MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN MULTINATIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.

SEC. 1206. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN MULTINATIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. (a) In General.—Section 344 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking “multinational military centers of excellence” and inserting “multinational centers of excellence”; (2) by striking “multinational military center of excellence” each place it appears and inserting “multinational center of excellence”; (3) by striking “multinational military centers of excellence” each place it appears and inserting “multinational centers of excellence”; (4) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting “or entered into by the Secretary of State,” after “Secretary of State,”; (5) in subsection (e)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking “Multinational Military Center Of Excellence” and inserting “Multinational Center Of Excellence”; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs two ems to the right; (C) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking “means an entity” and inserting“means— “(1) an entity” ; (D) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; (E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (F) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, established in 2017 and located in Helsinki, Finland.” ; (6) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (7) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: “(e) Notification.—Not later than 30 days before the date on which the Secretary of Defense authorizes participation under subsection (a) in a new multinational center of excellence, the Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees of such participation.” . (b) [10 U.S.C. 341] Conforming Amendment.—Title 10, United States Code, is amended, in the table of sections at the beginning of subchapter V of chapter 16, by striking the item relating to section 344 and inserting the following: “344. Participation in multinational centers of excellence.” .