Sec. 1244. Redesignation and modification of sense of Congress and initiative for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region
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Section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law 115–91 ) is amended by striking Indo-Asia-Pacific each place it appears and inserting Indo-Pacific . The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: . Such section is further amended in the headings of subsections
(b)and
(f)by striking and inserting Indo-Asia-Pacific . Indo-Pacific Such section is further amended— in subsection (c)— by striking paragraphs
(1)through
(4)and inserting the following new paragraphs
(1)through (4): Activities to increase the rotational and forward presence, improve the capabilities, and enhance the posture of the United States Armed Forces in the Indo-Pacific region— consistent with the National Defense Strategy; and to the extent required to minimize the risk of execution of the contingency plans of the Department of Defense. Activities to improve military and defense infrastructure, logistics, and assured access in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance the responsiveness, survivability, and operational resilience of the United States Armed Forces in the Indo-Pacific region. Activities to enhance the storage and pre-positioning in the Indo-Pacific region of equipment and munitions of the United States Armed Forces. Bilateral and multilateral military training and exercises with allies and partner nations in the Indo-Pacific region. ; and in paragraph (5)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking security capacity and all that follows through of allies in subparagraph
(B)and inserting security capacity of allies ; and by redesignating clauses
(i)through
(v)as subparagraphs
(A)through (E), respectively, and indenting appropriately; in subsection (d), by striking only ; and by amending subsection
(e)to read as follows: Not later than March 1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Pacific Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a future years plan on activities and resources of the Initiative. The plan shall apply to the Initiative with respect to fiscal year 2020 and at least the four succeeding fiscal years. The plan required under paragraph
(1)shall include each of the following: A description of the objectives of the Initiative. A description of the manner in which such objectives support implementation of the National Defense Strategy and reduce the risk of execution of the contingency plans of the Department of Defense by improving the operational resilience of United States forces in the Indo-Pacific region. An assessment of the resource requirements to achieve such objectives. An assessment of any additional rotational or permanently stationed United States forces in the Indo-Pacific region required to achieve such objectives. An assessment of the logistics requirements, including force enablers, equipment, supplies, storage, and maintenance, to achieve such objectives. An identification and assessment of required infrastructure investments to achieve such objectives, including potential infrastructure investments by host countries and new construction or upgrades of existing sites that would be funded by the United States. An assessment of any new agreements, or changes to existing agreements, with other countries for assured access required to achieve such objectives. An assessment of security cooperation investments required to achieve such objectives. The plan required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. .
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Redesignation and modification of sense of Congress and initiative for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region
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