Sec. 6251. Pilot program to improve cyber cooperation with Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia

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The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish a pilot program in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia— to enhance the cyber security, resilience, and readiness of Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia; and to increase regional cooperation between the United States and Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia on cyber issues. The activities of the pilot program under subsection

(a)shall include the following: Provision of training to cybersecurity and computer science professionals in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. An expansion of the capacity of organizations involved in the training of such cybersecurity and computer science professionals. The facilitation of regular policy dialogues between and among the United States Government and the governments of Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia with respect to the development of infrastructure to protect against cyber attacks. An evaluation of legal and other barriers to reforms relevant to cybersecurity and technology in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. A feasibility study on establishing a public-private partnership to build cloud-computing capacity in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia and in Southeast Asia more broadly. The development of cooperative exercises, to be carried out in future years, to enhance collaboration between the United States Government and the governments of Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. The Secretary of Defense may enter into cooperative agreements with entities that receive funds under section 211 of the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 (title II of division B of H.R. 5666, as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554 and contained in appendix D of that Act; 114 Stat. 2763A–254; 22 U.S.C. 2452 note), as added by section 7085 of the Consolidated and Further Appropriations Act, 2015 ( Public Law 113–235 ; 128 Stat. 2685), to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a). Not later than June 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the design of the pilot program under subsection (a). Not later than December 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the pilot program under subsection

(a)that includes— a description of the activities conducted and the results of such activities; and an assessment of legal and other barriers to reforms relevant to cybersecurity and technology in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 to carry out this section. The amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act for operation and maintenance, Navy, and available for SAG 1CCS for military information support operations, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

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