Sec. 1228. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES EFFORTS AGAINST AL-QAEDA

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## SEC. 1228 INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES EFFORTS AGAINST AL-QAEDA ###

(a)Independent Assessment The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide for the conduct of an independent assessment of the effectiveness of the United States efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda, including its affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents since September 11, 2001. ###

(b)Elements The assessment required by subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)An assessment of al-Qaeda core’s current relationship with affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents, and how it has changed over time. ####

(2)An assessment of the current objectives, capabilities, and overall strategy of al-Qaeda core, its affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents, and how they have changed over time. ####

(3)An assessment of the operational and organizational structure of al-Qaeda core, its affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents, and how it has changed over time. ####

(4)An analysis of the activities that have proven to be most effective and least effective at disrupting and dismantling al Qaeda, its affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents. ####

(5)Recommendations for United States policy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda, its affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents. ####

(6)Other matters that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. ###

(c)Report ####

(1)In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the entity selected for the conduct of the assessment required by subsection

(a)shall provide to the Secretary of Defense and the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing its findings as a result of the assessment. ####

(2)Form The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(d)Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— ####

(1)the congressional defense committees; ####

(2)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and ####

(3)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.