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.
This bill mandates the Secretary of Defense to conduct unclassified interagency tabletop exercises , inviting representatives from federal departments and agencies focused on economic issues, including the Departments of the Treasury and Commerce, and potentially the private sector. These exercises are designed to assess the economic impacts of Department of Defense decisions during crises and conflicts. A key purpose is also to evaluate the economic tools available to the United States Government for augmenting DoD capabilities across competition, crisis, and conflict scenarios. Additionally, the Secretary of Defense must provide a briefing to congressional defense committees by December 31, 2025, detailing efforts to include these economic and private sector entities in the exercises.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National Security
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.
USA119th CongressS-3160| Senate
| Updated: 11/7/2025
This bill mandates the Secretary of Defense to conduct unclassified interagency tabletop exercises , inviting representatives from federal departments and agencies focused on economic issues, including the Departments of the Treasury and Commerce, and potentially the private sector. These exercises are designed to assess the economic impacts of Department of Defense decisions during crises and conflicts. A key purpose is also to evaluate the economic tools available to the United States Government for augmenting DoD capabilities across competition, crisis, and conflict scenarios. Additionally, the Secretary of Defense must provide a briefing to congressional defense committees by December 31, 2025, detailing efforts to include these economic and private sector entities in the exercises.