; and (7) by adding at the end the following new subsections: (k) Report on security cooperation workforce (1) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the Department of Defense security cooperation workforce. (2) Elements Each report under paragraph (1) shall— (A) identify current and projected security cooperation workforce manpower requirements, including expeditionary requirements within the context of total force planning, needed to meet the security cooperation mission; (B) identify critical skill gaps (such as recruitment in the existing or projected workforce) and development of strategies to manage the security cooperation workforce to address those gaps; (C) address development, validation, implementation, and assessment of security cooperation workforce and Department-wide competencies for security cooperation and associated occupational series using the Department taxonomy; (D) produce a comparison between competency proficiency levels against target proficiency levels at enterprise and individual levels to identify competency gaps and gap closure strategies, for competencies needed at the time of the report and in the future; (E) identify any exceptions and waivers granted with respect to the application of qualification, assignment, and tenure policies, procedures, and practices to persons, billets or positions; (F) indicate relative promotion rates for security cooperation workforce personnel; (G) identify the funds requested or allocated for the Department of Defense security cooperation workforce and address whether such funds are sufficient to— (i) address the critical skill gaps identified pursuant to subparagraph (B); and (ii) provide incentives to recruit and retain high-quality personnel in the security cooperation workforce