The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence dropped a UAP bombshell in its bill to authorize funding for the U.S. Intelligence Community. Three sections cover the UAP (UFO) topic - they span 12 pages and 4,700 words.
I don’t know what was in the classified reports and briefings the Senators saw, but it was clearly enough for the Senators to want the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) to mobilize significant efforts to this issue.
A few highlights:
The new office covers phenomena in the air, under the sea, and in space and specifically calls out phenomena that spans these domains (“transmedium objects”).
A director of the office will be appointed by the Secretary of Defense, and a deputy director will be appointed by the Director of National Intelligence - these are high-level appointments.
The office will create a centralized repository for all incidents across the DoD and IC. In short, no more isolated pockets of information here and there.
The office will have field investigators who can fly off at a moment’s notice to investigate incidents.
The office will develop, acquire, deploy, and operate systems to detect, identify, and characterize phenomena; the office will essentially build a UAP detection sensor grid.
The office will develop and execute a science plan to develop tests and scientific theories to account for characteristics and performance of unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena that exceed the known state of the art in science or technology, including in the areas of propulsion, aerodynamic control, signatures, structures, materials, sensors, countermeasures, weapons, electronics, and power generation.
This science plan will form the foundation for future investment to replicate the advance characteristics demonstrated by the phenomena.
Pretty mind blowing how serious the Senate is about this issue. I hope most of this bill makes it into law.
Below is the relevant text of the bill:
SEC. 703. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR OFFICE TO ADDRESS
UNIDENTIFIED AEROSPACE-UNDERSEA PHENOMENA.
(a) In General.--Section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373) is amended to read as
follows:
``SEC. 1683. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIDENTIFIED AEROSPACE-UNDERSEA PHENOMENA
JOINT PROGRAM OFFICE.
``(a) Establishment of Office.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Director of National Intelligence, shall establish an
office within a component of the Office of the Secretary of
Defense, or within a joint organization of the Department of
Defense and the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, to carry out the duties of the Unidentified
Aerial Phenomena Task Force, as in effect on December 26, 2021,
and such other duties as are required by this section,
including those pertaining to--
``(A) transmedium objects or devices and
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena;
``(B) space, atmospheric, and water domains; and
``(C) currently unknown technology and other
domains.
``(2) Designation.--The office established under paragraph
(1) shall be known as the `Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea
Phenomena Joint Program Office' (in this section referred to as
the `Office').
``(b) Director and Deputy Director of the Office.--
``(1) Appointment of director.--The head of the Office
shall be the Director of the Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea
Phenomena Joint Program Office (in this section referred to as
the `Director of the Office'), who shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Defense.
``(2) Appointment of deputy director.--There shall be in
the Office a Deputy Director of the Unidentified Aerospace-
Undersea Phenomena Joint Program Office (in this section
referred to as the `Deputy Director of the Office'), who shall
be appointed by the Director of National Intelligence.
``(3) Reporting.--(A) The Director of the Office shall
report to the Secretary of Defense.
``(B) The Deputy Director of the Office shall report--
``(i) to the Secretary of Defense and the Director
of National Intelligence on all administrative matters
of the Office; and
``(ii) to the Secretary of Defense on all
operational matters of the Office.
``(c) Duties.--The duties of the Office shall include the
following:
``(1) Developing procedures to synchronize and standardize
the collection, reporting, and analysis of incidents, including
adverse physiological effects, regarding unidentified
aerospace-undersea phenomena across the Department of Defense
and the intelligence community, in consultation with the
Director of National Intelligence, and submitting a report on
such procedures to the congressional defense committees, the
congressional intelligence committees, and congressional
leadership.
``(2) Developing processes and procedures to ensure that
such incidents from each component of the Department and each
element of the intelligence community are reported and
incorporated in a centralized repository.
``(3) Establishing procedures to require the timely and
consistent reporting of such incidents.
``(4) Evaluating links between unidentified aerospace-
undersea phenomena and adversarial foreign governments, other
foreign governments, or nonstate actors.
