22 U.S.C. § 2416: Annual foreign military…

Summary

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State must together write and send a yearly report to certain Congress committees by January 31. The report covers all military training given to foreign military personnel by the Department of Defense and the Department of State in the previous fiscal year and training planned for the current fiscal year. NATO countries, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand are left out unless one of the named congressional committees asks in writing to include them at least 90 calendar days before the report is due. The report must say, for each training activity, why it was done, how many foreign personnel and which units took part, and where it happened. It must list each country’s total students trained and the total cost, and it must note the operational benefits and U.S. military units involved. The report must be unclassified but can have a classified annex. All unclassified parts must be posted online by the Department of State. “Appropriate congressional committees” means the House Committees on Appropriations and International Relations, and the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations.

Title 22, §2416

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(a)Annual report

(1)In general

Not later than January 31 of each year, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on all military training provided to foreign military personnel by the Department of Defense and the Department of State during the previous fiscal year and all such training proposed for the current fiscal year.

(2)Exception for certain countries

Paragraph (1) does not apply to any NATO member, Australia, Japan, or New Zealand, unless one of the appropriate congressional committees has specifically requested, in writing, inclusion of such country in the report. Such request shall be made not later than 90 calendar days prior to the date on which the report is required to be transmitted.

(b)Contents

The report described in subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1)For each military training activity, the foreign policy justification and purpose for the activity, the number of foreign military personnel provided training and their units of operation, and the location of the training.

(2)For each country, the aggregate number of students trained and the aggregate cost of the military training activities.

(3)With respect to United States personnel, the operational benefits to United States forces derived from each military training activity and the United States military units involved in each activity.

(c)Form

The report described in subsection (a) shall be in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.

(d)Availability on Internet

All unclassified portions of the report described in subsection (a) shall be made available to the public on the Internet through the Department of State.

(e)Definition

In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(1)the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives; and

(2)the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2416, Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 656, as added Pub. L. 92–226, pt. III, § 304(b), Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 30; amended Pub. L. 93–559, § 39(b), Dec. 30, 1974, 88 Stat. 1810; Pub. L. 94–329, title IV, § 413(a), June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 761, related to limitation on number of United States personnel in Cambodia, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–424, title VI, §§ 604, 605, Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 961, effective Oct. 1, 1978.

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–228 designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. (1) heading, and added par. (2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.

§2416 Annual Foreign Military Training Report