Sec. 1299E. ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN MILITARY BASES OF ADVERSARIES
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## SEC. 1299E ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN MILITARY BASES OF ADVERSARIES ###
(a)Requirement Not later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, shall provide to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a briefing on— ####
(1)covered foreign military bases and the related capabilities of that foreign military; and ####
(2)the effects of such bases and capabilities on— #####
(A)the military installations of the United States located outside the United States; and #####
(B)current and future deployments and operations of the armed forces of the United States. ###
(b)Elements Each briefing under subsection
(a)shall include the following: ####
(1)An assessment of covered foreign military bases, including such bases established by China, Russia, and Iran, and any updates to such assessment provided in a previous briefing under such subsection. ####
(2)Information regarding known plans for any future covered foreign military base. ####
(3)An assessment of the capabilities, including those pertaining to anti-access and area denial, provided by covered foreign military bases to that foreign military, including an assessment of how such capabilities could be used against the armed forces of the United States in the country and the geographic combatant command in which such base is located. ####
(4)A description of known ongoing activities and capabilities at covered foreign military bases, and how such activities and capabilities advance the foreign policy and national security priorities of the relevant foreign countries. ####
(5)The extent to which covered foreign military bases could be used to counter the defense priorities of the United States. ###
(c)Form Each briefing under subsection
(a)shall be provided in classified form. ###
(d)Covered Foreign Military Base Defined In this section, the term “covered foreign military base” means, with respect to a foreign country that is an adversary of the United States, a military base of that country located in a different country. ###
(e)Sunset The requirement to provide briefings under subsection
(a)shall terminate after the briefing required to be provided by not later than February 15, 2025.