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operations overseas, such funds may be used to purchase 
items having an investment item unit cost of not more than 
$500,000. 
SEC. 9011. Up to $500,000,000 of funds appropriated 
by this Act for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency 
in ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be 
used to provide assistance to the Government of Jordan to 
support the armed forces of Jordan and to enhance security 
along its borders. 
SEC. 9012. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIL Train and Equip 
Fund’’ may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air 
defense systems. 
SEC. 9013. For the ‘‘Ukraine Security Assistance Ini-
tiative’’, $150,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assist-
ance, including training; equipment; lethal weapons of a 
defensive nature; logistics support, supplies and services; 
sustainment; and intelligence support to the military and 
national security forces of Ukraine, and for replacement of 
any weapons or defensive articles provided to the Govern-
ment of Ukraine from the inventory of the United States: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not
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less than 15 days prior to obligating funds provided under 
this heading, notify the congressional defense committees in 
writing of the details of any such obligation: Provided fur-
ther, That the United States may accept equipment pro-
cured using funds provided under this heading in this or 
prior Acts that was transferred to the security forces of 
Ukraine and returned by such forces to the United States: 
Provided further, That equipment procured using funds 
provided under this heading in this or prior Acts, and not 
yet transferred to the military or National Security Forces 
of Ukraine or returned by such forces to the United States, 
may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon 
written notification to the congressional defense committees: 
Provided further, That amounts made available by this sec-
tion are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 9014. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for replacement of funds for items provided to the 
Government of Ukraine from the inventory of the United 
States to the extent specifically provided for in section 9013 
of this Act. 
SEC. 9015. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under section 9013 for ‘‘Assistance and Sustainment
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to the Military and National Security Forces of Ukraine’’ 
may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air defense 
systems. 
SEC. 9016. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for payments under 
section 1233 of Public Law 110–181 for reimbursement to 
the Government of Pakistan may be made available unless 
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that the Government of Pakistan is— 
(1) cooperating with the United States in 
counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani Network, 
the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish- 
e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other domestic and for-
eign terrorist organizations, including taking steps to 
end support for such groups and prevent them from 
basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out 
cross border attacks into neighboring countries; 
(2) not supporting terrorist activities against 
United States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and 
Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies are not 
intervening extra-judicially into political and judicial 
processes in Pakistan;
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(3) dismantling improvised explosive device 
(IED) networks and interdicting precursor chemicals 
used in the manufacture of IEDs; 
(4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-re-
lated material and expertise; 
(5) implementing policies to protect judicial 
independence and due process of law; 
(6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United 
States visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and 
assistance programs in Pakistan; and 
(7) providing humanitarian organizations access 
to detainees, internally displaced persons, and other 
Pakistani civilians affected by the conflict. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, may waive the restriction in subsection 
(a) on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
congressional defense committees that it is in the national 
security interest to do so: Provided, That if the Secretary 
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, ex-
ercises such waiver authority, the Secretaries shall report 
to the congressional defense committees on both the justifica-
tion for the waiver and on the requirements of this section 
that the Government of Pakistan was not able to meet: Pro-
vided further, That such report may be submitted in classi-
fied form if necessary.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9017. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this Act, $500,000,000 is hereby appropriated 
to the Department of Defense and made available for trans-
fer only to the operation and maintenance, military per-
sonnel, and procurement accounts, to improve the intel-
ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of the 
Department of Defense: Provided, That the transfer author-
ity provided in this section is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days prior to exercising the 
transfer authority provided in this section, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees on the proposed uses of these funds: Provided 
further, That the funds provided in this section may not 
be transferred to any program, project, or activity specifi-
cally limited or denied by this Act: Provided further, That 
amounts made available by this section are designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985: Provided further, That the authority to provide 
funding under this section shall terminate on September 30, 
2018.
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SEC. 9018. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ-
ing for the introduction of United States armed or military 
forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in Syria 
where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indi-
cated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, air-
space, or waters while equipped for combat, in contraven-
tion of the congressional consultation and reporting require-
ments of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 
1543). 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 9019. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: Provided, That such amounts are 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, 
$25,100,000; 
‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 2017/2018, 
$100,000,000; and
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‘‘Counter-ISIL Train and Equip Fund’’, 2017/ 
2018, $112,513,000. 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, 
DSCA 
Coalition 
Support 
Fund’’, 
2017/2018, 
$350,000,000. 
SEC. 9020. Each amount designated in this Act by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently 
so designates all such amounts and transmits such designa-
tions to the Congress. 
SEC. 9021. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
Congress a report on the United States strategy to defeat 
Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 
(ISIS), and their associated forces and co-belligerents. 
(b) The report required under subsection (a) shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) An analysis of the adequacy of the existing 
legal framework to accomplish the strategy described 
in subsection (a), particularly with respect to the Au-
thorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 
107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) and the Authorization
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for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 
2002 (Public Law 107–243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note). 
(2) An analysis of the budgetary resources nec-
essary to accomplish the strategy described in sub-
section (a). 
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
President submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of 
State and the Secretary of Defense shall testify at any hear-
ing held by any of the appropriate congressional committees 
on the report and to which the Secretary is invited. 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 9022. (a) In addition to amounts provided else-
where 
in 
this 
Act, 
there 
is 
hereby 
appropriated 
$1,184,112,000, for the following accounts and programs in 
the specified amounts for costs associated with Operation 
Freedom’s Sentinel: 
(1) ‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’, $48,377,000;
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(2) 
‘‘Military 
Personnel, 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$179,000; 
(3) ‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’, $1,340,000; 
(4) 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’, 
$872,491,000; 
(5) 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Navy’’, 
$76,274,000; 
(6) 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Marine 
Corps’’, $24,734,000; 
(7) ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 
$81,164,000; 
(8) ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and 
Marine Corps’’, $10,853,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020; 
(9) ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, $31,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020; and 
(10) ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evalua-
tion, Navy’’, $37,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
(b) Amounts provided pursuant to this section are 
hereby designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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TITLE X—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 
REFERENCES TO REPORT 
SEC. 10001. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this Act shall be treated as a ref-
erence to House Report 115–219. Such report shall apply 
for purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this Act. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 10002. $0. 
SEC. 10003. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under the heading ‘‘Afghanistan Secu-
rity Forces Fund’’ may be used to procure uniforms for the 
Afghan National Army. 
SEC. 10004. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the closure of a biosafety level 4 labora-
tory. 
SEC. 10005. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist-
ance to the Azov Battalion. 
SEC. 10006. None of the finds made available by this 
Act may be used to purchase heavy water from Iran. 
SEC. 10007. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to plan for, begin, continue, complete, proc-
ess, or approve a public-private competition under the Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A-76.
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SEC. 10008. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, with respect to the revised security category (as that 
term is defined in section 250(c)(4)(D) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985), any 
sequestration order issued under such Act for fiscal year 
2018 shall have no force or effect. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H.R. 695 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT