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SEC. 1240A. REPORTS RELATING TO THE NEW START TREA-
TY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should seek to extend the 
New START Treaty, from its initial termination date in 
February 2021 to February 2026, as provided for under 
Article XIV of the Treaty, unless— 
(1) the President determines and informs the 
appropriate congressional committees that Russia is 
in material breach of the Treaty; or 
(2) the Treaty is superseded by a new arms 
control agreement that provides equal or greater 
constraints, transparency, and verification measures 
with regard to Russia’s nuclear forces. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO WITHDRAW 
FROM THE NEW START TREATY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 may 
be used to take any action to withdraw the United States 
from the New START Treaty, unless the President deter-
mines and so informs the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that Russia is in material breach of the Treaty. 
(c) ASSESSMENTS FROM DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE.— 
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(1) RELATING TO EXPIRATION OF NEW START 
TREATY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees an intelligence assessment based 
on all sources of the national security and intel-
ligence implications of the expiration of the New 
START Treaty without the United States and Rus-
sia having entered into a new arms control agree-
ment that provides equal or greater constraints, 
transparency, and verification measures with regard 
to Russia’s nuclear forces. The assessment shall be 
submitted in an unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex, and shall include the following 
elements: 
(A) A description of the size and posture 
of Russia’s nuclear forces, including strategic 
nuclear warheads and strategic delivery vehi-
cles, as well as predicted force levels through 
February 2026 under each of the following po-
tential scenarios: 
(i) The Treaty expires in February 
2026 without such a replacement agree-
ment. 
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(ii) The Treaty is extended until Feb-
ruary 2026. 
(B) A description of Russia’s likely re-
sponse to an expiration of the New START 
Treaty, including potential changes to Russia’s 
nuclear forces, conventional forces, as well as 
Russia’s willingness to negotiate an arms con-
trol agreement on Russian non-strategic or tac-
tical nuclear weapons, short-and-intermediate- 
range delivery systems, (including dual-capable 
and nuclear-only), and new strategic delivery 
systems (such as the kinds announced by Presi-
dent Putin on March 1, 2018) in the future. 
(C) An assessment of the strategic impact 
on United States and Russian strategic nuclear 
forces if the Treaty is not extended and such an 
agreement is not concluded, including the likeli-
hood that Russia pursues new strategic offen-
sive arms research and development programs. 
(D) An assessment of the potential quan-
tity of Russia’s new strategic delivery systems 
(such as the kinds announced by President 
Putin on March 1, 2018) between 2021 and 
2026, and the impact to strategic stability be-
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tween Russia and the United States as related 
to Russia’s existing strategic forces. 
(E) An assessment of the impact on 
United States allies if the limitations on Rus-
sia’s nuclear forces are dissolved if the Treaty 
is not extended and such an agreement is not 
concluded. 
(F) A description of the verification and 
transparency benefits of the Treaty and a de-
scription of the Treaty’s impact on the United 
States’ understanding of Russia’s military and 
nuclear forces. 
(G) An assessment of how the United 
States’ confidence in its understanding of Rus-
sia’s strategic nuclear arsenal and future nu-
clear force levels would be impacted if the Trea-
ty is not extended and such an agreement is not 
concluded. 
(H) An assessment of what actions would 
be necessary for the United States to remediate 
the loss of the Treaty’s verification and trans-
parency benefits if the Treaty is not extended 
and such an agreement is not concluded, and 
an estimate of the remedial resources required 
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to ensure no concomitant loss of understanding 
of Russia’s military and nuclear forces. 
(2) RELATING TO RUSSIA’S WILLINGNESS TO 
ENGAGE
IN
NUCLEAR
ARMS
CONTROL
NEGOTIA-
TIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees an intelligence assessment based 
on all sources of Russia’s willingness to engage in 
nuclear arms control negotiations and Russia’s pri-
orities in these negotiations. The assessment shall be 
submitted in an unclassified form but may contain 
a classified annex, and shall include the following 
elements: 
(A) An assessment of Russia’s willingness 
to extend the New START Treaty and its likely 
negotiating position to discuss such an exten-
sion with the United States. 
(B) An assessment of Russia’s interest in 
negotiating a broader arms control agreement 
that would include nuclear weapons systems not 
accountable under the New START Treaty, in-
cluding non-strategic nuclear weapons. 
(C) An assessment of what concessions 
Russia would likely seek from the United States 
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during such negotiations, including what addi-
tional United States’ military capabilities Rus-
sia would seek to limit, in any broader arms 
control negotiation. 
(d) REPORTS AND BRIEFING FROM SECRETARY OF 
STATE.— 
(1) RELATING TO NATO, NATO MEMBER COUN-
TRIES, AND OTHER UNITED STATES ALLIES.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report, 
which shall be in an unclassified form but may con-
tain a classified annex, and provide a briefing to the 
appropriate 
congressional 
committees 
that 
in-
cludes— 
(A) an assessment of the likely reactions of 
the 
North 
Atlantic 
Treaty 
Organization 
(NATO), NATO member countries, and other 
United States allies to a United States decision 
not to extend the New START Treaty or enter 
into a new agreement with Russia to replace 
the Treaty that provides equal or greater con-
straints, transparency, and verification meas-
ures with regard to Russia’s nuclear forces; and 
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(B) a description of the consultations un-
dertaken with such allies in which the New 
START Treaty was raised, and the level of al-
lied interest in, recommendations on, or con-
cerns raised with respect to discussions between 
the United States and Russia relating to the 
Treaty and other related matters. 
(2) RELATING TO ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION 
OF THE NEW START TREATY.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 90 days thereafter until the New START 
Treaty is extended or expires, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
shall submit a report, which shall be in an unclassi-
fied form but may contain a classified annex, to the 
appropriate congressional committees with an as-
sessment of the following elements: 
(A) Whether the Russian Federation re-
mains in compliance with its obligations under 
the New START Treaty. 
(B) Whether implementation of the New 
START Treaty remains in the national security 
interest of the United States. 
(3) RELATING TO OTHER MATTERS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
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Act, and every 180 days thereafter until the New 
START Treaty is extended or expires, the Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of De-
fense, shall provide a briefing to the appropriate 
congressional committees that includes the following 
elements: 
(A) A description of any discussions with 
Russia on the Treaty or on a broader, multilat-
eral arms control treaty with Russia and other 
countries on the reduction and limitation of 
strategic offensive arms, and discussions ad-
dressing the disparity between the non-strategic 
nuclear weapons stockpiles of Russia and of the 
United States, at the Assistant Secretary level, 
Ambassadorial level, or higher. 
(B) The dates, locations, discussion topics, 
agenda, outcomes, and Russian interlocutors in-
volved in those discussions. 
(C) An identification of the United States 
Government departments and agencies involved 
in the discussions. 
(D) The types of systems, both nuclear 
and nonnuclear, discussed by either side in such 
discussions as the potential subjects of an 
agreement. 
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(E) Whether an offer of extension of the 
Treaty for any length of time, or to negotiate 
a new agreement, has been offered by either 
side. 
(e) REPORT AND BRIEFING FROM SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary 
of State, shall submit a report, which shall be in unclassi-
fied form but may contain a classified annex, and provide 
a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees 
that includes— 
(1) an assessment of the impact on the United 
States nuclear arsenal and posture of the expiration 
of the New START Treaty without the United 
States and Russia having entered into a new agree-
ment with Russia to replace the Treaty that provides 
equal or greater constraints, transparency, and 
verification measures with regard to Russia’s nuclear 
forces; 
(2) a description of the potential changes to the 
expected force structure of the Armed Forces to re-
spond to potential changes in Russia’s nuclear pos-
ture if the limitations in the Treaty are no longer in 
force, and in the absence of such a new bilateral or 
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multilateral agreement, and an estimation of ex-
pected costs necessary to make such changes to the 
force structure of the Armed Forces; 
(3) a description, to be submitted jointly with 
the Secretary of Energy, of potential changes to the 
modernization plan for the United States nuclear 
weapons complex, which anticipates the continued 
existence of the Treaty, if the Treaty is not extended 
or such a new bilateral or multilateral agreement is 
not concluded; 
(4) a description of the strategic impact on 
United States and Russian strategic nuclear forces 
if the Treaty is not extended or such a new bilateral 
or multilateral agreement is not concluded; and 
(5) a description of potential changes regarding 
United States nuclear weapons forward deployed to 
Europe and regarding the nuclear deterrent of the 
United Kingdom and France, if the Treaty is not ex-
tended or such a new bilateral or multilateral agree-
ment is not concluded. 
(f) PRESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATION IN ADVANCE OF 
EXPIRATION OF NEW START TREATY.—Not later than 
September 7, 2020, if the New START Treaty has not 
been extended, and if the United States and Russia have 
not entered into a new treaty to replace the New START 
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Treaty, the President shall submit a report, which shall 
be in an unclassified form but may contain a classified 
annex, to the appropriate congressional committees that 
contains the following elements— 
(1) an assessment as to whether the limits of 
the New START Treaty on Russia’s strategic nu-
clear forces advance United States national security 
interests; 
(2) an explanation of how the United States 
will address the imminent expiration of the New 
START Treaty, including— 
(A) a plan to extend the New START 
Treaty before it expires; 
(B) a plan to otherwise retain the Treaty’s 
limits on Russia’s nuclear forces; or 
(C) a plan to provide for the expiration of 
the Treaty, including— 
(i) a justification for why the expira-
tion of the Treaty is in the national secu-
rity interest of the United States; and 
(ii) a plan, including steps the United 
States military and the intelligence com-
munity will take before February 5, 2021, 
to account for the expiration of the Treaty 
and the failure to replace it with a new 
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agreement 
to 
maintain 
confidence 
in 
United States nuclear deterrence require-
ments and a similar level of confidence in 
intelligence information regarding Russia’s 
nuclear forces. 
(g) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS IN EVENT OF EXPIRATION OF NEW START 
TREATY.—If the New START Treaty expires before the 
United States and Russia enter into a new arms control 
agreement to replace the Treaty that provides equal or 
greater constraints, transparency, and verification meas-
ures with regard to the Russia’s nuclear forces, not later 
than 30 days after such expiration— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report de-
scribing changes to the expected force structure of 
the Armed Forces and estimating the expected costs 
necessary to make such changes; and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of Energy shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report— 
(A) describing the manner in which the 
current United States nuclear modernization 
plan, which anticipates the continued existence 
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of the Treaty, will be modified without the ex-
istence of the Treaty; and 
(B) including— 
(i) the information required to be sub-
mitted in the report required by section 
1043 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 
112–81; 125 Stat. 1576); 
(ii) a separate 10-year cost estimate 
from the Department of Defense to imple-
ment a nuclear sustainment plan; and 
(iii) a separate 10-year cost estimate 
from the Department of Energy to imple-
ment a nuclear sustainment and mod-
ernization plan. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Armed Services, and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
(3) NEW START TREATY; TREATY.—The terms 
‘‘New START Treaty’’ and ‘‘Treaty’’ mean the 
Treaty between the United States of America and 
the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further 
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive 
Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and entered into 
force on February 5, 2011. 
SEC. 1240B. UNITED STATES ACTIONS RELATING TO RUS-
SIAN INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS FOR 
FEDERAL OFFICE. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO 
NEW RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN DEBT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall issue regulations prohibiting United States per-
sons from engaging in transactions with, providing 
financing for, or in any other way dealing in Russian 
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sovereign debt that is issued on or after the date 
that is 180 days after such date of enactment. 
