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‘‘(C) develop a plan for the Department of De-
fense to acquire needed joint capabilities and divest 
itself of unneeded capabilities, based on the extended 
planning annexes prepared under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘operational and 
contingency plans’ means plans prepared by a commander 
of a combatant command to carry out missions assigned 
to the command under section 164 of this title.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE
FOR FIRST EXTENDED PLANNING 
ANNEXES.—The first extended planning annexes under 
section 181(f) of title 10, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a), shall be submitted under that section 
not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 951. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONSIDERATION OF 
EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON DEPART-
MENT FACILITIES, CAPABILITIES, AND MIS-
SIONS. 
Section 118 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) CONSIDERATION
OF
EFFECT
OF
CLIMATE 
CHANGE
ON DEPARTMENT FACILITIES, CAPABILITIES, 
AND MISSIONS.—(1) The first national security strategy
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and national defense strategy prepared after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection shall include guidance for 
military planners— 
‘‘(A) to assess the risks of projected climate 
change to current and future missions of the armed 
forces; 
‘‘(B) to update defense plans based on these as-
sessments, including working with allies and part-
ners to incorporate climate mitigation strategies, ca-
pacity building, and relevant research and develop-
ment; and 
‘‘(C) to develop the capabilities needed to re-
duce future impacts. 
‘‘(2) The first quadrennial defense review prepared 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection shall 
also examine the capabilities of the armed forces to re-
spond to the consequences of climate change, in particular, 
preparedness for natural disasters from extreme weather 
events and other missions the armed forces may be asked 
to support inside the United States and overseas. 
‘‘(3) For planning purposes to comply with the re-
quirements of this subsection, the Secretary of Defense 
shall use—
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‘‘(A) the mid-range projections of the fourth as-
sessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change; 
‘‘(B) subsequent mid-range consensus climate 
projections if more recent information is available 
when the next national security strategy, national 
defense strategy, or quadrennial defense review, as 
the case may be, is conducted; and 
‘‘(C) findings of appropriate and available esti-
mations or studies of the anticipated strategic, so-
cial, political, and economic effects of global climate 
change and the implications of such effects on the 
national security of the United States. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘national security 
strategy’ means the annual national security strategy re-
port of the President under section 108 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a).’’. 
SEC. 952. INTERAGENCY POLICY COORDINATION. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall develop and submit to Congress a plan to 
improve and reform the interagency coordination process 
on national security issues. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The elements of the plan shall in-
clude the following:
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(1) Assigning either the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Policy or another official to be the lead pol-
icy official for improving and reforming the inter-
agency coordination process on national security 
issues for the Department of Defense, with an expla-
nation of any decision to name an official other than 
the Under Secretary and the relative advantages and 
disadvantages of such decision. 
(2) Giving the official assigned under para-
graph (1) the following responsibilities: 
(A) To be the lead person at the Depart-
ment of Defense for the development of policy 
affecting the national security interagency proc-
ess. 
(B) To serve, or designate a person to 
serve, as the representative of the Department 
of Defense in Federal Government forums es-
tablished to address interagency policy, plan-
ning, or reforms. 
(C) To advocate, on behalf of the Sec-
retary, for greater interagency coordination and 
contributions in the execution of the National 
Security Strategy and particularly specific oper-
ational objectives undertaken pursuant to that 
strategy.
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(D) To make recommendations to the Sec-
retary of Defense on changes to existing De-
partment of Defense regulations or laws to im-
prove the interagency process. 
(E) To serve as the coordinator for all 
planning and training assistance that is— 
(i) designed to improve the inter-
agency process or the capabilities of other 
agencies to work with the Department of 
Defense; and 
(ii) provided by the Department of 
Defense at the request of other agencies. 
(F) To serve as the lead official in Depart-
ment of Defense for the development of 
deployable joint interagency task forces. 
(c) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In drafting the 
plan, the Secretary of Defense shall also consider the fol-
lowing factors: 
(1) How the official assigned under subsection 
(b)(1) shall provide input to the Secretary of De-
fense on an ongoing basis on how to incorporate the 
need to coordinate with other agencies into the es-
tablishment and reform of combatant commands. 
(2) How such official shall develop and make 
recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on a
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regular or an ongoing basis on changes to military 
and civilian personnel to improve interagency coordi-
nation. 
(3) How such official shall work with the com-
batant command that has the mission for joint 
warfighting experimentation and other interested 
agencies to develop exercises to test and validate 
interagency planning and capabilities. 
(4) How such official shall lead, coordinate, or 
participate in after-action reviews of operations, 
tests, and exercises to capture lessons learned re-
garding the functioning of the interagency process 
and how those lessons learned will be disseminated. 
(5) The role of such official in ensuring that fu-
ture defense planning guidance takes into account 
the capabilities and needs of other agencies. 
(d) RECOMMENDATION ON CHANGES IN LAW.—The 
Secretary of Defense may submit with the plan or with 
any future budget submissions recommendations for any 
changes to law that are required to enhance the ability 
of the official assigned under subsection (b)(1) in the De-
partment of Defense to coordinate defense interagency ef-
forts or to improve the ability of the Department of De-
fense to work with other agencies.
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(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—If an official is named by the 
Secretary of Defense under subsection (b)(1), the official 
shall annually submit to Congress a report, beginning in 
the fiscal year following the naming of the official, on 
those actions taken by the Department of Defense to en-
hance national security interagency coordination, the 
views of the Department of Defense on efforts and chal-
lenges in improving the ability of agencies to work to-
gether, and suggestions on changes needed to laws or reg-
ulations that would enhance the coordination of efforts of 
agencies. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘inter-
agency coordination’’, within the context of Department 
of Defense involvement, means the coordination that oc-
curs between elements of the Department of Defense and 
engaged Federal Government agencies for the purpose of 
achieving an objective. 
(g) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this provision shall 
be construed as preventing the Secretary of Defense from 
naming an official with the responsibilities listed in sub-
section (b) before the submission of the report required 
under this section.
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SEC. 
953. 
EXPANSION 
OF 
EMPLOYMENT 
CREDITABLE 
UNDER SERVICE AGREEMENTS UNDER NA-
TIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 802 of the 
David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 
(50 U.S.C. 1902), as most recently amended by section 
945 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2367), is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) for not less than one academic 
year in a position in the field of education 
in a discipline related to the study sup-
ported by the program if the recipient 
demonstrates to the Secretary of Defense 
that no position is available in the depart-
ments, agencies, and offices covered by 
clauses (i) and (ii); or’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) for not less than one academic 
year in a position in the field of education 
in a discipline related to the study sup-
ported by the program if the recipient 
demonstrates to the Secretary of Defense 
that no position is available in the depart-
ments, agencies, and offices covered by 
clauses (i) and (ii); and’’. 
SEC. 954. STUDY OF NATIONAL SECURITY INTERAGENCY 
SYSTEM. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
may enter into an agreement with an independent, non-
profit, nonpartisan organization to conduct a study on the 
national security interagency system. 
(b) REPORT.—The agreement entered into under 
subsection (a) shall require the organization to submit to 
Congress and the President a report containing the results 
of the study conducted pursuant to such agreement and 
any recommendations for changes to the national security 
interagency system (including legislative or regulatory 
changes). 
(c) SUBMISSION DATE.—The agreement entered into 
under subsection (a) shall require the organization to sub-
mit the report required under subsection (b) not later than