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tified capability gaps and/or the need to establish 
new programs to address such gaps as are identified 
pursuant to paragraph (2). 
SEC. 1068. REPORT ON OPTIONS TO ACCELERATE THE 
TRAINING OF REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT 
PILOTS. 
Not later than February 1, 2016, the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report addressing the immediate and critical 
training and operational needs of the remotely piloted air-
craft community. The report shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the viability of using non- 
rated, civilian, contractor, or enlisted pilots to exe-
cute remotely piloted aircraft missions. 
(2) An assessment of the availability and exist-
ing utilization of special use airspace available for 
remotely piloted aircraft training and a plan for ac-
cessing additional special use airspace in order to 
meet anticipated training requirements for remotely 
piloted aircraft. 
(3) A comprehensive training plan aimed at in-
creasing the throughput of undergraduate remotely 
piloted aircraft training without sacrificing quality 
and standards. 
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(4) Establishment of an optimum ratio for the 
mix of training airframes to operational airframes in 
the remotely piloted aircraft inventory necessary to 
achieve manning requirements for pilots and sensor 
operators and, to the extent practicable, a plan for 
fielding additional remotely piloted aircraft air-
frames at the formal training units in the active, 
National Guard, and reserve components in accord-
ance with optimum ratios for MQ–9 and Global 
Hawk remotely piloted aircraft. 
(5) Establishment of optimum and minimum 
crew ratios to combat air patrols taking into account 
all tasks remotely piloted aircraft units execute and, 
to the extent practicable, a plan for conducting mis-
sions in accordance with optimum ratios. 
(6) Identification of any resource, legislative, or 
departmental policy challenges impeding the correc-
tive action needed to reach a sustainable remotely 
piloted aircraft operations tempo. 
(7) An assessment, to the extent practicable, of 
the direct and indirect impacts that the integration 
of remotely piloted aircraft into the national airspace 
system has on the ability to generate remotely pi-
loted aircraft crews. 
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(8) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
SEC. 1069. EXPEDITED MEETINGS OF THE NATIONAL COM-
MISSION ON THE FUTURE OF THE ARMY. 
Section 1702(f) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 
Stat. 3665) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘Section 10 of the Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I) shall not apply to a meeting 
of the Commission unless the meeting is attended by five 
or more members of the Commission.’’. 
Subtitle G—Repeal or Revision of 
National Defense Reporting Re-
quirements 
SEC. 1071. REPEAL OR REVISION OF REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATED TO MILITARY PERSONNEL 
ISSUES. 
(a) REPORTS
ON HEALTH PROTECTION QUALITY 
AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT DATA.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 1073b of title 10, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 55 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 1073b. 
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(b) REPORT ON VOTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS EF-
FECTIVENESS AND COMPLIANCE.—Section 1566(c) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ after the subsection head-
ing; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(c) REPORT ON AVIATION OFFICER RETENTION BO-
NUSES.—Section 301b(i) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ after the subsection head-
ing; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
(d) REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY 
INCENTIVE PAY.—Section 316a of title 37, United States 
Code, as amended by section 615(5) of this Act, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (f); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f). 
(e) REPORT ON USE OF WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR 
MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY APPOINTMENTS.—Section 
553 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 4346 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (e); and 
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(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (e). 
(f) REPORT ON INCREASE IN JUNIOR RESERVE OF-
FICERS’ TRAINING CORPS UNITS.—Subsection (e) of sec-
tion 548 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4466) is repealed. 
(g) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF YELLOW RIB-
BON REINTEGRATION PROGRAM.— 
(1) 
REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Section 
582(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 
U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended by striking para-
graph (4). 
(2) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 597 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C. 10101 note) 
is repealed. 
(h) REPORT ON STANDARDS OF FACILITIES.—Sec-
tion 1648 of the Wounded Warrior Act (title XVI of Pub-
lic Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended by 
striking subsection (f). 
(i) REPORT ON INSPECTIONS OF FACILITIES.—Sec-
tion 1662 of the Wounded Warrior Act (title XVI of Pub-
lic Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘(a) REQUIRED INSPECTIONS 
OF FACILITIES.—’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
(j) REPORT ON INSPECTIONS OF OTHER FACILI-
TIES.—Section 3307 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Vet-
erans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability 
Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28; 10 U.S.C. 
1073 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (d); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (d). 
(k) REPORT ON LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AS-
SISTANCE RELATED TO DOD ACTIVITIES.—Section 574 
of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 20 U.S.C. 
7703b note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 
SEC. 1072. REPEAL OR REVISION OF REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATING TO READINESS. 
(a) BIANNUAL REPORTS ON ALLOCATION OF FUNDS 
WITHIN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET SUB-
ACTIVITIES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking section 228. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 228. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT ON NAVAL PETROLEUM RE-
SERVES.—Section 7431 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking subsection (c). 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
COMBAT READINESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1013 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking section 
10542. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 10542. 
(d) INSIDER THREAT DETECTION BUDGET SUBMIS-
SION.—Section 922 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 
2224 note) is amended by striking subsection (f). 
(e) PRICE TREND ANALYSIS.—Section 892 of the Ike 
Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 2306a) is re-
pealed. 
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of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 112 Stat. 
1978) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (d); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (d). 
(k) QUARTERLY REPORT ON END STRENGTH.—Sec-
tion 8104 of the Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2014 (Division C of Public Law 113–76) is repealed. 
(l) QUARTERLY REPORT ON END STRENGTH.—Sec-
tion 8105 of the Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2013 (Division C of Public Law 113–6) is repealed. 
(m) REPORT ON DAVID L. BOREN NATIONAL SECU-
RITY EDUCATION ACT
OF 1991.—Section 806 of the 
David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 
(title VIII of Public Law 102–183; 50 U.S.C. 1906) is 
repealed. 
SEC. 1073. REPEAL OR REVISION OF REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATED TO NAVAL VESSELS AND 
MERCHANT MARINE. 
(a) REPORT ON NAMING OF NAVAL VESSELS.—Sec-
tion 7292 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subsection (d). 
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(b) REPORT ON TRANSFER OF VESSELS STRICKEN 
FROM NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER.—Section 7306 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (d); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 
(c) REPORTS ON MISSION MODULES OF LITTORAL 
COMBAT SHIP.—Section 126 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112– 
239; 126 Stat. 1657) is amended— 
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(a) 
DESIGNATION
RE-
QUIRED.—’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
(d) REPORT ON ASSESSMENTS OF FIRST SHIP OF A 
SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM.—Section 124 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public 
Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 7291 note) is repealed. 
(e) REPORT ON COST ESTIMATE OF CVN–79.—Sec-
tion 122 of the John Warner National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 
Stat. 2104), as most recently amended by section 121 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66), is amended by striking sub-
section (f). 
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(f) ANNUAL REPORT
OF MARITIME ADMINISTRA-
TION.— 
(1) ELIMINATION OF REPORT AND REVISION OF 
REMAINING REQUIREMENT.—Section 50111 of title 
46, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 50111. Submission of annual MARAD authorization 
request 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date on which the President 
submits to Congress a budget for a fiscal year pursuant 
to section 1105 of title 31, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate the 
Maritime Administration authorization request for that 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) MARITIME
ADMINISTRATION
REQUEST
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘Maritime Administra-
tion authorization request’ means a proposal for legisla-
tion that, for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(1) recommends authorizations of appropria-
tions for the Maritime Administration for that fiscal 
year, including with respect to matters described in 
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subsection 109(j) of title 49 or authorized in subtitle 
V of this title; and 
‘‘(2) addresses any other matter with respect to 
the Maritime Administration that the Secretary de-
termines is appropriate.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 501 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 50111 and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘50111. Submission of annual MARAD authorization request.’’. 
(g) DISCRETIONARY REPORTS NO LONGER NEED-
ED.—The Secretary of the Navy is not required to submit 
to the congressional defense committees— 
(1) a report, or updates to such a report, on 
open architecture as described in Senate Report 
110–077; or 
(2) a monthly report on Ford class aircraft car-
riers not otherwise required by law. 
SEC. 1074. REPEAL OR REVISION OF REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATED TO NUCLEAR, PROLIFERA-
TION, AND RELATED MATTERS. 
(a) REPORT ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUNCIL.—Sec-
tion 179 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subsection (g). 
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(b) REPORT ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIA-
TIVE.—Section 1821(b) of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (50 
U.S.C. 2911) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(c) BRIEFINGS
ON DIALOGUE BETWEEN UNITED 
STATES
AND
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
ON
NUCLEAR 
ARMS.—Section 1282 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 22 
U.S.C. 5951 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (a) and (b), respectively. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR WHOLE-OF- GOV-
ERNMENT VISION PRESCRIBED IN THE NATIONAL SECU-
RITY STRATEGY.—Section 1072 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 
81; 50 U.S.C. 3043 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b). 
