Sec. 201. Maritime security initiative
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The Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, is authorized to provide assistance, for the purpose of increasing maritime security and domain awareness for countries in the Asia-Pacific region— to provide assistance to national military or other security forces of such countries that have among their functional responsibilities maritime security missions; to provide training to ministry, agency, and headquarters level organizations for such forces; and to provide assistance to and training to other relevant foreign affairs, maritime, or security-related ministries, agencies, departments or offices that manage and oversight of maritime activities and policy that the Secretary may so designate.
The provision of assistance and training under this section may be referred to as the Maritime Security Initiative . The Secretary may provide assistance under this section without regard to any other provision of law, other than section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2378d ). In selecting countries in the Asia-Pacific region to which assistance is to be provided under the Initiative, the Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, shall prioritize the provision of assistance to countries that will contribute to the achievement of following objectives:
Retaining unhindered access to and use of international waterways in the Asia-Pacific region that are critical to ensuring the security and free flow of commerce and achieving United States national security objectives. Improving maritime domain awareness in the Asia-Pacific region. Countering piracy in the Asia-Pacific region. Disrupting illicit maritime trafficking activities and other forms of maritime trafficking activity in the Asia-Pacific that directly benefit organizations that have been determined to be a security threat to the United States.
Enhancing the maritime capabilities of a country or regional organization to respond to emerging threats to maritime security in the Asia-Pacific region. Assistance provided under subsection (a)(1)(A) may include the provision of equipment, supplies, training, and small-scale military construction. Assistance and training provided under subsection
(a)shall include elements that promote the following: Observance of and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. Respect for legitimate civilian authority within the country to which the assistance is provided. In developing programs for assistance or training to be provided under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall accord a priority to assistance, training, or both that will enhance the maritime capabilities of the recipient foreign country, or a regional organization of which the recipient country is a member, to respond to emerging threats to maritime security. If the Secretary of Defense determines that the payment of incremental expenses in connection with training described in subsection (a)(1)(B) will facilitate the participation in such training of organization personnel of foreign countries specified in paragraph (2), the Secretary may use amounts available under subsection
(f)for assistance and training under subsection
(a)for the payment of such incremental expenses. The foreign countries specified in this paragraph are the following: Brunei. Singapore. Taiwan. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, $75,000,000 may be available for the provision of assistance and training under subsection (a). In each of fiscal years 2018 through 2021, from amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for such fiscal year for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, $100,000,000 may be available for the provision of assistance and training under subsection (a). If the Secretary of Defense uses funds available to the Department pursuant to paragraph
(1)to provide assistance and training under subsection
(a)during a fiscal half-year, not later than 30 days after the end of such fiscal half-year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notice on the account or accounts providing such funds. Not later than 15 days before exercising the authority under subsection
(a)or
(e)with respect to a recipient foreign country, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification containing the following information: The recipient foreign country. A detailed justification of the program for the provision of the assistance or training concerned, and its relationship to United States security interests. The budget for the program, including a timetable of planned expenditures of funds to implement the program, an implementation timeline for the program with milestones (including anticipated delivery schedules for any assistance under the program), the military department or component responsible for management of the program, and the anticipated completion date for the program. A description of the arrangements, if any, to support host nation sustainment of any capability developed pursuant to the program, and the source of funds to support sustainment efforts and performance outcomes to be achieved under the program beyond its completion date, if applicable. A description of the program objectives and an assessment framework to be used to develop capability and performance metrics associated with operational outcomes for the recipient force. Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees each year a report on the status of the provision of equipment, training, supplies, or other services provided pursuant to the program carried out under this section during the preceding year. Assistance and training may not be provided under this section after September 30, 2022.
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