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Title XVI: Space Activities, Strategic Programs, and Intelligence Matters

Sec. 1653Updated Middle East integrated air and missile defense strategy

TL;DR

Amends existing law relating to updated middle east integrated air and missile defense strategy.

Statutory text

Section 1658(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117—263; 136 Stat. 2951) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(5) Update. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an update to the strategy under paragraph (1)..