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SEC. 1013. JOINT PROCEDURES FOR OPERATIONAL COORDINATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

AGENCY.

                                                                                                                                                                                                

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    (a) Development of Procedures.--The Director of National

Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and

the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, shall develop

joint procedures to be used by the Department of Defense and

the Central Intelligence Agency to improve the coordination and

deconfliction of operations that involve elements of both the

Armed Forces and the Central Intelligence Agency consistent

with national security and the protection of human intelligence

sources and methods. Those procedures shall, at a minimum,

provide the following:

            (1) Methods by which the Director of the Central

        Intelligence Agency and the Secretary of Defense can

        improve communication and coordination in the planning,

        execution, and sustainment of operations, including, as

        a minimum--

                    (A) information exchange between senior

                officials of the Central Intelligence Agency

                and senior officers and officials of the

                Department of Defense when planning for such an

                operation commences by either organization; and

                    (B) exchange of information between the

                Secretary and the Director of the Central

                Intelligence Agency to ensure that senior

                operational officials in both the Department of

                Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency

                have knowledge of the existence of the ongoing

                operations of the other.

            (2) When appropriate, in cases where the Department

        of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency are

        conducting separate missions in the same geographical

        area, a mutual agreement on the tactical and strategic

        objectives for the region and a clear delineation of

        operational responsibilities to prevent conflict and

        duplication of effort.

    (b) Implementation Report.--Not later than 180 days after

the date of the enactment of the Act, the Director of National

Intelligence shall submit to the congressional defense

committees (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United

States Code) and the congressional intelligence committees (as

defined in section 3(7) of the National Security Act of 1947

(50 U.S.C. 401a(7))) a report describing the procedures

established pursuant to subsection (a) and the status of the

implementation of those procedures.

                                                                                                                                                                                                

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