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mit to Congress a report on the threats posed to the United
States from ungoverned areas, including the threats to the
United States from terrorist groups and individuals located
in such areas who direct their activities against the United
States and its allies.
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A description of the intelligence capabilities
and skills required by the United States Government
to support United States policy aimed at managing
the threats described in subsection (a), including, spe-
cifically, the technical, linguistic, and analytical ca-
pabilities and the skills required by the Department
of Defense and the Department of State.
(2) An assessment of the extent to which the De-
partment of Defense and the Department of State pos-
sess the capabilities described in paragraph (1) as
well as the necessary resources and organization to
support United States policy aimed at managing the
threats described in subsection (a).
(3) A description of the extent to which the im-
plementation of Department of Defense Directive
3000.05, entitled ‘‘Military Support for Stability, Se-
curity, Transition, and Reconstruction Operations’’,
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will support United States policy for managing such
threats.
(4) A description of the actions, if any, to be
taken to improve the capabilities and skills of the De-
partment of Defense and the Department of State de-
scribed in paragraph (1), and the schedule for imple-
menting any actions so described.
SEC. 1043. STUDY ON NATIONAL SECURITY INTERAGENCY
SYSTEM.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall
enter into an agreement with an independent, non-profit,
non-partisan organization to conduct a study on the na-
tional security interagency system.
(b) REPORT.—The agreement entered into under sub-
section (a) shall require the organization to submit to Con-
gress 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 inter-
agency system (including legislative or regulatory changes)
identified by the organization as a result of the study.
(c) SUBMITTAL DATE.—The agreement entered into
under subsection (a) shall require the organization to sub-
mit the report required under subsection (a) not later than
180 days after the date on which the Secretary makes funds
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available to the organization under subsection (e) for pur-
poses of the study.
(d) NATIONAL SECURITY INTERAGENCY SYSTEM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘national security inter-
agency system’’ means the structures, mechanisms, and
processes by which the departments, agencies, and elements
of the Federal Government that have national security mis-
sions coordinate and integrate their policies, capabilities,
expertise, and activities to accomplish such missions.
(e) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount authorized to
be appropriated by section 301(5) for operation and
maintenance for Defense-wide activities, not more
than $3,000,000 may be available to carry out this
section.
(2) MATCHING
FUNDING
REQUIREMENT.—The
amount provided by the Secretary for the agreement
entered into under subsection (a) may not exceed the
value of contributions (whether money or in-kind con-
tributions) obtained and provided by the organization
for the study from non-government sources.
(f) FOCUS ON IMPROVING INTERAGENCY COOPERATION
IN POST-CONFLICT CONTINGENCY RELIEF
AND RECON-
STRUCTION OPERATIONS.—
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(1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following
findings:
(A) The interagency coordination and inte-
gration of the United States Government for the
planning and execution of overseas post-conflict
contingency relief and reconstruction operations
requires reform.
(B) Recent operations, most notably in
Iraq, lacked the necessary consistent and effective
interagency coordination and integration in
planning and execution.
(C) Although the unique circumstances asso-
ciated with the Iraq reconstruction effort are
partly responsible for this weak coordination, ex-
isting structural weaknesses within the planning
and execution processes for such operations indi-
cate that the problems encountered in the Iraq
program could recur in future operations unless
action is taken to reform and improve inter-
departmental integration in planning and execu-
tion.
(D) The agencies involved in the Iraq pro-
gram have attempted to adapt to the relentless
demands of the reconstruction effort, but more
substantive and permanent reforms are required
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for the United States Government to be opti-
mally prepared for future operations.
(E) The fresh body of evidence developed
from the Iraq relief and reconstruction experi-
ence provides a good basis and timely oppor-
tunity to pursue meaningful improvements with-
in and among the departments charged with
managing the planning and execution of such
operations.
(F) The success achieved in departmental
integration of overseas conflict management
through the Goldwater-Nichols Department of
Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (Public Law
99–433; 100 Stat. 992) provides precedent for
Congress to consider legislation designed to pro-
mote increased cooperation and integration
among the primary Federal departments and
agencies charged with managing post-conflict
contingency reconstruction and relief operations.
(2) INCLUSION IN STUDY.—The study conducted
under subsection (a) shall include the following ele-
ments:
(A) A synthesis of past studies evaluating
the successes and failures of previous interagency
efforts at planning and executing post-conflict