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SEC. 1075. REPEAL OR REVISION OF REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATED TO MISSILE DEFENSE. 
(a) REPORT
ON MISSILE DEFENSE EXECUTIVE 
BOARD ACTIVITIES.—Section 232 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 
81; 125 Stat. 1339) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b). 
(b) REPORT ON GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DE-
FENSE PROGRAM.—Section 234 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 
81; 125 Stat. 1340) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 1076. REPEAL OR REVISION OF REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATED TO ACQUISITION. 
(a) REPORT
ON
FOREIGN
PURCHASES.—Section 
8305 of title 41, United States Code, is repealed, and the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 83 of such 
title is amended by striking the item relating to that sec-
tion. 
(b) REPORT ON COST ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES.— 
Section 2334 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
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(1) by striking subsection (f); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f). 
(c) REPORT ON PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND 
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSES.—Section 2438 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (f). 
SEC. 1077. REPEAL OR REVISION OF REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATED TO CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. 
(a) REPORT ON PILOT PROGRAM FOR EXCHANGE OF 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PERSONNEL.—Section 1110 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2493) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (i); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (i); and 
(3) in subsection (i), as so redesignated, by 
striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) any employee whose assignment is allowed 
to continue by virtue of paragraph (1) shall be taken 
into account for purposes of the numerical limitation 
under subsection (h).’’. 
(b) REPORT ON EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM FOR SCI-
ENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.—Section 1101 of 
the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act 
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for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 112 Stat. 
2139) is amended by striking subsection (g). 
SEC. 1078. REPEAL OR REVISION OF MISCELLANEOUS RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORT ON REWARDS FOR COMBATING TER-
RORISM.—Section 127b of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (f); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f). 
(b) REPORT ON TECHNOLOGICAL MATURITY AND IN-
TEGRATION RISK OF CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 
138(b)(8) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(2) by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘assess the technological maturity’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall periodically review and assess the 
technological maturity’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period. 
(c) REPORT ON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING.—Section 
139b(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); 
(3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘or (2)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sys-
tems engineering master plans and’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, 
systems engineering master plans,’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (C); by striking ‘‘sys-
tems engineering, development planning,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘development planning’’; and 
(E) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (F); 
(4) by transferring subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
of paragraph (4) to the end of paragraph (2), as so 
redesignated, and redesignating those subparagraphs 
as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and 
(5) by striking paragraph (4). 
(d) REPORT ON REGIONAL DEFENSE COUNTERTER-
RORISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—Section 2249c of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection 
(c). 
(e) REPORT ON DARPA.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 2352 of title 10, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 139 of title 10, 
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United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 2352. 
(f) REPORT ON AIRLIFT REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
112 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1654) is re-
pealed. 
(g) REPORT ON IN-KIND PAYMENTS.—Section 2805 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2149) is repealed. 
(h) REPORT ON AIRBORNE SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE, 
SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES.— 
Section 112(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111– 
383; 124 Stat. 4153) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3). 
(i) REPORTS ON STATUS OF NAVY NEXT GENERA-
TION ENTERPRISE NETWORKS PROGRAM.—Section 1034 
of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 
4593) is repealed. 
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Subtitle H—Other Matters 
SEC. 1081. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Title 10, United States Code, is amended as fol-
lows: 
(1) The heading of section 153(a)(5) is amend-
ed to read as follows: ‘‘JOINT FORCE DEVELOPMENT 
ACTIVITIES.—’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of 
subchapter I of chapter 21 is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 429 the following 
new item: 
‘‘430. Tactical exploitation of national capabilities executive agent.’’. 
(3) Section 2679, as transferred, redesignated, 
and amended by section 351 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3346), is amended in subsection 
(a)(1) by striking ‘‘with’’ before ‘‘, on a sole source’’. 
(4) Section 2687a(d)(2) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘fair market’’ before ‘‘value’’. 
(5) Section 2926, as added and amended by 
section 901(g) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 
128 Stat. 3464), is amended in subsections (a), (b), 
(c), and (d) by striking ‘‘for Installations, Energy,’’ 
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each place it appears and inserting ‘‘for Energy, In-
stallations,’’. 
(6) Subsection (d)(4) of section 9314a, as re-
designated by section 591(a) of this Act, is amended 
by striking ‘‘only so long at’’ and inserting ‘‘only so 
long as’’. 
(b) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
FISCAL YEAR 2015.—Effective as of December 19, 2014, 
and as if included therein as enacted, the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291) is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 351(b)(1) (128 Stat. 3346) is 
amended by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 
(2) Section 901(g)(1)(F) (128 Stat. 3465) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘paragraph (4) of’’ before 
‘‘subsection (b) of section 2926’’. 
(3) Section 1072(a)(2) (128 Stat. 3516) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘in the table of sections’’ be-
fore ‘‘at the beginning of’’. 
(4) Section 1079(a)(1) (128 Stat. 3521) is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 12102 of title 42, 
United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3 of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12102)’’. 
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(5) Section 1104(b)(2) (128 Stat. 3526) is 
amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’. 
(6) Section 1208 (128 Stat. 3541) is amended 
by striking ‘‘of Fiscal Year’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘for Fiscal Year’’. 
(7) Section 2803(a) (128 Stat. 3696) is amend-
ed in paragraph (2) of the subsection (f) being 
added by the amendment to be made by that section 
by inserting ‘‘section’’ before ‘‘1105 of title 31’’. 
(8) Section 2832(c)(3) (128 Stat. 3704) is 
amended by striking ‘‘United State Code’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States Code’’. 
(9) Section 3006(i) (128 Stat. 3744) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Section 
8’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 18’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘S1/2 
N1/2 SE’’ and inserting ‘‘S1/2 N1/2 SE1/4’’. 
(10) Section 3023 (128 Stat. 3762) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respec-
tively; 
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(B) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
in the matter being added by subparagraph 
(C)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘has been waived,’’ 
after ‘‘expired,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the permit or lease 
required’’ and inserting ‘‘the allotment 
management plan, permit, or lease re-
quired’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 
in the matter being added as subsection 
(h)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a grazing permit or 
lease’’ in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A) of such subsection and inserting 
‘‘an allotment management plan or grazing 
permit or lease’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A) of such sub-
section, by striking ‘‘permit or lease’’ and 
inserting ‘‘allotment management plan, 
permit, or lease’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)(i) of such 
subsection, by striking ‘‘lease or permit’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘allotment 
management 
plan, permit, or lease’’; and 
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(D) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
so redesignated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, with respect to lands within 
National Forests in the sixteen contiguous Western 
States’ and inserting ‘on National Forest System 
land by the Secretary of Agriculture (notwith-
standing, for purposes of this section, the definition 
in section 103(p))’;’’. 
(11) Section 3024 (16 U.S.C. 6214; 128 Stat. 
3764) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (e), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘report 
using National Median Price values’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘by regulation establish criteria pursuant 
to which the annual fee determined in ac-
cordance with this section may be sus-
pended or reduced temporarily’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘provide for suspension or reduction 
temporarily of the annual fee determined 
in accordance with this section’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘by regulation’’. 
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(c) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
FISCAL YEAR 2009.—Section 943(d)(1) of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4578) by 
striking the second period at the end of the first sentence. 
(d) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
FISCAL YEAR 2005.—Section 1208(f)(2) of the Ronald 
W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2086), as 
amended by section 1202(a) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110– 
181; 122 Stat. 363) and section 1202(c) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111–84; 123 Stat 2512), is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating the paragraphs (1) 
through (8) added by section 1202(c) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat 2512) as sub-
paragraphs (A) through (H), respectively; and 
(2) by moving the margins of such subpara-
graphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the right. 
(e) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
AMENDMENTS 
MADE BY THIS ACT.—For purposes of applying amend-
ments made by provisions of this Act other than this sec-
tion, the amendments made by this section shall be treated 
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as having been enacted immediately before any such 
amendments by other provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 1082. EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR THE OVERSIGHT AND 
MANAGEMENT OF ALTERNATIVE COMPEN-
SATORY CONTROL MEASURES. 
(a) EXECUTIVE AGENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 21 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end of the following new section: 
‘‘§ 430a. Executive agent for management and over-
sight of alternative compensatory control 
measures 
‘‘(a) EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall designate a senior official from among the personnel 
of the Department of Defense to act as the Department 
of Defense executive agent for the management and over-
sight of alternative compensatory control measures. 
