.--
       (1) Exception for intelligence activities.--Sanctions under 
     this section shall not apply to any activity subject to the 
     reporting requirements under title V of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized 
     intelligence activities of the United States.
       (2) Exception to comply with international obligations and 
     for law enforcement activities.--Sanctions under subsection 
     (d)(2) shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting 
     or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary--
       (A) to permit the United States to comply with the 
     Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
     signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
     November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
     States, or other applicable international obligations; or
       (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement activity in the 
     United States.
       (3) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--The requirement to impose sanctions under 
     this section shall not include the authority or a requirement 
     to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
       (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' 
     means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, 
     supply, or manufactured product, including inspection and 
     test equipment, and excluding technical data.
       (i) Sunset.--This section, and any sanctions imposed under 
     this section, shall terminate on the date that is 5 years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 882. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Young) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities 
of the Department of

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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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1282. REPORT ON PARTNER FORCES UTILIZING UNITED STATES 
                   SECURITY ASSISTANCE IDENTIFIED AS USING HUNGER 
                   AS A WEAPON OF WAR.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States recognizes the link between armed 
     conflict and conflict-induced food insecurity;
       (2) Congress recognizes and condemns the role of nefarious 
     security actors, including state and non-state armed groups, 
     who have utilized hunger as a weapon of war, including 
     through the unanimous adoption of House of Representatives 
     Resolution 922 and Senate Resolution 669 relating to 
     ``[c]ondemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and 
     recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security 
     and famine'';
       (3) United Nations Security Council Resolution 2417 
     articulates principles that should serve as important 
     framework for holding perpetrators that use hunger as a 
     weapon of war accountable; and
       (4) the United States should use the diplomatic and 
     humanitarian tools at our disposal to not only fight global 
     hunger, mitigate the spread of conflict, and promote 
     critical, lifesaving assistance, but also hold perpetrators 
     using hunger as a weapon of war to account.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Hunger as a weapon of war.--The term ``hunger as a 
     weapon of war'' means--
       (A) intentional starvation of civilians;
       (B) intentional and reckless destruction, removal, looting, 
     or rendering useless objects necessary for food production 
     and distribution, such as farmland, markets, mills, food 
     processing and storage facilities, food stuffs, crops, 
     livestock, agricultural assets, waterways, water systems, 
     drinking water facilities and supplies, and irrigation 
     networks;
       (C) undue denial of humanitarian access and deprivation of 
     objects indispensable to people's survival, such as food 
     supplies and nutrition resources; and
       (D) willful interruption of market systems for populations 
     in need, including through the prevention of travel and 
     manipulation of currency exchange.
       (2) Security assistance.--The term ``security assistance'' 
     means assistance meeting the definition of ``security 
     assistance'' under section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304).
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with 
     the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development, and the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
     regarding--
       (1) United States-funded security assistance and 
     cooperation; and
       (2) whether the governments and entities receiving such 
     assistance have or are currently using hunger as a weapon of 
     war.
       (d) Elements.--The report required under subsection (c) 
     shall--
       (1) identify countries receiving United States-funded 
     security assistance or participating in security programs and 
     activities, including in coordination with the Department of 
     Defense, that are currently experiencing famine-like 
     conditions as a result of conflict;
       (2) describe the actors and actions taken by such actors in 
     the countries identified pursuant to paragraph (1) who are 
     utilizing hunger as a weapon of war; and
       (3) describe any current or existing plans to continue 
     providing United States-funded security assistance to 
     recipient countries.
       (e) Form.--The report required under subsection (c) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 883. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1282. REPORT ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY IN OCCUPIED 
                   WEST BANK.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress a report that assesses the status of Israeli 
     settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following with respect to Israeli 
     settlement activity in the West Bank:
       (1) The number of permits, tenders, and housing starts 
     approved by the Government of Israel for settlement 
     construction and the locations concerned.
       (2) The number and locations of new outposts established 
     without the approval of the Government of Israel.
       (3) The number and locations of outposts established 
     without the approval of the Government of Israel that were 
     retroactively legalized by Israeli authorities.
       (4) The number and locations of settlements and outposts 
     that are situated, in whole or in part, on land owned by 
     Palestinians.
       (5) An analysis of new infrastructure approved or built in 
     the West Bank and which populations it will benefit from its 
     use.
       (6) An assessment of the impact of settlements and outposts 
     on--
       (A) the freedom of movement, livelihoods, and quality of 
     life of Palestinians; and
       (B) the potential for establishing in the future a viable 
     Palestinian state.
       (7) The number and locations of demolitions of homes, 
     schools, businesses, agricultural holdings, infrastructure, 
     or other property owned by, or primarily serving, 
     Palestinians.
       (8) The number and locations of evictions of Palestinians 
     from their places of residence.
       (9) The number of building permits issued for Palestinians 
     in East Jerusalem and the West Bank territory designated 
     under the Oslo Accords as `` `Area C'', as well as the number 
     of building permits requested by Palestinians in those areas.
       (10) A description of any changes made to Israel's 
     administration of the occupied territory and an analysis of 
     the compatibility of these changes with international law 
     governing military occupation.
       (11) The amount of money budgeted by Israeli authorities 
     for settlements and the infrastructure that serves them.
       (12) An analysis of the impact any change in the matters 
     described in paragraphs (1) through (11) would have on--
       (A) the potential for establishing a viable, contiguous 
     Palestinian state alongside Israel;
       (B) the diplomatic posture of the United States globally; 
     and
       (C) the national security of the United States.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 884. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

       Subtitle ___--Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act of 2023

     SEC. ___. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Stop Harboring Iranian 
     Petroleum Act of 2023''.

     SEC. ___. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
       (3) Family member.--The term ``family member'' means, with 
     respect to an individual, a spouse, child, parent, sibling, 
     grandchild, or grandparent of the individual.
       (4) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an 
     individual or entity that is not a United States person.
       (5) Foreign port.--The term ``foreign port'' means any 
     harbor, marine terminal, or other shore side facility outside 
     of the United States used principally for the movement of 
     goods on the water.
       (6) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to 
     conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has 
     actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the 
     circumstance, or the result.
       (7) Material support.--The term ``material support'' has 
     the meaning given the term ``material support or resources'' 
     in section 2339A of title 18, United States Code.
       (8) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence to the United States; or
       (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a 
     foreign branch of such an entity.
       (9) Vessel.--The term ``vessel'' means any watercraft or 
     aircraft capable of being used as a means of transportation 
     on, under, or over water.

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     SEC. ___. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran the ability to 
     engage in destabilizing activities, support international 
     terrorism, fund the development and acquisition of weapons of 
     mass destruction and the means to deliver such weapons by 
     limiting export of petroleum and petroleum products by the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran;
       (2) to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran funds to oppress 
     and commit human rights violations against the Iranian people 
     who are assembling peacefully to redress the Iranian regime;
       (3) to sanction entities that violate the laws of the 
     United States by providing support to the Iranian energy 
     sector; and
       (4) that the actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran to 
     finance and facilitate the participation of foreign terrorist 
     organizations in ongoing conflicts and illicit activities is 
     detrimental to the national security interests of the United 
     States.

     SEC. ___. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS THAT 
                   ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

       (a) Imposition of Sanctions.--
       (1) In general.--On and after the date that is 90 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
     shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with 
     respect to a foreign person that the President determines 
     knowingly engaged, on or after such date of enactment, in an 
     activity described in paragraph (2).
       (2) Activities described.--A foreign person engages in an 
     activity described in this paragraph if the foreign person--
       (A) owns or operates a foreign port that, on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, permitted to dock at such 
     foreign port a vessel--
       (i) that is included on the list of specially designated 
     nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury for 
     transporting Iranian crude oil; or
       (ii) of which the operator or owner of such vessel 
     otherwise knowingly engages in a significant transaction to 
     transport, offload, or deal in condensate, refined, or 
     unrefined petroleum products, or other petrochemical products 
     originating from the Islamic Republic of Iran;
       (B) owns or operates a vessel that conducts a sea-to-sea 
     transfer involving a significant transaction of any petroleum 
     product originating from the Islamic Republic of Iran;
       (C) owns or operates a refinery that engages in a 
     significant transaction to process, refine, or otherwise deal 
     in any petroleum product originating from the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran;
       (D) is a family member of a foreign person described in 
     subparagraph (A), (B), or (C);
       (E) is owned or controlled by a foreign person described in 
     subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or
       (F) engages in a significant transaction with, or provides 
     material support to, a foreign person described in 
     subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).
       (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) Sanctions on foreign vessels.--Subject to such 
     regulations as the President may prescribe, the President may 
     prohibit a vessel described in subsection (a)(2)(A) or 
     (a)(2)(B) from landing at any port in the United States--
       (A) with respect to a vessel described in subsection 
     (a)(2)(A), for a period of not more than 2 years beginning on 
     the date on which the President imposes sanctions with 
     respect to a related foreign port described in subsection 
     (a)(2)(A); and
       (B) with respect to a vessel described in subsection 
     (a)(2)(B), for a period of not more than 2 years.
       (2) Property blocking.--The President shall exercise all of 
     the powers granted to the President under the International 
     Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the 
     extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 
     property and interests in property of the foreign person if 
     such property and interests in property are in the United 
     States, come within the United States, or are or come within 
     the possession or control of a United States person.
       (3) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
       (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--In the case of an alien, 
     the alien is--
       (i) inadmissible to the United States;
       (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to 
     enter the United States; and
       (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into 
     the United States or to receive any other benefit under the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
       (B) Current visas revoked.--
       (i) In general.--The visa or other entry documentation of 
     an alien described in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, 
     regardless of when such visa or other entry documentation was 
     issued.
       (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under clause (i) 
     shall--

       (I) take effect immediately;
       (II) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry 
     documentation that is in the alien's possession; and
       (III) be implemented in accordance with section 221(i) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)).

       (4) Implementation; penalties.--
       (A) Implementation.--The President--
       (i) may exercise all authorities provided under sections 
     203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section; and
       (ii) not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, shall prescribe such regulations as 
     necessary to carry out this subtitle.
       (B) Notification to congress.--Not later than 10 days 
     before the effective date of any regulation prescribed under 
     subparagraph (A)(ii), the President shall brief the 
     appropriate congressional committees on the proposed 
     regulations and the provisions of this Act relating to such 
     regulations.
       (C) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 
     section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 
     out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
     in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) 
     to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act 
     described in subsection (a) of that section.
       (c) Exceptions.--
       (1) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--A requirement to block and prohibit all 
     transactions in all property and interests in property under 
     this section shall not include the authority or a requirement 
     to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
       (B) Good.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' means any 
     article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply or 
     manufactured product, including inspection and test 
     equipment, and excluding technical data.
       (2) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
     agreement and law enforcement activities.--Sanctions under 
     subsection (b)(3) shall not apply with respect to an alien if 
     admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is 
     necessary to permit the United States to comply with the 
     Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
     signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
     November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
     States, or other applicable international obligations of the 
     United States.
       (3) Exception to comply with intelligence, law enforcement, 
     and other national security activities.--Sanctions under 
     subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to a foreign 
     person if such foreign person is a subject or target of, or 
     otherwise involved in, an intelligence, law enforcement, or 
     national security activity of the United States, as 
     determined by the President.
       (d) Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--The President may waive the application of 
     sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person 
     for a period not to exceed 180 days if the President--
       (A) determines that such a waiver is vital to the national 
     interests of the United States; and
       (B) not less than 15 days before the granting of the 
     waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     notice of and justification for the waiver.
       (2) Special rule.--
       (A) In general.--The President may waive the application of 
     sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person 
     if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that--
       (i) the foreign person--

       (I) has ceased engaging in activities described in 
     subsection (b); or
       (II) has taken and is continuing to take significant 
     verifiable steps toward ceasing such activities; and

       (ii) the President has received reliable assurances from 
     the government of the foreign country that such foreign 
     person will not resume engaging in any activity described in 
     subsection (b).
       (B) Sunset.--The authority to grant a waiver under this 
     paragraph shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCT EXPORTS 
                   FROM IRAN.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Energy 
     Information Administration shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on the increase exports of 
     petroleum and petroleum products by the Islamic Republic of 
     Iran.
       (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An analysis of the export and sale of petroleum and 
     petroleum products by the Islamic Republic of Iran since 
     2018, including--
       (A) an estimate of the annual revenue of the export and 
     sale of petroleum by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
     disaggregated by year;
       (B) an estimate of the annual revenue of the export and 
     sale of petroleum to the People's Republic of China by the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year;
       (C) the number of petroleum and crude oil barrels annually 
     exported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by 
     year;
       (D) the number of petroleum and crude oil barrels annually 
     exported to the People's Republic of China by the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year;
       (E) the number of petroleum and crude oil barrels annually 
     exported to countries other than the People's Republic of 
     China by the Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year;

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       (F) the average price per petroleum and crude oil barrel 
     annually exported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
     disaggregated by year; and
       (G) the average price per petroleum and crude oil barrel 
     annually exported to the People's Republic of China by the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran, disaggregated by year.
       (2) An analysis of the labeling practices of the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran with respect to exported petroleum and 
     petroleum products.
       (3) A description of persons involved in the export and 
     sale of petroleum and petroleum products from the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran.
       (4) A description of vessels involved in the export and 
     sale of petroleum and petroleum products from the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran.
       (5) A description of foreign ports involved in the export 
     and sale of petroleum and petroleum products from the Islamic 
     Republic of Iran.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Publication.--The unclassified portion of the report 
     required by subsection (a) shall be posted on a publicly 
     available website of the Energy Information Administration.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 885. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10____. NATURAL GAS EXPORTS TO ALLIES AND STRATEGIC 
                   PARTNERS.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that expediting the approval 
     of natural gas export applications for projects intended to 
     increase the capacity of the United States to export natural 
     gas to allies and strategic partners will--
       (1) empower United States natural gas exporters to better 
     assist the strategic and national security interests of the 
     United States and allies and strategic partners of the United 
     States; and
       (2) lead to job growth, economic development, and energy 
     security.
       (b) Natural Gas Exports.--Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(c) For purposes'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(c) Expedited Application and Approval Process.--
       ``(1) Definition of covered nation.--
       ``(A) In general.--In this subsection, the term `covered 
     nation'--
       ``(i) means an ally described in section 3(b)(2) of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)); and
       ``(ii) during the period described in subparagraph (B), 
     includes Cyprus, Moldova, Sweden, Taiwan, and Ukraine.
       ``(B) Period described.--The period described in this 
     subparagraph is the period--
       ``(i) beginning on the date of enactment of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; and
       ``(ii) ending on December 31, 2030, or such later date as 
     the President determines is in the interest of national 
     defense (as defined in section 702 of the Defense Production 
     Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4552)) or is otherwise in the 
     interests of the United States.
       ``(2) Expedited approval.--Except as provided in paragraph 
     (3), for purposes'';
       (2) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by inserting ``the 
     exportation of natural gas to a covered nation,'' before ``or 
     the exportation''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Exclusions.--
       ``(A) Nations subject to sanctions.--The Commission shall 
     not grant expedited approval under paragraph (2) of an 
     application for exportation of natural gas to any nation that 
     is subject to sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the 
     United States.
       ``(B) Nations designated by congress.--The Commission shall 
     not grant expedited approval under paragraph (2) of an 
     application for exportation of natural gas to any nation 
     designated by an Act of Congress as excluded from such 
     expedited approval for reasons of national security.''.
       (c) Effect.--The amendments made by subsection (b) shall 
     not affect any Federal authorization to export natural gas 
     from the United States to a foreign nation or to import 
     natural gas into the United States from a foreign nation that 
     is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 886. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL, 
                   PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, AND LIQUEFIED 
                   NATURAL GAS FROM VENEZUELA AND IRAN.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Article XXI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
     Trade provides for security exceptions to the rules of the 
     World Trade Organization to allow a member of the World Trade 
     Organization to take actions ``necessary for the protection 
     of its essential security interests'' during ``time of war or 
     other emergency in international relations'' or ``to prevent 
     any contracting party from taking any action in pursuance of 
     its obligations under the United Nations Charter for the 
     maintenance of international peace and security''.
       (2) The actions of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and 
     the Islamic Republic of Iran to finance and facilitate the 
     participation of foreign terrorist organizations in ongoing 
     conflicts and illicit activities, in a manner that is 
     detrimental to the security interests of the United States, 
     warrants taking action under that Article.
       (b) Prohibition.--The importation of crude oil, petroleum, 
     petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas from Venezuela 
     and Iran is prohibited.
       (c) Exception.--The prohibition under subsection (b) does 
     not apply with respect to crude oil, petroleum, petroleum 
     products, or liquefied natural gas seized by the United 
     States Government for violations of sanctions imposed by the 
     United States.
       (d) Effective Date.--The prohibition under subsection (b) 
     applies with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from 
     warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 15 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 887. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle D of title XXXI, 
     insert the following:

     SEC. 31____. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF CRUDE AND REFINED OIL 
                   AND CERTAIN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO THE PEOPLE'S 
                   REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) In General.--The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
     U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
     101 the following:

     ``SEC. 102. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF CERTAIN PETROLEUM 
                   PRODUCTS TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no petroleum product described in subsection (b) that is 
     produced in the United States may be exported from the United 
     States to the People's Republic of China.
       ``(b) Petroleum Product Described.--A petroleum product 
     referred to in subsection (a) is--
       ``(1) crude oil;
       ``(2) refined oil or a refined oil product;
       ``(3) residual fuel oil; or
       ``(4) any other petroleum product (other than natural gas 
     or any natural gas liquid product).
       ``(c) Applicability.--
       ``(1) Petroleum products in transport.--Subsection (a) 
     shall not apply to any petroleum product described in 
     subsection (b) that is in the process of being transported 
     from the United States to the People's Republic of China as 
     of the date on which the prohibition under that subsection 
     takes effect pursuant to subsection (d).
       ``(2) Natural gas.--Subsection (a) does not apply to 
     natural gas or any natural gas liquid product.
       ``(d) Effective Date.--The prohibition described in 
     subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 10 days 
     after the date of enactment of the China Oil Export 
     Prohibition Act of 2023.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
     Energy Policy and Conservation Act (Public Law 94-163; 89 
     Stat. 871; 114 Stat. 2034) is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 101 the following:

``Sec. 102. Prohibition on export of certain petroleum products to the 
              People's Republic of China.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 101(b) of division O of 
     the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C. 
     6212a(b)) is amended by inserting ``and section 102 of the 
     Energy Policy and Conservation Act'' after ``subsections (c) 
     and (d)''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 888. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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, add the following:

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           DIVISION E--FAIR TRADE WITH CHINA ENFORCEMENT ACT

     SEC. 6001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the ``Fair 
     Trade with China Enforcement Act''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
     division is as follows:

Sec. 6001. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 6002. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 6003. Statement of policy.

TITLE I--SAFEGUARDS AGAINST FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN UNITED STATES NATIONAL 
        AND ECONOMIC SECURITY BY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Sec. 6011. Establishment of list of certain products receiving support 
              from Government of People's Republic of China pursuant to 
              Made in China 2025 policy.
Sec. 6012. Prohibition on export to People's Republic of China of 
              national security sensitive technology and intellectual 
              property.
Sec. 6013. Imposition of shareholder cap on Chinese investors in United 
              States entities.
Sec. 6014. Prohibition on use of certain telecommunications services or 
              equipment.

 TITLE II--FAIR TRADE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE'S 
                           REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Sec. 6021. Countervailing duties with respect to certain industries in 
              the People's Republic of China.
Sec. 6022. Repeal of reduced withholding rates for residents of China.
Sec. 6023. Taxation of obligations of the United States held by the 
              Government of the People's Republic of China.

     SEC. 6002. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) since joining the World Trade Organization in 2001, the 
     People's Republic of China has offered the United States a 
     contradictory bargain, which promised openness in the global 
     trade order, but through state mercantilism delivered a 
     severely imbalanced trading relationship;
       (2) it was erroneous for the United States Government to 
     have ignored the contradictions and risks of free trade with 
     the People's Republic of China on the assumption that the 
     People's Republic of China would liberalize economically and 
     politically;
       (3) benefiting enormously from a more open global economy 
     to drive its own industries, the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China and the Communist Party of the People's 
     Republic of China have only tightened their grip on power, 
     brutally suppressing dissent at home and pursuing policies 
     abroad that are a far cry from being a responsible global 
     stakeholder;
       (4) malevolent economic behavior by persons in the People's 
     Republic of China is made clear by the theft of intellectual 
     property from the United States, as Chinese theft of United 
     States intellectual property alone costs the United States 
     nearly $600,000,000,000 annually, according to the United 
     States Trade Representative;
       (5) stealing United States intellectual property advances 
     the Made in China 2025 initiative of the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China to eventually dominate global 
     exports in 10 critical sectors, namely artificial 
     intelligence and next-generation information technology, 
     robotics, new-energy vehicles, biotechnology, energy and 
     power generation, aerospace, high-tech shipping, advanced 
     railway, new materials, and agricultural machinery, among 
     others;
       (6) the targets of the Made in China 2025 initiative reveal 
     the goal of the People's Republic of China for the near-total 
     displacement of advanced manufacturing in the United States; 
     and
       (7) the United States Government should act to strengthen 
     the position of the United States in its policy toward the 
     People's Republic of China in order to create a more balanced 
     economic relationship by safeguarding strategic assets from 
     Chinese influence, reducing Chinese involvement in the United 
     States economy, and encouraging United States companies to 
     produce domestically, instead of in the People's Republic of 
     China.

     SEC. 6003. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) to impose restrictions on Chinese investment in the 
     United States in strategic industries targeted by the Made in 
     China 2025 initiative set forth by the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China;
       (2) to tax Chinese investment in the United States due to 
     its negative effect on the United States trade deficit and 
     wages of workers in the United States;
       (3) to increase the cost of transnational production 
     operations in the People's Republic of China in a manner 
     consistent with the economic cost of the risk of loss of 
     unique access by the United States to intellectual property, 
     technology, and industrial base; and
       (4) to support democratization in and the human rights of 
     the people of Hong Kong, including the findings and 
     declarations set forth under section 2 of the United States-
     Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5701).

TITLE I--SAFEGUARDS AGAINST FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN UNITED STATES NATIONAL 
        AND ECONOMIC SECURITY BY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

     SEC. 6011. ESTABLISHMENT OF LIST OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS 
                   RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT OF PEOPLE'S 
                   REPUBLIC OF CHINA PURSUANT TO MADE IN CHINA 
                   2025 POLICY.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 8 of title I of the Trade Act of 
     1974 (19 U.S.C. 2241 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 183. LIST OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM 
                   GOVERNMENT OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       ``(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
     of the enactment of the Fair Trade with China Enforcement 
     Act, and every year thereafter, the United States Trade 
     Representative shall set forth a list of products 
     manufactured or produced in, or exported from, the People's 
     Republic of China that are determined by the Trade 
     Representative to receive support from the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China pursuant to the Made in China 2025 
     industrial policy of that Government.
       ``(b) Criteria for List.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Trade Representative shall include 
     in the list required by subsection (a) the following 
     products:
       ``(A) Any product specified in the following documents set 
     forth by the Government of the People's Republic of China:
       ``(i) Notice on Issuing Made in China 2025.
       ``(ii) China Manufacturing 2025.
       ``(iii) Notice on Issuing the 13th Five-year National 
     Strategic Emerging Industries Development Plan.
       ``(iv) Guiding Opinion on Promoting International 
     Industrial Capacity and Equipment Manufacturing Cooperation.
       ``(v) Any other document that expresses a national strategy 
     or stated goal in connection with the Made in China 2025 
     industrial policy set forth by the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China, the Communist Party of China, or another 
     entity or individual capable of impacting the national 
     strategy of the People's Republic of China.
       ``(B) Any product receiving support from the Government of 
     the People's Republic of China that has or will in the future 
     displace net exports of like products by the United States, 
     as determined by the Trade Representative.
       ``(2) Included products.--In addition to such products as 
     the Trade Representative shall include pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) in the list required by subsection (a), the Trade 
     Representative shall include products in the following 
     industries:
       ``(A) Civil aircraft.
       ``(B) Motor car and vehicle.
       ``(C) Advanced medical equipment.
       ``(D) Advanced construction equipment.
       ``(E) Agricultural machinery.
       ``(F) Railway equipment.
       ``(G) Diesel locomotive.
       ``(H) Moving freight.
       ``(I) Semiconductor.
       ``(J) Lithium battery manufacturing.
       ``(K) Artificial intelligence.
       ``(L) High-capacity computing.
       ``(M) Quantum computing.
       ``(N) Robotics.
       ``(O) Biotechnology.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
     Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 182 the following:

``Sec. 183. List of certain products receiving support from Government 
              of People's Republic of China.''.

     SEC. 6012. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT TO PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
                   CHINA OF NATIONAL SECURITY SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY 
                   AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall prohibit 
     the export to the People's Republic of China of any national 
     security sensitive technology or intellectual property 
     subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or exported 
     by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
     States.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Intellectual property.--The term ``intellectual 
     property'' includes patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade 
     secrets.
       (2) National security sensitive technology or intellectual 
     property.--The term ``national security sensitive technology 
     or intellectual property'' includes the following:
       (A) Technology or intellectual property that would make a 
     significant contribution to the military potential of the 
     People's Republic of China that would prove detrimental to 
     the national security of the United States.
       (B) Technology or intellectual property necessary to 
     protect the economy of the United States from the excessive 
     drain of scarce materials and to reduce the serious 
     inflationary impact of demand from the People's Republic of 
     China.
       (C) Technology or intellectual property that is a component 
     of the production of products included in the most recent 
     list required under section 183 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
     added by section 6011(a), determined in consultation with the 
     United States Trade Representative.
       (3) Technology.--The term ``technology'' includes goods or 
     services relating to information systems, internet-based 
     services, production-enhancing logistics, robotics, 
     artificial intelligence, biotechnology, or computing.

     SEC. 6013. IMPOSITION OF SHAREHOLDER CAP ON CHINESE INVESTORS 
                   IN UNITED STATES ENTITIES.

       Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
     U.S.C. 78m(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7)(A) In this paragraph, the term `covered issuer' means 
     any issuer--
       ``(i) that produces components that--

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       ``(I) may be used in the production of goods manufactured 
     or produced in, or exported from, the People's Republic of 
     China; and
       ``(II) are included in the most recent list required under 
     section 183 of the Trade Act of 1974, determined in 
     consultation with the United States Trade Representative; and
       ``(ii)(I) that is incorporated under the laws of a State; 
     or
       ``(II) the principal place of business of which is in a 
     State.
       ``(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     subsection, no person, the principal place of business of 
     which is in the People's Republic of China, may be the 
     beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50 per 
     centum of any class of equity security of a covered issuer 
     that is registered pursuant to section 12.
       ``(C) The prohibition in subparagraph (B) shall apply to 
     any acquisition on or after the date of enactment of this 
     paragraph.''.

     SEC. 6014. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
                   SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) In its 2011 ``Annual Report to Congress on Military and 
     Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of 
     China'', the Department of Defense stated, ``China's defense 
     industry has benefited from integration with a rapidly 
     expanding civilian economy and science and technology sector, 
     particularly elements that have access to foreign technology. 
     Progress within individual defense sectors appears linked to 
     the relative integration of each, through China's civilian 
     economy, into the global production and R&D chain . . . 
     Information technology companies in particular, including 
     Huawei, Datang, and Zhongxing, maintain close ties to the 
     PLA.''.
       (2) In a 2011 report titled ``The National Security 
     Implications of Investments and Products from the People's 
     Republic of China in the Telecommunications Sector'', the 
     United States China Economic and Security Review Commission 
     stated that ``[n]ational security concerns have accompanied 
     the dramatic growth of China's telecom sector. . . . 
     Additionally, large Chinese companies--particularly those 
     `national champions' prominent in China's `going out' 
     strategy of overseas expansion--are directly subject to 
     direction by the Chinese Communist Party, to include support 
     for PRC state policies and goals.''.
       (3) The Commission further stated in its report that 
     ``[f]rom this point of view, the clear economic benefits of 
     foreign investment in the U.S. must be weighed against the 
     potential security concerns related to infrastructure 
     components coming under the control of foreign entities. This 
     seems particularly applicable in the telecommunications 
     industry, as Chinese companies continue systematically to 
     acquire significant holdings in prominent global and U.S. 
     telecommunications and information technology companies.''.
       (4) In its 2011 Annual Report to Congress, the United 
     States China Economic and Security Review Commission stated 
     that ``[t]he extent of the state's control of the Chinese 
     economy is difficult to quantify. . . . There is also a 
     category of companies that, though claiming to be private, 
     are subject to state influence. Such companies are often in 
     new markets with no established SOE leaders and enjoy 
     favorable government policies that support their development 
     while posing obstacles to foreign competition. Examples 
     include Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and such automotive 
     companies as battery maker BYD and vehicle manufacturers 
     Geely and Chery.''.
       (5) In the bipartisan ``Investigative Report on the United 
     States National Security Issues Posed by Chinese 
     Telecommunication Companies Huawei and ZTE'' released in 2012 
     by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives, it was recommended that ``U.S. 
     government systems, particularly sensitive systems, should 
     not include Huawei or ZTE equipment, including in component 
     parts. Similarly, government contractors--particularly those 
     working on contracts for sensitive U.S. programs--should 
     exclude ZTE or Huawei equipment in their systems.''.
       (6) General Michael Hayden, who served as Director of the 
     Central Intelligence Agency and Director of the National 
     Security Agency, stated in July 2013 that Huawei had ``shared 
     with the Chinese state intimate and extensive knowledge of 
     foreign telecommunications systems it is involved with''.
       (7) The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a February 2015 
     Counterintelligence Strategy Partnership Intelligence Note, 
     stated that, ``[w]ith the expanded use of Huawei Technologies 
     Inc. equipment and services in U.S. telecommunications 
     service provider networks, the Chinese Government's potential 
     access to U.S. business communications is dramatically 
     increasing. Chinese Government-supported telecommunications 
     equipment on U.S. networks may be exploited through Chinese 
     cyber activity, with China's intelligence services operating 
     as an advanced persistent threat to U.S. networks.''.
       (8) The Federal Bureau of Investigation further stated in 
     its February 2015 counterintelligence note that ``China makes 
     no secret that its cyber warfare strategy is predicated on 
     controlling global communications network infrastructure''.
       (9) At a hearing before the Committee on Armed Services of 
     the House of Representatives on September 30, 2015, Deputy 
     Secretary of Defense Robert Work, responding to a question 
     about the use of Huawei telecommunications equipment, stated, 
     ``In the Office of the Secretary of Defense, absolutely not. 
     And I know of no other--I don't believe we operate in the 
     Pentagon, any [Huawei] systems in the Pentagon.''.
       (10) At that hearing, the Commander of the United States 
     Cyber Command, Admiral Mike Rogers, responding to a question 
     about why such Huawei telecommunications equipment is not 
     used, stated, ``As we look at supply chain and we look at 
     potential vulnerabilities within the system, that it is a 
     risk we felt was unacceptable.''.
       (11) In March 2017, ZTE Corporation pled guilty to 
     conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic 
     Powers Act by illegally shipping United States-origin items 
     to Iran, paying the United States Government a penalty of 
     $892,360,064 for activity between January 2010 and January 
     2016.
       (12) The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department 
     of the Treasury issued a subpoena to Huawei as part of a 
     Federal investigation of alleged violations of trade 
     restrictions on Cuba, Iran, and Sudan.
       (b) Prohibition on Agency Use or Procurement.--The head of 
     an agency may not procure or obtain, may not extend or renew 
     a contract to procure or obtain, and may not enter into a 
     contract (or extend or renew a contract) with an entity that 
     uses, or contracts with any other entity that uses, any 
     equipment, system, or service that uses covered 
     telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or 
     essential component of any system, or as critical technology 
     as part of any system.
       (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
     of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
     and the United States Trade Representative, shall submit to 
     Congress a report on sales by the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China of covered telecommunications equipment or 
     services through partial ownership or any other methods.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
       (2) Covered telecommunications equipment or services.--The 
     term ``covered telecommunications equipment or services'' 
     means any of the following:
       (A) Telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei 
     Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation, or any other Chinese 
     telecom entity identified by the Director of National 
     Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, or the Director of 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a security concern (or 
     any subsidiary or affiliate of any such entity).
       (B) Telecommunications services provided by such entities 
     or using such equipment.
       (C) Telecommunications equipment or services produced or 
     provided by an entity that the head of the relevant agency 
     reasonably believes to be an entity owned or controlled by, 
     or otherwise connected to, the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China.

 TITLE II--FAIR TRADE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE'S 
                           REPUBLIC OF CHINA

     SEC. 6021. COUNTERVAILING DUTIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN 
                   INDUSTRIES IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) Policy.--It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) to reduce the import of finished goods from the 
     People's Republic of China relating to the Made in China 2025 
     plan set forth by the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China; and
       (2) to encourage allies of the United States to reduce the 
     import of finished goods from the People's Republic of China 
     relating to the Made in China 2025 plan.
       (b) Inclusion of Made in China 2025 Products in Definition 
     of Countervailable Subsidy.--Paragraph (5) of section 771 of 
     the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(G) Treatment of certain chinese merchandise.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if a 
     person presents evidence in a petition filed under section 
     702(b) that merchandise covered by the petition is 
     manufactured or produced in, or exported from, the People's 
     Republic of China and included in the most recent list 
     required under section 183 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
     determined in consultation with the United States Trade 
     Representative, the administrating authority shall determine 
     that a countervailable subsidy is being provided with respect 
     to that merchandise.''.
       (c) Inclusion of Made in China 2025 Products in Definition 
     of Material Injury.--Paragraph (7)(F) of such section is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iv) Treatment of certain chinese merchandise.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if a 
     petition filed under section 702(b) alleges that an industry 
     in the United States is materially injured or threatened with 
     material injury or that the establishment of an industry in 
     the United States is materially retarded by reason of imports 
     of merchandise manufactured or produced in, or exported from, 
     the People's Republic of China and included in the most 
     recent list required under section 183 of the Trade Act of 
     1974, determined in consultation with the United States Trade 
     Representative, the Commission shall determine that material 
     injury or such a threat exists.''.

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     SEC. 6022. REPEAL OF REDUCED WITHHOLDING RATES FOR RESIDENTS 
                   OF CHINA.

       (a) In General.--Section 894 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The provisions of'' in subsection (a)(1) 
     and inserting ``Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
     the provisions of''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Exception for People's Republic of China.--
       ``(1) In general.--The rates of tax imposed under sections 
     871 and 881, and the rates of withholding tax imposed under 
     chapter 3, with respect to any resident of the People's 
     Republic of China shall be determined without regard to any 
     provision of the Agreement between the Government of the 
     United States of America and the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and 
     the Prevention of Tax Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
     Income, signed at Beijing on April 30, 1984.
       ``(2) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate 
     regulations to prevent the avoidance of the purposes of this 
     subsection through the use of foreign entities.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to income received after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 6023. TAXATION OF OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES HELD 
                   BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
                   CHINA.

       (a) In General.--Section 892 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (c) as 
     subsection (d) and by inserting after subsection (b) the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China.''.
       (b) Central Bank.--Section 895 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Income'' and inserting the following:
       ``(a) In General.--Income''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) Exception.--This section shall not apply to the any 
     central bank of the People's Republic of China.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to income received or derived after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 889. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 title X of division A, add the following:

 Subtitle H--National Development Strategy and Coordination Act of 2023

     SEC. 1091. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``National Development 
     Strategy and Coordination Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 1092. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committee.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committee'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
     the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
     of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Country of concern.--The term ``country of concern'' 
     means--
       (A) the People's Republic of China and any other foreign 
     government or foreign non-government person determined to be 
     a foreign adversary under section 7.4 of title 15, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; or
       (B) any country determined by the Secretary of Commerce, in 
     consultation with the United States Trade Representative, the 
     Secretary of Defense, and the Director of National 
     Intelligence, to have inadequate safeguards in place to 
     protect United States funds (or intellectual property 
     developed using such funds) from theft or transfer to a 
     foreign government or foreign non-government person described 
     in subparagraph (A).
       (3) Entity of concern.--The term ``entity of concern'' 
     means--
       (A) an entity headquartered in a country of concern;
       (B) an entity that is more than 25-percent owned by 
     individuals or entities in countries of concern;
       (C) an entity on the list of specially designated nationals 
     and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign 
     Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury (commonly 
     referred to as the ``SDN list'');
       (D) an entity on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial 
     Complex Companies List--
       (i) established pursuant to Executive Order 13959 (50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to addressing the threat from 
     securities investments that finance Communist Chinese 
     military companies), as amended before, on, or after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act; and
       (ii) maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control;
       (E) a Chinese military company on the list required by 
     section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
     116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note);
       (F) an entity on the Entity List maintained by the Bureau 
     of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and 
     set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code 
     of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation;
       (G) an entity that produces equipment or services on the 
     list of communications equipment and services that pose an 
     unacceptable risk to the national security of the United 
     States or the security and safety of United States persons 
     maintained by the Federal Communications Commission under 
     section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
     Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601); or
       (H) any entity that is majority owned or controlled by, or 
     under common ownership or control with, an entity described 
     in any of subparagraphs (A) through (G).

     SEC. 1093. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE FOR THE 
                   COORDINATION OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCING 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Executive 
     Office of the President a Committee to be known as the 
     Interagency Committee for the Coordination of National 
     Development Financing Programs (referred to in this subtitle 
     as the ``Committee'').
       (b) Membership.--
       (1) Composition.--The Committee shall consist of the 
     following members:
       (A) The Secretary of Transportation or a designee of the 
     Secretary.
       (B) The Secretary of Energy or a designee of the Secretary.
       (C) The Secretary of Commerce or a designee of the 
     Secretary.
       (D) The Secretary of Labor or a designee of the Secretary.
       (E) The Secretary of the Treasury or a designee of the 
     Secretary.
       (F) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
     or a designee of the Administrator.
       (G) The Secretary of Defense or a designee of the 
     Secretary.
       (H) The Director of National Intelligence or a designee of 
     the Director.
       (I) The Secretary of Agriculture or a designee of the 
     Secretary.
       (J) The United States Trade Representative or their 
     designee.
       (K) The Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
     Reserve or a designee of the Chair, who shall serve as a 
     nonvoting member.
       (L) The Secretary of the Treasury or a designee of the 
     Secretary, who shall serve as the chair of the Committee.
       (2) Tie vote.--In the event of a tie vote, the vote of the 
     chair of the Committee shall serve as the tie-breaker.
       (c) Duties.--The Committee--
       (1) shall submit to Congress the National Development 
     Strategy described in subsection (d);
       (A) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this Act; and
       (B) not later than 1 year after January 20, 2025, and every 
     4 years thereafter, and in each such year not earlier than 
     the latest date on which the budget of the President may be 
     submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, submit to Congress the National 
     Development Strategy described in subsection (d); and
       (2) shall identify economic sectors of the United States, 
     regions of the United States, and, as necessary and supported 
     by substantial evidence, projects or partnerships that 
     advance the goals of the National Development Strategy 
     described in subsection (d), to which financing assistance 
     should be prioritized by member agencies of the Committee and 
     should be provided or supported by the Federal Financing 
     Bank.
       (d) National Development Strategy.--The Committee shall 
     develop a publicly available (except for an allowable 
     classified annex) National Development Strategy, which 
     shall--
       (1) identify and address vulnerabilities in United States 
     supply chains in industries critical to national security;
       (2) identify and address vulnerabilities and shortfalls in 
     domestic manufacturing capabilities that threaten the ability 
     of the United States to maintain a global advantage in 
     innovation and manufacturing;
       (3) identify weaknesses and discuss opportunities to 
     strengthen the broad industrial base of the United States, 
     which may include--
       (A) strengthening supply chain resiliency;
       (B) supporting industries critical for the national 
     security;
       (C) developing technologies that provide scientific or 
     commercial value to the United States;
       (D) supporting job growth and development of critical 
     manufacturing capabilities within the United States 
     workforce;
       (E) supporting the development and adoption of innovative 
     resource extraction technologies, including for renewable 
     energy; and
       (F) supporting job growth and economic development in 
     critical industries in communities designated as qualified 
     opportunity zones under section 1400Z-1 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986;

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       (4) identify industries and regions in the United States 
     that require assistance in order to address vulnerabilities 
     and advance the goals described in paragraphs (1), (2), and 
     (3); and
       (5) outline a strategic plan to promote investment in the 
     industries described in paragraph (4), which shall include--
       (A) an estimate of the amount and nature of public 
     financing needed to achieve the goals and address 
     vulnerabilities described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3);
       (B) an inventory of all Federal programs in existence as of 
     the date of the National Development Strategy that are 
     capable of providing the financing described in subparagraph 
     (A), the level of investment from each such Federal program 
     in the preceding 5-year period, and a detailed description of 
     how each such program is advancing development goals in the 
     United States;
       (C) recommendations as to how Federal agencies may, under 
     existing Federal authorities, leverage and attract private 
     investment to accomplish the goals described in this 
     subsection;
       (D) recommendations, if applicable, on any changes to 
     Federal financing programs, including changes to how 
     financing decisions are prioritized or creation of new 
     financing programs, that may be needed to advance the goals 
     of the National Development Strategy;
       (E) directives to the Federal Financing Bank to accomplish 
     the goals of the National Development Strategy; and
       (F) performance metrics to evaluate and monitor projects 
     supported by the Federal Financing Bank in alignment with the 
     National Development Strategy.
       (e) Advice and Input.--The Committee shall seek the advice 
     and input of industry partners, manufacturing policy experts, 
     State and local development officials, and manufacturing 
     worker interests when preparing the National Development 
     Strategy described in subsection (d), including by--
       (1) holding not less than 4 public hearings per year, 
     either virtually or in-person, during which industry 
     representatives, worker groups, and regional representatives 
     can provide insight into strategic development 
     prioritization; and
       (2) establishing an Industry Advisory Board of not more 
     than 10 members appointed by the President, which shall 
     include--
       (A) an expert in industry competitiveness and national 
     security;
       (B) a manufacturing trade association representative;
       (C) a representative of small business government 
     contractors;
       (D) a manufacturing worker representative;
       (E) a representative from a private investment firm 
     investing in critical industries and frontier technology; and
       (F) such other representatives as the President may 
     appoint.
       (f) Assessment of National Development Strategy.--In 
     January of each year in which the Committee does not submit a 
     new National Development Strategy as required under 
     subsection (d), the Committee shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees an assessment of the most recently 
     published National Development Strategy, which shall 
     include--
       (1) an accounting of any new investments made by the 
     Federal Financing Bank or member agencies of the Committee in 
     the preceding year, including ZIP Code, North American 
     Industry Classification System code, and financing stage;
       (2) the performance of such investments, in accordance with 
     performance metrics established by the Committee;
       (3) an assessment of the implementation of the National 
     Development Strategy, including an assessment by each agency 
     represented on the Committee, supported by sufficient 
     evidence, of steps taken to align such agencies' financing, 
     research, and development activities with the goals of the 
     National Development Strategy; and
       (4) a determination on whether or not an update is needed 
     to the National Development Strategy as a result of a change 
     in assumptions, geopolitical dynamics, or other factors.
       (g) Memorandum of Coordination With Federal Agencies 
     Engaged in Investment and Financing Activities.--Not later 
     than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Committee shall negotiate a memorandum of understanding among 
     the Federal agencies represented on the Committee, which 
     shall--
       (1) establish procedures for--
       (A) aligning their respective investment and financing 
     authorities to ensure maximum efficiency and comply with the 
     goals of the National Development Strategy;
       (B) resolving conflicts in cases of overlapping 
     jurisdiction between their respective agencies; and
       (C) avoiding conflicting or duplicative operation of 
     services.
       (2) be reviewed and updated annually in coordination with 
     the submission of the assessment outlined in subsection (f).
       (h) Meetings.--The Committee shall meet regularly and as 
     required by the President, but not less frequently than 
     annually.
       (i) Strategic Alignment.--Each Federal agency represented 
     on the Committee shall--
       (1) consult on a regular basis the most recently published 
     National Development Strategy described in subsection (d); 
     and
       (2) to the extent practicable, give priority consideration 
     to projects that align with the goals of the National 
     Development Strategy when engaged in financing, research, and 
     development activities.

     SEC. 1094. REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL FINANCING BANK 
                   RELATING TO THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.

       (a) In General.--The Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973 (12 
     U.S.C. 2281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 21. FUNCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMITTEE.

       ``(a) In General.--The Bank shall carry out any directives 
     made to the Bank by the Interagency Committee for the 
     Coordination of National Development Financing Programs 
     pursuant to subsections (c)(2) and (d)(5)(E) of section 3 of 
     the National Development Strategy and Coordination Act of 
     2023.
       ``(b) Activities.--Pursuant to subsection (a), the Bank is 
     authorized, upon direction by the Interagency Committee for 
     the Coordination of National Development Financing Programs, 
     to--
       ``(1) issue securities that are backed by financing 
     assistance through any member agency of the Committee;
       ``(2) purchase from the private market loans or other debt 
     or equity instruments guaranteed in whole or in part by any 
     member agency of the Committee; and
       ``(3) participate in agency loans or loan guarantees in an 
     amount less than 100 percent of the principal amount of 
     financing.
       ``(c) Purchase Not for Resale.--As directed by the 
     Interagency Committee for the Coordination of National 
     Development Financing Programs in accordance with the 
     National Development Strategy established under section 3(d) 
     of the National Development Strategy and Coordination Act of 
     2023, the Bank may, as necessary, purchase not for resale to 
     the private market any loans or other debt or equity 
     instruments described in subsection (b)(2).

     ``SEC. 22. SECONDARY MARKET OPERATIONS.

       ``Except as otherwise provided in the National Development 
     Strategy and Coordination Act of 2023, obligations purchased 
     by the Bank may be resold in the secondary market in a 
     similar manner to secondary market sales of Treasury notes.

     ``SEC. 23. OMBUDSMAN.

       ``The Board of Directors of the Bank shall designate an 
     official as the Ombudsman who shall--
       ``(1) review investments made by the Bank on projects or 
     partnerships identified by the Interagency Committee for the 
     Coordination of National Development Financing Programs;
       ``(2) review the risk profiles and performance of any such 
     projects or partnerships;
       ``(3) provide oversight relating to any such projects or 
     partnerships; and
       ``(4) provide annually to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report detailing investments made by the Bank in 
     projects or partnerships identified by the Committee 
     described in paragraph (1), the performance of such 
     investments, and any new or existing investments that may 
     present cause for concern regarding the potential of 
     repayment or lack of alignment with strategic directives.''.
       (b) Federal Credit Reform Act.--If the Committee determines 
     that a project or partnership receiving financial assistance 
     through any member agency is investing in frontier 
     technologies for which no reasonable market comparison 
     exists, obligations purchased in connection with such project 
     or partnership by the Federal Financing Bank under section 21 
     of the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973, as added by 
     subsection (a) of this section, shall not be subject to the 
     Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).

     SEC. 1095. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FEDERAL 
                   FINANCING BANK.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Federal Financing Bank, to remain available for 10 years 
     after the date of distribution, to carry out projects and 
     partnerships selected by the National Development Strategy 
     established under section 1093(d) of this subtitle--
       (1) for fiscal year 2024, $5,000,000,000;
       (2) for fiscal year 2025, $5,000,000,000;
       (3) for fiscal year 2026, $5,000,000,000; and
       (4) for fiscal year 2027, $5,000,000,000;
       (b) Set Aside.--Not more than 2 percent of funds 
     appropriated under this section shall be utilized for 
     administrative costs, including the hiring of new staff to 
     oversee and accomplish the functions of the Federal Financing 
     Bank.
       (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Federal Financing Bank should use amounts appropriated 
     under this section as soon as possible.

     SEC. 1096. PROHIBITIONS AND POLICY.

       (a) Prohibition.--No funding or authorities provided under 
     this subtitle may be used to support projects or partnerships 
     with any entity of concern.
       (b) Policies.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Committee shall establish policies 
     to ensure that any support to projects or partnerships 
     provided by the Federal Financing Bank in accordance with 
     this subtitle--
       (1) includes assurances that no support provided in such 
     project or partnership shall be used to expand operations in 
     a country of concern;
       (2) includes protections to ensure against transfer of 
     intellectual property to countries of concern; and
       (3) includes requirements that any firm participating in a 
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     funded by this subtitle disclose any affiliate, parent 
     company, or subsidiary located in a country of concern.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 890. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. AMERICAN FINANCIAL MARKETS INTEGRITY AND SECURITY.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``American Financial Markets Integrity and Security Act''.
       (b) Prohibitions Relating to Certain Communist Chinese 
     Military Companies.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission.
       (B) Control; insurance company.--The terms ``control'' and 
     ``insurance company'' have the meanings given the terms in 
     section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 
     80a-2(a)).
       (C) Covered entity.--
       (i) In general.--The term ``covered entity'' means any of 
     the following:

       (I) An entity on the list of specially designated nationals 
     and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign 
     Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury (commonly 
     referred to as the ``SDN list'').
       (II) An entity on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial 
     Complex Companies List--

       (aa) established pursuant to Executive Order 13959 (50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to addressing the threat from 
     securities investments that finance Communist Chinese 
     military companies), as amended before, on, or after the date 
     of enactment of this Act; and
       (bb) maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 
     the Department of the Treasury.

       (III) A Chinese military company on the list required under 
     section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
     116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
       (IV) An entity on the entity list maintained by the Bureau 
     of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and 
     set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code 
     of Federal Regulations.
       (V) Any entity that is a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate 
     of, or an entity controlled by, an entity described in any of 
     clauses (i) through (iv).

