Sec. 1669. REPORT ON RUSSIAN AND CHINESE POLITICAL AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP SURVIVABILITY, COMMAND AND CONTROL, AND CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

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## SEC. 1669 REPORT ON RUSSIAN AND CHINESE POLITICAL AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP SURVIVABILITY, COMMAND AND CONTROL, AND CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ###

(a)Report Not later than January 15, 2017, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, a report on the leadership survivability, command and control, and continuity of government programs and activities with respect to the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation, respectively. The report shall include the following: ####

(1)The goals and objectives of such programs and activities of each respective country. ####

(2)An assessment of how such programs and activities fit into the political and military doctrine and strategy of each respective country. ####

(3)An assessment of the size and scope of such activities, including the location and description of above-ground and underground facilities important to the political and military leadership survivability, command and control, and continuity of government programs and activities of each respective country. ####

(4)An identification of which facilities various senior political and military leaders of each respective country are expected to operate out of during crisis and wartime. ####

(5)A technical assessment of the political and military means and methods for command and control in wartime of each respective country. ####

(6)An identification of key officials and organizations of each respective country involved in managing and operating such facilities, programs, and activities, including the command structure for each organization involved in such programs and activities. ####

(7)An assessment of how senior leaders of each respective country measure the effectiveness of such programs and activities. ####

(8)An estimate of the annual cost of such programs and activities. ####

(9)An assessment of the degree of enhanced survivability such programs and activities can be expected to provide in various military scenarios ranging from limited conventional conflict to strategic nuclear employment. ####

(10)An assessment of the type and extent of foreign assistance, if any, in such programs and activities. ####

(11)An assessment of the status and the effectiveness of the intelligence collection of the United States on such programs and capabilities, and any gaps in such collection. ####

(12)Any other matters the Director determines appropriate. ###

(b)Council Assessment Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Director submits the report under subsection (a), the Council on Oversight of the National Leadership Command, Control, and Communications System established by section 171a of title 10, United States Code, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of how the command, control, and communications systems for the national leadership of the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation, respectively, compare to such system of the United States. ###

(c)STRATCOM Together with the assessment submitted under subsection (b), the Commander of the United States Strategic Command shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the views of the Commander on the report under subsection (a), including a detailed description for how the leadership survivability, command and control, and continuity of government programs and activities of the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation, respectively, are considered in the plans and options under the responsibility of the Commander under the unified command plan. ###

(d)Forms Each report or assessment submitted under this section may be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(e)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

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

(2)the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.