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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 · Sec. 1303

Sec. 1303. REPORT ON THE STATE OF UNITED STATES MILITARY INVESTMENT IN EUROPE, INCLUDING THE EUROPEAN DETERRENCE INITIATIVE

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## SEC. 1303 REPORT ON THE STATE OF UNITED STATES MILITARY INVESTMENT IN EUROPE, INCLUDING THE EUROPEAN DETERRENCE INITIATIVE Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the current state of United States defense investment in Europe, with particular focus on United States military infrastructure requirements, including the European Deterrence Initiative. Such report shall include the following elements: ####
(1)An assessment of the progress made by the Department of Defense toward achieving the stated objectives of the European Deterrence Initiative
(EDI)over its lifetime, and the extent to which EDI funding has aligned with such objectives. ####
(2)An assessment of the current state of the United States defense posture in Europe. ####
(3)An assessment of further investments required to improve United States military mobility in the United States European Command area of responsibility, including efforts to— #####
(A)address contested logistics; and #####
(B)improve physical impediments and regulatory challenges to movement by air, rail, road, or waterway across such area of responsibility. ####
(4)An assessment of the current state of United States prepositioned stocks in Europe, including a description of both completed and underway projects, timelines for completion of underway projects, and estimated sustainment costs upon completion of such projects. ####
(5)An assessment of the current state of United States munitions in Europe, including the adequacy to satisfy United States needs in a European contingency, and a description of any plans to adjust munitions stocks. ####
(6)An assessment of the current state of United States antisubmarine warfare assets, organization, and resources in the United States European Command and Second Fleet areas of responsibility, including— #####
(A)the sufficiency of such assets, organization, and resources to counter Russian submarine threats; and #####
(B)the sufficiency of United States sonobuoy stocks, antisubmarine warfare platforms, and undersea sensing equipment. ####
(7)An assessment of the current state of the United States naval presence in the United States European Command area of responsibility and the ability of such presence to respond to future challenges in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Arctic region, including a description of any future plans regarding increased naval force structure forward stationed in Europe and associated timelines. ####
(8)An assessment of the current state of United States Air Force operational planning and resourcing in the European theater, including the current state of prepositioned Air Force equipment, activities, and relevant infrastructure. ####
(9)An assessment of the current state of United States defense information operations capabilities dedicated to the United States European Command area of responsibility, and any defense resources required or policies needed to strengthen such capabilities. ####
(10)An assessment of all purchases, investments, and expenditures made by any Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department and identified as part of the EDI, since its inception, that have been diverted for purposes or uses other than the objectives of the EDI, including a list of all purchases, investments, and expenditures that were requested to support the EDI since its inception that were not ultimately employed for the objectives of the EDI and the respective dollar values of such purchaes, investments, and expenditures. ####
(11)An assessment of the current state of EDI military construction efforts in Europe. ####
(12)An assessment of United States European Command’s planned exercise schedule in coming years, the estimated resourcing requirements to fulfill such schedule, and what percentage of such resourcing is expected to come from EDI. ####
(13)Any other information the Secretary determines relevant. ## Subtitle B United States-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act of 2021
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