Sec. 1308. Seize the Initiative
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There shall be established in the Department of Defense an initiative, to be known as the Seize The Initiative Fund (referred to in this section as the Fund ), for the use of the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to increase the ability of covered Armed Forces to respond to contingencies in the Indo-Pacific. There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 for the allowable uses described in subsection (c).
The funds authorized to be appropriated by this section shall be used by the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments, for the following purposes: Activities to increase the presence of covered Armed Forces west of the international dateline in the United States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. Activities to improve infrastructure to enhance the responsiveness of covered Armed Forces west of the international dateline in the United States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.
Activities to enhance prepositioning in the United States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility of equipment of covered Armed Forces. Activities to enhance contingency response in the United States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. The Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command shall, within 180 days of the enactment of this act, provide the congressional defense committees with a plan to use funds authorized pursuant to this section. Such plan, to the extent practicable, shall be consistent with other plans required to be produced by the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, including under section 1242 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81 ; 135 Stat. 1978).
In this section, the term covered Armed Force means the following forces of the United States: The Army. The Navy. The Marine Corps. The Air Force. The Space Force.
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