Bill > S436

This bill modifies the organizational structure and responsibilities of several Assistant Secretary of Defense positions within the Department of Defense. Specifically, the bill establishes a new Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Industrial Base Development and Engagement, whose primary purpose is to strengthen the United States defense industrial base by promoting cooperation with international security partners and allies, including Taiwan. The bill also renames the existing Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, Capabilities, and Homeland Defense, expanding their duties to include advising senior defense leadership on national security issues, defense strategy, homeland defense, civil authority support, Arctic and global resilience, and representing priority issues across federal agencies, allied countries, state and local governments, and private sector organizations. Additionally, the bill eliminates the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs and expands the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs to include Western Hemisphere affairs. These changes are designed to streamline defense organizational structures and enhance strategic coordination across different domains of national security.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/436/all-info