Sec. 1302. Independent assessment and report on the progress made under the Pacific Deterrence Initiative
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall select and enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center, or another appropriate independent entity, with expertise on defense matters pertaining to the Indo-Pacific region to conduct an assessment of the Department of Defense activities carried out pursuant to the Pacific Deterrence Initiative established under section 1251 of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. The assessment required by paragraph
(1)shall include updates on the current state of defense posture in the Indo-Pacific region, to include— base infrastructure and resiliency efforts; prepositioned equipment and munitions stocks; investments required to address contested logistics; the status of current and planned military construction; the planned Indo-Pacom exercise schedule and joint operations; whether Pacific Deterrence Initiative funding has aligned with the purpose described in section 1251 of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021; and any recommendations to improve the Department of Defense’s posture, resiliency, presence, or lethality in the Indo-Pacific region that may be advisable together with analysis of the feasibility of implementing such recommendations. Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the independent entity selected under subsection
(a)shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the assessment conducted under that subsection. The Secretary of Defense shall provide the independent entity selected under subsection
(a)with timely access to appropriate information, data, resources, and analyses necessary for the independent entity to conduct the assessment required by that subsection in a thorough and independent manner.