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thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 
note) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘60 
scientific and engineering positions’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘100 scientific and engineering positions’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); 
and 
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (C). 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Subsection 
(c)(2) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘the De-
fense Advanced Research Projects Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Department of Defense’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS.—Subsection (d) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘12-month pe-
riod’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘calendar year’’. 
(c) EXTENSION.—Subsection (e)(1) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2019’’.
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SEC. 1105. TEMPORARY AUTHORITIES FOR CERTAIN POSI-
TIONS AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RE-
SEARCH AND ENGINEERING FACILITIES. 
Section 1107 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SCIENTIFIC AND 
ENGINEERING PROGRAMS.—The director of any STRL 
may appoint qualified candidates enrolled in a pro-
gram of undergraduate or graduate instruction lead-
ing to a bachelor’s or an advanced degree in a sci-
entific, technical, engineering or mathematical course 
of study at an institution of higher education (as that 
term is defined in section 101 and 102 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) to positions 
described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) as an 
employee in a laboratory described in that paragraph 
without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of 
chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code (other than 
sections 3303 and 3328 of such title).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) CANDIDATES ENROLLED IN SCIENTIFIC AND 
ENGINEERING PROGRAMS.—The positions described in
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this paragraph are scientific and engineering posi-
tions that may be temporary or term in any labora-
tory designated by section 1105(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub-
lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2486; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) 
as a Department of Defense science and technology re-
invention laboratory.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of a laboratory described in sub-
section (b)(3), with respect to appointment authority 
under subsection (a)(3), the number equal to 3 per-
cent of the total number of scientific and engineering 
positions in such laboratory that are filled as of the 
close of the fiscal year last ending before the start of 
such calendar year.’’. 
SEC. 1106. RATE OF OVERTIME PAY FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
THE NAVY EMPLOYEES PERFORMING WORK 
ABOARD OR DOCKSIDE IN SUPPORT OF THE 
NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER FORWARD DE-
PLOYED IN JAPAN. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
5542(a)(6) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’.
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(b) LIMITATION ON OVERTIME PAY.—Notwithstanding 
the authority provided by such section (as amended by sub-
section (a)), during fiscal year 2015 the Secretary of the 
Navy may not pay more than $250,000 in overtime pay 
under such section until the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management submits a report containing the infor-
mation described in section 1105(b)(2) of Public Law 111– 
383, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2011. 
SEC. 1107. EXTENSION OF PART-TIME REEMPLOYMENT AU-
THORITY. 
(a) CSRS.—Section 8344(l)(7) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘5 years after the date 
of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘on December 31, 2019’’. 
(b) FERS.—Section 8468(i)(7) of such title is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘5 years after the date of enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010’’ 
and inserting ‘‘on December 31, 2019’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall be effective as of October 28, 2014.
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SEC. 1108. PERSONNEL AUTHORITIES FOR CIVILIAN PER-
SONNEL FOR THE UNITED STATES CYBER 
COMMAND AND THE CYBER COMPONENT 
HEADQUARTERS OF THE MILITARY DEPART-
MENTS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary 
of Defense shall— 
(1) identify improvements to be made to the em-
ployment, compensation, and promotion authorities of 
the Department of Defense to meet the needs of the 
United States Cyber Command and the cyber compo-
nent headquarters of the military departments for ob-
taining and retaining civilian personnel with the 
skills and experience required to support the missions 
and responsibilities of those organizations; 
(2) identify the additional employment, com-
pensation, and promotion authorities necessary to en-
sure that the United States Cyber Command and the 
cyber component headquarters of the military depart-
ments have a civilian workforce able to support the 
missions and responsibilities of those organizations; 
and 
(3) submit to the Secretary recommendations for 
administrative and legislative actions, including ac-
tions in connection with authorities identified pursu-
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ant to paragraph (2), to ensure that the United States 
Cyber Command and the cyber component head-
quarters of the military departments have a civilian 
workforce able to support the missions and respon-
sibilities of those organizations. 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. Modification and extension of Global Security Contingency Fund. 
Sec. 1202. Notice to Congress on certain assistance under authority to conduct ac-
tivities to enhance the capability of foreign countries to respond 
to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. 
Sec. 1203. Enhanced authority for provision of support to foreign military liai-
son officers of foreign countries while assigned to the Department 
of Defense. 
Sec. 1204. Prohibition on use of funds for assistance to units of foreign security 
forces that have committed a gross violation of human rights. 
Sec. 1205. Codification and enhancement of authority to build the capacity of for-
eign security forces. 
Sec. 1206. Training of security forces and associated security ministries of for-
eign countries to promote respect for the rule of law and human 
rights. 
Sec. 1207. Cross servicing agreements for loan of personnel protection and per-
sonnel survivability equipment in coalition operations. 
Sec. 1208. Extension and modification of authority for support of special oper-
ations to combat terrorism. 
Sec. 1209. Authority to provide assistance to the vetted Syrian opposition. 
Sec. 1210. Provision of logistic support for the conveyance of certain defense arti-
cles to foreign forces training with the United States Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 1211. Biennial report on programs carried out by the Department of Defense 
to provide training, equipment, or other assistance or reimburse-
ment to foreign security forces. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq 
Sec. 1221. Commanders’ Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain 
coalition nations for support provided to United States military 
operations. 
Sec. 1223. One-year extension of logistical support for coalition forces supporting 
certain United States military operations. 
Sec. 1224. United States plan for sustaining the Afghanistan National Security 
Forces through the end of fiscal year 2017. 
Sec. 1225. Semiannual report on enhancing security and stability in Afghani-
stan.
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Sec. 1226. Sense of Congress on stability and sovereignty of Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1227. Extension of Afghan Special Immigrant Program. 
Sec. 1228. Independent assessment of United States efforts against al-Qaeda. 
Sec. 1229. Sense of Congress on security of Afghan women. 
Sec. 1230. Review process for use of United States funds for construction projects 
in Afghanistan that cannot be physically accessed by United 
States Government personnel. 
Sec. 1231. Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense 
services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1232. One-year extension of authority to use funds for reintegration activi-
ties in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1233. Clearance of unexploded ordnance on former United States training 
ranges in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1234. Report on impact of end of major combat operations in Afghanistan 
on authority to use military force. 
Sec. 1235. Report on bilateral security cooperation with Pakistan. 
Sec. 1236. Authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic State in Iraq 
and the Levant. 
Sec. 1237. Extension and modification of authority to support operations and ac-
tivities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to the Russian Federation 
Sec. 1241. Limitation on military cooperation between the United States and the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1242. Notification and assessment of proposal to modify or introduce new 
aircraft or sensors for flight by the Russian Federation under 
Open Skies Treaty. 
Sec. 1243. Limitations on providing certain missile defense information to the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1244. Report on non-compliance by the Russian Federation with its obliga-
tions under the INF Treaty. 
Sec. 1245. Annual report on military and security developments involving the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1246. Prohibition on use of funds to enter into contracts or other agreements 
with Rosoboronexport. 
Sec. 1247. Report on the New START Treaty. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the Asia-Pacific Region 
Sec. 1251. Strategy to prioritize United States defense interests in the Asia-Pa-
cific region. 
Sec. 1252. Modifications to annual report on military and security developments 
involving the People’s Republic of China. 
Sec. 1253. Military-to-military engagement with the Government of Burma. 
Sec. 1254. Report on Department of Defense munitions strategy of the United 
States Pacific Command. 
Sec. 1255. Missile defense cooperation in Northeast Asia. 
Sec. 1256. Sense of Congress and report on Taiwan and its contribution to re-
gional peace and stability. 
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 adversaries. 
Sec. 1258. Sense of Congress reaffirming security cooperation with Japan and the 
Republic of Korea. 
Sec. 1259. Report on maritime security strategy in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Sec. 1259A. Sense of Congress on Taiwan maritime capabilities and exercise par-
ticipation. 
Sec. 1259B. Modification of matters for discussion in annual reports of United 
States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 1261. One-year extension of authorization for non-conventional assisted re-
covery capabilities. 
Sec. 1262. Modification of national security planning guidance to deny safe ha-
vens to al-Qaeda and its violent extremist affiliates. 
Sec. 1263. Enhanced authority to acquire goods and services of Djibouti in sup-
port of Department of Defense activities in United States Africa 
Command area of responsibility. 
Sec. 1264. Treatment of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic 
Union of Kurdistan under the Immigration and Nationality 
Act. 
Sec. 1265. Prohibition on integration of missile defense systems 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. 
Sec. 1266. Limitation on availability of funds to implement the Arms Trade 
Treaty. 
Sec. 1267. Notification and review of potentially significant arms control non-
compliance. 
Sec. 1268. Inter-European Air Forces Academy. 
Sec. 1269. Department of Defense support to security of United States diplomatic 
facilities. 
Sec. 1270. Information on sanctioned persons and businesses through the Federal 
Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System. 
Sec. 1271. Reports on nuclear program of Iran. 
Sec. 1272. Sense of Congress on defense modernization by NATO countries. 
Sec. 1273. Report on protection of cultural property in event of armed conflict. 
Sec. 1274. United States strategy and plans for enhancing security and stability 
in Europe. 
Sec. 1275. Report on military assistance to Ukraine. 
Sec. 1276. Sense of Congress on efforts to remove Joseph Kony from the battlefield 
and end the atrocities of the Lord’s Resistance Army. 
Sec. 1277. Extension of annual reports on the military power of Iran. 
Sec. 1278. Report and strategy regarding North Africa, West Africa, and the 
Sahel. 
Sec. 1279. Rule of construction. 
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 Co-
operation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Pur-
poses.
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Subtitle A—Assistance and 
Training 
SEC. 1201. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF GLOBAL SE-
CURITY CONTINGENCY FUND. 
(a) REVISIONS TO GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY 
FUND.—Subsection (c)(1) of section 1207 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 
Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1625; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the provision of equipment, supplies, 
and training.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the provision 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) Equipment, including routine mainte-
nance and repair of such equipment. 
‘‘(B) Supplies. 
‘‘(C) With respect to amounts in the Fund 
appropriated or transferred into the Fund after 
the date of the enactment of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, small-scale 
construction not exceeding $750,000 on a per- 
project basis. 
‘‘(D) Training.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Subsection (i) of such 
section is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘Amounts’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), amounts’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2017’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Amounts appropriated and 
transferred to the Fund before the date of the enact-
ment of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2015 shall remain available for obligation 
and expenditure after September 30, 2015, only for 
activities under programs commenced under sub-
section (b) before September 30, 2015.’’. 
(c) EXPIRATION.—Subsection (p) of such section, as 
amended by section 1202(e) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 
Stat. 894), is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2017’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2012 through 2015’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2012 through 2017’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end before the period the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and subject to the requirements contained in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (i)’’. 
SEC. 1202. NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN ASSISTANCE 
UNDER AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES 
TO ENHANCE THE CAPABILITY OF FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES TO RESPOND TO INCIDENTS IN-
VOLVING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 
Section 1204(e) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 
896; 10 U.S.C. 401 note) is amended by inserting after 
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ the following: ‘‘and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives’’. 
SEC. 1203. ENHANCED AUTHORITY FOR PROVISION OF SUP-
PORT TO FOREIGN MILITARY LIAISON OFFI-
CERS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHILE AS-
SIGNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (a) of section 1051a of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (d), the Sec-
retary of Defense’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘involved in a military op-
eration with the United States’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in connection 
with the planning for, or conduct of, a military oper-
ation’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘To the head-
quarters of’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘To 
the Joint Staff.’’. 
(b) TRAVEL, SUBSISTENCE, AND MEDICAL CARE EX-
PENSES.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘to the headquarters of a 
combatant command’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or by the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, as appropriate’’ before the 
period at the end; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘if such trav-
el’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘if such travel 
meets each of the following conditions: 
‘‘(A) The travel is in support of the national in-
terests of the United States. 
‘‘(B) The commander of the relevant combatant 
command or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, as applicable, directs round-trip travel from the 
assigned location to one or more travel locations.’’.
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(c) TERMS OF REIMBURSEMENT.—Subsection (c) of 
such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘To the extent that the Secretary 
determines appropriate, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘The terms of reimbursement shall be specified 
in the appropriate agreement used to assign the liai-
son officer to a combatant command or to the Joint 
Staff.’’. 
(d) LIMITATION AND OVERSIGHT.—Such section, as so 
amended, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION AND OVERSIGHT.—(1) The amount 
of unreimbursed support for any liaison officer supported 
under subsection (b)(1) in any fiscal year may not exceed 
$200,000 (in fiscal year 2014 constant dollars). 
‘‘(2) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall 
be responsible for implementing the authority under this 
section.’’. 
(e) SECRETARY OF STATE COORDINATION.—Such sec-
tion, as so amended, is further amended by inserting after
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subsection (d), as added by subsection (d)(2) of this section, 
the following new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) SECRETARY OF STATE COORDINATION.—The au-
thority of the Secretary of Defense to provide administrative 
services and support under subsection (a) for the perform-
ance of duties by a liaison officer of another nation may 
be exercised only with respect to a liaison officer of another 
nation whose assignment as described in that subsection is 
accepted by the Secretary of Defense with the coordination 
of the Secretary of State.’’. 
(f) DEFINITION.—Subsection (f) of such section (as so 
redesignated) is amended by inserting ‘‘training programs 
conducted to familiarize, orient, or certify liaison personnel 
regarding unique aspects of the assignments of the liaison 
personnel,’’ after ‘‘police protection,’’. 