       (ii) Grace period.--For the purposes of this section and 
     the amendments made by this section, an entity shall be 
     considered to be a covered entity beginning on the date that 
     is 1 year after the date on which the entity first qualifies 
     under the applicable provision of clause (i).
       (D) Exchange; security.--The terms ``exchange'' and 
     ``security'' have the meanings given those terms in section 
     3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
     78c(a)).
       (2) Prohibitions.--
       (A) Listing on exchange.--Beginning on the date that is 1 
     year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission 
     shall prohibit a covered entity from offering to sell or 
     selling on an exchange (or through any other method that is 
     within the jurisdiction of the Commission to regulate, 
     including through the method of trading that is commonly 
     referred to as the ``over-the-counter'' trading of 
     securities) securities issued by the covered entity, 
     including pursuant to an exemption to section 5 of the 
     Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77e).
       (B) Investments; limitation on actions.--
       (i) In general.--The Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 
     U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) is amended--

       (I) in section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 80a-12(d)), by adding at 
     the end the following:

       ``(4)(A) It shall be unlawful for any investment company, 
     or any person that would be an investment company but for the 
     application of paragraph (1) or (7) of section 3(c), to 
     invest in a covered entity.
       ``(B) In this paragraph, the term `covered entity' has the 
     meaning given the term in subsection (b)(1) of the American 
     Financial Markets Integrity and Security Act.''; and

       (II) in section 13(c)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-13(c)(1))--

       (aa) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (bb) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``or''; and
       (cc) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) are covered entities, as that term is defined in 
     section 12(d)(4)(B).''.
       (ii) Effective date.--The amendments made by clause (i) 
     shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date 
     of enactment of this Act.
       (C) Federal funds.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), on and 
     after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, no Federal funds may be used to enter into, 
     extend, or renew a contract or purchasing agreement with a 
     covered entity.
       (ii) Waiver.--The head of a Federal agency may issue a 
     national security waiver to the prohibition in clause (i) for 
     a period of not more than 2 years with respect to a covered 
     entity if the agency head submits to Congress a notification 
     that includes--

       (I) a written justification for the waiver; and
       (II) a plan for a phase-out of the goods or services 
     provided by the covered entity.

       (D) Investments by insurance companies.--
       (i) In general.--On and after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, an insurance company may not invest in a covered entity.
       (ii) Certification of compliance.--

       (I) In general.--Each insurance company shall, on an annual 
     basis, submit to the Secretary of the Treasury a 
     certification of compliance with clause (i).
       (II) Responsibilities of the secretary.--The Secretary of 
     the Treasury shall create a form for the submission required 
     under subclause (I) in such a manner that minimizes the 
     reporting burden on an insurance company making the 
     submission.

       (iii) Sharing information.--The Secretary of the Treasury, 
     acting through the Federal Insurance Office, shall share the 
     information received under clause (ii) and coordinate 
     verification of compliance with State insurance offices.
       (3) Qualified trusts, etc.--
       (A) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 401 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after 
     paragraph (39) the following new paragraph:
       ``(40) Prohibited investments.--A trust which is part of a 
     plan shall not be treated as a qualified trust under this 
     subsection unless the plan provides that no part of the 
     plan's assets will be invested in any covered entity (as 
     defined in section 12(d)(4)(B) of the Investment Company Act 
     of 1940).''.
       (B) IRAs.--Paragraph (3) of section 408(a) of such Code is 
     amended by striking ``contracts'' and inserting ``contracts 
     or in any covered entity (as defined in section 12(d)(6)(B) 
     of the Investment Company Act of 1940)''.
       (C) Fiduciary duty.--Section 404 of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1104) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(f) Prohibited Investments.--No fiduciary shall cause any 
     assets of a plan to be invested in any covered entity (as 
     defined in section 12(d)(4)(B) of the Investment Company Act 
     of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-12(d)(4)(B))).''.
       (D) Effective date.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), the 
     amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to plan years 
     beginning after the date which is 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       (ii) Plan amendments.--If clause (iii) applies to any 
     retirement plan or contract amendment--

       (I) such plan or contract shall not fail to be treated as 
     being operated in accordance with the terms of the plan 
     during the period described in clause (iii)(II) solely 
     because the plan operates in accordance with the amendments 
     made by this subsection, and
       (II) except as provided by the Secretary of the Treasury 
     (or the Secretary's delegate), such plan or contract shall 
     not fail to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
     of 1974 by reason of such amendment.

       (iii) Amendments to which clause applies.--

       (I) In general.--This clause shall apply to any amendment 
     to any plan or annuity contract which--

       (aa) is made pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, 
     and
       (bb) is made on or before the last day of the first plan 
     year beginning on or after the date which is 2 years after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act (4 years after such 
     date of enactment, in the case of a governmental plan).

       (II) Conditions.--This clause shall not apply to any 
     amendment unless--

       (aa) during the period beginning on the date which is 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and ending 
     on the date described in subclause (I)(bb) (or, if earlier, 
     the date the plan or contract amendment is adopted), the plan 
     or contract is operated as if such plan or contract amendment 
     were in effect, and
       (bb) such plan or contract amendment applies retroactively 
     for such period.
       (iv) Subsequent amendments.--Rules similar to the rules of 
     clauses (ii) and (iii) shall apply in the case of any 
     amendment to any plan or annuity contract made pursuant to 
     any update of the list of Communist Chinese military 
     companies required by section 1237(b) of the Strom Thurmond 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
     (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) which is made after 
     the effective date of the amendments made by this paragraph.
       (c) Modification of Requirements for List of Communist 
     Chinese Military Companies.--Section 1237(b) of the Strom 
     Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1999 (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Revisions to the list.--
       ``(A) Additions.--The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 
     of Commerce, or the Director of National Intelligence may add 
     a person to the list required by paragraph (1) at any time.
       ``(B) Removals.--A person may be removed from the list 
     required by paragraph (1) if the

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     Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the 
     Director of National Intelligence agree to remove the person 
     from the list.
       ``(C) Submission of updates to congress.--Not later than 
     February 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit a version of the list required in paragraph (1), 
     updated to include any additions or removals under this 
     paragraph, to the committees and officers specified in 
     paragraph (1).'';
       (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Consultation.--In carrying out paragraphs (1) and 
     (2), the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and 
     the Director of National Intelligence shall consult with each 
     other, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation.''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by striking ``making the determination required by 
     paragraph (1) and of carrying out paragraph (2)'' and 
     inserting ``this section''.
       (d) Analysis of Financial Ambitions of the Government of 
     the People's Republic of China.--
       (1) Analysis required.--The Director of the Office of 
     Commercial and Economic Analysis of the Air Force shall 
     conduct an analysis of--
       (A) the strategic importance to the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China of inflows of United States 
     dollars through capital markets to the People's Republic of 
     China;
       (B) the methods by which that Government seeks to manage 
     such inflows;
       (C) how the inclusion of the securities of Chinese entities 
     in stock or bond indexes affects such inflows and serves the 
     financial ambitions of that Government; and
       (D) how the listing of the securities of Chinese entities 
     on exchanges in the United States assists in--
       (i) meeting the strategic goals of that Government, 
     including defense, surveillance, and intelligence goals; and
       (ii) the fusion of the civilian and military components of 
     that Government.
       (2) Submission to congress.--The Director of the Office of 
     Commercial and Economic Analysis of the Air Force shall 
     submit to Congress a report--
       (A) setting forth the results of the analysis conducted 
     under paragraph (1); and
       (B) based on that analysis, making recommendations for best 
     practices to mitigate any national security and economic 
     risks to the United States relating to the financial 
     ambitions of the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 891. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. COUNTERING CORPORATE CORRUPTION IN THE PEOPLE'S 
                   REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) In section 1 of the National Security Study Memorandum 
     issued on June 3, 2021 (relating to establishing the fight 
     against corruption as a core United States national security 
     interest), President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., established 
     countering corruption as a core United States national 
     security interest.
       (2) The practices of the Chinese Communist Party, the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, and 
     instrumentalities of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China pose a unique challenge to the enforcement of 
     section 30A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
     78dd-1) and sections 104 and 104A of the Foreign Corrupt 
     Practices Act of 1977 (15 U.S.C. 78dd-2, 78dd-3) (referred to 
     collectively in this subsection as the ``corporate anti-
     corruption laws'').
       (3) The Chinese Communist Party, the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China, and instrumentalities of the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China routinely 
     frustrate the enforcement of the corporate anti-corruption 
     laws by leveraging access to the markets of the People's 
     Republic of China to cause companies that are subject to the 
     corporate anti-corruption laws to improperly provide valuable 
     benefits to those entities in the form of principally 
     nonmonetary actions (referred to collectively in this 
     subsection as ``corporate actions currying favor with the 
     Chinese Communist Party''), which include--
       (A) the hiring, promotion, or retention of Chinese 
     Communist Party officials and children of those officials, 
     such as the unlawful practices admitted to by certain 
     entities subject to the corporate anti-corruption laws in 
     what are commonly known as the ``princelings'' settlements;
       (B) political advocacy on behalf of the goals and policies 
     of the Chinese Communist Party in the People's Republic of 
     China, the United States, and the rest of the world, 
     including by--
       (i) assisting in the denial, obfuscation, or excusal of--

       (I) genocide and other atrocities committed by the Chinese 
     Communist Party, the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China, and instrumentalities of the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China;
       (II) the extrajudicial detainment, subjection to forced 
     labor, torture, and political indoctrination of, and other 
     severe human rights abuses with respect to, Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 
     Kyrgyz, and members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic 
     groups by the Government of the People's Republic of China in 
     the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China (or comparable 
     treatment of members of other ethnic, religious, and 
     political groups who reside elsewhere in the People's 
     Republic of China);
       (III) censorship or other activities with respect to Hong 
     Kong that--

       (aa) prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom 
     of expression or assembly by the citizens of Hong Kong; or
       (bb) limit access to free and independent print, online, or 
     broadcast media; and

       (IV) the extrajudicial rendition, arbitrary detention, or 
     torture of any individual in Hong Kong or other gross 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights in Hong 
     Kong; and

       (ii) supporting, legitimizing, or recognizing the unlawful 
     territorial claims of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China in Taiwan, Tibet, Korea, the South China Sea, the 
     East China Sea, and other locations in which such claims are 
     contested; and
       (C) investments without reasonable business purposes in 
     industries targeted for support by the Chinese Communist 
     Party, the Government of the People's Republic of China, or 
     instrumentalities of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China, including by entering into a joint venture with 
     such an instrumentality or an entity affiliated with such an 
     instrumentality.
       (4) Corporate actions currying favor with the Chinese 
     Communist Party are valuable to officials of the Chinese 
     Communist Party, the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China, and instrumentalities of the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China, and constitute payments of value 
     for the purposes of subsection (a) of each of the corporate 
     anti-corruption laws, because those actions are--
       (A) directly or indirectly financially valuable to those 
     officials due to--
       (i) the extent of corruption in the People's Republic of 
     China;
       (ii) the reliance of the economy of the People's Republic 
     of China on state-owned enterprises; and
       (iii) the integration of the party-state with business 
     enterprises in the People's Republic of China; and
       (B) valuable to the interests of the Chinese Communist 
     Party, and officials of that Party, in a manner that is 
     distinct from any independent economic or public interest 
     rationale for those actions.
       (5) Corporate actions currying favor with the Chinese 
     Communist Party are taken corruptly for the purposes of each 
     of the corporate anti-corruption laws because those actions--
       (A) have no reasonable business purpose unrelated to 
     obtaining or retaining business within the People's Republic 
     of China and instead relate to--
       (i) accessing markets within the jurisdiction of the 
     People's Republic of China; or
       (ii) avoiding injury threatened by the Chinese Communist 
     Party, the Government of the People's Republic of China, or 
     instrumentalities of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China; and
       (B) are morally wrongful to the extent that those actions 
     contribute to denying, obfuscating, or excusing--
       (i) genocide and other atrocities; and
       (ii) the extrajudicial detainment, subjection to forced 
     labor, torture, and political indoctrination of, and other 
     severe human rights abuses with respect to, individuals by 
     the Chinese Communist Party, the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China, or instrumentalities of the Government of 
     the People's Republic of China.
       (6) Despite the public and prominent undertaking of 
     corporate actions currying favor with the Chinese Communist 
     Party by individuals and entities that are subject to the 
     corporate anti-corruption laws, the Federal Government has 
     undertaken little enforcement with respect to those corporate 
     actions due to an apparent difficulty in demonstrating that 
     the actions are corrupt, or of value to a foreign official, 
     because of the principally nonmonetary nature of those 
     actions.
       (7) In addition to undermining the public interest in the 
     enforcement of the corporate anti-corruption laws in the 
     manner described in paragraphs (2) through (6), corporate 
     actions currying favor with the Chinese Communist Party 
     undermine the public interest in the enforcement of the laws 
     of the United States, including--
       (A) sections 4 and 5 of the Act entitled ``An Act to ensure 
     that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Autonomous 
     Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the 
     United States market, and for other purposes'', approved 
     December 23, 2021 (Public Law 117-78; 135 Stat. 1525) 
     (referred to in this subsection as the ``Uyghur Forced Labor 
     Prevention Act'') (including the amendment made by section 5 
     of that Act), by--
       (i) reducing the awareness of entities subject to, or 
     potentially subject to, that Act regarding the application of 
     that Act to activities in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region

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     of the People's Republic of China or elsewhere in the 
     People's Republic of China;
       (ii) aiding and abetting violations of that Act; and
       (iii) reducing the information available to law enforcement 
     officials in the United States regarding the activities 
     described in clause (i); and
       (B) United States sanctions laws with respect to persons 
     and entities in the People's Republic of China (collectively 
     referred to in this subsection as the ``sanctions laws of the 
     United States'')--
       (i) including--

       (I) section 1237 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 
     50 U.S.C. 1701 note);
       (II) sections 4 and 5 of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention 
     Act (including the amendment made by section 5 of that Act);
       (III) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
     (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 
     2656 note);
       (IV) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating 
     to blocking the property of persons involved in serious human 
     rights abuse or corruption), as amended on or after the date 
     of enactment of this Act;
       (V) Executive Order 13959 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
     addressing the threat from securities investments that 
     finance Communist Chinese military companies), as amended 
     before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act and as 
     superseded in part before, on, or after the date of enactment 
     of this Act; and
       (VI) Executive Order 14032 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating 
     to addressing the threat from securities investments that 
     finance certain companies of the People's Republic of China), 
     as amended before, on, or after the date of enactment of this 
     Act; and

       (ii) by facilitating investment in, or transactions with, 
     entities in which investment is, or with which transactions 
     are, prohibited under the sanctions laws of the United States 
     by--

       (I) providing principally nonmonetary benefits of value to 
     those entities, which, in turn, become financially valuable 
     to those entities in a manner that is directly traceable to 
     those benefits, such as with respect to raising capital from 
     international capital markets;
       (II) investing in, or transacting with, entities not 
     subject to the sanctions laws of the United States under 
     circumstances that suggest that those entities will, in turn, 
     invest in or transact with other entities that are subject to 
     the sanctions laws of the United States; and
       (III) reducing the information available to law enforcement 
     officials in the United States for the purpose of enforcing 
     the sanctions laws of the United States.

       (8) The requirements of this section, and the amendments 
     made by this section, are justified by--
       (A) the public interest in mitigating the threats to the 
     enforcement of the corporate anti-corruption laws, and the 
     sanctions laws of the United States, that are posed by the 
     Chinese Communist Party, the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China, and instrumentalities of the Government of 
     the People's Republic of China;
       (B) the foreign policy interests achieved by this section 
     and the amendments made by this section; and
       (C) the fact that those requirements--
       (i) are confined to the specific conduct of entities and 
     persons subject to the corporate anti-corruption laws based 
     on observable patterns of behavior demonstrated by those 
     entities and persons; and
       (ii) do not subject any entity or person described in 
     clause (i) to any criminal penalty.
       (b) Amendments Regarding Prohibited Foreign Trade 
     Practices.--
       (1) Issuers.--
       (A) In general.--Section 30A of the Securities Exchange Act 
     of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78dd-1) is amended--
       (i) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) The term `covered investment'--
       ``(A) means any direct or indirect contribution or 
     commitment of assets, including any--
       ``(i) acquisition of an equity interest or convertible 
     equity interest; or
       ``(ii) loan or other debt interest; and
       ``(B) does not include a transaction in goods or services, 
     or any related party transaction, with a wholly owned 
     subsidiary of an entity--
       ``(i) that is incorporated in a jurisdiction of the United 
     States; or
       ``(ii) the principal place of business of which is in the 
     United States.''; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Application.--For the purposes of this section--
       ``(1) an action that is taken corruptly includes an action 
     that serves to--
       ``(A) deny, obfuscate, or excuse that a third party has 
     committed, or assist a third party in committing--
       ``(i) the extrajudicial detainment, subjection to forced 
     labor, torture, and political indoctrination of, and other 
     severe human rights abuses with respect to, Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 
     Kyrgyz, and members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic 
     groups by the Government of the People's Republic of China in 
     the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China (or comparable 
     treatment of members of other ethnic, religious, and 
     political groups who reside elsewhere in the People's 
     Republic of China);
       ``(ii) censorship, or another activity, by the Chinese 
     Communist Party, the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China, or instrumentalities of the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China with respect to Hong Kong that--

       ``(I) prohibits, limits, or penalizes the exercise of 
     freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Hong Kong; 
     or
       ``(II) limits access to free and independent print, online, 
     or broadcast media; or

       ``(iii) the extrajudicial rendition, arbitrary detention, 
     or torture of any individual in Hong Kong or other gross 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights in Hong 
     Kong;
       ``(B) support, legitimize, or recognize the territorial 
     claims of the Government of the People's Republic of China in 
     Taiwan, Tibet, Korea, the South China Sea, the East China 
     Sea, or another location in which such a claim is contested;
       ``(C) express political advocacy in favor of the Chinese 
     Communist Party, the system of governance of that Party, or 
     any official of that Party; or
       ``(D) make a covered investment--
       ``(i) in partnership with the Belt and Road Initiative of 
     the Government of the People's Republic of China; or
       ``(ii) in any entity (including a parent, subsidiary, or 
     affiliate of, or another entity controlled by an entity) that 
     is--

       ``(I)(aa) affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, or 
     instrumentalities of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China; and
       ``(bb) involved in the development, production, or sale of 
     emerging or foundational technology identified pursuant to 
     section 1758 of the Export Controls Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
     4817); or
       ``(II) on the Entity List maintained by the Bureau of 
     Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and set 
     forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of 
     Federal Regulations; and

       ``(2) an action described in paragraph (1) is made with 
     respect to a foreign official, or any foreign political party 
     or official thereof, if, among other reasons, the action is 
     taken in response to--
       ``(A) a request of any foreign official, or any foreign 
     political party or official thereof, as applicable;
       ``(B) an injury or threat of injury, by means of economic 
     coercion, to the applicable issuer, or to an officer, 
     director, employee, or agent of the applicable issuer, made 
     by any foreign official or any foreign political party or 
     official thereof; or
       ``(C) a material action or announcement, including with 
     respect to policy, by the Chinese Communist Party, the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, or 
     instrumentalities of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China from which the action would rationally follow.
       ``(i) Special Rules.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of this section, with respect to a violation of subsection 
     (a) or (g) that is based on an action taken corruptly as 
     described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of 
     subsection (h)(1)--
       ``(1) the affirmative defenses under subsection (c) shall 
     not be available;
       ``(2) it shall be an affirmative defense to actions under 
     subsection (a) or (g) that the payment, gift, offer, or 
     promise of anything of value that was made, as of the date on 
     which it was made, had a reasonable business purpose, which 
     does not include a purpose relating to--
       ``(A) advertising, marketing, or public relations; or
       ``(B) entering into or obtaining any agreement, license, 
     permit, or other arrangement with respect to market access to 
     a jurisdiction of a government;
       ``(3) notwithstanding section 32--
       ``(A) only a penalty described in subsection (c)(1)(B) or 
     (c)(2)(B) of that section may apply with respect to the 
     violation; and
       ``(B) the minimum amount of the civil penalty assessed for 
     the violation shall be 3 times the amount of the penalty 
     described in subsection (c)(1)(B) or (c)(2)(B) of that 
     section, as applicable; and
       ``(4) in an action brought with respect to the violation, 
     evidence that the action taken by the applicable issuer (or 
     the officer, director, employee, or agent of the issuer, or 
     stockholder acting on behalf of such issuer) was directly or 
     indirectly inconsistent with the policies of the issuer, 
     including any representation to the Federal Government by the 
     issuer, shall be admissible to prove that the action taken by 
     the issuer (or officer, director, employee, agent, or 
     stockholder) was taken corruptly for the purposes of 
     subsection (a) or (g), as applicable.''.
       (B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in subsection (h) of 
     section 30A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
     78dd-1), as added by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, may 
     be construed to expand the meaning of the term ``corruptly'', 
     ``to any foreign official'', or ``to any foreign political 
     party or official thereof'' for the purposes of such section 
     30A, except for the clarification that the term includes an 
     action that is taken as described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
     such subsection (h), as applicable.
       (2) Domestic concerns.--
       (A) In general.--Section 104 of the Foreign Corrupt 
     Practices Act of 1977 (15 U.S.C. 78dd-2) is amended--
       (i) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) The term `covered investment'--

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       ``(A) means any direct or indirect contribution or 
     commitment of assets, including any--
       ``(i) acquisition of an equity interest or convertible 
     equity interest; or
       ``(ii) loan or other debt interest; and
       ``(B) does not include a transaction in goods or services, 
     or any related party transaction, with a wholly owned 
     subsidiary of an entity--
       ``(i) that is incorporated in a jurisdiction of the United 
     States; or
       ``(ii) the principal place of business of which is in the 
     United States.''; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(j) Application.--For the purposes of this section--
       ``(1) an action that is taken corruptly includes an action 
     that serves to--
       ``(A) deny, obfuscate, or excuse that a third party has 
     committed, or assist a third party in committing--
       ``(i) the extrajudicial detainment, subjection to forced 
     labor, torture, and political indoctrination of, and other 
     severe human rights abuses with respect to, Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 
     Kyrgyz, and members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic 
     groups by the Government of the People's Republic of China in 
     the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China (or comparable 
     treatment of members of other ethnic, religious, and 
     political groups who reside elsewhere in the People's 
     Republic of China);
       ``(ii) censorship, or another activity, by the Chinese 
     Communist Party, the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China, or instrumentalities of the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China with respect to Hong Kong that--

       ``(I) prohibits, limits, or penalizes the exercise of 
     freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Hong Kong; 
     or
       ``(II) limits access to free and independent print, online, 
     or broadcast media; or

       ``(iii) the extrajudicial rendition, arbitrary detention, 
     or torture of any individual in Hong Kong or other gross 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights in Hong 
     Kong;
       ``(B) support, legitimize, or recognize the territorial 
     claims of the Government of the People's Republic of China in 
     Taiwan, Tibet, Korea, the South China Sea, the East China 
     Sea, or another location in which such a claim is contested;
       ``(C) express political advocacy in favor of the Chinese 
     Communist Party, the system of governance of that Party, or 
     any official of that Party; or
       ``(D) make a covered investment--
       ``(i) in partnership with the Belt and Road Initiative of 
     the Government of the People's Republic of China; or
       ``(ii) in any entity (including a parent, subsidiary, or 
     affiliate of, or another entity controlled by an entity) that 
     is--

       ``(I)(aa) affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, or 
     instrumentalities of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China; and
       ``(bb) involved in the development, production, or sale of 
     emerging or foundational technology identified pursuant to 
     section 1758 of the Export Controls Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
     4817); or
       ``(II) on the Entity List maintained by the Bureau of 
     Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and set 
     forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of 
     Federal Regulations; and

       ``(2) an action described in paragraph (1) is made with 
     respect to a foreign official, or any foreign political party 
     or official thereof, if, among other reasons, the action is 
     taken in response to--
       ``(A) a request of any foreign official, or any foreign 
     political party or official thereof, as applicable;
       ``(B) an injury or threat of injury, by means of economic 
     coercion, to the applicable domestic concern, or to an 
     officer, director, employee, or agent of the applicable 
     domestic concern, made by any foreign official or any foreign 
     political party or official thereof; or
       ``(C) a material action or announcement, including with 
     respect to policy, by the Chinese Communist Party, the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, or 
     instrumentalities of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China from which the action would rationally follow.
       ``(k) Special Rules.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of this section, with respect to a violation of subsection 
     (a) or (i) that is based on an action taken corruptly as 
     described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of 
     subsection (j)(1)--
       ``(1) the affirmative defenses under subsection (c) shall 
     not be available;
       ``(2) it shall be an affirmative defense to actions under 
     subsection (a) or (i) that the payment, gift, offer, or 
     promise of anything of value that was made, as of the date on 
     which it was made, had a reasonable business purpose, which 
     does not include a purpose relating to--
       ``(A) advertising, marketing, or public relations; or
       ``(B) entering into or obtaining any agreement, license, 
     permit, or other arrangement with respect to market access to 
     a jurisdiction of a government;
       ``(3) notwithstanding any provision of subsection (g)--
       ``(A) only a penalty described in paragraph (1)(B) or 
     (2)(B) of that subsection may apply with respect to the 
     violation; and
       ``(B) the minimum amount of the civil penalty assessed for 
     the violation shall be 3 times the amount of the penalty 
     described in paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) of that subsection, 
     as applicable; and
       ``(4) in an action brought with respect to the violation, 
     evidence that the action taken by the applicable domestic 
     concern (or the officer, director, employee, or agent of the 
     domestic concern, or stockholder acting on behalf of such 
     domestic concern) was directly or indirectly inconsistent 
     with the policies of the domestic concern, including any 
     representation to the Federal Government by the domestic 
     concern, shall be admissible to prove that the action taken 
     by the domestic concern (or officer, director, employee, 
     agent, or stockholder) was taken corruptly for the purposes 
     of subsection (a) or (i), as applicable.''.
       (B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in subsection (j) of 
     section 104 of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (15 
     U.S.C. 78dd-2), as added by subparagraph (A) of this 
     paragraph, may be construed to expand the meaning of the term 
     ``corruptly'', ``to any foreign official'', or ``to any 
     foreign political party or official thereof'' for the 
     purposes of such section 104, except for the clarification 
     that the term includes an action that is taken as described 
     in paragraph (1) or (2) of such subsection (j), as 
     applicable.
       (3) Persons other than issuers or domestic concerns.--
       (A) In general.--Section 104A of the Foreign Corrupt 
     Practices Act of 1977 (15 U.S.C. 78dd-3) is amended--
       (i) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) The term `covered investment'--
       ``(A) means any direct or indirect contribution or 
     commitment of assets, including any--
       ``(i) acquisition of an equity interest or convertible 
     equity interest; or
       ``(ii) loan or other debt interest; and
       ``(B) does not include a transaction in goods or services, 
     or any related party transaction, with a wholly owned 
     subsidiary of an entity--
       ``(i) that is incorporated in a jurisdiction of the United 
     States; or
       ``(ii) the principal place of business of which is in the 
     United States.''; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Application.--For the purposes of this section--
       ``(1) an action that is taken corruptly includes an action 
     that serves to--
       ``(A) deny, obfuscate, or excuse that a third party has 
     committed, or assist a third party in committing--
       ``(i) the extrajudicial detainment, subjection to forced 
     labor, torture, and political indoctrination of, and other 
     severe human rights abuses with respect to, Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 
     Kyrgyz, and members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic 
     groups by the Government of the People's Republic of China in 
     the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China (or comparable 
     treatment of members of other ethnic, religious, and 
     political groups who reside elsewhere in the People's 
     Republic of China);
       ``(ii) censorship, or another activity, by the Chinese 
     Communist Party, the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China, or instrumentalities of the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China with respect to Hong Kong that--

       ``(I) prohibits, limits, or penalizes the exercise of 
     freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Hong Kong; 
     or
       ``(II) limits access to free and independent print, online, 
     or broadcast media; or

       ``(iii) the extrajudicial rendition, arbitrary detention, 
     or torture of any individual in Hong Kong or other gross 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights in Hong 
     Kong;
       ``(B) support, legitimize, or recognize the territorial 
     claims of the Government of the People's Republic of China in 
     Taiwan, Tibet, Korea, the South China Sea, the East China 
     Sea, or another location in which such a claim is contested;
       ``(C) express political advocacy in favor of the Chinese 
     Communist Party, the system of governance of that Party, or 
     any official of that Party; or
       ``(D) make a covered investment--
       ``(i) in partnership with the Belt and Road Initiative of 
     the Government of the People's Republic of China; or
       ``(ii) in any entity (including a parent, subsidiary, or 
     affiliate of, or another entity controlled by an entity) that 
     is--

       ``(I)(aa) affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, or 
     instrumentalities of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China; and
       ``(bb) involved in the development, production, or sale of 
     emerging or foundational technology identified pursuant to 
     section 1758 of the Export Controls Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
     4817); or
       ``(II) on the Entity List maintained by the Bureau of 
     Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and set 
     forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of 
     Federal Regulations; and

       ``(2) an action described in paragraph (1) is made with 
     respect to a foreign official, or any foreign political party 
     or official thereof, if, among other reasons, the action is 
     taken in response to--
       ``(A) a request of any foreign official, or any foreign 
     political party or official thereof, as applicable;

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       ``(B) an injury or threat of injury, by means of economic 
     coercion, to the applicable person, or to an officer, 
     director, employee, or agent of the applicable person, made 
     by any foreign official or any foreign political party or 
     official thereof; or
       ``(C) a material action or announcement, including with 
     respect to policy, by the Chinese Communist Party, the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, or 
     instrumentalities of the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China from which the action would rationally follow.
       ``(h) Special Rules.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of this section, with respect to a violation of subsection 
     (a) that is based on an action taken corruptly as described 
     in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection 
     (g)(1)--
       ``(1) the affirmative defenses under subsection (c) shall 
     not be available;
       ``(2) it shall be an affirmative defense to actions under 
     subsection (a) that the payment, gift, offer, or promise of 
     anything of value that was made, as of the date on which it 
     was made, had a reasonable business purpose, which does not 
     include a purpose relating to--
       ``(A) advertising, marketing, or public relations; or
       ``(B) entering into or obtaining any agreement, license, 
     permit, or other arrangement with respect to market access to 
     a jurisdiction of a government;
       ``(3) notwithstanding any provision of subsection (e)--
       ``(A) only a penalty described in paragraph (1)(B) or 
     (2)(B) of that subsection may apply with respect to the 
     violation; and
       ``(B) the minimum amount of the civil penalty assessed for 
     the violation shall be 3 times the amount of the penalty 
     described in paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) of that subsection, 
     as applicable; and
       ``(4) in an action brought with respect to the violation, 
     evidence that the action taken by the applicable person was 
     directly or indirectly inconsistent with the policies of the 
     person, including any representation to the Federal 
     Government by the person, shall be admissible to prove that 
     the action taken by the person was taken corruptly for the 
     purposes of subsection (a).''.
       (B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in subsection (g) of 
     section 104A of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (15 
     U.S.C. 78dd-3), as added by subparagraph (A) of this 
     paragraph, may be construed to expand the meaning of the term 
     ``corruptly'', ``to any foreign official'', or ``to any 
     foreign political party or official thereof'' for the 
     purposes of such section 104A, except for the clarification 
     that the term includes an action that is taken as described 
     in paragraph (1) or (2) of such subsection (g), as 
     applicable.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 892. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF FOREIGN FUNDING IN EDUCATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, including a member 
     of the faculty, professional staff, or other staff engaged in 
     research and development,'' after ``Whenever any 
     institution'';
       (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (g), and 
     subsection (h), as subsections (c) through (h), and 
     subsection (k), respectively;
       (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b) Disclosures of Gifts and Contracts From Designated 
     Foreign Adversary Sources.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), whenever 
     any institution, including a member of the faculty, 
     professional staff, or other staff engaged in research and 
     development, receives a gift from or enters into a contract 
     with a designated foreign adversary source, the value of 
     which is $50,000 or more, considered alone or in combination 
     with all other gifts from or contracts with that designated 
     foreign adversary source within a calendar year, the 
     institution shall file a disclosure report with the Secretary 
     not later than 30 days after the date of the receipt of the 
     gift or entry into the contract.
       ``(2) List of designated foreign adversary sources.--In 
     consultation with Congress, the Secretary of State may add 
     countries to the list of adversarial foreign governments in 
     subsection (k) but may not remove countries from that 
     list.'';
       (4) in subsection (d) (as redesignated), by striking 
     ``subsection (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (c)'';
       (5) in subsection (e) (as redesignated), by striking 
     ``subsection (a)'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``subsection (a) or (b)'';
       (6) in subsection (k) (as redesignated)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (1) and paragraphs (2) 
     through (5) as paragraph (2) and paragraphs (4) through (7), 
     respectively;
       (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as redesignated) the 
     following:
       ``(1) the term `adversarial foreign government' means--
       ``(A) the People's Republic of China;
       ``(B) the Russian Federation;
       ``(C) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
       ``(D) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
       ``(E) the Republic of Cuba;
       ``(F) the Syrian Arab Republic;
       ``(G) the regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela; and
       ``(H) the government of any other country designated as an 
     adversarial foreign government for purposes of this section 
     by the Secretary of State, in accordance with subsection 
     (b)(2);''; and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as redesignated) the 
     following:
       ``(3) the term `designated foreign adversary source' 
     means--
       ``(A) an adversarial foreign government, including an 
     agency of an adversarial foreign government;
       ``(B) a legal entity, governmental or otherwise, organized 
     solely under the laws of a country described in paragraph 
     (1);
       ``(C) an individual who is a citizen or national of such a 
     country; and
       ``(D) an agent, including a subsidiary or affiliate of a 
     legal entity of an adversarial foreign government, acting on 
     behalf of an adversarial foreign government;''; and
       (7) by inserting after subsection (h) (as redesignated) the 
     following:
       ``(i) Publication of Foreign Gift Disclosures.--
       ``(1) Disclosure of gifts or contracts from foreign 
     sources.--Not later than 30 days after the deadline for 
     submission of a disclosure report under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary shall make the contents of the disclosure report 
     available online.
       ``(2) Disclosure of gifts or contracts from designated 
     foreign adversary sources.--Not later than 30 days after 
     receipt of a disclosure report submitted under subsection 
     (b), the Secretary shall make the contents of the disclosure 
     report available online.
       ``(j) Agency Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate 
     with other Federal agencies, as appropriate, to ensure that 
     other Federal agencies have access to disclosure reports 
     submitted under this section and any information or 
     documentation relating to disclosure reports submitted under 
     this section.''.
       (b) Ensuring Compliance With Reporting Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--Each Federal agency shall ensure that no 
     Federal funds under the jurisdiction of that agency are 
     distributed to an institution that is knowingly or willfully 
     in violation of section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f), as determined by the head of the 
     relevant agency.
       (2) Department of education.--An institution that is 
     knowingly or willfully in violation of section 117 of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f), as determined 
     by the Secretary of Education, shall not be eligible to 
     receive Federal funds distributed by the Department of 
     Education, except funds provided under title IV of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965.
       (3) Definition of institution.--In this subsection, the 
     term ``institution'' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1011f).
       (c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section take effect on June 30 of the year following 
     the year of enactment of this section.
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  SA 893. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL FOR LICENSES FOR EXPORT, 
                   REEXPORT, OR IN-COUNTRY TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY 
                   TO END USERS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
                   OR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

       Section 1756 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 
     U.S.C. 4815) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Presumption of Denial for Licenses for Export, 
     Reexport, or In-country Transfer of Technology to End Users 
     in the People's Republic of China or the Russian 
     Federation.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the 
     Secretary shall deny an application for a license or other 
     authorization for the export, reexport, or in-country 
     transfer of technology if the end user of the technology is a 
     covered person.
       ``(2) Congressional notification and review process.--
       ``(A) In general.--Before approving an application for a 
     license or other authorization described in paragraph (1), 
     the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report--
       ``(i) specifying the intended end user of the technology 
     that is the subject of the application;
       ``(ii) specifying the dollar value of the technology;
       ``(iii) describing the technology;
       ``(iv) describing the proposed end use of the technology;

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       ``(v) describing how authorizing the export, reexport, or 
     in-country transfer of the technology to the specific end 
     user advances the national security interests of the United 
     States; and
       ``(vi) describing how authorizing the export, reexport, or 
     in-country transfer of the technology to the specific user 
     does not advance the national security interests of a covered 
     country, including--

       ``(I) the Made in China 2025 industrial strategy of the 
     People's Republic of China;
       ``(II) the military-civil fusion national strategy of the 
     People's Republic of China, including transfer of technology 
     to any entity identified as part of that strategy, 
     including--

       ``(aa) any college or university known as one of the `Seven 
     Sons of National Defense';
       ``(bb) any college or university that receives funding 
     from--
       ``(AA) the People's Liberation Army; or
       ``(BB) the Equipment Development Department, or the Science 
     and Technology Commission, of the Central Military Commission 
     of the People's Republic of China;
       ``(cc) any college or university in the People's Republic 
     of China involved in military training and education, 
     including any such college or university in partnership with 
     the People's Liberation Army;
       ``(dd) any college or university in the People's Republic 
     of China that conducts military research or hosts dedicated 
     military initiatives or laboratories, including such a 
     college or university designated under the `double first-
     class university plan';
       ``(ee) any college or university in the People's Republic 
     of China that is designated by the State Administration for 
     Science, Technology, and Industry for the National Defense to 
     host `joint construction' programs;
       ``(ff) any college or university in the People's Republic 
     of China that has launched a platform for military-civil 
     fusion or created national defense laboratories;
       ``(gg) any college or university in the People's Republic 
     of China that conducts research or hosts dedicated 
     initiatives or laboratories for any other related security 
     entity beyond the People's Liberation Army, including the 
     People's Armed Police, the Ministry of Public Security, and 
     the Ministry of State Security;
       ``(hh) any enterprise for which the majority shareholder or 
     ultimate parent entity is the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China at any level of that government;
       ``(ii) any privately owned company in the People's Republic 
     of China that--
       ``(AA) has received a military production license, such as 
     the Weapons and Equipment Research and Production 
     Certificate, the Equipment Manufacturing Unit Qualification, 
     the Weapons and Equipment Quality Management System 
     Certificate, or the Weapons and Equipment Research and 
     Production Unit Classified Qualification Permit;
       ``(BB) is otherwise known to materially support the 
     military initiatives of the People's Republic of China;
       ``(CC) has a history of subcontracting for the People's 
     Liberation Army or its affiliates;
       ``(DD) is participating in, or receiving benefits under, a 
     military-civil fusion demonstration base; or
       ``(EE) has an owner, director, or a senior management 
     official who has served as a delegate to the National 
     People's Congress, a member of the Chinese People's Political 
     Consultative Conference, or a member of the Central Committee 
     of the Chinese Communist Party; or

       ``(III) the Science and Technology Foresight 2030 policy of 
     the Russian Federation, including transfer of technology to 
     any entity identified as part of that strategy, including--

       ``(aa) the Advanced Research Foundation;
       ``(bb) the Era Military Innovation Technopolis;
       ``(cc) any college or university that receives funding from 
     the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation;
       ``(dd) any entity for which the majority shareholder or 
     ultimate parent entity is the Government of the Russian 
     Federation at any level of that government; or
       ``(ee) any privately owned company in the Russian 
     Federation that--
       ``(AA) is otherwise known to materially support the 
     military initiatives of the Russian Federation; or
       ``(BB) has subcontracted for the Ministry of Defense of the 
     Russian Federation or its affiliates.
       ``(B) Limitation on approval during review period.--The 
     Secretary may not approve an application for a license or 
     other authorization described in paragraph (1) during the 30-
     day period beginning on the date on which the appropriate 
     congressional committees receive the report required by 
     subparagraph (A) unless the Secretary, in the report--
       ``(i) states that the Secretary has determined that a 
     pressing national security imperative exists, such that the 
     national security interests of the United States necessitate 
     the immediate approval of the license or other authorization; 
     and
       ``(ii) provides a detailed justification for that 
     determination, including--

       ``(I) a description of the emergency circumstances that 
     necessitate the immediate approval of the license or other 
     authorization; and
       ``(II) a discussion of the national security interests 
     involved.

       ``(C) Prohibition on approval if joint resolution of 
     disapproval enacted.--The Secretary may not approve an 
     application for a license or other authorization described in 
     paragraph (1) if, during the 30-day period described in 
     subparagraph (B), there is enacted into law a joint 
     resolution prohibiting the approval of the application.
       ``(D) Consideration of joint resolution.--
       ``(i) Senate.--Any joint resolution under this paragraph 
     shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the 
     provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security 
     Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Public Law 
     94-329; 90 Stat. 765).
       ``(ii) House of representatives.--For the purpose of 
     expediting the consideration and enactment of joint 
     resolutions under this paragraph, a motion to proceed to the 
     consideration of any such joint resolution after it has been 
     reported by the appropriate committee shall be treated as 
     highly privileged in the House of Representatives.
       ``(iii) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This 
     subparagraph is enacted by Congress--

       ``(I) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such 
     is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
     and supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is 
     inconsistent with such rules; and
       ``(II) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
     procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
     to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
     House.

       ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     `appropriate congressional committees' means--
       ``(i) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee 
     on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       ``(ii) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
       ``(B) Covered country.--The term `covered country' means--
       ``(i) the People's Republic of China (including the Hong 
     Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special 
     Administrative Region); and
       ``(ii) the Russian Federation.
       ``(C) Covered person.--The term `covered person' means--
       ``(i) an individual who is a citizen or national of a 
     covered country; or
       ``(ii) an entity organized under the laws of a covered 
     country or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the 
     government of a covered country.''.

     SEC. 1084. EXPORT CONTROL TREATMENT OF SUBSIDIARIES OF 
                   ENTITIES ON THE ENTITY LIST.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
     revise part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
     ensure that the same requirements and restrictions that apply 
     to an entity on the Entity List apply to an entity owned or 
     controlled by an entity on the Entity List, including an 
     entity--
       (1) 50 percent or more of the ownership interest in which 
     is held in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, by one or 
     more entities on the Entity List; or
       (2) that the Secretary of Commerce considers to have an 
     interest in all property and interests in property of an 
     entity in which 50 percent or more of the ownership interest 
     is held in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, by one or 
     more entities on the Entity List.
       (b) Entity List Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``Entity List'' means the list maintained by the Bureau of 
     Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and set 
     forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of 
     Federal Regulations.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 894. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. LIMITING EXEMPTION FROM FOREIGN AGENT REGISTRATION 
                   REQUIREMENT; DISCLOSURES OF FOREIGN GIFTS AND 
                   AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Limiting Exemption From Foreign Agent Registration 
     Requirement for Persons Engaging in Activities in Furtherance 
     of Certain Pursuits to Activities Not Promoting Political 
     Agenda of Foreign Governments.--
       (1) Limitation on exemption.--Section 3(e) of the Foreign 
     Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 613(e)) is amended 
     by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``, but only if the activities do not promote the 
     political agenda of a government of a foreign country;''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply with respect to activities carried out on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this section.
       (b) Disclosures of Foreign Gifts and Agreements.--

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       (1) In general.--Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) is amended--
       (A) in the section heading, by adding ``and agreements'' at 
     the end;
       (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``$250,000'' and 
     inserting ``$50,000'';
       (C) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by inserting 
     before the period at the end the following: ``, including the 
     content of each such contract''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period the 
     following: ``, including the content of each such contract'';
       (D) in subsection (e), by inserting ``, including the 
     contents of any contracts,'' after ``reports'';
       (E) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as 
     subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively;
       (F) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Confucius Institute Agreements.--
       ``(1) Defined term.--In this subsection, the term 
     `Confucius Institute' means a cultural institute directly or 
     indirectly funded by the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China.
       ``(2) Disclosure requirement.--Any institution that has 
     entered into an agreement with a Confucius Institute shall 
     immediately make the full text of such agreement available--
       ``(A) on the publicly accessible website of the 
     institution;
       ``(B) to the Department of Education;
       ``(C) to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions of the Senate; and
       ``(D) to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 
     of Representatives.''; and
       (G) in subsection (i), as redesignated--
       (i) in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
     as follows:
       ``(A) a foreign government, including--
       ``(i) any agency of a foreign government, and any other 
     unit of foreign governmental authority, including any foreign 
     national, State, local, and municipal government;
       ``(ii) any international or multinational organization 
     whose membership is composed of any unit of foreign 
     government described in clause (i); and
       ``(iii) any agent or representative of any such unit or 
     such organization, while acting as such;''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the semicolon at 
     the end the following: ``, or the fair market value of an in-
     kind gift''.
       (2) Effect of noncompliance with disclosure requirement.--
     Any institution of higher education (as defined in section 
     101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) 
     that is not in compliance with the disclosure requirements 
     set forth in section 117 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1011f) shall 
     be ineligible to enroll foreign students under the Student 
     and Exchange Visitor Program.
       (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by subsection (b) 
     shall apply with respect to gifts received or contracts or 
     agreements entered into, or other activities carried out, on 
     or after the date of the enactment of this section.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 895. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
                   INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATE FOR 
                   SEXUAL ACTIVITY AMONG MINORS.

       Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
     section 113 the following:

     ``SEC. 114. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS 
                   TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATE 
                   FOR SEXUAL ACTIVITY AMONG MINORS.

       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no assistance 
     may be provided under this part to--
       ``(1) any international organization that supports, 
     advocates for, or seeks to decriminalize sexual relations or 
     sexual conduct by persons who are younger than the minimum 
     age of consent (as defined by the national government of the 
     country in which such persons reside), or condemns laws 
     prohibiting such behavior; or
       ``(2) any entity or organization that--
       ``(A) supports or advocates for the belief that sexual 
     activity involving persons below the domestically prescribed 
     minimum age of consent to sex may be consensual in fact even 
     when it is not consensual under law; or
       ``(B) opposes any statute that recognizes that persons 
     below the prescribed age of consent do not have the capacity 
     to engage in consensual sex under any circumstance.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 896. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1269. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON MILITARY-TO-MILITARY 
                   EXCHANGES AND CONTACTS WITH CHINESE PEOPLE'S 
                   LIBERATION ARMY.

       Section 1201 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 10 U.S.C. 168 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``Advanced logistical 
     operations'' and inserting ``Logistical operations''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (c).
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  SA 897. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _. COUNTERING THE MILITARY-CIVIL FUSION STRATEGY OF THE 
                   CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Chinese entity of concern.--The term ``Chinese entity 
     of concern'' means--
       (A) any college or university in the People's Republic of 
     China that is determined by the Secretary of Defense to be 
     involved in the implementation of the military-civil fusion 
     strategy, including--
       (i) any college or university known as the ``Seven Sons of 
     National Defense'';
       (ii) any college or university that receives funding from--

       (I) the People's Liberation Army; or
       (II) the Equipment Development Department, or the Science 
     and Technology Commission, of the Central Military 
     Commission;

       (iii) any college or university in the People's Republic of 
     China involved in military training and education, including 
     any such college or university in partnership with the 
     People's Liberation Army;
       (iv) any college or university in the People's Republic of 
     China that conducts military research or hosts dedicated 
     military initiatives or laboratories, including such a 
     college or university designated under the ``double first-
     class university plan'';
       (v) any college or university in the People's Republic of 
     China that is designated by the State Administration for 
     Science, Technology, and Industry for the National Defense to 
     host ``joint construction'' programs;
       (vi) any college or university in the People's Republic of 
     China that has launched a platform for military-civil fusion 
     or created national defense laboratories; and
       (vii) any college or university in the People's Republic of 
     China that conducts research or hosts dedicated initiatives 
     or laboratories for any other related security entity beyond 
     the People's Liberation Army, including the People's Armed 
     Police, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of 
     State Security;
       (B) any enterprise for which the majority shareholder or 
     ultimate parent entity is the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China at any level of that government;
       (C) any privately owned company in the People's Republic of 
     China--
       (i) that has received a military production license, such 
     as the Weapons and Equipment Research and Production 
     Certificate, the Equipment Manufacturing Unit Qualification, 
     the Weapons and Equipment Quality Management System 
     Certificate, or the Weapons and Equipment Research and 
     Production Unit Classified Qualification Permit;
       (ii) that is otherwise known to have set up mechanisms for 
     engaging in activity in support of military initiatives;
       (iii) that has a history of subcontracting for the People's 
     Liberation Army or its affiliates;
       (iv) that is participating in, or receiving benefits under, 
     a military-civil fusion demonstration base; or
       (v) that has an owner, director, or a senior management 
     official who has served as a delegate to the National 
     People's Congress, a member of the Chinese People's Political 
     Consultative Conference, or a member of the Central Committee 
     of the Chinese Communist Party; and
       (D) any entity that--
       (i) is identified by the Secretary of Defense under section 
     1260H(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) 
     as a Chinese military company; and
       (ii) is included in the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial 
     Complex Companies List published by the Department of the 
     Treasury.
       (2) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means--
       (A) any Federal agency that engages in research or provides 
     funding for research, including the National Science 
     Foundation and the National Institutes of Health;
       (B) any institution of higher education, or any other 
     private research institution, that

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     receives any Federal financial assistance; and
       (C) any private company headquartered in the United States 
     that receives Federal financial assistance.
       (3) Federal financial assistance.--The term ``Federal 
     financial assistance'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 200.1 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
     successor regulations).
       (4) Military-civil fusion strategy.--The term ``military-
     civil fusion strategy'' means the strategy of the Chinese 
     Communist Party aiming to mobilize non-military resources and 
     expertise for military application, including the development 
     of technology, improvements in logistics, and other uses by 
     the People's Liberation Army.
       (b) Prohibitions.--
       (1) In general.--No covered entity may engage with a 
     Chinese entity of concern in any scientific research or 
     technical exchange that has a direct bearing on, or the 
     potential for dual use in, the development of technologies 
     that the Chinese Communist Party has identified as a priority 
     of its national strategy of military-civil fusion and that 
     are listed on the website under subsection (c)(1)(A).
       (2) Private partnerships.--No covered entity described in 
     subsection (a)(2)(C) may form a partnership or joint venture 
     with another such covered entity for the purpose of engaging 
     in any scientific research or technical exchange described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (c) Website.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of State, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
     Education, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary 
     of Commerce, shall establish, and periodically update not 
     less than twice a year, a website that includes--
       (A) a list of the specific areas of scientific research or 
     technical exchange for which the prohibitions under 
     subsection (b) apply, which shall initially include some or 
     all aspects of the fields of quantum computing, photonics and 
     lasers, robotics, big data analytics, semiconductors, new and 
     advanced materials, biotechnology (including synthetic 
     biology and genetic engineering), 5G and all future 
     generations of telecommunications, advanced nuclear 
     technology (including nuclear power and energy storage), 
     aerospace technology, and artificial intelligence; and
       (B) to the extent practicable, a list of all Chinese 
     entities of concern.
       (2) List of specific areas.--In developing the list under 
     paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary of Defense shall monitor and 
     consider the fields identified by the State Administration 
     for Science, Technology, and Industry for the National 
     Defense of the People's Republic of China as defense-relevant 
     and consider, including the more than 280 fields of study 
     designated as of the date of enactment of this Act, and any 
     others designated thereafter, as disciplines with national 
     defense characteristics that have the potential to support 
     military-civil fusion.
       (3) Resources.--In establishing the website under paragraph 
     (1), the Secretary of Defense may use as a model any existing 
     resources, such as the China Defense Universities Tracker 
     maintained by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 
     subject to any other laws applicable to such resources.
       (d) Exception.--The prohibitions under subsection (b) shall 
     not apply to any collaborative study or research project in 
     fields involving information that would not contribute 
     substantially to the goals of the military-civil fusion 
     strategy, as determined by regulations issued by the 
     Secretary of Defense.
       (e) Annual Reporting Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and December 31 of each year 
     thereafter, each covered entity shall submit to the Secretary 
     of Defense a report that discloses--
       (A) any research relationships the covered entity has with 
     a Chinese entity of concern or has had during the previous 
     year;
       (B) any research relationships the covered entity has 
     considered with a Chinese entity of concern during the 
     previous year and declined; and
       (C) any research relationships the covered entity has 
     terminated with a Chinese entity of concern during the 
     previous year because the relationship violates subsection 
     (b) or as a result of related concerns.
       (2) Audit.--The Secretary of Defense may enter into a 
     contract with an independent entity to conduct an audit of 
     any report submitted under paragraph (1) to ensure compliance 
     with the requirements of such paragraph.
       (f) Enforcement.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, a covered entity described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of 
     subsection (a)(2) that violates a prohibition under 
     subsection (b), or violates subsection (e), on or after the 
     date of enactment of this Act shall be precluded from 
     receiving any Federal financial assistance on or after the 
     date of such violation.
       (2) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of State, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
     Education, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary 
     of Commerce, shall--
       (A) promulgate regulations to enforce the prohibitions 
     under subsection (b), the auditing requirements under 
     subsection (e), and the requirement under paragraph (1); and
       (B) coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies to 
     ensure the enforcement of such prohibitions and requirements.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 898. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 title XII, add the following:

         Subtitle H--Taiwan Peace Through Strength Act of 2023

     SEC. 1299O. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Taiwan Peace through 
     Strength Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 1299P. ANTICIPATORY POLICY PLANNING AND ANNUAL REVIEW OF 
                   UNITED STATES WAR PLANS TO DEFEND TAIWAN.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall conduct a classified review of 
     United States war plans to defend Taiwan and share the 
     results of the review with the Chairman and Ranking Member of 
     the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
       (b) Elements.--The review conducted under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (1) An assessment of Taiwan's current and near-term 
     capabilities and United State force readiness and the 
     adequacy of United States conflict contingency plans.
       (2) A comprehensive assessment of risks to the United 
     States and United States interests, including readiness 
     shortfalls that pose strategic risk.
       (3) A review of indicators of the near-term likelihood of 
     the use of force by the People's Liberation Army against 
     Taiwan.
       (4) The compilation of a pre-approved list of military 
     capabilities, including both asymmetric and traditional 
     capabilities selected to suit the operational environment and 
     to allow Taiwan to respond effectively to a variety of 
     contingencies across all phases of conflict involving the 
     People's Liberation Army, that the Secretary of Defense has 
     pre-cleared for Taiwan to acquire, and that would reduce the 
     threat of conflict, thwart an invasion, and mitigate other 
     risks to the United States and Taiwan.

