; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 1238. Sense of Senate on countering Russian malign influence It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State should— (1) urgently prioritize the completion of a comprehensive strategy to counter Russian malign influence; and (2) submit to Congress the report required by section 1239A(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law 115–91 ). E Matters relating to the Indo-Pacific region 1241. Redesignation, expansion, and extension of Southeast Asia Maritime Security Initiative (a) Redesignation as Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative (1) In general Subsection (a)(2) of section 1263 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( 10 U.S.C. 333 note) is amended by striking the Southeast Asia Maritime Security Initiative and inserting the Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative . (2) Conforming amendment The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 1263. Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative . (b) Expansion (1) Expansion of region to receive assistance and training Subsection (a)(1) of such section is amended by inserting and the Indian Ocean after South China Sea in the matter preceding subparagraph (A). (2) Recipient countries of assistance and training generally Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking the comma at the end and inserting a period