(a)(1) There is a Secretary of Defense, who is the head of the Department of Defense, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) A person may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense—
(A) within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force in a grade below O–7; or
(B) within 10 years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force in the grade of O–7 or above.
(b) The Secretary is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense. Subject to the direction of the President and to this title and section 2 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3002) he has authority, direction, and control over the Department of Defense.
(c) The Secretary shall report annually in writing to the President and the Congress on the expenditures, work, and accomplishments of the Department of Defense during the period covered by the report, together with—
(1) a report from each military department on the expenditures, work, and accomplishments of that department;
(2) a report from each military department on the status of diversity and inclusion of members and civilian employees in such department, including the status of diversity and inclusion in the military service academies, the Officer Candidate and Training Schools, and the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs of such department;
(3) itemized statements showing the savings of public funds, and the eliminations of unnecessary duplications, made under sections 125 and 191 of this title; and
(4) such recommendations as he considers appropriate.
(d) Unless specifically prohibited by law, the Secretary may, without being relieved of his responsibility, perform any of his functions or duties, or exercise any of his powers through, or with the aid of, such persons in, or organizations of, the Department of Defense as he may designate.
(e)(1) The Secretary shall include in his annual report to Congress under subsection (c)—
(A) a description of the major military missions and of the military force structure of the United States for the next fiscal year;
(B) an explanation of the relationship of those military missions to that force structure; and
(C) the justification for those military missions and that force structure.
(2) In preparing the matter referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into consideration the content of the annual national security strategy report of the President under section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043) for the fiscal year concerned.
(f) When a vacancy occurs in an office within the Department of Defense and the office is to be filled by a person appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Secretary of Defense shall inform the President of the qualifications needed by a person serving in that office to carry out effectively the duties and responsibilities of that office.
(g)(1)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (E), in January every four years, and intermittently otherwise as may be appropriate, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Secretaries of the military departments, the Chiefs of Staff of the armed forces, the commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands, and the heads of all Defense Agencies and Field Activities of the Department of Defense and other elements of the Department specified in paragraphs (1) through (10) of section 111(b) of this title, and to the congressional defense committees, a defense strategy. Each strategy shall be known as the "national defense strategy", and shall support the most recent national security strategy report of the President under section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043).
(B) Each national defense strategy shall including the following:
(i) The priority missions of the Department of Defense, and the assumed force planning scenarios and constructs.
(ii) The assumed strategic environment, including the most critical and enduring threats to the national security of the United States and its allies posed by state or non-state actors, and the current or projected threats to military installation resilience, and the strategies that the Department will employ to counter such threats and provide for the national defense.
(iii) A strategic framework prescribed by the Secretary that guides how the Department will prioritize among the threats described in clause (ii) and the missions specified pursuant to clause (i), how the Department will allocate and mitigate the resulting risks, and how the Department will make resource investments.
(iv) The roles and missions of the armed forces to carry out the missions described in clause (i), and the assumed roles and capabilities provided by other United States Government agencies and by allies and international partners.
(v) The force size and shape, force posture, defense capabilities, force readiness, infrastructure, organization, personnel, technological innovation, and other elements of the defense program necessary to support such strategy.
(vi) The major investments in defense capabilities, force structure, force readiness, force posture, and technological innovation that the Department will make over the following five-year period in accordance with the strategic framework described in clause (iii).
(vii) Strategic goals related to diversity and inclusion in the armed forces, and an assessment of measures of performance related to the efforts of the armed forces to reflect the diverse population of the United States eligible to serve in the armed forces.
(viii) A strategic framework prescribed by the Secretary that guides how the Department will prioritize and integrate activities relating to sustainment of major defense acquisition programs, core logistics capabilities (as described under section 2464 of this title), commercial logistics capabilities, and the national technology and industrial base (as defined in section 4801 of this title).
(ix) A strategic framework prescribed by the Secretary that guides how the Department will specifically address contested logistics, including major investments for related infrastructure, logistics-related authorities, force posture, related emergent technology and advanced computing capabilities, operational resilience, and operational energy, over the following five-year period to support such strategy.
(x) Strategic goals to address or mitigate the current and projected risks to military installation resilience.
(C) The Secretary shall seek the military advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in preparing each national defense strategy required by this subsection.
(D) Each national defense strategy under this subsection shall be presented to the congressional defense committees in both classified and unclassified form. The unclassified form may not be a summary of the classified document.
(E) In a year following an election for President, which election results in the appointment by the President of a new Secretary of Defense, the Secretary shall present the national defense strategy required by this subsection as soon as possible after appointment by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(F) In February of each year in which the Secretary does not submit a new defense strategy as required by paragraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of the current national defense strategy, including an assessment of the implementation of the strategy by the Department and an assessment whether the strategy requires revision as a result of changes in assumptions, policy, or other factors.
(2)(A) In implementing the requirement in paragraph (1), the Secretary, with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall each year provide to the officials and officers referred in paragraph (1)(A) written guidance (to be known as "Defense Planning Guidance") establishing goals, priorities, including priorities relating to the current or projected risks to military installation resilience, and objectives, including fiscal constraints, to direct the preparation and review of the program and budget recommendations of all elements of the Department, including—
(i) the priority military missions of the Department, including the assumed force planning scenarios and constructs;
(ii) the force size and shape, force posture, defense capabilities, force readiness, infrastructure, organization, personnel, technological innovation, and other elements of the defense program necessary to support the strategy required by paragraph (1);
(iii) the resource levels projected to be available for the period of time for which such recommendations and proposals are to be effective; and
(iv) a discussion of any changes in the strategy required by paragraph (1) and assumptions underpinning the strategy, as required by paragraph (1).
(B) The guidance required by this paragraph shall be produced in February each year in order to support the planning and budget process. A comprehensive briefing on the guidance shall be provided to the congressional defense committees at the same time as the submission of the budget of the President (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31) for the fiscal year beginning in the year in which such guidance is produced.
(3)(A) In implementing the requirement in paragraph (1) and in conjunction with the reporting requirement in section 2687a of this title, the Secretary, with the approval of the President and the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall, on the basis provided in subparagraph (E), provide to the officials and officers referred to in paragraph (1)(A) written guidance (to be known as "Contingency Planning Guidance" or "Guidance for Employment of the Force") on the preparation and review of contingency and campaign plans, including plans for providing support to civil authorities in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic incident, for homeland defense, and for military support to civil authorities.
(B) The guidance required by this paragraph shall include the following:
(i) A description of the manner in which limited existing forces and resources shall be prioritized and apportioned to achieve the objectives described in the strategy required by paragraph (1).
(ii) A description of the relative priority of contingency and campaign plans, specific force levels, and supporting resource levels projected to be available for the period of time for which such plans are to be effective.
(C) The guidance required by this paragraph shall include the following:
(i) Prioritized global, regional, and functional policy objectives that the armed forces should plan to achieve, including plans for deliberate and contingency scenarios.
(ii) Policy and strategic assumptions that should guide military planning, including the role of foreign partners.
(iii) Guidance on global posture and global force management.
(iv) Security cooperation priorities.
(v) Specific guidance on United States and Department nuclear policy.
(D) The guidance required by this paragraph shall be the primary source document to be used by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in—
(i) executing the global military integration responsibilities described in section 153 of this title; and
(ii) developing implementation guidance for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commanders of the combatant commands.
(E) The guidance required by this paragraph shall be produced every two years, or more frequently as needed.
(4)(A) In implementing the requirement in paragraph (1), the Secretary, with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall each year produce, and submit to the congressional defense committees, a report (to be known as the "Global Defense Posture Report") that shall include the following:
(i) A description of major changes to United States forces, capabilities, and equipment assigned and allocated outside the United States, focused on significant alterations, additions, or reductions to such global defense posture that are required to execute the strategy and plans of the Department.
(ii) A description of the supporting network of infrastructure, facilities, pre-positioned stocks, and war reserve materiel required for execution of major contingency plans of the Department.
(iii) A list of all enduring locations, including main operating bases, forward operating sites, and cooperative security locations.
(iv) A description of the status of treaty, access, cost-sharing, and status-protection agreements with foreign nations.
(v) A summary of the priority posture initiatives for each region by the commanders of the combatant commands.
(vi) For each military department, a summary of the implications for overseas posture of any force structure changes.
(vii) A description of the costs incurred outside the United States during the preceding fiscal year in connection with operating, maintaining, and supporting United States forces outside the United States for each military department, broken out by country, and whether for operation and maintenance, infrastructure, or transportation.
(viii) A description of the amount of direct support for the stationing of United States forces provided by each host nation during the preceding fiscal year.
(B) The report required by this paragraph shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees as required by subparagraph (A) by not later than April 30 each year.
(C) In this paragraph, the term "United States", when used in a geographic sense, includes the territories and possessions of the United States.
(h) The Secretary of Defense shall keep the Secretaries of the military departments informed with respect to military operations and activities of the Department of Defense that directly affect their respective responsibilities.
(i)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress each year a report that contains a comprehensive net assessment of the defense capabilities and programs of the armed forces of the United States and its allies as compared with those of their potential adversaries.
(2) Each such report shall—
(A) include a comparison of the defense capabilities and programs of the armed forces of the United States and its allies with the armed forces of potential adversaries of the United States and allies of the United States;
(B) include an examination of the trends experienced in those capabilities and programs during the five years immediately preceding the year in which the report is transmitted and an examination of the expected trends in those capabilities and programs during the period covered by the future-years defense program submitted to Congress during that year pursuant to section 221 of this title;
(C) include a description of the means by which the Department of Defense will maintain the capability to reconstitute or expand the defense capabilities and programs of the armed forces of the United States on short notice to meet a resurgent or increased threat to the national security of the United States;
(D) reflect, in the overall assessment and in the strategic and regional assessments, the defense capabilities and programs of the armed forces of the United States specified in the budget submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 in the year in which the report is submitted and in the five-year defense program submitted in such year; and
(E) identify the deficiencies in the defense capabilities of the armed forces of the United States in such budget and such five-year defense program.
(3) The Secretary shall transmit to Congress the report required for each year under paragraph (1) at the same time that the President submits the budget to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 in that year. Such report shall be transmitted in both classified and unclassified form.
(j)(1) Not later than April 8 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the cost of stationing United States forces outside of the United States. Each such report shall include a detailed statement of the following:
(A) The costs incurred outside the United States in connection with operating, maintaining, and supporting United States forces outside the United States, including all direct and indirect expenditures of United States funds in connection with such stationing.
(B) The amount of direct and indirect support for the stationing of United States forces provided by each host nation.
(2) In this subsection, the term "United States", when used in a geographic sense, includes the territories and possessions of the United States.
(k) The Secretary of Defense, with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall provide annually to the Secretaries of the military departments and to the commanders of the combatant commands written guidelines to direct the effective detection and monitoring of all potential aerial and maritime threats to the national security of the United States. Those guidelines shall include guidance on the specific force levels and specific supporting resources to be made available for the period of time for which the guidelines are to be in effect.
(l)(1) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall establish metrics to measure—
(A) efforts to reflect across all grades comprising the officer and enlisted corps of each armed force the diverse population of the United States eligible to serve in the armed forces;
(B) efforts to reflect, across the civilian workforce of the Department and of each armed force, the diversity of the population of the United States; and
(C) the efforts of the armed forces to generate and maintain a ready military force that will prevail in war, prevent and deter conflict, defeat adversaries, and succeed in a wide range of contingencies.
(2) In implementing the requirement in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall—
(A) ensure that data elements, data collection methodologies, and reporting processes and structures pertinent to each metric established pursuant to that paragraph are comparable across the armed forces, to the extent practicable;
(B) establish standard classifications that members of the armed forces and civilian employees of the Department may use to self-identify their gender, race, or ethnicity, which classifications shall be consistent with Office of Management and Budget Number Directive 15, entitled 'Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting', or any successor directive;
(C) define conscious and unconscious bias with respect to matters of diversity and inclusion, and provide guidance to eliminate such bias;
(D) conduct a barrier analysis to review demographic diversity patterns across the military life cycle, starting with enlistment or accession into the armed forces, in order to—
(i) identify barriers to increasing diversity;
(ii) develop and implement plans and processes to resolve or eliminate any barriers to diversity; and
(iii) review the progress of the armed forces in implementing previous plans and processes to resolve or eliminate barriers to diversity;
(E) develop and implement plans and processes to ensure that advertising and marketing to promote enlistment or accession into the armed forces is representative of the diverse population of the United States eligible to serve in the armed forces; and
(F) meet annually with the Secretaries of the military departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces to assess progress toward diversity and inclusion across the armed forces and to elicit recommendations and advice for enhancing diversity and inclusion in the armed forces.
(m) Accompanying each national defense strategy provided to the congressional defense committees in accordance with subsection (g)(1)(D), the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall provide a report that sets forth a detailed discussion, current as of the preceding fiscal year, of the following:
(1) The number of officers and enlisted members of the armed forces, including the reserve components, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each grade in each armed force.
(2) The number of members of the armed forces, including the reserve components, who were promoted during the fiscal year covered by such report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each grade in each armed force, and of the number so promoted, the number promoted below, in, and above the applicable promotion zone.
(3) The number of members of the armed forces, including the reserve components, who were enlisted or accessed into the armed forces during the fiscal year covered by such report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, in each armed force.
(4) The number of graduates of each military service academy during the fiscal year covered by such report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each military department and the United States Coast Guard.
(5) The number of Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships awarded during the fiscal year covered by the report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each military department.
(6) The program completion rates and program withdrawal rates of Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship recipients during the fiscal year covered by the report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each military department.
(7) The number of graduates of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps during the fiscal year covered by the report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each military department.
(8) The number of members of the armed forces, including the reserve components, who reenlisted or otherwise extended a commitment to military service during the fiscal year covered by such report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each grade in each armed force.
(9) The number of civilian employees of the Department, disaggregated by military department, gender, race, and ethnicity—
(A) in each grade of the General Schedule;
(B) in each grade of the Senior Executive Service;
(C) paid at levels above grade GS-15 of the General Schedule but who are not members of the Senior Executive Service;
(D) paid under the Federal Wage System, and
(E) paid under alternative pay systems.
(10) An assessment of the pool of officers best qualified for promotion to grades O–9 and O–10, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, in each military department and the United States Coast Guard.
(11) Any other matter the Secretary considers appropriate.
(n)
(1) What clear and distinct objectives guide the activities of United States forces in the operation.
(2) What the President has identified on the basis of those objectives as the date, or the set of conditions, that defines the endpoint of the operation.
(o)
(1) a determination by the Secretary that the overseas contingency operation is expected to exceed 60 days; or
(2) the date on which the overseas contingency operation exceeds 60 days.
(Added Pub. L. 87–651, title II, §202, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 517, §133; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V, §511(3), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2920; Pub. L. 97–252, title XI, §1105, Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 739; Pub. L. 97–295, §1(1), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1287; renumbered §113 and amended Pub. L. 99–433, title I, §§101(a)(2), 102, 110(b)(2), (d)(2), title III, §301(b)(2), title VI, §603(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 994, 996, 1002, 1022, 1075; Pub. L. 100–26, §7(d)(1), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 280; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XII, §1214, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1157; Pub. L. 100–370, §1(o)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 850; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VII, §731, title XI, §1101, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2003, 2042; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, §1622(c)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1604; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIII, §1322(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1671; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title III, §341, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1343; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, §1070(a)(1), title XVI, §1671(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2855, 3014; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, §§1501(a)(8)(B), 1502(a)(3), 1503(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 495, 502, 510; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XII, §1255(c), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2698; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title IX, §903, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1854; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title IX, §915(a), title XII, §1212(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2101, 2152; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, §903(a), title XVIII, §1815(e), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 273, 500; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, §514(b), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4213; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title IX, §933(a), title X, §1064(1), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1543, 1586; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, §1076(f)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1951; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, §1071(c)(1), (2), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3508; Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title X, §1060(a), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title IX, §941(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2365; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §§1051(a)(1), 1081(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1560, 1594; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, §1041, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1954; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, §§1731(a)(3), 1732(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1812, 1816; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title V, §551(a)(1), title VIII, §811(a)(1), title XVIII, §1883(b)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3627, 3748, 4294; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title III, §311(a), title V, §573, title IX, §901(a), title XI, §1101, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1625, 1755, 1867, 1949; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title V, §511, title X, §§1041, 1081(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2563, 2770, 2797.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 133(a) 133(b) 133(c) 133(d) |
5:171(a) (last 10 words). 5:171a(a). 5:171a(b). 5:171a(d). 5:171a–1. 5:171a(f). 5:171n(a) (as applicable to 5:171a(f)). |
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, §§201(a) (last 10 words), 202(a),(b); restated Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, §§4 (last 10 words of 1st par.), 5 (1st and 2d pars.), 63 Stat. 579, 580. |
| [Uncodified: 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 6, §5, eff. June 30, 1953, 67 Stat. 639]. 5:171n(a). |
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, §202(d); added Apr. 2, 1949, ch. 47, §1; restated Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, §5 (9th par.); restated Aug. 6, 1958, Pub. L. 85–599, §3(b), 72 Stat. 516. | |
| July 26, 1947, ch. 343, §202(f); added Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, §5 (11th par.), 63 Stat. 581. | ||
| July 26, 1947, ch. 343, §308(a) (as applicable to §202(f)), 61 Stat. 509. | ||
| July 9, 1952, ch. 608, §257(e), 66 Stat. 497; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, §702(c), 68 Stat. 1189. | ||
| 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 6, §5, eff. June 30, 1953, 67 Stat. 639. |
In subsection (a), the last sentence is substituted for 5 U.S.C. 171a(a) (proviso).
In subsection (b), the words "this title and section 401 of title 50" are substituted for 5 U.S.C. 171a(b) (13th through 30th words of last sentence), since those words merely described the coverage of this title and section 401 of title 50.
In subsection (c), the words "during the period covered by the report" are inserted for clarity. The following substitutions are made: "under section 125 of this title" for "pursuant to the provisions of this Act" since 125 of this title relates to the duty of the Secretary of Defense to take action to save public funds and to eliminate duplication in the Department of Defense; and the last 22 words of clause (3) for 5 U.S.C. 171a–1 (last 13 words).
In subsection (d), section 5 of 1953 Reorganization Plan No. 6 is omitted as covered by 5 U.S.C. 171a(f).
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 133(e) | 10:133 (note). | Oct. 7, 1975, Pub. L. 94–106, §812, 89 Stat. 540. |
The words "prepare and" are omitted as surplus.
Subsection (k) is based on Pub. L. 100–202, §101(b) [title VIII, §8042], 101 Stat. 1329–69.
Section 8042 of the FY88 Defense Appropriations Act (Public Law 100–202) established a requirement for the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report on the cost of stationing United States forces overseas. Under that section, the annual report is to be sent to the Committees on Appropriations of the two Houses. In codifying that section as section 113(k) of title 10, the committee added the two Armed Services Committees as committees to be sent the annual report. This minor change from the source law does not change the nature of the report to be submitted.
The committee notes that the source section does not specify the period of time to be covered by the report. In the absence of statutory language specifying the period to be covered by the report, it would seem reasonable to conclude that the report should cover the previous fiscal year. The committee notes, however, that the report of the Senate Appropriations Committee on its FY88 defense appropriations bill (S. Rpt. 100–235) states that this new annual report "should cover the budget years and the 2 previous fiscal years" (page 54). The committee believes that such a requirement may be unnecessarily burdensome and in any case, if such a requirement is intended, should be stated in the statute. In the absence of clear intent, the provision is proposed to be codified without specifying the period of time to be covered by the annual report.
In codifying this provision, the committee also changed the term "United States troops" in the source law to "United States forces" for consistency in usage in title 10 and as being preferable usage. No change in meaning is intended. The committee also changed "overseas" to "outside the United States" and defined "United States" for this purpose to include the territories and possessions of the United States. The committee was concerned that the term "overseas" read literally could include Hawaii or Guam, an interpretation clearly not intended in enacting section 8042. The committee notes that the Senate report referred to above states "For the purposes of this report [meaning the new DOD annual report], U.S. forces stationed overseas are considered to be those outside of the United States and its territories.". The committee extrapolates from this statement that provisions in the report requirement relating to expenditures "overseas" and costs incurred "overseas" are also to be construed as relating to matters outside the United States and its territories and has prepared the codified provision accordingly.
The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (m)(9)(A), (C), is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Senior Executive Service, referred to in subsec. (m)(9)(B), see section 5382 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (o), is Pub. L. 95–452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, which was set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and was substantially repealed and restated in chapter 4 (§401 et seq.) of Title 5 by Pub. L. 117–286, §§3(b), 7, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4206, 4361. For disposition of sections of the Act into chapter 4 of Title 5, see Disposition Table preceding section 101 of Title 5.
2022—Subsec. (g)(1)(D). Pub. L. 117–263, §1041, substituted "in both classified and unclassified form. The unclassified form may not be a summary of the classified document." for "in classified form with an unclassified summary."
Subsec. (l)(2)(F). Pub. L. 117–263, §1081(a)(2)(A), inserted period after "inclusion in the armed forces".
Subsec. (m)(5), (6). Pub. L. 117–263, §511(4), added pars. (5) and (6). Former pars. (5) and (6) redesignated (7) and (8), respectively.
Subsec. (m)(7). Pub. L. 117–263, §511(3), redesignated par. (5) as (7). Former par. (7) redesignated (9).
Subsec. (m)(8). Pub. L. 117–263, §511(3), redesignated par. (6) as (8).
Pub. L. 117–263, §511(2), redesignated par. (8) relating to providing assessment of pool of officers best qualified for promotion in each military department and United States Coast Guard in report as (10).
Pub. L. 117–263, §511(1), redesignated par. (8) relating to providing any other matter Secretary considers appropriate in report as (11).
Subsec. (m)(9). Pub. L. 117–263, §1081(a)(2)(B), which directed redesignation of "second paragraph (8) as paragraph (9)", could not be executed because of the intervening amendments by section 511 of Pub. L. 117–263, after which there was no second par. (8). See above.
Pub. L. 117–263, §511(3), redesignated par. (7) as (9).
Subsec. (m)(10). Pub. L. 117–263, §511(2), redesignated par. (8) relating to providing assessment of pool of officers best qualified for promotion in each military department and United States Coast Guard in report as (10).
Subsec. (m)(11). Pub. L. 117–263, §511(1), redesignated par. (8) relating to providing any other matter Secretary considers appropriate in report as (11).
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–81, §901(a), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: "There is a Secretary of Defense, who is the head of the Department of Defense, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. A person may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force."
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 117–81, §1101(1), inserted "of members and civilian employees" after "inclusion".
Pub. L. 117–81, §573(1), inserted before semicolon at end ", including the status of diversity and inclusion in the military service academies, the Officer Candidate and Training Schools, and the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs of such department".
Pub. L. 116–283, §551(a)(1)(A)(ii), added par. (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3).
Subsec. (c)(3), (4). Pub. L. 116–283, §551(a)(1)(A)(i), redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively.
Subsec. (g)(1)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 117–81, §311(a)(1)(A), substituted "actors, and the current or projected threats to military installation resilience," for "actors,".
Subsec. (g)(1)(B)(vii). Pub. L. 116–283, §551(a)(1)(B), added cl. (vii).
Subsec. (g)(1)(B)(viii). Pub. L. 116–283, §1883(b)(2), substituted "section 4801" for "section 2500".
Pub. L. 116–283, §881(a)(1), added cl. (viii).
Subsec. (g)(1)(B)(ix). Pub. L. 116–283, §811(a)(1), added cl. (ix).
Subsec. (g)(1)(B)(x). Pub. L. 117–81, §311(a)(1)(B), added cl. (x).
Subsec. (g)(2)(A). Pub. L. 117–81, §311(a)(2), substituted "priorities, including priorities relating to the current or projected risks to military installation resilience," for "priorities," in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 116–283, §551(a)(1)(D), added subsec. (l).
Subsec. (l)(1)(B), (C). Pub. L. 117–81, §1101(2)(A), added subpar. (B) and redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C).
Subsec. (l)(2)(B). Pub. L. 117–81, §1101(2)(B), inserted "and civilian employees of the Department" after "members of the armed forces".
Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 116–283, §551(a)(1)(D), added subsec. (m). Former subsec. (m) redesignated (n).
Subsec. (m)(5), (6). Pub. L. 117–81, §573(2)(A), (B), added par. (5) and redesignated former par. (5) as (6). Former par. (6) redesignated (7).
Subsec. (m)(7), (8). Pub. L. 117–81, §1101(3), added par. (7) and redesignated former par. (7), relating to providing assessment of pool of officers best qualified for promotion in each military department and United States Coast Guard in report, as (8).