``(5) Evaluating the threat that such incidents present to
the United States.
``(6) Coordinating with other departments and agencies of
the Federal Government, as appropriate, including the Federal
Aviation Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National
Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy.
``(7) Coordinating with allies and partners of the United
States, as appropriate, to better assess the nature and extent
of unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena.
``(8) Preparing reports for Congress, in both classified
and unclassified form, including under subsection (j).
``(9) Ensuring that appropriate elements of the
intelligence community receive all reports received by the
Office regarding a temporary nonattributed object or an object
that is positively identified as man-made, including by
creating a procedure to ensure that the Office refers such
reports to an appropriate element of the intelligence community
for distribution among other relevant elements of the
intelligence community, in addition to the reports in the
repository described in paragraph (2).
``(d) Response to and Field Investigations of Unidentified
Aerospace-undersea Phenomena.--
``(1) Designation.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Director of National Intelligence, shall designate one or more
line organizations within the Department of Defense and the
intelligence community that possess appropriate expertise,
authorities, accesses, data, systems, platforms, and
capabilities to rapidly respond to, and conduct field
investigations of, incidents involving unidentified aerospace-
undersea phenomena under the direction of the Director of the
Office.
``(2) Ability to respond.--The Secretary, in coordination
with the Director of National Intelligence, shall ensure that
each line organization designated under paragraph (1) has
adequate personnel with the requisite expertise, equipment,
transportation, and other resources necessary to respond
rapidly to incidents or patterns of observations involving
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena of which the Office
becomes aware.
``(e) Scientific, Technological, and Operational Analyses of Data
on Unidentified Aerospace-undersea Phenomena.--
``(1) Designation.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Director of National Intelligence, shall designate one or more
line organizations that will be primarily responsible for
scientific, technical, and operational analysis of data
gathered by field investigations conducted pursuant to
subsection (d) and data from other sources, including with
respect to the testing of materials, medical studies, and
development of theoretical models, to better understand and
explain unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena.
``(2) Authority.--The Secretary and the Director of
National Intelligence shall each issue such directives as are
necessary to ensure that each line organization designated
under paragraph (1) has authority to draw on the special
expertise of persons outside the Federal Government with
appropriate security clearances.
``(f) Data; Intelligence Collection.--
``(1) Availability of data and reporting on unidentified
aerospace-undersea phenomena.--The Director of National
Intelligence and the Secretary shall each, in coordination with
one another, ensure that--
``(A) each element of the intelligence community
with data relating to unidentified aerospace-undersea
phenomena makes such data available immediately to the
Office; and
``(B) military and civilian personnel of the
Department of Defense or an element of the intelligence
community, and contractor personnel of the Department
or such an element, have access to procedures by which
the personnel shall report incidents or information,
including adverse physiological effects, involving or
associated with unidentified aerospace-undersea
phenomena directly to the Office.
``(2) Intelligence collection and analysis plan.--The
Director of the Office, acting on behalf of the Secretary of
Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall
supervise the development and execution of an intelligence
collection and analysis plan to gain as much knowledge as
possible regarding the technical and operational
characteristics, origins, and intentions of unidentified
aerospace-undersea phenomena, including with respect to the
development, acquisition, deployment, and operation of
technical collection capabilities necessary to detect,
identify, and scientifically characterize unidentified
aerospace-undersea phenomena.
``(3) Use of resources and capabilities.--In developing the
plan under paragraph (2), the Director of the Office shall
consider and propose, as the Director of the Office determines
appropriate, the use of any resource, capability, asset, or
process of the Department and the intelligence community.
``(4) Director of the national geospatial-intelligence
agency.--
``(A) Leadership.--The Director of the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall lead the
collection efforts of the intelligence community with
respect to unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena
geospatial intelligence.
``(B) Briefings.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 and not less frequently than
once every 90 days thereafter, the Director shall brief
the congressional defense committees, the congressional
intelligence committees, and congressional leadership
on the activities of the Director under this paragraph.
