Sec. 1303. Increase in small-scale construction limit and modification of authority to build capacity
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Section 301(8) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking $1,500,000 and inserting $2,000,000 . Subsection
(a)of section 333 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (3), by inserting or other counter-illicit trafficking operations before the period at the end; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Foreign internal defense operations. . Subsection (e)(8) of such section is amended by striking $750,000 and inserting $1,000,000 . Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary of Defense may treat as stocks of the Department of Defense— equipment procured to carry out a program pursuant to subsection
(a)that has not yet been transferred to a foreign country and is no longer needed to support such program or any other program carried out pursuant to such subsection; and equipment that has been transferred to a foreign country to carry out a program pursuant to subsection
(a)and is returned by the foreign country to the United States. . Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may— allow a foreign country to provide sole-source direction for assistance in support of a program carried out pursuant to subsection (a); and enter into an agreement with a foreign country to provide such sole-source direction. Not later than 72 hours after the Secretary of Defense enters into an agreement under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written notification that includes the following: A description of the parameters of the agreement, including types of support, objectives, and duration of support and cooperation under the agreement. A description and justification of any anticipated use of sole-source direction pursuant to such agreement. A determination as to whether the anticipated costs to incurred under the agreement are fair and reasonable. A certification that the agreement is in the national security interests of the United States. Any other matter relating to the agreement, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. . Such section is further amended by adding at the end of the following new subsection: In this section, the term foreign internal defense has the meaning given such term in the publication of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff entitled Joint Publication 3–22 Foreign Internal Defense issued on August 17, 2018 and validated on February 2, 2021. .