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SEC. 1261. UNITED STATES STRATEGY ON CHINA. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress declares that long-term 
strategic competition with China is a principal priority for the 
United States that requires the integration of multiple elements 
of national power, including diplomatic, economic, intelligence, law 
enforcement, and military elements, to protect and strengthen 
national security. 
(b) STRATEGY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2019, the Presi-
dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report containing a whole-of-government strategy with respect 
to the People’s Republic of China. 
(2) ELEMENTS
OF
STRATEGY.—The strategy required by 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Strategic assessments of and planned responses 
to address the following activities by the Chinese Com-
munist Party: 
(i) The use of political influence, information oper-
ations, censorship, and propaganda to undermine 
democratic institutions and processes, and the free-
doms of speech, expression, press, and academic 
thought. 
(ii) The use of intelligence networks to exploit open 
research and development. 
(iii) The use of economic tools, including market 
access and investment to gain access to sensitive 
United States industries. 
(iv) Malicious cyber activities. 
(v) The use of investment, infrastructure, and 
development projects, such as China’s Belt and Road 
Initiative, in Africa, Europe, Central Asia, South 
America, and the Indo-Pacific region, and the Polar 
Silk Road in the Arctic, as a means to gain access 
and influence. 
(vi) The use of military activities, capabilities, and 
defense installations, and hybrid warfare methods, 
short of traditional armed conflict, against the United 
States or its allies and partners. 
(B) Available or planned methods to enhance strategic 
communication to counter Chinese influence and promote 
United States interests. 
(C) An identification of the key diplomatic, develop-
ment, intelligence, military, and economic resources nec-
essary to implement the strategy. 
(D) A plan to maximize the coordination and effective-
ness of such resources to counter the threats posed by 
the activities described in subparagraph (A). 
(E) Available or planned interagency mechanisms for 
the coordination and implementation of the strategy. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(4) ANNUAL
BUDGET
SUBMISSION.—The President shall 
ensure that the annual budget submitted to Congress pursuant 
to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, clearly highlights 
the programs and projects proposed to be funded that relate 
to the strategy required by paragraph (1).
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(5) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘appropriage congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, 
the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the 
Judiciary, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, and the Committee on the Budget of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence, the Committee on Financial Services, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the 
Judiciary, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 1262. REPORT ON MILITARY AND COERCIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (d), imme-
diately after the commencement of any significant reclamation, 
assertion of an excessive territorial claim, or militarization activity 
by the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea, including 
any significant military deployment or operation or infrastructure 
construction, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees, and release to the public, a report on the military 
and coercive activities of China in the South China Sea in connec-
tion with such activity. 
(b) ELEMENTS
OF REPORT
TO PUBLIC.—Each report on the 
commencement of a significant reclamation, an assertion of an 
excessive territorial claim, or a militarization activity under sub-
section (a) shall include a short narrative on, and one or more 
corresponding images of, such commencement of a significant rec-
lamation, assertion of an excessive territorial claim, or militariza-
tion activity. 
(c) FORM.— 
(1) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Any report under subsection 
(a) that is submitted to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(2) RELEASE TO PUBLIC.—If a report under subsection (a) 
is released to the public, such report shall be so released 
in unclassified form. 
(d) WAIVER.— 
(1) RELEASE
OF
REPORT
TO
PUBLIC.—The Secretary of 
Defense may waive the requirement in subsection (a) for the 
release to the public of a report on the commencement of 
any significant reclamation, an assertion of an excessive terri-
torial claim, or a militarization activity by the People’s Republic 
of China in the South China Sea if the Secretary determines 
that the release to the public of a report on such activity 
under that subsection in the form required by subsection (c)(2) 
would have an adverse effect on the national security interests 
of the United States. 
(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—If the Secretary issues a waiver 
under paragraph (1) with respect to a report on an activity,
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not later than 48 hours after the Secretary issues such waiver, 
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees written notice of, and justification for, such waiver. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate 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 Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 1263. REQUIREMENT FOR CRITICAL LANGUAGES AND EXPERTISE 
IN CHINESE, KOREAN, RUSSIAN, FARSI, AND ARABIC. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) evaluate the operational requirements for members of 
the Armed Forces possessing foreign language expertise in crit-
ical languages, including Chinese, Korean, Russian, Farsi, and 
Arabic; and 
(2) submit to the congressional defense committees a plan 
to address any shortfalls in these critical areas. 
SEC. 1264. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE THE TOTAL 
NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SERVING 
ON ACTIVE DUTY WHO ARE DEPLOYED TO THE REPUBLIC 
OF KOREA. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
may be used to reduce the total number of members of the Armed 
Forces serving on active duty who are deployed to the Republic 
of Korea below 22,000 unless the Secretary of Defense first certifies 
to the congressional defense committees the following: 
(1) Such a reduction is in the national security interest 
of the United States and will not significantly undermine the 
security of United States allies in the region. 
(2) The Secretary has appropriately consulted with allies 
of the United States, including the Republic of Korea and 
Japan, regarding such a reduction. 
SEC. 1265. REPORTS ON NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 
(a) BASELINE REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of 
State, and the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the status of the nuclear pro-
gram of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to establish 
a baseline of progress for negotiations with the Democratic People’s 
Republic of Korea with respect to denuclearization. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following, to the extent known or suspected: 
(1) A description of the location, quantity, capability, and 
operational status of the nuclear weapons and other weapons 
of mass destruction, including chemical and biological weapons, 
of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
(2) A description of the location of the research, develop-
ment, production, and testing facilities, including covert facili-
ties, for the nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass
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destruction, including chemical and biological weapons, of the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
(3) A description of the location, quantity, capability, and 
operational status of fixed ballistic missile launch sites, and 
assessments of capability and readiness of mobile land and 
at-sea launch platforms of the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea. 
(4) A description of the location of the ballistic missile 
manufacturing and assembly facilities of the Democratic Peo-
ple’s Republic of Korea. 
(5) An assessment of any intelligence gaps and confidence 
levels with respect to the information required by this sub-
section and verification or inspection measures that may fill 
such gaps. 
(c) UPDATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an agreement, not later 
than 60 days after the date on which the agreement is reached, 
and every 90 days thereafter, the report required by subsection 
(a) shall be augmented by a written update. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each written update under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following for the preceding 90-day period: 
(A) A description of the number of nuclear weapons, 
other weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and 
biological weapons, and ballistic missiles verifiably disman-
tled, destroyed, rendered permanently unusable, or trans-
ferred out of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
(B) An identification of the location of research, 
development, production, and testing facilities for nuclear 
weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, including 
chemical and biological weapons, in the Democratic People’s 
Republic of Korea identified and verifiably dismantled, 
destroyed, or rendered permanently unusable. 
(C) An identification of the location of ballistic missile 
manufacturing and assembly facilities in the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea verifiably dismantled, destroyed, 
or rendered permanently unusable. 
(D) A description of the number of nuclear weapons 
and ballistic missiles that remain in or under the control 
of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
(E) An assessment of the progress made in extending 
the breakout period required for the Democratic People’s 
Republic of Korea to reconstitute its nuclear weapons pro-
gram and build a nuclear weapon, as such progress relates 
to the information required by subparagraphs (A) through 
(D). 
(d) VERIFICATION ASSESSMENT REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which the report required by subsection 
(a) is submitted, and every 180 days thereafter, the written update 
required under paragraph (1) of subsection (c) shall include, in 
addition to the information required by subparagraphs (A) through 
(E) of that subsection, the following for the preceding 180-day 
period: 
(1) An assessment of the establishment of safeguards, other 
control mechanisms, and other assurances secured from the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to ensure the activities 
of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea permitted under 
any agreement will not be used to further any nuclear-related
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military or nuclear explosive purpose, including research on 
or development of a nuclear explosive device. 
(2) An assessment of the capacity of the United States 
or an international organization, including the International 
Atomic Energy Agency, to effectively access and investigate 
suspicious sites in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 
or allegations of covert nuclear-related activities, including stor-
age sites for nuclear weapons. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—Subsections (c) and (d) shall apply only 
in the case of an agreement. 