``(g) Science Plan.--The Director of the Office, on behalf of the
Secretary and the Director of National Intelligence, shall supervise
the development and execution of a science plan to develop and test, as
practicable, scientific theories to--
``(1) account for characteristics and performance of
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena that exceed the known
state of the art in science or technology, including in the
areas of propulsion, aerodynamic control, signatures,
structures, materials, sensors, countermeasures, weapons,
electronics, and power generation; and
``(2) provide the foundation for potential future
investments to replicate or otherwise better understand any
such advanced characteristics and performance.
``(h) Assignment of Priority.--The Director of National
Intelligence, in consultation with, and with the recommendation of the
Secretary, shall assign an appropriate level of priority within the
National Intelligence Priorities Framework to the requirement to
understand, characterize, and respond to unidentified aerospace-
undersea phenomena.
``(i) Core Group.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023,
the Director of the Office, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director
of National Intelligence shall jointly establish a core group within
the Office that shall include, at a minimum, representatives with all
relevant and appropriate security clearances from the following:
``(1) The Central Intelligence Agency.
``(2) The National Security Agency.
``(3) The Department of Energy.
``(4) The National Reconnaissance Office.
``(5) The Air Force.
``(6) The Space Force.
``(7) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
``(8) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
``(j) Annual Reports.--
``(1) Reports from director of national intelligence.--
``(A) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, and annually
thereafter for 4 years, the Director of National
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary, shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report on unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena.
``(B) Elements.--Each report under subparagraph (A)
shall include, with respect to the year covered by the
report, the following information:
``(i) All reported unidentified aerospace-
undersea phenomena-related events that occurred
during the one-year period.
``(ii) All reported unidentified aerospace-
undersea phenomena-related events that occurred
during a period other than that one-year period
but were not included in an earlier report.
``(iii) An analysis of data and
intelligence received through each reported
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena-
related event.
``(iv) An analysis of data relating to
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena
collected through--
``(I) geospatial intelligence;
``(II) signals intelligence;
``(III) human intelligence; and
``(IV) measurement and signature
intelligence.
``(v) The number of reported incidents of
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena over
restricted airspace of the United States during
the one-year period.
``(vi) An analysis of such incidents
identified under clause (v).
``(vii) Identification of potential
aerospace or other threats posed by
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena to
the national security of the United States.
``(viii) An assessment of any activity
regarding unidentified aerospace-undersea
phenomena that can be attributed to one or more
adversarial foreign governments.
``(ix) Identification of any incidents or
patterns regarding unidentified aerospace-
undersea phenomena that indicate a potential
adversarial foreign government may have
achieved a breakthrough aerospace capability.
``(x) An update on the coordination by the
United States with allies and partners on
efforts to track, understand, and address
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena.
``(xi) An update on any efforts underway on
the ability to capture or exploit discovered
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena.
``(xii) An assessment of any health related
effects for individuals that have encountered
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena.
``(xiii) The number of reported incidents,
and descriptions thereof, of unidentified
aerospace-undersea phenomena associated with
military nuclear assets, including strategic
nuclear weapons and nuclear-powered ships and
submarines.
``(xiv) In consultation with the
Administrator for Nuclear Security, the number
of reported incidents, and descriptions
thereof, of unidentified aerospace-undersea
phenomena associated with facilities or assets
associated with the production, transportation,
or storage of nuclear weapons or components
thereof.
``(xv) In consultation with the Chairman of
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the number
of reported incidents, and descriptions
thereof, of unidentified aerospace-undersea
phenomena or drones of unknown origin
associated with nuclear power generating
stations, nuclear fuel storage sites, or other
sites or facilities regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
``(xvi) The names of the line organizations
that have been designated to perform the
specific functions under subsections (d) and
(e), and the specific functions for which each
such line organization has been assigned
primary responsibility.
``(C) Form.--Each report submitted under
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified
form, but may include a classified annex.
