S.Amdt. 567

SA 567. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Toomey, and Mr. Cornyn) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. 12__. MODIFICATION OF INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PROTECTION
OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS FROM
UNDUE INFLUENCE AND OTHER SECURITY THREATS.

Paragraph (2) of section 1286(c) of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
(Public Law 115-232) is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Training, developed and delivered in consultation
with academic institutions, and other support to academic
institutions to promote security and limit undue influence on
institutions and personnel, including financial support for
execution for such activities, that--
``(A) emphasizes best practices for protection of sensitive
national security information; and
``(B) includes the dissemination of unclassified
publications and resources for identifying and protecting
against emerging threats to academic research institutions,
including specific counterintelligence guidance developed for
faculty and academic researchers based on specific
threats.''.
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