EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIATIVE.

SEC. 1254. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIATIVE. (a) Extension.—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 2022” and inserting “the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023”; and (2) by striking “fiscal year 2022” and inserting “fiscal year 2023”. (b) Report on Resourcing United States Defense Requirements for the Indo-Pacific Region and Study on Competitive Strategies.—Subsection (d)(1) of such section is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “fiscal years 2023 and 2024” and inserting “fiscal years 2024 and 2025”; and (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in clause (v), by striking “security cooperation activities or resources” and inserting “security cooperation authorities, activities, or resources”; (B) in clause (vi)(I)(aa)— (i) in subitem (AA), by striking “to modernize and strengthen the” and inserting “to improve the posture and”; and (ii) in subitem (FF)— (I) by striking “to improve” and inserting “to modernize and improve”; and (II) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new clause: “(vii) A budget display, prepared with the assistance of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), that compares the independent assessment of the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command with the amounts contained in the budget display for the applicable fiscal year under subsection (f).” .