Sec. 7. Security assistance framework and planning

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Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Coordinator shall create and submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a framework to be used by relevant bureaus and diplomatic posts to guide regional and country-specific planning, such as joint regional strategies or integrated country strategies or their equivalents, with respect to security assistance based on the following:

Identification and prioritization of overall goals and objectives for security assistance, in accordance with the relevant National Security Strategy. Criteria for— identifying opportunities and risks created by the provision of security assistance; and tailoring and sequencing such assistance accordingly. Guidance for— incorporating the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation program described in section 6 into the strategic planning cycle pursuant to GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–352 ), and the amendments made by that Act, and any other relevant law; and increasing coordination, as appropriate, with other major international donors to maximize resources and unity of efforts.

Metrics for assessing the effectiveness of security assistance in— increasing the operational access and influence of the United States when there is a demonstrated, strategic need for such access and influence; improving partner capacity and commitment to countering shared threats and increased burden sharing, including in ways that enable reallocation of United States military deployments to other high priority missions; and contributing to the maintenance of existing peace treaties between recipients of assistance.

A process to ensure that transfers regulated by the Department that are outside the scope of security assistance, such as certain direct commercial sales, are factored into— the implementation of the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation program described in subsection (a); and the planning process described in subsection (c). Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Coordinator shall develop and submit in accordance with subsection

(c)a list, including justifications, of priority recipient countries to receive security assistance, on the basis of— policy objectives determined by the Secretary; and the political conditions present in such recipient countries to achieve such policy objectives. Any comprehensive regional strategy, such as a joint regional strategy or its equivalent, and any country strategy, such as an integrated country strategy or its equivalent, that is produced by the Department of State on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and each successor strategy to such strategy, shall integrate security assistance planning in a manner that incorporates the elements of the framework created pursuant to subsection

(a)and include an annex relating to security assistance, which shall include— the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation baseline assessments described in section 6; requests to allocate security assistance with respect to the area covered by the strategy; and a description of the manner in which such resources will be used. In developing annexes relating to security assistance for inclusion in comprehensive regional strategies or country strategies in accordance with paragraph (2), the relevant bureau, office, or diplomatic post shall coordinate with— the Office; the Office of Foreign Assistance Resources, or an equivalent entity in the Department, regarding the allocation of resources in line with priorities of the Department of State for security assistance; and the Department of Defense and other relevant Federal departments and agencies that provide security assistance, security cooperation, or other forms of foreign assistance. Beginning 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall include with any materials submitted in support of the budget for that fiscal year that is submitted to Congress by the President under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, an unclassified report, that may include a classified annex, with the following: A list of priority security assistance recipients, along with descriptions of the policy objectives that the Secretary seeks to achieve by providing such assistance to such recipients, developed pursuant to subsection (b)(1). A description of the results of the evaluations conducted pursuant to section 6(c). A description of the manner in which the Department will allocate, monitor, and evaluate all security assistance pursuant to the program described in section 7 and the planning process described in subsection (b).

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