H R 6395—FY21 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES SUMMARY OF BILL LANGUAGE 1 BILL LANGUAGE 10 DIRECTIVE REPORT LANGUAGE 59 SUMMARY OF BILL LANGUAGE 1 Table Of Contents DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE II—RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE B—PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS Section 212—Pilot Program on Talent Optimization Section 214—Extension of Pilot Program for the Enhancement of the Research Development Test and Evaluation Centers of the Department of Defense Section 215—Modification of Joint Artificial Intelligence Research Development and Transition Activities Section 217—Social Science Management Science and Information Science Research Activities Section 218—Board of Directors for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Section 219—Directed Energy Working Group SUBTITLE C—PLANS REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS Section 231—Modification to Annual Report of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE E—MATTERS RELATING TO THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION Section 1243—Implementation of GAO Recommendations on Preparedness of United States Forces to Counter North Korean Chemical and Biological Weapons TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS CYBER AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE B—DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES Section 1613—Report on Risk to National Security Posed by Quantum Computing Technologies SUBTITLE C—CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS Section 1621—Cyber Mission Forces and Cyberspace Operations Forces Section 1623—Tailored Cyberspace Operations Organizations Section 1625—Department of Defense Cyber Workforce Efforts Section 1626—Reporting Requirements for Cross Domain Compromises and Exemptions to Policies for Information Technology Section 1627—Assessing Private-Public Collaboration in Cybersecurity Section 1628—Cyber Capabilities and Interoperability of the National Guard Section 1629—Evaluation of Non-Traditional Cyber Support to the Department of Defense TITLE XVII—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 2 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE A—STUDIES AND REPORTS Section 1701—Review of Support of Special Operations to Combat Terrorism 3 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE II—RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE B—PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS Section 212—Pilot Program on Talent Optimization This section would direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering acting through the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit to conduct a pilot program to develop a talent optimization marketplace for military personnel in the Reserve and Guard Components Section 214—Extension of Pilot Program for the Enhancement of the Research Development Test and Evaluation Centers of the Department of Defense This section would extend the termination date by 5 years for the pilot program for the enhancement of the research development test and evaluation centers of the Department of Defense established in section 233 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Public Law 114-328 The new pilot termination date would be September 30 2027 This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act on the status of the pilot program to include 1 which military departments are not participating in the program 2 any issues that are preventing their participation and 3 any offices or elements of the Department that may be responsible for their delay in implementation This section would also correct the title of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition Logistics and Technology The committee believes in the importance of demonstrating methods for the more effective development of technology and management of functions at the Department's science and technology reinvention laboratories test and evaluation centers part of the Major Range and Test Facility Base and at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency The committee urges each of the military services and the Office of the Secretary of Defense to make the most of the extended timeframe for this important pilot program Section 215—Modification of Joint Artificial Intelligence Research Development and Transition Activities This section would amend section 238 of the John S McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Public Law 115-232 by assigning 4 responsibility for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center JAIC to the Deputy Secretary of Defense and ensure data access and visibility for the JAIC Section 217—Social Science Management Science and Information Science Research Activities This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a social management and information science research and development program to ensure the Department of Defense has access to innovation and expertise in social management and information science necessary for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of executing Department of Defense operational and management activities This section would require the Secretary to submit a report by December 31 2022 to the congressional defense committees on the program in both a classified and unclassified format The committee recognizes that all national security challenges facing the United States require an understanding of the causes and consequences of human behavior and has supported the Department’s efforts to expand collaboration with the academic social science community through the Minerva Research Initiative since its establishment in 2008 Maintaining the Nation’s technological superiority in the face of threats from great powers state and non-state actors and individuals requires not only investing in physical sciences but also the integration of knowledge from cross-disciplinary research that explores the social cultural behavioral political historic and religious drivers and impacts of today’s increasingly complex global security environment At a time when peer and near-peer adversaries are increasingly employing elements of malign influence disinformation and predatory economics in concert with technological capabilities the Department should be increasing its investment in social science research programs not ending it Three recent reports from the National Academies assessing social science programs and their impacts on national security and intelligence noted the ongoing contributions of Minerva and recommended ways to increase outreach and dissemination of results to enhance the success of the program The committee urges the Department of Defense to implement the recommendations of the National Academies to strengthen ties between grantees and potential users of their research and increase visibility tracking and dissemination of the research results to the broader national security community All military services should participate in the program and highlight their specific plans and outcomes in annual budget documentation further increasing visibility of Minerva-funded research to the user community Section 218—Board of Directors for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to create and resource a Board of Directors for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center JAIC comprised of senior Department of Defense officials as well as civilian directors not employed by 5 the Department of Defense The objective would be to have a standing body over the JAIC that can bring governmental and non-governmental experts together for the purpose of assisting the Department of Defense in correctly integrating and operationalizing artificial intelligence technologies Section 219—Directed Energy Working Group This section would establish a Directed Energy Working Group inside the Department of Defense to coordinate directed energy efforts across the military services leverage shared research and development eliminate redundant efforts and expedite the operationalization of directed energy programs SUBTITLE C—PLANS REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS Section 231—Modification to Annual Report of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation This section would amend section 139 h 2 of title 10 United States Code by removing the sunset date for the annual report submitted by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation This section does not change or alter any authorities of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE E—MATTERS RELATING TO THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION Section 1243—Implementation of GAO Recommendations on Preparedness of United States Forces to Counter North Korean Chemical and Biological Weapons This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a plan not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees to address the recommendations in the U S Government Accountability Office’s GAO report on Preparedness of U S Forces to Counter North Korean Chemical and Biological Weapons GAO-20-79C This section would also require the Secretary to begin implementation of the plan not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act The Secretary may decide not to implement one of the recommendations in the report but must submit justification for why not and what else the Department of Defense will do to address the conditions underlying the recommendation The committee is concerned by many issues highlighted by GAO and believes the Department's preparedness for a significant state-level weapons of mass destruction event is wholly inadequate The Department's men and women in 6 uniform must be trained and equipped to successfully operate and perform in a contaminated environment TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS CYBER AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE B—DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES Section 1613—Report on Risk to National Security Posed by Quantum Computing Technologies This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to assess the threats and risks posed by quantum computing to national security systems as well as strategies plans and investments needed to mitigate risks toward these systems This section would also require the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than December 31 2021 SUBTITLE C—CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS Section 1621—Cyber Mission Forces and Cyberspace Operations Forces This section would amend section 238 of title 10 United States Code to reflect the need for consolidated budget displays for both the cyber mission forces as well as the newly created cyber operations forces Additionally this would amend an existing requirement for the cyber and information technology budgets to be delivered to Congress in print and electronically not later than 5 days after the release of the President's budget request Section 1623—Tailored Cyberspace Operations Organizations This section would direct the Secretary of the Navy in conjunction with the Chief of Naval Operations to produce a study on the Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group a small niche organization aligned to the Navy's service cyber component This section also would authorize other military services and U S Special Operations Command to create counterpart organizations to Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group Section 1625—Department of Defense Cyber Workforce Efforts This section would direct the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer to 7 1 study and expand the model used at the National Security Agency NSA that authorizes NSA employees to use up to 140 hours of paid time toward NSA cyber education efforts in local communities This would explicitly authorize select Department of Defense civilians who are part of the Cyber Excepted Service to utilize paid time toward wider national efforts aimed at addressing the cyber workforce shortage 2 study and report in conjunction with the military services to the congressional defense committees on how the Training With Industry program can be strengthened and better utilized by the services and 3 study the synchronization between NSA GenCyber program and the Centers for Academic Excellence and report to the congressional defense committees on how the two programs can be better integrated and harmonized Section 1626—Reporting Requirements for Cross Domain Compromises and Exemptions to Policies for Information Technology This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to report monthly to the congressional defense committees on all cross domain compromises within the Department of Defense Information Network Additionally this section would direct the Secretary of Defense to report biannually to the congressional defense committees on all current exemptions to information technology policies The intent is to establish a baseline for legislative oversight on areas where the Department of Defense has accepted risk to its networks and systems Section 1627—Assessing Private-Public Collaboration in Cybersecurity This section would assess the impact of the current Pathfinder initiatives prospects for making existing Pathfinder pilots more robust and whether and how to expand Pathfinder or similar models of public-private collaboration to other critical infrastructure sectors particularly systemically important critical infrastructure Developing institutional support for Pathfinder-type initiatives not only creates opportunities for increased collaboration across critical sectors as prioritized by Federal departments and agencies but will also buttress and accelerate nascent efforts and increase