‘‘(b) ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND
AUTHORI-
TIES.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the roles, 
responsibilities, and authorities of the executive agent des-
ignated under subsection (a). Such roles, responsibilities, 
and authorities shall include the development of an annual 
management and oversight plan for Department-wide ac-
countability and reporting to the congressional defense 
committees.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such subchapter is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘430a. Executive agent for management and oversight of alternative compen-
satory control measures.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the close 
of each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the oversight and management of al-
ternative compensatory control measures. Each such re-
port shall include— 
(1) the annual management and oversight plan 
required under section 430a(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a); 
(2) a discussion of the scope and number of al-
ternative compensatory control measures in effect; 
and 
(3) any other matters the Secretary of Defense 
determines appropriate. 
SEC. 1083. NAVY SUPPORT OF OCEAN RESEARCH ADVISORY 
PANEL. 
Section 7903 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subsection (c). 
SEC. 1084. LEVEL OF READINESS OF CIVIL RESERVE AIR 
FLEET CARRIERS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The National Airlift Policy states that 
‘‘[t]he national defense airlift objective is to ensure 
that military and civil airlift resources will be able 
to meet defense mobilization and deployment re-
quirements in support of US defense and foreign 
policies.’’. 
(2) The National Airlift Policy also emphasizes 
the need for ‘‘dialogue and cooperation with our na-
tional aviation industry,’’ and it states that ‘‘[i]t is 
of particular importance that the aviation industry 
be apprised by the Department of Defense of long- 
term requirements for airlift in support of national 
defense.’’. 
(3) The National Airlift Policy emphasizes the 
importance of both military and civil airlift resources 
and their interdependence in the fulfillment of the 
national defense airlift objective, and it states that 
the ‘‘Department of Defense shall establish appro-
priate levels for peacetime cargo airlift augmentation 
in order to promote the effectiveness of Civil Reserve 
Air Fleet and provide training within the military 
airlift system.’’. 
(4) Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers continue to 
be an important component of the military airlift 
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system in support of United States defense and for-
eign policies. 
(b) LEVEL OF READINESS OF CIVIL RESERVE AIR 
FLEET CARRIERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 931 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 9517. Level of readiness of Civil Reserve Air Fleet 
carriers 
‘‘(a) POLICY.—The Civil Reserve Air Fleet program 
is an important component of the military airlift system 
in support of United States defense and foreign policies, 
and it is the policy of the United States to maintain the 
readiness and interoperability of Civil Reserve Air Fleet 
carriers by providing appropriate levels of peacetime airlift 
augmentation to maintain networks and infrastructure, 
exercise the system, and interface effectively within the 
military airlift system. 
‘‘(b) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—On the day the Presi-
dent submits the budget for a fiscal year to Congress, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
that sets forth, for each fiscal year during the period cov-
ered by the current future-years defense program under 
section 221 of this title, each of the following, expressed 
separately for passenger and cargo airlift services: 
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‘‘(1) The results (including analytical and jus-
tification materials) of an assessment, conducted in 
consultation with the Civil Reserve Air Fleet car-
riers, of the level of commercial airlift augmentation 
necessary to maintain the readiness and interoper-
ability of such carriers, maintain networks and in-
frastructure, exercise the system, and facilitate the 
regular interfacing between such carriers and the 
military airlift system, which shall include— 
‘‘(A) a projection of the number of block 
hours necessary to achieve such levels of com-
mercial airlift augmentation; 
‘‘(B) a strategic plan for achieving such 
level of commercial airlift augmentation; and 
‘‘(C) an explanation of any deviation from 
the previous fiscal year’s assessment of the pro-
jected number of block hours under subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(2) A comparison (including analytical and 
justification materials and explanations of any devi-
ations) of the forecasted number of block hours for 
each fiscal year of the period covered by the report 
with the projected number of block hours under 
paragraph (1)(A) for each such fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) The term ‘budget’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 231(f) of this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘defense budget materials’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 231(f) of this 
title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘9517. Level of Readiness of Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers.’’. 
(3) DEFINITION OF CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET 
PROGRAM.—Section 9511 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) The term ‘Civil Reserve Air Fleet pro-
gram’ means the program developed by the Depart-
ment of Defense through which the Department of 
Defense augments its airlift capability by use of civil 
aircraft.’’. 
SEC. 1085. AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSFER OF SURPLUS 
FIREARMS TO CORPORATION FOR THE PRO-
MOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE AND FIREARMS 
SAFETY . 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40728 of title 36, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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‘‘(h) AUTHORIZED TRANSFERS.—The Secretary may 
transfer to the corporation, in accordance with the proce-
dure prescribed in this subchapter, surplus firearms and 
spare parts and related accessories for those firearms that 
on the date of the enactment of this subsection are under 
the control of the Secretary and are excess to the require-
ments of the Department of the Army, and such material 
as may be recovered by the Secretary pursuant to section 
40728A(a) of this title. The Secretary shall determine a 
reasonable schedule for the transfer of these excess fire-
arms.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such title is further amended— 
(1) in section 40278A— 
(A) by striking ‘‘rifles’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘surplus firearms’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 
40731(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 40732(a)’’; 
(2) in section 40729(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘de-
scribed in section 40728(a) of this title’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘firearms 
described in section 40728(a) of this title’’ and 
inserting ‘‘surplus firearms’’; and 
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(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘caliber 
.30 and caliber .22 rimfire rifles’’ and inserting 
‘‘firearms’’; and 
(3) in section 40732— 
(A) by striking ‘‘caliber .22 rimfire and 
caliber .30 surplus rifles’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘surplus firearms’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘is over 
18 years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘is legally of 
age’’. 
SEC. 1086. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANS-
FERRING AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE AIR FORCE 
INVENTORY. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—Section 345 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2011 (Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 8062 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking the first sentence and in-
serting the following: ‘‘Before making an air-
craft transfer described in subsection (c), the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that a 
written agreement regarding such transfer has 
been entered into between the Chief of Staff of 
the Air Force and the Director of the Air Na-
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tional Guard or the Chief of Air Force Re-
serve.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘depot’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) SUBMITTAL OF AGREEMENTS TO THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE AND CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
the Air Force may not take any action to transfer an air-
craft until the Secretary ensures that the Air Force has 
complied with applicable Department of Defense regula-
tions and, for a transfer described in subsection (c)(1), 
until the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees an agreement entered into pursuant to sub-
section (a) regarding the transfer of the aircraft.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(c) COVERED AIRCRAFT TRANSFERS.— 
‘‘(1) COVERED TRANSFERS.—An aircraft trans-
fer described in this subsection is the transfer (other 
than as specified in paragraph (2)) from a reserve 
component of the Air Force to the regular compo-
nent of the Air Force of— 
‘‘(A) the permanent assignment of an air-
craft that terminates a reserve component’s eq-
uitable interest in the aircraft; or 
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‘‘(B) possession of an aircraft for a period 
in excess of 90 days. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not 
apply to the following: 
‘‘(A) A routine temporary transfer of pos-
session of an aircraft from a reserve component 
that is made solely for the benefit of the reserve 
component for the purpose of maintenance, up-
grade, conversion, modification, or testing and 
evaluation. 
‘‘(B) A routine permanent transfer of as-
signment of an aircraft that terminates a re-
serve component’s equitable interest in the air-
craft if notice of the transfer has previously 
been provided to the congressional defense com-
mittees and the transfer has been approved by 
the Secretary of Defense pursuant to Depart-
ment of Defense regulations. 
‘‘(C) A transfer described in paragraph 
(1)(A) when there is a reciprocal permanent as-
signment of an aircraft from the regular compo-
nent of the Air Force to the reserve component 
that does not degrade the capability of, or re-
duce the total number of, aircraft assigned to 
the reserve component. 
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‘‘(d) RETURN OF AIRCRAFT AFTER ROUTINE TEM-
PORARY TRANSFER.—In the case of an aircraft trans-
ferred from a reserve component of the Air Force to the 
regular component of the Air Force for which an agree-
ment under subsection (a) is not required by reason of 
subsection (c)(2)(A), possession of the aircraft shall be 
transferred back to the reserve component upon comple-
tion of the work described in subsection (c)(2)(A).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a)(7) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘Commander of 
the Air Force Reserve Command’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief 
of Air Force Reserve’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
TO DELETE REF-
ERENCES TO AIRCRAFT OWNERSHIP.—Subsection (a) of 
such section is further amended by striking ‘‘the owner-
ship of’’ in paragraphs (2)(A), (2)(C), and (3). 
SEC. 1087. REESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION TO ASSESS 
THE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM 
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE ATTACK. 
(a) REESTABLISHMENT.—The commission estab-
lished pursuant to title XIV of the Floyd D. Spence Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as 
enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 
1654A–345), and reestablished pursuant to section 1052 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
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2006 (Public Law 109–163; 50 U.S.C. 2301 note), known 
as the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United 
States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, is hereby rees-
tablished. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission as reestablished 
shall have the same membership as the Commission had 
as of the date of the submission of the report of the Com-
mission pursuant to section 1403(a) of such Act, as 
amended by such section 1052. Service on the Commission 
is voluntary, and Commissioners may elect to terminate 
their service on the Commission. If a Commissioner is un-
willing or unable to serve on the Commission, the Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the chairmen and 
ranking members of the Committees on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall ap-
point a new member to fill that vacancy. 