Pub. L. 117–81, §573(2)(A), redesignated pars. (6) and (7), relating to providing any other matter Secretary considers appropriate in report, as (7) and (8), respectively.
Subsecs. (n), (o). Pub. L. 116–283, §551(a)(1)(C), redesignated subsecs. (m) and (n) as (n) and (o), respectively.
2019—Subsec. (j)(1). Pub. L. 116–92, §1731(a)(3), inserted "the" before "congressional defense committees".
Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 116–92, §1732(a), added subsec. (n).
2018—Subsec. (g)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 115–232 added pars. (2) to (4) and struck out former pars. (2) to (4) which related to annual provision of written policy guidance for preparation and review of program recommendations and budget proposals, provision every two years of written policy guidance for preparation and review of contingency plans including those providing support to civil authorities in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic incident, and provision to congressional defense committees of a detailed classified briefing summarizing such guidance not later than Feb. 15 in any calendar year in which guidance is required.
2017—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–91, §1051(a)(1)(A), redesignated par. (1) as subsec. (c) and subpars. (A) to (C) of former par. (1) as pars. (1) to (3), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: "At the same time that the Secretary submits the annual report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall transmit to the President and Congress a separate report from the Reserve Forces Policy Board on any reserve component matter that the Reserve Forces Policy Board considers appropriate to include in the report."
Subsec. (j)(1). Pub. L. 115–91, §1081(a)(1), substituted "congressional defense committees" for "the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 115–91, §1051(a)(1)(B), struck out subsec. (l) which listed items to be included in the Secretary's annual report to Congress under subsec. (c).
2016—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 114–328 amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (g) required Secretary of Defense to provide annually to Department of Defense heads written policy guidance for preparation and review of program recommendations and budget proposals, to provide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff written policy guidance for contingency plans for homeland defense and for military support to civil authorities, and to include in budget materials submitted to Congress summaries of the guidance developed and summaries of any plans developed in accordance with that guidance.
2015—Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 114–92 added par. (3).
2014—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–291, §1071(c)(1), substituted "(50 U.S.C. 3002)" for "(50 U.S.C. 401)".
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 113–291, §1071(c)(2), substituted "(50 U.S.C. 3043)" for "(50 U.S.C. 404a)".
2013—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 112–239 struck out "on" after "Board on".
2011—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 111–383 substituted "on any reserve component matter" for "the reserve programs of the Department of Defense and on any other matters".
Subsec. (j)(1)(A) to (C). Pub. L. 112–81, §1064(1)(A), added subpar. (B), redesignated former subpar. (B) as (A), and struck out former subpars. (A) and (C) which read as follows:
"(A) Costs incurred in the United States and costs incurred outside the United States in connection with the stationing of United States forces outside the United States.
"(C) The effect of such expenditures outside the United States on the balance of payments of the United States."
Subsec. (j)(2), (3). Pub. L. 112–81, §1064(1)(B), (C), redesignated par. (3) as (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: "Each report under this subsection shall be prepared in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce."
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 112–81, §933(a), amended subsec. (l) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (l) related to contents of the Secretary's annual report to Congress under subsec. (c).
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–181, §903(a), substituted "seven" for "10".
Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 110–181, §1815(e), substituted "contingency plans, including plans for providing support to civil authorities in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic incident, for homeland defense, and for military support to civil authorities" for "contingency plans".
1999—Subsec. (j)(1). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted "and the Committee on Armed Services" for "and the Committee on National Security" in introductory provisions.
1998—Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 105–261, §915(a), added subsec. (l).
Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 105–261, §1212(b), added subsec. (m).
1997—Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 105–85 struck out "annually" after "Staff, shall provide" and inserted "be provided every two years or more frequently as needed and shall" after "Such guidance shall".
1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–201, §1255(c)(2)–(5), inserted "(1)" after "(c)", redesignated former pars. (1), (2), and (4) as subpars. (A), (B), and (C), respectively, inserted "and" at end of subpar. (B), and added par. (2).
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 104–201, §1255(c)(1), struck out par. (3) which read as follows: "a report from the Reserve Forces Policy Board on the reserve programs of the Department of Defense, including a review of the effectiveness of chapters 51, 337, 361, 363, 549, 573, 837, 861 and 863 of this title, as far as they apply to reserve officers; and".
Pub. L. 104–106, §1501(a)(8)(B), made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 103–337, §1671(c)(2). See 1994 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (i)(2)(B). Pub. L. 104–106, §1503(a)(1), substituted "the period covered by the future-years defense program submitted to Congress during that year pursuant to section 221" for "the five years covered by the five-year defense program submitted to Congress during that year pursuant to section 114(g)".
Subsec. (j)(1). Pub. L. 104–106, §1502(a)(3), substituted "Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on National Security and the Committee on Appropriations of the" for "Committees on Armed Services and Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and".
1994—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 103–337, §1671(c)(2), as amended by Pub. L. 104–106, §1501(a)(8)(B), which directed the substitution of "1219 and 1401 through 1411 of this title" for "51, 337, 361, 363, 549, 573, 837, 861 and 863 of this title, as far as they apply to reserve officers", effective Oct. 1, 1996, could not be executed because of the intervening amendment by Pub. L. 104–201, §1255(c)(1). See 1996 Amendment note above.
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 103–337, §1070(a)(1), substituted "section 108" for "section 104".
1991—Subsec. (i)(2)(C) to (E). Pub. L. 102–190 added subpar. (C) and redesignated former subpars. (C) and (D) as (D) and (E), respectively.
1990—Subsecs. (i) to (l). Pub. L. 101–510 redesignated subsecs. (j) to (l) as (i) to (k), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (i) which read as follows: "The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a written report, not later than February 15 of each fiscal year, recommending the amount of funds to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for the next fiscal year for functions relating to the formulation and carrying out of Department of Defense policies on the control of technology transfer and activities related to the control of technology transfer. The Secretary shall include in that report the proposed allocation of the funds requested for such purpose and the number of personnel proposed to be assigned to carry out such activities during such fiscal year."
1989—Subsec. (j)(2)(B). Pub. L. 101–189 substituted "five-year defense program" for "Five-Year Defense Program".
1988—Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 100–456, §731, designated existing provisions as par. (1), struck out provision requiring that each report be transmitted in both a classified and an unclassified form, and added pars. (2) and (3).
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 100–370 added subsec. (k).
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 100–456, §1101, added subsec. (l).
1987—Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 100–26 inserted "(50 U.S.C. 404a)" after "National Security Act of 1947".
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 100–180 added subsec. (j).
1986—Pub. L. 99–433, §110(d)(2), struck out ": appointment; powers and duties; delegation by" at end of section catchline.
Subsecs. (a) to (e). Pub. L. 99–443, §101(a)(2), redesignated subsecs. (a) to (e) of section 133 of this title as subsecs. (a) to (e) of this section.
Pub. L. 99–433, §301(b)(2), substituted "sections 125 and 191" for "section 125" in subsec. (c)(2).
Pub. L. 99–433, §603(b), amended subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (e) read as follows: "After consulting with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives before February 1 of each year a written report on—
"(1) the foreign policy and military force structure for the next fiscal year;
"(2) the relationship of that policy and structure to each other; and
"(3) the justification for the policy and structure."
Subsecs. (f) to (h). Pub. L. 99–433, §102, added subsecs. (f) to (h).
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 99–433, §§101(a)(2), 110(b)(2), successively redesignated subsec. (h) of section 138 of this title as subsec. (h) of section 114 of this title and then as subsec. (i) of this section.
1982—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 97–295 added subsec. (e).
Subsec. (i) [formerly §138(h)]. Pub. L. 97–252, §1105, added subsec. (h). See 1986 Amendment note above.
1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted "section 2 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401)" for "section 401 of title 50".
Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title IX, §901(g), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1868, provided that: "The amendments made by subsections (a) through (e) [amending sections 113, 138, 7013, 8013, and 9013 of this title] shall apply with respect to appointments made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 27, 2021]."
Amendment by section 1883(b)(2) of Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1051(z), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1568, provided that: "Except as provided in subsections (u), (v), and (w) [amending section 1061 of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as a note under section 111 of this title] the amendments made by this section [see Tables for classification] shall take effect on the later of—
"(1) the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 12, 2017]; or
"(2) November 25, 2017."
Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, §1501(f)(3), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 501, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [see Tables for classification] shall take effect as if included in the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act [Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI] as enacted on October 5, 1994."
Amendment by section 1671(c)(2) of Pub. L. 103–337 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
For termination, effective Dec. 31, 2021, of provisions in subsecs. (c)(1) and (e) of this section requiring submittal of annual report to Congress, see section 1051(x) of Pub. L. 115–91, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.
For termination, effective Dec. 31, 2021, of provisions in subsec. (i) of this section requiring submittal of annual report to Congress, see section 1061 of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title I, §152, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3440, as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title IX, §907(c)(1), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1875, which authorized the Secretary of Defense to transfer the responsibilities and functions of the Commander of the United States Strategic Command relating to electromagnetic spectrum operations, was transferred to section 1053 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note below, and redesignated as subsec. (g) of that section by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title IX, §907(c)(2), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1875.
Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, §1047, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2774, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, §1065, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2786, provided that: "Prior to the relocation or elimination of any flying mission that involves 50 personnel or more assigned to a unit performing that mission, either with respect to an active or reserve component of a military department, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] a report describing the justification of the Secretary for the decision to relocate or eliminate such flying mission. Such report shall include each of the following:
"(1) A description of how the decision supports the national defense strategy, the national military strategy, the North American Aerospace Defense Command strategy, and other relevant strategies.
"(2) A specific analysis and metrics supporting such decision.
"(3) An analysis and metrics to show that the elimination or relocation of the flying mission would not negatively affect broader mission sets, such as the homeland defense mission.
"(4) A plan for how the Department of Defense intends to fulfill or continue to meet the mission requirements of the eliminated or relocated flying mission.
"(5) An assessment of the effect of the elimination or relocation on the national defense strategy, the national military strategy, the North American Aerospace Defense Command strategy, and broader mission sets, such as the homeland defense mission.
"(6) An analysis and metrics to show that the elimination or relocation of the flying mission and its secondary and tertiary impacts would not degrade capabilities and readiness of the Joint Force.
"(7) An analysis and metrics to show that the elimination or relocation of the flying mission would not negatively affect the continental United States national airspace system."
Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, §1074, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2794, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) define the roles and missions of the Department of Defense in long-term strategic competition with specific competitors;
"(2) conceptualize the employment of joint forces capabilities to deter adversarial military action by strategic competitors;
"(3) describe the manner in which the Department of Defense will use its forces, capabilities, posture, indications and warning systems, and authorities to protect United States national interests in the course of participating in long-term strategic competition, including through—
"(A) departmental efforts to integrate Department of Defense roles and missions with other instruments of national power;
"(B) security cooperation with partners and allies; and
"(C) operations relating to long-term strategic competition, particularly below the threshold of traditional armed conflict;
"(4) identify priority lines of effort and assign responsibility to relevant Armed Forces, combatant commands, and other elements of the Department of Defense for each specified line of effort in support of the Joint Concept for Competing; and
"(5) provide means for integrating and continuously improving the ability of the Department to engage in long-term strategic competition.
"(c)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) A detailed description of any actions taken by the Department of Defense relative to the purposes specified under subsection (b).
"(B) An articulation of any new concepts or strategies necessary to support the Joint Concept for Competing.
"(C) An articulation of any capabilities, resources, or authorities necessary to implement the Joint Concept for Competing.
"(D) An explanation of the manner in which the Joint Concept for Competing relates to and integrates with the Joint Warfighting Concept.
"(E) An explanation of the manner in which the Joint Concept for Competing synchronizes and integrates with efforts of other departments and agencies of the United States Government to address long-term strategic competition.
"(F) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines relevant."
Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XV, §1510, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2890, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) desired operational effects within such scenario;
"(B) the gaps that limit the ability to access important targets, the development of capabilities, the conduct of mission planning, and the execution of operations to deliver such effects;
"(C) the collection systems, analytic expertise and capacity, analytic tools and processes, foreign materiel, and product lines required to support development and delivery of such effects;
"(D) the forces required to deliver such effects, including associated doctrine, training, expertise, organization, authorities, and command and control arrangements; and
"(E) the cyber, electronic warfare, sensing, and communications capabilities, and delivery platforms and mechanisms, required to achieve such effects and the extent to which such capabilities, platforms, and mechanisms should be integrated with each other.
"(3)
"(4)
"(A) includes the identification of dedicated resources to be controlled by the designated planning official described in paragraph (3) and an approach under which the planning official apportions such resources across the Department of Defense to establish, augment, and accelerate new and ongoing activities described in paragraph (1) and subsections (b), (c), and (d); and
"(B) identifies—
"(i) a dedicated program element for non-kinetic force development;
"(ii) the suitability of the mission management authorities established through the pilot program under section 871 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 191 note);
"(iii) the utility of using joint capability technology demonstrations to drive prototyping, experimentation, and technical integration of non-kinetic capabilities;
"(iv) how the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve might drive prototyping, experimentation, and technical integration of non-kinetic capabilities; and
"(v) alignment with other experimentation activities with the appropriate combatant commands.
"(5)
"(b)
"(1) through the Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of other Department of Defense components, as appropriate, establish appropriate forces and accompanying doctrine, training, and tradecraft;
"(2) acting through the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, serving as the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, ensure that appropriate requirements exist to guide the development and fielding of forces and means to deliver non-kinetic effects within a defense planning scenario;
"(3) through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the combatant commands, establish appropriate command and control structures and relationships governing such forces; and
"(4) determine the appropriate responsibilities of—
"(A) Cyber Mission Force of the United States Cyber Command;
"(B) cyber, electronic warfare, and space forces provided to other combatant commands; and
"(C) other operational entities within the Department of Defense in delivering non-kinetic effects.
"(c)
"(d)
"(e)
"(f)
Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title III, §§331, 334, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1637, 1638, provided that:
"In this subtitle [subtitle C (§§331–335) of title III of div. A of Pub. L. 117–81, enacting section 2285 of this title, amending sections 101 and 2504 of this title, and enacting this note]:
"(1) The terms 'climate resilience' and 'extreme weather' have the meanings given such terms in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 332.
"(2) The term 'climate security' has the meaning given such term in the second subsection (e) of section 120 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060(e)).
"(3) The term 'military installation resilience' has the meaning given such term in section 101(e) of title 10, United States Code.
"(a)
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) An assessment of the direct impacts of extreme weather on the deployment and operations of the Armed Forces, and the manner in which extreme weather may impact the requirements of the commanders of the combatant commands in the respective areas of responsibility of such commanders, including—
"(i) an assessment of the evolving posture of peer competitors and impacts to deployment and operations of peer competitors due to extreme weather;
"(ii) an assessment of the impacts of expanding requirements for Department humanitarian assistance and disaster response due to extreme weather;
"(iii) a threat assessment of the impacts of extreme weather, drought, and desertification on regional stability;
"(iv) an assessment of risks to home station strategic and operational support area readiness, including the strategic highway network, the strategic rail network, and strategic air and sea ports; and
"(v) the development of standards for data collection to assist decision-making processes for research, development, and acquisition priorities for installation and infrastructure resilience to extreme weather.
"(B) A long-term strategic plan, including war games and exercises, centered on climate-driven crises, and a long-term assessment of climate security by the Office of Net Assessment of the Department.
"(C) A review outlining near-term and long-term needs for research, development, and deployment for equipment and other measures required to assure the resilience of the assets and capabilities of the Department and each component thereof, and of key elements of the defense industrial base and supporting transportation networks, to the impacts of extreme weather.
"(c)
"(1)
"(2)
Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title III, §378, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1669, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(1) incorporation into doctrine of the military departments;
"(2) integration into training of the military departments; and
"(3) efforts to coordinate with the militaries of partner countries and allies to develop similar standards and associated protocols, including through the use of working groups."
Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title III, §382, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1672, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(b)
"(c)
"(d)
"(e)
Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XII, §1245, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1986, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) Collection, digitization, and sharing of archival information.
"(2) Building the capacity of Vietnam to conduct archival research, investigations, and excavations.
"(3) Improving DNA analysis capacity.
"(4) Increasing veteran-to-veteran exchanges.
"(5) Other support activities the Secretary of Defense considers necessary and appropriate.
"(c)
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title II, §234, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3483, as amended by Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title II, §212(g), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2468, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title V, §551(a)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3629, provided that: "Not later than 72 hours after submitting to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] a report required by subsection (m) of section 113 of title 10, United States Code (as amended by paragraph (1)), the Secretary of Defense shall make the report available on an Internet website of the Department of Defense available to the public. In so making a report available, the Secretary shall ensure that any data included in the report is made available in a machine-readable format that is downloadable, searchable, and sortable."
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title V, §551(a)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3629, provided that:
"(A)
"(B)
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title VIII, §811(a)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3749, provided that: "Not later than October 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall publish interim guidance to carry out the requirements of this subsection [amending this section and section 133b of this title]."
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title VIII, §837, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3760, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) identify policies and procedures protecting defense-sensitive United States intellectual property, technology, and other data and information, including hardware and software, from acquisition by the government of China; and
"(2) to the extent that the Secretary determines that such policies and procedures are insufficient to provide such protection, develop additional policies and procedures.
"(b)
"(1) Establish and maintain a list of critical national security technology that may require certain restrictions on current or former employees, contractors, or subcontractors (at any tier) of the Department of Defense that contribute to such technology.
"(2) Review the existing authorities under which employees of the Department of Defense may be subject to post-employment restrictions with foreign governments and with organizations subject to foreign ownership, control, or influence.
"(3) Identify additional measures that may be necessary to enhance the authorities described in paragraph (2).
"(c)
Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, §1090, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1925, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(A) The implementation of the National Defense Strategy and military service-specific strategies with respect to the Arctic region.
"(B) The maintenance or restoration of the comparative military advantage of the United States in response to great power competitors in the Arctic region.
"(C) The reduction of the risk of executing operation and contingency plans of the Department of Defense.
"(D) To maximize execution of Department operation and contingency plans, in the event deterrence fails.
"(2)
"(A) An analysis of, and recommended changes to achieve, the required force structure and posture of assigned and allocated forces within the Arctic region for fiscal year 2027 necessary to achieve the objectives described in paragraph (1), which shall be informed by—
"(i) a review of United States military requirements based on operation and contingency plans, capabilities of potential adversaries, assessed gaps or shortfalls of the Armed Forces within the Arctic region, and scenarios that consider—
"(I) potential contingencies that commence in the Arctic region and contingencies that commence in other regions but affect the Arctic region;
"(II) use of near-, mid-, and far-time horizons to encompass the range of circumstances required to test new concepts and doctrine;
"(III) supporting analyses that focus on the number of regionally postured military units and the quality of capability of such units;
"(ii) a review of current United States military force posture and deployment plans within the Arctic region, especially of Arctic-based forces that provide support to, or receive support from, the United States Northern Command, the United States Indo-Pacific Command, or the United States European Command;
"(iii) an analysis of potential future realignments of United States forces in the region, including options for strengthening United States presence, access, readiness, training, exercises, logistics, and pre-positioning; and
"(iv) any other matter the Commander of the United States Northern Command considers appropriate.
"(B) A discussion of any factor that may influence the United States posture, supported by annual wargames and other forms of research and analysis.
"(C) An assessment of capabilities requirements to achieve such objectives.
"(D) An assessment of logistics requirements, including personnel, equipment, supplies, storage, and maintenance needs to achieve such objectives.
"(E) An assessment and identification of required infrastructure and military construction investments to achieve such objectives.
"(3)
"(A)
"(B)
"(i) a copy of the report, in its entirety; and
"(ii) any additional analysis or information, as the Secretary considers appropriate.
"(C)
"(b)
"(1)
"(A)
"(B)
"(i) consistent with the objectives described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a); and
"(ii) informed by the assessment required by that paragraph.
"(C)
"(i) Modernize and strengthen the presence of the Armed Forces, including those with advanced capabilities.
"(ii) Improve logistics and maintenance capabilities and the pre-positioning of equipment, munitions, fuel, and materiel.
"(iii) Conduct exercises, wargames, education, training, experimentation, and innovation for the joint force.
"(iv) Improve infrastructure to enhance the responsiveness and resiliency of the Armed Forces.
"(2)
"(A)
"(B)
"(i)
"(I) A description of the activities and resources for the first fiscal year beginning after the date on which the Initiative is established, and the plan for not fewer than the four subsequent fiscal years, organized by the activities described in paragraph (1)(C).
"(II) A summary of progress made toward achieving the objectives described in subsection (a)(1).
"(III) A summary of the activity, resource, capability, infrastructure, and logistics requirements necessary to achieve progress in reducing risk to the ability of the joint force to achieve objectives in the Arctic region, including, as appropriate, investments in—
"(aa) active and passive defenses against—
"(AA) manned aircraft, surface vessels, and submarines;
"(BB) unmanned naval systems;
"(CC) unmanned aerial systems; and
"(DD) theater cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles;
"(bb) advanced long-range precision strike systems;
"(cc) command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems;
"(dd) training and test range capacity, capability, and coordination;
"(ee) dispersed resilient and adaptive basing to support distributed operations, including expeditionary airfields and ports, space launch facilities, and command posts;
"(ff) advanced critical munitions;
"(gg) pre-positioned forward stocks of fuel, munitions, equipment, and materiel;
"(hh) distributed logistics and maintenance capabilities;
"(ii) strategic mobility assets, including icebreakers;
"(jj) improved interoperability, logistics, transnational supply lines and infrastructure, and information sharing with allies and partners, including scientific missions; and
"(kk) information operations capabilities.
"(IV) A detailed timeline for achieving the requirements identified under subclause (III).
"(V) A detailed explanation of any significant modification to such requirements, as compared to—
"(aa) the assessment required by subsection (a)(1) for the first fiscal year; and
"(bb) the plans previously submitted for each subsequent fiscal year.
"(VI) Any other matter the Secretary considers necessary.
"(ii)
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, §1060, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3857, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) Development of doctrine to address any identified gaps, including the study of existing doctrine of partners and allies of the United States.
"(B) Development of materiel solutions for operating in extreme weather environments of the Arctic, including equipment for individual members of the Armed Forces, ground vehicles, and communications systems.
"(C) Development of a plan for fielding future weapons platforms able to operate in Arctic conditions.
"(D) Development of capabilities to monitor, assess, and predict environmental and weather conditions in the Arctic and the effect of such conditions on military operations.
"(E) Determining requirements for logistics and sustainment of the Armed Forces operating in the Arctic."
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, §1082, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3875, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) The term 'adverse event' means—
"(A) any event that indicates that a consumer product—
"(i) fails to comply with an applicable consumer product safety rule or with a voluntary consumer product safety standard upon which the Consumer Product Safety Commission has relied under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058);
"(ii) fails to comply with any other rule, regulation, standard, or ban under that Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission;
"(iii) contains a defect that could create a substantial product hazard described in section 15(a)(2) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2064(a)(2)); or
"(iv) creates an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death; or
"(B) any other harm described in subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 6A of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2055a) and required to be reported in the database established under subsection (a) of that section.
"(2) The term 'consumer product' has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052)."
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, §1210E, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3917, as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XIII, §1334, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2009, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) implementation of the Department of Defense plan entitled 'Women, Peace, and Security Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan' published in June 2020, or any successor plan;
"(2) establishing Department of Defense-wide policies and programs that advance the implementation of the Act, including military doctrine and Department-specific and combatant command-specific programs;
"(3) ensuring the Department has sufficient qualified personnel to advance implementation of that Act, including by hiring and training full-time equivalent personnel, as necessary, and establishing roles, responsibilities, and requirements for such personnel;
"(4) as appropriate, the deliberate integration of relevant training curriculum for members of the Armed Forces across all ranks; and
"(5) security cooperation activities that further the implementation of that Act.
"(b)
"(1)
"(A) incorporating gender analysis and women, peace, and security priorities into educational and training materials and programs authorized by section 333 of title 10, United States Code;
"(B) advising on the recruitment, employment, development, retention, and promotion of women in such national security forces, including by—
"(i) identifying existing military career opportunities for women;
"(ii) exposing women and girls to careers available in such national security forces and the skills necessary for such careers; and
"(iii) encouraging women's and girls' interest in such careers by highlighting as role models women of the United States and applicable foreign countries in uniform;
"(C) addressing sexual harassment and abuse against women within such national security forces;
"(D) integrating gender analysis into security sector policy, planning, and training for such national security forces; and
"(E) improving infrastructure to address the requirements of women serving in such national security forces, including appropriate equipment for female security and police forces.
"(2)
"(c)
"(d)
"(e)
"(1) implementation of defense lines of effort outlined in the June 2020 Department of Defense 'Women, Peace, and Security Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan' and described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a) and subparagraphs (A) through (E) of subsection (b)(1), as appropriate; and
"(2) an enumeration of the funds used in such implementation and an identification of funding shortfalls, if any, that may inhibit implementation.