their chances of success Section 1628—Cyber Capabilities and Interoperability of the National Guard This section would direct the Department of Defense to update existing policies to consider National Guard activities that could be performed and reimbursed under title 32 United States Code Section 1629—Evaluation of Non-Traditional Cyber Support to the Department of Defense 8 This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to assess the feasibility and need for a cyber reserve force the composition of a reserve force and the structure of a reserve force e g a retainer model a non-traditional reserve auxiliary model TITLE XVII—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE A—STUDIES AND REPORTS Section 1701—Review of Support of Special Operations to Combat Terrorism This section would direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a comprehensive review of the history currency processes and procedures for transitioning or terminating the programs provided by such authority and the potential future use of the authority under section 127e of title 10 United States Code in continued support of special operations to combat terrorism 9 BILL LANGUAGE 10 G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 7 1 SEC 212 øLog 71180¿ PILOT PROGRAM ON TALENT OPTIMI- 2 3 ZATION Section 2358b of title 10 United States Code is 4 amended by adding at the end the following new sub5 section 6 ‘‘ e PILOT PROGRAM 7 ‘‘ 1 IN TALENT OPTIMIZATION — GENERAL —The Under Secretary of 8 Defense for Research and Engineering acting 9 through the Director of the Defense Innovation 10 Unit shall carry out a pilot program to develop a 11 software-based system that enables active duty mili- 12 tary units to identify access and request support 13 from members of the reserve components who have 14 the skills and expertise necessary to carry out one or 15 more functions required of such units 16 ‘‘ 2 ELEMENTS —In carrying out the pilot pro- 17 gram the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit 18 shall— 19 ‘‘ A ensure that the system developed 20 under paragraph 1 — 21 ‘‘ i enables active duty units in near 22 real-time to identify members of the re- 23 serve components who have the qualifica- 24 tions necessary to meet certain require- 25 ments applicable to the units g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 ON 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00007 11 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 8 1 ‘‘ ii improves the ability of the mili- 2 tary departments to access on-demand 3 members of the reserve components who 4 possess relevant experience and 5 ‘‘ iii prioritizes access to members of 6 the reserve components who have private- 7 sector experience in the fields identified in 8 section b 9 ‘‘ iv leverages commercial best prac- 10 tices for similar software systems 11 ‘‘ B recommend policies and legislation to 12 streamline the use of members of the reserve 13 components by active duty units and 14 ‘‘ C carry out such other activities as the 15 Director determines appropriate 16 ‘‘ 3 TERMINATION —The authority to carry 17 out the pilot program under this subsection shall 18 terminate on September 30 2025 ’’ g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00008 12 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 18 1 SEC 214 øLog 70927¿ EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR 2 THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE RESEARCH DE- 3 VELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION CEN- 4 TERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 5 a IN GENERAL —Section 233 of the National De- 6 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Public Law 7 114–328 10 U S C 2358 note is amended— 8 9 1 in subsection e by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’ and 10 2 in subsection f — 11 A by amending paragraph 1 to read as 12 follows 13 ‘‘ 1 IN later than one year 14 after the date of the enactment of the National De- 15 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 the 16 Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres- 17 sional defense committees a report on the status of 18 the pilot program ’’ and 19 B in paragraph 2 by adding at the end 20 the following new subparagraph 21 ‘‘ F With respect to any military depart- 22 ment not participating in the pilot program an 23 explanation for such nonparticipation including 24 identification of— 25 ‘‘ i any issues that may be preventing 26 such participation and g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 GENERAL —Not 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00018 13 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 19 1 ‘‘ ii any offices or other elements of 2 the department that may be responsible for 3 the delay in participation ’’ 4 b TECHNICAL AMENDMENT —Effective as of De- 5 cember 23 2016 and as if included therein as enacted 6 section 233 c 2 C ii of the National Defense Author7 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Public Law 114–328 8 10 U S C 2358 note is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant 9 Secretary of the Army for Acquisition Technology and 10 Logistics’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary of the Army 11 for Acquisition Logistics and Technology’’ g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00019 14 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 20 1 SEC 215 øLog 71397¿ MODIFICATION OF JOINT ARTIFICIAL 2 INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT 3 AND TRANSITION ACTIVITIES 4 Section 238 of the John S McCain National Defense 5 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Public Law 115– 6 232 10 U S C 2358 note is amended— 7 1 in the section heading by inserting ‘‘AND 8 IMPROVEMENT OF THE JOINT ARTIFICIAL IN- 9 TELLIGENCE CENTER’’ 10 end 11 2 in subsection a — 12 A in paragraph 1 by inserting ‘‘ac- 13 quire ’’ before ‘‘develop’’ and 14 B by amending paragraph 2 to read as 15 follows 16 ‘‘ 2 EMPHASIS —The set of activities estab- 17 lished under paragraph 1 shall include— 18 ‘‘ A acquisition and development of ma- 19 ture artificial intelligence technology 20 ‘‘ B applying artificial intelligence and 21 machine learning solutions to operational prob- 22 lems by directly delivering artificial intelligence 23 capabilities to the Armed Forces and other or- 24 ganizations and elements of the Department g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 before the period at the 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00020 15 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 21 1 ‘‘ C accelerating the development testing 2 and fielding of new artificial intelligence and ar- 3 tificial intelligence-enabling capabilities and 4 ‘‘ D coordinating and deconflicting activi- 5 ties involving artificial intelligence and artificial 6 intelligence-enabled capabilities within the De- 7 partment ’’ 8 3 by amending subsection b to read as fol- 9 10 lows ‘‘ b RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL —The Deputy Sec- 11 retary of Defense shall be the official within the Depart12 ment of Defense with principal responsibility for the co13 ordination of activities relating to the acquisition develop14 ment and demonstration of artificial intelligence and ma15 chine learning for the Department ’’ 16 17 4 by redesignating subsections c through g as subsections d through h respectively 18 5 by inserting after subsection b the fol- 19 lowing new subsection 20 ‘‘ c ORGANIZATION — 21 ‘‘ 1 ROLE JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTEL- 22 LIGENCE CENTER —The 23 under subsection a 1 shall be established within 24 the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 OF 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00021 set of activities established 16 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 22 1 ‘‘ 2 AUTHORITY 2 DEFENSE —The 3 exercise authority and direction over the Joint Arti- 4 ficial Intelligence Center 5 Deputy Secretary of Defense shall ‘‘ 3 AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR —The Director 6 of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center shall re- 7 port directly to the Deputy Secretary of Defense 8 ‘‘ 4 DELEGATION —In exercising authority 9 and direction over the Joint Artificial Intelligence 10 Center under subsection a the Deputy Secretary 11 of Defense may delegate administrative and ancillary 12 management duties to the Chief Information Officer 13 of the Department of Defense as needed to effec- 14 tively and efficiently execute the mission of the Cen- 15 ter ’’ 16 6 in subsection d as so redesignated— 17 A in the matter preceding paragraph 1 18 by striking ‘‘official designated under sub- 19 section b ’’ and inserting ‘‘Deputy Secretary of 20 Defense’’ 21 B in paragraph 1 in the matter pre- 22 ceding subparagraph A by inserting ‘‘ac- 23 quire ’’ before ‘‘develop’’ g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00022 17 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 23 1 C in the heading of paragraph 2 by 2 striking ‘‘DEVELOPMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘AC- 3 QUISITION DEVELOPMENT ’’ 4 D in paragraph 2 — 5 i in the matter preceding subpara- 6 graph A by striking ‘‘To the degree 7 practicable the designated official’’ and in- 8 serting ‘‘The Deputy Secretary of De- 9 fense’’ 10 ii in subparagraph A by striking 11 ‘‘development’’ and inserting ‘‘acquisition 12 development ’’ 13 iii by redesignating subparagraphs 14 H and I as subparagraphs J and K 15 respectively and 16 iv by inserting after subparagraph 17 G the following new subparagraphs 18 ‘‘ H develop standard data formats for 19 the Department that— 20 ‘‘ i aid in defining the relative matu- 21 rity of datasets and 22 ‘‘ ii inform best practices for cost 23 and schedule computation data collection 24 strategies aligned to mission outcomes and 25 dataset maintenance practices g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 and 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00023 18 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 24 1 ‘‘ I establish data and model usage agree- 2 ments and collaborative partnership agreements 3 for artificial intelligence product development 4 with each organization and element of the De- 5 partment 6 Forces ’’ 7 7 in subsection e as so redesignated— each of the Armed 8 A by striking ‘‘the official designated 9 under subsection b ’’ and inserting ‘‘the Direc- 10 tor of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’’ 11 B by striking ‘‘subsection c ’’ and in- 12 serting ‘‘subsection d ’’ and 13 C by adding at the end the following ‘‘At 14 a minimum such access shall ensure that the 15 Director has the ability to discover access 16 share and reuse data and models of the Armed 17 Forces and other organizations and elements of 18 the Department of Defense and to build and 19 maintain data for the Department ’’ 20 8 in subsection f as so redesignated— 21 A in paragraph 1 — 22 i in the matter preceding subpara- 23 graph A by striking ‘‘official designated 24 under subsection b ’’ and inserting ‘‘Dep- 25 uty Secretary of Defense’’ and g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 including 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00024 19 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 25 1 ii in subparagraph B by striking 2 ‘‘designated official’’ and inserting ‘‘Dep- 3 uty Secretary of defense’’ and 4 B in paragraph 2 by striking ‘‘des- 5 ignated official’’ and inserting ‘‘Deputy Sec- 6 retary of Defense’’ and 7 9 by adding at the end the following new sub- 8 section 9 ‘‘ i JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER DE- 10 FINED —The term ‘Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’ 11 means the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center of the De12 partment of Defense established pursuant to the memo13 randum of the Secretary of Defense dated June 27 2018 14 and titled ‘Establishment of the Joint Artificial Intel15 ligence Center’ or any successor to such Center ’’ g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00025 20 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 37 1 SEC 217 øLog 70904¿ SOCIAL SCIENCE MANAGEMENT 2 SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SCIENCE RE- 3 SEARCH ACTIVITIES 4 a ESTABLISHMENT —The Secretary of Defense 5 acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Re6 search and Engineering shall carry out a program of re7 search and development in social science management 8 science and information science 9 b PURPOSES —The purposes of the program re- 10 quired under subsection a are as follows 11 1 To ensure that the Department of Defense 12 has access to innovation and expertise in social 13 science 14 science to enable the Department to improve the ef- 15 fectiveness and efficiency of the Department’s oper- 16 ational and management activities science and information 17 2 To coordinate all research and development 18 within the Department in the fields of social science 19 management science and information science 20 3 To enhance cooperation and collaboration 21 on research and development in the fields of social 22 science 23 science among the Department of Defense and ap- 24 propriate private sector and international entities 25 that are involved in such research and development g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 management 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 management 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00037 science and information 21 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 38 1 4 To develop and manage a portfolio of re- 2 search initiatives in fundamental and applied social 3 science 4 science that is stable consistent and balanced 5 across relevant disciplines science and information 6 5 To accelerate efforts to transition and de- 7 ploy technologies and concepts derived from research 8 and development in the fields of social science man- 9 agement science and information science into the 10 Department of Defense and to establish policies 11 procedures and standards for measuring the success 12 of such efforts 13 6 To collect synthesize and disseminate crit- 14 ical information on research and development in the 15 fields of social science management science and in- 16 formation science 17 7 To support the missions and systems of the 18 Department by developing the fields of social 19 science 20 science including by supporting— 21 management science and information A appropriate research and innovation in 22 such fields and 23 B the development of an industrial base 24 in such fields including development of the fa- g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 management 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00038 22 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 39 1 cilities workforce and infrastructure that com- 2 prise such industrial base 3 c ADMINISTRATION —The Under Secretary of De- 4 fense for Research and Engineering shall supervise the 5 planning management and coordination of the program 6 under subsection a 7 d ACTIVITIES —The Under Secretary of Defense 8 for Research and Engineering in consultation with the 9 Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of 10 relevant Defense Agencies shall— 11 1 prescribe a set of long-term challenges and 12 a set of specific technical goals for the program in- 13 cluding— 14 A optimization of analysis of national se- 15 curity data sets 16 B development of defense-related man- 17 agement innovation activities 18 C improving the operational use of social 19 science management science and information 20 science innovations by military commanders and 21 civilian leaders 22 D improving understanding of the funda- 23 mental social cultural and behavioral forces 24 that shape the strategic interests of the United 25 States and g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00039 23 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 40 1 E developing a Department of Defense 2 workforce capable of developing and leveraging 3 innovations and best practices in the fields of 4 social science management science and infor- 5 mation science to support defense missions 6 2 develop a coordinated and integrated re- 7 search and investment plan for meeting near-term 8 mid-term and long-term national security defense- 9 related and Department management challenges 10 that— 11 A includes definitive milestones 12 B provides for achieving specific tech- 13 nical goals and 14 C builds upon the investments of the De- 15 partment other departments and agencies of 16 the Federal Government and the commercial 17 sector in the fields of social science manage- 18 ment science and information science 19 3 develop plans for— 20 A the development of the Department’s 21 workforce 22 science and information science and social science management 23 B enhancing awareness of social science 24 management science and information science 25 within the Department and g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 in 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00040 24 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 41 1 4 develop memoranda of agreement joint 2 funding agreements and such other cooperative ar- 3 rangements as the Under Secretary determines nec- 4 essary for carrying out the program under sub- 5 section a 6 e GUIDANCE REQUIRED — 7 1 IN later than 180 days 8 after the date of the enactment of this Act the 9 Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi- 10 neering shall develop and issue guidance for defense- 11 related social science management science and in- 12 formation science activities including— 13 A classification and data management 14 plans for such activities and 15 B policies for control of personnel par- 16 ticipating in such activities to minimize the ef- 17 fects of the loss of intellectual property in social 18 science management science and information 19 science considered sensitive to the Federal Gov- 20 ernment 21 2 UPDATES —Under Secretary of Defense for 22 Research and Engineering shall regularly update the 23 guidance issued under paragraph 4 24 f RESEARCH CENTERS — g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 GENERAL —Not 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00041 25 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 42 1 1 IN Secretary of each mili- 2 tary department may establish or designate an enti- 3 ty or activity under the jurisdiction of such Sec- 4 retary which may include a Department of Defense 5 Laboratory to serve as a research center in the 6 fields of social science management science and in- 7 formation science Each such research center shall 8 engage with appropriate public sector and private 9 sector organizations including academic institutions 10 to enhance and accelerate the research development 11 and deployment of social science management 12 science and information science within the Depart- 13 ment 14 2 MINIMUM NUMBER —The Secretary of De- 15 fense shall ensure that not less than one research 16 center is established or designated under paragraph 17 1 by not later than 180 days after the date of the 18 enactment of this Act 19 g REPORT — 20 1 IN GENERAL —Not later than December 31 21 2022 the Secretary shall submit to the congres- 22 sional defense committees a report on the program 23 2 FORM OF REPORT —The report required 24 under paragraph 1 may be submitted in unclassi- 25 fied or classified form g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 GENERAL —The 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00042 26 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 43 1 SEC 218 øLog 70936¿ BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE 2 3 JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER a ESTABLISHMENT —The Secretary of Defense 4 shall establish a Board of Directors for the Joint Artificial 5 Intelligence Center 6 b DUTIES —The duties of the Board of Directors 7 shall be the following 8 9 1 Provide strategic guidance to the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center 10 2 Advise the Secretary on matters relating to 11 the development and use of artificial intelligence by 12 the Department of Defense 13 3 Evaluate and advise the Secretary on eth- 14 ical matters relating to the development and use of 15 artificial intelligence by the Department 16 17 4 Conduct long-term and long-range studies on matters relating to artificial intelligence 18 5 Evaluate and provide recommendations to 19 the Secretary regarding the Department’s develop- 20 ment of a robust workforce proficient in artificial in- 21 telligence 22 6 Assist the Secretary in developing strategic 23 level guidance on artificial intelligence-related hard- 24 ware procurement and supply-chain matters 25 7 Monitor and provide recommendations to 26 the Secretary on computing power usage storage g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00043 27 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 44 1 and other technical matters relating to artificial in- 2 telligence 3 c MEMBERSHIP —The Board of Directors shall be 4 composed of the following members 5 1 The official within the Department of De- 6 fense to whom the Director of the Joint Artificial in- 7 telligence center directly reports 8 2 The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy 9 3 The Under Secretary of Defense for Re- 10 search and Engineering 11 12 4 The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 13 14 5 The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security 15 16 6 The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 17 7 Not more than five members from academic 18 or private sector organizations outside the Depart- 19 ment of Defense who shall be appointed by the Sec- 20 retary 21 d CHAIRPERSON —The chairperson of the Board of 22 Directors shall be the official described in subsection 23 c 1 24 e MEETINGS —The Board of Directors shall meet 25 not less than once each fiscal quarter and may meet at g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00044 28 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 45 1 other times at the call of the chairperson or a majority 2 of the Board’s members 3 f REPORTS —Not later than September 30 of each 4 year through September 30 2024 the Board of Directors 5 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re6 port that summarizes the activities of the Board over the 7 preceding year 8 g DEFINITIONS —In this section 9 1 The term ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ has the 10 meaning given that term in section 238 g of the 11 John S McCain National Defense Authorization Act 12 for Fiscal Year 2019 Public Law 115–232 10 13 U S C 2358 note 14 2 The term ‘‘Board of Directors’’ means the 15 Board of Directors established under subsection a 16 3 The term ‘‘Joint Artificial Intelligence Cen- 17 ter’’ means the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center of 18 the Department of Defense established pursuant to 19 the memorandum of the Secretary of Defense dated 20 June 27 2018 and titled ‘‘Establishment of the 21 Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’’ or any suc- 22 cessor to such Center 23 24 4 The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Defense g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00045 29 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 46 1 SEC 219 øLog 71457¿ DIRECTED ENERGY WORKING GROUP 2 a IN GENERAL —The Secretary of Defense shall es- 3 tablish a working group to be known as the ‘‘Directed 4 Energy Working Group’’ 5 b RESPONSIBILITIES —The working group shall— 6 1 discuss the current and planned directed en- 7 ergy programs of each of the military departments 8 2 make recommendations to the Secretary of 9 Defense about establishing memoranda of under- 10 standing among the organizations and elements of 11 the Department of Defense to coordinate directed 12 energy activities using amounts authorized to be ap- 13 propriated for research development test and eval- 14 uation and 15 3 identify methods of quickly fielding directed 16 energy capabilities and programs 17 c HEAD OF WORKING GROUP —The head of the 18 working group shall be the Assistant Director of Directed 19 Energy of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 20 for Research and Engineering 21 d MEMBERSHIP —The members of the working 22 group shall be appointed by not later than 60 days after 23 the date of the enactment of this Act as follows 24 1 One member from each military depart- 25 ment appointed by the Secretary of the military de- 26 partment concerned g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00046 30 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 47 1 2 2 One member appointed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering 3 3 One member appointed by the Under Sec- 4 retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 5 4 One member appointed by the Director of 6 the Strategic Capabilities Office of the Department 7 of Defense 8 9 10 5 One member appointed by the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency e REPORTS TO CONGRESS —Not later than 180 11 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and not 12 less frequently than once every 180 days thereafter the 13 working group shall submit to the congressional defense 14 committees a report on the progress of each directed en15 ergy program being developed or fielded by the Depart16 ment of Defense 17 f TERMINATION —The working group under this 18 section shall terminate four years after the date of the 19 enactment of this Act g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00047 31 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T2 T2 XML 58 2 Subtitle C—Plans Reports and Other Matters 3 SEC 231 øLog 71450¿ MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT 4 OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST 5 AND EVALUATION 1 6 Section 139 h 2 of title 10 United States Code is 7 amended— 8 9 1 by striking ‘‘Engineering ’’ and inserting ‘‘Engineering ’’ and 10 2 by striking ‘‘ through January 31 2025’’ g VHLC 042920 042920 146 xml April 29 2020 2 25 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 25 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761598 8 PO 00000 Frm 00058 32 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS BJGALLAGHER APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T2 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T12 T12 XML 38 1 SEC 1243 øLOG 71378¿ IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO REC- 2 OMMENDATIONS 3 UNITED 4 NORTH KOREAN CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 5 WEAPONS 6 ON STATES PREPAREDNESS FORCES TO OF COUNTER a PLAN REQUIRED — 7 1 IN GENERAL —The Secretary of Defense 8 shall develop a plan to address the recommendations 9 in the U S Government Accountability Office’s re- 10 port entitled ‘‘Preparedness of U S Forces to 11 Counter North Korean Chemical and Biological 12 Weapons’’ GAO-20-79C 13 2 ELEMENTS —The plan required under 14 paragraph 1 shall with respect to each rec- 15 ommendation in the report described in paragraph 16 1 that the Secretary of Defense has implemented 17 or intends to implement include— 18 A a summary of actions that have been 19 or will be taken to implement the recommenda- 20 tion and 21 B a schedule with specific milestones 22 for completing implementation of the rec- 23 ommendation 24 b SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS —Not later than one 25 year after the date of the enactment of this Act the Sec- g