Graduation from assistance

(a) In general The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall conduct an assessment of each partner country that has been ranked as a tier four partner country for 5 consecutive years to determine whether— (1) the partner country should continue to receive security sector assistance or whether the type and amount of such assistance should be adjusted as appropriate; and (2) the type and amount of security sector assistance provided to the partner country has achieved previously-identified short-term and long-term desired outcomes. (b) Report The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on an annual basis that contains the assessments required by subsection (a), including the results of the assessments. (c) Exemption The Secretary shall not be required to conduct an assessment under subsection (a) with respect to any country that is a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country or Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or South Korea.