Sec. 1262. Enhancing defense and security cooperation with India
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The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State shall jointly take such actions as may be necessary to— recognize India’s status as a major defense partner of the United States; designate an individual within the Executive branch who has experience in defense acquisition and technology— to reinforce and ensure, through interagency policy coordination, the success of the Framework for the United States-India Defense Relationship; and to help resolve remaining issues impeding United States-India defense trade, security cooperation, and co-production and co-development opportunities; approve and facilitate the transfer of advanced technology, consistent with United States conventional arms transfer policy, to support combined military planning with the Indian military for missions such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counter piracy, and maritime domain awareness missions; strengthen the effectiveness of the DTTI and the durability of the Department of Defense’s India Rapid Reaction Cell ; collaborate with the Government of India to develop mutually agreeable mechanisms to verify the security of defense articles and related technology, such as appropriate cyber security and end use monitoring arrangements, consistent with United States export control laws and policy; 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; support the development and alignment of India’s export control and procurement regimes with those of the United States and multilateral control regimes; and continue to enhance defense and security cooperation with India in order to advance United States interests in the South Asia and greater Indo-Pacific regions.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on how the United States is supporting its defense relationship with India in relation to the actions described in paragraph (1). The Secretary of Defense is encouraged to coordinate with the Ministry of Defense for the Government of India to develop combined military plans for missions such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, maritime domain awareness, and other missions in the national security interests of both countries.
The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State shall jointly, on an annual basis, conduct an assessment of the extent to which India possesses strategic operational capabilities to support military operations of mutual interest between the United States and India. The President shall ensure that the assessment described in paragraph
(1)is used, consistent with United States conventional arms transfer policy, to inform the review by the United States of sales of defense articles and services to the Government of India. The assessment described in paragraph
(1)shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be in classified form.