(c) COMMISSION CHARTER DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Commission charter’’ means title XIV of 
the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 
106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–345 et seq.), as amended by 
section 1052 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 50 U.S.C. 
2301 note) and section 1073 of the John Warner National 
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Defense Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 
120 Stat. 2403). 
(d) EXPANDED PURPOSE.—Section 1401(b) of the 
Commission charter (114 Stat. 1654A–345) is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘, from non-nuclear EMP weapons, from natural EMP 
generated by geomagnetic storms, and from proposed uses 
in the military doctrines of potential adversaries of using 
EMP weapons in combination with other attack vectors.’’. 
(e) DUTIES OF COMMISSION.—Section 1402 of the 
Commission charter (114 Stat. 1654A–346) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1402. DUTIES OF COMMISSION. 
‘‘The Commission shall assess the following: 
‘‘(1) The vulnerability of electric-dependent 
military systems in the United States to a manmade 
or natural EMP event, giving special attention to 
the progress made by the Department of Defense, 
other Government departments and agencies of the 
United States, and entities of the private sector in 
taking steps to protect such systems from such an 
event. 
‘‘(2) The evolving current and future threat 
from state and non-state actors of a manmade EMP 
attack employing nuclear or non-nuclear weapons. 
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‘‘(3) New technologies, operational procedures, 
and contingency planning that can protect elec-
tronics and electric-dependent military systems from 
a manmade or natural EMP event. 
‘‘(4) Among the States, if State grids are 
islanded for protection against manmade or natural 
EMP, which States should receive highest priority 
for protecting critical defense assets and for maxi-
mizing survival of the national population.’’. 
(f) REPORT.—Section 1403 of the Commission char-
ter (114 Stat. 1654A–345) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2017’’. 
(g) TERMINATION.—Section 1049 of the Commission 
charter (114 Stat. 1654A–348) is amended by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, as amended 
by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016’’. 
SEC. 1088. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGY FOR 
COUNTERING UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the President and the Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall develop a strategy 
for the Department of Defense to counter unconventional 
warfare threats posed by adversarial state and non-state 
actors. 
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(7) Recommendations for improving interagency 
coordination and support mechanisms with respect 
to countering unconventional warfare threats. 
(8) Recommendations for the establishment of 
joint doctrine to support counter-unconventional 
warfare capabilities within the Department of De-
fense. 
(9) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense 
and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff deter-
mine necessary. 
(c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees the strategy required by subsection (a). The 
strategy shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
(d) DEFINITION OF UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘unconventional warfare’’ means 
activities conducted to enable a resistance movement or 
insurgency to coerce, disrupt, or overthrow a government 
or occupying power by operating through or with an un-
derground, auxiliary, or guerrilla force in a denied area. 
SEC. 1089. MINE COUNTERMEASURES MASTER PLAN. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—At the same time the budget 
is submitted to Congress for each of fiscal years 
2018 through 2023, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a 
mine countermeasures (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as ‘‘MCM’’) master plan. Each such plan 
shall include each of the following: 
(A) An evaluation of the capabilities, ca-
pacities, requirements, and readiness levels of 
the defensive capabilities of the Navy for MCM, 
including an assessment of the dedicated MCM 
force as well as the capabilities of ships, air-
craft, and submarines that are not yet dedi-
cated to MCM but could be modified to carry 
mine warfare capabilities. 
(B) An evaluation of the ability of units to 
properly command and control air and surface 
MCM forces from fleet level down through to 
element level and to provide necessary oper-
ational and tactical control and awareness of 
such forces to facilitate mission accomplishment 
and defense. 
(C) An assessment of technologies having 
promising potential for use for improving mine 
warfare and of programs for transitioning such 
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technologies from the testing and evaluation 
phases to procurement. 
(D) A fiscal plan to support the master 
plan through the Future Years Defense Plan. 
(E) A plan for inspection of each asset 
with mine warfare responsibilities, require-
ments, and capabilities, which shall include pro-
posed methods to ensure the material readiness 
of each asset and the training level of the force, 
a general summary, and readiness trends. 
(2) FORM
OF
SUBMISSION.—Each plan sub-
mitted under paragraph (1)(E) shall be in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex ad-
dressing the capability and capacity to meet oper-
ational plans and contingency requirements. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report containing the recommendations of the 
Secretary regarding the force structure and ensuring the 
operational effectiveness of the surface mine warfare force 
through 2025 based on current capabilities and capacity, 
replacement schedules, and service life extensions or re-
tirement schedules. Such report shall include an assess-
ment of the MCM vessels, including the decommissioned 
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MCM–1 and MCM–2 ships and the potential of such ships 
for reserve operating status. 
SEC. 1090. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION AND BRIEFING 
REQUIREMENT ON ORDERED EVACUATIONS 
OF UNITED STATES EMBASSIES AND CON-
SULATES INVOLVING THE USE OF UNITED 
STATES ARMED FORCES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that in order to ensure the safety and security of 
members of the Armed Forces of the United States over-
seas— 
(1) members of the Armed Forces of the United 
States should have the proper authorized resources 
at all times to protect themselves while participating 
in an ordered evacuation of a United States embassy 
or consulate abroad; and 
(2) no restrictions should be placed on the abil-
ity of members of the Armed Forces of the United 
States to maintain on their person and use author-
ized weapons and equipment for personal and evac-
uee security at all times and to take authorized pro-
tective actions subject to applicable law and orders 
from the chain of command, during an ordered evac-
uation of a United States embassy or consulate. 
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(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of State shall provide joint 
notification to the appropriate congressional committees 
as soon as practicable after the initiation of an ordered 
evacuation of a United States embassy or consulate involv-
ing the use of United States Armed Forces. 
(c) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of State shall provide a joint brief-
ing to the appropriate congressional committees not later 
than 15 days after the initiation of an ordered evacuation 
of a United States embassy or consulate involving the use 
of the United States Armed Forces. 
(d) ELEMENTS.—Each notification under subsection 
(a) and briefing under subsection (b) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An overview of the ordered evacuation. 
(2) The status of all personnel assigned to the 
embassy or consulate, including United States citi-
zens and locally-employed staff. 
(3) The status of the embassy or consulate, in-
cluding whether the embassy or consulate was se-
cured and all classified or otherwise sensitive mate-
rial destroyed upon departure. 
(4) An overview of the manner and location 
from which the Department of State will continue to 
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conduct the duties and responsibilities of the em-
bassy or consulate. 
(5) A description of the disposition of United 
States Government property and whether such prop-
erty was destroyed, disabled, abandoned or otherwise 
left behind, or remains in the possession of United 
States Government personnel. 
(6) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense 
and Secretary of State determine to be relevant. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1091. DETERMINATION AND DISCLOSURE OF TRANS-
PORTATION 
COSTS 
INCURRED 
BY 
SEC-
RETARY OF DEFENSE FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
TRIPS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) DETERMINATION AND DISCLOSURE OF COSTS BY 
SECRETARY.—In the case of a trip taken by a Member, 
officer, or employee of the House of Representatives or 
Senate in carrying out official duties outside the United 
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States for which the Department of Defense provides 
transportation, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) determine the cost of the transportation 
provided with respect to the Member, officer, or em-
ployee; 
(2) not later than 10 days after completion of 
the trip involved, provide a written statement of the 
cost— 
(A) to the Member, officer, or employee in-
volved, and 
(B) to the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives (in the case of 
a trip taken by a Member, officer, or employee 
of the House) or the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate (in the case of a trip 
taken by a Member, officer, or employee of the 
Senate); and 
(3) upon providing a written statement under 
paragraph (2), make the statement available for 
viewing on the Secretary’s official public website 
until the expiration of the 4-year period which be-
gins on the final day of the trip involved. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not apply with 
respect to any trip the sole purpose of which is to visit 
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one or more United States military installations or to visit 
United States military personnel in a war zone (or both). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MEMBER.—The term ‘‘Member’’, with re-
spect to the House of Representatives, includes a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 
(2) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’ means the several States, the District of Co-
lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any 
other territory or possession of the United States. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to trips taken on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, except that this section does not apply 
with respect to any trip which began prior to such date. 
SEC. 1092. INTERAGENCY HOSTAGE RECOVERY COORDI-
NATOR. 
(a) INTERAGENCY HOSTAGE RECOVERY COORDI-
NATOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall designate an existing Federal officer to coordi-
nate efforts to secure the release of United States 
persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state 
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sponsors of terrorism. For purposes of carrying out 
the duties described in paragraph (2), such officer 
shall have the title of ‘‘Interagency Hostage Recov-
ery Coordinator’’. 
