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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · Pub. L. 119-60 · sec. 1226(b)

Plan

Not publicly verifiableStrategy or plan
Deadline
One-time deadline passedJune 30, 2026
Recurrence
One-time
Duty holder
Secretary of State
Recipients
Congressional defense committees (term defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(16))
Enacted
Dec. 18, 2025
Location
Division A, Title XII, Subtitle C

Statutory Text

(b) Plan.—

(1) In general.—Not later than June 30, 2026, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Central Command and in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that describes the plan of the Department of Defense to provide assistance under subsection (a).

(2) Elements.—The plan required by paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, include the following elements:

(A) A description of the existing authorities to provide the assistance described in subsection (a) to the Government of Jordan and the Government of Lebanon.

(B) A description of the strategic objectives of the assistance described in subsection (a), including specific capability gaps that such assistance seeks to address and the recipient units of the military forces of Jordan and Lebanon for such assistance.

(C) An identification of any opportunities to transfer military equipment, including aircraft and unmanned systems, from existing inventory of the Department of Defense to bolster the capabilities of the military forces of Jordan.

(D) A rubric for assessing the progress of the Lebanese armed forces in disarming Hezbollah, and options for suspending assistance to the Lebanese armed forces if it is determined that such forces are unwilling to act to disarm Hezbollah.

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 119-60 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

  1. Enacted Dec. 18, 2025 (Pub. L. 119-60).
  2. Text sets a calendar date: June 30, 2026.
  3. As of Nov. 11, 2026: one-time deadline passed on June 30, 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. 119-60 (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 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Pub. L. No. 119-60, div. A, § 1226(b), 139 Stat. 718 (2025).

Cite this page Middle East Forum, “Plan,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl119-60-da-s1226-b.html.