Sec. 1289. Improvements to security cooperation workforce and defense acquisition workforce
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The Secretary of Defense shall, consistent with the requirements of section 384 of title 10, United States Code, seek to ensure that members of the defense acquisition workforce involved in the foreign military sales process— are aware of evolving United States regional and country-level defense capability-building priorities; and coordinate with the security cooperation workforce to enhance responsiveness to foreign partner requests and capability-building priorities. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the resources necessary to implement paragraph (1), including— the anticipated costs of new personnel and training to carry out such paragraph; the estimated increase in foreign military sales administrative user fees necessary to offset such costs; the feasibility and advisability of establishing, at the Department of Defense level or the military department level, a contracting capacity that is specific to the execution of contracts for foreign military sales; and the feasibility and advisability of establishing a dedicated contracting capacity to directly support foreign military sales contracting activities.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall update, as necessary, Department of Defense guidance to the security cooperation workforce and the defense acquisition workforce governing the execution of foreign military sales by the Department to ensure that such guidance— incorporates the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy; and is informed by the theater campaign plans and theater security cooperation strategies of the combatant commands.
The updated guidance required by paragraph
(1)shall— identify— regional and country-level foreign defense capability-building priorities; and levels of urgency and desired timelines for achieving foreign capability-building objectives; and provide guidance to the defense acquisition workforce regarding levels of resourcing, innovation, and risk tolerance that should be considered in meeting urgent needs. The Secretary of Defense shall establish a Foreign Military Sales Continuous Process Improvement Board (in this section referred to as the Board ) to serve as an enduring governance structure within the Department of Defense that reports to the Secretary on matters relating to the foreign military sales process so as to enhance accountability and continuous improvement within the Department, including the objectives of— improving the understanding, among officials of the Department, of ally and partner requirements; enabling efficient reviews for release of technology; providing ally and partner countries with relevant priority equipment; accelerating acquisition and contracting support; expanding the capacity of the defense industrial base; and working with other departments and agencies to promote broad United States Government support. The Board shall be composed of not fewer than seven members, selected from among individuals with government experience and individuals with nongovernmental expertise, each of whom shall have expertise in the foreign military sales process. In this section: The term defense acquisition workforce means the Department of Defense acquisition workforce described in chapter 87 of title 10, United States Code. The term security cooperation workforce has the meaning given the term in section 384 of title 10, United States Code.