     SEC. 1299Q. FAST-TRACKING SALES TO TAIWAN UNDER FOREIGN 
                   MILITARY SALES PROGRAM.

       (a) Preclearance of Certain Foreign Military Sales Items.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     Defense and in conjunction with relevant coordinating 
     entities, such as the National Disclosure Policy Committee 
     and the Arms Transfer and Technology Release Senior Steering 
     Group, shall--
       (A) compile and submit to the relevant congressional 
     committees a list of available and emerging military 
     platforms, technologies, and equipment; and
       (B) upon listing such platforms, technologies, and 
     equipment, pre-clear and prioritize for sale and release to 
     Taiwan through the Foreign Military Sales program such 
     platforms, technologies, and equipment.
       (2) Selection of items.--The items pre-cleared for sale 
     pursuant to paragraph (1)--
       (A) shall represent a full-range of asymmetric capabilities 
     as well as the conventional capabilities informed by United 
     States readiness and risk assessments and determined by 
     Taiwan to be required for various wartime scenarios and 
     peacetime duties; and
       (B) shall include each item on the list of approved items 
     compiled by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 
     1299P(b)(4).
       (3) Exception.--The Secretary of State may exclude an item 
     from the list described in paragraph (1)(A) if the Secretary 
     of State submits to the appropriate congressional committees 
     a determination that the costs of providing such items, 
     including the potential costs of technology slippage, exceeds 
     the costs to the United States of failing to arm Taiwan with 
     such items, including the likelihood of being drawn into 
     conflict with the People's Republic of China.
       (4) Rule of construction.--The list compiled pursuant to 
     section 1299P(b)(4) shall not be construed as limiting the 
     type, timing, or quantity of items that may be requested by, 
     or sold to, Taiwan under the Foreign Military Sales program.
       (5) Final determination of disputes.--The Department of 
     Defense shall serve as the lead Federal agency for purposes 
     of making final determinations when disputes arise between 
     agencies about the appropriateness of specific items for sale 
     to Taiwan.
       (b) Prioritized Processing of Foreign Military Sales 
     Requests From Taiwan.--
       (1) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of State shall

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     prioritize and expedite the processing of requests from 
     Taiwan under the Foreign Military Sales program, and may not 
     delay the processing of requests for bundling purposes.
       (2) Duration.--The requirement under paragraph (1) shall 
     continue until the Secretary of Defense determines and 
     certifies to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives that the threat to Taiwan has significantly 
     abated.
       (3) Annual report.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 10 
     years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee 
     on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the House of Representatives a report describing 
     steps taken to implement the requirement under paragraph (1).
       (c) Priority Production.--
       (1) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall require 
     that contractors awarded Department of Defense contracts to 
     provide items for sale to Taiwan under the Foreign Military 
     Sales program shall, as a condition of receiving such 
     contracts, expedite and prioritize the production of such 
     items above the production of other Foreign Military Sales 
     items regardless of the order in which contracts were signed.
       (2) Duration.--The requirement under paragraph (1) shall 
     continue until the Secretary of Defense determines and 
     certifies to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives that the threat to Taiwan has significantly 
     abated.
       (3) Annual report.--Contractors covered under paragraph (1) 
     shall be required to report annually to the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the House of Representatives on efforts to 
     expedite and prioritize production as required under such 
     paragraph.
       (d) Interagency Policy.--The Secretary of State and the 
     Secretary of Defense shall jointly review and update 
     interagency policies and implementation guidance related to 
     Foreign Military Sales requests from Taiwan, including 
     incorporating the preclearance and prioritization provisions 
     of this section.

     SEC. 1299R. AMENDMENTS TO TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT.

       (a) Policy.--Section 2(b)(5) of the Taiwan Relations Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 3301(b)(5)) is amended by striking ``arms of a 
     defensive character'' and inserting ``arms conducive to the 
     deterrence of acts of aggression by the People's Liberation 
     Army''.
       (b) Provision of Defense Articles and Services.--Section 
     3(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3302(a)) is 
     amended by striking ``such defense articles and defense 
     services in such quantity as may be necessary to enable 
     Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability'' and 
     inserting ``such defense articles and defense services in 
     such quantity as may be necessary to enable Taiwan to 
     implement a strategy to deter acts of aggression by the 
     People's Liberation Army and to deny an invasion of Taiwan by 
     the People's Liberation Army''.
       (c) Rule of Construction.--Section 4 of the Taiwan 
     Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3303) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Security Cooperation and Deterrence of Use of Force 
     by People's Liberation Army.--Nothing in this Act, nor the 
     facts of the President's action in extending diplomatic 
     recognition to the People's Republic of China, the absence of 
     diplomatic relations between the people of Taiwan and the 
     United States, or the lack of formal recognition by the 
     United States, and attendant circumstances thereto, shall be 
     construed to constitute a legal or practical obstacle to any 
     otherwise lawful action of the President or of any United 
     States Government agency that is needed to advance or protect 
     United States interests pertaining to Taiwan, including 
     actions intended to strengthen security cooperation between 
     the United States and Taiwan or to otherwise deter the use of 
     force against Taiwan by the People's Liberation Army.''.

     SEC. 1299S. MILITARY PLANNING MECHANISM.

       The Secretary of Defense shall establish a high-level 
     military planning mechanism between the United States and 
     Taiwan to oversee a Joint and Combined Exercise Program and 
     coordinate International Military Education and Training 
     assistance and professional exchanges aimed at determining 
     and coordinating the acquisition of capabilities for both 
     United States and Taiwan military forces to address the needs 
     of currently anticipated and future contingencies. The 
     mechanism may be modeled after the Joint United States 
     Military Advisory Group Thailand, or any such similar 
     existing arrangement, as determined by the Secretary of 
     Defense.

     SEC. 1299T. PROHIBITION ON DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA.

       (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall require 
     any contractor awarded a Department of Defense contract, as a 
     condition of receiving such contract, not to conduct any 
     business in the People's Republic of China with any entity 
     that is owned by or controlled by the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party, or 
     any subsidiary of such a company.
       (b) Determination of Noncompliance.--If the Secretary of 
     Defense determines that a Department of Defense contractor is 
     noncompliant with the requirement in subsection (a)--
       (1) such noncompliance shall be considered grounds for 
     termination of the contract; and
       (2) the Secretary of Defense shall terminate the contract.

     SEC. 1299U. TAIWAN CRITICAL MUNITIONS ACQUISITION FUND.

       (a) Establishment.--There shall be established in the 
     Treasury of the United States a revolving fund to be known as 
     the ``Taiwan Critical Munitions Acquisition Fund'' (in this 
     section referred to as the ``Fund'').
       (b) Purpose.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, amounts in the Fund shall be made available 
     by the Secretary of Defense--
       (1) to ensure that adequate stocks of critical munitions 
     necessary for a denial defense are available to allies and 
     partners of the United States in advance of a potential 
     operation to defend the autonomy and territory of Taiwan; and
       (2) to finance the acquisition of critical munitions 
     necessary for a denial defense in advance of the transfer of 
     such munitions to foreign countries for such a potential 
     operation.
       (c) Additional Authority.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, the Secretary of Defense may also use amounts 
     made available to the Fund--
       (1) to keep on continuous order munitions that the 
     Secretary of Defense considers critical due to a reduction in 
     current stocks as a result of the drawdown of stocks provided 
     to the government of one or more foreign countries; or
       (2) with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to 
     procure munitions identified as having a high-use rate.
       (d) Deposits.--
       (1) In general.--The Fund shall consist of each of the 
     following:
       (A) Collections from sales made under letters of offer (or 
     transfers made under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2151 et seq.)) of munitions acquired using amounts 
     made available from the Fund pursuant to this section, 
     representing the value of such items calculated, as 
     applicable, in accordance with--
       (i) subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 21(a)(1) of the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(a)(1));
       (ii) section 22 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2762); or
       (iii) section 644(m) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2403(m)).
       (B) Such amounts as may be appropriated pursuant to the 
     authorization under this section or otherwise made available 
     for the purposes of the Fund.
       (C) Not more than $2,000,000,000 may be transferred to the 
     Fund for any fiscal year, in accordance with subsection (e), 
     from amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
     of Defense in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense 
     determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
     section, which shall remain available until expended. The 
     transfer authority provided under this subparagraph is in 
     addition to any other transfer authority available to the 
     Secretary of Defense.
       (2) Contributions from foreign governments.--
       (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
     of Defense may accept contributions of amounts to the Fund 
     from any foreign government or international organization. 
     Any amounts so accepted shall be credited to the Taiwan 
     Critical Munitions Acquisition Fund and shall be available 
     for use as authorized under subsection (b).
       (B) Limitation.--The Secretary of Defense may not accept a 
     contribution under this paragraph if the acceptance of the 
     contribution would compromise, or appear to compromise, the 
     integrity of any program of the Department of Defense.
       (C) Notification.--If the Secretary of Defense accepts any 
     contribution under this paragraph, the Secretary shall notify 
     the appropriate committees of Congress. The notice shall 
     specify the source and amount of any contribution so accepted 
     and the use of any amount so accepted.
       (e) Notification.--
       (1) In general.--No amount may be transferred pursuant to 
     subsection (d)(1)(C) until the date that is 15 days after the 
     date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress--
       (A) notice in writing of the amount and purpose of the 
     proposed transfer; and
       (B) in the case of an authorization pursuant to subsection 
     (f)(1)(A), a description of the manner in which the use of 
     critical munitions is necessary to meet national defense 
     requirements.
       (2) Ammunition purchases.--No amounts in the Fund may be 
     used to purchase ammunition, as authorized by this section, 
     until the date that is 15 days after the date on which the 
     Secretary of Defense notifies the appropriate committees of 
     Congress in writing of the amount and purpose of the proposed 
     purchase.
       (3) Foreign transfers.--No munition purchased using amounts 
     in the Fund may be transferred to a foreign country until the 
     date that is 15 days after the date on which the Secretary of 
     Defense notifies the appropriate committees of Congress in 
     writing of the proposed transfer.
       (f) Limitations.--
       (1) Limitation on transfer.--No munition acquired by the 
     Secretary of Defense using amounts made available from the 
     Fund pursuant to this section may be transferred to any 
     foreign country unless such transfer is

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     authorized by the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
     seq.), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 
     seq.), or other applicable law, except as follows:
       (A) The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the 
     Secretary of State, may authorize the use by the Department 
     of Defense of munitions acquired under this section prior to 
     transfer to a foreign country, if such use is necessary to 
     meet national defense requirements and the Department bears 
     the costs of replacement and transport, maintenance, storage, 
     and other such associated costs of such munitions.
       (B) Except as required by subparagraph (A), amounts made 
     available to the Fund may be used to pay for storage, 
     maintenance, and other costs related to the storage, 
     preservation, and preparation for transfer of munitions 
     acquired under this section prior to their transfer, and the 
     administrative costs of the Department of Defense incurred in 
     the acquisition of such items, to the extent such costs are 
     not eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 43(b) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b)).
       (2) Certification requirement.--
       (A) In general.--No amounts in the Fund may be used 
     pursuant to this section unless the President--
       (i) certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     that the Special Defense Acquisition Fund established 
     pursuant to chapter 5 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2795 et seq.) cannot be used to fulfill the same 
     functions and objectives for which such amounts to be made 
     available from the Fund are to be used; and
       (ii) includes in such certification a justification for the 
     certification, which may be included in a classified annex, 
     if necessary.
       (B) Nondelegation.--The President may not delegate any 
     responsibility of the President under subparagraph (A).
       (g) Termination.--The authority for the Fund under this 
     section shall expire on December 31, 2040.
       (h) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives.

     SEC. 1299V. INCREASING PRODUCTION CAPACITY FOR WEAPONS FOR 
                   UNITED STATES STOCKPILES.

       (a) Report Requirement Relating to Increase in Contracted 
     Entities.--Section 222c(e) of title 10, United States Code, 
     as amended by section 1701(c) of the James M. Inhofe National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 
     117-263), is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Steps taken to increase the number of entities 
     contracted to supply each class of weapons described in 
     section 1705(c) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) 
     in order to produce redundancy in the supply of such 
     weapons.''.
       (b) Modification to Quarterly Briefings on Replenishment 
     and Revitalization of Weapons Provided to Ukraine and 
     Taiwan.--Section 1703 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) 
     is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``and taiwan'' 
     after ``ukraine'';
       (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives'' after 
     ``congressional defense committees'';
       (3) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ``or Taiwan'' after 
     ``Ukraine'';
       (4) in subsection (e), by striking ``December 31, 2026'' 
     and inserting ``December 31, 2040''; and
       (5) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:
       ``(f) Covered System.--In this section, the term `covered 
     system' means--
       ``(1) any system provided to the Government of Ukraine or 
     the Government of Taiwan pursuant to--
       ``(A) section 506 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2318); or
       ``(B) section 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2364);
       ``(2) any system provided to the Government of Ukraine 
     pursuant to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative 
     established under section 1250 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92), 
     including as amended by this Act, if such system was provided 
     to Ukraine after February 24, 2022; or
       ``(3) any system provided to the Government of Taiwan--
       ``(A) pursuant to section 5502(b) of this Act; or
       ``(B) that is necessary for a denial defense of Taiwan.''.
       (c) Assessment on Expanding National Technology and 
     Industrial Base.--Section 222d(b) of title 10, United States 
     Code, as added by section 1701(d)(1) of the James M. Inhofe 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 
     (Public Law 117-263), is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(13) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of 
     expanding the national technology and industrial base (as 
     defined in section 4801 of this title) to include entities 
     outside of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New 
     Zealand, Israel, and Australia in order to increase the 
     number of suppliers of weapons described in section 1705(c) 
     of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263), with particular 
     attention to member states of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization, treaty allies of the United States in the Indo-
     Pacific, and members of the Quadrilateral Security 
     Dialogue.''.
       (d) Minimum Annual Production Levels.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall include minimum annual production levels for 
     weapons described in section 1705(c) of the James M. Inhofe 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 
     (Public Law 117-263) in any contract for the procurement of 
     such weapons entered into on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 899. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. ASSISTANCE FOR COLOMBIA.

       Section 1021 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375; 
     118 Stat. 2042) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Limitation on Assignment of United States 
     Personnel.--
       ``(1) Defined term.--In this section, the term `covered 
     organization' means any foreign terrorist organization or 
     non-state armed group that--
       ``(A) promotes elicit economies;
       ``(B) employs violence to protect its interests;
       ``(C) has a military type structure, tactics, and weapons 
     that provide it the ability to carry out large-scale 
     violence;
       ``(D) challenges the security response capacity of 
     Colombia; and
       ``(E) has the capability to control territory.
       ``(2) Limitation.--None of the funding authorized to be 
     expended under subsection (a) may be provided to a current or 
     former member of--
       ``(A) a covered organization;
       ``(B) the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC); or
       ``(C) any affiliates of, or successor organizations to, 
     FARC.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Certification of Colombian Cooperation for a Unified 
     Counterdrug and Counterterrorism Campaign in Colombia.--Not 
     later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, and 
     quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney 
     General, shall certify to the congressional defense 
     committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
     and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives that the Government of Colombia--
       ``(1) is in full compliance with Treaty of Extradition 
     Between the United States of America and the Republic of 
     Colombia, done at Washington September 14, 1979, with regard 
     to members of covered organizations;
       ``(2) is not undertaking joint exercises with, or hosting 
     military facilities of, the People's Liberation Army; and
       ``(3) is not allowing officials or agents of the Chinese 
     Communist Party or the People's Republic of China to 
     establish overseas police stations.
       ``(j) Effect of Non-certification.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the Secretary of Defense fails to submit a timely 
     certification to Congress in accordance with subsection (i), 
     the Secretary shall terminate all assistance authorized under 
     subsection (a).''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 900. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10____. MORATORIUM ON ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN 
                   AREAS OF GULF OF MEXICO.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Military mission line.--The term ``Military Mission 
     Line'' has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the 
     Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 
     note; Public Law 109-432).
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (b) Moratorium.--Effective during the period beginning on 
     the date of enactment of this Act and ending on June 30, 
     2032, the Secretary shall not offer for leasing, preleasing, 
     or any related activity for energy development of any kind--

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       (1) any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf 
     of Mexico; or
       (2) any area of the outer Continental Shelf described in 
     subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection 
     (d), if oil, gas, wind, or any other form of energy 
     exploration, leasing, or development in that area has been 
     identified in a report under that subsection as having any 
     adverse effect on the national security of the United States 
     or the military readiness or testing capabilities of the 
     Department of Defense.
       (c) Environmental Exceptions.--Notwithstanding subsection 
     (b), the Secretary may issue leases in areas described in 
     that subsection for environmental conservation purposes, 
     including the purposes of shore protection, beach nourishment 
     and restoration, wetlands restoration, and habitat 
     protection.
       (d) Reports.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and not later than June 30, 2031, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services of the House 
     of Representatives a report that describes the impact of oil, 
     gas, wind, and any other form of energy exploration, leasing, 
     or development in areas of the outer Continental Shelf 
     described in paragraph (2) on the national security of the 
     United States and the military readiness and testing 
     capabilities of the Department of Defense.
       (2) Areas described.--The areas of the outer Continental 
     Shelf referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
       (A) Any area west of the Military Mission Line in the 
     Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area.
       (B) The South Atlantic Planning Area.
       (C) The Straits of Florida Planning Area.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 901. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 A of title IX, add the following:

     SEC. 910. ELIMINATION OF THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Repeal of position.--
       (A) In general.--Section 147 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is repealed.
       (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended by striking 
     the item relating to section 147.
       (2) Conforming repeal.--Section 913 of the William M. (Mac) 
     Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3802) is repealed.
       (b) Prohibition on Establishment of Similar Positions.--No 
     Federal funds may be obligated or expended to establish a 
     position within the Department of Defense that is the same as 
     or substantially similar to--
       (1) the position of Chief Diversity Officer, as described 
     in section 147 of title 10, United States Code, as such 
     section was in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; or
       (2) the position of Senior Advisor for Diversity and 
     Inclusion, as described in section 913(b) of the William M. 
     (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3803), as 
     such section was in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 902. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 title V, add the following:

          Subtitle J--Ensuring Military Readiness Act of 2023

     SEC. 595. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Ensuring Military 
     Readiness Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 596. LIMITATIONS ON MILITARY SERVICE BY INDIVIDUALS WHO 
                   IDENTIFY AS TRANSGENDER.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
     regulations regarding service of individuals who identify as 
     transgender as follows:
       (1) Persons who identify as transgender with a history of 
     diagnosis of gender dysphoria are disqualified from military 
     service except under the following limited circumstances:
       (A) Individuals may serve in the Armed Forces if they have 
     been stable for 36 consecutive months in their biological sex 
     prior to accession.
       (B) Members of the Armed Forces diagnosed with gender 
     dysphoria after entering into service may be retained if they 
     do not undergo gender transition procedures and remain 
     deployable within applicable retention standards for their 
     biological sex.
       (C) Members of the Armed Forces serving as of the date of 
     the enactment of this Act who have been diagnosed with gender 
     dysphoria may continue to serve only in their biological sex, 
     irrespective of any changes previously made to their gender 
     marker in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System 
     (DEERS), and receive medically necessary treatment for gender 
     dysphoria. Such treatment may not include gender transition 
     procedures.
       (2) Persons who identify as transgender who seek or have 
     undergone gender transition are disqualified from military 
     service.
       (3) Persons who identify as transgender without a history 
     or diagnosis of gender dysphoria, who are otherwise qualified 
     for service and meet all physical and mental requirements, 
     may serve in the Armed Forces in their biological sex.

     SEC. 597. REVISED REGULATIONS REGARDING GENDER MARKINGS.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
     regulations updating the Defense Enrollment Eligibility 
     Reporting System (DEERS) to require the gender markers for 
     members of the Armed Forces to match their biological sex, 
     irrespective of any previous changes allowed.

     SEC. 598. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Cross-sex hormones.--The term ``cross-sex hormones'' 
     means testosterone or other androgens given to biological 
     females at doses that are profoundly larger or more potent 
     than would normally occur naturally in healthy biological 
     females, or estrogen given to biological males at doses that 
     are profoundly larger or more potent than would normally 
     occur naturally in healthy biological males.
       (2) Gender.--The term ``gender'' means the psychological, 
     behavioral, social, and cultural aspects of being male or 
     female.
       (3) Gender dysphoria.--The term ``gender dysphoria'' means 
     a marked incongruence between one's experienced or expressed 
     gender and biological sex.
       (4) Gender transition.--The term ``gender transition'' 
     means the process by which a person goes from identifying 
     with and living as a gender that corresponds to his or her 
     biological sex to identifying with and living as a gender 
     different from his or her biological sex, and may involve 
     social, legal, or physical changes.
       (5) Gender transition procedures.--The term ``gender 
     transition procedures''--
       (A) means--
       (i) any medical or surgical intervention, including 
     physician's services, inpatient and outpatient hospital 
     services, or prescribed drugs related to gender transition, 
     that seeks to alter or remove physical or anatomical 
     characteristics or features that are typical for the 
     individual's biological sex or to instill or create 
     physiological or anatomical characteristics that resemble a 
     sex different from the individual's birth sex, including 
     medical services that provide puberty-blocking drugs, cross-
     sex hormones, or other mechanisms to promote the development 
     of feminizing or masculinizing features (in the opposite 
     sex); and
       (ii) genital or non-genital gender transition surgery 
     performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with a 
     gender transition; and
       (B) does not include--
       (i) services to those born with a medically verifiable 
     disorder of sex development, including a person with external 
     biological sex characteristics that are irresolvably 
     ambiguous, such as those born with 46 XX chromosomes with 
     virilization, 46 XY chromosomes with undervirilization, or 
     having both ovarian and testicular tissue;
       (ii) services provided when a physician has otherwise 
     diagnosed a disorder of sexual development, in which the 
     physician has determined through genetic or biochemical 
     testing that the person does not have normal sex chromosome 
     structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid 
     hormone action for a biological male or biological female; or
       (iii) the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or 
     disorder that has been caused by or exacerbated by the 
     performance of gender transition procedures, whether or not 
     the gender transition procedure was performed in accordance 
     with State and Federal law or whether or not funding for the 
     gender transition procedure is permissible.
       (6) Gender transition surgery.--The term ``gender 
     transition surgery'' means any medical or surgical service 
     that seeks to surgically alter or remove healthy physical or 
     anatomical characteristics or features that are typical for 
     the individual's biological sex in order to instill or create 
     physiological or anatomical characteristics that resemble a 
     sex different from the individual's birth sex, including 
     genital or non-genital gender reassignment surgery performed 
     for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender 
     transition.
       (7) Genital gender transition surgery.--The term ``genital 
     gender transition surgery'' includes surgical procedures such 
     as penectomy, orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty, or 
     vulvoplasty for biologically male patients or hysterectomy, 
     ovariectomy, reconstruction of the fixed part of the urethra 
     with or without a metoidioplasty or a phalloplasty, 
     vaginectomy, scrotoplasty, or implantation of erection or 
     testicular prostheses for biologically

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     female patients, when performed for the purpose of assisting 
     an individual with a gender transition.
       (8) Non-genital gender transition surgery.--The term ``non-
     genital gender transition surgery''--
       (A) includes, when performed for the purpose of assisting 
     an individual with a gender transition--
       (i) surgical procedures such as augmentation mammoplasty, 
     facial feminization surgery, liposuction, lipofilling, voice 
     surgery, thyroid cartilage reduction, gluteal augmentation 
     (implants or lipofilling), hair reconstruction, or various 
     aesthetic procedures for biologically male patients; or
       (ii) subcutaneous mastectomy, voice surgery, liposuction, 
     lipofilling, pectoral implants or various aesthetic 
     procedures for biologically female patients; and
       (B) does not include any procedure undertaken because the 
     individual suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, 
     or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, 
     place the individual in imminent danger of death or 
     impairment of major bodily function unless surgery is 
     performed, unless the procedure is for the purpose of a 
     gender transition.
       (9) Puberty-blocking drugs.--The term ``puberty-blocking 
     drugs'' means, when used to delay or suppress pubertal 
     development in children for the purpose of assisting an 
     individual with a gender transition--
       (A) Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues or 
     other synthetic drugs used in biological males to stop 
     luteinizing hormone secretion and therefore testosterone 
     secretion; and
       (B) synthetic drugs used in biological females that stop 
     the production of estrogen and progesterone.
       (10) Sex; birth sex; biological sex.--The terms ``sex'', 
     ``birth sex,'' and ``biological sex'' refer to the biological 
     indication of male and female in the context of reproductive 
     potential or capacity, such as sex chromosomes, naturally 
     occurring sex hormones, gonads, and non-ambiguous internal 
     and external genitalia present at birth, without regard to an 
     individual's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience 
     of gender.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 903. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 division A, add the following:

 TITLE XVIII--UYGHUR GENOCIDE ACCOUNTABILITY AND SANCTIONS ACT OF 2023

     SEC. 1801. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Uyghur Genocide 
     Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 1802. EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS UNDER UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS 
                   POLICY ACT OF 2020.

       (a) In General.--Section 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights 
     Policy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-145; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``persons in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region'' and 
     inserting ``persons residing in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
     Autonomous Region or members of those groups in countries 
     outside of the People's Republic of China'';
       (ii) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:
       ``(G) Systematic rape, coercive abortion, forced 
     sterilization, or involuntary contraceptive implantation 
     policies and practices.
       ``(H) Human trafficking for the purpose of organ removal.
       ``(I) Forced separation of children from their parents to 
     be placed in boarding schools.
       ``(J) Forced deportation or refoulement to the People's 
     Republic of China.'';
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) Additional matters to be included.--The President 
     shall include in the report required by paragraph (1) an 
     identification of--
       ``(A) each foreign person that knowingly provides 
     significant goods, services, or technology to or for a person 
     identified in the report; and
       ``(B) each foreign person that knowingly engages in a 
     significant transaction relating to any of the acts described 
     in subparagraphs (A) through (J) of paragraph (1).'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``subsection (a)(1)'' 
     and inserting ``subsection (a)''; and
       (3) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
       ``(d) Implementation; Regulatory Authority.--
       ``(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
     authorities provided under section 203 of the International 
     Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) to carry out 
     this section.
       ``(2) Regulatory authority.--The President shall issue such 
     regulations, licenses, and orders as necessary to carry out 
     this section.''.
       (b) Effective Date; Applicability.--The amendments made by 
     this section--
       (1) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; 
     and
       (2) apply with respect to the first report required by 
     section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 
     submitted after such date of enactment.

     SEC. 1803. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS 
                   UNDER UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY ACT OF 2020.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that, as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act--
       (1) the report required by section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur 
     Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-145; 22 
     U.S.C. 6901 note) has not been submitted to Congress; and
       (2) the sanctions provided for under that Act have not been 
     employed.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the President should employ the sanctions provided for under 
     the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020--
       (1) to address ongoing atrocities, in particular the use of 
     forced labor, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the 
     People's Republic of China; and
       (2) to hold officials of the People's Republic of China 
     accountable for those ongoing atrocities.

     SEC. 1804. DENIAL OF UNITED STATES ENTRY FOR INDIVIDUALS 
                   COMPLICIT IN FORCED ABORTIONS OR FORCED 
                   STERILIZATIONS.

       Section 801 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 
     2001 (Public Law 106-113; 8 U.S.C. 1182e) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``may not'' each place 
     it appears and inserting ``shall not'';
       (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
     prohibitions in subsection (a) with respect to a foreign 
     national if the Secretary--
       ``(1) determines that--
       ``(A) the foreign national is not directly complicit in 
     atrocities, specifically the oversight of programs or 
     policies the intent of which is to destroy, in whole or in 
     part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group through 
     the use of forced sterilization, forced abortion, or other 
     egregious population control policies;
       ``(B) admitting or paroling the foreign national into the 
     United States is necessary--
       ``(i) to permit the United States to comply with the 
     Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
     signed at Lake Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into 
     force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 
     United States, or other applicable international obligations 
     of the United States; or
       ``(ii) to carry out or assist law enforcement activity of 
     the United States; and
       ``(C) it is important to the national security interest of 
     the United States to admit or parole the foreign national 
     into the United States; and
       ``(2) provides written notification to the appropriate 
     congressional committees containing a justification for the 
     waiver.
       ``(d) Notice.--The Secretary of State shall make a public 
     announcement whenever the prohibitions under subsection (a) 
     are imposed under this section.
       ``(e) Information Requested by Congress.--The Secretary of 
     State, upon the request of a Member of Congress, shall 
     provide--
       ``(1) information about the use of the prohibitions under 
     subsection (a), including the number of times such 
     prohibitions were imposed, disaggregated by country and by 
     year; or
       ``(2) a classified briefing that includes information about 
     the individuals subject to such prohibitions or subject to 
     sanctions under any other Act authorizing the imposition of 
     sanctions with respect to the conduct of such individuals.''.

     SEC. 1805. PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR UYGHURS, 
                   KAZAKHS, AND OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS.

       (a) Authorization.--
       (1) In general.--Using funds appropriated to the Department 
     of State in annual appropriations bills under the heading 
     ``development assistance'', the Secretary of State, in 
     conjunction and in consultation with the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development, is 
     authorized, subject to the requirements under chapters 1 and 
     10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2151 et seq.) and section 634A of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2394-
     1)--
       (A) to provide the assistance described in paragraph (2) to 
     individuals who--
       (i) belong to the Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, or another 
     oppressed ethnic group in the People's Republic of China;
       (ii) experienced torture, forced sterilization, rape, 
     forced abortion, forced labor, or other atrocities in the 
     People's Republic of China; and
       (iii) are residing outside of the People's Republic of 
     China; and
       (B) to build local capacity for the care described in 
     subparagraph (A) through--
       (i) grants to treatment centers and programs in foreign 
     countries in accordance with section 130(b) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152(b)); and
       (ii) research and training to health care providers outside 
     of such treatment centers or programs in accordance with 
     section 130(c)(2) of such Act.
       (2) Authorized assistance.--The assistance described in 
     this paragraph is--
       (A) medical care;

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       (B) physical therapy; and
       (C) psychological support.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
     report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives that describes--
       (1) the direct care or services provided in foreign 
     countries for individuals described in subsection (a)(1)(A); 
     and
       (2) any projects started or supported in foreign countries 
     to provide the care or services described in paragraph (1).
       (c) Federal Share.--Not more than 50 percent of the costs 
     of providing the assistance authorized under subsection (a) 
     may be paid by the United States Government.

     SEC. 1806. PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC HERITAGE 
                   OF ETHNIC GROUPS OPPRESSED BY THE PEOPLE'S 
                   REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the genocide perpetrated 
     by officials of the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region aims to erase 
     the distinct cultural and linguistic heritage of oppressed 
     ethnic groups.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States Government should use its diplomatic, 
     development, and cultural activities to promote the 
     preservation of cultural and linguistic heritages of ethnic 
     groups in the People's Republic of China threatened by the 
     Chinese Communist Party.
       (c) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development, shall submit to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     a report that assesses the feasibility of establishing a 
     grant program to assist communities facing threats to their 
     cultural and linguistic heritage from officials of the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 
     through 2027, to support the establishment of a Repressed 
     Cultures Preservation Initiative within the Smithsonian 
     Institution to pool Institution-wide efforts toward research, 
     exhibitions, and education related to the cultural and 
     linguistic heritage of ethnic and religious groups the 
     cultures of which are threatened by repressive regimes, 
     including the Chinese Communist Party.

     SEC. 1807. DETERMINATION OF WHETHER ACTIONS OF CERTAIN 
                   CHINESE ENTITIES MEET CRITERIA FOR IMPOSITION 
                   OF SANCTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney 
     General, shall--
       (1) determine whether any entity specified in subsection 
     (b)--
       (A) is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or 
     indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuses against 
     Uyghurs or other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the 
     Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of 
     China; or
       (B) meets the criteria for the imposition of sanctions 
     under--
       (i) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.);
       (ii) section 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 
     2020 (Public Law 116-145; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note);
       (iii) section 105, 105A, 105B, or 105C of the Comprehensive 
     Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 
     (22 U.S.C. 8514, 8514a, 8514b, and 8514c);
       (iv) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating 
     to blocking the property of persons involved in serious human 
     rights abuse or corruption), as amended on or after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act; or
       (v) Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
     blocking property of certain persons with respect to serious 
     human rights abuses by the Government of Iran and taking 
     certain other actions), as amended on or after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act;
       (2) if the Secretary of the Treasury determines under 
     paragraph (1) that an entity is responsible for or complicit 
     in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human 
     rights abuses described in subparagraph (A) of that paragraph 
     or meets the criteria for the imposition of sanctions 
     described in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph, include the 
     entity on the list of specially designated nationals and 
     blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets 
     Control; and
       (3) submit to Congress a report on that determination that 
     includes the reasons for the determination.
       (b) Entities Specified.--An entity specified in this 
     subsection is any of the following:
       (1) Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
       (2) Shenzhen Huada Gene Technology Co., Ltd. (BGI Group).
       (3) Tiandy Technologies Co., Ltd.
       (4) Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd.
       (5) China Electronics Technology Group Co.
       (6) Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd.
       (7) ByteDance Ltd.
       (c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection 
     (a)(3) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
     include a classified annex.

     SEC. 1808. COUNTERING PROPAGANDA FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 
                   OF CHINA ABOUT GENOCIDE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     conjunction with the United States Agency for Global Media, 
     shall submit a strategy to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
     of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives for countering propaganda and other 
     messaging from news and information sources associated with 
     the Government of the People's Republic of China or entities 
     associated with the Chinese Communist Party or influenced by 
     the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China that--
       (1) deny the genocide, crimes against humanity, and other 
     egregious human rights abuses experienced by Uyghurs and 
     other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the Xinjiang 
     Uyghur Autonomous Region;
       (2) spread propaganda regarding the role of the United 
     States Government in imposing economic and reputational costs 
     on the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China for its ongoing genocide;
       (3) target Uyghurs and other people who publicly oppose the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China's genocidal 
     policies and forced labor practices, including the detention 
     and intimidation of their family members; or
       (4) increase pressure on member countries of the United 
     Nations to deny or defend genocide or other egregious 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights in the 
     People's Republic of China within international organizations 
     and multilateral fora, including at the United Nations Human 
     Rights Council.
       (b) Strategy Elements.--The strategy required under 
     subsection (a) shall include--
       (1) existing messaging strategies and specific broadcasting 
     efforts to counter the propaganda described in paragraphs (1) 
     and (2) of subsection (a) and the reach of such strategies 
     and efforts to audiences targeted by such propaganda;
       (2) specific metrics used for determining the success or 
     failure of the messaging strategies and broadcasting efforts 
     described in paragraph (1) and an analysis of the impact of 
     such strategies and efforts;
       (3) a description of any new or pilot messaging strategies 
     and broadcasting efforts expected to be implemented during 
     the 12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act and an explanation of the need for such strategies 
     and efforts;
       (4) measurable goals to be completed during the 12-month 
     period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
     tangible outcomes for expanding broadcasting efforts and 
     countering propaganda; and
       (5) estimates of additional funding needed to counter the 
     propaganda described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 
     (a).
       (c) Funding.--The Secretary of State is authorized to use 
     amounts made available for the Countering PRC Influence Fund 
     under section 7043(c)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 
     (division K of Public Law 117-103) to develop and carry out 
     the strategy required under subsection (a).

     SEC. 1809. DOCUMENTING ATROCITIES IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR 
                   AUTONOMOUS REGION.

       The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
     States Agency for International Development may provide 
     assistance, including financial and technical assistance, as 
     necessary and appropriate, to support the efforts of 
     entities, including nongovernmental organizations with 
     expertise in international criminal investigations and law, 
     to address genocide, crimes against humanity, and their 
     constituent crimes by the Government of the People's Republic 
     of China by--
       (1) collecting, documenting, and archiving evidence, 
     including the testimonies of victims and visuals from social 
     media, and preserving the chain of custody for such evidence;
       (2) identifying suspected perpetrators of genocide and 
     crimes against humanity;
       (3) conducting criminal investigations of atrocity crimes, 
     including by developing indigenous investigative and judicial 
     skills through partnerships, direct mentoring, and providing 
     the necessary equipment and infrastructure to effectively 
     adjudicate cases for use in prosecutions in domestic courts, 
     hybrid courts, and internationalized domestic courts;
       (4) supporting investigations conducted by foreign 
     countries, civil society groups, and multilateral 
     organizations, such as the United Nations; and
       (5) supporting and protecting witnesses participating in 
     such investigations.

     SEC. 1810. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
                   AGENCY CONTRACTS.

       (a) Prohibition.--The head of an executive agency may not 
     enter into a contract for the procurement of goods or 
     services with or for any of the following:
       (1) Any person identified in the report required by section 
     6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (Public 
     Law 116-145; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note).
       (2) Any person that mined, produced, or manufactured goods, 
     wares, articles, and merchandise detained and denied entry 
     into

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     the United States by U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
     pursuant to section 3 of the Act entitled ``An Act to ensure 
     that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Autonomous 
     Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the 
     United States market, and for other purposes'', approved 
     December 23, 2021 (Public Law 117-78; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) 
     (commonly referred to as the ``Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention 
     Act'').
       (3) Any person that the head of the executive agency 
     determines, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
     facilitates the genocide and human rights abuses occurring in 
     the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's 
     Republic of China.
       (4) Any person, program, project, or activity that--
       (A) contributes to forced labor, particularly through the 
     procurement of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 
     mined, produced, or manufactured wholly, or in part, in the 
     Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or by the forced labor of 
     ethnic Uyghurs or other persecuted individuals or groups in 
     the People's Republic of China; or
       (B) violates internationally recognized labor rights of 
     individuals or groups in the People's Republic of China.
       (b) Consultations.--The head of each executive agency shall 
     consult with the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, 
     established under section 741 of the United States-Mexico-
     Canada Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4681), with 
     respect to the implementation of subsection (a)(2).
       (c) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
     a report on the implementation of this section to--
       (1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Oversight and 
     Accountability of the House of Representatives.
       (d) Executive Agency Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``executive agency'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 133 of title 41, United States Code.

     SEC. 1811. DISCLOSURES TO SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
                   OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO XINJIANG 
                   UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.

       (a) Amendment of Requirements for Applications to Register 
     on National Securities Exchanges.--Section 12 of the 
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(m) Reporting of Certain Activities Relating to the 
     Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.--
       ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `covered 
     entity' means any entity that is--
       ``(A) engaged in providing technology or other assistance 
     to create mass-population surveillance systems in the 
     Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of 
     China;
       ``(B) an entity operating in the People's Republic of China 
     that is on the Entity List maintained by the Bureau of 
     Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and set 
     forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of 
     Federal Regulations;
       ``(C) an individual residing in the People's Republic of 
     China or an entity operating in the People's Republic of 
     China that is on the list of specially designated nationals 
     and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign 
     Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury;
       ``(D) constructing or operating detention facilities for 
     Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region;
       ``(E) a foreign person identified in the report submitted 
     under section 5(c) of the Act entitled `An Act to ensure that 
     goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Autonomous 
     Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the 
     United States market, and for other purposes', approved 
     December 23, 2021 (Public Law 117-78; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) 
     (commonly referred to, and referred to in this subsection, as 
     the `Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act');
       ``(F) engaged in the `pairing assistance' program that 
     subsidizes the establishment of manufacturing facilities in 
     the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region;
       ``(G) the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps;
       ``(H) operating in the People's Republic of China and 
     producing goods subject to a withhold release order issued by 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection pursuant to section 307 of 
     the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307);
       ``(I) on a list required by clause (i), (ii), (iv), or (v) 
     of section 2(d)(2)(B) of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention 
     Act;
       ``(J) any person the property and interests in property of 
     which have been blocked, pursuant to the International 
     Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or any 
     other provision of law, for actions relating to the detention 
     or abuse of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic 
     groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region;
       ``(K) an individual residing in the People's Republic of 
     China, or an entity operating in the People's Republic of 
     China, the property and interests in property of which have 
     been blocked pursuant to section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky 
     Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10102);
       ``(L) any person responsible for, or complicit in, the 
     commission of atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
     Region; or
       ``(M) an affiliate of an entity described in any of 
     subparagraphs (A) through (L).
       ``(2) Issuance of rules.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall 
     issue rules--
       ``(A) to require an issuer filing an application to 
     register a security with a national securities exchange--
       ``(i) to include in the application the documentation 
     described in paragraph (3); and
       ``(ii) to file the application and documentation with the 
     Commission;
       ``(B) to require an issuer to file a report with the 
     Commission containing the documentation described in 
     paragraph (3) if the securities of the issuer are not listed 
     on a national securities exchange and merges with another 
     issuer, the securities of which are listed on such an 
     exchange; and
       ``(C) to require an issuer filing a registration statement 
     under subsection (g) to include with that statement the 
     documentation described in paragraph (3).
       ``(3) Documentation required.--
       ``(A) Significant transactions.--With respect to an issuer, 
     the documentation described in this paragraph is 
     documentation showing that neither the issuer nor any 
     affiliate of the issuer, directly or indirectly, has engaged 
     in a significant transaction with a covered entity.
       ``(B) Transparent documentation of supply chain links.--In 
     issuing rules under paragraph (2), in addition to the 
     documentation required under subparagraph (A), the Commission 
     shall also require an issuer to which those rules apply to 
     document the name (in English and in the most commonly spoken 
     language of the country in which the issuer is incorporated, 
     if other than English) and address of, and sourcing 
     quantities from, each smelter, refinery, farm, or 
     manufacturing facility (as appropriate)--
       ``(i) with which the issuer has a business relationship; 
     and
       ``(ii) that is owned or operated by--

       ``(I) a person located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
     Region; or
       ``(II) a person working with the government of the Xinjiang 
     Uyghur Autonomous Region to recruit, transport, transfer, 
     harbor, or receive labor of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or 
     members of other persecuted groups out of the Xinjiang Uyghur 
     Autonomous Region.

       ``(4) Independent verification of documentation.--In 
     issuing rules under paragraph (1), the Commission shall--
       ``(A) require an issuer to obtain independent verification 
     of the documentation described in paragraph (3) by a third-
     party auditor approved by the Commission, before the filing 
     of an application, report, or registration statement 
     containing the documentation; and
       ``(B) require that the identity of the third-party auditor 
     described in subparagraph (A) remain confidential.
       ``(5) Public availability of documentation.--The Commission 
     shall make all documentation received under this subsection 
     available to the public.
       ``(6) Penalty.--With respect to an application or report 
     described in paragraph (2), if an issuer fails to comply with 
     the requirements of this subsection (including any 
     misrepresentation of the information described in paragraph 
     (3))--
       ``(A) in the case of an application described in paragraph 
     (2)(A)--
       ``(i) the applicable national securities exchange may not 
     approve the application; and
       ``(ii) the issuer may not refile the application for 1 
     year; and
       ``(B) in the case of a report described in paragraph (1)(B) 
     or a registration statement described in paragraph (1)(C)--
       ``(i) the President shall--

       ``(I) make a determination with respect to whether--

       ``(aa) the Secretary of the Treasury should initiate an 
     investigation with respect to the imposition of sanctions 
     under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.); or
       ``(bb) the Attorney General should initiate an 
     investigation under any provision of law intended to hold 
     accountable individuals or entities involved in the 
     importation of goods produced using forced labor, including 
     section 545, 1589, or 1761 of title 18, United States Code; 
     and

       ``(II) not later than 180 days after initiating an 
     investigation described in subclause (I), make a 
     determination with respect to whether--

       ``(aa) to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human 
     Rights Accountability Act with respect to the issuer or 
     affiliate of the issuer (as the case may be); or
       ``(bb) to refer the case to the Department of Justice or 
     another relevant Federal agency for further investigation.
       ``(7) Reports.--
       ``(A) Annual report to congress.--The Commission shall--
       ``(i) conduct an annual assessment of the compliance of 
     issuers with the requirements of this subsection; and
       ``(ii) submit to Congress a report containing the results 
     of each assessment conducted under clause (i).
       ``(B) Government accountability office report.--The 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall periodically 
     evaluate and report to Congress on the effectiveness of the 
     oversight by the Commission of the requirements of this 
     subsection.
       ``(8) Sunset.--The provisions of this subsection shall 
     terminate on the date that is 30 days after the date on which 
     the President

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     submits the determination described in section 6(2) of the 
     Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.''.
       (b) Amendments of Periodical Reporting Requirements for 
     Issuers on National Securities Exchanges.--Section 13 of the 
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(t) Disclosure of Certain Activities Relating to Xinjiang 
     Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.--
       ``(1) In general.--Each issuer required to file an annual 
     or quarterly report under subsection (a) shall disclose in 
     that report the information required by paragraph (2) if, 
     during the period covered by the report, the issuer or any 
     affiliate of the issuer engaged, directly or indirectly, in 
     an activity (including through a business relationship, 
     ownership interest, or other financial or personal interest) 
     with a covered entity, as defined in section 12(m).
       ``(2) Information required.--If an issuer or an affiliate 
     of an issuer has engaged, directly or indirectly, in any 
     activity described in paragraph (1), the issuer shall 
     disclose a detailed description of each such activity, 
     including--
       ``(A) the nature and extent of the activity;
       ``(B) the gross revenues and net profits, if any, 
     attributable to the activity; and
       ``(C) whether the issuer or the affiliate of the issuer (as 
     the case may be) intends to continue the activity.
       ``(3) Notice of disclosures.--If an issuer reports under 
     paragraph (1) that the issuer or an affiliate of the issuer 
     has engaged in any activity described in that paragraph, the 
     issuer shall separately file with the Commission, 
     concurrently with the annual or quarterly report under 
     subsection (a), a notice that the disclosure of that activity 
     has been included in that annual or quarterly report that 
     identifies the issuer and contains the information required 
     under paragraph (2).
       ``(4) Public disclosure of information.--Upon receiving a 
     notice under paragraph (3) that an annual or quarterly report 
     includes a disclosure of an activity described in paragraph 
     (1), the Commission shall promptly--
       ``(A) transmit the report to--
       ``(i) the President;
       ``(ii) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
       ``(iii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
     on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
       ``(B) make the information provided in the disclosure and 
     the notice available to the public by posting the information 
     on the internet website of the Commission.
       ``(5) Investigations.--Upon receiving a report under 
     paragraph (4) that includes a disclosure of an activity 
     described in paragraph (1) by an issuer or an affiliate of 
     the issuer, the President shall--
       ``(A) make a determination with respect to whether--
       ``(i) the Secretary of the Treasury should initiate an 
     investigation with respect to the imposition of sanctions 
     under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.); or
       ``(ii) the Attorney General should initiate an 
     investigation under any provision of law intended to hold 
     accountable individuals or entities involved in the 
     importation of goods produced using forced labor, including 
     section 545, 1589, or 1761 of title 18, United States Code; 
     and
       ``(B) not later than 180 days after initiating such an 
     investigation, make a determination with respect to whether--
       ``(i) to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human 
     Rights Accountability Act with respect to the issuer or 
     affiliate of the issuer (as the case may be); or
       ``(ii) to refer the case to the Department of Justice or 
     another relevant Federal agency for further investigation.
       ``(6) Sunset.--The provisions of this subsection shall 
     terminate on the date that is 30 days after the date on which 
     the President submits the determination described in section 
     6(2) of the Act entitled `An Act to ensure that goods made 
     with forced labor in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the 
     People's Republic of China do not enter the United States 
     market, and for other purposes', approved December 23, 2021 
     (Public Law 117-78; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note).''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take apply with respect to any application, 
     registration statement, or report required to be filed with 
     the Securities and Exchange Commission after the date that is 
     180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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  SA 904. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES 
                   CONTROLLED BY COUNTRIES OF CONCERN.

