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review or investigation by the Office of Special Coun-
sel. 
(3) RESULTS.—The results of the survey under 
paragraph (1) shall be published in the annual report 
of the Office of Special Counsel. 
(4) SUSPENSION OF OTHER SURVEYS.—During 
the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending 
on September 30, 2018, section 13 of the Act entitled 
‘‘An Act to reauthorize the Office of Special Counsel, 
and for other purposes’’, approved October 29, 1994 
(5 U.S.C. 1212 note), shall have no force or effect. 
(l) STAYS
OF
THE MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 
BOARD.—Section 1214(b)(1)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘who was appointed, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate,’’. 
(m) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Special Counsel 
shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary 
to perform— 
(A) the functions of the Special Counsel 
under subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 5, 
United States Code, including regulations that 
are necessary to carry out sections 1213, 1214, 
and 1215 of that title; and
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(B) any functions of the Special Counsel 
that are required because of the amendments 
made by this section. 
(2) PUBLICATION.—Any regulations prescribed 
under paragraph (1) shall be published in the Federal 
Register. 
(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(2) of the Whistle-
blower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2017 through 2022’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect as though enacted on 
September 30, 2015. 
SEC. 6006. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON CERTIFICATIONS 
ON AUDIT READINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE AND THE MILITARY DEPART-
MENTS, DEFENSE AGENCIES, AND OTHER OR-
GANIZATIONS AND ELEMENTS OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 1003 shall have no force or effect.
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SEC. 6007. CERTIFICATIONS ON RELIABILITY OF THE FI-
NANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE AND THE MILITARY DEPART-
MENTS, DEFENSE AGENCIES, AND OTHER OR-
GANIZATIONS AND ELEMENTS OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2017, and each year thereafter, the Secretary 
of Defense shall certify to the congressional defense commit-
tees whether or not the full financial statements of the De-
partment of Defense are reliable as of the date of such cer-
tification. 
(b) MILITARY DEPARTMENTS, DEFENSE AGENCIES, 
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND ELEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 
2017, and each year thereafter, each Secretary of a 
military department, each head of a Defense Agency, 
and each head of any other organization or element 
of the Department of Defense designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense for purposes of this subsection shall 
certify to the congressional defense committees whether 
or not the full financial statements of the military de-
partment, the Defense Agency, or the organization or 
element concerned became reliable during the fiscal 
year in which such certification is to be submitted.
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(2) TRANSMITTAL THROUGH SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE.—The individual certifications required by 
this subsection shall be transmitted to the congres-
sional defense committees collectively by the Secretary 
under procedures established by the Secretary for pur-
poses of this subsection. 
(c) TERMINATION ON RECEIPT OF UNMODIFIED AUDIT 
OPINION
ON FULL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.—A certifi-
cation is no longer required under subsection (a) or (b) with 
respect to the Department of Defense, or a military depart-
ment, Defense Agency, or organization or element of the De-
partment, as applicable, after the Department of Defense 
or such military department, Defense Agency, or organiza-
tion or element receives an unmodified audit opinion on 
its full financial statements. 
SEC. 6008. STREAMLINING OF REQUIREMENTS IN CONNEC-
TION WITH AUDITS AND THE RELIABILITY OF 
THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON INSPECTOR GENERAL 
CONDUCT OF AUDIT OF UNRELIABLE FINANCIAL STATE-
MENTS.—Section 1008 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 
amended by striking subseciton (d).
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(b) CESSATION OF APPLICABILITY OF FINANCIAL IM-
PROVEMENT
AND
AUDIT
READINESS
PLAN
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 1003 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (10 U.S.C. 2222 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) CESSATION OF APPLICABILITY.—This section and 
the requirements of this section shall cease to be effective 
on the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to 
the congressional defense committees a report setting forth 
a certification that the financial statements of each depart-
ment, agency, activity, and other component of the Depart-
ment of Defense are under audit.’’. 
SEC. 6009. RANKINGS OF AUDITABILITY OF FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND 
ELEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of De-
fense shall, in coordination with the Under Secretary of De-
fense (Comptroller), submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report setting forth a ranking of the 
auditability of the financial statements of the departments, 
agencies, organizations, and elements of the Department of 
Defense according to the progress made toward achieving 
auditability as required by law. The Under Secretary shall
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determine the criteria to be used for purposes of the 
rankings. 
SEC. 
6010. 
REPORT 
ON 
IMPLEMENTATION 
OF 
COMP-
TROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND 
UNITED 
STATES 
AGENCY 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Concerned that, by avoiding 
full implementation of recommendations made by the 
Comptroller General of the United States, agencies 
are missing opportunities to operate more efficiently 
and effectively, not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report summarizing the assessment of the 
Comptroller General of each open recommendation 
made to an agency specified in paragraph (2) that 
has not been fully implemented. 
(2) AGENCIES.—The agencies referred to in this 
paragraph are as follows: 
(A) The Department of Defense. 
(B) The Department of State.
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(C) The United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include a detailed description of the following: 
(1) The initial response of the agency concerned 
to each recommendation described in subsection (a)(1) 
at the time such recommendation was made. 
(2) The actions taken by the agency concerned to 
implement such recommendation. 
(3) The rationale provided by the agency con-
cerned for not implementing, or partially imple-
menting, such recommendation. 
(c) FORM.—Any information included in a report 
under this section shall, to the extent practicable, be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may be set forth in a classi-
fied annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 6011. REPORT ON AIRPORTS USED BY MAHAN AIR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
through 2020, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a 
report that includes— 
(1) a list of all airports at which aircraft owned 
or controlled by Mahan Air have landed during the 
2 years preceding the submission of the report; and 
(2) for each such airport— 
(A) an assessment of whether aircraft owned 
or controlled by Mahan Air continue to conduct 
operations at that airport; 
(B) an assessment of whether any of the 
landings of aircraft owned or controlled by 
Mahan Air were necessitated by an emergency 
situation; 
(C) a determination regarding whether ad-
ditional security measures should be imposed on 
flights to the United States that originate from 
that airport; and 
(D) an explanation of the rationale for that 
determination.
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(b) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 6012. OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data 
Act’’ or the ‘‘OPEN Government Data Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 3561 of title 44, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (c). 
(c) OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Subchapter III—Open Government Data 
‘‘§ 3561. Definitions 
‘‘As used in this subchapter— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’— 
‘‘(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 3502; and 
‘‘(B) includes the Federal Election Commis-
sion; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘data’ means recorded information, 
regardless of form or the media on which the data is 
recorded;
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‘‘(3) the term ‘data asset’ means a collection of 
data elements or data sets that may be grouped to-
gether; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘Enterprise Data Inventory’ means 
a data inventory developed and maintained under 
section 3563; 
‘‘(6) the terms ‘information resources manage-
ment’, ‘information system’, and ‘information tech-
nology’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 3502; 
‘‘(7) the term ‘machine-readable’ means a format 
in which information or data can be easily processed 
by a computer without human intervention while en-
suring no semantic meaning is lost; 
‘‘(8) the term ‘metadata’ means structural or de-
scriptive information about data such as content, for-
mat, source, rights, accuracy, provenance, frequency, 
periodicity, granularity, publisher or responsible 
party, contact information, method of collection, and 
other descriptions; 
‘‘(9) the term ‘open Government data asset’ 
means a data asset maintained by the Federal Gov-
ernment that is—
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‘‘(A) machine-readable; 
‘‘(B) available in an open format; 
‘‘(C) not encumbered by restrictions that 
would impede use or reuse; 
‘‘(D) releasable to the public according to 
guidance issued by the Director under section 
3562(d); and 
‘‘(E) based on an underlying open standard 
that is maintained by a standards organization; 
and 
‘‘(10) the term ‘open license’ means a legal guar-
antee applied to a data asset that the data asset is 
made available— 
‘‘(A) at no cost to the public; and 
‘‘(B) with no restrictions on copying, pub-
lishing, distributing, transmitting, citing, or 
adapting. 
‘‘§ 3562. Requirements for Government data 
‘‘(a) MACHINE-READABLE DATA REQUIRED.—Open 
Government data assets made available by an agency shall 
be published as machine-readable data. 
‘‘(b) OPEN
BY DEFAULT
AND OPEN LICENSE RE-
QUIRED.—To the extent permitted by law and subject to 
privacy, confidentiality, security, and any other restric-
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tions, and according to guidance issued by the Director 
under subsection (d)— 
‘‘(1) data assets maintained by the Federal Gov-
ernment shall— 
‘‘(A) be available in an open format; and 
‘‘(B) be available under open licenses; and 
‘‘(2) open Government data assets published by 
or for an agency shall be made available under an 
open license. 
‘‘(c) INNOVATION.—Each agency may engage with 
nongovernmental organizations, citizens, nonprofit organi-
zations, colleges and universities, private and public com-
panies, and other agencies to explore opportunities to lever-
age the data assets of the agency in a manner that may 
provide new opportunities for innovation in the public and 
private sectors in accordance with law, regulation, and pol-
icy. 
‘‘(d) GUIDANCE FOR OPEN BY DEFAULT AND OPEN LI-
CENSE REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall issue guidance 
for agencies to use in implementing subsections (a) and (b), 
including criteria that the head of each agency shall use 
in determining whether to make a particular data asset 
publicly available in a manner that takes into account— 
‘‘(1) privacy and confidentiality risks and re-
strictions, including the risk that an individual data
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asset in isolation does not pose a privacy or confiden-
tiality risk but when combined with other available 
information may pose such a risk; 
‘‘(2) security considerations, including the risk 
that information in an individual data asset in isola-
tion does not pose a security risk but when combined 
with other available information may pose such a 
risk; 
‘‘(3) the cost and benefits to the public of con-
verting a data asset into a machine-readable format 
that is accessible and useful to the public; 
‘‘(4) the expectation that a data asset be dis-
closed, if it would otherwise be made available under 
section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the ‘Free-
dom of Information Act’); and 
‘‘(5) any other considerations that the Director 
determines to be relevant. 
