Sec. 1306. Report on support and sustainment for critical capabilities in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command necessary to meet operational requirements in certain conflicts with strategic competitors
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, and other Federal officials that the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command determines to be appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes the support and sustainment for critical capabilities in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command that are necessary to meet operational requirements in a conflict with a strategic competitor of a duration that exceeds 6 months.
The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: An assessment of the posture and capabilities of the current strategic force laydown of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, including capabilities such as— command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (commonly referred to as C5ISR ) assets; surface, subsurface, land, air, and space disposition and capabilities; strategic long-range precision fires, missile defense, and anti-air capabilities; force protection of assets and critical infrastructure; logistics and sustainment capabilities, including positioning, quantity, and distribution of fuels; and munitions required to meet operational requirements. A detailed assessment of any gaps in the required capabilities described in subparagraph
(A)relative to the requirements of the United States Indo-Pacific Command in both steady state and in such a conflict with a strategic competitor, including gaps in any capabilities described in the report required by section 1251(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ). An assessment of measures required to mitigate the gaps described in subparagraph
(B)before December 31, 2025. The assessment shall include associated costs with enhancing United States, allied, and partner military posture, basing, and sustainment infrastructure in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command to best meet the operational requirements described in subparagraph (A), including in States, territories, and possessions of the United States and regional allies and partners. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section— the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the term strategic competitor means a country labeled as a strategic competitor in the Summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America: Sharpening the American Military’s Competitive Edge , issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to section 113 of title 10, United States Code.
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Sec. 1306
Report on support and sustainment for critical capabilities in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command necessary to meet operational requirements in certain conflicts with strategic competitors
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