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United States to mitigate the effect of the proposal on the 
national security of the United States, including an analysis 
of the cost and effectiveness of any such plans. 
(3) FORM.—The assessment required by paragraph (1) may 
be submitted in classified or unclassified form as appropriate. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS.—The term 
‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 
(C) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) OPEN SKIES TREATY.—The term ‘‘Open Skies Treaty’’ 
means the Treaty on Open Skies, done at Helsinki March 
24, 1992, and entered into force January 1, 2002. 
SEC. 1243. LIMITATIONS ON PROVIDING CERTAIN MISSILE DEFENSE 
INFORMATION TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
Section 1246(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 923) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘2017’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘2014’’ the following: ‘‘or 2015’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end before the period the following: 
‘‘or information relating to velocity at burnout of United 
States missile defense interceptors or targets’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives’’ after ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’. 
SEC. 1244. REPORT ON NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION WITH ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE INF TREATY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) It was the object and purpose of the INF Treaty to 
eliminate the production or deployment of ground launched 
ballistic and cruise missiles with a range of between 500 and 
5,500 kilometers, which was accomplished in 1992. 
(2) The July 2014 Department of State annual report on 
‘‘Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Non-
proliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commit-
ments’’ stated 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 
500km to 5,500km, or to possess or produce launchers of such 
missiles.’’. 
(3) In a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee 
dated October 23, 2014, General Martin Dempsey, Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote ‘‘these violations are a serious 
challenge to the security of the United States and our allies. 
These actions, particularly when placed in the broader context 
of Russian regional aggression, must be met with a strategic 
response.’’.
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Russian Federation’s actions in violation of its 
obligations under the INF Treaty adversely affect the national 
security of the United States and its allies, including the mem-
bers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and 
those in East Asia; 
(2) the Government of the Russian Federation is respon-
sible for this violation and also for returning to compliance 
with the INF Treaty; 
(3) it is in the national security interests of the United 
States and its allies for the INF Treaty to remain in effect 
and for the Russian Federation to return to full and verifiable 
compliance with all its obligations under the INF Treaty; and 
(4) as identified in section 1061 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 
127 Stat. 865), the President should take appropriate actions 
to resolve the issues relating to noncompliance by the Russian 
Federation with its obligations under the INF Treaty. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on non-
compliance by the Russian Federation with its obligations under 
the INF Treaty. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the effect of Russian noncompli-
ance on the national security interests of the United States 
and its allies, including the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, and those in East Asia. 
(B) A description of the President’s plan to resolve 
issues related to Russian noncompliance, including— 
(i) actions that have been taken, and what further 
actions are planned or warranted by the United States; 
(ii) plans to address Russian noncompliance dip-
lomatically with the Russian Federation to resolve con-
cerns about such noncompliance and bring Russia back 
into full compliance with the INF Treaty; 
(iii) an assessment of possible steps (including 
verification measures) that would permit confidence 
that the Russian Federation has returned to full 
compliance; and 
(iv) the status of any United States efforts to 
develop coordinated or cooperative responses with 
allies. 
(C) An assessment of whether Russian noncompliance 
threatens the viability of the INF Treaty, whether such 
noncompliance constitutes a material breach of the INF 
Treaty, and whether it is in the interests of the United 
States to remain a party to the INF Treaty if such non-
compliance continues. 
(3) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—At the time of the submission of 
the report required under subsection (c), and every six months 
thereafter until the date on which the Russian Federation is in
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compliance with its obligations under the INF Treaty, the Secretary 
of State, jointly with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of 
such other departments or agencies as appropriate, shall provide 
to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the status 
of United States efforts to resolve its concerns relating to noncompli-
ance by the Russian Federation with its obligations under the 
INF Treaty. 
(e) NOTIFICATION.—In the event the President determines that 
the Russian Federation has deployed, or intends to deploy, systems 
that violate the INF Treaty, the President shall promptly notify 
the appropriate congressional committees of such determination 
and any plans to respond to such deployments. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) 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 entered into force June 
1, 1988. 
SEC. 1245. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOP-
MENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than June 1 of each year, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report, in both classified and unclassified form, 
on the security and military strategies and capabilities of the Rus-
sian Federation (in this section referred to as ‘‘Russia’’). 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the security priorities and objectives 
of Russia, including those priorities and objectives that would 
affect the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the 
Middle East, and the People’s Republic of China. 
(2) A description of the goals and factors shaping Russian 
security strategy and military strategy, including military 
spending and investment priorities and their alignment with 
the security priorities and objectives described in paragraph 
(1). 
(3) An assessment of the force structure of the Russian 
military. 
(4) A description of Russia’s current missile defense 
strategy and capabilities, including efforts to develop missile 
defense capabilities. 
(5) A description of developments in Russian military doc-
trine and training. 
(6) An assessment of the tactics, techniques, and procedures 
used by Russia in operations in Ukraine.
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(7) An assessment of the proliferation activities of Russia 
and Russian entities, as a supplier of materials, technologies, 
or expertise relating to nuclear weapons or other weapons 
of mass destruction or missile systems. 
(8) A description of Russia’s asymmetric capabilities, 
including its strategy and efforts to develop and deploy elec-
tronic warfare, space and counterspace, and cyber warfare 
capabilities, including details on the number of malicious cyber 
incidents and associated activities against Department of 
Defense networks that are known or suspected to have been 
conducted or directed by the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(9) A description of Russia’s nuclear strategy and associated 
doctrines and nuclear capabilities, including the size and state 
of Russia’s nuclear weapons stockpile, its nuclear weapons 
production capacities, and plans for developing its nuclear 
capabilities. 
(10) A description of Russia’s anti-access and area denial 
capabilities. 
(11) A description of Russia’s modernization program for 
its command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, 
surveillance, and reconnaissance program and its applications 
for Russia’s precision guided weapons. 
(12) In consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the 
Secretary of State, developments regarding United States-Rus-
sian engagement and cooperation on security matters. 
(13) The current state of United States military-to-military 
cooperation with Russia’s armed forces, which shall include 
the following: 
(A) A comprehensive and coordinated strategy for such 
military-to-military cooperation. 
(B) A summary of all such military-to-military coopera-
tion during the one-year period ending on the day before 
the date of submission of the report, including a summary 
of topics discussed. 
(C) A description of such military-to-military coopera-
tion planned for the 12-month period beginning on the 
date of submission of the report. 
(D) An assessment by the Secretary of Defense of the 
benefits that Russia expects to gain from such military- 
to-military cooperation. 
(E) An assessment by the Secretary of Defense of the 
benefits the Department of Defense expects to gain from 
such military-to-military cooperation, and any concerns 
regarding such cooperation. 
(F) An assessment by the Secretary of Defense of how 
such military-to-military cooperation fits into the larger 
security relationship between the United States and 
Russia. 
(14) A description of changes to United States policy on 
military-to-military contacts with Russia resulting from Rus-
sia’s annexation of Crimea. 
(15) Other military and security developments involving 
Russia that the Secretary of Defense considers relevant to 
United States national security.
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(c) NONDUPLICATION.—If any information required under sub-
section (b) has been included in another report or notification pre-
viously submitted to Congress as required by law, the Secretary 
of Defense may provide a list of such reports and notifications 
at the time of submitting the report required by subsection (a) 
in lieu of including such information in the report required by 
subsection (a). 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
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. 
(e) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITY.—Section 10 of the Sup-
port for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Sta-
bility of Ukraine Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–95) is repealed. 
(f) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on June 1, 2018. 
SEC. 1246. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO ENTER INTO CON-
TRACTS 
OR 
OTHER 
AGREEMENTS 
WITH 
ROSOBORONEXPORT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act for fiscal year 2015 may be used to enter 
into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 
agreement with, to make a grant to, or to provide a loan or loan 
guarantee to Rosoboronexport or a subsidiary that is publicly known 
to be controlled by Rosoboronexport. 
(b) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary 
of Defense may waive the application of subsection (a) with 
respect to a contract or other agreement for the supply of 
spare parts for, or conduct of any other activity related to, 
the maintenance of helicopters operated by the Afghan National 
Security Forces or otherwise purchased by the Department 
of Defense only if, prior to issuing the waiver, the Secretary 
submits to the congressional defense committees a certification 
described in paragraph (2). 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—A certification referred to in paragraph 
(1) is a certification that contains the following: 
(A) A determination of the Commander of United 
States forces in Afghanistan that— 
(i) the supply of spare parts or conduct of the 
related activity is critical to the success of the mission 
of the Afghan National Security Forces in Afghanistan; 
and 
(ii) the failure to supply spare parts or conduct 
the related activity would have a negative impact on 
the mission of United States forces in Afghanistan. 
(B) A determination of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics that no prac-
ticable alternative exists to entering into such contract 
or other agreement for supply of spare parts or conduct 
of the related activity.
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(C) A determination of the Secretary of Defense, after 
consideration of the determinations described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), that the waiver is in the national 
security interests of the United States. 
(3) INITIAL
LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Defense may 
exercise the authority of paragraph (1) beginning on or after 
the date on which the Secretary submits the report required 
by the matter relating to section 1531 in the Joint Explanatory 
Statement to accompany the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (H.R. 3304, One Hundred Thirteenth 
Congress) regarding the potential to incorporate United States- 
manufactured rotary wing aircraft into the Afghan National 
Security Forces after the current program of record is com-
pleted. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the following: 
(1) A list of known transfers of lethal military equipment 
by Rosoboronexport to the Government of the Syria since March 
15, 2011. 
(2) A list of known contracts, if any, that Rosoboronexport 
has signed with the Government of the Syria since March 
15, 2011. 
(3) A list of existing contracts, subcontracts, memoranda 
of understanding, cooperative agreements, grants, loans, and 
loan guarantees between the Department of Defense and 
Rosoboronexport, including a description of the transactions, 
signing dates, values, and quantities. 
(4) A discussion of what role, if any, Rosoboronexport has 
had in providing military weapons, including heavy weapons, 
to the rebel forces in eastern Ukraine. 
SEC. 1247. REPORT ON THE NEW START TREATY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) There have been significant changes in the geopolitical 
environment during 2014, including developments that pose 
a challenge to the national security interests of the United 
States. 
(2) The July 2014 Department of State annual report on 
‘‘Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Non-
proliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commit-
ments’’ stated 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 
500km to 5,500km, or to possess or produce launchers of such 
missiles.’’. 
(3) The July 2014 Department of State ‘‘Annual Report 
on Implementation of the New START Treaty’’ stated that 
‘‘Based on the information available as of December 31, 2013, 
the United States certifies the Russian Federation to be in 
compliance with the terms of the New START Treaty.’’. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report stating the reasons
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continued implementation of the New START Treaty is in the 
national security interests of the United States. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) 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 entered into force June 
1, 1988. 
(3) NEW START TREATY.—The term ‘‘New START Treaty’’ 
means the Treaty between the United States of America and 
the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction 
and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 
8, 2010, and entered into force on February 5, 2011. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the Asia- 
Pacific Region 
SEC. 1251. STRATEGY TO PRIORITIZE UNITED STATES DEFENSE 
INTERESTS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. 
(a) REQUIRED REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report that 
contains the strategy of the Department of Defense to prioritize 
United States defense interests in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(2) MATTERS
TO
BE
INCLUDED.—The report required by 
paragraph (1) shall address the following: 
(A) United States national security interests in the 
Asia-Pacific region. 
(B) The security environment, including threats to 
global and regional United States national security 
interests emanating from the Asia-Pacific region, including 
efforts by the People’s Republic of China to advance their 
national interests in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(C) Regional multilateral institutions, such as the 
Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN). 
(D) 
Bilateral 
security 
cooperation 
relationships, 
including military-to-military engagements and security 
assistance. 
(E) United States military presence, posture, and 
capabilities supporting the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific 
region. 
(F) Humanitarian and disaster relief response capabili-
ties. 
(G) International rules-based structures. 
(H) Actions the Department of Defense could take, 
in cooperation with other Federal agencies, to advance
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United States national security interests in the Asia-Pacific 
region. 
(I) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex if necessary. 
(b) RESOURCES.—The report required by subsection (a)(1) shall 
be informed by the results of 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 Appropria-
tions Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76; 128 Stat. 533)). 
(c) 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, clearly highlights programs and 
projects that are being funded in the annual budget of the United 
States Government that relate to the strategy required by sub-
section (a)(1) and the integrated strategy referred to in subsection 
(b). 
SEC. 1252. MODIFICATIONS TO ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND 
SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Subsection (b)(14) of section 
1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2000 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 781; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘their response’’ and inserting ‘‘their capabili-
ties, organizational affiliations, roles within China’s overall mari-
time strategy, activities affecting United States allies and partners, 
and responses’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies 
with respect to reports required to be submitted under subsection 
(a) of section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2000 on or after that date. 
SEC. 1253. MILITARY-TO-MILITARY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GOVERN-
MENT OF BURMA. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Department of Defense is authorized 
to provide the Government of Burma the following: 
(1) Consultation, education, and training on human rights, 
the laws of armed conflict, civilian control of the military, 
rule of law, and other legal matters. 
(2) Consultation, education, and training on English-lan-
guage, humanitarian and disaster relief, and improvements 
to medical and health standards. 
(3) Courses or workshops on defense institution reform. 
(4) Observer status to bilateral or multilateral humani-
tarian assistance and disaster relief exercises. 
(5) Aid or support in the event of a humanitarian crisis 
or natural disaster. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and each March 1 thereafter,
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the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report on military-to-military engagement between the 
United States Armed Forces and the Burmese military. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) A description of the military-to-military activities 
between the United States and Burma, and how engage-
ment with the Burmese military supports the United States 
national security strategy and promotes reform in Burma. 
(B) A description of the objectives of the United States 
for developing the military-to-military relationship with the 
Burmese military, how the United States measures 
progress toward such objectives, and the implications of 
failing to achieve such objectives. 
(C) A description and assessment of the political, mili-
tary, economic, and civil society reforms being undertaken 
by the Government of Burma, including those affecting— 
(i) individual freedoms and human rights of the 
Burmese people, including those of ethnic and religious 
minorities and internally displaced populations; 
(ii) the peaceful settlement of armed conflicts 
between the Government of Burma and ethnic minority 
groups in Burma; 
(iii) civilian control of the armed forces; 
(iv) constitutional and electoral reforms; 
(v) access for the purposes of human rights moni-
toring and humanitarian assistance to all areas in 
Burma, and cooperation with civilian authorities to 
investigate and resolve cases of human rights viola-
tions; 
(vi) governmental transparency and accountability; 
and 
(vii) respect for the laws of armed conflict and 
human rights, including with respect to child soldiers. 
(D) A description and assessment of relationships of 
the Government of Burma with unlawful or sanctioned 
entities. 
(3) FORM.—Each report under this subsection shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(4) SUNSET.—The requirement to submit additional reports 
under this subsection shall terminate at the end of the 5- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No Department of Defense assist-
ance to the Government of Burma is authorized by this Act except 
as provided in this section. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives.
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SEC. 1254. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MUNITIONS 
STRATEGY OF THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 2015, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the munitions strategy of the United States Pacific 
Command to address deficiencies in the ability of the United States 
Pacific Command to execute major operational plans. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An identification of current and projected critical muni-
tions requirements, including as identified in the most-recent 
future-years defense program submitted to Congress by the 
Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 221 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(2) An assessment of— 
(A) significant munitions gaps and deficiencies; and 
(B) munitions capabilities and necessary munitions 
investments to address identified gaps and deficiencies. 
(3) A description of current and planned munitions pro-
grams to address munitions gaps and deficiencies identified 
in paragraph (2), including with respect to— 
(A) research, development, test, and evaluation efforts; 
(B) cost, schedule, performance, and budget, to the 
extent such information is available; and 
(C) known industrial base issues. 