VHLC 042920 042920 207 xml April 29 2020 4 09 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 16 09 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761548 8 PO 00000 Frm 00038 33 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS MASYNNES APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T12 XML H G CMTE AS 21 H T12 T12 XML 39 1 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 2 committees the plan required under subsection a 3 c DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION — 4 1 IN as provided in para- 5 graph 2 not later than 18 months after the date 6 of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of De- 7 fense shall carry out activities to implement the plan 8 developed under subsection a 9 10 2 EXCEPTION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CER- TAIN RECOMMENDATIONS — 11 A DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION —The 12 Secretary of Defense may initiate implementa- 13 tion of a recommendation in the report de- 14 scribed in subsection a 1 after the date speci- 15 fied in paragraph 1 if the Secretary provides 16 the congressional defense committees with a 17 specific justification for the delay in implemen- 18 tation of such recommendation on or before 19 such date 20 B NONIMPLEMENTATION —The Sec- 21 retary of Defense may decide not to implement 22 a recommendation in the report described in 23 subsection a 1 if the Secretary provides to 24 the congressional defense committees on or be- 25 fore the date specified in paragraph 1 — g VHLC 042920 042920 207 xml April 29 2020 4 09 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 GENERAL —Except 16 09 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761548 8 PO 00000 Frm 00039 34 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS MASYNNES APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T12 XML H G CMTE AS 21 H T12 T12 XML 40 1 i a specific justification for the deci- 2 sion not to implement the recommendation 3 and 4 ii a summary of alternative actions 5 the Secretary plans to take to address the 6 conditions underlying the recommendation g VHLC 042920 042920 207 xml April 29 2020 4 09 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 16 09 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761548 8 PO 00000 Frm 00040 35 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS MASYNNES APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T12 XML H G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 13 1 SEC 1613 øLog 70965¿ REPORT ON RISK TO NATIONAL SECU- 2 RITY POSED BY QUANTUM COMPUTING TECH- 3 NOLOGIES 4 a REPORT — 5 1 REQUIREMENT —Not later than December 6 31 2021 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 7 the congressional defense committees a report con- 8 taining an assessment of the current and potential 9 threats and risks posed by quantum computing tech- 10 nologies The Secretary shall conduct the assessment 11 in a manner that allows the Secretary to better un- 12 derstand and prepare to counter the risks of quan- 13 tum computing to national security 14 15 2 MATTERS report under paragraph 1 shall include the following 16 A An identification of national security 17 systems that are vulnerable to current and po- 18 tential threats and risks posed by quantum 19 computing technologies 20 B An assessment of quantum-resistant 21 cryptographic standards including a timeline 22 for the development of such standards 23 C An assessment of the feasibility of al- 24 ternate quantum-resistant models g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 INCLUDED —The 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00013 36 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 14 1 D A description of any funding shortfalls 2 in public and private efforts to develop such 3 standards and models 4 E Recommendations to counter the 5 threats and risks posed by quantum computing 6 technologies that prioritize secure and re- 7 source the defense of national security systems 8 identified under subparagraph A 9 b BRIEFINGS —During the period preceding the 10 date on which the Secretary submits the report under sub11 section a the Secretary shall include in the quarterly 12 briefings under section 484 of title 10 United States 13 Code an update on the assessment conducted under such 14 subsection 15 c FORM —The report under subsection a may be 16 submitted in classified form g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00014 37 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 15 2 Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related Matters 3 SEC 1621 øLog 71138¿ CYBER MISSION FORCES AND CYBER- 1 4 5 SPACE OPERATIONS FORCES Subsection a of section 238 title 10 United States 6 Code is amended— 7 1 in the matter preceding paragraph 1 — 8 A by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in- 9 serting ‘‘Not later than five days after the sub- 10 mission by the President under section 1105 a 11 of title 31 of the budget the Secretary’’ 12 B by inserting ‘‘in both electronic and 13 print formats’’ after ‘‘submit’’ and 14 C by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 15 ‘‘2021’’ 16 2 in paragraph 1 by inserting ‘‘and the 17 cyberspace operations forces’’ before the semicolon 18 and 19 20 3 in paragraph 2 by inserting ‘‘and the cyberspace operations forces’’ before the period g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00015 38 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 21 1 SEC 1623 øLog 70928¿ TAILORED CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 2 3 ORGANIZATIONS a IN GENERAL —Not later than 120 days after the 4 date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of the 5 Navy in conjunction with the Chief of Naval Operations 6 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 7 study of the Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group 8 NCWDG 9 b ELEMENTS —The study required under sub- 10 section a shall include the following 11 12 1 An examination of NCWDG’s structure manning authorities funding and operations 13 2 A review of organizational relationships 14 both within the Navy and to other Department of 15 Defense organizations as well as non-Department of 16 Defense organizations 17 3 Recommendations for how the NCWDG can 18 be strengthened and improved without growth in 19 size 20 c DESIGNATION —Notwithstanding any other pro- 21 vision of law the Secretary of the Navy shall designate 22 the NCWDG as a screened command 23 d RELEASE —The Secretary of the Navy shall 24 transmit the study required under subsection a to the 25 secretaries of the military services and the Commander of 26 United States Special Operations Command g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00021 39 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 22 1 e EXEMPLAR —The service secretaries and the 2 Commander of United States Special Operations Com3 mand are authorized to establish counterpart tailored 4 cyberspace operations organizations of comparable size to 5 the NCWDG within the military service or command re6 spectively of each such secretary and Commander Such 7 counterpart organizations shall have the same authorities 8 as the NCWDG Not later than 30 days after receipt by 9 each of the service secretaries and the Commander under 10 subsection d of the study required under subsection a 11 each such service secretary and Commander as the case 12 may be shall brief the congressional defense committees 13 regarding whether or not each such service secretary or 14 Commander intends to utilize the authority under this 15 subsection g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00022 40 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 27 1 SEC 1625 øLog 71262¿ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CYBER 2 3 WORKFORCE EFFORTS a RESOURCES FOR CYBER EDUCATION — 4 1 IN Chief Information Offi- 5 cer of the Department of Defense in consultation 6 with the Director of the National Security Agency 7 NSA shall examine the current policies permitting 8 National Security Agency employees to use up to 9 140 hours of paid time toward NSA’s cyber edu- 10 cation programs 11 2 REPORT — 12 A IN GENERAL —Not later than 90 days 13 after the date of the enactment of this Act the 14 Chief Information Officer shall submit to the 15 congressional defense committees and the con- 16 gressional intelligence committees a strategy for 17 expanding the policies described in paragraph 18 1 to— 19 i individuals who occupy positions 20 described in section 1599f of title 10 21 United States Code and 22 ii any other individuals who the 23 Chief Information Officer determines ap- 24 propriate 25 B IMPLEMENTATION 26 13 30 Apr 29 2020 PLAN —The report required under subparagraph A shall detail g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 GENERAL —The Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00027 41 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 28 1 the utilization of the policies in place at the Na- 2 tional Security Agency as well as an implemen- 3 tation plan that describes the mechanisms need- 4 ed to expand the use of such policies to accom- 5 modate wider participation by individuals de- 6 scribed in such subparagraph Such implemen- 7 tation plan shall detail how such individuals 8 would be able to connect to the instructional 9 and participatory available 10 through the efforts programs initiatives and 11 investments accounted for in the report re- 12 quired under section 1649 of the National De- 13 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 14 Public Law 116–92 including the following 15 programs 16 i GenCyber 17 ii Centers for Academic Excellence – 18 Cyber Defense 19 iii Centers for Academic Excellence 20 – Cyber Operations 21 C DEADLINE —Not later than 120 days 22 after the submission of the report required 23 under subparagraph A the Chief Information 24 Officer of the Department of Defense shall g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 opportunities 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00028 42 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 29 1 carry out the implementation plan contained in 2 such report 3 4 b IMPROVING THE TRAINING WITH INDUSTRY PROGRAM — 5 1 IN later than 120 days 6 after the date of the enactment of this Act the Prin- 7 cipal Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense 8 in consultation with the Principal Cyber Advisors of 9 the military services and the Under Secretary of De- 10 fense for Personnel and Readiness shall submit to 11 the congressional defense committees a review of the 12 current utilization and utility of the Training With 13 Industry TWI programs including relating to the 14 following 15 A Recommendations regarding how to 16 improve and better utilize such programs in- 17 cluding regarding individuals who have com- 18 pleted such programs 19 B An implementation plan to carry out 20 such recommendations 21 2 ADDITIONAL —Not later than 90 days 22 after the submission of the report required under 23 paragraph 1 the Principal Cyber Advisor of the 24 Department of Defense shall carry out the imple- 25 mentation plan required under paragraph 1 g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 GENERAL —Not 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00029 43 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 30 1 2 c ALIGNMENT CYBERSECURITY TRAINING PRO- GRAMS — 3 1 IN GENERAL —Not later than 120 days 4 after the date of the enactment of this Act the Sec- 5 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 6 defense committees a report containing recommenda- 7 tions on how cybersecurity training programs de- 8 scribed in section 1649 of the National Defense Au- 9 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 can be better 10 aligned and harmonized 11 2 REPORT —The report required under para- 12 graph 1 shall provide recommendations concerning 13 the following topics and information 14 A Developing a comprehensive mecha- 15 nism for utilizing and leveraging the Cyber Ex- 16 cepted Service workforce of the Department of 17 Defense referred to in subsection a as well as 18 mechanisms for military participation 19 B Unnecessary redundancies in such pro- 20 grams or in any related efforts initiatives or 21 investments 22 C Mechanisms for tracking participation 23 and transition of participation from one such 24 program to another g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 OF 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00030 44 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 31 1 D Department level oversight and man- 2 agement of such programs g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00031 45 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 32 1 SEC 1626 øLog 70933¿ REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR 2 CROSS DOMAIN COMPROMISES AND EXEMP- 3 TIONS 4 TECHNOLOGY 5 POLICIES FOR INFORMATION a COMPROMISE REPORTING — 6 1 IN GENERAL —Effective beginning in Octo- 7 ber 2020 the Secretary of Defense and the secre- 8 taries of the military services shall submit to the 9 congressional defense committees a monthly report 10 in writing that documents each instance or indica- 11 tion of a cross-domain compromise within the De- 12 partment of Defense 13 2 PROCEDURES —The Secretary of Defense 14 shall submit to the congressional defense committees 15 procedures for complying with the requirements of 16 subsection a consistent with the national security 17 of the United States and the protection of oper- 18 ational integrity The Secretary shall promptly notify 19 such committees in writing of any changes to such 20 procedures at least 14 days prior to the adoption of 21 any such changes 22 3 DEFINITION —In this subsection the term 23 ‘‘cross domain compromise’’ means any