,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cafj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #g1  
#bjbe ,ms4 ,slotkin introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for   
interagency tabletop exercises to assess
 the impacts of ,department of ,defense 
decisions during crises and evaluate    
,united ,states ,government tools       
available to augment ,department of     
,defense capabilities in competition1   
crisis1 and conflict1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4  ,interagency tabletop   
exercises to assess augment ,department 
of ,defense capabilities in competition1
 crisis1 and conflict  7a7  ,in general 
,the ,secretary of ,defense shall invite
 representatives from ,federal          
departments and agencies focused on     
economic issues1 including the          
,department of the ,treasury1 the       
,department of ,commerce1 the           
,department of ,transportation1 the     

,office of the ,united ,states ,trade   
,representative1 the ,national ,economic
 ,council1 and representatives from the 
private sector1 as appropriate1 to      
participate in unclassified ,department 
of ,defense tabletop exercises for the  
purposes of--  7#a7 assessing the       
economic impacts of ,department of      
,defense decisions during crisis and    
conflict2 and  7#b7 evaluating the      
economic tools available to the ,united 
,states ,government to augment          
,department of ,defense capabilities in 
competition1 crisis1 and conflict4  7b7 
,briefing  ,not later than ,december    
#ca1 #bjbe1 the ,secretary of ,defense  
shall provide to the congressional      
defense committees 7as that term is     
defined in section #aja7;a7 of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code7 a briefing  
on the current and planned efforts of   
the ,department of ,defense to include  
representatives from ,federal           
departments and agencies focused on     
economic issues and the private sector  

in unclassified ,department of ,defense 
tabletop exercises4