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ments in the preceding proviso and accompanying report 
language for the ASFF. 
SEC. 9011. Funds made available in this title to the 
Department of Defense for operation and maintenance 
may be used to purchase items having an investment unit 
cost of not more than $250,000: Provided, That, upon de-
termination by the Secretary of Defense that such action 
is necessary to meet the operational requirements of a 
Commander of a Combatant Command engaged in contin-
gency operations overseas, such funds may be used to pur-
chase items having an investment item unit cost of not 
more than $500,000. 
SEC. 9012. From funds made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this title under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, up to $140,000,000 
may be used by the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, to support United States Gov-
ernment transition activities in Iraq by funding the oper-
ations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation 
in Iraq and security assistance teams, including life sup-
port, transportation and personal security, and facilities 
renovation and construction, and site closeout activities 
prior to returning sites to the Government of Iraq: Pro-
vided, That to the extent authorized under the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, the oper-
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ations and activities that may be carried out by the Office 
of Security Cooperation in Iraq may, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, include non-operational training 
activities in support of Iraqi Minister of Defense and 
Counter Terrorism Service personnel in an institutional 
environment to address capability gaps, integrate proc-
esses relating to intelligence, air sovereignty, combined 
arms, logistics and maintenance, and to manage and inte-
grate defense-related institutions: Provided further, That 
not later than 30 days following the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for 
transitioning any such training activities that they deter-
mine are needed after the end of fiscal year 2016, to exist-
ing or new contracts for the sale of defense articles or 
defense services consistent with the provisions of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.): Provided 
further, That not less than 15 days before making funds 
available pursuant to the authority provided in this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a written notice containing a 
detailed justification and timeline for the operations and 
activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq at 
each site where such operations and activities will be con-
ducted during fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That
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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. 
SEC. 9013. The Secretary of Defense is authorized, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide as-
sistance, to the Government of Jordan for purposes of 
supporting and enhancing efforts of the armed forces of 
Jordan and to sustain security along the border of Jordan 
with Syria and Iraq: Provided, That up to $600,000,000 
of funds appropriated by this Act for the Counterterrorism 
Partnerships Fund may be used for activities authorized 
by this section: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
accept and retain contributions, including assistance in- 
kind, from foreign governments to carry out activities as 
authorized by this section and shall be credited to the ap-
propriate appropriations accounts, except that any funds 
so accepted by the Secretary shall not be available for obli-
gation until a reprogramming action is submitted to the 
congressional defense committees: Provided further, That 
the President and the Secretary of Defense shall comply 
with the reporting requirements in sections 149(b)(1), 
(b)(2), (c), and (d) of the Continuing Appropriations Res-
olution, 2015 (Public Law 113–164): Provided further,
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That nothing in this section shall be construed to con-
stitute a specific statutory authorization for the introduc-
tion of the United States Armed Forces into hostilities or 
into situations wherein hostilities are clearly indicated by 
the circumstances, in accordance with section 8(a)(1) of 
the War Powers Resolution: 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 
assistance under this section shall terminate on September 
30, 2016. 
SEC. 9014. For ‘‘Assistance and Sustainment to the 
Military and National Security Forces of Ukraine’’, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 
Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary’s designee, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for the purpose of providing 
assistance, including training, equipment, lethal weapons 
of a defensive nature, logistics support, supplies and serv-
ices, and sustainment to the military and national security 
forces of Ukraine, for the purposes of securing the sov-
ereign territory of Ukraine against foreign aggressors,
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protecting and defending the Ukrainian people from at-
tacks posed by Russian-backed separatists, and promoting 
the conditions for a negotiated settlement to end the con-
flict: Provided further, That the authority to provide as-
sistance under this heading is in addition to any other au-
thority to provide assistance to Ukraine: Provided further, 
That contributions of funds for the purposes provided 
herein from any person, foreign government, or inter-
national organization may be credited to this account, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional de-
fense committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the 
obligation of any contribution, delineating the sources and 
amounts of the funds received and the specific use of such 
contributions: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds 
provided under this heading, notify the congressional de-
fense committees in writing of the details of any such obli-
gation: Provided further, That the United States may ac-
cept equipment procured 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 pro-
cured using funds provided under this heading in this or 
prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the military or Na-
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tional 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 section are des-
ignated 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: Provided further, That the 
authority to provide assistance under this section shall ter-
minate on September 30, 2016. 
SEC. 9015. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for pay-
ments under section 1233 of Public Law 110–181 for re-
imbursement 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 Net-
work, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, 
Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other domestic 
and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking 
steps to end support for such groups and prevent