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(7) The extent of Russian cooperation with 
Hezbollah in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, including co-
operation with respect to training, equipping, and 
joint operations. 
(c) FORM.—Each report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1229. REPORT ON IRANIAN SUPPORT OF PROXY 
FORCES IN SYRIA AND LEBANON. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to Congress a report that describes Iranian support of 
proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon and assesses the in-
creased threat posed to Israel, other United States re-
gional allies, and other specified interests of the United 
States as a result of such support. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, 
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information relating to the following matters with respect 
to both the strategic and tactical implications for the 
United States and its allies: 
(1) A description of arms or related material 
transferred by Iran to Hizballah since March 2011, 
including the number of such arms or related mate-
rial and whether such transfer was by land, sea, or 
air, as well as financial and additional technological 
capabilities transferred by Iran to Hizballah. 
(2) A description of Iranian and Iranian-con-
trolled personnel, including Hizballah, Shiite mili-
tias, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps forces, 
operating within Syria, including the number and 
geographic distribution of such personnel operating 
within 30 kilometers of the Israeli borders with 
Syria and Lebanon. 
(3) An assessment of Hizballah’s operational 
lessons learned based on its recent experiences in 
Syria. 
(4) A description of the threat posed to Israel 
and other United States partners in the Middle East 
by the transfer of arms or related material or other 
support offered to Hizballah and other proxies from 
Iran. 
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(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘arms or 
related material’’ means— 
(1) nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological 
weapons or materials or components of such weap-
ons; 
(2) ballistic or cruise missile weapons or mate-
rials or components of such weapons; 
(3) destabilizing numbers and types of ad-
vanced conventional weapons; 
(4) defense articles or defense services, as those 
terms are defined in paragraphs (3) and (4), respec-
tively, of section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2794); 
(5) defense information, as that term is defined 
in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2403); or 
(6) items designated by the President for pur-
poses of the United States Munitions List under sec-
tion 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 
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SEC. 1230. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE LACK OF AUTHOR-
IZATION FOR THE USE OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AGAINST IRAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that the use of the Armed 
Forces against Iran is not authorized by this Act or any 
other Act. 
SEC. 1230A. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize 
the use of the Armed Forces of the United States against 
Iran. 
SEC. 1230B. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and by January 15 of 
every year thereafter through 2020, the Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall 
submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the 
progress made by the Government of Afghanistan in 
achieving the security-sector benchmarks as outlined by 
the United States-Afghan Compact, otherwise known as 
the Kabul Compact. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
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SEC. 1230C. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE 
PROGRAM OF IRAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the ballistic missile program of Iran rep-
resents a serious threat to allies of the United States 
in the Middle East and Europe, members of the 
Armed Forces deployed in the those regions, and ul-
timately the United States; 
(2) the testing and production by Iran of bal-
listic missiles capable of carrying a nuclear device is 
a clear violation of multiple United Nations Security 
Council resolutions, which were unanimously adopt-
ed by the international community; 
(3) Iran currently maintains the largest inven-
tory of ballistic missiles in the Middle East; 
(4) according to the Director of National Intel-
ligence, Dan Coats, Iran’s ballistic missiles are in-
herently capable of delivering weapons of mass de-
struction and the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence judges they would be used as Iran’s 
‘‘preferred method of delivering nuclear weapons, if 
it builds them’’; 
(5) Director of National Intelligence Coats ad-
ditionally asserts ‘‘Tehran’s desire to deter the 
United States might drive it to field an interconti-
nental ballistic missile (ICBM)’’ and ‘‘progress on 
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