unauthorized 24 connection between software hardware or both de- 25 signed for use on a network or system built for clas- 26 sified data and the public internet g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 TO 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00032 46 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 33 1 b EXEMPTIONS TO POLICY FOR INFORMATION 2 TECHNOLOGY —Not later than six months after the date 3 of the enactment of this Act and biannually thereafter 4 the Secretary of Defense and the secretaries of the mili5 tary services shall submit to the congressional defense 6 committees a report in writing that enumerates and de7 tails each current exemption to information technology 8 policy interim Authority To Operate ATO order or 9 both Each such report shall include other relevant infor10 mation pertaining to each such exemption including relat11 ing to the following 12 1 Risk categorization 13 2 Duration 14 3 Estimated time remaining g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00033 47 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 34 1 SEC 1627 øLog 70958¿ ASSESSING PRIVATE-PUBLIC COL- 2 3 LABORATION IN CYBERSECURITY a REQUIREMENT —Not later than 120 days after 4 the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of 5 Defense shall— 6 1 conduct a review and assessment of any on- 7 going public-private collaborative initiatives involving 8 the Department of Defense and the private sector 9 related to cybersecurity and defense of critical infra- 10 structure including— 11 A the United States Cyber Command’s 12 Pathfinder initiative and any derivative initia- 13 tive 14 B the Department’s support to and inte- 15 gration with existing Federal cybersecurity cen- 16 ters and organizations and 17 C comparable initiatives led by other 18 Federal departments or agencies that support 19 long-term public-private cybersecurity collabora- 20 tion and 21 2 make recommendations for improvements 22 and the requirements and resources necessary to in- 23 stitutionalize and strengthen the initiatives described 24 in subparagraphs A through C of paragraph 1 25 b REPORT — g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00034 48 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 35 1 1 IN GENERAL —The Secretary of Defense 2 shall submit to the congressional defense committees 3 a report on the review assessment and rec- 4 ommendations under subsection a 5 2 FORM —The report required under para- 6 graph 1 may be submitted in unclassified or classi- 7 fied form as necessary 8 c DEFINITION —In this section the term ‘‘critical 9 infrastructure’’ has the meaning given such term in sec10 tion 1016 e of the Uniting and Strengthening America 11 by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and 12 Obstruct Terrorism USA PATRIOT ACT Act of 2001 13 42 U S C 5195c e g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00035 49 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 36 1 SEC 1628 øLog 70944¿ CYBER CAPABILITIES AND INTER- 2 3 OPERABILITY OF THE NATIONAL GUARD a EVALUATION —Not later than 180 days after the 4 date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of De5 fense in conjunction with the Chief of the National Guard 6 Bureau shall submit to the congressional defense commit7 tees the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 8 Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of 9 the Senate a review of the statutes rules regulations and 10 standards that pertain to the use of the National Guard 11 for the response to and recovery from significant cyber 12 incidents 13 b RECOMMENDATIONS —The review required under 14 subsection a shall address the following 15 1 Regulations promulgated under section 903 16 of title 32 United States Code to allow the Na- 17 tional Guard to conduct homeland defense activities 18 that the Secretary of Defense determines to be nec- 19 essary and appropriate in accordance with section 20 902 of such title in response to a cyber attack 21 2 Compulsory guidance from the Chief of the 22 National Guard Bureau regarding how the National 23 Guard shall collaborate with the Cybersecurity and 24 Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of 25 Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of In- 26 vestigation of the Department of Justice through g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00036 50 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 37 1 multi-agency 2 groups incident response planning and exercises 3 and other relevant forums and activities task forces information-sharing 4 3 A plan for how the Chief of the National 5 Guard Bureau will collaborate with the Secretary of 6 Homeland Security to develop an annex to the Na- 7 tional Cyber Incident Response Plan that details the 8 regulations and guidance described in paragraphs 9 1 and 2 10 c DEFINITION —The term ‘‘significant cyber inci- 11 dent’’ means a cyber incident that results or several re12 lated cyber incidents that result in demonstrable harm 13 to— 14 15 1 the national security interests foreign relations or economy of the United States or 16 17 2 the public confidence civil liberties or public health and safety of the American people g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00037 51 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 38 1 SEC 1629 øLog 70945¿ EVALUATION OF NON-TRADITIONAL 2 CYBER SUPPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 3 DEFENSE 4 a REQUIREMENT —Not later than 270 days after 5 the date of the enactment of this Act the Principal Cyber 6 Advisor to the Secretary of Defense in conjunction with 7 the Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness of the 8 Department of Defense and the Principal Cyber Advisors 9 of the military services shall complete an assessment and 10 evaluation of reserve models tailored to the support of 11 cyberspace operations for the Department 12 b EVALUATION COMPONENTS —The assessment 13 and evaluation required under subsection a shall include 14 the following components 15 16 1 A current assessment of reserve and National Guard support to Cyber Operations Forces 17 2 An enumeration and evaluation of various 18 reserve National Guard auxiliary and non-tradi- 19 tional support models which are applicable to cyber- 20 space operations including a consideration of models 21 utilized domestically and internationally 22 3 A utility assessment of a dedicated reserve 23 cadre specific to United States Cyber Command and 24 Cyber Operations Forces 25 26 4 An analysis of the costs associated with the models evaluated pursuant to paragraph 2 g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00038 52 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T16 T16 XML 39 1 5 An assessment of the recruitment programs 2 necessary for implementation of the models evalu- 3 ated pursuant to paragraph 2 4 b REPORT — 5 1 IN Secretary of Defense 6 acting through the Principal Cyber Advisor of the 7 Department of Defense shall submit to the congres- 8 sional defense committees a report on the assess- 9 ment and evaluation required under subsection a 10 2 FORM —The report required under para- 11 graph 1 may be submitted in classified or unclassi- 12 fied form as necessary g VHLC 042920 042920 123 xml April 29 2020 1 30 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 GENERAL —The 13 30 Apr 29 2020 Jkt 000000 761730 7 PO 00000 Frm 00039 53 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS AJSCIASCIA APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T16 XML G CMTE AS 21 H T17 T17 XML 2 1 Subtitle A—Studies and Reports 2 SEC 1701 Log 70971 REVIEW OF SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OP- 3 4 ERATIONS TO COMBAT TERRORISM a REVIEW —The Comptroller General of the United 5 States shall conduct a review of all support provided or 6 planned to be provided under section 127e of title 10 7 United States Code Such review shall include an analysis 8 of each of the following 9 1 The strategic alignment between such sup- 10 port and relevant Executive Orders global campaign 11 plans theatre campaign plans execute orders and 12 other guiding documents for currency relevancy 13 and efficacy 14 2 The extent to which United States Special 15 Operations Command has the processes and proce- 16 dures to manage integrate and synchronize the au- 17 thority under section 127e of title 10 United States 18 Code in support of the objectives and priorities 19 specified by the documents listed in a 1 as well as 20 the objectives and priorities of— 21 A the geographic combatant commands 22 B theatre elements of United States Spe- 23 cial Operations Command g VHLC 042720 042720 147 xml April 27 2020 2 38 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 38 Apr 27 2020 Jkt 000000 761694 5 PO 00000 Frm 00002 54 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS HCROSS APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T17 XML HO G CMTE AS 21 H T17 T17 XML 3 1 C relevant chiefs of mission and other 2 appropriate positions in the Department of 3 State and 4 D any other interagency organization af- 5 fected by the use of such authority 6 3 For the activities carried out pursuant to 7 such authority the extent to which United States 8 Special Operations Command has the processes and 9 procedures to— 10 A determine the professionalism cohe- 11 sion and institutional capacity of the military 12 in the country where forces receiving support 13 are based 14 B determine the adherence of the forces 15 receiving support to human rights norms and 16 the laws of armed conflict 17 C establish measures of effectiveness 18 D assess such activities against estab- 19 lished measures of effectiveness as identified in 20 subparagraph C 21 E establish criteria to determine the suc- 22 cessful completion of such activities 23 F deconflict and synchronize activities 24 conducted under such authority with other rel- 25 evant funding authorities g VHLC 042720 042720 147 xml April 27 2020 2 38 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 38 Apr 27 2020 Jkt 000000 761694 5 PO 00000 Frm 00003 55 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS HCROSS APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T17 XML HO G CMTE AS 21 H T17 T17 XML 4 1 G deconflict and synchronize activities 2 conducted under such authorities with other rel- 3 evant activities conducted by organizations re- 4 lated to but outside the purview of the Depart- 5 ment of Defense and 6 H track the training support and facili- 7 tation provided to forces receiving support and 8 the significant activities undertaken by such 9 forces as a result of such training support and 10 facilitation 11 4 The extent to which United States Special 12 Operations Command has processes and procedures 13 to manage the sunset termination or transition of 14 activities carried out pursuant to such authority in- 15 cluding— 16 A accountability with respect to equip- 17 ment provided and 18 B integrity of the tactics techniques and 19 procedures developed 20 5 The extent to which United States Special 21 Operations Command has and uses processes and 22 procedures to— 23 A report to Congress biannually on the 24 matters referred to in paragraph 3 and g VHLC 042720 042720 147 xml April 27 2020 2 38 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 38 Apr 27 2020 Jkt 000000 761694 5 PO 00000 Frm 00004 56 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS HCROSS APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T17 XML HO G CMTE AS 21 H T17 T17 XML 5 1 B notify Congress with respect to the in- 2 tent to sunset terminate or transition activities 3 carried out pursuant to such authority 4 6 Any other issues the Comptroller General 5 determines appropriate with respect to the authority 6 under section 127e of title 10 United States Code 7 b BRIEFING —Not later than 180 days after the 8 date of the enactment of this Act the Comptroller General 9 shall provide for the Committees on Armed Services of the 10 Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on the 11 progress of the review required under subsection a 12 c REPORT —Not later than one year after the date 13 of the enactment of this Act the Comptroller General shall 14 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen15 ate and House of Representatives a report on the findings 16 of the review required under subsection a and the rec17 ommendations of the Comptroller General pursuant to 18 such review 19 d SUPPORT DEFINED —In this section the term 20 ‘‘support’’ includes— 21 1 personnel who provide capacity for— 22 A training and equipment 23 B training advice and assistance or 24 C advice assistance and accompaniment 25 capacity g VHLC 042720 042720 147 xml April 27 2020 2 38 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 38 Apr 27 2020 Jkt 000000 761694 5 PO 00000 Frm 00005 57 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS HCROSS APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T17 XML HO G CMTE AS 21 H T17 T17 XML 6 1 2 financial assistance and 2 3 equipment and weapons g VHLC 042720 042720 147 xml April 27 2020 2 38 p m VerDate Mar 15 2010 14 38 Apr 27 2020 Jkt 000000 761694 5 PO 00000 Frm 00006 58 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C USERS HCROSS APPDATA ROAMING SOFTQUAD XMETAL 7 0 GEN C T17 XML HO DIRECTIVE REPORT LANGUAGE 59 Table Of Contents DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE II—RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION AIR FORCE Items of Special Interest Air Force Institute of Technology research development test and evaluation RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION DEFENSE-WIDE Items of Special Interest Department of Defense chemical and biological event response capabilities Feasibility assessment of establishing large and open