(4) An assessment of infrastructure deficiencies or needed 
enhancements to ensure adequate munitions storage and muni-
tions deployment capability. 
(5) Any other matters concerning the munitions strategy 
of the United States Pacific Command the Secretary of Defense 
determines to be appropriate. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) may be sub-
mitted in classified or unclassified form. 
SEC. 1255. MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION IN NORTHEAST ASIA. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
increased cooperation on missile defense among the United States, 
Japan, and the Republic of Korea would enhance the security of 
allies of the United States in Northeast Asia, increase the defense 
of forward-based forces of the United States, and enhance the 
protection of the United States with regard to threats from the 
Korean Peninsula. 
(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct an assessment to identify opportunities for increasing mis-
sile defense cooperation among the United States, Japan, and the 
Republic of Korea, and to evaluate options for enhanced short- 
range missile, rocket, and artillery defense capabilities to address 
threats from the Korean Peninsula. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection (b) shall 
include the following: 
(1) Candidate areas for increasing missile defense coopera-
tion, including greater information sharing, systems integra-
tion, and joint operations. 
(2) Potential challenges and limitations to enabling such 
cooperation and options for mitigating such challenges and 
limitations.
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(3) An assessment of the utility of short-range missile 
defense and counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar system 
capabilities on the Korean Peninsula, including with respect 
to— 
(A) meeting the military needs for defense of the 
Korean Peninsula; 
(B) cost, schedule, and availability; 
(C) technology maturity and risk; and 
(D) consideration of alternatives. 
(4) Such other matters as the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(d) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
assessment under subsection (b). 
SEC. 1256. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT ON TAIWAN AND ITS 
CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL PEACE AND STABILITY. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the United States reaffirms its security commitments under the 
Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8) as the cornerstone of 
United States relations with Taiwan and as a key instrument 
of peace, security, and stability in the Taiwan Strait since the 
enactment of such Act in 1979. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 1, 2015, the 
Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, submit to the congressional defense 
committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the self-defense capabilities of Taiwan. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (b) shall 
contain the following: 
(1) A description of the key assumptions made regarding 
the impact of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on the 
maritime or territorial security of Taiwan, including the Chi-
nese People’s Liberation Army’s— 
(A) undersea and surface warfare capabilities in the 
littoral areas in and around the Taiwan Strait; 
(B) amphibious and heavy sealift capabilities; 
(C) capabilities to establish air dominance over Taiwan; 
and 
(D) capabilities of the Second Artillery Corps. 
(2) An assessment of the force posture, capabilities, and 
readiness of the armed forces of Taiwan for maintaining the 
maritime or territorial security of Taiwan, including an assess-
ment of Taiwan’s— 
(A) undersea and surface warfare capabilities; 
(B) air and land-based capabilities; 
(C) early warning and command and control capabili-
ties; and 
(D) other deterrent, anti-access and area-denial 
capabilities, or asymmetric capabilities that could con-
tribute to Taiwan’s self-defense. 
(3) Recommendations for further security cooperation and 
assistance efforts between Taiwan and the United States. 
(4) Any other matters the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate.
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(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) may be sub-
mitted in classified or unclassified form. 
(e) NONDUPLICATION OF EFFORTS.—If any information required 
under subsection (c) has been included in another report or notifica-
tion previously submitted to Congress as required by law, the 
Secretary of Defense may provide a list of such reports and notifica-
tions at the time of submitting the report required by subsection 
(b) in lieu of including such information. 
SEC. 1257. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE ABILITY OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO COUNTER ANTI-ACCESS 
AND 
AREA-DENIAL 
STRATEGIES, 
CAPABILITIES, 
AND 
OTHER KEY TECHNOLOGIES OF POTENTIAL ADVER-
SARIES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall enter into 
an agreement with an independent entity to conduct an assess-
ment of the ability of the Department of Defense to counter 
anti-access and area-denial strategies, capabilities, and other 
key technologies of potential adversaries. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The assessment required 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of anti-access and area-denial 
strategies, capabilities, and other key technologies of poten-
tial adversaries during each of the fiscal year periods 
described in paragraph (3) that would represent a signifi-
cant challenge to deployed forces and systems of the United 
States military, including an assessment of the extent to 
which such strategies, capabilities, and other key tech-
nologies could affect United States military operations. 
(B) An assessment of gaps and deficiencies in the 
ability of the Department of Defense to address anti-access 
and area-denial strategies, capabilities, and other key tech-
nologies described in subparagraph (A), including an 
assessment of the adequacy of current strategies, programs, 
and investments of the Department of Defense. 
(C) Recommendations for adjustments in United States 
policy and strategy, force posture, investments in capabili-
ties, systems and technologies, and changes in business 
and management processes, or other novel approaches to 
address gaps and deficiencies described in subparagraph 
(B), or to restore, maintain, or expand United States mili-
tary technological advantages, particularly in those areas 
in which potential adversaries are closing gaps or have 
achieved technological superiority with respect to the 
United States. 
(D) Any other matters the independent entity deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(3) FISCAL
YEAR
PERIODS
DESCRIBED.—The fiscal year 
periods described in this paragraph are the following: 
(A) Fiscal years 2015 through 2019. 
(B) Fiscal years 2020 through 2030. 
(C) Fiscal years 2031 and thereafter. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2016, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report that includes the assessment required
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under subsection (a) and any other matters the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex if necessary. 
(c) DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
SUPPORT.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall provide the independent entity described in subsection 
(a) with timely access to appropriate information, data, resources, 
and analysis so that the entity may conduct a thorough and inde-
pendent assessment as required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1258. SENSE OF CONGRESS REAFFIRMING SECURITY COOPERA-
TION WITH JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States values its alliances with the Govern-
ments of Japan and the Republic of Korea as cornerstones 
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; 
(2) the United States welcomes Japan’s new policy of collec-
tive self-defense, which will enable Japan to contribute more 
proactively to regional and global peace and security, as well 
as Japan’s recent increases in defense funding, adoption of 
a National Security Strategy, and formation of security institu-
tions such as the Japanese National Security Council; 
(3) the United States reaffirms its commitment to the 
Government of Japan under Article V of the Treaty of Mutual 
Cooperation and Security between the United States of America 
and Japan that ‘‘[e]ach Party recognizes that an armed attack 
against either Party in the territories under the administration 
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 constitutional provisions and processes’’; 
(4) the United States welcomes the Republic of Korea’s 
ratification of a new five-year Special Measures Agreement, 
which establishes the framework for Republic of Korea contribu-
tions to offset costs associated with the stationing of United 
States forces in the Republic of Korea, as well as efforts by 
the Republic of Korea to enhance its defense capabilities, 
including its recent decision to acquire surveillance and strike 
capabilities; 
(5) the United States and the Republic of Korea share 
deep concerns that the nuclear and ballistic missiles programs 
of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and its repeated 
provocations pose grave threats to peace and stability on the 
Korean Peninsula and to Northeast Asia, that the United States 
and the Republic of Korea and will work together to achieve 
the peaceful denuclearization of the Democratic People’s 
Republic of Korea, and that the United States and the Republic 
of Korea remain fully committed to continuing close cooperation 
on the full range of issues related to the Democratic People’s 
Republic of Korea; and 
(6) the United States welcomes greater security cooperation 
with, and among, Japan and the Republic of Korea to promote 
mutual interests and to address shared concerns.
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SEC. 1259. REPORT ON MARITIME SECURITY STRATEGY IN THE ASIA- 
PACIFIC REGION. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
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 that outlines the strategy 
of the Department of Defense with regard to maritime security 
in the Asia-Pacific region, with particular emphasis on the South 
China Sea and the East China Sea. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
outline the strategy described in that subsection and include the 
following: 
(1) An assessment of how the actions of the People’s 
Republic of China in the South China Sea and the East China 
Sea have affected the status quo with regard to competing 
territorial and maritime claims and United States security 
interests in those seas. 
(2) An assessment of how the naval and other maritime 
strategies and capabilities of the People’s Republic of China, 
including military and law enforcement capabilities, affect the 
strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(3) An assessment of how anti-access and area denial 
strategies and capabilities of the People’s Republic of China 
in the Asia-Pacific region, including weapons and technologies, 
affect the strategy. 
(4) A description of any ongoing or planned changes in 
United States military capabilities, operations, and posture in 
the Asia-Pacific region to support the strategy. 
(5) A description of any current or planned bilateral or 
regional naval or maritime capacity-building initiatives in the 
Asia-Pacific region. 
(6) An assessment of how the strategy leverages military- 
to-military engagements between the United States and the 
People’s Republic of China to reduce the potential for mis-
calculation and tensions in the South China Sea and the East 
China Sea, including a specific description of the effects of 
such engagements on particular incidents or interactions 
involving the People’s Republic of China in those seas. 
(7) Any other matters the Secretary may determine to 
be appropriate. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 1259A. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN MARITIME CAPABILITIES 
AND EXERCISE PARTICIPATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should consider opportunities to help 
enhance the maritime capabilities and nautical skills of the 
Taiwanese navy that may contribute to Taiwan’s self-defense 
and to regional peace and stability; and 
(2) the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan should be 
afforded opportunities to participate in the humanitarian assist-
ance and disaster relief portions of future multilateral exercises, 
such as the Pacific Partnership, Pacific Angel, and Rim of 
the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises, to increase their respective 
capacities to conduct these types of operations.
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SEC. 1259B. MODIFICATION OF MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION IN ANNUAL 
REPORTS OF UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND 
SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION. 
(a) MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION.—Section 1238(c)(2) of the Floyd 
D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 
(as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 22 U.S.C. 7002(c)(2)) 
is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (J) and inserting 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(A) The role of the People’s Republic of China in 
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and other 
weapon systems (including systems and technologies of 
a dual use nature), including actions the United States 
might take to encourage the People’s Republic of China 
to cease such practices. 
‘‘(B) The qualitative and quantitative nature of the 
transfer of United States production activities to the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, including the relocation of manufac-
turing, advanced technology and intellectual property, and 
research and development facilities, the impact of such 
transfers on the national security of the United States 
(including the dependence of the national security indus-
trial base of the United States on imports from China), 
the economic security of the United States, and employment 
in the United States, and the adequacy of United States 
export control laws in relation to the People’s Republic 
of China. 
‘‘(C) The effects of the need for energy and natural 
resources in the People’s Republic of China on the foreign 
and military policies of the People’s Republic of China, 
the impact of the large and growing economy of the People’s 
Republic of China on world energy and natural resource 
supplies, prices, and the environment, and the role the 
United States can play (including through joint research 
and development efforts and technological assistance) in 
influencing the energy and natural resource policies of 
the People’s Republic of China. 
‘‘(D) Foreign investment by the United States in the 
People’s Republic of China and by the People’s Republic 
of China in the United States, including an assessment 
of its economic and security implications, the challenges 
to market access confronting potential United States invest-
ment in the People’s Republic of China, and foreign activi-
ties by financial institutions in the People’s Republic of 
China. 
‘‘(E) The military plans, strategy and doctrine of the 
People’s Republic of China, the structure and organization 
of the People’s Republic of China military, the decision- 
making process of the People’s Republic of China military, 
the interaction between the civilian and military leadership 
in the People’s Republic of China, the development and 
promotion process for leaders in the People’s Republic of 
China military, deployments of the People’s Republic of 
China military, resources available to the People’s Republic 
of China military (including the development and execution 
of budgets and the allocation of funds), force modernization 
objectives and trends for the People’s Republic of China
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military, and the implications of such objectives and trends 
for the national security of the United States. 
‘‘(F) The strategic economic and security implications 
of the cyber capabilities and operations of the People’s 
Republic of China. 
‘‘(G) The national budget, fiscal policy, monetary policy, 
capital controls, and currency management practices of 
the People’s Republic of China, their impact on internal 
stability in the People’s Republic of China, and their 
implications for the United States. 
‘‘(H) The drivers, nature, and implications of the 
growing economic, technological, political, cultural, people- 
to-people, and security relations of the People’s Republic 
of China’s with other countries, regions, and international 
and regional entities (including multilateral organizations), 
including the relationship among the United States, 
Taiwan, and the People’s Republic of China. 
‘‘(I) The compliance of the People’s Republic of China 
with its commitments to the World Trade Organization, 
other multilateral commitments, bilateral agreements 
signed with the United States, commitments made to 
bilateral science and technology programs, and any other 
commitments and agreements strategic to the United 
States (including agreements on intellectual property rights 
and prison labor imports), and United States enforcement 
policies with respect to such agreements. 
‘‘(J) The implications of restrictions on speech and 
access to information in the People’s Republic of China 
for its relations with the United States in economic and 
security policy, as well as any potential impact of media 
control by the People’s Republic of China on United States 
economic interests. 
‘‘(K) The safety of food, drug, and other products 
imported from China, the measures used by the People’s 
Republic of China Government and the United States 
Government to monitor and enforce product safety, and 
the role the United States can play (including through 
technical assistance) to improve product safety in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection 
(a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and shall apply with respect to annual reports submitted under 
section 1238(c) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2001 after such date of enactment. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 1261. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR NON- 
CONVENTIONAL ASSISTED RECOVERY CAPABILITIES. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 943 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4579), as most recently amended 
by section 1241 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 920), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’.
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(b) CROSS-REFERENCE AMENDMENT.—Subsection (f) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘413b(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘3093(e)’’. 
SEC. 1262. MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY PLANNING GUID-
ANCE TO DENY SAFE HAVENS TO AL-QAEDA AND ITS VIO-
LENT EXTREMIST AFFILIATES. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—Section 1032(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1571; 50 U.S.C. 3043 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (C), (D), and (E) 
as subparagraph (D), (E), and (F), respectively; 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: 
‘‘(C) For each specified geographic area, a description 
of the following: 
‘‘(i) The feasibility of conducting multilateral pro-
grams to train and equip the military forces of relevant 
countries in the area. 
‘‘(ii) The authority and funding that would be 
required to support such programs. 
‘‘(iii) How such programs would be implemented. 
‘‘(iv) How such programs would support the 
national security priorities and interests of the United 
States and complement other efforts of the United 
States Government in the area and in other specified 
geographic areas.’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated), by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(C)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(D)’’. 
(b) 
REPORT.—Section 
1032(b) 
of 
the 
National 
Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1571; 50 U.S.C. 3043 note), as amended by subsection (a), 
is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that contains a 
detailed summary of the national security planning guid-
ance required under paragraph (1), including any updates 
thereto. 
‘‘(B) FORM.—The report may include a classified annex 
as determined to be necessary by the President. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘appro-
priate congressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(i) the congressional defense committees; and 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives.’’.
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SEC. 1263. ENHANCED AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE GOODS AND SERVICES 
OF DJIBOUTI IN SUPPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES IN UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND AREA 
OF RESPONSIBILITY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States forces should continue to be forward 
postured in Africa and in the Middle East; 
(2) Djibouti is in a strategic location to support United 
States vital national security interests in the region; 
(3) the United States should take definitive steps to main-
tain its basing access and agreements with the Government 
of Djibouti to support United States vital national security 
interests in the region; 
(4) the United States should devise and implement a com-
prehensive governmental approach to engaging with the 
Government of Djibouti to reinforce the strategic partnership 
between the United States and Djibouti; and 
(5) the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, in 
conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, should take concrete 
steps to advance and strengthen the relationship between 
United States and the Government of Djibouti. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—In the case of a good or service to be acquired 
in direct support of covered activities for which the Secretary of 
Defense makes a determination described in subsection (c), the 
Secretary may conduct a procurement in which— 
(1) competition is limited to goods of Djibouti or services 
of Djibouti; or 
(2) a preference is provided for goods of Djibouti or services 
of Djibouti. 
(c) DETERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A determination described in this sub-
section is a determination by the Secretary of either of the 
following: 
(A) That the good or service concerned is to be used 
only in support of covered activities. 
(B) That it is vital to the national security interests 
of the United States to limit competition or provide a 
preference as described in subsection (b) because such 
limitation or preference is necessary— 
(i) to reduce— 
(I) United States transportation costs; or 
(II) delivery times in support of covered activi-
ties; or 
(ii) to promote regional security, stability, and eco-
nomic prosperity in Africa. 
(C) That the good or service is of equivalent quality 
of a good or service that would have otherwise been 
acquired. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—A determination under 
paragraph (1)(B) shall not be effective for purposes of a limita-
tion or preference under subsection (b) unless the Secretary 
also determines that the limitation or preference will not 
adversely affect— 
(A) United States military operations or stability oper-
ations in the United States Africa Command area of respon-
sibility; or
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(B) the United States industrial base. 
(d) REPORTING AND OVERSIGHT.—In exercising the authority 
under subsection (b) to procure goods or services in support of 
covered activities, the Secretary of Defense— 
(1) in the case of the procurement of services, shall ensure 
that the procurement is conducted in accordance with the 
management structure implemented pursuant to section 
2330(a) of title 10, United States Code; 
(2) shall ensure that such goods or services are identified 
and reported under a single, joint Department of Defense- 
wide system for the management and accountability of contrac-
tors accompanying United States forces operating overseas or 
in 
contingency 
operations 
(such 
as 
the 
synchronized 
predeployment and operational tracker (SPOT) system); and 
(3) shall ensure that the United States Africa Command 
has sufficiently trained staff and adequate resources to conduct 
oversight of procurements carried out pursuant to subsection 
(b), including oversight to detect and deter fraud, waste, and 
abuse. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘covered activities’’ 
means Department of Defense activities in the United States 
Africa Command area of responsibility. 
(2) GOOD OF DJIBOUTI.—The term ‘‘good of Djibouti’’ means 
a good wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Djibouti. 
(3) SERVICE OF DJIBOUTI.—The term ‘‘service of Djibouti’’ 
means a service performed by a person that— 
(A)(i) is operating primarily in Djibouti; or 
(ii) is making a significant contribution to the economy 
of Djibouti through payment of taxes or use of products, 
materials, or labor of Djibouti, as determined by the Sec-
retary of State; and 
(B) is properly licensed or registered by authorities 
of the Government of Djibouti, as determined by the Sec-
retary of State. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The authority and requirements of this sec-
tion expire at the close of September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 1264. TREATMENT OF THE KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND 
THE PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN UNDER THE 
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. 
(a) REMOVAL OF THE KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE 
PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN FROM TREATMENT AS TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of 
Kurdistan shall be excluded from the definition of terrorist 
organization (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)(vi)(III) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(a)(3)(B)(vi)(III))) for purposes of such section 212(a)(3)(B). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of State, after consultation 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney 
General, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, 
may suspend the application of paragraph (1) for either or
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both of the groups referred to in paragraph (1) in such Sec-
retary’s sole and unreviewable discretion. Prior to or contem-
poraneous with such suspension, the Secretary of State or 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report their reasons 
for suspension to the Committees on Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives and of the Senate, the Committees on Appro-
priations in the House of Representatives and of the Senate, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
(b) RELIEF REGARDING ADMISSIBILITY OF NONIMMIGRANT ALIENS 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE 
PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN.— 
(1) FOR ACTIVITIES OPPOSING THE BA’ATH REGIME.—Para-
graph (3)(B) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) shall not apply to an alien 
with respect to activities undertaken in association with the 
Kurdistan Democratic Party or the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 
in opposition to the regime of the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party 
and the autocratic dictatorship of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. 
(2) FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
AND PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN.—Paragraph (3)(B) of sec-
tion 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(3)(B)) shall not apply to an alien applying for a non-
immigrant visa, who presents themselves for inspection to an 
immigration officer at a port of entry as a nonimmigrant, 
or who is applying in the United States for nonimmigrant 
status, and who is a member of the Kurdistan Democratic 
Party or the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and currently serves 
or has previously served as a senior official (such as Prime 
Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister, Deputy Minister, 
President, Vice-President, Member of Parliament, provincial 
Governor or member of the National Security Council) of the 
Kurdistan Regional Government or the federal government of 
the Republic of Iraq. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—Neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) 
shall apply if the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Home-
land Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) deter-
mine in their sole unreviewable discretion that such alien poses 
a threat to the safety and security of the United States, or 
does not warrant a visa, admission to the United States, or 
a grant of an immigration benefit or protection, in the totality 
of the circumstances. This provision shall be implemented by 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
in consultation with the Attorney General. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law (whether statutory or nonstatutory), section 
242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252), sections 
1361 and 1651 of title 28, United States Code, section 2241 of 
such title, and any other habeas corpus provision of law, no court 
shall have jurisdiction to review any determination made pursuant 
to this section.
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SEC. 1265. PROHIBITION ON INTEGRATION OF MISSILE DEFENSE SYS-
TEMS OF CHINA INTO MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS OF 
UNITED STATES AND SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING 
INTEGRATION OF MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS OF RUSSIA 
INTO MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS OF NATO. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2015 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended 
to integrate a missile defense system of the People’s Republic of 
China into any missile defense system of the United States. 
(b) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
missile defense systems of the Russian Federation should not be 
integrated into the missile defense systems of the United States 
or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if such integra-
tion undermines the security of the United States or NATO, respec-
tively. 
SEC. 1266. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT 
THE ARMS TRADE TREATY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2015 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended 
to implement the Arms Trade Treaty, or to make any change 
to existing programs, projects, or activities as approved by Congress 
in furtherance of, pursuant to, or otherwise to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty, unless the Arms Trade Treaty has received the 
advice and consent of the Senate and has been the subject of 
implementing legislation, as required, by Congress. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to preclude the Department of Defense from assisting 
foreign countries in bringing their laws and regulations up to United 
States standards. 
SEC. 1267. NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT 
ARMS CONTROL NONCOMPLIANCE. 
(a) NOTICE TO PRESIDENT.—If the Secretary of Defense, after 
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National 
Intelligence, has substantial reason to believe that there is a case 
of foreign activity that would pose a significant threat to United 
States national security interests and that may be inconsistent 
with an arms control treaty to which the United States is a party, 
and such case is not included in, or is significantly different from 
a case included in, the most-recent annual report submitted to 
Congress pursuant to section 403 of the Arms Control and Disar-
mament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
notify the President of such belief of the Secretary. 
(b) REFERRAL
TO SECRETARY
OF STATE.—If the President 
receives a notification from the Secretary of Defense under sub-
section (a), the President shall promptly refer the matter to the 
Secretary of State to arrange for an inter-agency review of the 
case in order to provide for an assessment of whether the case 
constitutes a significant case of non-compliance with an arms control 
treaty to which the United States is a party. 
(c) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which the President makes a referral under subsection
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(b), the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress the results of the assessment of the case with 
respect to which the referral was made under subsection (b). 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1268. INTER-EUROPEAN AIR FORCES ACADEMY. 
(a) OPERATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force may operate 
the Air Force education and training facility known as the Inter- 
European Air Forces Academy (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Academy’’). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Academy shall be to provide 
military education and training to military personnel of countries 
that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or 
signatories to the Partnership for Peace Framework Documents. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) CONCURRENCE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.—Military per-
sonnel of a country may be provided education and training 
under this section only with the concurrence of the Secretary 
of State. 
(2) ASSISTANCE OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW.—Education 
and training may not be provided under this section to the 
military personnel of any country that is otherwise prohibited 
from receiving such type of assistance under any other provision 
of law. 
(d) SUPPLIES AND CLOTHING.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
may, under such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, provide 
to a person receiving education and training under this section 
the following: 
(1) Transportation incident to such education and training. 
(2) Supplies and equipment to be used during such edu-
cation and training. 
(3) Billeting, food, and health services in connection with 
the receipt of such education and training. 
(e) LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 
pay to a person receiving education and training under this section 
a living allowance at a rate to be prescribed by the Secretary, 
taking into account the rates of living allowances authorized for 
a member of the Armed Forces under similar circumstances. 
(f) FUNDING.—Amounts for the operations and maintenance 
of the Academy, and for the provision of education and training 
through the Academy, may be paid from funds available for the 
Air Force for operation and maintenance. 
(g) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the end 
of each fiscal year in which the Secretary of the Air Force 
operates the Academy pursuant to this section, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 
on the operations of the Academy during such fiscal year.
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(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under this subsection shall 
set forth, for the fiscal year covered by such report, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A description of the operations of the Academy, 
including a description of the education and training 
courses provided under this section. 
(B) A summary of the number of individuals receiving 
education and training through the Academy, set forth 
by country of origin and education or training provided. 
(C) The amount paid by the Secretary for the oper-
ations and maintenance of the Academy. 
(D) The amounts paid by the Secretary under sub-
sections (d) and (e) in connection with the provision of 
education and training through the Academy. 
(E) Any other matters the Secretary determines to 
be appropriate. 
(h) EXPIRATION.—The authority in subsection (a) shall expire 
on September 30, 2019. 
SEC. 1269. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT TO SECURITY OF 
UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES. 
(a) MARINE CORPS SECURITY GUARD PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall— 
(A) develop and implement a plan to incorporate the 
additional Marine Corps Security Guard personnel author-
ized under section 404 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 10 
U.S.C. 5983 note) at United States embassies, consulates, 
and other facilities; 
(B) conduct an annual review of the Marine Corps 
Security Guard Program, including— 
(i) an evaluation of whether the size and composi-
tion of the Marine Corps Security Guard Program is 
adequate to meet global diplomatic security require-
ments; 
(ii) an assessment of whether Marine Corps secu-
rity guards are appropriately deployed among facilities 
to respond to evolving security developments and 
potential threats to United States diplomatic facilities 
abroad; and 
(iii) an assessment of the mission objectives of 
the Marine Corps Security Guard Program and the 
procedural rules of engagement to protect diplomatic 
personnel under the Program; and 
(C) provide an assessment of the effectiveness of 
Department of Defense-provided Security Augmentation 
Units utilized during the previous year to improve security 
at high threat, high risk facilities, including an evaluation 
of any impediments to the effectiveness of such units. 
(2) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassi-
fied report, with a classified annex as necessary, that addresses 
the requirements set forth in paragraph (1).
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(b) REPORT ON ‘‘NEW NORMAL’’ AND GENERAL MISSION REQUIRE-
MENTS OF UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2015, the Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on what changes, if any, have been made to the force 
posture and structure of the United States Africa Command 
or adjacent combatant commands to respond, if requested, to 
a diplomatic facility’s security requirements (so-called ‘‘new 
normal’’ requirements) and general mission of United States 
Africa Command. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
include the following elements: 
(A) A detailed description of the ‘‘new normal’’ require-
ments in the area of responsibility of the United States 
Africa Command. 
(B) A description of any changes required for the 
United States Africa Command or adjacent combatant com-
mands to meet the ‘‘new normal’’ and general mission 
requirements in the United States Africa Command area 
of responsibility, including the gaps in capability, size, pos-
ture, agreements, basing, and enabler support of crisis 
response forces and associated assets to respond to requests 
for support from the Secretary of State. 
(C) A discussion and estimate of the military forces 
required to support mission requirements of the United 
States Africa Command and the shortfall, if any, in meeting 
such requirements. 
(D) A discussion and estimate of the annual intel-
ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance requirements of 
the United States Africa Command and the shortfall, if 
any, in meeting such requirements. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
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. 1270. INFORMATION ON SANCTIONED PERSONS AND BUSINESSES 
THROUGH THE FEDERAL AWARDEE PERFORMANCE AND 
INTEGRITY INFORMATION SYSTEM. 
Section 2313(c) of title 41, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) Whether the person is included on any of the following 
lists maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 
the Department of the Treasury: 
‘‘(A) The specially designated nationals and blocked 
persons list (commonly known as the ‘SDN list’). 
‘‘(B) The sectoral sanctions identification list. 
‘‘(C) The foreign sanctions evaders list. 
‘‘(D) The list of persons sanctioned under the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C.
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1701 note) that do not appear on the SDN list (commonly 
known as the ‘Non-SDN Iranian Sanctions Act list’). 
‘‘(E) The list of foreign financial institutions subject 
to part 561 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
SEC. 1271. REPORTS ON NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the interim agreement 
relating to the nuclear program of Iran. Such report shall include— 
(1) verification of whether Iran is complying with such 
agreement; and 
(2) an assessment of the overall state of the nuclear pro-
gram of Iran. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—If the interim agreement described 
in subsection (a) is renewed or if a comprehensive and final agree-
ment is entered into regarding the nuclear program of Iran, by 
not later than 90 days after such renewal or final agreement being 
entered into, and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
such renewed or final agreement. Such report shall include the 
matters described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
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. 
(d) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the date that 
is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1272. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEFENSE MODERNIZATION BY 
NATO COUNTRIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress findings the following: 
(1) At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
summit in Wales in September 2014, NATO members made 
important commitments to reverse the decline in their defense 
budgets and to aim to move toward the NATO guideline to 
spend a minimum of two percent of each member’s Gross 
Domestic Product on defense within a decade. 
(2) At the Wales summit, NATO members declared that 
increased investments in defense should be directed towards 
meeting the capability priorities of the Alliance. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should work with other NATO mem-
bers as they seek to modernize their defense capabilities to 
encourage such members to procure defense systems, including 
air and missile defense systems, that are interoperable with 
NATO defense systems and help fill critical NATO shortfalls; 
(2) such United States efforts to facilitate the moderniza-
tion of defense capabilities are particularly important to help 
address the security requirements of the newer members of 
NATO in Eastern Europe; and 
(3) the United States stands ready to assist other NATO 
members to modernize their defense capabilities and restruc-
ture their armed forces consistent with the objectives set out 
at the NATO summit in Wales in September 2014.
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SEC. 1273. REPORT ON PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN 
EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives a report on efforts of the Department of Defense to protect 
cultural property abroad, including activities undertaken pursuant 
to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Prop-
erty in the Event of Armed Conflict. 
(b) ELEMENTS
OF REPORT.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of Department of Defense policies, direc-
tives, and regulations for the protection of cultural property 
abroad at risk of destruction due to armed conflict. 
(2) A description of actions the Armed Forces have taken 
to protect cultural property abroad, including efforts to avoid 
damage to cultural property during military construction activi-
ties and efforts made to inform military personnel about the 
identification and protection of cultural property as part of 
the law of war. 
(3) The status and number of specialist personnel in the 
Armed Forces assigned to secure respect for cultural property 
abroad and to cooperate with civilian authorities responsible 
for safeguarding cultural property abroad, consistent with the 
requirements of the 1954 Hague Convention. 
SEC. 1274. UNITED STATES STRATEGY AND PLANS FOR ENHANCING 
SECURITY AND STABILITY IN EUROPE. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review 
of the force posture, readiness, and responsiveness of United States 
forces and the forces of other members of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) in the area of responsibility of the United 
States European Command, and of contingency plans for such 
United States forces, with the objective of ensuring that the posture, 
readiness, and responsiveness of such forces are appropriate to 
meet the obligations of collective self-defense under Article V of 
the North Atlantic Treaty. The review shall include an assessment 
of the capabilities and capacities needed by the Armed Forces 
of the United States to respond to unconventional or hybrid warfare 
tactics like those used by the Russian Federation in Crimea and 
Eastern Ukraine. 