‘‘§ 3563. Enterprise Data Inventory 
‘‘(a) AGENCY DATA INVENTORY REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to develop a clear 
and comprehensive understanding of the data assets 
in the possession of an agency, the head of each agen-
cy, in consultation with the Director, shall develop 
and maintain an enterprise data inventory that ac-
counts for any data asset created, collected, under the
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control or direction of, or maintained by the agency 
after the effective date of this section, with the goal of 
including all data assets, to the extent practicable. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each Enterprise Data Inven-
tory shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) Data assets used in agency informa-
tion systems (including program administration, 
statistics, and financial activity) generated by 
applications, devices, networks, facilities, and 
equipment, categorized by source type. 
‘‘(B) Data assets shared or maintained 
across agency programs and bureaus. 
‘‘(C) Data assets that are shared among 
agencies or created by more than 1 agency. 
‘‘(D) A clear indication of all data assets 
that can be made publicly available under sec-
tion 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the 
‘Freedom of Information Act’). 
‘‘(E) A description of whether the agency 
has determined that an individual data asset 
may be made publicly available and whether the 
data asset is available to the public. 
‘‘(F) Open Government data assets.
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‘‘(G) Other elements as required by the 
guidance issued by the Director under subsection 
(c). 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Chief Information 
Officer of each agency, in coordination with privacy and 
security officials of the agency, shall use the guidance issued 
by the Director under section 3562(d) in determining 
whether to make data assets included in the Enterprise 
Data Inventory of the agency publicly available in an open 
format and under an open license. 
‘‘(c) GUIDANCE FOR ENTERPRISE DATA INVENTORY.— 
The Director shall issue guidance for each Enterprise Data 
Inventory, including a requirement that an Enterprise 
Data Inventory includes a compilation of metadata about 
agency data assets. 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY
OF ENTERPRISE DATA INVEN-
TORY.—The Chief Information Officer of each agency— 
‘‘(1) shall make the Enterprise Data Inventory of 
the agency available to the public on the Federal Data 
Catalog required under section 3566; 
‘‘(2) shall ensure that access to the Enterprise 
Data Inventory of the agency and the data contained 
therein is consistent with applicable law, regulation, 
and policy; and
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‘‘(3) may implement paragraph (1) in a manner 
that maintains a nonpublic portion of the Enterprise 
Data Inventory of the agency. 
‘‘(e) REGULAR UPDATES REQUIRED.—The Chief In-
formation Officer of each agency shall— 
‘‘(1) to the extent practicable, complete the En-
terprise Data Inventory for the agency not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this section; and 
‘‘(2) add additional data assets to the Enterprise 
Data Inventory for the agency not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the data asset is created or 
identified. 
‘‘(f) USE
OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—When prac-
ticable, the Chief Information Officer of each agency shall 
use existing procedures and systems to compile and publish 
the Enterprise Data Inventory for the agency. 
‘‘§ 3564. Federal agency responsibilities 
‘‘(a) INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.—With 
respect to general information resources management, each 
agency shall— 
‘‘(1) improve the integrity, quality, and utility 
of information to all users within and outside the 
agency by— 
‘‘(A) using open format for any new open 
Government data asset created or obtained on or
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after the date that is 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this section; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent practicable, encouraging 
the adoption of open format for all open Govern-
ment data assets created or obtained before the 
date described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(2) in consultation with the Director, develop 
an open data plan that, at a minimum and to the 
extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) requires the agency to develop proc-
esses and procedures that— 
‘‘(i) require each new data collection 
mechanism to use an open format; and 
‘‘(ii) allow the agency to collaborate 
with non-Government entities, researchers, 
businesses, and private citizens for the pur-
pose of understanding how data users value 
and use open Government data assets; 
‘‘(B) identifies and implements methods for 
collecting and analyzing digital information on 
data asset usage by users within and outside of 
the agency, including designating a point of con-
tact within the agency to assist the public and 
to respond to quality issues, usability issues, rec-
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ommendations for improvements, and complaints 
about adherence to open data requirements; 
‘‘(C) develops and implements a process to 
evaluate and improve the timeliness, complete-
ness, accuracy, usefulness, and availability of 
open Government data assets; 
‘‘(D) requires the agency to update the plan 
at an interval determined by the Director; 
‘‘(E) includes requirements for meeting the 
goals of the agency open data plan including 
technology, training for employees, and imple-
menting procurement standards, in accordance 
with existing law, regulation, and policy, that 
allow for the acquisition of innovative solutions 
from the public and private sectors; and 
‘‘(F) prohibits the disclosure of data assets 
unless the data asset may be released to the pub-
lic in accordance with guidance issued by the 
Director under section 3562(d). 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.—With respect to 
information dissemination, each agency— 
‘‘(1) shall provide access to open Government 
data assets online; 
‘‘(2) shall take the necessary precautions to en-
sure that the agency maintains the production and
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publication of data assets which are directly related 
to activities that protect the safety of human life or 
property, as identified by the open data plan of the 
agency required under subsection (a)(2); and 
‘‘(3) may engage the public in using open Gov-
ernment data assets and encourage collaboration by— 
‘‘(A) publishing information on open Gov-
ernment data assets usage in regular, timely in-
tervals, but not less frequently than annually; 
‘‘(B) receiving public input regarding pri-
orities for the analysis and disclosure of data as-
sets to be published; 
‘‘(C) assisting civil society groups and 
members of the public working to expand the use 
of open Government data assets; and 
‘‘(D) 
hosting 
challenges, 
competitions, 
events, or other initiatives designed to create ad-
ditional value from open Government data as-
sets. 
