Sec. 6205. United States-India defense cooperation in the Western Indian Ocean
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report on defense cooperation between the United States and India in the Western Indian Ocean. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A description of military activities of the United States and India, separately, in the Western Indian Ocean. A description of military cooperation activities between the United States and India in the areas of humanitarian assistance, counter terrorism, counter piracy, maritime security, and other areas as the Secretary determines appropriate. A description of how the relevant geographic combatant commands coordinate their activities with the Indian military in the Western Indian Ocean. A description of the mechanisms in place to ensure the relevant geographic combatant commands maximize defense cooperation with India in the Western Indian Ocean. Areas of future opportunity to increase military engagement with India in the Western Indian Ocean. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into military cooperation agreements and to conduct regular joint military training and operations with India in the Western Indian Ocean on behalf of the United States Government, and after consultation with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the relevant geographic combatant commands have proper mechanisms in place to maximize defense cooperation with India in the Western Indian Ocean. In this section: The term relevant congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. The term relevant geographic combatant commands means the United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States Central Command, and United States Africa Command. The term Western Indian Ocean means the area in the Indian Ocean extending from the west coast of India to the east coast of Africa.