``(2) Reports from elements of intelligence community.--Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of the
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, and
annually thereafter, each head of an element of the
intelligence community shall submit to the congressional
defense committees, the congressional intelligence committees,
and congressional leadership a report on the activities of the
element of the head undertaken in the past year to support the
Office, including a section prepared by the Office that
includes a detailed description of the coordination between the
Office and the element of the intelligence community, any
concerns with such coordination, and any recommendations for
improving such coordination.
``(k) Semiannual Briefings.--
``(1) Requirement.--Not later than December 31, 2022, and
not less frequently than semiannually thereafter until December
31, 2026, the Director of the Office shall provide to the
congressional committees specified in subparagraphs (A), (B),
and (D) of subsection (o)(1) classified briefings on
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena.
``(2) First briefing.--The first briefing provided under
paragraph (1) shall include all incidents involving
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena that were reported to
the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force or to the Office
established under subsection (a) after June 24, 2021,
regardless of the date of occurrence of the incident.
``(3) Subsequent briefings.--Each briefing provided
subsequent to the first briefing described in paragraph (2)
shall include, at a minimum, all events relating to
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena that occurred during
the previous 180 days, and events relating to unidentified
aerospace-undersea phenomena that were not included in an
earlier briefing.
``(4) Instances in which data was not shared.--For each
briefing period, the Director of the Office shall jointly
provide to the chairman or chair and the ranking member or vice
chairman of the congressional committees specified in
subparagraphs (A) and (D) of subsection (o)(1) an enumeration
of any instances in which data relating to unidentified
aerospace-undersea phenomena was not provided to the Office
because of classification restrictions on that data or for any
other reason.
``(l) Quarterly Briefings.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023, and not less frequently than once every 90
days thereafter, the Director of the Office shall provide the
congressional defense committees, the congressional
intelligence committees, and congressional leadership briefings
on unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena events.
``(2) Elements.--The briefings provided under paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
``(A) A continuously updated compendium of
unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena events.
``(B) Details about each sighting that has occurred
within the past 90 days and the status of each
sighting's resolution.
``(C) Updates on the Office's collection activities
and posture, analysis, and research.
``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the work of the
Office, including with respect to--
``(1) general intelligence gathering and intelligence
analysis; and
``(2) strategic defense, space defense, defense of
controlled air space, defense of ground, air, or naval assets,
and related purposes.
``(n) Task Force Termination.--Not later than the date on which the
Secretary establishes the Office under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall terminate the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force.
``(o) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `appropriate congressional committees' means
the following:
``(A) The Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
``(B) The Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
``(C) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives.
``(D) The Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
``(2) The term `congressional defense committees' has the
meaning given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United
States Code.
``(3) The term `congressional intelligence committees' has
the meaning given such term in section 3 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
``(4) The term `congressional leadership' means--
``(A) the majority leader of the Senate;
``(B) the minority leader of the Senate;
``(C) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
and
``(D) the minority leader of the House of
Representatives.
``(5) The term `intelligence community' has the meaning
given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
``(6) The term `line organization' means, with respect to a
department or agency of the Federal Government, an organization
that executes programs and activities to directly advance the
core functions and missions of the department or agency to
which the organization is subordinate, but, with respect to the
Department of Defense, does not include a component of the
Office of the Secretary of Defense.
``(7) The term `transmedium objects or devices' means
objects or devices that are--
``(A) observed to transition between space and the
atmosphere, or between the atmosphere and bodies of
water; and
``(B) not immediately identifiable.
``(8) The term `unidentified aerospace-undersea
phenomena'--
``(A) means--
``(i) airborne objects that are not
immediately identifiable;
``(ii) transmedium objects or devices; and
``(iii) submerged objects or devices that
are not immediately identifiable and that
display behavior or performance characteristics
suggesting that the objects or devices may be
related to the objects or devices described in
subparagraph (A) or (B); and
``(B) does not include temporary nonattributed
objects or those that are positively identified as man-
made.''.
