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ducted by the Office in conjunction with other 
United States programs (such as the Foreign 
Military Financing program, the Foreign Mili-
tary Sales program, and the assistance provided 
pursuant to section 1236 of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113–291)) will address the capability gaps 
described pursuant to subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) A current description of how the ac-
tivities of the Office of Security Cooperation in 
Iraq are coordinated with, and complement and 
enhance, the assistance provided pursuant to sec-
tion 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 
‘‘(D) A current description of end use moni-
toring programs, and any other programs or 
procedures, used to improve accountability for 
equipment provided to the Government of Iraq. 
‘‘(E) A current description of the measures 
of effectiveness used to evaluate the activities of 
the Office of the Security Cooperation in Iraq, 
and an analysis of any determinations to ex-
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pand, alter, or terminate specific activities of the 
Office based on such evaluations. 
‘‘(F) A current evaluation of the effective-
ness of the training described in subsection (f)(2) 
in promoting respect for human rights, military 
professionalism, and respect for legitimate civil-
ian authority in Iraq. 
‘‘(3) 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. 1229. SENSE OF SENATE ON SUPPORT FOR THE 
KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT. 
(a) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that— 
(1) the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 
(ISIL) poses an acute threat to the people and terri-
torial integrity of Iraq, including the Iraqi Kurdistan
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Region, and the security and stability of the Middle 
East and the world; 
(2) the United States should, in coordination 
with coalition partners, provide, in an expeditious 
and responsive manner and without undue delay, the 
security forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government 
associated with the Government of Iraq with defense 
articles and assistance described in subsection (b), de-
fense services, and related training to more effectively 
partner with the United States and other inter-
national coalition members to defeat the Islamic State 
of Iraq and the Levant; 
(3) defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the 
Levant is critical to maintaining a unified Iraq in 
which all faiths, sects, and ethnicities are afforded 
equal protection and full integration into the Govern-
ment and society of Iraq; 
(4) due to the threat to United States national 
security and a free and inclusive Iraq brought by the 
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, section 1236 of 
the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 
(Public Law 113–291) authorizes the Secretary of De-
fense to provide assistance, including training, equip-
ment, logistics support, supplies, and services, sti-
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pends, facility and infrastructure repair and renova-
tion, and sustainment, to military and other security 
forces of or associated with the Government of Iraq, 
including Kurdish forces; 
(5) leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and the 
Levant have stated that they intend to conduct ter-
rorist attacks internationally, including against the 
United States, its citizens, and its interests; and 
(6) the Kurdistan Regional Government is the 
democratically elected government of the Iraqi 
Kurdistan Region, and Iraqi Kurds have been a reli-
able, stable, and capable partner of the United States, 
particularly in support of United States military and 
civilian personnel during Operation Iraqi Freedom 
and Operation New Dawn. 
(b) DEFENSE ARTICLES AND ASSISTANCE.—The de-
fense articles and assistance described in this subsection in-
clude anti-tank and anti-armor weapons, armored vehicles, 
long-range artillery, crew-served weapons and ammunition, 
secure command and communications equipment, body 
armor, helmets, logistics equipment, night optical devices, 
and other excess defense articles and military assistance 
considered appropriate by the President.
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SEC. 1230. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SECURITY AND 
PROTECTION OF IRANIAN DISSIDENTS LIV-
ING IN CAMP LIBERTY, IRAQ. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The residents of Camp Liberty, Iraq, re-
nounced violence and unilaterally disarmed more 
than a decade ago. 
(2) The United States recognized the residents of 
the former Camp Ashraf who now reside in Camp 
Liberty as ‘‘protected persons’’ under the Fourth Ge-
neva Convention and committed itself to protect the 
residents. 
(3) The deterioration in the overall security situ-
ation in Iraq has increased the vulnerability of Camp 
Liberty residents to attacks from proxies of the Ira-
nian Revolutionary Guards Corps and Sunni extrem-
ists associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the 
Levant (ISIL). 
(4) The increased vulnerability underscores the 
need for an expedited relocation process and that 
these Iranian dissidents will neither be safe nor secure 
in Camp Liberty. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the United States should— 
(1) take prompt and appropriate steps in ac-
cordance with international agreements to promote
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the physical security and protection of Camp Liberty 
residents; 
(2) urge the Government of Iraq to uphold its 
commitments to the United States to ensure the safety 
and well-being of those living in Camp Liberty; 
(3) urge the Government of Iraq to ensure con-
tinued and reliable access to food, clean water, med-
ical assistance, electricity and other energy needs, and 
any other equipment and supplies necessary to sus-
tain the residents during periods of attack or siege by 
external forces; 
(4) oppose the extradition of Camp Liberty resi-
dents to Iran; 
(5) implement a strategy to provide for the safe, 
secure, and permanent relocation of Camp Liberty 
residents that includes a relocation plan, including a 
detailed outline of the steps that would need to be 
taken by recipient countries, the United States, the 
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 
(UNHCR), and Camp residents to relocate the resi-
dents to other countries; 
(6) encourage continued close cooperation be-
tween the residents of Camp Liberty and the authori-
ties in the relocation process; and
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(7) assist the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees in expediting the ongoing resettle-
ment of all residents of Camp Liberty to safe loca-
tions outside Iraq. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to 
Iran 
SEC. 1241. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF ANNUAL RE-
PORT ON THE MILITARY POWER OF IRAN. 
(a) ELEMENT ON CYBER CAPABILITIES IN DESCRIP-
TION OF STRATEGY.—Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of 
section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2542) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) Iranian strategy regarding offensive 
cyber capabilities and defensive cyber capabili-
ties.’’. 
(b) ELEMENTS ON CYBER CAPABILITIES IN ASSESS-
MENTS OF UNCONVENTIONAL FORCES.—Paragraph (3) of 
such subsection, as amended by section 1232(a) of the Na-
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tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Pub-
lic Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 920), is further amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(F) offensive cyber capabilities and defen-
sive cyber capabilities; and 
‘‘(G) Iranian ability to manipulate the in-
formation environment both domestically and 
against the interests of the United States and its 
allies.’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF REPORTS.—Subsection (d) of such 
section 1245, as amended by section 1277 of the Carl Levin 
and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 
Stat. 3592), is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to re-
ports required to be submitted under section 1245 of the
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, 
as so amended, after that date. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the 
Russian Federation 
SEC. 1251. UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 
by title XV and available for overseas contingency oper-
ations as specified in the funding tables in division D, 
$300,000,000 may be available to the Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide ap-
propriate security assistance and intelligence support, in-
cluding training, equipment, and logistics support, supplies 
and services, to military and other security forces of the 
Government of Ukraine for the purposes as follows: 
(1) To enhance the capabilities of the military 
and other security forces of the Government of 
Ukraine to defend against further aggression. 
(2) To assist Ukraine in developing the combat 
capability to defend its sovereignty and territorial in-
tegrity. 
(3) To support the Government of Ukraine in de-
fending itself against actions by Russia and Russian- 
backed separatists that violate the ceasefire agree-
ments of September 4, 2014, and February 11, 2015.
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(b) APPROPRIATE SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND INTEL-
LIGENCE SUPPORT.—For purposes of subsection (a), appro-
priate security assistance and intelligence support includes 
the following: 
(1) Real time or near real time actionable intel-
ligence. 
(2) Lethal assistance such as anti-armor weapon 
systems, mortars, crew-served weapons and ammuni-
tion, grenade launchers and ammunition, and small 
arms and ammunition. 
(3) Counter-artillery radars. 
(4) Unmanned aerial tactical surveillance sys-
tems. 
(5) Cyber capabilities. 
(6) Counter-electronic warfare capabilities such 
as secure communications equipment and other elec-
tronic protection systems. 
(7) Other electronic warfare capabilities. 
(8) Training required to maintain and employ 
systems and capabilities described in paragraphs (1) 
through (7). 
(9) Training for critical combat operations such 
as planning, command and control, small unit tac-
tics, counter-artillery tactics, logistics, countering im-
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provised explosive devices, battle-field first aid, and 
medical evacuation. 
(10) Training and best practices to identify and 
treat post-traumatic stress disorder among Ukrainian 
Armed Forces and National Guard personnel. 
(c) FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND LIMITATION.— 
(1) TRAINING.—Up to 20 percent of the amount 
described in subsection (a) may be used to support 
training pursuant to section 1207 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 note), relating to the Global Security 
Contingency Fund. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 50 percent of 
the amount described in subsection (a) may be obli-
gated or expended until an amount equal to 20 per-
cent of such amount has been obligated or expended 
for appropriate security assistance described in sub-
paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) for the Gov-
ernment of Ukraine. 
(3) ALTERNATIVE OF FUNDS.—In the event funds 
otherwise available pursuant to subsection (a) are not 
used by reason of the limitation in paragraph (2), 
such funds may be used at the discretion of the Sec-
retary of Defense, with concurrence of the Secretary 
of State, to provide security assistance and intel-
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ligence support, including training, equipment, logis-
tics support, supplies and services to military and 
other national-level security forces of Partnership for 
Peace nations other than Ukraine that the Secretary 
of Defense determines to be appropriate to assist such 
governments in preserving their sovereignty and terri-
torial integrity against Russian aggression. 
(d) 
UNITED
STATES
INVENTORY
AND
OTHER 
SOURCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any assistance 
provided pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Defense is authorized, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State, to make available to the Government 
of Ukraine weapons and other defense articles, from 
the United States inventory and other sources, and 
defense services, in such quantity as the Secretary of 
Defense determines to be appropriate to achieve the 
purposes specified in subsection (a). 
(2) REPLACEMENT.—Amounts for the replace-
ment of any items provided to the Government of 
Ukraine pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be derived 
from amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for overseas contingency oper-
ations for weapons procurement.
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(e) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to constitute a specific statu-
tory authorization for the introduction of United States 
Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein hos-
tilities are clearly indicated by the circumstances. 
(f) TERMINATION
OF AUTHORITY.—Assistance may 
not be provided under the authority in this section after 
December 31, 2017. 
SEC. 1252. EASTERN EUROPEAN TRAINING INITIATIVE. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, carry out a pro-
gram (to be known as the ‘‘Eastern European Training Ini-
tiative’’) to provide training, and pay the incremental ex-
penses incurred by a country as the direct result of partici-
pation in such training, for the national military forces 
of the following: 
(1) A country that is a signatory to the Partner-
ship for Peace Framework Documents, but is not a 
member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO). 
(2) A country that became a member of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization after January 1, 
1999.
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(b) TYPES OF TRAINING.—The training provided to 
the national military forces of a country under subsection 
(a) shall be limited to multilateral or regional training— 
(1) to maintain and increase interoperability 
and readiness; 
(2) to increase capacity to respond to external 
threats; 
(3) to increase capacity to respond to hybrid 
warfare; or 
(4) to increase capacity to respond to calls for 
collective action within the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization. 
(c) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—Training provided to the 
national military forces of a country under subsection (a) 
shall include elements that promote— 
(1) observance of and respect for human rights 
and fundamental freedoms; and 
(2) respect for legitimate civilian authority with-
in that country. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) ANNUAL
FUNDING
LIMITATION.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal 
year for the Department of Defense for operation and 
maintenance, up to $28,000,000 may be used to pro-
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vide training and pay incremental expenses under 
subsection (a) in that fiscal year. 
(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS
FOR
ACTIVITIES 
ACROSS FISCAL YEARS.—Amounts available in a fis-
cal year to carry out the authority in subsection (a) 
may be used for training under that authority that 
begins in that fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal 
year. 
(e) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS ON USE OF AUTHORITY.— 
Not later that 90 days after the end of each fiscal year in 
which the authority in subsection (a) is used, the Secretary 
shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives on the use of the authority 
during such fiscal year, including each country with which 
training under the authority was conducted and the types 
of training provided. 
(f) CONSTRUCTION
OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 
provided in subsection (a) is in addition to any other au-
thority provided by law authorizing the provision of train-
ing for the national military forces of a foreign country, 
including section 2282 of title 10, United States Code. 
(g) INCREMENTAL EXPENSES DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘incremental expenses’’ means the reasonable 
and proper cost of the goods and services that are consumed 
by a country as a direct result of that country’s participa-
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tion in training under the authority of this section, includ-
ing rations, fuel, training ammunition, and transportation. 
Such term does not include pay, allowances, and other nor-
mal costs of a country’s personnel. 
(h) TERMINATION
OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 
under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2018. 
Any activity under this section initiated before that date 
may be completed, but only using funds available for fiscal 
years 2016 through 2018. 
SEC. 1253. INCREASED PRESENCE OF UNITED STATES 
GROUND FORCES IN EASTERN EUROPE TO 
DETER AGGRESSION ON THE BORDER OF THE 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the increased presence of United States and 
allied ground forces in Eastern Europe since April 
2014 has provided a level of reassurance to North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members in the 
region and strengthened the capability of the Organi-
zation to respond to any potential Russian aggression 
against Organization members; 
(2) at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
Wales summit in September 2014 member countries 
agreed on a Readiness Action Plan which is intended
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to improve the ability of the Organization to respond 
quickly and effectively to security threats on the bor-
ders of the Organization, including in Eastern Eu-
rope, and the challenges posed by hybrid warfare; 
(3) the capability of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization to respond to threats on the eastern bor-
der of the Organization would be enhanced by a more 
sustained presence on the ground of Organization 
forces on the territories of Organization members in 
Eastern Europe; and 
(4) an increased presence of United States 
ground forces in Eastern Europe should be matched 
by an increased force presence of European allies. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report setting forth an assessment of options for ex-
panding the presence of United States ground forces 
of the size of a Brigade Combat Team in Eastern Eu-
rope to respond, along with European allies and part-
ners, to the security challenges posed by Russia and 
increase the combat capability of forces able to re-
spond to unconventional or hybrid warfare tactics
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such as those used by the Russian Federation in Cri-
mea and Eastern Ukraine. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under this sub-
section shall include the following: 
(A) An evaluation of the optimal location or 
locations of the enhanced ground force presence 
described in paragraph (1) that considers such 
factors as— 
(i) proximity, suitability, and avail-
ability of maneuver and gunnery training 
areas; 
(ii) transportation capabilities; 
(iii) availability of facilities, including 
for 
potential 
equipment 
storage 
and 
prepositioning; 
(iv) ability to conduct multinational 
training and exercises; 
(v) a site or sites for prepositioning of 
equipment, a rotational presence or perma-
nent presence of troops, or a combination of 
options; and 
(vi) costs. 
(B) A description of any initiatives by 
other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization, or other European allies and part-
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ners, for enhancing force presence on a perma-
nent or rotational basis in Eastern Europe to 
match or exceed the potential increased presence 
of United States ground forces in the region. 
SEC. 1254. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EUROPEAN DEFENSE 
AND NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZA-
TION SPENDING. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
countries, at the 2014 North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation Summit in Wales, pledged to ‘‘reverse the trend 
of declining defense budgets, to make the most effective 
use of our funds and to further a more balanced shar-
ing of costs and responsibilities’’. 
(2) Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel 
stated on May 2, 2014, that ‘‘[t]oday, America’s GDP 
is smaller than the combined GDPs of our 27 NATO 
allies. But America’s defense spending is three times 
our Allies’ combined defense spending. Over time, this 
lopsided burden threatens NATO’s integrity, cohesion, 
and capability, and ultimately both European and 
transatlantic security’’. 
(3) Former North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated on 
July 3, 2014, that ‘‘[d]uring the last five years, Rus-
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sia has increased defense spending by 50 percent, 
while NATO allies on average have decrease their de-
fense spending by 20 percent. That is not sustainable, 
we need more investment in defense and security’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) it is in the national security and fiscal inter-
ests of the United States that prompt efforts should be 
undertaken by North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
allies to meet defense budget commitments made in 
Declaration 14 of the Wales Summit Declaration of 
September 2014; 
(2) the United States Government should con-
tinue efforts through the Department of Defense and 
other agencies to encourage North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization allies towards meeting the defense spend-
ing goals set out at the Wales Summit; 
(3) some North Atlantic Treaty Organization al-
lies have already taken positive steps to reverse de-
clines in defense spending and should continue to be 
supported in those efforts; and 
(4) thoughtful and coordinated defense invest-
ments by European allies in military capabilities 
would add deterrence value to the posture of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization against Russian aggres-
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sion and terrorist organizations and more appro-
priately balance the share of Atlantic defense spend-
ing. 
