Sec. 243. PLAN TO ADVANCE INTERESTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN MATTERS RELATING TO ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM IN INTERNATIONAL FORA

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## SEC. 243 PLAN TO ADVANCE INTERESTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN MATTERS RELATING TO ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM IN INTERNATIONAL FORA ###

(a)Plan Required Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, shall develop and commence implementation of a five-year plan for advancing United States defense policy interests at meetings of relevant international organizations and other international fora relating to electromagnetic spectrum, including all phases of the World Radiocommunication Conferences preparatory process. ###

(b)Elements At a minimum, the plan developed under subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)Actions and resourcing required to ensure that the Department of Defense has the personnel and expertise required to engage meaningfully in the international activities described in subsection (a). ####

(2)Processes to increase pre-coordination with relevant domestic partners and Federal agencies on matters relating to the international activities described in subsection (a), including the defense industrial base and industry. ####

(3)Appropriate avenues to increase cooperation activities with friendly foreign partners relating to the international activities described in subsection (a). ###

(c)Briefing Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chief Information officer of the Department of Defense, shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the plan developed under subsection (a), which shall include information on relevant funded and unfunded resourcing requirements for current and future fiscal years.