,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ibic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #b1 #bjbd,ms4
 ,slotkin introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct
 the ,under ,secretary of ,defense for  
,intelligence and ,security to provide  
to the congressional defense committees 
a briefing on challenges relating to    
information operations1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,briefing on challenges  
relating to information operations  7a7 
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,information operations  
play a critical role in the ability for 
,united ,states policymakers1           
intelligence professionals1 national    
security operators1 and others to       
influence operational environments in   
key theaters worldwide4  7#b7           
,information operations1 through        
military information support operations1
 allow the ,united ,states to be        
proactive1 shaping events rather than   

reacting to them4  7#c7 ,however1       
persistent challenges remain across the 
enduring1 deliberate1 and dynamic time  
horizons1 including-- 7,a7 lack of      
awareness and situational understanding 
of the information environment2  7,b7   
lack of understanding of influence      
messaging time horizons2 and  7,c7 lack 
of support to target audience analysis  
and assessment of ,united ,states       
operational efforts in the information  
environment4  7b7 ,briefing ,the ,under 
,secretary of ,defense for ,intelligence
 and ,security shall provide to the     
congressional defense committees a      
briefing on concrete steps taken by the 
,department of ,defense to address      
challenges relating to information      
operations1 in partnership with the     
intelligence community1 so ,united      
,states information operations are      
better integrated across the whole of   
,government4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3 7#a7 ,the term congressional   
defense committees has the meaning given

 such term in section #aja7;a77#af7 of  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,the term intelligence community has the
 meaning given such term in section     
#c7d7 of the ,national ,security ,act of
 #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc7d774