The SHADOW Act directs the Secretary of State to treat hybrid warfare as an important foreign policy issue and to engage with allies and partners about those threats. The Secretary must designate, within 30 days, a senior Department of State official to serve as a Coordinator for hybrid warfare accountability. The Coordinator will gather and share information, identify analytic gaps, coordinate with NATO and partners (including South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand), and support resilience in sectors like telecommunications, energy, and strategic materials.
The Coordinator must submit the Coordinator's name and a strategy to Congress within 60 days of designation. The Coordinator must also send a report one year after designation, and annually for three years, on key assessments, coordination progress, and resilience efforts. Reports may be classified as needed.
Within 180 days of enactment, the Coordinator must produce a report that identifies each Chinese entity determined to materially support Russia's defense industrial base and recommend sanctions, export controls, or other measures. The unclassified portion of that report must be published on a State Department website; a classified annex is allowed to protect intelligence sources and methods.
If enacted, the bill would:
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The bill text frames the measure as a way to strengthen U.S. and allied coordination against a growing and persistent hybrid warfare threat. It emphasizes improving information sharing, aligning response strategies with NATO and partners, identifying vulnerabilities in critical sectors, and naming foreign entities that materially support Russia's defense industrial base so that sanctions or controls can be recommended.
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