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 123STA T . 2 5 3 9PUBLIC LA W 111 –84—O CT. 28 , 2 0 09 SEC.124 2. AN N U A L C O UN T E R TERROR I S M STATUS RE P ORTS. (a)SHORTTI T LE.— T his s ect i onm a yb e cite d as the ‘ ‘S u ccess in C ounte r in gAlQ aeda R e p orting Re q uirements Act o f20 0 9’ ’. (b) A N N UA L COUNTERTERRORI SM STATUS RE P ORTS.— ( 1 ) I N G ENERAL.— N ot later than September 3 0, 2010, and e v ery September 30 thereafter until September 30, 2012, the P resident shall submit to Congress a report that contains, for the most recent 12 - month period, a revie w of the counterter- rorism strategy of the U nited States G overnment, including— (A) a detailed assessment of the scope, status, and progress of United States counterterrorism efforts in fighting Al Qaeda and its related affiliates and under- mining long-term support for violent e x tremism ( B )a j udgment on the adequacy of interagency integra- tion of the counterterrorism programs and activities of the D epartment of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of H omeland Security, the Department of J ustice, and other F ederal departments and agencies and the balance of resource commitments among such departments and agencies; (C) a delineation of the boundaries and integration between— (i) the strategic operational planning role of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) for counter- terrorism; (ii) the operational planning role of the Depart- ment of Defense and, if applicable, the Central Intel- ligence Agency, for counterinsurgency and foreign internal defense; (iii) the operational planning role of the Depart- ment of State and other Federal departments and agen- cies for diplomacy and foreign assistance to promote stability, human rights, prosperity, and other general United States foreign policy goals; and (iv) the role of the President’s National Security Council staff to coordinate the national security inter- agency process; (D) a determination of whether the NCTC exercises the authority and has the resources and expertise required to fulfill the interagency strategic and operational planning role described in section 119(j) of the National Security Act of 19 47 ( 5 0 U.S.C. 404o), as added by section 1012 of the National Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 (title I of Public L aw 10 8– 458); ( E ) a description of the efforts of the United States Government to combat Al Qaeda and its related affiliates and undermine violent extremist ideology, which shall include— (i) a specific list of the President’s highest global counterterrorism priorities; (ii) a description of the most challenging areas for progress, in meeting the priorities described in clause (i); and (iii) efforts in those countries in which the Presi- dent determines that— Det e rmina ti o n .As sessment. P resi d ent. Suc cess in C ounterin g A lQ aeda R e p orting Re q uirements Act o f20 0 9.