Sec. 6201. Advancements in defense cooperation between the United States and India
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, develop a strategy for advancing defense cooperation between the United States and India. The strategy shall address the following: Common security challenges. The role of United States partners and allies in the United States-India defense relationship. The role of the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative. How to advance the Communications Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement and the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geospatial Cooperation.
The role of joint exercises, operations, patrols and mutual defense planning. Any other matters the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of State considers appropriate. Congress makes the following findings: Subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1292 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 130 Stat. 2559; 22 U.S.C. 2751 note) requires the recognition of India as a major defense partner. The President and the Prime Minister of India, in a joint statement, noted that India is a Major Defense Partner of the United States.
The designation of “Major Defense Partner” is unique to India, and institutionalizes the progress made to facilitate defense trade and technology sharing between the United States and India. The designation elevates defense trade and technology cooperation between the United States and India to a level commensurate with the closest allies and partners of the United States. The designation is intended to facilitate technology sharing between the United States and India, including license-free access to a wide range of dual-use technologies.
The designation facilitates joint exercises, coordination on defense strategy and policy, military exchanges, and port calls in support of defense cooperation between the United States and India. The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly produce a common definition of the term Major Defense Partner as it relates to India for joint use by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Department of Commerce. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall make the designation required by subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 1292 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017.
In addition to the duties specified in clauses
(i)and
(ii)of subsection (a)(1)(B) of such section 1292, the individual designated pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall promote United States defense trade with India for the benefit of job creation and commercial competitiveness in the United States. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, appropriate officials of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and appropriate officials of the Department of State shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress on the actions of the Department of Defense and the Department of State, respectively, to promote the competitiveness of United States defense exports to India. The requirement for briefings under this paragraph shall cease on the date of the designation of an individual pursuant to paragraph (1). In this subsection, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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Sec. 6201
Advancements in defense cooperation between the United States and India
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