Sec. 1348. Plan for enhanced security cooperation with Japan
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Not later than June 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a plan for enhancing United States security cooperation with Japan. The plan required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: A plan for— increased bilateral training, exercises, combined patrols, and other activities between the United States Armed Forces and the Self-Defense Forces of Japan; increasing multilateral military-to-military engagements involving the United States Armed Forces, the Self-Defense Forces of Japan, and the military forces of other regional allies and partners, including Australia, India, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippines, as appropriate; increased sharing of intelligence and other information, including the adoption of enhanced security protocols; current mechanisms, processes, and plans to coordinate and engage with the Joint Headquarters of the Self-Defense Forces of Japan; and enhancing cooperation on advanced technology initiatives, including artificial intelligence, cyber, space, undersea, hypersonic, and related technologies. An analysis of the feasibility and advisability of— increasing combined planning efforts between the United States and Japan to address potential regional contingencies; modifying United States command structures in Japan— to coordinate all United States military activities and operations in Japan; to complement similar changes by the Self-Defense Forces of Japan; and to facilitate integrated planning and implementation of combined activities; and additional modifications to the force posture of the United States Armed Forces in Japan, including the establishment of additional main operating locations, cooperative security locations, contingency locations, and other forward operating sites. An identification of challenges to the implementation of the plan required by subsection
(a)and any recommended legislative changes, resourcing requirements, bilateral agreements, or other measures that would facilitate the implementation of such plan. The plan required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.