SEC. 1255. ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN ANNUAL REPORT ON 
MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS IN-
VOLVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Subsection (b) of section 
1245 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 
(Public Law 113–291) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (15) 
as paragraphs (6) through (17), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs (4) and (5): 
‘‘(4) An assessment of the force structure and ca-
pabilities of Russian military forces stationed in each 
of the Arctic, Kaliningrad, and Crimea, including a 
description of any changes to such force structure or 
capabilities during the one-year period ending on the 
date of such report and with a particular emphasis 
on the anti-access and area denial capabilities of such 
forces. 
‘‘(5) An assessment of Russian military strategy 
and objectives for the Arctic region.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and shall apply with respect to reports sub-
mitted under section 1245 of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 after that date. 
SEC. 1256. REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE CAPABILITIES TO 
PROCURE AND SUSTAIN NONSTANDARD RO-
TARY WING AIRCRAFT HISTORICALLY PRO-
CURED THROUGH ROSOBORONEXPORT. 
(a) REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE CAPA-
BILITIES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall, in consulta-
tion with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report setting 
forth an assessment, obtained by the Under Secretary for 
purposes of the report, of the feasibility and advisability 
of using alternative industrial base capabilities to procure 
and sustain, with parts and service, nonstandard rotary 
wing 
aircraft 
historically 
acquired 
through 
Rosoboronexport, or nonstandard rotary wing aircraft that 
are in whole or in part reliant upon Rosoboronexport for 
continued sustainment, in order to benefit United States 
national security interests.
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(b) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.—The assessment ob-
tained for purposes of subsection (a) shall be conducted by 
a federally funded research and development center 
(FFRDC), or another appropriate independent entity with 
expertise in the procurement and sustainment of complex 
weapon systems, selected by the Under Secretary for pur-
poses of the assessment. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The assessment obtained for purposes 
of subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An identification and assessment of inter-
national industrial base capabilities, other than 
Rosoboronexport, to provide one or more of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Means of procuring nonstandard rotary 
wing aircraft historically procured through 
Rosoboronexport. 
(B) Reliable and timely supply of required 
and appropriate parts, spares, and consumables 
of such aircraft. 
(C) Certifiable maintenance of such air-
craft, including major periodic overhauls, dam-
age repair, and modifications. 
(D) Access to required reference data on 
such aircraft, including technical manuals and 
service bulletins.
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(E) Credible certification of airworthiness of 
such aircraft through physical inspection, not-
withstanding any current administrative re-
quirements to the contrary. 
(2) An assessment (including an assessment of 
associated costs and risks) of alterations to adminis-
trative processes of the United States Government 
that may be required to procure any of the capabili-
ties specified in paragraph (1), including waivers to 
Department of Defense or Department of State re-
quirements applicable to foreign military sales or al-
terations to procedures for approval of airworthiness 
certificates. 
(3) An assessment of the potential economic im-
pact to Rosoboronexport of procuring nonstandard ro-
tary wing aircraft described in paragraph (1)(A) 
through entities other than Rosoboronexport. 
(4) An assessment of the risks and benefits of 
using the entities identified pursuant to paragraph 
(1)(A) to procure aircraft described in that para-
graph. 
(5) Such other matters as the Under Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
(d) USE OF PREVIOUS STUDIES.—The entity con-
ducting the assessment for purposes of subsection (a) may
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use and incorporate information from previous studies on 
matters appropriate to the assessment. 
(e) FORM OF REPORT.—The report under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the 
Asia-Pacific Region 
SEC. 1261. SOUTH CHINA SEA INITIATIVE. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, is au-
thorized, for the purpose of increasing maritime secu-
rity and maritime domain awareness of foreign coun-
tries along the South China Sea— 
(A) to provide assistance to national mili-
tary or other security forces of such countries 
that have among their functional responsibilities 
maritime security missions; and 
(B) to provide training to ministry, agency, 
and headquarters level organizations for such 
forces. 
(2) DESIGNATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
AND
TRAIN-
ING.—The provision of assistance and training under 
this section may be referred to as the ‘‘South China 
Sea Initiative’’.
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(b) RECIPIENT COUNTRIES.—The foreign countries 
that may be provided assistance and training under sub-
section (a) are the following: 
(1) Indonesia. 
(2) Malaysia, 
(3) The Philippines. 
(4) Thailand. 
(5) Vietnam. 
(c) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZED ELEMENTS OF ASSISTANCE.— 
Assistance provided under subsection (a)(1)(A) may 
include the provision of equipment, supplies, train-
ing, and small-scale military construction. 
(2) REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF ASSISTANCE AND 
TRAINING.—Assistance and training provided under 
subsection (a) shall include elements that promote the 
following: 
(A) Observance of and respect for human 
rights and fundamental freedoms. 
(B) Respect for legitimate civilian authority 
within the country to which the assistance is 
provided. 
(d) PRIORITIES FOR ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—In 
developing programs for assistance or training to be pro-
vided under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall
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accord a priority to assistance, training, or both that will 
enhance the maritime capabilities of the recipient foreign 
country, or a regional organization of which the recipient 
country is a member, to respond to emerging threats to 
maritime security. 
(e) INCREMENTAL EXPENSES OF PERSONNEL OF CER-
TAIN OTHER COUNTRIES FOR TRAINING.— 
(1) AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT.—If the Secretary 
of Defense determines that the payment of incre-
mental expenses in connection with training described 
in subsection (a)(1)(B) will facilitate the participa-
tion in such training of organization personnel of for-
eign countries specified in paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary may use amounts available under subsection 
(f) for assistance and training under subsection (a) 
for the payment of such incremental expenses. 
(2) COVERED COUNTRIES.—The foreign countries 
specified in this paragraph are the following: 
(A) Brunei. 
(B) Singapore. 
(C) Taiwan. 
(f) FUNDING.—Funds may be used to provide assist-
ance and training under subsection (a) as follows: 
(1) In fiscal year 2016, $50,000,000 from 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for the De-
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partment of Defense for that fiscal year for operation 
and maintenance, Defense-wide. 
(2) In fiscal year 2017, $75,000,000 from 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for the De-
partment of Defense for that fiscal year for operation 
and maintenance, Defense-wide. 
(3) In each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020, 
$100,000,000 from amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of Defense for such fiscal 
year for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide. 
(g) NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON ASSISTANCE AND TRAIN-
ING.—Not later than 15 days before exercising the authority 
under subsection (a) or (e) with respect to a recipient for-
eign country, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a notification containing 
the following: 
(1) The recipient foreign country. 
(2) A detailed justification of the program for 
the provision of the assistance or training concerned, 
and its relationship to United States security inter-
ests. 
(3) The budget for the program, including a 
timetable of planned expenditures of funds to imple-
ment the program, an implementation timeline for 
the program with milestones (including anticipated
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delivery schedules for any assistance under the pro-
gram), the military department or component respon-
sible for management of the program, and the antici-
pated completion date for the program. 
(4) A description of the arrangements, if any, to 
support host nation sustainment of any capability de-
veloped pursuant to the program, and the source of 
funds to support sustainment efforts and performance 
outcomes to be achieved under the program beyond its 
completion date, if applicable. 
(5) A description of the program objectives and 
an assessment framework to be used to develop capa-
bility and performance metrics associated with oper-
ational outcomes for the recipient force. 
(6) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(h) EXPIRATION.—The authority provided under this 
section may not be exercised after September 30, 2020. 
SEC. 1262. SENSE OF CONGRESS REAFFIRMING THE IMPOR-
TANCE OF IMPLEMENTING THE REBALANCE 
TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States has a longstanding na-
tional interest in maintaining security in the Asia- 
Pacific region.
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(2) The Asia-Pacific region is home to the 
world’s three largest economies, four most populous 
countries, and five largest militaries. The Asia- 
Pacific’s rapid economic growth and mounting secu-
rity tensions require a renewed focus from the United 
States on the region to maintain security, expand 
prosperity, and support common values. 
(3) In 2011, President Barack Obama an-
nounced that the United States would rebalance to the 
Asia-Pacific. Since then, there have been a number of 
actions taken to strengthen the United States posture 
and relationships in the region, including the negotia-
tion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement 
with the Philippines, the distributed laydown of the 
United States Marines Corps in the Pacific, the rota-
tional stationing of the Littoral Combat Ship in 
Singapore, and a new comprehensive partnership 
with Vietnam on defense and security. 
(4) Leaders in regional states remain concerned 
about a variety of regional military challenges. These 
include China’s military modernization and its in-
creasingly assertive actions in the East and South 
China Sea and North Korea’s continued belligerence 
and its pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missile tech-
nology. United States allies and partners are looking
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to the United States to demonstrate its willingness 
and ability to maintain regional peace and security 
by fully implementing the rebalance to the Asia-Pa-
cific. 
(5) In April 2015, the Commander of the United 
States Pacific Command Admiral Samuel Locklear 
warned, ‘‘Our relative superiority I think has de-
clined and continues to decline. . .we rely very heav-
ily on power projection, which means we have to be 
able to get the forces forward. . .’’. Admiral Locklear 
also noted, ‘‘Any significant force structure moves out 
of my AOR in the middle of a rebalance would have 
to be understood and have to be explained because it 
would counterintuitive to a rebalance to move signifi-
cant forces in another direction.’’ 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) in order to maintain the credibility of the 
United States rebalance, it is vital that the United 
States continue to shift forces to the Asia-Pacific re-
gion to strengthen the ability of the United States 
Armed Forces to project power to shape the choices of 
regional states and to deter, and if necessary defend, 
against hostile military actions;
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(2) United States allies and partners in the 
Asia-Pacific region, as well as potential adversaries, 
would take note of any withdrawal of forces from the 
Asia-Pacific theater; 
(3) any withdrawal of United States forces from 
Outside the Continental United States (‘‘OCONUS’’) 
Asia-Pacific region or from United States Pacific 
Command would therefore seriously undermine the re-
balance; and 
(4) in order to properly implement United 
States rebalance policy, United States forces under 
the operational control of the United States Pacific 
Command should be increased consistent with com-
mitments already made by the Department of Defense 
and aligned with the requirement to maintain a bal-
ance of military power that favors the United States 
and United States allies in the Asia-Pacific region. 
SEC. 1263. SENSE OF SENATE ON TAIWAN ASYMMETRIC 
MILITARY 
CAPABILITIES 
AND 
BILATERAL 
TRAINING ACTIVITIES. 
It is the sense of the Senate that— 
(1) the United States, in accordance with the 
Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8), should con-
tinue to make available to Taiwan such defense arti-
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cles and services as may be necessary to enable Tai-
wan to maintain a sufficient self-defense; 
(2) the United States should continue to support 
the efforts of Taiwan to integrate innovative and 
asymmetric measures to balance the growing military 
capabilities of the People’s Republic of China, includ-
ing fast-attack craft, coastal-defense cruise missiles, 
rapid-runway repair systems, offensive mines, and 
submarines optimized for defense of the Taiwan 
straits; 
(3) the military forces of Taiwan should be per-
mitted to participate in bilateral training activities 
hosted by the United States that increase credible de-
terrent capabilities of Taiwan, particularly those that 
emphasize the defense of Taiwan Island from missile 
attack, maritime blockade, and amphibious invasion 
by the People’s Republic of China; 
(4) toward that goal, Taiwan should be encour-
aged to participate in exercises that include realistic 
air-to-air combat training, including the exercise con-
ducted at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and Nellis 
Air Force Base, Nevada, commonly referred to as 
‘‘Red Flag’’; and 
(5) Taiwan should also be encouraged to partici-
pate in advanced bilateral training for its ground
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forces, Apache attack helicopters, and P–3C surveil-
lance aircraft in island-defense scenarios. 
SEC. 1264. MILITARY EXCHANGES BETWEEN SENIOR OFFI-
CERS AND OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED STATES 
AND TAIWAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense should 
carry out a program of exchanges of senior military officers 
and senior officials between the United States and Taiwan 
designed to improve military to military relations between 
the United States and Taiwan. 
(b) EXCHANGES DESCRIBED.—For the purposes of this 
section, an exchange is an activity, exercise, event, or obser-
vation opportunity between members of the Armed Forces 
and officials of the Department of Defense, on the one hand, 
and armed forces personnel and officials of Taiwan, on the 
other hand. 
(c) FOCUS OF EXCHANGES.—The exchanges under the 
program carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall in-
clude exchanges focused on the following: 
(1) Threat analysis. 
(2) Military doctrine. 
(3) Force planning. 
(4) Logistical support. 
(5) Intelligence collection and analysis.
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(6) Operational tactics, techniques, and proce-
dures. 
(7) Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. 
(d) CIVIL-MILITARY AFFAIRS.—The exchanges under 
the program carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
include activities and exercises focused on civil-military re-
lations, including parliamentary relations. 
(e) LOCATION OF EXCHANGES.—The exchanges under 
the program carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
be conducted in both the United States and Taiwan. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘senior military officer’’, with re-
spect to the Armed Forces, means a general or flag of-
ficer of the Armed Forces on active duty. 
(2) The term ‘‘senior official’’, with respect to the 
Department of Defense, means a civilian official of 
the Department of Defense at the level of Assistant 
Secretary of Defense or above. 
SEC. 1265. STRATEGY TO PROMOTE UNITED STATES INTER-
ESTS IN THE INDO-ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall develop an 
overall strategy to promote United States interests in the 
Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Such strategy shall be informed 
by the following:
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(1) The national security strategy of the United 
States for 2015 set forth in the national security 
strategy report required under section 108(a)(3) of the 
National 
Security 
Act 
of 
1947 
(50 
U.S.C. 
5043(a)(3)), as such strategy relates to United States 
interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 
(2) The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review 
(QDR), as it relates to United States interests in the 
Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 
(3) The 2015 Quadrennial Diplomacy and De-
velopment Review (QDDR), as it relates to United 
States interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 
(4) The strategy to prioritize United States de-
fense interests in the Asia-Pacific region as contained 
in the report required by section 1251(a) of the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3570). 
(5) The integrated, multi-year planning and 
budget strategy for a rebalancing of United States 
policy in Asia submitted to Congress pursuant to sec-
tion 7043(a) of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76)).
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(b) PRESIDENTIAL POLICY DIRECTIVE.—The Presi-
dent shall issue a Presidential Policy Directive to appro-
priate departments and agencies of the United States Gov-
ernment that contains the strategy developed under sub-
section (a) and includes implementing guidance to such de-
partments and agencies. 
(c) RELATION TO AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS AND AN-
NUAL BUDGET.— 
(1) AGENCY
PRIORITY
GOALS.—In identifying 
agency priority goals under section 1120(b) of title 
31, United States Code, for each appropriate depart-
ment and agency of the United States Government, 
the head of such department or agency, or as other-
wise determined by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, shall take into consideration the 
strategy developed under subsection (a) and the Presi-
dential Policy Directive issued under subsection (b). 
(2) ANNUAL BUDGET.—The President shall, act-
ing through the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, ensure that the annual budget submitted 
to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, includes a separate section that clearly 
highlights programs and projects that are being fund-
ed in the annual budget that relate to the strategy de-
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veloped under subsection (a) and the Presidential Pol-
icy Directive issued under subsection (b). 
Subtitle F—Reports and Related 
Matters 
SEC. 1271. ITEM IN QUARTERLY REPORTS ON ASSISTANCE 
TO COUNTER THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ 
AND THE LEVANT ON FORCES INELIGIBLE TO 
RECEIVE ASSISTANCE DUE TO A GROSS VIO-
LATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 
(a) ITEM IN REPORTS.—Section 1236(d) of the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 
291) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(11) A list of the forces or elements of forces re-
stricted from receiving assistance under subsection 
(a), unless waived pursuant to subsection (j), as a re-
sult of vetting required by subsection (e) or section 
2249e of title 10, United States Code, and a detailed 
description of the reasons for such restriction, includ-
ing for each force or element— 
‘‘(A) information relating to gross violation 
of human rights by such force or element (includ-
ing the timeframe of the alleged violation);
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‘‘(B) the source of the information described 
in subparagraph (A), and an assessment of the 
veracity of the information; 
‘‘(C) the association of such force or element 
with terrorist groups or groups associated with 
the Government of Iran; and 
‘‘(D) the amount and type of any assistance 
provided such force or element by the Govern-
ment of Iran.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and shall apply with respect to reports sub-
mitted pursuant to section 1236(d) of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 after that date. 
