The following tables shows select reports of interest required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. The current status of these reports is based on publicly available information and inquiries to relevant congressional committee.
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This table was last updated on May 2, 2018.
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Report |
Originating Agency |
Recipient |
Due Date |
Status |
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Plan to respond in case of Russian noncompliance with the New START Treaty (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1238) |
President |
Defense & Foreign Affairs Committees |
Jan. 11, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Plan to enhance the extended deterrence and assurance capabilities of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1254) |
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the commanders of Pacific Command and Strategic Command |
Defense Committees |
January 11, 2018 |
Received |
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Report on the United States Strategy in Syria (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1221) |
President |
Defense & Foreign Affairs Committees |
February 1, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Plan for successfully fielding the integrated air and missile defense battle command system (NDAA FY18, Sec. 237) |
Secretary of the Army |
Defense Committees |
February 1, 2018 |
Received |
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Report on the review and recommended organizational and management structure for the national security space components of the Department of Defense (interim) (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1601) |
Deputy Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
March 1, 2018 |
Received (Interim reports) |
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Report on the need for a joint Chemical-Biological Defense Logistics Center (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1067) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
March 1, 2018 |
Received (Interim report) |
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Report on and notice of changes made to the legal and policy frameworks for the United States’ use of military force and related national security operations (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1264) |
President |
Defense, Foreign Affairs, & Intelligence Committees |
March 12, 2018 |
Received (Partially classified) |
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Strategy on North Korea (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1256) |
President |
Congress |
March 12, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Report on strategy to defeat Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and their associated forces and co-belligerents (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1263) |
President |
Defense & Foreign Affairs Committees |
March 12, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Recommendations for interagency vetting of foreign investments affecting national security (interim) (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1069) |
Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, & the Director of National Intelligence |
Defense, Foreign Affairs, Finance, & Intelligence Committees |
March 12, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Report on Department of Defense arctic capability and resource gaps and required infrastructure (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1054) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
March 12, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Report on strategy to prioritize United States defense interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1252) |
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State |
Defense & Foreign Affairs Committees |
March 12, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Report on impacts of nuclear proliferation (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1667) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
March 12, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Report on improvement of update process for populating mission data files used in advanced combat aircraft (NDAA FY18, Sec. 224) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
March 31, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Report on public availability of military commission proceedings (initial) (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1038) |
Comptroller General |
Defense Committees |
April 1, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Assessment of United States force posture and basing needs in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1253) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
April 1, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
|
Assessment on United States defense implications of China’s expanding global access (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1259B) |
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State |
Defense & Foreign Affairs Committees |
April 11, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Report on transfer of defense articles to units committing gross violations of human rights (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1052) |
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State |
Defense & Foreign Affairs Committees |
April 11, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Report extension of development, acquisition, and sustainment authorities of the military departments to the United States Special Operations Command (NDAA FY18, Sec. 809) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
April 11, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Report providing an evaluation of the impact to national security of current United States policy regarding proliferation of complete unmanned aerial vehicle systems under Category I of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1068) |
Secretary of Defense & Secretary of State |
Defense, Foreign Affairs & Appropriations Committees |
April 11, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Strategy to counter the threat of malign influence by the Russian Federation (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1239A) |
Secretary of Defense & Secretary of State |
Defense, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Judiciary, & Intelligence Committees, plus Senate Banking |
April 11, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Annual report on civilian casualties in connection with United States military operations (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1057) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
May 1, 2018* |
OVERDUE |
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Comprehensive review of maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting capabilities (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1066) |
Secretary of the Navy |
Defense Committees |
May 1, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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Report on termination of dual-hat arrangement for commander of the United States Cyber Command (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1648) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense & Intelligence Committees |
May 1, 2018 |
OVERDUE |
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National Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1094) |
President |
Defense, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Judiciary, & Intelligence Committees |
June 1, 2018 |
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Plan to counter threats from the Russian Federation (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1239) |
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, and in consultation with the each of the Secretaries of the military departments, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the commanders of each of the regional and functional combatant commands |
Defense Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
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Anticorruption strategy (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1279) |
Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, & the USAID Administrator |
Defense & Foreign Affairs Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
|
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Report on military action of Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners in Yemen (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1265) |
Secretary of Defense & Secretary of State |
Defense & Foreign Affairs Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
|
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Security and stability strategy for Somalia (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1271) |
President |
Defense, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, & Appropriations Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
|
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United States military and diplomatic strategy for Yemen (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1275) |
President |
Defense, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, & Appropriations Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
|
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Strategic Cybersecurity Program (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1640) |
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the NSA Director |
Defense Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
|
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Recommendations for interagency vetting of foreign investment affecting national security (final) (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1069) |
Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, & the Director of National Intelligence |
Defense, Foreign Affairs, Finance, & Intelligence Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
|
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Department of Defense review of Navy capabilities in the Arctic region (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1065) |
Secretary of the Navy |
Defense Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
|
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Plan on improvement of ability of national security forces of foreign countries participating in United States capacity building programs to protect civilians (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1209) |
Secretary of Defense & Secretary of State |
Defense, Foreign Affairs, & Appropriations Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
|
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Strategy to improve defense institutions and security sector forces in Nigeria (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1279A) |
President |
Defense, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, & Appropriations Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
|
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Plan for integration of strategic information operations and cyber-enabled information operations (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1637) |
“Designated Senior Official” (Defense) |
Defense Committees |
June 10, 2018 |
|
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Report on the review and recommended organizational and management structure for the national security space components of the Department of Defense (final) (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1601) |
Deputy Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
August 1, 2018 |
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Study on United States interests in the Freely Associated States (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1259D) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
December 1, 2018 |
|
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Report on effects of climate change on Department of Defense (NDAA FY18, Sec. 335) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
December 12, 2018 |
|
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Report on public availability of military commission proceedings (final) (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1038) |
Comptroller General |
Defense Committees |
December 12, 2018 |
|
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Report on the global food system and vulnerabilities relevant to Department of Defense missions (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1075) |
Secretary of Defense |
Defense Committees |
December 12, 2018 |
|
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Comptroller General of the United States report on pricing and availability with respect to foreign military sales (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1268) |
Comptroller General |
Defense & Foreign Affairs Committees |
December 12, 2018 |
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Assessment of global force posture (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1060) |
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commanders of the combatant commands |
Defense Committees |
December 31, 2018 |
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Plan to manage Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment System and multi-domain sensors (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1669) |
Secretary of the Air Force |
Defense Committees |
February 12, 2019 |
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Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States From Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks and Similar Events (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1691) |
Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks and Similar Events |
President, Secretary of Defense, Defense Committees |
April 1, 2019 |
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Policy of the United States on cyberspace, cybersecurity, and cyber warfare (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1633) |
President |
Defense, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, & Judiciary Committees |
No deadline |
Received (Classified) |
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Nuclear Posture Review (NDAA FY18, Sec. 1671) |
Defense Department |
President & Defense Committees |
No deadline |
*Media reports indicate that the Pentagon has now committed to complete this report by June 1, 2018.