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(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 provided under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Defense shall 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 CERTAIN OTHER 
COUNTRIES FOR TRAINING.— 
(1) AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT.—If the Secretary of Defense 
determines that the payment of incremental expenses in connec-
tion with training described in subsection (a)(1)(B) will facilitate 
the participation in such training of organization personnel 
of foreign countries specified in paragraph (2), the Secretary 
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) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Defense, 
$50,000,000 may be available for the provision of assistance 
and training under subsection (a). 
(2) NOTICE
ON
SOURCE
OF
FUNDS.—If the Secretary of 
Defense uses funds available to the Department pursuant to 
paragraph (1) to provide assistance and training under sub-
section (a) during a fiscal half-year of fiscal year 2016, not 
later than 30 days after the end of such fiscal half-year, the 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a notice on the account or accounts providing such funds. 
(g) NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days before exercising 
the authority under subsection (a) or (e) with respect to a 
recipient foreign country, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a notification con-
taining the following: 
(A) The recipient foreign country. 
(B) A detailed justification of the program for the provi-
sion of the assistance or training concerned, and its rela-
tionship to United States security interests. 
(C) The budget for the program, including a timetable 
of planned expenditures of funds to implement the program, 
an implementation timeline for the program with mile-
stones (including anticipated delivery schedules for any 
assistance under the program), the military department 
or component responsible for management of the program, 
and the anticipated completion date for the program. 
(D) A description of the arrangements, if any, to sup-
port host nation sustainment of any capability developed 
pursuant to the program, and the source of funds to support 
sustainment efforts and performance outcomes to be
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achieved under the program beyond its completion date, 
if applicable. 
(E) A description of the program objectives and an 
assessment framework to be used to develop capability 
and performance metrics associated with operational out-
comes for the recipient force. 
(F) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(2) 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 Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
(h) EXPIRATION.—Assistance and training may not be provided 
under this section after September 30, 2020. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 1271. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORIZA-
TION 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 Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113–291), is further amended by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’. 
(b) REVISION TO ANNUAL LIMITATION ON FUNDS.—Subsection 
(a) of such section 943 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Upon’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘an amount’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘may be’’ and inserting ‘‘amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the Department of Defense for operation 
and maintenance may be’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL LIMIT.—The total amount made available for 
support of non-conventional assisted recovery activities under 
this subsection in any fiscal year may not exceed $25,000,000.’’. 
(c) OVERSIGHT.—Subsection (b) of such section 943 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(b) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) PROCEDURES AND OVERSIGHT.— 
‘‘(1) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMMATIC AND POLICY OVERSIGHT.—The Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity 
Conflict shall have primary programmatic and policy oversight 
of non-conventional assisted recovery activities authorized by 
this section.’’.
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SEC. 1272. AMENDMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARMS CON-
TROL AND DISARMAMENT ACT. 
Subsection (e) of section 403 of the Arms Control and Disar-
mament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 15 of each year 
described in paragraph (2), the Director of National Intelligence 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report that contains a detailed assessment, consistent with 
the provision of classified information and intelligence sources 
and methods, of the adherence of other nations to obligations 
undertaken in all arms control, nonproliferation, and disar-
mament agreements or commitments to which the United 
States is a party, including information of cases in which any 
such nation has behaved inconsistently with respect to its 
obligations undertaken in such agreements or commitments. 
‘‘(2) COVERED YEAR.—A year described in this paragraph 
is a year in which the President fails to submit the report 
required by subsection (a) by not later than April 15 of such 
year. 
‘‘(3) FORM.—The report required by this subsection shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex if necessary.’’. 
SEC. 1273. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES 
TO ENHANCE THE CAPABILITY OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
TO RESPOND TO INCIDENTS INVOLVING WEAPONS OF 
MASS DESTRUCTION. 
Section 1204(h) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 897; 10 U.S.C. 
401 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
SEC. 1274. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR SUPPORT OF SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS TO COMBAT TERRORISM. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of section 1208 of the Ronald 
W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2086), as most recently 
amended by section 1208(a) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3541), is further amended 
by striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$85,000,000’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Subsection (c)(1) of such section 1208, as 
most recently amended by section 1202(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 2511), is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Upon using’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 
15 days before exercising’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘for support’’ and inserting ‘‘to initiate sup-
port’’; 
(3) by inserting after ‘‘for such an operation,’’ the following: 
‘‘or not later than 48 hours after exercising such authority 
provided in subsection (a) if the Secretary of Defense determines 
that extraordinary circumstances that impact the national secu-
rity of the United States exist,’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘expeditiously, and in any event within 
48 hours,’’.
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(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Subsection (f)(1) of such section 1208, 
as most recently amended by section 1202(c) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 2512), is further amended by striking ‘‘Not later than 120 
days after the close of each fiscal year during which subsection 
(a) is in effect’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016, and every 180 days thereafter’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsections 
(a) and (b) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and apply with respect to each fiscal year that begins on or after 
such date of enactment. 
SEC. 1275. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT 
THE ARMS TRADE TREATY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2016 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended 
to implement the Arms Trade Treaty, or to make any change 
to existing programs, projects, or activities as approved by Congress 
in furtherance of, pursuant to, or otherwise to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty, unless the Arms Trade Treaty has received the 
advice and consent of the Senate and has been the subject of 
implementing legislation, as required, by Congress. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to preclude the Department of Defense from assisting 
foreign countries in bringing their laws and regulations up to United 
States standards. 
SEC. 1276. REPORT ON THE SECURITY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 
UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC 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 Sec-
retary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the security relationship 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 security coopera-
tion 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 security rela-
tionship 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 lifting such 
United States policy. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and