672 1 SEC 1247 ANNUAL REPORT ON ATTEMPTS OF THE RUS- 2 SIAN 3 DISINFORMATION 4 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES BY SOCIAL 5 MEDIA 6 FEDERATION AND TO PROVIDE PROPAGANDA TO a ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED --Not later than 7 March 31 each year the Secretary of Defense shall submit 8 to the congressional defense committees a report on attempts 9 by the Russian Federation or any foreign person acting 10 as an agent of or on behalf of the Russian Federation dur11 ing the preceding year to knowingly disseminate Russian 12 Federation-supported disinformation or propaganda 13 through social media applications or related Internet-based 14 means to members of the Armed Forces with probable in15 tent to cause injury to the United States or advantage the 16 Government of the Russian Federation 17 b FORM --Each report under this section shall be 18 submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 19 annex 20 SEC 1248 SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN DETERRENCE INITIA- 21 TIVE TO DETER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION 22 a FINDINGS --Congress makes the following findings 23 1 Military exercises such as Exercise Nifty 24 Nugget and Exercise Reforger during the Cold War 25 have historically made important contributions to 26 testing operational concepts technologies and leader HR 2810 PAP                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu