Sec. 5. Coordination between geographic combatant commands and the Department of State
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall direct each commander of a geographic combatant command to coordinate with the Department of State to establish and maintain an uninterrupted line of communication between such command and the Chief of Mission (of the Chief's designee) in any country in which such command is conducting military operations in order to assist in the response to reports of civilian casualties resulting from such military operations.
The primary objective of the line of communication under this section shall be to serve as a channel for fielding and coordinating reports of civilian casualties resulting from United States military operations undertaken by the command concerned in the country concerned.