(b) Delegation of Duties of Director of National Intelligence.--Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Director of National Intelligence shall select a full-time equivalent
employee of the intelligence community and delegate to such employee
the responsibilities of the Director under section 1683 of such Act (50
U.S.C. 3373), as amended by subsection (a).
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 2(b) of
such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 1683 of
division A and inserting the following new item:
``Sec. 1683. Establishment of Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena
Joint Program Office.''.
SEC. 704. UNIDENTIFIED AEROSPACE-UNDERSEA PHENOMENA REPORTING
PROCEDURES.
(a) Authorization for Reporting.--Notwithstanding the terms of any
nondisclosure written or oral agreement, order, or other
instrumentality or means, that could be interpreted as a legal
constraint on reporting by a witness of an unidentified aerospace-
undersea phenomena, reporting in accordance with the system established
under subsection (b) is hereby authorized and shall be deemed to comply
with any regulation or order issued under the authority of Executive
Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national
security information) or chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.).
(b) System for Reporting.--
(1) Establishment.--The head of the Office, on behalf of
the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National
Intelligence, shall establish a secure system for receiving
reports of--
(A) any event relating to unidentified aerospace-
undersea phenomena; and
(B) any Government or Government contractor
activity or program related to unidentified aerospace-
undersea phenomena.
(2) Protection of systems, programs, and activity.--The
system established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall serve as a
mechanism to prevent unauthorized public reporting or
compromise of properly classified military and intelligence
systems, programs, and related activity, including all
categories and levels of special access and compartmented
access programs, current, historical, and future.
(3) Administration.--The system established pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall be administered by designated and widely
known, easily accessible, and appropriately cleared Department
of Defense and intelligence community employees or contractors
assigned to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force or the
Office.
(4) Sharing of information.--The system established under
paragraph (1) shall provide for the immediate sharing with
Office personnel and supporting analysts and scientists of
information previously prohibited from reporting under any
nondisclosure written or oral agreement, order, or other
instrumentality or means, except in cases where the cleared
Government personnel administering such system conclude that
the preponderance of information available regarding the
reporting indicates that the observed object and associated
events and activities likely relate to a special access program
or compartmented access program that, as of the date of the
reporting, has been explicitly and clearly reported to the
congressional defense committees and congressional intelligence
committees, and is documented as meeting those criteria.
(5) Initial report and publication.--Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of
the Office, on behalf of the Secretary and the Director,
shall--
(A) submit to the congressional intelligence
committees, the congressional defense committees, and
congressional leadership a report detailing the system
established under paragraph (1); and
(B) make available to the public on a website of
the Department of Defense information about such
system, including clear public guidance for accessing
and using such system and providing feedback about the
expected timeline to process a report.
(6) Annual reports.--Subsection (j)(1) of section 1683 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50
U.S.C. 3373), as amended by section 703, is further amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and
congressional leadership'' after ``appropriate
congressional committees''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the
following new clause:
``(xvii) A summary of the reports received
using the system established under section
703(b)(1) of the Intelligence Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023.''.
(c) Records of Nondisclosure Agreements.--
(1) Identification of nondisclosure agreements.--The
Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence,
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the heads of such other
departments and agencies of the Federal Government that have
supported investigations of the types of events covered by
subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) and activities and
programs described in subparagraph (B) of such subsection, and
contractors of the Federal Government supporting such
activities and programs shall conduct comprehensive searches of
all records relating to nondisclosure orders or agreements or
other obligations relating to the types of events described in
subsection (a) and provide copies of all relevant documents to
the Office.
(2) Submittal to congress.--The head of the Office shall--
(A) make the records compiled under paragraph (1)
accessible to the congressional intelligence
committees, the congressional defense committees, and
congressional leadership; and
(B) not later than September 30, 2023, and at least
once each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year
2026, provide to such committees and congressional
leadership briefings and reports on such records.
(d) Protection From Liability and Private Right of Action.--
(1) Protection from liability.--It shall not be a violation
of any law, and no cause of action shall lie or be maintained
in any court or other tribunal against any person, for
reporting any information through, and in compliance with, the
system established pursuant to subsection (b)(1).
(2) Prohibition on reprisals.--An employee of a Federal
agency and an employee of a contractor for the Federal
Government who has authority to take, direct others to take,
recommend, or approve any personnel action, shall not, with
respect to such authority, take or fail to take, or threaten to
take or fail to take, a personnel action, including the
revocation or suspension of security clearances, with respect
to any individual as a reprisal for any reporting as described
in paragraph (1).
(3) Private right of action.--In a case in which an
employee described in paragraph (2) takes a personnel action
against an individual in violation of such paragraph, the
individual may bring a private civil action for all appropriate
remedies, including injunctive relief and compensatory and
punitive damages, against the Government or other employer who
took the personnel action, in a Federal district court of
competent jurisdiction.
(e) Review by Inspectors General.--Not later than one year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense and the Inspector General of the Intelligence
Community shall each--
(1) conduct an assessment of the compliance with the
requirements of this section and the operation and efficacy of
the system established under subsection (b); and
(2) submit to the congressional intelligence committees,
the congressional defense committees, and congressional
leadership a report on their respective findings with respect
to the assessments they conducted under paragraph (1).
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the
meaning given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United
States Code.
(2) The term ``congressional leadership'' means--
(A) the majority leader of the Senate;
(B) the minority leader of the Senate;
(C) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
and
(D) the minority leader of the House of
Representatives.
(3) The term ``Office'' means the office established under
section 1683(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373(a)), as amended by section
703.
(4) The term ``personnel action'' has the meaning given
such term in section 1104(a) of the National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234(a)).
(5) The term ``unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena''
has the meaning given such term in section 1683(o) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50
U.S.C. 3373(o)), as amended by section 703.
SEC. 705. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPILATION OF
UNIDENTIFIED AEROSPACE-UNDERSEA PHENOMENA RECORDS.
(a) Definition of Unidentified Aerospace-undersea Phenomena.--In
this section, the term ``unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena''
has the meaning given such term in section 1683(o) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373(o)), as
amended by section 703.
(b) Compilation Required.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall--
(1) commence a review of the records and documents of the
intelligence community, oral history interviews, open source
analytic analysis, interviews of current and former government
officials, classified and unclassified national archives
(including those records any third party obtained pursuant to
section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as
the ``Freedom of Information Act'' or ``FOIA'')), and such
other relevant historical sources as the Comptroller General
considers appropriate; and
(2) for the period beginning on January 1, 1947, and ending
on the date on which the Comptroller General completes
activities under this subsection, compile and itemize a
complete historical record of the intelligence community's
involvement with unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena,
including successful or unsuccessful efforts to identify and
track unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena, and any
intelligence community efforts to obfuscate, manipulate public
opinion, hide, or otherwise provide unclassified or classified
misinformation about unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena
or related activities, based on the review conducted under
paragraph (1).
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date on
which the Comptroller General completes the compilation and
itemization required by subsection (b)(2), the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report summarizing the
historical record described in such subsection.
(2) Resources.--The report submitted under paragraph (1)
shall include citations to the resources relied upon and
instructions as to how the resources can be accessed.
(3) Form.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex as necessary.
(d) Cooperation of Intelligence Community.--The heads of elements
of the intelligence community whose participation the Comptroller
General deems necessary to carry out subsections (b) and (c), including
the Director of National Intelligence, the Under Secretary of Defense
for Intelligence and Security, and the Director of the Unidentified
Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena Joint Program Office, shall fully
cooperate with the Comptroller General and provide to the Comptroller
General such information as the Comptroller General determines
necessary to carry out such subsections.
(e) Access to Records of the National Archives and Records
Administration.--The Archivist of the United States shall make
available to the Comptroller General such information maintained by the
National Archives and Records Administration, including classified
information, as the Comptroller General considers necessary to carry
out subsections (b) and (c).