SEC. 1272. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ANTI-TUNNEL COOPERA-
TION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Tunnels can be used for criminal purposes, 
such as smuggling drugs, weapons, or humans, or for 
terrorist or military purposes, such as launching sur-
prise attacks or detonating explosives underneath ci-
vilian or military infrastructure. 
(2) Tunnels have been a growing threat on the 
southern border of the United States for years.
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(3) In the conflict in Gaza in 2014, terrorists 
used tunnels to conduct attacks against Israel. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) it is in the national security interests of the 
United States to develop technology to detect and 
counter tunnels, and the best way to do this is to 
partner with other affected countries; 
(2) the Administration should, on a joint basis 
with Israel, carry out research, development, test, and 
evaluation of anti-tunnel capabilities to detect, map, 
and neutralize underground tunnels that threaten the 
United States or Israel; and 
(3) the Administration should use developed 
anti-tunnel capabilities to better protect the United 
States and deployed United States military per-
sonnel. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH ANTI-TUNNEL CAPA-
BILITIES PROGRAM WITH ISRAEL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 
upon request of the Ministry of Defense of Israel and 
in consultation with the Secretary of State and the 
Director of National Intelligence, is authorized to 
carry out research, development, test, and evaluation, 
on a joint basis with Israel, to establish anti-tunnel
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capabilities to detect, map, and neutralize under-
ground tunnels that threaten the United States or 
Israel. Such authority includes authority to construct 
facilities and install equipment necessary to carry out 
research, development, test, and evaluation so author-
ized. Any activities carried out pursuant to such au-
thority shall be conducted in a manner that appro-
priately protects sensitive information and United 
States and Israel national security interests. 
(2) REPORT.—The activities described in para-
graph (1) and subsection (d) may be carried out after 
the Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report setting forth the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A memorandum of agreement between 
the United States and Israel regarding sharing 
of research and development costs for the capa-
bilities described in paragraph (1), and any sup-
porting documents. 
(B) A certification that the memorandum of 
agreement— 
(i) requires sharing of costs of projects, 
including in-kind support, between the 
United States and Israel;
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(ii) establishes a framework to nego-
tiate the rights to any intellectual property 
developed under the memorandum of agree-
ment; and 
(iii) requires the United States Gov-
ernment to receive quarterly reports on ex-
penditure of funds, if any, by the Govern-
ment of Israel, including a description of 
what the funds have been used for, when 
funds were expended, and an identification 
of entities that expended the funds. 
(d) ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense is 
authorized to provide procurement, maintenance, and 
sustainment assistance to Israel in support of the 
anti-tunnel capabilities research, development, test, 
and evaluation activities authorized in subsection 
(c)(1). 
(2) REPORT.—Assistance may not be provided 
under paragraph (1) until 15 days after the Secretary 
submits to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report setting forth a detailed description of the as-
sistance to be provided. 
(3) MATCHING CONTRIBUTION.—Assistance may 
not be provided under this subsection unless the Gov-
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ernment of Israel contributes an amount not less than 
the amount of assistance to be so provided to the pro-
gram, project, or activity for which the assistance is 
to be so provided. 
(e) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress on 
a quarterly basis a report that contains a copy of the most 
recent quarterly report provided by the Government of 
Israel to the Department of Defense pursuant to subsection 
(c)(2)(B)(iii). 
(f) 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, the Committee on Home-
land Security, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Home-
land Security, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
(g) SUNSET.—The authority in this section to carry 
out activities described in subsection (c), and to provide as-
sistance described in subsection (d), shall expire on the date
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that is three years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 1273. SENSE OF SENATE AND REPORT ON QATAR 
FIGHTER AIRCRAFT CAPABILITY CONTRIBU-
TION TO REGIONAL SECURITY. 
(a) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that— 
(1) the United States should consider, in a time-
ly manner, opportunities to enhance the strike capa-
bility of fighter aircraft of the Qatar air force that 
would contribute to Qatar’s self-defense and deter 
Iran’s regional ambitions and simultaneously pre-
serve the qualitative military edge of Israel; and 
(2) Qatar should be afforded the opportunity 
through acquisition of appropriate technologies and 
exercises with the United States Armed Forces and 
the armed forces of partner nations to develop im-
proved self-defense and counter force aviation capa-
bilities that advanced fighter aircraft would provide. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 
2016, the Secretary of Defense, shall, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, submit to the congres-
sional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on For-
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eign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 
on the risks and benefits under consideration as they 
relate to capabilities described in subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) A description of the key assumptions re-
garding the increase to Qatar air force capabili-
ties as a result of potential pending transfer of 
technologies and weapons systems. 
(B) A description of the key assumptions re-
garding items described in subparagraph (A) as 
they impact considerations regarding preserva-
tion of Israel’s qualitative military edge. 
(C) Estimated timelines for final adjudica-
tion of decisions to approve such transfers. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) may be submitted in classified or unclassified 
form. 
SEC. 1274. REPORT ON THE SECURITY RELATIONSHIP BE-
TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUB-
LIC OF CYPRUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the security re-
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lationship between the United States and the Republic of 
Cyprus. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) A description of ongoing military and secu-
rity cooperation between the United States and the 
Republic of Cyprus. 
(2) A discussion of potential steps for enhancing 
the bilateral security relationship between the United 
States and Cyprus, including steps to enhance the 
military and security capabilities of the Republic of 
Cyprus. 
(3) An analysis of the effect on the bilateral secu-
rity relationship of the United States policy to deny 
applications for licenses and other approvals for the 
export of defense articles and defense services to the 
armed forces of Cyprus. 
(4) An analysis of the extent to which such 
United States policy is consistent with overall United 
States security and policy objectives in the region. 
(5) An assessment of the potential impact of lift-
ing such United States policy. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 1281. NATO SPECIAL OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS. 
Section 1244(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2541), as most recently amended by section 1272(a) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2023), is further amended 
by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018’’. 
SEC. 1282. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF 
AUTHORIZATION 
FOR 
NON-CONVENTIONAL 
ASSISTED RECOVERY CAPABILITIES. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 943 of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4579), 
as most recently amended by section 1261(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113–291), is further amended by striking ‘‘2016’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Subsection (a) of such section 
943, as amended by section 1205(a) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–
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81; 125 Stat. 1623), is further amended by striking ‘‘for 
‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide’ ’’ and inserting 
‘‘for the Department of Defense for operation and mainte-
nance’’. 
(c) OVERSIGHT.—Subsection (b) of such section 943 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(b) PROCEDURES.—The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) PROCEDURES AND OVERSIGHT.— 
‘‘(1) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMMATIC AND POLICY OVERSIGHT.— 
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Oper-
ations and Low-Intensity Conflict shall have primary 
programmatic and policy oversight of non-conven-
tional assisted recovery activities authorized by this 
section.’’. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION 
SEC. 1301. SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-
DUCTION FUNDS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2016 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUC-
TION FUNDS DEFINED.—As used in this title, the term ‘‘fis-
cal year 2016 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds’’ means
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the funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 301 and made available by the 
funding table in section 4301 for the Department of Defense 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program established under 
section 1321 of the Department of Defense Cooperative 
Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
301 and made available by the funding table in section 
4301 for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Program shall be available for obligation for fiscal 
years 2016, 2017, and 2018. 
SEC. 1302. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. 
Of the $358,496,000 authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 in section 
301 and made available by the funding table in section 
4301 for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Program established under section 1321 of the De-
partment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 
U.S.C. 3711), the following amounts may be obligated for 
the purposes specified: 
(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, 
$1,289,000. 
(2) For chemical weapons destruction, $942,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $20,555,000.
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(4) 
For 
cooperative 
biological 
engagement, 
$264,608,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $38,945,000. 
(6) For threat reduction engagement, $2,827,000. 
(7) For activities designated as Other Assess-
ments/Administrative Costs, $29,320,000. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1402. NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for the National Defense Sealift Fund, as 
specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1403. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC-
TION, DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruc-
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tion, Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 
4501. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized for— 
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and 
munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the De-
partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 
U.S.C. 1521); and 
(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 
of the United States that is not covered by section 
1412 of such Act. 
SEC. 1404. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4501.
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SEC. 1406. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for the Defense Health Program, as specified 
in the funding table in section 4501, for use of the Armed 
Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department 
of Defense in providing for the health of eligible bene-
ficiaries. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 1411. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-
ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 
LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated by section 1406 and 
available for the Defense Health Program for operation and 
maintenance, $120,400,000 may be transferred by the Sec-
retary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense–De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstra-
tion Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of section 1704 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). For purposes 
of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, any funds so 
transferred shall be treated as amounts authorized and ap-
propriated specifically for the purpose of such a transfer.
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(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the purposes 
of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility operations 
for which funds transferred under subsection (a) may be 
used are operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 
Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 
Federal medical facility under an operational agreement 
covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
SEC. 1412. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2016 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund the sum of $64,300,000 for the operation of the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home. 
SEC. 1413. INSPECTIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES RETIRE-
MENT HOME BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) INSPECTIONS.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 1518 
of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 
U.S.C. 418) is amended by striking ‘‘a comprehensive in-
spection of all aspects of each facility of the Retirement 
Home’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘an inspection
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of the Retirement Home. The Inspector General shall deter-
mine the scope of each such inspection using a risk-based 
analysis of the operations of the Retirement Home.’’. 
(b) REPORTS.—Subsection (c)(1) of such section is 
amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘Not later than 
90 days after completing the inspection of the facility, the 
Inspector General’’ and inserting ‘‘The Inspector General’’. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF 
ADDITIONAL 
APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR OVERSEAS CON-
TINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to authorize appropria-
tions for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 
to provide additional funds for overseas contingency oper-
ations being carried out by the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1502. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for the Department of Defense for overseas 
contingency operations in such amounts as may be des-
ignated as provided in section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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SEC. 1503. PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for procurement accounts for the Army, the 
Navy and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense- 
wide activities, as specified in the funding table in section 
4102. 
SEC. 1504. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4202. 
SEC. 1505. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4302. 
SEC. 1506. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for military personnel, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4402.
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SEC. 1507. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1508. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1509. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1510. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health Program, as 
specified in the funding table in section 4502.
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SEC. 1511. COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
(b) DURATION
OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
subsection (a) shall remain available for obligation through 
September 30, 2017. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1521. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 
title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act. 
SEC. 1522. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this title for fiscal year 2016 
between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authoriza-
tions so transferred shall be merged with and be
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available for the same purposes as the authorization 
to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of author-
izations that the Secretary may transfer under the 
authority 
of 
this 
subsection 
may 
not 
exceed 
$4,000,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this 
section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
as transfers under section 1001. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer authority 
provided by this section is in addition to the transfer au-
thority provided under section 1001. 
Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, 
and Other Matters 
SEC. 1531. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF PRIOR AUTHORITIES AND NO-
TICE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Funds available 
to the Department of Defense for the Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund for fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to the con-
ditions contained in subsections (b) through (g) of section 
1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428), as amend-
ed by section 1531(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111– 
383; 124 Stat. 4424).
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(b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CERTAIN 
EQUIPMENT.—Section 1532(b)(1) of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) is 
amended by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Acts enacted 
before the date of the enactment of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.’’. 
SEC. 1532. JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT 
FUND. 
(a) USE AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 1514 of the John Warner National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
109–364; 120 Stat. 2439), as in effect before the amend-
ments made by section 1503 of the Duncan Hunter Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub-
lic Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4649), shall apply to the funds 
made available to the Department of Defense for the Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund for fiscal year 
2016. 
(b) EXTENSION OF INTERDICTION OF IMPROVISED EX-
PLOSIVE DEVICE PRECURSOR CHEMICALS AUTHORITY.— 
Section 1532(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2057) 
is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and for fis-
cal year 2016,’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2013,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), as most recently amended 
by section 1533(c) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), by strik-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2016’’. 
(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN AS-
SIGNMENTS OF PERSONNEL.—None of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2016 for the Joint Improvised Explosive De-
vice Defeat Organization may be used for the purposes of 
the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization 
assigning personnel or contractors on a permanent or tem-
porary basis, or as a detail, to the combatant commands 
or associated military components, or the combat support 
agencies, unless such personnel or contractors are sup-
porting— 
(1) Operation Freedom’s Sentinel or any suc-
cessor operation to that operation; 
(2) Operation Inherent Resolve or any successor 
operation to that operation; or 
(3) another operation that, as determined by the 
Secretary of Defense, requires the direct support of the
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Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organiza-
tion. 
(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—If after the date of the en-
actment of this Act the Secretary of Defense makes a deter-
mination described in subsection (c)(3) that an operation 
requires the direct support of the Joint Improvised Explo-
sive Device Defeat Organization, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a notice of the deter-
mination and the reasons for the determination. 
(e) LIMITATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF JIEDDO AS 
COMBAT SUPPORT AGENCY.—Relating to the determination 
by the Deputy Secretary of Defense on March 11, 2015, to 
make the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organi-
zation a combat support agency, the Secretary of Defense 
is prohibited from implementing such determination until 
90 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to 
the congressional defense committees a report setting forth 
the following: 
(1) A detailed plan for the disposition of the Or-
ganization as a combat support agency, including the 
enduring requirements and key functions of the Orga-
nization, the chain of command for the Organization, 
and funding for the Organization as such an agency. 
(2) A statement of potential alternative means to 
achieving the objective of designating the Organiza-
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tion as a combat support agency, including the as-
sumption of one or more functions of the Organiza-
tion by one or more other components or elements of 
the Department of Defense, and an assessment of the 
feasibility and advisability of each such alternative. 
SEC. 1533. AVAILABILITY OF JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE 
DEVICE DEFEAT FUND FUNDS FOR TRAINING 
OF FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES TO DEFEAT 
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Joint 
Improvised 
Explosive 
Device 
Defeat 
Fund, 
up 
to 
$30,000,000 may be available to provide training to foreign 
security forces in defeating improvised explosive devices 
under authority provided the Department of Defense under 
any other provision of law. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The 
availability of funds under subsection (a) shall not be con-
strued as authority in and of itself for the provision of 
training as described in that subsection. 
(c) GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION.—Training may be pro-
vided using funds available under subsection (a) only— 
(1) in locations in which the Department of De-
fense is conducting a named operation; or
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(2) in geographic areas in which the Secretary 
of Defense has determined that a foreign security force 
is facing a significant threat from improvised explo-
sive devices. 
(d) COORDINATION WITH GEOGRAPHIC COMBATANT 
COMMANDS.—The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, 
coordinate the provision of training using funds available 
under subsection (a) with requests received from the com-
manders of the geographic combatant commands. 
(e) EXPIRATION.—The authority to use funds described 
in subsection (a) in accordance with this section shall ex-
pire on December 31, 2018. 
TITLE 
XVI—STRATEGIC 
PRO-
GRAMS, CYBER, AND INTEL-
LIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
SEC. 1601. INTEGRATED POLICY TO DETER ADVERSARIES IN 
SPACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish an 
interagency process to provide for the development of a pol-
icy to deter adversaries in space— 
(1) with the objectives of— 
(A) reducing risks to the United States and 
allies of the United States in space; and
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(B) protecting and preserving the rights, ac-
cess, capabilities, use, and freedom of action of 
the United States in space and the right of the 
United States to respond to an attack in space 
and, if necessary, deny adversaries the use of 
space capabilities hostile to the national interests 
of the United States; and 
(2) that integrates the interests and responsibil-
ities of the agencies participating in the process. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
setting forth the policy developed pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(2) FUNDING RESTRICTION.—If the President has 
not submitted the policy developed under subsection 
(a) and the answers to Enclosure 1, regarding offen-
sive space control policy, of the classified annex to 
this Act, to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives by the date 
required by paragraph (1), an amount equal to 
$10,000,000 of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
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ment of Defense for fiscal year 2016 to provide sup-
port services to the Executive Office of the President 
shall be withheld from obligation or expenditure until 
the policy and such answers are submitted to such 
Committees. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 1602. PRINCIPAL ADVISOR ON SPACE CONTROL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 135 of title 10, United 
States Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2279a. Principal Advisor on Space Control 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall des-
ignate an individual to serve as the Principal Space Con-
trol Advisor, who shall act as the principal advisor to the 
Secretary on space control activities. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Principal Space Con-
trol Advisor shall be responsible for the following: 
‘‘(1) Supervision of space control activities re-
lated to the development, procurement, and employ-
ment of, and strategy relating to, space control capa-
bilities.
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‘‘(2) Oversight of policy, resources, personnel, 
and acquisition and technology relating to space con-
trol activities. 
‘‘(c) CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM.—The Principal Space 
Control Advisor shall integrate the space control expertise 
and perspectives of appropriate organizational entities of 
the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the 
military departments, the Defense Agencies, and the com-
batant commands, by establishing and maintaining a full- 
time, cross-functional team of subject-matter experts from 
those entities.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2799 the following new item: 
‘‘2279a. Principal Advisor on Space Control.’’. 
SEC. 1603. EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION ON CON-
TRACTING WITH RUSSIAN SUPPLIERS OF 
ROCKET ENGINES FOR THE EVOLVED EX-
PENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM. 
Section 1608 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3626; 10 U.S.C. 2271 
note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsections (b) 
and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b), (c), and (d)’’; 
and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR PHASE 1A COMPETITIVE OP-
PORTUNITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For not more than 9 com-
petitive opportunities described in paragraph (2), the 
Secretary of Defense may award a contract— 
‘‘(A) requiring the use of a rocket engine de-
signed or manufactured in the Russian Federa-
tion that is eligible for a waiver under subsection 
(b) or an exception under subsection (c); or 
‘‘(B) if a rocket engine described in sub-
paragraph (A) is not available, requiring the use 
of a rocket engine designed or manufactured in 
the Russian Federation that is not eligible for 
such a waiver or exception. 
‘‘(2) 
COMPETITIVE
OPPORTUNITIES
DE-
SCRIBED.—A competitive opportunity described in 
this paragraph is— 
‘‘(A) an opportunity to compete for a con-
tract for the procurement of property or services 
for space launch activities under the evolved ex-
pendable launch vehicle program; and 
‘‘(B) one of the 9 Phase 1A competitive op-
portunities for fiscal years 2015 through 2017,
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as specified in the budget justification materials 
submitted to Congress in support of the budget of 
the President for fiscal year 2016 (as submitted 
to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code).’’. 
SEC. 1604. ELIMINATION OF LAUNCH CAPABILITIES CON-
TRACTS 
UNDER 
EVOLVED 
EXPENDABLE 
LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subsections 
(b) and (c), on and after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense may not award or renew a 
contract, or maintain a separate contract line item, for the 
procurement of property or services for space launch capa-
bilities under the evolved expendable launch vehicle pro-
gram. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
prohibition under subsection (a) and award or renew a con-
tract or maintain a separate contract line item for the pro-
curement of property or services for space launch capabili-
ties if the Secretary of Defense determines, and reports to 
the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days 
before the waiver takes effect, that— 
(1) awarding or renewing such a contract or 
maintaining such a contract line item is necessary 
for the national security interests of the United States
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and the contract or contract line item does not sup-
port space launch activities using rocket engines de-
signed or manufactured in the Russian Federation; 
and 
(2) failing to award or renew such a contract or 
maintain such a contract line item will have signifi-
cant consequences to national security and will result 
in the significant loss of life or property or economic 
harm. 
(c) EXCEPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under sub-
section (a) shall not apply to the placement of orders 
or the exercise of options under the contract numbered 
FA8811–13–C–0003 and awarded on December 18, 
2013. 
(2) TERMINATION.—The exception under para-
graph (1) shall terminate on September 30, 2019. 
(d) SPACE LAUNCH CAPABILITIES DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘space launch capabilities’’ includes all 
work associated with space launch infrastructure mainte-
nance and sustainment, program management, systems en-
gineering, launch site operations, launch site depreciation, 
and maintenance commodities.
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SEC. 1605. ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR EVOLVED EX-
PENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amount requested in the budget 
of the President submitted to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2017, 
2018, or 2019 for the Air Force for the launch of Air Force 
satellites under the evolved expendable launch vehicle launch 
capability program shall bear the same ratio to the total 
amount requested in that budget for that fiscal year for the 
launch of national security satellites under the evolved ex-
pendable launch vehicle launch capability program as the 
amount requested in that budget for that fiscal year for the 
procurement of cores for the Air Force for the launch of 
Air Force satellites under the evolved expendable launch ve-
hicle launch services program bears to the total amount re-
quested in that budget for that fiscal year for the procure-
ment of cores for the launch of national security satellites 
under the evolved expendable launch vehicle launch services 
program. 
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY SATELLITE DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘national security satellite’’ is a sat-
ellite launched for national security purposes, including 
such a satellite launched by the Air Force, the Navy, or 
the National Reconnaissance Office, or any other element 
of the Department of Defense.
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SEC. 1606. INCLUSION OF PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT AND 
FIELDING OF A FULL-UP ENGINE IN ROCKET 
PROPULSION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1604(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3623; 
10 U.S.C. 2273 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) a plan for the development and fielding of 
a full-up engine.’’. 
SEC. 1607. LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
THE DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2016 for the Defense Meteorological Satellite pro-
gram (PE# 0305160F and line number MS0554) or for 
the launch of Defense Meteorological Satellite program sat-
ellite #20 (in this section referred to as ‘‘DMSP20’’), and 
none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2015 for that program or
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the launch of DMSP20 that remain available for obligation 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act, may be obligated 
or expended until the Secretary of Defense and the Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff jointly certify to the con-
gressional defense committees that— 
(1) relying on civil and international contribu-
tions to meet space-based environmental monitoring 
requirements is insufficient or is a risk to national 
security and launching DMSP20 will meet those re-
quirements; 
(2) launching DMSP20 is the most affordable so-
lution to meeting requirements validated by the Joint 
Requirements Oversight Council; and 
(3) nonmaterial solutions within the Department 
of Defense, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration are incapable of meeting the 
cloud characterization and theater weather require-
ments validated by the Joint Requirements Oversight 
Council. 
(b) COMPARATIVE COST
AND CAPABILITY ASSESS-
MENT.—If the Secretary and the Chairman determine that 
a material solution is required to meet the cloud character-
ization and theater weather requirements validated by the 
Joint Requirements Oversight Council, the Secretary and
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the Chairman shall jointly submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a cost and capability assessment that com-
pares the cost of meeting those requirements with DMSP20 
and with an alternate material solution that includes 
electro-optical infrared weather imaging or other com-
parable solutions. 
SEC. 1608. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON GLOBAL POSITIONING 
SYSTEM III SPACE SEGMENT, GLOBAL POSI-
TIONING SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CONTROL 
SEGMENT, 
AND 
MILITARY 
GLOBAL 
POSI-
TIONING SYSTEM USER EQUIPMENT ACQUISI-
TION PROGRAMS. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 
days thereafter, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit 
to the Comptroller General of the United States a report 
on the Global Positioning System III space segment, the 
Global Positioning System operational control segment, and 
the Military Global Positioning System user equipment ac-
quisition programs. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 
(a) shall include, with respect to an acquisition program 
specified in that subsection, the following: 
(1) A statement of the status of the program with 
respect to cost, schedule, and performance.
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(2) A description of any changes to the require-
ments of the program. 
(3) A description of any technical risks impact-
ing the cost, schedule, and performance of the pro-
gram. 
(4) An assessment of how such risks are to be ad-
dressed and the costs associated with such risks. 
(5) An assessment of the extent to which the seg-
ments of the program are synchronized. 
(c) BRIEFINGS
BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The 
Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional de-
fense committees a briefing on a report submitted under 
subsection (a)— 
(1) in the case of the first such report, not later 
than 30 days after receiving that report; and 
(2) as the Comptroller General considers appro-
priate thereafter. 
(d) TERMINATION.—The requirement under subsection 
(a) shall terminate with respect to an acquisition program 
specified in that subsection on the date on which that pro-
gram reaches full operational capability.
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SEC. 1609. PLAN FOR CONSOLIDATION OF ACQUISITION OF 
COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31, 2016, 
the Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for 
the consolidation, during the three-year period beginning 
on the date on which the plan is submitted, of the acquisi-
tion of commercial satellite communications services from 
across the Department of Defense into a program office in 
the Space and Missile Systems Center of the Air Force. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The plan required by sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(A) an assessment of the management and 
overhead costs relating to the acquisition of com-
mercial satellite communications services across 
the Department of Defense; and 
(B) an estimate of— 
(i) the costs of implementing the con-
solidation of the acquisition of such services 
described in subsection (a); and 
(ii) the projected savings of the consoli-
dation. 
(2) VALIDATION BY DIRECTOR OF COST ASSESS-
MENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION.—The assessment
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required by paragraph (1)(A) and the estimates re-
quired by paragraph (1)(B) shall be validated by the 
Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation. 
SEC. 1610. COUNCIL ON OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
POSITIONING, 
NAVIGATION, 
AND TIMING ENTERPRISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 135 of title 10, United 
States Code, as amended by section 1602, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2279b. Council on Oversight of the Department of 
Defense Positioning, Navigation, and Tim-
ing Enterprise 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is within the Depart-
ment of Defense a council to be known as the ‘Council on 
Oversight of the Department of Defense Positioning, Navi-
gation, and Timing Enterprise’ (in this section referred to 
as the ‘Council’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Council shall 
be as follows: 
‘‘(1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 
‘‘(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion, Technology, and Logistics. 
‘‘(3) The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
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‘‘(4) The Commander of the United States Stra-
tegic Command. 
‘‘(5) The Commander of the United States North-
ern Command. 
‘‘(6) The Commander of United States Cyber 
Command. 
‘‘(7) The Director of the National Security Agen-
cy. 
‘‘(8) The Chief Information Officer of the De-
partment of Defense. 
‘‘(9) Such other officers of the Department of De-
fense as the Secretary may designate. 
‘‘(c) CO-CHAIR.—The Council shall be co-chaired by 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, 
and Logistics and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff. 
‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The Council shall be re-
sponsible for oversight of the Department of Defense posi-
tioning, navigation, and timing enterprise, including posi-
tioning, navigation, and timing services provided to civil, 
commercial, scientific, and international users. 
‘‘(2) In carrying out the responsibility for oversight 
of the Department of Defense positioning, navigation, and 
timing enterprise as specified in paragraph (1), the Council 
shall be responsible for the following:
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‘‘(A) Oversight of performance assessments (in-
cluding interoperability). 
‘‘(B) Vulnerability identification and mitigation. 
‘‘(C) Architecture development. 
‘‘(D) Resource prioritization. 
‘‘(E) Such other responsibilities as the Secretary 
of Defense shall specify for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—At the same time each year 
that the budget of the President is submitted to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, the Council shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the ac-
tivities of the Council. Each report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) A description and assessment of the activi-
ties of the Council during the previous fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) A description of the activities proposed to be 
undertaken by the Council during the period covered 
by the current future-years defense program under 
section 221 of this title. 
‘‘(3) Any changes to the requirements of the De-
partment of Defense positioning, navigation, and tim-
ing enterprise made during the previous year, along 
with an explanation for why the changes were made 
and a description of the effects of the changes to the 
capability of such enterprise.
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‘‘(4) A breakdown of each program element in 
such budget that relates to the Department of Defense 
positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise, in-
cluding how such program element relates to the oper-
ation and sustainment, research and development, 
procurement, or other activity of such enterprise. 
‘‘(f) BUDGET AND FUNDING MATTERS.—(1) Not later 
than 30 days after the President submits to Congress the 
budget for a fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
the Commander of the United States Strategic Command 
shall submit to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
an assessment of— 
‘‘(A) whether such budget allows the Federal 
Government to meet the required capabilities of the 
Department of Defense positioning, navigation, and 
timing enterprise during the fiscal year covered by 
the budget and the four subsequent fiscal years; and 
‘‘(B) if the Commander determines that such 
budget does not allow the Federal Government to meet 
such required capabilities, a description of the steps 
being taken to meet such required capabilities. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff receives the assess-
ment of the Commander of the United States Strategic
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Command under paragraph (1), the Chairman shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees— 
‘‘(A) such assessment as it was submitted to the 
Chairman; and 
‘‘(B) any comments of the Chairman. 
‘‘(3) If a House of Congress adopts a bill authorizing 
or appropriating funds for the activities of the Department 
of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise 
that, as determined by the Council, provides insufficient 
funds for such activities for the period covered by such bill, 
the Council shall notify the congressional defense commit-
tees of the determination. 
‘‘(g) NOTIFICATION
OF ANOMALIES.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees written notification of an anomaly in the De-
partment of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing 
enterprise that is reported to the Secretary or the Council 
by not later than 14 days after the date on which the Sec-
retary or the Council learns of such anomaly, as the case 
may be. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘anomaly’ means any 
unplanned, irregular, or abnormal event, whether unex-
plained or caused intentionally or unintentionally by a 
person or a system.
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‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—The Council shall terminate on 
the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter, as amended by section 1602, 
is further amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 2799a the following new item: 
‘‘2279b. Council on Oversight of the Department of Defense Positioning, Naviga-
tion, and Timing Enterprise.’’. 
SEC. 1611. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES FOR WIDE-BAND 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall con-
duct an analysis of alternatives for a follow-on wide-band 
communications system to the Wideband Global SATCOM 
System that includes space, air, and ground layer commu-
nications capabilities of the Department of Defense. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 31, 
2017, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the analysis conducted under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 1612. EXPANSION OF GOALS FOR PILOT PROGRAM FOR 
ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITE 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES. 
Section 1605(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for
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Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3623; 
10 U.S.C. 2208 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) demonstrates the potential to achieve order- 
of-magnitude improvements in satellite communica-
tions capability.’’. 
SEC. 1613. STREAMLINE COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH AC-
TIVITIES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that eliminating duplicative requirements and approvals 
for commercial launch and reentry operations will promote 
and encourage the development of the commercial space sec-
tor. 
(b) REAFFIRMATION OF POLICY.—Congress reaffirms 
that the Secretary of Transportation, in overseeing and co-
ordinating commercial launch and reentry operations, 
should— 
(1) promote commercial space launches and reen-
tries by the private sector;
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(2) facilitate Government, State, and private sec-
tor involvement in enhancing United States launch 
sites and facilities; 
(3) protect public health and safety, safety of 
property, national security interests, and foreign pol-
icy interests of the United States; and 
(4) consult with the head of another executive 
agency, including the Secretary of Defense or the Ad-
ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, as necessary to provide consistent 
application of licensing requirements under chapter 
509 of title 51, United States Code. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation under section 50918 of title 51, United States 
Code, and subject to section 50905(b)(2)(C) of that 
title, shall consult with the Secretary of Defense, the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and the heads of other executive 
agencies, as appropriate— 
(A) to identify all requirements that are im-
posed to protect the public health and safety, 
safety of property, national security interests, 
and foreign policy interests of the United States 
relevant to any commercial launch of a launch
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vehicle or commercial reentry of a reentry vehi-
cle; and 
(B) to evaluate the requirements identified 
in subparagraph (A) and, in coordination with 
the licensee or transferee and the heads of the rel-
evant executive agencies— 
(i) determine whether the satisfaction 
of a requirement of one agency could result 
in the satisfaction of a requirement of an-
other agency; and 
(ii) resolve any inconsistencies and re-
move any outmoded or duplicative require-
ments or approvals of the Federal Govern-
ment relevant to any commercial launch of 
a launch vehicle or commercial reentry of a 
reentry vehicle. 
(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
until the Secretary of Transportation determines no 
outmoded or duplicative requirements or approvals of 
the Federal Government exist, the Secretary of Trans-
portation, in consultation with the Secretary of De-
fense, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, the commercial space sec-
tor, and the heads of other executive agencies, as ap-
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propriate, shall submit to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives, and the congressional de-
fense committees a report that includes the following: 
(A) A description of the process for the ap-
plication for and approval of a permit or license 
under chapter 509 of title 51, United States 
Code, for the commercial launch of a launch ve-
hicle or commercial reentry of a reentry vehicle, 
including the identification of— 
(i) any unique requirements for oper-
ating on a United States Government 
launch site, reentry site, or launch property; 
and 
(ii) any inconsistent, outmoded, or du-
plicative requirements or approvals. 
(B) A description of current efforts, if any, 
to coordinate and work across executive agencies 
to define interagency processes and procedures 
for sharing information, avoiding duplication of 
effort, and resolving common agency require-
ments. 
(C) Recommendations for legislation that 
may further—
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(i) streamline requirements in order to 
improve efficiency, reduce unnecessary costs, 
resolve inconsistencies, remove duplication, 
and minimize unwarranted constraints; 
and 
(ii) consolidate or modify requirements 
across affected agencies into a single appli-
cation set that satisfies the requirements 
identified in paragraph (1)(A). 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
(A) any applicable definitions set forth in 
section 50902 of title 51, United States Code, 
shall apply; 
(B) the terms ‘‘launch’’, ‘‘reenter’’, and ‘‘re-
entry’’ include landing of a launch vehicle or re-
entry vehicle; and 
(C) the terms ‘‘United States Government 
launch site’’ and ‘‘United States Government re-
entry site’’ include any necessary facility, at 
that location, that is commercially operated on 
United States Government property.
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Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence 
and Intelligence-related Activities 
SEC. 1621. REPORT ON AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO THE RQ–4 GLOBAL HAWK MISSION. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Air Force, in coordination with the Chief of Staff 
of the Air Force and the Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau, shall submit to Congress a report on the feasibility 
of using the Air National Guard in association with the 
active duty Air Force to operate and maintain the RQ– 
4 Global Hawk. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by (a) shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) An assessment of the costs, training require-
ments, and personnel required to create an associa-
tion for the Global Hawk mission consisting of mem-
bers of the Air Force serving on active duty and mem-
bers of the Air National Guard. 
(2) The capacity of the Air National Guard to 
support an association described in paragraph (1).
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Subtitle C—Cyber Warfare, Cyber 
Security, and Related Matters 
SEC. 1631. AUTHORIZATION OF MILITARY CYBER OPER-
ATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 130g. Authorities concerning military cyber oper-
ations 
‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall develop, prepare, co-
ordinate, and, when authorized by the President to do so, 
conduct a military cyber operation in response to malicious 
cyber activity carried out against the United States or a 
United States person by a foreign power (as defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1801)).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘130g. Authorities concerning military cyber operations.’’. 
SEC. 1632. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EN-
TITY RESPONSIBLE FOR ACQUISITION OF 
CRITICAL CYBER CAPABILITIES. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall, for each critical cyber capability de-
scribed in paragraph (2), designate an entity of the 
Department of Defense to be responsible for the acqui-
sition of the critical cyber capability. 
(2) 
CRITICAL
CYBER
CAPABILITIES
DE-
SCRIBED.—The critical cyber capabilities described in 
this paragraph are all of the cyber capabilities that 
the Secretary considers critical to the mission of the 
Department of Defense, including the following: 
(A) The Unified Platform. 
(B) A persistent cyber training environ-
ment. 
(C) A cyber situational awareness and bat-
tle management system. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the designations made under subsection (a). 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Identification of each designation made 
under subsection (a).
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(B) Estimates of the funding requirements 
and acquisition timelines for each critical cyber 
capability for which a designation was made 
under subsection (a). 
(C) An explanation of whether critical cyber 
capabilities could be acquired more quickly with 
changes to acquisition authorities. 
(D) Such recommendations as the Secretary 
may have for legislation or administrative ac-
tion to improve the acquisition of, or acquire 
more quickly, the critical cyber capabilities for 
which designations are made under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 1633. INCENTIVE FOR SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS BY 
PRESIDENT 
OF 
INTEGRATED 
POLICY 
TO 
DETER ADVERSARIES IN CYBERSPACE. 
Until the President submits to the congressional de-
fense committees the report required by section 941 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
(127 Stat. 837; Public Law 113–66), $10,000,000 of the un-
obligated balance of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Defense to provide 
support services to the Executive Office of the President may 
not be obligated or expended.
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SEC. 
1634. 
AUTHORIZATION 
FOR 
PROCUREMENT 
OF 
RELOCATABLE SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED 
INFORMATION FACILITY. 
Of the unobligated amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for procure-
ment for the Army, $10,600,000 may be used for the pro-
curement of a relocatable Sensitive Compartmented Infor-
mation Facility for the Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort 
Gordon, Georgia, as described in the reprogramming action 
prior approval request submitted by the Under Secretary 
of Defense (Comptroller) to Congress on February 6, 2015. 
SEC. 1635. EVALUATION OF CYBER VULNERABILITIES OF 
MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
complete an evaluation of the cyber vulnerabilities of 
each major weapon system of the Department of De-
fense by not later than December 31, 2019. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may waive the 
requirement of paragraph (1) with respect to a weap-
on system or complete the evaluation of a weapon sys-
tem required by such paragraph after the date speci-
fied in such paragraph if the Secretary certifies to the 
congressional defense committees before that date that 
all known cyber vulnerabilities in the weapon system
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have minimal consequences for the capability of the 
weapon system to meet operational requirements or 
otherwise satisfy mission requirements. 
(b) PLAN FOR EVALUATION.— 
(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 
the plan of the Secretary for the evaluations of major 
weapon systems required by subsection (a), including 
an identification of each of the weapon systems to be 
evaluated and an estimate of the funding required to 
conduct the evaluations. 
(2) PRIORITY IN EVALUATIONS.—The plan under 
paragraph (1) shall accord a priority among evalua-
tions based on the criticality of major weapon sys-
tems, as determined by the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff based on an assessment of employment 
of forces and threats. 
(3) INTEGRATION WITH OTHER EFFORTS.—The 
plan under paragraph (1) shall build upon existing 
efforts regarding the identification and mitigation of 
cyber vulnerabilities of major weapon systems, and 
shall not duplicate similar ongoing efforts such as 
‘‘Task Force Cyber Awakening’’ of the Navy or ‘‘Task 
Force Cyber Secure’’ of the Air Force.
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(c) STATUS ON PROGRESS.—On a regular basis, the 
Secretary shall inform the congressional defense committees 
of the activities undertaken in the evaluation of major 
weapon systems under this section. 
(d) RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES.—As part of the 
evaluation of cyber vulnerabilities of major weapon systems 
of the Department under this section, the Secretary shall 
develop strategies for mitigating the risks of cyber 
vulnerabilities identified in the course of such evaluations. 
(e) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available under 
section 201, $200,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
to conduct the evaluations required by subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 1636. ASSESSMENT OF CAPABILITIES OF UNITED 
STATES CYBER COMMAND TO DEFEND THE 
UNITED STATES FROM CYBER ATTACKS. 
(a) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Principal Cyber Advisor, 
with the assistance of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall spon-
sor an independent panel to assess the ability of the 
National Mission Forces of the United States Cyber 
Command to reliably prevent or block large-scale at-
tacks on the United States by foreign powers with ca-
pabilities comparable to the capabilities of China,
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Iran, North Korea, and Russia expected in the years 
2020 and 2025. 
(2) INDEPENDENT EXPERTS.—The panel spon-
sored under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) independent experts in cyber warfare 
technology, intelligence, and operations; and 
(B) independent experts in non-cyber mili-
tary operations. 
(b) WAR GAMES.—The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, in consultation with the Principal Cyber Advisor, 
shall conduct a series of war games through the Warfighting 
Analysis Division of the Force Structure, Resources, and 
Assessment Directorate to assess the strategy, assumptions, 
and capabilities of the United States Cyber Command to 
prevent large-scale cyber attacks by foreign powers with ca-
pabilities described in subsection (a)(1) from reaching 
United States targets. 
(c) FINDINGS.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) the Principal Cyber Advisor shall convey to 
the congressional defense committees the findings of 
the Principal Cyber Advisor with respect to the as-
sessment conducted by the panel sponsored under sub-
section (a)(1); and
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(2) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
shall convey to the congressional defense committees 
the findings of the Chairman with respect to the war 
games conducted under subsection (b)(1). 
(d) FOREIGN POWER DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘foreign power’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). 
SEC. 1637. BIENNIAL EXERCISES ON RESPONDING TO 
CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST CRITICAL INFRA-
STRUCTURE. 
(a) BIENNIAL EXERCISES REQUIRED.—Not less fre-
quently than once every two years until the date that is 
six years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, the Director of National In-
telligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, and the heads of the critical infrastructure sector-spe-
cific agencies designated under Presidential Policy Direc-
tive-21 (entitled ‘‘Critical Infrastructure Security Resil-
ience’’ and dated February 12, 2013) and in consultation 
with governors of the States and the owners and operators 
of critical infrastructure, organize and execute one or more 
exercises based on scenarios in which—
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(1) critical infrastructure of the United States is 
attacked through cyberspace; and 
(2) the President directs the Secretary to— 
(A) defend the United States; and 
(B) provide support to civil authorities in 
responding to and recovering from cyber attacks. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the exercises required 
by subsection (a) are as follows: 
(1) To improve cooperation and coordination be-
tween various parts of the Government and industry 
so that the Government and industry can more effec-
tively and efficiently respond to cyber attacks. 
(2) To exercise command and control, coordina-
tion, communications, and information sharing capa-
bilities under the stressing conditions of an ongoing 
cyber attack. 
(3) To identify gaps and problems that require 
new enhanced training, capabilities, procedures, or 
authorities. 
(4) To identify— 
(A) interdependencies; 
(B) strengths that should be leveraged; and 
(C) weaknesses that need to be mitigated. 
(c) REQUIREMENT FOR VARIATION OF ASSUMPTIONS 
AND CONDITIONS.—In conducting the exercises required by
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subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that there is an 
appropriate degree of variation from exercise to exercise of 
the following: 
(1) The size, scope, duration, and sophistication 
of the cyber attacks. 
(2) The degree of warning and knowledge that is 
available to the Department of Defense about the at-
tack and the means used in the attack and the degree 
of delegation of authority from the President to react, 
including with pre-planned responses. 
(3) The effectiveness of the National Mission 
Force of the United States Cyber Command in pre-
empting and defeating the attack. 
(4) The effectiveness of the attacks on critical in-
frastructure in general and particularly in specific 
industry sectors. 
(5) The effectiveness of resilience and recovery 
mechanisms. 
(d) COST SHARING AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall coordinate with those with whom the Secretary is re-
quired to coordinate under subsection (a) to develop equi-
table cost sharing agreements to defray the expenses of the 
exercises required by subsection (a).
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SEC. 1638. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE TO SUPPORT CIVIL AUTHORITIES IN 
RESPONSE TO CYBER ATTACKS BY FOREIGN 
POWERS. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall develop a comprehensive plan for the 
United States Cyber Command to support civil au-
thorities in responding to cyber attacks by foreign 
powers (as defined in section 101 of the Foreign Intel-
ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801)) 
against the United States or a United States person. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A plan for internal Department of De-
fense collective training activities that are inte-
grated with exercises conducted with other agen-
cies and State and local governments. 
(B) Plans for coordination with the heads of 
other Federal agencies and State and local gov-
ernments pursuant to the exercises required 
under subparagraph (A). 
(C) Note of any historical frameworks that 
are used, if any, in the formulation of the plan
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required by paragraph (1), such as Operation 
Noble Eagle. 
(D) Descriptions of the roles, responsibil-
ities, and expectations of Federal, State, and 
local authorities as the Secretary understands 
them. 
(E) Descriptions of the roles, responsibil-
ities, and expectations of the active components 
and reserve components of the Armed Forces. 
(F) A description of such legislative and ad-
ministrative action as may be necessary to carry 
out the plan required by paragraph (1). 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REVIEW OF PLAN.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall review the plan developed under subsection 
(a)(1). 
SEC. 1639. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REVIEWING AND CON-
SIDERING 
FINDINGS 
AND 
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS 
OF 
COUNCIL 
OF 
GOVERNORS 
ON 
CYBER 
CAPABILITIES 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
should review and consider any findings and recommenda-
tions of the Council of Governors pertaining to cyber mis-
sion force requirements and any proposed reductions in and
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synchronization of the cyber capabilities of active or reserve 
components of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
SEC. 1641. DESIGNATION OF AIR FORCE OFFICIALS TO BE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICY ON AND PRO-
CUREMENT OF NUCLEAR COMMAND, CON-
TROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF OFFICIALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 24 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 499. Designation of Air Force officials to be respon-
sible for policy on and procurement of nu-
clear command, control, and communica-
tions systems 
‘‘(a) PROCUREMENT.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
shall designate a senior acquisition official of the Air Force 
to be responsible for ensuring the procurement and integra-
tion of the nuclear command, control, and communication 
systems of the Air Force. 
‘‘(b) POLICY.—The Secretary shall designate an offi-
cial of the Air Force to be responsible for— 
‘‘(1) formulating an integrated policy for the nu-
clear command, control, and communications systems 
of the Air Force that includes long-term requirements
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to satisfy the requirements of the Department of De-
fense for nuclear command, control, and communica-
tions; and 
‘‘(2) ensuring that such policy is integrated 
across all Air Force systems using nuclear command, 
control, and communications systems.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 24 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 498 the following new item: 
‘‘499. Designation of Air Force officials to be responsible for policy on and pro-
curement of nuclear command, control, and communications sys-
tems.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
shall— 
(1) designate the officials required by section 499 
of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a)(1), not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act; and 
(2) promptly notify the congressional defense 
committees of such designation. 
SEC. 1642. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
STATES REVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS RE-
LATING TO THE NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTER-
PRISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall, in each of fiscal years 2016 through
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2021, conduct a review of the process of the Department 
of Defense for addressing the recommendations of the De-
partment of Defense Internal Nuclear Enterprise Review, 
the Independent Review of the Department of Defense Nu-
clear Enterprise, and the Nuclear Deterrence Enterprise Re-
view Group, that are evaluated by the Office of Cost Assess-
ment and Program Evaluation of the Department of De-
fense. 
(b) BRIEFING AND REPORT.—After conducting each 
review under subsection (a), the Comptroller General 
shall— 
(1) provide to the congressional defense commit-
tees an initial briefing on the review; and 
(2) after providing the briefing under paragraph 
(1), submit to those committees a written report on 
the review and such other topics as the committees re-
quest during the briefing. 
SEC. 1643. ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENVIRON-
MENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Nuclear competition among countries has be-
come both different and in some ways more complex 
than was the case during the Cold War. 
(2) During the 25 years preceding the date of the 
enactment of this Act, additional countries have ob-
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tained nuclear weapons. North Korea is a nuclear- 
armed country and Iran aspires to acquire a nuclear 
weapons capability. 
(3) A regional nuclear competition has emerged 
in South Asia between India and Pakistan. Another 
such competition may emerge in the Middle East be-
tween Iran and Israel, triggering a nuclear prolifera-
tion cascade across the Middle East, involving Saudi 
Arabia, Turkey, and perhaps other countries as well. 
(4) The proliferation of nuclear weapons to coun-
tries the cultures of which are quite different from 
that of the United States raises concerns regarding 
how leaders in those countries calculate cost, benefit, 
and risk with respect to decisions regarding the use 
of nuclear weapons. 
(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Director of Net As-
sessment of the Department of Defense shall, in coordina-
tion with the Commander of the United States Strategic 
Command, conduct an assessment of the global environment 
with respect to nuclear weapons and the role of United 
States nuclear forces, policy, and strategy in that environ-
ment. 
(c) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the assessment re-
quired by subsection (b) are to inform the long-term plan-
ning of the Department of Defense and policies relating to
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regional nuclear crises and operations that may involve the 
escalation of nuclear competition among countries. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the assessment 
required by subsection (b), the Director shall develop 
and analyze a range of contingencies and scenarios, 
including crises that may emerge from nuclear com-
petition during the 10-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act that involve the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The United States and one other coun-
try that possesses a nuclear weapon. 
(B) The United States and multiple such 
countries. 
(C) Two other such countries. 
(D) Three or more other such countries. 
(E) Regional and cross-regional geography, 
including contingencies and scenarios in Europe, 
the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia, and 
contingencies and scenarios that transcend re-
gions. 
(F) The long-term geopolitical and mili-
tary-technical competition as it relates to nu-
clear weapons and strategic warfare.
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(2) ANALYSIS
OF
COMPETITIVE
DISCONTINU-
ITIES.—In analyzing the long-term geopolitical and 
military-technical competition as it relates to nuclear 
weapons and strategic warfare under paragraph 
(1)(F), the Director shall identify— 
(A) prospective discontinuities in that com-
petition; and 
(B) strategies and capabilities the United 
States could adopt to improve its competitive po-
sition following such discontinuities. 
(e) STAFFING.—In conducting the assessment required 
by subsection (b), the Director shall engage the best talent 
available, with particular emphasis on engaging individ-
uals and independent entities with demonstrated expertise 
in strategy and net assessment methodology. 
(f) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than November 15, 
2016, the Director shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the assessment required by sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 1644. DEADLINE FOR MILESTONE A DECISION ON 
LONG-RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON. 
Not later than May 31, 2016, the Secretary of Defense 
shall make a Milestone A decision on the long-range stand-
off weapon.
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SEC. 1645. AVAILABILITY OF AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT 
FUNDS FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL OFF-THE- 
SHELF PARTS FOR INTERCONTINENTAL BAL-
LISTIC MISSILE FUZES. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF PROCUREMENT FUNDS.—Not-
withstanding section 1502(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2016 by section 101 and available for Missile Procure-
ment, Air Force, as specified in the funding table in section 
4101, $13,700,000 shall be available for the procurement of 
covered parts pursuant to contracts entered into under sec-
tion 1645 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3651). 
(b) COVERED PARTS DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered parts’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 1645(c) of such Act. 
SEC. 1646. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON POLICY ON THE NU-
CLEAR TRIAD. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems 
plays a critical role in ensuring the national security 
of the United States; and 
(2) retaining all three legs of the nuclear triad 
is among the highest priorities of the Department of
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Defense and will best maintain strategic stability at 
a reasonable cost, while hedging against potential 
technical problems and vulnerabilities. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) to operate, sustain, and modernize or replace 
the triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems con-
sisting of— 
(A) heavy bombers equipped with nuclear 
gravity bombs and air-launched nuclear cruise 
missiles; 
(B) land-based intercontinental ballistic 
missiles equipped with nuclear warheads that 
are capable of carrying multiple independently 
targetable reentry vehicles; and 
(C) ballistic missile submarines equipped 
with submarine launched ballistic missiles and 
multiple nuclear warheads; 
(2) to operate, sustain, and modernize or replace 
a capability to forward-deploy nuclear weapons and 
dual-capable fighter-bomber aircraft; 
(3) to deter potential adversaries and assure al-
lies and partners of the United States through strong 
and long-term commitment to the nuclear deterrent of
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the United States and the personnel, systems, and in-
frastructure that comprise such deterrent; 
(4) to ensure that the members of the Armed 
Forces who operate the nuclear deterrent of the United 
States have the training, resources, and national sup-
port required to execute the critical national security 
mission of the members; and 
(5) to achieve a modern and responsive nuclear 
infrastructure to support the full spectrum of deter-
rence requirements. 
SEC. 1647. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE NUCLEAR FORCE IM-
PROVEMENT PROGRAM OF THE AIR FORCE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senates makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) On February 6, 2014, Air Force Global 
Strike Command (AFGSC) initiated a force improve-
ment program for the Intercontinental Ballistic Mis-
sile (ICBM) force designed to improve mission effec-
tiveness, strengthen culture and morale, and identify 
areas in need of investment by soliciting input from 
airmen performing ICBM operations. 
(2) The ICBM force improvement program gen-
erated more than 300 recommendations to strengthen 
ICBM operations and served as a model for subse-
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quent force improvement programs in other mission 
areas, such as bomber operations and sustainment. 
(3) On May 28, 2014, as part of the nuclear 
force improvement program, the Air Force announced 
it would make immediate improvements in the nu-
clear mission of the Air Force, including enhancing 
career opportunities for airmen in the nuclear career 
field, ensuring training activities focused on per-
forming the mission in the field, reforming the per-
sonnel reliability program, establishing special pay 
rates for positions in the nuclear career field, and cre-
ating a new service medal for nuclear deterrence oper-
ations. 
(4) Chief of Staff of the Air Force Mark Welsh 
has said that, as part of the nuclear force improve-
ment program, the Air Force will increase nuclear- 
manning levels and strengthen professional develop-
ment for the members of the Air Force supporting the 
nuclear mission of the Air Force in order ‘‘to address 
shortfalls and offer our airmen more stable work 
schedule and better quality of life’’. 
(5) Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee 
James, in recognition of the importance of the nuclear 
mission of the Air Force, proposed elevating the grade 
of the commander of the Air Force Global Strike
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Command from lieutenant general to general, and on 
March 30, 2015, the Senate confirmed a general as 
commander of that command. 
(6) The Air Force redirected more than 
$160,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 to alleviate urgent, 
near-term shortfalls within the nuclear mission of the 
Air Force as part of the nuclear force improvement 
program. 
(7) The Air Force plans to spend more than 
$200,000,000 on the nuclear force improvement pro-
gram in fiscal year 2015, and requested more than 
$130,000,000 for the program for fiscal year 2016. 
(8) Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said on 
November 14, 2014, that ‘‘[t]he nuclear mission plays 
a critical role in ensuring the Nation’s safety. No 
other enterprise we have is more important’’. 
(9) Secretary Hagel also said that the budget for 
the nuclear mission of the Air Force should increase 
by 10 percent over a five-year period. 
(10) Section 1652 of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–201; 128 
Stat. 3654; 10 U.S.C. 491 note) declares it the policy 
of the United States ‘‘to ensure that the members of 
the Armed Forces who operate the nuclear deterrent
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of the United States have the training, resources, and 
national support required to execute the critical na-
tional security mission of the members’’. 
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that— 
(1) the nuclear mission of the Air Force should 
be a top priority for the Department of the Air Force 
and for Congress; 
(2) the members of the Air Force who operate 
and maintain the Nation’s nuclear deterrent perform 
work that is vital to the security of the United States; 
(3) the nuclear force improvement program of 
the Air Force has made significant near-term im-
provements for the members of the Air Force in the 
nuclear career field of the Air Force; 
(4) Congress should support long-term invest-
ments in the Air Force nuclear enterprise that sustain 
the progress made under the nuclear force improve-
ment program; 
(5) the Air Force should— 
(A) regularly inform Congress on the 
progress being made under the nuclear force im-
provement program and its efforts to strengthen 
the nuclear enterprise; and
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(B) make Congress aware of any additional 
actions that should be taken to optimize perform-
ance of the nuclear mission of the Air Force and 
maximize the strength of the United States stra-
tegic deterrent; and 
(6) future budgets for the Air Force should reflect 
the importance of the nuclear mission of the Air Force 
and the need to provide members of the Air Force as-
signed to the nuclear mission the best possible support 
and quality of life. 
Subtitle E—Missile Defense 
Programs 
SEC. 1651. PLAN FOR EXPEDITING DEPLOYMENT TIME OF 
CONTINENTAL 
UNITED 
STATES 
INTER-
CEPTOR SITE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Secretary of Defense completes prepara-
tion of an environmental impact statement pursuant to sec-
tion 227(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239), the Secretary of 
Defense shall— 
(1) develop a plan for expediting the deployment 
time for a potential future continental United States 
interceptor site by at least two years, in the case that
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the President decides to proceed with such deploy-
ment; and 
(2) submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on such plan. 
(b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report submitted under 
subsection (a)(2) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the plan, including estimates 
of the cost of carrying out the plan and a schedule for 
carrying out the plan. 
(2) A description of such legislative or adminis-
trative action as may be necessary to carry out the 
plan. 
(3) An assessment of the risks associated with de-
creasing the deployment time, including with respect 
to cost and the operational effectiveness and reli-
ability of interceptors. 
(4) Identification of any deviation in the plan 
from robust acquisition processes, including with re-
spect to testing prior to full operational capability 
designation. 
(c) ASSESSMENT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE 
UNITED STATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the Secretary submits a report
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under subsection (a)(2), the Comptroller General 
shall— 
(A) complete a review of the report sub-
mitted under subsection (a)(2); and 
(B) submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the review conducted pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A). 
(2) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report required by 
paragraph (1)(B) shall include the following: 
(A) The findings of the Comptroller General 
with respect to the review conducted pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(A); and 
(B) such recommendations as the Comp-
troller General may have for legislative or ad-
ministrative action. 
SEC. 1652. ADDITIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE SENSOR COV-
ERAGE 
FOR 
THE 
PROTECTION 
OF 
THE 
UNITED STATES HOMELAND. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) According to the Director of the Missile De-
fense Agency, there are two fundamental means for 
improving homeland missile defense capability and 
capacity, ‘‘one, is the reliability of the interceptor, 
and two, is the discrimination capability of the sys-
tem’’.
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(2) The Department of Defense will deploy a new 
midcourse tracking radar to provide persistent cov-
erage 
and 
improve 
discrimination 
capabilities 
against threats to the United States homeland from 
the Pacific region. 
(3) According to the Director of the Missile De-
fense Agency, a long-range discrimination radar will 
provide larger hit assessment coverage thereby ena-
bling improved warfighting capabilities to manage 
ground-based interceptor (GBI) inventory and im-
prove the capacity of the ballistic missile defense sys-
tem. 
(4) According to the Principal Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy, ‘‘while Iran has not 
yet deployed an intercontinental ballistic missile, its 
progress on space launch vehicles—along with its de-
sire to deter the United States and its allies—pro-
vides Tehran with the means and motivation to de-
velop longer-range missiles, including an ICBM. Iran 
publically stated that it intends to launch a space- 
launch vehicle as early as this year capable of inter-
continental ranges, if configured as such’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that—
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(1) the currently deployed ground-based mid-
course defense system protects the entire United States 
homeland, including the East Coast, against the 
threat of limited ballistic missile attack from North 
Korea and Iran; and 
(2) additional missile defense sensor discrimina-
tion capabilities are needed to enhance the protection 
of the United States homeland against potential long- 
range ballistic missiles from Iran that, according to 
the Department of Defense, could soon be obtained by 
Iran as a result of its active space launch program. 
(c) DEPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL COVERAGE.—The 
Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall, in cooperation 
with the relevant combatant command, deploy by not later 
than December 31, 2020, a long-range discrimination radar 
or other appropriate tracking and discrimination sensor ca-
pabilities in a location optimized to support the defense of 
the homeland of the United States from emerging long-range 
ballistic missile threats from Iran. 
SEC. 1653. AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITY AT NORTH ATLANTIC 
TREATY ORGANIZATION MISSILE DEFENSE 
SITES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the rel-
evant combatant command, should ensure that arrange-
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ments are in place, including support from other members 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to pro-
vide anti-air defense capability at all missile defense sites 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in support of 
phases 2 and 3 of the European Phased Adaptive Approach. 
(b) REPORTS.—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 describing— 
(1) the plan to provide anti-air defense capa-
bility as described in subsection (a); and 
(2) the contributions being made by the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization and members of such 
organization to support the provision of the capa-
bility described in such subsection. 
SEC. 1654. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR IRON DOME 
SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE SYSTEM. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amount author-
ized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for Procure-
ment, Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense 
Agency, not more than $41,400,000 may be provided to the 
Government of Israel to procure the Iron Dome short-range 
rocket defense system, including for co-production of Iron 
Dome parts and components in the United States by indus-
try of the United States. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—
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(1) AGREEMENT.—Funds described in subsection 
(a) to produce the Iron Dome short-range rocket de-
fense program shall be available subject to the terms 
and conditions in the ‘‘Agreement Between the De-
partment of Defense of the United States of America 
and the Ministry of Defense of the State of Israel 
Concerning Iron Dome Defense System Procurement’’, 
signed on March 5, 2014, including any terms and 
conditions applicable to coproduction of Iron Dome 
radar components under a negotiated amendment to 
that agreement. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days 
prior to the initial obligation of funds described in 
subsection (a), the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition, Technology, and Logistics shall jointly submit 
to the congressional defense committees— 
(A) a certification that the agreement speci-
fied in paragraph (1) is being implemented as 
provided in such agreement; and 
(B) an assessment detailing any risks relat-
ing to the implementation of such agreement.
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SEC. 1655. ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM CODEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL CO-
PRODUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal year 2016 for Procurement, Defense-wide, and 
available for the Missile Defense Agency, $150,000,000 may 
be provided to the Government of Israel to procure the Da-
vid’s Sling Weapon System and $15,000,000 for the Arrow 
3 Upper Tier Interceptor Program, including for co-produc-
tion of parts and components in the United States by 
United States industry. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Following successful completion 
of milestones and production readiness reviews in the re-
search, development, and technology agreements for the Da-
vid’s Sling Weapon System and the Arrow 3 Upper Tier 
Development Program, the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency may disburse amounts available pursuant to sub-
section (a) on the basis of a one-for-one cash match with 
such funds provided by the Government of Israel, or in 
amounts that otherwise meet best efforts (as mutually 
agreed by the United States and Israel), on or after the 
date that is 90 days after the date the Director and the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and 
Logistics jointly submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a certification that the United States has entered
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into a bilateral agreement with the Government of Israel 
that accomplishes the following: 
(1) Establishes the terms of co-production of 
parts and components of the respective systems— 
(A) on the basis of what will minimize non- 
recurring engineering and facilitization ex-
penses; and 
(B) that ensures that, in the case of co-pro-
duction for the David’s Sling Weapon System, 
not less than half of such co-production is car-
ried out by United States persons. 
(2) Establishes complete transparency on the 
Israeli requirement for the number of interceptors and 
batteries of the respective systems that will be pro-
cured. 
(3) Allows the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition, Technology and Logistics to establish technical 
milestones for co-production and procurement of the 
respective systems. 
(4) Establishes joint approval processes for third 
party sales of such systems.
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SEC. 1656. DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF MULTIPLE- 
OBJECT KILL VEHICLE FOR MISSILE DE-
FENSE OF THE UNITED STATES HOMELAND. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the defense of the United States homeland 
against the threat of limited ballistic missile attack 
(whether accidental, unauthorized, or deliberate) is a 
national priority; and 
(2) as the threat described in paragraph (1) con-
tinues to evolve, the multiple-object kill vehicle could 
contribute critical capabilities to the future of the bal-
listic missile defense of the United States homeland. 
(b) MULTIPLE-OBJECT KILL VEHICLE.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency shall develop a highly reliable, cost- 
effective multiple-object kill vehicle for the ground- 
based midcourse defense system. 
(2) DEPLOYMENT.—The Director shall— 
(A) conduct flight testing of the multiple-ob-
ject kill vehicle developed under paragraph (1) 
by not later than 2020; and 
(B) field such vehicle as soon as technically 
practicable. 
(c) CAPABILITIES AND CRITERIA.—The Director shall 
ensure that the multiple-object kill vehicle developed under
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subsection (b)(1) meets, at a minimum, the following capa-
bilities and criteria: 
(1) Vehicle-to-vehicle communications. 
(2) Vehicle-to-ground communications. 
(3) Kill assessment capability. 
(4) The ability to counter advanced counter 
measures, decoys, and penetration aids. 
(5) Producibility and manufacturability. 
(6) Use of technology involving high technology 
readiness levels. 
(7) Options to be integrated onto other missile 
defense interceptor vehicles other than the ground- 
based interceptors of the ground-based midcourse de-
fense system. 
(8) Sound acquisition processes, in coordination 
with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics and the Missile Defense Ex-
ecutive Board. 
(d) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.—The management of the 
multiple-object kill vehicle program under subsection (b) 
shall report directly to the Deputy Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency.
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SEC. 1657. REQUIREMENT TO REPLACE CAPABILITY EN-
HANCEMENT I EXOATMOSPHERIC KILL VEHI-
CLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Direc-
tor of the Missile Defense Agency shall ensure, to the max-
imum extent practicable, that all remaining ground-based 
interceptors of the ground-based midcourse defense system 
that are armed with the capability enhancement I 
exoatmospheric kill vehicle are replaced with the redesigned 
exoatmospheric kill vehicle before September 30, 2022. 
(b) CONDITION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Director determines that flight and intercept testing of the 
redesigned exoatmospheric kill vehicle is not successful. 
