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>https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/legislation/intelligence-authorization-act-fiscal-year-2023-reported-july-12-2022
`SEC. 1683. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIDENTIFIED AEROSPACE-UNDERSEA PHENOMENA
JOINT PROGRAM OFFICE.
``(a) Establishment of Office.โ
``(1) In general.โNot 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 toโ
``(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.โThe 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.โ
``(1) Appointment of director.โThe 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.โThere 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.โ(A) The Director of the Office shall
report to the Secretary of Defense.
``(B) The Deputy Director of the Office shall reportโ
``(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.โThe duties of the Office shall include the
following: