Coordinator for hybrid warfare accountability

(a) Designation Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall designate a senior official from among existing officers or employees of the Department of State, who shall report to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, to serve as the principal official responsible for coordinating all United States interagency and allied engagement on hybrid warfare (in this section referred to as the Coordinator). (b) Duties The Coordinator shall oversee the efforts of the Department of State relating to the following: (1) Assessing, integrating, and disseminating information on hybrid warfare activities, including Chinese and Russian-linked efforts as well as those of non-state actors, for use in diplomatic engagement, interagency strategy, and allied coordination. (2) Identifying analytic and operational gaps in the United States understanding of hybrid threats and developing recommendations to address those gaps. (3) Coordinating within NATO and among NATO allies, as well as with other key partners, such as South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, to facilitate timely information sharing, including the exchange of assessments, and to support the development of aligned response strategies among allied and partner countries. (4) Supporting resilience and de-risking efforts with allies and partners in sectors vulnerable to foreign coercion, including critical infrastructure, telecommunications, energy, and strategic materials. (c) Plan Not later than 60 days after the designation of a Coordinator pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees— (1) the name of the official designated as the Coordinator; and (2) a strategy describing the manner in which the Coordinator will support the Department of State and interagency efforts to address hybrid threats. (d) Report Not later than 1 year after the designation of a Coordinator pursuant to subsection (a), and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Coordinator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the following: (1) Key assessments and findings on hybrid warfare activities. (2) Progress on interagency and allied coordination. (3) Measures taken to support resilience and de-risking efforts with allies and partners. (e) Form Each report required by this section may be submitted in classified form as necessary to protect sensitive sources and methods. (f) Hybrid warfare activities defined For purposes of this section, the term hybrid warfare activities refers to the use of a combination of military and non-military, as well as covert and overt, means to influence, destabilize, or undermine United States interests abroad. Such activities may include the following among others: (1) Information campaigns targeting United States interests. (2) Cyber-attacks. (3) Economic pressure, coercion, or manipulation. (4) Deployment of operatives, irregular armed groups, and uses of regular forces in ways that threaten United States or allied interests. (5) The deliberate weaponization or exploitation of migration flows to exert political, economic, or security pressure on the United States or its allies. (6) Sabotage, damage, or disruption of critical onshore or offshore infrastructure, including energy, telecommunications, or undersea infrastructure. (7) Targeted assassinations or attempted assassinations undertaken as part of a broader effort to intimidate, destabilize, or coerce.