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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3326 June 25, 2020 SA 2194. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2195. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2196. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2197. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. WARNER) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2198. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. BROWN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. WARNER, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. JONES, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MENEN- DEZ, and Mr. KENNEDY) submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2199. Mr. REED submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2200. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2201. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. WICKER, and Ms. CANTWELL) sub- mitted an amendment intended to be pro- posed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2202. Mr. RISCH submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2203. Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. MORAN) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2204. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2205. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2206. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CARPER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. COONS, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr. MANCHIN) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2207. Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BARRASSO, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. TESTER, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. SMITH, and Mr. DAINES) sub- mitted an amendment intended to be pro- posed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2208. Ms. McSALLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2209. Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. GARDNER, and Mr. BOOKER) sub- mitted an amendment intended to be pro- posed by her to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2210. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. THUNE) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2211. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2212. Mr. SCOTT, of Florida (for him- self, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. COTTON, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. HAWLEY, and Ms. MCSALLY) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 2213. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. f TEXT OF AMENDMENTS SA 1796. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap- propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De- partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following: SEC. 10ll. CONSISTENCY OF DEADLINES FOR FILING CLAIMS FOR REIMBURSE- MENT OR PAYMENT FROM DEPART- MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT FUR- NISHED TO VETERANS. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Vet- erans Affairs shall modify the regulations implementing sections 1725 and 1728 of title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the deadline for filing claims for reimbursement or payment for emergency treatment cov- ered by such sections— (1) provides the same period of time for the filing of a claim covered under either sec- tion; and (2) is not earlier than the date that is two years after the latest date on which such treatment was provided. (b) EMERGENCY TREATMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘emergency treat- ment’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1725(f) of title 38, United States Code. SA 1797. Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. SULLIVAN) submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appro- priations for fiscal year 2021 for mili- tary activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Depart- ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the fol- lowing: SEC. ll. IMPROVING THE AUTHORITY FOR OP- ERATIONS OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. Section 350 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254; 49 U.S.C 44809 note) is amended (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION’’ and in- serting ‘‘FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES’’; and (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking ‘‘aircraft system operated by’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘aircraft system— ‘‘(1) operated by’’; (B) in paragraph (1), as added by subpara- graph (A), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) flown as part of the established cur- riculum of an elementary school or sec- ondary school (as such terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec- ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); ‘‘(3) flown as part of an established Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program; or ‘‘(4) flown as part of an educational pro- gram that is chartered by a recognized com- munity-based organization (as defined in subsection (h) of such section).’’. SA 1798. Mr. JONES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap- propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De- partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following: SEC. lll. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP DIVERSITY COMMISSION. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the implementation by the Depart- ment of Defense and the Armed Forces of the recommendations of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission as set forth in the final report of the Commission entitled ‘‘From Representation to Inclusion: Diver- sity Leadership for the 21st Century Mili- tary’’ and dated March 15, 2011. (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by sub- section (a) shall include the following: (1) A description of each recommendation in the final report referred to in that sub- section. (2) For each such recommendation, a de- scription and assessment of the implementa- tion of such recommendation by the Depart- ment of Defense and the Armed Forces, in- cluding an assessment whether progress re- mains to be made in the implementation of such recommendation. (3) A description and assessment of the progress of the Department and the Armed Forces in achieving diversity in the leader- ship of the Armed Forces. (4) A description and assessment of areas in which the Armed Forces are making insuf- ficient progress in achieving diversity in the leadership of the Armed Forces, an assess- ment of the causes of such lack of progress, and recommendations for actions to be un- dertaken to address such lack of progress. (5) Such other matters in connection with diversity in leadership of the Armed Forces as the Secretary considers appropriate. SA 1799. Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap- propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De- partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following: SEC. 894. LISTING OF OTHER TRANSACTION AU- THORITY CONSORTIA. Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec- retary of Defense shall maintain on the gov- ernment-wide point of entry for contracting VerDate Sep 11 2014 13:39 Jun 26, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25JN6.056 S25JNPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE
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  • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATES3326 June 25, 2020 SA 2194. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an

    amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2195. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2196. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2197. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. WARNER) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2198. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. BROWN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. WARNER, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. JONES, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MENEN-DEZ, and Mr. KENNEDY) submitted an amend-ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2199. Mr. REED submitted an amend-ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2200. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amend-ment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2201. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. WICKER, and Ms. CANTWELL) sub-mitted an amendment intended to be pro-posed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2202. Mr. RISCH submitted an amend-ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2203. Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. MORAN) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2204. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amend-ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2205. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2206. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CARPER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. COONS, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr. MANCHIN) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2207. Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BARRASSO, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. TESTER, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. SMITH, and Mr. DAINES) sub-mitted an amendment intended to be pro-posed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2208. Ms. McSALLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2209. Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. GARDNER, and Mr. BOOKER) sub-mitted an amendment intended to be pro-posed by her to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2210. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. THUNE) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2211. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amend-ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2212. Mr. SCOTT, of Florida (for him-self, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. COTTON, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. HAWLEY, and Ms. MCSALLY) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him

    to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    SA 2213. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amend-ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

    f

    TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

    SA 1796. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap-propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De-partment of Energy, to prescribe mili-tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following: SEC. 10ll. CONSISTENCY OF DEADLINES FOR

    FILING CLAIMS FOR REIMBURSE-MENT OR PAYMENT FROM DEPART-MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT FUR-NISHED TO VETERANS.

    (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Vet-erans Affairs shall modify the regulations implementing sections 1725 and 1728 of title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the deadline for filing claims for reimbursement or payment for emergency treatment cov-ered by such sections—

    (1) provides the same period of time for the filing of a claim covered under either sec-tion; and

    (2) is not earlier than the date that is two years after the latest date on which such treatment was provided.

    (b) EMERGENCY TREATMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘emergency treat-ment’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1725(f) of title 38, United States Code.

    SA 1797. Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. SULLIVAN) submitted an amend-ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appro-priations for fiscal year 2021 for mili-tary activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Depart-ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the appropriate place, insert the fol-lowing: SEC. ll. IMPROVING THE AUTHORITY FOR OP-

    ERATIONS OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

    Section 350 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254; 49 U.S.C 44809 note) is amended

    (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION’’ and in-serting ‘‘FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES’’; and

    (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking ‘‘aircraft system operated

    by’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘aircraft system—

    ‘‘(1) operated by’’; (B) in paragraph (1), as added by subpara-

    graph (A), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

    (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) flown as part of the established cur-

    riculum of an elementary school or sec-ondary school (as such terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801));

    ‘‘(3) flown as part of an established Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program; or

    ‘‘(4) flown as part of an educational pro-gram that is chartered by a recognized com-munity-based organization (as defined in subsection (h) of such section).’’.

    SA 1798. Mr. JONES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap-propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De-partment of Energy, to prescribe mili-tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following: SEC. lll. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF

    THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP DIVERSITY COMMISSION.

    (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the implementation by the Depart-ment of Defense and the Armed Forces of the recommendations of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission as set forth in the final report of the Commission entitled ‘‘From Representation to Inclusion: Diver-sity Leadership for the 21st Century Mili-tary’’ and dated March 15, 2011.

    (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by sub-section (a) shall include the following:

    (1) A description of each recommendation in the final report referred to in that sub-section.

    (2) For each such recommendation, a de-scription and assessment of the implementa-tion of such recommendation by the Depart-ment of Defense and the Armed Forces, in-cluding an assessment whether progress re-mains to be made in the implementation of such recommendation.

    (3) A description and assessment of the progress of the Department and the Armed Forces in achieving diversity in the leader-ship of the Armed Forces.

    (4) A description and assessment of areas in which the Armed Forces are making insuf-ficient progress in achieving diversity in the leadership of the Armed Forces, an assess-ment of the causes of such lack of progress, and recommendations for actions to be un-dertaken to address such lack of progress.

    (5) Such other matters in connection with diversity in leadership of the Armed Forces as the Secretary considers appropriate.

    SA 1799. Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap-propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De-partment of Energy, to prescribe mili-tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following: SEC. 894. LISTING OF OTHER TRANSACTION AU-

    THORITY CONSORTIA. Beginning not later than 90 days after the

    date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-retary of Defense shall maintain on the gov-ernment-wide point of entry for contracting

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  • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3327 June 25, 2020 opportunities, Beta.SAM.gov (or any suc-cessor system), a list of the consortia used by the Department of Defense to announce or otherwise make available contracting op-portunities using other transaction author-ity (OTA).

    SA 1800. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap-propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De-partment of Energy, to prescribe mili-tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following: SEC. lll. QUESTIONS REGARDING RACISM,

    ANTI-SEMITISM, AND SUPREMACISM IN WORKPLACE SURVEYS ADMINIS-TERED BY THE SECRETARY OF DE-FENSE.

    Section 593 of the National Defense Au-thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) is amended—

    (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) QUESTIONS REQUIRED.— ’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’;

    (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, racist, anti-Semitic, or supremacist’’ after ‘‘extrem-ist’’; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

    ‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re-port including—

    ‘‘(1) the text of the questions included in surveys under subsection (a); and

    ‘‘(2) which surveys include such ques-tions.’’.

    SA 1801. Mr. WARNER (for himself, Ms. HARRIS, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) sub-mitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the De-partment of Defense, for military con-struction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the following: SEC. 28ll. INCLUSION OF ASSESSMENT OF PER-

    FORMANCE METRICS IN ANNUAL PUBLICATION ON USE OF INCEN-TIVE FEES FOR PRIVATIZED MILI-TARY HOUSING PROJECTS.

    (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2891c of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

    (1) by striking the section heading and in-serting the following: ‘‘Transparency regard-ing finances and performance metrics’’;

    (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting

    ‘‘PERFORMANCE METRICS AND’’ before ‘‘USE OF INCENTIVE FEES’’;

    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘publicly accessible website, information’’ and insert-ing ‘‘publicly accessible website—

    ‘‘(A) for each contract for the provision or management of housing units—

    ‘‘(i) an assessment of indicators underlying the performance metrics under such contract to ensure such indicators adequately meas-ure the condition and quality of the home or homes covered by the contract, including—

    ‘‘(I) resident satisfaction; ‘‘(II) maintenance management; ‘‘(III) project safety; and

    ‘‘(IV) financial management; and ‘‘(ii) a detailed description of each indi-

    cator assessed under subparagraph (A), in-cluding an indication of—

    ‘‘(I) the limitations of available survey data;

    ‘‘(II) how resident satisfaction and mainte-nance management is calculated; and

    ‘‘(III) whether data is missing; and ‘‘(B) information’’; and (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘para-

    graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of

    sections at the beginning of subchapter V of chapter 169 of such title is amended by strik-ing the item relating to section 2891c and in-serting the following new item: ‘‘2891c. Transparency regarding finances and

    performance metrics.’’.

    SA 1802. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap-propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De-partment of Energy, to prescribe mili-tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the end of subtitle A of title XI, add the following: SEC. ll. INCLUSION OF NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-

    INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN DEPART-MENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO AT-TRACT EXPERTS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.

    (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1599h of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

    ‘‘(7) NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.—The Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency may carry out a program of personnel management au-thority provided in subsection (b) in order to facilitate recruitment of eminent experts in science or engineering for the Agency.’’.

    (b) SCOPE OF APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY.— Subsection (b)(1) of such section is amend-ed—

    (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;

    (2) in subparagraph (F), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

    ‘‘(G) in the case of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, appoint sci-entists and engineers to a total of not more than 5 scientific and engineering positions in the Agency;’’.

    (c) ENHANCED PAY AUTHORITY.—Subsection (b)(2)(A) of such section is amended—

    (1) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’ and in-serting ‘‘subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1)’’; and

    (2) by inserting ‘‘or employees appointed pursuant to subparagraph (G) of such para-graph to any of 3 positions designated by the Director of the National Geospatial-Intel-ligence Agency’’ after ‘‘this subparagraph’’.

    (d) EXTENSION OF TERMS OF APPOINT-MENT.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘or the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, or the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’’.

    (e) STUDY REQUIRED.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days

    after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intel-ligence and Security and the Director of Na-tional Intelligence shall jointly submit to

    the appropriate committees of Congress a study on the utility of providing elements of the intelligence community of the Depart-ment of Defense, other than the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, personnel management authority to attract experts in science and engineering under section 1599h of title 10, United States Code.

    (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: (A) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON-

    GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means—

    (i) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and

    (ii) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-ligence of the House of Representatives.

    (B) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).

    SA 1803. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap-propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De-partment of Energy, to prescribe mili-tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following: SEC. lll. EFFICIENT USE OF SENSITIVE COM-

    PARTMENTED INFORMATION FA-CILITIES.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall issue revised guidance authorizing and directing Govern-ment agencies and their appropriately cleared contractors to process, store, use, and discuss sensitive compartmented infor-mation (SCI) at facilities previously ap-proved to handle such information, without need for further approval by agency or by site. Such guidance shall apply to controlled access programs of the intelligence commu-nity and to special access programs of the Department of Defense.

    SA 1804. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap-propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De-partment of Energy, to prescribe mili-tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following: SEC. lll. POSTHUMOUS HONORARY PRO-

    MOTION TO GENERAL OF LIEUTEN-ANT GENERAL FRANK MAXWELL AN-DREWS, UNITED STATES ARMY.

    (a) POSTHUMOUS HONORARY PROMOTION.— Notwithstanding any time limitation with respect to posthumous promotions for per-sons who served in the Armed Forces, the President is authorized to issue a post-humous honorary commission promoting Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews, United States Army, to the grade of general.

    (b) ADDITIONAL BENEFITS NOT TO ACCRUE.— The honorary promotion of Frank Maxwell Andrews under subsection (a) shall not affect the retired pay or other benefits from the United States to which Frank Maxwell An-drews would have been entitled based upon

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    SA 1805. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap-propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De-partment of Energy, to prescribe mili-tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the appropriate place, insert the fol-lowing: SEC. ll. FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON

    SCHOOL SAFETY BEST PRACTICES. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be

    cited as the ‘‘Luke and Alex School Safety Act of 2020’’.

    (b) CLEARINGHOUSE.—Subtitle A of title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 2214 the following: ‘‘SEC. 2215. FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON

    SCHOOL SAFETY BEST PRACTICES. ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordi-

    nation with the Secretary of Education, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall establish a Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices (in this section referred to as the ‘Clearinghouse’) within the Department.

    ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The Clearinghouse shall be the primary resource of the Federal Govern-ment to identify and publish online through SchoolSafety.gov, or any successor website, the best practices and recommendations for school safety for use by State and local edu-cational agencies, institutions of higher edu-cation, State and local law enforcement agencies, health professionals, and the gen-eral public.

    ‘‘(3) PERSONNEL.— ‘‘(A) ASSIGNMENTS.—The Clearinghouse

    shall be assigned such personnel and re-sources as the Secretary considers appro-priate to carry out this section.

    ‘‘(B) DETAILEES.—The Secretary of Edu-cation, the Attorney General, and the Sec-retary of Health and Human Services may detail personnel to the Clearinghouse.