SEC. 1204. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ASSIST-
ANCE TO UNITS OF FOREIGN SECURITY 
FORCES THAT HAVE COMMITTED A GROSS 
VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 134 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:
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‘‘§ 2249e. Prohibition on use of funds for assistance to 
units of foreign security forces that have 
committed a gross violation of human 
rights 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Of the amounts made avail-
able to the Department of Defense, none may be used for 
any training, equipment, or other assistance for a unit of 
a foreign security force if the Secretary of Defense has cred-
ible information that the unit has committed a gross viola-
tion of human rights. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, ensure that prior to a decision 
to provide any training, equipment, or other assistance to 
a unit of a foreign security force full consideration is given 
to any credible information available to the Department of 
State relating to human rights violations by such unit. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection 
(a)(1) shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense, after con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, determines that the 
government of such country has taken all necessary correc-
tive steps, or if the equipment or other assistance is nec-
essary to assist in disaster relief operations or other human-
itarian or national security emergencies. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense, after con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, may waive the prohi-
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bition in subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary determines that 
the waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances. 
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish, and periodically update, procedures to ensure that 
any information in the possession of the Department of De-
fense about gross violations of human rights by units of for-
eign security forces is shared on a timely basis with the 
Department of State. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 15 days after the appli-
cation of any exception under subsection (b) or the exercise 
of any waiver under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report— 
‘‘(1) in the case of an exception under subsection 
(b), providing notice of the use of the exception and 
stating the grounds for the exception; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a waiver under subsection (c), 
describing— 
‘‘(A) the information relating to the gross 
violation of human rights; 
‘‘(B) the extraordinary circumstances that 
necessitate the waiver; 
‘‘(C) the purpose and duration of the train-
ing, equipment, or other assistance; and
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‘‘(D) the United States forces and the for-
eign security force unit involved. 
‘‘(f) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 134 
of such title is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘2249e. Prohibition on use of funds for assistance to units of foreign security 
forces that have committed a gross violation of human rights.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 
2015, and every March 31 thereafter through 2024, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report setting forth 
for the preceding fiscal year the following: 
(A) The total number of cases submitted for 
vetting for purposes of section 2249e of title 10, 
United States Code (as added by subsection (a)),
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and the total number of such cases approved, or 
suspended or rejected for human rights reasons, 
non-human rights reasons, or administrative 
reasons. 
(B) In the case of units rejected for non- 
human rights reasons, a detailed description of 
the reasons relating to the rejection. 
(C) A description of the interagency proc-
esses that were used to evaluate compliance with 
requirements to conduct vetting. 
(D) An addendum that includes any com-
ments by the commanders of the combatant com-
mands about the impact of section 2249e of title 
10, United States Code (as so added), on their 
theater security cooperation plan. 
(E) Such other matters with respect to the 
administration of section 2249e of title 10, 
United States Code (as so added), as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
(2) FORM.—Each report under this subsection 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ has the meaning given that
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term in subsection (f) of section 2249e of title 10, 
United States Code (as so added). 
SEC. 1205. CODIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHOR-
ITY TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF FOREIGN SE-
CURITY FORCES. 
(a) CODIFICATION, EXTENSION, AND ENHANCEMENT 
OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 136 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2282. Authority to build the capacity of foreign se-
curity forces 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, is authorized to con-
duct or support a program or programs as follows: 
‘‘(1) To build the capacity of a foreign country’s 
national military forces in order for that country 
to— 
‘‘(A) conduct counterterrorism operations; 
or 
‘‘(B) participate in or support on-going al-
lied or coalition military or stability operations 
that benefit the national security interests of the 
United States.
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‘‘(2) To build the capacity of a foreign country’s 
national maritime or border security forces to conduct 
counterterrorism operations. 
‘‘(3) To build the capacity of a foreign country’s 
national-level security forces that have among their 
functional responsibilities a counterterrorism mission 
in order for such forces to conduct counterterrorism 
operations. 
‘‘(b) TYPES OF CAPACITY BUILDING.— 
‘‘(1) 
AUTHORIZED
ELEMENTS.—A 
program 
under subsection (a) may include the provision of 
equipment, supplies, training, defense services, and 
small-scale military construction. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—A program under 
subsection (a) shall include elements that promote the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Observance of and respect for human 
rights and fundamental freedoms. 
‘‘(B) Respect for civilian control of the mili-
tary. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL FUNDING LIMITATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may use amounts specifically au-
thorized and appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able to carry out programs under this section on an
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annual basis to carry out programs authorized by 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE
OTHERWISE
PROHIBITED
BY 
LAW.—The Secretary of Defense may not use the au-
thority in subsection (a) to provide any type of assist-
ance described in subsection (b) that is otherwise pro-
hibited by any provision of law. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—The 
Secretary of Defense may not use the authority in 
subsection (a) to provide assistance described in sub-
section (b) to any foreign country that is otherwise 
prohibited from receiving such type of assistance 
under any other provision of law. 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS
FOR
ACTIVITIES 
ACROSS FISCAL YEARS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made avail-
able in a fiscal year to carry out the authority 
in subsection (a) may be used for programs 
under that authority that begin in the fiscal year 
such amounts are made available but end in the 
next fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) ACHIEVEMENT OF FULL OPERATIONAL 
CAPABILITY.—If, in accordance with subpara-
graph (A), equipment is delivered under a pro-
gram under the authority in subsection (a) in
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the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the 
program begins, amounts for supplies, training, 
defense services, and small-scale military con-
struction associated with such equipment and 
necessary to ensure that the recipient unit 
achieves full operational capability for such 
equipment may be used in the fiscal year in 
which the foreign country takes receipt of such 
equipment and in the next fiscal year. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
FOR SMALL-SCALE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.— 
‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES UNDER PARTICULAR PRO-
GRAMS.—The amount that may be obligated or 
expended for small-scale military construction 
activities under any particular program author-
ized under subsection (a) may not exceed 
$750,000. 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES UNDER ALL PROGRAMS.— 
The amount that may be obligated or expended 
for small-scale military construction activities 
during a fiscal year for all programs authorized 
under subsection (a) during that fiscal year may 
not exceed up to five percent of the amount made 
available in such fiscal year to carry out the au-
thority in subsection (a).
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‘‘(d) FORMULATION AND EXECUTION OF PROGRAM.— 
The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall 
jointly formulate any program under subsection (a). The 
Secretary of Defense shall coordinate with the Secretary of 
State in the implementation of any program under sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(e) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 15 days before 
initiating activities under a program under sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a notice of the 
following: 
‘‘(A) The country whose capacity to engage 
in activities in subsection (a) will be built under 
the program. 
‘‘(B) The budget, implementation timeline 
with milestones, anticipated delivery schedule for 
assistance, military department responsible for 
management and associated program executive 
office, and completion date for the program. 
‘‘(C) The source and planned expenditure of 
funds to complete the program. 
‘‘(D) A description of the arrangements, if 
any, for the sustainment of the program and the 
source of funds to support sustainment of the ca-
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pabilities and performance outcomes achieved 
under the program beyond its completion date, if 
applicable. 
‘‘(E) A description of the program objectives 
and assessment framework to be used to develop 
capability and performance metrics associated 
with operational outcomes for the recipient unit. 
‘‘(F) Information, including the amount, 
type, and purpose, on the assistance provided the 
country during the three preceding fiscal years 
under each of the following programs, accounts, 
or activities: 
‘‘(i) A program under this section. 
‘‘(ii) The Foreign Military Financing 
program under the Arms Export Control 
Act. 
‘‘(iii) Peacekeeping Operations. 
‘‘(iv) The International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement (INCLE) pro-
gram under section 481 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291). 
‘‘(v) Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining, and Related Programs (NADR). 
‘‘(vi) Counterdrug activities authorized 
by section 1004 of the National Defense Au-
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thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 
U.S.C. 374 note) and section 1033 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 1998. 
‘‘(vii) Any other significant program, 
account, or activity for the provision of se-
curity assistance that the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of State consider 
appropriate. 
‘‘(G) An assessment of the capacity of the 
recipient country to absorb assistance under the 
program. 
‘‘(H) An assessment of the manner in which 
the program fits into the theater security co-
operation strategy of the applicable geographic 
combatant command. 
‘‘(2) 
COORDINATION
WITH
SECRETARY
OF 
STATE.—Any notice under paragraph (1) shall be 
prepared in coordination with the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(f) ASSESSMENTS OF PROGRAMS.—Amounts avail-
able to conduct or support programs under subsection (a) 
shall be available to the Secretary of Defense to conduct as-
sessments and determine the effectiveness of such programs 
in building the operational capacity and performance of 
the recipient units concerned.
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‘‘(g) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 136 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2282. Authority to build the capacity of foreign security forces.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 943(g)(1) of the Duncan Hunter Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4578), as most re-
cently amended by section 1205(f) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 
Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1624), is further amended by 
striking ‘‘sections 1206 and 1207 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 
Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456 and 3458)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 2282 of title 10, United States Code, and 
section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization
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Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3458)’’. 
(2) Section 1209(b)(1)(A) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public 
Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 368), as most recently 
amended by section 1203(a) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 
111–84; 123 Stat. 2512), is further amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 1206 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 
119 Stat. 3456)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2282 of title 
10, United States Code’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITY.—Section 
1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163) is repealed. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2015 by section 301 
and available for operation and maintenance as spec-
ified in the funding table in section 4301, up to 
$350,000,000 may be used for programs under sub-
section (a) of section 2282 of title 10, United States 
Code (as added by subsection (a) of this section). 
(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT FOR BUILDING CA-
PACITY
TO
PARTICIPATE
IN
ALLIED
OR
COALITION
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MILITARY OR STABILITY OPERATIONS.—Of the amount 
available under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2015, 
not more than $150,000,000 may be used in such fis-
cal year for purposes described in subsection (a)(1)(B) 
of section 2282 of title 10, United States Code (as so 
added). 
(e) ANNUAL SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the end of each of fiscal years 2015 through 2020, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report summarizing the 
findings of the assessments of programs carried out 
under subsection (f) of section 2282 of title 10, United 
States Code (as so added), during such fiscal year. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include, for each program assessed under 
such subsection (f) during the fiscal year covered by 
such report, the following: 
(A) A description of the nature and the ex-
tent of the potential or actual terrorist threat, if 
any, that the program is intended to address. 
(B) A description of the program, including 
the objectives of the program, the types of recipi-
ent country units receiving assistance under the 
program, and the baseline operational capability
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and performance of the units receiving assistance 
under the program before the commencement of 
receipt of assistance under the program. 
(C) A description of the extent to which the 
program is implemented by United States Gov-
ernment personnel or contractors. 
(D) A description of the assessment frame-
work to be used to develop capability and per-
formance metrics associated with operational 
outcomes for units receiving assistance under the 
program. 
(E) An assessment of the program using the 
assessment framework described in subparagraph 
(D). 
(F) An assessment of the effectiveness of the 
program in achieving its intended purpose. 
(f) BIENNIAL
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE 
UNITED STATES AUDITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31 of 
each of 2016, 2018 and 2020, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress an audit of such program or 
programs conducted or supported pursuant to section 
2282 of title 10, United States Code (as so added),
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during the preceding two fiscal years as the Comp-
troller General shall select for purposes of such report. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report should, to the ex-
tent information is available, include, for the pro-
gram or programs covered by such report, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A description of the program or pro-
grams, including— 
(i) the objectives of the program or pro-
grams; 
(ii) the types of units receiving assist-
ance under the program or programs; 
(iii) the delivery and completion sched-
ules for assistance under the program or 
programs; and 
(iv) the baseline operational capability 
and performance of the units receiving as-
sistance under the program or programs be-
fore the commencement of receipt of assist-
ance under the program or programs. 
(B) An assessment of the capacity of each 
recipient country to absorb assistance under the 
program or programs. 
(C) An assessment of the arrangements, if 
any, for the sustainment of the program or pro-
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grams, including any source of funds to support 
sustainment of the capabilities and performance 
outcomes achieved under the program or pro-
gram beyond completion date, if applicable. 
(D) An assessment of the effectiveness of the 
program or programs in achieving their in-
tended purpose. 
(E) Such other matters as the Comptroller 
considers appropriate. 
(g) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In subsections (e) and (f), the term ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ has the meaning given that term 
in subsection (g) of section 2282 of title 10, United States 
Code (as so added). 
SEC. 1206. TRAINING OF SECURITY FORCES AND ASSOCI-
ATED SECURITY MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES TO PROMOTE RESPECT FOR THE 
RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense is author-
ized to conduct human rights training of security forces and 
associated security ministries of foreign countries. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION WITH LIMITATION
ON USE
OF 
FUNDS.—Human rights training authorized by this section 
may be conducted for security forces otherwise prohibited
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from receiving such training under any provision of law 
only if— 
(1) such training is conducted in the country of 
origin of the security forces; 
(2) such training is withheld from any indi-
vidual of a unit when there is credible information 
that such individual has committed a gross violation 
of human rights or has commanded a unit that has 
committed a gross violation of human rights; 
(3) such training may be considered a corrective 
step, but is not sufficient for meeting the account-
ability requirement under the exception established in 
subsection (b) of section 2249e of title 10, United 
States Code (as added by section 1204(a) of this Act); 
and 
(4) reasonable efforts have been made to assist 
the foreign country to take all necessary corrective 
steps regarding a gross violation of human rights 
with respect to the unit, including using funds au-
thorized by this Act to provide technical assistance or 
other types of support for accountability. 
