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50 U.S.C. § 3003 — Biennial reports on foreign biological threats
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**(a) Reports** On a biennial basis until the date that is 10 years after March 15, 2022, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a comprehensive report on the activities, prioritization, and responsibilities of the intelligence community with respect to foreign biological threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered country.
**(b) Matters included** Each report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to foreign biological threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered country, the following:
(1) A detailed description of all activities relating to such threats undertaken by each element of the intelligence community, and an assessment of any gaps in such activities.
(2) A detailed description of all duties and responsibilities relating to such threats explicitly authorized or otherwise assigned, exclusively or jointly, to each element of the intelligence community, and an assessment of any identified gaps in such duties or responsibilities.
(3) A description of the coordination among the relevant elements of the intelligence community with respect to the activities specified in paragraph (1) and the duties and responsibilities specified in paragraph (2).
(4) An inventory of the strategies, plans, policies, and interagency agreements of the intelligence community relating to the collection, monitoring, analysis, mitigation, and attribution of such threats, and an assessment of any identified gaps therein.
(5) A description of the coordination and interactions among the relevant elements of the intelligence community and non-intelligence community partners.
(6) An assessment of foreign malign influence efforts relating to such threats, including any foreign
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**(a) Reports** On a biennial basis until the date that is 10 years after March 15, 2022, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a comprehensive report on the activities, prioritization, and responsibilities of the intelligence community with respect to foreign biological threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered country.
**(b) Matters included** Each report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to foreign biological threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered country, the following:
(1) A detailed description of all activities relating to such threats undertaken by each element of the intelligence community, and an assessment of any gaps in such activities.
(2) A detailed description of all duties and responsibilities relating to such threats explicitly authorized or otherwise assigned, exclusively or jointly, to each element of the intelligence community, and an assessment of any identified gaps in such duties or responsibilities.
(3) A description of the coordination among the relevant elements of the intelligence community with respect to the activities specified in paragraph (1) and the duties and responsibilities specified in paragraph (2).
(4) An inventory of the strategies, plans, policies, and interagency agreements of the intelligence community relating to the collection, monitoring, analysis, mitigation, and attribution of such threats, and an assessment of any identified gaps therein.
(5) A description of the coordination and interactions among the relevant elements of the intelligence community and non-intelligence community partners.
(6) An assessment of foreign malign influence efforts relating to such threats, including any foreign academics engaged in such efforts, and a description of how the intelligence community contributes to efforts by non-intelligence community partners to counter such foreign malign influence.
**(c) Form** Each report submitted under subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted shall include an unclassified executive summary.
**(d) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Covered country** — The term “covered country” means—
(A) China;
(B) Iran;
(C) North Korea;
(D) Russia; and
(E) any other foreign country—
(i) from which the Director of National Intelligence determines a biological threat emanates; or
(ii) that the Director determines has a known history of, or has been assessed as having conditions present for, infectious disease outbreaks or epidemics.
(2) **Foreign biological threat** — The term “foreign biological threat” means biological warfare, bioterrorism, naturally occurring infectious diseases, or accidental exposures to biological materials, without regard to whether the threat originates from a state actor, a non-state actor, natural conditions, or an undetermined source.
(3) **Foreign malign influence** — The term “foreign malign influence” has the meaning given such term in section 3059(e) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.
(4) **Non-intelligence community partner** — The term “non-intelligence community partner” means a Federal department or agency that is not an element of the intelligence community.
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**(a) Request for review** An individual with a claim described in subsection (b) may submit to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community a request for a review of such claim by an external review panel convened under subsection (c).
**(b) Claims and individuals described** A claim described in this subsection is any—
(1) claim by an individual—
(A) that the individual has been subjected to a personnel action that is prohibited under [section 3234 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3234&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) who has exhausted the applicable review process for the claim pursuant to enforcement of such section; or
(2) claim by an individual—
(A) that he or she has been subjected to a reprisal prohibited by paragraph (1) of [section 3341(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3341/j&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) who received a decision on an appeal regarding that claim under paragraph (4) of such section.
**(c) External review panel convened**
(1) **Discretion to convene** — Upon receipt of a request under subsection (a) regarding a claim, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community may, at the discretion of the Inspector General, convene an external review panel under this subsection to review the claim.
(2) **Membership**
(A) *Composition* — An external review panel convened under this subsection shall be composed of three members as follows:
(i) The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
(ii) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), two members selected by the Inspector General as the Inspector General considers appropriate on a case-by-case basis from among inspectors general of the following:
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**(a)** The Department of Defense is an executive department of the United States.
