Sec. 1236. REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

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## SEC. 1236 REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA ###

(a)Report Not later than November 1, 2013, November 1, 2015, and November 1, 2017, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the specified congressional committees a report, in both classified and unclassified form, on the current and future military power of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (in this section referred to as “North Korea”). The report shall address the current and probable future course of military-technological development of the North Korean military, the tenets and probable development of North Korean security strategy and military strategy, and military organizations and operational concepts, through the next 20 years. ###

(b)Matters to Be Included A report required under subsection

(a)shall include at least the following elements: ####

(1)An assessment of the security situation on the Korean peninsula. ####

(2)The goals and factors shaping North Korean security strategy and military strategy. ####

(3)Trends in North Korean security and military behavior that would be designed to achieve, or that are inconsistent with, the goals described in paragraph (2). ####

(4)An assessment of North Korea’s regional security objectives, including those that would affect South Korea, Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and Russia. ####

(5)A detailed assessment of the sizes, locations, and capabilities of North Korean strategic, special operations, land, sea, and air forces. ####

(6)Developments in North Korean military doctrine and training. ####

(7)An assessment of the proliferation activities of North Korea, as either a supplier or a consumer of materials or technologies relating to nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction or missile systems. ####

(8)Other military and security developments involving North Korea that the Secretary of Defense considers relevant to United States national security. ###

(c)Update The Secretary of Defense shall revise or supplement the most recent report submitted pursuant to subsection

(a)if, in the Secretary’s estimation, interim events or developments occurring in a period between reports required under subsection

(a)warrant revision or supplement. ###

(d)Definition In this section the term “specified congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and ####

(2)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.