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SEC. 1103. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPA-
RATION INCENTIVE PAY FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1107 of subtitle A of title XI of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than December 31, 2019, and 
December 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing 
to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate including— 
(1) a description of the effect of such section 1107 (as 
amended by subsection (a)) on the management of the Depart-
ment of Defense civilian workforce during the most recently 
ended fiscal year; 
(2) the number of employees offered voluntary separation 
incentive payments during such fiscal year by operation of 
such section; and 
(3) the number of such employees that accepted such pay-
ments. 
SEC. 1104. ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LABORATORIES. 
Section 1105(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2487; 10 U.S.C. 
2358 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) The Naval Medical Research Center. 
‘‘(21) The Joint Warfighting Analysis Center. 
‘‘(22) The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary 
Warfare Center.’’. 
SEC. 1105. ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE ANNUAL 
LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY AND AGGREGATE LIMITA-
TION ON PAY FOR FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 
WORKING OVERSEAS. 
Subsection (a) of section 1101 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110– 
417; 122 Stat. 4615), as most recently amended by section 1137 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2460), is amended by striking 
‘‘through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2018’’. 
SEC. 1106. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 
EXPERTS 
IN 
THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
WORKFORCE. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1110 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2450; 
10 U.S.C. 1580 note prec.) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Defense Agencies 
or the applicable military Department’’ and inserting ‘‘a Depart-
ment of Defense component’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘the Defense Agencies’’ 
and inserting ‘‘each Department of Defense component listed 
in subsection (f) other than the Department of the Army, the 
Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force’’;
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(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘any Defense Agency or military depart-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘any Department of Defense compo-
nent’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such Defense Agency or military 
department’’ and inserting ‘‘such Department of Defense 
component’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following 
new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPONENT DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘Department of Defense component’ means the 
following: 
‘‘(1) A Defense Agency. 
‘‘(2) The Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff. 
‘‘(3) The Joint Staff. 
‘‘(4) A combatant command. 
‘‘(5) The Office of the Inspector General of the Department 
of Defense. 
‘‘(6) A Field Activity of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(7) The Department of the Army. 
‘‘(8) The Department of the Navy. 
‘‘(9) The Department of the Air Force.’’. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the end of each 
of fiscal years 2019 and 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
a briefing to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate including— 
(1) a description of the effect of section 1110 of subtitle 
A of title XI of the National Defense Authorization Act, 2017 
(Public Law 114–328), as amended by subsection (a), on the 
management of the Department of Defense civilian workforce 
during the most recently ended fiscal year; and 
(2) the number of employees— 
(A) hired under such section during such fiscal year; 
and 
(B) expected to be hired under such section during 
the fiscal year in which the briefing is provided. 
SEC. 1107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TEMPORARY PERSONNEL 
FLEXIBILITIES FOR DOMESTIC DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL 
BASE FACILITIES AND MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACILI-
TIES BASE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1132 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
328; 130 Stat. 2457) is amended by striking ‘‘and 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘through 2021’’. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the end of each 
of fiscal years 2019 and 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
a briefing to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate including—
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(1) a description of the effect of such section 1132 (as 
amended by subsection (a)) on the management of civilian 
personnel at domestic defense industrial base facilities and 
Major Range and Test Facilities Base during the most recently 
ended fiscal year; and 
(2) the number of employees— 
(A) hired under such section during such fiscal year; 
and 
(B) expected to be hired under such section during 
the fiscal year in which the briefing is provided. 
SEC. 1108. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO 
GRANT ALLOWANCES, BENEFITS, AND GRATUITIES TO 
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON OFFICIAL DUTY IN A COMBAT 
ZONE. 
Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, 
and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109–234; 120 Stat. 443), 
as added by section 1102 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4616) and as most recently amended by section 1133 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2459), is further amended by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 1109. EXTENSION OF OVERTIME RATE AUTHORITY FOR DEPART-
MENT OF THE NAVY EMPLOYEES PERFORMING WORK 
ABOARD OR DOCKSIDE IN SUPPORT OF THE NUCLEAR- 
POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER FORWARD DEPLOYED IN 
JAPAN. 
Section 5542(a)(6)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’. 
SEC. 1110. PILOT PROGRAM ON ENHANCED PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEM FOR CYBSERSECURITY AND LEGAL PROFES-
SIONALS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out within the Department of Defense a pilot program to 
assess the feasability and advisability of an enhanced personnel 
management system in accordance with this section for cybersecu-
rity and legal professionals in the Department described in sub-
section (b) who enter civilian service with the Department on or 
after January 1, 2020. 
(b) CYBERSECURITY AND LEGAL PROFESSIONALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The cybersecurity and legal professionals 
described in this subsection are the following: 
(A) Civilian cybersecurity professionals in the Depart-
ment of Defense consisting of civilian personnel engaged 
in or directly supporting planning, commanding and 
controlling, training, developing, acquiring, modifying, and 
operating systems and capabilities, and military units and 
intelligence organizations (other than those funded by the 
National Intelligence Program) that are directly engaged 
in or used for offensive and defensive cyber and information 
warfare or intelligence activities in support thereof.
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(B) Civilian legal professionals in the Department occu-
pying legal or similar positions, as determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense for purposes of the pilot program, that 
require eligibility to practice law in a State or territory 
of the United States. 
(2) INAPPLICABILITY TO SES POSITIONS.—The pilot program 
shall not apply to positions within the Senior Executive Service 
under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(c) DIRECT-APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) INAPPLICABILITY OF GENERAL CIVIL SERVICE APPOINT-
MENT
AUTHORITIES
TO
APPOINTMENTS.—Under the pilot pro-
gram, the Secretary of Defense, with respect to the Defense 
Agencies, and the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned, with respect to the military departments, may appoint 
qualified candidates as cybersecurity and legal professionals 
without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 
33 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) APPOINTMENT
ON
DIRECT-HIRE
BASIS.—Appointments 
under the pilot program shall be made on a direct-hire basis. 
(d) TERM APPOINTMENTS.— 
(1) RENEWABLE
TERM
APPOINTMENTS.—Each individual 
shall serve with the Department of Defense as a cybersecurity 
or legal professional under the pilot program pursuant to an 
initial appointment to service with the Department for a term 
of not less than 2 years nor more than 8 years. Any term 
of appointment under the pilot program may be renewed for 
one or more additional terms of not less than 2 years nor 
more than 8 years as provided in subsection (h). 
(2) LENGTH OF TERMS.—The length of the term of appoint-
ment to a position under the pilot program shall be prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense taking into account the national 
security, mission, and other applicable requirements of the 
position. Positions having identical or similar requirements or 
terms may be grouped into categories for purposes of the pilot 
program. The Secretary may delegate any authority in this 
paragraph to a commissioned officer of the Armed Forces in 
pay grade O–7 or above or an employee in the Department 
in the Senior Executive Service. 
(e) NATURE OF SERVICE UNDER APPOINTMENTS.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF PERSONNEL APPOINTED AS EMPLOYEES.— 
Except as otherwise provided by this section, individuals 
serving with the Department of Defense as cybersecurity or 
legal professionals under the pilot program pursuant to appoint-
ments under this section shall be considered employees (as 
specified in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code) for 
purposes of the provisions of title 5, United States Code, and 
other applicable provisions of law, including, in particular, for 
purposes as follows: 
(A) 
Eligibility 
for 
participation 
in 
the 
Federal 
Employees’ Retirement System under chapter 84 of title 
5, United States Code, subject to the provisions of section 
8402 of such title and the regulations prescribed pursuant 
to such section. 
(B) Eligibility for enrollment in a health benefits plan 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code (commonly
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referred as the ‘‘Federal Employees Health Benefits Pro-
gram’’). 
(C) Eligibility for and subject to the employment protec-
tions of subpart F of part III of title 5, United States 
Code, relating to merit principles and protections. 
(D) Eligibility for the protections of chapter 81, of 
title 5, United States Code, relating to workers compensa-
tion. 
(2) SCOPE OF RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.—In administering the 
pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall specify, and from 
time to time update, a comprehensive description of the rights 
and benefits of individuals serving with the Department under 
the pilot program pursuant to this subsection and of the provi-
sions of law under which such rights and benefits arise. 
(f) COMPENSATION.— 
(1) BASIC PAY.—Individuals serving with the Department 
of Defense as cybersecurity or legal professionals under the 
pilot program shall be paid basic pay for such service in accord-
ance with a schedule of pay prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense for purposes of the pilot program. 
(2) TREATMENT AS BASIC PAY.—Basic pay payable under 
the pilot program shall be treated for all purposes as basic 
pay paid under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) PERFORMANCE AWARDS.—Individuals serving with the 
Department as cybersecurity or legal professionals under the 
pilot program may be awarded such performance awards for 
outstanding performance as the Secretary shall prescribe for 
purposes of the pilot program. The performance awards may 
include a monetary bonus, time off with pay, or such other 
awards as the Secretary considers appropriate for purposes 
of the pilot program. The award of performance awards under 
the pilot program shall be based in accordance with such poli-
cies and requirements as the Secretary shall prescribe for pur-
poses of the pilot program. 
(4) ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.—Individuals serving with 
the Department as cybersecurity or legal professionals under 
the pilot program may be awarded such additional compensa-
tion above basic pay as the Secretary (or the designees of 
the Secretary) consider appropriate in order to promote the 
recruitment and retention of highly skilled and productive 
cybersecurity and legal professionals to and with the Depart-
ment. 
(g) PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—The following terms of appointment 
shall be treated as a probationary period under the pilot program: 
(1) The first term of appointment of an individual to service 
with the Department of Defense as a cybersecurity or legal 
professional, regardless of length. 
(2) The first term of appointment of an individual to a 
supervisory position in the Department as a cybersecurity or 
legal professional, regardless of length and regardless of 
whether or not such term of appointment to a supervisory 
position is the first term of appointment of the individual 
concerned to service with the Department as a cybersecurity 
or legal professional. 
(h) RENEWAL OF APPOINTMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
the conditions for the renewal of appointments under the pilot
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program. The conditions may apply to one or more categories 
of positions, positions on a case-by-case basis, or both. 
(2) PARTICULAR CONDITIONS.—In prescribing conditions for 
the renewal of appointments under the pilot program, the Sec-
retary shall take into account the following (in the order speci-
fied): 
(A) The necessity for the continuation of the position 
concerned based on mission requirements and other 
applicable justifications for the position. 
(B) The service performance of the individual serving 
in the position concerned, with individuals with satisfactory 
or better performance afforded preference in renewal. 
(C) Input from employees on conditions for renewal. 
(D) Applicable private and public sector labor market 
conditions. 
(3) SERVICE PERFORMANCE.—The assessment of the service 
performance of an individual under the pilot program for pur-
poses of paragraph (2)(B) shall consist of an assessment of 
the ability of the individual to effectively accomplish mission 
goals for the position concerned as determined by the supervisor 
or manager of the individual based on the individual’s perform-
ance evaluations and the knowledge of and review by such 
supervisor or manager (developed in consultation with the indi-
vidual) of the individual’s performance in the position. An 
individual’s tenure of service in a position or the Department 
of Defense may not be the primary element of the assessment. 
(i) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—The pilot program shall pro-
vide for the professional development of individuals serving with 
the Department of Defense as cybersecurity and legal professionals 
under the pilot program in a manner that— 
(1) creates opportunities for education, training, and career- 
broadening experiences, and for experimental opportunities in 
other organizations within and outside the Federal Govern-
ment; and 
(2) reflects the differentiated needs of personnel at different 
stages of their careers. 
(j) SABBATICALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The pilot program shall provide for an 
individual who is in a successive term after the first 8 years 
with the Department of Defense as a cybersecurity or legal 
professional under the pilot program to take, at the election 
of the individual, a paid or unpaid sabbatical from service 
with the Department for professional development or education 
purposes. The length of a sabbatical shall be any length not 
less than 6 months nor more than 1 year (unless a different 
period is approved by the Secretary of the military department 
or head of the organization or element of the Department 
concerned for purposes of this subsection). The purpose of any 
sabbatical shall be subject to advance approval by the organiza-
tion or element in the Department in which the individual 
is currently performing service. The taking of a sabbatical 
shall be contingent on the written agreement of the individual 
concerned to serve with the Department for an appropriate 
length of time at the conclusion of the term of appointment 
in which the sabbatical commences, with the period of such 
service to be in addition to the period of such term of appoint-
ment.
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(2) NUMBER
OF
SABBATICALS.—An individual may take 
more than one sabbatical under this subsection. 
(3) REPAYMENT.—Except as provided in paragraph (4), an 
individual who fails to satisfy a written agreement executed 
under paragraph (1) with respect to a sabbatical shall repay 
the Department an amount equal to any pay, allowances, and 
other benefits received by the individual from the Department 
during the period of the sabbatical. 
(4) WAIVER OF REPAYMENT.—An agreement under para-
graph (1) may include such conditions for the waiver of repay-
ment otherwise required under paragraph (3) for failure to 
satisfy such agreement as the Secretary specifies in such agree-
ment. 
(k) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall administer 
the pilot program under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
for purposes of the pilot program. 
(l) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority of the Secretary of Defense 
to appoint individuals for service with the Department of 
Defense as cybersecurity or legal professionals under the pilot 
program shall expire on December 31, 2029. 
(2) EFFECT ON EXISTING APPOINTMENTS.—The termination 
of authority in paragraph (1) shall not be construed to terminate 
or otherwise affect any appointment made under this section 
before December 31, 2029, that remains valid as of that date. 
(m) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) INTERIM FINAL RULE.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall prescribe an interim final rule to implement the pilot 
program. 
(2) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 180 days after prescribing 
the interim final rule under paragraph (1) and considering 
public comments with respect to such interim final rule, the 
Secretary shall prescribe a final rule to implement the pilot 
program. 
(3) OBJECTIVES.—The regulations prescribed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) shall accomplish the objectives set forth 
in subsections (a) through (j) and otherwise ensure flexibility 
and expedited appointment of cybersecurity and legal profes-
sionals in the Department of Defense under the pilot program. 
(n) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than January 30 of each 
of 2022, 2025, and 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
carrying out of the pilot program. Each report shall include 
the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the carrying out 
of the pilot program during the period since the commence-
ment of the pilot program or the previous submittal of 
a report under this subsection, as applicable. 
(B) A description and assessment of the successes in 
and impediments to carrying out the pilot program system 
during such period.
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(C) Such recommendations as the Secretary considers 
appropriate for legislative action to improve the pilot pro-
gram and to otherwise improve civilian personnel manage-
ment of cybersecurity and legal professionals by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(D) In the case of the report submitted in 2028, an 
assessment and recommendations by the Secretary on 
whether to make the pilot program permanent. 
(2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 1111. ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL MAN-
AGERS AT MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACILITY BASE 
FACILITIES AND DEFENSE TEST RESOURCE MANAGE-
MENT CENTER. 
Section 2358a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting ‘‘, each facility of the Major Range and Test 
Facility Base, and the Defense Test Resource Manage-
ment Center’’ after ‘‘each STRL’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, of such 
facility of the Major Range and Test Facility Base, 
or the Defense Test Resource Management Center’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The positions’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
The laboratory positions’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) The test and evaluation positions described in 
paragraph (1) may be filled, and shall be managed, by 
the director of the Major Range and Test Facility Base, 
in the case of a position at a facility of the Major Range 
and Test Facility Base, and the director of the Defense 
Test Resource Management Center, in the case of a position 
at such center, under criteria established pursuant to sec-
tion 342(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–337; 10 U.S.C. 2358 
note), relating to personnel demonstration projects at lab-
oratories of the Department of Defense, except that the 
director involved shall determine the number of such posi-
tions at each facility of the Major Range and Test Facility 
Base and the Defense Test Resource Management Center, 
not to exceed two percent of the number of scientists and 
engineers, but at least one position, employed at the Major 
Range and Test Facility Base or the Defense Test Resource 
Management Center, as the case may be, as of the close 
of the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which any
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appointments subject to those numerical limitations are 
made.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as para-
graphs (2) and (4), respectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (A), the following new paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Defense Test Resource Management Center’ 
means the Department of Defense Test Resource Management 
Center established under section 196 of this title.’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Major Range and Test Facility Base’ means 
the test and evaluation facilities and resources that are des-
ignated by the Secretary of Defense as facilities and resources 
comprising the Major Range and Test Facility Base.’’. 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO 
FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. One-year extension of logistical support for coalition forces supporting 
certain United States military operations. 
Sec. 1202. Support of special operations for irregular warfare. 
Sec. 1203. Obligation of funds in Special Defense Acquisition Fund for precision 
guided munitions. 
Sec. 1204. Modification of defense institution capacity building and authority to 
build capacity of foreign security forces. 
Sec. 1205. Extension and modification of authority on training for Eastern Euro-
pean national security forces in the course of multilateral exercises. 
Sec. 1206. Global Security Contingency Fund. 
Sec. 1207. Defense Institute of International Legal Studies. 
Sec. 1208. Extension of participation in and support of the Inter-American Defense 
College. 
Sec. 1209. Plan on improvement of ability of national security forces of foreign 
countries participating in United States capacity building programs to 
protect civilians. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan and Pakistan 
Sec. 1211. Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense 
services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1212. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain co-
alition nations for support provided to United States military oper-
ations. 
Sec. 1213. Special immigrant visas for Afghan allies. 
Sec. 1214. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in 
countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1215. Extension of semiannual report on enhancing security and stability in 
Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1216. Human rights vetting of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, and Iran 
Sec. 1221. Report on United States strategy in Syria. 
Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 
Sec. 1223. Modification of authority to provide assistance to the vetted Syrian oppo-
sition. 
Sec. 1224. Extension and modification of authority to support operations and activi-
ties of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 
Sec. 1225. Modification and additional elements in annual report on the military 
power of Iran. 
Sec. 1226. Extension of quarterly reports on confirmed ballistic missile launches 
from Iran and imposition of sanctions in connection with those launches. 
Sec. 1227. Limitation on use of funds for provision of man-portable air defense sys-
tems to the vetted Syrian opposition.