"(f)
"(1)
"(2)
"(3)
"(A)
"(B)
"(i) the demonstrated political commitment of the partner country to increasing the participation of women in the security sector; and
"(ii) the national security priorities and theater campaign strategies of the United States.
"(4)
"(A) adapted to the local context of the partner country being assessed;
"(B) conducted in collaboration with the security sector of the partner country being assessed; and
"(C) based on tested methodologies.
"(5)
"(A) review the methods of research and analysis used by any entity contracted with under paragraph (2) in conducting the assessment and identify lessons learned from such review; and
"(B) assess the ability of the Department to conduct future partner country assessments without entering into such a contract, including by assessing potential costs and benefits for the Department that may arise in conducting such future assessments.
"(6)
"(A)
"(B)
"(7)
"(A)
"(B)
"(g)
"(h)
"(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
"(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives."
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, §1251(a)–(g), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3951–3954, as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XII, §1242, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1978; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XII, §1254, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2850, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) Modernize and strengthen the presence of the United States Armed Forces, including those with advanced capabilities.
"(2) Improve logistics and maintenance capabilities and the pre-positioning of equipment, munitions, fuel, and materiel.
"(3) Carry out a program of exercises, training, experimentation, and innovation for the joint force.
"(4) Improve infrastructure to enhance the responsiveness and resiliency of the United States Armed Forces.
"(5) Build the defense and security capabilities, capacity, and cooperation of allies and partners.
"(c)
"(d)
"(1)
"(A)
"(i) The implementation of the National Defense Strategy with respect to the Indo-Pacific region.
"(ii) The maintenance or restoration of the comparative military advantage of the United States with respect to the People's Republic of China.
"(iii) The reduction of the risk of executing contingency plans of the Department of Defense.
"(B)
"(i) With respect to the achievement of the objectives described in subparagraph (A), a description of the intended force structure and posture of assigned and allocated forces in each of the following:
"(I) West of the International Date Line.
"(II) In States outside the contiguous United States east of the International Date Line.
"(III) In the contiguous United States.
"(ii) An assessment of capabilities requirements to achieve such objectives.
"(iii) An assessment of logistics requirements, including personnel, equipment, supplies, storage, and maintenance needs to achieve such objectives.
"(iv) An identification of required infrastructure and military construction investments to achieve such objectives.
"(v) An assessment of security cooperation authorities, activities, or resources required to achieve such objectives.
"(vi)(I) A plan to fully resource United States force posture and capabilities, including—
"(aa) a detailed assessment of the resources necessary to address the elements described in clauses (i) through (v), including specific cost estimates for recommended investments or projects—
"(AA) to improve the posture and presence of the United States Armed Forces, including those with advanced capabilities;
"(BB) to improve logistics and maintenance capabilities and the pre-positioning of equipment, munitions, fuel, and materiel;
"(CC) to carry out a program of exercises, training, experimentation, and innovation for the joint force;
"(DD) to improve infrastructure to enhance the responsiveness and resiliency of the United States Armed Forces;
"(EE) to build the defense and security capabilities, capacity, and cooperation of allies and partners; and
"(FF) to modernize and improve capabilities available to the United States Indo-Pacific Command; and
"(bb) a detailed timeline to achieve the intended force structure and posture described in clause (i).
"(II) The specific cost estimates required by subclause (I)(aa) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include the following:
"(aa) With respect to procurement accounts—
"(AA) amounts displayed by account, budget activity, line number, line item, and line item title; and
"(BB) a description of the requirements for each such amount.
"(bb) With respect to research, development, test, and evaluation accounts—
"(AA) amounts displayed by account, budget activity, line number, program element, and program element title; and
"(BB) a description of the requirements for each such amount.
"(cc) With respect to operation and maintenance accounts—
"(AA) amounts displayed by account title, budget activity title, line number, and subactivity group title; and
"(BB) a description of the specific manner in which each such amount would be used.
"(dd) With respect to military personnel accounts—
"(AA) amounts displayed by account, budget activity, budget subactivity, and budget subactivity title; and
"(BB) a description of the requirements for each such amount.
"(ee) With respect to each project under military construction accounts (including unspecified minor military construction and amounts for planning and design), the country, location, project title, and project amount for each fiscal year.
"(ff) With respect to any expenditure or proposed appropriation not described in items (aa) through (ee), a level of detail equivalent to or greater than the level of detail provided in the future-years defense program submitted pursuant to section 221(a) of title 10, United States Code.
"(vii) A budget display, prepared with the assistance of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), that compares the independent assessment of the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command with the amounts contained in the budget display for the applicable fiscal year under subsection (f).
"(C)
"(D)
"(2)
"(A)
"(B)
"(e)
"(1) A description of the activities and resources for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of submission of the report and the plan for not fewer than the four following fiscal years, organized—
"(A) functionally, by the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (b); and
"(B) geographically by—
"(i) areas west of the International Date Line;
"(ii) States outside the contiguous United States east of the International Date Line; and
"(iii) States in the contiguous United States.
"(2) A summary of progress made toward achieving the purposes of the Initiative.
"(3) A summary of the activity, resource, capability, infrastructure, and logistics requirements necessary to achieve measurable progress in reducing risk to the joint force's ability to achieve objectives in the region.
"(4) A detailed timeline to achieve the requirements identified under paragraph (3).
"(5) A detailed explanation of any significant modifications to such requirements, as compared to plans previously submitted under this subsection.
"(6) Any other matter, as determined by the Secretary.
"(f)
"(1) The resources necessary for the Initiative to carry out the activities required under subsection (b) for the applicable fiscal year and not fewer than the four following fiscal years, organized by the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of that subsection.
"(2) With respect to procurement accounts—
"(A) amounts displayed by account, budget activity, line number, line item, and line item title; and
"(B) a description of the requirements for such amounts specific to the Initiative.
"(3) With respect to research, development, test, and evaluation accounts—
"(A) amounts displayed by account, budget activity, line number, program element, and program element title; and
"(B) a description of the requirements for such amounts specific to the Initiative.
"(4) With respect to operation and maintenance accounts—
"(A) amounts displayed by account title, budget activity title, line number, and subactivity group title; and
"(B) a description of the specific manner in which such amounts will be used.
"(5) With respect to military personnel accounts—
"(A) amounts displayed by account, budget activity, budget subactivity, and budget subactivity title; and
"(B) a description of the requirements for such amounts specific to the Initiative.
"(6) With respect to each project under military construction accounts (including with respect to unspecified minor military construction and amounts for planning and design), the country, location, project title, and project amount by fiscal year.
"(7) With respect to the activities described in subsection (b)—
"(A) amounts displayed by account title, budget activity title, line number, and subactivity group title; and
"(B) a description of the specific manner in which such amounts will be used.
"(8) With respect to each military service—
"(A) amounts displayed by account title, budget activity title, line number, and subactivity group title; and
"(B) a description of the specific manner in which such amounts will be used.
"(9) With respect to the amounts described in each of paragraphs (2)(A), (3)(A), (4)(A), (5)(A), (6), (7)(A), and (8)(A), a comparison between—
"(A) the amount in the budget of the President for the following fiscal year;
"(B) the amount projected in the previous budget of the President for the following fiscal year;
"(C) a detailed summary of funds obligated for the Initiative during the preceding fiscal year; and
"(D) a detailed comparison of funds obligated for the Initiative during the previous fiscal year to the amount of funds requested for such fiscal year.
"(g)
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, §1254, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3955, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) Collection, digitization, and sharing of archival information.
"(2) Building the capacity of Vietnam to conduct archival research, investigations, and excavations.
"(3) Improving DNA analysis capacity.
"(4) Increasing veteran-to-veteran exchanges.
"(5) Other support activities the Secretary of Defense considers necessary and appropriate."
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, §1260H, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3965, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(3)
"(c)
"(d)
"(1)
"(A) does not include natural persons; and
"(B) means an entity that is—
"(i)(I) directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or beneficially owned by, or in an official or unofficial capacity acting as an agent of or on behalf of, the People's Liberation Army or any other organization subordinate to the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party; or
"(II) identified as a military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defense industrial base; and
"(ii) engaged in providing commercial services, manufacturing, producing, or exporting.
"(2)
"(A) Entities knowingly receiving assistance from the Government of China or the Chinese Communist Party through science and technology efforts initiated under the Chinese military industrial planning apparatus.
"(B) Entities affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, including research partnerships and projects.
"(C) Entities receiving assistance, operational direction or policy guidance from the State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
"(D) Any entities or subsidiaries defined as a 'defense enterprise' by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.
"(E) Entities residing in or affiliated with a military-civil fusion enterprise zone or receiving assistance from the Government of China through such enterprise zone.
"(F) Entities awarded with receipt of military production licenses by the Government of China, such as a Weapons and Equipment Research and Production Unit Classified Qualification Permit, Weapons and Equipment Research and Production Certificate, Weapons and Equipment Quality Management System Certificate, or Equipment Manufacturing Unit Qualification.
"(G) Entities that advertise on national, provincial, and non-governmental military equipment procurement platforms in the People's Republic of China.
"(H) Any other entities the Secretary determines is appropriate.
"(3)
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, §1299J, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4012, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title X, §1047, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1588, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) The probable causes and historical trends of women's participation in violent extremist organizations.
"(2) Potential ways in which women's participation in violent extremism is likely to change in the near- and medium-term.
"(3) The relationship between violent extremism and each of the following:
"(A) Gender-based violence, abduction, and human trafficking.
"(B) The perceived role or value of women at the community level, including with respect to property and inheritance rights and bride-price and dowry.
"(C) Community opinions of killing or harming of women.
"(D) Violations of girls' rights, including child, early, and forced marriage and access to education.
"(4) Ways for the Department of Defense to engage and support women and girls who are vulnerable to extremist behavior and activities as a means to counter violent extremism and terrorism.
"(c)
"(d)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) A copy of the report submitted under paragraph (1) without change.
"(B) Any comments, changes, recommendations, or other information provided by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State relating to the research and analysis required by subsection (a) and contained in such report.
"(3)
"(A) the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives];
"(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
"(C) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate."
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, §1707, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1799, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, §1709, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1801, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) an assessment of the decision support capability of the Department of Defense to support decision-making, specifically the analytic expertise available to inform senior leader decisions that link national defense strategy objectives with approaches to competing effectively across the full spectrum of engagement against strategic competitors;
"(2) an analytic approach to force structure development, including an assessment of the major elements, products, and milestones of the force planning process of the Department;
"(3) the conclusions and recommendations of the Defense Planning and Analysis Community initiative;
"(4) the progress of the Department in implementing the recommendations of the Comptroller General of the United States set forth in Government Accountability Office Report (GAO-19-40C);
"(5) the progress of the Under Secretary, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in implementing paragraph (5) of section 134(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 902(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232); and
"(6) such other matters as the Secretary of Defense determines to be appropriate.
"(c)
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, §1744, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1842, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) an execute order approved by the Secretary or the commander of a combatant command for review; and
"(2) a detailed briefing on such execute order.
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) a written explanation of the extraordinary circumstances that led to the determination by the Secretary to limit review of the execute order; and
"(B) a detailed summary of the execute order and other information necessary for the conduct of the oversight duties of the committee.
"(c)
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title III, §370, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3553, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(1) assess the cost of renaming or removing names, symbols, displays, monuments, or paraphernalia that commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America;
"(2) develop procedures and criteria to assess whether an existing name, symbol, monument, display, or paraphernalia commemorates the Confederate States of America or person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America;
"(3) recommend procedures for renaming assets of the Department of Defense to prevent commemoration of the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America;
"(4) develop a plan to remove names, symbols, displays, monuments, or paraphernalia that commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from assets of the Department of Defense, within the timeline established by this Act; and
"(5) include in the plan procedures and criteria for collecting and incorporating local sensitivities associated with naming or renaming of assets of the Department of Defense.
"(d)
"(1) four shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense;
"(2) one shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
"(3) one shall be appointed by the Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
"(4) one shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
"(5) one shall be appointed by the Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
"(e)
"(f)
"(g)
"(1) A list of assets to be removed or renamed.
"(2) Costs associated with the removal or renaming of assets in subsection (g)(1).
"(3) Criteria and requirements used to nominate and rename assets in subsection (g)(1).
"(4) Methods of collecting and incorporating local sensitivities associated with the removal or renaming of assets in subsection (g)(1).
"(h)
"(1)
"(2)
"(i)
"(j)
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, §1749, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1848, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) a person who served or held leadership within the Confederacy; or
"(2) a Confederate battlefield victory.
"(b)
"(c)
Pub. L. 116–92, div. B, title XXVIII, §2861, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1899, as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, div. B, title XXVIII, §2881, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2216, provided that: "The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that portable fire extinguishers are installed and maintained in all Department of Defense facilities, in accordance with NFPA 1, Fire Code of the National Fire Protection Association and applicable requirements of the international building code and international fire code of the International Code Council that require redundancy and extinguishers throughout occupancies regardless of the presence of other suppression systems or alarm systems."
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1057, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1572, as amended by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, §1062, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1970; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, §1703(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1797; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, §1056(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2779, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) A list of all the United States military operations, including each specific mission, strike, engagement, raid, or incident, during the year covered by such report that resulted in civilian casualties that have been confirmed or are reasonably suspected to have occurred.
"(2) For each military operation listed pursuant to paragraph (1), each of the following:
"(A) The date.
"(B) The location, including, to the extent practicable, the closest town, city, or identifiable place.
"(C) An identification of whether the operation occurred inside or outside of a declared theater of active armed conflict.
"(D) The type of operation, including the specific justification or use of authority for each strike conducted.
"(E) An assessment of the number of civilian and enemy combatant casualties, including a differentiation between those killed and those injured, formulated as a range, if necessary, and including, to the extent practicable, information regarding the number of men, women, and children involved.
"(F) A summary of the determination of each completed civilian casualty assessment or investigation.
"(G) For each assessment or investigation of an incident that resulted in civilian casualties—
"(i) whether the Department conducted any witness interviews or site visits occurred, and if not, an explanation of why not; and
"(ii) whether information pertaining to the incident that was collected by one or more non-governmental entities was considered, if such information exists.
"(3) A description of the process by which the Department of Defense investigates allegations of civilian casualties resulting from United States military operations, including how the Department incorporates information from interviews with witnesses, civilian survivors of United States operations, and public reports or other nongovernmental sources.
"(4) A description of any new or updated civilian harm policies and procedures implemented by the Department of Defense.
"(5) A description of any allegations of civilian casualties made by public or non-governmental sources formally investigated by the Department of Defense.
"(6) A description of the general reasons for any discrepancies between the assessments of the United States and reporting from nongovernmental organizations regarding non-combatant deaths resulting from strikes and operations undertaken by the United States.
"(7) The definitions of 'combatant' and 'non-combatant' used in the preparation of the report, which shall be consistent with the laws of armed conflict.
"(8) Any update or modification to any report under this section during a previous year.
"(9) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines are relevant.
"(c)
"(d)
"(e)
[Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, §1056(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2779, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending section 1057 of Pub. L. 115–91, set out above] shall apply as follows:
["(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to a report submitted on or after May 1, 2024.
["(2) The amendments made by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(2) shall apply with respect to a report submitted after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2022]."]
[Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, §1703(b), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1797, provided that: "The Law Revision Counsel is directed to place such section 1057 [section 1057 of Pub. L. 115–91, set out above] in a note following section 113 of title 10, United States Code."]
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, §546, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1765, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, §1049, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1961, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) guide the recommendations of the Secretary in any interagency determinations conducted pursuant to Federal law relating to technology protection, including relating to export licensing, deemed exports, technology transfer, and foreign direct investment;
"(2) inform the Secretary while engaging in interagency processes on promotion and protection activities involving acquisition programs and technologies that are necessary to achieve and maintain the national security technology advantage of the United States and that are supportive of military requirements and strategies;
"(3) inform the Department's activities to integrate acquisition, intelligence, counterintelligence and security, and law enforcement to inform requirements, acquisition, programmatic, and strategic courses of action for technology protection;
"(4) inform development of research investment strategies and activities and develop innovation centers and an emerging technology industrial base through the employment of financial assistance from the United States Government through appropriate statutory authorities and programs;
"(5) identify opportunities for alliances and partnerships in key research and development areas to achieve and maintain a national security technology advantage; and
"(6) carry out such other purposes as identified by the Secretary.
"(c)
"(1) publish the list required under subsection (a) by not later than December 31, 2018; and
"(2) update such list at least annually."
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, §1053, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1966, as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title IX, §907(a), (b), (c)(2), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1873, 1875; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title IX, §914, title X, §1081(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2751, 2797, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) establish processes and procedures to develop, integrate, and enhance the electronic warfare mission area and the conduct of joint electromagnetic spectrum operations in all domains across the Department of Defense; and
"(2) ensure that such processes and procedures provide for integrated defense-wide strategy, planning, and budgeting with respect to the conduct of such operations by the Department, including activities conducted to counter and deter such operations by malign actors.
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) Overseeing the implementation of the strategy developed by the Electronic Warfare Executive Committee for the conduct and execution of the electronic warfare mission area and joint electromagnetic spectrum operations by the Department, coordinated across all relevant elements of the Department, including both near-term and long-term guidance for the conduct of such operations.
"(B) Providing recommendations to the Electronic Warfare Executive Committee on resource allocation to support the capability development and investment in the electronic warfare and joint electromagnetic spectrum operation mission areas.
"(C) Proposing electronic warfare governance, management, organizational, and operational reforms to Secretary of Defense, after review and comment by the Electronic Warfare Executive Committee.
"(3)
"(A) The development of an electromagnetic battle management capability for joint electromagnetic spectrum operations.
"(B) The establishment and operation of associated joint electromagnetic spectrum operations cells.
"(c)
"(1)
"(2)
"(d)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) update the strategy of the Department of Defense entitled 'The DOD Electronic Warfare Strategy' and dated June 2017, to include the roadmap developed by the cross-functional team pursuant to in paragraph (1); and
"(B) submit the updated strategy to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives].
"(3)
"(A) An accounting of the efforts undertaken in support of the strategy referred to in paragraph (2)(A) and to implement applicable elements of Department of Defense Directive 3222.04, dated May 10, 2017, or any subsequent updates to such directive.
"(B) A description of any updates or changes to the strategy since its issuance, and a description of any anticipated updates or changes to the strategy as a result of the designation of the designated senior official.
"(C) An assessment of vulnerabilities identified in the May 2015 Electronic Warfare assessment by the Defense Science Board.
"(D) An assessment of the capability of joint forces to conduct joint electromagnetic spectrum operations against near-peer adversaries and any capability or capacity gaps in such capability that need to be addressed, including an assessment of the ability of joint forces to conduct coordinated military operations to exploit, attack, protect, and manage the electromagnetic environment in the signals intelligence, electronic warfare, and spectrum management mission areas, including the capability to conduct integrated cyber and electronic warfare on the battlefield, for all level 3 and level 4 contingency plans (as such plans are described in Joint Publication 5-0 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, entitled 'Joint Planning' and dated June 16, 2017).
"(E) A review of the roles and functions of offices within the Joint Staff, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the combatant commands with primary responsibility for joint electromagnetic spectrum policy and operations.
"(F) A description of any assumptions about the roles and contributions of the Department, in coordination with other departments and agencies of the United States Government, with respect to the strategy.
"(G) A description of actions, performance metrics, and projected timelines for achieving key capabilities for electronic warfare and joint electromagnetic spectrum operations to correspond to the thematic goals identified in the strategy and as addressed by the roadmap.
"(H) An analysis of any personnel, resourcing, capability, authority, or other gaps to be addressed in order to ensure effective implementation of the strategy across all relevant elements of the Department, including an update on each of the following:
"(i) The development of an electromagnetic battle management capability for joint electromagnetic spectrum operations.
"(ii) The establishment and operation of joint electromagnetic spectrum operations cells at combatant command locations.
"(iii) The integration and synchronization of cyber and electromagnetic activities.
"(I) An investment framework and projected timeline for addressing any gaps described by subparagraph (H).
"(J) In consultation with the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency—
"(i) comprehensive assessments of the electronic warfare capabilities of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, which shall include—
"(I) electronic warfare doctrine;
"(II) order of battle on land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace; and
"(III) expected direction of technology and research over the next 10 years; and
"(ii) a review of vulnerabilities with respect to electronic systems, such as the Global Positioning System, and Department-wide abilities to conduct countermeasures in response to electronic warfare attacks.
"(K) A review of the sufficiency of experimentation, testing, and training infrastructure, ranges, instrumentation, and threat simulators required to support the development of electromagnetic spectrum capabilities.
"(L) A plan, and the estimated cost and schedule of implementing the plan, to conduct joint campaign modeling and wargaming for joint electromagnetic spectrum operations.
"(M) Any other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate.
"(4)
"(5)
"(e)
"(f)
"(1)
"(A)
"(B)
"(i)
"(ii)
"(2)
"(A) Oversight of policy, strategy, planning, resource management, operational considerations, personnel, and technology development necessary to implement the electromagnetic spectrum superiority strategy.
"(B) Evaluating whether the amount that the Department of Defense expends on electromagnetic warfare and electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities is properly aligned.
"(C) Evaluating whether the Department is effectively incorporating electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities and considerations into current and future operational plans and concepts.
"(D) Such other matters relating to electromagnetic spectrum operations as the Secretary specifies for purposes of this paragraph.
"(3)
"(A)
"(i) an evaluation of the additional personnel, resources, and authorities the Secretary determines will be needed by the senior official designated under paragraph (1)(A) who is responsible for implementing the electromagnetic spectrum superiority strategy; and
"(ii) a description of how the Secretary will ensure that such implementation will be successful.
"(B)
"(i) A review of the sufficiency of the authorities and rules of engagement of the Department of Defense relating to electromagnetic spectrum operations, in particular with respect to operating below the level of armed conflict short of or in advance of kinetic activity and to protect the Department from electronic attack and disruption.
"(ii) Recommended changes to the authorities or rules of engagement to ensure the Department can effectively compete, deter conflict, and maintain protection from electronic attack and disruption.
"(iii) Any other matters the Secretary determines relevant.
"(4)
"(A) An update on the efforts of the Department of Defense to—
"(i) achieve the strategic goals set out in the electromagnetic spectrum superiority strategy; and
"(ii) implement such strategy through various elements of the Department.
"(B) An identification of any additional authorities or resources relating to electromagnetic spectrum operations that the Secretary determines is necessary to implement the strategy.
"(5)
"(g)
"(1)
"(A)
"(B)
"(i) The appropriate role of each existing organization and element of the Department of Defense with responsibilities or functions relating to electromagnetic spectrum operations and the potential establishment of a new entity dedicated electromagnetic spectrum operations within one or more of those organizations or elements.
"(ii) Whether the organizational structure responsible for electromagnetic spectrum operations within the Department—
"(I) should be a unitary structure, in which a single organization or element is primarily responsible for all aspects of such operations; or
"(II) a hybrid structure, in which separate organizations or elements are responsible for different aspects of electromagnetic spectrum operations.
"(iii) The resources required to fulfill the specified responsibilities and functions.
"(2)
"(A)
"(i) The Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy.
"(ii) The Joint Staff-developed concept of operations for electromagnetic spectrum operations.
"(iii) The operations and contingency plans of the combatant commands.
"(B)
"(i) Current programs of record, including—
"(I) the ability of weapon systems to perform missions in contested electromagnetic spectrum environments; and
"(II) the ability of electronic warfare capabilities to disrupt adversary operations.
"(ii) Future programs of record, including—
"(I) the need for distributed or network-centric electronic warfare and signals intelligence capabilities; and
"(II) the need for automated and machine learning- or artificial intelligence-assisted electronic warfare capabilities.
"(iii) Order of battle.
"(iv) Individual and unit training.
"(v) Tactics, techniques, and procedures, including—
"(I) maneuver, distribution of assets, and the use of decoys; and
"(II) integration of nonkinetic and kinetic fires.
"(3)
"(A)
"(i) The Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy.
"(ii) The Joint Staff-developed concept of operations for electromagnetic spectrum operations.
"(B)
"(i) Operation and contingency plans.
"(ii) The manning, organizational alignment, and capability of joint electromagnetic spectrum operations cells.
"(iii) Mission rehearsal and exercises.
"(iv) Force positioning, posture, and readiness.
[Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, §1081(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2797, provided that the amendment made by section 1081(b), which amended the directory language of section 907(a) of Pub. L. 117–81, listed in the credit above, is effective as of Dec. 27, 2021, and as if included in Pub. L. 117–81 as enacted.]