‘‘§ 3565. Additional agency data asset management re-
sponsibilities 
‘‘The Chief Information Officer of each agency, or other 
appropriate official designated by the head of an agency, 
in collaboration with other internal agency stakeholders, is 
responsible for—
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‘‘(1) data asset management, format standard-
ization, sharing of data assets, and publication of 
data assets for the agency; 
‘‘(2) the compilation and publication of the En-
terprise Data Inventory for the agency required under 
section 3563; 
‘‘(3) ensuring that agency data conforms with 
open data best practices; 
‘‘(4) engaging agency employees, the public, and 
contractors in using open Government data assets 
and encouraging collaborative approaches to improv-
ing data use; 
‘‘(5) supporting the agency Performance Im-
provement Officer in generating data to support the 
function of the Performance Improvement Officer de-
scribed in section 1124(a)(2) of title 31; 
‘‘(6) supporting officials responsible for leading 
agency mission areas and Governmentwide initiatives 
in maximizing data available for program adminis-
tration, statistics, evaluation, research, and internal 
financial management, subject to any privacy, con-
fidentiality, security laws and policies, and other 
valid restrictions; 
‘‘(7) reviewing the information technology infra-
structure of the agency and the impact of the infra-
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structure on making data assets accessible to reduce 
barriers that inhibit data asset accessibility; 
‘‘(8) ensuring that, to the extent practicable, the 
agency is maximizing data assets used in agency in-
formation systems generated by applications, devices, 
networks, facilities, and equipment, categorized by 
source type, and such use is not otherwise prohibited, 
to reduce costs, improve operations, and strengthen se-
curity and privacy protections; and 
‘‘(9) identifying points of contact for roles and 
responsibilities related to open data use and imple-
mentation as required by the Director. 
‘‘§ 3566. Federal Data Catalog 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL DATA CATALOG REQUIRED.—The Ad-
ministrator of General Services shall maintain a single 
public interface online, to be known as the ‘Federal Data 
Catalog’, as a point of entry dedicated to sharing open Gov-
ernment data assets with the public. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH AGENCIES.—The Director 
shall determine, after consultation with the head of each 
agency and the Administrator of General Services, the 
method to access any open Government data assets pub-
lished through the interface described in subsection (a).’’. 
(2) SPECIAL PROVISIONS.—
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(A) 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (i), section 3562 of title 44, United 
States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall 
take effect on the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act and shall apply 
with respect to any contract entered into by an 
agency on or after such effective date. 
(B) USE OF OPEN DATA ASSETS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the head of each agency shall ensure that 
any activities by the agency or any new contract 
entered into by the agency meet the requirements 
of section 3562 of title 44, United States Code, 
as added by paragraph (1). 
(C) DEADLINE FOR FEDERAL DATA CATA-
LOG.—Not later than 180 days after the effective 
date of this section, the Administrator of General 
Services shall meet the requirements of section 
3566 of title 44, United States Code, as added by 
paragraph (1) 
(3) 
TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 35 of title 
44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA 
‘‘3561. Definitions.
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‘‘3562. Requirements for Government data. 
‘‘3563. Enterprise Data Inventory. 
‘‘3564. Federal agency responsibilities. 
‘‘3565. Additional agency data asset management responsibilities. 
‘‘3566. Federal Data Catalog.’’. 
(d) EVALUATION OF AGENCY ANALYTICAL CAPABILI-
TIES.— 
(1) AGENCY REVIEW OF EVALUATION AND ANAL-
YSIS CAPABILITIES; REPORT.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Op-
erating Officer of each agency shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, 
and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget a report on the review described in paragraph 
(2). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS OF AGENCY REVIEW.—The 
report required under paragraph (1) shall assess the 
coverage, quality, methods, effectiveness, and inde-
pendence of the evaluation, research, and analysis ef-
forts of an agency, including each of the following: 
(A) A list of the activities and operations of 
the agency that are being evaluated and ana-
lyzed and the activities and operations that have 
been evaluated and analyzed during the previous 
5 years.
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(B) The extent to which the evaluations, re-
search, and analysis efforts and related activities 
of the agency support the needs of various divi-
sions within the agency. 
(C) The extent to which the evaluation re-
search and analysis efforts and related activities 
of the agency address an appropriate balance be-
tween needs related to organizational learning, 
ongoing 
program 
management, 
performance 
management, strategic management, interagency 
and private sector coordination, internal and ex-
ternal oversight, and accountability. 
(D) The extent to which the agency uses 
methods and combinations of methods that are 
appropriate to agency divisions and the cor-
responding research questions being addressed, 
including an appropriate combination of forma-
tive and summative evaluation research and 
analysis approaches. 
(E) The extent to which evaluation and re-
search capacity is present within the agency to 
include personnel, agency process for planning 
and implementing evaluation activities, dissemi-
nating best practices and findings, and incor-
porating employee views and feedback.
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(F) The extent to which the agency has the 
capacity to assist front-line staff and program 
offices to develop the capacity to use evaluation 
research and analysis approaches and data in 
the day-to-day operations. 
(3) GAO REVIEW
OF
AGENCY
REPORTS.—Not 
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report that summarizes 
agency findings and highlights trends from the re-
ports submitted under paragraph (1) and, if appro-
priate, recommends actions to further improve agency 
capacity to use evaluation techniques and data to 
support evaluation efforts. 
