Sec. 6413. Ukraine lessons learned working group
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In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional intelligence committees; and the congressional defense committees. The term congressional defense committees has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. The term Working Group means the working group described in subsection (b). The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly establish a working group to identify and share lessons that the United States intelligence community has learned from the Ukraine conflict.
The composition of the Working Group may include any officer or employee of a department or agency of the United States Government determined appropriate by the Director of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense. The Working Group shall be jointly chaired by— an officer or employee of the Department of Defense chosen by the Secretary of Defense; and an officer or employee of an element of the intelligence community chosen by the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the head of the element concerned.
The sole duties of the Working Group shall be exclusively the following: Identify tactical and operational intelligence lessons derived from the Ukraine conflict. Develop a repeatable process for promulgating such lessons to elements of the Department of Defense responsible for the development of joint and service-specific doctrine, acquisitions decisions, and capability development. Provide recommendations on intelligence collection priorities to support the elements of the Department of Defense described in paragraph
(2)in implementing the lessons identified pursuant to paragraph (1). The Working Group shall meet not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Subject to paragraph (2), the Working Group shall terminate on the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense may extend the termination date under paragraph
(1)to a date not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act if the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense jointly— determine than an extension is appropriate and agree to such extension; and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of the extension that includes a description of the justification for the extension. Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the activities of the Working Group. Not later than the date that is 30 days before the date on which the Working Group terminates pursuant to subsection (g), the Working Group shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a summary of Working Group activities and conclusions.