Sec. 1273. Defending international security by restricting unacceptable partnerships and tactics
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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of National Intelligence shall each— establish a working group on adversary alignment; and designate a point of contact on adversary alignment, who shall serve as the head of the working group for the applicable department or office. Each working group established pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall— comprise— subject matter experts covering each of— the People’s Republic of China; the Russian Federation; the Islamic Republic of Iran; and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; and representatives covering all core functions of the department or office of the Secretary or Director establishing the working group; ensure that the working group members have the requisite security clearances and access to critical compartmented information necessary to assess and understand the full scope of adversary cooperation, including how events in one theater might trigger actions in another; and not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Secretary or Director who established the working group, and to the appropriate committees of Congress, a report— evaluating the impact of adversary alignment on the relevant operations carried out by the department or office of the working group; and setting forth recommendations for such organizational changes as the working group considers necessary to ensure the department or office of the working group is well positioned to routinely evaluate and respond to the rapidly evolving nature of adversary cooperation and the attendant risks. Not less frequently than biannually, the heads of the working groups established under this section shall meet to discuss findings, problems, and next steps with respect to adversary alignment. The authorities and requirements under this subsection shall terminate 5 years after the date of enactment of this section, unless reauthorized by Congress. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the head of any Federal agency the Director considers appropriate, shall submit to the President, any Federal officer of Cabinet-level rank the Director considers appropriate, and the appropriate committees of Congress, a report on bilateral and multilateral cooperation among adversaries of the United States and the resulting risks of such cooperation. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A description of the current nature and extent of dangerous bilateral or multilateral cooperation among the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea across the diplomatic, information, military, and economic spheres, and an assessment of the advantages that accrue to each adversary from such cooperation. An assessment of the trajectory for cooperation among the adversaries described in subparagraph
(A)during the 5-year period beginning on the date on which the report is submitted. An outline of the risks to the United States and allied diplomatic, military, intelligence, and economic operations, and broader security interests around the world. An evaluation of the vulnerabilities and tension points within such adversary bilateral or multilateral relationships, and an assessment of the likely effect of efforts by the United States to separate adversaries. The report required by paragraph
(1)may be completed using reports submitted by the Director of National Intelligence to satisfy other statutory requirements. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in classified form. Not later than 180 days after the establishment of the Working Groups on Adversary Alignment required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report outlining the strategic approach of the United States to adversary alignment and the necessary steps to disrupt, frustrate, constrain, and prepare for adversary cooperation during the two-year period beginning on the date of the submission of such report. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A detailed description of the methods and tools available to the United States to disrupt the most dangerous elements of adversary cooperation, including the growing connectivity between the defense industrial bases of each adversary. A framework for using diplomatic engagement and intelligence diplomacy, as appropriate— to inform allies and partners about the increasing risk of adversary alignment; to secure the support of allies and partners in combating adversary alignment; and to assess and help address, as appropriate, the vulnerabilities and capability gaps of allies and partners to counter threats from adversary alignment. A plan for ensuring the integrity of United States methods of economic statecraft, including an assessment of the efficiency of the United States sanctions and export control enforcement apparatus and any accompanying resourcing requirements. A plan to bolster deterrence within the priority theaters of the Indo-Pacific region, Europe, and the Middle East by— increasing United States and partner munitions stockpiles, particularly such stockpiles that are most critical for supporting frontline partners such as Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine in the event of aggression by a United States adversary; facilitating collaborative efforts with partners for the co-production, co- maintenance, and co-sustainment of critical munitions and platforms required by the United States and allies and partners of the United States in the event of a future conflict with the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; and more effectively using funding through the United States Foreign Military Financing program to support allied and partner domestic defense production that can contribute to deterrence in each such priority theater; and such other measures as determined by the Secretaries. A plan for updating war-planning tools of the Department of Defense not later than 1 year after the date on which the report is submitted to ensure that United States war planners are better equipped to update and modify war plans in the face of rapidly evolving information on adversary cooperation. An assessment of the capability gaps and vulnerabilities the United States would face in deterring an adversary in the event that the United States is engaged in a conflict with an adversary, and a plan to work with allies and partners to address such gaps and vulnerabilities. Recommendations for actions that allies and partners may take, individually or collectively, to strengthen their own deterrence and resilience, enhance defense industrial cooperation, and contribute to disrupt adversary alignment. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in classified form. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.