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A bill to provide for interagency tabletop exercises to assess the impacts of Department of Defense decisions during crises and evaluate United States Government tools available to augment Department of Defense capabilities in competition, crisis, and conflict, and for other purposes.
To provide for interagency tabletop exercises to assess the impacts of Department of Defense decisions during crises and evaluate United States Government tools available to augment Department of Defense capabilities in competition, crisis, and conflict, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Defense to invite representatives from federal economic agencies and the private sector to participate in Department of Defense tabletop exercises. The economic agencies to be invited include the Treasury Department, Commerce Department, Transportation Department, Office of the United States Trade Representative, and the National Economic Council. The exercises are designed to assess the economic impacts of Defense Department decisions during crises and conflicts and to evaluate economic tools available to augment military capabilities. The Secretary of Defense must brief congressional defense committees by December 31, 2025, on current and planned efforts to include these economic representatives in Defense Department tabletop exercises. The exercises are to be conducted on an unclassified basis.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI)
Actions (2)
- Nov 7, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
- Nov 7, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 7, 2025
Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To provide for interagency tabletop exercises to assess the impacts of Department of Defense decisions during crises and evaluate United States Government tools available to augment Department of Defense capabilities in competition, crisis, and conflict, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INTERAGENCY TABLETOP EXERCISES TO ASSESS AUGMENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CAPABILITIES IN COMPETITION, CRISIS, AND CONFLICT.
(a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense shall invite representatives from Federal departments and agencies focused on economic issues, including the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Transportation, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the National Economic Council, and representatives from the private sector, as appropriate, to participate in unclassified Department of Defense tabletop exercises for the purposes of—
(1) assessing the economic impacts of Department of Defense decisions during crisis and conflict; and
(2) evaluating the economic tools available to the United States Government to augment Department of Defense capabilities in competition, crisis, and conflict.
(b) Briefing.—Not later than December 31, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees (as that term is defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) a briefing on the current and planned efforts of the Department of Defense to include representatives from Federal departments and agencies focused on economic issues and the private sector in unclassified Department of Defense tabletop exercises. <all>
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