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Title X: General Provisions

Sec. 1065Extended deadline to reassess necessity of use of immediate response authority of Department of Defense

TL;DR

Not later than July 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall—(1)issue an updated version of Department of Defense Instruction 3025.18, titled Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) with a revision to require that each reassessment as to whether there remains a necessity for…

Statutory text

(a) Extended deadline. Not later than July 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall—(1)issue an updated version of Department of Defense Instruction 3025.18, titled Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) with a revision to require that each reassessment as to whether there remains a necessity for the use of an immediate response authority pursuant to a request for assistance is completed by not later than one week after the date on which such request is received; and(2)submit to the congressional defense committees a notification of such issuance.

(b) Immediate response authority defined. In this section, the term immediate response authority has the meaning given such term in Department of Defense Instruction 3025.18, titled Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA).