[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8663 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8663

    To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the 
 processes that the Department of Defense uses to assess, monitor, and 
      evaluate certain special operations programs and activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 2022

   Ms. Jacobs of California introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the 
 processes that the Department of Defense uses to assess, monitor, and 
      evaluate certain special operations programs and activities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Special Operations Oversight and 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS AND 
              ACTIVITIES.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives a report on the processes that 
the Department of Defense uses to assess, monitor, and evaluate 
programs and activities under section 127e of title 10, United States 
Code, and section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1639). The report shall 
include--
            (1) an evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of 
        such programs and activities in achieving desired outcomes;
            (2) identification of lessons learned and best practices in 
        carrying out such programs and activities; and
            (3) an explanation of the extent to which such lessons are 
        used to improve future programs and activities carried out 
        under such authorities of the Department of Defense.
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