124 STAT. 4362 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 (6) The deployment and provision of capability for radio communications interoperability between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. (7) The construction of checkpoints along the southern land border of the United States. (8) The use of additional mobile patrols by military or civilian personnel, particularly in rural, high-trafficked areas, as designated by the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations SEC. 1061. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORTS REQUIRED BY LAW. (a) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 122 the following new section: ‘‘§ 122a. Public availability of Department of Defense reports required by law ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each report described in subsection (b) is made available to the public, upon request submitted on or after the date on which such report is submitted to Congress, through the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. ‘‘(b) COVERED REPORTS.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a report described in this subsection is any report that is required by law to be submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense, or by any element of the Department of Defense. ‘‘(2) A report otherwise described in paragraph (1) is not a report described in this subsection if the report contains— ‘‘(A) classified information; ‘‘(B) proprietary information; ‘‘(C) information that is exempt from disclosure under sec- tion 552 of title 5 (commonly referred to as the ‘Freedom of Information Act’); or ‘‘(D) any other type of information that the Secretary of Defense determines should not be made available to the public in the interest of national security.’’. (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 122 the following new item: ‘‘122a. Public availability of Department of Defense reports required by law.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 122a of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to reports that are required by law to be submitted to Congress on or after that date. 10 USC 122a note.
