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developed under the memorandum of agree-
ment; and 
(iii) requires the United States Gov-
ernment to receive semiannual reports on 
expenditure of funds, if any, by the Govern-
ment of Israel, including a description of 
what the funds have been used for, when 
funds were expended, and an identification 
of entities that expended the funds. 
(3) ANNUAL
LIMITATION
ON
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of support provided under this subsection in 
any year may not exceed $25,000,000. 
(b) LEAD AGENCY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
designate the Missile Defense Agency as the appropriate re-
search and development entity and as the lead agency of 
the Department of Defense in carrying out this section. 
(c) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress on 
a semiannual basis a report that contains a copy of the 
most recent semiannual report provided by the Government 
of Israel to the Department of Defense pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2)(B)(iii). 
(d) SUNSET.—The authority in this section to carry 
out activities described in subsection (a) shall expire on De-
cember 31, 2018. 
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(e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Home-
land Security, the Committee on Appropriations, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1251. 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 exer-
cises and coordinating efforts demonstrating the 
United States’ commitment to its European partners 
and allies, including the Baltic States of Estonia, 
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Latvia, and Lithuania, with the shared goal of peace 
and stability in the region. Operation Atlantic Re-
solve strengthens communication and understanding, 
and is an important effort to deter Russian aggres-
sion in the region. 
(3) Through Operation Atlantic Resolve, the Eu-
ropean Reassurance Initiative undertakes exercises, 
training, and rotational presence necessary to reas-
sure and integrate our allies, including the Baltic 
States, 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. The Baltic 
States continue to engage in Operation Resolute Sup-
port in Afghanistan. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) reaffirms its support for the principle of col-
lective defense in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Trea-
ty for our NATO allies, including Estonia, Latvia, 
and Lithuania; 
(2) supports the sovereignty, independence, terri-
torial integrity, and inviolability of Estonia, Latvia, 
and Lithuania as well as their internationally recog-
nized borders, and expresses concerns over increas-
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ingly aggressive military maneuvering by the Russian 
Federation near their borders and airspace; 
(3) expresses concern over and condemns subver-
sive and destabilizing activities by the Russian Fed-
eration within the Baltic States; and 
(4) encourages the Administration to further en-
hance defense cooperation efforts with Estonia, Lat-
via, and Lithuania and supports the efforts of their 
Governments to provide for the defense of their people 
and sovereign territory. 
SEC. 1252. 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 coun-
tries, including the deployment of Georgian forces as 
part of the NATO-led International Security Assist-
ance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and the Multi-Na-
tional Force in Iraq. 
(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 its own defense. 
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(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 losses suffered, as a NATO part-
ner of ISAF, Georgia is engaged in the Resolute Sup-
port Mission in Afghanistan with the second largest 
contingent on the ground. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) reaffirms United States support for Georgia’s 
sovereignty and territorial integrity within its inter-
nationally-recognized borders, and does not recognize 
the independence of the Abkhazia and South Ossetia 
regions currently occupied by the Russian Federation; 
and 
(2) supports continued cooperation between the 
United States and Georgia and the efforts of the Gov-
ernment of Georgia to provide for the defense of its 
people and sovereign territory. 
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