Sec. 1309. Modification of Department of Defense security cooperation workforce development
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Section 384 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (d)— by striking The Program and inserting the following: The Program ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall designate an entity within the Department of Defense to serve as the lead entity for managing the implementation of the Program. The entity designated under subparagraph
(A)shall carry out the management and implementation of the Program, consistent with objectives formulated by the Secretary of Defense, which shall include the following: Providing for comprehensive tracking of and accounting for all Department of Defense employees engaged in the security cooperation enterprise. Providing training requirements specified at the requisite proficiency levels for each position. The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, not less frequently than annually, each military department, combatant command, defense agency, and any other entity involved in managing the security cooperation workforce submits to the entity designated under subparagraph
(A)a report containing information necessary for the management and career development of the security cooperation workforce, as determined by the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall prescribe regulations to ensure that each military department, combatant command, and defense agency provides standardized information and data to the Secretary on persons serving in positions within the security cooperation workforce. ; in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, and biannually thereafter through fiscal year 2028, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall issue updated guidance for the execution and administration of the Program. The updated guidance required by subparagraph
(A)shall— fulfill each requirement set forth in paragraph (3), as appropriate; and include an identification of the manner in which the Department of Defense shall ensure that personnel assigned to security cooperation offices within embassies of the United States are trained and managed to a level of proficiency that is at least equal to the level of proficiency provided to the attaché workforce by the Defense Attaché Service. ; by redesignating subsections
(f)through
(h)as subsections
(h)through (j), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(e)the following new subsections
(f)and (g): The Secretary of Defense shall direct an existing schoolhouse within the Department of Defense to serve as a Foreign Military Sales Center of Excellence to improve the training and education of personnel engaged in foreign military sales planning and execution. The objectives of the Foreign Military Sales Center of Excellence shall include— conducting research on and promoting best practices for ensuring that foreign military sales are timely and effective; and enhancing existing curricula for the purpose of ensuring that the foreign military sales workforce is fully trained and prepared to execute the foreign military sales program. The Secretary of Defense shall develop and promulgate a charter for the operation of the Defense Security Cooperation University. The charter required by paragraph
(1)shall set forth the mission, and associated structures and organizations, of the Defense Security Cooperation University, which shall include— management and implementation of international military training and education security cooperation programs and authorities executed by the Department of Defense; management and provision of institutional capacity-building services executed by the Department of Defense; and advancement of the profession of security cooperation through research, data collection, analysis, publication, and learning. In engaging in research and development projects pursuant to subsection
(a)of section 4001 of this title by a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of such section, the Secretary of Defense may enter into such contract or cooperative agreement, or award such grant, through the Defense Security Cooperation University. The Defense Security Cooperation University shall be considered a Government-operated Federal laboratory for purposes of section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3710a ). The Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, may authorize the President of the Defense Security Cooperation University to accept qualifying research grants. Any such grant may only be accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried out by a professor or instructor of the Defense Security Cooperation University for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. A qualifying research grant under this paragraph is a grant that is awarded on a competitive basis by an entity described in subparagraph
(C)for a research project with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. A grant may be accepted under this paragraph only from a corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or educational purposes. The Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency shall establish an account for administering funds received as research grants under this section. The President of the Defense Security Cooperation University shall use the funds in the account in accordance with applicable provisions of the regulations and the terms and condition of the grants received. Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for the Defense Security Cooperation University may be used to pay expenses incurred by the Defense Security Cooperation University in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the award of qualifying research grants. The Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section. .
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