Sec. 1225. Strategy to counter destabilizing activities of Iran
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The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, is authorized to develop and implement a strategy with foreign partners to counter the destabilizing activities of Iran. The strategy described in paragraph (1)— should identify specific countries in which Iran and Iranian-backed entities are operating; should establish a cooperative framework that includes— investing in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms; investing in mine countermeasures resources and platforms; investing in integrated air and missile defense platforms and technologies; sharing intelligence and data with United States and such foreign countries; investing in cyber security and cyber defense capabilities; engaging in combined planning; engaging in defense education, institution building, doctrinal development, and reform; and assessing Iran’s destabilizing activities in the countries identified under subparagraph
(A)and the implications thereof; and should provide for designation of a civilian or military officer or employee of the Department of Defense and designation of a senior employee of the Department of State to implement the cooperative framework described in subparagraph (B). To enhance cooperation and encourage military-to-military engagement between the United States and foreign partners described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State should take appropriate actions to ensure that exchanges between senior military officers and senior civilian defense officials of the governments of such foreign partners— are at a level appropriate to enhance engagement between the militaries of such partners for threat analysis, military doctrine, force planning, mutual security interests, logistical support, and intelligence cooperation; enhance security cooperation, including maritime security, special operations collaboration, cyber cooperation, and integrated air and missile defense and domain awareness, in the Middle East and Southwest Asia regions; and accelerate the development of combined military planning for missions to counter Iran that may arise within the contours of shared national security interests. It shall be the policy of the United States to provide foreign countries that are willing to materially assist United States efforts to counter Iran in the Middle East with support under the strategy authorized under subsection
(a)including, as appropriate, with partner benefits commensurate with such support. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through December 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, should 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— the strategy described in subsection (a), including a description of contributions of foreign partners to the strategy; and the actions taken under subsection (b).