10 U.S.C. § 122a — Public availability of Department of Defense reports required by law

This section requires the Department of Defense to publish most reports it sends to Congress. (a) In General. As much as practical, once a report described in (b) is submitted to Congress, the Secretary of Defense — acting through the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs — must make sure it is made public by: (1) posting it on a public Department of Defense website; and (2) sending it out by other means on request, as long as that costs the Department nothing. (b) Covered Reports. Paragraph (1) says a covered report is generally any report the Secretary of Defense or any part of the Department of Defense must submit to Congress by law. Paragraph (2) excludes a report from being "covered" if it contains: (A) classified information; (B) proprietary information; (C) information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552); or (D) any other information the Secretary of Defense decides shouldn't be made public for national security reasons. (c) Semi-annual Summaries. By January 1 and July 1 each year, the Secretary of Defense must publicly post online a summary of all statutorily required reports the Department submitted to Congress in the prior six months. Each summary must list, for every report covered, its title, delivery date, and the law that required it.