       (a) Prohibited Commercial Transactions.--On and after the 
     date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the President shall exercise all the powers granted to 
     the President under the International Emergency Economic 
     Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et. seq.) to the extent necessary 
     to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 
     interests in property of a social media company described in 
     subsection (b) if such property and interests in property--
       (1) are in the United States or come within the United 
     States; or
       (2) to the extent necessary to prevent commercial operation 
     of the social media company in the United States, are or come 
     within the possession or control of a United States person.
       (b) Social Media Company Described.--
       (1) In general.--A social media company described in this 
     subsection is a social media company that meets one or more 
     of the following conditions:
       (A) The company is domiciled in, headquartered in, has its 
     principal place of business in, or is organized under the 
     laws of a country of concern.
       (B) A country of concern, entity of concern, or some 
     combination thereof, directly or indirectly owns, controls 
     with the ability to decide important matters, or holds with 
     power to vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding voting 
     stock or shares of the company.
       (C) The company employs software or algorithms controlled 
     or whose export is restricted by a country of concern or 
     entity of concern.
       (D) The company is subject to substantial influence, 
     directly or indirectly, from a country of concern or entity 
     of concern owing to which--
       (i) the company shares or could be compelled to share data 
     on United States citizens with a country of concern or entity 
     of concern; or
       (ii) the content moderation practices of the company are 
     subject to substantial influence from a country of concern or 
     entity of concern.
       (2) Deemed companies.--The following companies shall be 
     deemed to be social media companies described in this 
     subsection as of the date of the enactment of this Act unless 
     and until the date on which the President certifies to 
     Congress that the company no longer meets any of the 
     conditions described in paragraph (1):
       (A) Bytedance, Ltd.
       (B) TikTok.
       (C) A subsidiary of or a successor company to a company 
     listed in subparagraph (A) or (B).
       (D) A company owned or controlled directly or indirectly by 
     a company listed in subparagraph (A) or (B).
       (c) Exceptions.--
       (1) Intelligence activities.--Sanctions under this section 
     shall not apply to any activity subject to the reporting 
     requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence 
     activities of the United States.
       (2) Importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--The authorities and requirements to impose 
     sanctions under this section shall not include the authority 
     or requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of 
     goods.
       (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' 
     means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, 
     supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test 
     equipment, and excluding technical data.
       (d) Implementation, Penalties, and Inapplicability of 
     Certain Provisions.--
       (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
     authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
     and 1704) to carry out this section.
       (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, or causes a violation of subsection (a) or any 
     regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that 
     subsection shall be subject to the penalties set forth in 
     subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
     Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same 
     extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in 
     subsection (a) of that section.
       (3) Inapplicability of certain provisions.--The 
     requirements under section 202 and the limitations under 
     section 203(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 and 1702(b)) shall not apply for purposes 
     of this section.
       (e) Severability.--If any provision of this section or its 
     application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, 
     the invalidity does not affect other provisions or 
     applications of this section that can be given effect without 
     the invalid provision or application, and to this end the 
     provisions of this section are severable.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Country of concern.--The term ``country of concern''--
       (A) has the meaning given the term ``foreign adversary'' in 
     section 8(c)(2) of the Secure and Trusted Communications 
     Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2)); and
       (B) includes the People's Republic of China (including the 
     Special Administrative Regions of China, including Hong Kong 
     and Macau), Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.
       (2) Entity of concern.--The term ``entity of concern'' 
     means--
       (A) a governmental body at any level in a country of 
     concern;

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       (B) the Armed Forces of a country of concern;
       (C) the leading political party of a country of concern;
       (D) an individual who is--
       (i) a national of a country of concern;
       (ii) domiciled and living in a country of concern; and
       (iii) subject to substantial influence, directly or 
     indirectly, from an entity specified under any of 
     subparagraphs (A) through (C); or
       (E) a private business or a state-owned enterprise that 
     is--
       (i) domiciled in a country of concern or owned or 
     controlled by a private business or State-owned enterprise 
     domiciled in a country of concern; and
       (ii) subject to substantial influence, directly or 
     indirectly, from an entity specified under any of 
     subparagraphs (A) through (C).
       (3) Social media company.--The term ``social media 
     company''--
       (A) means any entity that operates, directly or indirectly, 
     including through its parent company, subsidiaries, or 
     affiliates, a website, desktop application, or mobile 
     application that--
       (i) permits an individual or entity to create an account or 
     profile for the purpose of generating, sharing, and viewing 
     user-generated content through such account or profile;
       (ii) sells digital advertising space;
       (iii) has more than 1,000,000 monthly active users for a 
     majority of months during the preceding 12 months;
       (iv) enables one or more users to generate content that can 
     be viewed by other users of the website, desktop application, 
     or mobile application; and
       (v) enables users to view content generated by other users 
     of the website, desktop application, or mobile application; 
     and
       (B) does not include an entity if the entity does not 
     operate a website, desktop application, or mobile application 
     except for a website, desktop application, or mobile 
     application the primary purpose of which is--
       (i) to allow users to post product reviews, business 
     reviews, or travel information and reviews; or
       (ii) to provide emergency alert services.
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  SA 905. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. NO FEDERAL FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RULE ON 
                   STABILIZING BRACES.

       No Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, or 
     enforce the rule of the Department of Justice entitled 
     ``Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached `Stabilizing 
     Braces' ''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 906. Mr. SCHMITT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON PROCUREMENT OF OUTSTANDING F/A-18 
                   SUPER HORNET PLATFORMS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that Congress appropriated 
     funds for twelve F/A-18 Super Hornet platforms in fiscal year 
     2022 and eight F/A-18 Super Hornet platforms in fiscal year 
     2023, but the Navy has yet to enter into any contracts for 
     the procurement of such platforms.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the Secretary of the Navy and the contractor team 
     should expeditiously enter into contractual agreements to 
     procure the twenty F/A-18 Super Hornet platforms for which 
     funds have been appropriated; and
       (2) the Senate urges the Secretary of the Navy and the 
     contractor team to comply with congressional intent and 
     applicable law with appropriate expediency to bolster the 
     Navy's fleet of strike fighter aircraft and avoid further 
     disruption to the defense industrial base.
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  SA 907. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 12__. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL 
                   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``United 
     States-Israel Artificial Intelligence Center Act''.
       (b) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``foreign 
     country of concern'' means--
       (1) the People's Republic of China;
       (2) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
       (3) the Russian Federation;
       (4) the Islamic Republic of Iran; and
       (5) any other country that the Secretary of State 
     determines to be a country of concern.
       (c) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Commerce and the heads of other 
     relevant Federal agencies, shall establish the United States-
     Israel Artificial Intelligence Center (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Center'') in the United States.
       (d) Purposes.--The purposes of the Center shall be to 
     leverage the experience, knowledge, and expertise of 
     institutions of higher education and private sector entities 
     in the United States and Israel to develop more robust 
     commercially relevant technology development cooperation in 
     the areas of--
       (1) machine learning;
       (2) image classification;
       (3) object detection;
       (4) speech recognition;
       (5) natural language processing;
       (6) data labeling;
       (7) computer vision; and
       (8) model explainability and interpretability.
       (e) Artificial Intelligence Principles.--In carrying out 
     the purposes set forth in subsection (d), the Center shall 
     adhere to the principles for the use of artificial 
     intelligence in the Federal Government set forth in section 3 
     of Executive Order 13960 (85 Fed. Reg. 78939; relating to 
     promoting the use of trustworthy artificial intelligence in 
     Government), including to ``design, develop, acquire, and use 
     AI in a manner that exhibits due respect for our Nation's 
     values and is consistent with the Constitution and all other 
     applicable laws and policies, including those addressing 
     privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties''.
       (f) International Partnerships.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of State and the heads of 
     other relevant Federal agencies, subject to the availability 
     of appropriations, may enter into cooperative agreements 
     supporting and enhancing dialogue and planning involving 
     international partnerships between the Department of State or 
     such other agencies and the Government of Israel and its 
     ministries, offices, and institutions.
       (2) Federal share.--Not more than 50 percent of the costs 
     of implementing the agreements entered into pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) may be paid by the United States Government.
       (g) Multilateral Partnership.--Not later than 1 year after 
     establishing the Center pursuant to this section, the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with relevant Federal 
     agencies, shall submit a report to Congress that describes 
     opportunities for expanding the participation in the Center 
     to include other United States partners and allies.
       (h) Limitations.--All of the following individuals and 
     entities are prohibited from investing in, partnering with, 
     or receiving or participating in, any grant, award, contract, 
     program, support, benefit or other activity of the Center:
       (1) Any individual or entity on the list under section 
     1237(b) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1701 
     note).
       (2) Any entity identified under section 1260h of the 
     William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 
     note).
       (3) Any academic institution on the list developed under 
     section 1286(c)(8) of the John S. McCain National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 
     10 U.S.C. 4001 note) and any participants in a foreign talent 
     recruitment program on the list developed under section 
     1286(c)(9) of such Act.
       (4) Any malign foreign talent recruitment program (as 
     defined under section 10638 of the CHIPS and Science Act of 
     2022 (Public Law 117-167).
       (5) Any entity owned by, controlled by, or subject to the 
     direction of with the Chinese Communist Party or the People's 
     Republic of China, or in which the government of a foreign 
     country of concern has an ownership interest.
       (6) Any entity on the Entity List that is maintained by the 
     Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce 
     and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the Export 
     Administration Regulations.
       (i) Applicability of Export Controls to Center.--All 
     activities of the Center, including the development, 
     production, or use of goods, technology, software, knowledge, 
     or source code, are subject to the Export Control Reform Act 
     of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), the Export Administration 
     Regulations (as defined in subsection (h)(3)(B)), the 
     licensing policy described in subsection (j), the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), and any other 
     applicable Federal laws relating to export controls.
       (j) Denial of Export Licenses for United States Arms 
     Embargoed Countries.--

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       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall deny a 
     license for the export (including deemed export), reexport, 
     or in-country transfer of any item subject to the Export 
     Administration Regulations to or in a country listed in 
     Country Group D:5 in Supplement No. 1 to part 740 of the 
     Export Administration Regulations.
       (2) Monthly congressional notification.--Not less 
     frequently than every 30 days, the Under Secretary of 
     Commerce for Industry and Security shall notify the 
     appropriate congressional committees of all applications for 
     licenses described in paragraph (1) that were submitted 
     during the 30-day period preceding the notification.
       (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (i) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (ii) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
       (iii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (iv) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (B) Export; export administration regulations; in-country 
     transfer; item; reexport.--The terms ``export'', ``Export 
     Administration Regulations'', ``in-country transfer'', 
     ``item'', and ``reexport'' have the meanings given such terms 
     in section 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 
     U.S.C. 4801).
       (C) Subject to the export administration regulations.--The 
     term ``subject to the Export Administration Regulations'', 
     with respect to an item, has the meaning given the term 
     ``subject to the EAR'' in section 734.3 of the Export 
     Administration Regulations.
       (k) Classification.--All activities of the Center shall not 
     be considered fundamental research, open source, or 
     standards-related activities.
       (l) Counterintelligence Screening.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later 
     than each December 31 thereafter, Director of National 
     Intelligence, in collaboration with the Director of the 
     National Counterintelligence and Security Center and the 
     Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall--
       (1) assess--
       (A) whether the Center or its participant institutions pose 
     a counterintelligence threat to the United States;
       (B) what specific measures the Center has implemented to 
     ensure that intellectual property developed with the 
     assistance of the Center has sufficient protections in place 
     to ensure adherence to the principles described in subsection 
     (e) in the use of United States intellectual property, 
     research and development, and innovation efforts; and
       (C) other threats from a foreign country of concern and 
     other entities; and
       (2) submit a report to Congress containing the results of 
     the assessment described in paragraph (1).
       (m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the Center for each of the 
     fiscal years 2024 through 2028.
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  SA 908. Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Ms. Ernst) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. INCREASE IN GOVERNMENTWIDE GOAL FOR PARTICIPATION 
                   IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS BY SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 
                   OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED 
                   VETERANS.

       Section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``3 percent'' 
     and inserting ``5 percent''.
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  SA 909. Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Warnock) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title XXVIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 28__. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CLOSURE OF COMBAT 
                   READINESS TRAINING CENTERS.

       (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2024 for the Air 
     Force or the Air National Guard may be obligated or expended 
     to close, or prepare to close, any combat readiness training 
     center.
       (b) Waiver.--The Secretary of the Air Force may waive the 
     limitation under subsection (a) with respect to a combat 
     readiness training center if the Secretary submits to the 
     congressional defense committees the following:
       (1) A certification that--
       (A) the closure of the center would not be in violation of 
     section 2687 of title 10, United States Code; and
       (B) the support capabilities provided by the center will 
     not be diminished as a result of the closure of the center.
       (2) A report that includes--
       (A) a detailed business case analysis for the closure of 
     the center; and
       (B) an assessment of the effects the closure of the center 
     would have on training units of the Armed Forces, including 
     any active duty units that may use the center.
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  SA 910. Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. CONDUCT OF WINTER SEASON RECONNAISSANCE OF 
                   ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS IN THE WESTERN UNITED 
                   STATES.

       (a) Conduct of Reconnaissance.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of 
     the Air Force Reserve Command and the Administrator of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may use 
     aircraft, personnel, and equipment necessary to meet the 
     mission requirements of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance 
     Squadron of the Air Force Reserve Command and the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration if those aircraft, 
     personnel, and equipment are not otherwise needed for 
     hurricane monitoring and response.
       (2) Activities.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the 53rd 
     Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve 
     Command, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and 
     appropriate line offices of the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, may--
       (A) improve the accuracy and timeliness of observations to 
     support the forecast and warning services of the National 
     Weather Service for the coasts of the United States;
       (B) collect data in data-sparse regions where conventional, 
     upper-air observations are lacking;
       (C) support water management decisions and flood 
     forecasting through the execution of targeted airborne 
     dropsonde, buoys, autonomous platform observations, satellite 
     observations, remote sensing observations, and other 
     observation platforms as appropriate, including enhanced 
     assimilation of the data from those observations over the 
     eastern, central, and western north Pacific Ocean, the Gulf 
     of Mexico, and the western Atlantic Ocean to improve 
     forecasts of large storms for civil authorities and military 
     decision makers;
       (D) participate in the research and operations partnership 
     that guides flight planning and uses research methods to 
     improve and expand the capabilities and effectiveness of 
     weather reconnaissance over time; and
       (E) undertake such other additional activities as the 
     Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, in collaboration with the 53rd Weather 
     Reconnaissance Squadron, considers appropriate to further 
     prediction of dangerous weather events.
       (b) Reports.--
       (1) Air force.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, in 
     consultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration, shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a comprehensive report on 
     the resources necessary for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance 
     Squadron of the Air Force Reserve Command to continue to 
     support, through December 31, 2035--
       (i) the National Hurricane Operations Plan;
       (ii) the National Winter Season Operations Plan; and
       (iii) any other operational requirements relating to 
     weather reconnaissance.
       (B) Appropriate committees of congress.--In this paragraph, 
     the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (i) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (ii) the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate;
       (iii) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate;
       (iv) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
     House of Representatives;
       (v) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (vi) the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Commerce.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and

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     Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, 
     Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a 
     comprehensive report on the resources necessary for the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue 
     to support, through December 31, 2035--
       (A) the National Hurricane Operations Plan;
       (B) the National Winter Season Operations Plan; and
       (C) any other operational requirements relating to weather 
     reconnaissance.
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  SA 911. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. __. FLIGHT EDUCATION ACCESS ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Flight 
     Education Access Act''.
       (b) Increase in Federal Student Loan Limits for Students in 
     Flight Education and Training Programs.--Section 455 of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (p)--
       (A) by striking ``Each institution'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--Each institution''; and
       (B) in paragraph (1) (as designated by subparagraph (A)), 
     by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
     ``and, shall, with respect to Federal Direct Unsubsidized 
     Stafford Loans made after the date of enactment of the Flight 
     Education Access Act to an eligible student (as defined in 
     subsection (r)), comply with the requirements of paragraph 
     (2)''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Additional disclosures.--At or prior to the 
     disbursement of a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan 
     after the date of enactment of the Flight Education Access 
     Act to an eligible student (as defined in subsection (r)), 
     the following shall be disclosed:
       ``(A) The principal amount of the loan, the stated interest 
     rate on the loan, the number of required monthly payments to 
     be made on the loan (which shall be based on a standard 
     repayment plan), and the estimated number of months before 
     the start of the repayment period for the loan (based on the 
     expected date on which the repayment period is to begin or 
     the deferment period is to end, as applicable).
       ``(B) The estimated balance to be owed by the borrower on 
     such loan (including, if applicable, the estimated amount of 
     interest to be capitalized) as of the scheduled date on which 
     the repayment period is to begin or the deferment period is 
     to end, as applicable, and an estimate of the projected 
     monthly payment.
       ``(C) An estimate of the aggregate amount the borrower will 
     pay for the loan, including the total amount of monthly 
     payments made over the life of the loan plus the amount of 
     any charges for the loan, such as an origination fee.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(r) Increase in Loan Limits for Students in Flight 
     Education and Training Programs.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, the loan limits for Federal Direct Unsubsidized 
     Stafford Loans made after the date of enactment of the Flight 
     Education Access Act with respect to eligible students shall 
     be subject to this subsection.
       ``(2) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(A) Eligible student.--The term `eligible student' means 
     a student who is enrolled in an eligible undergraduate flight 
     education and training program.
       ``(B) Eligible undergraduate flight education and training 
     program.--The term `eligible undergraduate flight education 
     and training program' means an undergraduate flight education 
     and training program that offers training for applicants 
     seeking a commercial pilot certificate and--
       ``(i) during the period beginning on the date of enactment 
     of the Flight Education Access Act and ending on the date on 
     which 3 years of data has been collected pursuant to 
     paragraph (3)(C), that meets all the applicable requirements 
     of this Act; and
       ``(ii) beginning on the date on which 3 years of data has 
     been collected pursuant to paragraph (3)(C), that meets all 
     the applicable requirements of this Act and has a completion 
     rate averaged over a 3-year period, as calculated under 
     paragraph (3)(C) that is equal to or greater than 70 percent.
       ``(C) Undergraduate flight education and training 
     program.--The term `undergraduate flight education and 
     training program'--
       ``(i) has the meaning given the term by the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration;
       ``(ii) shall include a flight education and training 
     program offered by an eligible institution that is accredited 
     by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary, that--

       ``(I) awards undergraduate certificates or associate or 
     bachelor degrees; and
       ``(II) provides pilot training in accordance with part 141 
     of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
     regulation; and

       ``(iii) shall not include a flight education and training 
     program certified under part 61 of title 14, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, or any successor regulation.
       ``(3) Loan limits for eligible undergraduate flight 
     education and training programs.--
       ``(A) Limits for eligible students who are dependent 
     students.--
       ``(i) Annual limits.--The maximum annual amount of Federal 
     Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans an eligible student who is 
     a dependent student may borrow in any academic year (as 
     defined in section 481(a)(2)) or its equivalent shall be--

       ``(I) in the case of an eligible student at an eligible 
     institution who has not successfully completed the first year 
     of an eligible undergraduate flight education and training 
     program--

       ``(aa) $13,500, if such student is enrolled in such a 
     program whose length is at least one academic year in length; 
     or
       ``(bb) if such student is enrolled in such a program that 
     is less than one academic year, the maximum annual loan 
     amount that such student may receive may not exceed the 
     amount that bears the same ratio to the amount specified in 
     item (aa) as the length of such program measured in semester, 
     trimester, quarter, or clock hours bears to one academic 
     year;

       ``(II) in the case of an eligible student at an eligible 
     institution who has successfully completed the first year of 
     an eligible undergraduate flight education and training 
     program but has not yet successfully completed the remainder 
     of such program--

       ``(aa) $15,500; or
       ``(bb) if such student is enrolled in such a program that 
     is less than one academic year, the maximum annual loan 
     amount that such student may receive may not exceed the 
     amount that bears the same ratio to the amount specified in 
     item (aa) as the length of such program measured in semester, 
     trimester, quarter, or clock hours bears to one academic 
     year;

       ``(III) in the case of a student at an eligible institution 
     who has successfully completed the first year and second 
     years of an eligible undergraduate flight education and 
     training program but has not yet successfully completed the 
     remainder of such program--

       ``(aa) $16,500; or
       ``(bb) if such student is enrolled in such a program that 
     is less than one academic year, the maximum annual loan 
     amount that such student may receive may not exceed the 
     amount that bears the same ratio to the amount specified in 
     item (aa) as the length of such program measured in semester, 
     trimester, quarter, or clock hours bears to one academic 
     year; and

       ``(IV) in the case of a student at an eligible institution 
     who has successfully completed the first, second, and third 
     years of an eligible undergraduate flight education and 
     training program but has not yet successfully completed the 
     remainder of such program--

       ``(aa) $15,500; or
       ``(bb) if such student is enrolled in such a program that 
     is less than one academic year, the maximum annual loan 
     amount that such student may receive may not exceed the 
     amount that bears the same ratio to the amount specified in 
     item (aa) as the length of such program measured in semester, 
     trimester, quarter, or clock hours bears to one academic 
     year.
       ``(ii) Aggregate limits.--The maximum aggregate amount of 
     Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans an eligible 
     student who is a dependent student may borrow shall be 
     $65,000.
       ``(B) Limits for eligible students who are independent 
     students.--
       ``(i) Annual limits.--The maximum annual amount of Federal 
     Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans an eligible student who is 
     an independent student may borrow in any academic year (as 
     defined in section 481(a)(2)) or its equivalent shall be--

       ``(I) in the case of an eligible student at an eligible 
     institution who has not successfully completed the first year 
     of an eligible undergraduate flight education and training 
     program--

       ``(aa) $21,500, if such student is enrolled in such a 
     program whose length is at least one academic year in length; 
     or
       ``(bb) if such student is enrolled in such a program that 
     is less than one academic year, the maximum annual loan 
     amount that such student may receive may not exceed the 
     amount that bears the same ratio to the amount specified in 
     item (aa) as the length of such program measured in semester, 
     trimester, quarter, or clock hours bears to one academic 
     year;

       ``(II) in the case of an eligible student at an eligible 
     institution who has successfully completed the first year of 
     an eligible undergraduate flight education and training 
     program but has not yet successfully completed the remainder 
     of such program--

       ``(aa) $25,500; or
       ``(bb) if such student is enrolled in such a program that 
     is less than one academic year, the maximum annual loan 
     amount that such student may receive may not exceed the 
     amount that bears the same ratio to the amount specified in 
     item (aa) as the length of such program measured in semester, 
     trimester, quarter, or clock hours bears to one academic 
     year;

       ``(III) in the case of a student at an eligible institution 
     who has successfully completed the first year and second 
     years of an eligible

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     undergraduate flight education and training program but has 
     not yet successfully completed the remainder of such 
     program--

       ``(aa) $25,500; or
       ``(bb) if such student is enrolled in such a program that 
     is less than one academic year, the maximum annual loan 
     amount that such student may receive may not exceed the 
     amount that bears the same ratio to the amount specified in 
     item (aa) as the length of such program measured in semester, 
     trimester, quarter, or clock hours bears to one academic 
     year; and

       ``(IV) in the case of a student at an eligible institution 
     who has successfully completed the first, second, and third 
     years of an eligible undergraduate flight education and 
     training program but has not yet successfully completed the 
     remainder of such program--

       ``(aa) $22,500; or
       ``(bb) if such student is enrolled in such a program that 
     is less than one academic year, the maximum annual loan 
     amount that such student may receive may not exceed the 
     amount that bears the same ratio to the amount specified in 
     item (aa) as the length of such program measured in semester, 
     trimester, quarter, or clock hours bears to one academic 
     year.
       ``(ii) Aggregate limits.--The maximum aggregate amount of 
     Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans an eligible 
     student who is an independent student may borrow shall be 
     $107,500.
       ``(C) Data collection on, and calculation of, completion 
     rates.--
       ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall annually calculate 
     the completion rate of each undergraduate flight education 
     and training program at each eligible institution based on 
     the information collected under clause (ii).
       ``(ii) Collection of information.--The Secretary shall 
     annually collect information, for each academic year, on--

       ``(I) the total number of students enrolled in an 
     undergraduate flight education and training program at an 
     eligible institution; and
       ``(II) those students who complete such program--

       ``(aa) who earn a private pilot's certificate for an 
     airplane category rating with a single-engine class rating 
     while enrolled in such program; or
       ``(bb) who at the time of enrollment, possess such a 
     certificate.
       ``(iii) Calculation of completion rate.--To calculate the 
     completion rate described in clause (i), the Secretary 
     shall--

       ``(I) consider as having completed, those students who earn 
     a private pilot's certificate for an airplane category rating 
     with a single-engine class rating, or who at the time of 
     enrollment possess such a certificate, and complete the 
     undergraduate flight education and training program at an 
     eligible institution--

       ``(aa) that predominantly awards associate degrees, within 
     200 percent of the normal time for completion;
       ``(bb) that predominantly awards bachelor degrees, within 
     150 percent of the normal time for completion; and
       ``(cc) that predominantly awards undergraduate 
     certificates, within 200 percent of the normal time for 
     completion;

       ``(II) consider as not having completed, those students who 
     earn a private pilot's certificate for an airplane category 
     rating with a single-engine class rating, or who at the time 
     of enrollment possess such a certificate, and who transfer 
     out of the undergraduate flight education and training 
     program to another program at the eligible institution that 
     is not an undergraduate flight education and training program 
     or to a program that is not an undergraduate flight education 
     and training program at another eligible institution; and
       ``(III) not include in the calculation, any student who--

       ``(aa) is a foreign national;
       ``(bb) earns a private pilot's certificate for an airplane 
     category rating with a single-engine class rating and 
     transfers out of the undergraduate flight education and 
     training program to another undergraduate flight education 
     and training program at a different eligible institution; or
       ``(cc) is enrolled in an undergraduate flight education and 
     training program and never earns a private pilot's 
     certificate for an airplane category rating with a single-
     engine class rating.
       ``(D) Reporting requirements.--
       ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall require each 
     undergraduate flight education and training program that 
     enrolls students who receive assistance under this part to 
     provide the data described in this subparagraph that is 
     necessary for the completion of the reporting requirements 
     described in this subparagraph.
       ``(ii) Form of data collection.--The Secretary shall 
     prescribe the form and format of the data required to be 
     provided under this subparagraph and include, at a minimum, 
     the following data elements:

       ``(I) Student data elements necessary to calculate student 
     enrollment, persistence, retention, transfer, and completion 
     rates.
       ``(II) Information disaggregated by gender, race, 
     ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.

       ``(iii) Report to congress.--Not later than 9 months after 
     the date of enactment of the Flight Education Access Act and 
     biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
     the Senate, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Education and 
     the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
     of Representatives, analyzing and assessing the data 
     collected pursuant to this subparagraph and conforming to the 
     requirements of this subparagraph that shall include the 
     following:

       ``(I) An assessment of the effectiveness of the 
     requirements under this subsection.
       ``(II) Information on enrollment, persistence, retention, 
     transfer, completion, utilization of Federal financial aid, 
     and unmet financial need, including information on applicable 
     institutions.
       ``(III) Information on the gender, race, ethnicity, and 
     socioeconomic status of students enrolled in an undergraduate 
     flight education and training program.''.

       (c) GAO Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall--
       (1) examine and review the implementation of this section 
     and the amendments made by this section, which review shall 
     include--
       (A) the number of participating institutions offering 
     undergraduate flight education and training programs (as 
     defined in section 455(r) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1087e(r)), as amended by this section);
       (B) the number of students enrolled in such undergraduate 
     flight education and training programs, and demographic data 
     regarding such students;
       (C) the level of such students' participation in the loan 
     program under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
     of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.), including demographic data 
     as appropriate; and
       (D) feedback from participating institutions regarding the 
     implementation of this section and the amendments made by 
     this section;
       (2) develop recommendations to the Department of Education 
     on any changes that should be made to improve the 
     implementation of this section and the amendments made by 
     this section; and
       (3) prepare and submit a report on the findings and 
     recommendations under paragraphs (1) and (2) to--
       (A) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
     and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
     the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
     of Representatives.
       (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section, or an 
     amendment made by this section, shall be construed to repeal, 
     amend, supersede, or affect any pilot training or 
     qualification provision under existing law.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary of Education, in addition 
     to any amounts otherwise available, to carry out the 
     amendments made by this section, $3,000,000 for each of 
     fiscal years 2024 through 2033. Such funds shall be available 
     until expended.

     SEC. __. REGIONAL AIR CARRIER PILOT TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation 
     (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall 
     establish a pilot program to award grants to eligible 
     applicants to support payment of costs--
       (1) related to required flight education and training for 
     aspiring pilots to become employed by a certificate holder 
     under part 119 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 
     which conducts scheduled operations under part 135 or 121 of 
     that title exclusively with aircraft having a seating 
     capacity of not more than 80 passengers; and
       (2) for the training and retention of pilots employed by a 
     certificate holder that conducts operations described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (b) Eligible Applicants.--An application for a grant under 
     this section shall be submitted in such form as the Secretary 
     may require, by an eligible applicant pursuing flight 
     education or training, including flight training on regional 
     aircraft, who demonstrates to the Secretary--
       (1) documentation of enrollment in an eligible pilot 
     development program described in subsection (g); and
       (2) receipt of direct financial assistance from a 
     certificate holder for costs described in subsection (a) 
     relating to flight education and training to participate in 
     such pilot development program.
       (c) Matching Funds.--In carrying out the pilot program 
     established under this section, the Secretary shall award 
     grants to support the flight education and training of an 
     eligible applicant by issuing matching funds for amounts 
     equal to the amount of direct financial assistance provided 
     by a certificate holder that conducts operations described in 
     subsection (a)(1) for the purposes of participation in an 
     eligible pilot development program, provided that an 
     individual grant for an eligible applicant provided under 
     this subsection does not exceed $30,000. An eligible 
     applicant may receive no more than one grant under the pilot 
     program. The Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent of the 
     funds made available under subsection (j) per fiscal year to 
     carry out this section and provide oversight of the program 
     by the Secretary.
       (d) Use of Funds.--

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       (1) In general.--A grant awarded under this section shall 
     be used to support the costs of an eligible applicant's--
       (A) flight training services;
       (B) program tuition;
       (C) training materials;
       (D) equipment; or
       (E) any other cost associated with expenses incurred by an 
     eligible applicant for purposes of receiving flight education 
     and training, including aircraft type training on regional 
     jet aircraft or simulation equipment, through an eligible 
     pilot development program.
       (2) Return of grant funds.--Any grant funds disbursed to an 
     eligible applicant by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 
     (c) that are used in violation of paragraph (1), or are not 
     expended as of the earlier of the date of termination of the 
     eligible applicant's participation in, or the expiration of, 
     the pilot program established in subsection (a), shall be 
     returned to the Secretary not later than 30 days after the 
     Secretary issues a written determination to the eligible 
     applicant stating the necessity for and compelling the return 
     of such grant funds. The Secretary may investigate any 
     eligible applicants who use grant funds in violation of 
     paragraph (1).
       (e) Preference for Employment With Regional Air Carriers.--
     In awarding grants under subsection (c) to an eligible 
     applicant, the Secretary shall give preferential 
     consideration to an eligible applicant who demonstrates a 
     documented commitment, on a voluntary basis, to initiate or 
     continue employment with a certificate holder that conducts 
     operations described in subsection (a)(1) until such time as 
     the eligible applicant attains the position of captain and 
     serves in such position for at least 2 years.
       (f) Considerations.--In carrying out the pilot program 
     established under this section, the Secretary shall consider 
     the following:
       (1) Ensuring the issuance of awards reflects equal 
     consideration of all eligible pilot development programs 
     operated by certificate holders that conducts operations 
     described in subsection (a)(1) from which eligible applicants 
     could be enrolled in and receive direct financial assistance 
     for flight education and training.
       (2) Developing and issuing policies, in coordination with 
     eligible pilot development programs described in subsection 
     (g) that are operated by such certificate holders, to verify 
     the use of awarded grant funds by eligible applicants to 
     support costs related to flight education and training.
       (g) Eligible Pilot Development Program.--For purposes of 
     the pilot program established under this section, an eligible 
     pilot development program shall meet the following criteria:
       (1) The program shall be operated in conjunction with an 
     eligible institution that is accredited by an accrediting 
     agency recognized by the Secretary that--
       (A) awards undergraduate certificates or associate or 
     bachelor's degrees; or
       (B) provides pilot training in accordance with part 141 of 
     title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
     regulation.
       (2) The program shall be able to facilitate an eligible 
     applicant's ability to fulfill necessary flight education and 
     training requirements, as determined by the Administrator of 
     the Federal Aviation Administration, to obtain a restricted 
     airline transport pilot certificate.
       (3) The program provides direct financial assistance to an 
     enrolled eligible applicant or reimburses an enrolled 
     eligible applicant for costs associated with expenses 
     incurred by an enrolled eligible applicant for purposes of 
     receiving pilot training necessary to fulfill the 
     certification described in paragraph (2).
       (4) The program shall be operated by, affiliated with, or 
     have an agreement with, a certificate holder that conducts 
     operations described in subsection (a)(1) for the purposes of 
     conducting flight education and training and developing 
     pilots for employment with the certificate holder.
       (h) Consolidation of Information.--The Secretary shall 
     provide, in a readily accessible web-based format, 
     consolidated information on grants available under the pilot 
     program established under this section.
       (i) Report to Congress.--No later than 5 years after the 
     establishment of the pilot program under this section, the 
     Secretary shall submit a report (and provide a briefing) to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
     of the House of Representatives on the progress of the pilot 
     program under this section, including--
       (1) any detailed metrics associated with the implementation 
     of the pilot program;
       (2) the resulting impact on the domestic regional carrier 
     pilot workforce; and
       (3) any related recommendations for future action to 
     improve the recruitment and retention of pilots at domestic 
     regional carriers.
       (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $21,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026, to remain available 
     until expended.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 912. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title V, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. FOOD INSECURITY AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
                   TRANSITIONING OUT OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE.

       (a) Study; Education and Outreach Efforts.--
       (1) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in conjunction 
     with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and other Federal 
     officials, as appropriate, conduct a study to identify the 
     means by which members of the Armed Forces are provided 
     information about the availability of Federal nutrition 
     assistance programs as they transition out of active duty 
     service.
       (2) Education and outreach efforts.--The Secretary of 
     Defense, working with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and 
     other Federal officials, as appropriate, shall increase 
     education and outreach efforts to members of the Armed Forces 
     who are transitioning out of active duty service, 
     particularly those members identified as being at-risk for 
     food insecurity, to increase awareness of the availability of 
     Federal nutrition assistance programs and eligibility for 
     those programs.
       (3) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
       (A) submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the results of the study 
     conducted under paragraph (1); and
       (B) publish such report on the website of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (b) Working Group.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, shall establish a working group to address, 
     across the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, and the Department of Agriculture, coordination, 
     data sharing, and evaluation efforts on underlying factors 
     contributing to food insecurity among members of the Armed 
     Forces transitioning out of active duty service, including 
     estimates of future earnings of such members (in this 
     subsection referred to as the ``working group'').
       (2) Membership.--The working group be composed of--
       (A) representatives from the Department of Defense, the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of 
     Agriculture;
       (B) other relevant Federal officials, including those 
     connected to veteran transition programs; and
       (C) other relevant stakeholders as determined by the 
     Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture.
       (3) Report.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit to 
     each congressional committee with jurisdiction over the 
     Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     and the Department of Agriculture a report on the 
     coordination, data sharing, and evaluation efforts described 
     in paragraph (1).
       (B) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (i) An accounting of the funding each department referred 
     to in subparagraph (A) has obligated toward research relating 
     to food insecurity among members of the Armed Forces or 
     veterans.
       (ii) An outline of methods of comparing programs and 
     sharing best practices for addressing food insecurity by each 
     such department.
       (iii) An outline of--

       (I) the plan each such department has to achieve greater 
     government efficiency and cross-agency coordination, data 
     sharing, and evaluation in addressing food insecurity among 
     members transitioning out of the Armed Forces; and
       (II) efforts that the departments can undertake to improve 
     coordination to better address food insecurity as it impacts 
     members during and after their active duty service.

       (iv) An identification of--

       (I) any legal, technological, or administrative barriers to 
     increased coordination and data sharing in addressing food 
     insecurity among members transitioning out of the Armed 
     Forces; and
       (II) any additional authorities needed to increase such 
     coordination and data sharing.

       (v) Any other information the Secretary of Defense, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or the Secretary of 
     Agriculture determines to be appropriate.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 913. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

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     SEC. 2__. REVIEW OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INVESTMENT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
       (1) review the current investment into applications of 
     artificial intelligence to the platforms, processes, and 
     operations of the Department of Defense; and
       (2) categorize the types of artificial intelligence 
     investments by categories including but not limited to the 
     following:
       (A) Automation.
       (B) Machine learning.
       (C) Autonomy.
       (D) Robotics.
       (E) Deep learning and neural network.
       (F) Natural language processing.
       (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 120 days after the 
     completion of the review and categorization required by 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on--
       (1) the findings of the Secretary with respect to the 
     review and any action taken or proposed to be taken by the 
     Secretary to address such findings; and
       (2) an evaluation of how the findings of the Secretary 
     align with stated strategies of the Department of Defense 
     with regard to artificial intelligence and performance 
     objectives established in the Department of Defense Data, 
     Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 914. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 565. PROMOTION OF CERTAIN FOOD AND NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Each Secretary concerned shall promote, to 
     members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary, awareness of food and nutrition assistance 
     programs administered by the Department of Defense.
       (b) Reporting.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     summarizing activities taken by the Secretary to carry out 
     subsection (a).
       (c) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 915. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Braun) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. __. RELEASE OF EDUCATION RECORDS TO FACILITATE THE AWARD 
                   OF A RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL.

       Section 444(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act 
     (20 U.S.C. 1232g(b)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (K)(ii), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (2) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and'';
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following:
       ``(M) an institution of postsecondary education in which 
     the student was previously enrolled, to which records of 
     postsecondary coursework and credits completed by the student 
     are disclosed for the purpose of applying such coursework and 
     credits toward completion of a recognized postsecondary 
     credential (as that term is defined in section 3 of the 
     Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3102)).''; and
       (4) by adding at the end of the flush matter at the end the 
     following: ``An institution of postsecondary education in 
     which a student was previously enrolled may not use disclosed 
     records as described in subparagraph (M) to issue a student a 
     recognized postsecondary credential unless the student 
     provides such institution with the student's prior written 
     consent to issue the student such credential.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 916. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Warnock) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ACCESS TO COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE PRIVILEGES FOR 
                   REMARRIED SPOUSES.

       (a) Benefits.--Section 1062 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The Secretary of Defense'' and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(a) Certain Unremarried Former Spouses.--The Secretary of 
     Defense'';
       (2) by striking ``commissary and exchange privileges'' and 
     inserting ``use commissary stores and MWR retail 
     facilities'';
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) Certain Remarried Surviving Spouses.--The Secretary 
     of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be 
     necessary to provide that a surviving spouse of a deceased 
     member of the armed forces, regardless of the marital status 
     of the surviving spouse, is entitled to use commissary stores 
     and MWR retail facilities to the same extent and on the same 
     basis as an unremarried surviving spouse of a member of the 
     uniformed services.''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) MWR Retail Facilities Defined.--In this section, the 
     term `MWR retail facilities' has the meaning given that term 
     in section 1063(e) of this title.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendments.--
       (1) Section heading.--The heading of section 1062 of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 1062. Certain former spouses and surviving spouses''.

       (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking the item relating to section 1062 and 
     inserting the following new item:

``1062. Certain former spouses and surviving spouses.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 917. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle B of title XV, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. MONITORING IRANIAN ENRICHMENT.

       (a) Significant Enrichment Activity Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``significant enrichment activity'' means--
       (1) any enrichment of any amount of uranium-235 to a purity 
     percentage that is 5 percent higher than the purity 
     percentage indicated in the prior submission to Congress 
     under subsection (b)(1); or
       (2) any enrichment of uranium-235 in a quantity exceeding 
     10 kilograms.
       (b) Submission to Congress.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 48 hours after the Director 
     of National Intelligence assesses that the Islamic Republic 
     of Iran has produced or possesses any amount of uranium-235 
     enriched to greater than 60 percent purity or has engaged in 
     significant enrichment activity, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to Congress such assessment, 
     consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and 
     methods.
       (2) Duplication.--For any submission required by this 
     subsection, the Director of National Intelligence may rely 
     upon existing products that reflect the current analytic 
     judgment of the intelligence community, including reports or 
     products produced in response to congressional mandate or 
     requests from executive branch officials.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 918. Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title V, insert the following:

     SEC. 5__. PROVISION OF FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INFORMATION AS 
                   PART OF TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       Section 1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(20) Information, counseling, and application assistance, 
     developed and provided in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, regarding Federal food and nutrition assistance 
     programs, including the supplemental nutrition assistance 
     program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and the special supplemental 
     nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
     established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     (42 U.S.C. 1786).''.

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  SA 919. Mr. RICKETTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 560A. INCLUSION OF INSTRUCTION REGARDING PREPARATION FOR 
                   AGRICULTURE IN TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       Section 1144(f)(1)(D) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and
       (2) by inserting after clause (iv) the following new clause 
     (v):
       ``(v) Preparation for agriculture.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 920. Mr. RICKETTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 316. ADDITIONAL COST ANALYSIS REQUIRED RELATING TO 
                   LIMITATION ON REPLACEMENT OF NON-TACTICAL 
                   VEHICLE FLEET OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WITH 
                   CERTAIN ELECTRIC AND OTHER VEHICLES.

       Section 328(b)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 
     136 Stat. 2520) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as 
     subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
     subparagraph (D):
       ``(D) a cost analysis of replacing vehicles that are fueled 
     by gasoline in the non-tactical vehicle fleet of the 
     Department with vehicles fueled by a blend of gasoline and 
     ethanol (commonly referred to as `flex-fuel' vehicles).''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 921. Mr. RICKETTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1269. REPORT ON DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report containing an 
     evaluation of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) processes 
     across all military services for the provision of defense 
     articles, defense services, and training to Taiwan pursuant 
     to the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--Such report shall contain the 
     following:
       (1) A description of price and availability data with 
     respect to the provision of defense articles, defense 
     services, and training requested by Taiwan during the two-
     year period preceding the date on which the report is 
     submitted.
       (2) A description of timelines from price and availability 
     data requested to price and availability data provided to 
     Taiwan of articles, services, and training described in 
     paragraph (1), including an identification of the specific 
     service lead associated with the provision of such articles, 
     services, and training.
       (3) A description of when articles, services, and training 
     described in paragraph (1) were provided to the Department of 
     State for FMS authorization.
       (4) An evaluation of military training activities conducted 
     with Taiwan during the two-year period preceding the date on 
     which the report is submitted report, including--
       (A) the objectives of such training activities;
       (B) funding authority, unless national funds were applied; 
     and
       (C) an evaluation of the effectiveness of such training 
     activities, including the strengths and weaknesses in 
     Taiwan's capacity to absorb the training provided.
       (5) A description of the articles, services, and training 
     described in paragraph (1) planned to be provided to Taiwan 
     during the one-year period after the period covered by the 
     report.
       (6) A description of the timeframe from Department of State 
     authorization to Taiwan signature on the Letter of Offer and 
     Acceptance of articles, services, and training described in 
     paragraph (1) and information on delays in concluding a 
     Letter of Offer and Acceptance.
       (7) A description of timelines the Department of Defense 
     took to work with United States industry in entering into 
     contracts associated articles, services, and training 
     described in paragraph (1), including a description of the 
     average timeframes for Letters of Offer and Acceptance.
       (8) A description of the timeliness of Department of 
     Defense components' reporting of deliveries articles, 
     services, and training described in paragraph (1).
       (9) A description on cooperation across agencies in 
     identifying priority articles, services, and training 
     described in paragraph (1) and cooperation with United States 
     industry to address delivery delays.
       (10) An update on the Department of Defense's efforts to 
     work with industry and the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
     Agency to introduce innovative technology to the Department 
     of Defense to address delivery delays resulting from supply 
     chain issues and long-lead manufacturing timelines for 
     articles, services, and training described in paragraph (1).
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) may 
     include a classified annex.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 922. Mr. RICKETTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. __. WAR RESERVE STOCK PROGRAM FOR TAIWAN.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), the President may 
     transfer to Taiwan any or all of the items described in 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Items Described.--The items referred to in subsection 
     (a) are armor, artillery, automatic weapons ammunition, 
     missiles, and other munitions that--
       (1) are obsolete or surplus items;
       (2) are in the inventory of the Department of Defense;
       (3) are intended for use as reserve stocks for Taiwan; and
       (4) are located in a stockpile in Taiwan.
       (c) Congressional Notification.--Not later than 30 days 
     before making a transfer under the authority of this section, 
     the President shall transmit a notification of the proposed 
     transfer to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
     House of Representatives. The notification shall identify the 
     items to be transferred and the concessions to be received.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 923. Mr. RICKETTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1269. REPORT ON JOINT POLICE PATROL ACTIVITIES OF CHINA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and 
     the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     that includes--
       (1) a comprehensive assessment of government, military, 
     security, and police entities directly or indirectly funded 
     by the national or any subnational government of the People's 
     Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party that support 
     or participate in any activities undertaken by illicit 
     Overseas Chinese Service Centers;
       (2) a list of all countries that conduct joint police 
     patrols, host law enforcement training or exchanges, or have 
     concluded binding internal security agreements with the 
     national or any subnational government of the People's 
     Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party;
       (3) an assessment of the risks such training, exchanges, 
     agreements, initiatives, or centers pose to United States 
     national security interests and personnel in those countries; 
     and

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       (4) a description of United States Government policies and 
     measures, including engagements with foreign governments on 
     law enforcement training or exchanges, joint police patrols, 
     or working with civil society organizations to identify 
     illicit Overseas Chinese Service Centers, adopted to reduce 
     such risks.
       (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a)--
       (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
     a classified annex; and
       (2) shall be made publicly available, other than the 
     classified annex portion of the report.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 924. Mr. RICKETTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1269. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND 
                   SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE PEOPLE'S 
                   REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       Subparagraph (C) of section 1202(b)(3) of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 113 
     note) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(C) With respect to security and military matters, 
     relations between--
       ``(i) the People's Republic of China and the Russian 
     Federation, including--

       ``(I) lessons learned by the People's Republic of China 
     from the Russian Federation with respect to security and 
     military matters;
       ``(II) the People's Republic of China support for the 
     invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation; and
       ``(III) any arms or related materiel or dual-use goods, 
     services, or technology the People's Republic of China 
     otherwise exports to the Russian Federation for use in 
     weapons systems in Ukraine; and

       ``(ii) the People's Republic of China and Iran.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 925. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1083. REVIEW OF AGRICULTURE-RELATED TRANSACTIONS BY 
                   COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
     U.S.C. 4565) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (4)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)--

       (I) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (II) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (III) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(iii) any transaction described in clause (vi) or (vii) 
     of subparagraph (B) proposed or pending on or after the date 
     of the enactment of this clause.'';
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(vi) Any other investment, subject to regulations 
     prescribed under subparagraphs (D) and (E), by a foreign 
     person in any unaffiliated United States business that is 
     engaged in agriculture or biotechnology related to 
     agriculture.
       ``(vii) Subject to subparagraphs (C) and (E), the purchase 
     or lease by, or a concession to, a foreign person of private 
     real estate that is--

       ``(I) located in the United States;
       ``(II) used in agriculture; and
       ``(III) more than 320 acres or valued in excess of 
     $5,000,000.'';

       (iii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``subparagraph 
     (B)(ii)'' and inserting ``clause (ii) or (vii) of 
     subparagraph (B)'';
       (iv) in subparagraph (D)--

       (I) in clause (i), by striking ``subparagraph (B)(iii)'' 
     and inserting ``clauses (iii) and (vi) of subparagraph (B)'';
       (II) in clause (iii)(I), by striking ``subparagraph 
     (B)(iii)'' and inserting ``clauses (iii) and (vi) of 
     subparagraph (B)'';
       (III) in clause (iv)(I), by striking ``subparagraph 
     (B)(iii)'' each place it appears and inserting ``clauses 
     (iii) and (vi) of subparagraph (B)''; and
       (IV) in clause (v), by striking ``subparagraph (B)(iii)'' 
     and inserting ``clauses (iii) and (vi) of subparagraph (B)''; 
     and

       (v) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``clauses (ii) and 
     (iii)'' and inserting ``clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and 
     (vii)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(14) Agriculture.--The term `agriculture' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
     of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203).'';
       (2) in subsection (k)(2)--
       (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), (I), and (J), as 
     subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K), respectively; and
       (B) inserting after subparagraph (G) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(H) The Secretary of Agriculture (nonvoting, ex 
     officio).''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(r) Prohibition With Respect to Agricultural Companies 
     and Real Estate.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this section, if the Committee, in conducting a review and 
     investigation under this section, determines that a 
     transaction described in clause (i), (vi), or (vii) of 
     subsection (a)(4)(B) would result in control by a covered 
     foreign person of or investment by a covered foreign person 
     in a United States business engaged in agriculture or private 
     real estate used in agriculture, the President shall prohibit 
     such transaction.
       ``(2) Waiver.--The President may waive, on a case-by-case 
     basis, the requirement to prohibit a transaction under 
     paragraph (1), not less than 30 days after the President 
     determines and reports to the relevant committees of 
     jurisdiction that it is vital to the national security 
     interests of the United States to waive such prohibition.
       ``(3) Defined terms.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Covered person.--
       ``(i) In general.--Except as provided by clause (ii), the 
     term `covered person'--

       ``(I) has the meaning given the term `a person owned by, 
     controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of 
     a foreign adversary' in section 7.2 of title 15, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the 
     enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2024), except that each reference to `foreign 
     adversary' in that definition shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the government of a covered country; and
       ``(II) includes an entity that--

       ``(aa) is registered in or organized under the laws of a 
     covered country;
       ``(bb) has a principal place of business in a covered 
     country; or
       ``(cc) has a subsidiary with a principal place of business 
     in a covered country.
       ``(ii) Exclusions.--The term `covered person' does not 
     include a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence to the United States.
       ``(B) Covered country.--The term `covered country' means 
     any of the following:
       ``(i) The People's Republic of China.
       ``(ii) The Russian Federation.
       ``(iii) The Islamic Republic of Iran.
       ``(iv) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 926. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. 
Fetterman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle D of title XXXI, 
     insert the following:

     SEC. 31____. PROHIBITION ON SALES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FROM 
                   THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE TO CERTAIN 
                   COUNTRIES.

