Plan to enhance defense cooperation with Morocco

(a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to enhance United States defense cooperation with Morocco, consistent with the United States-Morocco Roadmap for Defense Cooperation for 2026 through 2036. (b) Elements The plan required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) Options for establishing cooperative security locations in Morocco to promote regional stability and optimize joint readiness to respond to crises. (2) A roadmap to deepen collaborative counterterrorism cooperation to address threats to the United States homeland, Morocco, and the region. (3) A plan to optimize joint readiness, including— (A) a consideration of the feasibility and advisability of a cost-sharing plan to refurbish strategic air command runways formerly operated by the United States; (B) Morocco force modernization through the procurement of United States defense articles; and (C) the establishment of an all-domain range complex. (4) A plan to establish a drone center of excellence in Morocco for joint all-domain operations and as a model of tech-driven partnerships for the future of warfighting. (5) A review of options for increasing the scope and scale of bilateral and multilateral military exercises, such as African Lion, in order to ensure that such exercises include consideration of cybersecurity, drone operations and counter-drone capabilities, undersea technologies, countering hybrid warfare, protection of critical national infrastructure, logistics, mobility chains, and adaptation to adversarial use of artificial intelligence and autonomous warfighting capabilities. (c) Submission of Roadmap Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives the United States-Morocco Roadmap for Defense Cooperation for 2026 through 2036.