Sec. 1056. Review of execute orders
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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall review each execute order that permits or would permit operations involving the use of lethal force or a potential use of lethal force and shall identify, for each such execute order— the legal authority or authorities under which the use of lethal force is authorized, or would justify a use of lethal force if specific conditions were to be satisfied, and against whom the lethal force may be used; and the conditions that would need to be satisfied to provide legal justification for any use of lethal force under the execute order that would not be covered by a specific statutory authorization for the use of lethal force.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing the results of the review conducted under subsection (a). The report shall include the following: A summary of each extant execute order, which includes a detailed description of the purpose of such execute order and the specifications described in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection (a). A comparison of matters covered by execute orders involving the use of lethal force or a potential use of lethal force and disclosures reported under section 1264 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 1549 ) and section 1285 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( 50 U.S.C. 1550 ).
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