Sec. 4. Coordination between geographic combatant commands and Special Operations Command 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 and the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command to coordinate with the Department of State to establish and maintain an uninterrupted line of communication between such commands and the Chief of Mission (or the Chief's designee) in any country in which any such command is conducting military operations in order to assist in the response to reports of harm to civilians 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 harm to civilians resulting from United States military operations undertaken by the command concerned in the country or operation concerned.