Notification Relating to Plan of Action

Statutory Text

(b) Notification Relating to Plan of Action.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter until the plan of action required by section 1266 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is developed and implemented, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees of the reasons for the delay in developing and implementing the plan.

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 118-159 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

1. Enacted Dec. 23, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-159).
2. Text: “Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Dec. 23, 2024 + 120 days = Apr. 22, 2025.
3. Recurs every 120 days, running from the first deadline: Apr. 22, 2025 + k × 120 days.
4. Text ends the recurrence when a condition is met (“until the plan of action required by section 1266 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31”); dates continue until public evidence shows it was met.
5. As of Nov. 11, 2026: next deadline Dec. 13, 2026 (32 days away); previous Aug. 15, 2026.

Delivery Status

Not publicly verifiable

Public Evidence

• No public document located that shows delivery.

Evidence Searched

• GovInfo Congressionally Mandated Reports collection: 1,209 packages listed; titles searched for Middle East terms; 55 State, Defense, Treasury and executive-office summaries checked for citations to Pub. L. 118-159 (0 found) (Oct. 17, 2026)
• MEF hand review: evidence.json, items with a link and a note on what the document shows (Oct. 17, 2026)

A status of “Reported late by GAO, committee or agency” appears only with a linked GAO, committee or agency statement. Reports sent only to committees, or in classified form, leave no public trace; their absence here is not evidence of a missed deadline.

Review

• Machine-extracted by rule from the public law text; awaiting named human review.