Sec. 1099 — Potential designation of information as a domain of warfare
TL;DR
Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on potential designation of information as a domain of warfare not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Statutory text
(a) Determination required. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a determination as to whether to designate information as a domain of warfare of the Department of Defense.
(b) Effect of positive determination. If the Secretary of Defense determines to make the designation specified under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—(1)revise any applicable guidance, directive, instruction, publication, or doctrine of the Department to reflect such designation, including by directing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to revise the Joint Concept for Operating in the Information Environment and other relevant joint doctrine and publications, to reflect such designation;(2)ensure that planning, programming, budgeting, and execution processes treat information as a mission-essential consideration in operational planning, rather than solely as a supporting effect;(3)establish or strengthen career fields, professional military education, and training pipelines for personnel assigned to information domain functions, including with respect to—(A)military information support operations;(B)electronic warfare;(C)public affairs;(D)intelligence support to information operations; and(E)cyber operations functions that contribute to information effects; and(4)improve the integration of cyber operations, electronic warfare, intelligence, and psychological operations capabilities in support of information-domain objectives and reduce redundancy across such operations.
(c) Report
(1) Submission. Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the determination required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the implementation of this section. Such report shall include the following:(A)An assessment of the effect of such determination, including with respect to personnel, training, and resourcing.(B)A description of any revisions to materials made pursuant to subsection
(b) (2).
(2) Form. The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.