Sec. 1307. Modifications 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 ( Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended— in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The development and implementation of measures of effectiveness and performance to assess and track progress of the Department in carrying out the initiative. In developing and implementing such measures, the Secretary— shall seek independent advice and guidance to ensure such measures— align with the measures of effectiveness and performance used in other research security initiatives of the Federal Government; and incorporate relevant input from institutions of higher education and other entities in academic community; and shall consider— the quality of data available to support assessments based on such measures, including identification of any areas in which gaps in the data available to the Secretary may require collection of new data or modifications to existing data sets; available means and methods for the automated collection of such data, including identification of areas in which gaps exist that may require the development of new means and methods of data collection or data visualization; and development of an analysis and assessment methodology framework that incorporates the measures developed under this paragraph while also taking into account, to the extent appropriate, other methods of assessing undue foreign influence on Department of Defense research activities, such as commercial due diligence and the analysis of beneficial ownership, foreign ownership, and foreign control and influence. ; and in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
Based on the measures of effectiveness and performance developed under subsection (c)(10)— an evaluation of the effectiveness of the initiative and the Department’s performance during the period covered by the report; and an assessment of whether and to what extent the implementation of such measures affected the ability of the Department to achieve the goals of the initiative. . Such section 1286 is further amended— by redesignating subsection
(h)as subsection (i); and by inserting after subsection
(g)the following new subsection: Each institution of higher education that receives more than $50,000,000 in funds in a fiscal year from the Department of Defense for defense research and engineering activities shall, as a condition of receiving such funds, establish and maintain a research security policies relating to managing security risks relating to such defense research and engineering activities in accordance with the National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (relating to research security) issued by the President on January 14, 2021. Each research security program under paragraph
(1)shall include, at a minimum, measures to address— cybersecurity; foreign travel security; insider threat awareness; and export controls. On an annual basis each institution subject to paragraph
(1)shall certify to the Secretary of Defense that the institution has implemented the research security program required under such paragraph. .
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Modifications to initiative to support protection of national security academic researchers from undue influence and other security threats
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