Sec. 12. Reports to Congress
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees and leadership of Congress a report setting forth a comprehensive strategy of the United States, encompassing military, economic, humanitarian, and diplomatic capabilities, to protect the United States from al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in their fight to defeat such organizations. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees and leadership of Congress a written report setting forth a current comprehensive assessment of the implementation of the strategy required by subsection (a), including a description of any substantive change to the strategy (including the reasons for the change and the effect of the change on the rest of the strategy).
Each report under this subsection shall include a description of the specific actions taken pursuant to this joint resolution to address the threat to the United States posed by transnational terrorist organizations and associated persons or forces, including— a description of the specific authorities relied upon for such actions; the persons and forces targeted by such actions; the nature and location of such actions; and an evaluation of the effectiveness of such actions. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the following:
A list of the organizations, persons, and forces against which operations were conducted under the authority of this joint resolution during the 90-day period ending on the date of the report. A list of all foreign countries in which the United States conducted operations under the authority of this joint resolution during such 90-day period. Any report submitted under this section may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate committees and leadership of Congress means— the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the Senate; the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.