Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2023

March 1, 2023

Dear Mr. Chairman: (Dear Madam Chair:) (Dear Madam Chairwoman:)

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 report, as well as its classified annex. Sincerely,

Joseph R. Biden Jr.

NOTE: Identical letters were sent to Patricia L. Murray, chair, 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; Kay M. Granger, chair, House Committee on Appropriations; Michael D. Rogers, chairman, House Committee on Armed Services; Michael T. McCaul, chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs; and Michael R. Turner, chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The Office of the Press Secretary also released a copy of the unclassified report. 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 for use, letter transmitting report.

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

DCPD Number: DCPD202300156.

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