(c) ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.— 
(1) CONCURRENCE.—Training activities may be 
conducted under this section only with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State.
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(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall consult with the Secretary of State on the con-
tent of the training, the methods of instruction to be 
provided, and the intended beneficiaries of training 
conducted under this section. 
(d) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Human rights train-
ing authorized by this section may include associated ac-
tivities and expenses necessary for the conduct of training 
and assessments designed to further the purposes of this sec-
tion, including technical assistance or other types of sup-
port for accountability. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than March 31 each 
year through 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
use of the authority in this section during the preceding 
fiscal year. Each report shall include information on any 
human rights training (as defined in subsection (f)) or 
other assistance that was provided during the fiscal year 
to foreign security forces. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
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(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘human rights training’’ means 
training for the purpose of directly improving the 
conduct of foreign security forces to— 
(A) prevent gross violations of human rights 
and support accountability for such violations; 
(B) strengthen compliance with the laws of 
armed conflict and respect for civilian control 
over the military; 
(C) promote and assist in the establishment 
of a military justice system and other mecha-
nisms for accountability; and 
(D) prevent the use of child soldiers. 
(g) SUNSET.—The authority in subsection (a) shall ex-
pire on September 30, 2020. 
SEC. 1207. CROSS SERVICING AGREEMENTS FOR LOAN OF 
PERSONNEL PROTECTION AND PERSONNEL 
SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT IN COALITION 
OPERATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, enter into an ar-
rangement, under an agreement concluded pursuant to sec-
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tion 2342 of title 10, United States Code, under which the 
United States agrees to loan personnel protection and per-
sonnel survivability equipment for the use of such equip-
ment by military forces of a nation participating in the 
following: 
(1) A coalition operation with the United States 
as part of a contingency operation. 
(2) A coalition operation with the United States 
as part of a peacekeeping operation under the Charter 
of the United Nations or another international agree-
ment. 
(3) Training of such forces in connection with 
the deployment of such forces to be deployed to an op-
eration described in paragraph (1) or (2). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) LOAN ONLY OF EQUIPMENT FOR WHICH US 
FORCES
HAVE
NO
UNFULFILLED
REQUIREMENTS.— 
Equipment may be loaned to the military forces of a 
nation under the authority of this section only upon 
a determination by the Secretary of Defense that the 
United States forces in the coalition operation con-
cerned have no unfulfilled requirements for such 
equipment. 
(2) SCOPE OF USE OF LOANED EQUIPMENT.— 
Equipment loaned to the military forces of a nation
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under the authority of this section may be used by 
those forces only for personnel protection or to aid in 
the personnel survivability of those forces and only 
in— 
(A) a coalition operation with the United 
States described in paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (a); or 
(B) training described in paragraph (3) of 
subsection (a). 
(3) DURATION
OF
USE
OF
LOANED
EQUIP-
MENT.—Equipment loaned to the military forces of a 
nation under the authority of this section may be 
used by the military forces of that nation not longer 
than the duration of that country’s participation in 
the coalition operation concerned. 
(4) NOTICE AND WAIT ON LOAN OF EQUIPMENT 
FOR TRAINING.—Equipment may not be loaned under 
subsection (a) in connection with training described 
in paragraph (3) of that subsection until 15 days 
after the date on which the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits to the appropriate committees of Congress writ-
ten notice on the loan of such equipment for such pur-
pose. 
(c) WAIVER OF REIMBURSEMENT IN CASE OF LOSS OF 
EQUIPMENT IN COMBAT.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of equipment 
loaned under the authority of this section that is 
damaged or destroyed as a result of combat operations 
during coalition operations while held by forces to 
which loaned under this section, the Secretary of De-
fense may, with respect to such equipment, waive any 
other requirement under applicable law for— 
(A) reimbursement; 
(B) replacement-in-kind; or 
(C) exchange of supplies or services of an 
equal value. 
(2) BASIS FOR WAIVER.—Any waiver under this 
subsection may be made only if the Secretary deter-
mines that the waiver is in the national security in-
terest of the United States. 
(3) WAIVER
ON
A
CASE-BY-CASE
BASIS.—Any 
waiver under this subsection may be made only on a 
case-by-case basis. 
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—If the authority pro-
vided under this section is exercised during a fiscal year, 
the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on the exercise of such authority by not 
later than October 30 of the year in which such fiscal year 
ends. Each report on the exercise of such authority shall
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specify the recipient country of the equipment loaned, the 
type of equipment loaned, and the duration of the loan of 
such equipment. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘personnel protection and per-
sonnel survivability equipment’’ means items enumer-
ated in categories I, II, III, VII, and X of the United 
States Munitions List under section 38(a)(1) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1) that 
the Secretary of Defense designates as available for 
loan under this section. 
(f) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority in 
subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2019.
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SEC. 1208. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
FOR SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS TO 
COMBAT TERRORISM. 
(a) AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR SUPPORT.—Subsection 
(a) of section 1208 of the Ronald W. Reagan National De-
fense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 
108–375; 118 Stat. 2086), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 1203(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1621), is 
further amended by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$75,000,000’’. 
(b) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of such section 1208, 
as most recently amended by section 1203(c) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2012, is further 
amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 1209. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE 
VETTED SYRIAN OPPOSITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense is author-
ized, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide 
assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, sti-
pends, construction of training and associated facilities, 
and sustainment, to appropriately vetted elements of the 
Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian 
groups and individuals, through December 31, 2016, for the 
following purposes:
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(1) Defending the Syrian people from attacks by 
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and 
securing territory controlled by the Syrian opposition. 
(2) Protecting the United States, its friends and 
allies, and the Syrian people from the threats posed 
by terrorists in Syria. 
(3) Promoting the conditions for a negotiated 
settlement to end the conflict in Syria. 
(b) NOTICE BEFORE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—Not 
later than 15 days prior to the provision of assistance au-
thorized under subsection (a) to appropriately vetted recipi-
ents for the first time— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees and leadership of the 
House of Representatives and Senate a report, in un-
classified form with a classified annex as appropriate, 
that contains a description of— 
(A) the plan for providing such assistance; 
(B) the requirements and process used to de-
termine appropriately vetted recipients; and 
(C) the mechanisms and procedures that 
will be used to monitor and report to the appro-
priate congressional committees and leadership 
of the House of Representatives and Senate on
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unauthorized end-use of provided training and 
equipment and other violations of relevant law 
by appropriately vetted recipients; and 
(2) the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and leadership of the House 
of Representatives and Senate a report, in unclassi-
fied form with a classified annex as appropriate, that 
contains a description of how such assistance fits 
within a larger regional strategy. 
(c) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan required in sub-
section (b)(1) shall include, at a minimum, a description 
of— 
(1) the goals and objectives of assistance author-
ized under subsection (a); 
(2) the concept of operations, timelines, and 
types of training, equipment, stipends, sustainment, 
construction, and supplies to be provided; 
(3) the roles and contributions of partner na-
tions; 
(4) the number and role of United States Armed 
Forces personnel involved; 
(5) any additional military support and 
sustainment activities; and 
(6) any other relevant details.
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(d) QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 
90 days after the Secretary of Defense submits the report 
required in subsection (b)(1), and every 90 days thereafter, 
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees and leadership of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate a progress report. Such progress report shall, 
based on the most recent quarterly information, include— 
(1) any updates to or changes in the plan, strat-
egy, vetting requirements and process, and end-use 
monitoring mechanisms and procedures, as required 
in subsection (b)(1); 
(2) a description of how the threat of attacks 
against United States or coalition personnel is being 
mitigated, statistics on any such attacks, including 
green-on-blue attacks, and how such attacks are being 
mitigated; 
(3) a description of the appropriately vetted re-
cipients receiving assistance authorized under sub-
section (a); 
(4) the recruitment, throughput, and retention 
rates of appropriately vetted recipients and equip-
ment;
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(5) any misuse or loss of provided training and 
equipment and how such misuse or loss is being miti-
gated; 
(6) a description of the command and control of 
appropriately vetted recipients; 
(7) an assessment of the operational effectiveness 
of the appropriately vetted recipients in meeting the 
purposes specified in subsection (a); 
(8) a description of sustainment support pro-
vided to appropriately vetted recipients pursuant to 
subsection (a); 
(9) a list of construction projects carried out 
under authority in subsection (a); 
(10) a statement of the amount of funds ex-
pended during the period for which the report is sub-
mitted, and in aggregate since September 19, 2014, to 
provide assistance by authorized category pursuant to 
subsection (a) and section 149 of the Continuing Ap-
propriations Resolution, 2015 (Public Law 113–164); 
and 
(11) an assessment of the effectiveness of the as-
sistance authorized under subsection (a) as measured 
against subsections (b) and (c). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the fol-
lowing definitions shall apply:
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on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate. 
(f) REPROGRAMMING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of Defense may submit a reprogramming or transfer request 
of funds made available for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations beginning on October 1, 2014, and ending on Decem-
ber 31, 2016, to the congressional defense committees to 
carry out activities authorized under this section. 
(g) AUTHORITY
TO ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS.—The 
Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 
including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments to 
provide assistance as authorized by this section. Any funds 
so accepted by the Secretary shall be credited to appropria-
tions for the appropriate operation and maintenance ac-
counts, except that any funds so accepted by the Secretary 
shall not be available for obligation until a reprogramming 
request is submitted to the congressional defense committees. 
(h) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to constitute a specific statu-
tory authorization for the introduction of United States 
Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein hos-
tilities are clearly indicated by the circumstances. 
(i) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION MATTERS.—Nothing in 
this section supersedes or alters the continuing obligations 
of the President to report to Congress pursuant to section
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4 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543) regarding 
the use of United States Armed Forces abroad. 
(j) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—For purposes of the provi-
sion of assistance pursuant to subsection (a), the President 
may waive any provision of law if the President determines 
that such provision of law would (but for the waiver) im-
pede national security objectives of the United States by 
prohibiting, restricting, delaying, or otherwise limiting the 
provision of such assistance. Such waiver shall not take ef-
fect until 30 days after the date on which the President 
notifies the appropriate congressional committees of such 
determination and the provision of law to be waived. 
(k) ASSISTANCE TO THIRD COUNTRIES IN PROVISION 
OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide assistance to 
third countries for purposes of the provision of assistance 
authorized under this section. 
SEC. 1210. PROVISION OF LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR THE 
CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES TO FOREIGN FORCES TRAINING WITH 
THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal years 2015 and 2016, 
the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide logistic 
support for the conveyance of certain defense articles in Af-
ghanistan to the armed forces of a country with which the 
Armed Forces of the United States plan to conduct bilateral
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or multilateral training overseas during fiscal years 2015 
and 2016. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary may provide logistic 
support under subsection (a) only— 
(1) in accordance with the Arms Export Control 
Act and other relevant export control laws of the 
United States; 
(2) in accordance with section 516(c)(2) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j); 
and 
(3) with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The total value of logistic support 
provided under subsection (a) for a fiscal year may not ex-
ceed $10,000,000. 
(d) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—To provide logistic support 
under subsection (a), the Secretary may use funds available 
for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, for fiscal 
years 2015 and 2016. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the last day 
of a fiscal year during which the Secretary of Defense exer-
cises the authority under subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Com-
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mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
a report on the exercise of authority under this section dur-
ing that fiscal year. Such report shall include a description 
of the types of defense articles provided, the amount of funds 
expended, and the countries that received defense articles. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘logistic support’’ means— 
(A) the use of military transportation and 
cargo-handling assets, including aircraft; 
(B) materiel support in the form of fuel, pe-
troleum, oil, or lubricants; and 
(C) commercially contracted transportation. 
(2) The term ‘‘certain defense article’’ means an 
item that has been declared an excess defense article 
and has been transferred from the stocks of the De-
partment of Defense in Afghanistan but has not yet 
been made available for disposal through the Defense 
Logistics Agency process. 
SEC. 1211. BIENNIAL REPORT ON PROGRAMS CARRIED OUT 
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PRO-
VIDE TRAINING, EQUIPMENT, OR OTHER AS-
SISTANCE OR REIMBURSEMENT TO FOREIGN 
SECURITY FORCES. 
(a) BIENNIAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
February 1 of each of 2016, 2018, and 2020, the Secretary
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of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report that sets forth, on a country-by-country basis, 
a description of each program carried out by the Depart-
ment of Defense to provide training, equipment, or other 
security assistance or reimbursement during the two fiscal 
years ending in the year before the year in which such re-
port is submitted under the authorities specified in sub-
section (c). 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—Each report required 
under subsection (a) shall provide for each program covered 
by such report, and for the reporting period covered by such 
report, the following: 
(1) A description of the purpose and type of the 
training, equipment, or assistance or reimbursement 
provided, including how the training, equipment, or 
assistance or reimbursement provided advances the 
theater security cooperation strategy of the combatant 
command, as appropriate. 
(2) The cost of such training, equipment, or as-
sistance or reimbursement, including by type of sup-
port provided. 
(3) A description of the metrics, if any, used for 
assessing the effectiveness of such training, equipment, 
or assistance or reimbursement provided.
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(c) SPECIFIED AUTHORITIES.—The authorities speci-
fied in this subsection are the following authorities (or any 
successor authorities): 
(1) Section 127d of title 10, United States Code, 
relating to authority to provide logistic support, sup-
plies, and services to allied forces participating in a 
combined operation with the Armed Forces. 
(2) Section 166a(b)(6) of title 10, United States 
Code, relating to humanitarian and civic assistance 
by the commanders of the combatant commands. 
