REPORT ON ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND POLICY GUIDANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REGARDING INFORMATION OPERATIONS.

SEC. 943. REPORT ON ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND POLICY GUIDANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REGARDING INFORMATION OPERATIONS.(a) Report Required.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the organizational structure and policy guidance of the Department of Defense with respect to information operations.(b) Review.—In preparing the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall review the following:(1) The extent to which the current definition of “information operations” in Department of Defense Directive 3600.1 is appropriate.(2) The location of the office within the Department of the lead official responsible for information operations of the Department, including assessments of the most effective location and the need to designate a principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense for information operations.(3) Departmental responsibility for the development, coordination, and oversight of Department policy on information operations and for the integration of such operations.(4) Departmental responsibility for the planning, execution, and oversight of Department information operations.(5) Departmental responsibility for coordination within the Department, and between the Department and other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, regarding Department information operations, and for the resolution of conflicts in the discharge of such operations, including an assessment of current coordination bodies and decisionmaking processes.(6) The roles and responsibilities of the military departments, combat support agencies, the United States Special Operations Command, and the other combatant commands in the development and implementation of information operations.(7) The roles and responsibilities of the defense intelligence agencies for support of information operations.124 STAT. 4342(8) The role in information operations of the following Department officials:(A) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.(B) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict.(C) The senior official responsible for information processing and networking capabilities.(9) The role of related capabilities in the discharge of information operations, including public affairs capabilities, civil-military operations capabilities, defense support of public diplomacy, and intelligence.(10) The management structure of computer network operations in the Department for the discharge of information operations, and the policy in support of that component.(11) The appropriate use, management, and oversight of contractors in the development and implementation of information operations, including an assessment of current guidance and policy directives pertaining to the uses of contractors for these purposes.(c) Form.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, with a classified annex, if necessary.(d) Department of Defense Directive.—Upon the submittal of the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall prescribe a revised directive for the Department of Defense on information operations. The directive shall take into account the results of the review conducted for purposes of the report.(e) Information Operations Defined.—In this section, the term “information operations” means the information operations specified in Department of Defense Directive 3600.1, as follows:(1) Electronic warfare.(2) Computer network operations.(3) Psychological operations.(4) Military deception.(5) Operations security.