Sec. 1203. Expansion of Regional Defense Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program to include irregular warfare
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Section 345 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsections
(b)and
(c)as subsections
(c)and (d), respectively; by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following new subsections
(a)and (b): The Secretary of Defense may carry out a program under which the Secretary may pay any costs associated with the education and training of foreign military officers, ministry of defense officials, or security officials at military or civilian educational institutions, regional centers, conferences, seminars, or other training programs conducted for purposes of regional defense in connection with either of the following: Combating terrorism. Irregular warfare. Costs for which payment may be made under this section include the costs of transportation and travel and subsistence costs. The program authorized by this section shall be known as the Regional Defense Combating Terrorism and Irregular Warfare Fellowship Program . The program authorized by subsection
(a)shall be carried out under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. The regulations shall ensure that— the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State— jointly develop and plan activities under the program that— advance United States security cooperation objectives; and support theater security cooperation planning of the combatant commands; and coordinate on the implementation of activities under the program; each of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State designates an individual at the lowest appropriate level of the Department of Defense or the Department of State, as applicable, who shall be responsible for program coordination; and to the extent practicable, activities under the program are appropriately coordinated with, and do not duplicate or conflict with, activities under International Military Education and Training
(IMET)authorities. Upon any update of the regulations, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a copy of the regulations as so updated, together with a description of the update. ; and in paragraph
(3)of subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph
(1)of this subsection, by striking in the global war on terrorism . The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: . The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter V of chapter 16 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 345 and inserting the following new item: 345. Regional Defense Combating Terrorism and Irregular Warfare Fellowship Program. .