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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 · Pub. L. 118-159 · sec. 1609(b)

Middle East Integrated Space and Satellite Security Assessment: Report

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Deadline
One-time deadline passedDec. 23, 2025
Recurrence
One-time
Duty holder
Secretary of Defense
Recipients
Appropriate Members of Congress (term defined in the act)
Enacted
Dec. 23, 2024
Location
Division A, Title XVI, Subtitle A

Statutory Text

(b) Report.—

(1) In general.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the assessment conducted under subsection (a).

(2) Form of report.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.

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 one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Dec. 23, 2024 + 1 year = Dec. 23, 2025.
  3. As of Nov. 11, 2026: one-time deadline passed on Dec. 23, 2025.

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.

Cite the provision Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Pub. L. No. 118-159, div. A, § 1609(b), 138 Stat. 1773 (2024).

Cite this page Middle East Forum, “Middle East Integrated Space and Satellite Security Assessment: Report,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl118-159-da-s1609-b.html.