Sec. 1210E. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY ACT OF 2017

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## SEC. 1210E IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY ACT OF 2017 **[**[10 U.S.C. 113 note](/us/usc/t10/s113)**]** ###

(a)In General During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall undertake activities consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-68; 131 Stat. 1202) and with the guidance specified in this section, including— ####

(1)implementation of the Department of Defense plan entitled “Women, Peace, and Security Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan” published in June 2020, or any successor plan; ####

(2)establishing Department of Defense-wide policies and programs that advance the implementation of the Act, including military doctrine and Department-specific and combatant command-specific programs; ####

(3)ensuring the Department has sufficient qualified personnel to advance implementation of that Act, including by hiring and training full-time equivalent personnel, as necessary, and establishing roles, responsibilities, and requirements for such personnel; ####

(4)as appropriate, the deliberate integration of relevant training curriculum for members of the Armed Forces across all ranks; and ####

(5)security cooperation activities that further the implementation of that Act. ###

(b)Building Partner Defense Institution and Security Force Capacity ####

(1)Incorporation of gender analysis and participation of women into security cooperation activities Consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-68; 131 Stat. 1202), the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall incorporate participation by women and the analysis described in the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-428; 132 Stat. 5509) into the institutional and national security force capacity-building activities of security cooperation programs carried out under title 10, United States Code, including, as appropriate, by— #####

(A)incorporating gender analysis and women, peace, and security priorities into educational and training materials and programs authorized by section 333 of title 10, United States Code; #####

(B)advising on the recruitment, employment, development, retention, and promotion of women in such national security forces, including by— ######

(i)identifying existing military career opportunities for women; ######

(ii)exposing women and girls to careers available in such national security forces and the skills necessary for such careers; and ######

(iii)encouraging women’s and girls’ interest in such careers by highlighting as role models women of the United States and applicable foreign countries in uniform; #####

(C)addressing sexual harassment and abuse against women within such national security forces; #####

(D)integrating gender analysis into security sector policy, planning, and training for such national security forces; and #####

(E)improving infrastructure to address the requirements of women serving in such national security forces, including appropriate equipment for female security and police forces. ####

(2)Barriers and opportunities Partner country assessments conducted in the course of Department security cooperation activities to build the capacity of the national security forces of foreign countries shall include attention to the barriers and opportunities with respect to strengthening recruitment, employment, development, retention, and promotion of women in the military forces of such partner countries. ###

(c)Department-wide Policies on Women, Peace, and Security Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall initiate a process to establish standardized policies described in subsection (a)(2). ###

(d)Funding The Secretary of Defense may use funds authorized to be appropriated in each fiscal year to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance as specified in the table in section 4301 for carrying out the full implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-68; 131 Stat. 1202) and the guidance on the matters described in paragraphs

(1)through

(5)of subsection

(a)and subparagraphs

(A)through

(E)of subsection (b)(1). ###

(e)Annual Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the steps the Department has taken to implement the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, including— ####

(1)implementation of defense lines of effort outlined in the June 2020 Department of Defense “Women, Peace, and Security Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan” and described in paragraphs

(1)through

(5)of subsection

(a)and subparagraphs

(A)through

(E)of subsection (b)(1), as appropriate; and ####

(2)an enumeration of the funds used in such implementation and an identification of funding shortfalls, if any, that may inhibit implementation. ###

(f)Pilot Program ####

(1)Establishment The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish and carry out a pilot program for the purpose of conducting partner country assessments described in subsection (b)(2). ####

(2)Contract authority The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall seek to enter into one or more contracts with a nonprofit organization or a federally funded research and development center independent of the Department for the purpose of conducting such partner country assessments. ####

(3)Selection of countries #####

(A)In general The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the commanders of the combatant commands and relevant United States ambassadors, shall select one partner country within the area of responsibility of each geographic combatant command for participation in the pilot program. #####

(B)Considerations In making the selection under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Defense shall consider— ######

(i)the demonstrated political commitment of the partner country to increasing the participation of women in the security sector; and ######

(ii)the national security priorities and theater campaign strategies of the United States. ####

(4)Partner country assessments Partner country assessments conducted under the pilot program shall be— #####

(A)adapted to the local context of the partner country being assessed; #####

(B)conducted in collaboration with the security sector of the partner country being assessed; and #####

(C)based on tested methodologies. ####

(5)Review and assessment With respect to each partner country assessment conducted under the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall— #####

(A)review the methods of research and analysis used by any entity contracted with under paragraph

(2)in conducting the assessment and identify lessons learned from such review; and #####

(B)assess the ability of the Department to conduct future partner country assessments without entering into such a contract, including by assessing potential costs and benefits for the Department that may arise in conducting such future assessments. ####

(6)Findings #####

(A)In general The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall use findings from each partner country assessment to inform effective security cooperation activities and security sector assistance interventions by the United States in the partner country assessed, which shall be designed to substantially increase opportunities for the recruitment, employment, development, retention, deployment, and promotion of women in the national security forces of such partner country (including for deployments to peace operations and for participation in counterterrorism operations and activities). #####

(B)Model methodology The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall develop, based on the findings of the pilot program, a model barrier assessment methodology for use across the geographic combatant commands. ####

(7)Reports #####

(A)In general Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an initial report on the implementation of the pilot program under this subsection that includes an identification of the partner countries selected for participation in the program and the justifications for such selections. #####

(B)Methodology On the date on which the Secretary of Defense determines the pilot program to be complete, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the model barrier assessment methodology developed under paragraph (6)(B). ###

(g)Briefing Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the efforts to build partner defense institution and security force capacity pursuant to this section. ###

(h)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. ## Subtitle B Matters Relating to Afghanistan and Pakistan

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