(b) UNITED STATES STRATEGY AND PLANS.— 
(1) REPORT ON STRATEGY AND PLANS REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report on a strategy and plans for enhancing security 
and stability in Europe. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by this subsection 
shall include the following: 
(A) A summary of the relevant findings of the review 
conducted under subsection (a). 
(B) A description of any initiatives or recommendations 
of the Secretary of Defense for enhancing the force posture, 
readiness, and responsiveness of United States forces in
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the area of responsibility of the United States European 
Command as a result of the review. 
(C) A description of any initiatives of other members 
of NATO for enhancing the force posture, readiness, and 
responsiveness of their forces within the area of responsi-
bility of NATO. 
(D) A plan for reassuring Central European and 
Eastern European members of NATO regarding the 
commitment of the United States and other members of 
NATO to their obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty, 
including collective defense under Article V, including the 
following: 
(i) A description of measures to be undertaken 
by the United States to reassure members of NATO 
regarding the commitment of the United States to 
its obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty. 
(ii) A description of measures undertaken or to 
be undertaken by other members of NATO to provide 
assurances of their commitment to meet their obliga-
tions under the North Atlantic Treaty. 
(iii) A description of any planned measures to 
increase the presence of the Armed Forces of the 
United States and the forces of other members of 
NATO, including on a rotational basis, on the terri-
tories of the Central European and Eastern European 
members of NATO. 
(iv) A description of the measures undertaken by 
the United States and other members of NATO to 
enhance the capability of members of NATO to respond 
to tactics like those used by the Russian Federation 
in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine or to assist members 
of NATO in responding to such tactics. 
(E) A plan for enhancing bilateral and multilateral 
security cooperation with appropriate countries partici-
pating in the NATO Partnership for Peace program using 
the authorities for enhancing security cooperation specified 
in subsection (c), which plan shall include the following: 
(i) An identification of the objectives and priorities 
of such United States security assistance and coopera-
tion programs, on a bilateral and regional basis, and 
the resources required to achieve such objectives and 
priorities. 
(ii) A methodology for evaluating the effectiveness 
of such United States security assistance and coopera-
tion programs, bilaterally and regionally, in making 
progress toward identified objectives and priorities. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by this subsection shall 
be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
(c) AUTHORITIES FOR ENHANCING SECURITY COOPERATION.—The 
authorities for enhancing security cooperation specified in this sub-
section include the following: 
(1) Section 168 of title 10, United States Code, relating 
to the Warsaw Initiative Fund. 
(2) Section 2282 of title 10, United States Code (as added 
by section 1205 of this Act), relating to authority to build 
the capacity of foreign military forces.
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(3) Section 1206 of this Act, relating to training of security 
forces and associated ministries of foreign countries to promote 
respect for the rule of law and human rights. 
(4) Section 1081 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 168 note), relating to 
the Ministry of Defense Advisors program. 
(5) Section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note), relating to 
the Global Security Contingency Fund. 
(6) Any other authority available to the Secretary of 
Defense or Secretary of State appropriate for the purpose of 
this section. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1275. REPORT ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the United States should provide lethal and nonlethal military 
assistance to the Government of Ukraine to defend its territory 
and sovereignty from further aggressive actions designed to under-
mine regional peace and stability to the extent such assistance 
is defensive and non-provocative in nature. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the 
Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment and submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report related to military 
assistance to Ukraine. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—At a minimum, the report required under sub-
section (b) should provide a detailed explanation of the following 
matters: 
(1) Military equipment, supplies, and defense services, 
including type, quantity, and prioritization of such items, 
requested by the Government of Ukraine. 
(2) Military equipment, supplies, and defense services, 
including type, quantity, and actual or estimated delivery date, 
that the United States Government has provided, is providing, 
and plans to provide to the Government of Ukraine. 
(3) An assessment of what United States military assist-
ance to the Government of Ukraine, including type and 
quantity, would most effectively improve the military readiness 
and capabilities of the Ukrainian military, including a discus-
sion of those defensive, lethal capabilities that could be provided 
by the United States that would enable the Government of 
Ukraine to better ensure the territorial integrity of Ukraine. 
(4) An assessment of the need for, appropriateness of, and 
force protection concerns of any United States military advisors 
that may be made available to the armed forces of Ukraine. 
(5) Military training requested by the Government of 
Ukraine. 
(6) Military training the United States Government has 
conducted with Ukraine in the previous six months.
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(7) Military training the United States Government plans 
to conduct with the Government of Ukraine in the next year. 
(d) FORM.—The report required under subsection (b) shall be 
unclassified in form, but may contain a classified annex. 
(e) SUNSET.—The requirements in this section shall terminate 
on January 31, 2017. 
SEC. 1276. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EFFORTS TO REMOVE JOSEPH 
KONY FROM THE BATTLEFIELD AND END THE ATROC-
ITIES OF THE LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY. 
Consistent with the provisions of the Lord’s Resistance Army 
Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–172), it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the ongoing United States advise and assist operation 
in support of regional governments in Central Africa and the 
African Union to remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders 
from the battlefield and end atrocities perpetuated by the Lord’s 
Resistance Army, also known as Operation Observant Compass, 
has made significant progress in achieving its objectives; 
(2) the Department of Defense should continue its support 
of Operation Observant Compass, particularly through the 
provision of key enablers, such as mobility assets and targeted 
intelligence collection and analytical support, to enable regional 
partners to effectively conduct operations against Joseph Kony 
and the Lord’s Resistance Army; 
(3) Operation Observant Compass must be integrated into 
a comprehensive strategy to support security and stability in 
the region; and 
(4) the regional governments should recommit themselves 
to the Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of 
the Lord’s Resistance Army authorized by the African Union. 
SEC. 1277. EXTENSION OF ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE MILITARY POWER 
OF IRAN. 
Section 1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2544) is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 
SEC. 1278. REPORT AND STRATEGY REGARDING NORTH AFRICA, WEST 
AFRICA, AND THE SAHEL. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with other appropriate Federal officials, shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report that contains an assessment 
of the actions taken by the Department of Defense and other Federal 
agencies to identify, locate, and bring to justice those persons and 
organizations that planned, authorized, or committed the attacks 
against the United States facilities in Benghazi, Libya that occurred 
on September 11 and 12, 2012, and the legal authorities available 
for such purposes. 
(b) STRATEGY.— 
(1) TIMING AND CONTENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a com-
prehensive strategy to counter the growing threat posed by 
radical Islamist terrorist groups in North Africa, West Africa, 
and the Sahel, which shall include, among other things—
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(A) a description of the radical Islamist terrorist groups 
active in the region, including an assessment of their ori-
gins, strategic aims, tactical methods, funding sources, 
leadership, and relationships with other terrorist groups 
or state actors; 
(B) a strategy to stem the movement of foreign fighters 
from North Africa, West Africa, and the Sahel to other 
areas, including Syria and Iraq; 
(C) a description of steps the United States is taking 
to stabilize the political and security situation in North 
Africa, West Africa, and the Sahel and support counterter-
rorism and stability efforts in the region; 
(D) a description of the key military, diplomatic, intel-
ligence, and public diplomacy resources available to address 
these growing regional terrorist threats; and 
(E) a strategy to maximize the coordination between, 
and the effectiveness of, United States military, diplomatic, 
intelligence, and public diplomacy resources to counter 
these growing regional terrorist threats. 
(2) DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
TEES.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1279. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the use 
of force against Iran. 
SEC. 1280. APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT 
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED 
KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 
FOR COOPERATION ON THE USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY 
FOR MUTUAL DEFENSE PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the provisions for congres-
sional consideration of a proposed agreement for cooperation in 
subsection d. of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(42 U.S.C. 2153), the amendments to the Agreement Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 
for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense 
Purposes, done at Washington, July 22, 2014, and transmitted 
to Congress on July 24, 2014, including all portions thereof (herein-
after in this section referred to as the ‘‘Amendment’’), may be 
brought into effect on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act as if all the requirements in such section 123 for consideration 
of the Amendment had been satisfied, subject to subsection (b) 
of this section. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954 AND OTHER 
PROVISIONS
OF LAW.—Upon coming into effect, the Amendment 
shall be subject to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and any other applicable United 
States law as if the Amendment had come into effect in accordance
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with the requirements of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT 
REDUCTION 
Subtitle A—Funds 
Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds. 
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 
Subtitle B—Consolidation and Modernization of Statutes Relating to the 
Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program 
Sec. 1311. Short title. 
Sec. 1312. Definitions. 
PART I—PROGRAM AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 1321. Authority to carry out Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Program. 
Sec. 1322. Use of funds for certain emergent threats or opportunities. 
Sec. 1323. Authority for urgent threat reduction activities under Department of De-
fense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. 
Sec. 1324. Use of funds for unspecified purposes or for increased amounts. 
Sec. 1325. Use of contributions to Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Program. 
PART II—RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS 
Sec. 1331. Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes. 
Sec. 1332. Requirement for on-site managers. 
Sec. 1333. Limitation on use of funds until certain permits obtained. 
Sec. 1334. Limitation on availability of funds for Cooperative Threat Reduction ac-
tivities with Russian Federation. 
PART III—RECURRING CERTIFICATIONS AND REPORTS 
Sec. 1341. Annual certifications on use of facilities being constructed for Depart-
ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction projects or activities. 
Sec. 1342. Requirement to submit summary of amounts requested by project cat-
egory. 
Sec. 1343. Reports on activities and assistance under Department of Defense Coop-
erative Threat Reduction Program. 
Sec. 1344. Metrics for Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Pro-
gram. 
PART IV—REPEALS AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS 
Sec. 1351. Repeals. 
Sec. 1352. Transition provisions. 
Subtitle A—Funds 
SEC. 1301. SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
FUNDS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2015 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS 
DEFINED.—As used in this subtitle, the term ‘‘fiscal year 2015 
Cooperative Threat Reduction funds’’ means the funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 301 and 
made available by the funding table in section 4301 for the Depart-
ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program established 
under section 1321. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated pursuant to 
the authorization of appropriations in section 301 and made avail-
able by the funding table in section 4301 for the Department 
of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program shall be available 
for obligation for fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017.
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SEC. 1302. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. 
Of the $365,108,000 authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2015 in section 301 and 
made available by the funding table in section 4301 for the Depart-
ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program established 
under section 1321, the following amounts may be obligated for 
the purposes specified: 
(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, $1,000,000. 
(2) For chemical weapons destruction, $15,720,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $20,703,000. 
(4) For cooperative biological engagement, $256,762,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $40,704,000. 
(6) For threat reduction engagement, $2,375,000. 
(7) For activities designated as Other Assessments/ 
Administrative Costs, $27,844,000. 
Subtitle B—Consolidation and Moderniza-
tion of Statutes Relating to the Depart-
ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Program 
SEC. 1311. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Act’’. 
SEC. 1312. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘Cooperative Threat Reduction funds’’ means 
funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropria-
tions for the Program, or otherwise made available to the 
Program. 
(3) The term ‘‘Program’’ means the Cooperative Threat 
Reduction Program of the Department of Defense established 
under section 1321. 
PART I—PROGRAM AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 1321. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may carry out a 
program, referred to as the ‘‘Department of Defense Cooperative 
Threat Reduction Program’’, with respect to foreign countries to 
do the following: 
(1) Facilitate the elimination and the safe and secure 
transportation and storage of chemical, biological, or other 
weapons, weapons components, weapons-related materials, and 
associated delivery vehicles. 
(2) Facilitate— 
(A) the safe and secure transportation and storage 
of nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons-usable or high-threat
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radiological materials, nuclear weapons components, and 
associated delivery vehicles; and 
(B) the elimination of nuclear weapons, nuclear 
weapons components, and nuclear weapons delivery 
vehicles. 
(3) Prevent the proliferation of nuclear and chemical 
weapons, weapons components, and weapons-related materials, 
technology, and expertise. 
(4) Prevent the proliferation of biological weapons, weapons 
components, and weapons-related materials, technology, and 
expertise, which may include activities that facilitate detection 
and reporting of highly pathogenic diseases or other diseases 
that are associated with or that could be used as an early 
warning mechanism for disease outbreaks that could affect 
the Armed Forces of the United States or allies of the United 
States, regardless of whether such diseases are caused by 
biological weapons. 
(5) Prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruc-
tion-related materials, including materials, equipment, and 
technology that could be used for the design, development, 
production, or use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons 
and the means of delivery of such weapons. 
(6) Carry out military-to-military and defense contacts for 
advancing the mission of the Program, subject to subsection 
(f). 
(b) CONCURRENCE
OF SECRETARY
OF STATE.—The authority 
under subsection (a) to carry out the Program is subject to any 
concurrence of the Secretary of State or other appropriate agency 
head required under section 1322 or 1323 (unless such concurrence 
is otherwise exempted pursuant to section 1352 with respect to 
activities or determinations carried out or made before the date 
of the enactment of this Act). 
(c) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to carry out the Pro-
gram in subsection (a) includes authority to provide equipment, 
goods, and services, but does not include authority to provide funds 
directly for a project or activity carried out under the Program. 
(d) TYPE OF PROGRAM.—The Program carried out under sub-
section (a) may involve assistance in planning and in resolving 
technical problems associated with weapons destruction and pro-
liferation. The Program may also involve the funding of critical 
short-term requirements relating to weapons destruction. 
(e) REIMBURSEMENT OF OTHER AGENCIES.—The Secretary of 
Defense may reimburse heads of other departments and agencies 
of the Federal Government under this section for costs of the 
participation of the respective departments and agencies in the 
Program. 
(f) MILITARY-TO-MILITARY AND DEFENSE CONTACTS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that the military-to-military and 
defense contacts carried out under subsection (a)(6)— 
(1) are focused and expanded to support specific relation-
ship-building opportunities, which could lead to the develop-
ment of the Program in new geographic areas and achieve 
other benefits of the Program; 
(2) are directly administered as part of the Program; and 
(3) include cooperation and coordination with— 
(A) the unified combatant commands; and 
(B) the Department of State.
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(g) PRIOR NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) ANNUAL REQUIREMENT.—Not less than 15 days before 
any obligation of any Cooperative Threat Reduction funds, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on that proposed obligation of such funds 
for that fiscal year. 
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under paragraph (1) 
shall specify— 
(A) the activities and forms of assistance for which 
the Secretary plans to obligate funds; 
(B) the amount of the proposed obligation; and 
(C) the projected involvement (if any) of any other 
department or agency of the United States and of the 
private sector of the United States in the activities and 
forms of assistance for which the Secretary plans to obligate 
such funds. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR NOTIFICATIONS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.— 
Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a proposed obliga-
tion of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds that is covered 
by a notification previously submitted by the Secretary to the 
congressional defense committees that includes the matters 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (2). 
SEC. 1322. USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN EMERGENT THREATS OR 
OPPORTUNITIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the Program, the Secretary 
of Defense may obligate and expend Cooperative Threat Reduction 
funds for a fiscal year, and any Cooperative Threat Reduction 
funds for a prior fiscal year that remain available for obligation, 
for a proliferation threat reduction project or activity if the Sec-
retary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, determines 
each of the following: 
(1) That such project or activity will— 
(A) assist the United States in the resolution of a 
critical emerging proliferation threat; or 
(B) permit the United States to take advantage of 
opportunities to achieve long-standing nonproliferation 
goals. 
(2) That such project or activity will be completed in a 
period not exceeding five years. 