    ‘‘(4) EXEMPTIONS.— ‘‘(A) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter

    35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Paperwork Reduction Act’) shall not apply to any rulemaking or infor-mation collection required under this sec-tion.

    ‘‘(B) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply for the purposes of carrying out this section.

    ‘‘(b) CLEARINGHOUSE CONTENTS.— ‘‘(1) CONSULTATION.—In identifying the best

    practices and recommendations for the Clearinghouse, the Secretary may consult with appropriate Federal, State, local, Trib-al, private sector, and nongovernmental or-ganizations.

    ‘‘(2) CRITERIA FOR BEST PRACTICES AND REC-OMMENDATIONS.—The best practices and rec-ommendations of the Clearinghouse shall, at a minimum—

    ‘‘(A) involve comprehensive school safety measures, including threat prevention, pre-paredness, protection, mitigation, incident response, and recovery to improve the safety posture of a school upon implementation;

    ‘‘(B) include any evidence or research ra-tionale supporting the determination of the Clearinghouse that the best practice or rec-ommendation under subparagraph (A) has

    been shown to have a significant effect on improving the health, safety, and welfare of persons in school settings, including—

    ‘‘(i) relevant research that is evidence- based, as defined in section 8101 of the Ele-mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), supporting the best prac-tice or recommendation;

    ‘‘(ii) findings and data from previous Fed-eral or State commissions recommending improvements to the safety posture of a school; or

    ‘‘(iii) other supportive evidence or findings relied upon by the Clearinghouse in deter-mining best practices and recommendations to improve the safety posture of a school upon implementation; and

    ‘‘(C) include information on Federal grant programs for which implementation of each best practice or recommendation is an eligi-ble use for the program.

    ‘‘(3) PAST COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.— To the greatest extent practicable, the Clearinghouse shall present, as appropriate, Federal, State, local, Tribal, private sector, and nongovernmental organization issued best practices and recommendations and identify any best practice or recommenda-tion of the Clearinghouse that was pre-viously issued by any such organization or commission.

    ‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—The Sec-retary may produce and publish materials on the Clearinghouse to assist and train edu-cational agencies and law enforcement agen-cies on the implementation of the best prac-tices and recommendations.

    ‘‘(d) CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.—The Sec-retary shall—

    ‘‘(1) collect for the purpose of continuous improvement of the Clearinghouse—

    ‘‘(A) Clearinghouse data analytics; ‘‘(B) user feedback on the implementation

    of resources, best practices, and rec-ommendations identified by the Clearing-house; and

    ‘‘(C) any evaluations conducted on imple-mentation of the best practices and rec-ommendations of the Clearinghouse; and

    ‘‘(2) in coordination with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Attorney General—

    ‘‘(A) regularly assess and identify Clearing-house best practices and recommendations for which there are no resources available through Federal Government programs for implementation; and

    ‘‘(B) establish an external advisory board, which shall be comprised of appropriate State, local, Tribal, private sector, and non-governmental organizations, including orga-nizations representing parents of elementary and secondary school students, to—

    ‘‘(i) provide feedback on the implementa-tion of best practices and recommendations of the Clearinghouse; and

    ‘‘(ii) propose additional recommendations for best practices for inclusion in the Clear-inghouse.

    ‘‘(e) PARENTAL ASSISTANCE.—The Clearing-house shall produce materials to assist par-ents and legal guardians of students with identifying relevant Clearinghouse resources related to supporting the implementation of Clearinghouse best practices and rec-ommendations.’’.

    (1) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se-curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2214 the following:

    ‘‘Sec. 2215. Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices.’’.

    (c) NOTIFICATION OF CLEARINGHOUSE.— (1) NOTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF EDU-

    CATION.—The Secretary of Education shall provide written notification of the publica-

    tion of the Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices (referred to in this subsection and subsection (d) as the ‘‘Clear-inghouse’’), as required to be established under section 2215 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (b), to—

    (A) every State and local educational agen-cy; and

    (B) other Department of Education part-ners in the implementation of the best prac-tices and recommendations of the Clearing-house, as determined appropriate by the Sec-retary of Education.

    (2) NOTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide written no-tification of the publication of the Clearing-house, as required to be established under section 2215 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (b), to—

    (A) every State homeland security advisor; (B) every State department of homeland

    security; and (C) other Department of Homeland Secu-

    rity partners in the implementation of the best practices and recommendations of the Clearinghouse, as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

    (3) NOTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide written notification of the publication of the Clearinghouse, as required to be established under section 2215 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (b), to—

    (A) every State department of public health; and

    (B) other Department of Health and Human Services partners in the implementa-tion of the best practices and recommenda-tions of the Clearinghouse, as determined ap-propriate by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

    (4) NOTIFICATION BY THE ATTORNEY GEN-ERAL.—The Attorney General shall provide written notification of the publication of the Clearinghouse, as required to be established under section 2215 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (b), to—

    (A) every State department of justice; and (B) other Department of Justice partners

    in the implementation of the best practices and recommendations of the Clearinghouse, as determined appropriate by the Attorney General.

    (d) GRANT PROGRAM REVIEW.— (1) FEDERAL GRANTS AND RESOURCES.—The

    Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Attorney Gen-eral shall each—

    (A) review grant programs administered by their respective agency and identify any grant program that may be used to imple-ment best practices and recommendations of the Clearinghouse;

    (B) identify any best practices and rec-ommendations of the Clearinghouse for which there is not a Federal grant program that may be used for the purposes of imple-menting the best practice or recommenda-tion as applicable to the agency; and

    (C) periodically report any findings under subparagraph (B) to the appropriate commit-tees of Congress.

    (2) STATE GRANTS AND RESOURCES.—The Clearinghouse shall, to the extent prac-ticable, identify, for each State—

    (A) each agency responsible for school safe-ty in the State, or any State that does not have such an agency designated;

    (B) any grant program that may be used for the purposes of implementing best prac-tices and recommendations of the Clearing-house; and

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    grams that may be used to assist in imple-mentation of best practices and rec-ommendations of the Clearinghouse.

    (e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— (1) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing in

    this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to create, satisfy, or waive any requirement under—

    (A) title II of the Americans With Disabil-ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.);

    (B) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.);

    (C) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.);

    (D) title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); or

    (E) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.).

    (2) PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY DEVELOPED, MANDATED, OR ENDORSED CURRICULUM.—Noth-ing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to author-ize any officer or employee of the Federal Government to engage in an activity other-wise prohibited under section 103(b) of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3403(b)).

    SA 1806. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Ms. HASSAN) submitted an amend-ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appro-priations for fiscal year 2021 for mili-tary activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Depart-ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the appropriate place, insert the fol-lowing: SEC. ll. COUNTERING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

    SYSTEMS COORDINATOR. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland

    Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘SEC. 321. COUNTERING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

    SYSTEMS COORDINATOR. ‘‘(a) COORDINATOR.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall des-

    ignate an individual in a Senior Executive Service position (as defined in section 3132 of title 5, United States Code) of the Depart-ment within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans as the Countering Unmanned Air-craft Systems Coordinator (in this section referred to as the ‘Coordinator’) and provide appropriate staff to carry out the respon-sibilities of the Coordinator.

    ‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Coordinator shall—

    ‘‘(A) oversee and coordinate with relevant Department offices and components, includ-ing the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Lib-erties and the Privacy Office, on the develop-ment of guidance and regulations to counter threats associated with unmanned aircraft systems (in this section referred to as ‘UAS’) as described in section 210G;

    ‘‘(B) promote research and development of counter UAS technologies in coordination with the Office of Science and Technology;

    ‘‘(C) coordinate with the relevant compo-nents and offices of the Department, includ-ing the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, to ensure the sharing of information, guid-ance, and intelligence relating to countering UAS threats, counter UAS threat assess-ments, and counter UAS technology, includ-ing the retention of UAS and counter UAS incidents within the Department;

    ‘‘(D) serve as the Department liaison, in coordination with relevant components and

    offices of the Department, to the Depart-ment of Defense, Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement entities and the pri-vate sector regarding the activities of the Department relating to countering UAS;

    ‘‘(E) maintain the information required under section 210G(g)(3); and

    ‘‘(F) carry out other related counter UAS authorities and activities under section 210G, as directed by the Secretary.

    ‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH APPLICABLE FED-ERAL LAWS.—The Coordinator shall, in addi-tion to other assigned duties, coordinate with relevant Department components and offices to ensure testing, evaluation, or de-ployment of a system used to identify, as-sess, or defeat a UAS is carried out in ac-cordance with applicable Federal laws.

    ‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH PRIVATE SECTOR.— The Coordinator shall, among other assigned duties, working with the Office of Partner-ship and Engagement and other relevant De-partment offices and components, or other Federal agencies, as appropriate, serve as the principal Department official responsible for sharing to the private sector information re-garding counter UAS technology, particu-larly information regarding instances in which counter UAS technology may impact lawful private sector services or systems.’’.

    (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND-MENT.—The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by in-serting after the item relating to section 320 the following: ‘‘Sec. 321. Countering Unmanned Aircraft

    Systems Coordinator.’’.

    SA 1807. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap-propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De-partment of Energy, to prescribe mili-tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the appropriate place, insert the fol-lowing: SEC. ll. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.

    (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2209 of the Home-land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 659) is amended—

    (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

    the end; (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-

    graph (7); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-

    lowing: ‘‘(6) the term ‘security vulnerability’ has

    the meaning given that term in section 102(17) of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501(17)); and’’;

    (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

    the end; (B) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe-

    riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(12) detecting, identifying, and receiving

    information about security vulnerabilities relating to critical infrastructure in the in-formation systems and devices for a cyberse-curity purpose, as defined in section 102 of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501).’’; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(o) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.— ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the

    term ‘covered device or system’— ‘‘(A) means a device or system commonly

    used to perform industrial, commercial, sci-

    entific, or governmental functions or proc-esses that relate to critical infrastructure, including operational and industrial control systems, distributed control systems, and programmable logic controllers; and

    ‘‘(B) does not include personal devices and systems, such as consumer mobile devices, home computers, residential wireless rout-ers, or residential internet enabled consumer devices.

    ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Director identifies

    a system connected to the internet with a specific security vulnerability and has rea-son to believe that the security vulnerability relates to critical infrastructure and affects a covered device or system, and the Director is unable to identify the entity at risk that owns or operates the covered device or sys-tem, the Director may issue a subpoena for the production of information necessary to identify and notify the entity at risk, in order to carry out a function authorized under subsection (c)(12).

    ‘‘(B) LIMIT ON INFORMATION.—A subpoena issued under the authority under subpara-graph (A) may seek information—

    ‘‘(i) only in the categories set forth in sub-paragraphs (A), (B), (D), and (E) of section 2703(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code; and

    ‘‘(ii) for not more than 20 covered devices or systems.

    ‘‘(C) LIABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR DISCLOSING PROVIDERS.—The provisions of section 2703(e) of title 18, United States Code, shall apply to any subpoena issued under the authority under subparagraph (A).

    ‘‘(3) COORDINATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Director decides

    to exercise the subpoena authority under this subsection, and in the interest of avoid-ing interference with ongoing law enforce-ment investigations, the Director shall co-ordinate the issuance of any such subpoena with the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, pursu-ant to inter-agency procedures which the Di-rector, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall develop not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this sub-section.

    ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The inter-agency proce-dures developed under this paragraph shall provide that a subpoena issued by the Direc-tor under this subsection shall be—

    ‘‘(i) issued in order to carry out a function described in subsection (c)(12); and

    ‘‘(ii) subject to the limitations under this subsection.

    ‘‘(4) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If any person, part-nership, corporation, association, or entity fails to comply with any duly served sub-poena issued under this subsection, the Di-rector may request that the Attorney Gen-eral seek enforcement of the subpoena in any judicial district in which such person, part-nership, corporation, association, or entity resides, is found, or transacts business.

    ‘‘(5) NOTICE.—Not later than 7 days after the date on which the Director receives in-formation obtained through a subpoena issued under this subsection, the Director shall notify any entity identified by informa-tion obtained under the subpoena regarding the subpoena and the identified vulner-ability.

    ‘‘(6) AUTHENTICATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any subpoena issued by

    the Director under this subsection shall be authenticated with a cryptographic digital signature of an authorized representative of the Agency, or other comparable successor technology, that allows the Agency to dem-onstrate that the subpoena was issued by the Agency and has not been altered or modified since it was issued by the Agency.

    ‘‘(B) INVALID IF NOT AUTHENTICATED.—Any subpoena issued by the Director under this

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    ‘‘(7) PROCEDURES.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this sub-section, the Director shall establish internal procedures and associated training, applica-ble to employees and operations of the Agen-cy, regarding subpoenas issued under this subsection, which shall address—

    ‘‘(A) the protection of and restriction on dissemination of nonpublic information ob-tained through a subpoena issued under this subsection, including a requirement that the Agency shall not disseminate nonpublic in-formation obtained through a subpoena issued under this subsection that identifies the party that is subject to the subpoena or the entity at risk identified by information obtained, except that the Agency may share the nonpublic information of the entity at risk with another Federal agency if—

    ‘‘(i) the Agency identifies or is notified of a cybersecurity incident involving the enti-ty, which relates to the vulnerability which led to the issuance of the subpoena;

    ‘‘(ii) the Director determines that sharing the nonpublic information with another Fed-eral agency is necessary to allow that Fed-eral agency to take a law enforcement or na-tional security action or actions related to mitigating or otherwise resolving such inci-dent;

    ‘‘(iii) the entity to which the information pertains is notified of the Director’s deter-mination, to the extent practicable con-sistent with national security or law en-forcement interests; and

    ‘‘(iv) the entity consents, except that the entity’s consent shall not be required if an-other Federal agency identifies the entity to the Agency in connection with a suspected cybersecurity incident;

    ‘‘(B) the restriction on the use of informa-tion obtained through the subpoena for a cy-bersecurity purpose, as defined in section 102 of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501);

    ‘‘(C) the retention and destruction of non-public information obtained through a sub-poena issued under this subsection, includ-ing—

    ‘‘(i) destruction of information obtained through the subpoena that the Director de-termines is unrelated to critical infrastruc-ture immediately upon providing notice to the entity pursuant to paragraph (5); and

    ‘‘(ii) destruction of any personally identifi-able information not later than 6 months after the date on which the Director receives information obtained through the subpoena, unless otherwise agreed to by the individual identified by the subpoena respondent;

    ‘‘(D) the processes for providing notice to each party that is subject to the subpoena and each entity identified by information ob-tained under a subpoena issued under this subsection;

    ‘‘(E) the processes and criteria for con-ducting critical infrastructure security risk assessments to determine whether a sub-poena is necessary prior to being issued under this subsection; and

    ‘‘(F) the information to be provided to an entity at risk at the time of the notice of the vulnerability, which shall include—

    ‘‘(i) a discussion or statement that re-sponding to, or subsequent engagement with, the Agency, is voluntary; and

    ‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, information regarding the process through which the Di-rector identifies security vulnerabilities.

    ‘‘(8) LIMITATION ON PROCEDURES.—The in-ternal procedures established under para-graph (7) may not require an owner or oper-ator of critical infrastructure to take any

    action as a result of a notice of vulnerability made pursuant to this Act.

    ‘‘(9) REVIEW OF PROCEDURES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Privacy Officer of the Agency shall—

    ‘‘(A) review the procedures developed by the Director under paragraph (7) to ensure that—

    ‘‘(i) the procedures are consistent with fair information practices; and

    ‘‘(ii) the operations of the Agency comply with the procedures; and

    ‘‘(B) notify the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Se-curity of the House of Representatives of the results of the review.

    ‘‘(10) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—Not later than 120 days after establishing the in-ternal procedures under paragraph (7), the Director shall publish information on the website of the Agency regarding the sub-poena process under this subsection, includ-ing regarding—

    ‘‘(A) the purpose for subpoenas issued under this subsection;

    ‘‘(B) the subpoena process; ‘‘(C) the criteria for the critical infrastruc-

    ture security risk assessment conducted prior to issuing a subpoena;

    ‘‘(D) policies and procedures on retention and sharing of data obtained by subpoena;

    ‘‘(E) guidelines on how entities contacted by the Director may respond to notice of a subpoena; and

    ‘‘(F) the procedures and policies of the Agency developed under paragraph (7).

    ‘‘(11) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Director shall annually submit to the Committee on Home-land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report (which may include a classified annex but with the presumption of declassification) on the use of subpoenas under this sub-section by the Director, which shall in-clude—

    ‘‘(A) a discussion of— ‘‘(i) the effectiveness of the use of sub-

    poenas to mitigate critical infrastructure se-curity vulnerabilities;

    ‘‘(ii) the critical infrastructure security risk assessment process conducted for sub-poenas issued under this subsection;

    ‘‘(iii) the number of subpoenas issued under this subsection by the Director during the preceding year;

    ‘‘(iv) to the extent practicable, the number of vulnerable covered devices or systems mitigated under this subsection by the Agen-cy during the preceding year; and

    ‘‘(v) the number of entities notified by the Director under this subsection, and their re-sponse, during the previous year; and

    ‘‘(B) for each subpoena issued under this subsection—

    ‘‘(i) the source of the security vulner-ability detected, identified, or received by the Director;

    ‘‘(ii) the steps taken to identify the entity at risk prior to issuing the subpoena; and

    ‘‘(iii) a description of the outcome of the subpoena, including discussion on the resolu-tion or mitigation of the critical infrastruc-ture security vulnerability.

    ‘‘(12) PUBLICATION OF THE ANNUAL RE-PORTS.—The Director shall publish a version of the annual report required by paragraph (11) on the website of the Agency, which shall, at a minimum, include the findings de-scribed in clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of para-graph (11)(A).

    ‘‘(13) PROHIBITION ON USE OF INFORMATION FOR UNAUTHORIZED PURPOSES.—Any informa-tion obtained pursuant to a subpoena issued under this subsection shall not be provided to any other Federal agency for any purpose

    other than a cybersecurity purpose, as de-fined in section 102 of the Cybersecurity In-formation Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501).’’.

    (b) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— (1) PROHIBITION ON NEW REGULATORY AU-

    THORITY.—Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to grant the Secretary of Home-land Security (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), or another Federal agency, any authority to promulgate regula-tions or set standards relating to the cyber-security of private sector critical infrastruc-ture that was not in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.

    (2) PRIVATE ENTITIES.—Nothing in this sec-tion or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to require any private en-tity—

    (A) toto request assistance from the Sec-retary; or

    (B) that requested such assistance from the Secretary to implement any measure or rec-ommendation suggested by the Secretary.

    SA 1808. Mr. COONS (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. CAPITO, and Ms. KLO-BUCHAR) submitted an amendment in-tended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activi-ties of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the appropriate place, insert the fol-lowing:

    TITLE ll—SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY SEC. ll1. NATIONAL COORDINATING ENTITY

    FOR SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180

    days after the date of enactment of this title, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall convene an interagency entity (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Entity’’) under the National Science and Technology Council with the responsi-bility to coordinate Federal programs and activities in support of sustainable chem-istry, including those described in sections ll3 and ll4.

    (b) COORDINATION WITH EXISTING GROUPS.— In convening the Entity, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall consider overlap and possible coordina-tion with existing committees, subcommit-tees, or other groups of the National Science and Technology Council, such as—

    (1) the Committee on Environment; (2) the Committee on Technology; (3) the Committee on Science; or (4) related groups or subcommittees. (c) CO-CHAIRS.—The Entity shall be co-

    chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and a rep-resentative from the Environmental Protec-tion Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Science Foundation, or the Department of Energy, as selected by the Director of the Of-fice of Science and Technology Policy.

    (d) AGENCY PARTICIPATION.—The Entity shall include representatives, including sub-ject matter experts, from the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Science Foundation, the Department of En-ergy, the Department of Agriculture, the De-partment of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Adminis-tration, and other related Federal agencies, as appropriate.

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    nate on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this title. SEC. ll2. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE

    CHEMISTRY. (a) STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 2

    years after the date of enactment of this title, the Entity shall—

    (1) consult with relevant stakeholders, in-cluding representatives from industry, aca-demia, national labs, the Federal Govern-ment, and international entities, to develop and update, as needed, a consensus definition of ‘‘sustainable chemistry’’ to guide the ac-tivities under this title;

    (2) develop a working framework of at-tributes characterizing and metrics for as-sessing sustainable chemistry, as described in subsection (b);

    (3) assess the state of sustainable chem-istry in the United States as a key bench-mark from which progress under the activi-ties described in this title can be measured, including assessing key sectors of the United States economy, key technology platforms, commercial priorities, and barriers to inno-vation;

    (4) coordinate and support Federal re-search, development, demonstration, tech-nology transfer, commercialization, edu-cation, and training efforts in sustainable chemistry, including budget coordination and support for public-private partnerships, as appropriate;

    (5) identify any Federal regulatory barriers to, and opportunities for, Federal agencies facilitating the development of incentives for development, consideration and use of sustainable chemistry processes and prod-ucts;

    (6) identify major scientific challenges, roadblocks, or hurdles to transformational progress in improving the sustainability of the chemical sciences; and

    (7) review, identify, and make effort to eliminate duplicative Federal funding and duplicative Federal research in sustainable chemistry.

    (b) CHARACTERIZING AND ASSESSING SUS-TAINABLE CHEMISTRY.—The Entity shall de-velop a working framework of attributes characterizing and metrics for assessing sus-tainable chemistry for the purposes of car-rying out the title. In developing this frame-work, the Entity shall—

    (1) seek advice and input from stake-holders as described in subsection (c);

    (2) consider existing definitions of, or frameworks characterizing and metrics for assessing, sustainable chemistry already in use at Federal agencies;

    (3) consider existing definitions of, or frameworks characterizing and metrics for assessing, sustainable chemistry already in use by international organizations of which the United States is a member, such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; and

    (4) consider any other appropriate existing definitions of, or frameworks characterizing and metrics for assessing, sustainable chem-istry.

    (c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the du-ties described in subsections (a) and (b), the Entity shall consult with stakeholders quali-fied to provide advice and information to guide Federal activities related to sustain-able chemistry through workshops, requests for information, or other mechanisms as nec-essary. The stakeholders shall include rep-resentatives from—

    (1) business and industry (including trade associations and small- and medium-sized enterprises from across the value chain);

    (2) the scientific community (including the National Academies of Sciences, Engineer-ing, and Medicine, scientific professional so-cieties, national labs, and academia);

    (3) the defense community; (4) State, tribal, and local governments, in-

    cluding nonregulatory State or regional sus-tainable chemistry programs, as appropriate;

    (5) nongovernmental organizations; and (6) other appropriate organizations. (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years

    after the date of enactment of this Act, the Entity shall submit a report to the Com-mittee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on Ap-propriations of the Senate, and the Com-mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. In addition to the elements described in subsections (a) and (b), the report shall include—

    (A) a summary of federally funded, sustain-able chemistry research, development, dem-onstration, technology transfer, commer-cialization, education, and training activi-ties;

    (B) a summary of the financial resources allocated to sustainable chemistry initia-tives by each participating agency;

    (C) an assessment of the current state of sustainable chemistry in the United States, including the role that Federal agencies are playing in supporting it;

    (D) an analysis of the progress made to-ward achieving the goals and priorities of this Act, and recommendations for future program activities;

    (E) an evaluation of steps taken and future strategies to avoid duplication of efforts, streamline interagency coordination, facili-tate information sharing, and spread best practices among participating agencies; and

    (F) an evaluation of duplicative Federal funding and duplicative Federal research in sustainable chemistry, efforts undertaken by the Entity to eliminate duplicative funding and research, and recommendations on how to achieve these goals.

    (2) SUBMISSION TO GAO.—The Entity shall also submit the report described in para-graph (1) to the Comptroller General of the United States for consideration in future Congressional inquiries.

    (3) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—The Entity shall submit a report to Congress and the Comp-troller General of the United States that in-corporates the information described in sub-paragraphs (A), (B), (D), (E), and (F) of para-graph (1) every 3 years, commencing after the initial report is submitted until the En-tity terminates. SEC. ll3. AGENCY ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF

    SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY. (a) IN GENERAL.—The agencies partici-

    pating in the Entity shall carry out activi-ties in support of sustainable chemistry, as appropriate to the specific mission and pro-grams of each agency.

    (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities described in subsection (a) shall—

    (1) incorporate sustainable chemistry into existing research, development, demonstra-tion, technology transfer, commercializa-tion, education, and training programs, that the agency determines to be relevant, in-cluding consideration of—

    (A) merit-based competitive grants to indi-vidual investigators and teams of investiga-tors, including, to the extent practicable, early career investigators for research and development;

    (B) grants to fund collaborative research and development partnerships among univer-sities, industry, and nonprofit organizations;

    (C) coordination of sustainable chemistry research, development, demonstration, and technology transfer conducted at Federal laboratories and agencies;

    (D) incentive prize competitions and chal-lenges in coordination with such existing Federal agency programs; and

    (E) grants, loans, and loan guarantees to aid in the technology transfer and commer-cialization of sustainable chemicals, mate-rials, processes, and products;

    (2) collect and disseminate information on sustainable chemistry research, develop-ment, technology transfer, and commer-cialization, including information on accom-plishments and best practices;

    (3) expand the education and training of students at appropriate levels of education, professional scientists and engineers, and other professionals involved in all aspects of sustainable chemistry and engineering ap-propriate to that level of education and training, including through—

    (A) partnerships with industry as described in section ll4;

    (B) support for the integration of sustain-able chemistry principles into chemistry and chemical engineering curriculum and re-search training, as appropriate to that level of education and training; and

    (C) support for integration of sustainable chemistry principles into existing or new professional development opportunities for professionals including teachers, faculty, and individuals involved in laboratory re-search (product development, materials spec-ification and testing, life cycle analysis, and management);

    (4) as relevant to an agency’s programs, ex-amine methods by which the Federal agen-cies, in collaboration and consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, may facilitate the development or recognition of validated, standardized tools for performing sustainability assess-ments of chemistry processes or products;

    (5) through programs identified by an agen-cy, support (including through technical as-sistance, participation, financial support, communications tools, awards, or other forms of support) outreach and dissemina-tion of sustainable chemistry advances such as non-Federal symposia, forums, con-ferences, and publications in collaboration with, as appropriate, industry, academia, sci-entific and professional societies, and other relevant groups;

    (6) provide for public input and outreach to be integrated into the activities described in this section by the convening of public dis-cussions, through mechanisms such as public meetings, consensus conferences, and edu-cational events, as appropriate;

    (7) within each agency, develop or adapt metrics to track the outputs and outcomes of the programs supported by that agency; and

    (8) incentivize or recognize actions that ad-vance sustainable chemistry products, proc-esses, or initiatives, including through the establishment of a nationally recognized awards program through the Environmental Protection Agency to identify, publicize, and celebrate innovations in sustainable chem-istry and chemical technologies.

    (c) LIMITATIONS .—Financial support pro-vided under this section shall—

    (1) be available only for pre-competitive activities; and

    (2) not be used to promote the sale of a spe-cific product, process, or technology, or to disparage a specific product, process, or technology. SEC. ll4. PARTNERSHIPS IN SUSTAINABLE

    CHEMISTRY. (a) IN GENERAL.—The agencies partici-

    pating in the Entity may facilitate and sup-port, through financial, technical, or other assistance, the creation of partnerships be-tween institutions of higher education, non-governmental organizations, consortia, or companies across the value chain in the

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  • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATES3332 June 25, 2020 chemical industry, including small- and me-dium-sized enterprises, to—

    (1) create collaborative sustainable chem-istry research, development, demonstration, technology transfer, and commercialization programs; and

    (2) train students and retrain professional scientists, engineers, and others involved in materials specification on the use of sustain-able chemistry concepts and strategies by methods, including—

    (A) developing or recognizing curricular materials and courses for undergraduate and graduate levels and for the professional de-velopment of scientists, engineers, and oth-ers involved in materials specification; and

    (B) publicizing the availability of profes-sional development courses in sustainable chemistry and recruiting professionals to pursue such courses.

    (b) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION.—To be eligible for support under this section, a partnership in sustainable chemistry shall include at least one private sector organiza-tion.

    (c) SELECTION OF PARTNERSHIPS.—In select-ing partnerships for support under this sec-tion, the agencies participating in the Entity shall also consider the extent to which the applicants are willing and able to dem-onstrate evidence of support for, and com-mitment to, the goals outlined in the stra-tegic plan and report described in section ll2.

    (d) PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.—Financial support provided under this section may not be used—

    (1) to support or expand a regulatory chem-ical management program at an imple-menting agency under a State law;

    (2) to construct or renovate a building or structure; or

    (3) to promote the sale of a specific prod-uct, process, or technology, or to disparage a specific product, process, or technology. SEC. ll5. PRIORITIZATION.

    In carrying out this Act, the Entity shall focus its support for sustainable chemistry activities on those that achieve, to the high-est extent practicable, the goals outlined in the title. SEC. ll6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this title shall be construed to alter or amend any State law or action with regard to sustainable chemistry, as defined by the State. SEC. ll7. MAJOR MULTI-USER RESEARCH FA-

    CILITY PROJECT. Section 110 of the American Innovation

    and Competitiveness Act (42 U.S.C. 1862s-2) is amended by striking (g)(2) and inserting the following:

    ‘‘(2) MAJOR MULTI-USER RESEARCH FACILITY PROJECT.—The term ‘major multi-user re-search facility project’ means a science and engineering facility project that exceeds $100,000,000 in total construction, acquisi-tion, or upgrade costs to the Foundation.’’.

