Department conventional weapons destruction programs

(a) In general The Secretary is authorized to and shall advance United States foreign policy goals to improve security and stability through demining and weapons stockpile security. The purposes of the activities authorized are— (1) to save lives and ensure the ability of affected populations to return safely and access their homes and land; (2) to enable affected populations to safely and productively utilize land for agriculture—including and particularly in Ukraine, whose agricultural land is essential for global food security; (3) to clear explosive threats from land to permit and encourage critical infrastructure and other development; (4) to educate affected populations about the dangers of landmines and other unexploded ordnance as well as United States efforts to provide the lifesaving benefits of demining activities; (5) to advance United States business interests related to demining and weapons stockpile security; (6) to integrate demining and related activities with other assistance to ensure effective recovery from conflict; and (7) to establish and strengthen peacebuilding partnerships with foreign allies in regions of geopolitical importance through demining, as the United States has successfully done through clearance of unexploded ordnance from the Vietnam war. (b) Conventional weapons elimination or securing activities The purposes of the activities authorized by subsection (a) are— (1) to ensure the safe securing of weapons, ammunition, and explosives in the stores of foreign partners, otherwise at risk of accidental explosions as well as proliferation to terrorists, insurgents, and other violent non-state actors; (2) to support the security sectors of foreign partners to properly eliminate or manage weapons and ammunition stockpiles through Weapons Stockpile Security, and related programs; (3) to educate local police and other officials and the wider population at the local level on safer and more secure weapons storage and salvage as well as United States efforts to provide the lifesaving benefits of conventional weapons elimination, securing, and management; (4) to establish and strengthen cooperation in the area of conventional weapon elimination or security with foreign partners to reduce armed violence and instability in support of important United States national security and foreign policy objectives; and (5) to integrate conventional weapons elimination and securing and related activities with other assistance to prevent armed violence and instability. (c) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the following: (1) A list of all programming related to demining, conventional weapons destruction, and weapon stockpile security activities conducted by the Department for the previous year as of the submission of the report. (2) An assessment of programming, and the methods and outcomes in relation to achieving the objectives of the Department’s demining, conventional weapons destruction, and weapon stockpile security related programs and activities for the previous year as of the submission of the report. (3) A list of all implementing partners utilized by the Department for demining, conventional weapons destruction, and weapon stockpile security related programming for the previous year as of the submission of the report. (d) Briefing Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until December 18, 2028, the Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on the matters described in this section.