(e) ONLINE
REPOSITORY
AND
ADDITIONAL
RE-
PORTS.— 
(1) REPOSITORY.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall collaborate with the 
Office of Government Information Services and the 
Administrator of General Services to develop and 
maintain an online repository of tools, best practices, 
and schema standards to facilitate the adoption of 
open data practices, which shall— 
(A) include definitions, regulation and pol-
icy, checklists, and case studies related to open
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data, this section, and the amendments made by 
this section; and 
(B) facilitate collaboration and the adop-
tion of best practices across the Federal Govern-
ment relating to the adoption of open data prac-
tices. 
(2) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives a report that identifies— 
(A) the value of information made available 
to the public as a result of this section and the 
amendments made by this section; 
(B) whether it is valuable to expand the 
publicly available information to any other data 
assets; and 
(C) the completeness of the Enterprise Data 
Inventory at each agency required under section 
3563 of title 44, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (c). 
(3) BIENNIAL OMB REPORT.—Not later than 1 
year after the effective date of this section, and every
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2 years thereafter, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall electronically publish a re-
port on agency performance and compliance with this 
section and the amendments made by this section. 
(4) AGENCY CIO REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the effective date of this section and every year 
thereafter, the Chief Information Officer of each agen-
cy shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives a report on compliance with the re-
quirements of this section and the amendments made 
by this section, including information on the require-
ments that the agency could not meet and what the 
agency needs to comply with those requirements. 
(f) GUIDANCE.—The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall delegate to the Administrator of the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and the Ad-
ministrator of the Office of Electronic Government the au-
thority to jointly issue guidance required under this section. 
(g) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS.—This section and 
the amendments made by this section shall not apply to 
data assets that are contained in a national security sys-
tem, as defined in section 11103 of title 40, United States 
Code.
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(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion, or the amendments made by this section, shall be con-
strued to require the disclosure of information or records 
that may be withheld from public disclosure under any pro-
vision of Federal law, including section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of 
Information Act’’) and section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’). 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the amend-
ments made by this section, shall take effect on the date 
that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6013. BRIEFING ON PLANS TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE 
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES. 
Not later than December 1, 2017, the Secretary of De-
fense shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives on the Depart-
ment’s plans to develop and improve additive manufac-
turing, including the Department’s plans to— 
(1) develop military and quality assurance 
standards as quickly as possible; 
(2) leverage current manufacturing institutes to 
conduct research in the validation of quality stand-
ards for additive manufactured parts; and
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(3) further integrate additive manufacturing ca-
pabilities and capacity into the Department’s organic 
depots, arsenals, and shipyards. 
TITLE LXII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
SEC. 6201. ADVANCEMENTS IN DEFENSE COOPERATION BE-
TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA. 
(a) STRATEGY TO FURTHER COOPERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, develop a strategy for advancing defense co-
operation between the United States and India. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy shall address the 
following: 
(A) Common security challenges. 
(B) The role of United States partners and 
allies in the United States-India defense rela-
tionship. 
(C) The role of the Defense Technology and 
Trade Initiative. 
(D) How to advance the Communications 
Interoperability and Security Memorandum of 
Agreement and the Basic Exchange and Co-
operation Agreement for Geospatial Cooperation.
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(E) The role of joint exercises, operations, 
patrols and mutual defense planning. 
(F) Any other matters the Secretary of De-
fense or the Secretary of State considers appro-
priate. 
(b) INDIA AS MAJOR DEFENSE PARTNER.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(A) Subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1292 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2559; 22 U.S.C. 2751 note) requires the recogni-
tion of India as a major defense partner. 
(B) The President and the Prime Minister 
of India, in a joint statement, noted that India 
is a Major Defense Partner of the United States. 
(C) The designation of ‘‘Major Defense 
Partner’’ is unique to India, and institutional-
izes the progress made to facilitate defense trade 
and technology sharing between the United 
States and India. 
(D) The designation elevates defense trade 
and technology cooperation between the United 
States and India to a level commensurate with
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the closest allies and partners of the United 
States. 
(E) The designation is intended to facilitate 
technology sharing between the United States 
and India, including license-free access to a wide 
range of dual-use technologies. 
(F) The designation facilitates joint exer-
cises, coordination on defense strategy and pol-
icy, military exchanges, and port calls in sup-
port of defense cooperation between the United 
States and India. 
(2) INTERAGENCY DEFINITION.—The Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of 
Commerce shall jointly produce a common definition 
of the term ‘‘Major Defense Partner’’ as it relates to 
India for joint use by the Department of Defense, the 
Department of State, and the Department of Com-
merce. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENHANCED COOPERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of State shall make the des-
ignation required by subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 
1292 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017.
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(2) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—In addition to the du-
ties specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection 
(a)(1)(B) of such section 1292, the individual des-
ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall promote 
United States defense trade with India for the benefit 
of job creation and commercial competitiveness in the 
United States. 
