Sec. 1241. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE AFRICAN UNION IN OPERATIONALIZING THE AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE

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## SEC. 1241 REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE AFRICAN UNION IN OPERATIONALIZING THE AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE ###

(a)Report Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the progress of the African Union in operationalizing the African Standby Force. ###

(b)Elements The report required by subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)An assessment of the existing personnel strengths and capabilities of each of the five regional brigades of the African Standby Force and their brigade-level headquarters. ####

(2)An assessment of the specific capacity-building needs of the African Standby Force, including with respect to supply management, information management, strategic planning, and other critical components. ####

(3)A description of the functionality of the supply depots of each brigade referred to in paragraph (1), and current information on existing stocks of each such brigade. ####

(4)An assessment of the capacity of the African Union to manage the African Standby Force. ####

(5)An assessment of inter-organizational coordination on assistance to the African Union and the African Standby Force between multilateral donors, including the United Nations, the European Union, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ####

(6)An assessment of the capacity of the African Union to absorb additional international assistance toward the development of a fully functional African Standby Force.