Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2021

March 3, 2021

Dear Mr. Chairman: (Dear Madam Chair:)

In accordance with section 1264 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018 (Public Law 115â91), as amended, 50 U.S.C. 1549(a), I am transmitting the annual report on the legal and policy frameworks guiding the United States' use of military force and related national security operations.

I am enclosing a copy of the unclassified notice, as well as its classified annex.

JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.

NOTE: Identical letters were sent to Patrick J. Leahy, chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations; John F. Reed, chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee; Robert Menendez, chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Mark R. Warner, chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Rosa L. DeLauro, chairwoman, House Committee on Appropriations;

D. Adam Smith, chairman, House Committee on Armed Services; Gregory W. Meeks, chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs; and Adam B. Schiff, chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. An original was not available for verification of the content of this letter.

Categories: Communications to Congress : U.S. military force and national security operations, legal and policy frameworks guiding use, letter transmitting annual report.

Subjects: Defense and national security : U.S. military force and national security operations, legal and policy frameworks guiding use.

DCPD Number: DCPD202100197.

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