(3) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 
days thereafter, appropriate officials of the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense and appropriate officials of 
the Department of State shall brief the appropriate 
committees of Congress on the actions of the Depart-
ment of Defense and the Department of State, respec-
tively, to promote the competitiveness of United States 
defense exports to India. The requirement for briefings 
under this paragraph shall cease on the date of the 
designation of an individual pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
(4) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and
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(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 6202. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
STATES REPORT. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (b) is en-
acted in coordination with section 1205, to which it relates. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1, 2018, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report that sets forth the following: 
(A) A description of the mechanisms and 
authorities used by the Department of Defense 
and the Department of State to conduct training 
of foreign security forces on human rights and 
international humanitarian law. 
(B) A description of the funding used to 
support the training described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(C) A description and assessment of the 
methodology used by each of the Department of 
Defense and the Department of State to assess 
the effectiveness of such training.
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(D) Such recommendations for improve-
ments to such training as the Comptroller Gen-
eral considers appropriate. 
(E) Such other matters relating to such 
training as the Comptroller General considers 
appropriate. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 6203. HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF AFGHAN NATIONAL 
DEFENSE AND SECURITY FORCES. 
The Secretary of Defense may establish within the De-
partment of Defense one or more permanent positions to 
oversee and support, in coordination with the Department 
of State, the implementation of section 362 of title 10, 
United States Code, with respect to the Afghan National 
Defense and Security Forces.
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SEC. 6204. ADDITIONAL MATTER FOR SENSE OF CONGRESS 
ON EXTENDED DETERRENCE FOR THE KO-
REAN PENINSULA AND JAPAN. 
Section 1269(2) is deemed to be amended by inserting 
the following before the period: ‘‘, and should fully consider 
actions to reassure the Republic of Korea and Japan of the 
enduring commitment of the United States to provide its 
full range of defensive capabilities’’. 
SEC. 6205. STUDY ON UNITED STATES INTERESTS IN THE 
FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
enter into an agreement with an appropriate independent 
entity to conduct a study and assessment of United States 
security and foreign policy interests in the Freely Associ-
ated States of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall address the following: 
(1) The role of the Compacts of Free Association 
in promoting United States defense and foreign pol-
icy interests, and the status of the obligations of the 
United States and the Freely Associated States under 
the Compacts of Free Association. 
(2) The economic assistance practices of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China in the Freely Associated 
States, and the implications of such practices for
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United States defense and foreign policy interests in 
the Freely Associated States and the Pacific region. 
(3) The economic assistance practices of other 
countries in the Freely Associated States, as deter-
mined by the Comptroller General, and the implica-
tions of such practices for United States defense and 
foreign policy interests in the Freely Associated States 
and the Pacific region. 
(4) Any other matters the Secretary considers 
appropriate for purposes of the study. 
(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT.—The Sec-
retary shall provide the entity conducting the study pursu-
ant to subsection (a) with timely access to appropriate in-
formation, data, resources, and analysis so that the entity 
may conduct a thorough and independent assessment of the 
matters covered by the study, including the matters speci-
fied in subsection (b). 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 1, 
2018, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report setting forth the results of 
the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified for, but may in-
clude a classified annex.
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SEC. 6206. PLAN TO ENHANCE THE EXTENDED DETER-
RENCE AND ASSURANCE CAPABILITIES OF 
THE UNITED STATES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC 
REGION. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress recognizes that North Korea’s 
first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile 
(ICBM) constitutes a grave and imminent threat to United 
States security and to the security of United States allies 
and partners in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(b) PLAN.—Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Commander of the United States Pacific 
Command and the Commander of the United States Stra-
tegic Command, shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a plan to enhance the extended deterrence and 
assurance capabilities of the United States in the Asia-Pa-
cific region. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan shall in-
clude consideration of actions that will enhance United 
States security by strengthening deterrence of North Korean 
aggression and providing increased assurance to United 
States allies in the Asia-Pacific region, including the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Increased visible presence of key United 
States military assets, such as missile defenses, long-
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range strike assets, and intermediate-range strike as-
sets, to the region that do not violate existing treaties. 
(2) Increased military cooperation, exercises, and 
integration of defenses with allies in the region. 
(3) Increased foreign military sales to allies in 
the region. 
(4) Planning for, exercising, or deploying dual- 
capable aircraft to the region. 
(5) Any necessary modifications to the United 
States nuclear force posture. 
(6) Such other actions the Secretary considers 
appropriate to strengthen extended deterrence and as-
surance in the region. 
(d) FORM.—The plan shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 6207. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON PROVISIONS RE-
LATING TO THE UKRAINE SECURITY ASSIST-
ANCE INITIATIVE. 
Sections 1243 through 1250 of this Act shall have no 
force or effect. 
SEC. 6208. EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
INITIATIVE. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 1250 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1068), as amended by sec-
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tion 1237 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2494), is 
further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
(b) FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018.—Subsection (f) 
of such section 1250, as added by subsection (a) of such 
section 1237, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2018, $500,000,000.’’. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Subsection (c) of such 
section 1250, as amended by subsection (c) of such section 
1237, is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pursu-
ant to subsection (f)(2)’’ the following: ‘‘, or more 
than $250,000,000 of the funds available for fiscal 
year 2018 pursuant to subsection (f)(3),’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘with respect to the 
fiscal year concerned’’ after ‘‘is a certifi-
cation’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and improvement in 
transparency, accountability, and potential 
opportunities for privatization in the de-
fense 
industrial 
sector’’ 
and 
inserting
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‘‘sustainment, inventory management prac-
tices, progress in improving the security of 
proprietary or sensitive foreign defense tech-
nology’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
after ‘‘additional action is needed’’ the following: 
‘‘and a description of the methodology used to 
evaluate whether Ukraine has made progress in 
defense institutional reforms relative to pre-
viously established goals and objectives’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or 2018’’ after ‘‘in fiscal 
year 2017’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘in paragraph (2), such 
funds may be used in that fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in paragraph (2) with respect to such 
fiscal year, such funds may be used in such fiscal 
year’’. 
