; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (2) Covered foreign military partner The term covered foreign military partner means the following: (A) Vietnam. (B) Thailand. (C) Indonesia. (D) The Philippines. (E) Malaysia. . (g) Conforming amendments (1) Section 1256 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 134 Stat. 3956; 10 U.S.C. 333 note) is amended, in the section heading, by striking Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia and inserting covered foreign military partners in Southeast Asia . (2) The table of contents for the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 134 Stat. 3388) is amended by striking the item relating to section 1256 and inserting the following: Sec. 1256. Pilot program to improve cyber cooperation with covered foreign military partners in Southeast Asia. . (3) The table of contents for title XII of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 134 Stat. 3905) is amended by striking the item relating to section 1256 and inserting the following: Sec. 1256. Pilot program to improve cyber cooperation with covered foreign military partners in Southeast Asia. . 1316. Enhancing major defense partnership with India The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the head of any other relevant Federal department or agency, shall seek to ensure that India is appropriately considered for cooperative defense activities consistent with the status of India as a major defense partner of the United States, including with respect to the following lines of effort: (1) Eligibility for funding to initiate or facilitate cooperative research, development, testing, or evaluation projects with the Department of Defense, with priority given to projects in the areas of— (A) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance