EXECUTIVE BRANCH SUPPORT FOR RECENTLY ENACTED COMMISSIONS.

SEC. 1050. EXECUTIVE BRANCH SUPPORT FOR RECENTLY ENACTED COMMISSIONS. (a) Assistance From Department of Defense.—At the request of a covered commission, the Secretary of Defense may provide to the covered commission, on a reimbursable basis, such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support services as necessary for the performance of the functions of the commission. Amounts provided to a covered commission pursuant to this section may be provided from amounts appropriated for the Department of Defense, as provided in advance in appropriations Acts. (b) Provision of Travel Support to Certain Commissions.—For the purpose of providing support to facilitate overseas travel requests from a legislative branch commission, or any commission so designated for support under this subsection jointly by the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall consider such requests as equivalent to a request from Congress, and apply the same standards in determining the extent to which such support may be provided under law and regulation. Any support so provided shall be funded out of amounts appropriated for the operation of such commission. (c) Covered Commission Defined.—In this section, the term “covered commission” means a commission established pursuant to any of the following sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81): (1) Section 1004 (Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform). (2) section 1091 (National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology). (3) section 1094 (Afghanistan War Commission). (4) section 1095 (Commission on the National Defense Strategy). (5) section 1687 (Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States).