       (a) Prohibitions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, unless a waiver has been issued under subsection (b), 
     the Secretary of Energy shall not draw down and sell 
     petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve--
       (1) to any entity that is under the ownership or control of 
     the Chinese Communist Party, the People's Republic of China, 
     the Russian Federation, the Democratic People's Republic of 
     Korea, or the Islamic Republic of Iran; or
       (2) except on the condition that such petroleum products 
     will not be exported to the People's Republic of China, the 
     Russian Federation, the Democratic People's Republic of 
     Korea, or the Islamic Republic of Iran.
       (b) Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--On application by a bidder, the Secretary 
     of Energy may waive, prior to the date of the applicable 
     auction, the prohibitions described in subsection (a) with 
     respect to the sale of crude oil to that bidder at that 
     auction.
       (2) Requirement.--The Secretary of Energy may issue a 
     waiver under this subsection only if the Secretary determines 
     that the waiver is in the interest of the national security 
     of the United States.
       (3) Applications.--A bidder seeking a waiver under this 
     subsection shall submit to

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     the Secretary of Energy an application by such date, in such 
     form, and containing such information as the Secretary of 
     Energy may require.
       (4) Notice to congress.--Not later than 15 days after 
     issuing a waiver under this subsection, the Secretary of 
     Energy shall provide a copy of the waiver to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 927. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS 
                   RELATED TO THE RENAMING OF ITEMS IN ARLINGTON 
                   NATIONAL CEMETERY.

       The Secretary of Defense may not take any action to 
     implement any recommendation of the commission established 
     under section 370 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 
     note; Public Law 116-283) that concerns any item within the 
     grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 928. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Graham) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1225. MODIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATOR FOR 
                   DETAINED ISIS MEMBERS AND RELEVANT POPULATIONS 
                   IN SYRIA.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
     Committee on Financial Services, the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
       (2) ISIS member.--The term ``ISIS member'' means a person 
     who was part of, or substantially supported, the Islamic 
     State in Iraq and Syria.
       (3) Senior coordinator.--The term ``Senior Coordinator'' 
     means the coordinator for detained ISIS members and relevant 
     displaced populations in Syria designated under subsection 
     (a) of section 1224 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1642), as 
     amended by subsection (d).
       (b) Sense of Congress.--
       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (A) ISIS detainees held by the Syrian Democratic Forces and 
     ISIS-affiliated individuals located within displaced persons 
     camps in Syria pose a significant and growing humanitarian 
     challenge and security threat to the region;
       (B) the vast majority of individuals held in displaced 
     persons camps in Syria are women and children, approximately 
     50 percent of whom are under the age of 12 at the al-Hol 
     camp, and they face significant threats of violence and 
     radicalization, as well as lacking access to adequate 
     sanitation and health care facilities;
       (C) there is an urgent need to seek a sustainable solution 
     to such camps through repatriation and reintegration of the 
     inhabitants;
       (D) the United States should work closely with 
     international allies and partners to facilitate the 
     repatriation and reintegration efforts required to provide a 
     long-term solution for such camps and prevent the resurgence 
     of ISIS; and
       (E) if left unaddressed, such camps will continue to be 
     drivers of instability that jeopardize the long-term 
     prospects for peace and stability in the region.
       (c) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States that--
       (1) ISIS-affiliated individuals located within displacement 
     camps in Syria, and other inhabitants of displacement camps 
     in Syria, be repatriated and, where appropriate, prosecuted, 
     or where possible, reintegrated into their country of origin, 
     consistent with all relevant domestic laws and applicable 
     international laws prohibiting refoulement; and
       (2) the camps will be closed as soon as is practicable.
       (d) Modification of Establishment of Coordinator for 
     Detained ISIS Members and Relevant Displaced Populations in 
     Syria.--Section 1224 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1642) 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (a);
       (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
       ``(a) Designation.--
       ``(1) In general.--The President, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Director of 
     National Intelligence, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development, and the Attorney General, shall designate an 
     existing official to serve within the executive branch as 
     senior-level coordinator to coordinate, in conjunction with 
     other relevant agencies, matters related to ISIS members who 
     are in the custody of the Syrian Democratic Forces and other 
     relevant displaced populations in Syria, including--
       ``(A) by engaging foreign partners to support the 
     repatriation and disposition of such individuals, including 
     by encouraging foreign partners to repatriate, transfer, 
     investigate, and prosecute such ISIS members, and share 
     information;
       ``(B) coordination of all multilateral and international 
     engagements led by the Department of State and other agencies 
     that are related to the current and future handling, 
     detention, and prosecution of such ISIS members;
       ``(C) the funding and coordination of the provision of 
     technical and other assistance to foreign countries to aid in 
     the successful investigation and prosecution of such ISIS 
     members, as appropriate, in accordance with relevant domestic 
     laws, international humanitarian law, and other 
     internationally recognized human rights and rule of law 
     standards;
       ``(D) coordination of all multilateral and international 
     engagements related to humanitarian access and provision of 
     basic services to, and freedom of movement and security and 
     safe return of, displaced persons at camps or facilities in 
     Syria that hold family members of such ISIS members;
       ``(E) coordination with relevant agencies on matters 
     described in this section; and
       ``(F) any other matter the President considers relevant.
       ``(2) Rule of construction.--If, on the date of the 
     enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2024, an individual has already been designated, 
     consistent with the requirements and responsibilities 
     described in paragraph (1), the requirements under that 
     paragraph shall be considered to be satisfied with respect to 
     such individual until the date on which such individual no 
     longer serves as the Senior Coordinator.'';
       (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``subsection (b)'' and 
     inserting ``subsection (a)'';
       (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``subsection (b)'' and 
     inserting ``subsection (a)'';
       (5) in subsection (e), by striking ``January 31, 2021'' and 
     inserting ``January 31, 2025'';
       (6) in subsection (f)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraph (2):
       ``(2) Senior coordinator.--The term `Senior Coordinator' 
     means the individual designated under subsection (a).''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Relevant agencies.--The term `relevant agencies' 
     means--
       ``(A) the Department of State;
       ``(B) the Department of Defense;
       ``(C) the Department of the Treasury;
       ``(D) the Department of Justice;
       ``(E) the United States Agency for International 
     Development;
       ``(F) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; 
     and
       ``(G) any other agency the President considers relevant.''; 
     and
       (7) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as 
     subsections (b) through (e), respectively.
       (e) Strategy on ISIS-Related Detainee and Displacement 
     Camps in Syria.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of 
     National Intelligence, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development, and the Attorney General, shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress an interagency strategy 
     with respect to ISIS-affiliated individuals and ISIS-related 
     detainee and other displaced persons camps in Syria.
       (2) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include--
       (A) methods to address--
       (i) disengagement from and prevention of recruitment into 
     violence, violent extremism, and other illicit activity in 
     such camps;
       (ii) efforts to encourage and facilitate repatriation and, 
     as appropriate, investigation and prosecution of foreign 
     nationals from such camps, consistent with all relevant 
     domestic and applicable international laws;
       (iii) the return and reintegration of displaced Syrian and 
     Iraqi women and children into their communities of origin;
       (iv) international engagement to develop processes for 
     repatriation and reintegration of foreign nationals from such 
     camps;

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       (v) contingency plans for the relocation of detained and 
     displaced persons who are not able to be repatriated from 
     such camps;
       (vi) efforts to improve the humanitarian conditions in such 
     camps, including through the delivery of medicine, 
     psychosocial support, clothing, education, and improved 
     housing; and
       (vii) assessed humanitarian and security needs of all camps 
     and detainment facilities based on prioritization of such 
     camps and facilities most at risk of humanitarian crises, 
     external attacks, or internal violence;
       (B) an assessment of--
       (i) rehabilitation centers in northeast Syria, including 
     humanitarian conditions and processes for admittance and 
     efforts to improve both humanitarian conditions and 
     admittance processes for such centers and camps, as well as 
     on the prevention of youth radicalization; and
       (ii) processes for being sent to, and resources directed 
     towards, rehabilitation centers and programs in countries 
     that receive returned ISIS affiliated individuals, with a 
     focus on the prevention of radicalization of minor children;
       (C) a plan to improve, in such camps--
       (i) security conditions, including by training of personnel 
     and through construction; and
       (ii) humanitarian conditions;
       (D) a framework for measuring progress of humanitarian, 
     security, and repatriation efforts with the goal of closing 
     such camps; and
       (E) any other matter the Secretary of State considers 
     appropriate.
       (3) Form.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex that is transmitted separately.
       (f) Annual Interagency Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
     annually thereafter through January 31, 2025, the Senior 
     Coordinator, in coordination with the relevant agencies, 
     shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     detailed report that includes the following:
       (A) A detailed description of the facilities and camps 
     where detained ISIS members, and families with perceived ISIS 
     affiliation, are being held and housed, including--
       (i) a description of the security and management of such 
     facilities and camps;
       (ii) an assessment of resources required for the security 
     of such facilities and camps;
       (iii) an assessment of the adherence by the operators of 
     such facilities and camps to international humanitarian law 
     standards; and
       (iv) an assessment of children held within such facilities 
     and camps that may be used as part of smuggling operations to 
     evade security at the facilities and camps.
       (B) A description of all efforts undertaken by, and the 
     resources needed for, the United States Government to address 
     deficits in the humanitarian environment and security of such 
     facilities and camps.
       (C) A description of all multilateral and international 
     engagements related to humanitarian access and provision of 
     basic services to, and freedom of movement and security and 
     safe return of, displaced persons at camps or facilities in 
     Iraq, Syria, and any other area affected by ISIS activity, 
     including a description of--
       (i) support for efforts by the Syrian Democratic Forces to 
     facilitate the return and reintegration of displaced people 
     from Iraq and Syria;
       (ii) repatriation efforts with respect to displaced women 
     and children and male children aging into adults while held 
     in these facilities and camps;
       (iii) any current or future potential threat to United 
     States national security interests posed by detained ISIS 
     members or displaced families, including an analysis of the 
     al-Hol camp and annexes; and
       (iv) United States Government plans and strategies to 
     respond to any threat identified under clause (iii).
       (D) The number of individuals repatriated from the custody 
     of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
       (E) An analysis of factors on the ground in Syria and Iraq 
     that may result in the unintended release of detained or 
     displaced ISIS members, and an assessment of any measures 
     available to mitigate such releases.
       (F) A detailed description of efforts to encourage the 
     final disposition and security of detained or displaced ISIS 
     members with other countries and international organizations.
       (G) A description of foreign repatriation and 
     rehabilitation programs deemed successful systems to model, 
     and an analysis of the long-term results of such programs.
       (H) A description of the manner in which the United States 
     Government communicates regarding repatriation and 
     disposition efforts with the families of United States 
     citizens believed to have been victims of a criminal act by a 
     detained or displaced ISIS member, in accordance with section 
     503(c) of the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (34 
     U.S.C. 20141(c)) and section 3771 of title 18, United States 
     Code.
       (I) An analysis of all efforts between the United States 
     and partner countries within the Global Coalition to Defeat 
     ISIS or other countries to share related information that may 
     aid in resolving the final disposition of ISIS members, and 
     any obstacles that may hinder such efforts.
       (J) Any other matter the Coordinator considers appropriate.
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex that is transmitted separately.
       (g) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section, or an 
     amendment made by this section, may be construed--
       (1) to limit the authority of any Federal agency to 
     independently carry out the authorized functions of such 
     agency; or
       (2) to impair or otherwise affect the activities performed 
     by that agency as granted by law.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 929. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. MODIFICATION OF TERMINATION DATE OF GLOBAL 
                   ENGAGEMENT CENTER.

       Section 1287(j) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 4 2656 note; Public Law 114-
     328) is amended by striking ``on the date that is 8 years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting 
     ``on September 30, 2033''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 930. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL 
                   REPRESENTATIVE FOR CITY AND STATE DIPLOMACY.

       Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(n) Office of Special Representative for City and State 
     Diplomacy.--
       ``(1) In general.--There is established within the Office 
     of Global Partnerships of the Department of State an Office 
     of the Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy 
     (in this subsection referred to as the `Office').
       ``(2) Head.--The head of the Office shall be the Special 
     Representative for City and State Diplomacy, who shall be 
     responsible for developing strategies to advise and enhance 
     subnational diplomacy throughout the United States.
       ``(3) Duties.--
       ``(A) Principal duty.--The principal duty of the Special 
     Representative shall be providing the overall strategic 
     guidance of Department of State support for subnational 
     engagements by State and municipal governments with foreign 
     governments. The Special Representative shall be the 
     principal adviser to the Secretary of State on subnational 
     engagements, the principal official on such matters within 
     the senior management of the Department of State, and lead 
     coordinator on such matters for other relevant Federal 
     agencies.
       ``(B) Additional duties.--The additional duties of the 
     Special Representative shall include the following:
       ``(i) Providing strategic guidance for overall Department 
     of State policy and programs in support of subnational 
     engagements by State and municipal governments with foreign 
     governments, including with respect to the following:

       ``(I) Identifying policy, program, and funding 
     discrepancies among relevant Federal agencies regarding 
     subnational diplomacy engagement.
       ``(II) Advising on efforts to better align the Department 
     of State and other Federal agencies in support of such 
     engagements.

       ``(ii) Identifying areas of alignment between United States 
     foreign policy and State and municipal goals.
       ``(iii) Facilitating tools for State and municipal 
     officials to communicate with the United States public 
     regarding the breadth of international engagement by 
     subnational actors and the impact of diplomacy across the 
     United States.
       ``(iv) Facilitating linkages and networks among State and 
     municipal governments, and between State and municipal 
     governments and their foreign counterparts.
       ``(v) Under the direction of the Secretary, negotiating 
     agreements and memoranda of understanding with foreign 
     governments related to subnational engagements and 
     priorities.
       ``(vi) Supporting United States economic interests through 
     subnational engagements, in consultation and coordination 
     with the Department of Commerce, the Department of the 
     Treasury, and the Office of the United States Trade 
     Representative.
       ``(4) Coordination.--With respect to matters involving 
     trade promotion and inward investment facilitation, the 
     Office shall coordinate with and support the International

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     Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce as the 
     lead Federal agency for trade promotion and facilitation of 
     business investment in the United States.
       ``(5) Detailees.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary of State, with respect to 
     employees of the Department of State, is authorized to detail 
     a member of the civil service or Foreign Service to State and 
     municipal governments on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 
     basis. Such details shall be for a period not to exceed two 
     years, and shall be without interruption or loss of status or 
     privilege.
       ``(B) Responsibilities.--Detailees under subparagraph (A) 
     should carry out the following responsibilities:
       ``(i) Supporting the mission and objectives of the host 
     subnational government office.
       ``(ii) Advising State and municipal government officials 
     regarding questions of global affairs, foreign policy, 
     cooperative agreements, and public diplomacy.
       ``(iii) Coordinating activities relating to State and 
     municipal government subnational engagements with the 
     Department of State, including the Office, Department 
     leadership, and regional and functional bureaus of the 
     Department, as appropriate.
       ``(iv) Engaging Federal agencies regarding security, public 
     health, trade promotion, and other programs executed at the 
     State or municipal government level.
       ``(v) Any other duties requested by State and municipal 
     governments and approved by the Office.
       ``(C) Additional personnel support for subnational 
     engagement.--For the purposes of this subsection, the 
     Secretary of State--
       ``(i) is authorized to employ individuals by contract;
       ``(ii) is encouraged to make use of the re-hired annuitants 
     authority under section 3323 of title 5, United States Code, 
     particularly for annuitants who are already residing across 
     the United States who may have the skills and experience to 
     support subnational governments; and
       ``(iii) is encouraged to make use of authorities under the 
     Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 et 
     seq.) to temporarily assign State and local government 
     officials to the Department of State or overseas missions to 
     increase their international experience and add their 
     perspectives on United States priorities to the Department.
       ``(6) Report and briefing.--
       ``(A) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this subsection, the Special Representative 
     shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives a report that includes information 
     relating to the following:
       ``(i) The staffing plan (including permanent and temporary 
     staff) for the Office and a justification for the location of 
     the Office within the Department of State's organizational 
     structure.
       ``(ii) The funding level provided to the Office for the 
     Office, together with a justification relating to such level.
       ``(iii) The rank and title granted to the Special 
     Representative, together with a justification relating to 
     such decision and an analysis of whether the rank and title 
     is required to fulfill the duties of the Office.
       ``(iv) A strategic plan for the Office, including relating 
     to--

       ``(I) supporting subnational engagements to improve United 
     States foreign policy effectiveness;
       ``(II) enhancing the awareness, understanding, and 
     involvement of United States citizens in the foreign policy 
     process; and
       ``(III) better engaging with foreign subnational 
     governments to strengthen diplomacy.

       ``(v) Any other matters as determined relevant by the 
     Special Representative.
       ``(B) Briefings.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     submission of the report required under subparagraph (A) and 
     annually thereafter, the Special Representative shall brief 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives on the work of the Office and any changes 
     made to the organizational structure or funding of the 
     Office.
       ``(7) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
     be construed as precluding--
       ``(A) the Office from being elevated to a bureau within the 
     Department of State; or
       ``(B) the Special Representative from being elevated to an 
     Assistant Secretary, if such an Assistant Secretary position 
     does not increase the number of Assistant Secretary positions 
     at the Department above the number authorized under 
     subsection (c)(1).
       ``(8) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Municipal.--The term `municipal' means, with respect 
     to the government of a municipality in the United States, a 
     municipality with a population of not fewer than 100,000 
     people.
       ``(B) State.--The term `State' means the 50 States, the 
     District of Columbia, and any territory or possession of the 
     United States.
       ``(C) Subnational engagement.--The term `subnational 
     engagement' means formal meetings or events between elected 
     officials of State or municipal governments and their foreign 
     counterparts.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 931. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. 
Stabenow, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Fetterman, and Mr. Ricketts) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. PROTECTION OF COVERED SECTORS.

       The Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

              ``TITLE VIII--PROTECTION OF COVERED SECTORS

     ``SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS.

       ``In this title:
       ``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     `appropriate congressional committees' means--
       ``(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       ``(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Ways and Means, the Committee on Financial Services, the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       ``(2) Country of concern.--The term `country of concern' 
     means, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed in 
     accordance with section 806, a country specified in section 
     4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
       ``(3) Covered activity.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to such regulations as may be 
     prescribed in accordance with section 806, and except as 
     provided in subparagraph (B), the term `covered activity' 
     means any activity engaged in by a United States person in a 
     related to a covered sector that involves--
       ``(i) an acquisition by such United States person of an 
     equity interest or contingent equity interest, or monetary 
     capital contribution, in a covered foreign entity, directly 
     or indirectly, by contractual commitment or otherwise, with 
     the goal of generating income or gain;
       ``(ii) an arrangement for an interest held by such United 
     States person in the short- or long-term debt obligations of 
     a covered foreign entity that includes governance rights that 
     are characteristic of an equity investment, management, or 
     other important rights, as defined in regulations prescribed 
     in accordance with section 806;
       ``(iii) the establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary in a 
     country of concern, such as a greenfield investment, for the 
     purpose of production, design, testing, manufacturing, 
     fabrication, or development related to one or more covered 
     sectors;
       ``(iv) the establishment by such United States person of a 
     joint venture in a country of concern or with a covered 
     foreign entity for the purpose of production, design, 
     testing, manufacturing, fabrication, or research involving 
     one or more covered sectors, or other contractual or other 
     commitments involving a covered foreign entity to jointly 
     research and develop new innovation, including through the 
     transfer of capital or intellectual property or other 
     business proprietary information; or
       ``(v) the acquisition by a United States person with a 
     covered foreign entity of--

       ``(I) operational cooperation, such as through supply or 
     support arrangements;
       ``(II) the right to board representation (as an observer, 
     even if limited, or as a member) or an executive role (as may 
     be defined through regulation) in a covered foreign entity;
       ``(III) the ability to direct or influence such operational 
     decisions as may be defined through such regulations;
       ``(IV) formal governance representation in any operating 
     affiliate, like a portfolio company, of a covered foreign 
     entity; or
       ``(V) a new relationship to share or provide business 
     services, such as but not limited to financial services, 
     marketing services, maintenance, or assembly functions, 
     related to a covered sectors.

       ``(B) Exceptions.--The term `covered activity' does not 
     include--
       ``(i) any transaction the value of which the Secretary of 
     the Treasury determines is de minimis, as defined in 
     regulations prescribed in accordance with section 806;
       ``(ii) any category of transactions that the Secretary 
     determines is in the national interest of the United States, 
     as may be defined in regulations prescribed in accordance 
     with section 806; or
       ``(iii) any ordinary or administrative business transaction 
     as may be defined in such regulations.
       ``(4) Covered foreign entity.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to regulations prescribed in 
     accordance with section 806, and except as provided in 
     subparagraph (B), the term `covered foreign entity' means--
       ``(i) any entity that is incorporated in, has a principal 
     place of business in, or is organized under the laws of a 
     country of concern;
       ``(ii) any entity the equity securities of which are 
     primarily traded in the ordinary

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     course of business on one or more exchanges in a country of 
     concern;
       ``(iii) any entity in which any entity described in 
     subclause (i) or (ii) holds, individually or in the 
     aggregate, directly or indirectly, an ownership interest of 
     greater than 50 percent; or
       ``(iv) any other entity that is not a United States person 
     and that meets such criteria as may be specified by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury in such regulations.
       ``(B) Exception.--The term `covered foreign entity' does 
     not include any entity described in subparagraph (A) that can 
     demonstrate that a majority of the equity interest in the 
     entity is ultimately owned by--
       ``(i) nationals of the United States; or
       ``(ii) nationals of such countries (other than countries of 
     concern) as are identified for purposes of this subparagraph 
     pursuant to regulations prescribed in accordance with section 
     806.
       ``(5) Covered sectors.--Subject to regulations prescribed 
     in accordance with section 806, the term `covered sectors' 
     includes sectors within the following areas, as specified in 
     such regulations:
       ``(A) Advanced semiconductors and microelectronics.
       ``(B) Artificial intelligence.
       ``(C) Quantum information science and technology.
       ``(D) Hypersonics.
       ``(E) Satellite-based communications.
       ``(F) Networked laser scanning systems with dual-use 
     applications.
       ``(6) Party.--The term `party', with respect to an 
     activity, has the meaning given that term in regulations 
     prescribed in accordance with section 806.
       ``(7) United states.--The term `United States' means the 
     several States, the District of Columbia, and any territory 
     or possession of the United States.
       ``(8) United states person.--The term `United States 
     person' means--
       ``(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of the 
     United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
     residence in the United States; and
       ``(B) any corporation, partnership, or other entity 
     organized under the laws of the United States or the laws of 
     any jurisdiction within the United States.

     ``SEC. 802. ADMINISTRATION OF UNITED STATES INVESTMENT 
                   NOTIFICATION.

       ``(a) In General.--The President shall delegate the 
     authorities and functions under this title to the Secretary 
     of the Treasury.
       ``(b) Coordination.--In carrying out the duties of the 
     Secretary under this title, the Secretary shall--
       ``(1) coordinate with the Secretary of Commerce; and
       ``(2) consult with the United States Trade Representative, 
     the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the 
     Director of National Intelligence.

     ``SEC. 803. MANDATORY NOTIFICATION OF COVERED ACTIVITIES.

       ``(a) Mandatory Notification.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to regulations prescribed in 
     accordance with section 806, beginning on the date that is 90 
     days after such regulations take effect, a United States 
     person that plans to engage in a covered activity shall--
       ``(A) if such covered activity is not a secured 
     transaction, submit to the Secretary of the Treasury a 
     complete written notification of the activity not later than 
     14 days before the anticipated completion date of the 
     activity; and
       ``(B) if such covered activity is a secured transaction, 
     submit to the Secretary of the Treasury a complete written 
     notification of the activity not later than 14 days after the 
     completion date of the activity.
       ``(2) Circulation of notification.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall, upon receipt of a 
     notification under paragraph (1), promptly inspect the 
     notification for completeness.
       ``(B) Incomplete notifications.--If a notification 
     submitted under paragraph (1) is incomplete, the Secretary 
     shall promptly inform the United States person that submits 
     the notification that the notification is not complete and 
     provide an explanation of relevant material respects in which 
     the notification is not complete.
       ``(3) Identification of non-notified activity.--The 
     Secretary shall establish a process to identify covered 
     activity for which--
       ``(A) a notification is not submitted to the Secretary 
     under paragraph (1); and
       ``(B) information is reasonably available.
       ``(b) Confidentiality of Information.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any 
     information or documentary material filed with the Secretary 
     of the Treasury pursuant to this section shall be exempt from 
     disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, 
     and no such information or documentary material may be made 
     public by any government agency or Member of Congress.
       ``(2) Exceptions.--The exemption from disclosure provided 
     by paragraph (1) shall not prevent the disclosure of the 
     following:
       ``(A) Information relevant to any administrative or 
     judicial action or proceeding.
       ``(B) Information provided to Congress or any of the 
     appropriate congressional committees.
       ``(C) Information important to the national security 
     analysis or actions of the President to any domestic 
     governmental entity, or to any foreign governmental entity of 
     an ally or partner of the United States, under the direction 
     and authorization of the President or the Secretary, only to 
     the extent necessary for national security purposes, and 
     subject to appropriate confidentiality and classification 
     requirements.
       ``(D) Information that the parties have consented to be 
     disclosed to third parties.

     ``SEC. 804. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       ``(a) In General.--Not later than 360 days after the date 
     on which the regulations prescribed under section 806 take 
     effect, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report that--
       ``(1) lists all notifications submitted under section 
     803(a) during the year preceding submission of the report and 
     includes, with respect to each such notification--
       ``(A) basic information on each party to the covered 
     activity with respect to which the notification was 
     submitted; and
       ``(B) the nature of the covered activity that was the 
     subject to the notification, including the elements of the 
     covered activity that necessitated a notification;
       ``(2) includes a summary of those notifications, 
     disaggregated by sector, by covered activity, and by country 
     of concern;
       ``(3) provides additional context and information regarding 
     trends in the sectors, the types of covered activities, and 
     the countries involved in those notifications;
       ``(4) includes a description of the national security risks 
     associated with--
       ``(A) the covered activities with respect to which those 
     notifications were submitted; or
       ``(B) categories of such activities; and
       ``(5) assesses the overall impact of those notifications, 
     including recommendations for--
       ``(A) expanding existing Federal programs to support the 
     production or supply of covered sectors in the United States, 
     including the potential of existing authorities to address 
     any related national security concerns;
       ``(B) investments needed to enhance covered sectors and 
     reduce dependence on countries of concern regarding those 
     sectors; and
       ``(C) the continuation, expansion, or modification of the 
     implementation and administration of this title, including 
     recommendations with respect to whether the definition of 
     `country of concern' under section 801(2) should be amended 
     to add or remove countries.
       ``(b) Form of Report.--Each report required by this section 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       ``(c) Testimony Required.--Not later than one year after 
     the date of enactment of this title, and annually thereafter, 
     the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce 
     shall each provide to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 
     Services of the House of Representatives testimony with 
     respect to the national security threats relating to 
     investments by the United States persons in countries of 
     concern and broader international capital flows.

     ``SEC. 805. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT.

       ``(a) Penalties With Respect to Unlawful Acts.--Subject to 
     regulations prescribed in accordance with section 806, it 
     shall be unlawful--
       ``(1) to fail to submit a notification under subsection (a) 
     of section 803 with respect to a covered activity or to 
     submit other information as required by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury; or
       ``(2) to make a material misstatement or to omit a material 
     fact in any information submitted to the Secretary under this 
     title.
       ``(b) Enforcement.--The President may direct the Attorney 
     General to seek appropriate relief in the district courts of 
     the United States, in order to implement and enforce this 
     title.

     ``SEC. 806. REQUIREMENT FOR REGULATIONS.

       ``(a) In General.--Not later than 360 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this title, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall finalize regulations to carry out this title.
       ``(b) Elements.--Regulations prescribed to carry out this 
     title shall include specific examples of the types of--
       ``(1) activities that will be considered to be covered 
     activities; and
       ``(2) the specific sectors and subsectors that may be 
     considered to be covered sectors.
       ``(c) Requirements for Certain Regulations.--The Secretary 
     of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations further defining 
     the terms used in this title, including `covered activity', 
     `covered foreign entity', and `party', in accordance with 
     subchapter II of chapter 5 and chapter 7 of title 5 (commonly 
     known as the `Administrative Procedure Act').
       ``(d) Public Participation in Rulemaking.--The provisions 
     of section 709 shall apply to any regulations issued under 
     this title.
       ``(e) Low-burden Regulations.--In prescribing regulations 
     under this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     structure the regulations--
       ``(1) to minimize the cost and complexity of compliance for 
     affected parties;.
       ``(2) to ensure the benefits of the regulations outweigh 
     their costs;
       ``(3) to adopt the least burdensome alternative that 
     achieves regulatory objectives;
       ``(4) to prioritize transparency and stakeholder 
     involvement in the process of prescribing the regulations; 
     and
       ``(5) to regularly review and streamline existing 
     regulations to reduce redundancy and complexity.

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     ``SEC. 807. MULTILATERAL ENGAGEMENT AND COORDINATION.

       ``(a) In General.--The President shall delegate the 
     authorities and functions under this section to the Secretary 
     of State.
       ``(b) Authorities.--The Secretary of State, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
     Commerce, the United States Trade Representative, and the 
     Director of National Intelligence, shall--
       ``(1) conduct bilateral and multilateral engagement with 
     the governments of countries that are allies and partners of 
     the United States to ensure coordination of protocols and 
     procedures with respect to covered activities with countries 
     of concern and covered foreign entities; and
       ``(2) upon adoption of protocols and procedures described 
     in paragraph (1), work with those governments to establish 
     mechanisms for sharing information, including trends, with 
     respect to such activities.
       ``(c) Strategy for Development of Outbound Investment 
     Screening Mechanisms.--The Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and in 
     consultation with the Attorney General, shall--
       ``(1) develop a strategy to work with countries that are 
     allies and partners of the United States to develop 
     mechanisms comparable to this title for the notification of 
     covered activities; and
       ``(2) provide technical assistance to those countries with 
     respect to the development of those mechanisms.
       ``(d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the development 
     of the strategy required by subsection (b), and annually 
     thereafter for a period of 5 years, the Secretary of State 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report that includes the strategy, the status of implementing 
     the strategy, and a description of any impediments to the 
     establishment of mechanisms comparable to this title by 
     allies and partners,

     ``SEC. 808. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title, 
     including to provide outreach to industry and persons 
     affected by this title.
       ``(b) Hiring Authority.--The head of any agency designated 
     as a lead agency under section 802(b) may appoint, without 
     regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of 
     title 5, United States Code, not more than 25 candidates 
     directly to positions in the competitive service (as defined 
     in section 2102 of that title) in that agency. The primary 
     responsibility of individuals in positions authorized under 
     the preceding sentence shall be to administer this title.

     ``SEC. 809. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO FREE AND 
                   FAIR COMMERCE.

       ``Nothing in this title may be construed to restrain or 
     deter foreign investment in the United States, United States 
     investment abroad, or trade in goods or services, if such 
     investment and trade do not pose a risk to the national 
     security of the United States.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 932. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Risch) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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, add the following:

       DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2023

     SEC. 6001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the 
     ``Department of State Authorization Act of 2023''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
     division is as follows:

       DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2023

Sec. 6001. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 6002. Definitions.

          TITLE LXI--DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND CONSULAR AFFAIRS

Sec. 6101. Special hiring authority for passport services.
Sec. 6102. Quarterly report on passport wait times.
Sec. 6103. Passport travel advisories.
Sec. 6104. Strategy to ensure access to passport services for all 
              Americans.
Sec. 6105. Strengthening the National Passport Information Center.
Sec. 6106. Strengthening passport customer visibility and transparency.
Sec. 6107. Annual Office of Authentications report.
Sec. 6108. Increased accountability in assignment restrictions and 
              reviews.
Sec. 6109. Suitability reviews for Foreign Service Institute 
              instructors.
Sec. 6110. Diplomatic security fellowship programs.

                     TITLE LXII--PERSONNEL MATTERS

             Subtitle A--Hiring, Promotion, and Development

Sec. 6201. Adjustment to promotion precepts.
Sec. 6202. Hiring authorities.
Sec. 6203. Extending paths to service for paid student interns.
Sec. 6204. Lateral Entry Program.
Sec. 6205. Mid-Career Mentoring Program.
Sec. 6206. Report on the Foreign Service Institute's language program .
Sec. 6207. Consideration of career civil servants as chiefs of 
              missions.
Sec. 6208. Civil service rotational program.
Sec. 6209. Reporting requirement on chiefs of mission.
Sec. 6210. Report on chiefs of mission and deputy chiefs of mission.
Sec. 6211. Protection of retirement annuity for reemployment by 
              Department.
Sec. 6212. Efforts to improve retention and prevent retaliation.
Sec. 6213. National advertising campaign.
Sec. 6214. Expansion of diplomats in residence programs.

            Subtitle B--Pay, Benefits, and Workforce Matters

Sec. 6221. Education allowance.
Sec. 6222. Per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign 
              Service.
Sec. 6223. Improving mental health services for foreign and civil 
              servants.
Sec. 6224. Emergency back-up care.
Sec. 6225. Authority to provide services to non-chief of mission 
              personnel.
Sec. 6226. Exception for government-financed air transportation.
Sec. 6227. Enhanced authorities to protect locally employed staff 
              during emergencies.
Sec. 6228. Internet at hardship posts.
Sec. 6229. Competitive local compensation plan.
Sec. 6230. Supporting tandem couples in the Foreign Service.
Sec. 6231. Accessibility at diplomatic missions.
Sec. 6232. Report on breastfeeding accommodations overseas.
Sec. 6233. Determining the effectiveness of knowledge transfers between 
              Foreign Service Officers.
Sec. 6234. Education allowance for dependents of Department of State 
              employees located in United States territories.

         TITLE LXIII--INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY

Sec. 6301. Data-informed diplomacy.
Sec. 6302. Establishment and expansion of the Bureau Chief Data Officer 
              Program.
Sec. 6303. Establishment of the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer 
              of the Department of State.
Sec. 6304. Strengthening the Chief Information Officer of the 
              Department of State.
Sec. 6305. Sense of Congress on strengthening enterprise governance.
Sec. 6306. Digital connectivity and cybersecurity partnership.
Sec. 6307. Establishment of a cyberspace, digital connectivity, and 
              related technologies (CDT) fund.
Sec. 6308. Cyber protection support for personnel of the Department of 
              State in positions highly vulnerable to cyber attack.

                TITLE LXIV--ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

Sec. 6401. Personal services contractors.
Sec. 6402. Hard-to-fill posts.
Sec. 6403. Enhanced oversight of the Office of Civil Rights.
Sec. 6404. Crisis response operations.
Sec. 6405. Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum.
Sec. 6406. Special Envoy for Belarus.
Sec. 6407. Overseas placement of special appointment positions.
Sec. 6408. Resources for United States nationals unlawfully or 
              wrongfully detained abroad.

                     TITLE LXV--ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY

Sec. 6501. Report on recruitment, retention, and promotion of Foreign 
              Service economic officers.
Sec. 6502. Mandate to revise Department of State metrics for successful 
              economic and commercial diplomacy.
Sec. 6503. Chief of mission economic responsibilities.
Sec. 6504. Direction to embassy deal teams.
Sec. 6505. Establishment of a ``Deal Team of the Year'' award.

                      TITLE LXVI--PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

Sec. 6601. Public diplomacy outreach.
Sec. 6602. Modification on use of funds for Radio Free Europe/Radio 
              Liberty.
Sec. 6603. International broadcasting.
Sec. 6604. John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship program.
Sec. 6605. Domestic engagement and public affairs.
Sec. 6606. Extension of Global Engagement Center.
Sec. 6607. Paperwork Reduction Act.
Sec. 6608. Modernization and enhancement strategy.

                       TITLE LXVII--OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 6701. Internships of United States nationals at international 
              organizations.
Sec. 6702. Training for international organizations.
Sec. 6703. Modification to transparency on international agreements and 
              non-binding instruments.
Sec. 6704. Report on partner forces utilizing United States security 
              assistance identified as using hunger as a weapon of war.

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Sec. 6705. Infrastructure projects and investments by the United States 
              and People's Republic of China.
Sec. 6706. Special envoys.
Sec. 6707. US-ASEAN Center.
Sec. 6708. Briefings on the United States-European Union Trade and 
              Technology Council.
Sec. 6709. Modification and repeal of reports.
Sec. 6710. Modification of Build Act of 2018 to prioritize projects 
              that advance national security.
Sec. 6711. Permitting for international bridges.

                      TITLE LXVIII--AUKUS MATTERS

Sec. 6801. Definitions.

              Subtitle A--Outlining the AUKUS Partnership

Sec. 6811. Statement of policy on the AUKUS partnership.
Sec. 6812. Senior Advisor for the AUKUS partnership at the Department 
              of State.

         Subtitle B--Authorization for AUKUS Submarine Training

Sec. 6823. Australia, United Kingdom, and United States submarine 
              security training.

  Subtitle C--Streamlining and Protecting Transfers of United States 
                  Military Technology From Compromise

Sec. 6831. Priority for Australia and the United Kingdom in Foreign 
              Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales.
Sec. 6832. Identification and pre-clearance of platforms, technologies, 
              and equipment for sale to Australia and the United 
              Kingdom through Foreign Military Sales and Direct 
              Commercial Sales.
Sec. 6833. Export control exemptions and standards.
Sec. 6834. Expedited review of export licenses for exports of advanced 
              technologies to Australia, the United Kingdom, and 
              Canada.
Sec. 6835. United States Munitions List.

                    Subtitle D--Other AUKUS Matters

Sec. 6841. Reporting related to the AUKUS partnership.

     SEC. 6002. DEFINITIONS.

       In this division:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Department of State.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of State.

          TITLE LXI--DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND CONSULAR AFFAIRS

     SEC. 6101. SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY FOR PASSPORT SERVICES.

       During the 3-year period beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, without regard 
     to the provisions under sections 3309 through 3318 of title 
     5, United States Code, may directly appoint up to 80 
     candidates to positions in the competitive service (as 
     defined in section 2102 of such title) at the Department in 
     the Passport and Visa Examining Series 0967.

     SEC. 6102. QUARTERLY REPORT ON PASSPORT WAIT TIMES.

       Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, and quarterly thereafter for the following 3 years, 
     the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that describes--
       (1) the current estimated wait times for passport 
     processing;
       (2) the steps that have been taken by the Department to 
     reduce wait times to a reasonable time;
       (3) efforts to improve the rollout of the online passport 
     renewal processing program, including how much of passport 
     revenues the Department is spending on consular systems 
     modernization;
       (4) the demand for urgent passport services by major 
     metropolitan area;
       (5) the steps that have been taken by the Department to 
     reduce and meet the demand for urgent passport services, 
     particularly in areas that are greater than 5 hours driving 
     time from the nearest passport agency; and
       (6) how the Department details its staff and resources to 
     passport services programs.

     SEC. 6103. PASSPORT TRAVEL ADVISORIES.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Department shall make prominently available in 
     United States regular passports, on the first three pages of 
     the passport, the following information:
       (1) A prominent, clear advisory for all travelers to check 
     travel.state.gov for updated travel warnings and advisories.
       (2) A prominent, clear notice urging all travelers to 
     register with the Department prior to overseas travel.
       (3) A prominent, clear advisory--
       (A) noting that many countries deny entry to travelers 
     during the last 6 months of their passport validity period; 
     and
       (B) urging all travelers to renew their passport not later 
     than 1 year prior to its expiration.

     SEC. 6104. STRATEGY TO ENSURE ACCESS TO PASSPORT SERVICES FOR 
                   ALL AMERICANS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit a strategy to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives for ensuring 
     reasonable access to passport services for all Americans, 
     which shall include--
       (1) a detailed strategy describing how the Department 
     could--
       (A) by not later than 1 year after submission of the 
     strategy, reduce passport processing times to an acceptable 
     average for renewals and for expedited service; and
       (B) by not later than 2 years after the submission of the 
     strategy, provide United States residents living in a 
     significant population center more than a 5-hour drive from a 
     passport agency with urgent, in-person passport services, 
     including the possibility of building new passport agencies; 
     and
       (2) a description of the specific resources required to 
     implement the strategy.

     SEC. 6105. STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL PASSPORT INFORMATION 
                   CENTER.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     passport wait times since 2021 have been unacceptably long 
     and have created frustration among those seeking to obtain or 
     renew passports.
       (b) Online Chat Feature.--The Department should develop an 
     online tool with the capability for customers to correspond 
     with customer service representatives regarding questions and 
     updates pertaining to their application for a passport or for 
     the renewal of a passport.
       (c) GAO Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall initiate a review of NPIC operations, 
     which shall include an analysis of the extent to which NPIC--
       (1) responds to constituent inquiries by telephone, 
     including how long constituents are kept on hold and their 
     ability to be placed in a queue;
       (2) provides personalized customer service;
       (3) maintains its telecommunications infrastructure to 
     ensure it effectively handles call volumes; and
       (4) other relevant issues the Comptroller General deems 
     appropriate.

     SEC. 6106. STRENGTHENING PASSPORT CUSTOMER VISIBILITY AND 
                   TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) Online Status Tool.--Not later than 2 years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Department should 
     modernize the online passport application status tool to 
     include, to the greatest extent possible, step by step 
     updates on the status of their application, including with 
     respect to the following stages:
       (1) Submitted for processing.
       (2) In process at a lockbox facility.
       (3) Awaiting adjudication.
       (4) In process of adjudication.
       (5) Adjudicated with a result of approval or denial.
       (6) Materials shipped.
       (b) Additional Information.--The tool pursuant to 
     subsection (a) should include a display that informs each 
     passport applicant of--
       (1) the date on which his or her passport application was 
     received; and
       (2) the estimated wait time remaining in the passport 
     application process.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of State for 
     Consular Affairs shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that outlines a plan for coordinated 
     comprehensive public outreach to increase public awareness 
     and understanding of--
       (1) the online status tool required under subsection (a);
       (2) passport travel advisories required under section 6103; 
     and
       (3) passport wait times.

     SEC. 6107. ANNUAL OFFICE OF AUTHENTICATIONS REPORT.

       (a) Report.--The Assistant Secretary of State for Consular 
     Affairs shall submit an annual report for 5 years to the 
     appropriated congressional committees that describes--
       (1) the number of incoming authentication requests, broken 
     down by month and type of request, to show seasonal 
     fluctuations in demand;
       (2) the average time taken by the Office of Authentications 
     of the Department of State to authenticate documents, broken 
     down by month to show seasonal fluctuations in wait times;
       (3) how the Department of State details staff to the Office 
     of Authentications; and
       (4) the impact that hiring additional, permanent, dedicated 
     staff for the Office of Authentications would have on the 
     processing times referred to in paragraph (2).
       (b) Authorization.--The Secretary of State is authorized to 
     hire additional, permanent, dedicated staff for the Office of 
     Authentications.

     SEC. 6108. INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY IN ASSIGNMENT 
                   RESTRICTIONS AND REVIEWS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the use of policies to restrict personnel from serving 
     in certain assignments may undermine the Department's ability 
     to deploy relevant cultural and linguistic skills at 
     diplomatic posts abroad if not applied judiciously; and
       (2) the Department should continuously evaluate all 
     processes relating to assignment restrictions, assignment 
     reviews, and preclusions at the Department.
       (b) Notification of Status.--Beginning not later than 90 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary shall--

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       (1) provide a status update for all Department personnel 
     who, prior to such date of enactment, were subject to a prior 
     assignment restriction, assignment review, or preclusion for 
     whom a review or decision related to assignment is pending; 
     and
       (2) on an ongoing basis, provide a status update for any 
     Department personnel who has been the subject of a pending 
     assignment restriction or pending assignment review for more 
     than 30 days.
       (c) Notification Content.--The notification required under 
     subsection (b) shall inform relevant personnel, as of the 
     date of the notification--
       (1) whether any prior assignment restriction has been 
     lifted;
       (2) if their assignment status is subject to ongoing 
     review, and an estimated date for completion; and
       (3) if they are subject to any other restrictions on their 
     ability to serve at posts abroad.
       (d) Adjudication of Ongoing Assignment Reviews.--
       (1) Time limit.--The Department shall establish a 
     reasonable time limit for the Department to complete an 
     assignment review and establish a deadline by which it must 
     inform personnel of a decision related to such a review.
       (2) Appeals.--For any personnel the Department determines 
     are ineligible to serve in an assignment due to an assignment 
     restriction or assignment review, a Security Appeal Panel 
     shall convene not later than 120 days of an appeal being 
     filed.
       (3) Entry-level bidding process.--The Department shall 
     include a description of the assignment review process and 
     critical human intelligence threat posts in a briefing to new 
     officers as part of their entry-level bidding process.
       (4) Point of contact.--The Department shall designate point 
     of contacts in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Bureau 
     of Global Talent Management to answer employee and Career 
     Development Officer questions about assignment restrictions, 
     assignment reviews, and preclusions.
       (e) Security Appeal Panel.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Appeal 
     Panel shall be comprised of--
       (1) the head of an office responsible for human resources 
     or discrimination who reports directly to the Secretary;
       (2) the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau 
     of Global Talent Management;
       (3) the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau 
     of Intelligence and Research;
       (4) an Assistant Secretary or Deputy, or equivalent, from a 
     third bureau as designated by the Under Secretary for 
     Management;
       (5) a representative from the geographic bureau to which 
     the restriction applies; and
       (6) a representative from the Office of the Legal Adviser 
     and a representative from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, 
     who shall serve as non-voting advisors.
       (f) Appeal Rights.--Section 414(a) of the Department of 
     State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2734c(a)) 
     is amended by striking the first two sentences and inserting 
     ``The Secretary shall establish and maintain a right and 
     process for employees to appeal a decision related to an 
     assignment, based on a restriction, review, or preclusion. 
     Such right and process shall ensure that any such employee 
     shall have the same appeal rights as provided by the 
     Department regarding denial or revocation of a security 
     clearance.''.
       (g) FAM Update.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall amend all 
     relevant provisions of the Foreign Service Manual, and any 
     associated or related policies of the Department, to comply 
     with this section.

     SEC. 6109. SUITABILITY REVIEWS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE 
                   INSTRUCTORS.

       The Secretary shall ensure that all instructors at the 
     Foreign Service Institute, including direct hires and 
     contractors, who provide language instruction are--
       (1) subject to suitability reviews and background 
     investigations; and
       (2) subject to continuous vetting or reinvestigations to 
     the extend consistent with Department and Executive policy 
     for other Department personnel.

     SEC. 6110. DIPLOMATIC SECURITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Section 47 of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2719) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) Diplomatic Security Fellowship Programs.--
       ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of State, working 
     through the Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, is 
     authorized to establish Diplomatic Security fellowship 
     programs to provide grants to United States nationals 
     pursuing undergraduate studies who commit to pursuing a 
     career as a special agent, security engineering officer, or 
     in the civil service in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
       ``(2) Rulemaking.--The Secretary is authorized to 
     promulgate regulations for the administration of Diplomatic 
     Security fellowship programs that set forth--
       ``(A) the eligibility requirements for receiving a grant 
     under this subsection;
       ``(B) the process by which eligible applicants may request 
     such a grant;
       ``(C) the maximum amount of such a grant; and
       ``(D) the educational progress to which all grant 
     recipients are obligated.''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 
     through 2028 to carry out this section.

                     TITLE LXII--PERSONNEL MATTERS

             Subtitle A--Hiring, Promotion, and Development

     SEC. 6201. ADJUSTMENT TO PROMOTION PRECEPTS.

       Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4003(b)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (2), (3), and (4) as 
     paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(2) experience serving at an international organization, 
     multilateral institution, or engaging in multinational 
     negotiations;
       ``(3) willingness to serve in hardship posts overseas or 
     across geographically distinct regions;
       ``(4) experience advancing policies or developing expertise 
     that enhance the United States' competitiveness with regard 
     to critical and emerging technologies;
       ``(5) willingness to participate in appropriate and 
     relevant professional development opportunities offered by 
     the Foreign Service Institute or other educational 
     institutions associated with the Department;
       ``(6) willingness to enable and encourage subordinates at 
     various levels to avail themselves of appropriate and 
     relevant professional development opportunities offered by 
     the Foreign Service Institute or other educational 
     institutions associated with the Department;''.

     SEC. 6202. HIRING AUTHORITIES.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Department should possess hiring authorities to 
     enable recruitment of individuals representative of the 
     nation with special skills needed to address 21st century 
     diplomacy challenges; and
       (2) the Secretary shall conduct a survey of hiring 
     authorities held by the Department to identify--
       (A) hiring authorities already authorized by Congress;
       (B) others authorities granted through Presidential decree 
     or executive order; and
       (C) any authorities needed to enable recruitment of 
     individuals with the special skills described in paragraph 
     (1).
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and 
     the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives a report that includes a description of all 
     existing hiring authorities and legislative proposals on any 
     new needed authorities.
       (c) Special Hiring Authority.--For an initial period of not 
     more than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary may appoint, without regard to the 
     provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of title 5, United 
     States Code, up to 80 candidates directly to positions in the 
     competitive service at the Department, as defined in section 
     2102 of that title, in the following occupational series: 25 
     candidates under 1560 Data Science, 25 candidates under 2210 
     Information Technology Management, and 30 candidates under 
     0201 Human Resources Management.

     SEC. 6203. EXTENDING PATHS TO SERVICE FOR PAID STUDENT 
                   INTERNS.

       For up to 2 years following the end of a compensated 
     internship at the Department, the Department may offer 
     employment to up to 25 such interns and appoint them directly 
     to positions in the competitive service, as defined in 
     section 2102 of title 5, United States Code, without regard 
     to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of such 
     title.

     SEC. 6204. LATERAL ENTRY PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 404 of the Department of State 
     Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323; 130 
     Stat. 1928) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``3-
     year'' and inserting ``5-year'';
       (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``; and'';
       (C) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(7) does not include the use of Foreign Service-Limited 
     or other noncareer Foreign Service hiring authorities; and
       ``(8) includes not fewer than 30 participants for each year 
     of the pilot program.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Certification.--If the Secretary does not commence 
     the lateral entry program within 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit 
     a report to the appropriate congressional committees--
       ``(1) certifying that progress is being made on 
     implementation of the pilot program and describing such 
     progress, including the date on which applicants will be able 
     to apply;
       ``(2) estimating the date by which the pilot program will 
     be fully implemented;
       ``(3) outlining how the Department will use the Lateral 
     Entry Program to fill needed

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     skill sets in key areas such as cyberspace, emerging 
     technologies, economic statecraft, multilateral diplomacy, 
     and data and other sciences.''.