(2) DUTIES.—The Coordinator shall have the 
following duties: 
(A) Coordinate and direct all activities of 
the Federal Government relating to each hos-
tage situation described in paragraph (1) to en-
sure efforts to secure the release of all hostages 
in the hostage situation are properly resourced 
and correct lines of authority are established 
and maintained. 
(B) Establish and direct a fusion cell con-
sisting of appropriate personnel of the Federal 
Government with purview over each hostage sit-
uation described in paragraph (1). 
(C) Develop a strategy to keep family 
members of hostages described in paragraph (1) 
informed of the status of such hostages and in-
form such family members of updates, proce-
dures, and policies that do not compromise the 
national security of the United States. 
(b) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—The authority of 
the Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator shall be 
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limited to countries that are state sponsors of terrorism 
and areas designated as hazardous for which hostile fire 
and imminent danger pay are payable to members of the 
Armed Forces for duty performed in such area. 
(c) QUARTERLY REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On a quarterly basis, the 
Coordinator shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and the members of Congress de-
scribed in paragraph (2) a report that includes a 
summary of each hostage situation described in sub-
section (a)(1) and efforts to secure the release of all 
hostages in such hostage situation. 
(2) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DESCRIBED.—The 
members of Congress described in this subparagraph 
are, with respect to a United States person hostage 
covered by a report under paragraph (1), the Sen-
ators representing the State, and the Member, Dele-
gate, or Resident Commissioner of the House of 
Representatives representing the district, where a 
hostage described in subjection (a)(1) resides. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report under this 
subsection may be submitted in classified or unclas-
sified form. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as authorizing the Federal Govern-
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ment to negotiate with a state sponsor of terrorism or an 
organization that the Secretary of State has designated 
as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Coordinator’’ 
means the Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordi-
nator designated under subsection (a). 
(2) 
HOSTILE
GROUP.—The 
term 
‘‘hostile 
group’’ means— 
(A) a group that is designated as a foreign 
terrorist organization under section 219(a) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189(a)); 
(B) a group that is engaged in armed con-
flict with the United States; or 
(C) any other group that the President de-
termines to be a hostile group for purposes of 
this paragraph. 
(3) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—The term 
‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’— 
(A) means a country the government of 
which the Secretary of State has determined, 
for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1979, section 620A of the 
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Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of 
the Arms Export Control Act, or any other pro-
vision of law, to be a government that has re-
peatedly provided support for acts of inter-
national terrorism; and 
(B) includes North Korea. 
SEC. 1093. SITUATIONS INVOLVING BOMBINGS OF PLACES 
OF PUBLIC USE, GOVERNMENT FACILITIES, 
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, AND IN-
FRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 18 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 383. Situations involving bombings of places of 
public use, Government facilities, public 
transportation systems, and infrastruc-
ture facilities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The direct participation of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces assigned to explosive ordnance 
disposal (EOD) units providing support to civilian law en-
forcement agencies does not involve search, seizure, arrest 
or other similar activity. Upon the request of the Attorney 
General, the Secretary of Defense may provide such assist-
ance in Department of Justice activities related to the en-
forcement of section 2332f of title 18 during situations 
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involving bombings of places of public use, Government 
facilities, public transportation systems, and infrastruc-
ture facilities. 
‘‘(b) MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of 
Defense, through mutual aid agreement with the Attorney 
General shall, in the interest of public safety, waive reim-
bursement on military EOD support of Department of 
Justice activities related to the enforcement of section 
2332f of title 18 for situations involving bombings of 
places of public use, Government facilities, public trans-
portation systems, and infrastructure facilities. 
‘‘(c) RENDERING-SAFE
SUPPORT.—Military EOD 
units providing rendering-safe support to Department of 
Justice activities relating to the enforcement of section 
175, 229, or 2332a of title 18 emergency situations involv-
ing weapons of mass destruction shall be consistent with 
the provisions of section 382 of this title. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘explosive ordnance’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) bombs and warheads; 
‘‘(ii) guided and ballistic missiles; 
‘‘(iii) artillery, mortar, rocket, and 
small arms ammunition; 
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‘‘(iv) all mines, torpedoes, and depth 
charges; 
‘‘(v) grenades demolition charges; 
‘‘(vi) pyrotechnics; 
‘‘(vii) clusters and dispensers; 
‘‘(viii) cartridge- and propellant– actu-
ated devices; 
‘‘(ix) electroexplosives devices; 
‘‘(x) clandestine and improvised explo-
sive devices (IEDs); and 
‘‘(xi) all similar or related items or 
components explosive in nature; and 
‘‘(B) includes all munitions containing ex-
plosives, propellants, nuclear fission or fusion 
materials, and biological and chemical agents. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘explosive ordnance disposal pro-
cedures’ means those particular courses or modes of 
action for access to, recovery, rendering–safe, and 
final disposal of explosive ordnance or any hazardous 
material associated with an EOD incident, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) access procedures; 
‘‘(B) recovery procedures; 
‘‘(C) render-safe procedures; and 
‘‘(D) final disposal procedures.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘383. Situations involving bombings of places of public use, Government facili-
ties, public transportation systems, and infrastructure facili-
ties.’’. 
SEC. 1094. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TECHNICAL 
CORRECTION. 
It is the sense of Congress that a technical correction 
to the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2015 
(Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3881) should be enacted 
in order to expeditiously carry out the intent of such sec-
tion 3095. 
SEC. 1095. OBSERVANCE OF VETERANS DAY. 
(a) TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE.—Chapter 1 of title 
36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 145. Veterans Day 
‘‘The President shall issue each year a proclamation 
calling on the people of the United States to observe two 
minutes of silence on Veterans Day in honor of the service 
and sacrifice of veterans throughout the history of the Na-
tion, beginning at— 
‘‘(1) 3:11 pm Atlantic standard time; 
‘‘(2) 2:11 pm eastern standard time; 
‘‘(3) 1:11 pm central standard time; 
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‘‘(4) 12:11 pm mountain standard time; 
‘‘(5) 11:11 am Pacific standard time; 
‘‘(6) 10:11 am Alaska standard time; and 
‘‘(7) 9:11 am Hawaii-Aleutian standard time.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 1 of title 36, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘145. Veterans Day.’’. 
SEC. 1096. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS OF DECISION TO 
MAINTAIN C130J AIRCRAFT AT KEESLER AIR 
FORCE BASE, MISSISSIPPI. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall con-
duct a business case analysis of the decision to maintain 
10 C-130J aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. 
Such analysis shall include consideration of— 
(1) any efficiencies or cost savings that would 
be achieved by transferring such aircraft to Little 
Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas; 
(2) any effects of such decision on the operation 
of the air mobility command; and 
(3) the short-term and long-term costs of main-
taining such aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base. 
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SEC. 1097. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CYBER RESIL-
IENCY OF NATIONAL GUARD NETWORKS AND 
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) National Guard personnel need to have situ-
ational awareness and reliable communications in 
the event of an emergency, terrorist attack, or nat-
ural or man-made disaster; 
(2) in the event of such an emergency, attack, 
or disaster, the ability of the National Guard per-
sonnel to communicate and coordinate response is 
vital; 
(3) current communications and networking 
systems for the National Guard, including commer-
cial wireless solutions, such as mobile wireless ki-
netic mesh and other systems that are interoperable 
with the systems of civilian first responders, should 
provide the necessary robustness, interoperability, 
reliability, and resilience to extend needed situational 
awareness and communications to all users and 
under all operating conditions, including in degraded 
communications environments where infrastructure 
is damaged, destroyed, or under cyber attack or dis-
ruption; and 
(4) the National Guard should be constantly 
seeking ways to improve and expand its communica-
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tions and networking capabilities to provide for en-
hanced performance and resilience in the face of 
cyber attacks or disruptions, as well as other in-
stances of degradation. 
SEC. 1098. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PAID-FOR PATRIOTISM. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) while recruitment and advertising in sup-
port of the Armed Forces, including the National 
Guard and Reserves, is appropriate, the taxpayer 
should not have to pay any organization to honor 
the service of members of the Armed Forces; 
(2) instead of being paid by the Department of 
Defense to honor the service of members of the 
Armed Forces, these organizations should be moti-
vated by patriotism to honor the service of members 
of the Armed Forces out of their own free will; and 
(3) any funds that the Department of Defense 
would have used for purposes described in paragraph 
(1) should be redirected toward post-traumatic 
stress disorder research and treatment for members 
of the Armed Forces. 
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TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 
MATTERS 
SEC. 1101. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHOR-
ITY TO GRANT ALLOWANCES, BENEFITS, AND 
GRATUITIES TO CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON OF-
FICIAL DUTY IN A COMBAT ZONE. 
Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency 
Supplemental 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 1102 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3525), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 1102. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ALLOW-
ANCES AND BENEFITS FOR DEFENSE CLAN-
DESTINE SERVICE EMPLOYEES. 
Section 1603 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES AND BENEFITS FOR 
EMPLOYEES
OF
THE DEFENSE CLANDESTINE SERV-
ICE.—In addition to the authority to provide compensation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may pro-
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vide an employee in a defense intelligence position who is 
assigned to the Defense Clandestine Service allowances 
and benefits under paragraph (1) of section 9904 of title 
5 without regard to the limitations in that section— 
‘‘(1) that the employee be assigned to activities 
outside the United States; or 
‘‘(2) that the activities to which the employee is 
assigned be in support of Department of Defense ac-
tivities abroad.’’. 
SEC. 1103. EXTENSION OF RATE OF OVERTIME PAY FOR DE-
PARTMENT OF THE NAVY EMPLOYEES PER-
FORMING WORK ABOARD OR DOCKSIDE IN 
SUPPORT OF THE NUCLEAR-POWERED AIR-
CRAFT CARRIER FORWARD DEPLOYED IN 
JAPAN. 
Section 5542(a)(6)(B) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
SEC. 1104. MODIFICATION TO TEMPORARY AUTHORITIES 
FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS AT DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING 
FACILITIES. 
Section 1107 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 
888) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) NONCOMPETITIVE CONVERSION TO PERMA-
NENT APPOINTMENT.—With respect to any student 
appointed by the director of an STRL under para-
graph (3) to an indefinite or term appointment, 
upon graduation from the applicable institution of 
higher education (as defined in such paragraph), the 
director may noncompetitively convert such student 
to a permanent appointment within the STRL with-
out regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chap-
ter 33 of title 5, United States Code (other than sec-
tions 3303 and 3328 of such title), provided the stu-
dent meets all eligibility and Office of Personnel 
Management qualification requirements for the posi-
tion.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘6 percent’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘3 percent’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 percent’’. 
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SEC. 1105. PREFERENCE ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERS OF 
RESERVE 
COMPONENTS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES APPOINTED TO COMPETITIVE SERV-
ICE; CLARIFICATION OF APPEAL RIGHTS. 
(a) PREFERENCE ELIGIBILITY.—Section 2108 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (G)(iii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by inserting the following after sub-
paragraph (H): 
‘‘(I) an individual who is a member of a re-
serve component of the armed forces: 
‘‘(i) who has— 
‘‘(I) successfully completed offi-
cer candidate training or entry level 
and skill training; and 
‘‘(II) incurred, or is performing, 
an initial period of obligated service in 
a reserve component of the armed 
forces of not less than 6 consecutive 
years; or 
‘‘(ii) who has completed at least 10 
years of service in a reserve component of 
the armed forces in each of which the indi-
vidual was credited with at least 50 points 
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under section 12732 of title 10 toward the 
computation of years of service under sec-
tion 12732 of title 10 for purposes of eligi-
bility for retired pay under chapter 1223 
of title 10; and 
‘‘(J) an individual who is— 
‘‘(i) retired from service in a reserve 
component of the armed forces; and 
‘‘(ii) eligible for, but has not yet com-
menced receipt of, retired pay for non-reg-
ular service under chapter 1223 of title 
10;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) the individual is a retiree described in 
paragraph (3)(J);’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(6) ‘entry level and skill training’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3301(2) of title 
38; and 
‘‘(7) ‘reserve component of the armed forces’ 
means a reserve component specified in section 
101(27) of title 38.’’. 
(b) TIERED HIRING PREFERENCE FOR MEMBERS OF 
RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—Sec-
tion 3309 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) a preference eligible under subparagraph 
(A), (B), or (J) of section 2108(3) of this title-5 
points; 
‘‘(3) 
a 
preference 
eligible 
under 
section 
2108(3)(I)(ii) of this title-4 points; and 
‘‘(4) 
a 
preference 
eligible 
under 
section 
2108(3)(I)(i) of this title-3 points.’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF APPEAL RIGHTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3330a of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 
including a preference eligible appointed pursu-
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ant to section 7401 of title 38 or otherwise em-
ployed by the Veterans Health Administration 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs,’’ after 
‘‘A preference eligible’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding a complaint so filed by a preference eli-
gible appointed pursuant to section 7401 of 
title 38 or otherwise employed by the Veterans 
Health Administration,’’ after ‘‘If the Secretary 
of Labor is unable to resolve a complaint under 
subsection (a)’’. 
(2) COORDINATION
RULE.—Section 3330a of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) If any part of this section is deemed to be incon-
sistent with any provision of chapter 74 of title 38, this 
section shall be deemed to supersede, override or otherwise 
modify such provision of chapter 74 of title 38.’’. 
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TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and 
Training 
SEC. 1201. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF LOGISTICAL SUPPORT 
FOR COALITION FORCES SUPPORTING CER-
TAIN 
UNITED 
STATES 
MILITARY 
OPER-
ATIONS. 
Section 1234 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 
394), as most recently amended by section 1223(a) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 
(Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3548), is further amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘during the 
period beginning on October 1, 2014, and ending on 
December 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘during the pe-
riod beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on 
December 31, 2016’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 
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SEC. 1202. STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION. 
(a) STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall de-
velop a strategic framework for Department of De-
fense security cooperation to guide prioritization of 
resources and activities. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The strategic framework re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Discussion of the strategic goals of De-
partment of Defense security cooperation pro-
grams, and the extent to which these programs 
complement Department of State security as-
sistance programs to achieve United States 
Government goals globally, regionally, and, if 
appropriate, within specific programs. 
(B) Identification of the primary objec-
tives, priorities, and desired end-states of De-
partment of Defense security cooperation pro-
grams. 
(C) Identification of challenges to achiev-
ing the primary objectives, priorities, and de-
sired end-states identified under subparagraph 
(B), including— 
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(i) constraints on Department of De-
fense resources, authorities, and personnel; 
(ii) partner nation variables, such as 
political will, absorptive capacity, corrup-
tion, and instability risk; 
(iii) constraints or limitations due to 
bureaucratic 
impediments, 
interagency 
processes, or congressional requirements; 
(iv) validation of requirements; and 
(v) assessment, monitoring, and eval-
uation. 
(D) A methodology for assessing the effec-
tiveness of Department of Defense security co-
operation programs in making progress toward 
achieving the primary objectives, priorities, and 
desired end-states identified under subpara-
graph (B), including an identification of key 
benchmarks for such progress and the implica-
tions of failing to achieve such primary objec-
tives, priorities, and desired end-states. 
(E) An analysis of overlap, duplication, or 
gaps among Department of Defense security co-
operation authorities and how these authorities 
complement or overlap with Department of 
State security assistance authorities. 
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(F) Any other matters the Secretary of 
Defense determines appropriate. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 
State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the strategic framework re-
quired by subsection (a). 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1203. MODIFICATION AND TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF 
NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNERSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 1205 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 897; 32 U.S.C. 107 
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note) is amended by adding at the end before the period 
the following: ‘‘to support the national interests and secu-
rity cooperation goals and objectives of the United States, 
including applicable policy and guidelines for United 
States security sector assistance’’. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (b) of such section is 
amended by inserting ‘‘that is not’’ after ‘‘an activity that 
the Secretary of Defense determines is a matter’’. 
(c) PROCEDURES.—Such section, as so amended, is 
further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (i) 
as subsections (d) through (j), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau shall— 
‘‘(A) establish, maintain, and update as 
appropriate a list of core competencies to sup-
port each program established under subsection 
(a), collectively and for each State and terri-
tory, and shall submit for approval to the Sec-
retary of Defense the list of core competencies 
and additional information needed to make use 
of such core competencies; and 
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‘‘(B) designate a director for each State 
and territory who shall be responsible for the 
conduct of activities under a program estab-
lished under subsection (a) for such State or 
territory and reporting on activities under the 
program. 
‘‘(2) 
MILITARY-TO-CIVILIAN
CORE
COM-
PETENCIES.—The Secretary of Defense, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, may conduct 
an activity under a program established under sub-
section (a) relating to military-to-civilian core com-
petencies.’’. 
(d) NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNERSHIP PRO-
GRAM FUND.—Subsection (e) of such section (as redesig-
nated) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) NATIONAL
GUARD
STATE
PARTNERSHIP 
PROGRAM FUND.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), the Secretary of De-
fense shall establish on the books of the 
Department of Defense a National Guard 
State Partnership Program Fund. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary is 
not required to establish a Fund under 
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clause (i) if, not later than February 1, 
2016, the Secretary determines and re-
ports to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees (as defined in subsection (h)(1)) 
that in the opinion of the Secretary such 
a Fund should be established on the books 
of the Department of the Treasury. 
‘‘(B) CRITERIA.—In administering the 
Fund established under subparagraph (A)(i), 
the Secretary shall, to the extent the Secretary 
determines it to be appropriate, provide for the 
following amounts to be credited to the Fund: 
‘‘(i) Amounts authorized and appro-
priated to carry out the program under 
this section. 