SEC. 6209. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY ON TRAINING FOR 
EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONAL SECURITY 
FORCES IN THE COURSE OF MULTILATERAL 
EXERCISES. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 1251 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(10 U.S.C. 2282 note) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2020’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2016 through 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016 through calendar year 
2020’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘military’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘security’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘that’’ and in-
serting ‘‘than’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘section 2282’’ 
and inserting ‘‘chapter 16’’. 
SEC. 6210. SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR BALTIC NATIONS 
FOR JOINT PROGRAM FOR RESILIENCY AND 
DETERRENCE AGAINST AGGRESSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, conduct or support 
a joint program of the Baltic nations to improve their resil-
ience against and build their capacity to deter aggression 
by the Russian Federation. 
(b) JOINT PROGRAM.—For purposes of subsection (a), 
a joint program of the Baltic nations may be either of the 
following:
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(1) A program jointly agreed by the Baltic na-
tions that builds interoperability among those coun-
tries. 
(2) An agreement for the joint procurement by 
the Baltic nations of defense articles or services using 
assistance provided pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) PARTICIPATION
OF
OTHER
COUNTRIES.—Any 
country other than a Baltic nation may participate in the 
joint program described in subsection (a), but only using 
funds of such country. 
(d) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—The total amount of as-
sistance provided pursuant to subsection (a) in fiscal year 
2018 may not exceed $100,000,000. 
(e) FUNDING.—Amounts for assistance provided pur-
suant to subsection (a) shall be derived from amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated by this Act and available for 
the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI). 
(f) BALTIC NATIONS DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Baltic nations’’ means the following: 
(1) Estonia. 
(2) Latvia. 
(3) Lithuania.
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SEC. 6211. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY 
DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
Section 1245(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3566), 
as most recently amended by section 1235(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2490), is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (14) through 
(20) as paragraphs (15) through (21), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (14): 
‘‘(14) An assessment of Russia’s hybrid warfare 
strategy and capabilities, including— 
‘‘(A) Russia’s information warfare strategy 
and capabilities, including the use of misin-
formation, disinformation, and propaganda in 
social and traditional media; 
‘‘(B) Russia’s financing of political parties, 
think tanks, media organizations, and academic 
institutions; 
‘‘(C) Russia’s malicious cyber activities;
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‘‘(D) Russia’s use of coercive economic tools, 
including sanctions, market access, and differen-
tial pricing, especially in energy exports; and 
‘‘(E) Russia’s use of criminal networks and 
corruption to achieve political objectives.’’. 
SEC. 6212. ANNUAL REPORT ON ATTEMPTS OF THE RUS-
SIAN 
FEDERATION 
TO 
PROVIDE 
DISINFORMATION 
AND 
PROPAGANDA 
TO 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES BY SOCIAL 
MEDIA. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
March 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on attempts 
by the Russian Federation, or any foreign person acting 
as an agent of or on behalf of the Russian Federation, dur-
ing the preceding year to knowingly disseminate Russian 
Federation-supported 
disinformation 
or 
propaganda, 
through social media applications or related Internet-based 
means, to members of the Armed Forces with probable in-
tent to cause injury to the United States or advantage the 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
(b) FORM.—Each report under this section shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex.
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SEC. 6213. SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN DETERRENCE INITIA-
TIVE TO DETER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Military exercises, such as Exercise Nifty 
Nugget and Exercise Reforger during the Cold War, 
have historically made important contributions to 
testing operational concepts, technologies, and leader-
ship approaches; identifying limiting factors in the 
execution of operational plans and appropriate cor-
rective action; and bolstering deterrence against ad-
versaries by demonstrating United States military ca-
pabilities. 
(2) Military exercises with North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) allies enhance the interoper-
ability and strategic credibility of the alliance. 
(3) The increase in conventional, nuclear, and 
hybrid threats by the Russian Federation against the 
security interests of the United States and allies in 
Europe requires substantial and sustained investment 
to improve United States combat capability in Eu-
rope. 
(4) The decline of a permanent United States 
military presence in Europe in recent years increases 
the likelihood the United States will rely on being 
able to flow forces from the continental United States
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to the European theater in the event of a major con-
tingency. 
