; and ; and (8) by adding at the end the following: (i) Oversight by Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict shall have primary responsibility within the Office of the Secretary of Defense for oversight of policies and programs authorized by this section. (j) Operational preparation of the environment defined In this section, the term operational preparation of the environment means the conduct of activities in likely or potential operational areas to set conditions for mission execution. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 127f and inserting the following: 127f. Expenditure of funds for clandestine activities that support operational preparation of the environment and non-conventional assisted recovery capabilities. . 1222. Modification to the American, British, Canadian, and Australian armies' program (a) In general Section 1274(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( 10 U.S.C. 2350a(a) note) is amended by inserting or the air force program known as the Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council after the American, British, Canadian, and Australian Armies’ Program . (b) Clerical amendment The heading of section 1274 of such Act (and the entry in the table of contents for such Act corresponding to such section 1274) is amended to read as follows: Administration of the American, British, Canadian, and Australian Armies' Program and the Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council. . 1223. First modification of initiative to support protection of national security academic researchers from undue influence and other security threats (a) In general Section 1286(a) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end