    SA 1809. Mr. HAWLEY (for Mr. LANKFORD) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2163, to establish the Com-mission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, to study and make rec-ommendations to address social prob-lems affecting Black men and boys, and for other purposes; as follows:

    At the end of section 2, add the following: (c) MEMBERSHIP BY POLITICAL PARTY.—If

    after the Commission is appointed there is a partisan imbalance of Commission members, the congressional leaders of the political party with fewer members on the Commis-sion shall jointly name additional members to create partisan parity on the Commission.

    SA 1810. Mr. TOOMEY (for Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. DURBIN)) proposed

    an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 579, encouraging the international community to remain committed to collaboration and coordination to miti-gate and prevent the further spread of COVID–19 and urging renewed United States leadership and participation in global efforts on therapeutics and vac-cine development and delivery to ad-dress COVID–19 and prevent further deaths, and for other purposes; as fol-lows:

    Strike all after the resolving clause and in-sert the following: ‘‘That the Senate—

    (1) recognizes the historic leadership role of the United States in stemming global health crises in the past;

    (2) commends the historic achievements of the international community to address global public health threats, such as the eradication of smallpox and dramatic progress in reducing cases of polio;

    (3) encourages the international commu-nity to remain committed to collaboration and coordination to mitigate and prevent the further spread of COVID–19;

    (4) commends the promising research and development underway to develop COVID–19 diagnostics, therapies, and vaccines within the United States and with support from the Federal government, public-private partner-ships, and commercial partners;

    (5) acknowledges the vast international re-search enterprise and collaboration under-way to study an expansive range of drug and vaccine candidates;

    (6) urges renewed United States leadership and participation in global efforts on thera-peutics and vaccine development and deliv-ery to address COVID–19 and prevent further American deaths; and

    (7) calls on the United States Government to strengthen collaboration with key part-ners at the forefront of responding to COVID–19.

    SA 1811. Mr. TOOMEY (for Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. DURBIN)) proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 579, encouraging the international community to remain committed to collaboration and coordination to miti-gate and prevent the further spread of COVID–19 and urging renewed United States leadership and participation in global efforts on therapeutics and vac-cine development and delivery to ad-dress COVID–19 and prevent further deaths, and for other purposes; as fol-lows:

    Strike the preamble and insert the fol-lowing:

    Whereas there is a rich history of coordi-nated global health collaboration and coordi-nation, dating back to 1851, to strategically and effectively combat deadly diseases of the time, such as the spread of plague;

    Whereas the United States has long been an active and critical leader in such global public health efforts, providing financial and technical support to multilateral institu-tions, foreign governments, and nongovern-mental organizations;

    Whereas international collaboration has led to a number of historic global health achievements, including the eradication of smallpox, the reduction of polio cases by 99 percent, the elimination of river blindness, the decline in maternal and child mortality, the recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard, and countless others;

    Whereas there has been bipartisan support in the United States to lead efforts to ad-dress global health needs, as evidenced by

    initiatives such as the President’s Emer-gency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the President’s Malaria Initiative;

    Whereas the United States led the global effort to end the Ebola outbreak in West Af-rica between 2014 and 2016;

    Whereas these bipartisan investments in global health have helped not only save countless lives around the world, but also at home in the United States;

    Whereas an outbreak of coronavirus dis-ease 2019 (COVID–19) in Wuhan, China was first reported in December 2019, with a global pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020;

    Whereas, according to the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Protection, more than 116,000 individuals in the United States are known to have died due to COVID–19 as of June 17, 2020, and a long-term, sustainable solution will require international access to a vaccine;

    Whereas the COVID–19 outbreak continues to place extreme pressure on health care sys-tems and supply chains worldwide, impact-ing international travel, trade, and all other aspects of international exchanges, and re-quires a coordinated global effort to respond;

    Whereas the interconnectivity of our globalized world means an infectious disease can travel around the world in as little as 36 hours;

    Whereas United States Federal depart-ments and agencies have engaged in and sup-ported certain research and clinical trial ef-forts into coronaviruses, which may yield po-tential discoveries related to vaccine can-didates;

    Whereas domestic and domestically sup-ported vaccine candidates for COVID–19 com-prise approximately 40 percent of the current potential COVID–19 vaccine candidates worldwide;

    Whereas international collaboration and coordination can help ensure equitable ac-cess to safe, effective, and affordable thera-peutics and vaccines, thereby saving the lives of Americans and others around the world;

    Whereas the Coalition for Epidemic Pre-paredness Innovations is working to accel-erate the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases, including COVID–19, and to enable equitable access to these vaccines for people during outbreaks;

    Whereas, on May 4, 2020, the President of the European Commission led a virtual sum-mit where nations around the world pledged more than $8,000,000,000 to quickly develop vaccines and treatment to fight COVID–19;

    Whereas Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is working to maintain ongoing immunization programs in partner countries while helping to identify and rapidly accelerate the devel-opment, production, and equitable delivery of COVID–19 vaccines; and

    Whereas, on June 4, 2020, the United King-dom hosted a pledging conference for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, for which the United States made an historic $1,160,000,000 multi- year commitment: Now, therefore, be it

    SA 1812. Mr. TOOMEY (for Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. DURBIN)) proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 579, encouraging the international community to remain committed to collaboration and coordination to miti-gate and prevent the further spread of COVID–19 and urging renewed United States leadership and participation in global efforts on therapeutics and vac-cine development and delivery to ad-dress COVID–19 and prevent further deaths, and for other purposes; as fol-lows:

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  • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3333 June 25, 2020 Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A resolu-

    tion encouraging the international commu-nity to remain committed to collaboration and coordination to mitigate and prevent the further spread of COVID–19 and urging re-newed United States leadership and partici-pation in global efforts on therapeutics and vaccine development and delivery to address COVID–19 and prevent further deaths, and for other purposes.’’.

    SA 1813. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize ap-propriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the De-partment of Energy, to prescribe mili-tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following: SEC. 1242. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE IMPOR-

    TANCE OF GERMANY TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION ALLIANCE AND THE UNITED STATES AND ON THE CRITICAL REQUIRE-MENTS TO MAINTAIN ROBUST UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES IN GERMANY.

    (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol-lowing findings:

    (1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-tion (NATO) alliance is a groundbreaking po-litical and military alliance that ensures freedom and democracy through shared val-ues for all 30 member states of the alliance.

    (2) NATO continues to expand, with its newest member, North Macedonia, joining in 2020, showing the continued desire by Euro-pean nations to join the alliance.

    (3) Germany is a longtime member and a strong ally within NATO and a great friend to the United States.

    (4) While all NATO member nations con-tribute critical capabilities to the alliance, the Senate encourages all allies within NATO to reach the goal of spending a min-imum of 2.0 percent of their Gross Domestic Product on defense spending as soon as pos-sible to strengthen the alliance even more.

    (5) Germany currently spends roughly 1.54 percent of its Gross Domestic Product on de-fense. As the strongest economy in Europe, the Senate urges Germany to expedite its timeline to meet the 2.0 percent NATO goal.

    (6) On March 15, 1967, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany, was selected as the permanent lo-cation for the headquarters of the United States European Command.

    (7) Since its inception, the United States European Command has supported more than 200 named operations and has deployed forces in support of operations and training throughout Europe, Southwest Asia, and Israel.

    (8) On October 1, 2008, the United States es-tablished the United States Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany.

    (9) The United States has approximately 35,000 troops stationed within Germany sup-porting operations for two United States combatant commands and the NATO alli-ance.

    (10) The presence of United States military forces in Germany is a strong deterrent against Russian aggression in Europe and strengthens the capability of NATO.

    (11) Germany is one of the Unites States’ closest and strongest European allies with both countries sharing common trading part-ners, institutions, and friendships.

