Washington, D.C. – Led by Ranking Member Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Chairman Jack Bergman (R-MI), the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations today released its proposals for the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Subcommittee will meet at 3:30pm ET on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 in Rayburn 2212. The markup will be live streamed on the committee’s website. The Subcommittee's mark is available here. 
 
 
Special Operations Force (SOF) Structure

  • Requires a review from the military service secretaries, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict and the Commander of Special Operations Command, to ensure the force structure and personnel requirements for Special Operations Forces are appropriate to support the National Defense Strategy to counter China and participate in Great Power Competition.

 
Authorization for Establishment of the National Space Intelligence Center as a Field Operating Agency

  • Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish the National Space Intelligence Center as a field operating agency of the Space Force.

 
Modification to Combatant Commander Initiative Fund

  • Provides geographic combatant commanders with flexible spending authority for incremental expenses related to security cooperation activities in order to respond more quickly to U.S. partners’ and allies’ immediate needs.

 
Codifies Sec. 1202 Support of Special Operations for Irregular Warfare

  • Codifies in U.S. Code Sec. 1202 – Support of Special Operations for Irregular Warfare from the FY18 NDAA.

 
Modifications to Security Cooperation Workforce

  • Continues the significant and comprehensive reform of DoD’s security cooperation workforce begun in the FY17 NDAA.
  • Revises security cooperation workforce training and management to address shortfalls in delivering foreign military sales and other programs to provide equipment and training to partners.
  • Establishes mechanisms to ensure the workforce is trained and managed to get the right people, with the right training, in the right job, at the right time.
  • Reinforces DoD’s initiative to establish a training and career management pathway for security cooperation officers akin to the defense attaché service.
  • Establishes the “FMS Center of Excellence” to improve the focus on training and education.

Requires the Comptroller General to submit reports on practices related to end-use monitoring of equipment provided to foreign countries through Foreign Military Sales to ensure our partners account for the equipment properly and U.S. tax dollars are being used appropriately.