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(2) is no longer listed by the Secretary of State 
as a state sponsor of terrorism; and 
(3) has recognized the Israel as a Jewish state. 
(b) COVERED EXCHANGES AND CONTACTS.—Sub-
section (a) applies to any military-to-military exchange or 
contact that includes inappropriate exposure to any of the 
following: 
(1) Force projection operations. 
(2) Nuclear operations. 
(3) Advanced combined-arms and joint combat 
operations. 
(4) Advanced logistical operations. 
(5) Chemical and biological defense and other 
capabilities related to weapons of mass destruction. 
(6) Surveillance and reconnaissance operations. 
(7) Joint warfighting experiments. 
(8) Military space operations. 
(9) Other advanced capabilities of the Armed 
Forces. 
(10) Arms sales or military-related technology 
transfers. 
(11) Release of classified or restricted informa-
tion. 
(12) Access to a Department of Defense labora-
tory or base. 
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(13) Military operations or exercises with allies 
and partners. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply to 
any search-and-rescue or humanitarian operation or exer-
cise. 
(d) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION BY SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall, without delegation, submit to 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Represent-
atives, not later than December 31 each year, a certifi-
cation in writing as to whether or not any military-to-mili-
tary exchange or contact during that calendar year was 
conducted in violation of subsection (a). 
SEC. 1235. SECURITY GUARANTEES ASSOCIATED WITH 
IRAN’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall 
provide the appropriate congressional committees a copy 
of any security agreement or commitment provided by the 
United States to any country in the Middle East, including 
the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, as-
sociated with Iran’s nuclear weapons program. 
(b) ANALYSIS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the 
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Joint Chiefs of staff shall provide the Secretary of Defense 
with a detailed analysis of the United States military force 
structure and posture, as well as the estimated costs asso-
ciated with such force structure and posture, required to 
meet any security agreement or commitment in the Middle 
East, including member countries of the Gulf Cooperation 
Council. The Secretary shall provide such analysis, with-
out change, along with any additional views the Secretary 
may offer, when the Secretary submits the materials re-
quired under subsection (a). 
(c) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.—The 
Secretary of Defense may not obligate or expend any 
funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or other-
wise made available to the Department of Defense for fis-
cal year 2016 for meeting any security agreements or com-
mitments described in this section unless the Secretary 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
the Secretary has provided a copy of such agreement as 
required under subsection (a). 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means the Committee on Armed 
Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed 
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Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 1236. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing 
the use of force against Iran. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the 
Russian Federation 
SEC. 1241. NOTIFICATIONS AND UPDATES 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 FEDERA-
TION. 
(a) NOTIFICATIONS.— 
(1) REGARDING
TESTING, PRODUCTION, DE-
PLOYMENT, AND
SALE
OR
TRANSFER.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress quarterly notifications on 
the testing, production, deployment, and sale or 
transfer to other states or non-state actors of the 
Club-K cruise missile system by the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(2) UPON DEPLOYMENT OR SALE OR TRANS-
FER.—Not later than seven days after the Secretary 
determines that there is reasonable grounds to be-
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lieve that the Russian Federation has deployed or 
sold or transferred to other states or non-state ac-
tors the Club-K cruise missile system, the Secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a notification of such determination. 
(3) FORM.—A notification required under para-
graph (1) or (2) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex if nec-
essary. 
(b) QUARTERLY UPDATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress not less 
than quarterly updates on the coordination of allied 
responses to the deployment or sale or transfer to 
other states or non-state actors of the Club-K cruise 
missile system by the Russian Federation. 
(2) FORM.—The update required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex if necessary. 
(c) STRATEGY.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff shall develop a strategy to de-
tect, defend against, and defeat the Club-K cruise 
missile system, including opportunities for allied con-
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tributions to such efforts based on consultations 
with such allies. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than September 
30, 2016, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress the strategy developed under paragraph (1). 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate committees of Congress’’ 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. 
(e) SUNSET.—The provisions of this section shall not 
be in effect on and after the date that is 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1242. NOTIFICATIONS OF DEPLOYMENT OF NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO TER-
RITORY OF UKRAINIAN REPUBLIC. 
(a) NOTIFICATIONS.— 
(1) REGARDING POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees quarterly notifications on 
the status of the Russian Federation conducting ex-
ercises with, planning or preparing to deploy, or de-
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ploying covered weapons systems onto the territory 
of the Ukranian Republic. 