(3) That the Department of Defense is the entity of the 
Federal Government that is most capable of carrying out such 
project or activity. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—At the time at which the 
Secretary obligates funds under subsection (a) for a project or 
activity, the Secretary of Defense shall notify, in writing, the 
congressional defense committees and the Secretary of State shall 
notify, in writing, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate of the determinations made under such subsection with 
respect to such project or activity, together with— 
(1) a justification for such determinations; and 
(2) a description of the scope and duration of such project 
or activity. 
(c) NON-DEFENSE AGENCY PARTNER-NATION CONTACTS.—With 
respect to military-to-military and defense contacts carried out 
under subsection (a)(6) of section 1321, as further described in
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subsection (f) of such section, concurrence of the Secretary of State 
under subsection (a) is required only for participation in such con-
tacts by personnel from non-defense agencies of foreign countries. 
(d) EXCEPTION
TO REQUIREMENT
FOR CERTAIN DETERMINA-
TIONS.—The requirement for a determination under subsection (a) 
shall not apply to a state of the former Soviet Union. 
SEC. 1323. AUTHORITY FOR URGENT THREAT REDUCTION ACTIVITIES 
UNDER 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR URGENT THREAT REDUC-
TION ACTIVITIES.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c), not more than 
15 percent of the total amount of Cooperative Threat Reduction 
funds for any fiscal year may be obligated or expended, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for covered activities. 
(b) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DETERMINATION AND NOTICE FOR 
URGENT THREAT REDUCTION ACTIVITIES
IN GOVERNED AREAS.— 
With respect to an area not covered by subsection (c), the Secretary 
of Defense may obligate or expend funds pursuant to subsection 
(a) for covered activities if— 
(1) the Secretary determines, in writing, that— 
(A) a threat arising in such area from the proliferation 
of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons- 
related materials, technologies, or expertise must be 
addressed urgently; 
(B) certain provisions of law would unnecessarily 
impede the ability of the Secretary to carry out such covered 
activities to address such threat; and 
(C) it is necessary to obligate or expend such funds 
to carry out such covered activities; 
(2) the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy 
concur with such determination; and 
(3) at the time at which the Secretary of Defense first 
obligates such funds, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, submits to the congressional 
defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate— 
(A) the determination under paragraph (1); 
(B) a description of the covered activities to be carried 
out using such funds; 
(C) the expected time frame for such activities; and 
(D) the expected cost of such activities. 
(c) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION
AND NOTICE
FOR URGENT 
THREAT
REDUCTION
ACTIVITIES
IN
UNGOVERNED
AREAS.—With 
respect to an ungoverned area or an area that is not controlled 
by an effective governmental authority, as determined by the Sec-
retary of State, the President may obligate or expend funds pursu-
ant to subsection (a) for covered activities if— 
(1) the President determines, in writing, that— 
(A) a threat arising in such an area from the prolifera-
tion of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons- 
related materials, technologies, or expertise must be 
addressed urgently; and 
(B) it is necessary to obligate or expend such funds 
to carry out such covered activities to address such threat; 
and
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(2) at the time at which the President first obligates such 
funds, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate— 
(A) the determination under paragraph (1); 
(B) a description of the covered activities to be carried 
out using such funds; 
(C) the expected time frame for such activities; and 
(D) the expected cost of such activities. 
(d) COVERED ACTIVITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘cov-
ered activity’’ means an activity under the Program to address 
a threat arising from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, or 
biological weapons or weapons-related materials, technologies, or 
expertise. 
SEC. 1324. USE OF FUNDS FOR UNSPECIFIED PURPOSES OR FOR 
INCREASED AMOUNTS. 
(a) NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF INTENT TO USE FUNDS FOR UNSPEC-
IFIED PURPOSES.— 
(1) REPORT.—For any fiscal year for which Cooperative 
Threat Reduction funds are specifically authorized in an Act 
other than an appropriations Act for specific purposes within 
the Program, the Secretary of Defense may obligate or expend 
such funds, or other funds otherwise made available for the 
Program for that fiscal year, for purposes other than such 
specified purposes if— 
(A) the Secretary determines that such obligation or 
expenditure is necessary in the national interests of the 
United States; 
(B) the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees— 
(i) notification of the intent of the Secretary to 
make such an obligation or expenditure of funds; and 
(ii) a complete discussion of the purpose and jus-
tification for such obligation or expenditure, including 
the amount of funds to be obligated or expended; and 
(C) a period of 15 days has elapsed following the date 
on which the Secretary submits the notification and discus-
sion under subparagraph (B). 
(2) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS.—Paragraph (1) may 
not be construed to authorize the obligation or expenditure 
of Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funds for a purpose 
for which the obligation or expenditure of such funds is specifi-
cally prohibited under section 1331 or any other provision of 
law. 
(b) LIMITED AUTHORITY TO VARY INDIVIDUAL AMOUNTS PRO-
VIDED FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES.—For any 
fiscal year for which Cooperative Threat Reduction funds are specifi-
cally authorized in an Act other than an appropriations Act for 
specific purposes within the Program, the Secretary may obligate 
or expend such funds, or other funds otherwise made available 
for the Program for that fiscal year, in excess of the specific amount 
so authorized for that purpose if—
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(1) the Secretary determines that such obligation or 
expenditure is necessary in the national interests of the United 
States; 
(2) the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees— 
(A) notification of the intent of the Secretary to make 
such an obligation or expenditure of funds in excess of 
such authorized amount; and 
(B) a complete discussion of the justification for 
exceeding such specified amounts, including the amount 
by which the Secretary will exceed such specified amounts; 
and 
(3) a period of 15 days has elapsed following the date 
on which the Secretary submits the notification and discussion 
under paragraph (2). 
SEC. 1325. USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
of Defense may enter into one or more agreements with any 
person (including a foreign government, international organiza-
tion, multinational entity, or any other entity) that the Sec-
retary considers appropriate under which the person contrib-
utes funds for activities conducted under the Program. 
(2) CONCURRENCE BY SECRETARY OF STATE.—The Secretary 
may enter into an agreement under paragraph (1) only with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 
(b) RETENTION AND USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code, and subject to subsections 
(c) and (d), the Secretary of Defense may retain and obligate or 
expend funds contributed pursuant to subsection (a) for purposes 
of the Program. Funds so contributed shall be retained in a separate 
fund established in the Treasury for such purposes and shall be 
available to be obligated or expended without further appropriation. 
(c) RETURN OF FUNDS NOT OBLIGATED OR EXPENDED WITHIN 
THREE YEARS.—If the Secretary does not obligate or expend funds 
contributed pursuant to subsection (a) by the date that is three 
years after the date on which the contribution was made, the 
Secretary shall return the amount to the person who made the 
contribution. 
(d) NOTICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after receiving 
funds contributed pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
notice— 
(A) specifying the value of the contribution and the 
purpose for which the contribution was made; and 
(B) identifying the person who made the contribution. 
(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF AMOUNTS.—The Secretary may 
not obligate funds contributed pursuant to subsection (a) until 
a period of 15 days elapses following the date on which the 
Secretary submits the notice under paragraph (1). 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than the first Monday in Feb-
ruary of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on amounts contributed pursuant
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to subsection (a) during the preceding fiscal year. Each such report 
shall include, for the fiscal year covered by the report, the following: 
(1) A statement of any funds contributed pursuant to sub-
section (a), including, for each such contribution, the value 
of the contribution and the identity of the person who made 
the contribution. 
(2) A statement of any funds so contributed that were 
obligated or expended by the Secretary, including, for each 
such contribution, the purposes for which the funds were obli-
gated or expended. 
(3) A statement of any funds so contributed that were 
retained but not obligated or expended, including, for each 
such contribution, the purposes (if known) for which the Sec-
retary intends to obligate or expend the amount. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees— 
(1) an implementation plan for the authority provided 
under this section prior to obligating or expending any funds 
contributed pursuant to subsection (a); and 
(2) any updates to such plan that the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(g) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means 
the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
PART II—RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS 
SEC. 1331. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Cooperative Threat Reduction funds may not 
be obligated or expended for any of the following purposes: 
(1) Conducting any peacekeeping exercise or other peace-
keeping-related activity. 
(2) Provision of housing. 
(3) Provision of assistance to promote environmental res-
toration. 
(4) Provision of assistance to promote job retraining. 
(5) Provision of assistance to promote defense conversion. 
(b) LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS.— 
Cooperative Threat Reduction funds may not be obligated or 
expended for the elimination of— 
(1) conventional weapons; or 
(2) delivery vehicles of conventional weapons, unless such 
delivery vehicles could reasonably be used or adapted to be 
used for the delivery of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons. 
SEC. 1332. REQUIREMENT FOR ON-SITE MANAGERS. 
(a) ON-SITE MANAGER REQUIREMENT.—Before obligating any 
Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for a project described in sub-
section (b), the Secretary of Defense shall appoint one on-site man-
ager for that project. The manager shall be appointed from among 
employees of the Federal Government. 
(b) PROJECTS COVERED.—Subsection (a) applies to a project— 
(1) to be located in a state of the former Soviet Union;
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(2) which involves dismantlement, destruction, or storage 
facilities, or construction of a facility; and 
(3) with respect to which the total contribution by the 
Department of Defense is expected to exceed $50,000,000. 
(c) DUTIES
OF
ON-SITE
MANAGER.—The on-site manager 
appointed under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) develop, in cooperation with representatives from 
governments of states participating in the project, a list of 
those steps or activities critical to achieving the disarmament 
or nonproliferation goals of the project; 
(2) establish a schedule for completing those steps or activi-
ties; 
(3) meet with all participants to seek assurances that those 
steps or activities are being completed on schedule; and 
(4) suspend the participation of the United States in a 
project when a participant other than the United States fails 
to complete a scheduled step or activity on time, unless the 
Secretary of Defense directs the on-site manager to resume 
the participation of the United States. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO MANAGE MORE THAN ONE PROJECT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), an employee 
of the Federal Government may serve as on-site manager for 
more than one project, including projects at different locations. 
(2) LIMITATION.—If such an employee serves as on-site 
manager for more than one project in a fiscal year, the total 
cost of the projects for that fiscal year may not exceed 
$150,000,000. 
(e) STEPS
OR ACTIVITIES.—Steps or activities referred to in 
subsection (c)(1) are those steps or activities that, if not completed, 
will prevent a project from achieving its disarmament or non-
proliferation goals, including, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) Identification and acquisition of permits (as defined 
in section 1333). 
(2) Verification that the items, substances, or capabilities 
to be dismantled, secured, or otherwise modified are available 
for dismantlement, securing, or modification. 
(3) Timely provision of financial, personnel, management, 
transportation, and other resources. 
(f) NOTIFICATION
TO CONGRESS.—In any case in which the 
Secretary directs an on-site manager to resume the participation 
of the United States in a project under subsection (c)(4), the Sec-
retary shall notify the congressional defense committees of such 
direction by not later than 30 days after the date of such direction. 
SEC. 1333. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS UNTIL CERTAIN PERMITS 
OBTAINED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall seek to obtain 
all the permits required to complete each phase of construction 
of a project under the Program in a state of the former Soviet 
Union before obligating more than 40 percent of the total costs 
of that phase of the project. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.—Except 
as provided in subsection (c), with respect to a new construction 
project to be carried out by the Program, not more than 40 percent 
of the total costs of the project may be obligated from Cooperative 
Threat Reduction funds for any fiscal year until the Secretary—
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(1) determines the number and type of permits that may 
be required for the lifetime of the project in the proposed 
location or locations of the project; and 
(2) obtains from the state in which the project is to be 
located any permits that may be required to begin construction. 
(c) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—The limita-
tion in subsection (b) on the obligation of funds for a construction 
project otherwise covered by such subsection shall not apply with 
respect to the obligation of funds for a particular project if the 
Secretary— 
(1) determines that it is necessary in the national interest 
to obligate funds for such project; and 
(2) submits to the congressional defense committees a 
notification of the intent to obligate funds for such project, 
together with a complete discussion of the justification for 
doing so. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, with respect to a project 
under the Program: 
(1) The term ‘‘new construction project’’ means a construc-
tion project for which no funds have been obligated or expended 
as of November 24, 2003. 
(2) The term ‘‘permit’’ means any local or national permit 
for development, general construction, environmental, land use, 
or other purposes that is required for purposes of major 
construction. 
SEC. 1334. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR COOPERA-
TIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACTIVITIES WITH RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should carry out activities under 
the Program in the Russian Federation only if those activities 
are consistent with and in support of the security interests 
of the United States; and 
(2) in carrying out any such activities after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense should 
focus on only those activities that— 
(A) are in support of the arms control obligations of 
the United States and the Russian Federation; or 
(B) will reduce the threats posed by weapons of mass 
destruction and related materials and technology to the 
United States and countries in the Euro-Atlantic and Eur-
asian regions. 
(b) COMPLETION OF COOPERATION THREAT REDUCTION ACTIVI-
TIES IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—Cooperative Threat Reduction funds 
made available for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015 may not 
be obligated or expended for activities in the Russian Federation 
unless such activities in Russia are specifically authorized by law.
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PART III—RECURRING CERTIFICATIONS AND 
REPORTS 
SEC. 1341. ANNUAL CERTIFICATIONS ON USE OF FACILITIES BEING 
CONSTRUCTED 
FOR 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
COOPERATIVE 
THREAT 
REDUCTION 
PROJECTS 
OR 
ACTIVITIES. 
Not later than the first Monday in February each year, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a certification for each facility of a project or activity 
of the Program for which construction occurred during the preceding 
fiscal year on matters as follows: 
(1) Whether or not such facility will be used for its intended 
purpose by the government of the foreign country in which 
the facility is constructed. 
(2) Whether or not the government of such country remains 
committed to the use of such facility for such purpose. 
(3) Whether the actions needed to ensure security at the 
facility, including the secure transportation of any materials, 
substances, or weapons to, from, or within the facility, have 
been taken. 
SEC. 1342. REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT SUMMARY OF AMOUNTS 
REQUESTED BY PROJECT CATEGORY. 
(a) SUMMARY
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees in the materials 
and manner specified in subsection (c)— 
(1) a descriptive summary, with respect to the appropria-
tions requested for the Program for the fiscal year after the 
fiscal year in which the summary is submitted, of the amounts 
requested for each project category under each program ele-
ment; and 
(2) a descriptive summary, with respect to appropriations 
for the Program for the fiscal year in which the list is submitted 
and the previous fiscal year, of the amounts obligated or 
expended, or planned to be obligated or expended, for each 
project category under each program element. 
(b) DESCRIPTION
OF PURPOSE
AND INTENT.—The descriptive 
summary required under subsection (a) shall include a narrative 
description of each program and project category under each pro-
gram element that explains the purpose and intent of the funds 
requested. 
(c) INCLUSION
IN CERTAIN MATERIALS SUBMITTED
TO CON-
GRESS.—The summary required to be submitted in a fiscal year 
under subsection (a) shall be set forth by project category, and 
by amounts specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such subsection 
in connection with such project category, in each of the following: 
(1) The annual report on activities and assistance under 
the Program required in such fiscal year under section 1343. 
(2) The budget justification materials submitted to Con-
gress in support of the Department of Defense budget for the 
fiscal year succeeding such fiscal year (as submitted with the 
budget of the President under section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code).
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SEC. 1343. REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES AND ASSISTANCE UNDER DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—In any year in which the President sub-
mits to Congress, under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, the budget for a fiscal year that requests funds for the 
Department of Defense for activities or assistance under the Pro-
gram, the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a 
report on the activities and assistance carried out under the Pro-
gram. 
(b) DEADLINE.—Each report under subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted not later than the first Monday in February of a year. 
(c) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An estimate of the total amount that will be required 
to be expended by the United States during the fiscal year 
covered by the budget described in subsection (a) in order 
to achieve the objectives of the Program. 
(2) A five-year plan setting forth the amount of funds 
and other resources proposed to be provided by the United 
States for the Program during the period covered by the plan, 
including the purpose for which such funds and resources will 
be used. 
(3) A description of the activities and assistance carried 
out under the Program during the fiscal year preceding the 
submission of the report, including— 
(A) the funds notified, obligated, and expended for 
such activities and assistance and the purposes for which 
such funds were notified, obligated, and expended for such 
fiscal year and cumulatively for the Program; 
(B) a description of the participation, if any, of each 
department and agency of the Federal Government in such 
activities and assistance; 
(C) a description of such activities and assistance, 
including the forms of assistance provided; 
(D) a description of the United States private sector 
participation in the portion of such activities and assistance 
that were supported by the obligation and expenditure 
of funds for the Program; and 
(E) such other information as the Secretary considers 
appropriate to fully inform Congress of the operation of 
activities and assistance carried out under the Program, 
including, with respect to proposed demilitarization or 
conversion projects, information on the progress toward 
demilitarization of facilities and the conversion of the 
demilitarized facilities to civilian activities. 
(4) A description of the means (including program manage-
ment, audits, examinations, and other means) used by the 
United States during the fiscal year preceding the submission 
of the report to ensure that assistance provided under the 
Program is fully accounted for, that such assistance is being 
used for its intended purpose, and that such assistance is 
being used efficiently and effectively, including—
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(A) if such assistance consisted of equipment, a descrip-
tion of the current location of such equipment and the 
current condition of such equipment; 
(B) if such assistance consisted of contracts or other 
services, a description of the status of such contracts or 
services and the methods used to ensure that such contracts 
and services are being used for their intended purpose; 
(C) a determination whether the assistance described 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) has been used for its intended 
purpose and an assessment of whether the assistance being 
provided is being used effectively and efficiently; and 
(D) a description of the efforts planned to be carried 
out during the fiscal year beginning in the year of the 
report to ensure that Department of Defense Cooperative 
Threat Reduction assistance provided during such fiscal 
year is fully accounted for and is used for its intended 
purpose. 
(5) A description of the defense and military activities 
carried out under section 1321(a)(6) during the fiscal year pre-
ceding the submission of the report, including— 
(A) the amount of funds obligated or expended for 
such activities; 
(B) the strategy, goals, and objectives for which such 
funds were obligated and expended; 
(C) a description of the activities carried out, including 
the forms of assistance provided, and the justification for 
each form of assistance provided; 
(D) the success of each activity, including the goals 
and objectives achieved for each activity; 
(E) a description of participation by private sector enti-
ties in the United States in carrying out such activities, 
and the participation of any other department or agency 
of the Federal Government in such activities; and 
(F) any other information that the Secretary considers 
relevant to provide a complete description of the operation 
and success of activities carried out under the Program. 
SEC. 1344. METRICS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of Defense shall implement metrics to measure 
the impact and effectiveness of activities of the Program to address 
threats arising from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, and 
biological weapons and weapons-related materials, technologies, and 
expertise. 
PART IV—REPEALS AND TRANSITION 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1351. REPEALS. 
The following provisions of law are repealed: 
(1) Sections 212, 221, 222, and 231 of the Soviet Nuclear 
Threat Reduction Act of 1991 (title II of Public Law 102– 
228; 22 U.S.C. 2551 note). 
(2) Sections 1412 and 1431 of the Former Soviet Union 
Demilitarization Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5902 and 5921).
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(3) Sections 1203, 1204, 1206, and 1208 of the Cooperative 
Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (22 U.S.C. 5952, 5953, 5955, 
and 5957). 
(4) Section 1205 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 22 U.S.C. 5955 
note). 
(5) Section 1501 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 50 U.S.C. 2362 
note). 
(6) Section 1307 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 
22 U.S.C. 5952 note). 
(7) Section 1303 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 22 U.S.C. 5952 
note). 
(8)(A) Sections 1303 and 1304 of the Floyd D. Spence 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as 
enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note). 
(B) Section 1306 of such Act (as enacted into law by Public 
Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–340). 
(C) Section 1308 of such Act (as enacted into law by Public 
Law 106–398; 22 U.S.C. 5959). 
(9) Section 1304 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 22 U.S.C. 5952 
note). 
(10) Sections 1305 and 1306 of the Bob Stump National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 
107–314; 116 Stat. 2673; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note). 
(11) Sections 1303, 1305, 1307, and 1308 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (22 U.S.C. 
5960, 5961, 5962, and 5963). 
(12)(A) Section 1303 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 22 U.S.C. 5952 
note). 
(B) Sections 1304 and 1305 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 5964 
and 5965). 
(C) Section 1306 of such Act (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 2560; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note). 
SEC. 1352. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS RELATING
TO CERTAIN PROLIFERATION 
THREAT REDUCTION PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.—Any determination 
made before the date of the enactment of this Act under section 
1308(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (22 U.S.C. 5963(a)) shall be treated as a determination under 
section 1322(a). 
(b) DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO URGENT THREAT REDUCTION 
ACTIVITIES.—Any determination made before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act under section 1305(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (22 U.S.C. 5965(b)) shall 
be treated as a determination under section 1323(b). 
(c) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
PROGRAM.—Funds made available for Cooperative Threat Reduction 
programs pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1632) or the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 
Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 672) that remain available for obligation
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as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall be available 
for the Program. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. 
Sec. 1403. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 1411. Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense–Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Cap-
tain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, Illinois. 
Sec. 1412. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 1413. Comptroller General of the United States report on Captain James A. 
Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, Illinois. 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2015 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for 
working capital and revolving funds, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2015 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Chem-
ical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4501. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated under sub-
section (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. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2015 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, 
Defense-wide, as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2015 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 4501.
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SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2015 for the Defense Health Program, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4501, for use of the Armed Forces and other activi-
ties and agencies of the Department of Defense in providing for 
the health of eligible beneficiaries. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 1411. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE–DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
MEDICAL FACILITY DEMONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN 
JAMES A. LOVELL FEDERAL HEALTH CARE CENTER, 
ILLINOIS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated for section 1405 and available for the 
Defense 
Health 
Program 
for 
operation 
and 
maintenance, 
$146,857,000 may be transferred by the Secretary of Defense to 
the Joint Department of Defense–Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund established by subsection 
(a)(1) of section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). For 
purposes of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, any funds so 
transferred shall be treated as amounts authorized and appro-
priated specifically for the purpose of such a transfer. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the purposes of sub-
section (b) of such section 1704, facility operations for which funds 
transferred under subsection (a) may be used are operations of 
the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting 
of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy 
Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities designated as 
a combined Federal medical facility under an operational agreement 
covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4500). 
SEC. 1412. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARMED FORCES 
RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2015 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the 
sum of $63,400,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home. 
SEC. 1413. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT 
ON CAPTAIN JAMES A. LOVELL FEDERAL HEALTH CARE 
CENTER, NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the submittal to Congress by the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of the evaluation report on the 
joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs med-
ical facility demonstration project known as the Captain James 
A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, Illinois, that 
is required to be submitted in March 2016, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report on that demonstration project. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include an assessment by the Comptroller General of the following:
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(1) The evaluation measures, standards, and criteria used 
by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to measure the overall effectiveness and success of 
the medical facility referred to in subsection (a). 
(2) The measurable effect, if any, on the missions of the 
Department of the Navy and the Department of Veterans 
Affairs of the provision of care in a joint facility such as the 
medical facility. 
(3) Such other matters with respect to the medical facility 
demonstration project described in subsection (a) as the Comp-
troller General considers appropriate. 
(c) AVAILABILITY
OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.—For purposes of 
the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make available to the 
Comptroller General any documents related to the medical facility 
demonstration project referred to in such subsection, including any 
evaluation plans, task summaries, in-process reviews, interim 
reports, and draft final report. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDI-
TIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR OVER-
SEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Procurement. 
Sec. 1503. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1504. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1505. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1506. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1507. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1508. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Health program. 
Sec. 1510. Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund. 
Sec. 1511. European Reassurance Initiative. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority. 
Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, and Other Matters 
Sec. 1531. Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund. 
Sec. 1532. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1533. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
Sec. 1534. Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund. 
Sec. 1535. European Reassurance Initiative. 
Sec. 1536. Plan for transition of funding of United States Special Operations Com-
mand from supplemental funding for overseas contingency operations to 
recurring funding for future-years defense programs.
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Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to authorize appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2015 to provide additional 
funds for overseas contingency operations being carried out by 
the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1502. PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2015 for procurement accounts for the Army, the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide activities, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4102. 
SEC. 1503. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2015 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, as specified in the funding table in 
section 4202. 
SEC. 1504. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2015 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for operation and maintenance, as specified in the 
funding table in section 4302. 
SEC. 1505. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2015 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for military personnel, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4402. 
SEC. 1506. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2015 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for 
working capital and revolving funds, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1507. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2015 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, 
Defense-wide, as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1508. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2015 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1509. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2015 for expenses, not otherwise
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provided for, for the Defense Health Program, as specified in the 
funding table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1510. COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2015 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the 
Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4502. 
(b) DURATION OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) shall 
remain available for obligation through September 30, 2016. 
SEC. 1511. EUROPEAN REASSURANCE INITIATIVE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2015 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the 
European Reassurance Initiative, as specified in the funding table 
in section 4502. 
(b) DURATION OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) shall 
remain available for obligation through September 30, 2016. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1521. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this title are 
in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act. 
SEC. 1522. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, 
the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made 
available to the Department of Defense in this title for fiscal 
year 2015 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so 
transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes as the authorization to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—The total amount of authorizations that 
the Secretary may transfer under the authority of this sub-
section may not exceed $3,500,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this section shall 
be subject to the same terms and conditions as transfers under 
section 1001. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer authority provided 
by this section is in addition to the transfer authority provided 
under section 1001.
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Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, and 
Other Matters 
SEC. 1531. AFGHANISTAN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. 
No amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act may 
be available for, or used for purposes of, the Afghanistan Infrastruc-
ture Fund. 
SEC. 1532. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING LIMITATION ON THE USE OF 
AMOUNTS IN FUND.—Funds available to the Department of Defense 
for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for fiscal year 2015 shall 
be subject to the conditions contained in subsections (b) through 
(g) of section 1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428), as amended 
by section 1531(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4424). 
(b) EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION.— 
(1) ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.—Subject to para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Defense may accept equipment that 
is procured using amounts in the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund authorized under this Act and is intended for transfer 
to the security forces of Afghanistan, but is not accepted by 
such security forces. 
(2) CONDITIONS
ON
ACCEPTANCE
OF
EQUIPMENT.—Before 
accepting any equipment under the authority provided by para-
graph (1)— 
(A) the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees the report required by 
subsection (c); and 
(B) the Commander of United States forces in Afghani-
stan shall make a determination that the equipment was 
procured for the purpose of meeting requirements of the 
security forces of Afghanistan, as agreed to by both the 
Government of Afghanistan and the United States, but 
is no longer required by such security forces or was dam-
aged before transfer to such security forces. 
(3) ELEMENTS OF DETERMINATION.—In making a determina-
tion under paragraph (2)(B) regarding equipment, the Com-
mander of United States forces in Afghanistan shall consider 
alternatives to Secretary of Defense acceptance of the equip-
ment. An explanation of each determination, including the basis 
for the determination and the alternatives considered, shall 
be included in the relevant quarterly report required under 
paragraph (5). 
(4) TREATMENT
AS
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
STOCKS.— 
Equipment accepted under the authority provided by paragraph 
(1) may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense 
upon notification to the congressional defense committees of 
such treatment. 
(5) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and every 90-day period thereafter during which the 
authority provided by paragraph (1) is exercised, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
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a report describing the equipment accepted under this sub-
section or section 1531(d) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 938; 
10 U.S.C. 2302 note) during the period covered by the report. 
Each report shall include a list of all equipment that was 
accepted during the period covered by the report and treated 
as stocks of the Department and copies of the determinations 
made under paragraph (2)(B), as required by paragraph (3). 
(c) REPORT
ON
AFGHANISTAN
EQUIPMENT
PROCUREMENT 
PROCESS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Commander of United States forces in Afghanistan, shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report describing in 
detail— 
(1) the methods used to identify equipment requirements 
for the security forces of Afghanistan and to incorporate such 
requirements into the procurement process for such security 
forces; and 
(2) the steps being taken to improve coordination between 
United States forces in Afghanistan and the security forces 
of Afghanistan within such procurement process. 
(d) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1531(d) 
of 
the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 
Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 938; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note)— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘prior Acts’’ and inserting 
‘‘this Act or prior Acts’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 1533. JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND. 
(a) USE
AND TRANSFER
OF FUNDS.—Subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 1514 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2439), 
as in effect before the amendments made by section 1503 of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4649), but as amended by 
subsection (b) of this section, shall apply to the funds made available 
to the Department of Defense for the Joint Improvised Explosive 
Device Defeat Fund for fiscal year 2015. 
(b) PLAN
FOR
CONSOLIDATION
AND
ALIGNMENT
OF
RAPID 
ACQUISITION ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan 
to consolidate and align all of the rapid acquisition or quick 
reaction capability organizations, including, at a minimum, the 
following— 
(A) The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat 
Organization (JIEDDO). 
(B) The Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell (JRAC). 
(C) The Warfighter Senior Integration Group (SIG). 
(D) The Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 
(ISR) Task Force. 
(E) The Afghanistan Resources Oversight Council 
(AROC). 
(F) Any other Department of Defense-wide or military 
department specific organizations, and associated capabili-
ties and funding, carrying out comparable joint urgent
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operational needs (JUONs) or joint emergent operational 
needs (JEONs) efforts. 
(2) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan required by this subsection 
shall include the following elements: 
(A) A review, and if necessary, recommended modifica-
tions to the current arrangements for oversight of the Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization within 
the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 
(B) A review and, if necessary, recommended modifica-
tions to the current policies and regulations governing the 
satisfaction of joint urgent operational needs (JUONs) and 
joint emergent operational needs (JEONs). 
(C) A review, and if necessary, recommended modifica-
tions to authorities provided to enduring or successor rapid 
acquisition or quick reaction capability organizations. 
(3) PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.—The plan required by this sub-
section shall include a timeline for— 
(A) implementation of the consolidation and alignment 
decisions contained in the plan; and 
(B) consolidation of funding sources, including the 
consolidation of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device 
Defeat Fund with the Joint Urgent Operational Needs 
Fund. 
(c) EXTENSION
OF INTERDICTION
OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE 
DEVICE PRECURSOR CHEMICALS AUTHORITY.—Section 1532(c)(4) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public 
Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2057), as amended by section 1532(c) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 
Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 939), is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION; EXCEPTIONS.—None of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2015 for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device 
Defeat Organization may be used for the purposes of the Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization assigning per-
sonnel or contractors on a permanent or temporary basis, or 
as a detail, to the combatant commands or associated military 
components unless such personnel or contractors are sup-
porting— 
(A) Operation Enduring Freedom and any successor 
operation to that operation, 
(B) Operation Inherent Resolve and any successor oper-
ation to that operation, or 
(C) another operation that, as determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense, requires the direct support of the Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—If the Secretary of 
Defense makes a determination pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) 
that an operation requires the direct support of the Joint Impro-
vised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a notice of 
the determination and the reasons for the determination.
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SEC. 1534. COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2015 by this title for the Counterterrorism 
Partnerships Fund shall be available for the following purposes: 
(1) To provide support and assistance to foreign security 
forces or other groups or individuals to conduct, support, or 
facilitate counterterrorism and crisis response activities under 
authority provided the Department of Defense by any other 
provision of law (in this section referred to as an ‘‘underlying 
Department of Defense authority’’). 