(3) Section 168 of title 10, United States Code, 
relating to authority— 
(A) to provide assistance to nations of the 
former Soviet Union as part of the Warsaw Ini-
tiative Fund; 
(B) to conduct the Defense Institution Re-
form Initiative; and 
(C) to conduct a program to increase de-
fense institutional legal capacity through the De-
fense Institute of International Legal Studies. 
(4) Section 2010 of title 10, United States Code, 
relating to authority to reimburse foreign troops for 
participation in combined exercises.
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(5) Section 2011 of title 10, United States Code, 
relating to authority to reimburse foreign troops for 
participation in Joint Combined Exercise Training. 
(6) Section 2249c of title 10, United States Code, 
relating to authority to use appropriated funds for 
costs associated with education and training of for-
eign officials under the Regional Defense Combating 
Terrorism Fellowship Program. 
(7) Section 2282 of title 10, United States Code 
(as added by section 1205 of this Act), relating to au-
thority to build the capacity of foreign military 
forces, or the predecessor authority to such section in 
section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3456). 
(8) Section 2561 of title 10, United States Code, 
relating to authority to provide humanitarian assist-
ance. 
(9) Section 1532, relating to the Afghanistan Se-
curity Forces Fund. 
(10) Section 1205 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (32 U.S.C. 107 
note), relating to authority for National Guard State 
Partnership program.
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note), relating to additional support for counter-drug 
activities. 
(17) Any other authority on assistance or reim-
bursement that the Secretary of Defense considers ap-
propriate and consistent with subsection (a). 
(d) NONDUPLICATION OF EFFORT.—If any informa-
tion required under subsection (a) has been included in an-
other report or notification previously submitted to Con-
gress 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). 
(e) FORM.—Each report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex. 
(f) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED REQUIREMENT.—Section 
1209 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (122 Stat. 368) is repealed. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq 
SEC. 1221. COMMANDERS’ EMERGENCY RESPONSE PRO-
GRAM IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Section 1201 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub-
lic Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1619), as most recently amended
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by section 1211 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 904), 
is further amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’. 
(b) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS.—Subsection (b) of such 
section, as so amended, is further amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘QUARTERLY’’ and inserting ‘‘SEMI-ANNUAL’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘QUARTERLY’’ and inserting ‘‘SEMI-ANNUAL’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year quarter’’ and 
inserting ‘‘half fiscal year’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘that quarter’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘that half fiscal year’’. 
(c) FUNDS AVAILABLE DURING FISCAL YEAR 2015.— 
Subsection (a) of such section, as so amended, is further 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$60,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
(d) RESTRICTION ON AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—Sub-
section (e) of such section is amended by striking 
‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’. 
(e) NOTIFICATION
ON
CERTAIN
PROJECTS.—Sub-
section (g) of such section is amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to advance 
the military campaign plan for Afghanistan’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to directly benefit the security or stability of 
the people of Afghanistan’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘any agree-
ment with either the Government of Afghanistan,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any written agreement with either the 
Government of Afghanistan, an entity owned or con-
trolled by the Government of Afghanistan,’’. 
(f) SUBMITTAL OF REVISED GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a copy of the guidance issued by the Sec-
retary to the Armed Forces concerning the Commanders’ 
Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan as revised to 
take into account the amendments made by this section. 
SEC. 1222. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN COALI-
TION NATIONS FOR SUPPORT PROVIDED TO 
UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1233 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 393), as most recently
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amended by section 1213 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 
Stat. 905), is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2015’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Operation 
Enduring Freedom’’ and inserting ‘‘Iraq or in Oper-
ation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan’’. 
(b) OTHER SUPPORT.—Subsection (b) of such section, 
as so amended, is further amended by inserting ‘‘Iraq or 
in’’ before ‘‘Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan’’. 
(c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS AVAILABLE.—Subsection 
(d)(1) of such section, as so amended, is further amended— 
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘during 
fiscal year 2014 may not exceed $1,500,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘during fiscal year 2015 may not exceed 
$1,200,000,000’’; and 
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘during fis-
cal year 2013 may not exceed $1,200,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘during fiscal year 2015 may not exceed 
$1,000,000,000’’. 
(d) EXTENSION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENT RELATING 
TO REIMBURSEMENT OF PAKISTAN FOR SUPPORT PRO-
VIDED BY PAKISTAN.—Section 1232(b)(6) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (122 Stat.
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393), as most recently amended by section 1213(c) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
(127 Stat. 906), is further amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
(e) EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENT 
OF PAKISTAN PENDING CERTIFICATION ON PAKISTAN.— 
Section 1227(d)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 
2001), as amended by section 1213(d) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (127 Stat. 
906), is further amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’. 
(f) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENT OF 
PAKISTAN PENDING CERTIFICATION ON PAKISTAN.—Of the 
total amount of reimbursements and support authorized for 
Pakistan during fiscal year 2015 pursuant to the third sen-
tence of section 1233(d)(1) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (as amended by subsection 
(b)(2)), $300,000,000 shall not be eligible for the waiver 
under section 1227(d)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (126 Stat. 2001) unless the 
Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense 
committees that— 
(1) Pakistan has undertaken military operations 
in North Waziristan that have contributed to signifi-
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cantly disrupting the safe haven and freedom of move-
ment of the Haqqani network in Pakistan; and 
(2) Pakistan has taken steps that have dem-
onstrated a commitment to ensuring that North 
Waziristan does not return to being a safe haven for 
the Haqqani network. 
SEC. 1223. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF LOGISTICAL SUPPORT 
FOR COALITION FORCES SUPPORTING CER-
TAIN UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 1234 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110– 
181; 122 Stat. 394), as most recently amended by section 
1217(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 909), is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘during the pe-
riod beginning on October 1, 2013, and ending on De-
cember 31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘during the period 
beginning on October 1, 2014, and ending on Decem-
ber 31, 2015’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’.
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(b) AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FUNDS IN CONNECTION 
WITH IRAQ.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of such section 
1234, as so amended, is further amended by inserting 
‘‘and Iraq’’ after ‘‘in Afghanistan’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of 
such section 1234 is amended by inserting ‘‘AND 
IRAQ’’ after ‘‘AFGHANISTAN’’. 
SEC. 1224. UNITED STATES PLAN FOR SUSTAINING THE AF-
GHANISTAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES 
THROUGH THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2017. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that contains a detailed plan for sustaining the Afghanistan 
National Army (ANA) and the Afghanistan National Police 
(ANP) of the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) 
through the end of fiscal year 2017, with the objective of 
ensuring that the ANSF will be able to independently and 
effectively conduct operations and maintain security and 
stability in Afghanistan. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan contained 
in the report required under subsection (a) shall include 
a description of the following matters:
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(1) A comprehensive sustainment strategy, in-
cluding target end-strengths, budget, and defined ob-
jectives. 
(2) The commitments for funding contributions 
from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
and non-NATO nations for sustaining the ANSF 
through the end of fiscal year 2017, any shortfalls in 
funding for such purposes, and the plan for achieving 
such commitments as necessary to sustain the ANSF. 
(3) A mechanism for tracking funding, equip-
ment, training, and services provided to the ANSF by 
the United States, countries participating in NATO’s 
Operation Resolute Support, and other members of 
the international community contributing to the 
sustainment of the ANSF. 
(4) Plans for assisting the Government of Af-
ghanistan to achieve the following goals: 
(A) Improve and sustain effective Afghan 
security institutions with fully capable senior 
leadership and staff, including logistics, intel-
ligence, medical, and recruiting units. 
(B) Train and equip key enabling capabili-
ties, including for the Afghan Special Operations 
Forces, the Afghan Air Force, and Afghan Spe-
cial Mission Wing, such that these entities are
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fully-capable of conducting operations independ-
ently and in sufficient numbers. 
(C) Establish effective and sustainable 
ANSF-readiness assessment tools and metrics. 
(D) Improve and sustain strong, profes-
sional ANSF officers at the junior-, mid-, and 
senior-levels. 
(E) Enhance strong ANSF communication 
and control between central command and re-
gions, provinces, and districts. 
(F) Develop and improve institutional 
mechanisms for incorporating lessons learned 
and best practices into ANSF operations. 
(G) Improve ANSF oversight mechanisms, 
including an effective record-keeping system to 
track ANSF equipment and personnel and a sus-
tainable process to identify, investigate, and 
eliminate corruption. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives.
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SEC. 1225. SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON ENHANCING SECURITY 
AND STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress on 
a semiannual basis a report on building and sus-
taining the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) 
and enhancing security and stability in Afghanistan. 
(2) SUBMITTAL.—A report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted not later than June 15 each year, 
for the 6-month period ending on May 31 of such 
year, and not later than December 15 each year, for 
the 6-month period ending on November 30 of such 
year. No report is required to be submitted under 
paragraph (1) after the report required to be sub-
mitted on December 15, 2017. 
(3) FORM.—Each report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) STRATEGY
AND
OBJECTIVES
OF
UNITED 
STATES AND NATO MISSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER 
2014.—A detailed description of—
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(A) the strategy and objectives of any post- 
2014 United States mission and any mission 
agreed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion (NATO), to train, advise, and assist the 
ANSF or to conduct counterterrorism operations; 
and 
(B) indicators of effectiveness as developed 
by the Secretary or NATO, as appropriate, in 
the assessment of any such United States train, 
advise, and assist mission and of any such train, 
advise, and assist mission agreed by NATO, in-
cluding efforts to build the counterterrorism ca-
pabilities of the ANSF. 
(2) THREAT ASSESSMENT.—An assessment of the 
current security conditions in Afghanistan and the se-
curity conditions anticipated in Afghanistan during 
the 24-month period beginning on the date of the sub-
mittal of such report, including with respect to 
threats from terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda, the 
Taliban, and the Haqqani Network. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF SIZE AND STRUCTURE AND 
STRATEGY AND BUDGET OF ANSF.—A description of— 
(A) the size and force structure of the 
ANSF, including the Afghanistan National 
Army (ANA), the Afghanistan National Police
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(ANP), the Afghan Border Police, the Afghan 
Local Police, and such other major force compo-
nents of the ANSF as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate; 
(B) the rationale for any changes in the 
overall end strength or the mix of force structure 
for the ANSF during the period covered by such 
report; 
(C) levels of recruitment, retention, and at-
trition within the ANSF, in the aggregate and 
by force component; 
(D) personnel end strength within the Af-
ghanistan Ministry of Defense and the Afghani-
stan Ministry of Security; 
(E) the strategy and budget of the ANSF; 
and 
(F) a description of the activities of the 
ANSF during the period covered by the report. 
(4) ASSESSMENT
OF
SIZE, STRUCTURE, CAPA-
BILITIES, AND STRATEGY OF ANSF.—An assessment 
whether the size, structure, capabilities, and strategy 
of the ANSF are sufficient to provide security in light 
of the current security conditions in Afghanistan and 
the security conditions anticipated in Afghanistan 
during the 24-month period beginning on the date of
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the submittal of such report. Such assessment should 
describe the risks and trade-offs the ANSF are making 
and any gaps in the capacity and capabilities of the 
ANSF. 
(5) BUILDING KEY CAPABILITIES AND ENABLING 
FORCES WITHIN ANSF.— 
(A) A description of programs to achieve 
key mission enabling capabilities within the 
ANSF, including any major milestones and 
timelines, and the end states intended to be 
achieved by such programs, including for the fol-
lowing: 
(i) Security institution capacity build-
ing. 
(ii) Special operations forces and their 
key enablers. 
(iii) Intelligence. 
(iv) Logistics. 
(v) Maintenance. 
(vi) Air forces. 
(B) Metrics, as developed by the Com-
mander of United States forces in Afghanistan, 
for monitoring and evaluating the performance 
of such programs in achieving the intended out-
comes of such programs.
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(6) FINANCING THE ANSF.—A description of— 
(A) any plan agreed by the United States, 
the international community, and the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan to fund and sustain the 
ANSF that serves as current guidance on such 
matters during the period covered by such report, 
including a description of whether such plan dif-
fers from— 
(i) in the case of the first report sub-
mitted under subsection (a), commitments 
undertaken at the 2012 NATO Summit in 
Chicago and the Tokyo Mutual Account-
ability Framework; or 
(ii) in the case of any other report sub-
mitted under subsection (a), such plan as 
set forth in the previous report submitted 
under subsection (a); 
(B) the Afghan Security Forces Fund fi-
nancing plan through 2017; 
(C) contributions by the international com-
munity to sustaining the ANSF during the pe-
riod covered by such report; 
(D) contributions by the Government of Af-
ghanistan to sustaining the ANSF during the pe-
riod covered by such report; and
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(E) efforts to ensure that the Government of 
Afghanistan can assume an increasing financial 
responsibility for sustaining the ANSF consistent 
with its commitments at the Chicago Summit 
and the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Frame-
work. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
(d) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITY.—Section 
1230 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181) is repealed. 
SEC. 1226. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STABILITY AND SOV-
EREIGNTY OF AFGHANISTAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) a top national security priority for the 
United States continues to be to support the stability 
and sovereignty of Afghanistan and to help Afghani-
stan ensure that its territory is not used by al Qaeda,
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the Haqqani Network, or other violent extremist 
groups to launch attacks against the United States or 
its interests; 
(2) the presence of United States military forces 
in Afghanistan after 2014 to train, advise, and assist 
the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) 
and conduct counterterrorism operations is a key step 
to maintaining the significant gains achieved in Af-
ghanistan and should be executed consistent with the 
security conditions on the ground; 
(3) any drawdown of such United States mili-
tary forces and operations should be considered in re-
lation to security conditions on the ground in Af-
ghanistan at the time of the drawdown and the rec-
ommendations of senior United States military com-
manders; and 
(4) NATO member countries and other members 
of the international community should honor their 
commitments to support Afghanistan at the Lisbon, 
Chicago, and Tokyo conferences taking into account 
the mutual accountability framework agreed by the 
Government of Afghanistan.
