Sec. 1251. Indo-Pacific Reassurance Initiative
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It is the sense of Congress that— a stable, peaceful, and secure Indo-Pacific region is vital to United States economic and national security; revisionist states, rogue states, violent extremist organizations, and natural and manmade disasters are persistent challenges to regional stability and security; maintaining stability and upholding a rules-based order requires a holistic United States strategy that— synchronizes all elements of national power; is inclusive of United States allies and partner countries; and ensures a persistent, predictable United States presence to reinforce regional defense; enhancing regional defense requires robust efforts to increase capability, readiness, and responsiveness to deter and mitigate destabilizing activities; the Department of Defense should pursue an integrated program of activities to— reassure United States allies and partner countries in the Indo-Pacific region; appropriately prioritize activities and resources to implement the National Defense Strategy; and enhance the ability of Congress to provide oversight of and support to Department of Defense efforts; an integrated, coherent, and strategic program of activities in the Indo-Pacific region, similar to the European Deterrence Initiative (originally the European Reassurance Initiative), will enhance United States presence and positioning, allow for additional exercises, improve infrastructure and logistics, and build allied and partner capacity to deter aggression, strengthen ally and partner interoperability, and demonstrate United States commitment to Indo-Pacific countries; an integrated, coherent, and strategic program of activities in the Indo-Pacific region will also assist in resourcing budgetary priorities and enhancing transparency and oversight of programs and activities to better enable a coordinated and strategic plan for Department of Defense programs; not less than $3,578,360,000 of base funding should be allocated to fully support such program of activities in fiscal year 2021; and the Department of Defense should ensure adequate, consistent planning is conducted for future funding and build upon the activities identified in fiscal year 2021 in future budget requests, as appropriate.
The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program of prioritized activities to reassure United States allies and partner countries in the Indo-Pacific region that shall be known as the Indo-Pacific Reassurance Initiative (in this section referred to as the Initiative ). The objectives of the Initiative shall include reassuring United States allies and partner countries in the Indo-Pacific region by— optimizing the presence of United States Armed Forces in the region; strengthening and maintaining bilateral and multilateral military exercises and training with such countries; improving infrastructure in the region to enhance the responsiveness of United States Armed Forces; enhancing the prepositioning of equipment and materiel in the region; and building the defense and security capabilities, capacity, and cooperation of such countries.
Not later than February 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Indo-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 the first fiscal year beginning after the date of submission of the plan and at least the four succeeding fiscal years. The plan required under paragraph
(1)shall include each of the following: A summary of progress made towards achieving the objectives of the Initiative. An assessment of resource requirements to achieve such objectives. An assessment of capabilities requirements to achieve such objectives. An assessment of logistics requirements, including force enablers, equipment, supplies, storage, and maintenance requirements, to achieve such objectives. An identification of the intended force structure and posture of the assigned and allocated forces within the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command for the last fiscal year of the plan and the manner in which such force structure and posture support such objectives. An identification and assessment of required infrastructure and military construction investments to achieve such objectives, including potential infrastructure investments proposed by host countries, new construction or modernization of existing sites that would be funded by the United States, and a master plan that includes the following: A list of specific locations, organized by country, in which the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command anticipates requiring infrastructure investments to support an enduring or periodic military presence in the region. A list of specific infrastructure investments required at each location identified under clause (i), to include the project title and estimated cost of each project. A brief explanation for how each location identified under clause
(i)and infrastructure investments identified under clause
(ii)support a validated requirement or component of the overall strategy in the region. A discussion of any gaps in the current infrastructure authorities that would preclude implementation of the infrastructure investments identified under clause (ii). A description of the type and size of military force elements that would maintain an enduring presence or operate periodically from each location identified under clause (i). A summary of kinetic and non-kinetic vulnerabilities for current locations and each location identified in clause (i), to include— the level of risk associated with each vulnerability; and the proposed mitigations and projected costs to address each such vulnerability, to include— hardening and other resilience measures; active and passive counter-Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance; active and passive counter Positioning, Navigation, and Timing; air and missile defense capabilities; enhanced logistics and sea lines of communication security; and other issues identified by the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. An assessment of logistics requirements, including force enablers, equipment, supplies, storage, fuel storage and distribution, and maintenance requirements, to achieve such objectives. An analysis of the challenges to the ability of the United States to deploy significant forces from the continental United States to the Indo-Pacific theater in the event of a major contingency, and a description of the plans of the Department of Defense, including military exercises, to address such challenges. An assessment and plan for security cooperation investments to enhance such objectives. A plan to resource United States force posture and capabilities, including— the infrastructure capacity of existing locations and their ability to accommodate additional United States forces in the Indo-Pacific region; the potential new locations for additional United States Armed Forces in the Indo-Pacific region, including an assessment of infrastructure and military construction resources necessary to accommodate such forces; a detailed timeline to achieve desired posture requirements; a detailed assessment of the resources necessary to achieve the requirements of the plan, including specific cost estimates for each project under the Initiative to support optimized presence, exercises and training, enhanced prepositioning, improved infrastructure, and building partnership capacity; and a detailed timeline to achieve the force posture and capabilities, including force requirements. A detailed explanation of any significant modifications of the requirements or resources, as compared to plans previously submitted under paragraph (1). Any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines should be included. The plan required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. For fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall include in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for that fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code)— the amounts, by budget function and as a separate item, requested for the Department of Defense for such fiscal year for all programs and activities under the Initiative; and a detailed budget display for the Initiative, including— with respect to procurement accounts— amounts displayed by account, budget activity, line number, line item, and line item title; and a description of the requirements for each such amounts; with respect to research, development, test, and evaluation accounts— amounts displayed by account, budget activity, line number, program element, and program element title; and a description of the requirements for each such amount; with respect to operation and maintenance accounts— amounts displayed by account title, budget activity title, line number, and subactivity group title; and a description of how such amounts will specifically be used; with respect to military personnel accounts— amounts displayed by account, budget activity, budget subactivity, and budget subactivity title; and a description of the requirements for each such amount; and with respect to each project under military construction accounts (including with respect to unspecified minor military construction and amounts for planning and design), the country, location, project title, and project amount for each fiscal year. Not later than November 20, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that contains— a detailed summary of funds obligated for the Initiative during the preceding fiscal year; and a detailed comparison of funds obligated for the Initiative during the preceding fiscal year to the amount of funds requested for the Initiative for such fiscal year in the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support of the budget of the President for that fiscal year as required by subsection (e), including with respect to each of the accounts described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and
(E)of subsection (e)(2) and the information required under each such subparagraph. Not later than March 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the status of all matters covered by the report required by section (f). Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. Section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law 115–91 ; 131 Stat. 1676) is repealed.
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