Sec. 1259. 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; and members of the defense acquisition workforce are professionally evaluated using metrics to measure— adherence to meeting the foreign capability requirements identified in Department of Defense strategy documents; responsiveness to foreign partner requests; ability to meet foreign partner capability and delivery schedule requirements; and advancement of foreign capability-building priorities described in the guidance updated under subsection (b).
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 governing the execution of foreign military sales by the Department to ensure that such guidance— incorporates priorities of the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy associated with foreign partner contributions; is informed by the theater campaign plans and theater security cooperation strategies of the combatant commands; incorporates timeline prioritization of purchasers with a special designation; and is disseminated to the security cooperation workforce and the defense acquisition workforce.
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. In this subsection, the term purchaser with a special designation means Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, major defense partners, major security partners, and eligible purchasers that are members of the national technology and industrial base. Section 1210(b) of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 ( Public Law 118–159 ) is amended to read as follows: 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; working with other departments and agencies to promote broad United States Government support; and any other matters determined by the Secretary to be relevant to the Board. The Board shall be composed of not fewer than 7 members, each of whom shall have expertise in security cooperation, security assistance, defense acquisition, business process reform, or any disciplines the Secretary determines to be important to the functioning of the Board. Of the members of the Board, 3 such members shall be individuals who are not— officers or employees of the Department of Defense; members of the United States Armed Forces; or registered as a foreign agent or registered lobbyists. Each member of the Board described in this subparagraph shall be appropriately cleared for security risks. The Board shall not be subject to chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Federal Advisory Committee Act ). This subsection shall terminate on December 31, 2030. . 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.
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