Sec. 1209. Multinational regional security education center
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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a briefing on the utility and feasibility of establishing a multinational regional security education center, including as a satellite entity of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies that is located in a member country of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations, to offer year-round training and educational courses to Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific civilian and military security personnel to enhance engagement of territorial and maritime security, transnational and asymmetric threats, and defense sector governance in the Indo-Pacific region.
Training may also include English-language training, human rights training, rule of law and legal studies, security governance and institution-building courses, and budget and procurement training. The briefing required under subsection
(a)shall include— the objectives for establishing a multinational regional security center in the region; the utility and feasibility of establishing such a center, including the benefits and challenges of doing so; the resources required; whether alternative centers and programs exist to provide the training and objectives specified in this provision; and the manner in which such a center would improve and strengthen cooperation with partner countries of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations.