504 1 future-years defense programs in calendar years after cal2 endar year 2017 3 SEC 1042 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTEGRATION OF IN- 4 FORMATION 5 ABLED INFORMATION OPERATIONS 6 a INTEGRATION 7 FORMATION 8 TION 9 10 OF OPERATIONS OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND AND OF CYBER-EN- DEFENSE IN- CYBER-ENABLED INFORMA- OPERATIONS -- 1 ESTABLISHMENT OF CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TASK FORCE -- 11 A IN GENERAL --The Secretary of Defense 12 shall establish a cross-functional task force con- 13 sistent with section 911 c 1 of the National De- 14 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 15 114-328 10 U S C 111 note to integrate 16 across the organizations of the Department of 17 Defense responsible for information operations 18 military deception public affairs electronic war- 19 fare and cyber operations to produce integrated 20 strategy planning and budgeting to counter 21 deter and conduct strategic information oper- 22 ations and cyber-enabled information operations 23 B DUTIES --The task force shall carry out 24 the following HR 2810 PAP 505 1 i Development of a strategic frame- 2 work for the conduct by the Department of 3 Defense of information operations includ- 4 ing cyber-enabled information operations 5 coordinated across all relevant Department 6 of Defense entities including both near-term 7 and long-term guidance for the conduct of 8 such coordinated operations 9 ii Development and dissemination of 10 a common operating paradigm across the 11 organizations specified in subparagraph A 12 of the influence deception and propaganda 13 activities of key malign actors including in 14 cyberspace 15 iii Development of guidance for and 16 promotion of the liaison capability of the 17 Department to interact with the private sec- 18 tor including social media on matters re- 19 lated to the influence activities of malign 20 actors 21 2 HEAD 22 OF CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TASK FORCE -- A IN GENERAL --The Secretary of Defense 23 shall appoint as the head of the task force such 24 individual as the Secretary considers appro- 25 priate from among individuals serving in the HR 2810 PAP 506 1 Department as an Under Secretary of Defense or 2 in such other position within the Department of 3 lesser order of precedence 4 B RESPONSIBILITIES --The responsibil- 5 ities of the head of the task force are as follows 6 i Oversight of strategic policy and 7 guidance 8 ii Overall resource allocation for the 9 integration of information operations and 10 cyber operations of the Department 11 iii Ensuring the task force faithfully 12 pursues the purpose set forth in subpara- 13 graph A of paragraph 1 and carries out 14 its duties as set forth in subparagraph B 15 of such paragraph 16 iv Carrying out such activities as are 17 required of the head of the task force under 18 subsections b and c 19 b REQUIREMENTS AND PLANS FOR INFORMATION 20 OPERATIONS -- 21 1 COMBATANT COMMAND PLANNING --The Sec- 22 retary shall require each commander of a combatant 23 command to develop such requirements and specific 24 plans as may be necessary for the conduct of informa- 25 tion operations including plans for deterring infor- HR 2810 PAP 507 1 mation operations particularly in the cyber domain 2 by malign actors against the United States allies of 3 the United States and interests of the United States 4 2 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT OF 5 DEFENSE STRATEGY FOR OPERATIONS IN THE INFOR- 6 MATION ENVIRONMENT -- 7 A IN GENERAL --Not later than 90 days 8 after the date of the enactment of this Act the 9 head of the task force shall-- 10 i review the Department of Defense 11 Strategy for Operations in the Information 12 Environment dated June 2016 and 13 ii submit to the congressional defense 14 committees a plan for implementation of 15 such strategy 16 B ELEMENTS --The implementation plan 17 shall include at a minimum the following 18 i An accounting of the efforts under- 19 taken in support of the strategy described in 20 subparagraph A i since it was issued in 21 June 2016 22 ii A description of any updates or 23 changes to such strategy that have been 24 made since it was first issued as well as HR 2810 PAP 508 1 any expected updates or changes in light of 2 the establishment of the task force 3 iii A description of the role of the De- 4 partment as part of a broader whole-of-gov- 5 ernment strategy for strategic communica- 6 tions including assumptions about the roles 7 and contributions of other Government de- 8 partments and agencies to such a strategy 9 iv Defined actions performance 10 metrics and projected timelines to achieve 11 the following specified tasks 12 I Train educate and prepare 13 commanders and their staffs and the 14 Joint Force as a whole to lead man- 15 age and conduct operations in the in- 16 formation environment 17 II Train educate and prepare 18 information operations professionals 19 and practitioners to enable effective op- 20 erations in the information environ- 21 ment 22 III Manage information oper- 23 ations professionals practitioners and 24 