(2) UPON DEPLOYMENT.—Not later than seven 
days after the Secretary determines that there is 
reasonable grounds to believe that the Russian Fed-
eration has deployed covered weapons systems onto 
the territory of the Ukranian Republic, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notification of such determination. 
(3) FORM.—A notification required under para-
graph (1) or (2) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex if nec-
essary. 
(b) STRATEGY.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff shall develop a strategy to re-
spond to the military threat posed by the Russian 
Federation deploying covered weapons systems onto 
the territory of the Ukranian Republic, including op-
portunities for allied cooperation in developing such 
responses based on consultation with such allies. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than June 30, 
2016, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
the following: 
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(A) The strategy developed under para-
graph (1). 
(B) The views of the Secretary of Defense 
with respect to the strategy developed under 
paragraph (1), if any. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ 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. 
(2) COVERED WEAPONS SYSTEMS.—The term 
‘‘covered weapons systems’’ means weapons systems 
that can perform both conventional and nuclear mis-
sions, nuclear weapon delivery systems, and nuclear 
warheads. 
(d) SUNSET.—The provisions of this section shall not 
be in effect on and after the date that is 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 1243. NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION WITH ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE INF 
TREATY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Department of State, on July 31, 
2014, released the Annual Report on the ‘‘Adher-
ence to and Compliance With Arms Control, Non-
proliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and 
Commitments’’ which included the finding that, 
‘‘The United States has determined that the Russian 
Federation is in violation of its obligations under the 
INF Treaty not to possess, produce, or flight-test a 
ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) with a 
range capability of 500 km to 5,500 km, or to pos-
sess or produce launchers of such missiles.’’. 
(2) According to the testimony of senior offi-
cials of the Department of State, the Russian Fed-
eration is not complying with numerous treaties and 
agreements, including the INF Treaty, the Open 
Skies Treaty, the Biological Weapons Convention, 
the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Vienna Doc-
ument, the Budapest Memorandum, the Istanbul 
Commitments, the Presidential Nuclear Initiatives, 
the Missile Technology Control Regime, and the 
Russian Federation has recently withdrawn from the 
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Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe 
(CFE). 
(3) The Commander of U.S. European Com-
mand, and Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, 
General Philip Breedlove, USAF, stated that ‘‘[a] 
weapon capability that violates the I.N.F., that is in-
troduced into the greater European land mass is ab-
solutely a tool that will have to be dealt with . . . 
I would not judge how the alliance will choose to 
react, but I would say they will have to consider 
what to do about it, [i]t can’t go unanswered.’’. 
(4) General Breedlove has further stated that ‘‘ 
we need to first and foremost signal that we cannot 
accept this change and that, if this change is contin-
ued, that we will have to change the cost calculus for 
Russia in order to help them to find their way to a 
less bellicose position.’’. 
(5) General Martin Dempsey, Chairman, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff testified that, ‘‘I think we have to 
make it very clear that things like their compliance 
with the INF treaty that there will be political, dip-
lomatic and potentially military costs in terms of the 
way we posture ourselves and the way we plan and 
work with our allies to address those provo-
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cations. . .It concerns me greatly. I certainly would 
counsel them not to roll back the clock.’’. 
(6) The Secretary of Defense, Ashton B. Car-
ter, testified that, ‘‘On the military side, we have 
begun to consider . . . what our options are, because 
the INF treaty is a treaty, meaning that it’s a two- 
way street. We accepted constraints in return for 
constraints of the then Soviet Union. It is a two-way 
street, and we need to remind them that it’s a two- 
way street, meaning that we, without an INF treaty, 
can take action also that we both decided years ago 
was best for neither of us to take.’’. 
(7) The Department of Defense has been con-
sidering a range of military options to respond to 
the Russian Federation’s violation of the INF Trea-
ty and these options would ‘‘aim to negate any ad-
vantage Russia might gain from deploying an INF- 
prohibited system, and all of these would be de-
signed to make us more secure’’, and these options 
‘‘fall into three broad categories: active defenses to 
counter intermediate-range ground-launched cruise 
missiles; counterforce capabilities to prevent inter-
mediate-range ground-launched cruise missile at-
tacks; and countervailing strike capabilities to en-
hance U.S. or allied forces.’’. 
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(8) President Barack Obama stated in Prague 
in 2009 that, ‘‘Rules must be binding. Violations 
must be punished. Words must mean something.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
the Congress that— 
(1) the Russian Federation should return to 
compliance with the INF Treaty; 
(2) the continuing violation of the INF Treaty 
by the Russian Federation threatens the viability of 
the INF Treaty; 
(3) the United States has reportedly been un-
dertaking diplomatic efforts to address with the 
Russia Federation its violations of the INF Treaty 
since 2013, and the Russian Federation has failed to 
respond to these efforts in any meaningful way; 
(4) not only should the Russian Federation end 
its cheating with respect to the INF Treaty, but also 
its illegal occupation of the sovereign territory of an-
other nation, its plans for stationing nuclear weap-
ons on that nation’s territory, and its cheating and 
violation of as many as eight of its 12 arms control 
obligations and agreements; and 
(5) there are several United States military re-
quirements that would be addressed by the develop-
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ment and deployment of systems currently prohib-
ited by the INF Treaty. 
(c) NOTIFICATION OF RUSSIAN VIOLATIONS OF INF 
TREATY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a notifi-
cation of— 
(A) whether the Russian Federation has 
flight-tested, deployed, or possesses a military 
system that has achieved an initial operating 
capability of a covered missile system; and 
(B) whether the Russian Federation has 
begun steps to return to full compliance with 
the INF Treaty, including by agreeing to in-
spections and verification measures necessary to 
achieve high confidence that any covered missile 
system will be eliminated, as required by the 
INF Treaty upon its entry into force. 
(2) 
DEADLINE.—The 
notification 
required 
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the Russian Federation meets any of the re-
quirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (1). 
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(3) FORM.—The notification required under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex if nec-
essary. 
(d) NOTIFICATION OF COORDINATION WITH ALLIES 
REGARDING INF TREATY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment, and every 120-day 
period thereafter for a period of 5 years, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, in coordination with the Secretary of 
State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
jointly submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a notification on the status and content of 
updates provided to the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization (NATO) and allies of the United States in 
East Asia, on the Russian Federation’s flight test-
ing, operating capability and deployment of a cov-
ered missile system, including updates on the status 
and a description of efforts with such allies to de-
velop collective responses, including economic and 
military responses, to the Russian Federation’s arms 
control violations, including violations of the INF 
Treaty. 
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(2) FORM.—The notification required under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex if nec-
essary. 
(e) MILITARY RESPONSE OPTIONS TO RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION VIOLATION OF THE TREATY ON INTERMEDIATE 
RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF CAPABILITIES.—If, as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
determines that the Russian Federation has not 
begun steps to return to full compliance with the 
INF Treaty, including by agreeing to inspections 
and verification measures necessary to achieve high 
confidence that any covered missile system will be 
eliminated, as required by the INF Treaty upon its 
entry into force, the President shall begin developing 
the following military capabilities: 
(A) Counterforce capabilities to prevent in-
termediate-range ground-launched ballistic mis-
sile and cruise missile attacks, including capa-
bilities that may be acquired from allies. 
(B) Countervailing strike capabilities to 
enhance the Armed Forces of the United States 
or allies of the United States, including capa-
bilities that may be acquired from allies. 
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(2) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS
FOR
REC-
OMMENDED
CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary of De-
fense may use funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2016 for research, development, test, and eval-
uation, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4201, to carry out the development 
of capabilities pursuant to paragraph (1) that are 
recommended by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff to meet military requirements and current 
capability gaps. In making such a selection, the 
Chairman shall give priority to such capabilities that 
the Chairman determines could be tested and fielded 
most expediently, with the most priority given to ca-
pabilities that the Chairman determines could be 
fielded in two years. 
(3) REPORTS ON DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—During each 180-day 
period beginning on the date on which funds 
are first obligated to develop capabilities under 
paragraph (2), the Chairman shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on such capabilities, including the costs of 
development (and estimated total costs of each 
system if pursued to deployment) and the 
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timeline for development flight testing and de-
ployment. 
(B) SUNSET.—The provisions of subpara-
graph (A) shall not be in effect on and after the 
date on which the President certifies to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that the 
INF Treaty is no longer in force or the Russian 
Federation has fully returned to compliance 
with its obligations under the INF Treaty. 
(4) REPORT ON DEPLOYMENT.—Not later than 
180 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 following: 
(A) Potential deployment locations of the 
military capabilities described in paragraph (1) 
in East Asia and Eastern Europe, including 
any potential basing agreements that may be 
required to facilitate such deployments. 
(B) Any required safety and security meas-
ures, estimates of potential costs of deploy-
ments described in subparagraph (A) and an 
assessment of whether or not such deployments 
in Eastern Europe may require a decision of 
the North Atlantic Council. 
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(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the following: 
(A) The congressional defense committees. 
(B) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(C) The Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate. 
(2) COVERED
MISSILE
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘covered missile system’’ means ground-launched 
ballistic missiles or ground-launched cruise missiles 
with a flight-tested range of between 500 and 5500 
kilometers. 
(3) INF TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Treaty’’ 
means the Treaty Between the United States of 
America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and 
Shorter-Range Missiles, commonly referred to as the 
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, 
signed at Washington, December 8, 1987, and en-
tered into force June 1, 1988. 
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SEC. 1244. MODIFICATION OF NOTIFICATION AND ASSESS-
MENT OF PROPOSAL TO MODIFY OR INTRO-
DUCE NEW AIRCRAFT OR SENSORS FOR 
FLIGHT 
BY 
THE 
RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION 
UNDER OPEN SKIES TREATY. 
Section 1242(b)(1) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 
128 Stat. 3563) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 
days’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the commander of 
each relevant combatant command’’. 
SEC. 1245. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SUPPORT FOR ESTO-
NIA, LATVIA, AND LITHUANIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and 
Lithuania are highly valued allies of the United 
States, and they have repeatedly demonstrated their 
commitment to advancing our mutual interests as 
well as those of the NATO Alliance. 
(2) Operation Atlantic Resolve is a series of ex-
ercises and coordinating efforts meant to dem-
onstrate the United States’ commitment to the Bal-
tic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and the 
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United States-Baltic partnership’s shared goal of 
peace and stability in the region. Built upon the 
common values of peace, stability and prosperity, 
Operation Atlantic Resolve strengthens communica-
tion and understanding, and is an important effort 
to deter Russian aggression against the Baltic 
States. 
(3) As part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, the 
European Reassurance Initiative undertakes exer-
cises, training, and rotational presence necessary to 
reassure and integrate our Baltic State allies into a 
common defense framework. 
(4) All three Baltic States contributed to the 
NATO-led International Security Assistance Force 
in Afghanistan, sending disproportionate numbers of 
troops and operating with few caveats. They also 
continue to engage in the Resolute Support Mission 
in Afghanistan. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) reaffirms its support for the principle of col-
lective defense as enshrined in Article 5 of the North 
Atlantic Treaty for our NATO allies, Estonia, Lat-
via, and Lithuania; 
(2) supports the sovereignty, independence, ter-
ritorial integrity, and inviolability of Estonia, Latvia, 
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and Lithuania as well as their internationally recog-
nized borders, and expresses concerns over increas-
ingly aggressive military maneuvering by Russia 
near their borders and airspace; 
(3) expresses concerns over increasingly aggres-
sive military maneuvering by the Russian Federation 
near Baltic state borders and airspace, and con-
demns reported subversive and destabilizing activi-
ties by the Russian Federation within the Baltic 
states; and 
(4) encourages the Administration to further 
enhance defense cooperation efforts with Estonia, 
Latvia, and Lithuania and supports the efforts of 
their Governments to provide for the defense of their 
people and sovereign territory. 
SEC. 1246. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SUPPORT FOR GEOR-
GIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Georgia is a valued friend of the United 
States and has repeatedly demonstrated its commit-
ment to advancing the mutual interests of both 
countries, including the deployment of Georgian 
forces as part of the NATO-led International Secu-
rity Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and the 
Multi-National Force in Iraq. 
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(2) The European Reassurance Initiative builds 
the partnership capacity of Georgia so it can work 
more closely with the United States and NATO, as 
well as provide for their own defense. 
(3) In addition to the European Reassurance 
Initiative, Georgia’s participation in the NATO ini-
tiative Partnership for Peace is paramount to inter-
operability with the United States and NATO, and 
establishing a more peaceful environment in the re-
gion. 
(4) Despite the heavy and painful losses suf-
fered during the ISAF, as a NATO partner Georgia 
is engaged in the Resolute Support Mission in Af-
ghanistan with the second largest contingent on the 
ground. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) reaffirms United States support for Geor-
gia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its 
internationally-recognized borders, and does not rec-
ognize the Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions, cur-
rently occupied by Russia, as independent; and 
(2) supports continued cooperation between the 
United States and Georgia and the efforts of the 
Government of Georgia to provide for the defense of 
its people and sovereign territory. 
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SEC. 1247. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS RE-
LATING TO SOVEREIGNTY OF THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION OVER CRIMEA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Defense may 
be obligated or expended— 
(1) to implement any action or policy that rec-
ognizes the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the 
Russian Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its 
territorial waters; or 
(2) to provide assistance for the central govern-
ment of a country that has taken affirmative steps 
intended to recognize or otherwise be supportive of 
the Russian Federation’s forcible and illegal occupa-
tion of Crimea. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 
the restriction on assistance required by subsection (a)(2) 
if the Secretary certifies and reports to the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives that to 
do so is in the national interest of the United States. 
(c) SUNSET.—The requirements of subsection (a) 
shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary of Defense cer-
tifies and reports to the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
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House of Representatives that the armed forces of the 
Russian Federation have withdrawn from Crimea and the 
Government of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over 
Crimea. 
SEC. 1248. LIMITATION ON MILITARY CONTACT AND CO-
OPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 
AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2016 for the Department of Defense may be used for any 
bilateral military-to-military contact or cooperation be-
tween the Governments of the United States and the Rus-
sian Federation until the Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, certifies to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 
are no longer illegally occupying Ukrainian territory; 
(2) the Russian Federation is respecting the 
sovereignty of all Ukrainian territory; 
(3) the Russian Federation is no longer taking 
actions that are inconsistent with the INF Treaty; 
and 
(4) the Russian Federation has not sold or oth-
erwise transferred the Club-K land attack cruise 
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missile system to any foreign country or foreign per-
son during fiscal year 2015. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 
the limitation in subsection (a) with respect to a certifi-
cation requirement specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) 
if— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, submits to the appro-
priate congressional committees— 
(A) a notification that such a waiver is in 
the national security interest of the United 
States and a description of the national security 
interest covered by the waiver; and 
(B) a report explaining why the Secretary 
of Defense cannot make the certification under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits 
the information in the report under paragraph 
(1)(B). 
(c) ADDITIONAL WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense 
may waive the limitation required by subsection (a)(4) 
with respect to the sale or other transfer of the Club-K 
land attack cruise missile system if— 
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(1) the United States has imposed sanctions 
against the manufacturer of such system by reason 
of such sale or other transfer; or 
(2) the Secretary has developed and submitted 
to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 
to prevent the sale or other transfer of such system 
in the future. 
(d) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY BASES.— 
The certification requirement specified in paragraph (1) 
of subsection (a) shall not apply to military bases of the 
Russian Federation in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula oper-
ating in accordance with its 1997 agreement on the Status 
and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet Stationing on the 
Territory of Ukraine. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
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(2) BILATERAL
MILITARY-TO-MILITARY
CON-
TACT OR COOPERATION.—The term ‘‘bilateral mili-
tary-to-military contact or cooperation’’— 
(A) means— 
(i) reciprocal visits and meetings by 
high-ranking delegations; 
(ii) information sharing, policy con-
sultations, security dialogues or other 
forms of consultative discussions; 
(iii) exchanges of military instructors, 
training personnel, and students; 
(iv) exchanges of information; 
(v) defense planning; and 
(vi) military training or exercises; but 
(B) does not include any contact or co-
operation that is in support of United States 
stability operations. 
(3) INF
TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Treaty’’ 
means the Treaty Between the United States of 
America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and 
Shorter-Range Missiles, commonly referred to as the 
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, 
signed at Washington December 8, 1987, and en-
tered into force June 1, 1988. 
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 
respect to funds described in subsection (a) that are unob-
ligated as of such date of enactment. 
SEC. 1249. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION 
OF THE NEW START TREATY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2016 for the Department of Defense may be used for im-
plementation of the New START Treaty until the Presi-
dent certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that— 
(1) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 
are no longer illegally occupying Ukrainian territory; 
(2) the Russian Federation is respecting the 
sovereignty of all Ukrainian territory; 
(3) the Russian Federation is no longer taking 
actions that are inconsistent with the INF Treaty; 
(4) the Russian Federation is in compliance 
with the CFE Treaty and has lifted its suspension 
of Russian observance of its treaty obligations; and 
(5) there have been no inconsistencies by the 
Russian Federation with New START Treaty re-
quirements. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) CFE TREATY.—The term ‘‘CFE Treaty’’ 
means the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in 
Europe, signed at Paris November 19, 1990, and 
entered into force July 17, 1992. 
(3) INF TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Treaty’’ 
means the Treaty Between the United States of 
America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and 
Shorter-Range Missiles, commonly referred to as the 
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, 
signed at Washington December 8, 1987, and en-
tered into force June 1, 1988. 
(4) NEW
START
TREATU.—The term ‘‘New 
START Treaty’’ means the Treaty between the 
United States of America and the Russian Federa-
tion on Measures for the Further Reduction and 
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Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on 
April 8, 2010, and entered into force on February 
5, 2011 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 
respect to funds described in subsection (a) that are unob-
ligated as of such date of enactment. 
Subtitle F—Matters Relating to the 
Asia-Pacific Region 
SEC. 1251. SENSE OF CONGRESS RECOGNIZING THE 70TH 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF ALLIED MILI-
TARY ENGAGEMENT IN THE PACIFIC THE-
ATER. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings 
(1) September 2, 2015, marks the 70th anni-
versary of the end of Allied military engagement in 
the Pacific theater, also marking the end of the Sec-
ond World War. 
(2) The United States entered the Second 
World War in December 1941, following the Empire 
of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, and over the 
next four years Americans participated in what was 
arguably the greatest national endeavor in the Na-
tion’s history. 
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(3) The casualty toll of Americans in the Pa-
cific theater during the Second World War was ap-
proximately 92,904 killed, 208,333 wounded, and 
tens of thousands missing in action and prisoners of 
war, with civilians and military forces of the Allied 
Powers suffering equally devastating tolls. 
(4) American military forces displayed extraor-
dinary courage and suffered significant casualties in 
battles across the Pacific theater, including in the 
Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Battle of Leyte 
Gulf, the Philippines Campaign, the Battle of Iwo 
Jima, and the Battle of Okinawa. 
(5) Japanese military forces and the Japanese 
civilian population also suffered staggering losses. 
(6) On August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito of 
Japan announced the unconditional surrender of Ja-
pan’s military forces, made formal on September 2, 
1945, aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, 
Japan, thus ending the most devastating war in 
human history. 
(7) Japan is now a free and prosperous democ-
racy; a valued ally with shared values and mutual in-
terests based on the principles of democracy, indi-
vidual liberty, and the rule of law, who serves as a 
cornerstone for peace and security in the region and 
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for whom the United States seeks to further enhance 
security, economic, and diplomatic ties. 
(8) The bravery and sacrifice of the members of 
the United States Armed Forces and the military 
forces of the Allied Powers who served valiantly to 
rescue the Pacific nations from tyranny and aggres-
sion should be always remembered. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) recognizes the 70th anniversary of the end 
of Allied military engagement in the Pacific theater, 
and also marking the end of Second World War; 
(2) joins with a grateful nation in expressing 
respect and appreciation to the members of the 
United States Armed Forces who served in the Pa-
cific theater during the Second World War; 
(3) remembers and honors those Americans who 
made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives for 
their country during the campaigns in the Pacific 
theater during the Second World War; and 
(4) preserves and applies the lessons learned 
from the history of the Second World War in the 
Pacific theater and recognizes the close alliance be-
tween the United States and Japan, codified in the 
1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security be-
tween the United States and Japan, that continues 
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to be enhanced to maintain peace and prosperity in 
the region. 
SEC. 1252. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CONSOLIDA-
TION OF UNITED STATES MILITARY FACILI-
TIES IN OKINAWA, JAPAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The defense alliance between the United 
States and Japan remains important and strong. 
(2) Progress continues to be made in the 
United States and Japan to fulfill the April 27, 
2012, agreement of the United States-Japan Secu-
rity Consultative Committee that modified the 
United States-Japan Roadmap for Realignment Im-
plementation, originally codified on May 1, 2006, in-
cluding the Governor of Okinawa signing the landfill 
permit for Henoko construction on December 27, 
2013, and the elimination of restrictions on Govern-
ment of Japan contributions for the realignment of 
Marine Corps forces in the Asia-Pacific region by 
section 2821 of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division B of Public 
Law 113–291). 
(3) The Government of Japan has made signifi-
cant and unprecedented direct financial contribu-
tions of more than $3,000,000,000 to the Support 
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for United States Relocation to Guam Account pur-
suant to section 2350k of title 10, United States 
Code, for the relocation of Marine Corps forces from 
Okinawa to Guam and the relocation of certain 
training from Okinawa to the Marianas region, of 
which nearly $1,000,000,000 has already been re-
ceived from the Government of Japan, and a signifi-
cant amount of these funds has already been obli-
gated and expended to support the relocation of Ma-
rine Corps forces on Guam. 
(4) It is important to return formerly used 
United States military property in Okinawa to the 
local government. 
(5) Consolidation of United States facilities and 
the return of formerly used United States military 
property in Okinawa will be implemented as soon as 
possible, while ensuring operational capability, in-
cluding training capability, throughout the consolida-
tion process. 
(6) Under the April 27, 2012, agreement re-
ferred to in paragraph (2), the United States is au-
thorized to establish Marine Air-Ground Task 
Forces at additional locations in the Asia-Pacific re-
gion, including Guam, Hawaii, and Australia, which 
will enhance their readiness posture through flexi-
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bility and speed to respond to regional threats and 
maintain regional peace, stability, and security. 
(7) Even though realignment of Marine Corps 
forces from Okinawa to Guam is ‘‘de-linked’’ from 
progress on the construction of the Futenma Re-
placement Facility in Henoko, there must be contin-
ued progress on Guam and Okinawa to meet the 
agreement. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Henoko location for the Futenma Replace-
ment Facility— 
(1) has been studied and analyzed for several 
decades, reaffirmed by both the United States and 
Japan on several occasions, including the 2010 
Futenma Replacement Facility Bilateral Experts 
study and the independent assessment required by 
section 346 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1373); and 
(2) remains the only option for the Futenma 
Replacement Facility. 
SEC. 1253. STRATEGY TO PROMOTE UNITED STATES INTER-
ESTS IN THE INDO-ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The President shall develop an over-
all strategy to promote United States interests in the 
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Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Such strategy shall be informed 
by the following: 
(1) The national security strategy of the United 
States for 2015 set forth in the national security 
strategy report required under section 108(a)(3) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
5043(a)(3)), as such strategy relates to United 
States interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 
(2) The strategy to prioritize United States de-
fense interests in the Asia-Pacific region as con-
tained in the report required by section 1251(a) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291). 
(3) The integrated, multi-year planning and 
budget strategy for a rebalancing of United States 
policy in Asia submitted to Congress pursuant to 
section 7043(a) of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2014 (division K of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76)). 
(b) PRESIDENTIAL POLICY DIRECTIVE.—The Presi-
dent shall issue a Presidential Policy Directive to relevant 
Federal departments and agencies that contains the strat-
egy developed under subsection (a) and includes imple-
menting guidance to such departments and agencies. 
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(c) RELATION TO AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS AND AN-
NUAL BUDGET.— 
(1) AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS.—In identifying 
agency priority goals under section 1120(b) of title 
31, United States Code, for each relevant Federal 
department and agency, the head of such depart-
ment or agency, or as otherwise determined by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall take into consideration the strategy developed 
under subsection (a) and the Presidential Policy Di-
rective issued under subsection (b). 
(2) ANNUAL BUDGET.—The President, acting 
through the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, shall ensure that the annual budget 
submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code, includes a separate section 
that clearly highlights programs and projects that 
are being funded in the annual budget that relate to 
the strategy developed under subsection (a) and the 
Presidential Policy Directive issued under subsection 
(b). 
SEC. 1254. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE UNITED STATES 
ALLIANCE WITH JAPAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) the United States highly values its alliance 
with the Government of Japan as a cornerstone of 
peace and security in the region, based on shared 
values of democracy, the rule of law, free and open 
markets, and respect for human rights in order to 
promote peace, security, stability, and economic 
prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region; 
(2) the United States welcomes Japan’s deci-
sion to contribute more proactively to regional and 
global peace and security; 
(3) the United States supports recent changes 
in Japanese defense policy, including the adoption of 
collective self-defense and the new bilateral Guide-
lines for U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation which 
were approved on April 27, 2015, and will promote 
a more balanced and effective alliance to meet the 
emerging security challenges of this century; 
(4) the United States and Japan should con-
tinue to improve joint interoperability and collabo-
rate on developing future capabilities with which to 
maintain regional stability in an increasingly uncer-
tain security environment; 
(5) the United States and Japan should con-
tinue efforts to strengthen regional multilateral in-
stitutions that promote economic and security co-
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operation based on internationally accepted rules 
and norms; 
(6) the United States acknowledges that the 
Senkaku Islands are under the administration of 
Japan and opposes any unilateral actions that would 
seek to undermine such administration and remains 
committed under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation 
and Security to respond to any armed attack in the 
territories under the administration of Japan; and 
(7) the United States reaffirms its commitment 
to the Government of Japan under Article V of the 
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security that 
‘‘[e]ach Party recognizes that an armed attack 
against either Party in the territories under the ad-
ministration of Japan would be dangerous to its own 
peace and safety and declares that it would act to 
meet the common danger in accordance with its con-
stitutional provisions and processes’’. 
SEC. 1255. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON OPPORTUNITIES TO 
ENHANCE THE UNITED STATES ALLIANCE 
WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the alliance between the United States and 
the Republic of Korea has served as an anchor for 
stability, security, and prosperity on the Korean Pe-
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ninsula, in the Asia-Pacific region, and around the 
world; 
(2) the United States and the Republic of 
Korea continue to strengthen and adapt the com-
prehensive strategic alliance of bilateral, regional, 
and global scope to serve as a linchpin of peace and 
stability in the Asia-Pacific region, recognizing the 
shared values of democracy, human rights, free and 
open market, and the rule of law, as reaffirmed in 
the May 2013 ‘‘Joint Declaration in Commemora-
tion of the 60th Anniversary of the Alliance between 
the Republic of Korea and the United States of 
America’’; 
(3) the United States and the Republic of 
Korea continue to broaden and deepen the scope and 
level of alliance cooperation by strengthening the 
combined defense posture on the Korean Peninsula, 
enhancing mutual security based on the Republic of 
Korea-United States Mutual Defense Treaty, and 
promoting cooperation for regional and global secu-
rity in the 21st century, recognizing the significance 
of 2015 as it marks the 70th anniversary of the end 
of World War II; 
(4) the United States and the Republic of 
Korea share deep concerns that North Korea’s nu-
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clear and ballistic missiles programs and its repeated 
provocations pose grave threats to peace and sta-
bility on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia 
and recognize that both nations are determined to 
achieve the peaceful denuclearization of North 
Korea, and remain fully committed to continuing 
close cooperation on the full range of issues related 
to North Korea; 
(5) the United States supports the vision of a 
Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons, free from 
the fear of war, and peacefully reunited on the basis 
of democratic and free market principles, as articu-
lated in President Park’s Dresden address; and 
(6) the United States and the Republic of 
Korea share the future interests of both nations in 
securing peace and stability on the Korean Penin-
sula and in Northeast Asia. 
SEC. 1256. REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE POLICY REGARDING FOREIGN DIS-
CLOSURE OR TECHNOLOGY RELEASE OF 
AEGIS ASHORE CAPABILITY TO ALLIES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that a decision by the Government of Japan to pur-
chase Aegis Ashore for its self-defense, given that it al-
ready possesses sea-based Aegis weapons system-equipped 
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naval vessels, could create a significant opportunity for 
promoting interoperability and integration of air- and mis-
sile defense capability with close allies, could provide for 
force multiplication benefits, and could potentially allevi-
ate force posture requirements on multi-mission assets. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT POLICY.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a copy of the Department of De-
fense policy regarding foreign disclosure or technology re-
lease of Aegis Ashore capability to allies, including Japan, 
that possess sea-based Aegis weapons system-equipped 
naval vessels. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional 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. 
1257. 
REQUIREMENT 
TO 
INVITE 
THE 
MILITARY 
FORCES OF TAIWAN TO PARTICIPATE IN 
RIMPAC EXERCISES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall in-
vite the military forces of Taiwan to participate in any 
maritime exercise known as the Rim of the Pacific Exer-
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SEC. 1402. NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2016 for the National Defense Sealift Fund, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1403. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC-
TION, DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not oth-
erwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions 
Destruction, Defense, as specified in the funding table in 
section 4501. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized for— 
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents 
and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of 
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 
(50 U.S.C. 1521); and 
(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 
of the United States that is not covered by section 
1412 of such Act. 
SEC. 1404. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction 
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and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1406. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2016 for the Defense Health Program, as spec-
ified in the funding table in section 4501, for use of the 
Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the De-
partment of Defense in providing for the health of eligible 
beneficiaries. 
SEC. 1407. NATIONAL SEA-BASED DETERRENCE FUND. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2016 for the National Sea-Based Deterrence 
Fund, as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
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trator could not make such a certification by reason 
of the actions of a contractor that the Administrator 
determines significantly delayed the project, reduced 
the scope of the project, increased the cost of the 
project, or undermined health, safety, or security— 
‘‘(A) an explanation as to whether termi-
nation of contract for the project is an appro-
priate remedy; 
‘‘(B) a description of the terms of the con-
tract regarding award fees and performance; 
and 
‘‘(C) a description of how the Adminis-
trator plans to exercise contractual options. 
‘‘(3) In the case of a covered project described 
in paragraph (2) for which the Administrator is not 
able to submit the information described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (C) of such paragraph by reason 
of a contract enforcement action, a notification of 
such contract enforcement action and the date on 
which the Administrator plans to submit the infor-
mation described in such subparagraphs. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
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