Sec. 1351. Enhancing major defense partnership with India
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The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the head of any other relevant Federal department or agency, shall seek to ensure that India is appropriately considered for security cooperation benefits consistent with the status of India as a major defense partner of the United States, including with respect to the following lines of effort: Eligibility for funding to initiate or facilitate cooperative research, development, testing, or evaluation projects with the Department of Defense, with priority given to projects in the areas of— artificial intelligence; undersea domain awareness; air combat and support; munitions; and mobility.
Eligibility to enter into reciprocal agreements with the Department of Defense for the cooperative provision of training on a bilateral or multilateral basis in support of programs for the purpose of building capacity in the areas of— counterterrorism operations; counter-weapons of mass destruction operations; counter-illicit drug trafficking operations; counter-transnational organized crime operations; maritime and border security operations; military intelligence operations; air domain awareness operations; and cyberspace security and defensive cyberspace operations.
Eligibility to enter into a memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement with the Department of Defense for the purpose of conducting cooperative research and development projects on defense equipment and munitions. Eligibility for companies from India to bid on contracts for the maintenance, repair, or overhaul of Department of Defense equipment located outside the United States. Not later than March 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the head of any other relevant Federal department or agency, shall provide the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives with a briefing on the status of security cooperation activities with India, including the lines of effort specified in subsection (a).