Sec. 103. Security assistance for the Pacific Islands
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The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense and in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to provide assistance to and build the capacity of local civilian and national security institutions of the Pacific Islands for purposes of— enhancing maritime security and maritime domain awareness to address challenges such as illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing; assisting local law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and combating human and drug trafficking and other forms of transnational crime; providing essential services to civilian populations and responding to humanitarian challenges caused by natural disasters; participating in efforts by regional institutions and frameworks to coordinate and facilitate cooperation on shared security challenges; and expanding information sharing and to work toward operational coordination and interoperability among Pacific Island maritime security forces, including through regional fusion centers.
The strategy required by this subsection shall build on but not be limited to the following programs and authorities: The International Military Education and Training program. The Foreign Military Financing program. The Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Civic Aid program. The authority to build the capacity of foreign security forces under section 333 of title 10, United States Code. The authority to provide excess defense articles under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2321j ).
The National Guard State Partnership Program. The national police forces and coast guards of the Pacific Islands are eligible to receive assistance under the programs and authorities described in paragraph
(2)(other than the programs and authorities described in subparagraphs (A), (D), and
(F)of paragraph (2)) for purposes of the strategy required by this subsection. The strategy required by subsection
(a)shall seek to preserve peace and regional stability in the Pacific Islands and take into consideration and seek to build upon but not duplicate existing assistance provided by United States allies and partners. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the strategy developed under this section. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include— an assessment of security challenges to the Pacific Islands; an analysis of demonstrated needs of the Pacific Islands for assistance, including excess defense equipment and related materials with humanitarian and development uses to fulfill such needs; a review of existing security assistance programs in the Pacific Islands, including programs and efforts provided by United States allies and partners; a plan for programs for training and sustainment with respect to such excess defense equipment and related materials, including those with humanitarian and development uses; a list of militaries, national police forces, coast guards, and other national security forces of the Pacific Islands receiving assistance under the strategy; a plan to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, if necessary, through the Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Civic Aid program; a review of existing cross-border maritime law enforcement operations (commonly known as shiprider agreements ) with the Pacific Islands, an assessment of additional resourcing needs to enhance operational capacity, and a plan to improve on these programs and operations; a review of existing National Guard State Partnership Programs with the Pacific Islands, an assessment of additional opportunities to leverage National Guard State Partnership Programs to address law enforcement, disaster relief and emergency management, and related priorities, and a plan to expand, as appropriate, existing and new National Guard State Partnership Programs in the region; a review of current efforts and progress in removing unexploded ordnance in the Pacific Islands and an assessment of additional resourcing needed to ensure continued progress, including to support coordination with regional efforts and those of United States allies and partners; a review of existing regional fusion centers and other cooperative intelligence sharing efforts in the Pacific Islands to address maritime security, transnational crime, natural disasters, and other security challenges and an assessment of opportunities for the United States to participate in such efforts, including by allocating staff and supplying resourcing; measures to evaluate success for the strategy; and a detailed assessment of appropriations required to achieve the objectives for the strategy in future years. In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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