Sec. 910. CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM FOR EMERGING THREAT RELATING TO ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS

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## SEC. 910 CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM FOR EMERGING THREAT RELATING TO ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS **[**[10 U.S.C. 111 note](/us/usc/t10/s111)**]** ###

(a)Establishment Using the authority provided pursuant to section 911(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 111 note), the Secretary of Defense shall establish a cross-functional team to address national security challenges posed by anomalous health incidents (as defined by the Secretary), including capabilities that plausibly could result in such incidents, and ensure that individuals affected by anomalous health incidents receive timely and comprehensive health care and treatment pursuant to title 10, United States Code, for symptoms consistent with an anomalous health incident. ###

(b)Duties The duties of the cross-functional team established under subsection

(a)shall be— ####

(1)to investigate and carry out such other activities as may be necessary— #####

(A)to identify anomalous health incidents; #####

(B)to determine the causes and sources of such incidents, including identification of any individuals, entities, capabilities, or phenomena to which such incidents may plausibly be attributed; and #####

(C)to understand how such incidents may be mitigated and treated; ####

(2)to address the challenges posed by anomalous health incidents, including by coordinating research into— #####

(A)non-kinetic capabilities that plausibly might result in such incidents, such as anti-personnel capabilities and directed energy capabilities; #####

(B)the detection and mitigation of such capabilities; and #####

(C)the development of countermeasures for such capabilities; ####

(3)to integrate and deconflict the efforts of the Department of Defense regarding anomalous health incidents with the efforts of other departments or agencies of the Federal Government regarding such incidents; and ####

(4)to undertake any other efforts regarding non-kinetic threats to personnel and anomalous health incidents that the Secretary considers appropriate. ###

(c)Team Leadership The Secretary shall select an Under Secretary of Defense to lead the cross-functional team and a senior military officer to serve as the deputy to the Under Secretary so selected. ###

(d)Determination of Organizational Roles and Responsibilities The Secretary, acting through the cross-functional team established under subsection (a), shall determine the roles and responsibilities of the organizations and elements of the Department of Defense with respect to addressing anomalous health incidents, including the roles and responsibilities of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the intelligence components of the Department, Defense agencies, Department of Defense field activities, the military departments, combatant commands, and the Joint Staff. ###

(e)Briefings ####

(1)Initial briefing Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on— #####

(A)the progress of the Secretary in establishing the cross-functional team; and #####

(B)the progress the team has made in— ######

(i)determining the roles and responsibilities of the organizations and elements of the Department of Defense with respect the cross-functional team; and ######

(ii)carrying out the duties under subsection (b). ####

(2)Updates Not later than March 1, 2023, and not less frequently than once every 180 days thereafter until March 1, 2028, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing containing updates on any activities carried out to fulfill the duties specified in subsection

(b)since the date of the preceding briefing under this section. ###

(f)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.

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