S.Amdt. 6651

SA 6651. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1229A. 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 Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, the Director of
National Intelligence, 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) identifying vulnerabilities in United States systems
highlighted by Ukraine's experience, including through joint
operations such as Operation Spider Web; and
(5) coordinating 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
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the
Director of National Intelligence, and the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that includes--
(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.
(g) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
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