(2) RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN DEBT DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘Russian sov-
ereign debt’’ means— 
(A) bonds issued by the Russian Central 
Bank, the Russian National Wealth Fund, the 
Russian Federal Treasury, or agents or affili-
ates of any such institution, with a maturity of 
more than 14 days; 
(B) new foreign exchange swap agreements 
with the Russian Central Bank, the Russian 
National Wealth Fund, or the Russian Federal 
Treasury, the duration of which agreement is 
longer than 14 days; and 
(C) any other financial instrument, the du-
ration or maturity of which is more than 14 
days, that the President determines represents 
the sovereign debt of Russia. 
(3) REQUIREMENT
TO
PROMPTLY
PUBLISH 
GUIDANCE.—The President shall concurrently pub-
lish guidance on the implementation of the regula-
tions issued pursuant to paragraph (1). 
(b) DETERMINATION OF RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN 
ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
an election for Federal office, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, in consultation with the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director 
of the National Security Agency, and the Director of 
the Central Intelligence Agency, shall— 
(A) determine whether or not the Govern-
ment of Russia, or any person acting as an 
agent of or on behalf of that government, know-
ingly engaged in interference in the election; 
and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and leadership a report on 
that determination, including an identification 
of the government or person that interfered in 
the election if the Director determines that in-
terference did occur. 
(2) ADDITIONAL REPORTING.—If the Director 
of National Intelligence determines and reports 
under paragraph (1) that neither the Government of 
Russia nor any person acting as an agent of or on 
behalf of that government knowingly engaged in in-
terference in an election for Federal office, and the 
Director subsequently determines that such govern-
ment, or such a person, did engage in such inter-
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ference, the Director shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and leadership a report on 
the subsequent determination not later than 30 days 
after making that determination. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 
by paragraph (1) or (2) shall be submitted in un-
classified form but may include a classified annex. 
(c) LIFTING THE PROHIBITION ON TRANSACTIONS 
RELATING TO NEW RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN DEBT.—The 
President shall immediately suspend the prohibition on 
transactions relating to Russian sovereign debt required 
under subsection (a) if, no later than 90 days after the 
date on which a report required under subsection (b) is 
submitted to the appropriate congressional committees 
and leadership and no later than 120 days after the most 
recent election for Federal office, whichever is sooner— 
(1) the Director of National Intelligence has in 
its report required under subsection (b) affirmatively 
determined that neither the Government of Russia, 
nor any person acting as an agent of or on behalf 
of that government, has knowingly engaged in inter-
ference in the most recent election for Federal office; 
and 
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(2) Congress has passed a joint resolution certi-
fying the determination of the Director of National 
Intelligence. 
(d) REIMPOSING
THE
PROHIBITION
ON
TRANS-
ACTIONS
RELATING
TO
NEW
RUSSIAN
SOVEREIGN 
DEBT.—The President shall immediately reimpose the 
prohibition on transactions relating to Russian sovereign 
debt required under subsection (a) if, after 90 days fol-
lowing the date on which a report required under sub-
section (b) is submitted to the appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership or 120 days following the most 
recent election for Federal office, whichever is sooner— 
(1) the Director of National Intelligence, in the 
report required under subsection (b), has not affirm-
atively determined that neither the Government of 
Russia, nor any person acting as an agent of or on 
behalf of that government, has knowingly engaged in 
interference in the most recent election for Federal 
office; or 
(2) Congress has failed to pass a joint resolu-
tion certifying the determination of the Director of 
National Intelligence in its report required under 
subsection (b) that neither the Government of Rus-
sia, nor any person acting as an agent of or on be-
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(C) the Speaker, the majority leader, and 
the minority leader of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(3) ELECTIONS
FOR
FEDERAL
OFFICE.—The 
term ‘‘elections for Federal office’’ has the meaning 
given such term in the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), except that 
such term does not include a special election. 
(4) INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS FOR FED-
ERAL OFFICE.—The term ‘‘interference’’, with re-
spect to an election for Federal office: 
(A) Means any of the following actions of 
the government of a foreign country, or any 
person acting as an agent of or on behalf of 
such a government, undertaken with the intent 
to influence the election: 
(i) Obtaining unauthorized access to 
election and campaign infrastructure or re-
lated systems or data and releasing such 
data or modifying such infrastructure, sys-
tems, or data. 
