Sec. 1291. REVIEW AND REPORTS ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EFFORTS TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF AND PARTNER WITH FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES

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## SEC. 1291 REVIEW AND REPORTS ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EFFORTS TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF AND PARTNER WITH FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES ###

(a)Review ####

(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Defense Policy Board shall conduct a review of the efforts of the Department of Defense to build the capacity of, or partner with, foreign security forces in support of United States national defense and security strategies. ####

(2)Elements The review required by this subsection shall include the following: #####

(A)An examination of the ways in which the efforts of the Department to build the capacity of, or partner with, foreign security forces directly support implementation of current national defense and security strategies. #####

(B)An assessment of the range of effects that efforts of the Department to build the capacity of, or partner with, foreign security forces are designed to achieve in support of current national defense and security strategies. #####

(C)An assessment of the criteria used for prioritizing such efforts in support of national defense and security strategies. #####

(D)An identification of the authorities the Department currently uses to implement such efforts, together with an assessment of the adequacy of such authorities. #####

(E)An assessment of the capabilities and resources required by the Department to implement such efforts. #####

(F)An assessment of the most effective distribution of the roles and responsibilities for such efforts within the Department, together with an assessment whether the Department military and civilian workforce is appropriately sized and shaped to meet the requirements of such efforts. #####

(G)An evaluation of current measures of the Department for assessing activities of the Department designed to build the capacity of, or partner with, foreign security forces, including an assessment whether such measures address the extent to which such activities directly support the priorities of national defense and security strategies. #####

(H)An identification of recommendations for clarifying or improving the guidance and assessment measures of the Department relating to its efforts to build the capacity of, or partner with, foreign security forces in support of national defense and security strategies. ####

(3)Report Not later than 90 days after the completion of the review required by this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the result of the review. ###

(b)Strategic Guidance on Department of Defense Efforts To Build Partner Capacity and Other Partnership Initiatives Not later than 120 days after the completion of the review required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall, with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the following: ####

(1)An assessment, taking into account the recommendations of the Defense Policy Board in the review required by subsection (a), of the efforts of the Department of Defense to build the capacity of, and partner with, foreign military forces in support of national defense and security strategies. ####

(2)Strategic guidance for the Department for its efforts to build the capacity of, and partner with, foreign military forces in support of national defense and security strategies, which guidance shall address— #####

(A)the ways such efforts directly support the goals and objectives of national defense and security strategies; #####

(B)the criteria to be used for prioritizing activities to implement such efforts in support of national defense and security strategies; #####

(C)the measures to be used to assess the effects achieved by such efforts and the extent to which such effects support the objectives of national defense and security strategies; #####

(D)the appropriate roles and responsibilities of the Armed Forces, the combatant commands, the Defense Agencies, and other components of the Department in conducting such efforts; and #####

(E)the relationship of Department workforce planning with the requirements for such efforts.