Assessments and tiered ranking system

(a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Index required by section 3(a) is published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 3(d), the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall, for each security partner country— (1) based on such Index, conduct an assessment of the quality of governance of the country’s security sector; (2) based on the assessment, designate the country as a tier one partner country, tier two partner country, tier three partner country, or tier four partner country in accordance with the requirements of subsection (b); and (3) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains— (A) the assessment required by paragraph (1); and (B) the designation required under paragraph (2). (b) Country tiers (1) Tier one partner countries A country shall be designated as a tier one partner country if the government of the country has a low quality of governance of its security sector, as determined by the Secretary, based on the Index required by section 3(a). (2) Tier two partner countries A country shall be designated as a tier two partner country if the government of the country has a low to mid quality of governance of its security sector, as determined by the Secretary, based on the Index required by section 3(a). (3) Tier three partner countries A country shall be designated as a tier three partner country if the government of the country has a mid to high quality of governance of its security sector, as determined by the Secretary, based on the Index required by section 3(a). (4) Tier four partner countries A country shall be designated as a tier four partner country if the government of the country has a high quality of governance, as determined by the Secretary, based on the Index required by section 3(a). (c) Updates to designations Not later than one year after the initial designation completed pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall, on an annual basis— (1) based on the Index required by subsection (b), conduct an assessment of the quality of governance of the country’s security sector; (2) based on such assessment, conduct an update of the designation of each security partner country under this section; and (3) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the assessment required by paragraph (1) and the update required by paragraph (2).