Sec. 1248. Military cooperation with Morocco
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Congress finds the following: The United States recognizes the 20th anniversary of the African Lion exercise hosted by Morocco, a key United States ally in Africa and the Middle East. The African Lion exercise is United States Africa Command’s largest annual combined joint exercise. African Lion builds and maintains interoperability with our African and North Atlantic Treaty Organization partners and improves our ability to meet security related challenges together to address the growing threats from nation states, private military corporations, militias, non-state armed groups and violent extremist organizations, given the increasing presence of malign actors in Africa, including the Iranian regime and its proxies, particularly in North Africa and the Sahel.
It is the policy of the United States to— support strengthening security cooperation with Morocco given increasing instability in Africa and the Middle East and provide for close cooperation between the United States and Morocco in order to contribute to the region’s broader security; and provide for the continuation of the African Lion exercise in future years will support the crucial efforts to address security challenges facing NATO’s southern flank. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing how the United States can improve its interoperability and cooperation with Morocco through the African Lion exercise to continue to address the growing threats in Africa, including the Iranian regime and its proxies, particularly in North Africa and the Sahel.
In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.