‘‘(ii) Amounts that the Secretary of 
Defense transfers, in such amounts as pro-
vided in appropriations Acts, to the Fund 
from amounts authorized and appropriated 
to the Department of Defense, including 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
the Army National Guard and the Air Na-
tional Guard. 
‘‘(C) INCLUSION
IN
ANNUAL
BUDGET.— 
The President shall include the Fund estab-
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lished under subparagraph (A)(i) or such a 
Fund established on the books of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury in the budget that the 
President submits to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code for 
each fiscal year in which the authority under 
subsection (a) is in effect.’’. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Paragraph (2)(B) of sub-
section (f) of such section (as redesignated) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or other govern-
ment organizations’’ after ‘‘and security forces’’; 
(2) in clause (iv), by adding at the end before 
the period the following: ‘‘and country’’; 
(3) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘training’’ and in-
serting ‘‘activities’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) An assessment of the extent to 
which the activities conducted during the 
previous year met the objectives described 
in clause (v). 
‘‘(vii) The list of core competencies re-
quired by subsection (c)(1) and any update 
to any changes to the list of core com-
petencies required by subsection (c)(1).’’. 
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(f) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (h) of such section (as 
redesignated) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives.’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as amend-
ed) the following: 
‘‘(2) CORE
COMPETENCIES.—The term ‘‘core 
competencies’’ means military-to-military and mili-
tary-to-civilian skills and capabilities of the National 
Guard, consistent with the roles and missions of the 
Armed Forces as established by the Secretary of De-
fense.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(5) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the 
Virgin Islands.’’. 
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(g) TERMINATION.—Section 1205(i) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 
Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 899; 32 U.S.C. 107 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
SEC. 1204. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR NON-RECIP-
ROCAL 
EXCHANGES 
OF 
DEFENSE 
PER-
SONNEL BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Section 1207(f) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 2514; 10 U.S.C. 168 note), as amended by section 
1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1980), is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2017’’. 
SEC. 1205. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF OVERSEAS 
HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 
PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act to carry out sections 401, 402, 
404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, United States Code, 
up to 5 percent of such amounts may be made available 
to conduct monitoring and evaluation of programs con-
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ducted pursuant to such authorities during fiscal year 
2016. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional 
committees on mechanisms to evaluate the programs con-
ducted pursuant to the authorities listed in subsection (a). 
The briefing shall include the following: 
(1) A description of how the Department of De-
fense evaluates program and project outcomes and 
impact, including cost effectiveness and extent to 
which programs meet designated goals. 
(2) An analysis of steps taken to implement the 
recommendations from the following reports: 
(A) The Government Accountability Of-
fice’s Report entitled ‘‘Project Evaluations and 
Better Information Sharing Needed to Manage 
the Military’s Efforts’’. 
(B) The Department of Defense Inspector 
General Report numbered ‘‘DODIG–2012– 
119’’. 
(C) The RAND Corporation’s Report pre-
pared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense 
entitled ‘‘Developing a Prototype Handbook for 
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Monitoring and Evaluating Department of De-
fense Humanitarian Assistance Projects’’. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 
Afghanistan and Pakistan 
SEC. 1211. COMMANDERS’ EMERGENCY RESPONSE PRO-
GRAM IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Section 1201 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
(Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1619), as most recently 
amended by section 1221 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 
128 Stat. 3546), is further amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2015’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2016’’. 
(b) FUNDS
AVAILABLE
DURING
FISCAL
YEAR 
2016.—Subsection (a) of such section, as so amended, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$5,000,000’’. 
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SEC. 1212. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN COALI-
TION NATIONS FOR SUPPORT PROVIDED TO 
UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1233 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 393), as most re-
cently amended by section 1222 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 
291; 128 Stat. 3547), is further amended by striking ‘‘fis-
cal year 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON AMOUNTS AVAILABLE.—Sub-
section (d)(1) of such section, as so amended, is further 
amended— 
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘during 
fiscal year 2015 may not exceed $1,200,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during fiscal year 2016 may not ex-
ceed $1,260,000,000’’; and 
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENT RELAT-
ING TO REIMBURSEMENT OF PAKISTAN FOR SUPPORT 
PROVIDED BY PAKISTAN.—Section 1232(b)(6) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(122 Stat. 393), as most recently amended by section 
1222(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
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Fiscal Year 2015 (128 Stat. 3548), is further amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2016’’. 
(d) EXTENSION
OF LIMITATION
ON REIMBURSE-
MENT OF PAKISTAN PENDING CERTIFICATION ON PAKI-
STAN.—Section 1227(d)(1) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112– 
239; 126 Stat. 2001), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 1222(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (128 Stat. 3548), is further amended 
by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2016’’. 
(e) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENT 
OF PAKISTAN PENDING CERTIFICATION ON PAKISTAN.— 
Of the total amount of reimbursements and support au-
thorized for Pakistan during fiscal year 2016 pursuant to 
the third sentence of section 1233(d)(1) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (as 
amended by subsection (b)(2)), $400,000,000 shall not be 
eligible for the waiver under section 1227(d)(2) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(126 Stat. 2001) unless the Secretary of Defense certifies 
to the congressional defense committees that— 
(1) Pakistan continues to conduct military oper-
ations in North Waziristan to disrupt the safe haven 
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and freedom of movement of the Haqqani Network 
in Pakistan; 
(2) Pakistan has prevented the Haqqani Net-
work from using North Waziristan as a safe haven; 
and 
(3) the Government of Pakistan actively coordi-
nates with the Government of Afghanistan to re-
strict the movement of militants, such as the 
Haqqani Network, along the Afghanistan-Pakistan 
border. 
SEC. 1213. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES POL-
ICY AND STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States continues to have vital 
national security interests in ensuring that Afghani-
stan is a stable, sovereign country; 
(2) President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan 
should be applauded for his leadership and commit-
ment to ensuring that Afghanistan remains stable, 
secure, and a friend of the United States; 
(3) the decision by the President of the United 
States to maintain 9,800 United States troops in Af-
ghanistan through all of 2015 to train, advise, and 
assist and conduct counterterrorism missions in Af-
ghanistan is the appropriate approach, is consistent 
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with United States national security interests, and 
should be supported by Congress; 
(4) the President should withdraw United 
States troops only on a pace that is consistent with 
the ability of the Afghan National Security Forces 
to sustain itself and secure Afghanistan and should 
review maintaining the United States advisory mis-
sion in Afghanistan beyond 2016; 
(5) the United States should provide monetary 
and advisory support for the 352,000 Afghan Na-
tional Security Forces personnel and 30,000 Afghan 
Local Police, including intelligence, surveillance, and 
reconnaissance support, through 2018 while also 
maintaining a focus on the protection of human 
rights; 
(6) the Afghan National Security Forces should 
have the independent capability to prevent groups 
such as al-Qaeda, the Haqqani Network, the Quetta 
Shura Taliban, and other terrorist and insurgent 
groups from being able to conduct de-stabilizing at-
tacks and military operations inside Afghanistan or 
against the United States and its allies and holding 
or governing territory; and 
(7) the United States should continue to vigor-
ously conduct counterterrorism operations in Af-
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ghanistan beyond 2016, including against the 
Haqqani Network, to preserve the vital national se-
curity interests of the United States. 
SEC. 1214. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE PROD-
UCTS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN COUN-
TRIES ALONG A MAJOR ROUTE OF SUPPLY 
TO AFGHANISTAN. 
Section 801(f) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2399), as most recently amended by section 832 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
(Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 814), is further amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2016’’. 
SEC. 1215. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER DE-
FENSE ARTICLES AND PROVIDE DEFENSE 
SERVICES TO THE MILITARY AND SECURITY 
FORCES OF AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 1222 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1992), as amended 
by section 1231 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 
3556), is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 
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(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Subsection (f)(1) of 
such section, as so amended, is further amended by strik-
ing ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2017’’. 
(c) EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Subsection (i)(2) 
of such section, as so amended, is further amended by 
striking ‘‘and 2015’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘, 2015, and 2016’’. 
SEC. 1216. ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHAN TRANSLATORS, IN-
TERPRETERS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE AIDS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that it is in the interest of the United States to con-
tinue to assist Afghan partners, and their immediate fami-
lies, who have served as translators or interpreters and 
those who have performed sensitive and trusted activities 
for United States forces. 
(b) SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN AF-
GHANS.—Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection 
Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(II), by striking 
‘‘International Security Assistance Force’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Inter-
national Security Assistance Force, the Resolute 
Support Mission, or any successor organization’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (3)(F)(i), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2015;’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2015;’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of State jointly shall sub-
mit a report to the Committee on Armed Services 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate containing the following: 
‘‘(A) The number of citizens or nationals 
of Afghanistan employed in Afghanistan by, or 
on behalf of, entities or organizations described 
in paragraph (2)(A)(ii). 
