S.Amdt. 2035

SA 2035. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted 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 Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1287. MODIFICATION TO INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PROTECTION
OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS FROM
UNDUE INFLUENCE AND OTHER SECURITY THREATS.

Section 1286 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note)
is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(2) by adding after subsection (e) the following new
subsection (f):
``(f) Designation of Academic Liaison.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2021, the Secretary, acting through the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall
designate an academic liaison with principal responsibility
for working with the academic community to protect
Department-sponsored academic research of concern from undue
foreign influence.
``(2) Qualification.--The Secretary shall designate an
individual under paragraph (1)

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who is an official of the Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering.
``(3) Duties.--The duties of the academic liaison
designated under paragraph (1) shall be as follows:
``(A) To serve as the liaison of the Department with the
academic community.
``(B) To conduct annual outreach and education activities
for the academic community on undue foreign influence and
threats to Department-sponsored academic research of concern.
``(C) To coordinate and align academic security policies
with Department component agencies, the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, the intelligence community, Federal
science agencies, and Federal regulatory agencies, including
agencies involved in export controls.
``(D) To the extent practicable, to coordinate on an annual
basis with the intelligence community to share, not less
frequently than annually, with the academic community
unclassified information, including counterintelligence
information, on threats from undue foreign influence.
``(E) Any other related responsibility, as determined by
the Secretary in consultation with the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering.
``(F) Any other duty, as determined by the Secretary.''.
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