Sec. 101. Actions to advance the Special Global Partnership
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The President shall seek to take the actions described in subsection
(b)with respect to advancing the United States-India relationship. The actions referred to in subsection
(a)are the following: Institutionalize an annual strategic and commercial dialogue with India to be held at the ministerial level. Institutionalize an annual defense policy dialogue to coordinate with the Ministry of Defense for the Government of India on— combined military planning for missions such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, maritime domain awareness, and other missions deemed to be in the national security interests of both countries; defense procurement planning to include humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, border maintenance and control, and maritime domain awareness; and promoting better alignment among India’s export control and procurement regimes with those of the United States and the multilateral control regimes. Expand cooperation with the Government of India in the defense, intelligence, civilian sectors, including with respect to high-technology goods, space exploration, climate change, agriculture, innovation, entrepreneurship, human rights, women’s empowerment, sport, medicine, infrastructure, high-energy physics, environmental and earth sciences, and renewable energy. For high-technology goods, such cooperation may include export control-related trade in homeland, cyber, and counterterror security technologies, high technology manufacturing equipment, including machine tools, defense trade, and fostering collaboration in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and health-related information technology. Encourage further development of advanced technology programs between the United States and India consistent with United States policy. Cooperate with the Government of India to develop mutually agreeable mechanisms to verify the security of defense articles and defense services and related technology, such as appropriate cyber security and end use monitoring arrangements consistent with United States export control laws and policy. Strengthen the effectiveness of the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative and the durability of the Department of Defense’s India Rapid Reaction Cell . Approve and facilitate the transfer of advanced technology in the context of, and in order to satisfy, combined military planning with the Indian military for missions such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, border management and security, and maritime domain awareness, consistent with United States conventional arms transfer policy and national security interests. Promote policies that will encourage the efficient review and authorization of defense sales and exports to India. Encourage greater government-to-government and commercial military transactions between the United States and India. Promote additional foreign policy consultations between the United States and the Government of India, with a special emphasis on matters relating the Indian Ocean and Asia Pacific region and other areas. Enhance scientific cooperation between India and the United States. In carrying out the actions described in subsection (b), the President is authorized, subject to existing requirements of law and any applicable agreements or understandings between the United States and India, to share and exchange with India research, technology, intelligence, information, equipment, and personnel, including through sales, leases, or exchanges in kind, that the President determines will advance the national security interests of the United States. The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency is authorized to enter into cooperative research pilot programs with India to enhance India’s capabilities in the following: Border, maritime, and aviation security. Explosives detection. Humanitarian and disaster management. Counterterrorism.