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Subtitle D—Matters Relating to Iran 
Sec. 1231. Modification and extension of annual report on the military power of 
Iran. 
Sec. 1232. Sense of Congress on the Government of Iran’s malign activities. 
Sec. 1233. Report on military-to-military engagements with Iran. 
Sec. 1234. Security guarantees to countries in the Middle East. 
Sec. 1235. Rule of construction. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the Russian Federation 
Sec. 1241. Notifications relating to testing, production, deployment, and sale or 
transfer to other states or non-state actors of the Club-K cruise missile 
system by the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1242. Notifications of deployment of nuclear weapons by Russian Federation 
to territory of Ukrainian Republic or Russian territory of Kaliningrad. 
Sec. 1243. Measures in response to non-compliance by the Russian Federation with 
its obligations under the INF Treaty. 
Sec. 1244. Modification of notification and assessment of proposal to modify or in-
troduce new aircraft or sensors for flight by the Russian Federation 
under the Open Skies Treaty. 
Sec. 1245. Prohibition on availability of funds relating to sovereignty of the Russian 
Federation over Crimea. 
Sec. 1246. Limitation on military cooperation between the United States and the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1247. Report on implementation of the New START Treaty. 
Sec. 1248. Additional matters in annual report on military and security develop-
ments involving the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1249. Report on alternative capabilities to procure and sustain nonstandard 
rotary wing aircraft historically procured through Rosoboronexport. 
Sec. 1250. Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 
Sec. 1251. Training for Eastern European national military forces in the course of 
multilateral exercises. 
Subtitle F—Matters Relating to the Asia-Pacific Region 
Sec. 1261. Strategy to promote United States interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific re-
gion. 
Sec. 1262. Requirement to submit Department of Defense policy regarding foreign 
disclosure or technology release of Aegis Ashore capability to Japan. 
Sec. 1263. South China Sea Initiative. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 1271. Two-year extension and modification of authorization for non-conven-
tional assisted recovery capabilities. 
Sec. 1272. Amendment to the annual report under Arms Control and Disarmament 
Act. 
Sec. 1273. Extension of authorization to conduct activities to enhance the capability 
of foreign countries to respond to incidents involving weapons of mass 
destruction. 
Sec. 1274. Modification of authority for support of special operations to combat ter-
rorism. 
Sec. 1275. Limitation on availability of funds to implement the Arms Trade Treaty. 
Sec. 1276. Report on the security relationship between the United States and the 
Republic of Cyprus. 
Sec. 1277. Sense of Congress on European defense and the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization. 
Sec. 1278. Briefing on the sale of certain fighter aircraft to Qatar. 
Sec. 1279. United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation. 
Sec. 1280. NATO Special Operations Headquarters. 
Sec. 1281. Increased presence of United States ground forces in Eastern Europe to 
deter aggression on the border of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion. 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
SEC. 1201. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR COALI-
TION FORCES SUPPORTING CERTAIN UNITED STATES 
MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
Section 1234 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 394), as most
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recently amended by section 1223(a) of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3548), is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘during the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2014, and ending on December 31, 2015’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during the period 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’’. 
SEC. 1202. STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
SECURITY COOPERATION. 
(a) STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, shall develop and issue to the 
Department of Defense a strategic framework for Department 
of Defense security cooperation to guide prioritization of 
resources and activities. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The strategic framework required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Discussion of the strategic goals of Department 
of Defense security cooperation programs, overall and by 
combatant command, and the extent to which these pro-
grams— 
(i) support broader strategic priorities of the 
Department of Defense; and 
(ii) complement and are coordinated with Depart-
ment of State security assistance programs to achieve 
United States Government goals globally, regionally, 
and, if appropriate, within specific programs. 
(B) Identification of the primary objectives, priorities, 
and desired end-states of Department of Defense security 
cooperation programs. 
(C) Identification of challenges to achieving the pri-
mary objectives, priorities, and desired end-states identified 
under subparagraph (B), including— 
(i) constraints on Department of Defense resources, 
authorities, and personnel; 
(ii) partner nation variables and conditions, such 
as political will, absorptive capacity, corruption, and 
instability risk, that impact the likelihood of a security 
cooperation program achieving its primary objectives, 
priorities, and desired end-states; 
(iii) constraints or limitations due to bureaucratic 
impediments, interagency processes, or congressional 
requirements; 
(iv) validation of requirements; and 
(v) assessment, monitoring, and evaluation. 
(D) A methodology for assessing the effectiveness of 
Department of Defense security cooperation 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.
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(E) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines appropriate. 
(3) FREQUENCY.—The Secretary of Defense shall, at a min-
imum, update the strategic framework required by paragraph 
(1) on a biennial basis and shall update or supplement the 
strategic framework as appropriate to address emerging prior-
ities. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and on a biennial basis thereafter, 
the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report on the strategic framework required 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 Affairs of the House of 
Representatives. 
(c) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective on the 
date that is 6 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1203. REDESIGNATION, MODIFICATION, AND EXTENSION OF 
NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The heading 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 note) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1205. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STATE PARTNERSHIP PRO-
GRAM.’’. 
(b) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a program of exchanges’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘a program of activities 
described in paragraph (2), to support the security cooperation 
objectives of the United States, between members of the 
National Guard of a State or territory and any of the following: 
‘‘(A) The military forces of a foreign country. 
‘‘(B) The security forces of a foreign country. 
‘‘(C) Governmental organizations of a foreign country 
whose primary functions include disaster response or emer-
gency response.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following 
new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) STATE PARTNERSHIP.—Each program established under 
this subsection shall be known as a ‘State Partnership’.’’. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended by 
striking ‘‘activity under a program’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘State or territory,’’ and inserting ‘‘activity with forces referred 
to in subsection (a)(1)(B) or organizations described in subsection 
(a)(1)(C) under a program established under subsection (a)’’. 
(d) COORDINATION
OF ACTIVITIES.—Such section is further 
amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as sub-
sections (d) through (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new sub-
section (c): 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau shall designate a director for each State and territory 
to be responsible for the coordination of activities under a program 
established under subsection (a) for such State or territory and 
reporting on activities under the program.’’. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (f) of such 
section, as redesignated by subsection (d)(1) of this section, is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or other government 
organizations’’ after ‘‘and security forces’’; 
(2) in clause (iv), by adding before the period at the the 
following: ‘‘and country’’; 
(3) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘training’’ and inserting ‘‘activi-
ties’’; 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).’’. 
(f) STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUND.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT OF ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller) shall jointly submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report setting forth a joint 
assessment of the feasibility and advisability of establishing 
a central fund to manage funds for programs and activities 
under the Department of Defense State Partnership Program 
under section 1205 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2014, as amended by this section. 
(2) RECOMMENDATION
FOR
LEGISLATIVE
ACTION.—If the 
report under paragraph (1) concludes that the establishment 
of a fund as described in that paragraph is feasible and advis-
able, the Secretary of Defense shall include with the materials 
submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the President 
for fiscal year 2017 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, a recommendation for such legislation as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to establish the fund. 
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Paragraph (2)(A) of subsection 
(f) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (d)(1) of this 
section, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘a program’’ and inserting ‘‘each program’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the program’’ and inserting ‘‘such program’’. 
(h) RECIPIENTS OF REPORTS AND NOTIFICATIONS.—Paragraph 
(1) of subsection (h) of such section, as redesignated by subsection 
(d)(1) of this section, is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) and inserting the following new subparagraphs (A) and 
(B): 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate; and