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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 436
To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the organization and
authorities of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense with duties relating
to industrial base policy and homeland defense.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY5, 2025
Mr. S
ULLIVANintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the organi-
zation and authorities of the Assistant Secretaries of
Defense with duties relating to industrial base policy
and homeland defense.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF ORGANIZATION AND AU-1
THORITIES OF ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF 2
DEFENSE WITH DUTIES RELATING TO INDUS-3
TRIAL BASE POLICY AND HOMELAND DE-4
FENSE. 5
(a) E
STABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANTSECRETARY OF 6
D
EFENSE FORINTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIALBASEDE-7
VELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT.—Section 138(b) of title 8
10, United States Code, is amended— 9
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 10
paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and 11
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-12
lowing new paragraph (7): 13
‘‘(7) One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant 14
Secretary of Defense for International Industrial Base De-15
velopment and Engagement, who shall report directly to 16
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 17
Sustainment. The principal duty of the Assistant Sec-18
retary shall be to strengthen the United States defense 19
industrial base through the promotion of cooperation with 20
security partners and allies of the United States, including 21
Taiwan.’’. 22
(b) R
ENAMING OFASSISTANTSECRETARY OF DE-23
FENSE FORSTRATEGY, PLANS, ANDCAPABILITIES ASAS-24
SISTANTSECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR STRATEGY, 25
P
LANS, CAPABILITIES, ANDHOMELANDDEFENSE.— 26
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(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the 1
enactment of this Act— 2
(A) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 3
Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities shall be 4
known as the Assistant Secretary of Defense 5
for Strategy, Plans, Capabilities, and Homeland 6
Defense; and 7
(B) any reference in any law or regulation 8
to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strat-9
egy, Plans, and Capabilities shall be deemed to 10
be a reference to the Assistant Secretary of De-11
fense for Strategy, Plans, Capabilities, and 12
Homeland Defense. 13
(2) E
STABLISHMENT.—Section 138(b) of title 14
10, United States Code, as amended by subsection 15
(a), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-16
lowing new paragraph: 17
‘‘(10)(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries is the As-18
sistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, Capabili-19
ties, and Homeland Defense. 20
‘‘(B) The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary 21
shall be to advise the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 22
Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for 23
Policy, and the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of De-24
fense on— 25
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‘‘(i) national security issues and defense strat-1
egy and the capabilities, forces, and contingency 2
plans necessary to implement the defense strategy; 3
‘‘(ii) policy and planning oversight for— 4
‘‘(I) homeland defense and mission assur-5
ance by the Department of Defense; 6
‘‘(II) support by the Department for civil 7
authorities; and 8
‘‘(III) Arctic and global resilience; and 9
‘‘(iii) advancing and representing priority issues 10
with— 11
‘‘(I) other Federal agencies; 12
‘‘(II) countries that are allies and partners 13
of the United States; 14
‘‘(III) State, local, territorial, and Tribal 15
governments; and 16
‘‘(IV) private sector organizations.’’. 17
(c) E
LIMINATION OFASSISTANTSECRETARY OFDE-18
FENSE FORHOMELANDDEFENSE ANDHEMISPHERICAF-19
FAIRS.—The position of Assistant Secretary of Defense 20
for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs is elimi-21
nated. 22
(d) E
XPANDEDAUTHORITY OF ASSISTANTSEC-23
RETARY OFDEFENSE FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY 24
A
FFAIRS.—The responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary 25
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of Defense for International Security Affairs shall include 1
responsibility for Western Hemisphere affairs. 2
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