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cost of not more than $250,000: Provided, That, upon de-
termination by the Secretary of Defense that such action 
is necessary to meet the operational requirements of a 
Commander of a Combatant Command engaged in contin-
gency operations overseas, such funds may be used to pur-
chase items having an investment item unit cost of not 
more than $500,000. 
SEC. 9011. From funds made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this title under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, up to $60,000,000 
may be used by the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, to support United States Gov-
ernment transition activities in Iraq by funding the oper-
ations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation 
in Iraq and security assistance teams, including life sup-
port, transportation and personal security, and facilities 
renovation and construction, and site closeout activities 
prior to returning sites to the Government of Iraq: Pro-
vided, That to the extent authorized under the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, the oper-
ations and activities that may be carried out by the Office 
of Security Cooperation in Iraq may, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, include non-operational training 
activities in support of Iraqi Minister of Defense and 
Counter Terrorism Service personnel in an institutional 
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environment to address capability gaps, integrate proc-
esses relating to intelligence, air sovereignty, combined 
arms, logistics and maintenance, and to manage and inte-
grate defense-related institutions: Provided further, That 
not later than 30 days following the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for 
transitioning any such training activities that they deter-
mine are needed after the end of fiscal year 2017, to exist-
ing or new contracts for the sale of defense articles or 
defense services consistent with the provisions of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.): Provided 
further, That, not less than 15 days before making funds 
available pursuant to the authority provided in this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a written notice containing a 
detailed justification and timeline for the operations and 
activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq at 
each site where such operations and activities will be con-
ducted during fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That 
amounts made available by this section are designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
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SEC. 9012. Up to $500,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act for the Defense Security Cooperation 
Agency in ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ 
may be used to provide assistance to the Government of 
Jordan to support the armed forces of Jordan and to en-
hance security along its borders. 
SEC. 9013. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIL Train and Equip 
Fund’’ may be used to procure or transfer man-portable 
air defense systems. 
SEC. 9014. For the ‘‘Ukraine Security Assistance Ini-
tiative’’, $150,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assist-
ance, including training; equipment; lethal weapons of a 
defensive nature; logistics support, supplies and services; 
sustainment; and intelligence support to the military and 
national security forces of Ukraine, and for replacement 
of any weapons or defensive articles provided to the Gov-
ernment of Ukraine from the inventory of the United 
States: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds pro-
vided under this heading, notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: 
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Provided further, That the United States may accept 
equipment procured using funds provided under this head-
ing in this or prior Acts that was transferred to the secu-
rity forces of Ukraine and returned by such forces to the 
United States: Provided further, That equipment procured 
using funds provided under this heading in this or prior 
Acts, and not yet transferred to the military or National 
Security Forces of Ukraine or returned by such forces to 
the United States, may be treated as stocks of the Depart-
ment of Defense upon written notification to the congres-
sional defense committees: Provided further, That amounts 
made available by this section are designated by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 9015. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for replacement of funds for items provided to 
the Government of Ukraine from the inventory of the 
United States to the extent specifically provided for in sec-
tion 9014 of this Act. 
SEC. 9016. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under section 9014 for ‘‘Assistance and Sustainment 
to the Military and National Security Forces of Ukraine’’ 
may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air de-
fense systems. 
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SEC. 9017. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for pay-
ments under section 1233 of Public Law 110–181 for re-
imbursement to the Government of Pakistan may be made 
available unless the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, certifies to the congressional 
defense committees that the Government of Pakistan is— 
(1) cooperating with the United States in 
counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani Net-
work, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, 
Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other domestic 
and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking 
steps to end support for such groups and prevent 
them from basing and operating in Pakistan and 
carrying out cross border attacks into neighboring 
countries; 
(2) not supporting terrorist activities against 
United States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and 
Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies are not 
intervening extra-judicially into political and judicial 
processes in Pakistan; 
(3) dismantling improvised explosive device 
(IED) networks and interdicting precursor chemicals 
used in the manufacture of IEDs; 
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(4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-re-
lated material and expertise; 
(5) implementing policies to protect judicial 
independence and due process of law; 
(6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United 
States visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts 
and assistance programs in Pakistan; and 
(7) providing humanitarian organizations access 
to detainees, internally displaced persons, and other 
Pakistani civilians affected by the conflict. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, may waive the restriction in sub-
section (a) on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the congressional defense committees that it is in the 
national security interest to do so: Provided, That if the 
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, exercises such waiver authority, the Secretaries 
shall report to the congressional defense committees on 
both the justification for the waiver and on the require-
ments of this section that the Government of Pakistan was 
not able to meet: Provided further, That such report may 
be submitted in classified form if necessary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9018. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this Act, $500,000,000 is hereby appropriated 
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to the Department of Defense and made available for 
transfer only to the operation and maintenance, military 
personnel, and procurement accounts, to improve the intel-
ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of the 
Department of Defense: Provided, That the transfer au-
thority provided in this section is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days prior to exercising 
the transfer authority provided in this section, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit a report to the congres-
sional defense committees on the proposed uses of these 
funds: Provided further, That the funds provided in this 
section may not be transferred to any program, project, 
or activity specifically limited or denied by this Act: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available by this section 
are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the 
authority to provide funding under this section shall termi-
nate on September 30, 2017. 
SEC. 9019. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention 
of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), 
including for the introduction of United States armed or 
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military forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in 
Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 
indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, 
airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in con-
travention of the congressional consultation and reporting 
requirements of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 
1542 and 1543). 
SEC. 9020. None of the funds in this Act may be 
made available for the transfer of additional C–130 cargo 
aircraft to the Afghanistan National Security Forces or 
the Afghanistan Air Force until the Department of De-
fense provides a report to the congressional defense com-
mittees of the Afghanistan Air Force’s medium airlift re-
quirements. The report should identify Afghanistan’s abil-
ity to utilize and maintain existing medium lift aircraft 
in the inventory and the best alternative platform, if nec-
essary, to provide additional support to the Afghanistan 
Air Force’s current medium airlift capacity. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 9021. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro-
grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That such 
amounts are designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
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ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, 
DSCA 
Coalition 
Support 
Fund’’, 
2016/2017, 
$300,000,000; 
‘‘Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund’’, 2016/ 
2017, $200,000,000; 
‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 2016/ 
2017, $150,000,000; and 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2016/2018, 
$169,000,000. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 9022. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro-
grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That amounts 
rescinded pursuant to this section that were previously 
designated by the Congress for contingency operations di-
rectly related to the global war on terrorism pursuant to 
section 3(c)(2) of H. Res. 5 (112th Congress) and as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. 
Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress) are designated by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
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‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: 
Coalition Support Funds’’, XXXX, $11,524,000. 
SEC. 9023. (a) The Mine Resistant Ambush Pro-
tected Vehicle Fund provided for by section 123 of Public 
Law 110–92 (121 Stat. 992) is hereby terminated, effec-
tive as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) Any unobligated balances in the Mine Resistant 
Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act shall, notwithstanding any provision 
of subchapter IV of chapter 15 of title 31, United States 
Code, or the procedures under such subchapter, be depos-
ited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 9024. Each amount designated in this Act by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only 
if the President subsequently so designates all such 
amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 8, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 36 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1301 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of De-
fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2017, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 7, 2017 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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