Sec. 1055. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO PERSONNEL OF FOREIGN MINISTRIES OF DEFENSE

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## SEC. 1055 AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO PERSONNEL OF FOREIGN MINISTRIES OF DEFENSE ###

(a)Authority Section 1081 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 168 note), as amended by section 1047 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck”McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3494), is further amended— ####

(1)by redesignating subsections

(b)through

(e)as subsections

(c)through (f), respectively; and ####

(2)by inserting after subsection

(a)the following new subsection (b): > > ### “(b) Training of Personnel of Foreign Ministries With Security Missions > > > #### “(1) In general > > The Secretary of Defense may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, carry out a program to provide training and associated training support services to personnel of foreign ministries of defense (or ministries with security force oversight) or regional organizations with security missions— > > > ##### “(A) > > for the purpose of— > > > ###### “(i) > > enhancing civilian oversight of foreign security forces; > > > ###### “(ii) > > establishing responsible defense governance and internal controls in order to help build effective, transparent, and accountable defense institutions; > > > ###### “(iii) > > assessing organizational weaknesses and establishing a roadmap for addressing shortfalls; and > > > ###### “(iv) > > enhancing ministerial, general or joint staff, or service level core management competencies; and > > > ##### “(B) > > for such other purposes as the Secretary considers appropriate, consistent with the authority in subsection (a). > > > #### “(2) Notice to Congress > > Each fiscal year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on activities under the program under paragraph

(1)during the preceding fiscal year quarter. Each report shall include, for the fiscal year quarter covered by such report, the following: > > > ##### “(A) > > A list of activities under the program. > > > ##### “(B) > > A list of any organization described in paragraph

(1)to which the Secretary assigned employees under the program, including the number of such employees so assigned, the duration of each assignment, a brief description of each assigned employee’s activities, and a statement of the cost of each assignment. > > > ##### “(C) > > A comprehensive justification of any activities conducted pursuant to paragraph (1)(B).” > . ###

(b)Termination of Authority Subsection

(c)of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended in paragraph

(1)by striking “of the Secretary of Defense” and all that follows and inserting “in this section terminates at the close of December 31, 2017.”. ###

(c)Conforming Amendments Such section is further amended— ####

(1)in subsection (a), by inserting “Ministry of Defense Advisor” before “Authority”; ####

(2)in subsections

(d)and (e), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, by striking “the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives” and inserting “the appropriate committees of Congress”; and ####

(3)by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(g) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined > > In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ means— > > > #### “(1) > > the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and > > > #### “(2) > > the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.” > . ###

(d)Clerical and Conforming Amendment to Section Heading to Reflect Name of Program ####

(1)Conforming Amendment The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: > > ## “SEC. 1081 DEFENSE INSTITUTION CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM” > . ####

(2)Clerical Amendment The table of contents in section 2(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 1081 and inserting the following new item:" “Sec. 1081. Defense Institution Capacity Building Program.” ". **[**Section 1056 was repealed by section 811(a)(1)(D) of division A of Public Law 118-159.**]**

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