Establishing a 3+1 maritime security cooperation training structure

(a) In general The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall— (1) create a training program to be used at the Greek Souda Naval Base, provided that the Government of Greece agrees, with the purpose of increasing maritime security cooperation and interoperability between the United States, Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus; and (2) make available such training to ministry, agency, and headquarters level organizations for such countries. (b) Designation The provision of assistance and training under this section may be referred to as Training and Readiness Initiative for Regional East-Mediterranean Maritime-Security Enforcement or TRIREME. (c) Required elements of training Training provided under subsection (b) shall include elements that promote respect for legitimate civilian authority within the country to which the assistance is provided. (d) Reports and briefings (1) Implementation report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the status of the creation and implementation of the training established in Sec. 9. until the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines the training has been established and made available to the United States, Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus. (2) Training structure report Not later than 90 days after which the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines the training has been established and made available to the United States, Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus, they shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the training structure they have created. (3) Training briefing Following the submission of the report required by Sec. 9(5)(A)(i), on an annual basis the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit provide a briefing on the results of the training established through Sec. 9. to the appropriate committees of Congress.