SEC. 1658. AIRBORNE BOOST PHASE DEFENSE SYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) To address the growing threat posed by in-
creasingly accurate and longer-ranged ballistic and 
cruise missiles, the Missile Defense Agency, in collabo-
ration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency and the military services, is pursuing a suite 
of laser technologies that could serve as a cost-effective 
solution for destroying cruise missiles and ballistic 
missiles in the boost phase. 
(2) A successful airborne boost phase defense sys-
tem could transform United States missile defense ca-
pabilities against a broad range of missile threats,
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and place defense on the winning side of the offense- 
defense cost-curve. 
(b) POLICY.—The Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) prioritize technology investments in the De-
partment of Defense to support efforts by the Missile 
Defense Agency to develop and field an airborne boost 
phase defense system by fiscal year 2025; 
(2) ensure that development and fielding of the 
airborne boost phase defense system supports multiple 
warfighter missile defense requirements, including, 
specifically, protection of the homeland and allies 
against cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, particu-
larly in the boost phase; 
(3) continue development and fielding of high-en-
ergy lasers and high-power microwave systems as 
part of a layered architecture to defend ships and the-
ater bases against air and cruise missile strikes; 
(4) encourage collaboration amongst the military 
services and the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency with respect to their high energy laser and di-
rected energy efforts carried out in support of the 
Missile Defense Agency; and 
(5) ensure cooperation and coordination between 
the Missile Defense Agency in its plans to develop an
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airborne laser and the Air Force in its requirements 
for unmanned aerial vehicles. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the efforts of the Department of 
Defense to develop and deploy an airborne boost phase 
defense system for missile defense by fiscal year 2025. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Such schedules, costs, warfighter re-
quirements, operational concept, constraints, po-
tential alternative boost phase approaches, and 
other information regarding the efforts described 
in paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate. 
(B) Analysis of the efforts described in 
paragraph (1) with respect to the following cases: 
(i) A case in which the Department is 
under no funding constraints with respect 
to such efforts and progress is based on the 
state of the technology. 
(ii) A case in which the Department is 
under funding constraints and the efforts
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are carried out in accordance with a mod-
erately aggressive schedule and are subject 
to moderate technical risk. 
(iii) A case in which the Department 
is under funding constraints and the efforts 
are carried out in accordance with a less 
aggressive schedule and are subject to less 
technical risk. 
(C) An update on related efforts of the De-
partment to develop high energy lasers and high 
power microwave systems to defend ships and 
theater bases against air and cruise missile 
strikes. 
(D) Such recommendations as the Secretary 
may have for legislative or administrative action 
to enable more rapid fielding of a directed-en-
ergy based missile defense system. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 1659. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON PROVIDING CER-
TAIN SENSITIVE MISSILE DEFENSE INFORMA-
TION TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
Section 1246(c)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127
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Stat. 923), as amended by section 1243(2)(A) of the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 
291; 128 Stat. 3564), is further amended by striking ‘‘for 
fiscal year 2014 or 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years 
2014 through 2017’’. 
SEC. 1660. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR COMP-
TROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF MISSILE DE-
FENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 
Section 232 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2020’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, 
by striking ‘‘through 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘through 2021’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), in the matter before para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘first three’’.
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Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 1671. MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO VIOLATIONS OF 
THE 
INTERMEDIATE-RANGE 
NUCLEAR 
FORCES TREATY BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On July 31, 2014, the Department of State 
released its annual report entitled ‘‘Adherence to and 
Compliance With Arms Control, Nonproliferation, 
and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments’’, 
which included the finding that ‘‘[t]he United States 
has determined that the Russian Federation is in vio-
lation of its obligations under the INF Treaty not to 
possess, produce, or flight-test a ground-launched 
cruise missile (GLCM) with a range capability of 500 
km to 5,500 km, or to possess or produce launchers 
of such missiles’’. 
(2) The United States has undertaken diplomatic 
efforts to address with the Russian Federation its vio-
lations of the INF Treaty since 2013, and the Rus-
sian Federation has failed to respond to those efforts 
in any way. 
(3) The Commander of the United States Euro-
pean Command, and Supreme Allied Commander of 
Europe, General Philip Breedlove stated that ‘‘[a]
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weapon capability that violates the I.N.F., that is in-
troduced into the greater European land mass, is ab-
solutely a tool that will have to be dealt with’’ and 
‘‘[i]t can’t go unanswered’’. 
(4) The Secretary of Defense has informed Con-
gress that the range of options in response to the vio-
lation by the Russian Federation of the INF Treaty 
could include ‘‘active defenses to counter intermediate- 
range ground-launched cruise missiles; counterforce 
capabilities to prevent intermediate-range ground- 
launched cruise missile attacks; and countervailing 
strike capabilities to enhance U.S. or allied forces’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the development and deployment of a nuclear 
ground-launched cruise missile by the Russian Fed-
eration in violation of the INF Treaty would pose a 
dangerous threat to the United States and its allies; 
(2) the Russian Federation has established an 
increasing role for nuclear weapons in its military 
strategy; 
(3) efforts taken by the President to compel the 
Russian Federation to return to compliance with the 
INF Treaty must be persistent and are in the best in-
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terests of the United States, but cannot be open-ended; 
and 
(4) efforts by the United States to develop mili-
tary and nonmilitary options for responding to viola-
tions of the INF Treaty could encourage the Russian 
Federation to return to compliance with the INF 
Treaty. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there-
after, the President shall notify the appropriate congres-
sional committees with respect to whether the Russian Fed-
eration— 
(1) has flight-tested, has deployed, or possesses a 
military system that has achieved an initial oper-
ating capability that is either a ground-launched bal-
listic missile or ground-launched cruise missile with 
a flight-tested range of between 500 and 5,500 kilo-
meters; or 
(2) has begun taking measures to return to full 
compliance 
with 
the 
INF 
Treaty, 
including 
verification measures necessary to achieve high con-
fidence that any missile described in paragraph (1) 
will be eliminated. 
(d) UPDATES TO ALLIES.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180
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days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that describes— 
(1) the status of updates provided to the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization and other allies of the 
United States on the Russian Federation’s flight test-
ing, operating capability, and deployment of ground- 
launched ballistic missiles or ground-launched cruise 
missiles with a flight-tested range of between 500 and 
5,500 kilometers; and 
(2) efforts to develop, with the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization and such allies, collective re-
sponses, including economic and military responses, 
to arms control violations by the Russian Federation, 
including violations of the INF Treaty. 
(e) PLAN ON RESPONSE OPTIONS.— 
(1) MILITARY RESPONSE OPTIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If, as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Russian Federation 
has not begun taking measures to return to full 
compliance with the INF Treaty, including by 
agreeing to verification measures necessary to 
achieve high confidence that any ground-
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launched ballistic missile or ground-launched 
cruise missile with a flight-tested range of be-
tween 500 and 5,500 kilometers will be elimi-
nated, the Secretary of Defense shall, not later 
than 120 days after such date of enactment, sub-
mit to Congress a plan with respect to devel-
oping the following military capabilities: 
(i) Counterforce capabilities to prevent 
intermediate-range 
ground-launched 
bal-
listic missile and cruise missile attacks, 
whether or not such capabilities are in com-
pliance with the INF Treaty and including 
capabilities that may be acquired from al-
lies of the United States. 
(ii) Countervailing strike capabilities 
to enhance the forces of the United States or 
allies of the United States, whether or not 
such capabilities are in compliance with the 
INF Treaty and including capabilities that 
may be acquired from allies of the United 
States. 
(iii) Active defenses to defend against 
intermediate-range ground-launched cruise 
missile attacks.
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(B) COST AND SCHEDULE ESTIMATES.—The 
Secretary shall include, in the plan required by 
subparagraph (A), with respect to each military 
capability described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) 
of that subparagraph, an estimate of cost and the 
approximate time for achieving a Milestone A 
decision, if such a decision is required. 
(C) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS
FOR
REC-
OMMENDED CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary may 
use funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2016 for research, development, test, and evalua-
tion, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4201, to carry out the develop-
ment of capabilities pursuant to subparagraph 
(A) that are recommended by the Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff to meet military re-
quirements and current capability gaps. In mak-
ing such a recommendation, the Chairman shall 
give priority to such capabilities that the Chair-
man determines could be tested and fielded most 
expediently, with the most priority given to ca-
pabilities that the Chairman determines could be 
fielded in two years.
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(2) OTHER RESPONSE OPTIONS.—The President 
shall include in the plan required by paragraph 
(1)(A) such other options as the President considers 
useful to encourage the Russian Federation to return 
to full compliance with the INF Treaty or necessary 
to respond to the failure of the Russian Federation to 
return to full compliance with the INF Treaty. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate; and 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) INF TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Treaty’’ 
means the Treaty between the United States of Amer-
ica and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 
the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and 
Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Washington Decem-
ber 8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988
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(commonly referred to as the ‘‘Intermediate-Range 
Nuclear Forces Treaty’’ or ‘‘INF Treaty’’). 
SEC. 1672. MODIFICATION OF NOTIFICATION AND ASSESS-
MENT OF PROPOSAL TO MODIFY OR INTRO-
DUCE NEW AIRCRAFT OR SENSORS FOR 
FLIGHT 
BY 
THE 
RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION 
UNDER THE OPEN SKIES TREATY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1242(b) of the Carl Levin 
and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘30 days’’ and 
inserting ‘‘90 days’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘The assessment shall also in-
clude an assessment of the proposal by the commander 
of each combatant command potentially affected by 
the proposal, including an assessment of the potential 
effects of the proposal on operations and any poten-
tial vulnerabilities raised by the proposal.’’. 
(b) REPORTS ON MEETINGS OF OPEN SKIES CONSULT-
ATIVE COMMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of any meeting of the Open Skies Consult-
ative Commission that occurs after the date of the en-
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actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report setting forth a description of such meeting, in-
cluding a description of any agreements entered into 
during such meeting and whether any such agreement 
will result in a modification to the aircraft or sensors 
of any State Party to the Open Skies Treaty that will 
be subject to the Open Skies Treaty. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ and ‘‘Open 
Skies Treaty’’ have the meaning given such terms in 
section 1242 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015. 
SEC. 1673. MILESTONE A DECISION FOR THE CONVEN-
TIONAL PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE WEAPONS 
SYSTEM. 
The Secretary of Defense shall make a Milestone A de-
cision for the Conventional Prompt Global Strike Weapons 
System not later than the earlier of— 
(1) September 30, 2020; or 
(2) the date that is 8 months after the successful 
completion of Intermediate Range Flight 2 of that 
System.
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SEC. 1674. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MAINTAINING AND EN-
HANCING MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT 
TO FORCE PROTECTION FOR INSTALLATIONS, 
FACILITIES, AND PERSONNEL OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Maintaining appropriate force protection for 
deployed personnel of the Department of Defense and 
their families is a priority for Congress. 
(2) Installations, facilities, and personnel of the 
Department in Europe face a rising threat from 
international terrorist groups operating in Europe, 
from individuals inspired by such groups, and from 
those traversing through Europe to join or return 
from fighting the terrorist organization known as the 
‘‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’’ (ISIL) in 
Iraq and Syria. 
(3) Robust military intelligence support to force 
protection is necessary to detect and thwart potential 
terrorist plots that, if successful, would have strategic 
consequences for the United States and the allies of 
the United States in Europe. 
(4) Military intelligence support is also impor-
tant for detecting and addressing early indicators 
and warnings of aggression and assertive military ac-
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tion by Russia, particularly action by Russia to de-
stabilize Europe with hybrid or asymmetric warfare. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary of Defense should maintain and enhance 
robust military intelligence support to force protection for 
installations, facilities, and personnel of the Department of 
Defense and the family members of such personnel, in Eu-
rope and worldwide. 
DIVISION 
B—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION 
AUTHORIZA-
TIONS 
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’. 
SEC. 
2002. 
EXPIRATION 
OF 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND 
AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY 
LAW. 
(a) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER THREE 
YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all author-
izations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for military 
construction projects, land acquisition, family housing 
projects and facilities, and contributions to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 
(and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall expire 
on the later of—
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(1) October 1, 2018; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 
2019. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to au-
thorizations for military construction projects, land acqui-
sition, family housing projects and facilities, and contribu-
tions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security 
Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations 
therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated 
before the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2018; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for fiscal year 2019 for military construc-
tion projects, land acquisition, family housing 
projects and facilities, or contributions to the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 
Program. 
TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2104(a) and available for military construction
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projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installations or locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alaska .........................
Fort Greely .........................................................
$7,800,000 
California ..................
Concord ..............................................................
$98,000,000 
Colorado .....................
Fort Carson ........................................................
$5,800,000 
Georgia .......................
Fort Gordon .......................................................
$90,000,000 
Maryland ...................
Fort Meade .........................................................
$34,500,000 
New York ....................
Fort Drum .........................................................
$19,000,000 
U. S. Military Academy ...................................
$70,000,000 
Oklahoma ...................
Fort Sill .............................................................
$69,400,000 
Texas ..........................
Corpus Christi ...................................................
$85,000,000 
Virginia .....................
Fort Lee ..............................................................
$33,000,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2104(a) and available for military con-
struction projects outside the United States as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army 
may acquire real property and carry out the military con-
struction projects for the installations or locations outside 
the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
Army: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Cuba ..............................
Guantanamo Bay ...........................................
$76,000,000 
Germany .......................
Grafenwoehr ....................................................
$51,000,000
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SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2104(a) and available for military 
family housing functions as specified in the funding table 
in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may construct 
or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 
and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 
in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in 
the following table: 
Army: Family Housing 
State/Coun-
try 
Installation or Location 
Units 
Amount 
Florida ...........
Camp Rudder ............................
Family Housing 
New Construction 
$8,000,000 
Illinois ............
Rock Island ................................
Family Housing 
New Construction 
$20,000,000 
Korea ..............
Camp Walker .............................
Family Housing 
New Construction 
$61,000,000 
(b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2104(a) and available for military family housing 
functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 
the Secretary of the Army may carry out architectural and 
engineering services and construction design activities with 
respect to the construction or improvement of family hous-
ing units in an amount not to exceed $7,195,000.
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SEC. 2103. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS. 
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 
and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2104(a) and available 
for military family housing functions as specified in the 
funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army 
may improve existing military family housing units in an 
amount not to exceed $3,500,000. 
SEC. 2104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin-
ning after September 30, 2015, for military construction, 
land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 
the Department of the Army as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 
of all projects carried out under section 2101 of this Act 
may not exceed the sum of the following: 
(1) The total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a), as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601.
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(2) $226,400,000 (the balance of the amount au-
thorized under section 2101(a) of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (di-
vision B of Public Law 113–291) for a Command 
and Control Facility at Fort Shafter, Hawaii). 
(3) $6,000,000 (the balance of the amount au-
thorized under section 2101(a) of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (di-
vision B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2119) for 
cadet barracks at the United States Military Acad-
emy, New York). 
(4) $78,000,000 (the balance of the amount au-
thorized under section 2101(a) of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (di-
vision B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2119), as 
amended by section 2105(d) of this Act, for a Secure 
Administration/Operations Facility at Fort Belvoir, 
Virginia). 
SEC. 2105. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2101(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (division B of Public Law 
112–239; 126 Stat. 2119) for the United States Military 
Academy, New York, for construction of a Cadet barracks
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building at the installation, the Secretary of the Army may 
install mechanical equipment and distribution lines suffi-
cient to provide chilled water for air conditioning the nine 
existing historical Cadet barracks which are being ren-
ovated through the Cadet Barracks Upgrade Program. 
SEC. 2106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1660), 
the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
as provided in section 2101 of that Act (125 Stat. 1661), 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date 
of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2012 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation 
or Location 
Project 
Amount 
Georgia ......
Fort Benning
Land Acquisition ....................
$25,000,000 
Fort Benning
Land Acquisition ....................
$5,100,000 
Virginia ....
Fort Belvoir ...
Road and Infrastructure Im-
provements ..........................
$25,000,000 
SEC. 2107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
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2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2118), 
the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
as provided in section 2101 of that Act (126 Stat. 2119) 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date 
of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2013 Project Authorizations 
State or Coun-
try 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
District of Co-
lumbia.
Fort McNair ......
Vehicle Storage Building, 
Installation ......................
$7,191,000 
Kansas ................
Fort Riley ..........
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 
Complex ............................
$12,184,000 
North Carolina ..
Fort Bragg ........
Aerial Gunnery Range ........