(f) SUNSET.—The section shall cease to be effective on the 
date that is three years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘agreement’’ means an interim 
or final agreement between the United States and the Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Korea with respect to the 
denuclearization of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 
that includes a commitment by the Democratic People’s 
Republic of Korea— 
(A) to reduce the nuclear arsenal of the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea; or 
(B) to otherwise discontinue, reduce, or suspend the 
nuclear program of the Democratic People’s Republic of 
Korea. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS.—The term 
‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on For-
eign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1266. MODIFICATION OF REPORT REQUIRED UNDER ENHANCING 
DEFENSE AND SECURITY COOPERATION WITH INDIA. 
Subsection (a)(2) of section 1292 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 
Stat. 2559; 22 U.S.C. 2751 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘until December 31, 2021’’ after ‘‘annually 
thereafter’’; and 
(3) by striking the second sentence and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report shall also include— 
‘‘(i) a forward-looking strategy with specific bench-
marks for measurable progress toward enhancing 
India’s status as a major defense partner and defense 
and security cooperation with India; 
‘‘(ii) a description of any limitations that hinder 
or slows progress in implementing the actions 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (L) of para-
graph (1); 
‘‘(iii) a description of actions India is taking, or 
the actions the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary
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of State believe India should take, to advance the 
relationship between the United States, including 
actions relating to subparagraphs (A) through (L) of 
paragraph (1); 
‘‘(iv) a description of the measures that can be 
taken by the United States and India to improve inter-
operability; and 
‘‘(v) a description of the progress made in enabling 
agreements between the United States and India.’’. 
Subtitle F—Reports and Other Matters 
SEC. 1271. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO ACQUISI-
TION AND CROSS-SERVICING AGREEMENTS. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS.—Section 2342 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new sub-
sections (d) and (e): 
‘‘(d) The Secretary of Defense may not use an agreement with 
any government or an organization described in subsection (a)(1) 
to facilitate the transfer of logistic support, supplies, and services 
to any country or organization with which the Secretary has not 
signed an agreement described in subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(e) An agreement described in subsection (a)(2) may not pro-
vide or otherwise constitute a commitment for the introduction 
of the armed forces into hostilities.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Such section is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) Not later than January 15 each year, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report on acquisition and cross-servicing activities that sets forth, 
in detail, the following: 
‘‘(1) A list of agreements in effect pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) during the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) The date on which each agreement listed under para-
graph (1) was signed, and, in the case of an agreement with 
a country that is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, the date on which the Secretary notified Congress 
pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of the designation of such country 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) The total dollar amount and major categories of logistic 
support, supplies, and services provided during the preceding 
fiscal year under each such agreement. 
‘‘(4) The total dollar amount and major categories of recip-
rocal provisions of logistic support, supplies, and services 
received under each such agreement. 
‘‘(5) With respect to the calendar year during which the 
report is submitted, an assessment of the following: 
‘‘(A) The anticipated logistic support, supplies, and 
services requirements of the United States. 
‘‘(B) The anticipated requirements of other countries 
for United States logistic support, supplies, and services.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘the Committee on 
Armed Services’’ the first place it appears and all that follows
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through ‘‘the House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
appropriate committees of Congress’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 1272. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL COUNTERING UNMANNED AERIAL 
SYSTEMS COOPERATION. 
(a) AUTHORITY
TO COUNTER UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS.— 
Section 1279(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 22 U.S.C. 8606 note), as most 
recently amended by section 1278 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 
Stat. 1700), is further amended by inserting ‘‘and to establish 
capabilities for countering unmanned aerial systems’’ after ‘‘under-
ground tunnels’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—None of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to 
carry out the authority provided by the amendment made by sub-
section (a) may be obligated or expended until the date that is 
15 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits 
to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a report describing the cooperation 
of the United States with Israel with respect to countering 
unmanned aerial systems pursuant to the authority granted by 
such amendment that includes each of the following: 
(1) An identification of specific capability gaps of the United 
States and Israel with respect to countering unmanned aerial 
systems. 
(2) An identification of cooperative projects that would 
address those capability gaps and mutually benefit and 
strengthen the security of the United States and Israel. 
(3) An assessment of the projected cost for research and 
development efforts for such cooperative projects, including an 
identification of those to be conducted in the United States, 
and the timeline for the completion of each such project. 
(4) The extent to which the capability gaps of the United 
States identified pursuant to paragraph (1) are not likely to 
be addressed through the cooperative projects identified pursu-
ant to paragraph (2). 
