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Extension of Pacific Deterrence Initiative

Division A · Title XII: Matters relating to Foreign Nations · Subtitle E: Matters relating to the Indo-Pacific

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The section extends the Pacific Deterrence Initiative by moving all references to funding, reports, briefings, and planning from fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to fiscal years 2027 and 2028, effectively continuing the program for an additional year. It updates the relevant dates in the existing law to reflect this extension.

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Section Text · Sec. 1242.
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(a) Funding

Subsection (c) of section 1251 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended—

(1)

by striking the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 and inserting the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 ; and

(2)

by striking fiscal year 2026 and inserting fiscal year 2027 .

(b) Reports and briefings

Subsection (d) of such section is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (1)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking fiscal years 2027 and 2028 and inserting fiscal years 2028 and 2029 ; and

(2)

in paragraph (2), by striking fiscal years 2027 and 2028 each place it appears and inserting fiscal years 2028 and 2029 .

(c) Extension of plan

Subsection (e) of such section is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking fiscal years 2027 and 2028 and inserting fiscal years 2028 and 2029 .