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SEC. 1056. INFORMATION OPERATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT TECH-
NOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) military information support operations are a critical 
component of the efforts of the Department of Defense to pro-
vide commanders with capabilities to shape the operational 
environment; 
(2) military information support operations are integral 
to armed conflict and therefore the Secretary of Defense has 
broad latitude to conduct military information support oper-
ations; 
(3) the Secretary of Defense should develop creative and 
agile concepts, technologies, and strategies across all available 
media to most effectively reach target audiences, to counter 
and degrade the ability of adversaries and potential adversaries 
to persuade, inspire, and recruit inside areas of hostilities or 
in other areas in direct support of the objectives of commanders; 
and 
(4) the Secretary of Defense should request additional funds 
in future budgets to carry out military information support 
operations to support the broader efforts of the Government 
to counter violent extremism. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS REQUIRED.—To support the 
ability of the Department of Defense to provide innovative oper-
ational concepts and technologies to shape the informational 
environment, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a series 
of technology demonstrations, subject to the availability of funds 
for such purpose or to a prior approval reprogramming, to assess 
innovative new technologies for information operations and informa-
tion engagement to support the operational and strategic require-
ments of the commanders of the geographic and functional combat-
ant commands, including the urgent and emergent operational 
needs and the operational and theater campaign plans of such 
combatant commanders to further the national security objectives 
and strategic communications requirements of the United States. 
(c) PLAN.—By not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees a plan describing how the 
Department of Defense will execute the technology demonstrations 
required under subsection (b). Such plan shall include each of 
the following elements: 
(1) A general timeline for conducting the technology dem-
onstrations. 
(2) Clearly defined goals and endstate objectives for the 
demonstrations, including traceability of such goals to the tac-
tical, operational, or strategic requirements of the combatant 
commanders. 
(3) A process for measuring the performance and effective-
ness of the demonstrations. 
(4) A coordination structure to include participation 
between the technology development and the operational 
communities, including potentially joint, interagency, intergov-
ernmental, and multinational partners. 
(5) The identification of potential technologies to support 
the tactical, operational, or strategic needs of the combatant 
commanders.
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(6) An explanation of how such technologies will support 
and coordinate with elements of joint, interagency, intergovern-
mental, and multinational partners. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE.—Upon initiating a technology dem-
onstration under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees written notice of 
the demonstration that includes a detailed description of the dem-
onstration, including its purpose, cost, engagement medium, tar-
geted audience, and any other details the Secretary of Defense 
believes will assist the committees in evaluating the demonstration. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out a technology dem-
onstration under this section shall terminate on September 30, 
2022. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to limit or alter any authority under which the Depart-
ment of Defense supports information operations activities within 
the Department. 
SEC. 1057. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF HELI-
COPTER SEA COMBAT SQUADRON 84 AND 85 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS.—Except as provided by subsection (b), none 
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2016 for the Navy may be obligated 
or expended to— 
(1) retire, prepare to retire, transfer, or place in storage 
any Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 84 (HSC–84) or Heli-
copter Sea Combat Squadron 85 (HSC–85) aircraft; or 
(2) make any changes to manning levels with respect to 
any HSC–84 or HSC–85 aircraft squadron. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Navy may waive subsection 
(a), if the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that the Secretary has— 
(1) conducted a cost-benefit analysis identifying savings 
to Department of the Navy regarding decommissioning or 
deactivation of an HSC–84 or HSC–85 squadron; 
(2) identified a replacement capability that would be avail-
able if prioritized and directed by the Secretary of Defense 
and would meet all operational requirements, including special 
operational-peculiar requirements of the combatant commands, 
currently being met by the HSC–84 or HSC–85 squadrons 
and aircraft to be retired, transferred, or placed in storage; 
and 
(3) deployed such capability. 
SEC. 1058. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DESTRUC-
TION OF CERTAIN LANDMINES AND REPORT ON DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE POLICY AND INVENTORY OF ANTI- 
PERSONNEL LANDMINE MUNITIONS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided under subsection (b), none 
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Defense 
may be obligated or expended for the destruction of anti-personnel 
landmine munitions before the date on which the Secretary of 
Defense submits the report required by subsection (c). 
