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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · Pub. L. 119-60 · sec. 5404(d)

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Strategy: Report

Not publicly verifiableReport
Deadline
One-time deadline passedJan. 17, 2026
Recurrence
One-time
Duty holder
Secretary of State
Recipients
House Foreign Affairs; House Appropriations; Senate Foreign Relations; Senate Appropriations (term defined in div. E, sec. 5404)
Enacted
Dec. 18, 2025
Location
Division E, Title IV

Statutory Text

(d) Report.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes—

(1) actions the Department has taken to preserve the institutional capability to counter foreign nation-state influence operations from the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and Iran since the termination of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI) hub;

(2) a list of active and cancelled Countering PRC Influence Fund and Countering Russian Influence Fund projects since January 21, 2025;

(3) actions the Department has taken to improve Department grantmaking processes related to countering foreign influence operations from nation-state adversaries; and

(4) an assessment of recent foreign adversarial information operations and narratives related to United States foreign policy since January 21, 2025, from the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and Iran.

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: “Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Dec. 18, 2025 + 30 days = Jan. 17, 2026.
  3. As of Nov. 11, 2026: one-time deadline passed on Jan. 17, 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. E, § 5404(d), 139 Stat. 718 (2025).

Cite this page Middle East Forum, “Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Strategy: Report,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl119-60-de-s5404-d.html.