(ii) Blocking or degrading otherwise 
legitimate and authorized access to election 
and campaign infrastructure or related 
systems or data. 
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(iii) Contributions or expenditures for 
advertising, including on the internet. 
(iv) Using social or traditional media 
to spread significant amounts of false in-
formation to individuals in the United 
States. 
(B) Does not include communications 
clearly attributable to news and media outlets 
which are publicly and explicitly either con-
trolled or in large part funded by the govern-
ment of a foreign country. 
(5) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 
means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 
result. 
(6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(7) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
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the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the 
Indo-Pacific Region 
SEC. 1241. MODIFICATION OF INDO-PACIFIC MARITIME SE-
CURITY INITIATIVE. 
(a) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—Sub-
section (c)(2)(A) of section 1263 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2282 
note) is amended by inserting ‘‘the law of armed conflict, 
the rule of law, and’’ after ‘‘respect for’’. 
(b) NOTICE
TO CONGRESS
ON ASSISTANCE
AND 
TRAINING.—Subsection (g)(1) of such section is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting at the 
end before the period the following: ‘‘, the specific 
unit or units whose capacity to engage in activities 
under a program of assistance or training to be pro-
vided under subsection (a) will be built under the 
program, and the amount, type, and purpose of the 
support to be provided’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (J); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
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‘‘(F) Information, including the amount, 
type, and purpose, on assistance and training 
provided under subsection (a) during the three 
preceding fiscal years, if applicable. 
‘‘(G) A description of the elements of the 
theater campaign plan of the geographic com-
batant command concerned and the interagency 
integrated country strategy that will be ad-
vanced by the assistance and training provided 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(H) A description of whether assistance 
and training provided under subsection (a) 
could be provided pursuant to— 
‘‘(i) section 333 of title 10, United 
States Code, or other security cooperation 
authorities of the Department of Defense; 
or 
‘‘(ii) security cooperation authorities 
of the Department of State. 
‘‘(I) An identification of each such author-
ity described in subparagraph (H).’’. 
(c) ANNUAL MONITORING REPORTS.—Such section 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (j); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(h) ANNUAL MONITORING REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 
31, 2019, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report setting forth, for the preceding 
calendar year, the following: 
‘‘(A) Information, by recipient foreign 
country, on the status of funds allocated for as-
sistance and training provided under subsection 
(a), including funds allocated but not yet obli-
gated or expended. 
‘‘(B) Information, by recipient foreign 
country, on the delivery and use of assistance 
and training provided under subsection (a). 
‘‘(C) Information, by recipient foreign 
country, on the timeliness of delivery of assist-
ance and training provided under subsection (a) 
as compared to the timeliness of delivery of as-
sistance and training previously provided to the 
foreign country under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 
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committees of Congress’ has the meaning given the 
term in subsection (g)(2).’’. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.—Such section, as so amended, is 
further amended by inserting after subsection (h), as 
added by subsection (c)(2), the following: 
‘‘(i) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY 
LAW.—The Secretary of Defense may not use the 
authority in subsection (a) to provide any type of as-
sistance or training that is otherwise prohibited by 
any provision of law. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO UNITS 
THAT
HAVE
COMMITTED
GROSS
VIOLATIONS
OF 
HUMAN RIGHTS.—The provision of assistance and 
training pursuant to a program under subsection (a) 
shall be subject to the provisions of section 362 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) ASSESSMENT, MONITORING, AND EVALUA-
TION OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—The provision 
of assistance and training pursuant to a program 
under subsection (a) shall be subject to the provi-
sions of section 383 of title 10, United States 
Code.’’. 