(5) Senior military leaders, including the Com-
mander of United States Transportation Command, 
have warned that a variety of increasingly advanced 
capabilities, especially the proliferation of anti-access, 
area denial (A2/AD) capabilities, have given adver-
saries of the United States the ability to challenge the 
freedom of movement of the United States military in 
all domains from force deployment to employment to 
disrupt, delay, or deny operations. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that, to enhance the European Deterrence Initiative and 
bolster deterrence against Russian aggression, the United 
States, together with North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
allies and other European partners, should demonstrate its 
resolve and ability to meet its commitments under Article 
V of the North Atlantic Treaty through appropriate mili-
tary exercises with an emphasis on participation of United 
States forces based in the continental United States and 
testing strategic and operational logistics and transpor-
tation capabilities. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2018, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
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sional defense committees a report setting forth the 
following: 
(A) An analysis of the challenges to the 
ability of the United States to flow significant 
forces from the continental United States to the 
European theater in the event of a major contin-
gency. 
(B) The plans of the Department of Defense, 
including the conduct of military exercises, to 
address such challenges. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 6214. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE EUROPEAN DETER-
RENCE INITIATIVE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the European Deterrence Initiative will bol-
ster efforts to deter further Russian aggression by pro-
viding resources to— 
(A) train and equip the military forces of 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
and non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
partners in order to improve responsiveness, ex-
pand expeditionary capability, and strengthen
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combat effectiveness across the spectrum of secu-
rity environments; 
(B) enhance the indications and warning, 
interoperability, and logistics capabilities of Al-
lied and partner military forces to increase their 
ability to respond to external aggression, defend 
sovereignty and territorial integrity, and pre-
serve regional stability; 
(C) improve the agility and flexibility of 
military forces required to address threats across 
the full spectrum of domains and effectively oper-
ate in a wide array of coalition operations 
across diverse global environments from North 
Africa and the Middle East to Eastern Europe 
and the Arctic; and 
(D) mitigate potential gaps forming in the 
areas of information warfare, Anti-Access Area 
Denial, and force projection; 
(2) investments that support the security and 
stability of Europe, and that assist European nations 
in further developing their security capabilities, are 
in the long-term vital national security interests of 
the United States; and 
(3) funds for such efforts should be authorized 
and appropriated in the base budget of the Depart-
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ment of Defense in order to ensure continued and 
planned funding to address long-term stability in Eu-
rope, reassure the European allies and partners of the 
United States, and deter further Russian aggression. 
SEC. 6215. ENHANCEMENT OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSIST-
ANCE INITIATIVE. 
Section 1250(b) of National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 126 Stat. 1068), 
as amended by section 1237(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 
130 Stat. 2495), is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) Treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers 
in the United States in medical treatment facilities 
through the Secretarial Designee Program, including 
transportation, lodging, meals, and other appropriate 
non-medical support in connection with such treat-
ment, and education and training for Ukrainian 
healthcare specialists such that they can provide con-
tinuing care and rehabilitation services for wounded 
Ukrainian soldiers. 
‘‘(13) Air defense and coastal defense radars. 
‘‘(14) Naval mine and counter-mine capabilities. 
‘‘(15) Littoral-zone and coastal defense vessels.’’.
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SEC. 6216. ASSESSMENT OF THE EXPANDING GLOBAL IN-
FLUENCE OF CHINA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE 
NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
enter into a contract or other agreement with an appro-
priate entity independent of the Department of Defense to 
conduct an assessment of the foreign military and non-mili-
tary influence of the People’s Republic of China which could 
affect the regional and global national security and defense 
interests of the United States. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub-
section (a) shall include an evaluation of the following: 
(1) The expansion by China of military and 
non-military means of influence in the Indo-Asia-Pa-
cific region and globally, including, infrastructure in-
vestments, influence campaigns, loans, access to mili-
tary equipment, military training, tourism, media, 
and access to foreign ports and military bases, and 
whether such means of influence could affect United 
States national security or defense interests, including 
operational access. 
(2) The implications, if any, of such means of 
influence for the military force posture, access, train-
ing, and logistics of the United States and China.
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(3) The United States policy and strategy for 
mitigating any harmful effects resulting from such 
means of influence. 
(4) The resources required to implement the pol-
icy and strategy, and the plan to address and miti-
gate any gaps in capabilities or resources necessary 
for the implementation of the policy and strategy. 
(5) Measures to bolster the roles of allies, part-
ners, and other countries to implement the policy and 
strategy. 
(6) Any other matters the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the assessment required pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(2) FORM.—The report required shall be sub-
mitted unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 6217. INEFFECTIVENESS OF EXPANSION OF MILITARY- 
TO-MILITARY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GOV-
ERNMENT OF BURMA. 
Section 1262 of this Act shall have no force or effect.
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TITLE 
LXVI—STRATEGIC 
PRO-
GRAMS, CYBER, AND INTEL-
LIGENCE MATTERS 
SEC. 6601. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE OF INTERGOVERN-
MENTAL PERSONNEL ACT MOBILITY PRO-
GRAM AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE PROGRAM 
TO OBTAIN PERSONNEL WITH CYBER SKILLS 
AND ABILITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Department of Defense should fully use 
the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Pro-
gram (IPAMP) and the Department of Defense Infor-
mation Technology Exchange Program (ITEP) to ob-
tain cyber personnel across the Government by 
leveraging cyber capabilities found at the State and 
local government level and in the private sector in 
order to meet the needs of the Department for cyberse-
curity professionals; and 
(2) the Department should implement at the ear-
liest practicable date a strategy that includes policies 
and plans to fully use such programs to obtain such 
personnel for the Department.