12 2 STA T .374PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 tha tha veno t b een a c h i eve ds ha l l incl u de a discussion o f the facto r s that have p recluded pro g ress .‘ ‘ (C)A description of an y co m panion or e q uivalent plan of the G overnment of I raq used to measure progress for Iraqi S ecurity F orces underta k ing j oint operations w ith Coalition Forces. ’ ’
and (C) by adding at the end the following
‘‘( 7 ) An assessment of the levels of U nited States Armed Forces required in Iraq for the si x- month period following the date of the report , the missions to be undertaken by the Armed Forces in Iraq for such period, and the incremental costs or savings of any proposed changes to such levels or missions. ‘‘( 8 ) A description of the range of conditions that could prompt changes to the levels of United States Armed Forces required in Iraq for the six-month period following the date of the report or the missions to be undertaken by the Armed Forces in Iraq for such period, including the status of planning for such changes to the levels or missions of the Armed Forces in Iraq.’’. ( 2 ) EF F ECTIV E DA TE. —T he amendments made by paragraph ( 1 ) shall apply with respect to each report required to be sub- mitted to Congress under section 1227(c) of the N ational D efense Authori z ation Act for Fiscal Y ear 2 0 0 6 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) C ONGR E S SIONA LB RIEFINGS R E QU IRED.—Such section is fur- ther amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Not later than 3 0 days after the submission of the first report under subsection (c) on or after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the J oint Chiefs of Staff shall meet with the congressional defense committees to brief such committees on the matters described in paragraphs (7) and (8) of subsection (c) contained in the report. Not later than 30 days after the submission of each subsequent report under subsection (c), appropriate senior officials of the Department of Defense shall meet with the congres- sional defense committees to brief such committees on the matters described in paragraphs (7) and (8) of subsection (c) contained in the report.’’. SEC.12 2 4 . R E PO R T O NA CO M PRE H ENS IV ESETO F PERFORMANCE IN D ICATORS AND MEAS U RES FOR PRO G RESS TO W ARD MI L ITAR Y AND POLITICAL STA B ILITY IN IRA Q . (a) RE P ORT.—Section 9 010(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 (division A of P ublic L aw 109 – 289; 120 Stat. 1307) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(B)— (A) by striking ‘‘and trends’’ and inserting ‘‘trends’’; and (B) by adding at the end before the period the following: ‘‘, and progress made in the transition of responsibility for the security of Iraqi provinces to the Iraqi Security Forces under the Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) process’’; and (2) in paragraph (2)— Deadlin e s.
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