(b) EXCEPTION FOR SAFETY.—The limitation under subsection 
(a) shall not apply to any anti-personnel landmine munitions that 
the Secretary determines are unsafe or could pose a safety risk 
if not demilitarized or destroyed.
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(c) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 
a report that includes each of the following: 
(A) A description of the policy of the Department of 
Defense regarding the use of anti-personnel landmines, 
including methods for commanders to seek waivers to use 
such munitions. 
(B) A 10-year projection of the inventory levels for 
all anti-personnel landmine munitions that takes into 
account future production of anti-personnel landmine muni-
tions, any plans for demilitarization of such munitions, 
the age of the munitions, storage and safety considerations, 
and other factors that will impact the size of the inventory. 
(C) A 10-year projection for the cost to achieve the 
inventory levels projected in subparagraph (B), including 
the cost for potential demilitarization or disposal of such 
munitions. 
(D) A 10-year projection for the cost to develop and 
produce new anti-personnel landmine munitions the Sec-
retary determines are necessary to meet the demands of 
current operational plans. 
(E) An assessment, by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, of the effects of the projected anti-personnel land-
mine inventory on current operational plans. 
(F) Any other matters that the Secretary determines 
should be included in the report. 
(2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(d) ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINE MUNITIONS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘anti-personnel landmine munitions’’ includes anti- 
personnel landmines and sub-munitions as defined by the Conven-
tion on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and 
Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 1059. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE 
ASSISTANCE TO SECURE THE SOUTHERN LAND BORDER 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) AUTHORITY
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
Defense may provide assistance to United States Customs and 
Border Protection for purposes of increasing ongoing efforts to 
secure the southern land border of the United States. 
(b) CONCURRENCE IN ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under subsection 
(a) shall be provided with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
(c) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The assistance pro-
vided under subsection (a) may include the following: 
(1) Deployment of members and units of the regular and 
reserve components of the Armed Forces to the southern land 
border of the United States. 
(2) Deployment of manned aircraft, unmanned aerial 
surveillance systems, and ground-based surveillance systems 
to support continuous surveillance of the southern land border 
of the United States. 
(3) Intelligence analysis support.
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(d) MATERIEL
AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.—The Secretary of 
Defense is authorized to deploy such materiel and equipment and 
logistics support as is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of assist-
ance provided under subsection (a). 
(e) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the Department of Defense by this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
may use up to $75,000,000 to provide assistance under subsection 
(a). 
(f) REPORTS.—At the end of each three-month period during 
which assistance is provided under subsection (a), the Secretary 
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs 
of the Senate a report on the provision of such assistance during 
that period. Each report shall include, for the period covered by 
the report, the following: 
(1) A description of the assistance provided. 
(2) A description of the sources and amounts of funds 
used to provide such assistance. 
(3) A description of the amounts obligated to provide such 
assistance. 
(4) An assessment of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness 
of such assistance in support of the Department of Homeland 
Security’s objectives and strategy to address the challenges 
on the southern land border of the United States and rec-
ommendations, if any, to enhance the effectiveness of such 
assistance. 
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
SEC. 1060. PROVISION OF DEFENSE PLANNING GUIDANCE AND 
CONTINGENCY PLANNING GUIDANCE INFORMATION TO 
CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113(g) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) At the time of the budget submission by the President 
for a fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall include in the 
budget materials submitted to Congress for that year summaries 
of the guidance developed under paragraphs (1) and (2), as well 
as summaries of any plans developed in accordance with the guid-
ance developed under paragraph (2). Such summaries shall be suffi-
cient to allow the congressional defense committees to evaluate 
fully the requirements for military forces, acquisition programs, 
and operation and maintenance funding in the President’s annual 
budget request for the Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding the requirement 
under paragraph (3) of section 113(g) of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), that the Secretary of Defense 
submit summaries under that paragraph at the time of the Presi-
dent’s annual budget submission, by not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report containing— 
(1) summaries of the guidance developed under paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of subsection (g) of section 113 of title 10, United 
States Code; and