organizations to meet emerging oper- 25 ational needs HR 2810 PAP 509 1 IV Establish a baseline assess- 2 ment of current ability of the Depart- 3 ment to conduct operations in the in- 4 formation environment including an 5 identification of the types of units and 6 organizations currently responsible for 7 building and employing information- 8 related capabilities and an assignment 9 of appropriate roles and missions for 10 each type of unit or organization 11 V Develop the ability of the De- 12 partment and operating forces to en- 13 gage assess characterize forecast and 14 visualize the information environment 15 VI Develop and maintain the 16 proper capabilities and capacity to op- 17 erate effectively in the information en- 18 vironment in coordination with imple- 19 mentation of related cyber and other 20 strategies 21 VII Develop and maintain the 22 capability to assess accurately the ef- 23 fect of operations in the information 24 environment HR 2810 PAP 510 1 VIII Adopt adapt and develop 2 new science and technology for the De- 3 partment to operate effectively in the 4 information environment 5 IX Develop and adapt informa- 6 tion 7 policies and guidance environment-related concepts 8 X Ensure doctrine relevant to 9 operations in the information environ- 10 ment remains current and responsive 11 based on lessons learned and best prac- 12 tices 13 XI Develop update and de-con- 14 flict authorities and permissions as 15 appropriate to enable effective oper- 16 ations in the information environment 17 XII Establish and maintain 18 partnerships among Department and 19 interagency partners to enable more ef- 20 fective whole-of-government operations 21 in the information environment 22 XIII Establish and maintain 23 appropriate interaction with entities 24 that are not part of the Federal Gov- 25 ernment including entities in indus- HR 2810 PAP 511 1 try entities in academia Federally 2 funded research and development cen- 3 ters and other organizations to enable 4 operations in the information environ- 5 ment 6 XIV Establish and maintain 7 collaboration between and among the 8 Department and international part- 9 ners including partner countries and 10 nongovernmental organizations to en- 11 able more effective operations in the in- 12 formation environment 13 XV Foster enhance and lever- 14 age partnership capabilities and ca- 15 pacities 16 v An analysis of any personnel 17 resourcing capability authority or other 18 gaps that will need to be addressed to en- 19 sure effective implementation of the strategy 20 described in subparagraph A i across all 21 relevant elements of the Department 22 vi An investment framework and 23 projected timeline for addressing any gaps 24 identified under clause v HR 2810 PAP 512 1 vii Such other matters as the Sec- 2 retary of Defense considers relevant 3 C PERIODIC STATUS REPORTS --Not later 4 than 90 days after the date on which the imple- 5 mentation plan is submitted under subpara- 6 graph A ii and not less frequently than once 7 every 90 days thereafter until the date that is 8 three years after the date of such submittal the 9 head of the task force shall submit to the congres- 10 sional defense committees a report describing the 11 status of the efforts of the Department to accom- 12 plish the tasks specified under clauses iv and 13 vi of subparagraph B 14 c TRAINING AND EDUCATION --Consistent with the 15 elements of the implementation plan required under clauses 16 i and ii of subsection b 2 B 4 the head of the task 17 force shall establish programs to provide training and edu18 cation to such members of the Armed Forces and civilian 19 employees of the Department of Defense as the Secretary 20 considers appropriate to ensure understanding of the role 21 of information in warfare the central goal of all military 22 operations to affect the perceptions views and decision23 making of adversaries and the effective management and 24 conduct of operations in the information environment HR 2810 PAP 513 1 d ESTABLISHMENT 2 FICER FOR 3 ATIONS --The OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OF- INFORMATION OPERATIONS AND CYBER OPER- Secretary shall establish a position within 4 the Department of Defense known as the ''Defense Intel5 ligence Officer for Information Operations and Cyber Oper6 ations'' 7 8 9 10 11 12 e DEFINITIONS --In this section 1 The term ''head of the task force'' means the head appointed under subsection a 2 A 2 The term ''implementation plan'' means the plan required by subsection b 2 A ii 3 The term ''task force'' means the cross-func- 13 tional 14 a 1 A task force established under subsection 15 SEC 1043 PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES WITH 16 RESPECT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 17 BY 18 FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE 19 DEPARTMENT WITHIN TWO YEARS OF SEPA- 20 RATION FROM MILITARY SERVICE OR EM- 21 PLOYMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT 22 a PROHIBITION --An individual described in sub- CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE ARMED 23 section b may 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