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forces, groups, or individuals for which support was pro-
vided under this section during the period covered by such 
report. 
(B) A description of the support or facilitation provided 
by such foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individ-
uals to United States Special Operations Forces during 
such period. 
(C) The type of recipients that were provided support 
under this section during such period, identified by author-
ized category (foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or 
individuals). 
(D) A detailed description of the support provided to 
the recipients under this section during such period. 
(E) The total amount obligated for support under this 
section during such period, including budget details. 
(F) The intended duration of support provided under 
this section during such period. 
(G) An assessment of value of the support provided 
under this section during such period, including a summary 
of significant activities undertaken by foreign forces, irreg-
ular forces, groups, or individuals to support irregular war-
fare operations by United States Special Operations Forces. 
(H) The total amount obligated for support under this 
section in prior fiscal years. 
(i) IRREGULAR WARFARE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘irregular warfare’’ means activities in support of predetermined 
United States policy and military objectives conducted by, with, 
and through regular forces, irregular forces, groups, and individuals 
participating in competition between state and non-state actors 
short of traditional armed conflict. 
SEC. 1203. OBLIGATION OF FUNDS IN SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION 
FUND FOR PRECISION GUIDED MUNITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 114(c)(3) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Of the amount’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘only to procure’’ and inserting ‘‘Of the amount of annual 
obligations from the Special Defense Acquisition Fund in each of 
fiscal years 2018 through 2022, not less than 20 percent shall 
be for funds to procure’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect as of October 1, 2017. 
SEC. 1204. MODIFICATION OF DEFENSE INSTITUTION CAPACITY 
BUILDING AND AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY OF FOR-
EIGN SECURITY FORCES. 
(a) DEFENSE INSTITUTION CAPACITY BUILDING.—Section 332 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and members of the 
armed forces’’ after ‘‘civilian employees of the Department of 
Defense’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘to assign civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense and members 
of the armed forces as advisors or trainers’’ after ‘‘carry 
out a program’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘employees’’ in each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘advisors or trainers’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘each assigned employee’s activi-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘the activities of each assigned 
advisor or trainer’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘or a member of the armed forces’’ after ‘‘a civilian employee 
of the Department of Defense’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘employee as an 
advisor’’ and inserting ‘‘advisor or trainer’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘employee’’ and 
inserting ‘‘advisor or trainer’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY
TO BUILD CAPACITY
OF FOREIGN SECURITY 
FORCES.—Subsection (c) of section 333 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and the rule 
of law’’ and inserting ‘‘the rule of law, and civilian control 
of the military’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Respect for 
civilian control of the military’’ and inserting ‘‘Institutional 
capacity building’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘HUMAN
RIGHTS 
TRAINING’’ and inserting ‘‘OBSERVANCE
OF
AND
RESPECT 
FOR
THE
LAW
OF
ARMED
CONFLICT, HUMAN
RIGHTS
AND 
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, THE RULE OF LAW, AND CIVILIAN 
CONTROL OF THE MILITARY’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or the Department of State’’ after 
‘‘Department of Defense’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘human rights training that includes 
a comprehensive curriculum on human rights and the law 
of armed conflict’’ and inserting ‘‘training that includes 
a comprehensive curriculum on the law of armed conflict, 
human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule 
of law, and that enhances the capacity to exercise respon-
sible civilian control of the military’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘that the Depart-
ment is already undertaking, or will undertake as part 
of the program’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘that 
the Department of Defense or another department or 
agency is already undertaking, or will undertake as part 
of the security sector assistance provided to the foreign 
country concerned, a program of institutional capacity 
building with appropriate institutions of such foreign 
country to enhance the capacity of such foreign country 
to organize, administer, employ, manage, maintain, sus-
tain, or oversee the national security forces of such foreign 
country.’’; and 
(B) by striking the second sentence. 
SEC. 1205. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY ON 
TRAINING FOR EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONAL SECURITY 
FORCES IN THE COURSE OF MULTILATERAL EXERCISES. 
(a) TWO-YEAR EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 1251 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public 
Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1070; 10 U.S.C. 2282 note), as amended
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by section 1233 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2489), is further 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2016 through 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and 
ending on December 31, 2020’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS
FOR
ADMINISTRATION
OF
INCREMENTAL 
EXPENSES.—Subsection (d) of such section, as so amended, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall pre-
scribe regulations for payment of incremental expenses 
under subsection (a). Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall submit the regulations to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(B) PROCEDURES TO BE INCLUDED.—The regulations 
required under subparagraph (A) shall include proce-
dures— 
‘‘(i) to require reimbursement of incremental 
expenses from non-developing countries determined 
pursuant to subsection (c) to be eligible for the provi-
sion of training under subsection (a); and 
‘‘(ii) to provide for a waiver of the requirement 
of reimbursement of incremental expenses under clause 
(i), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary of Defense 
determines special circumstances exist to provide for 
the waiver. 
‘‘(C) QUARTERLY
REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives, on a quarterly basis, a report that includes 
a description of each waiver of the requirement of 
reimbursement of incremental expenses under subpara-
graph (B)(i) that was in effect at any time during the 
preceding calendar quarter. 
‘‘(D) NON-DEVELOPING
COUNTRY
DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘non-developing country’ means a 
country that is not a developing country, as such term 
is defined in section 301(4) of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (f) of such sec-
tion, as so amended, is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘subsection (a) is in addition’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) is in addition’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) shall not be construed to include authority for the 
training of irregular forces, groups, or individuals.’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section, 
as so amended, is further amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘military’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘security’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘that’’ and inserting ‘‘than’’; 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘section 2282’’ and inserting 
‘‘chapter 16’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘means’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘has the meaning given such term in 
section 301(5) of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 1206. GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND. 
Section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’; and 
(2) in subsection (p)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2019’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘through 
2019’’. 
SEC. 1207. DEFENSE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may operate an 
institute to be known as the ‘‘Defense Institute of International 
Legal Studies’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Institute’’) in 
accordance with this section to further the United States security 
and foreign policy objectives of— 
(1) promoting an understanding of and appreciation for 
the rule of law; and 
(2) encouraging the international development of internal 
capacities of foreign governments for civilian control of the 
military, military justice, the legal aspects of peacekeeping, 
good governance and anti-corruption in defense reform, and 
human rights. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the purposes specified in sub-
section (a), the Institute may conduct activities as follows: 
(1) Exchange of ideas on best practices and lessons learned 
in order to improve compliance with international legal norms. 
(2) Education and training involving professional legal 
engagement with foreign military personnel and related 
civilians, both within and outside the United States. 
(3) Building the legal capacity of foreign military and other 
security forces, including equitable, transparent, and account-
able defense institutions, civilian control of the military, human 
rights, and democratic governance. 
(4) Institutional legal capacity building of foreign defense 
and security institutions. 
(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a comprehen-
sive review of the mission, workforce, funding, and other sup-
port of the Institute. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The review shall include, but not be limited 
to, the following: 
(A) An assessment of the scope of the mission of the 
Institute, taking into account the increasing security 
cooperation authorities and requirements of the Depart-
ment of Defense, including core rule of law training in 
the United States and abroad, defense legal institution