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main available to provide assistance authorized under sub-
section (a) until September 30, 2016. 
(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to constitute a specific statutory 
authorization for the introduction of United States Armed 
Forces into hostilities or into situations in which hostilities 
are clearly indicated by the circumstances. 
(i) RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING AUTHORITIES.—As-
sistance provided under the authority of subsection (a) 
shall be subject to the non-transfer and end-use provisions 
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 
and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
et seq.). 
Subtitle D—Limitations, Reports, 
and Other Matters 
SEC. 1541. CONTINUATION OF EXISTING LIMITATION ON 
USE OF AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES 
FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund for fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to the condi-
tions contained in subsections (b) through (g) of section 
1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428), as 
amended by section 1531(b) of the Ike Skelton National 
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Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public 
Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4424). 
(b) PROMOTION OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION 
OF WOMEN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized 
to be appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2016 
for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 to be 
used for the recruitment and retention of women in 
the Afghanistan National Security Forces, including 
modification of facilities of the Ministry of the Inte-
rior and Ministry of Defense to accommodate female 
service members and police. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to modify the distribu-
tion of funds for programs and activities supported 
using the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, but 
rather shall ensure attention to recruitment and re-
tention of women within each program and activity. 
(c) INVENTORY AND PLAN REQUIRED.— 
(1) INVENTORY.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State, shall submit to the specified congressional 
committees an inventory of the facilities and services 
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of the Afghan Ministry of Defense and the Ministry 
of the Interior that are lacking in adequate re-
sources for Afghan female service members and po-
lice, including resources relating to training, im-
provement to buildings, transportation, security 
equipment, and new construction. 
(2) PLAN.—Not later than 60 days after the 
submission of the inventory required under para-
graph (1), the Secretary of Defense, with the con-
currence of the Secretary of State, shall submit to 
the specified committees a plan to address the short-
comings of those facilities and services that the Sec-
retaries consider to be most significant. In devel-
oping the plan, the Secretaries shall, to the extent 
possible, utilize amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (b) to promote the recruit-
ment and retention of Afghan female service mem-
bers and police. The Secretaries shall also identify 
any additional funding shortcomings that would be 
required to fully address the identified shortcomings 
of those facilities and services. 
(3) UPDATES.—The Secretary of Defense, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall sub-
mit to the specified congressional committees up-
dates to the inventory required under paragraph (1) 
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and plan required under paragraph (2) at the same 
time the President submits the budget under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for each fis-
cal year each year through fiscal year 2020. 
(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘specified 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. 1542. JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT 
FUND. 
(a) USE AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 1514 of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2439), as in effect before the 
amendments made by section 1503 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4649), but as modified 
by section 1533(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 
3615), shall apply to the funds made available for fiscal 
year 2016— 
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(1) to the Department of Defense for the Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; or 
(2) to the Director of the successor defense 
agency to the Joint Improvised Explosive Device De-
feat Organization. 
(b) EXTENSION OF INTERDICTION OF IMPROVISED 
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE PRECURSOR CHEMICALS AUTHOR-
ITY.—Section 1532(c)(4) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 
126 Stat. 2057), as most recently amended by section 
1533(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act For 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3616), 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF TIMELINE REQUIREMENT FOR CON-
SOLIDATION OF FUNDING SOURCES FOR RAPID ACQUISI-
TION ORGANIZATIONS.—Paragraph (3) of section 1533(b) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal 
Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3615) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION.—The plan re-
quired by this subsection shall include a timeline for 
implementation of the consolidation and alignment 
decisions contained in the plan.’’. 
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