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(6) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 
(7) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives; 
(8) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(9) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(10) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives; 
(11) the Committee on Financial Services of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(12) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives. 
(c) STRATEGY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the heads 
of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall provide a written 
strategy (with a classified annex, if necessary), to the appro-
priate congressional committees for disrupting and dismantling 
narcotics production and trafficking and affiliated networks 
linked to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under paragraph (1) 
shall include— 
(A) a detailed plan for— 
(i) targeting, disrupting and degrading networks 
that directly and indirectly support the narcotics infra-
structure of the Assad regime, particularly through 
diplomatic and intelligence support to law enforcement 
investigations; and 
(ii) building counter-narcotics capacity to partner 
countries through assistance and training to law 
enforcement services in countries (other than Syria) 
that are receiving or transiting large quantities of 
Captagon; 
(B)(i) the identification of the countries that are 
receiving or transiting large shipments of Captagon; 
(ii) an assessment of the counter-narcotics capacity 
of such countries to interdict or disrupt the smuggling 
of Captagon; and 
(iii) an assessment of current United States assistance 
and training programs to build such capacity in such coun-
tries; 
(C) the use of sanctions, including sanctions authorized 
under section the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act 
of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 8791 note; title LXXIV of division F 
of Public Law 116–92), and associated actions to target 
individuals and entities directly or indirectly associated 
with the narcotics infrastructure of the Assad regime; 
(D) the use of global diplomatic engagements associated 
with the economic pressure campaign against the Assad 
regime to target its narcotics infrastructure;
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(E) leveraging multilateral institutions and cooperation 
with international partners to disrupt the narcotics infra-
structure of the Assad regime; and 
(F) mobilizing a public communications campaign to 
increase awareness of the extent of the connection of the 
Assad regime to the illicit narcotics trade. 
SEC. 1239. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS TO BADR ORGANIZATION. 
None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense 
may be made available, directly or indirectly, to the Badr Organiza-
tion. 
SEC. 1240. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS ARMS EMBARGO ON IRAN. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Defense, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives an unclassified report, which 
may include a classified annex, that includes— 
(1) a detailed assessment of whether and how Iranian 
arms 
proliferation, 
particularly 
drone 
proliferation, 
has 
increased following the expiration of the United Nations arms 
embargo on Iran in October 2020; and 
(2) a description of the measures that the Departments 
of State and Defense are taking to constrain Iran’s ability 
to supply, sell, or transfer, directly or indirectly, arms or related 
materiel, including spare parts, to include Iranian proliferation 
of drones. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to Russia 
SEC. 1241. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SECURITY 
ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1608) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts available for a fiscal year under 
subsection (f) shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide, 
for the purposes described in paragraph (2), appropriate secu-
rity assistance and intelligence support, including training, 
equipment, and logistics support, supplies and services, salaries 
and stipends, and sustainment, to— 
‘‘(A) the military and national security forces of 
Ukraine; and 
‘‘(B) other forces or groups recognized by, and under 
the authority of, the Government of Ukraine, including 
governmental entities within Ukraine that are engaged 
in resisting Russian aggression. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES DESCRIBED.—The purposes described in this 
paragraph are as follows:
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‘‘(A) To enhance the capabilities of the military and 
other security forces of the Government of Ukraine to 
defend against further aggression. 
‘‘(B) To assist Ukraine in developing the combat capa-
bility to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. 
‘‘(C) To support the Government of Ukraine in 
defending itself against actions by Russia and Russian- 
backed separatists.’’. 
(b) APPROPRIATE SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND INTELLIGENCE SUP-
PORT.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended in paragraph 
(4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) Manned and unmanned aerial capabilities, including 
tactical surveillance systems and fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, 
such as attack, strike, airlift, and surveillance aircraft.’’. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘funds available for fiscal 
year 2022 pursuant to subsection (f)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds 
available for fiscal year 2023 pursuant to subsection (f)(8)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2022’’ and 
inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) WAIVER
OF
CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
the State, may waive the certification requirement in paragraph 
(2) if the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a written certification, not later than 5 days after 
exercising the waiver, that doing so is in the national interest 
of the United States due to exigent circumstances caused by 
the Russian invasion of Ukraine.’’. 
(d) UNITED STATES INVENTORY
AND OTHER SOURCES.—Sub-
section (d) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and to recover or 
dispose of such weapons or other defense articles, or to make 
available such weapons or articles to ally and partner govern-
ments to replenish comparable stocks which ally or partner 
governments have provided to the Government of Ukraine,’’ 
after ‘‘and defense services’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 10 days 
before providing replenishment to an ally or partner govern-
ment pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall 
transmit to the congressional defense committees, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a notification 
containing the following: 
‘‘(A) An identification of the recipient foreign country. 
‘‘(B) A detailed description of the articles to be pro-
vided, including the dollar value, origin, and capabilities 
associated with the articles. 
‘‘(C) A detailed description of the articles provided to 
Ukraine to be replenished, including the dollar value, 
origin, and capabilities associated with the articles.
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‘‘(D) The impact on United States stocks and readiness 
of transferring the articles. 
‘‘(E) An assessment of any security, intellectual prop-
erty, or end use monitoring issues associated with transfer-
ring the articles.’’. 
(e) FUNDING.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) For fiscal year 2023, $800,000,000.’’. 
(f) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (h) of such section 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 
(g) WAIVER OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Such section is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (g) as subsection 
(i); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) EXPEDITED NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
15 days before providing assistance or support under subsection 
(a), or as far in advance as is practicable if the Secretary of Defense 
determines, on a case-by-case basis, that extraordinary cir-
cumstances exist that impact the national security of the United 
States, the Secretary shall transmit to the congressional defense 
committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives a notification containing a detailed description of the assist-
ance or support to be provided, including— 
‘‘(1) the objectives of such assistance or support; 
‘‘(2) the budget for such assistance or support; and 
‘‘(3) the expected or estimated timeline for delivery of such 
assistance or support.’’. 
SEC. 1242. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON MILITARY COOPERATION 
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA. 
Section 1232(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2488), is amended 
by striking ‘‘2021, or 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 
2025, 2026, or 2027’’. 
SEC. 1243. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND 
SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
Section 1234 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3936) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (24) as paragraph (26); 
and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (23) the following: 
‘‘(24) The impacts of United States sanctions on improve-
ments to the Russian military and its proxies, including an 
assessment of the impacts of the maintenance or revocation 
of such sanctions. 
‘‘(25) A detailed description of— 
‘‘(A) how Russian private military companies are being 
utilized to advance the political, economic, and military 
interests of the Russian Federation; 
‘‘(B) the direct or indirect threats Russian private mili-
tary companies present to United States security interests; 
and