Master plan for infrastructure requirements to support rotational force presence in Australia

(a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a master plan outlining infrastructure requirements to support a rotational presence of the United States Armed Forces in Australia. (b) Elements The master plan required by subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: (1) An identification of cooperative security locations and other locations supporting a rotational presence of the United States Armed Forces in Australia, including Marine Rotational Force-Darwin and Submarine Rotational Force-West. (2) For each location identified under paragraph (1), an identification of validated infrastructure requirements necessary to support rotational forces. (3) A delineation of funding responsibilities between the Department of Defense and the Government of Australia for fulfilling such requirements. (4) A timeline for fulfilling such requirements. (5) Any other matter the Secretary considers appropriate. (c) Updates Concurrently with the submission of the budget of the President to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2028 through 2033, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an update to the master plan required by subsection (a).