defense based data sets High energy laser endless magazine definition Implementation of Department of Defense Inspector General recommendations on additive manufacturing Infrastructure to support research development test and engineering at China Lake Investment in research and development for technology to test treatments for nuclear chemical and biological exposure Modular Open Systems common data standards Public-Private Partnerships for Product Support on software-intensive government systems TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Review of the Preservation of the Force and Family Program for Special Operations Forces TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Implementation of the Directed Roles and Responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict U S Special Operations Command Force Structure and Organization TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST OTHER MATTERS Implementation of Findings and Recommendations of the 2020 U S Special Operations Command Comprehensive Review Reserve Components and National Guard Units Supporting Special Operations Command Operational and Training Requirements TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST North Korea's Chemical and Biological Weapons Capabilities Report on Ties between Russia and China TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS CYBER AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST CYBER-RELATED MATTERS 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act Cyber Excepted Service Cyber Mission Assurance Team Pilot Program Department of Defense's Use of Efficient Peering Sites Information Technology Asset Management and Inventory Internet Architecture Security INTELLIGENCE MATTERS Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Capabilities and Strategy Joint Intelligence Brigade DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE II—RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION AIR FORCE Items of Special Interest Air Force Institute of Technology research development test and evaluation The committee recognizes the valuable contributions of the Air Force Institute of Technology AFIT to the professional development and technical expertise of the U S Air Force The committee is aware of the continuing efforts of AFIT to provide cutting edge specialized education to officer and enlisted U S military personnel and civilian employees in technical fields including Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering Physics and Systems Engineering Despite the significant academic research that occurs at AFIT it does not maintain a dedicated research development test and evaluation RDTE program line The committee is interested in understanding how AFIT may benefit from a dedicated RDTE line and what additional flexibility this may provide including opportunities for expanded partnerships with other institutions of higher education and more influence over research topics that are of interest to the Department of Defense Therefore the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than October 30 2020 on the benefits and drawbacks of having a dedicated RDTE program line for the Air Force Institute of Technology RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION DEFENSE-WIDE Items of Special Interest Department of Defense chemical and biological event response capabilities At a time when the United States is struggling to respond to the spread of a highly infectious new virus the committee is concerned about the preparedness of the U S Armed Forces to respond to a significant state-level weapons of mass destruction event The Department of Defense's uniform and civilian personnel must be trained and equipped to successfully operate and perform in a contaminated environment Therefore the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a review of the Department's ability to respond to chemical and biological events This review shall examine the extent to which the Department’s military and chemical and biological defense support units both around the world and in the United States are prepared to counter chemical and biological weapons including 1 detection and identification abilities 2 response plans 3 individual and collective protection 4 medical countermeasures and stockpile completeness 5 decontamination 6 response training and exercises 7 Department-wide tabletop exercises and wargames 8 research funding and partnerships with universities and the private sector and 9 any other matters the Comptroller General deems relevant The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 15 2021 on the preliminary findings and to submit a final report on a date agreed to at the time of the briefing Feasibility assessment of establishing large and open defense based data sets The committee believes that the Secretary of Defense should work with the Office of Science and Technology Policy OSTP the Office of Management and Budget OMB and the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST to expand the number of open-source high-quality data sets within Project Open Data to increase the availability of open data and foster research and innovation in data analytics artificial intelligence and machine learning Therefore the committee directs the Secretary of the Defense in coordination with the Director of the Information Innovation Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform an assessment of large data sets maintained by the Department that could be publicly released for improved analytics and training of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications The assessment shall include 1 a survey of the data sets maintained by the Department of Defense to which artificial intelligence and machine learning is applicable including but not limited to health records employment records weather data geospatial data utilities and logistics 2 necessary actions for the data sets identified in 1 to anonymize sanitize or otherwise remove sensitive information to make the data sets suitable for public consumption 3 the feasibility of releasing the resulting data sets of 2 through a public facing webpage 4 an assessment of the benefits resulting from the public availability of the data sets in 2 to include commercial research and government uses 5 an assessment of the benefit in developing the national security workforce resulting from the public availability of the data sets in 2 for use by K12 and university education programs 6 a recommendation on the public release of the data sets in 2 and 7 any other matters the Secretary determines appropriate The committee further directs the Secretary to submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than January 1 2022 on the results of the assessment and what engagement the Department has had with OSTP OMB and NIST on increasing the availability of open data High energy laser endless magazine definition The committee supports investments across the Department of Defense in directed energy systems capable of countering the full array of incoming threats from unmanned air systems to cruise missiles The committee also supports development of systems with endless or near endless magazines to ensure capability to counter salvos or swarms of any size The committee is concerned that while the Department has included reference to a near endless magazine in its budget justifications for high energy laser systems it has not defined the term sufficiently to facilitate predictable requirements development and guide investment by industry The committee directs the Assistant Director for Directed Energy within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 1 2020 on the definition of an “endless magazine” to sufficiently facilitate predictable requirements development and guide investment by industry The Assistant Director for Directed Energy shall assess whether for high energy laser systems an “endless magazine” shall be defined as an ability to engage at the rate necessary to counter highly complex nearly simultaneous incoming threats of the type for which the system was designed to counter without temporary cessation of fire for battery recharge or exchange thermal management or other predictable technical limitations The AD for DE shall provide a recommendation as to whether except in the case of airborne applications an endless magazine shall be provided as a standalone capability within the envelope of the platform without the need for external devices or trailers Implementation of Department of Defense Inspector General recommendations on additive manufacturing The committee is concerned with the Department of Defense's existing level of coordination of additive manufacturing efforts and encourages the use of additive manufacturing whenever possible to save both the Department and taxpayer valuable cost and time In October 2019 the Department of Defense Inspector General produced a report titled “Audit of the DoD’s Use of Additive Manufacturing for Sustainment Parts DODIG-2020-003 ” and provided a set of recommendations The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Service Acquisition Executives to submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives by February 15 2021 outlining the Department’s plan to address each of the recommendations listed in the Inspector General report Further if the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering decides not to implement any of the Inspector General recommendations they must include the justification for that decision in the report as well what actions the Department will take to address the conditions underlying the recommendation Infrastructure to support research development test and engineering at China Lake The committee is aware of the significant research development test and evaluation RDT E infrastructure requirements across the Department of Defense Section 252 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Public Law 116-92 requires the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments to complete a master plan of the current infrastructure needs of the Major Range and Test Facility Base not later than January 1 2021 However several Major Range and Test Facilities including Naval Air Weapons Station NAWS China Lake have more immediate requirements NAWS China Lake performs a critical function for the Department of Defense but was determined to be not mission capable after a 7 1 magnitude earthquake on July 5 2019 In light of the importance of the mission and the investments made to date to repair NAWS China Lake it is prudent that the committee fully understand the complete RDT E infrastructure requirements before major construction commences Therefore the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than October 30 2020 on the RDT E infrastructure master plan for NAWS China Lake Investment in research and development for technology to test treatments for nuclear chemical and biological exposure As biological threats continue to advance the committee encourages the Department of Defense to prioritize building on existing research and development to detect and model treatments for the potential aerosol dissemination of biological weapons Areas for increased investment include but are not limited to the development of battlefield instrumentation and aerosol capabilities The committee therefore directs the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 15 2021 on the Department's assessment of organ-on-chips technology as a platform for threat assessment and for rapidly developed treatments medical countermeasures for biological chemical and radiological threats and what plans the Department has to use this technology going forward Modular Open Systems common data standards The committee continues to be encouraged by the development demonstration and validation of common data standards and implementation of the Modular Open Systems Approach However the committee is concerned that access to these standards by the general academic population and technology industry remains limited The committee notes that while a subset of the components of these standards are based on sensitive or classified information that the data standards and interfaces used by the Department are predominantly based on publicly available sources such as foundational science and engineering principles The committee further notes that restricting public access to the portion of the standards based on public knowledge unnecessarily increases cost for the conversion of commercial products to defense applications and limits the experimentation and innovation available to the Department of Defense The committee is concerned that barriers to accessing these standards have an outsized impact in the fields of artificial intelligence autonomy and unmanned air vehicles Accordingly the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 15 2021 on 1 which components of the common data standards used by the Department are based on publicly available knowledge to include at a minimum Open Mission Systems developed by the Air Force the Future Airborne Capabilities Environment developed by the Navy and the VICTORY Initiative developed by the Army 2 the applicability of these components to artificial intelligence-based technologies including autonomous ground vehicles or unmanned air vehicles 3 the feasibility of releasing a public subset of the data standards to reduce the barriers to research with and adoption by academia and technology companies 4 an assessment of the cost savings to the Department attributable to the public release of a subset of the data standards and 5 an assessment of the benefit in developing the national security workforce by releasing a public subset of the data standards Public-Private Partnerships