MODIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE PROGRAM WITH VIETNAM TO ACCOUNT FOR VIETNAMESE PERSONNEL MISSING IN ACTION.

SEC. 1342. MODIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE PROGRAM WITH VIETNAM TO ACCOUNT FOR VIETNAMESE PERSONNEL MISSING IN ACTION. Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— (1) by striking the section heading and inserting “Vietnam Wartime Accounting Initiative.”; (2) in subsection (a), by striking “Vietnamese personnel missing in action” and inserting “killed or missing Vietnamese persons from the Vietnam War (referred to in this section as ‘missing persons from the Vietnam War’)”; (3) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “verification,” after “digitization,”; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking “conduct archival research, investigations, and excavations” and inserting “manage archival information and personal data”; and (C) by amending paragraphs (3) and (4) to read as follows: “(3) Supporting activities to build the capacity of Vietnam for locating, recovering, and conducting DNA analysis and identification of missing persons from the Vietnam War. “(4) Increasing exchanges, training, and dialogue among veterans and families of missing persons from the Vietnam War.” ; (4) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); (5) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): “(c) Designation of Lead Coordinating Office.—The Secretary shall designate an office within the Department of Defense to serve as the lead coordinating office for the program carried out under this section.” ; and (6) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by striking “October 1, 2026” and inserting “October 1, 2031”.