     SEC. 6205. MID-CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM.

       (a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in collaboration with 
     the Director of the Foreign Service Institute, is authorized 
     to establish a Mid-Career Mentoring Program (referred to in 
     this section as the ``Program'') for employees who have 
     demonstrated outstanding service and leadership.
       (b) Selection.--
       (1) Nominations.--The head of each bureau shall 
     semiannually nominate participants for the Program from a 
     pool of applicants in the positions described in paragraph 
     (2)(B), including from posts both domestically and abroad.
       (2) Submission of slate of nominees to secretary.--The 
     Director of the Foreign Service Institute, in consultation 
     with the Director General of the Foreign Service, shall 
     semiannually--
       (A) vet the nominees most recently nominated pursuant to 
     paragraph (1); and
       (B) submit to the Secretary a slate of applicants to 
     participate in the Program, who shall consist of at least--
       (i) 10 Foreign Service Officers and specialists classified 
     at the FS-03 or FS-04 level of the Foreign Service Salary 
     Schedule;
       (ii) 10 Civil Service employees classified at GS-12 or GS-
     13 of the General Schedule; and
       (iii) 5 Foreign Service Officers from the United States 
     Agency for International Development.
       (3) Final selection.--The Secretary shall select the 
     applicants who will be invited to participate in the Program 
     from the slate received pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) and 
     extend such an invitation to each selected applicant.
       (4) Merit principles.--Section 105 of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3905) shall apply to nominations, 
     submissions to the Secretary, and selections for the Program 
     under this section.
       (c) Program Sessions.--
       (1) Frequency; duration.--All of the participants who 
     accept invitations extended pursuant to subsection (b)(3) 
     shall meet 3 to 4 times per year for training sessions with 
     high-level leaders of the Department and USAID, including 
     private group meetings with the Secretary and the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development.
       (2) Themes.--Each session referred to in paragraph (1) 
     shall focus on specific themes developed jointly by the 
     Foreign Service Institute and the Executive Secretariat 
     focused on substantive policy issues and leadership 
     practices.
       (d) Mentoring Program.--The Secretary and the Administrator 
     each is authorized to establish a mentoring and coaching 
     program that pairs a senior leader of the Department or USAID 
     with each of the program participants who complete the 
     Program during the 1-year period immediately following their 
     participation in the Program.
       (e) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
     three years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that describes the 
     activities of the Program during the most recent year and 
     includes disaggregated demographic data on participants in 
     the Program.

     SEC. 6206. REPORT ON THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE'S LANGUAGE 
                   PROGRAM .

       Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that includes--
       (1) the average pass and fail rates for language programs 
     at the Foreign Service Institute disaggregated by language 
     during the 5-year period immediately preceding the date of 
     the enactment of this Act;
       (2) the number of language instructors at the Foreign 
     Service Institute, and a comparison of the instructor/student 
     ratio in the language programs at the Foreign Service 
     Institute disaggregated by language;
       (3) salaries for language instructors disaggregated by 
     language, and a comparison to salaries for instructors 
     teaching languages in comparable employment;
       (4) recruitment and retention plans for language 
     instructors, disaggregated by language where necessary and 
     practicable; and
       (5) any plans to increase pass rates for languages with 
     high failure rates.

     SEC. 6207. CONSIDERATION OF CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS AS CHIEFS 
                   OF MISSIONS.

       Section 304(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 3944) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(2) The Secretary shall also furnish to the President, on 
     an annual basis and to assist the President in selecting 
     qualified candidates for appointments or assignments as chief 
     of mission, the names of between 5 and 10 career civil 
     servants serving at the Department of State or the United 
     States Agency for International Development who are qualified 
     to serve as chiefs of mission, together with pertinent 
     information about such individuals.''.

     SEC. 6208. CIVIL SERVICE ROTATIONAL PROGRAM.

       (a) Establishment of Pilot Rotational Program for Civil 
     Service.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     program to provide qualified civil servants serving at the 
     Department an opportunity to serve at a United States 
     embassy, including identifying criteria and an application 
     process for such program.
       (b) Program.--The program established under this section 
     shall--
       (1) provide at least 20 career civil servants the 
     opportunity to serve for 2 to 3 years at a United States 
     embassy to gain additional skills and experience;
       (2) offer such civil servants the opportunity to serve in a 
     political or economic section at a United States embassy; and
       (3) include clear and transparent criteria for eligibility 
     and selection, which shall include a minimum of 5 years of 
     service at the Department.
       (c) Subsequent Position and Promotion.--Following a 
     rotation at a United States embassy pursuant to the program 
     established by this section, participants in the program must 
     be afforded, at minimum, a position equivalent in seniority, 
     compensation, and responsibility to the position occupied 
     prior serving in the program. Successful completion of a 
     rotation at a United States embassy shall be considered 
     favorably with regard to applications for promotion in civil 
     service jobs at the Department.
       (d) Implementation.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall identify 
     not less than 20 positions in United States embassies for the 
     program established under this section and offered at least 
     20 civil servants the opportunity to serve in a rotation at a 
     United States embassy pursuant to this section.

     SEC. 6209. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON CHIEFS OF MISSION.

       Not later than 30 days following the end of each calendar 
     quarter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees--
       (1) a list of every chief of mission or United States 
     representative overseas with the rank of Ambassador who, 
     during the prior quarter, was outside a country of assignment 
     for more than 14 cumulative days for purposes other than 
     official travel or temporary duty orders; and
       (2) the number of days each such chief of mission or United 
     States representative overseas with the rank of Ambassador 
     was outside a country of assignment during the previous 
     quarter for purposes other than official travel or temporary 
     duty orders.

     SEC. 6210. REPORT ON CHIEFS OF MISSION AND DEPUTY CHIEFS OF 
                   MISSION.

       Not later than April 1, 2024, and annually thereafter for 
     the next 4 years, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report that includes--
       (1) the Foreign Service cone of each current chief of 
     mission and deputy chief of mission (or whoever is acting in 
     the capacity of chief or deputy chief if neither is present) 
     for each United States embassy at which there is a Foreign 
     Service office filling either of those positions; and
       (2) aggregated data for all chiefs of mission and deputy 
     chiefs of mission described in paragraph (1), disaggregated 
     by cone.

     SEC. 6211. PROTECTION OF RETIREMENT ANNUITY FOR REEMPLOYMENT 
                   BY DEPARTMENT.

       (a) No Termination or Reduction of Retirement Annuity or 
     Pay for Reemployment.--Notwithstanding section 824 of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064), if a covered 
     annuitant becomes employed by the Department--
       (1) the payment of any retirement annuity, retired pay, or 
     retainer pay otherwise payable to the covered annuitant shall 
     not terminate; and
       (2) the amount of the retirement annuity, retired pay, or 
     retainer pay otherwise payable to the covered annuitant shall 
     not be reduced.
       (b) Covered Annuitant Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered annuitant'' means any individual who is receiving a 
     retirement annuity under--
       (1) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System 
     under subchapter I of chapter 8 of title I of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4041 et seq.); or
       (2) the Foreign Service Pension System under subchapter II 
     of such chapter (22 U.S.C. 4071 et seq.).

     SEC. 6212. EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RETENTION AND PREVENT 
                   RETALIATION.

       (a) Streamlined Reporting.--Not later than one year after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     establish a single point of initial reporting for allegations 
     of discrimination, bullying, and harassment that provides an 
     initial review of the allegations and, if necessary, the 
     ability to file multiple claims based on a single complaint.
       (b) Climate Surveys of Employees of the Department.--
       (1) Required biennial surveys.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 2 years 
     thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct a Department-wide 
     survey of all Department personnel regarding harassment, 
     discrimination, bullying, and related retaliation that 
     includes workforce perspectives on the accessibility and 
     effectiveness of the Bureau of Global Talent Management and 
     Office of Civil Rights in the efforts and processes to 
     address these issues.
       (2) Required annual surveys.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary shall

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     conduct an annual employee satisfaction survey to assess the 
     level of job satisfaction, work environment, and overall 
     employee experience within the Department.
       (B) Open-ended responses.--The survey required under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include options for open-ended 
     responses.
       (C) Survey questions.--The survey shall include questions 
     regarding--
       (i) work-life balance;
       (ii) compensation and benefits;
       (iii) career development opportunities;
       (iv) the performance evaluation and promotion process, 
     including fairness and transparency;
       (v) communication channels and effectiveness;
       (vi) leadership and management;
       (vii) organizational culture;
       (viii) awareness and effectiveness of complaint measures;
       (ix) accessibility and accommodations;
       (x) availability of transportation to and from a work 
     station;
       (xi) information technology infrastructure functionality 
     and accessibility;
       (xii) the employee's understanding of the Department's 
     structure, mission, and goals;
       (xiii) alignment and relevance of work to the Department's 
     mission; and
       (xiv) sense of empowerment to affect positive change.
       (3) Required exit surveys.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and 
     implement a standardized, confidential exit survey process 
     that includes anonymous feedback and exit interviews with 
     employees who voluntarily separate from the Department, 
     whether through resignation, retirement, or other means.
       (B) Scope.--The exit surveys conducted pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A)shall--
       (i) be designed to gather insights and feedback from 
     departing employees regarding--

       (I) their reasons for leaving, including caretaking 
     responsibilities, career limitations for partner or spouse, 
     and discrimination, harassment, bullying, or retaliation;
       (II) their overall experience with the Department; and
       (III) any suggestions for improvement; and

       (ii) include questions related to--

       (I) the employee's reasons for leaving;
       (II) job satisfaction;
       (III) work environment;
       (IV) professional growth opportunities;
       (V) leadership effectiveness;
       (VI) suggestions for enhancing the Department's 
     performance; and
       (VII) if applicable, the name and industry of the 
     employee's future employer.

       (C) Compilation of results.--The Secretary shall compile 
     and analyze the anonymized exit survey data collected 
     pursuant to this paragraph to identify trends, common themes, 
     and areas needing improvement within the Department.
       (4) Pilot surveys.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a 
     Department-wide survey for Locally Employed Staff regarding 
     retention, training, promotion, and other matters, including 
     harassment, discrimination, bullying, and related 
     retaliation, that includes workforce perspectives on the 
     accessibility and effectiveness of complaint measures.
       (5) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the conclusion of 
     each survey conducted pursuant to this subsection, the 
     Secretary shall make the key findings available to the 
     Department workforce and shall submit them to the appropriate 
     congressional committees.
       (c) Retaliation Prevention Efforts.--
       (1) Employee evaluation.--
       (A) In general.--If there is a pending investigation of 
     discrimination, bullying, or harassment against a superior 
     who is responsible for rating or reviewing the complainant 
     employee, the complainant shall be reviewed by the superior's 
     supervisor.
       (B) Effective date.--This paragraph shall take effect 90 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) Retaliation prevention guidance.--Any Department 
     employee against whom an allegation of discrimination, 
     bullying, or harassment has been made shall receive written 
     guidance (a ``retaliation hold'') on the types of actions 
     that can be considered retaliation against the complainant 
     employee. The employee's immediate supervisor shall also 
     receive the retaliation hold guidance.

     SEC. 6213. NATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.

       Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit a strategy to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that assesses the 
     potential benefits and costs of a national advertising 
     campaign to improve the recruitment in the Civil Service and 
     the Foreign Service by raising public awareness of the 
     important accomplishments of the Department.

     SEC. 6214. EXPANSION OF DIPLOMATS IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS.

       Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act--
       (1) the Secretary is authorized to increase the number of 
     diplomats in the Diplomats in Residence Program from 17 to at 
     least 20; and
       (2) the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development is authorized to increase the 
     number of development diplomats in the Diplomats in Residence 
     Program from 1 to at least 3.

            Subtitle B--Pay, Benefits, and Workforce Matters

     SEC. 6221. EDUCATION ALLOWANCE.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 908. EDUCATION ALLOWANCE.

       ``A Department employee who is on leave to perform service 
     in the uniformed services (as defined in section 4303(13) of 
     title 38, United States Code) may receive an education 
     allowance if the employee would, if not for such service, be 
     eligible to receive the education allowance.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 2 
     of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 note) is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 907 
     the following:

``Sec. 908. Education allowance''.

     SEC. 6222. PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR NEWLY HIRED MEMBERS OF THE 
                   FOREIGN SERVICE.

       (a) Per Diem Allowance.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any 
     newly hired Foreign Service employee who is in initial 
     orientation training, or any other training expected to last 
     less than 6 months before transferring to the employee's 
     first assignment, in the Washington, D.C., area shall, for 
     the duration of such training, receive a per diem allowance 
     at the levels prescribed under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 
     title 5, United States Code.
       (2) Limitation on lodging expenses.--A newly hired Foreign 
     Service employee may not receive any lodging expenses under 
     the applicable per diem allowance pursuant to paragraph (1) 
     if that employee--
       (A) has a permanent residence in the Washington, D.C., area 
     (not including Government-supplied housing during such 
     orientation training or other training); and
       (B) does not vacate such residence during such orientation 
     training or other training.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``per diem allowance'' has the meaning given 
     that term under section 5701 of title 5, United States Code; 
     and
       (2) the term ``Washington, D.C., area'' means the 
     geographic area within a 50 mile radius of the Washington 
     Monument.

     SEC. 6223. IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR FOREIGN AND 
                   CIVIL SERVANTS.

       (a) Additional Personnel to Address Mental Health.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall seek to increase the 
     number of personnel within the Bureau of Medical Services to 
     address mental health needs for both foreign and civil 
     servants.
       (2) Employment targets.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek 
     to employ not fewer than 15 additional personnel in the 
     Bureau of Medical Services, compared to the number of 
     personnel employed as of the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (b) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the 
     accessibility of mental health care providers and services 
     available to Department personnel, including an assessment 
     of--
       (1) the accessibility of mental health care providers at 
     diplomatic posts and in the United States;
       (2) the accessibility of inpatient services for mental 
     health care for Department personnel;
       (3) steps that may be taken to improve such accessibility;
       (4) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental 
     health of Department personnel, particularly those who served 
     abroad between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2022, and 
     Locally Employed Staff, where information is available;
       (5) recommended steps to improve the manner in which the 
     Department advertises mental health services to the 
     workforce; and
       (6) additional authorities and resources needed to better 
     meet the mental health needs of Department personnel.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
     appropriate congressional committees a report containing the 
     findings of the study under subsection (b).

     SEC. 6224. EMERGENCY BACK-UP CARE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary and the Administrator for 
     the United States Agency for International Development are 
     authorized to provide for unanticipated non-medical care, 
     including childcare, eldercare, and essential services 
     directly related to caring for an acute injury or illness, 
     for USAID and Department employees and their family members, 
     including through the provision of such non-medical services, 
     referrals to care providers, and reimbursement of reasonable 
     expenses for such services.
       (b) Limitation.--Services provided pursuant to this section 
     shall not exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year.

     SEC. 6225. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO NON-CHIEF OF 
                   MISSION PERSONNEL.

       Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
     4084) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (g), by striking ``abroad for employees 
     and eligible family members'' and inserting ``under this 
     section''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(a) Physical and Mental Health Care Services in Special 
     Circumstances.--

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       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to direct 
     health care providers employed under subsection (c) of this 
     section to furnish physical and mental health care services 
     to an individual otherwise ineligible for services under this 
     section if necessary to preserve life or limb or if intended 
     to facilitate an overseas evacuation, recovery, or return. 
     Such services may be provided incidental to the following 
     activities:
       ``(A) Activities undertaken abroad pursuant to section 3 
     and section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670, 2671).
       ``(B) Recovery of hostages or of wrongfully or unlawfully 
     detained individuals abroad, including pursuant to section 
     302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-
     Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741).
       ``(C) Secretarial dispatches to international disaster 
     sites deployed pursuant to section 207 of the Aviation 
     Security Improvement Act of 1990 (22 U.S.C. 5506).
       ``(D) Deployments undertaken pursuant to section 
     606(a)(6)(A)(iii) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
     Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)(6)(A)(iii)).
       ``(2) Prioritization of other functions.--The Secretary 
     shall prioritize the allocation of Department resources to 
     the health care program described in subsections (a) through 
     (g) above the functions described in paragraph (1).
       ``(3) Regulations.--The Secretary should prescribe 
     applicable regulations to implement this section, taking into 
     account the prioritization in paragraph (2) and the 
     activities described in paragraph (1).
       ``(4) Reimbursable basis.--Services rendered under this 
     subsection shall be provided on a reimbursable basis to the 
     extent practicable.''.

     SEC. 6226. EXCEPTION FOR GOVERNMENT-FINANCED AIR 
                   TRANSPORTATION.

       (a) Reducing Hardship for Transportation of Domestic 
     Animals.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of 
     section 40118 of title 49, United States Code, the Department 
     is authorized to pay for the transportation by a foreign air 
     carrier of Department personnel and any in-cabin or 
     accompanying checked baggage or cargo if--
       (A) no air carrier holding a certificate under section 
     41102 of such title is willing and able to transport up to 3 
     domestic animals accompanying such Federal personnel; and
       (B) the transportation is from a place--
       (i) outside the United States to a place in the United 
     States;
       (ii) in the United States to a place outside the United 
     States; or
       (iii) outside the United States to another place outside 
     the United States.
       (2) Limitation.--An amount paid pursuant to paragraph (1) 
     for transportation by a foreign carrier may not be greater 
     than the amount that would otherwise have been paid had the 
     transportation been on an air carrier holding a certificate 
     under section 41102 had that carrier been willing and able to 
     provide such transportation. If the amount that would 
     otherwise have been paid to such an air carrier is less than 
     the cost of transportation on the applicable foreign carrier, 
     the Department personnel may pay the difference of such 
     amount.
       (3) Domestic animal defined.--In this subsection, the term 
     ``domestic animal'' means a dog or a cat.

     SEC. 6227. ENHANCED AUTHORITIES TO PROTECT LOCALLY EMPLOYED 
                   STAFF DURING EMERGENCIES.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) locally employed staff provide essential contributions 
     at United States diplomatic and consular posts around the 
     world, including by providing--
       (A) security to United States government personnel serving 
     in the country;
       (B) advice, expertise, and other services for the promotion 
     of political, economic, public affairs, commercial, security, 
     and other interests of critical importance to the United 
     States;
       (C) a wide range of logistical and administrative support 
     to every office in each mission working to advance United 
     States interests around the world, including services and 
     support vital to the upkeep and maintenance of United States 
     missions;
       (D) consular services to support the welfare and well-being 
     of United States citizens and to provide for the expeditious 
     processing of visa applications;
       (E) institutional memory on a wide range of embassy 
     engagements on bilateral issues; and
       (F) enduring connections to host country contacts, both 
     inside and outside the host government, including within 
     media, civil society, the business community, academia, the 
     armed forces, and elsewhere; and
       (2) locally employed staff make important contributions 
     that should warrant the United States Government to give due 
     consideration for their security and safety when diplomatic 
     missions face emergency situations.
       (b) Authorization to Provide Emergency Support.--In 
     emergency situations, in addition to other authorities that 
     may be available in emergencies or other exigent 
     circumstances, the Secretary is authorized to use funds made 
     available to the Department to provide support to ensure the 
     safety and security of locally employed staff and their 
     immediate family members, including for--
       (1) providing transport or relocating locally employed 
     staff and their immediate family members to a safe and secure 
     environment;
       (2) providing short-term housing or lodging for up to six 
     months for locally employed staff and their immediate family 
     members;
       (3) procuring or providing other essential items and 
     services to support the safety and security of locally 
     employed staff and their immediate family members.
       (c) Temporary Housing.--To ensure the safety and security 
     of locally employed staff and their immediate family members 
     consistent with this section, Chiefs of Missions are 
     authorized to allow locally employed staff and their 
     immediate family members to reside temporarily in the 
     residences of United States direct hire employees, either in 
     the host country or other countries, provided that such stays 
     are offered voluntarily by United States direct hire 
     employees.
       (d) Foreign Affairs Manual.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     amend the Foreign Affairs Manual to reflect the 
     authorizations and requirements of this section.
       (e) Emergency Situation Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``emergency situation'' means armed conflict, civil unrest, 
     natural disaster, or other types of instability that pose a 
     threat to the safety and security of locally employed staff, 
     particularly when and if a United States diplomatic or 
     consular post must suspend operations.
       (f) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
     describing prior actions the Department has taken with regard 
     to locally employed staff and their immediate family members 
     following suspensions or closures of United States diplomatic 
     posts over the prior 10 years, including Kyiv, Kabul, Minsk, 
     Khartoum, and Juba.
       (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) describe any actions the Department took to assist 
     locally employed staff and their immediate family members;
       (B) identify any obstacles that made providing support or 
     assistance to locally employed staff and their immediate 
     family members difficult;
       (C) examine lessons learned and propose recommendations to 
     better protect the safety and security of locally employed 
     staff and their family members, including any additional 
     authorities that may be required; and
       (D) provide an analysis of and offer recommendations on any 
     other steps that could improve efforts to protect the safety 
     and security of locally employed staff and their immediate 
     family members.

     SEC. 6228. INTERNET AT HARDSHIP POSTS.

        Section 3 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (l), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (2) in subsection (m) by striking the period at the end and 
     by inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(n) pay expenses to provide internet services in 
     residences owned or leased by the United States Government in 
     foreign countries for the use of Department personnel where 
     Department personnel receive a post hardship differential 
     equivalent to 30 percent or more above basic compensation.''.

     SEC. 6229. COMPETITIVE LOCAL COMPENSATION PLAN.

       (a) Establishment and Implementation of Prevailing Wage 
     Rates Goal.--Section 401(a) of the Department of State 
     Authorities Act, fiscal year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 3968a(a)) is 
     amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``periodically'' and inserting ``every 3 years''.
       (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that 
     includes--
       (1) compensation (including position classification) plans 
     for locally employed staff based upon prevailing wage rates 
     and compensation practices for corresponding types of 
     positions in the locality of employment; and
       (2) an assessment of the feasibility and impact of changing 
     the prevailing wage rate goal for positions in the local 
     compensation plan from the 50th percentile to the 75th 
     percentile.

     SEC. 6230. SUPPORTING TANDEM COUPLES IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) challenges finding and maintaining spousal employment 
     and family dissatisfaction are one of the leading reasons 
     employees cite for leaving the Department;
       (2) tandem Foreign Service personnel represent important 
     members of the Foreign Service community, who act as force 
     multipliers for our diplomacy;
       (3) the Department can and should do more to keep tandem 
     couples posted together and consider family member employment 
     needs when assigning tandem officers; and
       (4) common sense steps providing more flexibility in the 
     assignments process would improve outcomes for tandem 
     officers without disadvantaging other Foreign Service 
     officers.

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       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Family togetherness.--The term ``family togetherness'' 
     means facilitating the placement of Foreign Service personnel 
     at the same United States diplomatic post when both spouses 
     are members of a tandem couple of Foreign Service personnel.
       (2) Tandem foreign service personnel; tandem.--The terms 
     ``tandem Foreign Service personnel'' and ``tandem'' mean a 
     member of a couple of which one spouse is a career or career 
     candidate employee of the Foreign Service and the other 
     spouse is a career or career candidate employee of the 
     Foreign Service or an employee of one of the agencies 
     authorized to use the Foreign Service Personnel System under 
     section 202 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
     3922).
       (c) Family Togetherness in Assignments.--Not later than 90 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Department 
     shall amend and update its policies to further promote the 
     principle of family togetherness in the Foreign Service, 
     which shall include the following:
       (1) Entry-level foreign service personnel.--The Secretary 
     shall adopt policies and procedures to facilitate the 
     assignment of entry-level tandem Foreign Service personnel on 
     directed assignments to the same diplomatic post or country 
     as their tandem spouse if they request to be assigned to the 
     same post or country. The Secretary shall also provide a 
     written justification to the requesting personnel explaining 
     any denial of a request that would result in a tandem couple 
     not serving together at the same post or country.
       (2) Tenured foreign service personnel.--The Secretary shall 
     add family togetherness to the criteria when making a needs 
     of the Service determination, as defined by the Foreign 
     Affairs Manual, for the placement of tenured tandem Foreign 
     Service personnel at United States diplomatic posts.
       (3) Updates to antinepotism policy.--The Secretary shall 
     update antinepotism policies so that nepotism rules only 
     apply when an employee and a relative are placed into 
     positions wherein they jointly and exclusively control 
     government resources, property, or money or establish 
     government policy.
       (4) Temporary supervision of tandem spouse.--The Secretary 
     shall update policies to allow for a tandem spouse to 
     temporarily supervise another tandem spouse for up to 90 days 
     in a calendar year, including at a United States diplomatic 
     mission.
       (d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for two years, 
     the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report that includes--
       (1) the number of Foreign Service tandem couples currently 
     serving;
       (2) the number of Foreign Service tandems currently serving 
     in separate locations, or, to the extent possible, are on 
     leave without pay (LWOP); and
       (3) an estimate of the cost savings that would result if 
     all Foreign Service tandem couples were placed at a single 
     post.

     SEC. 6231. ACCESSIBILITY AT DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Department shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees, the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives a report that includes--
       (1) a list of the overseas United States diplomatic 
     missions that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     are not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with 
     disabilities;
       (2) any efforts in progress to make such missions readily 
     accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities; 
     and
       (3) an estimate of the cost to make all such missions 
     readily accessible to and usable by individuals with 
     disabilities.

     SEC. 6232. REPORT ON BREASTFEEDING ACCOMMODATIONS OVERSEAS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report that includes--
       (1) a detailed report on the Department's efforts to equip 
     100 percent of United States embassies and consulates with 
     dedicated lactation spaces, other than bathrooms, that are 
     shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and 
     the public for use by employees, including the expected 
     demand for such space as well as the status of such rooms 
     when there is no demand for such space; and
       (2) a description of costs and other resources needed to 
     provide such spaces.

     SEC. 6233. DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF KNOWLEDGE 
                   TRANSFERS BETWEEN FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS.

       The Secretary shall assess the effectiveness of knowledge 
     transfers between Foreign Service officers who are departing 
     from overseas positions and Foreign Service Officers who are 
     arriving at such positions, and make recommendations for 
     approving such knowledge transfers, as appropriate, by--
       (1) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, conducting a written survey of a representative 
     sample of Foreign Service Officers working in overseas 
     assignments that analyzes the effectiveness of existing 
     mechanisms to facilitate transitions, including training, 
     mentorship, information technology, knowledge management, 
     relationship building, the role of locally employed staff, 
     and organizational culture; and
       (2) not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, submitting to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
     of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives a report that includes a summary and 
     analysis of results of the survey conducted pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) that--
       (A) identifies best practices and areas for improvement;
       (B) describes the Department's methodology for determining 
     which Foreign Service Officers should receive familiarization 
     trips before arriving at a new post;
       (C) includes recommendations regarding future actions the 
     Department should take to maximize effective knowledge 
     transfer between Foreign Service Officers;
       (D) identifies any steps taken, or intended to be taken, to 
     implement such recommendations, including any additional 
     resources or authorities necessary to implement such 
     recommendations; and
       (E) provides recommendations to Congress for legislative 
     action to advance the priority described in subparagraph (C).

     SEC. 6234. EDUCATION ALLOWANCE FOR DEPENDENTS OF DEPARTMENT 
                   OF STATE EMPLOYEES LOCATED IN UNITED STATES 
                   TERRITORIES.

       (a) In General.--An individual employed by the Department 
     at a location described in subsection (b) shall be eligible 
     for a cost-of-living allowance for the education of the 
     dependents of such employee in an amount that does not exceed 
     the educational allowance authorized by the Secretary of 
     Defense for such location.
       (b) Location Described.--A location is described in this 
     subsection if--
       (1) such location is in a territory of the United States; 
     and
       (2) the Secretary of Defense has determined that schools 
     available in such location are unable to adequately provide 
     for the education of--
       (A) dependents of members of the Armed Forces; or
       (B) dependents of employees of the Department of Defense.

         TITLE LXIII--INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY

     SEC. 6301. DATA-INFORMED DIPLOMACY.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) In a rapidly evolving and digitally interconnected 
     global landscape, access to and maintenance of reliable, 
     readily available data is key to informed decisionmaking and 
     diplomacy and therefore should be considered a strategic 
     asset.
       (2) In order to achieve its mission in the 21st century, 
     the Department must adapt to these trends by maintaining and 
     providing timely access to high-quality data at the time and 
     place needed, while simultaneously cultivating a data-savvy 
     workforce.
       (3) Leveraging data science and data analytics has the 
     potential to improve the performance of the Department's 
     workforce by providing otherwise unknown insights into 
     program deficiencies, shortcomings, or other gaps in 
     analysis.
       (4) While innovative technologies such as artificial 
     intelligence and machine learning have the potential to 
     empower the Department to analyze and act upon data at scale, 
     systematized, sustainable data management and information 
     synthesis remain a core competency necessary for data-driven 
     decisionmaking.
       (5) The goals set out by the Department's Enterprise Data 
     Council (EDC) as the areas of most critical need for the 
     Department, including Cultivating a Data Culture, 
     Accelerating Decisions through Analytics, Establishing 
     Mission-Driven Data Management, and Enhancing Enterprise Data 
     Governance, are laudable and will remain critical as the 
     Department develops into a data-driven agency.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Department should prioritize the recruitment and 
     retainment of top data science talent in support of its data-
     informed diplomacy efforts as well as its broader 
     modernization agenda; and
       (2) the Department should strengthen data fluency among its 
     workforce, promote data collaboration across and within its 
     bureaus, and enhance its enterprise data oversight.

     SEC. 6302. ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE BUREAU CHIEF 
                   DATA OFFICER PROGRAM.

       (a) Bureau Chief Data Officer Program.--
       (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a 
     program, which shall be known as the ``Bureau Chief Data 
     Officer Program'' (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Program''), overseen by the Department's Chief Data 
     Officer. The Bureau Chief Data Officers hired under this 
     program shall report to their respective Bureau leadership.
       (2) Goals.--The goals of the Program shall include the 
     following:
       (A) Cultivating a data culture by promoting data fluency 
     and data collaboration across the Department.
       (B) Promoting increased data analytics use in critical 
     decisionmaking areas.
       (C) Promoting data integration and standardization.
       (D) Increasing efficiencies across the Department by 
     incentivizing acquisition of enterprise data solutions and 
     subscription data services to be shared across bureaus and 
     offices and within bureaus.
       (b) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of

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     this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees, the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives an implementation plan that outlines 
     strategies for--
       (1) advancing the goals described in subsection (a)(2);
       (2) hiring Bureau Chief Data Officers at the GS-14 or GS-15 
     grade or a similar rank;
       (3) assigning at least one Bureau Chief Data Officer to--
       (A) each regional bureau of the Department;
       (B) the Bureau of International Organization Affairs;
       (C) the Office of the Chief Economist;
       (D) the Office of the Science and Technology Advisor;
       (E) the Bureau of Cyber and Digital Policy;
       (F) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security;
       (G) the Bureau for Global Talent Management; and
       (H) the Bureau of Consular Affairs; and
       (4) allocation of necessary resources to sustain the 
     Program.
       (c) Assignment.--In implementing the Bureau Chief Data 
     Officer Program, Bureaus may not dual-hat currently employed 
     personnel as Bureau Chief Data Officers.
       (d) Annual Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
     thereafter for the following 3 years, the Secretary shall 
     submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
     regarding the status of the implementation plan required 
     under subsection (b).

     SEC. 6303. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 
                   OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(n) Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer.--
       ``(1) In general.--There shall be within the Department of 
     State a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, which may be 
     dual-hatted as the Department's Chief Data Officer, who shall 
     be a member of the Senior Executive Service.
       ``(2) Duties described.--The principal duties and 
     responsibilities of the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer 
     shall be--
       ``(A) to evaluate, oversee, and, if appropriate, facilitate 
     the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and 
     machine learning applications to help inform decisions by 
     policymakers and to support programs and management 
     operations of the Department of State; and
       ``(B) to act as the principal advisor to the Secretary of 
     State on the ethical use of AI and advanced analytics in 
     conducting data-informed diplomacy.
       ``(3) Qualifications.--The Chief Artificial Intelligence 
     Officer should be an individual with demonstrated skill and 
     competency in--
       ``(A) the use and application of data analytics, AI, and 
     machine learning; and
       ``(B) transformational leadership and organizational change 
     management, particularly within large, complex organizations.
       ``(4) Partner with the chief information officer on scaling 
     artificial intelligence use cases.--To ensure alignment 
     between the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and the 
     Chief Information Officer, the Chief Information Officer will 
     consult with the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer on 
     best practices for rolling out and scaling AI capabilities 
     across the Bureau of Information and Resource Management's 
     broader portfolio of software applications.
       ``(5) Artificial intelligence defined.--In this subsection, 
     the term `artificial intelligence' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 238(g) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 
     note).''.

     SEC. 6304. STRENGTHENING THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       (a) In General.--The Chief Information Officer of the 
     Department shall be consulted on all decisions to approve or 
     disapprove, significant new unclassified information 
     technology expenditures, including software, of the 
     Department, including expenditures related to information 
     technology acquired, managed, and maintained by other bureaus 
     and offices within the Department, in order to--
       (1) encourage the use of enterprise software and 
     information technology solutions where such solutions exist 
     or can be developed in a timeframe and manner consistent with 
     maintaining and enhancing the continuity and improvement of 
     Department operations;
       (2) increase the bargaining power of the Department in 
     acquiring information technology solutions across the 
     Department;
       (3) reduce the number of redundant Authorities to Operate 
     (ATO), which, instead of using one ATO-approved platform 
     across bureaus, requires multiple ATOs for software use cases 
     across different bureaus;
       (4) enhance the efficiency, reduce redundancy, and increase 
     interoperability of the use of information technology across 
     the enterprise of the Department;
       (5) enhance training and alignment of information 
     technology personnel with the skills required to maintain 
     systems across the Department;
       (6) reduce costs related to the maintenance of, or 
     effectuate the retirement of, legacy systems;
       (7) ensure the development and maintenance of security 
     protocols regarding the use of information technology 
     solutions and software across the Department; and
       (8) improve end-user training on the operation of 
     information technology solutions and to enhance end-user 
     cybersecurity practices.
       (b) Strategy and Implementation Plan Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer of 
     the Department shall develop, in consultation with relevant 
     bureaus and offices as appropriate, a strategy and a 5-year 
     implementation plan to advance the objectives described in 
     subsection (a).
       (2) Consultation.--No later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer 
     shall submit the strategy required by this subsection to the 
     appropriate congressional committees and shall consult with 
     the appropriate congressional committees, not less than on an 
     annual basis for 5 years, regarding the progress related to 
     the implementation plan required by this subjection.
       (c) Improvement Plan for the Bureau for Information 
     Resources Management.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer 
     shall develop policies and protocols to improve the customer 
     service orientation, quality and timely delivery of 
     information technology solutions, and training and support 
     for bureau and office-level information technology officers.
       (2) Survey.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for five 
     years, the Chief Information Officer shall undertake a client 
     satisfaction survey of bureau information technology officers 
     to obtain feedback on metrics related to--
       (A) customer service orientation of the Bureau of 
     Information Resources Management;
       (B) quality and timelines of capabilities delivered;
       (C) maintenance and upkeep of information technology 
     solutions;
       (D) training and support for senior bureau and office-level 
     information technology officers; and
       (E) other matters which the Chief Information Officer, in 
     consultation with client bureaus and offices, determine 
     appropriate.
       (3) Submission of findings.--Not later than 60 days after 
     completing each survey required under paragraph (2), the 
     Chief Information Officer shall submit a summary of the 
     findings to the appropriate congressional committees.
       (d) Significant Expenditure Defined.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``significant expenditure'' means any 
     cumulative expenditure in excess of $250,000 total in a 
     single fiscal year for a new unclassified software or 
     information technology capability.
       (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed--
       (1) to alter the authorities of the United States Office of 
     Management and Budget, Office of the National Cyber Director, 
     the Department of Homeland Security, or the Cybersecurity and 
     Infrastructure Security Agency with respect to Federal 
     information systems; or
       (2) to alter the responsibilities and authorities of the 
     Chief Information Officer of the Department of State as 
     described in titles 40 or 44, United States Code, or any 
     other law defining or assigning responsibilities or 
     authorities to Federal Chief Information Officers.

     SEC. 6305. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING ENTERPRISE 
                   GOVERNANCE.

        It is the sense of Congress that in order to modernize the 
     Department, enterprise-wide governance regarding budget and 
     finance, information technology, and the creation, analysis, 
     and use of data across the Department is necessary to better 
     align resources to strategy, including evaluating trade-offs, 
     and to enhance efficiency and security in using data and 
     technology as tools to inform and evaluate the conduct of 
     United States foreign policy.

     SEC. 6306. DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY AND CYBERSECURITY 
                   PARTNERSHIP.

       (a) Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership.--
     The Secretary is authorized to establish a program, which may 
     be known as the ``Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity 
     Partnership'', to help foreign countries--
       (1) expand and increase secure internet access and digital 
     infrastructure in emerging markets, including demand for and 
     availability of high-quality information and communications 
     technology (ICT) equipment, software, and services;
       (2) protect technological assets, including data;
       (3) adopt policies and regulatory positions that foster and 
     encourage open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet, 
     the free flow of data, multi-stakeholder models of internet 
     governance, and pro-competitive and secure ICT policies and 
     regulations;
       (4) access United States exports of ICT goods and services;
       (5) expand interoperability and promote the diversification 
     of ICT goods and supply chain services to be less reliant on 
     PRC imports;
       (6) promote best practices and common standards for a 
     national approach to cybersecurity; and
       (7) advance other priorities consistent with paragraphs (1) 
     through (6), as determined by the Secretary.

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       (b) Use of Funds.--Funds made available to carry out this 
     section may be used to strengthen civilian cybersecurity and 
     information and communications technology capacity, including 
     participation of foreign law enforcement and military 
     personnel in non-military activities, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, provided that such support is 
     essential to enabling civilian and law enforcement of 
     cybersecurity and information and communication technology 
     related activities in their respective countries.
       (c) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees an implementation 
     plan for the coming year to advance the goals identified in 
     subsection (a).
       (d) Consultation.--In developing and operationalizing the 
     implementation plan required under subsection (c), the 
     Secretary shall consult with--
       (1) the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives;
       (2) United States industry leaders;
       (3) other relevant technology experts, including the Open 
     Technology Fund;
       (4) representatives from relevant United States Government 
     agencies; and
       (5) representatives from like-minded allies and partners.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 
     through 2028 to carry out this section. Such funds, including 
     funds authorized to be appropriated under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', may be made available, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law to strengthen 
     civilian cybersecurity and information and communications 
     technology capacity, including for participation of foreign 
     law enforcement and military personnel in non-military 
     activities, and for contributions. Such funds shall remain 
     available until expended.

     SEC. 6307. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CYBERSPACE, DIGITAL 
                   CONNECTIVITY, AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES (CDT) 
                   FUND.

       Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new chapter:

      ``CHAPTER 10--CYBERSPACE, DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY, AND RELATED 
                        TECHNOLOGIES (CDT) FUND

     ``SEC. 591. FINDINGS.

       ``Congress makes the following findings:
       ``(1) Increasingly digitized and interconnected social, 
     political, and economic systems have introduced new 
     vulnerabilities for malicious actors to exploit, which 
     threatens economic and national security.
       ``(2) The rapid development, deployment, and integration of 
     information and communication technologies into all aspects 
     of modern life bring mounting risks of accidents and 
     malicious activity involving such technologies, and their 
     potential consequences.
       ``(3) Because information and communication technologies 
     are globally manufactured, traded, and networked, the 
     economic and national security of the United State depends 
     greatly on cybersecurity practices of other actors, including 
     other countries.
       ``(4) United States assistance to countries and 
     international organizations to bolster civilian capacity to 
     address national cybersecurity and deterrence in cyberspace 
     can help--
       ``(A) reduce vulnerability in the information and 
     communication technologies ecosystem; and
       ``(B) advance national and economic security objectives.

     ``SEC. 592. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING FOR 
                   CYBERSPACE, DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY, AND RELATED 
                   TECHNOLOGIES (CDT) CAPACITY BUILDING 
                   ACTIVITIES.

       ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary of State is authorized 
     to provide assistance to foreign governments and 
     organizations, including national, regional, and 
     international institutions, on such terms and conditions as 
     the Secretary may determine, in order to--
       ``(1) advance a secure and stable cyberspace;
       ``(2) protect and expand trusted digital ecosystems and 
     connectivity;
       ``(3) build the cybersecurity capacity of partner countries 
     and organizations; and
       ``(4) ensure that the development of standards and the 
     deployment and use of technology supports and reinforces 
     human rights and democratic values, including through the 
     Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership.
       ``(b) Scope of Uses.--Assistance under this section may 
     include programs to--
       ``(1) advance the adoption and deployment of secure and 
     trustworthy information and communications technology (ICT) 
     infrastructure and services, including efforts to grow global 
     markets for secure ICT goods and services and promote a more 
     diverse and resilient ICT supply chain;
       ``(2) provide technical and capacity building assistance 
     to--
       ``(A) promote policy and regulatory frameworks that create 
     an enabling environment for digital connectivity and a 
     vibrant digital economy;
       ``(B) ensure technologies, including related new and 
     emerging technologies, are developed, deployed, and used in 
     ways that support and reinforce democratic values and human 
     rights;
       ``(C) promote innovation and competition; and
       ``(D) support digital governance with the development of 
     rights-respecting international norms and standards;
       ``(3) help countries prepare for, defend against, and 
     respond to malicious cyber activities, including through--
       ``(A) the adoption of cybersecurity best practices;
       ``(B) the development of national strategies to enhance 
     cybersecurity;
       ``(C) the deployment of cybersecurity tools and services to 
     increase the security, strength, and resilience of networks 
     and infrastructure;
       ``(D) support for the development of cybersecurity watch, 
     warning, response, and recovery capabilities, including 
     through the development of cybersecurity incident response 
     teams;
       ``(E) support for collaboration with the Cybersecurity and 
     Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other relevant 
     Federal agencies to enhance cybersecurity;
       ``(F) programs to strengthen allied and partner 
     governments' capacity to detect, investigate, deter, and 
     prosecute cybercrimes;
       ``(G) programs to provide information and resources to 
     diplomats engaging in discussions and negotiations around 
     international law and capacity building measures related to 
     cybersecurity;
       ``(H) capacity building for cybersecurity partners, 
     including law enforcement and military entities as described 
     in subsection (f);
       ``(I) programs that enhance the ability of relevant 
     stakeholders to act collectively against shared cybersecurity 
     threats;
       ``(J) the advancement of programs in support of the 
     Framework of Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace; and
       ``(K) the fortification of deterrence instruments in 
     cyberspace; and
       ``(4) such other purpose and functions as the Secretary of 
     State may designate.
       ``(c) Responsibility for Policy Decisions and 
     Justification.--The Secretary of State shall be responsible 
     for policy decisions regarding programs under this chapter, 
     with respect to--
       ``(1) whether there will be cybersecurity and digital 
     capacity building programs for a foreign country or entity 
     operating in that country;
       ``(2) the amount of funds for each foreign country or 
     entity; and
       ``(3) the scope and nature of such uses of funding.
       ``(d) Detailed Justification for Uses and Purposes of 
     Funds.--The Secretary of State shall provide, on an annual 
     basis, a detailed justification for the uses and purposes of 
     the amounts provided under this chapter, including 
     information concerning--
       ``(1) the amounts and kinds of grants;
       ``(2) the amounts and kinds of budgetary support provided, 
     if any; and
       ``(3) the amounts and kinds of project assistance provided 
     for what purpose and with such amounts.
       ``(e) Assistance and Funding Under Other Authorities.--The 
     authority granted under this section to provide assistance or 
     funding for countries and organizations does not preclude the 
     use of funds provided to carry out other authorities also 
     available for such purpose.
       ``(f) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated to carry 
     out this chapter may be used, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, to strengthen civilian cybersecurity and 
     information and communications technology capacity, including 
     participation of foreign law enforcement and military 
     personnel in non-military activities, provided that such 
     support is essential to enabling civilian and law enforcement 
     of cybersecurity and information and communication technology 
     related activities in their respective countries.
       ``(g) Notification Requirements.--Funds made available 
     under this section shall be obligated in accordance with the 
     procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications pursuant 
     to section 634A of this Act.

     ``SEC. 593. REVIEW OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CAPACITY.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation 
     as appropriate with other relevant Federal departments and 
     agencies is authorized to conduct a review that--
       ``(1) analyzes the United States Government's capacity to 
     promptly and effectively deliver emergency support to 
     countries experiencing major cybersecurity and ICT incidents;
       ``(2) identifies relevant factors constraining the support 
     referred to in paragraph (1); and
       ``(3) develops a strategy to improve coordination among 
     relevant Federal agencies and to resolve such constraints.
       ``(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this chapter, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives that contains the results of the review 
     conducted pursuant to subsection (a).

     ``SEC. 594. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       ``There is authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 
     during the 5-year period beginning on October 1, 2023, to 
     carry out the purposes of this chapter.''.

     SEC. 6308. CYBER PROTECTION SUPPORT FOR PERSONNEL OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN POSITIONS HIGHLY 
                   VULNERABLE TO CYBER ATTACK.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) At-risk personnel.--The term ``at-risk personnel'' 
     means personnel of the Department--

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       (A) whom the Secretary determines to be highly vulnerable 
     to cyber attacks and hostile information collection 
     activities because of their positions in the Department; and
       (B) whose personal technology devices or personal accounts 
     are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks and hostile 
     information collection activities.
       (2) Personal accounts.--The term ``personal accounts'' 
     means accounts for online and telecommunications services, 
     including telephone, residential internet access, email, text 
     and multimedia messaging, cloud computing, social media, 
     health care, and financial services, used by personnel of the 
     Department outside of the scope of their employment with the 
     Department.
       (3) Personal technology devices.--The term ``personal 
     technology devices'' means technology devices used by 
     personnel of the Department outside of the scope of their 
     employment with the Department, including networks to which 
     such devices connect.
       (b) Requirement to Provide Cyber Protection Support.--The 
     Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security and the Director of National Intelligence, as 
     appropriate--
       (1) shall offer cyber protection support for the personal 
     technology devices and personal accounts of at-risk 
     personnel; and
       (2) may provide the support described in paragraph (1) to 
     any Department personnel who request such support.
       (c) Nature of Cyber Protection Support.--Subject to the 
     availability of resources, the cyber protection support 
     provided to personnel pursuant to subsection (b) may include 
     training, advice, assistance, and other services relating to 
     protection against cyber attacks and hostile information 
     collection activities.
       (d) Privacy Protections for Personal Devices.--The 
     Department is prohibited pursuant to this section from 
     accessing or retrieving any information from any personal 
     technology device or personal account of Department employees 
     unless--
       (1) access or information retrieval is necessary for 
     carrying out the cyber protection support specified in this 
     section; and
       (2) the Department has received explicit consent from the 
     employee to access a personal technology device or personal 
     account prior to each time such device or account is 
     accessed.
       (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed--
       (1) to encourage Department personnel to use personal 
     technology devices for official business; or
       (2) to authorize cyber protection support for senior 
     Department personnel using personal devices, networks, and 
     personal accounts in an official capacity.
       (f) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
     the appropriate congressional committees regarding the 
     provision of cyber protection support pursuant to subsection 
     (b), which shall include--
       (1) a description of the methodology used to make the 
     determination under subsection (a)(1); and
       (2) guidance for the use of cyber protection support and 
     tracking of support requests for personnel receiving cyber 
     protection support pursuant to subsection (b).

                TITLE LXIV--ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

     SEC. 6401. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.

       (a) Exigent Circumstances and Crisis Response.--To assist 
     the Department in addressing and responding to exigent 
     circumstances and urgent crises abroad, the Department is 
     authorized to employ, domestically and abroad, a limited 
     number of personal services contractors in order to meet 
     exigent needs, subject to the requirements of this section.
       (b) Authority.--The authority to employ personal services 
     contractors is in addition to any existing authorities to 
     enter into personal services contracts and authority provided 
     in the Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 
     (division C of Public Law 117-43).
       (c) Employing and Allocation of Personnel.--To meet the 
     needs described in subsection (a) and subject to the 
     requirements in subsection (d), the Department may--
       (1) enter into contracts to employ a total of up to 100 
     personal services contractors at any given time for each of 
     fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026; and
       (2) allocate up to 20 personal services contractors to a 
     given bureau, without regard to the sources of funding such 
     office relies on to compensate individuals.
       (d) Limitation.--Employment authorized by this section 
     shall not exceed two calendar years.
       (e) Notification and Reporting to Congress.--
       (1) Notification.--Not later than 15 days after the use of 
     authority under this section, the Secretary shall notify the 
     appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives of the number 
     of personal services contractors being employed, the expected 
     length of employment, the relevant bureau, the purpose for 
     using personal services contractors, and the justification, 
     including the exigent circumstances requiring such use.
       (2) Annual reporting.--Not later than 60 days after the end 
     of each fiscal year, the Department shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
     describing the number of personal services contractors 
     employed pursuant to this section for the prior fiscal year, 
     the length of employment, the relevant bureau by which they 
     were employed pursuant to this section, the purpose for using 
     personal services contractors, disaggregated demographic data 
     of such contractors, and the justification for the 
     employment, including the exigent circumstances.

