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This bill establishes a security cooperation initiative called the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience, aimed at strengthening defense industrial cooperation between the United States and its allies in the Indo-Pacific region. The Partnership has multiple key objectives, including enabling production of materials necessary for military equipment, enhancing collective defense industrial base capabilities, identifying and mitigating industrial vulnerabilities, advancing research and development, promoting co-production and procurement collaboration, and facilitating defense innovation. The Secretary of Defense will designate a senior official to lead the initiative and coordinate with the Secretary of State to determine participating countries, which may include Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, the Philippines, and New Zealand. The bill authorizes the Secretary of Defense to enter agreements, establish working groups, provide technical assistance, and engage with various stakeholders to achieve these goals. The initiative will require annual reports to congressional defense committees detailing progress, shared vulnerabilities, supply chain efforts, and joint production initiatives, with the authority set to terminate on December 31, 2030. The overall purpose is to improve the technological capabilities, supply chain resilience, and collective defense preparedness of the United States and its Indo-Pacific allies.

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