H.R. 1540
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
This version of H.R. 1540, known as the Chairman’s “Mark,” was released by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon on May 9, 2011.[*] It contains the mark-up of H.R. 1540 that McKeon intends to bring the May 11, 2011 mark-upof the Act. For an updated version of this bill, see .
References to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
> Pages 30-32
SEC. 1224. [LOG #281, JS, MAEl538] REPORT ON MILITARY
AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING
THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
KOREA.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2012, and
March 1, 2013, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the specified congressional committees a report, in both
classified and unclassified form, on the current and future
military power of the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea (in this section referred to as ‘‘North Korea’’). The
report shall address the current and probable future
course of military-technological development of the North
Korean military and the tenets and probable development
of North Korean security strategy and military strategy,
and of military organizations and operational concepts,
through the next 20 years.
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—A report required
under subsection (a) shall include at least the following
elements:
(1) An assessment of the security situation on
the Korean peninsula.
(2) The goals and factors shaping North Korean
security strategy and military strategy.
(3) Trends in North Korean security and military
behavior that would be designed to achieve, or
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1 that are inconsistent with, the goals described in
2 paragraph (2).
4) An assessment of North Korea’s regional
security objectives, including those that would affect
South Korea, Japan, the People’s Republic of China,
and Russia.
(5) A detailed assessment of the sizes, locations,
and capabilities of North Korean strategic,
special operations, land, sea, and air forces.
(6) Developments in North Korean military
doctrine and training.
(7) An assessment of the proliferation activities
of North Korea, as either a supplier or a consumer
of materials or technologies relating to nuclear
weapons or other weapons of mass destruction or
missile systems.
(8) Other military and security developments
involving North Korea that the Secretary of Defense
considers relevant to United States national security.
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘‘specified
congressional committees’’ means—
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Last Updated May 10, 2011
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