Description:
The bill would • Authorize the appropriation of $650 million for fiscal year 2023 for the Intelligence Community Management Account (ICMA) • Establish an Office of Global Competition Analysis to analyze technology and innovation sectors critical to national security • Establish a secure system to collect information about unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena (UAP) • Enhance whistleblower protections • Allow people to sue the United States government for compensatory and punitive damages • Void some provisions of nondisclosure agreements that would prevent reports from being filed with the Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena Joint Program Office and prohibit private-sector entities from seeking damages in federal court from individuals who file reports Estimated budgetary effects would mainly stem from • Authorizing appropriations for the ICMA • Establishing an Office of Global Competition Analysis • Establishing a secure system to collect information on UAP • Enhancing whistleblower protections • Allowing people to sue the United States government for compensatory and punitive damages Areas of significant uncertainty include • Predicting the number of people who would obtain monetary awards through the judicial system and the amounts of such awards
