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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6395 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 225

Sec. 225. Directed Energy Working Group

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The Secretary of Defense shall establish a working group, to be known as the Directed Energy Working Group . The working group shall— discuss the current and planned directed energy programs of each of the military departments; make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense about establishing memoranda of understanding among the organizations and elements of the Department of Defense to coordinate directed energy activities using amounts authorized to be appropriated for research, development, test, and evaluation; identify methods of quickly fielding directed energy capabilities and programs; and develop a compendium on the effectiveness of directed energy weapon systems and integrate the compendium into an overall Joint Effectiveness Manual under the guidance from the Joint Technical Coordination Group for Munitions Effectiveness.
The head of the working group shall be the Assistant Director of Directed Energy of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. The members of the working group shall be appointed by not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, as follows: One member from each military department, appointed by the Secretary of the military department concerned. One member appointed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
One member appointed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. One member appointed by the Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office of the Department of Defense. One member appointed by the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 180 days thereafter, the working group shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the progress of each directed energy program being developed or fielded by the Department of Defense.
The working group under this section shall terminate four years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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