**(b)** The Department is composed of the following:
(1) The Office of the Secretary of Defense.
(2) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(3) The Joint Staff.
(4) The Defense Agencies.
(5) Department of Defense Field Activities.
(6) The Department of the Army.
(7) The Department of the Navy.
(8) The Department of the Air Force.
(9) The unified and specified combatant commands.
(10) Such other offices, agencies, activities, and commands as may be established or designated by law or by the President.
(11) All offices, agencies, activities, and commands under the control or supervision of any element named in paragraphs (1) through (10).
**(c)** If the President establishes or designates an office, agency, activity, or command in the Department of Defense of a kind other than those described in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (b), the President shall notify Congress not later than 60 days thereafter.
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**(a) Authority.—**
(1) Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, may be used for any purpose the Secretary of Defense determines to be proper—
(A) for operational preparation of the environment for operations of a confidential nature; or
(B) to establish, develop, and maintain non-conventional assisted recovery capabilities to facilitate the recovery of United States military and civilian personnel, or other individuals, who become isolated or separated.
(2) Such a determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United States. The Secretary may certify the amount of any such expenditure authorized by the Secretary that the Secretary considers advisable not to specify, and the Secretary’s certificate is sufficient voucher for the expenditure of that amount.
**(b) Authorized Activities.—** Activities authorized by subsection (a) may, in limited and special circumstances as determined by the Secretary of Defense, include the provision of support to foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals to conduct operational preparation of the environment and to conduct or support operations to establish, develop, and maintain non-conventional assisted recovery capabilities to facilitate the recovery of United States military and civilian personnel, or other individuals, who become isolated or separated. Such support may include limited amounts of equipment, supplies, training, transportation, or other logistical support or funding.
**(c) Procedures.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The authority in this section shall be exercised in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary of Defense shall establish for purposes of this section.
(2) **Elements.—** —
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**(a) Expedited Process.—** The Secretary of Defense may prescribe a process for expediting the completion of the background investigations necessary for granting security clearances for—
(1) Department of Defense personnel and Department of Defense contractor personnel who are engaged in sensitive duties that are critical to the national security; and
(2) any individual who—
(A) submits an application for a position as an employee of the Department of Defense for which—
(i) the individual is qualified; and
(ii) a security clearance is required; and
(B) is—
(i) a member of the armed forces who was retired or separated, or is expected to be retired or separated, for physical disability pursuant to chapter 61 of this title;
(ii) the spouse of a member of the armed forces who retires or is separated, after January 7, 2011, for a physical disability as a result of a wound, injuries or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty (as determined by the Secretary concerned); or
(iii) the spouse of a member of the armed forces who dies, after January 7, 2011, as a result of a wound, injury, or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty (as determined by the Secretary concerned).
**(b) Required Features.—** The process developed under subsection (a) shall provide for the following:
(1) Quantification of the requirements for background investigations necessary for grants of security clearances for Department of Defense personnel and Department of Defense contractor personnel.
(2) Categorization of personnel on the basis of the degree of sensitivity of their duties and the extent to which those duties are critical to the national security.
(3) Prioritization of the processing of background investigations on the basis of the catego
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**(a) In General.—** To encourage the recruitment and retention of Department of Defense personnel who have the computer and network security skills necessary to meet the cyber requirements of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense may carry out programs in accordance with this chapter to provide financial support for education in disciplines relevant to those requirements at institutions of higher education.
**(b) Types of Programs.—** The programs authorized under this chapter are as follows:
(1) Scholarships for pursuit of programs of education in cyber disciplines at institutions of higher education.
(2) Grants to institutions of higher education.
**(c) Name of Program.—** The programs authorized under this chapter shall be known as the “Cyber Scholarship Program”.
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**(a) Additional Responsibilities of Chief Information Officer of Department of Defense.—** In addition to the responsibilities provided for in chapter 35 of title 44 and in [section 11315 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section11315&num=0&edition=prelim), the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense shall—
(1) review and provide recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on Department of Defense budget requests for information technology and national security systems;
(2) ensure the interoperability of information technology and national security systems throughout the Department of Defense;
(3) ensure that information technology and national security systems standards that will apply throughout the Department of Defense are prescribed;
(4) provide for the elimination of duplicate information technology and national security systems within and between the military departments and Defense Agencies; and
(5) maintain a consolidated inventory of Department of Defense mission critical and mission essential information systems, identify interfaces between those systems and other information systems, and develop and maintain contingency plans for responding to a disruption in the operation of any of those information systems.
**(b) Additional Responsibilities of Chief Information Officer of Military Departments.—** In addition to the responsibilities provided for in chapter 35 of title 44 and in [section 11315 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section11315&num=0&edition=prelim), the Chief Information Officer of a military department, with respect to the military department concerned, shall—
(1) review budget requests for all information technology and nation
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**(a) Authority.—** The Secretary of Defense may take such actions as the Secretary considers to be in the best interest of the Federal Government to—
(1) maximize the use of the capacity of the space transportation infrastructure of the Department of Defense by the private sector in the United States;
(2) maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the space transportation infrastructure of the Department of Defense;
(3) reduce the cost of services provided by the Department of Defense related to space transportation infrastructure at launch support facilities and space recovery support facilities;
(4) encourage commercial space activities by enabling investment by covered entities in the space transportation infrastructure of the Department of Defense; and
(5) foster cooperation between the Department of Defense and covered entities.
**(b) Authority for Contracts and Other Agreements Relating to Space Transportation Infrastructure.—** The Secretary of Defense—
(1) may enter into an agreement with a covered entity to provide the covered entity with support and services related to the space transportation infrastructure of the Department of Defense; and
(2) upon the request of such covered entity, may include such support and services in the space launch and reentry range support requirements of the Department of Defense if—
(A) the Secretary determines that the inclusion of such support and services in such requirements—
(i) is in the best interest of the Federal Government;
(ii) does not interfere with the requirements of the Department of Defense; and
(iii) does not compete with the commercial space activities of other covered entities, unless that competition is in the national security interests of the United States; and
(B) any commer
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**(a) In General.—** With respect to any contract awarded by the Secretary of the Air Force for the launch of a national security payload under the National Security Space Launch program, not later than 30 days after entering into such a contract, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a description of the pricing terms of the contract. For those contracts that include the launch of assets of the National Reconnaissance Office, the Secretary shall also submit the pricing terms to the congressional intelligence committees (as defined by section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3003](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3003&num=0&edition=prelim))).
**(b) Competitively Sensitive Trade Secret Data.—** The congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees shall—
(1) treat a description of pricing terms submitted under subsection (a) as competitively sensitive trade secret data; and
(2) use the description solely for committee purposes, subject to appropriate restrictions to maintain the confidentiality of the description.
**(c) Rule of Construction.—** For purposes of [section 1905 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1905&num=0&edition=prelim), a disclosure of contract pricing terms under subsection (a) shall be construed as a disclosure authorized by law.
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Defense shall develop, prepare, and coordinate; make ready all armed forces for purposes of; and, when appropriately authorized to do so, conduct, military cyber activities or operations in cyberspace, including clandestine military activities or operations in cyberspace, to defend the United States and its allies, including in response to malicious cyber activity carried out against the United States or a United States person by a foreign power.
**(b) Affirmation of Authority.—** Congress affirms that the activities or operations referred to in subsection (a), when appropriately authorized, include the conduct of military activities or operations in cyberspace short of hostilities (as such term is used in the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93–148; [50 U.S.C. 1541](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1541&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.)) or in areas in which hostilities are not occurring, including for the purpose of preparation of the environment, information operations, force protection, and deterrence of hostilities, or counterterrorism operations involving the Armed Forces of the United States.
**(c) Clandestine Activities or Operations.—** A clandestine military activity or operation in cyberspace shall be considered a traditional military activity for the purposes of section 503(e)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3093(e)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3093/e/2&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(d) Congressional Oversight.—** The Secretary shall brief the congressional defense committees about any military activities or operations in cyberspace, including clandestine military activities or operations in cyberspace, occurrin
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**(a) Designation.—** Not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall designate, from among officials appointed to a position in the Department of Defense by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Principal Information Operations Advisor to act as the principal advisor to the Secretary on all aspects of information operations conducted by the Department.
**(b) Responsibilities.—** The Principal Information Operations Advisor shall have the following responsibilities:
(1) Oversight of policy, strategy, planning, resource management, operational considerations, personnel, and technology development across all the elements of information operations of the Department.
(2) Overall integration and supervision of the deterrence of, conduct of, and defense against information operations.
(3) Promulgation of policies to ensure adequate coordination and deconfliction with the Department of State, the intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3003](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3003&num=0&edition=prelim))), and other relevant agencies and departments of the Federal Government.
(4) Coordination with the head of the Global Engagement Center to support the purpose of the Center (as set forth by section 1287(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; [22 U.S.C. 2656](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2656&num=0&edition=prelim) note)) and liaison with the Center and other relevant Federal Government entities to support such purpose.
(5) Establishing and supervising a rigorous risk management process to mitigate the risk of potential
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