Sec. 1251. Support for Indo-Pacific stability initiative
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It is the sense of Congress that— the Initiative established pursuant to subsection
(b)of section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law 115–91 ; 131 Stat. 1676) bolsters the efforts of the United States and its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region to deter aggression by providing resources to— increase the presence and capabilities and enhance the posture of the United States Armed Forces in the region; improve military and defense infrastructure, basing, logistics, and access in the Indo-Pacific region in order to enhance the responsiveness and capabilities of the United States Armed Forces; and increase bilateral and multilateral training and exercises with regional allies and partners; and the United States should develop a multi-year strategic plan that specifies resource priorities to meet the objectives and the activities of the Initiative described in subsection
(c)of such section 1251. Not later than March 1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a requirement and resource plan that includes the following: An analysis of the challenges faced by the United States to meet the objectives and activities outlined in subsection
(c)of such section 1251. The plan, resource requirements, and any additional authorities needed through fiscal year 2024 to address such challenges. The report required by subsection
(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. The Secretary of Defense shall also include the requirement and resource plan required by subsection
(b)in the budget materials submitted by the Secretary in support of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2020 (submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code). Section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 is amended by striking Indo-Asia-Pacific and inserting Indo-Pacific each place it appears. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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