     SEC. 6402. HARD-TO-FILL POSTS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the number of hard-to-fill vacancies at United States 
     diplomatic missions is far too high, particularly in Sub-
     Saharan Africa;
       (2) these vacancies--
       (A) adversely impact the Department's execution of regional 
     strategies;
       (B) hinder the ability of the United States to effectively 
     compete with strategic competitors, such as the People's 
     Republic of China and the Russian Federation; and
       (C) present a clear national security risk to the United 
     States; and
       (3) if the Department is unable to incentivize officers to 
     accept hard-to-fill positions, the Department should consider 
     directed assignments, particularly for posts in Africa, and 
     other means to more effectively advance the national 
     interests of the United States.
       (b) Report on Development of Incentives for Hard-to-fill 
     Posts.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
     the appropriate congressional committees on efforts to 
     develop new incentives for hard-to-fill positions at United 
     States diplomatic missions. The report shall include a 
     description of the incentives developed to date and proposals 
     to try to more effectively fill hard-to-fill posts.
       (c) Study on Feasibility of Allowing Non-Consular Foreign 
     Service Officers Given Directed Consular Posts to Volunteer 
     for Hard-to-fill Posts in Understaffed Regions.--
       (1) Study.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a 
     study on--
       (i) the number of Foreign Service positions vacant for six 
     months or longer at overseas posts, including for consular, 
     political, and economic positions, over the last five years, 
     broken down by region, and a comparison of the proportion of 
     vacancies between regions; and
       (ii) the feasibility of allowing first-tour Foreign Service 
     generalists in non-Consular cones, directed for a consular 
     tour, to volunteer for reassignment at hard-to-fill posts in 
     understaffed regions.
       (B) Matters to be considered.--The study conducted under 
     subparagraph (A) shall consider whether allowing first-tour 
     Foreign Service generalists to volunteer as described in such 
     subparagraph would address current vacancies and what impact 
     the new mechanism would have on consular operations.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 60 days after completing the 
     study required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     containing the findings of the study.

     SEC. 6403. ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.

       (a) Report With Recommendations and Management Structure.--
     Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report with any recommendations 
     for the long-term structure and management of the Office of 
     Civil Rights (OCR), including--
       (1) an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of OCR's 
     investigative processes and procedures;
       (2) any changes made within OCR to its investigative 
     processes to improve the integrity and thoroughness of its 
     investigations; and
       (3) any recommendations to improve the management 
     structure, investigative process, and oversight of the 
     Office.

     SEC. 6404. CRISIS RESPONSE OPERATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall institute the 
     following changes and ensure that the following elements have 
     been integrated into the ongoing crisis response management 
     and response by the Crisis Management and Strategy Office:
       (1) The Department's crisis response planning and 
     operations shall conduct, maintain, and update on a regular 
     basis contingency plans for posts and regions experiencing or 
     vulnerable to conflict or emergency conditions, including 
     armed conflict, national disasters, significant political or 
     military upheaval, and emergency evacuations.
       (2) The Department's crisis response efforts shall be led 
     by an individual with significant experience responding to 
     prior crises, who shall be so designated by the Secretary.
       (3) The Department's crisis response efforts shall provide 
     at least quarterly updates to the Secretary and other 
     relevant senior officials, including a plan and schedule to 
     develop contingency planning for identified posts and regions 
     consistent with paragraph (1).
       (4) The decision to develop contingency planning for any 
     particular post or region shall be made independent of any 
     regional bureau.

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       (5) The crisis response team shall develop and maintain 
     best practices for evacuations, closures, and emergency 
     conditions.
       (b) Update.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for 
     the next five years, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives an update 
     outlining the steps taken to implement this section, along 
     with any other recommendations to improve the Department's 
     crisis management and response operations.
       (2) Contents.--Each update submitted pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) should include--
       (A) a list of the posts whose contingency plans, including 
     any noncombatant evacuation contingencies, has been reviewed 
     and updated as appropriate during the preceding 180 days; and
       (B) an assessment of the Secretary's confidence that each 
     post--
       (i) has continuously reached out to United States persons 
     in country to maintain and update contact information for as 
     many such persons as practicable; and
       (ii) is prepared to communicate with such persons in an 
     emergency or crisis situation.
       (3) Form.--Each update submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.

     SEC. 6405. SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States must increase its diplomatic activity 
     and presence in the Pacific, particularly among Pacific 
     Island nations; and
       (2) the Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum--
       (A) should advance the United States partnership with 
     Pacific Island Forum nations and with the organization itself 
     on key issues of importance to the Pacific region; and
       (B) should coordinate policies across the Pacific region 
     with like-minded democracies.
       (b) Appointment of Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands 
     Forum.--Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), as amended by section 6304, is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(o) Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum.--
       ``(1) Appointment.--The President shall appoint, by and 
     with the advice and consent of the Senate, a qualified 
     individual to serve as Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands 
     Forum (referred to in this section as the `Special Envoy').
       ``(2) Considerations.--
       ``(A) Selection.--The Special Envoy shall be--
       ``(i) a United States Ambassador to a country that is a 
     member of the Pacific Islands Forum; or
       ``(ii) a qualified individual who is not described in 
     clause (i).
       ``(B) Limitations.--If the President appoints an Ambassador 
     to a country that is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum to 
     serve concurrently as the Special Envoy to the Pacific 
     Islands Forum, such Ambassador--
       ``(i) may not begin service as the Special Envoy until he 
     or she has been confirmed by the Senate for an ambassadorship 
     to a country that is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum; 
     and
       ``(ii) shall not receive additional compensation for his or 
     her service as Special Envoy.
       ``(3) Duties.--The Special Envoy shall--
       ``(A) represent the United States in its role as dialogue 
     partner to the Pacific Islands Forum; and
       ``(B) carry out such other duties as the President or the 
     Secretary of State may prescribe.''.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
     the appropriate congressional committees that describes how 
     the Department will increase its ability to recruit and 
     retain highly-qualified ambassadors, special envoys, and 
     other senior personnel in posts in Pacific island countries 
     as the Department expands its diplomatic footprint throughout 
     the region.

     SEC. 6406. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR BELARUS.

       (a) Special Envoy.--The President shall appoint a Special 
     Envoy for Belarus within the Department (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Special Envoy''). The Special Envoy should 
     be a person of recognized distinction in the field of 
     European security, geopolitics, democracy and human rights, 
     and may be a career Foreign Service officer.
       (b) Central Objective.--The central objective of the 
     Special Envoy is to coordinate and promote efforts--
       (1) to improve respect for the fundamental human rights of 
     the people of Belarus;
       (2) to sustain focus on the national security implications 
     of Belarus's political and military alignment for the United 
     States; and
       (3) to respond to the political, economic, and security 
     impacts of events in Belarus upon neighboring countries and 
     the wider region.
       (c) Duties and Responsibilities.--The Special Envoy shall--
       (1) engage in discussions with Belarusian officials 
     regarding human rights, political, economic and security 
     issues in Belarus;
       (2) support international efforts to promote human rights 
     and political freedoms in Belarus, including coordination and 
     dialogue between the United States and the United Nations, 
     the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the 
     European Union, Belarus, and the other countries in Eastern 
     Europe;
       (3) consult with nongovernmental organizations that have 
     attempted to address human rights and political and economic 
     instability in Belarus;
       (4) make recommendations regarding the funding of 
     activities promoting human rights, democracy, the rule of 
     law, and the development of a market economy in Belarus;
       (5) review strategies for improving protection of human 
     rights in Belarus, including technical training and exchange 
     programs;
       (6) develop an action plan for holding to account the 
     perpetrators of the human rights violations documented in the 
     United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights report on 
     the situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 
     2020 presidential election and its aftermath (Human Rights 
     Council Resolution 49/36);
       (7) engage with member countries of the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization, the Organization for Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe and the European Union with respect to 
     the implications of Belarus's political and security 
     alignment for transatlantic security; and
       (8) work within the Department and among partnering 
     countries to sustain focus on the political situation in 
     Belarus.
       (d) Role.--The position of Special Envoy--
       (1) shall be a full-time position;
       (2) may not be combined with any other position within the 
     Department;
       (3) shall only exist as long as United States diplomatic 
     operations in Belarus at United States Embassy Minsk have 
     been suspended; and
       (4) shall oversee the operations and personnel of the 
     Belarus Affairs Unit.
       (e) Report on Activities.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
     thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Special Envoy, shall submit a report to 
     the appropriate congressional committees that describes the 
     activities undertaken pursuant to subsection (c) during the 
     reporting period.
       (f) Sunset.--The position of Special Envoy for Belarus 
     Affairs and the authorities provided by this section shall 
     terminate 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.

     SEC. 6407. OVERSEAS PLACEMENT OF SPECIAL APPOINTMENT 
                   POSITIONS.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on current special 
     appointment positions at United States diplomatic missions 
     that do not exercise significant authority, and all positions 
     under schedule B or schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of 
     title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, at United States 
     diplomatic missions. The report shall include the title and 
     responsibilities of each position, the expected duration of 
     the position, the name of the individual currently appointed 
     to the position, and the hiring authority utilized to fill 
     the position.

     SEC. 6408. RESOURCES FOR UNITED STATES NATIONALS UNLAWFULLY 
                   OR WRONGFULLY DETAINED ABROAD.

       Section 302(d) of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and 
     Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741(d)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Resource 
     Guidance'' and inserting ``Resources for United States 
     Nationals Unlawfully or Wrongfully Detained Abroad'';
       (2) in paragraph (1), by striking the paragraph heading and 
     all that follows through ``Not later than'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) Resource guidance.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than'';
       (3) in paragraph (2), by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
     (B), (C), (D), and (E) and clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), 
     and (v), respectively, and moving such clauses (as so 
     redesignated) 2 ems to the right;
       (4) by redesignating paragraph (2) as subparagraph (B) and 
     moving such subparagraph (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the 
     right;
       (5) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by paragraph (4), 
     by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``subparagraph 
     (A)''; and
       (6) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Travel assistance.--
       ``(A) Family advocacy.--For the purpose of facilitating 
     meetings between the United States Government and the family 
     members of United States nationals unlawfully or wrongfully 
     detained abroad, the Secretary shall provide financial 
     assistance to cover the costs of travel to Washington, D.C., 
     including travel by air, train, bus, or other transit as 
     appropriate, to any individual who--
       ``(i) is--

       ``(I) a family member of a United States national 
     unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad as determined by the 
     Secretary under subsection (a); or
       ``(II) an appropriate individual who--

       ``(aa) is approved by the Special Presidential Envoy for 
     Hostage Affairs; and
       ``(bb) does not represent in any legal capacity a United 
     States national unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or 
     the family of such United States national;
       ``(ii) has a permanent address that is more than 50 miles 
     from Washington, D.C.; and
       ``(iii) requests such assistance.

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       ``(B) Travel and lodging.--
       ``(i) In general.--For each such United States national 
     unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad, the financial 
     assistance described in subparagraph (A) shall be provided 
     for not more than 2 trips per fiscal year, unless the Special 
     Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs determines that a 
     third trip is warranted.
       ``(ii) Limitations.--Any trip described in clause (i) 
     shall--

       ``(I) consist of not more than 2 family members or other 
     individuals approved in accordance with subparagraph 
     (A)(i)(II), unless the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage 
     Affairs determines that circumstances warrant an additional 
     family member or other individual approved in accordance with 
     subparagraph (A)(i)(II) and approves assistance to such third 
     family member or other individual; and
       ``(II) not exceed more than 2 nights lodging, which shall 
     not exceed the applicable government rate.

       ``(C) Return travel.--If other United States Government 
     assistance is unavailable, the Secretary may provide to a 
     United States national unlawfully or wrongfully detained 
     abroad as determined by the Secretary under subsection (a), 
     compensation and assistance, as necessary, for return travel 
     to the United States upon release of such United States 
     national.
       ``(3) Support.--The Secretary shall seek to make available 
     operational psychologists and clinical social workers, to 
     support the mental health and well-being of--
       ``(A) any United States national unlawfully or wrongfully 
     detained abroad; and
       ``(B) any family member of such United States national, 
     with regard to the psychological, social, and mental health 
     effects of such unlawful or wrongful detention.
       ``(4) Notification requirement.--The Secretary shall notify 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
     and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives of any amount spent above $250,000 
     for any fiscal year to carry out paragraphs (2) and (3).
       ``(5) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the end of each 
     fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
     Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives a report that includes--
       ``(A) a detailed description of expenditures made pursuant 
     to paragraphs (2) and (3);
       ``(B) a detailed description of support provided pursuant 
     to paragraph (3) and the individuals providing such support; 
     and
       ``(C) the number and location of visits outside of 
     Washington, D.C., during the prior fiscal year made by the 
     Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs to family 
     members of each United States national unlawfully or 
     wrongfully detained abroad.
       ``(6) Sunset.--The authority and requirements under 
     paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) shall terminate on December 
     31, 2027.
       ``(7) Family member defined.--In this subsection, the term 
     `family member' means a spouse, father, mother, child, 
     brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, 
     nephew, niece, cousin, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-
     law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, 
     stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, 
     stepsister, half brother, or half sister.''.

                     TITLE LXV--ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY

     SEC. 6501. REPORT ON RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND PROMOTION OF 
                   FOREIGN SERVICE ECONOMIC OFFICERS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding 
     the recruitment, retention, and promotion of economic 
     officers in the Foreign Service.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (b) 
     shall include--
       (1) an overview of the key challenges the Department faces 
     in--
       (A) recruiting individuals to serve as economic officers in 
     the Foreign Service; and
       (B) retaining individuals serving as economic officers in 
     the Foreign Service, particularly at the level of GS-14 of 
     the General Schedule and higher;
       (2) an overview of the key challenges in recruiting and 
     retaining qualified individuals to serve in economic 
     positions in the Civil Service;
       (3) a comparison of promotion rates for economic officers 
     in the Foreign Service relative to other officers in the 
     Foreign Service;
       (4) a summary of the educational history and training of 
     current economic officers in the Foreign Service and Civil 
     Service officers serving in economic positions;
       (5) the identification, disaggregated by region, of hard-
     to-fill posts and proposed incentives to improve staffing of 
     economic officers in the Foreign Service at such posts;
       (6) a summary and analysis of the factors that lead to the 
     promotion of--
       (A) economic officers in the Foreign Service; and
       (B) individuals serving in economic positions in the Civil 
     Service; and
       (7) a summary and analysis of current Department-funded or 
     run training opportunities and externally-funded programs, 
     including the Secretary's Leadership Seminar at Harvard 
     Business School, for--
       (A) economic officers in the Foreign Service; and
       (B) individuals serving in economic positions in the Civil 
     Service.

     SEC. 6502. MANDATE TO REVISE DEPARTMENT OF STATE METRICS FOR 
                   SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY.

       (a) Mandate to Revise Department of State Performance 
     Measures for Economic and Commercial Diplomacy.--The 
     Secretary shall, as part of the Department's next regularly 
     scheduled review on metrics and performance measures, include 
     revisions of Department performance measures for economic and 
     commercial diplomacy, by identifying outcome-oriented, and 
     not process-oriented, performance metrics, including metrics 
     that--
       (1) measure how Department efforts advanced specific 
     economic and commercial objectives and led to successes for 
     the United States or other private sector actors overseas; 
     and
       (2) focus on customer satisfaction with Department services 
     and assistance.
       (b) Plan for Ensuring Complete Data for Performance 
     Measures.--As part of the review required under subsection 
     (a), the Secretary shall include a plan for ensuring that--
       (1) the Department, both at its main headquarters and at 
     domestic and overseas posts, maintains and fully updates data 
     on performance measures; and
       (2) Department leadership and the appropriate congressional 
     committees can evaluate the extent to which the Department is 
     advancing United States economic and commercial interests 
     abroad through meeting performance targets.
       (c) Report on Private Sector Surveys.--The Secretary shall 
     prepare a report that lists and describes all the methods 
     through which the Department conducts surveys of the private 
     sector to measure private sector satisfaction with assistance 
     and services provided by the Department to advance private 
     sector economic and commercial goals in foreign markets.
       (d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after conducting the 
     review pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees--
       (1) the revised performance metrics required under 
     subsection (a); and
       (2) the report required under subsection (c).

     SEC. 6503. CHIEF OF MISSION ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITIES.

       Section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
     3927) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Embassy Economic Team.--
       ``(1) Coordination and supervision.--Each chief of mission 
     shall coordinate and supervise the implementation of all 
     United States economic policy interests within the host 
     country in which the diplomatic mission is located, among all 
     United States Government departments and agencies present in 
     such country.
       ``(2) Accountability.--The chief of mission is responsible 
     for the performance of the diplomatic mission in advancing 
     United States economic policy interests within the host 
     country.
       ``(3) Mission economic team.--The chief of mission shall 
     designate appropriate embassy staff to form a mission 
     economic team that--
       ``(A) monitors notable economic, commercial, and 
     investment-related developments in the host country; and
       ``(B) develops plans and strategies for advancing United 
     States economic and commercial interests in the host country, 
     including--
       ``(i) tracking legislative, regulatory, judicial, and 
     policy developments that could affect United States economic, 
     commercial, and investment interests;
       ``(ii) advocating for best practices with respect to policy 
     and regulatory developments;
       ``(iii) conducting regular analyses of market systems, 
     trends, prospects, and opportunities for value-addition, 
     including risk assessments and constraints analyses of key 
     sectors and of United States strategic competitiveness, and 
     other reporting on commercial opportunities and investment 
     climate; and
       ``(iv) providing recommendations for responding to 
     developments that may adversely affect United States economic 
     and commercial interests.''.

     SEC. 6504. DIRECTION TO EMBASSY DEAL TEAMS.

       (a) Purposes.--The purposes of deal teams at United States 
     embassies and consulates are--
       (1) to promote a private sector-led approach--
       (A) to advance economic growth and job creation that is 
     tailored, as appropriate, to specific economic sectors; and
       (B) to advance strategic partnerships;
       (2) to prioritize efforts--
       (A) to identify commercial and investment opportunities;
       (B) to advocate for improvements in the business and 
     investment climate;
       (C) to engage and consult with private sector partners; and
       (D) to report on the activities described in subparagraphs 
     (A) through (C), in accordance with the applicable 
     requirements under sections 706 and 707 of the Championing 
     American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 
     9902 and 9903);
       (3)(A)(i) to identify trade and investment opportunities 
     for United States companies in foreign markets; or
       (ii) to assist with existing trade and investment 
     opportunities already identified by United States companies; 
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       (B) to deploy United States Government economic and other 
     tools to help such United States companies to secure their 
     objectives;
       (4) to identify and facilitate opportunities for entities 
     in a host country to increase exports to, or investment in, 
     the United States in order to grow two-way trade and 
     investment;
       (5) to modernize, streamline, and improve access to 
     resources and services designed to promote increased trade 
     and investment opportunities;
       (6) to identify and secure United States or allied 
     government support of strategic projects, such as ports, 
     railways, energy production and distribution, critical 
     minerals development, telecommunications networks, and other 
     critical infrastructure projects vulnerable to predatory 
     investment by an authoritarian country or entity in such 
     country where support or investment serves an important 
     United States interest;
       (7) to coordinate across the Unites States Government to 
     ensure the appropriate and most effective use of United 
     States Government tools to support United States economic, 
     commercial, and investment objectives; and
       (8) to coordinate with the multi-agency DC Central Deal 
     Team, established in February 2020, on the matters described 
     in paragraphs (1) through (7) and other relevant matters.
       (b) Clarification.--A deal team may be composed of the 
     personnel comprising the mission economic team formed 
     pursuant to section 207(e)(3) of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980, as added by section 6503.
       (c) Restrictions.--A deal team may not provide support for, 
     or assist a United States person with a transaction 
     involving, a government, or an entity owned or controlled by 
     a government, if the Secretary determines that such 
     government--
       (1) has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
     international terrorism, as described in--
       (A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export Control Reform 
     Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of Public Law 115-232);
       (B) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2371(a));
       (C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2780(d)); or
       (D) any other relevant provision of law; or
       (2) has engaged in an activity that would trigger a 
     restriction under section 116(a) or 502B(a)(2) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(a) and 2304(a)(2)) or 
     any other relevant provision of law.
       (d) Further Restrictions.--
       (1) Prohibition on support of sanctioned persons.--Deal 
     teams may not carry out activities prohibited under United 
     States sanctions laws or regulations, including dealings with 
     persons on the list of specially designated persons and 
     blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets 
     Control of the Department of the Treasury, except to the 
     extent otherwise authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury 
     or the Secretary.
       (2) Prohibition on support of activities subject to 
     sanctions.--Any person receiving support from a deal team 
     must be in compliance with all United States sanctions laws 
     and regulations as a condition for receiving such assistance.
       (e) Chief of Mission Authority and Accountability.--The 
     chief of mission to a foreign country--
       (1) is the designated leader of a deal team in such 
     country; and
       (2) shall be held accountable for the performance and 
     effectiveness of United States deal teams in such country.
       (f) Guidance Cable.--The Department shall send out regular 
     guidance on Deal Team efforts by an All Diplomatic and 
     Consular Posts (referred to in this section as ``ALDAC'') 
     that--
       (1) describes the role of deal teams; and
       (2) includes relevant and up-to-date information to enhance 
     the effectiveness of deal teams in a country.
       (g) Confidentiality of Information.--
       (1) In general.--In preparing the cable required under 
     subsection (f), the Secretary shall protect from disclosure 
     any proprietary information of a United States person marked 
     as business confidential information unless the person 
     submitting such information--
       (A) had notice, at the time of submission, that such 
     information would be released by; or
       (B) subsequently consents to the release of such 
     information.
       (2) Treatment as trade secrets.--Proprietary information 
     obtained by the United States Government from a United States 
     person pursuant to the activities of deal teams shall be--
       (A) considered to be trade secrets and commercial or 
     financial information (as such terms are used under section 
     552b(c)(4) of title 5, United States Code); and
       (B) exempt from disclosure without the express approval of 
     the person.
       (h) Sunset.--The requirements under subsections (f) through 
     (h) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 6505. ESTABLISHMENT OF A ``DEAL TEAM OF THE YEAR'' 
                   AWARD.

       (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a new 
     award, to be known as the ``Deal Team of the Year Award'', 
     and annually present the award to a deal team at one United 
     States mission in each region to recognize outstanding 
     achievements in supporting a United States company or 
     companies pursuing commercial deals abroad or in identifying 
     new deal prospects for United States companies.
       (b) Award Content.--
       (1) Department of state.--Each member of a deal team 
     receiving an award pursuant to subsection (a) shall receive a 
     certificate that is signed by the Secretary and--
       (A) in the case of a member of the Foreign Service, is 
     included in the next employee evaluation report; or
       (B) in the case of a Civil Service employee, is included in 
     the next annual performance review.
       (2) Other federal agencies.--If an award is presented 
     pursuant to subsection (a) to a Federal Government employee 
     who is not employed by the Department, the employing agency 
     may determine whether to provide such employee any 
     recognition or benefits in addition to the recognition or 
     benefits provided by the Department.
       (c) Eligibility.--Any interagency economics team at a 
     United States overseas mission under chief of mission 
     authority that assists United States companies with 
     identifying, navigating, and securing trade and investment 
     opportunities in a foreign country or that facilitates 
     beneficial foreign investment into the United States is 
     eligible for an award under this section.
       (d) Report.--Not later than the last day of the fiscal year 
     in which awards are presented pursuant to subsection (a), the 
     Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that includes--
       (1) each mission receiving a Deal Team of the Year Award.
       (2) the names and agencies of each awardee within the 
     recipient deal teams; and
       (3) a detailed description of the reason such deal teams 
     received such award.

                      TITLE LXVI--PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

     SEC. 6601. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH.

       (a) Coordination of Resources.--The Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development and the 
     Secretary shall direct public affairs sections at United 
     States embassies and USAID Mission Program Officers at USAID 
     missions to coordinate, enhance and prioritize resources for 
     public diplomacy and awareness campaigns around United States 
     diplomatic and development efforts, including through--
       (1) the utilization of new media technology for maximum 
     public engagement; and
       (2) enact coordinated comprehensive community outreach to 
     increase public awareness and understanding and appreciation 
     of United States diplomatic and development efforts.
       (b) Development Outreach and Coordination Officers.--USAID 
     should prioritize hiring of additional Development Outreach 
     and Coordination officers in USAID missions to support the 
     purposes of subsection (a).
       (c) Best Practices.--The Secretary and the Administrator of 
     USAID shall identify 10 countries in which Embassies and 
     USAID missions have successfully executed efforts, including 
     monitoring and evaluation of such efforts, described in (a) 
     and develop best practices to be turned into Department and 
     USAID guidance.

     SEC. 6602. MODIFICATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RADIO FREE 
                   EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY.

       In section 308(h) of the United States International 
     Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207(h)) is amended--
       (1) by striking subparagraphs (1), (3), and (5); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) as paragraphs 
     (1) and (2), respectively.

     SEC. 6603. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.

       (a) Voice of America.--Section 303 of the United States 
     International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Voice of America Operations and Structure.--
       ``(1) Operations.--The Director of the Voice of America 
     (VOA)--
       ``(A) shall direct and supervise the operations of VOA, 
     including making all major decisions relating its staffing; 
     and
       ``(B) may utilize any authorities made available to the 
     United States Agency for Global Media or to its Chief 
     Executive Officer under this Act or under any other Act to 
     carry out its operations in an effective manner.
       ``(2) Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of VOA shall submit to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a plan to 
     ensure that the personnel structure of VOA is sufficient to 
     effectively carry out the principles described in subsection 
     (c).''.
       (b) Appointment of Chief Executive Officer.--Section 304 of 
     such Act (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``as an entity described 
     in section 104 of title 5, United States Code'' and inserting 
     ``under the direction of the International Broadcasting 
     Advisory Board''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking the second sentence 
     and inserting the following: ``Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, when a vacancy arises, until such time as a 
     Chief Executive Officer, to whom sections 3345 through 3349b 
     of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply, is appointed

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     and confirmed by the Senate, an acting Chief Executive 
     Officer shall be appointed by the International Broadcasting 
     Advisory Board and shall continue to serve and exercise the 
     authorities and powers under this title as the sole means of 
     filling such vacancy, for the duration of the vacancy. In the 
     absence of a quorum on the International Broadcasting 
     Advisory Board, the first principal deputy of the United 
     States Agency for Global Media shall serve as acting Chief 
     Executive Officer.''.
       (c) Chief Executive Officer Authorities.--Section 305(a)(1) 
     of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
     ``To supervise all'' and inserting ``To oversee, coordinate, 
     and provide strategic direction for''.
       (d) International Broadcasting Advisory Board.--Section 
     306(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6205(a)) is amended by striking 
     ``advise the Chief Executive Officer of'' and inserting 
     ``oversee and advise the Chief Executive Officer and''.
       (e) Radio Free Africa; Radio Free Americas.--Not later than 
     180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for 
     Global Media shall submit a report to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives that details 
     the financial and other resources that would be required to 
     establish and operate 2 nonprofit organizations, modeled 
     after Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia, 
     for the purposes of providing accurate, uncensored, and 
     reliable news and information to--
       (1) the region of Africa, with respect to Radio Free 
     Africa; and
       (2) the region of Latin America and the Caribbean, with 
     respect to Radio Free Americas.

     SEC. 6604. JOHN LEWIS CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Mutual Educational and Cultural 
     Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 115. JOHN LEWIS CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

       ``(a) Establishment.--There is established the John Lewis 
     Civil Rights Fellowship Program (referred to in this section 
     as the `Fellowship Program') within the J. William Fulbright 
     Educational Exchange Program.
       ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Fellowship Program 
     are--
       ``(1) to honor the legacy of Representative John Lewis by 
     promoting a greater understanding of the history and tenets 
     of nonviolent civil rights movements; and
       ``(2) to advance foreign policy priorities of the United 
     States by promoting studies, research, and international 
     exchange in the subject of nonviolent movements that 
     established and protected civil rights around the world.
       ``(c) Administration.--The Bureau of Educational and 
     Cultural Affairs (referred to in this section as the 
     `Bureau') shall administer the Fellowship Program in 
     accordance with policy guidelines established by the Board, 
     in consultation with the binational Fulbright Commissions and 
     United States Embassies.
       ``(d) Selection of Fellows.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Board shall annually select 
     qualified individuals to participate in the Fellowship 
     Program. The Bureau may determine the number of fellows 
     selected each year, which, whenever feasible, shall be not 
     fewer than 25.
       ``(2) Outreach.--
       ``(A) In general.--To the extent practicable, the Bureau 
     shall conduct outreach at institutions, including--
       ``(i) minority serving institutions, including historically 
     Black colleges and universities; and
       ``(ii) other appropriate institutions, as determined by the 
     Bureau.
       ``(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
       ``(i) Historically black college and university.--The term 
     `historically Black college and university' has the meaning 
     given the term `part B institution' in section 322 of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).
       ``(ii) Minority serving institution.--The term `minority-
     serving institution' means an eligible institution under 
     section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1067q(a)).
       ``(e) Fellowship Orientation.--Annually, the Bureau shall 
     organize and administer a fellowship orientation, which 
     shall--
       ``(1) be held in Washington, D.C., or at another location 
     selected by the Bureau; and
       ``(2) include programming to honor the legacy of 
     Representative John Lewis.
       ``(f) Structure.--
       ``(1) Work plan.--To carry out the purposes described in 
     subsection (b)--
       ``(A) each fellow selected pursuant to subsection (d) shall 
     arrange an internship or research placement--
       ``(i) with a nongovernmental organization, academic 
     institution, or other organization approved by the Bureau; 
     and
       ``(ii) in a country with an operational Fulbright U.S. 
     Student Program; and
       ``(B) the Bureau shall, for each fellow, approve a work 
     plan that identifies the target objectives for the fellow, 
     including specific duties and responsibilities relating to 
     those objectives.
       ``(2) Conferences; presentations.--Each fellow shall--
       ``(A) attend a fellowship orientation organized and 
     administered by the Bureau under subsection (e);
       ``(B) not later than the date that is 1 year after the end 
     of the fellowship period, attend a fellowship summit 
     organized and administered by the Bureau, which--
       ``(i) whenever feasible, shall be held in Atlanta, Georgia, 
     or another location of importance to the civil rights 
     movement in the United States; and
       ``(ii) may coincide with other events facilitated by the 
     Bureau; and
       ``(C) at such summit, give a presentation on lessons 
     learned during the period of fellowship.
       ``(3) Fellowship period.--Each fellowship under this 
     section shall continue for a period determined by the Bureau, 
     which, whenever feasible, shall be not fewer than 10 months.
       ``(g) Fellowship Award.--The Bureau shall provide each 
     fellow under this section with an allowance that is equal to 
     the amount needed for--
       ``(1) the reasonable costs of the fellow during the 
     fellowship period; and
       ``(2) travel and lodging expenses related to attending the 
     orientation and summit required under subsection (e)(2).
       ``(h) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     of the completion of the Fellowship Program by the initial 
     cohort of fellows selected under subsection (d), and annually 
     thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     a report on the implementation of the Fellowship Program, 
     including--
       ``(1) a description of the demographics of the cohort of 
     fellows who completed a fellowship during the preceding 1-
     year period;
       ``(2) a description of internship and research placements, 
     and research projects selected by such cohort, under the 
     Fellowship Program, including feedback from--
       ``(A) such cohort on implementation of the Fellowship 
     Program; and
       ``(B) the Secretary on lessons learned; and
       ``(3) an analysis of trends relating to the diversity of 
     each cohort of fellows and the topics of projects completed 
     since the establishment of the Fellowship Program.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments to the Mutual 
     Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.--Section 
     112(a) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
     1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2460(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(10) the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program 
     established under section 115, which provides funding for 
     international internships and research placements for early- 
     to mid-career individuals from the United States to study 
     nonviolent civil rights movements in self-arranged placements 
     with universities or nongovernmental organizations in foreign 
     countries.''.

     SEC. 6605. DOMESTIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

       (a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     develop a strategy to explain to the American people the 
     value of the work of the Department and United States foreign 
     policy to advancing the national security of the United 
     States. The strategy shall include--
       (1) tools to inform the American people about the non-
     partisan importance of United States diplomacy and foreign 
     relations and to utilize public diplomacy to meet the United 
     States' national security priorities;
       (2) efforts to reach the widest possible audience of 
     Americans, including those who historically have not had 
     exposure to United States foreign policy efforts and 
     priorities;
       (3) additional staffing and resource needs including--
       (A) domestic positions within the Bureau of Global Public 
     Affairs to focus on engagement with the American people as 
     outlined in paragraph (1);
       (B) positions within the Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
     Affairs to enhance program and reach the widest possible 
     audience;
       (C) increasing the number of fellowship and detail programs 
     that place Foreign Service and civil service employees 
     outside the Department for a limited time, including Pearson 
     Fellows, Reta Joe Lewis Local Diplomats, Brookings Fellows, 
     and Georgetown Fellows; and
       (D) recommendations for increasing participation in the 
     Hometown Diplomats program and evaluating this program as 
     well as other opportunities for Department officers to engage 
     with American audiences while traveling within the United 
     States.

     SEC. 6606. EXTENSION OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER.

       Section 1287(j) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended by 
     striking ``on the date that is 8 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``on September 30, 
     2026''.

     SEC. 6607. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT.

       Section 5603(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) United States Information and Educational Exchange 
     Act of 1948 (Public Law 80-402).''.

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     SEC. 6608. MODERNIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT STRATEGY.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit a strategy to the 
     appropriate congressional committees for--
       (1) modernizing and increasing the operational and 
     programming capacity of American Spaces and American Corners 
     throughout the world, including by leveraging public-private 
     partnerships;
       (2) providing salaries to locally employed staff of 
     American Spaces and American Corners; and
       (3) providing opportunities for United States businesses 
     and nongovernmental organizations to better utilize American 
     Spaces.

                       TITLE LXVII--OTHER MATTERS

     SEC. 6701. INTERNSHIPS OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS AT 
                   INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of State is authorized to 
     bolster efforts to increase the number of United States 
     citizens representative of the American people occupying 
     positions in the United Nations system, agencies, and 
     commissions, and in other international organizations, 
     including by awarding grants to educational institutions and 
     students.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees that 
     identifies--
       (1) the number of United States citizens who are involved 
     in internship programs at international organizations;
       (2) the distribution of the individuals described in 
     paragraph (1) among various international organizations; and
       (3) grants, programs, and other activities that are being 
     utilized to recruit and fund United States citizens to 
     participate in internship programs at international 
     organizations.
       (c) Eligibility.--An individual referred to in subsection 
     (a) is an individual who--
       (1) is enrolled at or received their degree within two 
     years from--
       (A) an institution of higher education; or
       (B) an institution of higher education based outside the 
     United States, as determined by the Secretary of State; and
       (2) is a citizen of the United States.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $1,500,000 for the Department of State for 
     fiscal year 2024 to carry out the grant program authorized 
     under subsection (a).

     SEC. 6702. TRAINING FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) Training Programs.--Section 708 of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended by adding at the end 
     of the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Training in Multilateral Diplomacy.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with 
     other senior officials as appropriate, shall establish 
     training courses on--
       ``(A) the conduct of diplomacy at international 
     organizations and other multilateral institutions; and
       ``(B) broad-based multilateral negotiations of 
     international instruments.
       ``(2) Required training.--Members of the Service, including 
     appropriate chiefs of mission and other officers who are 
     assigned to United States missions representing the United 
     States to international organizations and other multilateral 
     institutions or who are assigned in other positions that have 
     as their primary responsibility formulation of policy related 
     to such organizations and institutions, or participation in 
     negotiations of international instruments, shall receive 
     specialized training in the areas described in paragraph (1) 
     prior to the beginning of service for such assignment or, if 
     receiving such training at that time is not practical, within 
     the first year of beginning such assignment.''.
       (b) Training for Department Employees.--The Secretary of 
     State shall ensure that employees of the Department of State 
     who are assigned to positions described in paragraph (2) of 
     subsection (e) of section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (as added by subsection (a) of this section), including 
     members of the civil service or general service, or who are 
     seconded to international organizations for a period of at 
     least one year, receive training described in such subsection 
     and participate in other such courses as the Secretary may 
     recommend to build or augment identifiable skills that would 
     be useful for such Department officials representing United 
     States interests at these institutions and organizations.

     SEC. 6703. MODIFICATION TO TRANSPARENCY ON INTERNATIONAL 
                   AGREEMENTS AND NON-BINDING INSTRUMENTS.

       Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, as most 
     recently amended by section 5947 of the James M. Inhofe 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 
     (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 3476), is further amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) as 
     subsections (i) through (m), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
       ``(h)(1) If the Secretary is aware or has reason to believe 
     that the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or (c) have not 
     been fulfilled with respect to an international agreement or 
     qualifying non-binding instrument, the Secretary shall--
       ``(A) immediately bring the matter to the attention of the 
     office or agency responsible for the agreement or qualifying 
     non-binding instrument; and
       ``(B) request the office or agency to provide within 7 days 
     the text or other information necessary to fulfill the 
     requirements of the relevant subsection.
       ``(2) Upon receiving the text or other information 
     requested pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
       ``(A) fulfill the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or 
     (c), as the case may be, with respect to the agreement or 
     qualifying non-binding instrument concerned--
       ``(i) by including such text or other information in the 
     next submission required by subsection (a)(1);
       ``(ii) by providing such information in writing to the 
     Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
     Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the 
     appropriate congressional committees before provision of the 
     submission described in clause (i); or
       ``(iii) in relation to subsection (b), by making the text 
     of the agreement or qualifying non-binding instrument and the 
     information described in subparagraphs (A)(iii) and (B)(iii) 
     of subsection (a)(1) relating to the agreement or instrument 
     available to the public on the website of the Department of 
     State within 15 days of receiving the text or other 
     information requested pursuant to paragraph (1); and
       ``(B) provide to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the 
     Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of 
     Representatives, and the appropriate congressional 
     committees, either in the next submission required by 
     subsection (a)(1) or before such submission, a written 
     statement explaining the reason for the delay in fulfilling 
     the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or (c), as the case 
     may be.''.

     SEC. 6704. REPORT ON PARTNER FORCES UTILIZING UNITED STATES 
                   SECURITY ASSISTANCE IDENTIFIED AS USING HUNGER 
                   AS A WEAPON OF WAR.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States recognizes the link between armed 
     conflict and conflict-induced food insecurity;
       (2) Congress recognizes and condemns the role of nefarious 
     security actors, including state and non-state armed groups, 
     who have utilized hunger as a weapon of war, including 
     through the unanimous adoption of House of Representatives 
     Resolution 922 and Senate Resolution 669 relating to 
     ``[c]ondemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and 
     recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security 
     and famine''; and
       (3) the United States should use the diplomatic and 
     humanitarian tools at our disposal to not only fight global 
     hunger, mitigate the spread of conflict, and promote 
     critical, lifesaving assistance, but also hold perpetrators 
     using hunger as a weapon of war to account.
       (b) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
       (1) Hunger as a weapon of war.--The term ``hunger as a 
     weapon of war'' means--
       (A) intentional starvation of civilians;
       (B) intentional and reckless destruction, removal, looting, 
     or rendering useless objects necessary for food production 
     and distribution, such as farmland, markets, mills, food 
     processing and storage facilities, food stuffs, crops, 
     livestock, agricultural assets, waterways, water systems, 
     drinking water facilities and supplies, and irrigation 
     networks;
       (C) undue denial of humanitarian access and deprivation of 
     objects indispensable to people's survival, such as food 
     supplies and nutrition resources; and
       (D) willful interruption of market systems for populations 
     in need, including through the prevention of travel and 
     manipulation of currency exchange.
       (2) Security assistance.--The term ``security assistance'' 
     means assistance meeting the definition of ``security 
     assistance'' under section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304).
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with 
     the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development, and the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees, 
     the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
     regarding--
       (1) United States-funded security assistance and 
     cooperation; and
       (2) whether the governments and entities receiving such 
     assistance have or are currently using hunger as a weapon of 
     war.
       (d) Elements.--The report required under subsection (c) 
     shall--
       (1) identify countries receiving United States-funded 
     security assistance or participating in security programs and 
     activities, including in coordination with the Department of 
     Defense, that are currently experiencing famine-like 
     conditions as a result of conflict;
       (2) describe the actors and actions taken by such actors in 
     the countries identified pursuant to paragraph (1) who are 
     utilizing hunger as a weapon of war; and
       (3) describe any current or existing plans to continue 
     providing United States-funded security assistance to 
     recipient countries.

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       (e) Form.--The report required under subsection (c) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.

     SEC. 6705. INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS BY THE 
                   UNITED STATES AND PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development and the Chief Executive Officer of the 
     Development Finance Corporation, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
     regarding the opportunities and costs of infrastructure 
     projects in Middle East, African, and Latin American and 
     Caribbean countries, which shall--
       (1) describe the nature and total funding of United States 
     infrastructure investments and construction in Middle East, 
     African, and Latin American and Caribbean countries, and that 
     of United States allies and partners in the same regions;
       (2) describe the nature and total funding of infrastructure 
     investments and construction by the People's Republic of 
     China in Middle East, African, and Latin American and 
     Caribbean countries;
       (3) assess the national security threats posed by the 
     infrastructure investment gap between the People's Republic 
     of China and the United States and United States allies and 
     partners, including--
       (A) infrastructure, such as ports;
       (B) access to critical and strategic minerals;
       (C) digital and telecommunication infrastructure;
       (D) threats to supply chains; and
       (E) general favorability towards the People's Republic of 
     China and the United States and United States' allies and 
     partners among Middle East, African, and Latin American and 
     Caribbean countries;
       (4) assess the opportunities and challenges for companies 
     based in the United States to invest in infrastructure 
     projects in Middle East, African, and Latin American and 
     Caribbean countries;
       (5) describe options for the United States Government to 
     undertake to increase support for United States businesses 
     engaged in large-scale infrastructure projects in Middle 
     East, African, and Latin American and Caribbean countries; 
     and
       (6) identify regional infrastructure priorities, ranked 
     according to United States national interests, in Middle 
     East, African, and Latin American and Caribbean countries.

     SEC. 6706. SPECIAL ENVOYS.

       (a) Review.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a review 
     of all special envoy positions to determine--
       (1) which special envoy positions are needed to accomplish 
     the mission of the Department;
       (2) which special envoy positions could be absorbed into 
     the Department's existing bureau structure;
       (3) which special envoy positions were established by an 
     Act of Congress; and
       (4) which special envoy positions were created by the 
     Executive Branch without explicit congressional approval.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the completion of 
     the review required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
     submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
     that includes--
       (1) a list of every special envoy position in the 
     Department;
       (2) a detailed justification of the need for each special 
     envoy, if warranted;
       (3) a list of the special envoy positions that could be 
     absorbed into the Department's existing bureau structure 
     without compromising the mission of the Department;
       (4) a list of the special envoy positions that were created 
     by an Act of Congress; and
       (5) a list of the special envoy positions that are not 
     expressly authorized by statute.

     SEC. 6707. US-ASEAN CENTER.

       (a) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``ASEAN'' 
     means the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
       (b) Establishment.--The Secretary is authorized to enter 
     into a public-private partnership for the purposes of 
     establishing a US-ASEAN Center in the United States to 
     support United States economic and cultural engagement with 
     Southeast Asia.
       (c) Functions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the US-ASEAN Center established pursuant to subsection (b) 
     may--
       (1) provide grants for research to support and elevate the 
     importance of the US-ASEAN partnership;
       (2) facilitate activities to strengthen US-ASEAN trade and 
     investment;
       (3) expand economic and technological relationships between 
     ASEAN countries and the United States into new areas of 
     cooperation;
       (4) provide training to United States citizens and citizens 
     of ASEAN countries that improve people-to-people ties;
       (5) develop educational programs to increase awareness for 
     the United States and ASEAN countries on the importance of 
     relations between the United States and ASEAN countries; and
       (6) carry out other activities the Secretary considers 
     necessary to strengthen ties between the United States and 
     ASEAN countries and achieve the objectives of the US-ASEAN 
     Center.

     SEC. 6708. BRIEFINGS ON THE UNITED STATES-EUROPEAN UNION 
                   TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL.

       It is the sense of Congress that the United States-European 
     Union Trade and Technology Council is an important forum for 
     the United States and in the European Union to engage on 
     transatlantic trade, investment, and engagement on matters 
     related to critical and emerging technology and that the 
     Department should provide regular updates to the appropriate 
     congressional committees on the deliverables and policy 
     initiatives announced at United States-European Union Trade 
     and Technology Council ministerials

     SEC. 6709. MODIFICATION AND REPEAL OF REPORTS.

       (a) Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall examine the production 
     of the 2023 and subsequent annual Country Reports on Human 
     Rights Practices by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
     Human Rights, and Labor as required under sections 116(d) and 
     502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2151n(d), 2304(b)) to maximize--
       (A) cost and personnel efficiencies;
       (B) the potential use of data and analytic tools and 
     visualization; and
       (C) advancement of the modernization agenda for the 
     Department announced by the Secretary on October 27, 2021.
       (2) Transnational repression amendments to annual country 
     reports on human rights practices.--Section 116(d) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(13) Wherever applicable, a description of the nature and 
     extent of acts of transnational repression that occurred 
     during the preceding year, including identification of--
       ``(A) incidents in which a government harassed, 
     intimidated, or killed individuals outside of their 
     internationally recognized borders and the patterns of such 
     repression among repeat offenders;
       ``(B) countries in which such transnational repression 
     occurs and the role of the governments of such countries in 
     enabling, preventing, mitigating, and responding to such 
     acts;
       ``(C) the tactics used by the governments of countries 
     identified pursuant to subparagraph (A), including the 
     actions identified and any new techniques observed;
       ``(D) in the case of digital surveillance and harassment, 
     the type of technology or platform, including social media, 
     smart city technology, health tracking systems, general 
     surveillance technology, and data access, transfer, and 
     storage procedures, used by the governments of countries 
     identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) for such actions; and
       ``(E) groups and types of individuals targeted by acts of 
     transnational repression in each country in which such acts 
     occur.''.
       (b) Elimination of Obsolete Reports.--
       (1) Annual reports relating to funding mechanisms for 
     telecommunications security and semiconductors.--Division H 
     of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) 
     is amended--
       (A) in section 9202(a)(2) (47 U.S.C. 906(a)(2))--
       (i) by striking subparagraph (C); and
       (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C); 
     and
       (B) in section 9905 (15 U.S.C. 4655)--
       (i) by striking subsection (c); and
       (ii) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
       (2) Reports relating to foreign assistance to counter 
     russian influence and media organizations controlled by 
     russia.--The Countering Russian Influence in Europe and 
     Eurasia Act of 2017 (title II of Public Law 115-44) is 
     amended--
       (A) in section 254(e)--
       (i) in paragraph (1)--

       (I) by striking ``In general.--'';
       (II) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as 
     paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively, and moving such 
     paragraphs 2 ems to the left; and

       (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (B) by striking section 255.
       (3) Annual report on promoting the rule of law in the 
     russian federation.--Section 202 of the Russia and Moldova 
     Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law 
     Accountability Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-208) is amended by 
     striking subsection (a).
       (4) Annual report on advancing freedom and democracy.--
     Section 2121 of the Advance Democratic Values, Address 
     Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007 
     (title XXI of Public Law 110-53) is amended by striking 
     subsection (c).
       (5) Annual reports on united states-vietnam human rights 
     dialogue meetings.--Section 702 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151n note) is 
     repealed.

     SEC. 6710. MODIFICATION OF BUILD ACT OF 2018 TO PRIORITIZE 
                   PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE NATIONAL SECURITY.

       Section 1412 of the Build Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9612) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
       ``(d) Prioritization of National Security Interests.--The 
     Corporation shall prioritize the provision of support under 
     title II in projects that advance core national security 
     interests of the United States with respect to the People's 
     Republic of China.''.

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     SEC. 6711. PERMITTING FOR INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES.

       The International Bridge Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 535 et 
     seq.) is amended by inserting after section 5 the following:

     ``SEC. 6. PERMITTING FOR INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Eligible applicant.--The term `eligible applicant' 
     means an entity that has submitted an application for a 
     Presidential permit during the period beginning on December 
     1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2024, for any of the 
     following:
       ``(A) 1 or more international bridges in Webb County, 
     Texas.
       ``(B) An international bridge in Cameron County, Texas.
       ``(C) An international bridge in Maverick County, Texas.
       ``(2) Presidential permit.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `Presidential permit' means--
       ``(i) an approval by the President to construct, maintain, 
     and operate an international bridge under section 4; or
       ``(ii) an approval by the President to construct, maintain, 
     and operate an international bridge pursuant to a process 
     described in Executive Order 13867 (84 Fed. Reg. 15491; 
     relating to Issuance of Permits With Respect to Facilities 
     and Land Transportation Crossings at the International 
     Boundaries of the United States) (or any successor Executive 
     Order).
       ``(B) Inclusion.--The term `Presidential permit' includes 
     an amendment to an approval described in clause (i) or (ii) 
     of subparagraph (A).
       ``(3) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
     of State.
       ``(b) Application.--An eligible applicant for a 
     Presidential permit to construct, maintain, and operate an 
     international bridge shall submit an application for the 
     permit to the Secretary.
       ``(c) Recommendation.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date on 
     which the Secretary receives an application under subsection 
     (b), the Secretary shall make a recommendation to the 
     President--
       ``(A) to grant the Presidential permit; or
       ``(B) to deny the Presidential permit.
       ``(2) Consideration.--The sole basis for a recommendation 
     under paragraph (1) shall be whether the international bridge 
     is in the foreign policy interests of the United States.
       ``(d) Presidential Action.--
       ``(1) In general.--The President shall grant or deny the 
     Presidential permit for an application under subsection (b) 
     by not later than 60 days after the earlier of--
       ``(A) the date on which the Secretary makes a 
     recommendation under subsection (c)(1); and
       ``(B) the date on which the Secretary is required to make a 
     recommendation under subsection (c)(1).
       ``(2) No action.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), if the 
     President does not grant or deny the Presidential permit for 
     an application under subsection (b) by the deadline described 
     in paragraph (1), the Presidential permit shall be considered 
     to have been granted as of that deadline.
       ``(B) Requirement.--As a condition on a Presidential permit 
     considered to be granted under subparagraph (A), the eligible 
     applicant shall complete all applicable environmental 
     documents required pursuant to Public Law 91-190 (42 U.S.C. 
     4321 et seq.).
       ``(e) Document Requirements.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary shall not require an eligible 
     applicant for a Presidential permit--
       ``(1) to include in the application under subsection (b) 
     environmental documents prepared pursuant to Public Law 91-
     190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or
       ``(2) to have completed any environmental review under 
     Public Law 91-190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) prior to the 
     President granting a Presidential permit under subsection 
     (d).
       ``(f) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section--
       ``(1) prohibits the President from granting a Presidential 
     permit conditioned on the eligible applicant completing all 
     environmental documents pursuant to Public Law 91-190 (42 
     U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
       ``(2) prohibits the Secretary from requesting a list of all 
     permits and approvals from Federal, State, and local agencies 
     that the eligible applicant believes are required in 
     connection with the international bridge, or a brief 
     description of how those permits and approvals will be 
     acquired; or
       ``(3) exempts an eligible applicant from the requirement to 
     complete all environmental documents pursuant to Public Law 
     91-190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) prior to construction of an 
     international bridge.''.

