Sec. 1664. Review of pre-launch missile defense strategy
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The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly conduct a review of the strategy, programs, and capabilities to counter cruise and ballistic missiles prior to launch in support of regional and homeland missile defense, using the full range of active, passive, kinetic, and nonkinetic defense measures. The review under subsection
(a)shall address the following: The pre-launch missile defense policy, strategy, and objectives of the United States. The existing and planned programs across the services and the Department to develop pre-launch missile defense capabilities. The roles and responsibilities of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Agencies, combatant commands, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military departments, and the intelligence community in such programs. The process for determining requirements for pre-launch missile defense capabilities under such programs, including input from the joint military requirements process. The plans to include such programs into the Department’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture. The budget profile for such programs across the Future Years Defense Program. The role of international cooperation on pre-launch missile defense capabilities and the plans, policies, and requirements for integration and interoperability of such capabilities with allies. Any other matters the Secretary determines relevant. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the results of the review under subsection (a). The report required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In conjunction with the report submitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a classified report with an assessment of the tactical ballistic and cruise missile threat to the United States, deployed forces of the United States, and allies of the United States. In this section: The term congressional defense committees means— the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate ; the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives ; the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives . The term pre-launch missile defense programs means programs that would lead to improving the capabilities of the United States to counter cruise and ballistic missiles before they are launched against the United States homeland, United States deployed forces, or allies of the United States.