(2) To improve the capacity of the United States Armed 
Forces to provide enabling support to counterterrorism and 
crisis response activities undertaken by foreign security forces 
or other groups or individuals under any underlying Depart-
ment of Defense authority. 
(b) GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Activities using amounts available pursu-
ant to subsection (a) may be conducted only in the area of 
responsibility of the United States Central Command or the 
United States Africa Command, but may not include activities 
for the provision of assistance or other support for the Govern-
ment of Iraq. 
(2) ADDITIONAL AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.—Activities using 
amounts available pursuant to subsection (a) may be conducted 
in an area of responsibility of a geographic combatant command 
not specified in paragraph (1) if the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that— 
(A) such activities are consistent with the purposes 
specified in subsection (a); 
(B) the absence of such activities would result in an 
increased risk to the national security of the United States; 
and 
(C) such activities could not be conducted using funds 
already available to the Department of Defense (other than 
funds transferred from the Counterterrorism Partnerships 
Fund). 
(3) NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF ADDITIONAL AREAS.—The 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a notification of any determination made pursuant to paragraph 
(2) not later than 15 days before transferring amounts from 
the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund for activities in the 
area of responsibility covered by such determination. 
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Activities using amounts available 
pursuant to subsection (a) may be conducted by contract, including 
contractor-operated capabilities, if the Secretary of Defense typically 
acquires services or equipment by contract in conducting a similar 
activity for the Department of Defense. 
(d) TRANSFER REQUIREMENT AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) USE OF FUNDS ONLY PURSUANT TO TRANSFER.—Amounts 
in the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund may be used for 
the purposes specified in subsection (a) only pursuant to trans-
fers authorized by this subsection. 
(2) TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED.—Amounts in the Counterter-
rorism Partnerships Fund may be transferred from the Fund 
to any accounts of the Department of Defense for operation 
and maintenance for the purposes specified in subsection (a).
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(3) REPROGRAMMING
REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall submit a reprogramming or transfer request from 
amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 1510 to the 
congressional defense committees to carry out activities sup-
ported under this section. Each such request shall set forth 
the following: 
(A) A detailed description of the activities to be sup-
ported by the reprogramming or transfer, including the 
request of the commander of the combatant command con-
cerned for support, urgent operational need, or emergent 
operational need. 
(B) The amount planned to be obligated or expended 
on such activities, the recipient of such amount, and the 
timeline for such obligation or expenditure. 
(C) The underlying Department of Defense authorities 
that authorize such activities. 
(4) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—The transfer of 
an amount to an account under the authority in paragraph 
(2) shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for 
such account by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 
(5) TRANSFERS BACK TO THE FUND.—Upon a determination 
that all or part of the funds transferred from the Counterter-
rorism Partnerships Fund under paragraph (2) are not nec-
essary for the purpose provided, such funds may be transferred 
back to the Fund. 
(6) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The 
transfer authority provided by paragraph (2) is in addition 
to any other transfer authority available to the Department 
of Defense. 
(e) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
nothing in this section may be construed to terminate, alter, 
or override any requirement or limitation applicable to activities 
funded with amounts in the Counterterrorism Partnerships 
Fund under the underlying Department of Defense authority 
that authorizes such activities. 
(2) INAPPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF 
FUNDS.—A limitation on the amount that may be used for 
activities in a fiscal year under the underlying Department 
of Defense authority that authorizes such activities shall not 
apply to amounts made available for such activities in such 
fiscal year pursuant to this section. 
(f) PLAN.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a plan for the intended manage-
ment and use of the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund. The 
plan shall include the following: 
(1) An identification of the underlying Department of 
Defense authorities that the Secretary has identified as avail-
able for use pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) A detailed description, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, of the requirements, activities, and planned allocation 
of amounts available for use pursuant to subsection (a). 
(3) An identification of the senior civilian employee of the 
Department of Defense designated by the Secretary to serve 
as manager of the Fund.
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(g) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after the 
end of the first half of fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017, and 
the second half of fiscal years 2015 and 2016, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report setting forth, for the preceding fiscal half-year, the following: 
(1) A description of the underlying Department of Defense 
authorities that authorized activities supported by the Counter-
terrorism Partnerships Fund. 
(2) A description of the activities supported by the Fund. 
(3) A description of any obligations and expenditures of 
amounts transferred from the Fund, including recipients of 
amounts, set forth by country (where applicable). 
(4) A description of any determinations made as described 
in subsection (d)(5), and a description of any transfers back 
to the Fund pursuant to that subsection. 
(5) A description of any revisions to the plan submitted 
pursuant to subsection (f). 
(h) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—No amounts may be transferred 
from the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund after December 31, 
2016. 
SEC. 1535. EUROPEAN REASSURANCE INITIATIVE. 
(a) TOTAL AMOUNT AND AUTHORIZED PURPOSES OF ERI.—The 
$1,000,000,000 authorized to be appropriated in sections 1502, 1504, 
1505, 1511, and 2904 for fiscal year 2015 for the European Reassur-
ance Initiative, as specified in the funding tables in sections 4102, 
4302, 4402, 4502, and 4602, may be used by the Secretary of 
Defense solely for the following purposes: 
(1) Activities to increase the presence of the United States 
Armed Forces in Europe. 
(2) Bilateral and multilateral military exercises and 
training with allies and partner nations in Europe. 
(3) Activities to improve infrastructure in Europe to 
enhance the responsiveness of the United States Armed Forces. 
(4) Activities to enhance the prepositioning in Europe of 
equipment of the United States Armed Forces. 
(5) Activities to build the defense and security capacity 
of allies and partner nations in Europe. 
(b) ACTIVITIES TO BUILD DEFENSE AND SECURITY CAPACITY OF 
ALLIES AND PARTNER NATIONS.—Of the funds made available for 
the European Reassurance Initiative that will be used for the 
purpose specified in subsection (a)(5)— 
(1) not less than $75,000,000 shall be available to be used 
for programs, activities, and assistance to support the Govern-
ment of Ukraine; 
(2) not less than $30,000,000 shall be available to be used 
for programs and activities to build the capacity of European 
allies and partner nations; and 
(3) the Secretary of Defense may transfer the funds to 
support activities conducted under the authorities of the 
Department of Defense specified in section 1274(c) of this Act. 
(c) TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO CERTAIN FUNDS.— 
(1) USE OF FUNDS ONLY PURSUANT TO TRANSFER.—In the 
case of the funds authorized to be appropriated in section 
1511 for the European Reassurance Initiative Fund, as specified 
in the funding tables in section 4502, the funds may be used 
for the purposes specified in subsection (a) only pursuant to
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a transfer of the funds to either or both of the following accounts 
of the Department of Defense: 
(A) Military personnel accounts. 
(B) Operation and maintenance accounts. 
(2) EFFECT
ON
AUTHORIZATION
AMOUNTS.—During fiscal 
years 2015 and 2016, the transfer of an amount made available 
for the European Reassurance Initiative to an account under 
the authority provided by paragraph (1) or subsection (b)(3) 
shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for such 
account by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 
(3) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The 
transfer authority provided by paragraph (1) and subsection 
(b)(3) is in addition to any other transfer authority available 
to the Department of Defense. 
(d) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 15 days 
before that date on which a transfer of funds under subsection 
(b)(3) or (c)(1) takes effect, the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
the congressional defense committees in writing of the planned 
transfer. Each notice of a transfer of funds shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A detailed description of the project or activity to be 
supported by the transfer of funds, including any request of 
the Commander of the United States European Command for 
support, urgent operational need, or emergent operational need. 
(2) The amount planned to be transferred and expended 
on such project or activity. 
(3) A timeline for expenditure of the transferred funds. 
(e) DURATION OF TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The transfer authority 
provided by subsections (b)(3) and (c)(1) expires September 30, 
2016. 
SEC. 1536. PLAN FOR TRANSITION OF FUNDING OF UNITED STATES 
SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND FROM SUPPLEMENTAL 
FUNDING FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TO 
RECURRING FUNDING FOR FUTURE-YEARS DEFENSE 
PROGRAMS. 
At the same time the budget of the President for fiscal year 
2016 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a plan to maintain critical 
and enduring special operations capabilities for the United States 
Special Operations Command by fully transitioning funding for 
the United States Special Operations Command from funds avail-
able for overseas contingency operations to funds available for the 
Department of Defense on a recurring basis for purposes of future- 
years defense programs. 
TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, 
CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
Sec. 1601. Department of Defense Space Security and Defense Program. 
Sec. 1602. Evolved expendable launch vehicle notification. 
Sec. 1603. Satellite communications responsibilities of Executive Agent for Space. 
Sec. 1604. Rocket propulsion system development program. 
Sec. 1605. Pilot program for acquisition of commercial satellite communication serv-
ices.
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Sec. 1606. Update of National Security Space Strategy to include space control and 
space superiority strategy. 
Sec. 1607. Allocation of funds for the Space Security and Defense Program; report 
on space control. 
Sec. 1608. Prohibition on contracting with Russian suppliers of rocket engines for 
the evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 
Sec. 1609. Assessment of evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 
Sec. 1610. Competitive procedures required to launch payload for mission number 
five of the Operationally Responsive Space Program. 
Sec. 1611. Availability of additional rocket cores pursuant to competitive proce-
dures. 
Sec. 1612. Limitations on availability of funds for weather satellite follow-on sys-
tem and Defense Meteorological Satellite program. 
Sec. 1613. Limitation on availability of funds for space-based infrared systems 
space data exploitation. 
Sec. 1614. Limitations on availability of funds for hosted payload and wide field of 
view testbed of the space-based infrared systems. 
Sec. 1615. Limitations on availability of funds for protected tactical demonstration 
and protected military satellite communications testbed of the advanced 
extremely high frequency program. 
Sec. 1616. Study of space situational awareness architecture. 
Sec. 1617. Briefing on range support for launches in support of national security. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 1621. Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Executive Agent. 
Sec. 1622. One-year extension of report on imagery intelligence and geospatial in-
formation support provided to regional organizations and security alli-
ances. 
Sec. 1623. Extension of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in commercial ac-
tivities as security for intelligence collection activities. 
Sec. 1624. Extension of authority relating to jurisdiction over Department of De-
fense facilities for intelligence collection or special operations activities 
abroad. 
Sec. 1625. Assessment and limitation on availability of funds for intelligence activi-
ties and programs of United States Special Operations Command and 
special operations forces. 
Sec. 1626. Annual briefing on the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance re-
quirements of the combatant commands. 
Sec. 1627. Prohibition on National Intelligence Program consolidation. 
Sec. 1628. Personnel security and insider threat. 
Sec. 1629. Migration of Distributed Common Ground System of Department of the 
Army to an open system architecture. 
Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related Matters 
Sec. 1631. Budgeting and accounting for cyber mission forces. 
Sec. 1632. Reporting on cyber incidents with respect to networks and information 
systems of operationally critical contractors. 
Sec. 1633. Executive agents for cyber test and training ranges. 
Sec. 1634. Cyberspace mapping. 
Sec. 1635. Review of cross domain solution policy and requirement for cross domain 
solution strategy. 
Sec. 1636. Requirement for strategy to develop and deploy decryption service for 
the Joint Information Environment. 
Sec. 1637. Actions to address economic or industrial espionage in cyberspace. 
Sec. 1638. Sense of Congress regarding role of reserve components in defense of 
United States against cyber attacks. 
Sec. 1639. Sense of Congress on the future of the Internet and the .MIL top-level 
domain. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1641. Preparation of annual budget request regarding nuclear weapons. 
Sec. 1642. Improvement to biennial assessment on delivery platforms for nuclear 
weapons and the nuclear command and control system. 
Sec. 1643. Congressional Budget Office review of cost estimates for nuclear weap-
ons. 
Sec. 1644. Retention of missile silos. 
Sec. 1645. Procurement authority for certain parts of intercontinental ballistic mis-
sile fuzes. 
Sec. 1646. Assessment of nuclear weapon secondary requirement. 
Sec. 1647. Certification on nuclear force structure. 
Sec. 1648. Advance notice and reports on B61 life extension program.
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geographic combatant commands and a detailed description 
of the assessed ballistic missile threat facing each geographic 
combatant command through 2024. 
(8) A detailed explanation of the contributions made by 
the regional missile defense capabilities of the United States 
to the defense of the United States. 
(9) Such other matters as the Director considers appro-
priate. 
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
TITLE XVII—NATIONAL COMMISSION 
ON THE FUTURE OF THE ARMY 
Subtitle A—Establishment and Duties of Commission 
Sec. 1701. Short title. 
Sec. 1702. National Commission on the Future of the Army. 
Sec. 1703. Duties of the Commission. 
Sec. 1704. Powers of the Commission. 
Sec. 1705. Commission personnel matters. 
Sec. 1706. Termination of the Commission. 
Sec. 1707. Funding. 
Subtitle B—Related Limitations 
Sec. 1711. Prohibition on use of fiscal year 2015 funds to reduce strengths of Army 
personnel. 
Sec. 1712. Limitations on the transfer, including preparations for the transfer, of 
AH–64 Apache helicopters assigned to the Army National Guard. 
Subtitle A—Establishment and Duties of 
Commission 
SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘National Commission on 
the Future of the Army Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 1702. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF THE ARMY. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—There 
is 
established 
the 
National 
Commission on the Future of the Army (in this subtitle referred 
to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be composed of 
eight members, of whom— 
(A) four shall be appointed by the President; 
(B) one shall be appointed by the Chairman of the 
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; 
(C) one shall be appointed by the Ranking Member 
of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; 
(D) one shall be appointed by the Chairman of the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(E) one shall be appointed by the Ranking Member 
of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) APPOINTMENT DATE.—The appointments of the members 
of the Commission shall be made not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2102. Family housing. 
Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 
Sec. 2104. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2004 project. 
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 
Sec. 2106. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2011 project. 
Sec. 2107. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 
Sec. 2108. Limitation on construction of cadet barracks at United States Military 
Academy, New York. 
Sec. 2109. Limitation on funding for family housing construction at Camp Walker, 
Republic of Korea. 
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISI-
TION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) 
and available for military construction projects inside the United 
States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Sec-
retary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the installations or locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
California ................
Concord .....................................................
$15,200,000 
Fort Irwin .................................................
$45,000,000 
Colorado ..................
Fort Carson ...............................................
$89,000,000 
Hawaii .....................
Fort Shafter ..............................................
$311,400,000 
Kentucky .................
Blue Grass Army Depot ...........................
$15,000,000 
Fort Campbell ...........................................
$23,000,000 
New York ................
Fort Drum .................................................
$27,000,000 
Pennsylvania ..........
Letterkenny Army Depot .........................
$16,000,000 
South Carolina .......
Fort Jackson .............................................
$52,000,000 
Texas .......................
Fort Hood ..................................................
$46,000,000 
Virginia ...................
Fort Lee ....................................................
$86,000,000 
Joint Base Langley-Eustis .......................
$7,700,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) 
and available for military construction projects outside the United 
States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Sec-
retary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out the 
military construction project for the installations or locations outside 
the United States, and in the amount, set forth in the following 
table: 
Army: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Guantanamo Bay .....
Guantanamo Bay ......................................
$23,800,000 
Japan ........................
Kadena Air Base .......................................
$10,600,000
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SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
2103(a) and available for military family housing functions as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 
Army may construct or acquire family housing units (including 
land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the installations or 
locations, in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth 
in the following table: 
Army: Family Housing 
State/Country 
Installation 
Units 
Amount 
Illinois .................
Rock Island .......
Family Housing 
New Construc-
tion .................
$19,500,000 
Korea ..................
Camp Walker ....