                      TITLE LXVIII--AUKUS MATTERS

     SEC. 6801. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
       (2) AUKUS partnership.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``AUKUS partnership'' means the 
     enhanced trilateral security partnership between Australia, 
     the United Kingdom, and the United States announced in 
     September 2021.
       (B) Pillars.--The AUKUS partnership includes the following 
     two pillars:
       (i) Pillar One is focused on developing a pathway for 
     Australia to acquire conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 
     submarines.
       (ii) Pillar Two is focused on enhancing trilateral 
     collaboration on advanced defense capabilities, including 
     hypersonic and counter hypersonic capabilities, quantum 
     technologies, undersea technologies, and artificial 
     intelligence.
       (3) International traffic in arms regulations.--The term 
     ``International Traffic in Arms Regulations'' means 
     subchapter M of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or successor regulations).

              Subtitle A--Outlining the AUKUS Partnership

     SEC. 6811. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON THE AUKUS PARTNERSHIP.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States that--
       (1) the AUKUS partnership is integral to United States 
     national security, increasing United States and allied 
     capability in the undersea domain of the Indo-Pacific, and 
     developing cutting edge military capabilities;
       (2) the transfer of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 
     submarines to Australia, if implemented appropriately, will 
     position the United States and its allies to maintain peace 
     and security in the Indo-Pacific;
       (3) the transfer of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 
     submarines to Australia will be safely implemented with the 
     highest nonproliferation standards in alignment with--
       (A) safeguards established by the International Atomic 
     Energy Agency; and
       (B) the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between 
     Australia and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the 
     application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on 
     the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Vienna 
     September 23, 1997;
       (4) the United States will enter into a mutual defense 
     agreement with Australia, modeled on the 1958 bilateral 
     mutual defense agreement with the United Kingdom, for the 
     sole purpose of facilitating the transfer of naval nuclear 
     propulsion technology to Australia;
       (5) working with the United Kingdom and Australia to 
     develop and provide joint advanced military capabilities to 
     promote security and stability in the Indo-Pacific will have 
     tangible impacts on United States military effectiveness 
     across the world;
       (6) in order to better facilitate cooperation under Pillar 
     2 of the AUKUS partnership, it is imperative that every 
     effort be made to streamline United States export controls 
     consistent with necessary and reciprocal security safeguards 
     on United States technology at least comparable to those of 
     the United States;
       (7) the trade authorization mechanism for the AUKUS 
     partnership administered by the Department is a critical 
     first step in reimagining the United States export control 
     system to carry out the AUKUS partnership and expedite 
     technology sharing and defense trade among the United States, 
     Australia, and the United Kingdom; and
       (8) the vast majority of United States defense trade with 
     Australia is conducted through the Foreign Military Sales 
     (FMS) process, the preponderance of defense trade with the 
     United Kingdom is conducted through Direct Commercial Sales 
     (DCS), and efforts to streamline United States export 
     controls should focus on both Foreign Military Sales and 
     Direct Commercial Sales.

     SEC. 6812. SENIOR ADVISOR FOR THE AUKUS PARTNERSHIP AT THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       (a) In General.--There shall be a Senior Advisor for the 
     AUKUS partnership at the Department, who--
       (1) shall report directly to the Secretary; and
       (2) may not hold another position in the Department 
     concurrently while holding the position of Senior Advisor for 
     the AUKUS partnership.
       (b) Duties.--The Senior Advisor shall--
       (1) be responsible for coordinating efforts related to the 
     AUKUS partnership across the Department, including the 
     bureaus engaged in nonproliferation, defense trade, security 
     assistance, and diplomatic relations in the Indo-Pacific;
       (2) serve as the lead within the Department for 
     implementation of the AUKUS partnership in interagency 
     processes, consulting with counterparts in the Department of 
     Defense, the Department of Commerce, the Department of 
     Energy, the Office of Naval Reactors, and any other relevant 
     agencies;
       (3) lead diplomatic efforts related to the AUKUS 
     partnership with other governments to explain how the 
     partnership will enhance security and stability in the Indo-
     Pacific; and
       (4) consult regularly with the appropriate congressional 
     committees, and keep such committees fully and currently 
     informed, on issues related to the AUKUS partnership, 
     including in relation to the AUKUS Pillar 1 objective of 
     supporting Australia's acquisition of conventionally armed, 
     nuclear-powered submarines and the Pillar 2 objective of 
     jointly developing advanced military capabilities to support 
     security and stability in the Indo-Pacific, as affirmed by 
     the President of the United States, the Prime Minister of the 
     United Kingdom, and the Prime Minister of Australia on April 
     5, 2022.
       (c) Personnel to Support the Senior Advisor.--The Secretary 
     shall ensure that the

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     Senior Advisor is adequately staffed, including through 
     encouraging details, or assignment of employees of the 
     Department, with expertise related to the implementation of 
     the AUKUS partnership, including staff with expertise in--
       (1) nuclear policy, including nonproliferation;
       (2) defense trade and security cooperation, including 
     security assistance; and
       (3) relations with respect to political-military issues in 
     the Indo-Pacific and Europe.
       (d) Notification.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and not later than 90 days 
     after a Senior Advisor assumes such position, the Secretary 
     shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the 
     number of full-time equivalent positions, relevant expertise, 
     and duties of any employees of the Department or detailees 
     supporting the Senior Advisor.
       (e) Sunset.--
       (1) In general.--The position of the Senior Advisor for the 
     AUKUS partnership shall terminate on the date that is 8 years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) Renewal.--The Secretary may renew the position of the 
     Senior Advisor for the AUKUS partnership for 1 additional 
     period of 4 years, following notification to the appropriate 
     congressional committees of the renewal.

         Subtitle B--Authorization for AUKUS Submarine Training

     SEC. 6823. AUSTRALIA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND UNITED STATES 
                   SUBMARINE SECURITY TRAINING.

       (a) In General.--The President may transfer or export 
     directly to private individuals in Australia defense services 
     that may be transferred to the Government of Australia under 
     the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to 
     support the development of the submarine industrial base of 
     Australia necessary for submarine security activities between 
     Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, 
     including if such individuals are not officers, employees, or 
     agents of the Government of Australia.
       (b) Security Controls.--
       (1) In general.--Any defense service transferred or 
     exported under subsection (a) shall be subject to appropriate 
     security controls to ensure that any sensitive information 
     conveyed by such transfer or export is protected from 
     disclosure to persons unauthorized by the United States to 
     receive such information.
       (2) Certification.--Not later than 30 days before the first 
     transfer or export of a defense service under subsection (a), 
     and annually thereafter, the President shall certify to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     that the controls described in paragraph (1) will protect the 
     information described in such paragraph for the defense 
     services so transferred or exported.
       (c) Application of Requirements for Retransfer and 
     Reexport.--Any person who receives any defense service 
     transferred or exported under subsection (a) may retransfer 
     or reexport such service to other persons only in accordance 
     with the requirements of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).

  Subtitle C--Streamlining and Protecting Transfers of United States 
                  Military Technology From Compromise

     SEC. 6831. PRIORITY FOR AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 
                   FOREIGN MILITARY SALES AND DIRECT COMMERCIAL 
                   SALES.

       (a) In General.--The President shall institute policies and 
     procedures for letters of request from Australia and the 
     United Kingdom to transfer defense articles and services 
     under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2761) related to AUKUS to receive expedited consideration and 
     processing relative to all other letters of request other 
     than from Taiwan and Ukraine.
       (b) Technology Transfer Policy for Australia, Canada, and 
     the United Kingdom.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense, shall create an anticipatory release 
     policy for the transfer of technologies described in 
     paragraph (2) to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada 
     through Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales 
     that are not covered by an exemption under the International 
     Traffic in Arms Regulations.
       (2) Capabilities described.--The capabilities described in 
     this paragraph are--
       (A) Pillar One-related technologies associated with 
     submarine and associated combat systems; and
       (B) Pillar Two-related technologies, including hypersonic 
     missiles, cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence, 
     quantum technologies, undersea capabilities, and other 
     advanced technologies.
       (3) Expedited decision-making.--Review of a transfer under 
     the policy established under paragraph (1) shall be subject 
     to an expedited decision-making process.
       (c) Interagency Policy and Guidance.--The Secretary and the 
     Secretary of Defense shall jointly review and update 
     interagency policies and implementation guidance related to 
     requests for Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial 
     Sales, including by incorporating the anticipatory release 
     provisions of this section.

     SEC. 6832. IDENTIFICATION AND PRE-CLEARANCE OF PLATFORMS, 
                   TECHNOLOGIES, AND EQUIPMENT FOR SALE TO 
                   AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH 
                   FOREIGN MILITARY SALES AND DIRECT COMMERCIAL 
                   SALES.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, and on a biennial basis thereafter for 8 years, the 
     President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
     of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives a report that includes a list of 
     advanced military platforms, technologies, and equipment that 
     are pre-cleared and prioritized for sale and release to 
     Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada through the Foreign 
     Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales programs without 
     regard to whether a letter of request or license to purchase 
     such platforms, technologies, or equipment has been received 
     from any of such country. Each list may include items that 
     are not related to the AUKUS partnership but may not include 
     items that are not covered by an exemption under the 
     International Traffic in Arms Regulations except unmanned 
     aerial or hypersonic systems.

     SEC. 6833. EXPORT CONTROL EXEMPTIONS AND STANDARDS.

       (a) In General.--Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     of 1976 (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(l) AUKUS Defense Trade Cooperation.--
       ``(1) Exemption from licensing and approval requirements.--
     Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this section, the Secretary of State may exempt 
     from the licensing or other approval requirements of this 
     section exports and transfers (including reexports, 
     retransfers, temporary imports, and brokering activities) of 
     defense articles and defense services between or among the 
     United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia that--
       ``(A) are not excluded by those countries;
       ``(B) are not referred to in subsection(j)(1)(C)(ii); and
       ``(C) involve only persons or entities that are approved 
     by--
       ``(i) the Secretary of State; and
       ``(ii) the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign 
     Affairs, or other similar authority within those countries.
       ``(2) Limitation.--The authority provided in subparagraph 
     (1) shall not apply to any activity, including exports, 
     transfers, reexports, retransfers, temporary imports, or 
     brokering, of United States defense articles and defense 
     services involving any country or a person or entity of any 
     country other than the United States, the United Kingdom, and 
     Australia.''.
       (b) Required Standards of Export Controls.--The Secretary 
     may only exercise the authority under subsection (l)(1) of 
     section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as added 
     by subsection (a) of this section, with respect to the United 
     Kingdom or Australia 30 days after the Secretary submits to 
     the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified 
     certification and detailed unclassified assessment (which may 
     include a classified annex) that the country concerned has 
     implemented standards for a system of export controls that 
     satisfies the elements of section 38(j)(2) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(j)(2)) for United States-origin 
     defense articles and defense services, and for controlling 
     the provision of military training, that are comparable to 
     those standards administered by the United States in effect 
     on the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Certain Requirements Not Applicable.--
       (1) In general.--Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 
     3(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)) shall 
     not apply to any export or transfer that is the subject of an 
     exemption under subsection (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act of 1976, as added by subsection (a) of 
     this section.
       (2) Quarterly reports.--The Secretary shall--
       (A) require all exports and transfers that would be subject 
     to the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 
     section 3(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2753(d)) but for the application of subsection (l)(1) of 
     section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as added 
     by subsection (a) of this section, to be reported to the 
     Secretary; and
       (B) submit such reports to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
     the House of Representatives on a quarterly basis.
       (d) Sunset.--Any exemption under subsection (l)(1) of 
     section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as added 
     by subsection (a) of this section, shall terminate on the 
     date that is 15 years after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act. The Secretary of State may renew such exemption for 5 
     years upon a certification to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives that such exemption is in the 
     vital national interest of the United States with a detailed 
     justification for such certification.
       (e) Reports.--
       (1) Annual report.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until no 
     exemptions under subsection (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act of 1976, as added by subsection (a) of 
     this section, remain in effect, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     a report on the operation of exemptions issued under such 
     subsection (l)(1), including whether any changes

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     to such exemptions are likely to be made in the coming year.
       (B) Initial report.--The first report submitted under 
     subparagraph (A) shall also include an assessment of key 
     recommendations the United States Government has provided to 
     the Governments of Australia and the United Kingdom to revise 
     laws, regulations, and policies of such countries that are 
     required to implement the AUKUS partnership.
       (2) Report on expedited review of export licenses for 
     exports of advanced technologies.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
     report on the practical application of a possible ``fast 
     track'' decision-making process for applications, classified 
     or unclassified, to export defense articles and defense 
     services to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

     SEC. 6834. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF EXPORT LICENSES FOR EXPORTS OF 
                   ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TO AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED 
                   KINGDOM, AND CANADA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Defense, shall initiate a rulemaking to 
     establish an expedited decision-making process, classified or 
     unclassified, for applications to export to Australia, the 
     United Kingdom, and Canada commercial, advanced-technology 
     defense articles and defense services that are not covered by 
     an exemption under the International Traffic in Arms 
     Regulations.
       (b) Eligibility.--To qualify for the expedited decision-
     making process described in subsection (a), an application 
     shall be for an export of defense articles or defense 
     services that will take place wholly within or between the 
     physical territory of Australia, Canada, or the United 
     Kingdom and the United States and with governments or 
     corporate entities from such countries.
       (c) Availability of Expedited Process.--The expedited 
     decision-making process described in subsection (a) shall be 
     available for both classified and unclassified items, and the 
     process must satisfy the following criteria to the extent 
     practicable:
       (1) Any licensing application to export defense articles 
     and services that is related to a government to government 
     agreement must be approved, returned, or denied within 30 
     days of submission.
       (2) For all other licensing requests, any review shall be 
     completed not later than 45 calendar days after the date of 
     application.

     SEC. 6835. UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.

       (a) Exemption for the Governments of the United Kingdom and 
     Australia From Certification and Congressional Notification 
     Requirements Applicable to Certain Transfers.--Section 
     38(f)(3) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2778(f)(3)) is amended by inserting ``, the United Kingdom, 
     or Australia'' after ``Canada''.
       (b) United States Munitions List Periodic Reviews.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through authority 
     delegated by the President to carry out periodic reviews of 
     items on the United States Munitions List under section 38(f) 
     of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)) and in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
     Energy, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget, shall carry out such reviews 
     not less frequently than every 3 years.
       (2) Scope.--The periodic reviews described in paragraph (1) 
     shall focus on matters including--
       (A) interagency resources to address current threats faced 
     by the United States;
       (B) the evolving technological and economic landscape;
       (C) the widespread availability of certain technologies and 
     items on the United States Munitions List; and
       (D) risks of misuse of United States-origin defense 
     articles.
       (3) Consultation.--The Department of State may consult with 
     the Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG) and other interested 
     parties in conducting the periodic review described in 
     paragraph (1).

                    Subtitle D--Other AUKUS Matters

     SEC. 6841. REPORTING RELATED TO THE AUKUS PARTNERSHIP.

       (a) Report on Instruments.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     signature, conclusion, or other finalization of any non-
     binding instrument related to the AUKUS partnership, the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees the text of such instrument.
       (2) Non-duplication of efforts; rule of construction.--To 
     the extent the text of a non-binding instrument is submitted 
     to the appropriate congressional committees pursuant to 
     subsection (a), such text does not need to be submitted to 
     Congress pursuant to section 112b(a)(1)(A)(ii) of title 1, 
     United States Code, as amended by section 5947 of the James 
     M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 3476). Paragraph (1) 
     shall not be construed to relieve the executive branch of any 
     other requirement of section 112b of title 1, United States 
     Code, as amended so amended, or any other provision of law.
       (3) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) In general.--The term ``text'', with respect to a non-
     binding instrument, includes--
       (i) any annex, appendix, codicil, side agreement, side 
     letter, or any document of similar purpose or function to the 
     aforementioned, regardless of the title of the document, that 
     is entered into contemporaneously and in conjunction with the 
     non-binding instrument; and
       (ii) any implementing agreement or arrangement, or any 
     document of similar purpose or function to the 
     aforementioned, regardless of the title of the document, that 
     is entered into contemporaneously and in conjunction with the 
     non-binding instrument.
       (B) Contemporaneously and in conjunction with.--As used in 
     subparagraph (A), the term ``contemporaneously and in 
     conjunction with''--
       (i) shall be construed liberally; and
       (ii) may not be interpreted to require any action to have 
     occurred simultaneously or on the same day.
       (b) Report on AUKUS Partnership.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the 
     Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and 
     other appropriate heads of agencies, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the AUKUS 
     partnership.
       (2) Elements.--Each report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (A) Strategy.--
       (i) An identification of the defensive military capability 
     gaps and capacity shortfalls that the AUKUS partnership seeks 
     to offset.
       (ii) An explanation of the total cost to the United States 
     associated with Pillar One of the AUKUS partnership.
       (iii) A detailed explanation of how enhanced access to the 
     industrial base of Australia is contributing to strengthening 
     the United States strategic position in Asia.
       (iv) A detailed explanation of the military and strategic 
     benefit provided by the improved access provided by naval 
     bases of Australia.
       (v) A detailed assessment of how Australia's sovereign 
     conventionally armed nuclear attack submarines contribute to 
     United States defense and deterrence objectives in the Indo-
     Pacific region.
       (B) Implement the aukus partnership.--
       (i) Progress made on achieving the Optimal Pathway 
     established for Australia's development of conventionally 
     armed, nuclear-powered submarines, including the following 
     elements:

       (I) A description of progress made by Australia, the United 
     Kingdom, and the United States to conclude an Article 14 
     arrangement with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
       (II) A description of the status of efforts of Australia, 
     the United Kingdom, and the United States to build the 
     supporting infrastructure to base conventionally armed, 
     nuclear-powered attack submarines.
       (III) Updates on the efforts by Australia, the United 
     Kingdom, and the United States to train a workforce that can 
     build, sustain, and operate conventionally armed, nuclear-
     powered attack submarines.
       (IV) A description of progress in establishing submarine 
     support facilities capable of hosting rotational forces in 
     western Australia by 2027.
       (V) A description of progress made in improving United 
     States submarine production capabilities that will enable the 
     United States to meet--

       (aa) its objectives of providing up to five Virginia Class 
     submarines to Australia by the early to mid-2030's; and
       (bb) United States submarine production requirements.
       (ii) Progress made on Pillar Two of the AUKUS partnership, 
     including the following elements:

       (I) An assessment of the efforts of Australia, the United 
     Kingdom, and the United States to enhance collaboration 
     across the following eight trilateral lines of effort:

       (aa) Underseas capabilities.
       (bb) Quantum technologies.
       (cc) Artificial intelligence and autonomy.
       (dd) Advanced cyber capabilities.
       (ee) Hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities.
       (ff) Electronic warfare.
       (gg) Innovation.
       (hh) Information sharing.

       (II) An assessment of any new lines of effort established.

                                 ______
                                 
  SA 933. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Schatz, and Mr. 
Schumer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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:

        Strike sections 6801 through 6841 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 6801. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Activities necessary for the safe hosting and operation 
     of nuclear-powered submarines.--The term ``activities 
     necessary for the safe hosting and operation of nuclear-
     powered submarines'' means each of the following activities 
     as it relates to Virginia class and Astute class submarines, 
     as appropriate, and in accordance with applicable United 
     States Navy or other Government

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     agency instructions, regulations, and standards:
       (A) Maintenance.
       (B) Training.
       (C) Technical oversight.
       (D) Safety certifications.
       (E) Physical, communications, operational, cyber, and other 
     security measures.
       (F) Port operations and infrastructure support.
       (G) Storage, including spare parts, repair parts, and 
     munitions.
       (H) Hazardous material handling and storage.
       (I) Information technology systems.
       (J) Support functions, including those related to medical, 
     quality-of-life, and family needs.
       (K) Such other related tasks as may be specified by the 
     Secretary of Defense.
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (3) AUKUS partnership.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``AUKUS partnership'' means the 
     enhanced trilateral security partnership between Australia, 
     the United Kingdom, and the United States announced in 
     September 2021.
       (B) Pillars.--The AUKUS partnership includes the following 
     two pillars:
       (i) Pillar One is focused on developing a pathway for 
     Australia to acquire conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 
     submarines.
       (ii) Pillar Two is focused on enhancing trilateral 
     collaboration on advanced defense capabilities, including 
     hypersonic and counter hypersonic capabilities, quantum 
     technologies, undersea technologies, and artificial 
     intelligence.
       (4) International traffic in arms regulations.--The term 
     ``International Traffic in Arms Regulations'' means 
     subchapter M of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or successor regulations).

              Subtitle A--Outlining the AUKUS Partnership

     SEC. 6811. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON THE AUKUS PARTNERSHIP.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States that--
       (1) the AUKUS partnership is integral to United States 
     national security, increasing United States and allied 
     capability in the undersea domain of the Indo-Pacific, and 
     developing cutting edge military capabilities;
       (2) the transfer of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 
     submarines to Australia, if implemented appropriately, will 
     position the United States and its allies to maintain peace 
     and security in the Indo-Pacific;
       (3) the transfer of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 
     submarines to Australia will be safely implemented with the 
     highest nonproliferation standards in alignment with--
       (A) safeguards established by the International Atomic 
     Energy Agency; and
       (B) the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between 
     Australia and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the 
     application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on 
     the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Vienna 
     September 23, 1997;
       (4) the United States will enter into a mutual defense 
     agreement with Australia, modeled on the 1958 bilateral 
     mutual defense agreement with the United Kingdom, for the 
     sole purpose of facilitating the transfer of naval nuclear 
     propulsion technology to Australia;
       (5) working with the United Kingdom and Australia to 
     develop and provide joint advanced military capabilities to 
     promote security and stability in the Indo-Pacific will have 
     tangible impacts on United States military effectiveness 
     across the world;
       (6) in order to better facilitate cooperation under Pillar 
     2 of the AUKUS partnership, it is imperative that every 
     effort be made to streamline United States export controls 
     consistent with necessary and reciprocal security safeguards 
     on United States technology at least comparable to those of 
     the United States;
       (7) the trade authorization mechanism for the AUKUS 
     partnership administered by the Department is a critical 
     first step in reimagining the United States export control 
     system to carry out the AUKUS partnership and expedite 
     technology sharing and defense trade among the United States, 
     Australia, and the United Kingdom; and
       (8) the vast majority of United States defense trade with 
     Australia is conducted through the Foreign Military Sales 
     (FMS) process, the preponderance of defense trade with the 
     United Kingdom is conducted through Direct Commercial Sales 
     (DCS), and efforts to streamline United States export 
     controls should focus on both Foreign Military Sales and 
     Direct Commercial Sales.

     SEC. 6812. SENIOR ADVISOR FOR THE AUKUS PARTNERSHIP AT THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       (a) In General.--There shall be a Senior Advisor for the 
     AUKUS partnership at the Department, who--
       (1) shall report directly to the Secretary; and
       (2) may not hold another position in the Department 
     concurrently while holding the position of Senior Advisor for 
     the AUKUS partnership.
       (b) Duties.--The Senior Advisor shall--
       (1) be responsible for coordinating efforts related to the 
     AUKUS partnership across the Department, including the 
     bureaus engaged in nonproliferation, defense trade, security 
     assistance, and diplomatic relations in the Indo-Pacific;
       (2) serve as the lead within the Department for 
     implementation of the AUKUS partnership in interagency 
     processes, consulting with counterparts in the Department of 
     Defense, the Department of Commerce, the Department of 
     Energy, the Office of Naval Reactors, and any other relevant 
     agencies;
       (3) lead diplomatic efforts related to the AUKUS 
     partnership with other governments to explain how the 
     partnership will enhance security and stability in the Indo-
     Pacific; and
       (4) consult regularly with the appropriate congressional 
     committees, and keep such committees fully and currently 
     informed, on issues related to the AUKUS partnership, 
     including in relation to the AUKUS Pillar 1 objective of 
     supporting Australia's acquisition of conventionally armed, 
     nuclear-powered submarines and the Pillar 2 objective of 
     jointly developing advanced military capabilities to support 
     security and stability in the Indo-Pacific, as affirmed by 
     the President of the United States, the Prime Minister of the 
     United Kingdom, and the Prime Minister of Australia on April 
     5, 2022.
       (c) Personnel to Support the Senior Advisor.--The Secretary 
     shall ensure that the Senior Advisor is adequately staffed, 
     including through encouraging details, or assignment of 
     employees of the Department, with expertise related to the 
     implementation of the AUKUS partnership, including staff with 
     expertise in--
       (1) nuclear policy, including nonproliferation;
       (2) defense trade and security cooperation, including 
     security assistance; and
       (3) relations with respect to political-military issues in 
     the Indo-Pacific and Europe.
       (d) Notification.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and not later than 90 days 
     after a Senior Advisor assumes such position, the Secretary 
     shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the 
     number of full-time equivalent positions, relevant expertise, 
     and duties of any employees of the Department or detailees 
     supporting the Senior Advisor.
       (e) Sunset.--
       (1) In general.--The position of the Senior Advisor for the 
     AUKUS partnership shall terminate on the date that is 8 years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) Renewal.--The Secretary may renew the position of the 
     Senior Advisor for the AUKUS partnership for 1 additional 
     period of 4 years, following notification to the appropriate 
     congressional committees of the renewal.

    Subtitle B--Authorization for Submarine Transfers, Support, and 
                 Infrastructure Improvement Activities

     SEC. 6821. AUSTRALIA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND UNITED STATES 
                   SUBMARINE SECURITY ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Authorization to Transfer Submarines.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (3), (4), and (11), 
     the President may, under section 21 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761)--
       (A) transfer not more than two Virginia class submarines 
     from the inventory of the United States Navy to the 
     Government of Australia on a sale basis; and
       (B) transfer not more than one additional Virginia class 
     submarine to the Government of Australia on a sale basis.
       (2) Requirements not applicable.--A sale carried out under 
     paragraph (1)(B) shall not be subject to the requirements 
     of--
       (A) section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2776); or
       (B) section 8677 of title 10, United States Code.
       (3) Certification; briefing.--
       (A) Presidential certification.--The President may exercise 
     the authority provided by paragraph (1) not earlier than 60 
     days after the date on which the President certifies to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that any submarine 
     transferred under such authority shall be used to support the 
     joint security interests and military operations of the 
     United States and Australia.
       (B) Waiver of chief of naval operations certification.--The 
     requirement for the Chief of Naval Operations to make a 
     certification under section 8678 of title 10, United States 
     Code, shall not apply to a transfer under paragraph (1).
       (C) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days before the sale of 
     any submarine under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Navy 
     shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     briefing on--
       (i) the impacts of such sale to the readiness of the 
     submarine fleet of the United States, including with respect 
     to maintenance timelines, deployment-to-dwell ratios, 
     training, exercise participation, and the ability to meet 
     combatant commander requirements;
       (ii) the impacts of such sale to the submarine industrial 
     base of the United States, including with respect to 
     projected maintenance requirements, acquisition timelines for 
     spare and replacement parts, and future procurement of 
     Virginia class submarines for the submarine fleet of the 
     United States; and

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       (iii) other relevant topics as determined by the Secretary 
     of the Navy.
       (4) Required mutual defense agreement.--Before any transfer 
     occurs under subsection (a), the United States and Australia 
     shall have a mutual defense agreement in place, which shall--
       (A) provide a clear legal framework for the sole purpose of 
     Australia's acquisition of conventionally armed, nuclear-
     powered submarines; and
       (B) meet the highest nonproliferation standards for the 
     exchange of nuclear materials, technology, equipment, and 
     information between the United States and Australia.
       (5) Subsequent sales.--A sale of a Virginia class submarine 
     that occurs after the sales described in paragraph (1) may 
     occur only if such sale is explicitly authorized in 
     legislation enacted after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (6) Costs of transfer.--Any expense incurred by the United 
     States in connection with a transfer under paragraph (1) 
     shall be charged to the Government of Australia.
       (7) Crediting of receipts.--Notwithstanding any provision 
     of law pertaining to the crediting of amounts received from a 
     sale under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2761), any funds received by the United States 
     pursuant to a transfer under paragraph (1) shall--
       (A) be credited, at the discretion of the President, to--
       (i) the fund or account used in incurring the original 
     obligation for the acquisition of submarines transferred 
     under paragraph (1);
       (ii) an appropriate fund or account available for the 
     purposes for which the expenditures for the original 
     acquisition of submarines transferred under paragraph (1) 
     were made; or
       (iii) any other fund or account available for the purpose 
     specified in paragraph (8)(B); and
       (B) remain available for obligation until expended.
       (8) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraphs (9) and (10)(A), 
     the President may use funds received pursuant to a transfer 
     under paragraph (1)--
       (A) for the acquisition of submarines to replace the 
     submarines transferred to the Government of Australia; or
       (B) for improvements to the submarine industrial base of 
     the United States.
       (9) Plan for use of funds.--Before any use of any funds 
     received pursuant to a transfer under paragraph (1), the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a plan detailing how such funds will be used, 
     including specific amounts and purposes.
       (10) Notification and report.--
       (A) Achievement.--Not later than 30 days before the date of 
     the first delivery of a submarine under paragraph (1), the 
     President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
     committees that--
       (i) Submarine Rotational Forces-West Full Operational 
     Capability to support 4 rotationally deployed Virginia class 
     submarines and one Astute class submarine has been achieved, 
     including the Government of Australia having demonstrated the 
     domestic capacity to fully perform all the associated 
     activities necessary for the safe hosting and operation of 
     nuclear-powered submarines; and
       (ii) Australia Sovereign-Ready Initial Operational 
     Capability to support a Royal Australian Navy Virginia class 
     submarine has been achieved, including the Government of 
     Australia having demonstrated the domestic capacity to fully 
     perform all the associated--

       (I) activities necessary for the safe hosting and operation 
     of nuclear-powered submarines;
       (II) crewing;
       (III) operations;
       (IV) regulatory and emergency procedures, including those 
     specific to nuclear power plants; and
       (V) detailed planning for enduring Virginia class submarine 
     ownership, including each significant event leading up to and 
     including nuclear defueling.

       (B) Amounts.--Not later than 30 days after the date of any 
     transfer under paragraph (1), and upon any transfer or 
     depositing of funds received pursuant to such a transfer, the 
     President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
     committees of--
       (i) the amount of funds received pursuant to the transfer; 
     and
       (ii) the specific account or fund into which the funds 
     described in clause (i) are deposited.
       (C) Annual report.--Not later than November 30 of each year 
     until 1 year after the date on which all funds received 
     pursuant to transfers under paragraph (1) have been fully 
     expended, the President shall submit to the committees 
     described in subparagraph (A) a report that includes an 
     accounting of how funds received pursuant to transfers under 
     paragraph (1) were used in the fiscal year preceding the 
     fiscal year in which the report is submitted.
       (11) Applicability of existing law to transfer of special 
     nuclear material and utilization facilities for military 
     applications.--
       (A) In general.--With respect to any special nuclear 
     material for use in utilization facilities or any portion of 
     a submarine transferred under paragraph (1) constituting 
     utilization facilities for military applications under 
     section 91 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2121), 
     transfer of such material or such facilities shall occur only 
     in accordance with such section 91.
       (B) Use of funds.--The President may use proceeds from a 
     transfer described in subparagraph (A) for the acquisition of 
     submarine naval nuclear propulsion plants and nuclear fuel to 
     replace propulsion plants and fuel transferred to the 
     Government of Australia.
       (b) Repair and Refurbishment of AUKUS Submarines.--Section 
     8680 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection (c):
       ``(c) Repair and Refurbishment of Certain Submarines.--
       ``(1) Shipyard.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this section, and subject to paragraph (2), the President 
     shall determine the appropriate public or private shipyard in 
     the United States, Australia, or the United Kingdom to 
     perform any repair or refurbishment of a United States 
     submarine involved in submarine security activities between 
     the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
       ``(2) Conditions.--
       ``(A) In general.--The President may determine under 
     paragraph (1) that repair or refurbishment described in such 
     paragraph may be performed in Australia or the United Kingdom 
     only if--
       ``(i) such repair or refurbishment will facilitate the 
     development of repair or refurbishment capabilities in the 
     United Kingdom or Australia;
       ``(ii) such repair or refurbishment will be for a United 
     States submarine that is assigned to a port outside of the 
     United States; or
       ``(iii) the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that 
     performing such repair or refurbishment at a shipyard in 
     Australia or the United Kingdom is required due to an exigent 
     threat to the national security interests of the United 
     States.
       ``(B) Consideration.--In making a determination under 
     subparagraph (A), the President shall consider any effects of 
     such determination on the capacity and capability of 
     shipyards in the United States.
       ``(C) Briefing required.--Not later than 15 days after the 
     date on which the Secretary of Defense makes a certification 
     under subparagraph (A)(iii), the Secretary shall brief the 
     congressional defense committees on--
       ``(i) the threat that requires the use of a shipyard in 
     Australia or the United Kingdom; and
       ``(ii) opportunities to mitigate the future potential need 
     to leverage foreign shipyards.
       ``(3) Personnel.--Repair or refurbishment described in 
     paragraph (1) may be carried out by personnel of the United 
     States, the United Kingdom, or Australia in accordance with 
     the international arrangements governing the submarine 
     security activities described in such paragraph.''.

     SEC. 6822. ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AUSTRALIA, UNITED 
                   KINGDOM, AND UNITED STATES SUBMARINE SECURITY 
                   ACTIVITIES; AUKUS SUBMARINE SECURITY ACTIVITIES 
                   ACCOUNT.

       (a) Acceptance Authority.--The President may accept from 
     the Government of Australia contributions of money made by 
     the Government of Australia for use by the Department of 
     Defense in support of non-nuclear related aspects of 
     submarine security activities between Australia, the United 
     Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS).
       (b) Establishment of AUKUS Submarine Security Activities 
     Account.--
       (1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a special account to be known as the 
     ``AUKUS Submarine Security Activities Account''.
       (2) Crediting of contributions of money.--Contributions of 
     money accepted by the President under subsection (a) shall be 
     credited to the AUKUS Submarine Security Activities Account.
       (3) Availability.--Amounts credited to the AUKUS Submarine 
     Security Activities Account shall remain available until 
     expended.
       (c) Use of AUKUS Submarine Security Activities Account.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), and only after 
     September 30, 2025, the President may use funds in the AUKUS 
     Submarine Security Activities Account--
       (A) for any purpose authorized by law that the President 
     determines would support submarine security activities 
     between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States;
       (B) to carry out a military construction project related to 
     the AUKUS partnership that is not otherwise authorized by 
     law;
       (C) to develop and increase the submarine industrial base 
     workforce by investing in recruiting, training, and retaining 
     key specialized labor at public and private shipyards; or
       (D) to upgrade facilities, equipment, and infrastructure 
     needed to repair and maintain submarines at public and 
     private shipyards.
       (2) Plan for use of funds.--Before any use of any funds in 
     the AUKUS Submarine Security Activities Account, the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a plan detailing--
       (A) the amount of funds in the AUKUS Submarine Security 
     Activities Account; and
       (B) how such funds will be used, including specific amounts 
     and purposes.
       (d) Transfers of Funds.--
       (1) In general.--In carrying out subsection (c) and subject 
     to paragraphs (2) and (5), the

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     President may transfer funds available in the AUKUS Submarine 
     Security Activities Account to an account or fund available 
     to the Department of Defense or any other appropriate agency.
       (2) Department of energy.--In carrying out subsection (c), 
     and in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
     U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the President may transfer funds 
     available in the AUKUS Submarine Security Activities Account 
     to an account or fund available to the Department of Energy 
     to carry out activities related to submarine security 
     activities between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the 
     United States.
       (3) Availability for obligation.--Funds transferred under 
     this subsection shall be available for obligation for the 
     same time period and for the same purpose as the account or 
     fund to which transferred.
       (4) Transfer back to account.--Upon a determination by the 
     President that all or part of the funds transferred from the 
     AUKUS Submarine Security Activities Account are not necessary 
     for the purposes for which such funds were transferred, and 
     subject to paragraph (5), all or such part of such funds 
     shall be transferred back to the AUKUS Submarine Security 
     Activities Account.
       (5) Notification and report.--
       (A) Notification.--The President shall notify the 
     appropriate congressional committees of--
       (i) before the transfer of any funds under this 
     subsection--

       (I) the amount of funds to be transferred; and
       (II) the planned or anticipated purpose of such funds; and

       (ii) before the obligation of any funds transferred under 
     this subsection--

       (I) the amount of funds to be obligated; and
       (II) the purpose of the obligation.

       (B) Annual report.--Not later than November 30 of each year 
     until 1 year after the date on which all funds transferred 
     under this subsection have been fully expended, the President 
     shall submit to the committees described in subparagraph (A) 
     a report that includes a detailed accounting of--
       (i) the amount of funds transferred under this subsection 
     during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the 
     report is submitted; and
       (ii) the purposes for which such funds were used.
       (e) Investment of Money.--
       (1) Authorized investments.--The President may invest money 
     in the AUKUS Submarine Security Activities Account in 
     securities of the United States or in securities guaranteed 
     as to principal and interest by the United States.
       (2) Interest and other income.--Any interest or other 
     income that accrues from investment in securities referred to 
     in paragraph (1) shall be deposited to the credit of the 
     AUKUS Submarine Security Activities Account.
       (f) Relationship to Other Laws.--The authority to accept or 
     transfer funds under this section is in addition to any other 
     authority to accept or transfer funds.

     SEC. 6823. AUSTRALIA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND UNITED STATES 
                   SUBMARINE SECURITY TRAINING.

       (a) In General.--The President may transfer or export 
     directly to private individuals in Australia defense services 
     that may be transferred to the Government of Australia under 
     the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to 
     support the development of the submarine industrial base of 
     Australia necessary for submarine security activities between 
     Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, 
     including if such individuals are not officers, employees, or 
     agents of the Government of Australia.
       (b) Security Controls.--
       (1) In general.--Any defense service transferred or 
     exported under subsection (a) shall be subject to appropriate 
     security controls to ensure that any sensitive information 
     conveyed by such transfer or export is protected from 
     disclosure to persons unauthorized by the United States to 
     receive such information.
       (2) Certification.--Not later than 30 days before the first 
     transfer or export of a defense service under subsection (a), 
     and annually thereafter, the President shall certify to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     that the controls described in paragraph (1) will protect the 
     information described in such paragraph for the defense 
     services so transferred or exported.
       (c) Application of Requirements for Retransfer and 
     Reexport.--Any person who receives any defense service 
     transferred or exported under subsection (a) may retransfer 
     or reexport such service to other persons only in accordance 
     with the requirements of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).

  Subtitle C--Streamlining and Protecting Transfers of United States 
                  Military Technology From Compromise

     SEC. 6831. PRIORITY FOR AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 
                   FOREIGN MILITARY SALES AND DIRECT COMMERCIAL 
                   SALES.

       (a) In General.--The President shall institute policies and 
     procedures for letters of request from Australia and the 
     United Kingdom to transfer defense articles and services 
     under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2761) related to AUKUS to receive expedited consideration and 
     processing relative to all other letters of request other 
     than from Taiwan and Ukraine.
       (b) Technology Transfer Policy for Australia, Canada, and 
     the United Kingdom.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense, shall create an anticipatory release 
     policy for the transfer of technologies described in 
     paragraph (2) to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada 
     through Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales 
     that are not covered by an exemption under the International 
     Traffic in Arms Regulations.
       (2) Capabilities described.--The capabilities described in 
     this paragraph are--
       (A) Pillar One-related technologies associated with 
     submarine and associated combat systems; and
       (B) Pillar Two-related technologies, including hypersonic 
     missiles, cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence, 
     quantum technologies, undersea capabilities, and other 
     advanced technologies.
       (3) Expedited decision-making.--Review of a transfer under 
     the policy established under paragraph (1) shall be subject 
     to an expedited decision-making process.
       (c) Interagency Policy and Guidance.--The Secretary and the 
     Secretary of Defense shall jointly review and update 
     interagency policies and implementation guidance related to 
     requests for Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial 
     Sales, including by incorporating the anticipatory release 
     provisions of this section.

     SEC. 6832. IDENTIFICATION AND PRE-CLEARANCE OF PLATFORMS, 
                   TECHNOLOGIES, AND EQUIPMENT FOR SALE TO 
                   AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH 
                   FOREIGN MILITARY SALES AND DIRECT COMMERCIAL 
                   SALES.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, and on a biennial basis thereafter for 8 years, the 
     President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
     of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives a report that includes a list of 
     advanced military platforms, technologies, and equipment that 
     are pre-cleared and prioritized for sale and release to 
     Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada through the Foreign 
     Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales programs without 
     regard to whether a letter of request or license to purchase 
     such platforms, technologies, or equipment has been received 
     from any of such country. Each list may include items that 
     are not related to the AUKUS partnership but may not include 
     items that are not covered by an exemption under the 
     International Traffic in Arms Regulations except unmanned 
     aerial or hypersonic systems.

     SEC. 6833. EXPORT CONTROL EXEMPTIONS AND STANDARDS.

       (a) In General.--Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     of 1976 (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(l) AUKUS Defense Trade Cooperation.--
       ``(1) Exemption from licensing and approval requirements.--
     Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this section, the Secretary of State may exempt 
     from the licensing or other approval requirements of this 
     section exports and transfers (including reexports, 
     retransfers, temporary imports, and brokering activities) of 
     defense articles and defense services between or among the 
     United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia that--
       ``(A) are not excluded by those countries;
       ``(B) are not referred to in subsection(j)(1)(C)(ii); and
       ``(C) involve only persons or entities that are approved 
     by--
       ``(i) the Secretary of State; and
       ``(ii) the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign 
     Affairs, or other similar authority within those countries.
       ``(2) Limitation.--The authority provided in subparagraph 
     (1) shall not apply to any activity, including exports, 
     transfers, reexports, retransfers, temporary imports, or 
     brokering, of United States defense articles and defense 
     services involving any country or a person or entity of any 
     country other than the United States, the United Kingdom, and 
     Australia.''.
       (b) Required Standards of Export Controls.--The Secretary 
     may only exercise the authority under subsection (l)(1) of 
     section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as added 
     by subsection (a) of this section, with respect to the United 
     Kingdom or Australia 30 days after the Secretary submits to 
     the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified 
     certification and detailed unclassified assessment (which may 
     include a classified annex) that the country concerned has 
     implemented standards for a system of export controls that 
     satisfies the elements of section 38(j)(2) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(j)(2)) for United States-origin 
     defense articles and defense services, and for controlling 
     the provision of military training, that are comparable to 
     those standards administered by the United States in effect 
     on the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Certain Requirements Not Applicable.--
       (1) In general.--Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 
     3(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)) shall 
     not apply to any export or transfer that is the subject of an 
     exemption under subsection (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act of 1976, as added by subsection (a) of 
     this section.
       (2) Quarterly reports.--The Secretary shall--
       (A) require all exports and transfers that would be subject 
     to the requirements of

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     paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 3(d) of the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)) but for the 
     application of subsection (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act of 1976, as added by subsection (a) of 
     this section, to be reported to the Secretary; and
       (B) submit such reports to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
     the House of Representatives on a quarterly basis.
       (d) Sunset.--Any exemption under subsection (l)(1) of 
     section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as added 
     by subsection (a) of this section, shall terminate on the 
     date that is 15 years after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act. The Secretary of State may renew such exemption for 5 
     years upon a certification to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives that such exemption is in the 
     vital national interest of the United States with a detailed 
     justification for such certification.
       (e) Reports.--
       (1) Annual report.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until no 
     exemptions under subsection (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act of 1976, as added by subsection (a) of 
     this section, remain in effect, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     a report on the operation of exemptions issued under such 
     subsection (l)(1), including whether any changes to such 
     exemptions are likely to be made in the coming year.
       (B) Initial report.--The first report submitted under 
     subparagraph (A) shall also include an assessment of key 
     recommendations the United States Government has provided to 
     the Governments of Australia and the United Kingdom to revise 
     laws, regulations, and policies of such countries that are 
     required to implement the AUKUS partnership.
       (2) Report on expedited review of export licenses for 
     exports of advanced technologies.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
     report on the practical application of a possible ``fast 
     track'' decision-making process for applications, classified 
     or unclassified, to export defense articles and defense 
     services to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

     SEC. 6834. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF EXPORT LICENSES FOR EXPORTS OF 
                   ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TO AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED 
                   KINGDOM, AND CANADA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Defense, shall initiate a rulemaking to 
     establish an expedited decision-making process, classified or 
     unclassified, for applications to export to Australia, the 
     United Kingdom, and Canada commercial, advanced-technology 
     defense articles and defense services that are not covered by 
     an exemption under the International Traffic in Arms 
     Regulations.
       (b) Eligibility.--To qualify for the expedited decision-
     making process described in subsection (a), an application 
     shall be for an export of defense articles or defense 
     services that will take place wholly within or between the 
     physical territory of Australia, Canada, or the United 
     Kingdom and the United States and with governments or 
     corporate entities from such countries.
       (c) Availability of Expedited Process.--The expedited 
     decision-making process described in subsection (a) shall be 
     available for both classified and unclassified items, and the 
     process must satisfy the following criteria to the extent 
     practicable:
       (1) Any licensing application to export defense articles 
     and services that is related to a government to government 
     agreement must be approved, returned, or denied within 30 
     days of submission.
       (2) For all other licensing requests, any review shall be 
     completed not later than 45 calendar days after the date of 
     application.

     SEC. 6835. UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.

       (a) Exemption for the Governments of the United Kingdom and 
     Australia From Certification and Congressional Notification 
     Requirements Applicable to Certain Transfers.--Section 
     38(f)(3) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2778(f)(3)) is amended by inserting ``, the United Kingdom, 
     or Australia'' after ``Canada''.
       (b) United States Munitions List Periodic Reviews.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through authority 
     delegated by the President to carry out periodic reviews of 
     items on the United States Munitions List under section 38(f) 
     of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)) and in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
     Energy, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget, shall carry out such reviews 
     not less frequently than every 3 years.
       (2) Scope.--The periodic reviews described in paragraph (1) 
     shall focus on matters including--
       (A) interagency resources to address current threats faced 
     by the United States;
       (B) the evolving technological and economic landscape;
       (C) the widespread availability of certain technologies and 
     items on the United States Munitions List; and
       (D) risks of misuse of United States-origin defense 
     articles.
       (3) Consultation.--The Department of State may consult with 
     the Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG) and other interested 
     parties in conducting the periodic review described in 
     paragraph (1).

                    Subtitle D--Other AUKUS Matters

     SEC. 6841. REPORTING RELATED TO THE AUKUS PARTNERSHIP.

       (a) Report on Instruments.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     signature, conclusion, or other finalization of any non-
     binding instrument related to the AUKUS partnership, the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees the text of such instrument.
       (2) Non-duplication of efforts; rule of construction.--To 
     the extent the text of a non-binding instrument is submitted 
     to the appropriate congressional committees pursuant to 
     subsection (a), such text does not need to be submitted to 
     Congress pursuant to section 112b(a)(1)(A)(ii) of title 1, 
     United States Code, as amended by section 5947 of the James 
     M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 3476). Paragraph (1) 
     shall not be construed to relieve the executive branch of any 
     other requirement of section 112b of title 1, United States 
     Code, as amended so amended, or any other provision of law.
       (3) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) In general.--The term ``text'', with respect to a non-
     binding instrument, includes--
       (i) any annex, appendix, codicil, side agreement, side 
     letter, or any document of similar purpose or function to the 
     aforementioned, regardless of the title of the document, that 
     is entered into contemporaneously and in conjunction with the 
     non-binding instrument; and
       (ii) any implementing agreement or arrangement, or any 
     document of similar purpose or function to the 
     aforementioned, regardless of the title of the document, that 
     is entered into contemporaneously and in conjunction with the 
     non-binding instrument.
       (B) Contemporaneously and in conjunction with.--As used in 
     subparagraph (A), the term ``contemporaneously and in 
     conjunction with''--
       (i) shall be construed liberally; and
       (ii) may not be interpreted to require any action to have 
     occurred simultaneously or on the same day.
       (b) Report on AUKUS Partnership.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the 
     Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and 
     other appropriate heads of agencies, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the AUKUS 
     partnership.
       (2) Elements.--Each report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (A) Strategy.--
       (i) An identification of the defensive military capability 
     gaps and capacity shortfalls that the AUKUS partnership seeks 
     to offset.
       (ii) An explanation of the total cost to the United States 
     associated with Pillar One of the AUKUS partnership.
       (iii) A detailed explanation of how enhanced access to the 
     industrial base of Australia is contributing to strengthening 
     the United States strategic position in Asia.
       (iv) A detailed explanation of the military and strategic 
     benefit provided by the improved access provided by naval 
     bases of Australia.
       (v) A detailed assessment of how Australia's sovereign 
     conventionally armed nuclear attack submarines contribute to 
     United States defense and deterrence objectives in the Indo-
     Pacific region.
       (B) Implement the aukus partnership.--
       (i) Progress made on achieving the Optimal Pathway 
     established for Australia's development of conventionally 
     armed, nuclear-powered submarines, including the following 
     elements:

       (I) A description of progress made by Australia, the United 
     Kingdom, and the United States to conclude an Article 14 
     arrangement with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
       (II) A description of the status of efforts of Australia, 
     the United Kingdom, and the United States to build the 
     supporting infrastructure to base conventionally armed, 
     nuclear-powered attack submarines.
       (III) Updates on the efforts by Australia, the United 
     Kingdom, and the United States to train a workforce that can 
     build, sustain, and operate conventionally armed, nuclear-
     powered attack submarines.
       (IV) A description of progress in establishing submarine 
     support facilities capable of hosting rotational forces in 
     western Australia by 2027.
       (V) A description of progress made in improving United 
     States submarine production capabilities that will enable the 
     United States to meet--

       (aa) its objectives of providing up to five Virginia Class 
     submarines to Australia by the early to mid-2030's; and
       (bb) United States submarine production requirements.
       (ii) Progress made on Pillar Two of the AUKUS partnership, 
     including the following elements:

       (I) An assessment of the efforts of Australia, the United 
     Kingdom, and the United States to enhance collaboration 
     across the following eight trilateral lines of effort:

       (aa) Underseas capabilities.

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       (bb) Quantum technologies.
       (cc) Artificial intelligence and autonomy.
       (dd) Advanced cyber capabilities.
       (ee) Hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities.
       (ff) Electronic warfare.
       (gg) Innovation.
       (hh) Information sharing.

       (II) An assessment of any new lines of effort established.

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  SA 934. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Cornyn) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 794, to require a pilot 
program on the participation of non-asset-based third-party logistics 
providers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism; as 
follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 5. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

       No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for 
     the purpose of carrying out this Act.

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