Sec. 6282. Modification to initiative to support protection of national security academic researchers from undue influence and other security threats
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Section 1286 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— by redesignating subsection
(f)as subsection (g); and by adding after subsection
(e)the following new subsection (f): 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. The Secretary shall designate an individual under paragraph
(1)who is an official of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. The duties of the academic liaison designated under paragraph
(1)shall be as follows: To serve as the liaison of the Department with the academic community. To conduct annual outreach and education activities for the academic community on undue foreign influence and threats to Department-sponsored academic research of concern. 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. 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. Any other related responsibility, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Any other duty, as determined by the Secretary. .
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Sec. 6282
Modification to initiative to support protection of national security academic researchers from undue influence and other security threats
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