‘‘(B) A prediction of the number of such 
individuals who will be so employed on the date 
that is 2 years after the date used for the count 
under subparagraph (A).’’. 
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SEC. 1217. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO ENGAGE UNITED 
STATES MANUFACTURERS IN PROCUREMENT 
OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO EQUIPPING 
THE AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to Congress a report on ef-
forts of the Secretaries to engage United States manufac-
turers in procurement opportunities related to equipping 
the Afghan National Security Forces. 
SEC. 1218. REPORT ON ACCESS TO FINANCIAL RECORDS OF 
THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN TO 
AUDIT THE USE OF FUNDS FOR ASSISTANCE 
FOR AFGHANISTAN. 
Not later than December 31, 2016, the Special In-
spector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the extent to which the Office 
of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Recon-
struction has adequate access to financial records of the 
Government of Afghanistan to audit the use of funds au-
thorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2016 for assistance for Afghani-
stan. 
SEC. 1219. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO DR. SHAKIL 
AFRIDI. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The attacks of September 11, 2001, killed 
approximately 3,000 people, most of whom were 
Americans, but also included hundreds of individuals 
with foreign citizenships, nearly 350 New York Fire 
Department personnel, and about 50 law enforce-
ment officers. 
(2) Downed United Airlines flight 93 was re-
portedly intended, under the control of the al-Qaeda 
high-jackers, to crash into the White House or the 
Capitol in an attempt to kill the President of the 
United States or Members of the United States Con-
gress. 
(3) The September 11, 2001, attacks were 
largely planned and carried out by the al-Qaeda ter-
rorist network led by Osama bin Laden and his dep-
uty Ayman al Zawahiri, after which Osama bin 
Laden enjoyed safe haven in Pakistan from where he 
continued to plot deadly attacks against the United 
States and the world. 
(4) The United States has obligated nearly $30 
billion between 2002 and 2014 in United States tax-
payer money for security and economic aid to Paki-
stan. 
(5) The United States very generously and 
swiftly responded to the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake 
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in Pakistan with more than $200 million in emer-
gency aid and the support of several United States 
military aircraft, approximately 1,000 United States 
military personnel, including medical specialists, 
thousands of tents, blankets, water containers and a 
variety of other emergency equipment. 
(6) The United States again generously and 
swiftly contributed approximately $150 million in 
emergency aid to Pakistan following the 2010 Paki-
stan flood, in addition to the service of nearly twenty 
United States military helicopters, their flight crews, 
and other resources to assist the Pakistan Army’s 
relief efforts. 
(7) The United States continues to work tire-
lessly to support Pakistan’s economic development, 
including millions of dollars allocated towards the 
development of Pakistan’s energy infrastructure, 
health services and education system. 
(8) The United States and Pakistan continue to 
have many critical shared interests, both economic 
and security related, which could be the foundation 
for a positive and mutually beneficial partnership. 
(9) Dr. Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani physician, is 
a hero to whom the people of the United States, 
Pakistan and the world owe a debt of gratitude for 
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his help in finally locating Osama bin Laden before 
more innocent American, Pakistani and other lives 
were lost to this terrorist leader. 
(10) Pakistan, the United States and the inter-
national community had failed for nearly 10 years 
following attacks of September 11, 2001, to locate 
and bring Osama bin Laden, who continued to kill 
innocent civilians in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, 
Africa and the United States, to justice without the 
help of Dr. Afridi. 
(11) The Government of Pakistan’s imprison-
ment of Dr. Afridi presents a serious and growing 
impediment to the United States’ bilateral relations 
with Pakistan. 
(12) The Government of Pakistan has leveled 
and allowed baseless charges against Dr. Afridi in a 
politically motivated, spurious legal process. 
(13) Dr. Afridi is currently imprisoned by the 
Government of Pakistan, a deplorable and uncon-
scionable situation which calls into question Paki-
stan’s actual commitment to countering terrorism 
and undermines the notion that Pakistan is a true 
ally in the struggle against terrorism. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that Dr. Shakil Afridi is an international hero and 
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that the Government of Pakistan should release him im-
mediately from prison. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to 
Syria and Iraq 
SEC. 1221. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT OPER-
ATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF 
SECURITY COOPERATION IN IRAQ. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (f)(1) 
of section 1215 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 113 
note), as most recently amended by section 1237 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 
(Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3562), is further amend-
ed by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2016’’. 
(b) AMOUNT
AVAILABLE.—Such section, as so 
amended, is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2015’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2016 may not exceed $143,000,000.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the congressional 
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(5) the United States should articulate, develop, 
and implement an effective strategy to work with its 
allies and partners to defeat Islamic extremist 
groups that threaten the interests of the Unites 
States and its allies; 
(6) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with Secretary of State, shall continue to pursue ef-
forts to shut down ISIL’s illicit oil revenues; 
(7) support for United States allies and part-
ners in the Middle East is a critical component of 
the effort to prevent the spread of Islamic extre-
mism; 
(8) other actors, such as Russia, China, and 
Iran are trying to work against United States inter-
ests in the Middle East; 
(9) the United States should take a greater 
leadership role in fighting Islamic extremism and 
supporting stability in the Middle East to include co-
ordinating actions of United States allies and part-
ners in the region; 
(10) the United States plays a vital leadership 
role in coordinating the activities of the United 
States and its allies and partners and should seek 
opportunities to expand such cooperation to con-
tribute to greater stability in the Middle East; 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated under this section for 
fiscal year 2016, not less than 25 percent of 
such funds shall be obligated and expended for 
assistance directly to the groups described in 
subparagraph (E) (of which not less than 12.5 
percent of such funds shall be obligated and ex-
pended for assistance directly to the group de-
scribed in clause (i) of such subparagraph). 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL DIRECT ASSISTANCE.— 
If the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of State withhold the provision of assistance 
pursuant to subsection (a) directly to the Gov-
ernment of Iraq for fiscal year 2016 in accord-
ance with paragraph (2) of this subsection, the 
Secretaries shall obligate and expend not less 
than an additional 60 percent of all unobligated 
funds authorized to be appropriated under this 
section for fiscal year 2016 for assistance di-
rectly to the groups described in subparagraph 
(E). 
‘‘(C) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT INAP-
PLICABLE.—The cost-sharing requirement of 
subsection (k) shall not apply with respect to 
funds that are obligated or expended for assist-
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ance directly to the groups described in sub-
paragraph (E). 
‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the groups 
described in subparagraph (E) shall each be 
deemed to meet the eligibility requirements of 
section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2753) and chapter 2 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2311 et seq.). 
‘‘(E) COVERED GROUPS.—The groups de-
scribed in this subparagraph are— 
‘‘(i) the Kurdish Peshmerga; 
‘‘(ii) Sunni tribal security forces with 
a national security mission; and 
‘‘(iii) 
the 
Iraqi 
Sunni 
National 
Guard.’’. 
SEC. 1224. REPORT ON UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES DE-
PLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION INHER-
ENT RESOLVE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) it should continue to be a top priority to 
provide United States Armed Forces deployed in 
support of Operation Inherent Resolve with the nec-
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ments and associated measures are sufficient given 
the operating environment and optimally postured. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 
days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on United 
States Armed Forces deployed in support of Operation In-
herent Resolve. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report shall 
include the following: 
(1) The total number of members of the United 
States Armed Forces deployed in support of Oper-
ation Inherent Resolve for the most recent month 
for which data is available, delineated by service, 
component, country, and military task. 
(2) The total number of members of the United 
States Armed Forces conducting force protection 
and combat search and rescue, delineated by coun-
try, location in such country, and capability. 
(3) An estimate for the three-month period fol-
lowing the date on which the report is submitted of 
the total number of members of the United States 
Armed Forces expected to be deployed in support of 
Operation Inherent Resolve, delineated by service, 
component, country, and military task. 
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‘‘(ii) any risks associated with entry 
onto the land; 
‘‘(B) the Secretary concerned shall submit 
to the Secretary of the Interior and Congress a 
report describing— 
‘‘(i) the status of the land; and 
‘‘(ii) any actions taken under this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(e) REVOCATION AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of the In-
terior determines that it is in the public interest to 
accept the land proposed for relinquishment under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior may 
order the revocation of a withdrawal and reservation 
made by section 3011. 
‘‘(2) REVOCATION ORDER.—To carry out a rev-
ocation under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the 
Interior shall publish in the Federal Register a rev-
ocation order that— 
‘‘(A) terminates the withdrawal and res-
ervation; 
‘‘(B) constitutes official acceptance of the 
land by the Secretary of the Interior; and 
‘‘(C) specifies the date on which the land 
will be opened to the operation of some or all 
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