Sec. 1256. Report on United States military training opportunities with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region
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It is the sense of the Senate that— the Secretary of Defense, as part of strategic initiatives, should continue to place emphasis on and consider the benefits of United States military training exercises with allies in the Indo-Pacific region; the Indo-Pacific region is— a strategically important region; and critical to the interests of the United States; the relationship between the United States and allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region is essential for ensuring peace and security in the region; interoperability between the United States and allies in the Indo-Pacific region increases readiness and regional contingency response time; the United States should focus on expanding training with other allied nations and partners in the Indo-Pacific region; the United States, working within our framework of alliances and partnerships, should seek to build the capacity and capability of our allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region and to expand interoperability with them; and the United States and its partners in the Indo-Pacific region should continue to work together to build the forces, infrastructure, relationships, and training needed to respond to search and rescue and humanitarian assistance needed in the whole of catastrophic natural disasters.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on future United States military training opportunities with allied and partner countries in the Indo-Pacific region. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A detailed description of— current United States military exercises involving United States partners and allies in the Indo-Pacific region; the manner in which such exercises are intended to improve the capability and capacity of such partners and allies; and the interoperability of such partners and allies with the United States Armed Forces. An analysis of the potential to expand the size, scope, or makeup of such exercises to include— additional forces and units of current participants; additional capabilities or training; and other allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region and other regions. An identification of new United States military exercises that may be initiated in the Indo-Pacific region with— security treaty allies such as Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand; growing partners such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam; existing multilateral frameworks, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); allies and partners outside the Indo-Pacific region; and potential new allies or partners. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.