$41,945,000 
Texas ..................
Joint Base San 
Antonio ..........
Barracks ...............................
$20,971,000 
Virginia ..............
Fort Belvoir ......
Secure Admin/Operations 
Facility .............................
$93,876,000 
Italy ....................
Camp Ederle .....
Barracks ...............................
$35,952,000 
Japan .................
Sagami ..............
Vehicle Maintenance Shop ..
$17,976,000 
SEC. 2108. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER-
TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2016 PROJECT. 
(a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the 
Army may carry out a military construction project to con-
struct a vehicle bridge and traffic circle to facilitate traffic 
flow to and from the Medical Center at Rhine Ordnance 
Barracks, Germany, in the amount of $12,400,000. 
(b) 
USE
OF
HOST-NATION
PAYMENT-IN-KIND 
FUNDS.—The Secretary may use available host-nation pay-
ment-in-kind funding for the project described in subsection 
(a).
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SEC. 2109. LIMITATION ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACILI-
TIES AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Defense may be 
used to construct new facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional 
defense committees that any new construction of facilities 
at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has enduring military value 
independent of a high value detention mission. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subsection 
(a) shall be construed as limiting the ability of the Depart-
ment of Defense to obligate or expend available funds to 
correct a deficiency that is life-threatening, health-threat-
ening, or safety-threatening. 
TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2204(a) and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction
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projects for the installations or locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Arizona .....................
Yuma ...................................................................
$50,635,000 
California .................
Coronado .............................................................
$4,856,000 
Lemoore ...............................................................
$71,830,000 
Miramar ..............................................................
$11,200,000 
Pendleton .............................................................
$83,800,000 
Point Mugu .........................................................
$22,427,000 
San Diego ...........................................................
$37,366,000 
Twentynine Palms .............................................
$9,160,000 
Florida .....................
Jacksonville .........................................................
$16,751,000 
Mayport ...............................................................
$16,159,000 
Pensacola .............................................................
$18,347,000 
Whiting Field .....................................................
$10,421,000 
Georgia ......................
Albany .................................................................
$7,851,000 
Kings Bay ...........................................................
$8,099,000 
Townsend ............................................................
$43,279,000 
Hawaii ......................
Barking Sands ....................................................
$30,623,000 
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ....................
$14,881,000 
Kaneohe Bay .......................................................
$106,618,000 
Marine Corps Base Hawaii ..............................
$12,800,000 
Maryland ..................
Patuxent River ...................................................
$40,935,000 
North Carolina .........
Camp Lejeune .....................................................
$74,249,000 
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station ..........
$57,726,000 
New River ...........................................................
$8,230,000 
South Carolina .........
Parris Island ......................................................
$27,075,000 
Virginia ....................
Dam Neck ............................................................
$23,066,000 
Norfolk .................................................................
$126,677,000 
Portsmouth ..........................................................
$45,513,000 
Quantico ..............................................................
$75,399,000 
Washington ...............
Bangor .................................................................
$34,177,000 
Bremerton ...........................................................
$22,680,000 
Indian Island .....................................................
$4,472,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2204(a) and available for military con-
struction projects outside the United States as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the installation or location outside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table:
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Navy: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Bahrain Island ............
Southwest Asia ..................................................
$89,791,000 
Guam ............................
Joint Region Marianas .....................................
$181,768,000 
Italy ..............................
Sigonella ............................................................
$102,943,000 
Japan ...........................
Camp Butler ......................................................
$11,697,000 
Iwakuni ..............................................................
$17,923,000 
Kadena Air Base ...............................................
$23,310,000 
Yokosuka ............................................................
$13,846,000 
Poland ..........................
RedziKowo Base ................................................
$51,270,000 
SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2204(a) and available for military 
family housing functions as specified in the funding table 
in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may construct 
or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 
and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 
in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in 
the following table: 
Navy: Family Housing 
State 
Installation or Location 
Units 
Amount 
Virginia ..........
Wallops Island ...........................
Family Housing 
New Construction 
$438,000 
(b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2204(a) and available for military family housing 
functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 
the Secretary of the Navy may carry out architectural and 
engineering services and construction design activities with
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respect to the construction or improvement of family hous-
ing units in an amount not to exceed $4,588,000. 
SEC. 2203. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS. 
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 
and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2204(a) and available 
for military family housing functions as specified in the 
funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy 
may improve existing military family housing units in an 
amount not to exceed $11,515,000. 
SEC. 2204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin-
ning after September 30, 2015, for military construction, 
land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 
the Department of the Navy, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 
of all projects carried out under section 2201 of this Act 
may not exceed the sum of the following:
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(1) The total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a), as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601. 
(2) $274,099,000 (the balance of the amount au-
thorized under section 2201(a) of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (di-
vision B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1666) for 
an explosive handling wharf at Kitsap, Washington). 
(3) $68,196,000 (the balance of the amount au-
thorized under section 2201(b) of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (di-
vision B of Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2633) for 
ramp parking at Joint Region Marianas, Guam). 
SEC. 2205. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1660), 
the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
as provided in section 2201 of that Act (125 Stat. 1666) 
and extended by section 2208 of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division B of Pub-
lic Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3678), shall remain in effect 
until October 1, 2016, or the date of the enactment of an
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Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal 
year 2017, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Navy: Extension of 2012 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
California ................
Camp Pendleton .....
Infantry Squad De-
fense Range .........
$29,187,000 
Florida ......................
Jacksonville .............
P–8A Hangar Up-
grades ..................
$6,085,000 
Georgia ......................
Kings Bay ...............
Crab Island Secu-
rity Enclave ........
$52,913,000 
SEC. 2206. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2118), 
the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
as provided in section 2201 of that Act (126 Stat. 2122), 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date 
of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Navy: Extension of 2013 Project Authorizations 
State/Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
California ................
Camp Pendleton .....
Comm. Information 
Systems Ops 
Complex ...............
$78,897,000 
Coronado .................
Bachelor Quarters ...
$76,063,000 
Twentynine Palms ..
Land Expansion 
Phase 2 ................
$47,270,000
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Navy: Extension of 2013 Project Authorizations—Continued 
State/Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Greece ........................
Souda Bay ..............
Intermodal Access 
Road ....................
$4,630,000 
South Carolina .........
Beaufort ...................
Recycling/Haz-
ardous Waste Fa-
cility ....................
$3,743,000 
Virginia .....................
Quantico ..................
Infrastructure— 
Widen Russell 
Road ....................
$14,826,000 
Worldwide Unspec-
ified .......................
Various Worldwide 
Locations .............
BAMS Operational 
Facilities .............
$34,048,000 
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2304(a) and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installations or locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Air Force: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alaska .....................................
Eielson Air Force Base .....................
$71,400,000 
Arizona ...................................
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base .......
$16,900,000 
Luke Air Force Base .........................
$77,700,000 
Colorado .................................
U. S. Air Force Academy .................
$10,000,000 
CONUS Classified .................
Classified Location ...........................
$77,130,000 
Florida ....................................
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
$21,000,000 
Eglin Air Force Base .......................
$8,700,000 
Hurlburt Field ..................................
$14,200,000 
Hawaii ...................................
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ...
$46,000,000 
Kansas ....................................
McConnell Air Force Base ...............
$15,500,000 
Louisiana ...............................
Barksdale ...........................................
$20,000,000 
Missouri ................................
Whiteman Air Force Base ................
$29,500,000
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Air Force: Inside the United States—Continued 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Montana .................................
Malmstrom Air Force Base ..............
$19,700,000 
Nebraska .................................
Offutt Air Force Base .......................
$21,000,000 
Nevada ....................................
Nellis Air Force Base .......................
$68,950,000 
New Mexico ............................
Cannon Air Force Base ....................
$7,800,000 
Holloman Air Force Base ................
$6,200,000 
Kirtland Air Force Base ..................
$12,800,000 
New York ................................
Fort Drum .........................................
$6,000,000 
North Carolina .......................
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base ...
$17,100,000 
Oklahoma ...............................
Altus Air Force Base ........................
$28,400,000 
Tinker Air Force Base ......................
$49,900,000 
South Dakota .........................
Ellsworth Air Force Base .................
$23,000,000 
Texas .......................................
Joint Base San Antonio ...................
$106,000,000 
Utah ........................................
Hill Air Force Base ..........................
$38,400,000 
Wyoming ................................
F. E. Warren Air Force Base ..........
$95,000,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2304(a) and available for military con-
struction projects outside the United States as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air 
Force may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the installation or location outside 
the United States, and in the amount, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
Air Force: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Greenland ...............................
Thule Air Base ..................................
$41,965,000 
Guam ......................................
Joint Region Marianas ....................
$50,800,000 
Japan .....................................
Kadena Air Base ..............................
$3,000,000 
Yokota Air Base ................................
$8,461,000 
Niger .......................................
Agadez ................................................
$50,000,000 
Oman ......................................
Al Musannah Air Base .....................
$25,000,000 
United Kingdom ....................
Royal Air Force Croughton .............
$130,615,000 
SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2304(a) and available 
for military family housing functions as specified in the
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funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 
may carry out architectural and engineering services and 
construction design activities with respect to the construc-
tion or improvement of family housing units in an amount 
not to exceed $9,849,000. 
SEC. 2303. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS. 
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 
and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2304(a) and available 
for military family housing functions as specified in the 
funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 
may improve existing military family housing units in an 
amount not to exceed $150,649,000. 
SEC. 2304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR 
FORCE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin-
ning after September 30, 2015, for military construction, 
land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 
the Department of the Air Force, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and
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any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 
of all projects carried out under section 2301 of this Act 
may not exceed the sum of the following: 
(1) The total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a), as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601. 
(2) $21,000,000 (the balance of the amount au-
thorized under section 2301(a) of the Military Con-
struction Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of 
Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 992) for the 
CYBERCOM Joint Operations Center at Fort Meade, 
Maryland). 
SEC. 2305. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2010 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2301(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (division B of Public Law 
111–84; 123 Stat. 2636), for Hickam Air Force Base, Ha-
waii, for construction of a ground control tower at the in-
stallation, the Secretary of the Air Force may install com-
munications cabling. 
SEC. 2306. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2014 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2301(b) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
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tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 
113–66; 127 Stat. 993) for RAF Lakenheath, United King-
dom, for construction of a Guardian Angel Operations Fa-
cility at the installation, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
construct the facility at an unspecified worldwide location. 
SEC. 2307. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2015 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2301(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division B of Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3679) for McConnell Air Force Base, 
Kansas, for construction of a KC–46A Alter Composite 
Maintenance Shop at the installation, the Secretary of the 
Air Force may construct a 696 square meter (7,500 square 
foot) facility consistent with Air Force guidelines for com-
posite maintenance shops. 
SEC. 2308. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1660), 
the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
as provided in section 2301 of that Act (125 Stat. 1670), 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date
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of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2012 Project Authorization 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Italy ...................
Sigonella Naval Air Sta-
tion ...............................
UAS SATCOM Relay 
Pads and Facility ..
$15,000,000 
SEC. 2309. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2118), 
the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
as provided in section 2301 of that Act (126 Stat. 2126), 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date 
of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2013Project Authorization 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Portugal .............
Lajes Field .......................
Sanitary Sewer Lift/ 
Pump Station ........
$2,000,000
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TITLE 
XXIV—DEFENSE 
AGEN-
CIES 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUC-
TION 
SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2403(a) and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may acquire 
real property and carry out military construction projects 
for the installations or locations inside the United States, 
and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Defense Agencies: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alabama .....................
Fort Rucker .........................................................
$46,787,000 
Maxwell Air Force Base .....................................
$32,968,000 
Arizona ......................
Fort Huachuca ....................................................
$3,884,000 
California ...................
Camp Pendleton .................................................
$20,552,000 
Coronado .............................................................
$47,218,000 
Fresno Yosemite IAP ANG ................................
$10,700,000 
Colorado ....................
Fort Carson .........................................................
$8,243,000 
CONUS Classified .....
Classified Location .............................................
$20,065,000 
Delaware .....................
Dover Air Force Base .........................................
$21,600,000 
Florida ........................
Hurlburt Field ....................................................
$17,989,000 
MacDill Air Force Base .....................................
$39,142,000 
Georgia .......................
Moody Air Force Base ........................................
$10,900,000 
Hawaii ........................
Kaneohe Bay .......................................................
$122,071,000 
Schofield Barracks ..............................................
$123,838,000 
Kentucky ...................
Fort Campbell .....................................................
$12,553,000 
Fort Knox ............................................................
$23,279,000 
Maryland ..................
Fort Meade ..........................................................
$816,077,000 
Nevada ........................
Nellis Air Force Base .........................................
$39,900,000 
New Mexico ...............
Cannon Air Force Base .....................................
$45,111,000 
New York ....................
West Point ...........................................................
$55,778,000 
North Carolina .........
Camp Lejeune .....................................................
$69,006,000 
Fort Bragg ..........................................................
$168,811,000 
Ohio .............................
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base ......................
$6,623,000 
Oregon .........................
Klamath Falls IAP .............................................
$2,500,000 
South Carolina .........
Fort Jackson .......................................................
$26,157,000 
Texas ...........................
Joint Base San Antonio ....................................
$61,776,000 
Virginia .....................
Fort Belvoir ........................................................
$9,500,000 
Joint Base Langley-Eustis ................................
$28,000,000
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Defense Agencies: Inside the United States—Continued 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Story ..
$23,916,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2403(a) and available for military con-
struction projects outside the United States as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the installations or locations outside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing: 
Defense Agencies: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Djibouti ...............
Camp Lemonier ..................................................
$43,700,000 
Germany ...............
Garmisch .............................................................
$14,676,000 
Grafenwoehr ........................................................
$38,138,000 
Spangdahlem Air Base ......................................
$39,571,000 
Stuttgart-Patch Barracks ..................................
$49,413,000 
Japan ..................
Kadena Air Base ................................................
$37,485,000 
Poland ...................
RedziKowo Base .................................................
$169,153,000 
Spain ....................
Rota .....................................................................
$13,737,000 
SEC. 
2402. 
AUTHORIZED 
ENERGY 
CONSERVATION 
PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2403(a) and available for energy conservation 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may carry 
out energy conservation projects under chapter 173 of title
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10, United States Code, for the installations or locations 
inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
the following table: 
Energy Conservation Projects: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
American Samoa .......
Wake Island ........................................................
$5,331,000 
Edwards Air Force Base ....................................
$4,550,000 
Fort Hunter Liggett ...........................................
$22,000,000 
Colorado ....................
Schriever Air Force Base ...................................
$4,400,000 
District of Columbia ..
NSA Washington/NRL .......................................
$10,990,000 
Guam .........................
Naval Base Guam ...............................................
$5,330,000 
Hawaii ........................
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam .....................
$13,780,000 
Marine Corps Recruiting Command Kaneohe 
Bay.
$5,740,000 
Idaho ...........................
Moutain Home Air Force Base .........................
$6,471,000 
Montana .....................
Malmstrom Air Force Base ...............................
$4,260,000 
Virginia ......................
Pentagon ..............................................................
$4,528,000 
Washington .................
Joint Base Lewis-McChord ................................
$14,770,000 
Various locations ........
Various locations ................................................
$25,809,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2403(a) and available for energy conserva-
tion projects outside the United States as specified in the 
funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may 
carry out energy conservation projects under chapter 173 
of title 10, United States Code, for the installations or loca-
tions outside the United States, and in the amounts, set 
forth in the following table: 
Energy Conservation Projects: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Bahamas .............
Ascension Aux Airfield St. Helena ...................
$5,500,000 
Japan ....................
Yokoska ................................................................
$12,940,000 
Various locations ..
Various locations ................................................
$3,600,000
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SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DEFENSE 
AGENCIES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin-
ning after September 30, 2015, for military construction, 
land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 
the Department of Defense (other than the military depart-
ments), as specified in the funding table in section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 
of all projects carried out under section 2401 of this Act 
may not exceed the sum of the following: 
(1) The total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a), as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4601. 
(2) $747,435,000 (the balance of the amount au-
thorized under section 2401(a) of this Act for an oper-
ations facility at Fort Meade, Maryland). 
(3) $20,800,000 (the balance of the amount au-
thorized under section 2401(b) of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (di-
vision B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2129) for 
the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Complex at 
Deveselu, Romania).