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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 · Sec. 1343

Sec. 1343. PLAN FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS IN JAPAN

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## SEC. 1343 PLAN FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS IN JAPAN ###
(a)Plan Required 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 plan to reconstitute U.S. Forces Japan as a joint force headquarters consistent with the Joint Statement of the Security Consultative Committee released on July 28, 2024. ###
(b)Elements The plan required by subsection
(a)shall include a description of each of the following: ####
(1)The operational chain of command of the joint force headquarters as it relates to— #####
(A)United States Indo-Pacific Command and the component commands of United States Indo-Pacific Command; #####
(B)the standing joint force headquarters required by section 1087 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 10 U.S.C. 161 note); and #####
(C)any United States military forces deployed to Japan on a permanent, rotational, or temporary basis. ####
(2)The manning and resourcing required for the establishment of such a joint force headquarters. ####
(3)The mission and operational authorities that will be delegated to the joint force headquarters during peacetime, crisis, and conflict. ####
(4)The relationship of the joint force headquarters with the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Operations Command, including coordination and decision-making mechanisms, necessary to enable seamless integration of operations and capabilities and allow for greater interoperability and planning between United States forces and Japanese forces in peacetime and during contingencies. ####
(5)The infrastructure required to support the joint force headquarters and milestones and timelines for the joint force headquarters to achieve initial operational capability and full operational capability. ####
(6)Such other matters as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate. ###
(c)Annual Report Required Not later than June 1, 2026, and annually thereafter until the joint force headquarters to be established reaches full operational capability, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report providing an update on progress toward achieving the milestones identified under subsection (b)(5) and any other matters the Secretary determines to be relevant.
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