Family Housing 
New Construc-
tion .................
$57,800,000 
(b) PLANNING
AND
DESIGN.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) 
and available for military family housing functions as specified 
in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army 
may carry out architectural and engineering services and construc-
tion design activities with respect to the construction or improve-
ment of family housing units in an amount not to exceed $1,309,000. 
SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after Sep-
tember 30, 2014, for military construction, land acquisition, and 
military family housing functions of the Department of the Army 
as specified in the funding table in section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.— 
Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 
of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation author-
ized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under section 
2101 of this Act may not exceed the sum of the following: 
(1) The total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 
4601. 
(2) $226,400,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2101(a) for a Command and Control Facility 
at Fort Shafter, Hawaii). 
(3) $46,000,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2101(a) for a Simulations Center at Fort Hood, 
Texas). 
(4) $86,000,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2101(a) for an Advanced Individual Training 
Barracks Complex, Ph 3, at Fort Lee, Virginia). 
(5) $6,000,000 (the balance of the amount authorized under 
section 2101(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 
Stat. 2119) for cadet barracks at the United States Military 
Academy, New York).
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(4) $68,196,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2201(b) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (division B of Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 2633) for ramp parking at Joint Region Marianas, 
Guam. 
SEC. 2205. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECTS. 
(a) YUMA.—In the case of the authorization contained in the 
table in section 2201(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1666), for Yuma, Arizona, for construction of a Double Aircraft 
Maintenance Hangar, the Secretary of the Navy may construct 
up to approximately 70,000 square feet of additional apron to be 
utilized as a taxi-lane using amounts appropriated for this project 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2204 
of such Act (125 Stat. 1667). 
(b) CAMP PENDELTON.—In the case of the authorization con-
tained in the table in section 2201(a) of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 
112–81; 125 Stat. 1666), for Camp Pendelton, California, for 
construction of an Infantry Squad Defense Range, the Secretary 
of the Navy may construct up to 9,000 square feet of vehicular 
bridge using amounts appropriated for this project pursuant to 
the authorization of appropriations in section 2204 of such Act 
(125 Stat. 1667). 
(c) KINGS BAY.—In the case of the authorization contained 
in the table in section 2201(a) of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 
112–81; 125 Stat. 1666), for Kings Bay, Georgia, for construction 
of a Crab Island Security Enclave, the Secretary of the Navy may 
expand the enclave fencing system to three layers of fencing and 
construct two elevated fixed fighting positions with associated sup-
porting facilities using amounts appropriated for this project pursu-
ant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2204 of such 
Act (125 Stat. 1667). 
SEC. 2206. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2014 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table in 
section 2201(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 989), 
for Yorktown, Virginia, for construction of Small Arms Ranges, 
the Secretary of the Navy may construct 240 square meters of 
armory, 48 square meters of Safety Officer/Target Storage Building, 
and 667 square meters of Range Operations Building using appro-
priations available for the project pursuant to the authorization 
of appropriations in section 2204 of such Act (127 Stat. 990). 
SEC. 2207. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 
2011 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (division B 
of Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4436), the authorizations set 
forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2201 
of that Act (124 Stat. 4441) and extended by section 2207 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 991), shall remain in
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effect until October 1, 2015, or the date of an Act authorizing 
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2016, whichever is 
later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows: 
Navy: Extension of 2011 Project Authorizations 
State/Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Bahrain ...............
South West Asia 
Navy Central 
Command 
Ammunition 
Magazines ......
$89,280,000 
Guam ..................
Naval Activities, 
Guam .............
Defense Access 
Roads Im-
provements ....
$66,730,000 
SEC. 2208. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 
2012 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B 
of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1660), the authorizations set forth 
in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2201 of that 
Act (125 Stat. 1666), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2015, 
or the date of an Act authorizing funds for military construction 
for fiscal year 2016, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows: 
Navy: Extension of 2012 Project Authorizations 
State/Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
California ............
Camp Pendelton 
North Area 
Waste Water 
Conveyance ....
$78,271,000 
Camp Pendelton 
Infantry Squad 
Defense Range 
$29,187,000 
Twentynine 
Palms.
Land Expansion 
$8,665,000 
Florida ................
Jacksonville ......
P–8A Hangar 
Upgrades .......
$6,085,000 
Georgia ...............
Kings Bay ..........
Crab Island Se-
curity Enclave 
$52,913,000 
Kings Bay ..........
WRA Land/ 
Water Inter-
face .................
$33,150,000 
Maryland ............
Patuxent River
Aircraft Proto-
type Facility 
Phase 2 ..........
$45,844,000
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TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2302. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. 
Sec. 2303. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2008 project. 
Sec. 2304. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2011 project. 
Sec. 2305. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2012 project. 
SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2302(a) 
and available for military construction projects inside the United 
States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out 
military construction projects for the installations or locations inside 
the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Air Force: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alaska ............................
Clear Air Force Station ...
$11,500,000 
Arizona ..........................
Luke Air Force Base ........
$26,800,000 
Guam .............................
Joint Region Marianas ....
$47,800,000 
Kansas ...........................
McConnell Air Force Base 
$34,400,000 
Massachusetts ..............
Hanscom Air Force Base
$13,500,000 
Nevada ...........................
Nellis Air Force Base ......
$53,900,000 
New Jersey ....................
Joint Base McGuire-Dix- 
Lakehurst .....................
$5,900,000 
Oklahoma ......................
Tinker Air Force Base .....
$111,000,000 
Texas ..............................
Joint Base San Antonio ...
$5,800,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2302(a) 
and available for military construction projects outside the United 
States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out 
the military construction project for the installation or location 
outside the United States, and in the amount, set forth in the 
following table: 
Air Force: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
United Kingdom ........
Royal Air Force Croughton
$92,223,000 
SEC. 2302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR FORCE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after Sep-
tember 30, 2014, for military construction, land acquisition, and 
military family housing functions of the Department of the Air 
Force as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
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(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.— 
Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 
of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation author-
ized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under section 
2301 of this Act may not exceed the sum of the following: 
(1) The total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 
4601. 
(2) $107,000,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
under section 2301(a) of the Military Construction Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 992) 
for the CYBERCOM Joint Operations Center at Fort Meade, 
Maryland). 
SEC. 2303. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2008 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table in 
section 2301(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 
515), for Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, for base infrastruc-
ture at that location, the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire 
fee or lesser real property interests in approximately 11.5 acres 
of land contiguous to Shaw Air Force Base for the project using 
funds appropriated to the Department of the Air Force for construc-
tion in years prior to fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 2304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 
2011 PROJECT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (division B 
of Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4436), the authorization set forth 
in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2301 of that 
Act (124 Stat. 4444) and extended by section 2307 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B 
of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 994), shall remain in effect until 
October 1, 2015, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
funds for military construction for fiscal year 2016, whichever is 
later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2011 Project Authorization 
Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Bahrain ...............
Shaikh Isa Air 
Base.
North Apron Ex-
pansion ..........
$45,000,000. 
SEC. 2305. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 
2012 PROJECT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (division B 
of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1660), the authorizations set forth 
in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2301 of that 
Act (125 Stat. 1670), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2015, 
or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2016, whichever is later.
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(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows: 
Air Force: Extension of 2012 Project Authorization 
State/Country 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Italy ....................
Sigonella Naval 
Air Station .....
UAS SATCOM 
Relay Pads 
and Facility ...
$15,000,000 
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Subtitle A—Defense Agency Authorizations 
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2402. Authorized energy conservation projects. 
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 
Sec. 2404. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2011 projects. 
Sec. 2405. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 
Sec. 2406. Limitation on project authorization to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 
projects pending submission of report. 
Subtitle B—Chemical Demilitarization Authorizations 
Sec. 2411. Authorization of appropriations, chemical demilitarization construction, 
defense-wide. 
Sec. 2412. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000 project. 
Subtitle A—Defense Agency Authorizations 
SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) 
and available for military construction projects inside the United 
States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Sec-
retary of Defense may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the installations or locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Defense Agencies: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Arizona ..............................
Fort Huachuca .............................
$1,871,000 
California ..........................
Camp Pendelton ...........................
$11,841,000 
Coronado .......................................
$70,340,000 
Lemoore ........................................
$52,500,000 
Colorado ............................
Peterson Air Force Base ..............
$15,200,000 
Georgia ..............................
Hunter Army Airfield ..................
$7,692,000 
Robins Air Force Base .................
$19,900,000 
Hawaii ...............................
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam 
$52,900,000 
Kentucky ...........................
Fort Campbell ..............................
$18,000,000 
Maryland ...........................
Fort Meade ...................................
$54,207,000 
Joint Base Andrews .....................
$18,300,000 
Michigan ...........................
Selfridge Air National Guard 
Base ...........................................
$35,100,000
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Defense Agencies: Inside the United States—Continued 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Mississippi ........................
Stennis ..........................................
$27,547,000 
Nevada ..............................
Fallon ............................................
$20,241,000 
New Mexico .......................
Cannon Air Force Base ...............
$23,333,000 
North Carolina .................
Camp Lejeune ..............................
$52,748,000 
Fort Bragg ....................................
$93,136,000 
Seymour Johnson AFB ................
$8,500,000 
South Carolina ..................
Beaufort ........................................
$40,600,000 
South Dakota ....................
Ellsworth Air Force Base ............
$8,000,000 
Texas .................................
Joint Base San Antonio ...............
$38,300,000 
Virginia .............................
Craney Island ...............................
$36,500,000 
Defense Distribution Depot Rich-
mond ..........................................
$5,700,000 
Fort Belvoir ..................................
$7,239,000 
Joint Base Langley-Eustis ..........
$41,200,000 
Joint Expeditionary Base Little 
Creek-Story ...............................
$39,588,000 
Pentagon .......................................
$15,100,000 
CONUS Classified ............
Classified Location .......................
$53,073,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) 
and available for military construction projects outside the United 
States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Sec-
retary of Defense may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the installations or locations outside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Defense Agencies: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Australia .................
Geraldton .................................................
$9,600,000 
Belgium ..................
Brussels ...................................................
$79,544,000 
Guantanamo Bay ...
Guantanamo Bay ....................................
$76,290,000 
Japan ......................
Misawa Air Base .....................................
$37,775,000 
Okinawa ..................................................
$170,901,000 
Sasebo ......................................................
$37,681,000 
SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZED ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) 
and available for energy conservation projects inside the United 
States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Sec-
retary of Defense may carry out energy conservation projects under 
chapter 173 of title 10, United States Code, for the installations 
or locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set 
forth in the following table: 
Energy Conservation Projects: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
California ...................
Edwards Air Force Base .....
$4,500,000
H. R. 3979—397 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 2611. Modification and extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 
2012 projects. 
Sec. 2612. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 
Sec. 2613. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 project. 
Sec. 2614. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2011 projects. 
Subtitle A—Project Authorizations and 
Authorization of Appropriations 
SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 2606(a) and available for the National 
Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 
4601, the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and 
carry out military construction projects for the Army National 
Guard locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, 
set forth in the following table: 
Army National Guard 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Delaware ..................
Dagsboro ....................................................
$10,800,000 
Maine .......................
Augusta ......................................................
$32,000,000 
Maryland ..................
Havre De Grace .........................................
$12,400,000 
Montana ...................
Helena ........................................................
$38,000,000 
New Mexico ..............
Alamogordo ................................................
$5,000,000 
North Dakota ...........
Valley City .................................................
$10,800,000 
Vermont ...................
North Hyde Park .......................................
$4,400,000 
Washington ..............
Yakima .......................................................
$19,000,000 
SEC. 2602. AUTHORIZED ARMY RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 2606(a) and available for the National 
Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 
4601, the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and 
carry out military construction projects for the Army Reserve loca-
tions inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
the following table: 
Army Reserve 
State 
Location 
Amount 
California ......................
Fresno ....................................................
$22,000,000 
March Air Force Base ..........................
$25,000,000 
Colorado ........................
Fort Carson ...........................................
$5,000,000 
Illinois ...........................
Arlington Heights .................................
$26,000,000 
Mississippi ....................
Starkville ...............................................
$9,300,000 
New Jersey ...................
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst ....
$26,000,000 
New York ......................
Mattydale ..............................................
$23,000,000 
Virginia .........................
Fort Lee .................................................
$16,000,000
H. R. 3979—398 
SEC. 2603. AUTHORIZED NAVY RESERVE AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 2606(a) and available for the National 
Guard and Reserve as specified in section 4601, the Secretary 
of the Navy may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps 
Reserve locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, 
set forth in the following table: 
Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Pennsylvania .............
Pittsburgh .............................
$17,650,000 
Washington ...............
Naval Station Everett .........
$47,869,000 
Whidbey Island ....................
$27,755,000 
SEC. 2604. AUTHORIZED AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 2606(a) and available for the National 
Guard and Reserve as specified in section 4601, the Secretary 
of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the Air National Guard locations inside 
the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Air National Guard 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Arkansas ....................
Fort Smith Municipal Airport 
$13,200,000 
Connecticut ..............
Bradley International Airport 
$16,306,000 
Iowa ..........................
Des Moines Municipal Airport 
$8,993,000 
Michigan ...................
W.K. Kellog Regional Airport
$6,000,000 
New Hampshire ........
Pease 
International 
Trade 
Port.
$41,902,000 
Pennsylvania .............
Horsham Air Guard Station 
(Willow Grove) ......................
$5,662,000 
SEC. 2605. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 2606(a) and available for the National 
Guard and Reserve as specified in section 4601, the Secretary 
of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out military 
construction projects for the Air Force Reserve locations inside 
the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Air Force Reserve 
State 
Location 
Amount 
Arizona ......................
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base 
$14,500,000
H. R. 3979—430 
subparagraph (A)(i) the number of acres of Federal 
land for which the Secretary has issued a conveyance 
under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) during the period 
beginning on August 1, 2012, and ending on the date 
of receipt of the resolution under paragraph (1). 
(ii) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and Sealaska shall negotiate in good faith 
to make a mutually agreeable adjustment to the parcel 
of Federal land generally depicted on the maps num-
bered 1 and 18 to implement the deduction of acres 
required by clause (i). 
(3) EFFECT
OF
ACCEPTANCE.—The resolution filed by 
Sealaska in accordance with paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) be final and irrevocable; and 
(B) without any further administrative action by the 
Secretary, result in— 
(i) the relinquishment of all existing selections 
made by Sealaska under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)); 
and 
(ii) the termination of all withdrawals by section 
16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1615), except to the extent a selection by a 
Village Corporation under subsections (b) and (d) of 
section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1615) remains pending, until the date 
on which those selections are resolved. 
(4) FAILURE TO ACCEPT.—If Sealaska fails to file the resolu-
tion in accordance with paragraph (1)— 
(A) the provisions of this section shall cease to be 
effective, except as otherwise provided in this subsection; 
(B) the Secretary shall, not later than 5 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, complete the interim 
conveyance of the remaining land entitlement to Sealaska 
under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) from prioritized selections 
on file with the Secretary on the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(C)(i) the remaining land entitlement of Sealaska under 
section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) shall be 70,075 acres, provided 
that the Secretary shall deduct the number of acres of 
Federal land for which the Secretary has issued a convey-
ance under section 14(h)(8) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(8)) during the period beginning on August 1, 2012, 
and ending 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(ii) if the Governor of the State does not approve the 
prioritized selections of Sealaska in the Saxman or Yakutat 
withdrawal areas as required by section 14(h)(8)(B) of the 
Alaska 
Native 
Claims 
Settlement 
Act 
(43 
U.S.C. 
1613(h)(8)(B)) by the date that is 42 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall reject 
those selections and fulfill the remaining land entitlement 
of Sealaska from the remaining prioritized selections on