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SEC. 1227. EXTENSION OF AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 
2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(ii) was or is employed in Afghani-
stan on or after October 7, 2001, for not less 
than 1 year— 
‘‘(I) by, or on behalf of, the 
United States Government; or 
‘‘(II) by the International Secu-
rity Assistance Force in a capacity 
that required the alien— 
‘‘(aa) while traveling off-base 
with United States military per-
sonnel stationed at International 
Security Assistance Force, to serve 
as an interpreter or translator for 
such United States military per-
sonnel; or 
‘‘(bb) to perform sensitive 
and trusted activities for United 
States military personnel sta-
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tioned at International Security 
Assistance Force;’’; 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘the United 
States Government,’’ and inserting ‘‘an entity or 
organization described in clause (ii),’’; and 
(C) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘by the 
United States Government.’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
scribed in clause (ii).’’; 
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(F) FISCAL YEARS 2015 AND 2016.—In ad-
dition to any unused balance under subpara-
graph (D), for the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this subparagraph and end-
ing on September 30, 2016, the total number of 
principal aliens who may be provided special 
immigrant status under this section shall not ex-
ceed 4,000. For purposes of status provided 
under this subparagraph— 
‘‘(i) the period during which an alien 
must have been employed in accordance 
with paragraph (2)(A)(ii) must terminate 
on or before September 30, 2015; 
‘‘(ii) the principal alien seeking special 
immigrant status under this subparagraph
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number of those applications that were approved 
pursuant to the appeal. 
‘‘(C) The number of applications denied by 
the Chief of Mission on the basis of derogatory 
information that were appealed and the number 
of those applications that were approved pursu-
ant to the appeal. 
‘‘(D) The number of applications denied by 
the Chief of Mission on the basis that the appli-
cant did not establish faithful and valuable serv-
ice to the United States Government that were 
appealed and the number of those applications 
that were approved pursuant to the appeal. 
‘‘(E) The number of applications denied by 
the Chief of Mission for failure to establish the 
one-year period of employment required that 
were appealed and the number of those applica-
tions that were approved pursuant to the appeal. 
‘‘(F) The number of applications denied by 
the Chief of Mission for failure to establish em-
ployment by or on behalf of the United States 
Government that were appealed and the number 
of those applications that were approved pursu-
ant to the appeal.
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‘‘(G) The number of special immigrant sta-
tus approvals revoked by the Chief of Mission 
and the reason for each revocation. 
‘‘(H) The number of special immigrant sta-
tus approvals revoked by the Chief of Mission 
that were appealed and the number of those rev-
ocations that were overturned pursuant to the 
appeal.’’. 
SEC. 1228. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES 
EFFORTS AGAINST AL-QAEDA. 
(a) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and 
the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide for the 
conduct of an independent assessment of the effectiveness of 
the United States efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat 
al-Qaeda, including its affiliated groups, associated groups, 
and adherents since September 11, 2001. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of al-Qaeda core’s current re-
lationship with affiliated groups, associated groups, 
and adherents, and how it has changed over time. 
(2) An assessment of the current objectives, capa-
bilities, and overall strategy of al-Qaeda core, its af-
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filiated groups, associated groups, and adherents, and 
how they have changed over time. 
(3) An assessment of the operational and organi-
zational structure of al-Qaeda core, its affiliated 
groups, associated groups, and adherents, and how it 
has changed over time. 
(4) An analysis of the activities that have proven 
to be most effective and least effective at disrupting 
and dismantling al Qaeda, its affiliated groups, asso-
ciated groups, and adherents. 
(5) Recommendations for United States policy to 
disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda, its affiliated 
groups, associated groups, and adherents. 
(6) Other matters that the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the entity se-
lected for the conduct of the assessment required by 
subsection (a) shall provide to the Secretary of De-
fense and the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report containing its findings as a result of the as-
sessment. 
(2) FORM.—The report shall be submitted in un-
classified form, but may include a classified annex.
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(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1229. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SECURITY OF AFGHAN 
WOMEN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States Government should con-
tinue to work with the Government of Afghanistan 
and Afghan civil society to promote the rights of 
women in Afghanistan and their inclusion in the po-
litical, economic, and security transition process; and 
(2) the United States Government should con-
tinue to support and encourage efforts by the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan to recruit, integrate, train, and 
retain women in the Afghanistan National Security 
Forces (ANSF), including through the use of not less 
than $25,000,000 as specified in section 1531(c) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 938) for pro-
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grams and activities for such purposes, which may 
include— 
(A) assistance in prioritizing efforts to in-
crease the number of women serving in the 
ANSF, taking into account the Master Ministe-
rial Development Plan for Afghanistan National 
Army (ANA) Gender Integration; 
(B) further development of training for the 
ANA and the Afghanistan National Police 
(ANP) to increase awareness and responsiveness 
among ANA and ANP personnel regarding the 
unique security challenges women confront when 
serving in those forces; 
(C) assistance in the development of a plan 
to increase the number of female security officers 
specifically trained to address gender-based vio-
lence, such as the Family Response Units of the 
ANP, and to ensure that such units are appro-
priately resourced; 
(D) assistance in the development of ac-
countability mechanisms for ANA and ANP per-
sonnel relating to the treatment of women and 
girls, including female members of the ANSF; 
(E) assistance in the implementation of a 
plan, developed in coordination with the Govern-
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ment of Afghanistan, to promote the equal treat-
ment of female members of the ANA and ANP 
through such steps as providing appropriate 
equipment, modifying facilities, and ensuring 
literacy and gender awareness training for fe-
male recruits and male counterparts; and 
(F) assistance to the Afghan Ministry of De-
fense and the Afghan Ministry of Interior in re-
cruiting, training, and funding sufficient female 
searchers and security officers to staff voting sta-
tions during the 2015 parliamentary elections. 
SEC. 1230. REVIEW PROCESS FOR USE OF UNITED STATES 
FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN AF-
GHANISTAN THAT CANNOT BE PHYSICALLY 
ACCESSED BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
PERSONNEL. 
(a) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for a construction project in Afghanistan in 
excess of $1,000,000 that cannot be audited and phys-
ically inspected by authorized United States Govern-
ment personnel or their designated representatives, in 
accordance with generally-accepted auditing guide-
lines.
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(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 
only with respect to a project that is initiated on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition in subsection (a) may 
be waived with respect to a project otherwise covered by that 
subsection if not later than 15 days prior to the initial obli-
gation of funds for the project the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees a report that 
contains the following: 
(1) A determination of the Secretary of Defense 
that— 
(A) the project clearly contributes to United 
States national interests or strategic objectives; 
(B) the project has been coordinated with 
the Government of Afghanistan and any other 
implementing agencies or international donors; 
and 
(C) adequate arrangements have been made 
for sustainment of the project following its com-
pletion, including arrangements with respect to 
funding and technical capacity for sustainment. 
(2) A plan that contains— 
(A) a description of how the Secretary of 
Defense will monitor the use of the funds for the 
project—
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(i) to ensure the funds are used for the 
specific purposes for which the funds are in-
tended; and 
(ii) to mitigate waste, fraud, and 
abuse; and 
(B) metrics to measure the progress and ef-
fectiveness of the project in meeting its objectives. 
SEC. 1231. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER DE-
FENSE ARTICLES AND PROVIDE DEFENSE 
SERVICES TO THE MILITARY AND SECURITY 
FORCES OF AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 1222 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1992) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2015’’. 
(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Subsection (f)(1) of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2015’’ and in-
serting ‘‘March 31, 2016’’. 
(c) EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Subsection (i)(2) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘and 2014’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘, 2014, and 2015’’.
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SEC. 1232. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO USE 
FUNDS FOR REINTEGRATION ACTIVITIES IN 
AFGHANISTAN. 
Section 1216 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 
124 Stat. 4392), as most recently amended by section 1212 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 905), is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$5,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2015’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 
SEC. 1233. CLEARANCE OF UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE ON 
FORMER UNITED STATES TRAINING RANGES 
IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT CLEARANCE.—Subject to 
subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may, using funds 
specified in subsection (c), conduct surface and sub-surface 
clearance of unexploded ordnance at closed training ranges 
used by the Armed Forces of the United States in Afghani-
stan. 
(b) CONDITIONS ON AUTHORITY.—
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(1) LIMITATION TO RANGES NOT TRANSFERRED 
TO AFGHANISTAN.—The surface and sub-surface clear-
ance of unexploded ordnance authorized under sub-
section (a) may only take place on training ranges 
managed and operated by the Armed Forces of the 
United States that have not been transferred to the 
Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 
for use by its armed forces. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
AMOUNTS
AVAILABLE.— 
Funds expended for clearance pursuant to the author-
ity in subsection (a) through September 30, 2016, 
may not exceed $250,000,000. 
(c) FUNDS.—The surface and sub-surface clearance of 
unexploded ordnance authorized by subsection (a) shall be 
paid for using amounts as follows: 
(1) For fiscal year 2015, amounts authorized to 
be appropriated by section 1502 and available for op-
eration and maintenance for overseas contingency op-
erations. 
(2) For fiscal year 2016, amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Depart-
ment of Defense as additional authorizations of ap-
propriations for overseas contingency operations and 
available for operation and maintenance for overseas 
contingency operations.
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(d) UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘unexploded ordnance’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101(e)(5) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 1234. REPORT ON IMPACT OF END OF MAJOR COMBAT 
OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN ON AUTHOR-
ITY TO USE MILITARY FORCE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State and 
the Attorney General, submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report setting forth an assessment of the im-
pact, if any, of the end of major combat operations in Af-
ghanistan on the authority of the Armed Forces of the 
United States to use military force, including the authority 
to detain, with regard to al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associ-
ated forces, pursuant to— 
(1) the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
(Public Law 107–40); and 
(2) any other available legal authority. 
(b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex.
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(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1235. REPORT ON BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERA-
TION WITH PAKISTAN. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and every six months 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report on the nature and extent of 
bilateral security cooperation between the United States 
and Pakistan. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) A description of any strategic security objec-
tives that the United States and Pakistan have agreed 
to pursue in cooperation. 
(2) A description of programs or activities that 
the United States and Pakistan have jointly under-
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taken to pursue mutually agreed security cooperation 
objectives. 
(3) A description and assessment of the effective-
ness of efforts by Pakistan, unilaterally or jointly 
with the United States, to disrupt operations and 
eliminate safe havens of al Qaeda, Tehrik-i-Taliban 
Pakistan, and other militant extremist groups such as 
the Haqqani Network and the Quetta Shura Taliban 
located in Pakistan. 
(4) A description and assessment of efforts by 
Pakistan, unilaterally or jointly with the United 
States, to counter the threat of improvised explosive 
devices and the networks involved in the acquisition, 
production, and delivery of such devices and their 
precursors and components. 
(5) An assessment of the effectiveness of any 
United States security assistance to Pakistan to 
achieve the strategic security objectives described in 
paragraph (1). 
(6) A description of any metrics used to assess 
the effectiveness of programs and activities described 
in paragraph (2). 
(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex.
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(d) SUNSET.—The requirements in this section shall 
terminate on December 31, 2017. 
(e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
(f) REPEAL
OF OBSOLETE
AND SUPERSEDED RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 1232 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181) 
is amended by striking subsections (a) and (c). 
SEC. 
1236. 
AUTHORITY 
TO 
PROVIDE 
ASSISTANCE 
TO 
COUNTER THE ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND 
THE LEVANT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense is author-
ized, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide 
assistance, including training, equipment, logistics support, 
supplies, and services, stipends, facility and infrastructure 
repair and renovation, and sustainment, to military and 
other security forces of or associated with the Government 
of Iraq, including Kurdish and tribal security forces or
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other local security forces, with a national security mission, 
through December 31, 2016, for the following purposes: 
(1) Defending Iraq, its people, allies, and part-
ner nations from the threat posed by the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and groups sup-
porting ISIL. 
(2) Securing the territory of Iraq. 
(b) NOTICE BEFORE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—Of 
the funds authorized to be appropriated under this section, 
not more than 25 percent of such funds may be obligated 
or expended until not later than 15 days after— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, submits to the appro-
priate congressional committees and leadership of the 
House of Representatives and Senate a report, in un-
classified form with a classified annex as appropriate, 
that contains a description of— 
(A) the plan for providing such assistance; 
(B) an identification of such forces des-
ignated to receive such assistance; and 
(C) the plan for re-training and re-building 
such forces; and 
(2) the President submits to the appropriate con-
gressional committees and leadership of the House of 
Representatives and Senate a report, in unclassified
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form with a classified annex as appropriate, that con-
tains a description of how such assistance supports a 
larger regional strategy. 
(c) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan required in sub-
section (a)(1) shall include, at a minimum, a description 
of— 
(1) the goals and objectives of assistance author-
ized under subsection (a); 
(2) the concept of operations, timelines, and 
types of training, equipment, stipends, sustainment, 
and supplies to be provided; 
(3) the roles and contributions of partner na-
tions; 
(4) the number and role of United States Armed 
Forces personnel involved; 
(5) any additional military support and 
sustainment activities; and 
(6) any other relevant details. 
