[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9293 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9293

To direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security 
   to provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on 
 challenges relating to information operations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2024

 Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security 
   to provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on 
 challenges relating to information operations, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. BRIEFING ON CHALLENGES RELATING TO INFORMATION OPERATIONS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Information operations play a critical role in the 
        ability for United States policymakers, intelligence 
        professionals, national security operators, and others to 
        influence operational environments in key theaters worldwide.
            (2) Information operations, through military information 
        support operations, allow the United States to be proactive, 
        shaping events rather than reacting to them.
            (3) However, persistent challenges remain across the 
        enduring, deliberate, and dynamic time horizons, including--
                    (A) lack of awareness and situational understanding 
                of the information environment;
                    (B) lack of understanding of influence messaging 
                time horizons; and
                    (C) lack of support to target audience analysis and 
                assessment of United States operational efforts in the 
                information environment.
    (b) Briefing.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and 
Security shall provide to the congressional defense committees a 
briefing on concrete steps taken by the Department of Defense to 
address challenges relating to information operations, in partnership 
with the intelligence community, so United States information 
operations are better integrated across the whole of Government.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, 
        United States Code.
            (2) The term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
        1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
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