MODIFICATION OF INDO-PACIFIC MARITIME SECURITY INITIATIVE.

SEC. 1312. MODIFICATION OF INDO-PACIFIC MARITIME SECURITY INITIATIVE. Section 1263 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 333 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: “(A) to provide assistance to— “(i) the national military or other security forces of any such country that has among its functional responsibilities a maritime security mission; and “(ii) any other national-level governmental organization of such a country that has among its functional responsibilities a maritime domain awareness mission, for purposes of helping to achieve the maritime domain awareness objectives of such country if such assistance directly contributes to the integration of a maritime domain awareness activity with the national military or other security forces described in clause (i); and “(B) to provide training to— “(i) ministry, agency, and headquarters-level organizations for such forces; or “(ii) other national-level governmental organizations described in paragraph (A)(ii).” ; and (2) in subsection (h)(1)(A), by inserting “or national-level governmental organization” after “unit or units”.