(d) QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 
90 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense 
submits the report required in subsection (b)(1), and every 
30 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, shall provide the appropriate 
congressional committees and leadership of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate with a progress report. Such
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progress report shall, based on the most recent quarterly in-
formation, include a description of the following: 
(1) Any updates to or changes in the plan, strat-
egy, process, vetting requirements and process as de-
scribed in subsection (e), and end-use monitoring 
mechanisms and procedures. 
(2) A description of how attacks against United 
States or coalition personnel are being mitigated, sta-
tistics on any such attacks, including ‘‘green-on-blue’’ 
attacks. 
(3) A description of the forces receiving assist-
ance authorized under subsection (a). 
(4) A description of the recruitment, throughput, 
and retention rates of recipients and equipment. 
(5) A description of any misuse or loss of pro-
vided equipment and how such misuse or loss is being 
mitigated. 
(6) An assessment of the operational effectiveness 
of the forces receiving assistance authorized under 
subsection (a). 
(7) A description of sustainment support pro-
vided to the forces authorized under subsection (a). 
(8) A list of projects to repair or renovate facili-
ties authorized under subsection (a).
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(9) A statement of the amount of funds expended 
during the period for which the report is submitted. 
(10) An assessment of the effectiveness of the as-
sistance authorized under subsection (a). 
(e) VETTING.—The Secretary of Defense should ensure 
that prior to providing assistance to elements of any forces 
described in subsection (a) such elements are appropriately 
vetted, including at a minimum, by— 
(1) conducting assessments of such elements for 
associations with terrorist groups or groups associated 
with the Government of Iran; and 
(2) receiving commitments from such elements to 
promote respect for human rights and the rule of law. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives. 
(g) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated in this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations in 
title XV for fiscal year 2015, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated $1,618,000,000 to carry out this section.
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Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this sub-
section are authorized to remain available until September 
30, 2016. 
(h) AUTHORITY
TO ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS.—The 
Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 
including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, in-
cluding the Government of Iraq, to provide assistance au-
thorized under subsection (a). Any funds accepted by the 
Secretary may be credited to the account from which funds 
are made available for the provision of assistance author-
ized under subsection (a) and may be used for such purpose 
until expended. 
(i) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to constitute a specific statu-
tory authorization for the introduction of United States 
Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein hos-
tilities are clearly indicated by the circumstances. 
(j) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the pro-
vision of assistance pursuant to subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Defense may waive any provi-
sion of law described in subparagraph (B) if the 
Secretary—
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(i) determines that such provision of 
law would (but for the waiver) prohibit, re-
strict, delay, or otherwise limit the provi-
sion of such assistance; and 
(ii) submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a notice of and justifica-
tion for the waiver and the provision of law 
to be waived. 
(B) PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions 
of law described in this subparagraph are the fol-
lowing: 
(i) Any provision of law relating to the 
acquisition of items and support services. 
(ii) Sections 40 and 40A of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 
2785). 
(2) BY PRESIDENT.—For purposes of the provi-
sion of assistance pursuant to subsection (a), the 
President may waive any provision of law other than 
a provision of law described in paragraph (1)(B) if 
the President determines that it is vital to the na-
tional security interests of the United States to waive 
such provision of law. Such waiver shall not take ef-
fect until 15 days after the date on which the Presi-
dent notifies the appropriate congressional committees
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of such determination and the provision of law to be 
waived. 
(3) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act the 
President shall transmit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report that provides a specific 
list of provisions of law that need to be waived 
under this subsection for purposes of the provi-
sion of assistance pursuant to subsection (a) and 
a justification for each such waiver. 
(B) UPDATE.—The President shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees an up-
date of the report required by subparagraph (A) 
not later than 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(k) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated under this subsection, not more than 60 
percent of such funds may be obligated or expended 
until not later than 15 days after the date on which 
the Secretary of Defense certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees and leadership of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that an amount 
equal to not less than 40 percent of the amount au-
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thorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
has been contributed by other countries and entities 
for the purposes described in subsection (a), which 
may include contributions of in-kind support for 
forces described in subsection (a), as determined from 
October 1, 2014, of which not less than 50 percent of 
such amount contributed by other countries and enti-
ties has been contributed by the Government of Iraq. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in paragraph 
(1) shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines, in writing, that the national security objec-
tives of the United States will be compromised by the 
application of the limitation to any such assistance, 
and notifies the appropriate congressional committees 
not less than 15 days in advance of the exemption 
taking effect, including a justification for the Sec-
retary’s determination and a description of the assist-
ance to be exempted from the application of such lim-
itation. 
SEC. 1237. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES 
OF THE OFFICE OF SECURITY COOPERATION 
IN IRAQ. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (f)(1) of section 1215 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
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2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1631; 10 U.S.C. 113 
note), as most recently amended by section 1214 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Pub-
lic Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 906; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2015’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘non-operational’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘in an institutional environ-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘at a base or facility of the Gov-
ernment of Iraq’’. 
(b) AMOUNT AVAILABLE.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2014 may not exceed $209,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2015 may not exceed $140,000,000’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to the 
Russian Federation 
SEC. 1241. LIMITATION ON MILITARY COOPERATION BE-
TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE RUS-
SIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of De-
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fense may be used for any bilateral military-to-military co-
operation between the Governments of the United States 
and the Russian Federation until the Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the Russian Federation has ceased its occu-
pation of Ukrainian territory and its aggressive ac-
tivities that threaten the sovereignty and territorial 
integrity of Ukraine and members of the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization; and 
(2) the Russian Federation is abiding by the 
terms of and taking steps in support of the Minsk 
Protocol, signed on September 5, 2014, regarding a 
ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. 
(b) NONAPPLICABILITY.—The limitation in subsection 
(a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any activities necessary to ensure the compli-
ance of the United States with its obligations or the 
exercise of rights of the United States under any bi-
lateral or multilateral arms control or nonprolifera-
tion agreement or any other treaty obligation of the 
United States; and 
(2) any activities required to provide logistical 
or other support to the conduct of United States or 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization military oper-
669 
ations in Afghanistan or the withdrawal from Af-
ghanistan. 
(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
limitation in subsection (a) if— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State— 
(A) determines that the waiver is in the na-
tional security interest of the United States; and 
(B) submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(i) a notification that the waiver is in 
the national security interest of the United 
States and a description of the national se-
curity interest covered by the waiver; and 
(ii) a report explaining why the Sec-
retary of Defense cannot make the certifi-
cation under subsection (a); and 
(2) a period of 15 days has elapsed following the 
date on which the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of State, submits the informa-
tion in the report under subparagraph (B)(ii). 
(d) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY BASES.—The 
certification requirement specified in paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) shall not apply to military bases of the Russian 
Federation in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula operating in
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accordance with its 1997 agreement on the Status and Con-
ditions of the Black Sea Fleet Stationing on the Territory 
of Ukraine. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional 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 Rep-
resentatives. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect 
to funds described in subsection (a) that are unobligated 
on or after such date of enactment. 
SEC. 1242. NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSAL 
TO MODIFY OR INTRODUCE NEW AIRCRAFT 
OR SENSORS FOR FLIGHT BY THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION UNDER OPEN SKIES TREATY. 
(a) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Russian Federation submits to the States 
Parties to the Open Skies Treaty a proposal to modify or 
introduce a new aircraft or sensor for flight by the Russian 
Federation under the Open Skies Treaty, the President shall
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notify the appropriate committees of Congress of such pro-
posal and the relevant details thereof. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days prior 
to the date on which the United States intends to 
agree to a proposal described in subsection (a), the 
Director of National Intelligence, jointly with the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, and in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress an assessment of such proposal on 
the national security of the United States. 
(2) ADDITIONAL ELEMENT.—The assessment re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include a description 
of any plans of the United States to mitigate the ef-
fect 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 para-
graph (1) may be submitted in classified or unclassi-
fied form as appropriate. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means—
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(A) the congressional defense committees; 
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; and 
(C) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence 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 in-
serting ‘‘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 veloc-
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ity 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 Rep-
resentatives’’ after ‘‘congressional defense committees’’. 
SEC. 1244. REPORT ON NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION 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, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agree-
ments and Commitments’’ 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 capa-
bility of 500km to 5,500km, or to possess or produce 
launchers of such missiles.’’.
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(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 ac-
tions, particularly when placed in the broader context 
of Russian regional aggression, must be met with a 
strategic response.’’. 
(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 af-
fect the national security of the United States and its 
allies, including the members of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) and those in East Asia; 
(2) the Government of the Russian Federation is 
responsible 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 re-
main in effect and for the Russian Federation to re-
turn to full and verifiable compliance with all its ob-
ligations under the INF Treaty; and 
(4) as identified in section 1061 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Pub-
675 
lic 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 commit-
tees a report on noncompliance by the Russian Fed-
eration 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 
noncompliance 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 war-
ranted by the United States; 
(ii) plans to address Russian non-
compliance diplomatically with the Russian
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Federation to resolve concerns 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 ef-
forts to develop coordinated or cooperative 
responses with allies. 
(C) An assessment of whether Russian non-
compliance threatens the viability of the INF 
Treaty, whether such noncompliance constitutes 
a material breach of the INF Treaty, and wheth-
er 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 para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(d) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—At the time of the submis-
sion of the report required under subsection (c), and every 
six months thereafter until the date on which the Russian 
Federation is in compliance with its obligations under the
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INF Treaty, the Secretary of State, jointly with the Sec-
retary 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 deter-
mines that the Russian Federation has deployed, or intends 
to deploy, systems that violate the INF Treaty, the Presi-
dent 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
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ 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 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives.
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(2) INF TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Treaty’’ 
means the Treaty Between the United States of Amer-
ica 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 
DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than June 1 of 
each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report, in both classi-
fied and unclassified form, on the security and military 
strategies and capabilities of the Russian 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 ob-
jectives that would affect the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO), the Middle East, and the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China.
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(2) A description of the goals and factors shap-
ing Russian security strategy and military strategy, 
including military spending and investment prior-
ities 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 de-
fense strategy and capabilities, including efforts to de-
velop missile defense capabilities. 
(5) A description of developments in Russian 
military doctrine and training. 
(6) An assessment of the tactics, techniques, and 
procedures used by Russia in operations in Ukraine. 
(7) An assessment of the proliferation activities 
of Russia and Russian entities, as a supplier of mate-
rials, technologies, or expertise relating to nuclear 
weapons or other weapons of mass destruction or mis-
sile systems. 
(8) A description of Russia’s asymmetric capa-
bilities, including its strategy and efforts to develop 
and 
deploy 
electronic 
warfare, 
space 
and 
counterspace, and cyber warfare capabilities, includ-
ing details on the number of malicious cyber inci-
dents and associated activities against Department of
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Defense networks that are known or suspected to have 
been conducted or directed by the Government of the 
Russian Federation. 
(9) A description of Russia’s nuclear strategy 
and associated doctrines and nuclear capabilities, in-
cluding 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 reconnais-
sance program and its applications for Russia’s pre-
cision guided weapons. 
(12) In consultation with the Secretary of En-
ergy and the Secretary of State, developments regard-
ing United States-Russian engagement and coopera-
tion 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 strat-
egy for such military-to-military cooperation.
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(B) A summary of all such military-to- 
military cooperation during the one-year period 
ending on the day before the date of submission 
of the report, including a summary of topics dis-
cussed. 
(C) A description of such military-to-mili-
tary cooperation planned for the 12-month pe-
riod beginning on the date of submission of the 
report. 
(D) An assessment by the Secretary of De-
fense of the benefits that Russia expects to gain 
from such military-to-military cooperation. 
(E) An assessment by the Secretary of De-
fense 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 De-
fense of how such military-to-military coopera-
tion fits into the larger security relationship be-
tween the United States and Russia. 
(14) A description of changes to United States 
policy on military-to-military contacts with Russia 
resulting from Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
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(15) Other military and security developments 
involving Russia that the Secretary of Defense con-
siders relevant to United States national security. 
(c) NONDUPLICATION.—If any information required 
under subsection (b) has been included in another report 
or notification previously 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 re-
port required by subsection (a) in lieu of including such 
information in the report required by subsection (a). 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional 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 Rep-
resentatives. 
(e) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITY.—Section 
10 of the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democ-
racy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (Pub-
lic Law 113–95) is repealed. 
(f) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on June 1, 
2018.
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SEC. 1246. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO ENTER INTO 
CONTRACTS OR OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH 
ROSOBORONEXPORT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated 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 con-
duct of any other activity related to, the maintenance 
of helicopters operated by the Afghan National Secu-
rity Forces or otherwise purchased by the Department 
of Defense only if, prior to issuing the waiver, the 
Secretary submits to the congressional defense com-
mittees 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—
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(i) the supply of spare parts or conduct 
of the related activity is critical to the suc-
cess 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 Lo-
gistics that no practicable alternative exists to 
entering into such contract or other agreement 
for supply of spare parts or conduct of the re-
lated activity. 
(C) A determination of the Secretary of De-
fense, after consideration of the determinations 
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B), that the 
waiver is in the national security interests of the 
United States. 
(3) INITIAL LIMITATION.—The Secretary of De-
fense may exercise the authority of paragraph (1) be-
ginning 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
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for Fiscal Year 2014 (H.R. 3304, One Hundred Thir-
teenth Congress) regarding the potential to incor-
porate United States-manufactured rotary wing air-
craft into the Afghan National Security Forces after 
the current program of record is completed. 