(5) An assessment of the projected costs for procurement 
and fielding of any capabilities developed jointly, pursuant to 
the authority granted by the amendment made by subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 1273. ENHANCEMENT OF U.S.-ISRAEL DEFENSE COOPERATION. 
(a) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 12001(d) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking 
‘‘after September 30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘after September 30, 
2023’’. 
(b) JOINT ASSESSMENT
OF QUANTITY
OF PRECISION GUIDED 
MUNITIONS FOR USE BY ISRAEL.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to conduct 
a joint assessment with the Government of Israel with respect 
to the matters described in paragraph (2). 
(2) MATTERS DESCRIBED.—The matters described in this 
paragraph are the following: 
(A) The quantity and type of precision guided muni-
tions that are necessary for Israel to combat Hezbollah 
in the event of a sustained armed confrontation between 
Israel and Hezbollah. 
(B) The quantity and type of precision guided muni-
tions that are necessary for Israel in the event of a sus-
tained armed confrontation with other armed groups and 
terrorist organizations, such as Hamas. 
(C) The resources the Government of Israel would need 
to dedicate to acquire such precision guided munitions. 
(D) United States planning to assist Israel to prepare 
for a sustained armed confrontation described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B), as well as the ability of the United 
States to resupply Israel in the event of such a confronta-
tion. 
(E) The current United States inventory of the preci-
sion guided munitions described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B), and whether such inventory meets the United States 
total munitions requirement. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after the date 
on which the joint assessment authorized under subsection 
(b) is completed, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that contains the joint 
assessment. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex. 
(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1274. REVIEW TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE ARMED FORCES 
OR COALITION PARTNERS OF THE UNITED STATES VIO-
LATED FEDERAL LAW OR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
POLICY WHILE CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN YEMEN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
review to determine whether the Armed Forces or coalition partners 
of the United States violated Federal law, the laws of armed conflict, 
or Department of Defense policy while conducting operations in 
Yemen. 
(b) MATTERS
TO BE INCLUDED.—The review required under 
subsection (a) shall also seek to determine the following: 
(1) Whether the Armed Forces interrogated Yemeni citizens 
in prisons within Yemen or provided questions to any United 
States coalition partner for use in such interrogations, and 
whether such interrogations or actions were consistent with 
United States law and policy.
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(2) Whether the Armed Forces violated the prohibitions 
of section 362 of title 10, United States Code, while conducting 
operations in Yemen. 
(3) Whether any United States coalition partner committed 
gross violations of internationally recognized human rights 
while conducting operations in Yemen that would make such 
coalition partner ineligible for any training, equipment, or other 
assistance for a unit of a foreign security force under section 
362 of title 10, United States Code. 
(4) Whether a waiver or exception has been granted to 
any United States coalition partner under section 362 of title 
10, United States Code, while conducting operations in Yemen. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report that contains— 
(A) the findings from the review required under sub-
section (a); 
(B) an analysis of— 
(i) the detention and interrogation policies and 
guidance of the Department of Defense; and 
(ii) the application of such policies and guidance 
to the detention and interrogation operations of allies 
and partners that are supported by the United States; 
(C) an assessment of United States responsibilities 
and obligations under Federal law, the laws of armed con-
flict, relevant treaties and agreements, and any other 
applicable law relating to the treatment of detainees held 
by allies or partners with United States support; 
(D) an assessment of any applicable policy require-
ments or considerations in addition to such responsibilities 
and obligations; 
(E) an assessment of the compliance standards and 
enforcement mechanisms associated with such responsibil-
ities, obligations, policy requirements, or considerations; 
(F) a description of any assurances required to be 
obtained from allies and partners with respect to the treat-
ment of detainees in custody when the United States is 
involved in the capture or interrogation of such detainees, 
including the manner in which and level at which such 
assurances are provided; 
(G) a description of the means by which the Depart-
ment of Defense determines whether allies and partners 
comply with such assurances; 
(H) an explanation of the extent to which United States 
support for the detention and interrogation operations of 
allies and partners is conditioned on their compliance with 
such assurances; and 
(I) a description of the procedures used to report viola-
tions of detainee treatment standards, including procedures 
relating to violations occurring at facilities operated by 
allied or partner countries. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under this section shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex.