Section 1 Termination of All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
Termination—
Requirement— Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall—
terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office; and
transfer the functions of the Office to other elements of the Department of Defense as the Secretary determines appropriate.
Prohibition— The Secretary may not establish within the Department of Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence may not establish within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a single office or other entity similar to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office that exercises comprehensive or centralized authority over matters relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Repeal— Section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373) is repealed.
Conforming amendments—
Accounting of security classification guides— Section 1673 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119–60; 50 U.S.C. 3373 note) is repealed.
Records— Section 1673 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (50 U.S.C. 3373b) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking “acting through the head of the Office and” each place it appears; and
in subsection (b)(3)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “the Office” and inserting “the Secretary”; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking “The head of the Office” and inserting “The Secretary”; and
in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (6).
National Archives— Section 1842(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended—
in paragraph (2), by striking “, including the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office,” each place it appears; and
in paragraph (3), by striking “the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office” and inserting “the Secretary of Defense”.
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Definitions— In this section:
The term transmedium objects or devices means objects or devices that are—
observed to transition between space and the atmosphere, or between the atmosphere and bodies of water; and
not immediately identifiable.
The term unidentified anomalous phenomena means—
airborne objects that are not immediately identifiable;
transmedium objects or devices; and
submerged objects or devices that are not immediately identifiable and that display behavior or performance characteristics suggesting that the objects or devices may be related to the objects described in subparagraph (A).