for Product Support on software-intensive government systems The committee notes the work of the Department of Defense in codifying Public-Private Partnerships for Product Support through Department of Defense Instruction 4151 21 This instruction requires that public-private partnerships PPP for depot-level maintenance be employed whenever it is cost-effective in providing improved support to the warfighter The goal is to maximize the utilization of the government's facilities equipment and personnel at Department of Defense depot-level maintenance activities as a way to facilitate innovative and creative thinking However it is evident that maintaining a conventional PPP as it relates to software-intensive systems further complicates the partnership and hinders the goal of a PPP to “ensure effective and timely response to mobilization national defense contingency situations and other emergency requirements ” This is because risk is induced as software crosses multiple subsystems and can lead to complications for a program Requiring different groups to perform routine updates on software that may have a commercial origin can cause system anomalies and duplication of effort The current requirements from the Department of Defense Instruction 4151 21 appear ill-suited for application to the Department’s software usage The committee supports the Department’s efforts to prioritize partnerships between public and private entities to achieve critical yet cost-effective support to the warfighter However the Department should reevaluate the requirements for the PPP as relates to software systems Therefore the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than August 1 2021 on how the Department of Defense can adjust requirements to make these more applicable to software systems TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Review of the Preservation of the Force and Family Program for Special Operations Forces The committee recognizes the importance of the Preservation of the Force and Family POTFF program to support the personnel and dependents of U S Special Operations Command USSOCOM and is supportive of the command's initiatives to broaden focus across the pillars of POTFF to more comprehensively address the stressors and needs of those special operations forces SOF and their families While POTFF has historically focused on rehabilitating and maintaining the operator through physical therapy initiatives the committee maintains interest in ensuring balance of investment throughout POTFF to wholly address the mental physical spiritual and familial needs of SOF The committee notes the additional investments for the other pillars of POTFF and is encouraged by the use of emergent technologies such as machine learning artificial intelligence ML AI to facilitate development of neurocognitive mapping capabilities to more accurately capture the psychological data of SOF with the intention of aligning proper emotional care as they maneuver throughout the special operations enterprise The committee also notes the recent effort to establish Smartabase as the preferred program to virtually track SOF participating in the POTFF program The committee understands the intent to have Smartabase implemented at each Service Component and Theater Special Operations Command element of USSOCOM The committee is also aware that Smartabase is intended to manage data associated with USSOCOM’s SOF Assessment Baseline and Reassessment System However with these concerns in mind and to ensure that the command is honoring SOF truth number one Humans are more important than hardware the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 29 2021 on the history current use and future intent for the POTFF program The report shall include 1 observations regarding the balance of emphasis put on the four pillars of the program 2 the use of ML AI to accurately capture and track the neurocognitive data of SOF and virtual connectivity to ensure that data is easily shared as SOF move across the enterprise 3 an assessment of the interoperability and scalability of the Smartabase system and 4 opportunities to enhance the POTFF program especially considering transitioning and retired SOF who might still require the specialty care as provided by the POTFF program TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Implementation of the Directed Roles and Responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict The committee acknowledges the Department of Defense’s recent efforts to accelerate implementation of the roles and responsibilities of the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict ASD SO LIC pursuant to section 922 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Public Law 114-328 The committee appreciates the Secretary of Defense's commitment to establishing measures to augment the office of ASD SO LIC including the consolidation of ASD SO LIC personnel at the Pentagon The committee is aware that the Secretary of Defense intends to issue a memo to the Department reaffirming the overall responsibilities of ASD SO LIC for special operations administrative matters and reinforcing the administrative chain of command as delineated in sections 138 and 167 of title 10 United States Code and is aware of efforts by the office of ASD SO LIC to revise and to publish the SO LIC charter Department of Defense Directive DODD 5111 10 The committee supports the investment by the Secretary of Defense in the Office of ASD SO LIC to ensure comprehensive civilian oversight for the planning resourcing and employment of special operations forces SOF Therefore the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by October 30 2020 on the implementation of those roles and responsibilities as directed by section 922 The briefing shall include 1 a timeline and milestones for moving SO LIC staff back into the Pentagon from the Mark Center 2 a timeline and milestones for revising and publishing the SO LIC charter DODD 5111 10 and 3 an assessment of the Department’s efforts to enhance objective civilian oversight of SOF U S Special Operations Command Force Structure and Organization The committee recognizes that the threat environment continues to evolve driving strategic and operational force posture deliberations across the Department of Defense The 2018 National Defense Strategy highlighted the need for the Department to reconsider whether and to what extent the forces historically applied against the countering violent extremist CVE mission such as those from U S Special Operations Command USSOCOM should be utilized to confront great power competition GPC The committee understands that USSOCOM has seen record growth with investments in information operations and cyber with end strength now in excess of 73 000 While the committee is aware of ongoing efforts by USSOCOM to optimize special operations forces SOF resourcing and investments to meet demand of the CVE and GPC missions the committee is concerned with the command’s expanding force structure to include the size and influence of the theater special operations commands TSOCs Therefore the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a review of USSOCOM's structure and organization of those forces aligned or assigned to the command The review shall evaluate 1 the extent to which the Department or USSOCOM established guidance regarding how and when joint task forces JTFs including special operations joint task forces should be established 2 the extent to which the Department or USSOCOM defined roles and responsibilities of TSOCs versus JTFs with regard to planning for and conducting operations 3 the extent to which the Department or USSOCOM established guidance regarding the size structure composition and resourcing of JTFs 4 the extent to which USSOCOM or its components established a JTF in support of a global combatant command GCC requirement and what command control or communication challenges if any those efforts created and 5 any other issues the Comptroller General deems appropriate with respect to the establishment and resourcing of JTFs as they relate to USSOCOM or SOF applied against GCC requirements The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by November 27 2020 on the preliminary findings and to submit a final report on a date agreed to at the time of the briefing TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST OTHER MATTERS Implementation of Findings and Recommendations of the 2020 U S Special Operations Command Comprehensive Review The committee appreciates the substantial efforts undertaken by the Commander U S Special Operations Command USSOCOM in recent years to address the concerns regarding the ethics and professionalism of the special operations forces SOF The committee is aware of multiple incidents across USSOCOM in 2018 and 2019 and appreciates the Command’s ongoing focus to address congressional concerns related to alleged incidents of unethical and unprofessional behavior by SOF The Command's most recent effort to review and report on the culture and ethics of SOF is a welcome development in better understanding the Command’s challenges and intended mitigation efforts to re-calibrate the force to SOF core values The release of USSOCOM’s Comprehensive Review indicated that the Command had established conditions for the normalization of an organizational culture overly focused on SOF employment and mission accomplishment which created the contexts or situations allowing for misconduct and unethical behavior to develop within the SOF enterprise not just at individual and team level but also throughout the chain of command The committee notes that the Comprehensive Review Team posited a number of findings and recommendations for action to mitigate such challenges ranging from an internal review of Theater Special Operations Command elements to self-validate SOF requirements to re-calibrating the incentives and promotion criteria for SOF officers and enlisted personnel As with prior reviews the committee understands that implementation of sustainable change is often more difficult than identifying problems and is encouraged by the establishment of a Comprehensive Review Implementation Team to action the recommendations from the Comprehensive Review CR Therefore the committee directs the Commander USSOCOM to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by October 30 2020 on the implementation strategy of the CR findings The briefing shall include 1 prioritization of implementation of proposed actions 2 status of implementation of proposed actions 3 any challenges to implementing the proposed actions and 4 funding or resource impacts resulting from implementation of proposed actions Reserve Components and National Guard Units Supporting Special Operations Command Operational and Training Requirements The committee notes U S Special Operations Command USSOCOM continues to make strides in identifying causes of and establishing mitigation strategies for high operational tempo impacts on air and ground platforms and the resulting readiness challenges affecting special operations forces SOF The January 2020 release of USSOCOM’s Comprehensive Review of SOF Culture and Ethics indicated that USSOCOM has established conditions for a culture focused on SOF employment and mission accomplishment which in some instances occurs at the expense of disciplined predictable and reliable SOF force generation The committee is concerned that the heavy emphasis on SOF employment in support of geographic combatant command and joint force requirements places excessive burden on Active Duty military personnel and capabilities assigned to USSOCOM The committee is aware the Services’ Reserve Components and Air and Army National Guard units provide support to the operational and training requirements of USSOCOM The committee believes that as processes and procedures are implemented to improve readiness and increase dwell time for Active Duty SOF personnel regular and transparent dialog with the chiefs of the armed services the National Guard Bureau and service components of USSOCOM is critical to ensure that all associated elements of the Reserve Components and National Guard are considered for relevant operational and training opportunities Therefore the committee directs the Commander USSOCOM to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 1 2020 on the current utilization strategy of the Services’ Reserve Component and Air and Army National Guard units in support of USSOCOM The report shall include 1 for units the type and associated component including numbers of personnel and associated occupational specialties 2 for individual personnel the occupational specialty parent organization and associated component 3 associated air or ground platforms capabilities and maintenance status 4 dates of utilization for operational or training requirements in the past 5 years 5 location where each unit or individual supported USSOCOM 6 training to validate the operational capability and readiness of the supporting unit or individual and 7 intent for future utilization of each unit TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST North Korea's Chemical and Biological Weapons Capabilities The committee notes that the Department of Defense has acknowledged the threat North Korea poses to national security The committee believes the Department of Defense should work to ensure adequate attention is given to North Korea's chemical and biological weapons capabilities and assess readiness of the United States to combat these emerging threats Therefore the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than October 30 2020 on North Korea's chemical and biological weapons capabilities and an assessment of the Department's readiness to combat these emerging threats The briefing shall include 1 an assessment of relationships North Korea has and may have that would aid in their procurement or development of chemical and biological weapons 2 an assessment of North Korean investments or projects likely or with significant potential to be converted into military assets 3 an assessment of North Korean investments or projects of greatest concern with respect to United States national security interests 4 a description of any North Korean investments or projects located in another country that is linked to military cooperation with such country 5 a summary of the North Korean chemical and biological weapons program including research development production weaponization and delivery capabilities and 6 an assessment of the Department's current readiness or deficiencies thereof to counter a North Korean chemical or biological attack on the Korean Peninsula Report on Ties between Russia and China The Department of Defense has acknowledged that China and Russia are increasingly working in cooperation on a wide range of matters including economically politically and militarily and that the Department believes the growing ties between Russia and China are challenging the rules-based order and present a threat to U S national security interests The committee notes that the National Defense Strategy highlights the joint force’s eroding competitive edge against China and Russia The committee endeavors to fully understand the extent of the ties between Russia and China Therefore the committee directs the Director of National Intelligence in consultation with the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees by March 1 2021 on the relationship between China and Russia The report shall include 1 an assessment of the military relationship between Russia and China including military exercises arms sales security agreements and joint military educational exchanges 2 an assessment of the economic ties between Russia and China including collaboration or cooperation on China’s One Belt One Road initiative 3 an assessment of cultural exchanges between Russia and China 4 an assessment of the educational and professional exchanges between Russia and China to include scientists engineers academics and other technical professionals 5 an assessment of competing interests between Russia and China that limit collaboration and cooperation between the two countries and 6 an assessment of whether and if so to what degree cooperation between Russia and China is eroding the United States competitive edge or its influence around the world The report required shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS CYBER AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST CYBER-RELATED MATTERS 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act The 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act IDEA Public Law 115-336 enacted in December 2018 required the Department of Defense to modernize internal digital services intranets and external websites with the goal of improving the delivery of customer service to employees Active Duty personnel family members and others that interact with the Department In addition Public Law 115-336 required that the Department make all paper-based forms related to serving the broader Department of Defense community of which there are thousands available in digital and mobile responsive format by December 2020 The committee believes that embracing the requirements of 21st Century IDEA would have a significant positive impact on the Department's mission delivery and customer experience Therefore the committee directs the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31 2021 on the status of the Department’s implementation of the 21st Century IDEA across the defense enterprise Specifically this report should include military department and unified command plans to meet the December 2020 forms modernization deadline ensuring each department or command has a 21st Century IDEA designee and plans to budget and comply with any deadlines the Department may have missed Cyber Excepted Service In the committee report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 H Rept 116-120 the committee expressed concern at the slow pace of implementation of the Cyber Excepted Service CES personnel system a component of the excepted service authorized in section 1588f of title 10 United States Code aimed at recruiting and retaining highly trained cybersecurity professionals within the Department of Defense The committee is encouraged by the substantial progress the Department’s Chief Information Officer CIO has made in implementing CES authorities across the Department The committee recognizes the importance of bolstering the nation’s cybersecurity workforce with professionals with backgrounds in machine learning artificial intelligence software development and data science CES authorities will allow the Department to effectively recruit and retain these highly skilled individuals and compete with the private sector for top talent ensuring the Department’s cyber workforce is ready and equipped to address current and future cyber threats As the CES continues to evolve across the Department the committee expects to be kept informed on further maturation and implementation of CES hiring authorities Therefore the committee directs the CIO as the executive agent responsible for the administration of CES to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1 2021 on the use of CES authorities across the Department of Defense mechanisms for non-CES Department of Defense components to petition for inclusion and applicability of interim security clearances for CES positions Cyber Mission Assurance Team Pilot Program The committee applauds the National Guard Bureau for its Cyber Mission Assurance Teams CMAT pilot program an effort designed to harness the cyber talent of the National Guard for the protection of critical infrastructure connected to military installations Efforts such as the nascent CMAT program are important as the military services seek to better understand the operational risks to include cybersecurity of domestic installations The capability developed can assist the National Guard when utilized for operations under both title 32 and title 10 United States Code The committee directs the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to present a comprehensive report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than May 31 2021 on the CMAT pilot program as well as the future direction of the effort More specifically the committee seeks greater fidelity on how the CMAT program will align to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s regional construct as well as work with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessments program and the Protective Security Advisors program Department of Defense's Use of Efficient Peering Sites The committee is aware of the importance of private network and cloud interconnection to address fragmented Department of Defense internet architecture and the ability to successfully migrate services to the cloud The committee understands that the use of secure advanced internet exchange points mitigates cyber vulnerabilities improves data security increases system reliability and resilience and reduces processing time latency Therefore the committee directs the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than July 31 2021 on the Department’s deployment of private low-latency network and cloud interconnection at global peering locations Information Technology Asset Management and Inventory The committee commends the Department of Defense for the considerable improvement made on information technology asset discovery and asset management However the committee believes the Department would benefit from an established process for auditing software and hardware inventories The lack of a single policy framework hinders the capacity of the Department to discover license duplication and the Department is at risk of wasting valuable resources on redundant or underutilized hardware and software The private sector has successfully navigated this challenge through the use of automated software tools widely available on the commercial market The committee directs the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense in coordination with chief information officers of the military services to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than September 1 2021 on the processes in place for asset discovery and management of hardware and software products This briefing should present the following information 1 process for identifying duplicative software licenses 2 process for identifying redundant and or duplicative software and hardware 3 process for identifying and cataloging usage information for both hardware and software and 4 process for identifying potential cost savings from the aforementioned briefing elements Internet Architecture Security The committee recognizes that the internet is inextricable and central to the American way of life and the architecture that enables internet communications is layered complex and multifaceted The committee notes that this architecture includes high-capacity cables laid underground and underseas cable landing stations that connect cables from continent to continent and internet exchange points that serve as clearinghouses for data between Internet Service Providers and content delivery networks all of which are required for the internet to operate The committee recognizes that the executive branch has assigned responsibility for components or sectors of critical infrastructure to various executive branch departments and agencies and internet architecture is approached in a fractured and piecemeal fashion with multiple government stakeholder entities claiming responsibility The committee is concerned that the lack of direction on the subject of internet architecture security creates significant risks to the nation Consequently the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by September 1 2021 to examine the issue of internet architecture security INTELLIGENCE MATTERS Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Capabilities and Strategy The committee believes that global leadership in artificial intelligence AI technology is a national security priority In 2018 the Department of Defense issued a department-wide AI strategy to provide direction for AI development As the Department increases its investments in AI machine learning and other automation technologies the committee believes that the Department’s resources capabilities and plans should continue to ensure U S competitive advantage over potential adversaries Therefore the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to provide the committee with an assessment of the Department’s resources capabilities and plans for AI The assessment shall 1 describe the Department’s overall resource posture to include personnel and funding dedicated to AI over the next 5 years 2 assess the implementation of the Department’s AI strategy including the extent to which key goals metrics and timelines have been developed and attained and oversight mechanisms have been established to ensure strategy implementation 3 review the functions and missions of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center including the actions it is taking to synchronize AI activities across the joint force and the Defense Intelligence Enterprise including with Project Maven and the Machine-Assisted Analytic Rapid-Repository System 4 assess the extent to which the Department has identified key risks that it will face in the increased adoption of AI technologies and whether it has developed mitigation plans for addressing these risks and 5 any other matters the Comptroller General deems appropriate The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31 2021 on the Comptroller General’s preliminary findings and to submit a final report to the congressional defense committees on a date agreed to at the time of the briefing Joint Intelligence Brigade The committee notes that obtaining timely intelligence is necessary to support the roles and missions of the Joint Special Operations Command JSOC and believes that special operations intelligence components such as the Joint Intelligence Brigade JIB require the appropriate resources and capabilities to support JSOC’s strategic direction As the Department of Defense continues to transition from a primary focus on counterterrorism to focusing on long-term strategic competition and nation-state actors the committee believes that JSOC and the JIB must ensure that their resources and capabilities also transition to support the priority mission of great power competition Therefore the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to provide an assessment of the JIB’s resources functions and missions The assessment shall review 1 the JIB’s resources to include personnel and funding over the past 5 years 2 the extent to which these resources have increased or decreased over this timeframe 3 the functions and missions of the JIB and the extent to which these functions and missions have changed over the past 5 years and are reflective of the current National Security Strategy and JSOC’s guidance and direction 4 the extent to which the JIB relies on other special operations organizations and the Defense Intelligence Enterprise to meet its functions and missions and 5 any other matters the Comptroller General deems appropriate The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31 2021 on the Comptroller General’s preliminary findings and to submit a final report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on a date agreed to at the time of the briefing