Sec. 30224. Foreign military financing in the Indo-Pacific and authorization of appropriations for Southeast Asia maritime security programs and diplomatic outreach activities
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In addition to any amount appropriated pursuant to section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2763 ) (relating to foreign military financing assistance), there is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2022 through fiscal year 2026 for activities in the Indo-Pacific region in accordance with this section— $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; $130,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.
There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for the Department of State for International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) for the support of the Southeast Asia Maritime Law Enforcement Initiative. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, which shall be used— to conduct, in coordination with the Department of Defense, outreach activities, including conferences and symposia, to familiarize partner countries, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, with the United States’ interpretation of international law relating to freedom of the seas; and to work with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region to better align respective interpretations of international law relating to freedom of the seas, including on the matters of operations by military ships in exclusive economic zones, innocent passage through territorial seas, and transits through international straits.
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, is authorized to provide assistance for the purpose of increasing maritime security and domain awareness for countries in the Indo-Pacific region— to provide assistance to national military or other security forces of such countries that have maritime security missions among their functional responsibilities; to provide training to ministry, agency, and headquarters level organizations for such forces; and to provide assistance and training to other relevant foreign affairs, maritime, or security-related ministries, agencies, departments, or offices that manage and oversee maritime activities and policy that the Secretary of State may so designate.
Assistance provided by the Secretary of State under subsection
(g)shall be known as the Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative (in this section referred to as the Initiative ). Assistance provided through the Initiative may be used to accomplish the following objectives: Retaining unhindered access to and use of international waterways in the Indo-Pacific region that are critical to ensuring the security and free flow of commerce and to achieving United States national security objectives. Improving maritime domain awareness in the Indo-Pacific region. Countering piracy in the Indo-Pacific region. Disrupting illicit maritime trafficking activities and other forms of maritime trafficking activity in the Indo-Pacific that directly benefit organizations that have been determined to be a security threat to the United States. Enhancing the maritime capabilities of a country or regional organization to respond to emerging threats to maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region. Strengthening United States alliances and partnerships in Southeast Asia and other parts of the Indo-Pacific region. Of the amount appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a)(relating to foreign military financing assistance), there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for the Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative and other related regional programs exactly— $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. The Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative and funds authorized for the Initiative shall include existing regional programs carried out by the Department of State related to maritime security, including the Southeast Asia Maritime Security Initiative. The Secretary of State shall use the following considerations when selecting which countries in the Indo-Pacific region should receive assistance pursuant to the Initiative: Assistance may be provided to a country in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance the capabilities of that country according to the objectives outlined in (f), or of a regional organization that includes that country, to conduct— maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; littoral and port security; Coast Guard operations; command and control; and management and oversight of maritime activities. Priority shall be placed on assistance to enhance the maritime security capabilities of the military or security forces of countries in the Indo-Pacific region that have maritime missions and the government agencies responsible for such forces. Assistance provided under paragraph (1)(A) may include the provision of equipment, training, and small-scale military construction. Assistance and training provided under subparagraph
(A)shall include elements that promote— the observance of and respect for human rights; and respect for legitimate civilian authority within the country to which the assistance is provided.
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Foreign military financing in the Indo-Pacific and authorization of appropriations for Southeast Asia maritime security programs and diplomatic outreach activities
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