Sec. 1279. Plan for provision of information support to commanders of the combatant commands
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall develop a plan for more effectively fulfilling the intelligence and information requirements of the combatant commands with respect to efforts by the combatant commands to expose and counter foreign malign influence, coercion, and subversion activities undertaken by, or at the direction, on behalf, or with substantial support of the governments of, covered foreign countries. The plan required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A review of current policies and procedures relating to the provision, sharing, and declassification of intelligence gathered by the Defense Intelligence Enterprise to support such efforts. A plan for improving the quality and timeliness of intelligence and information provided to the commanders of the combatant commands to aid in such efforts, including mechanisms to enable the disclosure of foreign malign influence, coercion, and subversion activities— in appropriate classified venues, in collaboration with relevant allies and partners; or as unclassified information for public release. A plan to better leverage open-source and commercially available information and independent analysis to support such efforts. An identification of any additional resources or legislative authority necessary to better meet such intelligence and information requirements. An assignment of responsibilities and timelines for the implementation of the plans described in subparagraphs
(B)and (C). Any other matter the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security considers relevant. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the plan developed under subsection (a). Not later than 45 days after the date on which the plan is submitted under subsection (b), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an assessment of the sufficiency of the plan for meeting such intelligence and information requirements. In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. The term covered foreign country means any of the following: The People’s Republic of China. The Russian Federation. The Islamic Republic of Iran. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Any other foreign country the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and the Director of National Intelligence consider appropriate.