Sec. 9302. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING THREATS THAT INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY AFFECT NATIONAL SECURITY, FINANCIAL SECURITY, OR BOTH

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## SEC. 9302 INDEPENDENT STUDY ON IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING THREATS THAT INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY AFFECT NATIONAL SECURITY, FINANCIAL SECURITY, OR BOTH ###

(a)Independent Study Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the heads of other relevant departments and agencies of the Federal Government, shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center under which the center will conduct a study on identifying and addressing threats that individually or collectively affect national security, financial security, or both. ###

(b)Elements of Study In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the federally funded research and development center selected under such subsection shall— ####

(1)identify threats that individually or collectively affect national security, financial security, or both, including— #####

(A)foreign influence in companies seeking to access capital markets by conducting initial public offerings in other countries; #####

(B)the use of financial instruments, markets, payment systems, or digital assets in ways that appear legitimate but may be part of a foreign malign strategy to weaken or undermine the economic security of the United States; and #####

(C)any other known or potential threats that individually or collectively affect national security, financial security, or both currently or in the foreseeable future; ####

(2)assess the extent to which the United States Government is currently able to identify and characterize the threats identified under paragraph (1); ####

(3)assess the extent to which the United States Government is currently able to address the risk posed by the threats identified under paragraph (1); ####

(4)assess whether current levels of information sharing and cooperation between the United States Government and allies and partners of the United States have been helpful or can be improved upon in order for the United States Government to identify, characterize, and mitigate the threats identified under paragraph (1); and ####

(5)recommend opportunities, and any such authorities or resources required, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the United States Government in identifying and countering the threats identified under paragraph (1). ###

(c)Submission to Director of National Intelligence Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded research and development center selected to conduct the study under subsection

(a)shall submit to the Director of National Intelligence a report on the results of the study in both classified and unclassified form. ###

(d)Submission to Congress ####

(1)In general Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Director of National Intelligence receives the report under subsection (c), the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees— #####

(A)a copy of the report, without change, in both classified and unclassified form; and #####

(B)such comments as the Director, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the heads of other relevant departments and agencies of the Federal Government, may have with respect to the report. ####

(2)Appropriate congressional committees In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####

(A)the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####

(B)the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. # TITLE XCIV SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY MATTERS ## Subtitle A Cybersecurity Matters