(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 De-
partment of Defense and Rosoboronexport, including 
a description of the transactions, signing dates, val-
ues, and quantities. 
(4) 
A 
discussion 
of 
what 
role, 
if 
any, 
Rosoboronexport has had in providing military weap-
ons, including heavy weapons, to the rebel forces in 
eastern Ukraine.
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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 de-
velopments that pose a challenge to the national secu-
rity interests of the United States. 
(2) The July 2014 Department of State annual 
report on ‘‘Adherence to and Compliance with Arms 
Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agree-
ments and Commitments’’ 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 capa-
bility 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 Trea-
ty’’ 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 De-
fense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall 
jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees
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a report stating the reasons 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
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) INF TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Treaty’’ 
means the Treaty Between the United States of Amer-
ica 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 Limita-
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tion 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 DE-
FENSE INTERESTS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC RE-
GION. 
(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 com-
mittees a report that contains the strategy of the De-
partment of Defense to prioritize United States de-
fense interests in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall address the following: 
(A) United States national security inter-
ests in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(B) The security environment, including 
threats to global and regional United States na-
tional security interests emanating from the 
Asia-Pacific region, including efforts by the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China to advance their national 
interests in the Asia-Pacific region.
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(C) Regional multilateral institutions, such 
as the Association of Southeast Asia Nations 
(ASEAN). 
(D) Bilateral security cooperation relation-
ships, including military-to-military engage-
ments and security assistance. 
(E) United States military presence, pos-
ture, and capabilities supporting the rebalance to 
the Asia-Pacific region. 
(F) Humanitarian and disaster relief re-
sponse capabilities. 
(G) International rules-based structures. 
(H) Actions the Department of Defense 
could take, in cooperation with other Federal 
agencies, to advance United States national secu-
rity interests in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(I) Any other matters the Secretary of De-
fense determines 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 pur-
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suant to section 7043(a) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2014 (division K of the Consolidated Appropriations 
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 high-
lights programs and projects that are being funded in the 
annual budget of the United States Government that relate 
to the strategy required by subsection (a)(1) and the inte-
grated strategy referred to in subsection (b). 
SEC. 1252. MODIFICATIONS TO ANNUAL REPORT ON MILI-
TARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS IN-
VOLVING 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 capabilities, organizational affili-
ations, roles within China’s overall maritime strategy, ac-
tivities affecting United States allies and partners, and re-
sponses’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act
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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 
GOVERNMENT OF BURMA. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Department of Defense is 
authorized to provide the Government of Burma the fol-
lowing: 
(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-language, 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 
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercises. 
(5) Aid or support in the event of a humani-
tarian 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
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1 thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report on mili-
tary-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-mili-
tary activities between the United States and 
Burma, and how engagement with the Burmese 
military supports the United States national se-
curity 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 po-
litical, military, economic, and civil society re-
forms being undertaken by the Government of 
Burma, including those affecting— 
(i) individual freedoms and human 
rights of the Burmese people, including
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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 re-
forms; 
(v) access for the purposes of human 
rights monitoring and humanitarian assist-
ance to all areas in Burma, and coopera-
tion 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 con-
flict and human rights, including with re-
spect to child soldiers. 
(D) A description and assessment of rela-
tionships of the Government of Burma with un-
lawful or sanctioned entities.
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(3) FORM.—Each report under this subsection 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(4) SUNSET.—The requirement to submit addi-
tional 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 De-
fense assistance to the Government of Burma is authorized 
by this Act except as provided in this section. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1254. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MUNI-
TIONS STRATEGY OF THE UNITED STATES PA-
CIFIC COMMAND. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 
2015, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the munitions strat-
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egy of the United States Pacific Command to address defi-
ciencies in the ability of the United States Pacific Com-
mand 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 munitions requirements, including as identi-
fied 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 defi-
ciencies; and 
(B) munitions capabilities and necessary 
munitions investments to address identified gaps 
and deficiencies. 
(3) A description of current and planned muni-
tions programs to address munitions gaps and defi-
ciencies identified in paragraph (2), including with 
respect to— 
(A) research, development, test, and evalua-
tion efforts; 
(B) cost, schedule, performance, and budget, 
to the extent such information is available; and
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(C) known industrial base issues. 
(4) An assessment of infrastructure deficiencies 
or needed enhancements to ensure adequate munitions 
storage and munitions 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 submitted 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 en-
hance 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 De-
fense shall conduct an assessment to identify opportunities 
for increasing missile defense cooperation among the United 
States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, and to evaluate 
options for enhanced short-range missile, rocket, and artil-
lery defense capabilities to address threats from the Korean 
Peninsula.
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(c) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection (b) 
shall include the following: 
(1) Candidate areas for increasing missile de-
fense cooperation, including greater information shar-
ing, systems integration, and joint operations. 
(2) Potential challenges and limitations to ena-
bling such cooperation and options for mitigating 
such challenges and limitations. 
(3) An assessment of the utility of short-range 
missile defense and counter-rocket, artillery, and mor-
tar system capabilities on the Korean Peninsula, in-
cluding 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 De-
fense determines 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 commit-
tees a briefing on the assessment under subsection (b).
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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 Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives 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 Libera-
tion Army on the maritime or territorial security of 
Taiwan, including the Chinese People’s Liberation 
Army’s— 
(A) undersea and surface warfare capabili-
ties in the littoral areas in and around the Tai-
wan Strait;
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(B) amphibious and heavy sealift capabili-
ties; 
(C) capabilities to establish air dominance 
over Taiwan; and 
(D) capabilities of the Second Artillery 
Corps. 
(2) An assessment of the force posture, capabili-
ties, and readiness of the armed forces of Taiwan for 
maintaining the maritime or territorial security of 
Taiwan, including an assessment of Taiwan’s— 
(A) undersea and surface warfare capabili-
ties; 
(B) air and land-based capabilities; 
(C) early warning and command and con-
trol capabilities; and 
(D) other deterrent, anti-access and area-de-
nial capabilities, or asymmetric capabilities that 
could contribute to Taiwan’s self-defense. 
(3) Recommendations for further security co-
operation and assistance efforts between Taiwan and 
the United States. 
(4) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate. 
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) may 
be submitted in classified or unclassified form.
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(e) NONDUPLICATION OF EFFORTS.—If any informa-
tion required under subsection (c) has been included in an-
other report or notification previously submitted to Con-
gress as required by law, the Secretary of Defense may pro-
vide a list of such reports and notifications 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 
TECH-
NOLOGIES OF POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
enter into an agreement with an independent entity 
to conduct an assessment of the ability of the Depart-
ment of Defense to counter anti-access and area-de-
nial strategies, capabilities, and other key technologies 
of potential adversaries. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The assessment 
required under paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An assessment of anti-access and area- 
denial strategies, capabilities, and other key tech-
nologies of potential adversaries during each of
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the fiscal year periods described in paragraph 
(3) that would represent a significant 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 technologies 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 technologies 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 capabilities, systems and tech-
nologies, and changes in business and manage-
ment processes, or other novel approaches to ad-
dress gaps and deficiencies described in subpara-
graph (B), or to restore, maintain, or expand 
United States military technological advantages, 
particularly in those areas in which potential 
adversaries are closing gaps or have achieved
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technological superiority with respect to the 
United States. 
(D) Any other matters the independent enti-
ty determines to be appropriate. 
(3) FISCAL YEAR PERIODS DESCRIBED.—The fis-
cal 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 Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report that includes the 
assessment required under subsection (a) and any 
other matters the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may contain a classified annex if necessary. 
(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall provide the independent entity de-
scribed in subsection (a) with timely access to appropriate 
information, data, resources, and analysis so that the entity
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may conduct a thorough and independent assessment as re-
quired under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1258. SENSE OF CONGRESS REAFFIRMING SECURITY 
COOPERATION WITH JAPAN AND THE REPUB-
LIC OF KOREA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States values its alliances with 
the Governments 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 pol-
icy of collective self-defense, which will enable Japan 
to contribute more proactively to regional and global 
peace and security, as well as Japan’s recent in-
creases in defense funding, adoption of a National Se-
curity 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 safe-
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ty and declares that it would act to meet the common 
danger in accordance with its constitutional provi-
sions and processes’’; 
(4) the United States welcomes the Republic of 
Korea’s ratification of a new five-year Special Meas-
ures Agreement, which establishes the framework for 
Republic of Korea contributions to offset costs associ-
ated 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 Repub-
lic of Korea and its repeated provocations pose grave 
threats to peace and stability on the Korean Penin-
sula and to Northeast Asia, that the United States 
and the Republic of Korea and will work together to 
achieve the peaceful denuclearization of the Demo-
cratic 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 Re-
public of Korea; and
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(6) the United States welcomes greater security 
cooperation with, and among, Japan and the Repub-
lic of Korea to promote mutual interests and to ad-
dress shared concerns. 
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 commit-
tees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Represent-
atives 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 Peo-
ple’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
706 
Republic of China, including military and law en-
forcement 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 Re-
public 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, oper-
ations, and posture in the Asia-Pacific region to sup-
port the strategy. 
(5) A description of any current or planned bi-
lateral or regional naval or maritime capacity-build-
ing 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 miscalculation and tensions in the 
South China Sea and the East China Sea, including 
a specific description of the effects of such engage-
ments on particular incidents or interactions involv-
ing the People’s Republic of China in those seas. 
(7) Any other matters the Secretary may deter-
mine to be appropriate.
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(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 1259A. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN MARITIME CA-
PABILITIES AND EXERCISE PARTICIPATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should consider opportuni-
ties to help enhance the maritime capabilities and 
nautical skills of the Taiwanese navy that may con-
tribute 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 assistance 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 ca-
pacities to conduct these types of operations. 
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
708 
106–398; 22 U.S.C. 7002(c)(2)) is amended by striking sub-
paragraphs (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 na-
ture of the transfer of United States production 
activities to the People’s Republic of China, in-
cluding the relocation of manufacturing, ad-
vanced 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 industrial base of the United 
States on imports from China), the economic se-
curity of the United States, and employment in 
the United States, and the adequacy of United 
States export control laws in relation to the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China.
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‘‘(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 Re-
public of China on world energy and natural re-
source 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 Peo-
ple’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 mar-
ket access confronting potential United States in-
vestment in the People’s Republic of China, and 
foreign activities by financial institutions in the 
People’s Republic of China. 
‘‘(E) The military plans, strategy and doc-
trine of the People’s Republic of China, the struc-
ture and organization of the People’s Republic of 
China military, the decision-making process of
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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, de-
ployments of the People’s Republic of China 
military, resources available to the People’s Re-
public of China military (including the develop-
ment and execution of budgets and the allocation 
of funds), force modernization objectives and 
trends for the People’s Republic of China mili-
tary, 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 oper-
ations 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 implica-
tions for the United States. 
‘‘(H) The drivers, nature, and implications 
of the growing economic, technological, political,
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‘‘(K) The safety of food, drug, and other 
products imported from China, the measures 
used by the People’s Republic of China Govern-
ment and the United States Government to mon-
itor and enforce product safety, and the role the 
United States can play (including through tech-
nical assistance) to improve product safety in 
the People’s Republic of China.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (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 Na-
tional Defense Authorization 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 section is amended by striking ‘‘413b(e)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘3093(e)’’. 
SEC. 1262. MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY PLAN-
NING GUIDANCE TO DENY SAFE HAVENS TO 
AL-QAEDA AND ITS VIOLENT EXTREMIST AF-
FILIATES. 
(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 mul-
tilateral programs to train and equip the 
military forces of relevant countries in the 
area.
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‘‘(ii) The authority and funding that 
would be required to support such pro-
grams. 
‘‘(iii) How such programs would be 
implemented. 
‘‘(iv) How such programs would sup-
port the national security priorities and in-
terests of the United States and complement 
other efforts of the United States Govern-
ment in the area and in other specified geo-
graphic 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 para-
graph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—
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‘‘(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 appropriate 
congressional committees a report that contains 
a detailed summary of the national security 
planning guidance 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 
‘appropriate 
congressional 
committees’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) the congressional defense commit-
tees; and 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives.’’.
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SEC. 1263. ENHANCED AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE GOODS AND 
SERVICES OF DJIBOUTI IN SUPPORT OF DE-
PARTMENT 
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 maintain 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 imple-
ment a comprehensive governmental approach to en-
gaging 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 Devel-
opment, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, 
should take concrete steps to advance and strengthen
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the relationship between United States and the Gov-
ernment 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 subsection 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 competi-
tion or provide a preference as described in sub-
section (b) because such limitation or preference 
is necessary— 
(i) to reduce— 
(I) United States transportation 
costs; or
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(II) delivery times in support of 
covered activities; or 
(ii) to promote regional security, sta-
bility, and economic prosperity in Africa. 
(C) That the good or service is of equivalent 
quality of a good or service that would have oth-
erwise been acquired. 
(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—A determina-
tion under paragraph (1)(B) shall not be effective for 
purposes of a limitation or preference under sub-
section (b) unless the Secretary also determines that 
the limitation or preference will not adversely affect— 
(A) United States military operations or 
stability operations in the United States Africa 
Command area of responsibility; or 
(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 ac-
cordance with the management structure implemented 
pursuant to section 2330(a) of title 10, United States 
Code;
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(2) shall ensure that such goods or services are 
identified and reported under a single, joint Depart-
ment of Defense-wide system for the management and 
accountability of contractors accompanying United 
States forces operating overseas or in contingency op-
erations (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 responsi-
bility. 
