Sec. 1556. ANNUAL BRIEFING ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY AND UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND

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## SEC. 1556 ANNUAL BRIEFING ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY AND UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND ###

(a)Annual Briefings Required Not later than March 1, 2023, and not less frequently than once each year thereafter until March 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on the relationship between the National Security Agency and United States Cyber Command. ###

(b)Elements Each briefing provided under subsection

(a)shall include an annual assessment of the following: ####

(1)The resources, authorities, activities, missions, facilities, and personnel used to conduct the relevant missions at the National Security Agency as well as the cyber offense and defense missions of United States Cyber Command. ####

(2)The processes used to manage risk, balance tradeoffs, and work with partners to execute operations. ####

(3)An assessment of the operating environment and the continuous need to balance tradeoffs to meet mission necessity and effectiveness. ####

(4)An assessment of the operational effects resulting from the relationship between the National Security Agency and United States Cyber Command, including a list of specific operations conducted over the previous year that were enabled by or benefitted from the relationship. ####

(5)Such other topics as the Director of the National Security Agency and the Commander of United States Cyber Command may consider appropriate.