Sec. 1701. Review of support of special operations to combat terrorism
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of all support provided, or planned to be provided, under section 127e of title 10, United States Code. Such review shall include an analysis of each of the following: The strategic alignment between such support and relevant Executive orders, global campaign plans, theatre campaign plans, execute orders, and other guiding documents for currency, relevancy, and efficacy. The extent to which United States Special Operations Command has the processes and procedures to manage, integrate, and synchronize the authority under section 127e of title 10, United States Code, in support of the objectives and priorities specified by the documents listed in (a)(1) as well as the objectives and priorities of— the geographic combatant commands; theatre elements of United States Special Operations Command; relevant chiefs of mission and other appropriate positions in the Department of State; and any other interagency organization affected by the use of such authority.
For the activities carried out pursuant to such authority, the extent to which United States Special Operations Command has the processes and procedures to— determine the professionalism, cohesion, and institutional capacity of the military in the country where forces receiving support are based; determine the adherence of the forces receiving support to human rights norms and the laws of armed conflict; establish measures of effectiveness; assess such activities against established measures of effectiveness as identified in subparagraph (C); establish criteria to determine the successful completion of such activities; deconflict and synchronize activities conducted under such authority with other relevant funding authorities; deconflict and synchronize activities conducted under such authorities with other relevant activities conducted by organizations related to, but outside the purview of, the Department of Defense; and track the training, support, and facilitation provided to forces receiving support, and the significant activities undertaken by such forces as a result of such training, support, and facilitation.
The extent to which United States Special Operations Command has processes and procedures to manage the sunset, termination, or transition of activities carried out pursuant to such authority, including— accountability with respect to equipment provided; and integrity of the tactics, techniques, and procedures developed. The extent to which United States Special Operations Command has and uses processes and procedures to— report to Congress biannually on the matters referred to in paragraph (3); and notify Congress with respect to the intent to sunset, terminate, or transition activities carried out pursuant to such authority.
Any other issues the Comptroller General determines appropriate with respect to the authority under section 127e of title 10, United States Code. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall provide for the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on the progress of the review required under subsection (a). Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the findings of the review required under subsection
(a)and the recommendations of the Comptroller General pursuant to such review. In this section, the term support includes— personnel who provide capacity for— training and equipment; training, advice, and assistance; or advice, assistance, and accompaniment capacity; financial assistance; and equipment and weapons.