Sec. 1511. Military operations in information environment: authority and notifications
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Chapter 19 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 397 the following new section (and conforming the table of contents at the beginning of such chapter accordingly): The Secretary of Defense shall promptly submit to the appropriate congressional committees notice in writing of any clandestine military operation in the information environment conducted under this title no later than 48 hours following such operation. The Secretary shall establish and submit to the appropriate congressional committees procedures for complying with the requirements of paragraph (1).
The Secretary shall promptly notify the appropriate congressional committees in writing of any changes to such procedures at least 14 days prior to the adoption of any such changes. The appropriate congressional committees shall ensure that committee procedures designed to protect from unauthorized disclosure classified information relating to national security of the United States are sufficient to protect the information that is submitted to the committees pursuant to this section.
In the event of an unauthorized disclosure of a clandestine military operation in the information environment covered by this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the appropriate congressional committees are notified immediately of the clandestine military operation in the information environment concerned. The notification under this paragraph may be verbal or written, but in the event of a verbal notification a written notification shall be provided by not later than 48 hours after the provision of the verbal notification.
No clandestine military operation in the information environment may be conducted which is intended to influence United States political processes, public opinion, policies, or media. . Section 1631 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ; 133 Stat. 1741) is amended as follows: Subsections (b), (c), and
(d)are— transferred to section 398 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a)of this section; inserted before subsection
(b)of such section 398; and redesignated as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively. Subsection
(e)is— transferred to such section 398; inserted after subsection
(e)of such section; and redesignated as subsection (f). Subsection
(i)is— transferred to such section 398; inserted after subsection
(f)of such section; and redesignated as subsection (g). Subsection
(c)of section 398 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a)of this section and designated by subsection (b), is amended by striking congressional defense committees and inserting appropriate congressional committees . Subsection
(g)of section 398 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a)of this section and designated by subsection (b), is amended— in paragraph (3), by inserting in the information environment before , or associated ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. .
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Military operations in information environment: authority and notifications
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