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Original publication: June 24, 2023. 10:30 AM EDT. Any substantive updates or corrections added after the initial publication are logged at the end of the article. Latest update: August 2, 2023, 8 AM EDT.
SUBTANTIVE CHANGES TO THIS ARTICLE SINCE INITIAL PUBLICATION ON JUNE 24, 2023:
(1) July 3, 2023: Added update regarding the filing of a proposed UAP-related amendment to the House of Representatives version of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2670) by Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wi.). The amendment was similar to the UAP-related provision approved by the Senate Intelligence committee but differed with respect to one provision.
(2) July 12, 2023: Added information on UAP-related language in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA, S. 2226), as formally reported out by the Senate Armed Services Committee on July 11, 2023, comparing them to the UAP-related provisions earlier approved by the Senate Intelligence committee in the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA, S. 2103). The pertinent pages of both bills appear as images above, and are embedded as PDF documents at appropriate points in the text.
(3) July 12, 2023: Added information on whistleblower anti-reprisal provisions of S. 2103, the Intelligence Authorization Act, and embedded a PDF file containing the pertinent pages from the bill.
(4) July 14, 2023, 6:45 AM EDT: (1) Inserted information reported by the New York Times late July 13 regarding an amendment to NDAA to be proposed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), to create a special commission to declassify much UFO-related information.
(2) Inserted information on the version of Intelligence Authorization Act (H.R. 3932) approved by the House Intelligence committee on July 13, 2023, and embedded a PDF of the committee-reported bill.
(5) July 14, 2023, 4:00 PM EDT: Inserted updates on status of Senate NDAA, House NDAA. Inserted language of the Schumer-Rounds amendment proposed to the Senate NDAA, and a link to a multi-senator press release on that proposal. Added description and images of the "eminent domain" provision of the Schumer-Rounds amendment.
(6) July 17, 2023, 2:30 PM EDT: Clarified my previous partly erroneous statement regarding what is known about the authorized funding level for the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in Fiscal Year 2024. Inserted images from the report of the Senate Armed Services Committee on S. 2226, stating that the committee recommended a funding increase of $27 million, over and above the classified figure that had been submitted as part of the Department of Defense budget request (but the total figure remains classified).
(7) July 18, 2023, 9:30 PM EDT: Added update on Senate action adding the Schumer-Rounds amendment ("UAP Disclosure Act") to NDAA, S. 2226, without objection.
(8) July 19, 2023, 2:30 PM EDT: Inserted PDF of slightly revised version of Schumer-Rounds "UAP Disclosure Act," as submitted and accepted as an amendment (SA 836) to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226), July 18, 2023.
(9) July 20, 2023, 9:30 AM EDT: Noted the submission of a revised version of the Intelligence Authorization Act as a possible amendment (SA 994) to the NDAA, confining the proposed funding limitation provisions to Fiscal Year 2024.
(10) August 2, 2023, 8 AM EDT: At the top of the article, added an update explaining that the Senate had approved a combination NDAA-IAA on July 27, 2023, with some revisions to the UAP-related components discussed in this article, making the legislation ripe for a conference committee with the House of Representatives during the months ahead. A future article on this blog will present an up-to-date discussion of the entire array of UAP-related provisions currently under consideration in Congress.