[Section 152 of Pub. L. 116–283, formerly set out as a note above, which was transferred to section 1053(g) of Pub. L. 115–232, set out above, was based on Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title I, §152, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3440, as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title IX, §907(c)(1), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1875.]
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, §1086, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1992, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) plan and execute a robust series of routine and regular air and naval presence missions throughout the world and throughout the year, including for critical transportation corridors and key routes for global commerce;
"(2) in addition to the missions executed pursuant to paragraph (1), execute routine and regular air and maritime freedom of navigation operations throughout the year, in accordance with international law, including, but not limited to, maneuvers beyond innocent passage; and
"(3) to the maximum extent practicable, execute the missions pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) with regional partner countries and allies of the United States."
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XII, §1262, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2061, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(1)
"(2)
"(d)
"(1)
"(2)
"(e)
"(1) the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives]; and
"(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives."
Pub. L. 115–232, div. B, title XXVIII, §2862, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2283, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) The adequacy of current training range resources to include the ability to train against near-peer or peer threats in a realistic 5th Generation environment.
"(2) The adequacy of current training enablers to meet current and anticipated demands of the Armed Forces.
"(c)
"(1) An integrated priority list of location-specific proposals and/or infrastructure project priorities, with associated Department of Defense Form 1391 documentation, required to both address any limitations or constraints on current Department resources, including any climatically induced impacts or shortfalls, and achieve full spectrum training (integrating virtual and constructive entities into live training) against a more technologically advanced peer adversary.
"(2) Goals and milestones for tracking actions under the plan and measuring progress in carrying out such actions.
"(3) Projected funding requirements for implementing actions under the plan.
"(d)
"(e)
"(1) A description of the strategic plan.
"(2) A description of the results of the evaluation conducted under subsection (b).
"(3) Such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate with respect to improvements of the capabilities of training ranges and enablers.
"(f)
"(1) A description of the progress made during the preceding fiscal year in implementing the strategic plan.
"(2) A description of any additional actions taken, or to be taken, to address limitations and constraints on training ranges and enablers.
"(3) Assessments of individual training ranges addressing the evaluation conducted under subsection (b).
"(g)
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title II, §224, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1334, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) That under such process, updates to the mission data files are developed, operationally tested, and loaded onto systems of advanced combat aircraft while in theaters of operation in a time-sensitive manner to allow for the distinguishing of threats, including distinguishing friends from foes, loading and delivery of weapon suites, and coordination with allied and coalition armed forces.
"(B) When updates are made to the mission data files, all areas of responsibility (AoRs) are included.
"(C) The process includes best practices relating to such mission data files that have been identified by industry and allies of the United States.
"(D) The process improves the exchange of information between weapons systems of the United States and weapon systems of allies and partners of the United States, with respect to such mission data files.
"(b)
"(c)
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1088, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1604, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) applicable law, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act;
"(2) Department of Defense guidance with respect to solicitation and preferential treatment, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, including such guidance specified in the Department of Defense Joint Ethics Regulations; and
"(3) the principle that the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development are the principal United States agencies with primary responsibility for providing and coordinating humanitarian and economic assistance.
"(c)
"(d)
"(1) is based in the United States;
"(2) has an independent board of directors and is subject to independent financial audits;
"(3) is substantially privately-funded;
"(4) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)] and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code [26 U.S.C. 501(a)];
"(5) provides international assistance; and
"(6) has a stated mission of supporting United States military missions abroad."
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1096, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1614, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, §1239, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1666, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) An evaluation of strategic objectives and motivations of the Russian Federation.
"(B) A detailed description of Russian threats to the national security of the United States, including threats that may pose challenges below the threshold of armed conflict.
"(C) A discussion of how the strategy complements the National Defense Strategy and the National Military Strategy.
"(D) A discussion of the ends, ways, and means inherent to the strategy.
"(E) A discussion of the strategy's objectives with respect to deterrence, escalation control, and conflict resolution.
"(F) A description of the military activities across geographic regions and military functions and domains that are inherent to the strategy.
"(G) A description of the posture, forward presence, and readiness requirements inherent to the strategy.
"(H) A description of the roles of the United States Armed Forces in implementing the strategy, including—
"(i) the role of United States nuclear capabilities;
"(ii) the role of United States space capabilities;
"(iii) the role of United States cyber capabilities;
"(iv) the role of United States conventional ground forces;
"(v) the role of United States naval forces;
"(vi) the role of United States air forces; and
"(vii) the role of United States special operations forces.
"(I) An assessment of the force requirements needed to implement and sustain the strategy.
"(J) A description of the logistical requirements needed to implement and sustain the strategy.
"(K) An assessment of the technological research and development requirements needed to implement and sustain the strategy.
"(L) An assessment of the training and exercise requirements needed to implement and sustain the strategy.
"(M) An assessment of the budgetary resource requirements needed to implement and sustain the strategy through December 31, 2030.
"(N) An analysis of the adequacy of current authorities and command structures for countering unconventional warfare.
"(O) Recommendations for improving the counter-unconventional warfare capabilities, authorities, and command structures of the Department of Defense.
"(P) A discussion of how the strategy provides a framework for future planning and investments in regional defense initiatives, including the European Deterrence Initiative.
"(Q) A plan to increase conventional precision strike weapon stockpiles in the United States European Command's areas of responsibility, which shall include necessary increases in the quantities of such stockpiles that the Secretary of Defense determines will enhance deterrence and warfighting capability of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces.
"(R) A plan to counter the military capabilities of the Russian Federation, which, in addition to elements the Secretary of Defense determines to be appropriate, shall include recommendations for—
"(i) improving the capability of United States Armed Forces to operate in a Global Positioning System (GPS)-denied or GPS-degraded environment;
"(ii) improving the capability of United States Armed Forces to counter Russian unmanned aircraft systems, electronic warfare, and long-range precision strike capabilities; and
"(iii) countering unconventional capabilities and hybrid threats from the Russian Federation.
"(3)
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, §1279C, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1702, provided that: "Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 12, 2017], the Secretary of Defense shall designate an employee of the Department of Defense to serve concurrently as the Coordinator for Cultural Heritage Protection, who shall be responsible for—
"(1) coordinating the existing obligations of the Department of Defense for the protection of cultural heritage, including the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, and other obligations for the protection of cultural heritage; and
"(2) coordinating with the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee convened by the Secretary of State for the national security interests of the United States, as appropriate."
Pub. L. 117–1, §1, Jan. 22, 2021, 135 Stat. 3, provided for an exception to the seven-year limitation under subsec. (a) of this section for the first person appointed as Secretary of Defense after Jan. 20, 2021.
Pub. L. 115–2, §1, Jan. 20, 2017, 131 Stat. 6, provided for an exception to the seven-year limitation under subsec. (a) of this section for the first person appointed as Secretary of Defense after Jan. 20, 2017.
Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title II, §234, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2064, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(b)
"(c)
"(d)
"(1) The term 'electromagnetic spectrum warfare' means electronic warfare that encompasses military communications and sensing operations that occur in the electromagnetic operational domain.
"(2) The term 'electronic warfare' means military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy."
Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, §549, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2129, as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, §549L, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1732, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(1)
"(A) to prevent and to respond to incidents of hazing or bullying involving members of the Armed Forces;
"(B) to track and encourage reporting, including reporting anonymously, incidents of hazing in the Armed Force; and
"(C) to ensure the consistent implementation of anti-hazing and anti-bullying policies.
"(2)
"(A) A description of comprehensive data-collection systems of each Armed Force described in subsection (b) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for collecting hazing or bullying reports involving a member of the Armed Forces.
"(B) A description of processes of each Armed Force described in subsection (b) to identify, document, and report alleged instances of hazing or bullying. Such description shall include the methodology each such Armed Force uses to categorize and count potential instances of hazing or bullying.
"(C) An assessment by each Secretary of a military department of the quality and need for training on recognizing and preventing hazing and bullying provided to members under the jurisdiction of such Secretary.
"(D) An assessment by the Office of the Secretary of Defense of—
"(i) the effectiveness of each Armed Force described in subsection (b) in tracking and reporting instances of hazing or bullying;
"(ii) whether the performance of each such Armed Force was satisfactory or unsatisfactory in the preceding fiscal year.
"(E) Recommendations of the Secretary to improve—
"(i) elements described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).
"(ii) the Uniform Code of Military Justice or the Manual for Courts-Martial to improve the prosecution of persons alleged to have committed hazing or bullying in the Armed Forces.
"(F) The status of efforts of the Secretary to evaluate the prevalence of hazing and bullying in the Armed Forces.
"(G) Data on allegations of hazing and bullying in the Armed Forces, including final disposition of investigations.
"(H) Plans of the Secretary to improve hazing and bullying prevention and response during the next reporting year."
Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X, §1055, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2399, as amended by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, §1042, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1956; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title X, §1054, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1591, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) is consistent with the mission and functions of the Department of Defense;
"(2) does—
"(A) not significantly interfere with the mission or functions of the Department; or
"(B) interfere with the mission and functions of the Department of Defense but such support is in the national security interest of the United States; and
"(3) has been requested by the head of a non-Department of Defense Federal department or agency who has certified to the Secretary that the department or agency has reasonably attempted to use capabilities and resources internal to the department or agency.
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) A description of the support to be provided.
"(B) A description of how the support is consistent with the mission and functions of the Department.
"(C) A description of the required duration of the support.
"(D) A description of the initial costs for the support.
"(E) A description of how the support—
"(i) does not significantly interfere with the mission or functions of the Department; or
"(ii) significantly interferes with the mission or functions of the Department but is in the national security interest of the United States.
"(3)
"(A) may provide notification under paragraph (1) after providing the support; and
"(B) shall provide such notice as soon as practicable after providing such support, but not later than 48 hours after providing the support.
"(4)
"(5)
"(c)
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title III, §342, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1361, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) preserving the history of the 3,000,000 women who have served in the United States Armed Forces;
"(2) managing an archive of artifacts, historic memorabilia, and documents related to servicewomen;
"(3) maintaining a women veterans' oral history program; and
"(4) conducting other educational programs related to women in service."
Pub. L. 114–328, div. B, title XXVIII, §2833, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2740, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title XII, §1202, Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 1036, provided for the development of a strategic framework for Department of Defense security cooperation to guide prioritization of resources and activities and required submission of an initial report and biennial reports thereafter to certain congressional committees, prior to ceasing to be effective 6 years after Nov. 25, 2015.
Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, §524(a), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3361, as amended by Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title V, §525, Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 813, provided that: "The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the gender-neutral occupational standards being developed by the Secretaries of the military departments pursuant to section 543 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), as amended by section 523 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 756)—
"(1) accurately predict performance of actual, regular, and recurring duties of a military occupation;
"(2) are applied equitably to measure individual capabilities; and
"(3) measure the combat readiness of combat units, including special operations forces."
Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, §524(b), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3362, provided that: "The Secretary of Defense shall direct each Secretary of a military department to take immediate steps to ensure that combat equipment distributed to female members of the Armed Forces—
"(1) is properly designed and fitted; and
"(2) meets required standards for wear and survivability."
Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, §904, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3471, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, §1076, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3519, required the Secretary of Defense to issue guidance, no later than 90 days after Dec. 19, 2014, to clarify the policies of the Department with respect to special use airspace and to provide a briefing, no later than 120 days after Dec. 19, 2014, on the status of implementing the guidance.
Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, §525, Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 757, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(d)
"(e)
"(1) service treatment records;
"(2) accompanying personal records;
"(3) relevant unit records; and
"(4) medical records created by reason of treatment or services received pursuant to chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code."
Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title X, §1096, Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 880, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) A plan for the sustainment of existing capabilities that have been developed during the ten-year period prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, including such capabilities developed using funds authorized to be appropriated for overseas contingency operations determined to be of enduring value for continued sustainment.
"(2) A discussion of how the capabilities referred to in paragraph (1) are integrated into policy, doctrine, and operations.
"(3) An assessment of the force structure that is required to sustain operational planning and potential contingency operations, including the integration across the active and reserve components.
"(4) Estimates of the steady-state resources needed to support the force structure referred to in paragraph (3), as well as estimates for resources that might be needed based on selected operational plans, contingency plans, and named operations.
"(5) An assessment of the impact of how new and emerging technologies can be incorporated into policy, doctrine, and operations.
"(6) A description of ongoing research into new capabilities that may be needed to fill any identified gaps and programs that might be required to develop such capabilities.
"(7) Potential policy implications or legal challenges that may prevent the integration of new and emerging technologies into the projected force structure.
"(8) Potential policy implications or challenges to the better leveraging of capabilities from interagency partners."
Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XVII, §1709(a), (b), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 962, as amended by Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, §1071(g)(5), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3511, required the prescription, no later than 120 days after Dec. 26, 2013, of regulations prohibiting retaliation against an alleged victim or other member of the Armed Forces who reports a criminal offense.
Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XVII, §1732, Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 975, required a review, by no later than 180 days after Dec. 26, 2013, of the practices of the military criminal investigative organizations in response to allegations of Uniform Code of Military Justice violations and required the development of a uniform policy regarding the use of case determinations to record the results of investigations of such allegations.
Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title IX, §903, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1866, directed the designation, by no later than 90 days after Jan. 2, 2013, of a Department of Defense senior official with principal responsibility for coordination and management oversight of data conversion for all enterprise resource planning systems of the Department.
Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, §1061(a), (b), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1939, directed the Secretary of Defense to review and update guidance related to electronic warfare and directed the Commander of the United States Strategic Command to update and issue guidance regarding the responsibilities of the Command with regard to joint electronic warfare capabilities.
Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, §1275, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2027, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(c)
"(1) A certification by the Secretary of Defense that the participation of more than two members of the Armed Forces in Headquarters Eurocorps is in the national interests of the United States.
"(2) A description of the benefits of the participation of the additional members proposed by the Secretary.
"(3) A description of the plans for the participation of the additional members proposed by the Secretary, including the grades and posts to be filled.
"(4) A description of the costs associated with the participation of the additional members proposed by the Secretary.
"(d)
"(e)
"(1)
"(A) To pay the United States' share of the operating expenses of Headquarters Eurocorps.
"(B) To pay the costs of the participation of members of the Armed Forces participating as members of the staff of Headquarters Eurocorps, including the costs of expenses of such participants.
"(2)
"(f)
Pub. L. 112–87, title V, §503, Jan. 3, 2012, 125 Stat. 1896, directed the establishment of a strategy to identify and counter network activity and operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan regarding improvised explosive devices and required a report and implementation of the strategy no later than 120 days after Jan. 3, 2012.
Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title IX, §903, Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1532, directed the Secretary of Defense to designate an official to have principal responsibility for the airship programs of the Department and to set forth the responsibilities of that official by no later than 180 days after Dec. 31, 2011.
Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XII, §1215, Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1631, as amended by Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, §1211(a)–(c), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1982; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XII, §1214(a)–(c), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XII, §1237, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3562; Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title XII, §1221, Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 1047; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, §1223, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2486; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, §1224(a), (b)(1), (c), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1654; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XII, §1235(a), (b)(1), (c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2041, 2042; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XII, §1223, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1641; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, §1223, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3930; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XII, §1224, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1971; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XII, §1232(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2837, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(d)
"(e)
"(f)
"(1)
"(A) Defense institution building to mitigate capability gaps and promote effective and sustainable defense institutions.
"(B) Professionalization, strategic planning and reform, financial management, manpower management, and logistics management of military and other security forces with a national security mission.
"(2)
"(A) Observance of and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
"(B) Military professionalism.
"(C) Respect for legitimate civilian authority within Iraq.
"(3)
"(g)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) A description of capability gaps in the security forces of Iraq that also addresses capability gaps relating to intelligence matters, protection of Iraq airspace, and logistics and maintenance, and a description of the extent, if any, to which the Government of Iraq has requested assistance in addressing such capability gaps.
"(B) A description of the activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and the extent, if any, to which United States security assistance and security cooperation activities are intended to address the capability gaps described pursuant to subparagraph (A).
"(C) A description of how the activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq are coordinated with, and complement and enhance, the assistance provided pursuant to section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
"(D) A description of end use monitoring programs, and any other programs or procedures, used to improve accountability for equipment provided to the Government of Iraq.
"(E) A description of the measures of effectiveness used to evaluate the activities of the Office of the Security Cooperation in Iraq, and an analysis of any determinations to expand, alter, or terminate specific activities of the Office based on such evaluations.
"(F) An evaluation of the effectiveness of United States efforts to promote respect for human rights, military professionalism, and respect for legitimate civilian authority in Iraq.
"(3)
"(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
"(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
"(h)
"(1) details further steps to reorganize the Office in a manner similar to that of other security cooperation offices in the region and indicates whether such reorganization will be achieved by 2023;
"(2) describes progress made toward the continuation of bilateral engagement with the Government of Iraq, with the objective of establishing a joint mechanism for security assistance planning;
"(3) includes a five-year security assistance roadmap for developing sustainable military capacity and capabilities and enabling defense institution building and reform; and
"(4) describes progress made toward, and a timeline for, the transition of the preponderance of funding for the activities of the Office from current sources to the Foreign Military Financing Administrative Fund and the Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund Administrative Surcharge Account in future years."
[Section 1235(b)(1)(B) and (c) of Pub. L. 115–232 made identical amendment to subsec. (d) of section 1215 of Pub. L. 112–81, set out above.]
Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title I, §124, Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4159, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) identify and eliminate redundant counter-improvised explosive device initiatives;
"(B) facilitate the transition of counter-improvised explosive device initiatives from funding under the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund to funding provided by the military departments; and
"(C) notify the appropriate personnel and organizations prior to a counter-improvised explosive device initiative being funded through the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund.
"(3)
"(b)
"(1) develop appropriate means to measure the effectiveness of counter-improvised explosive device initiatives; and
"(2) prioritize the funding of such initiatives according to such means.
"(c)
Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, §574, Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4223, authorized the Secretary of Defense to conduct a program to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, authorized the establishment of a Department of Defense Korean War Commemoration Fund, and directed the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to submit to Congress a report containing an accounting of various funds no later than 60 days after the end of the commemorative program.
Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, §1083, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1918, as amended by Pub. L. 105–129, §1(b)(1), Dec. 1, 1997, 111 Stat. 2551; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, §1067(a), (c), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2134; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1052(a), (b)(1), (c), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, §1048(g)(6), (i)(1), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1228, 1229; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, §1069, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2660, authorized the Secretary of Defense to conduct a program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War during fiscal years 2000 through 2004, provided that up to $10,000,000 of funds appropriated for the Army for such fiscal years be made available for the program, and directed the Secretary to submit to Congress a report containing an accounting not later than 60 days after completion of all activities and ceremonies.
Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title IX, §943, Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4341, required a report on the organizational structure and policy guidance of the Department of Defense with respect to information operations to be submitted to Congress no later than 90 days after Jan. 7, 2011, and a revised directive on information operations to be prescribed upon submittal of the report.
Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, §1054, Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4358, which provided that, not later than March 1 of each even-numbered year, beginning March 1, 2012, the Secretary of Defense was to submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the nuclear triad, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1051(p)(4), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1565.
Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, §1077, Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4379, provided that: "Any law applicable to Operation Iraqi Freedom shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to the successor contingency operation known as Operation New Dawn, except as specifically provided in this Act [see Tables for classification], any amendment made by this Act, or any other law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 7, 2011]."
Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title VIII, §807, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2404, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) ensure that each contract or task or delivery order entered into for the construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or operation of facilities for use by military or civilian personnel of the Department complies with the policy established in subsection (a);
"(2) ensure that contracts entered into prior to the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act comply with such policy to the maximum extent practicable;
"(3) define the term 'generally accepted standards' with respect to fire protection, structural integrity, electrical systems, plumbing, water treatment, waste disposal, and telecommunications networks for the purposes of this section; and
"(4) provide such exceptions and limitations as may be needed to ensure that this section can be implemented in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of military operations and the best interests of the Department of Defense."
Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title IX, §932, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2433, as amended by Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, §901(n)(1), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3469; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1081(b)(1)(D), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1597, established a Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System development and transition Council to provide advice on the modernization of the integrated pay and personnel systems, required a report to Congress on actions taken, and went out of effect after Sept. 30, 2013.
Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XII, §1245, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2542, as amended by Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XII, §1232(a), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 920; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XII, §1277, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3592; Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title XII, §1231(a)–(d), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 1057, 1058; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, §1225(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2487; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, §1225(a), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1655; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XII, §1236, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2042; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XII, §1231, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2837, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) A description and assessment of Iranian grand strategy, security strategy, and military strategy, including—
"(A) the goals of Iran's grand strategy, security strategy, and military strategy.
"(B) trends in Iran's strategy that would be designed to establish Iran as the leading power in the Middle East and to enhance the influence of Iran in other regions of the world;
"(C) Iranian strategy regarding other countries in the region, including other specified countries; and
"(D) Iranian strategy regarding offensive cyber capabilities and defensive cyber capabilities.
"(2) An assessment of the capabilities of Iran's conventional forces, including—
"(A) the size and capabilities of Iran's conventional forces;
"(B) an analysis of the effectiveness of Iran's conventional forces when facing United States forces in the region and other specified countries;
"(C) a description of Iranian military doctrine; and
"(D) an estimate of the funding provided for each branch of Iran's conventional forces.
"(3) An assessment of Iran's unconventional forces and related activities, including—
"(A) the size and capability of Iranian special operations units, including the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force;
"(B) the types and amount of support, including funding, lethal and non-lethal supplies, and training, provided to groups designated by the United States as foreign terrorist organizations, regional militant groups, and Iranian-linked proxy groups, in particular those forces as having been assessed as to be willing to carry out terrorist operations on behalf of Iran or in response to a military attack by another country on Iran;
"(C) the types and amount of support to be assessed under subparagraph (B) shall include support provided to Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Asa'ib ahl al-Haq, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Kata'ib al-Imam Ali, Kata'ib Hezbollah, the Badr Organization, the Fatemiyoun, the Zainabiyoun, and Ansar Allah (also known as the 'Houthis');
"(D) the threat from Special Groups in Iraq, including Kata'ib Hezbollah and Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, to United States and coalition forces located in Iraq and Syria;
"(E) an analysis of the effectiveness of Iran's unconventional forces when facing United States forces in the region and other specified countries in the region;
"(F) an estimate of the amount of funds spent by Iran to develop and support special operations forces and terrorist groups;
"(G) a description of the structure of Iran's global network of terrorist and criminal groups and an analysis of the capability of such network of groups and how such network of groups operates to support and reinforce Iran's grand strategy;
"(H) Iran's cyber capabilities, including—
"(i) Iran's ability to use proxies and other actors to mask its cyber operations;
"(ii) Iran's ability to target United States governmental and nongovernmental entities and activities; and
"(iii) cooperation with or assistance from state and non-state actors in support or enhancement of Iran's cyber capabilities;
"(I) Iranian ability to manipulate the information environment both domestically and against the interests of the United States and its allies; and
"(J) all formal or informal agreements involving a strategic military or security partnership with the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, or any proxies of either such country.
"(4) An assessment of Iranian capabilities related to nuclear and missile forces, including—
"(A) a summary of nuclear weapons capabilities and developments in the preceding year;
"(B) a summary of the capabilities of Iran's ballistic missile forces, including developments in the preceding year, the size of Iran's ballistic missile forces and Iran's cruise missile forces, and the locations of missile launch sites;
"(C) a detailed analysis of the effectiveness of Iran's ballistic missile forces and Iran's cruise missile forces when facing United States forces in the region and other specified countries; and
"(D) an estimate of the amount of funding expended by Iran since 2004 on programs to develop a capability to build nuclear weapons or to enhance Iran's ballistic missile forces.
"(5) An assessment of transfers to and from Iran of military equipment, technology, and training from or to non-Iranian sources or destinations, including transfers that pertain to nuclear development, ballistic missiles, and chemical, biological, and advanced conventional weapons, weapon systems, and delivery vehicles.
"(6) An assessment of the use of civilian transportation assets and infrastructure, including commercial aircraft, airports, commercial vessels, and seaports, used to transport illicit military cargo to or from Iran, including military personnel, military goods, weapons, military-related electric parts, and related components.
"(7) An assessment of military-to-military cooperation between Iran and foreign counties [sic], including Cuba, North Korea, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and any other country designated by the Secretary of Defense with additional reference to cooperation and collaboration on the trafficking or development of nuclear, biological, chemical, and advanced conventional weapons, weapon systems, and delivery vehicles.
"(8) An assessment of the extent to which the commercial aviation sector of Iran knowingly provides financial, material, or technological support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran, the Bashar al-Assad regime, Hezbollah, Hamas, Kata'ib Hezbollah, or any other foreign terrorist organization.
