A Letter on the Annual Report on the Legal and Policy Frameworks for the United States’ Use of Military Force and Related National Security Operations

Dear Mr. Chairman: (Dear Madam Chair:)

In accordance with section 1264 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), 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.

THE WHITE HOUSE, March 3, 2021