Establishment of Ukraine Lessons Learned Task Force

(a) Establishment Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall establish a joint interagency task force, to be known as the Ukraine Lessons Learned Task Force (referred to in this section as the Task Force). (b) Purposes The purposes of the Task Force are— (1) identifying, evaluating, and synthesizing key battlefield innovations, operational practices, and defense strategies employed by Ukraine in its resistance to Russian aggression; (2) assessing the relevance of such lessons to United States military doctrine, training, logistics, acquisition, and strategic planning; (3) recommending specific changes or pilot programs to integrate such lessons into United States defense systems; (4) identify vulnerabilities in United States systems highlighted by Ukraine’s experience, including through joint operations such as Operation Spider Web; and (5) coordinate with NATO allies and Ukrainian defense counterparts, as appropriate. (c) Reporting requirements (1) Annual report to Congress Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that contains— (A) a summary of the findings and assessments conducted by the Task Force; (B) recommendations for changes to doctrine, training, acquisition, or organizational structure; (C) an overview of any pilot programs or implementation actions taken in response to such recommendations; and (D) a classified annex with detailed assessments, to the extent necessary. (2) Public version An unclassified version of the report required under paragraph (1) that excludes sensitive and classified information shall be made available to the public through a public website. (d) Integration into military training and strategy The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall ensure that relevant findings from the Task Force are— (1) incorporated into professional military education curricula, including at the National Defense University, service academies, and war colleges; (2) reflected in joint and service-specific training exercises and war games; and (3) considered in the development of future operational concepts and planning scenarios. (e) NATO and allied coordination The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall coordinate with NATO allies— (1) to share and compare assessments of lessons learned from Ukraine’s defense; (2) to promote interoperability in defense innovation; and (3) to explore the establishment of a multilateral Defense Innovation Lessons Hub or similar mechanism. (f) Sunset This section shall cease to have any force or effect beginning on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.