Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 117.djvu/1579

 117 STAT. 1560

PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003

‘‘(4) Before submitting a report under this subsection to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Chairman shall provide the report to the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary’s assessment and comments thereon (if any) shall be included with the report. If the Chairman’s assessment in such report in any year is that the risk associated with executing the missions called for under the National Military Strategy is significant, the Secretary shall include with the report as submitted to those committees the Secretary’s plan for mitigating the risk.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b)(1) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘of each oddnumbered year’’. SEC. 904. REPORT ON CHANGING ROLES OF UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND.

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the changing roles of the United States Special Operations Command. (b) CONTENT OF REPORT.—(1) The report shall specifically discuss in detail the following matters: (A) The expanded role of the United States Special Operations Command in the global war on terrorism. (B) The reorganization of that command to function as a supported combatant command for planning and executing operations. (C) The role of that command as a supporting combatant command. (2) The report shall also include, in addition to the matters discussed pursuant to paragraph (1), a discussion of the following matters: (A) The military strategy to employ the United States Special Operations Command to fight the global war on terrorism and how that strategy contributes to the overall national security strategy with regard to the global war on terrorism. (B) The scope of the authority granted to the commander of that command to act as a supported commander and to prosecute the global war on terrorism. (C) The operational and legal parameters within which the commander of that command is to exercise command authority in foreign countries when taking action against foreign and United States citizens engaged in terrorist activities. (D) The decisionmaking procedures for authorizing, planning, and conducting individual missions by that command, including— (i) the requirement in section 167(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, that the conduct of a special operations mission under the command of the commander of the United States Special Operations Command be authorized by the President or the Secretary of Defense; and (ii) procedures for consultation with Congress. (E) The procedures for the commander of that command to use to coordinate with commanders of other combatant commands, especially geographic commands.

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