Periodic strategy and assessment of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to meet intelligence collection priorities

1615. Periodic strategy and assessment of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to meet intelligence collection priorities Chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 426 the following new section: 426a. Periodic strategy and assessment of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to meet intelligence collection priorities (a) Biennial reports Not later than December 31, 2027, and every two years thereafter until December 31, 2037, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees a report containing— (1) an assessment of the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of the Department of Defense as of the date of the report; and (2) a strategy to improve such capabilities to support the intelligence requirements of the Department. (b) Matters included The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall ensure that each report under subsection (a) includes the following: (1) With respect to the assessment under paragraph (1) of such subsection— (A) a review of all spaceborne, airborne, surface, and subsurface intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance activities (manned and unmanned); (B) an assessment of the capacity and capability to meet intelligence collection requirements, including with respect to the requirements of the commanders of the geographic combatant commands; (C) an assessment of the risk and security threats caused by inadequate capacity or capability to meet intelligence collection requirements; and (D) a plan to mitigate such risk. (2) With respect to the strategy under paragraph (2) of such subsection— (A) an assessment of the projected intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and whether such capabilities will meet future intelligence collection requirements; (B) recommendations to improve collection postures in the near-, mid-, and long-term to meet future intelligence collection requirements; (C) an assessment of the risk associated with an inability to meet future intelligence collection requirements; and (D) a plan to mitigate such risk. (3) Any other matters the Under Secretary determines necessary. (c) Coordination and consultation The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall develop each report under subsection (a)— (1) in coordination with the heads of the components of the Department of Defense that are elements of the intelligence community, the commanders of the geographic combatant commands, and the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command; and (2) in consultation with the service acquisition executives of the military departments. (d) Form Each report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. (e) Definitions In this section, the terms congressional intelligence committees and intelligence community have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 ). .