    (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate that Germany—

    (1) continues to be a strong ally to the NATO alliance and a great friend to the United States;

    (2) serves as a strategic location for United States military forces that serve as a strong deterrent against Russian military aggres-sion and expansion within Europe; and

    (3) remains a vital political, economic, and security partner which is critical to our con-tinued prosperity and stability.

    SA 1814. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. WARNER) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activi-ties of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

    At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following: SEC. lll. SECURE AND TRUSTED TECHNOLOGY.

    (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON-

    GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means—

    (A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;

    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;

    (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

    (D) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;

    (E) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;

    (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;

    (G) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives;

    (H) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;

    (I) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives;

    (J) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;

    (K) the Committee on Energy and Com-merce of the House of Representatives; and

    (L) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

    (2) FIFTH-GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORK.— The term ‘‘fifth-generation wireless net-work’’ means a radio network as described by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 15 or higher.

    (b) SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF SECURE AND TRUSTED TECH-NOLOGIES AMONG INTELLIGENCE ALLIES AND PARTNERS.—

    (1) COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SECURITY AND INNOVATION FUND.—

    (A) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.— (i) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the

    Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Communications Technology Security and Innovation Fund’’ (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘‘Security Fund’’).

    (ii) ADMINISTRATION.—The Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Ac-tivity shall administer the Security Fund.

    (iii) CONTENTS OF FUND.— (I) IN GENERAL.—The fund shall consist of— (aa) amounts appropriated pursuant to the

    authorization of appropriations under para-graph (3)(A); and

    (bb) such other amounts as may be appro-priated or otherwise made available to the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Re-search Projects Activity to be deposited in the Security Fund.

    (II) AVAILABILITY.— (aa) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in

    the Security Fund shall remain available

    through the end of the tenth fiscal year be-ginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

    (bb) REMAINDER TO TREASURY.—Any amounts remaining in the Security Fund after the end of the tenth fiscal year begin-ning after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

    (iv) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts deposited in the Security Fund shall be available to the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to award grants under subparagraph (B).

    (B) GRANTS.— (i) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Intel-

    ligence Advanced Research Projects Activity shall award grants to support research and the commercial application of such research, including in the following areas:

    (I) Promoting the development of tech-nology, including software, hardware, and microprocessing technology, that will en-hance competitiveness in fifth-generation (commonly known as ‘‘5G’’) and successor wireless technology supply chains.

    (II) Accelerating development and deploy-ment of open interface, standards-based com-patible interoperable equipment, such as equipment developed pursuant to the stand-ards set forth by organizations such as the O–RAN Alliance, the Telecom Infra Project, 3GPP, the O–RAN Software Community, or any successor organizations.

    (III) Promoting compatibility of new fifth- generation wireless network equipment with future open standards-based interoperable equipment.

    (IV) Managing integration of multivendor network environments.

    (V) Objective criteria to define equipment as compliant with open standards for multi-vendor network equipment interoperability.

    (VI) Promoting development and inclusion of security features enhancing the integrity and availability of equipment in multivendor networks.

    (VII) Promoting the application of network function virtualization to facilitate multi-vendor interoperability and a more diverse vendor market.

    (ii) AMOUNT.— (I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subclause (II),

    a grant awarded under clause (i) shall be in such amount as the Director of the Intel-ligence Advanced Research Projects Activity consider appropriate.

    (II) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—The amount of a grant awarded under this para-graph to a recipient for a specific research focus area may not exceed $100,000,000.

    (iii) CRITERIA.—The Director of the Intel-ligence Advanced Research Projects Activ-ity, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Assistant Secretary of Com-merce for Communications and Information, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Sec-retary of Homeland Security, shall establish criteria for grants awarded under clause (i).

    (iv) TIMING.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Re-search Projects Activity shall begin award-ing grants under clause (i).

    (C) FEDERAL ADVISORY BODY.— (i) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the

    Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Ac-tivity shall establish a Federal advisory committee, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), composed of government and private sector experts, to advise the Director of the Intel-ligence Advanced Research Projects Activity on the administration of the Security Fund.

    (ii) COMPOSITION.—The advisory committee established under clause (i) shall be com-posed of—

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  • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATES3334 June 25, 2020 (I) representatives from— (aa) the Federal Communications Commis-

    sion; (bb) the National Institute of Standards

    and Technology; (cc) the Department of Defense; (dd) the Department of State; (ee) the National Science Foundation; and (ff) the Department of Homeland Security;

    and (II) other representatives from the private

    and public sectors, at the discretion of the Security Fund.

    (iii) DUTIES.—The advisory committee es-tablished under clause (i) shall advise the Di-rector of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity on technology develop-ments to help inform—

    (I) the strategic direction of the Security Fund; and

    (II) efforts of the Federal Government to promote a more secure, diverse, sustainable, and competitive supply chain.

    (D) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— (i) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days

    after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re-port with—

    (I) additional recommendations on pro-moting the competitiveness and sustain-ability of trusted suppliers in the wireless supply chain; and

    (II) any additional authorities needed to facilitate the timely adoption of open stand-ards-based equipment, including authority to provide loans, loan guarantees, and other forms of credit extension that would maxi-mize the use of designated funds.

    (ii) ANNUAL REPORT.—For each fiscal year for which amounts in the Security Fund are available under this paragraph, the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity shall submit to Congress a report that—

    (I) describes how, and to whom, grants have been awarded under subparagraph (B);

    (II) details the progress of the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity in meeting the objectives described in subparagraph (B)(i); and

    (III) includes such other information as the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Re-search Projects Activity determine appro-priate.

    (2) MULTILATERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SE-CURITY FUND.—

    (A) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.— (i) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the

    Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Multilateral Telecommuni-cations Security Fund’’ (in this section re-ferred to as the ‘‘Multilateral Fund’’).

    (ii) ADMINISTRATION.—The Director of Na-tional Intelligence and the Secretary of De-fense shall jointly administer the Multilat-eral Fund.

    (iii) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Multilateral Fund shall be used to establish the common funding mechanism required by subparagraph (B).

    (iv) CONTENTS OF FUND.— (I) IN GENERAL.—The Multilateral Fund

    shall consist of amounts appropriated pursu-ant to the authorization of appropriations under paragraph (3)(B) and such other amounts as may be appropriated or other-wise made available to the Director and the Secretary to be deposited in the Multilateral Fund.

    (II) AVAILABILITY.— (aa) IN GENERAL.—Amounts deposited in

    the Multilateral Fund shall remain available through fiscal year 2031.

    (bb) REMAINDER TO TREASURY.—Any amounts remaining in the Fund after fiscal

    year 2031 shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury.

    (B) MULTILATERAL COMMON FUNDING MECHA-NISM.—

    (i) IN GENERAL.—The Director and the Sec-retary shall jointly, in coordination with for-eign partners, establish a common funding mechanism that uses amounts from the Mul-tilateral Fund to support the development and adoption of secure and trusted tele-communications technologies in key mar-kets globally.

    (ii) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The Director and the Secretary shall carry out clause (i) in consultation with the following:

    (I) The Federal Communications Commis-sion.

    (II) The Secretary of State. (III) The Assistant Secretary of Commerce

    for Communications and Information. (IV) The Director of the Intelligence Ad-

    vanced Research Projects Activity. (V) The Under Secretary of Commerce for

    Standards and Technology. (C) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.— (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after

    the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once each fiscal year thereafter until fiscal year 2031, the Director and the Secretary shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an an-nual report on the Multilateral Fund and the use of amounts under subparagraph (B).

    (ii) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under clause (i) shall include, for the fiscal year covered by the report, the following:

    (I) Any funding commitments fr


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