(10) Promote additional foreign policy consulta-
tions between the United States and the Government 
of India, with a special emphasis on matters relating 
the Indian Ocean and Asia Pacific region and other 
areas. 
(11) Enhance scientific cooperation between 
India and the United States. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out the 
actions described in subsection (b), the President is au-
thorized, subject to existing requirements of law and any 
applicable agreements or understandings between the 
United States and India, to share and exchange with India 
research, technology, intelligence, information, equipment, 
and personnel, including through sales, leases, or ex-
changes in kind, that the President determines will ad-
vance the national security interests of the United States. 
(d) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PILOT PROGRAMS.— 
The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of 
the Advanced Research Projects Agency is authorized to 
enter into cooperative research pilot programs with India 
to enhance India’s capabilities in the following: 
(1) Border, maritime, and aviation security. 
(2) Explosives detection. 
(3) Humanitarian and disaster management. 
(4) Counterterrorism. 
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SEC. 102. ENHANCED DEFENSE COOPERATION BETWEEN 
THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may, for the period 
described in subsection (c), include India as a country list-
ed in the provisions of law described in subsection (b) for 
the purposes of applying and administering such provi-
sions of law, if the President notifies the appropriate con-
gressional committees in writing at least 30 days before 
so including India as such country for such purposes. 
(b) PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions of law de-
scribed in this subsection are— 
(1) subsections (b)(2), (d)(2)(B), (d)(3)(A)(i), 
and (d)(5) of section 3 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2753); 
(2) subsections (e)(2)(A), (h)(1)(A), and (h)(2) 
of section 21 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2761); 
(3) subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(6), (c), and 
(d)(2)(A) of section 36 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776); 
(4) section 62(c)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
2796a(c)(1)); and 
(5) section 63(a)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
2796b(a)(2)). 
(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION.—India may be in-
cluded in the list of countries described in subsection (b) 
for a period of not more than 5 years. Such period may 
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be renewed for one or more subsequent periods of not 
more than 5 years if the President determines, with re-
spect to each such renewal, that it is in the national inter-
est of the United States to renew such period and notifies 
the appropriate congressional committees of such deter-
mination before the period to be renewed expires. 
SEC. 103. ELIGIBILITY OF INDIA FOR THE STRATEGIC 
TRADE AUTHORIZATION EXCEPTION TO CER-
TAIN 
EXPORT 
CONTROL 
LICENSING 
RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall include India 
on the list of countries eligible for the strategic trade au-
thorization exception under section 740.20(c)(1) of title 
15, Code of Federal Regulations, to the requirement for 
a license for the export, re-export, or in-country transfer 
of an item subject to controls under the Export Adminis-
tration Regulations if the President submits to the appro-
priate congressional committees a certification described 
in subsection (b). 
(b) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—A certification de-
scribed in this subsection is a certification by the Presi-
dent that the Government of India meets the requirements 
necessary to become a party to the Missile Technology 
Control Regime, the Australia Group, the Nuclear Sup-
pliers Group, and the Wassenaar Arrangement. 
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SEC. 104. ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE 
ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND OTHER 
SECTORS OF INDIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
provide assistance to India to support the activities de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTED.—The activities de-
scribed in this subsection are activities to— 
(1) 
promote 
economic 
growth, 
including 
through regional economic integration, innovation 
and entrepreneurship, including through support for 
technology hubs and the Government of India’s dig-
ital and skill India initiatives, and technical and vo-
cational education; 
(2) support greater access to clean water and 
sanitation, including through support for the Gov-
ernment of India’s Swachh Bharat campaigns, and 
improved access to public health services, including 
support for cooperative cancer research, prevention, 
control, and management and strengthened engage-
ment between the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and India’s National Centre for Disease 
Control; 
(3) promote infrastructure development, includ-
ing through the establishment of an Infrastructure 
Collaboration Platform that would enhance partici-
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pation of United States businesses in infrastructure 
projects in India, including in the establishment of 
‘‘smart cities’’; 
(4) promote efficient urban energy infrastruc-
ture, the scaling of renewable energy integration into 
India’s power grid, and support for the Government 
of India’s efforts to upgrade its alternative energy 
institutes and to develop new energy innovation cen-
ters; 
(5) support India’s efforts to transition to a 
low-carbon and climate-resilient energy economy, in-
cluding financing to facilitate expanded cooperation 
and enhance United States private sector investment 
in Indian clean energy and other infrastructure 
projects; 
(6) further international military education and 
training opportunities for Indian military personnel 
consistent with United States policy; 
(7) scale innovation in technologies for the ben-
efit of the peoples of the United States and India 
and to harness innovation to solve global develop-
ment challenges; 
(8) further educational exchange with a focus 
on vocational education, increase the number of 
United States students who study in India, and pro-
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