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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 2500 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 216

Sec. 216. JASON Scientific Advisory Group

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Pursuant to section 173 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to engage the members of the private scientific advisory group known as JASON as advisory personnel to provide advice, on an ongoing basis, on matters involving science, technology, and national security, including methods to defeat existential and technologically-amplified threats to national security.
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