(e) REPORT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31, 
2020, the Secretary of Defense, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the implementation of the Indo-Pacific Maritime Se-
curity Initiative under section 1263 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, as 
amended by this section. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Objectives of the Initiative, including— 
(i) a discussion of United States secu-
rity requirements that are satisfied or en-
hanced under the Initiative; and 
(ii) an assessment of progress toward 
each such objective and the metrics used to 
assess such progress. 
(B) A discussion of how the Initiative re-
lates to, complements, or overlaps with other 
United States security cooperation and security 
assistance authorities. 
(C) A description of the process and cri-
teria by which the utilization of each such au-
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thority or authorities described in subparagraph 
(B) is determined. 
(D) An assessment, by recipient foreign 
country, of— 
(i) the country’s capabilities relating 
to maritime security and maritime domain 
awareness; 
(ii) the country’s capability enhance-
ment priorities, including how such prior-
ities relate to the theater campaign strat-
egy, country plan, and theater campaign 
plan relating to maritime security and 
maritime domain awareness; 
(E) A discussion, by recipient foreign 
country, of— 
(i) priority capabilities that the De-
partment of Defense plans to enhance 
under the Initiative and priority capabili-
ties the Department plans to enhance 
under separate United States security co-
operation and security assistance authori-
ties; and 
(ii) the anticipated timeline for assist-
ance and training for each such capability. 
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(F) Information, by recipient foreign coun-
try, on the delivery and use of assistance and 
training provided under the Initiative. 
(G) Any other matters the Secretary of 
Defense determines should be included. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form without 
any designation relating to dissemination control, 
but may include a classified annex. 
(4) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1242. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF REPORT ON 
MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS 
INVOLVING NORTH KOREA. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1236 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1641) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and November 1, 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘November 1, 2017, April 1, 2020, and 
April 1, 2021’’; and 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘(without any designation re-
lating to dissemination control)’’ after ‘‘unclassi-
fied’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Sub-
section (b) of such section is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) Developments in North Korea’s nuclear 
program, including the size and state of North Ko-
rea’s stockpile of nuclear weapons, its nuclear strat-
egy and associated doctrines, its civil and military 
production capacities, and projections of its future 
arsenals.’’. 
SEC. 1243. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE THE 
TOTAL 
NUMBER 
OF 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED FORCES SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY 
WHO ARE DEPLOYED TO SOUTH KOREA. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act may be used to reduce the total number of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who are 
deployed to South Korea below 28,500 unless the Sec-
retary of Defense first certifies to the congressional de-
fense committees the following: 
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(1) Such a reduction is in the national security 
interest of the United States and will not signifi-
cantly undermine the security of United States allies 
in the region. 
(2) The Secretary has appropriately consulted 
with allies of the United States, including South 
Korea and Japan, regarding such a reduction. 
SEC. 1244. REPORT ON DIRECT, INDIRECT, AND BURDEN- 
SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAPAN AND 
SOUTH KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2020, 
and March 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the direct, indirect, and burden-sharing contributions of 
Japan and South Korea to support overseas military in-
stallations of the United States and United States Armed 
Forces deployed to or permanently stationed in Japan and 
South Korea, respectively. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) The benefits to United States national secu-
rity and regional security derived from the forward 
presence of United States Armed Forces in the 
Indo-Pacific region, including Japan and South 
Korea. 
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(2) For calendar year 2016 and each subse-
quent calendar year, a description of the one-time 
and recurring costs associated with the presence of 
United States Armed Forces in Japan and South 
Korea, including— 
(A) costs to relocate the Armed Forces 
within Japan and South Korea and to realign 
the Armed Forces from Japan and South 
Korea; 
(B) military personnel costs; 
(C) operation and maintenance costs; and 
(D) military construction costs. 
(3) A description of direct, indirect, and bur-
den-sharing contributions of Japan and South 
Korea, including— 
(A) contributions for labor costs associated 
with the presence of United States Armed 
Forces; 
(B) contributions to military construction 
projects of the Department of Defense, includ-
ing planning, design, environmental reviews, 
construction, construction management costs, 
rents on privately-owned land, facilities, labor, 
utilities, and vicinity improvements; 
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