"(c)
"(1)
"(A) means military forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran designed to conduct operations on sea, air, or land, other than Iran's unconventional forces and Iran's ballistic missile forces and Iran's cruise missile forces; and
"(B) includes Iran's Army, Iran's Air Force, Iran's Navy, and elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, other than the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force.
"(2)
"(A) means forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran that carry out missions typically associated with special operations forces; and
"(B) includes—
"(i) the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force; and
"(ii) any organization that—
"(I) has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States;
"(II) receives assistance from Iran; and
"(III)(aa) is assessed as being willing in some or all cases of carrying out attacks on behalf of Iran; or
"(bb) is assessed as likely to carry out attacks in response to a military attack by another country on Iran.
"(3)
"(4)
"(5)
"(d)
[Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, §1225(b), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1655, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending section 1245 of Pub. L. 111–84, set out above] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 12, 2017], and shall apply with respect to reports required to be submitted under section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 [Pub. L. 111–84] after that date."]
[Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, §1225(b), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2487, provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending section 1245 of Pub. L. 111–84, set out above] shall take effect on January 1, 2018, and shall apply with respect to reports required to be submitted under section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 [Pub. L. 111–84] on or after that date."]
[Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title XII, §1231(e), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 1058, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending section 1245 of Pub. L. 111–84, set out above] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 25, 2015], and shall apply with respect to reports required to be submitted under section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 [Pub. L. 111–84], as so amended, after that date."]
[Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XII, §1232(b), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 920, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending section 1245 of Pub. L. 111–84, set out above] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 26, 2013] and shall apply with respect to reports required to be submitted under section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 [Pub. L. 111–84], as so amended, on or after that date."]
[For termination, effective Dec. 31, 2021, of annual reporting provisions in section 1245 of Pub. L. 111–84, set out above, see section 1061 of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.]
Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title I, §144, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4382, required the establishment of a policy and an acquisition strategy for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance payloads and ground stations for manned and unmanned aerial vehicle systems and submission of a report containing the policy and acquisition strategy no later than 120 days after Oct. 14, 2008.
Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title XII, §1216, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4633, as amended by Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XII, §1229, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2528, required a report on the command and control structure for military forces operating in Afghanistan to be submitted in December of 2008, with a subsequent update as warranted by any modifications to the command and control structure.
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, §598, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 141, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(1) To thank and honor veterans of the Vietnam War, including personnel who were held as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action, for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the United States and to thank and honor the families of these veterans.
"(2) To highlight the service of the Armed Forces during the Vietnam War and the contributions of Federal agencies and governmental and non-governmental organizations that served with, or in support of, the Armed Forces.
"(3) To pay tribute to the contributions made on the home front by the people of the United States during the Vietnam War.
"(4) To highlight the advances in technology, science, and medicine related to military research conducted during the Vietnam War.
"(5) To recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by the allies of the United States during the Vietnam War.
"(d)
"(e)
"(1)
"(2)
"(3)
"(A) amounts appropriated to the Fund;
"(B) proceeds derived from the Secretary's use of the exclusive rights described in subsection (d);
"(C) donations made in support of the commemorative program by private and corporate donors; and
"(D) funds transferred to the Fund by the Secretary from funds appropriated for fiscal year 2008 and subsequent years for the Department of Defense.
"(4)
"(5)
"(A) identify and explain any amounts expended for the commemorative program in the fiscal year preceding the budget request;
"(B) identify and explain the amounts being requested to support the commemorative program for the fiscal year of the budget request; and
"(C) present a summary of the fiscal status of the Fund.
"(f)
"(1)
"(2)
"(g)
"(1)
"(A) all of the funds deposited into and expended from the Fund;
"(B) any other funds expended under this section; and
"(C) any unobligated funds remaining in the Fund.
"(2)
"(h)
"(i)
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, §1090, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3879, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(3)
"(4)
"(A) collect the information required to vet individuals under the procedures established under this subsection;
"(B) as required for the effective implementation of this section, seek to enter into agreements with the relevant departments and agencies of the United States to facilitate the sharing of information in the possession of such departments and agencies concerning covered individuals; and
"(C) ensure that the initial vetting of covered individuals is conducted as early and promptly as practicable, to minimize disruptions to United States programs to train foreign military students.
"(b)
"(1)
"(A) reviewing the results of the vetting of a covered individual conducted under subsection (a); and
"(B) making a recommendation regarding whether such individual should be given physical access to a Department of Defense installation or facility.
"(2)
"(A) such individual may only be given such access if such access is authorized by the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense; and
"(B) the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Secretary of State is promptly provided with notification of such recommendation.
"(c)
"(1)
"(A) all Department of Defense common access cards issued to foreign nationals in the United States comply with the credentialing standards issued by the Office of Personnel Management;
"(B) all such common access cards issued to foreign nationals in the United States include a visual indicator as required by the standard developed by the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology;
"(C) physical access by covered individuals is limited, as appropriate, to those Department of Defense installations or facilities within the United States directly associated with the training or education or necessary for such individuals to access authorized benefits;
"(D) a policy is in place covering possession of firearms on Department of Defense property by covered individuals;
"(E) covered individuals who have been granted physical access to Department of Defense installations and facilities are incorporated into the Insider Threat Program of the Department of Defense; and
"(F) covered individuals are prohibited from transporting, possessing, storing, or using personally owned firearms on Department of Defense installations or property consistent with the Secretary of Defense policy memorandum dated January 16, 2020, or any successor policy guidance that restricts transporting, possessing, storing, or using personally owned firearms on Department of Defense installations or property.
"(2)
"(3)
"(d)
"(1)
"(A) any positive or negative effects on the training of foreign military students as a result of this section;
"(B) the effectiveness of the vetting procedures implemented pursuant to this section in preventing harm to members of the Armed Forces and United States persons;
"(C) any mitigation strategies used to address any negative effects of the implementation of this section; and
"(D) a proposed plan to mitigate any ongoing negative effects to the vetting and training of foreign military students by the Department of Defense.
"(2)
"(A) relevant United States diplomatic and consular personnel properly vet foreign personnel participating in such programs and entering such bases;
"(B) existing screening protocols with respect to such vetting include counter-terrorism screening and are sufficiently effective at ensuring the safety and security of United States personnel and international students assigned to such bases; and
"(C) whether existing screening protocols with respect to such vetting are in compliance with applicable requirements of section 362 of title 10, United States Code, and sections 502B and 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304 and 2378d).
"(e)
"(1) The term 'appropriate congressional committees' means—
"(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
"(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
"(2) The term 'covered individual' means any foreign national (except foreign nationals of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom who have been granted a security clearance that is reciprocally accepted by the United States for access to classified information) who—
"(A) is seeking physical access to a Department of Defense installation or facility within the United States; and
"(B) is—
"(i) selected, nominated, or accepted for training or education for a period of more than 14 days occurring on a Department of Defense installation or facility within the United States; or
"(ii) an immediate family member accompanying any foreign national who has been selected, nominated, or accepted for such training or education.
"(3) The term 'United States' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Guam.
"(4) The term 'immediate family member' with respect to any individual means the parent, step-parent, spouse, sibling, step-sibling, half-sibling, child, or step-child of the individual."
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VI, §626, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1802, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(c)
"(1) be applied consistently across the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, including all components of the Departments;
"(2) minimize any administrative burden on a surviving spouse or dependent child, including through the elimination of any requirement for a surviving spouse to apply as a personal agent for continued access to military installations in accompaniment of a dependent child;
"(3) take into account measures required to ensure the security of military installations, including purpose and eligibility for access and renewal periodicity; and
"(4) take into account such other factors as the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security considers appropriate.
"(d)
"(e)
"(1) The term 'eligible surviving spouse' means an individual who is a surviving spouse of a covered member of the Armed Forces, without regard to whether the individual remarries after the death of the covered member of the Armed Forces.
"(2) The term 'covered member of the Armed Forces' means a member of the Armed Forces who dies while serving—
"(A) on active duty; or
"(B) on such reserve duty as the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security may jointly specify for purposes of this section."
Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title III, §346, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2085, as amended by Pub. L. 115–91, div. B, title XXVIII, §2819, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1853, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) shall include the terms and conditions under which a covered driver may be authorized to access a military installation;
"(2) may require a transportation company or transportation network company and a covered driver to enter into a written agreement with the Department of Defense as a precondition for obtaining authorization to access a military installation;
"(3) shall be consistent across military installations, to the extent practicable;
"(4) shall be designed to promote the expeditious entry of covered drivers onto military installations for purposes of providing commercial transportation services;
"(5) shall place appropriate restrictions on entry into sensitive areas of military installations;
"(6) shall be designed, to the extent practicable, to give covered drivers access to barracks areas, housing areas, temporary lodging facilities, hospitals, and community support facilities;
"(7) shall require transportation companies and transportation network companies—
"(A) to track, in real-time, the location of the entry and exit of covered drivers onto and off of military installations; and
"(B) to provide, on demand, the information described in subparagraph (A) to appropriate personnel and agencies of the Department; and
"(8) shall take into account force protection requirements and ensure the protection and safety of members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of the Department of Defense, and the families of such members and employees.
"(c)
"(1) is treated as confidential and proprietary information of the company that is exempt from public disclosure pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 'Freedom of Information Act'); and
"(2) except as provided in subsection (b)(7), is not disclosed to any person or entity without the express written consent of the company unless disclosure of such information is required by a court order.
"(d)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity, that uses a digital network to connect riders to covered drivers in order for the driver to transport the rider using a vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the driver to a point chosen by the rider; and
"(B) does not include a shared-expense carpool or vanpool arrangement that is not intended to generate profit for the driver.
"(3)
"(A) means an individual—
"(i) who is an employee of a transportation company or transportation network company or who is affiliated with a transportation company or transportation network company; and
"(ii) who provides a commercial transportation service to a rider; and
"(B) includes a vehicle operated by such individual for the purpose of providing such service."
[Pub. L. 115–91, div. B, title XXVIII, §2819(4)(C), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1853, which directed the insertion of "or transportation network company" after "transportation company" in section 346(d)(3)(A)(i) of Pub. L. 114–328, set out above, was not executed in light of the amendment made by section 2819(2) of Pub. L. 115–91, which directed the same insertion wherever appearing in subsec. (d).]
Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X, §1050, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2396, as amended by Pub. L. 116–92, div. B, title XXVIII, §2822, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1889, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
Pub. L. 112–239, div. B, title XXVIII, §2812, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2150, required the Secretary of Defense to publish procedural requirements regarding access to military installations in the United States by individuals, including individuals performing work under a contract awarded by the Department of Defense, by no later than 180 days after Jan. 2, 2013.
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, §1069, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 326, as amended by Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title X, §1059, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4611; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, §1073(c)(11), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2475, directed the Secretary of Defense to develop access standards applicable to all military installations in the United States by Feb. 1, 2009, submit the standards to Congress by Aug. 1, 2009, and implement the standards by Oct. 1, 2010.
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, §1074, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 330, as amended by Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title X, §1084(b)(2)(A), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 872; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, §1046, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3494, which provided for protection of Department of Defense leadership and certain additional individuals within the military, Department of Defense, and certain foreign government representatives, was repealed by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title IX, §952(c)(3), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2375. See section 714 of this title.
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XII, §1208, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 367, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XII, §1225, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 375, which required the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, to submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives reports describing and assessing any support provided to anti-coalition forces in Iraq by Iran or its agents, the strategy and ambitions in Iraq of Iran, and any strategy or efforts by the United States to counter the activities of agents of Iran in Iraq, was repealed by Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title XII, §1233(f)(2), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4397.
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XVIII, §1814, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 498, required, by June 1, 2008, the preparation and submission to Congress of a plan for coordinating the use of the National Guard and members of the Armed Forces on active duty when responding to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and certain other disasters and submission of an update of the plan by June 1, 2010.
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XVIII, §1815(a)–(d), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 499, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1)
"(A) The military-unique capabilities determined under subsection (a).
"(B) Any additional capabilities determined by the Secretary to be necessary to support the use of the active components and the reserve components of the Armed Forces for homeland defense missions, domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil authorities.
"(2)
"(c)
"(d)
"(1) The term 'military-unique capabilities' means those capabilities that, in the view of the Secretary of Defense—
"(A) cannot be provided by other Federal, State, or local civilian agencies; and
"(B) are essential to provide support to civil authorities in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic incident.
"(2) The term 'defense budget materials', with respect to a fiscal year, means the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget for that fiscal year."
Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, §564, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2222, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(1) The Army Wounded Warrior Support Program.
"(2) The Navy Safe Harbor Program.
"(3) The Palace HART Program of the Air Force.
"(4) The Marine for Life Injured Support Program of the Marine Corps.
"(d)
"(1)
"(2)
"(e)
Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, §563, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3269, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(3)
"(A) the experience and best practices of the military departments, including the Army Wounded Warrior Program, the Marine Corps Marine for Life Injured Support Program, the Air Force Palace HART program, and the Navy Wounded Marines and Sailors Initiative;
"(B) the recommendations of nongovernment organizations with demonstrated expertise in responding to the needs of severely wounded or injured servicemembers; and
"(C) such other matters as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
"(4)
"(b)
"(1) Coordination with the Severely Injured Joint Support Operations Center of the Department of Defense.
"(2) Promotion of a seamless transition to civilian life for severely wounded or injured servicemembers who are or are likely to be separated on account of their wound or injury.
"(3) Identification and resolution of special problems or issues related to the transition to civilian life of severely wounded or injured servicemembers who are members of the reserve components.
"(4) The qualifications, assignment, training, duties, supervision, and accountability for the performance of responsibilities for the personnel providing assistance to severely wounded or injured servicemembers.
"(5) Centralized, short-term and long-term case-management procedures for assistance to severely wounded or injured servicemembers by each military department, including rapid access for severely wounded or injured servicemembers to case managers and counselors.
"(6) The provision, through a computer accessible Internet website and other means and at no cost to severely wounded or injured servicemembers, of personalized, integrated information on the benefits and financial assistance available to such members from the Federal Government.
"(7) The provision of information to severely wounded or injured servicemembers on mechanisms for registering complaints about, or requests for, additional assistance.
"(8) Participation of family members.
"(9) Liaison with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor in order to ensure prompt and accurate resolution of issues relating to benefits administered by those agencies for severely wounded or injured servicemembers.
"(10) Data collection regarding the incidence and quality of assistance provided to severely wounded or injured servicemembers, including surveys of such servicemembers and military and civilian personnel whose assigned duties include assistance to severely wounded or injured servicemembers.
"(c)
Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title XIV, §1402, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2433, which required the Secretary of Defense to submit quarterly reports on incidents involving the detonation or discovery of an improvised explosive device that involved United States or allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and on certain efforts of the Department of Defense to counter the threat of improvised explosive devices, was repealed by Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, §1062(d)(5), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1585.
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, §1084(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1990, provided that:
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) expedite compliance with the requirement; and
"(B) achieve such compliance at a cost not greater than the cost of establishing anew the database otherwise covered by the requirement."
Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title XIV, §1406, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2436, as amended by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, §1084(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1990, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) The types of emergency response capabilities that each State's National Guard, as reported by the States, may be able to provide in response to a domestic natural or manmade disaster, both to their home States and under State-to-State mutual assistance agreements.
"(2) The types of emergency response capabilities that the Department of Defense may be able to provide in support of the National Response Plan's Emergency Support Functions, and identification of the units that provide these capabilities.
"(3) The types of emergency response cyber capabilities that the National Guard of each State and territory may be able to provide in response to domestic or natural man-made disasters, as reported by the States and territories, including—
"(A) capabilities that can be provided within the State or territory;
"(B) capabilities that can be provided under State-to-State mutual assistance agreements; and
"(C) capabilities for defense support to civil authorities.
"(4) The types of emergency response cyber capabilities of other reserve components of the Armed Forces identified by the Secretary that are available for defense support to civil authorities in response to domestic or natural man-made disasters.
"(b)
Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title III, §354, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3204, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) an assessment of the impact on military readiness caused by undocumented immigrants whose entry into the United States involves trespassing upon operational ranges of the Department of Defense; and
"(2) a plan for the implementation of measures to prevent such trespass.
"(b)
"(1) A listing of the operational ranges adversely affected by the trespass of undocumented immigrants upon operational ranges.
"(2) A description of the types of range activities affected by such trespass.
"(3) A determination of the amount of time lost for range activities, and the increased costs incurred, as a result of such trespass.
"(4) An evaluation of the nature and extent of such trespass and means of travel.
"(5) An evaluation of the factors that contribute to the use by undocumented immigrants of operational ranges as a means to enter the United States.
"(6) A description of measures currently in place to prevent such trespass, including the use of barriers to vehicles and persons, military patrols, border patrols, and sensors.
"(c)
"(1) The types of measures to be implemented to improve prevention of trespass of undocumented immigrants upon operational ranges, including the specific physical methods, such as barriers and increased patrols or monitoring, to be implemented and any legal or other policy changes recommended by the Secretaries.
"(2) The costs of, and timeline for, implementation of the plan.
"(d)
"(e)
Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, §554, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3264, directed the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations, to go into effect by 180 days after Jan. 6, 2006, that require certain officers and senior enlisted members to report a conviction for a violation of a criminal law of the United States that becomes final after Jan. 6, 2006.
Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, §1055, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3438, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, §1071, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3446, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) An assessment of any existing deficiencies in the military mail system in ensuring that mail within the military mail system is safe for delivery.
"(B) The plan required by subsection (a).
"(C) An estimate of the time and resources required to implement the plan.
"(D) A description of the delegation within the Department of Defense of responsibility for ensuring that mail within the military mail system is safe for delivery, including responsibility for the development, implementation, and oversight of improvements to the military mail system to ensure that mail within the military mail system is safe for delivery.
"(3)
"(c)
"(1)
"(A) any mail that is posted through the Military Post Offices (including Army Post Offices (APOs) and Fleet Post Offices (FPOs)), Department of Defense mail centers, military Air Mail Terminals, and military Fleet Mail Centers; and
"(B) any mail or package posted in the United States that is addressed to an unspecified member of the Armed Forces.
"(2)
Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title XII, §1221, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3462, as amended by Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title XV, §1518, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2443; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XII, §1233, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2531; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, §1266, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1691, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) a description of the effect of war operations on the backlog of maintenance requirements over the period of fiscal years 2003 to the time of the report; and
"(B) an examination of the extent to which war operations have precluded maintenance from being performed because equipment was unavailable.
"(3)
"(b)
"(c)
Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title XII, §1224, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3463, which provided that, no later than April 30 of each year, the Secretary of Defense was to submit a report to certain congressional committees on Department of Defense costs during the preceding fiscal year to carry out United Nations resolutions, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1051(k)(3), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1564.
Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title XII, §1233, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3469, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) The effect of any new basing arrangements on the strategic mobility requirements of the Department of Defense.
"(2) The ability of units deployed to overseas locations in areas in which United States Armed Forces have not traditionally been deployed to meet mobility response times required by operational planners.
"(3) The cost of deploying units to areas referred to in paragraph (2) on a rotational basis (rather than on a permanent basing basis).
"(4) The strategic benefit of rotational deployments through countries with which the United States is developing a close or new security relationship.
"(5) Whether the relative speed and complexity of conducting negotiations with a particular country is a discriminator in the decision to deploy forces within the country.
"(6) The appropriate and available funding mechanisms for the establishment, operation, and sustainment of specific Main Operating Bases, Forward Operating Bases, or Cooperative Security Locations.
"(7) The effect on military quality of life of the unaccompanied deployment of units to new facilities in overseas locations.
"(8) Other criteria as Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.
"(b)
"(c)
"(1) Facilities categorized as Main Operating Bases.
"(2) Facilities categorized as Forward Operating Bases.
"(3) Facilities categorized as Cooperative Security Locations.
"(d)
"(e)
"(f)
Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, §573, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1921, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) the United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory has the personnel and resources to effectively process forensic evidence used by the Department of Defense within 60 days of receipt by the laboratory of such evidence;
"(2) consistent policies are established among the Armed Forces to reduce the time period between the collection of forensic evidence and the receipt and processing of such evidence by United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory; and
"(3) there is an adequate supply of forensic evidence collection kits—
"(A) for all United States military installations, including the military service academies; and
"(B) for units of the Armed Forces deployed in theaters of operation.
"(b)
"(1) in the use of forensic evidence collection kits; and
"(2) in the prescribed procedures to ensure protection of the chain of custody of such kits once used."
Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VII, §724, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1990, required the Secretary of Defense to prescribe a policy for providing timely notification to the next of kin of seriously ill or injured members in combat zones and to submit to Congress a copy of the policy no later than 120 days after Oct. 28, 2004.
Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title IX, §932, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2031, required the Secretary of Defense, no later than 120 days after Oct. 28, 2004, to establish criteria for determining categories of critical information that should be made known expeditiously to senior civilian and military officials in the Department of Defense.
Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, §1032, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2045, authorized the Secretary of Defense to conduct a program during fiscal year 2005 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of World War II.
Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, §1085, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2065, as amended by Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title III, §360(c), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 78; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, §1075(i)(2), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4378, provided that: "The Secretary of Defense may not reduce or eliminate search and rescue capabilities at any military installation in the United States unless the Secretary, after reviewing the search and rescue capabilities report prepared by the Secretary of the Air Force under section 360(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 77), first certifies to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives that equivalent search and rescue capabilities will be provided, without interruption and consistent with the policies and objectives set forth in the United States National Search and Rescue Plan entered into force on January 1, 1999, by—
"(1) the Department of Interior, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Communications Commission, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or
"(2) the Department of Defense, either directly or through a Department of Defense contract with an emergency medical service provider or other private entity to provide such capabilities."
Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title XIV, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2094, as amended by Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, §1027, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2767, provided that:
"Right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any United States sunken military craft—
"(1) shall not be extinguished except by an express divestiture of title by the United States; and
"(2) shall not be extinguished by the passage of time, regardless of when the sunken military craft sank.
"(a)
"(1) as authorized by a permit under this title;
"(2) as authorized by regulations issued under this title; or
"(3) as otherwise authorized by law.
"(b)
"(1) this section; or
"(2) any prohibition, rule, regulation, ordinance, or permit that applies under any other applicable law.
"(c)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) generally recognized principles of international law;
"(B) an agreement between the United States and the foreign country of which the person is a citizen; or
"(C) in the case of an individual who is a crew member or other individual on a foreign vessel or foreign aircraft, an agreement between the United States and the flag State of the foreign vessel or aircraft that applies to the individual.
"(3)
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(d)
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(d)
"(e)
"(f)
"(1) all facts material to the right of action are known or should have been known by the Secretary concerned; and
"(2) the defendant is subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate district court of the United States or administrative forum.
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) the reasonable costs incurred in storage, restoration, care, maintenance, conservation, and curation of any sunken military craft that is disturbed, removed, or injured in violation of section 1402 or any regulation or permit issued under this title; and
"(2) the cost of retrieving, from the site where the sunken military craft was disturbed, removed, or injured, any information of an archaeological, historical, or cultural nature.
"(a)
"(1) any activity that is not directed at a sunken military craft; or
"(2) the traditional high seas freedoms of navigation, including—
"(A) the laying of submarine cables and pipelines;
"(B) operation of vessels;
"(C) fishing; or
"(D) other internationally lawful uses of the sea related to such freedoms.
"(b)
"(c)
"(1) any United States sunken military craft, wherever located; or
"(2) any foreign sunken military craft located in United States waters.
"(d)
"(1) any United States sunken military craft without the express permission of the United States; or
"(2) any foreign sunken military craft located in United States waters without the express permission of the relevant foreign state.
"(e)
"(f)
"(g)
"(h)
"(i)
"(j)
"The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, is encouraged to negotiate and conclude bilateral and multilateral agreements with foreign countries with regard to sunken military craft consistent with this title.
"In this title:
"(1)
"(A) the equipment, cargo, and contents of a sunken military craft that are within its debris field; and
"(B) the remains and personal effects of the crew and passengers of a sunken military craft that are within its debris field.
"(2)
"(A) subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary of a military department; and
"(B) in the case of a Coast Guard vessel, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating.
"(3)
"(A) any sunken warship, naval auxiliary, or other vessel that was owned or operated by a government on military noncommercial service when it sank;
"(B) any sunken military aircraft or military spacecraft that was owned or operated by a government when it sank; and
"(C) the associated contents of a craft referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B),
if title thereto has not been abandoned or transferred by the government concerned.
"(4)
"(5)
"(6)
"(7)
Pub. L. 108–177, title III, §358, Dec. 13, 2003, 117 Stat. 2621, directed the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, not later than one year after Dec. 13, 2003, to submit preliminary and final reports to committees of Congress on information obtained by the Department of Defense and the intelligence community on the conventional weapons and ammunition obtained by Iraq in violation of applicable resolutions of the United Nations Security Council adopted since the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in 1990.
Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XII, §1204, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1649, directed the Secretary of Defense, not later than one year after Nov. 24, 2003, to submit to committees of Congress a report on the acquisition by Iraq of weapons of mass destruction and associated delivery systems and the acquisition by Iraq of advanced conventional weapons.
Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title II, §216, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1418, directed the Secretary of Defense to provide for the performance of two independent studies of alternative future fleet platform architectures for the Navy and to forward the results of each study to congressional defense committees not later than Jan. 15, 2005.
Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title III, §320, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1435, required a study on the impact of various civilian and environmental encroachment issues affecting military installations and operational ranges, a plan to respond to any encroachment issues found, and reports from 2004 to 2010 regarding the results of the study and progress being made on the encroachment response plan.
Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title III, §337, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1445, established a pilot program designed to create, or continue the implementation of, high-performing organizations through the conduct of a Business Process Reengineering initiative at selected military installations and facilities.
Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, §517(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1461, directed the Secretary of Defense to submit to committees of Congress, not later than one year after Nov. 24, 2003, a description of the effects on reserve component recruitment and retention that have resulted from calls and orders to active duty and the tempo of such service, an assessment of the process for calling and ordering reserve members to active duty, preparing such members for active duty, processing such members into the force, and deploying such members, and a description of changes in the Armed Forces envisioned by the Secretary of Defense.
Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, §546, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1479, directed the Secretary of Defense, no later than 180 days after Nov. 24, 2003, to prescribe a policy on the public release of the names or other personally identifying information of casualties.
Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XVI, §1602, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1682, as amended by Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, §1063(g)(3), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 324, provided that:
"(a)
"(A) assess current and emerging threats of use of biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear agents; and
"(B) identify, on the basis of such assessment, those agents that present a material risk of use against the Armed Forces.
"(2) The Secretary shall on an ongoing basis—
"(A) assess the potential consequences to the health of members of the Armed Forces of use against the Armed Forces of the agents identified under paragraph (1)(B); and
"(B) identify, on the basis of such assessment, those agents for which countermeasures are necessary to protect the health of members of the Armed Forces.
"(b)
"(c)
"(2) The Secretary may not identify a specific countermeasure under paragraph (1) unless the Secretary determines that—
"(A) the countermeasure is a qualified countermeasure; and
"(B) it is reasonable to expect that producing and delivering, within 5 years, the quantity of that countermeasure required to meet the needs of the Department (as determined by the Secretary) is feasible.
"(d)
"(2) The Secretary may enter into an interagency agreement with the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services to provide for acquisition by the Secretary of Defense for use by the Armed Forces of biomedical countermeasures procured for the Strategic National Stockpile by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Secretary may transfer such funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services as are necessary to carry out such agreements (including administrative costs of the Secretary of Health and Human Services), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may expend any such transferred funds to procure such countermeasures for use by the Armed Forces, or to replenish the stockpile. The Secretaries are authorized to establish such terms and conditions for such agreements as the Secretaries determine to be in the public interest. The transfer authority provided under this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Secretary.
"(e)
"(1) The term 'qualified countermeasure' means a biomedical countermeasure—
"(A) that is approved under section 505(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) or licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262), or that is approved under section 515 or cleared under section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360e and 360) for use as such a countermeasure to a biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent identified as a material threat under subsection (a); or
"(B) with respect to which the Secretary of Health and Human Services makes a determination that sufficient and satisfactory clinical experience or research data (including data, if available, from preclinical and clinical trials) exists to support a reasonable conclusion that the product will qualify for such approval or licensing for use as such a countermeasure.
"(2) The term 'biomedical countermeasure' means a drug (as defined in section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1))), device (as defined in section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(h))), or biological product (as defined in section 351(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(i))) that is—
"(A) used to treat, identify, or prevent harm from any biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent that may cause a military health emergency affecting the Armed Forces; or
"(B) used to treat, identify, or prevent harm from a condition that may result in adverse health consequences or death and may be caused by administering a drug or biological product that is used as described in subparagraph (A).
"(3) The term 'Strategic National Stockpile' means the stockpile established under section 121(a) of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 300hh–12(a)).
"(f)
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title II, §243, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 51, required submission of a research, development, and testing plan for prompt global strike program objectives for fiscal years 2008 through 2013 and a plan for obligation and expenditure of funds available for prompt global strike for fiscal year 2008.
Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, §1032, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1605, as amended by Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, §1043, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 311, required establishment of, and annual updates to, an integrated plan for developing, deploying, and sustaining a prompt global strike capability in the Armed Forces and submission of reports on the plan from 2004 to 2009.
Pub. L. 109–13, div. A, title I, §1024(c), May 11, 2005, 119 Stat. 253, provided that:
"(1) Each semiannual report to Congress required under a provision of law referred to in paragraph (2) shall include, in addition to the matters specified in the applicable provision of law, the following:
"(A) A statement of the cumulative total of all amounts obligated, and of all amounts expended, as of the date of such report for Operation Enduring Freedom.
"(B) A statement of the cumulative total of all amounts obligated, and of all amounts expended, as of the date of such report for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
"(C) An estimate of the reasonably foreseeable costs for ongoing military operations to be incurred during the 12-month period beginning on the date of such report.
"(2) The provisions of law referred to in this paragraph are as follows:
"(A) Section 1120 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108–106; 117 Stat. 1219; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
"(B) Section 9010 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 1008; 10 U.S.C. 113 note)."
Pub. L. 108–287, title IX, §9010, Aug. 5, 2004, 118 Stat. 1008, as amended by Pub. L. 108–324, div. B, §306, Oct. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 1243, provided that:
"(a) Not later than April 30 and October 31 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the military operations of the Armed Forces and the reconstruction activities of the Department of Defense in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"(b) Each report shall include the following information:
"(1) For each of Iraq and Afghanistan for the half-fiscal year ending during the month preceding the due date of the report, the amount expended for military operations of the Armed Forces and the amount expended for reconstruction activities, together with the cumulative total amounts expended for such operations and activities.
"(2) An assessment of the progress made toward preventing attacks on United States personnel.
"(3) An assessment of the effects of the operations and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan on the readiness of the Armed Forces.
"(4) An assessment of the effects of the operations and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan on the recruitment and retention of personnel for the Armed Forces.
"(5) For the half-fiscal year ending during the month preceding the due date of the report, the costs incurred for repair of Department of Defense equipment used in the operations and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"(6) The foreign countries, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations that are contributing support for the ongoing military operations and reconstruction activities, together with a discussion of the amount and types of support contributed by each during the half-fiscal year ending during the month preceding the due date of the report.
"(7) The extent to which, and the schedule on which, the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces is being involuntarily ordered to active duty under section 12302 of title 10, United States Code.
"(8) For each unit of the National Guard of the United States and the other reserve components of the Armed Forces on active duty pursuant to an order to active duty under section 12302 of title 10, United States Code, the following information:
"(A) The unit.
"(B) The projected date of return of the unit to its home station.
"(C) The extent (by percentage) to which the forces deployed within the United States and outside the United States in support of a contingency operation are composed of reserve component forces."
Pub. L. 108–106, title I, §1120, Nov. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 1219, provided that:
"(a) Not later than April 30 and October 31 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the military operations of the Armed Forces and the reconstruction activities of the Department of Defense in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"(b) Each report shall include the following information:
"(1) For each of Iraq and Afghanistan for the half-fiscal year ending during the month preceding the due date of the report, the amount expended for military operations of the Armed Forces and the amount expended for reconstruction activities, together with the cumulative total amounts expended for such operations and activities.
"(2) An assessment of the progress made toward preventing attacks on United States personnel.
"(3) An assessment of the effects of the operations and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan on the readiness of the Armed Forces.
"(4) An assessment of the effects of the operations and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan on the recruitment and retention of personnel for the Armed Forces.
"(5) For the half-fiscal year ending during the month preceding the due date of the report, the costs incurred for repair of Department of Defense equipment used in the operations and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"(6) The foreign countries, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations that are contributing support for the ongoing military operations and reconstruction activities, together with a discussion of the amount and types of support contributed by each during the half-fiscal year ending during the month preceding the due date of the report.
"(7) The extent to which, and the schedule on which, the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces is being involuntarily ordered to active duty under section 12304 of title 10, United States Code.
"(8) For each unit of the National Guard of the United States and the other reserve components of the Armed Forces on active duty pursuant to an order to active duty under section 12304 of title 10, United States Code, the following information:
"(A) The unit.
"(B) The projected date of return of the unit to its home station.
"(C) The extent (by percentage) to which the forces deployed within the United States and outside the United States in support of a contingency operation are composed of reserve component forces."
Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title II, §233, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2490, directed the Secretary of Defense to implement a single financial management and accounting system for all test and evaluation facilities of the Department of Defense, with the goal that such system be implemented no later than Sept. 30, 2006.
Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title III, §366, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2522, as amended by Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title III, §348, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2159; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, §1063(c)(2), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 322; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, §1075(g)(2), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4376; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title III, §311, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1691, provided that:
"(a)
"(2) As part of the preparation of the plan, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct the following:
"(A) An assessment of current and future training range requirements of the Armed Forces.
"(B) An evaluation of the adequacy of current Department of Defense resources (including virtual and constructive training assets as well as military lands, marine areas, and airspace available in the United States and overseas) to meet those current and future training range requirements.
"(3) The plan shall include the following:
"(A) Proposals to enhance training range capabilities and address any shortfalls in current Department of Defense resources identified pursuant to the assessment and evaluation conducted under paragraph (2).
"(B) Goals and milestones for tracking planned actions and measuring progress.
"(C) Projected funding requirements for implementing planned actions.
"(D) Designation of an office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and in each of the military departments that will have lead responsibility for overseeing implementation of the plan.
"(4) At the same time as the President submits to Congress the budget for fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report describing the progress made in implementing this subsection, including—
"(A) the plan developed under paragraph (1);
"(B) the results of the assessment and evaluation conducted under paragraph (2); and
"(C) any recommendations that the Secretary may have for legislative or regulatory changes to address training constraints identified pursuant to this section.
"(5) At the same time as the President submits to Congress the budget for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2018, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the progress made in implementing the plan and any additional actions taken, or to be taken, to address training constraints caused by limitations on the use of military lands, marine areas, and airspace.
"(b)
"(c)
"(A) to identify all available operational training ranges;
"(B) to identify all training capacities and capabilities available at each training range; and
"(C) to identify training constraints caused by limitations on the use of military lands, marine areas, and airspace at each training range.
"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall submit an initial inventory to Congress at the same time as the President submits the budget for fiscal year 2004 and shall submit an updated inventory to Congress at the same time as the President submits the budget for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2018.
"(d) GAO
"(e)
Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, §1004, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2629, which required Secretary of Defense to develop a financial management enterprise architecture for all budgetary, accounting, finance, enterprise resource planning, and mixed information systems of the Department of Defense by May 1, 2003, was repealed by Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title III, §332(f), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1856.
Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, §1008, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1204, as amended by Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, §1052, Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1582; Pub. L. 113–188, title IV, §401(b), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2019; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §§1002(h), 1051(i)(2), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1542, 1563, provided that:
"[(a), (b) Repealed. Pub. L. 113–188, title IV, §401(b)(1), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2019.]
"(c)
"[(d) to (f) Repealed. Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1002(h), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1542.]"
Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, §1043, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2646, required annual reports on the conduct of military operations conducted as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, starting June 15, 2003, and ending no later than 180 days after the date of the cessation of hostilities undertaken as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title XIV, §1402, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2675, directed the Secretary of Defense to develop and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for improving the preparedness of military installations for preventing and responding to terrorist attacks, directed the Comptroller General to review the plan, and required reports on the plan in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title V, §552], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–125, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) affords any individual who, in connection with the investigation of a reported crime, is designated (by name or by any other identifying information) as a suspect in the case in any official investigative report, or in a central index for potential retrieval and analysis by law enforcement organizations, an opportunity to obtain a review of that designation; and
"(2) requires the expungement of the name and other identifying information of any such individual from such report or index in any case in which it is determined the entry of such identifying information on that individual was made contrary to Department of Defense requirements.
"(b)
Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title V, §576], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–138, directed the Secretary of Defense to conduct a three-year test program to determine the most effective peacetime structure and operational employment of reserve component intelligence assets and to establish a means to coordinate and transition the peacetime intelligence support network into use for meeting wartime needs, and to submit to Congress interim and final reports on such program not later than Dec. 1, 2004.
Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title XI, §1105], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–311, directed the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study to assess the manner in which personnel services were provided for civilian personnel in the Department of Defense and to submit a report on such study to committees of Congress not later than Jan. 1, 2002.
Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title XI, §1111], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–312, directed the Secretary of Defense to carry out a three-year pilot program to improve processes for the resolution of equal employment opportunity complaints by civilian employees of the Department of Defense, and directed the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on such program not later than 90 days following the end of the first and last full or partial fiscal years during which such program had been implemented.
Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title XI, §1112], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–313, as amended by Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title III, §363, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2520, directed the Secretary of Defense to carry out a defense employees work safety demonstration program under which work safety models used by employers in the private sector would be adopted and any improvement to work safety records would be assessed, directed that such program would terminate on Sept. 30, 2003, and required the Secretary to submit interim and final reports on such program to committees of Congress not later than Dec. 1, 2003.
Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title XII, §1223], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–328, directed the Comptroller General to conduct a study assessing the benefits and costs to the United States and United States national security interests of the engagement of United States forces in Europe and of United States military strategies used to shape the international security environment in Europe and to submit to committees of Congress a report on the results of such study not later than Dec. 1, 2001.
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title III, §366, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 578, as amended by Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1051(h), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1563, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) the level of spare parts that the units must have on hand; and
"(2) similar logistics and sustainment needs of the units.
"(b)
"(1) The unit's wartime mission, as reflected in the war-fighting plans of the relevant combatant commanders.
"(2) An assessment of the likely requirement for sustained operations under each such war-fighting plan.
"(3) An assessment of the likely requirement for that unit to conduct sustained operations in an austere environment, while drawing exclusively on its own internal logistics capabilities.
"(c)
"(d)
"(e)
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title III, §373(a)–(g), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 580, 581, designated the Navy as the lead agency for the development and implementation of a Smart Card program for the Department of Defense, required the Army and Air Force to establish project offices and cooperate with the Navy to develop implementation plans for using Smart Card technology, established a senior coordinating group, and provided for allocation of certain funds for the Navy to implement Smart Card technology.
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, §526, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 600, required Secretary of Defense to review process used by the Army to develop estimates of annual authorizations and appropriations required for civilian personnel of Department of the Army generally and for National Guard and Army Reserve technicians in particular and to report on results of review to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives not later than Mar. 31, 2000.
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, §581, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 633, directed the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a survey on attitudes toward military service to be completed by all members of the Armed Forces who had been voluntarily discharged or separated or transferred from a regular to a reserve component between Jan. 1, 2000, and June 30, 2000, and to submit a report to Congress on the results of such survey not later than Oct. 1, 2000.
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1025, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 748, which required the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report regarding the deployments and assignments of the United States Armed Forces in Colombia, was repealed by Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, §1062(j)(2), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1585.
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1039, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 756, as amended by Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, §1031(h)(3), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1605, provided findings of Congress relating to the Defense Capabilities Initiative.
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1053, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 764, as amended by Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, §1048(g)(7), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1228, established a commission to review and make recommendations regarding the celebration of victory in the Cold War, directed the President to transmit to Congress a report on the content of a Presidential proclamation and a plan for appropriate ceremonies and activities, and authorized funds.
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title XII, §1202, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 781, as amended by Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XII, §1221, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1252; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XII, §1263, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 407; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XII, §1246(a)–(c), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2544, 2545; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, §1066(e)(1), title XII, §1238(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1589, 1642; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, §1271, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2022; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XII, §1242, Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 920; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XII, §1252(a), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3571; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, §1271(a), (b), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2538; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, §1261, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1688; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XII, §1260, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2059; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XII, §1260, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1677; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, §1260D, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3963; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XII, §1243, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1982; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title XII, §1251, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2849, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) The goals, factors, and trends shaping Chinese security strategy and military strategy.
"(2) The role of the People's Liberation Army in the strategy, governance systems, and foreign and economic policies of the People's Republic of China, including the following:
"(A) Developments in the defense policy and military strategy of the People's Republic of China, and the role and mission of the People's Liberation Army.
"(B) The role of the People's Liberation Army in the Chinese Communist Party, including the structure and leadership of the Central Military Commission.
"(C) The internal security role and affiliation of the People's Liberation Army with the People's Armed Police and other law enforcement, intelligence, and paramilitary entities of the People's Republic of China, including any activities supporting or implementing mass surveillance, mass detentions, forced labor, or gross violations of human rights.
"(3) The role of the People's Liberation Army in, and its support of, the overall foreign policy of the People's Republic of China, as expressed through military diplomacy and other external actions, activities, and operations, including the following:
"(A) Chinese military-to-military relationships with other countries, including—
"(i) Chinese military attache presence, activities, exercises, and agreements with the militaries of other countries; and
"(ii) military education programs conducted—
"(I) in the People's Republic of China for militaries of other countries; or
"(II) in other countries for personnel of the People's Liberation Army.
"(B) Any significant sale or transfer of military hardware, expertise, and technology to or from the People's Republic of China, including—
"(i) a forecast of possible future sales and transfers;
"(ii) the implications of such sales and transfers for the security of the United States and its partners and allies; and
"(iii) any significant assistance to and from any selling state with military-related research and development programs in the People's Republic of China.
"(C) Relations between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation, and between the People's Republic of China and Iran, with respect to security and military matters.
"(4) Developments in the military doctrine, operational concepts, joint command and organizational structures, and significant military operations and deployments of the People's Liberation Army.
"(5) Developments and future course of the services, theater-level commands, and paramilitary organizations of the People's Liberation Army, including—
"(A) the specific roles and missions, organization, capabilities, force structure, readiness, and modernization efforts of such services, theater-level commands, special operations, and paramilitary organizations;
"(B) a summary of the order of battle of the People's Liberation Army, including ballistic and cruise missile inventories; and
"(C) developments relating to the Chinese Coast Guard, including its interactions with the Armed Forces of the United States, and the implications for its use as a coercive tool in maritime disputes.
"(7) [sic; there is no par. (6)] Developments in the People's Liberation Army as a global actor, such as overseas military basing, military logistics capabilities, and infrastructure to project power, and the overseas command and control structure of the People's Liberation Army, including—
"(A) Chinese overseas investments or projects likely, or with significant potential, to be converted into military or intelligence assets of the People's Republic of China; and
"(B) efforts by the People's Republic of China to use the People's Liberation Army to expand its presence and influence overseas and the implications of such efforts on United States' national defense and security interests in—
"(i) Latin America and the Caribbean;
"(ii) Africa;
"(iii) the Indo-Pacific region, including the Pacific Islands; and
"(iv) the Middle East.
"(8) The strategy, policy, development, and modernization of key military capabilities of the People's Republic of China across the People's Liberation Army, including the following:
"(A) The cyberwarfare and electronic warfare capabilities (including details on the number of malicious cyber incidents originating from the People's Republic of China against Department of Defense infrastructure) and associated activities originating or suspected to have originated from the People's Republic of China.
"(B) The space and counter-space programs and capabilities.
"(C) The nuclear program and capabilities, including—
"(i) its nuclear strategy and associated doctrines;
"(ii) the size and state of its stockpile and projections of its future arsenals;
"(iii) its civil and military production capacities; and
"(iv) the modernization and force structure of its strategic forces.
"(D) The anti-access and area denial capabilities.
"(E) The command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance modernization program and capabilities and the applications for such program and capabilities for precision-guided weapons.
"(F) Special operations capabilities.
"(9) Trends and developments in the budget, resources, strategies, and policies of the People's Liberation Army with respect to science and technology, defense industry reform, and the use of espionage and technology transfers by the People's Republic of China, including—
"(A) the relationship between Chinese overseas investment (including the Belt and Road Initiative, the Digital Silk Road, and any state- owned or state-controlled digital or physical infrastructure projects of the People's Republic of China) and Chinese security and military strategy objectives, including—
"(i) any Chinese investment or project, located in any other country, that is linked to military or intelligence cooperation with such country, such as cooperation on satellite navigation or arms production; and
"(ii) the implications for United States military or governmental interests related to denial of access, compromised intelligence activities, and network advantages of Chinese investments or projects in other countries, including in port or port-related infrastructure; and
"(B) efforts (including by espionage and technology transfers through investment, industrial espionage, cyber theft, academia, forced technological transfers, and other means) to develop, acquire, or gain access to information, communication, space, and other advanced technologies that would enhance defense capabilities or otherwise undermine the capability of the Department of Defense to conduct information assurance, including an assessment of the damage inflicted on the Department of Defense by such efforts.
"(10) The strategy of the People's Republic of China regarding Taiwan and the security situation in the Taiwan Strait, including—
"(A) the posture of the forces of the People's Liberation Army facing Taiwan; and
"(B) any challenges during the preceding year to the deterrent forces of the Republic of China on Taiwan, consistent with the commitments made by the United States in the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
"(11) The maritime strategy and military and nonmilitary activities in the South China Sea and East China Sea of the People's Republic of China, including—
"(A) the role and activities of the People's Liberation Army and maritime law enforcement, the People's Armed Forces Maritime Militia or other subset national militias, and paramilitary entities of the People's Republic of China; and
"(B) any such activities in the South China Sea or East China Sea affecting United States military activities or the military activities of a United States ally or partner.
"(12) The current state of United States military-to-military contacts with the People's Liberation Army, including the following:
"(A) A comprehensive and coordinated strategy for such military-to-military contacts and any necessary update to the strategy.
"(B) A summary of all such military-to-military contacts during the preceding fiscal year including a summary of topics discussed.
"(C) A description of such military-to-military contacts scheduled for the 1-year period following the period covered by the report and the plan for future contacts.
"(D) The Secretary's assessment of the benefits the Chinese expect to gain from such military-to-military contacts.
"(E) The Secretary's assessment of the benefits the Department of Defense expects to gain from such military-to-military contacts, and any concerns regarding such contacts.
"(F) The Secretary's assessment of how such military-to-military contacts fit into the larger security relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
"(G) The Secretary's certification whether or not any military-to-military exchange or contact was conducted during the period covered by the report in violation of section 1201(a) [10 U.S.C. 311 note].
"(13) Any influence operations or campaigns by the People's Republic of China targeting military alliances and partnerships of which the United States is a member, including—
"(A) United States military alliances and partnerships targeted or that may be targeted;
"(B) the objectives of such operations;
"(C) the tactics, techniques, and procedures used; and
"(D) the impact of such operations on military alliances and partnerships of which the United States is a member.
"(14) Any other significant military or security development involving the People's Republic of China the Secretary considers relevant to United States national security.
"(c)
"(d)
"(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
"(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives."
[Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, §1271(c), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2538, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending section 1202 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out above] take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2016] and apply with respect to reports required to be submitted under subsection (a) of section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 [Pub. L. 106–65] on or after that date."]
[Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XII, §1252(b), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3571, provided that: "The amendment made by this section [amending section 1202 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out above] takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 19, 2014] and applies with respect to reports required to be submitted under subsection (a) of section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 [Pub. L. 106–65] on or after that date."]
[Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XII, §1238(b), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1642, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending section 1202 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out above] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 31, 2011], and shall apply with respect to reports required to be submitted under subsection (a) of section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 [Pub. L. 106–65], as so amended, on or after that date."]
[Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XII, §1246(e), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2545, provided that:
["(1)
["(2)
Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, §3163(d), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 945, provided that:
"(1) The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan to ensure the continued reliability of the capability of the Department of Defense to carry out its nuclear deterrent mission.
"(2) The plan shall do the following:
"(A) Articulate the current policy of the United States on the role of nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence in the conduct of defense and foreign relations matters.
"(B) Establish stockpile viability and capability requirements with respect to that mission, including the number and variety of warheads required.
"(C) Establish requirements relating to the contractor industrial base, support infrastructure, and surveillance, testing, assessment, and certification of nuclear weapons necessary to support that mission.
"(3) The plan shall take into account the following:
"(A) Requirements for the critical skills, readiness, training, exercise, and testing of personnel necessary to meet that mission.
"(B) The relevant programs and plans of the military departments and the Defense Agencies with respect to readiness, sustainment (including research and development), and modernization of the strategic deterrent forces."
Pub. L. 105–262, title VIII, §8119, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2331, as amended by Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, §4002(b)(1)(B), (D), (E), (2)(K), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1096, 1097; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title IV, §4002(b)(1)(B), (D), (E), (2)(K), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1857, 1858, directed the Secretary of Defense to submit to committees of Congress, at the same time that materials relating to Department of Defense funding for fiscal year 2001 were to be submitted, a report on supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits assistance for members of the Armed Forces.
Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title IX, §924, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 726, authorized the Secretary of Defense to designate the Secretary of the Navy as the Department of Defense executive agent for carrying out the pilot program described in Pub. L. 105–262, §8147.
Pub. L. 105–262, title VIII, §8147, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2341, established a defense reform initiative enterprise pilot program for military manpower and personnel information to be implemented no later than 6 months after Oct. 17, 1998.
Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title III, §344, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 1977, as amended by Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title III, §373(h), title X, §1067(3), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 581, 774, directed the Secretary of the Navy to allocate up to $25,000,000 of fiscal year 1999 funds for the purpose of making progress toward the issuance and use of Smart Cards throughout the Navy and the Marine Corps and to equip with Smart Card technology at least one carrier battle group, one carrier air wing, and one amphibious readiness group in each of the United States Atlantic and Pacific Commands not later than June 30, 1999, and directed the Secretary of Defense, not later than Mar. 31, 1999, to submit to congressional defense committees a plan for the use of Smart Card technology by each military department.
Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title III, §377, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 1993, as amended by Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title III, §387], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–88, authorized pilot programs for each military department to demonstrate the use of landing fees as a source of funding for the operation and maintenance of airfields, required a report on the pilot programs by Mar. 31, 2003, and terminated the program as of Sept. 30, 2010.
Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title IX, §915(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2102, directed the Secretary of Defense, not later than 90 days after Oct. 17, 1998, to submit to committees of Congress a report setting forth the definitions of the terms "support" and "mission" to use for purposes of the report requirement under subsec. (l) of this section.
Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, §392, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1717, as amended by Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title III, §374, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 1992, provided that: "The Secretary of Defense shall maintain a specific coordinated program for the investigation of evidence of fraud, waste, and abuse within the Department of Defense, particularly fraud, waste, and abuse regarding finance and accounting matters and any fraud, waste, and abuse occurring in connection with overpayments made to vendors by the Department of Defense, including overpayments identified under section 354 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 10 U.S.C. 2461 note)."
Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, subtitle F, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1750, as amended by Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, §524, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2014; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1066(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 773, established a Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related Issues to review requirements and restrictions regarding cross-gender relationships of members of the Armed Forces, to review the basic training programs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and to make recommendations on improvements to those programs, requirements, and restrictions, and further provided for composition, powers, and duties of Commission, administrative matters, funding, an interim report to Congress not later than Oct. 15, 1998, and a final report to Congress not later than Mar. 15, 1999, and for termination of Commission 60 days after submission of final report.
Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title IX, §907, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1856, directed the heads of the military department criminal investigative organizations and the heads of the defense auditing organizations to take action to conserve and share their resources and required the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress an implementation plan by Dec. 31, 1997.
Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, §1052, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1889, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) identify the additional troop protection equipment, if any, required to equip a division (or the equivalent of a division) with adequate troop protection equipment for peace operations; and
"(2) establish procedures to facilitate the exchange or transfer of troop protection equipment among units of the Armed Forces.
"(c)
"(1) ensuring the appropriate allocation of troop protection equipment among the units of the Armed Forces engaged in peace operations; and
"(2) monitoring the availability, status or condition, and location of such equipment.
"(d)
"(e)
"(1) A description of the programs designed to carry out antiterrorism activities of the Department of Defense, any deficiencies in those programs, and any actions taken by the Secretary to improve implementation of such programs.
"(2) An assessment of the current policies and practices of the Department of Defense with respect to the protection of members of the Armed Forces overseas against terrorist attack, including any modifications to such policies or practices that are proposed or implemented as a result of the assessment.
"(3) An assessment of the procedures of the Department of Defense for determining accountability, if any, in the command structure of the Armed Forces in instances in which a terrorist attack results in the loss of life at an overseas military installation or facility.
"(4) A detailed description of the roles of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the combatant commanders in providing guidance and support with respect to the protection of members of the Armed Forces deployed overseas against terrorist attack (both before and after the November 1995 bombing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and how these roles have changed since the June 25, 1996, terrorist bombing at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
"(5) A description of the actions taken by the Secretary of Defense under subsections (a), (b), and (c) to provide adequate troop protection equipment for units of the Armed Forces engaged in a peace operation."
Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, §1072, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1898, required the Secretary of Defense to provide for a study to be conducted by the National Academy of Public Administration of the policies, procedures, and practices of the military criminal investigative organizations for the conduct of investigations of complaints of sex crimes and other criminal sexual misconduct arising in the Armed Forces, required the Academy to submit a report to the Secretary not later than one year after Nov. 18, 1997, and directed the Secretary to submit the report and comments on the report to Congress not later than 30 days afterwards.
Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title XIII, §1309, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1956, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) The United States has stated its support for a ban on antipersonnel landmines that is global in scope and verifiable.
"(2) On May 16, 1996, the President announced that the United States, as a matter of policy, would eliminate its stockpile of non-self-destructing antipersonnel landmines, except those used for training purposes and in Korea, and that the United States would reserve the right to use self-destructing antipersonnel landmines in the event of conflict.
"(3) On May 16, 1996, the President also announced that the United States would lead an effort to negotiate an international treaty permanently banning the use of all antipersonnel landmines.
"(4) The United States is currently participating at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in negotiations aimed at achieving a global ban on the use of antipersonnel landmines.
"(5) On August 18, 1997, the administration agreed to participate in international negotiations sponsored by Canada (the so-called 'Ottawa process') designed to achieve a treaty that would outlaw the production, use, and sale of antipersonnel landmines.
"(6) On September 17, 1997, the President announced that the United States would not sign the antipersonnel landmine treaty concluded in Oslo, Norway, by participants in the Ottawa process because the treaty would not provide a geographic exception to allow the United States to stockpile and use antipersonnel landmines in Korea or an exemption that would preserve the ability of the United States to use mixed antitank mine systems which could be used to deter an armored assault against United States forces.
"(7) The President also announced a change in United States policy whereby the United States—
"(A) would no longer deploy antipersonnel landmines, including self-destructing antipersonnel landmines, by 2003, except in Korea;
"(B) would seek to field alternatives by that date, or by 2006 in the case of Korea;
"(C) would undertake a new initiative in the United Nations Conference on Disarmament to establish a global ban on the transfer of antipersonnel landmines; and
"(D) would increase its current humanitarian demining activities around the world.
"(8) The President's decision would allow the continued use by United States forces of self-destructing antipersonnel landmines that are used as part of a mixed antitank mine system.
"(9) Under existing law (as provided in section 580 of Public Law 104–107; 110 Stat. 751), on February 12, 1999, the United States will implement a one-year moratorium on the use of antipersonnel landmines by United States forces except along internationally recognized national borders or in demilitarized zones within a perimeter marked area that is monitored by military personnel and protected by adequate means to ensure the exclusion of civilians.
"(b)
"(1) the United States should not implement a moratorium on the use of antipersonnel landmines by United States Armed Forces in a manner that would endanger United States personnel or undermine the military effectiveness of United States Armed Forces in executing their missions; and
"(2) the United States should pursue the development of alternatives to self-destructing antipersonnel landmines.
"(c)
"(1) The military utility of the continued deployment and use by the United States of antipersonnel landmines.
"(2) The effect of a moratorium on the production, stockpiling, and use of antipersonnel landmines on the ability of United States forces to deter and defend against attack on land by hostile forces, including on the Korean peninsula.
"(3) Progress in developing and fielding systems that are effective substitutes for antipersonnel landmines, including an identification and description of the types of systems that are being developed and fielded, the costs associated with those systems, and the estimated timetable for developing and fielding those systems.
"(4) The effect of a moratorium on the use of antipersonnel landmines on the military effectiveness of current antitank mine systems.
"(5) The number and type of pure antipersonnel landmines that remain in the United States inventory and that are subject to elimination under the President's September 17, 1997, declaration on United States antipersonnel landmine policy.
"(6) The number and type of mixed antitank mine systems that are in the United States inventory, the locations where they are deployed, and their effect on the deterrence and warfighting ability of United States Armed Forces.
"(7) The effect of the elimination of pure antipersonnel landmines on the warfighting effectiveness of the United States Armed Forces.
"(8) The costs already incurred and anticipated of eliminating antipersonnel landmines from the United States inventory in accordance with the policy enunciated by the President on September 17, 1997.
"(9) The benefits that would result to United States military and civilian personnel from an international treaty banning the production, use, transfer, and stockpiling of antipersonnel landmines."
[For termination, effective Dec. 31, 2021, of annual reporting provisions in section 1309(c) of Pub. L. 105–85, set out above, see section 1061 of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.]
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, §571(a), (b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2532, which authorized the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the Secretary of each military department conducted ongoing programs for human relations training for all members of the Armed Forces and that prospective recruits be provided with such information, was repealed by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, §552(b)(2), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1736. See section 2001 of this title, as added by section 552(a) of Pub. L. 117–81.
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, §1041, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2640, required the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on Operation Provide Comfort and Operation Enhanced Southern Watch not later than Mar. 1 of each year and provided for the termination of the requirement with respect to each operation upon the termination of United States involvement in that operation.
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, §1042, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2642, as amended by Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1067(5), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774, directed Secretary of Defense to submit to Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on emerging operational concepts not later than March 1 of each year through 2000, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title II, §241(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 550.
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, §1065, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2653, as amended by Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, §1031(f)(2), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1604; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title IX, §903(c)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3399, which related to participation by a European or Eurasian nation in Marshall Center programs and exemptions for members of Marshall Center Board of Visitors from certain requirements, was repealed by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, §1241(e)(5)(B), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2507. See section 342(h)(1), (2) of this title.
Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XIII, §1306, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2892, as amended by Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XII, §1223, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1652; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title IX, §903(c)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3399, which related to waiver of reimbursement of costs of educational activities of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies for military officers and civilian officials from states located in Europe or the territory of the former Soviet Union, was repealed by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, §1241(e)(5)(C), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2507. See section 342(h)(3) of this title.
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, §1070, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2656, required the development of an incentive-based plan to encourage reporting of criminal activity occurring on military installations or involving members of the Armed Forces and submission to Congress of a report describing the plan by Feb. 1, 1997.
Pub. L. 104–193, title III, §363(a), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2247, as amended by Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, §1704(e)(1)(A), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2315, provided that:
"(1)
"(2)
"(A)
"(B)
"(i) who is permanently assigned overseas, to a vessel, or to a routinely deployable unit; or
"(ii) with respect to whom the Secretary concerned makes a determination that the member's residential address should not be disclosed due to national security or safety concerns.
"(3)
"(4)
Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title II, §262, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 236, directed the Secretary of Defense, not later than 90 days after Feb. 10, 1996, to request the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a two-year review of current and planned service and defense-wide programs for command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence, and required the Secretary to provide that the Council submit interim reports and a final report on the review to the Department of Defense and committees of Congress.
Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title III, §366, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 275, directed the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy for the development or modernization of automated information systems for the Department of Defense and to submit to Congress a report on the development of such strategy not later than Apr. 15, 1996.
Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, §551, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 318, directed the Secretary of Defense to establish an advisory committee to consider issues relating to the appropriate forum for judicial review of Department of Defense administrative personnel actions, required the committee to submit a report to the Secretary of Defense not later than Dec. 15, 1996, required the Secretary to transmit the committee's report to Congress not later than Jan. 1, 1997, and provided for the termination of the committee 30 days after the date of the submission of its report to Congress.
Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, §381, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2738, required determinations, evaluations, and guidance regarding certain automated information systems, establishment of performance measures and management controls, and submission to Congress of reports in 1995, 1996, and 1997.
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VIII, §830, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2614, as amended by Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, §101(f) [title VIII, §808(c)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–314, 3009–394, provided that Secretary of Defense was to include in report submitted in 1997 under section 381(f) of Pub. L. 103–337 [set out above] a discussion of progress made in implementing div. E of Pub. L. 104–106 [§§5001–5703, see Tables for classification] and strategy for development or modernization of automated information systems for Department of Defense, and plans of Department of Defense for establishing an integrated framework for management of information resources within the Department, and provided further specifications of the elements to be included in the discussion.
Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, §533, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2760, which provided that the Secretary of Defense was to submit to Congress an annual report on trends in recruiting, retention, and personnel readiness, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, §1051(g), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1563.
Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, §534, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2761, provided that:
"(a)
"(2) Programs referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
"(A) Victim and witness assistance programs.
"(B) Family advocacy programs.
"(C) Equal opportunity programs.
"(3) In the case of the Department of the Navy, separate victims' advocates programs shall be established for the Navy and the Marine Corps.
"(b)
"(1) Crime.
"(2) Intrafamilial sexual, physical, or emotional abuse.
"(3) Discrimination or harassment based on race, gender, ethnic background, national origin, or religion.
"(c)
"(2) The Secretary of each military department shall establish similar interdisciplinary councils within that military department as appropriate to ensure the fullest coordination and effectiveness of the victims' advocates program of that military department. To the extent practicable, such a council shall be established at each significant military installation.
"(d)
"(2) Services under such a program in the case of an individual who is a victim of family violence (including intrafamilial sexual, physical, and emotional abuse) shall be provided principally through the family advocacy programs of the military departments.
"(e)
"(f)
"(g)
Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, §1031, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2838, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) for the immediate family members (or their designees) of any unaccounted-for Korean conflict POW/MIA; and
"(2) for the immediate family members (or their designees) of any unaccounted-for Cold War POW/MIA.
"(b)
"(1) with the procedures the family members may follow in their search for information about the unaccounted-for Korean conflict POW/MIA or unaccounted-for Cold War POW/MIA, as the case may be;
"(2) in learning where they may locate information about the unaccounted-for POW/MIA; and
"(3) in learning how and where to identify classified records that contain pertinent information and that will be declassified.
"(c)
"(d)
"(e)
"(1) The term 'unaccounted-for Korean conflict POW/MIA' means a member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the United States who, as a result of service during the Korean conflict, was at any time classified as a prisoner of war or missing-in-action and whose person or remains have not been returned to United States control and who remains unaccounted for.
"(2) The term 'unaccounted-for Cold War POW/MIA' means a member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the United States who, as a result of service during the period from September 2, 1945, to August 21, 1991, was at any time classified as a prisoner of war or missing-in-action and whose person or remains have not been returned to United States control and who remains unaccounted for.
"(3) The term 'Korean conflict' has the meaning given such term in section 101(9) of title 38, United States Code."
Pub. L. 113–76, div. C, title VIII, §8067, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 121, provided that: "Section 8106 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the matter under subsection 101(b) of Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–111; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) shall continue in effect to apply to disbursements that are made by the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2014."
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 113–6, div. C, title VIII, §8067, Mar. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 313.
Pub. L. 112–74, div. A, title VIII, §8068, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 822.
Pub. L. 112–10, div. A, title VIII, §8070, Apr. 15, 2011, 125 Stat. 73.
Pub. L. 111–118, div. A, title VIII, §8073, Dec. 19, 2009, 123 Stat. 3445.
Pub. L. 110–329, div. C, title VIII, §8073, Sept. 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 3637.
Pub. L. 110–116, div. A, title VIII, §8076, Nov. 13, 2007, 121 Stat. 1332.
Pub. L. 109–289, div. A, title VIII, §8074, Sept. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 1291.
Pub. L. 109–148, div. A, title VIII, §8083, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2717.
Pub. L. 108–287, title VIII, §8091, Aug. 5, 2004, 118 Stat. 992.
Pub. L. 108–87, title VIII, §8092, Sept. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 1094.
Pub. L. 107–248, title VIII, §8098, Oct. 23, 2002, 116 Stat. 1559.
Pub. L. 107–117, div. A, title VIII, §8118, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2273.
Pub. L. 106–259, title VIII, §8137, Aug. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 704.
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, §101(b) [title VIII, §8106], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–71, 3009–111, as amended by Pub. L. 105–56, title VIII, §8113, Oct. 8, 1997, 111 Stat. 1245; Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, §143, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–609; Pub. L. 106–79, title VIII, §8135, Oct. 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 1268, provided that:
"(a) The Secretary of Defense shall require each disbursement by the Department of Defense in an amount in excess of $500,000 be matched to a particular obligation before the disbursement is made.
"(b) The Secretary shall ensure that a disbursement in excess of the threshold amount applicable under section (a) is not divided into multiple disbursements of less than that amount for the purpose of avoiding the applicability of such section to that disbursement."
[Section 8113 of Pub. L. 105–56 provided that the amendment made by that section [amending section 101(b) [title VIII, §8106] of Pub. L. 104–208] set out above, is effective June 30, 1998.]
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 104–61, title VIII, §8102, Dec. 1, 1995, 109 Stat. 672.
Pub. L. 103–335, title VIII, §8137, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2654.
Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, §542, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1659, as amended by Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title V, §573(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–136; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, §591, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1125, which generally required the Secretary of Defense to transmit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives notice of a proposed change in military personnel policies in order to make available to female members of the Armed Forces assignment to any type of combat unit, class of combat vessel, or type of combat platform that was not open to such assignments, and also required the Secretary to submit to Congress a report providing notice of certain proposed changes to the ground combat exclusion policy, was repealed and restated as section 652 of this title by Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, §541(a)(1), (c), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3251, 3253.
Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, §543, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1660, as amended by Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, §523, Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 756, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) shall ensure that qualification of members of the Armed Forces for, and continuance of members of the Armed Forces in, that occupational career field is evaluated on the basis of an occupational standard, without differential standards or evaluation on the basis of gender;
"(2) may not use any gender quota, goal, or ceiling except as specifically authorized by law; and
"(3) may not change an occupational performance standard for the purpose of increasing or decreasing the number of women in that occupational career field.
"(b)
"(2) Whenever the Secretary establishes or revises a physical requirement for a military career designator, a member serving in that military career designator when the new requirement becomes effective, who is otherwise considered to be a satisfactory performer, shall be provided a reasonable period, as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, to meet the standard established by the new requirement. During that period, the new physical requirement may not be used to disqualify the member from continued service in that military career designator.
"(c)
"(d)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) in the case of enlisted members and warrant officers of the Armed Forces, military occupational specialties, specialty codes, enlisted designators, enlisted classification codes, additional skill identifiers, and special qualification identifiers; and
"(B) in the case of commissioned officers (other than commissioned warrant officers), officer areas of concentration, occupational specialties, specialty codes, additional skill identifiers, and special qualification identifiers."
Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, §1041, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2842, directed the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress, not later than 90 days after the close of each of fiscal years 1995 through 2000, a report concerning the denial, revocation, or suspension of security clearances for Department of Defense military and civilian personnel, and for Department of Defense contractor employees, for that fiscal year.
Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XI, §1183, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1774, required a review of the procedural safeguards available to Department of Defense civilian employees facing denial or revocation of security clearances, a report on the review by Mar. 1, 1994, and revision of regulations governing security clearance procedures for Department of Defense civilian employees by May 15, 1994.
Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, §575, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1675, directed the Secretary of Defense to develop and carry out a test program for improving foreign language proficiency in the Department of Defense through improved management and other measures and to submit a report to committees of Congress not later than Apr. 1, 1994, containing a plan for the program, an explanation of the plan, and a discussion of proficiency pay adjustments, and provided for the program to begin on Oct. 1, 1994, or 180 days after the date of submission of the report and to terminate two years later.
Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XI, §1185, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1774, required the Secretary of Defense to review, not later than June 30, 1994, the procedures of the military departments for investigating deaths of members of the Armed Forces that may have resulted from self-inflicted causes, to submit to Congress, not later than July 15, 1994, a report on the review, and to prescribe, not later than Oct. 1, 1994, regulations governing the investigation of deaths of members of the Armed Forces that may have resulted from self-inflicted causes, required the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to review certain death investigations, and required the Secretary of Transportation to implement with respect to the Coast Guard the requirements that were imposed on the Secretary of Defense and the Inspector General of the Department of Defense.
Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title III, §378, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2387, as amended by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, §382(a), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2740, authorized the Secretary of Defense, during fiscal years 1993 through 1996, to conduct a program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of World War II and to coordinate, support, and facilitate commemoration programs and activities of Federal, State, and local governments.
Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title III, §383, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2392, required a review of the practices and procedures of the military departments regarding the use of civilian airfields in flight training activities of the Armed Forces.
Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VI, §653(d), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2429, directed the Secretary of Defense to transmit a report to Congress not later than Dec. 15, 1993, on actions that had been taken and were planned to be taken in the Department of Defense to reduce or eliminate disincentives for a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces abused by the member to report the abuse.
Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, §1072, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2508, provided that:
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) in any case in which the cause or circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation, are informed of that fact, of the names of the agencies within the Department of Defense conducting the investigations, and of the existence of any reports by such agencies that have been or will be issued as a result of the investigations; and
"(B) are furnished, if the family members so desire, a copy of any completed investigative report and any other completed fatality reports that are available at the time family members are provided the information described in subparagraph (A) to the extent such reports may be furnished consistent with sections 552 and 552a of title 5, United States Code.
"(3)
"(B) In any case in which an investigative report or other fatality reports cannot be released at the time family members of a service member are provided the information described in paragraph (2)(A) about the member's death because of section 552 or 552a of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that the family members—
"(i) are informed about the requirements and procedures necessary to request a copy of such reports; and
"(ii) are assisted, if the family members so desire, in submitting a request in accordance with such requirements and procedures.
"(C) The requirement of subparagraph (B) to inform and assist family members in obtaining copies of fatality reports shall continue until a copy of each report is obtained, or access to any such report is denied by competent authority within the Department of Defense.
"(4)
"(b)
"(1)
"(A) Whether uniformity in combat fatality notification procedures among the military departments is desirable, particularly with respect to—
"(i) the use of one or two casualty notification and assistance officers;
"(ii) the use of standardized fatality report forms and witness statements;
"(iii) the use of a single center for all military departments through which combat fatality information may be processed; and
"(iv) the use of uniform procedures and the provision of a dispute resolution process for instances in which members of one of the Armed Forces inflict casualties on members of another of the Armed Forces.
"(B) Whether existing combat fatality report forms should be modified to include a block or blocks with which to identify the cause of death as 'friendly fire', 'U.S. ordnance', or 'unknown'.
"(C) Whether the existing 'Emergency Data' form prepared by members of the Armed Forces should be revised to allow members to specify provision for notification of additional family members in cases such as the case of a divorced service member who leaves children with both a current and a former spouse.
"(D) Whether the military departments should, in all cases, provide family members of a service member who died as a result of injuries sustained in combat with full and complete details of the death of the service member, regardless of whether such details may be graphic, embarrassing to the family members, or reflect negatively on the military department concerned.
"(E) Whether, and when, the military departments should inform family members of a service member who died as a result of injuries sustained in combat about the possibility that the death may have been the result of friendly fire.
"(F) The criteria and standards which the military departments should use in deciding when disclosure is appropriate to family members of a member of the military forces of an allied nation who died as a result of injuries sustained in combat when the death may have been the result of fire from United States armed forces and an investigation into the cause or circumstances of the death has been conducted.
"(2)
"(c)
"(1) The term 'fatality reports' includes investigative reports and any other reports pertaining to the cause or circumstances of death of a member of the Armed Forces in the line of duty (such as autopsy reports, battlefield reports, and medical reports).
"(2) The term 'family members' means parents, spouses, adult children, and such other relatives as the Secretary concerned considers appropriate.
"(d)
"(2) With respect to deaths of members of the Armed Forces occurring before the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall provide fatality reports to family members upon request as promptly as practicable."
Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, §1082, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2516, as amended by Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, §1031(d)(2), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1604, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) all incremental costs of military personnel accompanying the equipment, including food, lodging, and local transportation;
"(2) all incremental transportation costs incurred in moving such equipment from its normally assigned location to the airshow or trade exhibition and return; and
"(3) any other miscellaneous incremental costs not included under paragraphs (1) and (2) that are incurred by the Federal Government but would not have been incurred had military support not been provided to the contractor or industrial association.
"(b)
"(2) The Secretary of Defense may not delegate the authority to make the determination referred to in paragraph (1)(A) [now par. (1)] below the level of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
"(c)
Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title XIII, §1302, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2545, which provided that on and after Sept. 30, 1996, no appropriated funds may be used to support an end strength level of members of the Armed Forces of the United States assigned to permanent duty ashore in nations outside the United States at any level in excess of 60 percent of the end strength level of such members on Sept. 30, 1992, with exceptions in the event of declarations of war or emergency, was repealed and restated as section 123b of this title by Pub. L. 103–337, §1312(a), (c).
Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, §1063, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2469, as amended by Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, §1075(d)(14), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4373, required a report on the plan for basing of forces outside the United States to be submitted along with the 2009 quadrennial defense review and required the Secretary of Defense to notify Congress at least 30 days before the permanent relocation of a unit stationed outside the United States as of Oct. 28, 2009.
Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title XIII, §1304, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2546, as amended by Pub. L. 103–160, div. B, title XXIX, §2924(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1931; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, §1502(c)(2)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 506, required annual reports through 1997 relating to basing plans, closures, and negotiations regarding military installations located outside the United States and required a report on the Federal budget implications before a basing agreement was entered into between the United States and a foreign country.
Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title V, part D, subpart 2, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1365, provided for the creation of a Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces to assess the laws and policies restricting the assignment of female service members and the implications, if any, for the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of permitting female members to qualify for assignment to positions in some or all categories of combat positions, with a report to be submitted to the President no later than Nov. 15, 1992, and to the Congress no later than Dec. 15, 1992, containing recommendations as to what roles female members should have in combat and what laws and policies restricting such assignments should be repealed or modified, and further provided for powers and procedures of the Commission, personnel matters, payment of Commission expenses and other miscellaneous administrative provisions, termination of the Commission 90 days after submission of its final report, and test assignments of female service members to combat positions.
Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VIII, §832, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1446, required various reviews relating to European procurement of American-made military goods and services and established a defense trade and cooperation working group.
Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title IX, §924, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1454, required procedures for exercising national intelligence collection systems and exploitation organizations and required a report to be submitted to Congress no later than May 1, 1992.
Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, §1083, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1482, authorized the President to establish a support center for families of prisoners of war or those missing in action in Southeast Asia.
Pub. L. 102–25, title IV, Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 99, directed Director of Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress a number of reports on incremental costs associated with Operation Desert Storm and amounts of contributions made to United States by foreign countries to offset those costs, with a final report due not later than Nov. 15, 1992, and directed Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury to jointly submit to Congress a number of reports on contributions made by foreign countries as part of international response to Persian Gulf crisis, with a final report due not later than Nov. 15, 1992.
Pub. L. 102–25, title VI, §601, Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 105, as amended by Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, §1063(d)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1476; Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, §1053(8), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2502, authorized the Secretary of Defense to provide child care assistance for families of members of the Armed Forces and the National Guard who had served on active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict in Operation Desert Storm.
Pub. L. 102–25, title VI, §602, Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 106, as amended by Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, §1063(d)(2), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1476, authorized the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to families of members of the Armed Forces and National Guard who had served on active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict in Operation Desert Storm in order to ensure that they would receive educational assistance and support services necessary to meet needs.
Pub. L. 102–25, title VI, §608, Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 112, related to withholding payments to nations pledging to contribute to certain expenses of Operation Desert Shield but not paying the full amount pledged.
Pub. L. 102–396, title IX, §9070, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1918, provided that: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where cost effective, all Department of Defense software shall be written in the programming language Ada, in the absence of special exemption by an official designated by the Secretary of Defense."
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 102–172, title VIII, §8073, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1188.
Pub. L. 101–511, title VIII, §8092, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1896.
Pub. L. 101–511, title VIII, §8105, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1902, as amended by Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, §1063(b), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1476, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(d)
"(2) The President may waive the limitation in this section for any fiscal year if he declares that it is in the national interest to do so and immediately informs Congress of the waiver and the reasons for the waiver.
"(e)
Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, §1455, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1695, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(2) It is the sense of Congress that—
"(A) all countries that share the benefits of international security and stability should, commensurate with their national capabilities, share in the responsibility for maintaining that security and stability; and
"(B) given the economic capability of Japan to contribute to international security and stability, Japan should make contributions commensurate with that capability.
"(d)
"(e)
"(2) This section may be waived by the President if the President—
"(A) declares an emergency or determines that such a waiver is required by the national security interests of the United States; and
"(B) immediately informs the Congress of the waiver and the reasons for the waiver."
Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title IX, §901, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1619, directed the Secretary of Defense to submit, with the Secretary's annual report to Congress during each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994, a report covering a period of at least ten years addressing threats facing the United States and strategic military plans to aid in the achievement of national objectives.
Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title II, §211(e), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1394, which required Secretary of Defense to submit annual report to congressional defense committees on Balanced Technology Initiative, was repealed by Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title X, §1061(l), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 443.
Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VI, §661, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1463, which related to establishment by Secretary of Defense of programs to provide relocation assistance to members of Armed Forces and their families, was repealed and restated in section 1056 of this title by Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, §1481(c)(1), (3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1705.
Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XV, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1589, which provided that such title could be cited as the "Military Child Care Act of 1989", and which related to funding for military child care for fiscal year 1990, child care employees, parent fees, child abuse prevention and safety at facilities, parent partnerships with child development centers, report on 5-year demand for child care, subsidies for family home day care, early childhood education demonstration program, and deadline for regulations, was repealed and restated in subchapter II (§1791 et seq.) of chapter 88 of this title by Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, §568(a)(1), (e)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 331, 336.
Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XI, §1102, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2042, which designated the Department of Defense as the single lead agency of the Federal Government for detection and monitoring of aerial and maritime transit of illegal drugs into the United States, was repealed and restated as section 124 of this title by Pub. L. 101–189, §1202(a)(1), (b).
Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XIII, §1309, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2063, directed Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress annual reports assessing security at United States military facilities in Republic of Philippines, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, §1074, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2511.
Pub. L. 100–463, title VIII, §8125, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2270–41, as amended by Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, §1623, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1606; Pub. L. 103–236, title I, §162(j), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 408; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, §1502(f)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 509; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1067(14), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 775, provided that:
"(a)(1) Not later than March 1, 1989, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the assignment of military missions among the member countries of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and on the prospects for the more effective assignment of such missions among such countries.
"(2) The report shall include a discussion of the following:
"(A) The current assignment of military missions among the member countries of NATO.
"(B) Military missions for which there is duplication of capability or for which there is inadequate capability within the current assignment of military missions within NATO.
"(C) Alternatives to the current assignment of military missions that would maximize the military contributions of the member countries of NATO.
"(D) Any efforts that are underway within NATO or between individual member countries of NATO at the time the report is submitted that are intended to result in a more effective assignment of military missions within NATO.
"(b) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall (1) conduct a review of the long-term strategic interests of the United States overseas and the future requirements for the assignment of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to permanent duty ashore outside the United States, and (2) determine specific actions that, if taken, would result in a more balanced sharing of defense and foreign assistance spending burdens by the United States and its allies. Not later than August 1, 1989, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall transmit to Congress a report containing the findings resulting from the review and their determinations.
"[(c) Repealed. Pub. L. 103–236, title I, §162(j), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 408.]
"(d) The President shall specify (separately by appropriation account) in the Department of Defense items included in each budget submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, (1) the amounts necessary for payment of all personnel, operations, maintenance, facilities, and support costs for Department of Defense overseas military units, and (2) the costs for all dependents who accompany Department of Defense personnel outside the Unied [sic] States.
"(e) Not later than May 1, 1989, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that sets forth the total costs required to support the dependents who accompany Department of Defense personnel assigned to permanent duty overseas.
"(f) As of September 30 of each fiscal year, the number of members of the Armed Forces on active duty assigned to permanent duty ashore in Japan and the Republic of Korea may not exceed 94,450 (the number of members of the Armed Forces on active duty assigned to permanent duty ashore in Japan and the Republic of Korea on September 30, 1987). The limitation in the preceding sentence may be increased if and when (1) a major reduction of United States forces in the Republic of the Philippines is required because of a loss of basing rights in that nation, and (2) the President determines and certifies to Congress that, as a consequence of such loss, an increase in United States forces stationed in Japan and the Republic of Korea is necessary.
"(g)(1) After fiscal year 1990, budget submissions to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall identify funds requested for Department of Defense personnel and units in permanent duty stations ashore outside the United States that exceed the amount of such costs incurred in fiscal year 1989 and shall set forth a detailed description of (A) the types of expenditures increased, by appropriation account, activity and program; and (B) specific efforts to obtain allied host nations' financing for these cost increases.
"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall notify in advance the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, through existing notification procedures, when costs of maintaining Department of Defense personnel and units in permanent duty stations ashore outside the United States will exceed the amounts as defined in the Department of Defense budget as enacted for that fiscal year. Such notification shall describe: (A) the type of expenditures that increased; and (B) the source of funds (including prior year unobligated balances) by appropriation account, activity and program, proposed to finance these costs.
"(3) In computing the costs incurred for maintaining Department of Defense personnel and forces in permanent duty stations ashore outside the United States compared with the amount of such costs incurred in fiscal year 1989, the Secretary shall—
"(A) exclude increased costs resulting from increases in the rates of pay provided for members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States Government and exclude any cost increases in supplies and services resulting from inflation; and
"(B) include (i) the costs of operation and maintenance and of facilities for the support of Department of Defense overseas personnel, and (ii) increased costs resulting from any decline in the foreign exchange rate of the United States dollar.
"(h) The provisions of subsections (f) and (g) shall not apply in time of war or during a national emergency declared by the President or Congress.
"(i) In this section—
"(1) the term 'personnel' means members of the Armed Forces of the United States and civilian employees of the Department of Defense;
"(2) the term 'Department of Defense overseas personnel' means those Department of Defense personnel who are assigned to permanent duty ashore outside the United States; and
"(3) the term 'United States' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States."
Pub. L. 100–202, §101(b) [title VIII, §8042], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–43, 1329–69, which required Secretary of Defense to submit annual report on full costs of stationing United States troops overseas, etc., was repealed and restated in subsec. (k) [now (j)] of this section by Pub. L. 100–370, §1(o).
Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VI, §637, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1106, required the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations regarding employment and volunteer work of spouses of military personnel by no later than 60 days after Dec. 4, 1987.
Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VI, §638, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1106, as amended by Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VI, §662, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1465; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, §1484(l)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1719, provided that the Secretary of Defense, with respect to members of the Armed Forces, and the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to members of the Coast Guard, were to carry out a test program providing for reimbursement for qualifying adoption expenses incurred by members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps for adoption proceedings initiated after Sept. 30, 1987, and before Oct. 1, 1990, and for qualifying adoption expenses incurred by members of the Coast Guard for adoption proceedings initiated after Sept. 30, 1989, and before Oct. 1, 1990.
Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XI, §1121, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1147, as amended by Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, §1073(d)(5), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1906, which provided for a counterintelligence polygraph program to be carried out by the Secretary of Defense, was repealed and restated in section 1564a of this title by Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, §1041(a)(1),(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1607, 1608.
Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, §612, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3878, provided that: "The Secretary of each military department shall establish procedures to ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable within operational and other military requirements, permanent change of station moves for members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary who have dependents in elementary or secondary school occur at times that avoid disruption of the school schedules of such dependents."
Pub. L. 99–500, §101(c) [title X, §955], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–173, and Pub. L. 99–591, §101(c) [title X, §955], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–173; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IX, formerly title IV, §955, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3953, renumbered title IX, Pub. L. 100–26, §3(5), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 273, which provided that in preparing the defense budget for any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense was to specifically identify each common procurement weapon system included in the budget, take all feasible steps to minimize variations in procurement unit costs for any such system as shown in the budget requests of the different armed forces requesting procurement funds for the system, and identify and justify in the budget all such variations in procurement unit costs for common procurement weapon systems, and that the Secretary of Defense carry out this section through the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), was repealed and restated in section 2217 of this title by Pub. L. 100–370, §1(d)(3).
Pub. L. 99–433, title IV, §405, Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1032, required the Secretary of Defense to include in the Secretary's annual report to Congress under subsec. (c) of this section for each year from 1987 through 1991 a detailed report on the implementation of title IV of Pub. L. 99–433.
Pub. L. 99–433, title IV, §406(g), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1034, required that the first report submitted by the Secretary of Defense under subsec. (c) of this section after Oct. 1, 1986, would contain as much of the information required by former section 667 of this title as had been available to the Secretary at the time of its preparation.
Pub. L. 99–399, title XI, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 894, directed the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress not later than June 30, 1987, on actions taken to review the security of each base and installation of the Department of Defense outside the United States, to improve the security of such bases and installations, and to institute a training program for members of the Armed Forces stationed outside the United States and their families concerning security and antiterrorism.
Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, §685(a), (b), (d), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 666, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(d)
Pub. L. 98–94, title X, §1033, Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 672, as amended by Pub. L. 98–525, title VI, §656, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2553, effective Oct. 1, 1985, required payment by a member of the Armed Forces of a $10 fee for veterinary services, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, §685(c), (d), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 666, effective Oct. 1, 1985.
Pub. L. 99–145, title VIII, Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 678, as amended by Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, §653, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3890; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VI, §635, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1106; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title V, §524, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1975, which provided that such title could be cited as the "Military Family Act of 1985", and which related to Office of Family Policy, transfer of Military Family Resource Center, surveys of military families, family members serving on advisory committees, employment opportunities for military spouses, youth sponsorship program, dependent student travel within United States, relocation and housing, food programs, reporting of child abuse, miscellaneous reporting requirements, and effective date, was repealed and restated in subchapter I (§1781 et seq.) of chapter 88 of this title by Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, §568(a)(1), (e)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 329, 336.
Pub. L. 99–145, title XII, §1212, Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 726, as amended by Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title V, §518, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1443, provided that:
"(a) No solicitation, contract, or agreement for the provision of off-duty postsecondary education services for members of the Armed Forces of the United States, civilian employees of the Department of Defense, or the dependents of such members or employees may discriminate against or preclude any accredited academic institution authorized to award one or more associate degrees from offering courses within its lawful scope of authority solely on the basis of such institution's lack of authority to award a baccalaureate degree.
"(b) No solicitation, contract, or agreement for the provision of off-duty postsecondary education services for members of the Armed Forces of the United States, civilian employees of the Department of Defense, or the dependents of such members or employees, other than those for services at the graduate or postgraduate level, may limit the offering of such services or any group, category, or level of courses to a single academic institution. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit such actions taken in accordance with regulations of the Secretary of Defense which are uniform for all armed services as may be necessary to avoid unnecessary duplication of offerings, consistent with the purpose of this provision of ensuring the availability of alternative offerors of such services to the maximum extent feasible.
"(c)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to determine the current and future needs of members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of the Department of Defense, and the dependents of such members and employees for postsecondary education services at overseas locations. The Secretary shall determine on the basis of the results of that study whether the policies and procedures of the Department in effect on the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 [probably means date of enactment of Pub. L. 101–189, Nov. 29, 1989] with respect to the procurement of such services are—
"(A) consistent with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b);
"(B) adequate to ensure the recipients of such services the benefit of a choice in the offering of such services; and
"(C) adequate to ensure that persons stationed at geographically isolated military installations or at installations with small complements of military personnel are adequately served.
The Secretary shall complete the study in such time as necessary to enable the Secretary to submit the report required by paragraph (2)(A) by the deadline specified in that paragraph.
"(2)(A) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study referred to in paragraph (1), together with a copy of any revisions in policies and procedures made as a result of such study. The report shall be submitted not later than March 1, 1990.
"(B) The Secretary shall include in the report an explanation of how determinations are made with regard to—
"(i) affording members, employees, and dependents a choice in the offering of courses of postsecondary education; and
"(ii) whether the services provided under a contract for such services should be limited to an installation, theater, or other geographic area.
"(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no contract for the provision of services referred to in subsection (a) may be awarded, and no contract or agreement entered into before the date of the enactment of this paragraph [Nov. 29, 1989] may be renewed or extended on or after such date, until the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the report referred to in paragraph (2)(A) is received by the committees named in that paragraph.
"(B) A contract or an agreement in effect on October 1, 1989, for the provision of postsecondary education services in the European Theater for members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of the Department of Defense, and the dependents of such members and employees may be renewed or extended without regard to the limitation in subparagraph (A).
"(C) In the case of a contract for services with respect to which a solicitation is pending on the date of the enactment of this paragraph [Nov. 29, 1989], the contract may be awarded—
"(i) on the basis of the solicitation as issued before the date of the enactment of this paragraph;
"(ii) on the basis of the solicitation issued before the date of the enactment of this paragraph modified so as to conform to any changes in policies and procedures the Secretary determines should be made as a result of the study required under paragraph (1); or
"(iii) on the basis of a new solicitation.
"(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require more than one academic institution to be authorized to offer courses aboard a particular naval vessel."
Pub. L. 99–145, title XIV, §1407, Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 745, required reports on unobligated balances, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIII, §1307(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3981.
Pub. L. 99–145, title XIV, §1456, Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 762, which directed Secretary of Defense to monitor capability of domestic textile and apparel industrial base to support defense mobilization requirements and to make annual reports to Congress on status of such industrial base, was repealed and restated in section 2510 of this title by Pub. L. 101–510, §826(a)(1), (b). Section 2510 of this title was repealed by Pub. L. 102–484, div. D, title XLII, §4202(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2659.
Pub. L. 99–85, Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 286, as amended by Pub. L. 103–199, title IV, §404(a), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2325, provided: "That the Secretary of Defense may provide to Russia, as provided in the Exchange of Notes Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Concerning the Direct Communications Link Upgrade, concluded on July 17, 1984, such equipment and services as may be necessary to upgrade or maintain the Russian part of the Direct Communications Link agreed to in the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and the Soviet Union signed June 20, 1963. The Secretary shall provide such equipment and services to Russia at the cost thereof to the United States.
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"(b) Funds received from Russia as payment for such equipment and services shall be credited to the appropriate account of Department of Defense."
[Pub. L. 103–199, title IV, §404(b), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2325, provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a)(2) [amending section 2(b) of Pub. L. 99–85, set out above] does not affect the applicability of section 2(b) of that joint resolution to funds received from the Soviet Union."]
Pub. L. 97–252, title XI, §1110, Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 747, provided that none of funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations could be used for purpose of consolidating any functions being performed on Sept. 8, 1982, by Military Traffic Management Command of Army, Military Sealift Command of Navy, or Military Airlift Command of Air Force with any function being performed on such date by either or both of the other commands, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–433, title II, §213(a), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1018.
Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, §918, Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1132, directed Secretary of Defense, not later than Jan. 15, 1982 and 1983, to submit to Congress reports containing recommendations to improve efficiency and management of, and to eliminate waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in, operation of Department of Defense, and to include each recommendation by Comptroller General since Jan. 1, 1979, for elimination of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Department of Defense with a statement as to which have been adopted and, to extent practicable actual and projected cost savings from each, and which have not been adopted and, to extent practicable, projected cost savings from each and an explanation of why each such recommendation was not adopted.
Pub. L. 94–431, title VI, §610, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1365, authorized Secretary of Defense to conduct studies with regard to possible use of military installations being closed and to make recommendations with regard to such installations, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, §912(b), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1123. See section 2391 of this title.
Pub. L. 94–106, title VIII, §812, Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 540, which directed Secretary of Defense, after consultation with Secretary of State, to prepare and submit not later than January 31 of each year to Committees on Armed Services of Senate and House of Representatives a written annual report on foreign policy and military force structure of United States for next fiscal year, how such policy and force structure relate to each other, and justification for each, was repealed and restated as subsec. (e) of section 133 [now §113] of this title by Pub. L. 97–295, §§1(1), 6(b).
Pub. L. 94–106, title VIII, §813, Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 540, as amended by Pub. L. 95–79, title VIII, §814, July 30, 1977, 91 Stat. 337; Pub. L. 97–252, title XI, §1104, Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 739, which directed Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on any letter proposing to transfer $50,000,000 or more of defense articles, detailing impact of such a sale on readiness, adequacy of price for replacement, and armed forces needs and supply for each article, was repealed and restated as section 133b (renumbered §118 and repealed) of this title by Pub. L. 97–295, §§1(2)(A), 6(b).
Pub. L. 86–149, title IV, §412, Aug. 10, 1959, 73 Stat. 322, as amended by Pub. L. 87–436, §2, Apr. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 55; Pub. L. 88–174, title VI, §610, Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 329; Pub. L. 89–37, title III, §304, June 11, 1965, 79 Stat. 128; Pub. L. 90–168, §6, Dec. 1, 1967, 81 Stat. 526; Pub. L. 91–121, title IV, §405, Nov. 19, 1969, 83 Stat. 207; Pub. L. 91–441, title V, §§505, 509, Oct. 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 912, 913; Pub. L. 92–129, title VII, §701, Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 362; Pub. L. 92–436, title III, §302, title VI, §604, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 736, 739, was repealed by Pub. L. 93–155, title VIII, §803(b)(1), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 615. See sections 114 to 116 of this title.
Act June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, §6, 65 Stat. 88, as amended by Pub. L. 99–145, title XII, §1224(b)(2), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 729, provided that: "Subject to section 2683(c) of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to make such regulations as he may deem to be appropriate governing the sale, consumption, possession of or traffic in beer, wine, or any other intoxicating liquors to or by members of the Armed Forces or the National Security Training Corps at or near any camp, station, post, or other place primarily occupied by members of the Armed Forces or the National Security Training Corps. Any person, corporation, partnership, or association who knowingly violates the regulations which may be made hereunder shall, unless otherwise punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice [10 U.S.C. 801 et seq.], be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or both."
Functions of President under various sections delegated to Secretary of Defense, see Ex. Ord. No. 10621, July 1, 1955, 20 F.R. 4759, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 11294, Aug. 4, 1966, 31 F.R. 10601; see Ex. Ord. No. 10661, Feb. 27, 1956, 21 F.R. 1315; see Ex. Ord. No. 11390, Jan. 22, 1968, 33 F.R. 841; all set out as notes under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
For assignment of certain emergency preparedness functions to Secretary of Defense, see Parts 1, 2, and 5 of Ex. Ord. No. 12656, Nov. 18, 1988, 53 F.R. 47491, set out as a note under section 5195 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
For order of succession during any period when the Secretary has died, resigned, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary, see Ex. Ord. No. 13533, Mar. 1, 2010, 75 F.R. 10163, listed in a table under section 3345 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Proc. No. 8829, May 25, 2012, 77 F.R. 32875, provided:
As we observe the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, we reflect with solemn reverence upon the valor of a generation that served with honor. We pay tribute to the more than 3 million servicemen and women who left their families to serve bravely, a world away from everything they knew and everyone they loved. From Ia Drang to Khe Sanh, from Hue to Saigon and countless villages in between, they pushed through jungles and rice paddies, heat and monsoon, fighting heroically to protect the ideals we hold dear as Americans. Through more than a decade of combat, over air, land, and sea, these proud Americans upheld the highest traditions of our Armed Forces.
As a grateful Nation, we honor more than 58,000 patriots—their names etched in black granite—who sacrificed all they had and all they would ever know. We draw inspiration from the heroes who suffered unspeakably as prisoners of war, yet who returned home with their heads held high. We pledge to keep faith with those who were wounded and still carry the scars of war, seen and unseen. With more than 1,600 of our service members still among the missing, we pledge as a Nation to do everything in our power to bring these patriots home. In the reflection of The Wall, we see the military family members and veterans who carry a pain that may never fade. May they find peace in knowing their loved ones endure, not only in medals and memories, but in the hearts of all Americans, who are forever grateful for their service, valor, and sacrifice.
In recognition of a chapter in our Nation's history that must never be forgotten, let us renew our sacred commitment to those who answered our country's call in Vietnam and those who awaited their safe return. Beginning on Memorial Day 2012, the Federal Government will partner with local governments, private organizations, and communities across America to participate in the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War—a 13-year program to honor and give thanks to a generation of proud Americans who saw our country through one of the most challenging missions we have ever faced. While no words will ever be fully worthy of their service, nor any honor truly befitting their sacrifice, let us remember that it is never too late to pay tribute to the men and women who answered the call of duty with courage and valor. Let us renew our commitment to the fullest possible accounting for those who have not returned. Throughout this Commemoration, let us strive to live up to their example by showing our Vietnam veterans, their families, and all who have served the fullest respect and support of a grateful Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 28, 2012, through November 11, 2025, as the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War. I call upon Federal, State, and local officials to honor our Vietnam veterans, our fallen, our wounded, those unaccounted for, our former prisoners of war, their families, and all who served with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.
Barack Obama.
Ex. Ord. No. 12765, June 11, 1991, 56 F.R. 27401, provided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and my authority as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
George Bush.
Memorandum of the President of the United States, May 14, 1991, 56 F.R. 23991, provided:
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense
Consistent with section 8105(d)(2) of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–511; 104 Stat. 1856) [set out above], I hereby waive the limitation in section 8105(b) which states that the end strength level for each fiscal year of all personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Japan may not exceed the number that is 5,000 less than such end strength level for the preceding fiscal year, and declare that it is in the national interest to do so.
You are authorized and directed to inform the Congress of this waiver and of the reasons for the waiver contained in the attached justification, and to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
George Bush.
In January of this year the Department of Defense signed a new Host Nation Support Agreement with the Government of Japan in which that government agreed to pay all utility and Japanese labor costs incrementally over the next five years (worth $1.7 billion). Because United States forward deployed forces stationed in Japan have regional missions in addition to the defense of Japan, we did not seek to have the Government of Japan offset all of the direct costs incurred by the United States related to the presence of all United States military personnel in Japan (excluding military personnel title costs).