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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 · Sec. 1204

Sec. 1204. MODIFICATION OF DEFENSE INSTITUTION CAPACITY BUILDING AND AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY OF FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES

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## SEC. 1204 MODIFICATION OF DEFENSE INSTITUTION CAPACITY BUILDING AND AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY OF FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES ###
(a)Defense Institution Capacity Building Section 332 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a), by inserting “and members of the armed forces” after “civilian employees of the Department of Defense”; ####
(2)in subsection (b)— #####
(A)in paragraph (1), by inserting “to assign civilian employees of the Department of Defense and members of the armed forces as advisors or trainers” after “carry out a program”; and #####
(B)in paragraph (2)(B)— ######
(i)by striking “employees” in each place it appears and inserting “advisors or trainers”; and ######
(ii)by striking “each assigned employee’s activities” and inserting “the activities of each assigned advisor or trainer”; and ####
(3)in subsection (c)— #####
(A)in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “or a member of the armed forces” after “a civilian employee of the Department of Defense”; #####
(B)in paragraph (1), by striking “employee as an advisor” and inserting “advisor or trainer”; and #####
(C)in paragraph (3), by striking “employee” and inserting “advisor or trainer”. ###
(b)Authority to Build Capacity of Foreign Security Forces Subsection
(c)of section 333 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)in paragraph (2)— #####
(A)in subparagraph (A), by striking “and the rule of law” and inserting “the rule of law, and civilian control of the military”; and #####
(B)in subparagraph (B), by striking “Respect for civilian control of the military” and inserting “Institutional capacity building”; ####
(2)in paragraph (3)— #####
(A)in the heading, by striking “Human rights training” and inserting “Observance of and respect for the law of armed conflict, human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, and civilian control of the military”; #####
(B)by inserting “or the Department of State” after “Department of Defense”; and #####
(C)by striking “human rights training that includes a comprehensive curriculum on human rights and the law of armed conflict” and inserting “training that includes a comprehensive curriculum on the law of armed conflict, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, and that enhances the capacity to exercise responsible civilian control of the military”; and ####
(3)in paragraph (4)— #####
(A)in the first sentence, by striking “that the Department is already undertaking, or will undertake as part of the program” and all that follows and inserting “that the Department of Defense or another department or agency is already undertaking, or will undertake as part of the security sector assistance provided to the foreign country concerned, a program of institutional capacity building with appropriate institutions of such foreign country to enhance the capacity of such foreign country to organize, administer, employ, manage, maintain, sustain, or oversee the national security forces of such foreign country.”; and #####
(B)by striking the second sentence.
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