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(A) The standards and procedures by which the Sec-
retary, before making a decision to provide assistance to 
a unit of a foreign security force under section 362 of 
title 10, United States Code, gives full consideration to 
credible information that the unit has committed a gross 
violation of human rights, including credible information 
available to the Department of State relating to human 
rights violations by such unit. 
(B) The roles and responsibilities of Department of 
Defense 
components 
in 
implementing 
such 
section, 
including the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Partner-
ships, the geographic combatant commands, and the Office 
of the General Counsel, and whether such components 
are adequately funded, resourced, and manned to carry 
out their respective roles and responsibilities. 
(C) The standards and procedures by which the Sec-
retary implements the exception under subsection (b) of 
such section based on a determination that all necessary 
corrective steps have been taken. 
(D) The standards and procedures by which the Sec-
retary exercises the waiver authority under subsection (c) 
of such section based on a determination that a waiver 
is required by extraordinary circumstances. 
(E) The policies, standards, and processes for the 
remediation of units of foreign security forces described 
in such section and resumption of assistance consistent 
with such section, and the effectiveness of such remediation 
process. 
(F) The process by which the Secretary determines 
whether a unit of a foreign security force designated to 
receive training, equipment, or other assistance under such 
section is new or fundamentally different from its prede-
cessor for which there was determined to be credible 
information that the unit had committed a gross violation 
of human rights. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) FINDINGS OF REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the findings of the review conducted under subsection (b) that 
includes any recommendations or corrective actions necessary 
with respect to the policies, guidance, and processes for Depart-
ment of Defense-wide implementation of section 362 of title 
10, United States Code. 
(2) REMEDIATION PROCESS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter through fiscal year 2025, the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
on the remediation process under section 362 of title 10, 
United States Code, and resumption of assistance con-
sistent with such section. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subparagraph 
(A) shall include the following:
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(i) An identification of the units of foreign security 
forces that currently have been determined under sec-
tion 362 of title 10, United States Code, to be ineligible 
to receive Department of Defense training, equipment, 
or other assistance. 
(ii) With respect to each unit identified under 
clause (i), the date on which such determination was 
made. 
(iii) The number of requests submitted by 
geographic combatant commands for review by a 
remediation review panel with respect to resumption 
of assistance to a unit of a foreign security force that 
has been denied assistance under such section, 
disaggregated by geographic combatant command. 
(iv) For the preceding reporting period, the number 
of— 
(I) remediation review panels convened; and 
(II) cases resolved. 
(C) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.— 
In this paragraph, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of 
Congress’’ means— 
(i) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(ii) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1210. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES EFFORTS 
TO TRAIN, ADVISE, ASSIST, AND EQUIP THE MILITARY 
FORCES OF SOMALIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide for 
an independent assessment of Department of Defense efforts to 
train, advise, assist, and equip the military forces of Somalia. 
(b) CONDUCT
OF ASSESSMENT.—To conduct the assessment 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall select— 
(1) a federally funded research and development center; 
or 
(2) an independent, nongovernmental institute described 
in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code that has 
recognized credentials and expertise in national security and 
military affairs appropriate for the assessment. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by subsection (a) shall 
include an assessment of the following: 
(1) The evolution of United States approaches to training, 
advising, assisting, and equipping the military forces of 
Somalia. 
(2) The extent to which— 
(A) the Department has an established plan, with 
objectives and milestones, for the effort to train, advise, 
assist, and equip such forces; 
(B) advisory efforts are meeting objectives, including 
whether and the manner in which— 
(i) advisors track the operational effectiveness of 
such forces; and
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(ii) any such data informs future training and 
advisory efforts; 
(C) the Department sufficiently engages, collaborates, 
and deconflicts with— 
(i) other Federal departments and agencies that 
conduct assistance and advisory engagements with 
such forces; and 
(ii) international and multilateral entities that con-
duct assistance and advisory engagements with such 
forces; and 
(D) the Department has established and enforced a 
policy, processes, and procedures for accountability relating 
to equipment provided by the United States to such forces. 
(3) Factors that have hindered, or may in the future hinder, 
the development of professional, sustainable, and capable such 
forces. 
(4) With respect to the effort to train, advise, assist, and 
equip such forces, the extent to which the December 2020 
decision to reduce and reposition outside Somalia the majority 
of the members of the United States Armed Forces assigned 
to carry out the effort has impacted the effectiveness of the 
effort. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2023, the entity 
selected to conduct the assessment required by subsection (a) shall 
submit to the Secretary and the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the findings of the assessment. 
(e) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal year 2023 and available for operation and maintenance 
for Defense-wide activities, up to $1,000,000 shall be made available 
for the assessment required by subsection (a). 
SEC. 1211. SECURITY COOPERATION ACTIVITIES AT COUNTER-UAS 
UNIVERSITY. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall brief the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives on how the Department of Defense 
intends to bolster security cooperation activities with allies and 
partners at the C-UAS University, including an identification of 
any shortfalls in resourcing or gaps in authorities that could inhibit 
these security cooperation efforts. 
SEC. 1212. DEFENSE OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE INTERNATIONAL 
COOPERATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State and in coordination with the com-
manders of the geographic combatant commands, may establish 
a pilot program, to be known as the ‘‘Defense Operational Resilience 
International Cooperation Pilot Program’’ (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘pilot program’’) to support engagement with military 
forces of partner countries on defense-related environmental and 
operational energy issues in support of the theater campaign plans 
of the geographic combatant commands. 
(b) DURATION.—The Secretary of Defense may carry out the 
pilot program during the period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2025. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—
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(1) PURPOSES.—The pilot program shall be limited to the 
following purposes: 
(A) To build military-to-military relationships in sup-
port of the efforts of the Department of Defense to engage 
in long-term strategic competition. 
(B) To sustain the mission capability and forward pos-
ture of the Armed Forces of the United States. 
(C) To enhance the capability, capacity, and resilience 
of the military forces of partner countries. 
(2) PROHIBITED ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may not use 
the pilot program to provide assistance that is in violation 
of section 362 of title 10, United States Code, or otherwise 
prohibited by law. 
(3) SECURITY COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall plan and 
prioritize assistance, training, and exercises with partner coun-
tries pursuant to the pilot program in a manner that is con-
sistent with applicable guidance relating to security cooperation 
program and activities of the Department of Defense. 
(d) FUNDING.—Of amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 and available 
for operation and maintenance, the Secretary may make available 
$10,000,000 to support the pilot program, which shall be allocated 
in accordance with the priorities of the commanders of the 
geographic combatant commands. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each year the Secretary 
carries out the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on obligations 
and expenditures made to carry out the pilot program during 
the fiscal year that precedes the year during which each such 
report is submitted. 
(2) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall submit each such 
report not later than March 1 of each year during which the 
Secretary has authority to carry out the pilot program. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—Each such report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An accounting of each obligation and expenditure 
made to carry out the pilot program, disaggregated, where 
applicable, by partner country and military force of a 
partner country. 
(B) An explanation of the manner in which each such 
obligation or expenditure— 
(i) supports the national defense of the United 
States; and 
(ii) is in accordance with limitations described in 
subsection (c). 
(C) Any other matter the Secretary determines to be 
relevant. 
(f) TEMPORARY
CESSATION
OF
AUTHORIZATION.—No funds 
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any 
of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 for the Department of Defense 
may be made available for the ‘‘Defense Environmental Inter-
national Cooperation Program’’. During the period specified in sub-
section (b), all activities and functions of the ‘‘Defense Environ-
mental International Cooperation Program’’ may only be carried 
out under the pilot program.