Sec. 874. STANDARDIZATION OF FORMATTING AND PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORTS TO CONGRESS

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## SEC. 874 STANDARDIZATION OF FORMATTING AND PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORTS TO CONGRESS ###

(a)Report Formatting Plan Required Not later than March 1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a plan to the congressional defense committees on activities to standardize the formatting of unclassified Department of Defense reports required by Congress. Such plan shall include— ####

(1)a description of the method for ensuring that reports are created in a platform-independent, machine-readable format that can be retrieved, downloaded, indexed, and searched by commonly used web search applications; and ####

(2)a cost estimate and schedule for implementation of the activities under paragraph (1), with a completion date of not later than March 1, 2020. ###

(b)Online Repository Plan Required Not later than March 1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the feasibility of developing a publically accessible online repository of unclassified reports of the Department of Defense issued since January 1, 2010. Such briefing shall include— ####

(1)protocols for inclusion of unclassified reports that, as determined by the Secretary, may not be appropriate for public release in their entirety; and ####

(2)a cost estimate and schedule for implementation and maintenance of the online repository.