(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
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(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 Secretary of 
State; and 
(B) is properly licensed or registered by au-
thorities of the Government of Djibouti, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of State. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The authority and requirements of 
this section 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 para-
graph (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).
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(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of State, after 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security 
and the Attorney General, or the Secretary of Home-
land Security, after consultation with the Secretary of 
State and the Attorney General, may suspend the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) for either or both of the 
groups referred to in paragraph (1) in such Sec-
retary’s sole and unreviewable discretion. Prior to or 
contemporaneous 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 Appropriations in the 
House of Representatives and of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate. 
(b) RELIEF REGARDING ADMISSIBILITY
OF NON-
IMMIGRANT ALIENS ASSOCIATED WITH THE KURDISTAN 
DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
AND
THE
PATRIOTIC
UNION
OF 
KURDISTAN.—
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(1) FOR ACTIVITIES OPPOSING THE BA’ATH RE-
GIME.—Paragraph (3)(B) of section 212(a) of the Im-
migration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(a)(3)(B)) shall not apply to an alien with re-
spect 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 dictator-
ship of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. 
(2) FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE KURDISTAN DEMO-
CRATIC
PARTY
AND
PATRIOTIC
UNION
OF 
KURDISTAN.—Paragraph (3)(B) of section 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 nonimmigrant 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
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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 Homeland Security (or a designee of 
one of such Secretaries) determine 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.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law (whether statutory or 
nonstatutory), section 242 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality 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 DE-
FENSE SYSTEMS OF CHINA INTO MISSILE DE-
FENSE SYSTEMS OF UNITED STATES AND 
SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING INTEGRA-
TION OF MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS OF RUS-
SIA INTO MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS OF 
NATO. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense may be obli-
gated or expended to integrate a missile defense system of 
the People’s Republic of China into any missile defense sys-
tem 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 Organiza-
tion (NATO) if such integration undermines the security 
of the United States or NATO, respectively. 
SEC. 1266. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO IM-
PLEMENT THE ARMS TRADE TREATY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense may be obli-
gated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty, 
or to make any change to existing programs, projects, or
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activities as approved by Congress in furtherance of, pursu-
ant 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 imple-
menting 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 NONCOMPLI-
ANCE. 
(a) NOTICE TO PRESIDENT.—If the Secretary of De-
fense, 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 
Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a), the Secretary of De-
fense shall notify the President of such belief of the Sec-
retary.
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(b) REFERRAL
TO SECRETARY
OF STATE.—If the 
President receives a notification from the Secretary of De-
fense under subsection (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 (b), the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress the results of the assess-
ment of the case with respect to which the referral was made 
under subsection (b). 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives.
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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 per-
sonnel 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 personnel of a country may be provided edu-
cation 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:
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(1) Transportation incident to such education 
and training. 
(2) Supplies and equipment to be used during 
such education and training. 
(3) Billeting, food, and health services in connec-
tion 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 train-
ing 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 main-
tenance 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 congres-
sional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report
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on the operations of the Academy during such fiscal 
year. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under this sub-
section shall set forth, for the fiscal year covered by 
such report, the following: 
(A) A description of the operations of the 
Academy, including a description of the edu-
cation and training courses provided under this 
section. 
(B) A summary of the number of individ-
uals 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 operations and maintenance of the Academy. 
(D) The amounts paid by the Secretary 
under subsections (d) and (e) in connection with 
the provision of education and training through 
the Academy. 
(E) Any other matters the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(h) EXPIRATION.—The authority in subsection (a) 
shall expire on September 30, 2019.
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SEC. 1269. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT TO SECU-
RITY OF UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILI-
TIES. 
(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 incor-
porate the additional Marine Corps Security 
Guard personnel authorized under section 404 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 10 U.S.C. 
5983 note) at United States embassies, con-
sulates, and other facilities; 
(B) conduct an annual review of the Marine 
Corps Security Guard Program, including— 
(i) an evaluation of whether the size 
and composition of the Marine Corps Secu-
rity Guard Program is adequate to meet 
global diplomatic security requirements; 
(ii) an assessment of whether Marine 
Corps security guards are appropriately de-
ployed among facilities to respond to evolv-
ing security developments and potential 
threats to United States diplomatic facili-
ties abroad; and
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(iii) an assessment of the mission ob-
jectives of the Marine Corps Security Guard 
Program and the procedural rules of en-
gagement to protect diplomatic personnel 
under the Program; and 
(C) provide an assessment of the effective-
ness 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 im-
pediments 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 Sec-
retary of State, shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees an unclassified report, with a 
classified annex as necessary, that addresses the re-
quirements set forth in paragraph (1). 
(b) REPORT ON ‘‘NEW NORMAL’’ AND GENERAL MIS-
SION REQUIREMENTS OF UNITED STATES AFRICA COM-
MAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2015, 
the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on what changes, if
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any, have been made to the force posture and struc-
ture of the United States Africa Command or adja-
cent 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 para-
graph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) A detailed description of the ‘‘new nor-
mal’’ requirements 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 adja-
cent combatant commands to meet the ‘‘new nor-
mal’’ and general mission requirements in the 
United States Africa Command area of responsi-
bility, including the gaps in capability, size, pos-
ture, agreements, basing, and enabler support of 
crisis response forces and associated assets to re-
spond to requests for support from the Secretary 
of State. 
(C) A discussion and estimate of the mili-
tary forces required to support mission require-
ments of the United States Africa Command and
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the shortfall, if any, in meeting such require-
ments. 
(D) A discussion and estimate of the annual 
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance re-
quirements of the United States Africa Com-
mand 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 DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional 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 Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 1270. INFORMATION ON SANCTIONED PERSONS AND 
BUSINESSES 
THROUGH 
THE 
FEDERAL 
AWARDEE PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRITY IN-
FORMATION SYSTEM. 
Section 2313(c) of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(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. 1701 note) that do not ap-
pear on the SDN list (commonly known as the 
‘Non-SDN Iranian Sanctions Act list’). 
‘‘(E) The list of foreign financial institu-
tions subject to part 561 of title 31, Code of Fed-
eral 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 appropriate 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
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(2) an assessment of the overall state of the nu-
clear program of Iran. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—If the interim agreement 
described in subsection (a) is renewed or if a comprehensive 
and final agreement is entered into regarding the nuclear 
program of Iran, by not later than 90 days after such re-
newal or final agreement being entered into, and every 180 
days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate 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 DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional 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 Rep-
resentatives. 
(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 MODERNIZA-
TION BY NATO COUNTRIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress findings the following:
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(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 de-
clared 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 members as they seek to modernize their de-
fense capabilities to encourage such members to pro-
cure defense systems, including air and missile de-
fense systems, that are interoperable with NATO de-
fense systems and help fill critical NATO shortfalls; 
(2) such United States efforts to facilitate the 
modernization 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 capabili-
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ties and restructure their armed forces consistent with 
the objectives set out at the NATO summit in Wales 
in September 2014. 
SEC. 1273. REPORT ON PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROP-
ERTY IN EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation 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 For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on ef-
forts of the Department of Defense to protect cultural prop-
erty abroad, including activities undertaken pursuant to 
the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural 
Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. 
(b) ELEMENTS
OF REPORT.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of Department of Defense poli-
cies, directives, 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, in-
cluding efforts to avoid damage to cultural property 
during military construction activities and efforts
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made to inform military personnel about the identi-
fication and protection of cultural property as part 
of the law of war. 
(3) The status and number of specialist per-
sonnel in the Armed Forces assigned to secure respect 
for cultural property abroad and to cooperate with ci-
vilian authorities responsible for safeguarding cul-
tural property abroad, consistent with the require-
ments of the 1954 Hague Convention. 
SEC. 1274. UNITED STATES STRATEGY AND PLANS FOR EN-
HANCING SECURITY AND STABILITY IN EU-
ROPE. 
(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 Com-
mand, and of contingency plans for such United States 
forces, with the objective of ensuring that the posture, readi-
ness, 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 uncon-
739 
ventional 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
RE-
QUIRED.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 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 rec-
ommendations of the Secretary of Defense for en-
hancing the force posture, readiness, and respon-
siveness of United States forces in the area of re-
sponsibility of the United States European Com-
mand as a result of the review. 
(C) A description of any initiatives of other 
members of NATO for enhancing the force pos-
ture, readiness, and responsiveness of their forces 
within the area of responsibility of NATO.
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(D) A plan for reassuring Central Euro-
pean 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 col-
lective defense under Article V, including the fol-
lowing: 
(i) A description of measures to be un-
dertaken by the United States to reassure 
members of NATO regarding the commit-
ment of the United States to its obligations 
under the North Atlantic Treaty. 
(ii) A description of measures under-
taken or to be undertaken by other members 
of NATO to provide assurances of their 
commitment to meet their obligations 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 territories of 
the Central European and Eastern Euro-
pean members of NATO.
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(iv) A description of the measures un-
dertaken 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 appro-
priate countries participating in the NATO 
Partnership for Peace program using the au-
thorities for enhancing security cooperation spec-
ified in subsection (c), which plan shall include 
the following: 
(i) An identification of the objectives 
and priorities of such United States secu-
rity assistance and cooperation 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 cooperation programs, bilat-
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erally and regionally, in making progress 
toward identified objectives and priorities. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by this sub-
section shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(c) AUTHORITIES
FOR ENHANCING SECURITY CO-
OPERATION.—The authorities for enhancing security co-
operation specified in this subsection 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 au-
thority to build the capacity of foreign military 
forces. 
(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 Author-
ization 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 Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 2151
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note), relating to the Global Security Contingency 
Fund. 
(6) Any other authority available to the Sec-
retary of Defense or Secretary of State appropriate 
for the purpose of this section. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations 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 undermine 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 assess-
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ment and submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report related to military assistance to Ukraine. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—At a minimum, the report required 
under subsection (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 esti-
mated delivery date, that the United States Govern-
ment has provided, is providing, and plans to provide 
to the Government of Ukraine. 
(3) An assessment of what United States mili-
tary assistance to the Government of Ukraine, includ-
ing type and quantity, would most effectively improve 
the military readiness and capabilities of the Ukrain-
ian military, including a discussion of those defen-
sive, 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, appropriate-
ness of, and force protection concerns of any United
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States military advisors that may be made available 
to the armed forces of Ukraine. 
(5) Military training requested by the Govern-
ment of Ukraine. 
(6) Military training the United States Govern-
ment has conducted with Ukraine in the previous six 
months. 
(7) Military training the United States Govern-
ment 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 ATROCITIES OF THE LORD’S RE-
SISTANCE 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 Cen-
746 
tral Africa and the African Union to remove Joseph 
Kony and his top commanders from the battlefield 
and end atrocities perpetuated by the Lord’s Resist-
ance Army, also known as Operation Observant Com-
pass, has made significant progress in achieving its 
objectives; 
(2) the Department of Defense should continue 
its support of Operation Observant Compass, particu-
larly 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 inte-
grated into a comprehensive strategy to support secu-
rity 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 au-
thorized by the African Union. 
SEC. 1277. EXTENSION OF ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE MILI-
TARY POWER OF IRAN. 
Section 1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat.
747 
2544) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31 2014’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 
SEC. 1278. REPORT AND STRATEGY REGARDING NORTH AF-
RICA, 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 congressional defense committees a report that 
contains an assessment of the actions taken by the Depart-
ment of Defense and other Federal agencies to identify, lo-
cate, and bring to justice those persons and organizations 
that planned, authorized, or committed the attacks against 
the United States facilities in Benghazi, Libya that oc-
curred on September 11 and 12, 2012, and the legal au-
thorities 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 congres-
sional committees a comprehensive 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— 
(A) a description of the radical Islamist ter-
rorist groups active in the region, including an
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assessment of their origins, strategic aims, tac-
tical methods, funding sources, leadership, and 
relationships with other terrorist groups or state 
actors; 
(B) a strategy to stem the movement of for-
eign 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 counterterrorism and sta-
bility efforts in the region; 
(D) a description of the key military, diplo-
matic, intelligence, and public diplomacy re-
sources available to address these growing re-
gional terrorist threats; and 
(E) a strategy to maximize the coordination 
between, and the effectiveness of, United States 
military, diplomatic, intelligence, and public di-
plomacy resources to counter these growing re-
gional terrorist threats. 
(2) DEFINITION
OF
APPROPRIATE
CONGRES-
SIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means—
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(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma-
nent 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 AGREE-
MENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOV-
ERNMENT 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 
congressional consideration of a proposed agreement for co-
operation in subsection d. of section 123 of the Atomic En-
ergy 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
750 
at Washington, July 22, 2014, and transmitted to Congress 
on July 24, 2014, including all portions thereof (hereinafter 
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 ef-
fect, 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 with the re-
quirements 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 
Defense 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.
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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 
activities 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 activi-
ties. 
Sec. 1342. Requirement to submit summary of amounts requested by project cat-
egory. 
Sec. 1343. Reports on activities and assistance under Department of Defense Co-
operative 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 RE-
DUCTION FUNDS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2015 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUC-
TION FUNDS DEFINED.—As used in this subtitle, the term 
‘‘fiscal year 2015 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds’’ 
means the funds appropriated pursuant to the authoriza-
tion of appropriations in section 301 and made available 
by the funding table in section 4301 for the Department 
of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program estab-
lished under section 1321. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
301 and made available by the funding table in section 
4301 for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-