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119-s-3160119th Congress

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 competition, crisis, and conflict, and for other purposes.

Sponsored By: Senator Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI]

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Summary

Integrating economic agencies into Defense tabletop exercises to assess how economic decisions shape outcomes in competition, crisis, and conflict. The bill would bring five economic-focused agencies and private-sector experts into unclassified Department of Defense exercises and require a briefing to congressional defense committees by December 31, 2025.

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  • Military planners: Would require the Department of Defense to run unclassified tabletop exercises that assess the economic impacts of DoD decisions and evaluate economic tools to augment DoD capabilities in competition, crisis, and conflict.
  • Economic agencies and the private sector: Would invite the Department of the Treasury, Department of Commerce, Department of Transportation, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and the National Economic Council, plus private-sector representatives when appropriate, to participate in those exercises.
  • Congress and oversight: Would require the Secretary of Defense to brief the congressional defense committees by December 31, 2025 on current and planned efforts to include these participants in unclassified exercises.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

DoD invites economic agencies to exercises

This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to invite economic agencies and private-sector people to unclassified DoD tabletop exercises. Agencies to be invited include Treasury, Commerce, Transportation, USTR, and the National Economic Council. The exercises would study the economic impacts of DoD decisions in competition, crisis, and conflict. They would also evaluate economic tools the U.S. government could use to support DoD. The Secretary would brief the congressional defense committees on current and planned efforts by December 31, 2025.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI]

MI • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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