Sec. 1541. OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING ON THE MISSION PARTNER ENVIRONMENT AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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## SEC. 1541 OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING ON THE MISSION PARTNER ENVIRONMENT AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ###
(a)Limitation Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 for the Mission Partner Environment program, not more than 90 percent may be obligated or expended prior to the date on which the Secretary of Defense makes the certification required by subsection (b). ###
(b)Certification The Secretary of Defense shall certify to the congressional defense committees that— ####
(1)the Secretary of the Air Force, in conjunction with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, has developed an executable implementation plan for the Mission Partner Environment to meet the operational requirements of the Department for command and control information sharing networks, including a modernization plan that reduces nonstandardized hardware solutions, sunsets legacy hardware, and fully integrates into the combined joint all-domain command and control initiative; and ####
(2)in coordination with the commander of each geographic combatant command, the Secretary of the Air Force is implementing defined and measurable actions to meet the operational planning, implementation, and ongoing operational Mission Partner Environment requirements for global and regional processing nodes to sustain existing information networks for the area of responsibility for each such combatant command. ###
(c)Annual Briefings ####
(1)In general Not later than October 1, 2025, and annually thereafter until October 1, 2030, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, the head of the Information Security Risk Management Committee of the Department of Defense, the director of the Mission Partner Capability Office, the Executive Agent for the Mission Partner Environment, and a senior military service representative for each of the Armed Forces shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the Mission Partner Environment and related activities within the Department of Defense, including the modernization of the Mission Partner Environment. ####
(2)Combatant commands A senior representative from each unified combatant command shall attend and participate in each briefing required by paragraph (1). ###
(d)Elements Each briefing required by subsection
(c)shall include the following: ####
(1)A description of all efforts of the Department of Defense for the Mission Partner Environment. ####
(2)A description of the overall progress on implementation and modernization of the Mission Partner Environment across the entirety of the Department of Defense as of the date of the briefing and, for each such briefing after the first such briefing, the progress made on such implementation and modernization since the preceding briefing under such subsection. ####
(3)An explanation of any changes in policy necessary to execute on the Mission Partner Environment, including changes made during the period covered by the briefing and changes that are planned as of the time of the briefing. ####
(4)An explanation of any changes to the governance of the Mission Partner Environment within the Department of Defense, including changes made during the period covered by the briefing and changes that are planned as of the time of the briefing. ####
(5)A detailed programmatic table of the funding for the combined Mission Partner Environment efforts of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military departments, and the combatant commands as set forth in the budget of the President most recently submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. ###
(e)Modification to Cjadc2 Briefing Requirement Section 1076 of the William M. ( Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3866), as amended by section 1504 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 538), is further amended by amending subsection
(a)to read as follows: > > ### “(a) Biannual Briefings > > > #### “(1) In general > > During the period beginning on October 1, 2021, and ending on October 1, 2028, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, and a senior military service representative for each of the Armed Forces shall provide to the congressional defense committees biannual briefings on the progress of the Joint All Domain Command and Control (in this section referred to as ‘JADC2’) effort of the Department of Defense. > > > #### “(2) Annual participation by certain combatant commands > > For each fiscal year during the period specified in paragraph (1), a senior representative from each of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States Central Command, and United States European Command shall participate in the provision of the first biannual briefing under such paragraph following the submission of the budget of the President to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for that fiscal year.” > . ###
(f)Definitions In this section— ####
(1)the terms “Defense Agency” and “military departments” have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code; ####
(2)the term “Mission Partner Environment” means the operating framework enabling command and control, information sharing, and the exchange of data between the Department of Defense and partners and allies of the United States participating in a military or other operation for the purposes of planning and executing such operation through the use of common standards governance and procedures, including activities the Office of the Secretary of Defense, military departments, unified combatant commands (as defined in section 161 of title 10, United States Code), and Defense Agencies relating to the operation, modernization, implementation, or oversight of, or resourcing of networks or applications designed for such framework; and ####
(3)the term “unified combatant command” has the meaning given such term in section 161 of title 10, United States Code.
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Sec. 1541
OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING ON THE MISSION PARTNER ENVIRONMENT AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Stat.134 Stat. 3866
Stat.137 Stat. 538
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