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(7) An analysis of the challenges to the ability of the 
United States to deploy significant forces from the continental 
United States to the European theater in the event of a major 
contingency, and a description of the plans of the Department 
of Defense, including military exercises, to address such chal-
lenges. 
(8) A plan to fully resource United States force posture 
and capabilities, including— 
(A) details regarding the strategy to balance the force 
structure of the United States forces to source additional 
permanently stationed United States forces in Europe as 
a part of any planned growth in end strength and force 
posture; 
(B) the infrastructure capacity of existing locations 
and their ability to accommodate additional permanently 
stationed United States forces in Europe; 
(C) the potential new locations for additional perma-
nently stationed United States forces in Europe, including 
an assessment of infrastructure and military construction 
resources necessary to accommodate additional United 
States forces in Europe; 
(D) a detailed timeline to achieve desired permanent 
posture requirements; 
(E) a reevaluation of sites identified for divestiture 
but not yet divested under the European Infrastructure 
Consolidation initiative, accounting for updated military 
requirements; and 
(F) any changes and associated costs incurred with 
retaining each site identified for divestiture but not yet 
divested under the European Infrastructure Consolidation 
initiative, 
including 
possible 
leasing 
agreements, 
sustainment, and maintenance. 
(c) FORM.—The plan required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) GENERAL LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Defense may 
not take any action to divest any site identified for divestiture 
but not yet divested under the European Infrastructure Consoli-
dation initiative until the Secretary submits to the congres-
sional defense committees the plan required under subsection 
(a). 
(2) SITE-SPECIFIC LIMITATION.—In the case of a proposed 
divestiture of a site under the European Infrastructure Consoli-
dation initiative, the Secretary of Defense may not take any 
action to divest the site unless prior to taking such action, 
the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that no military requirement for future use of the site is foresee-
able. 
SEC. 1274. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS 
WITH PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAN, 
BRITISH, CANADIAN, AND AUSTRALIAN ARMIES’ PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1274(g) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2026; 10 U.S.C. 
2350a note) is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘ten 
years’’.
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SEC. 1275. UNITED STATES MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY FOR 
YEMEN. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that contains a military 
and diplomatic strategy for Yemen. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following elements: 
(1) An explanation of the military and diplomatic strategy 
for Yemen, including a description of the ends, ways, and 
means inherent to the strategy. 
(2) An explanation of the legal authorities supporting the 
strategy. 
(3) A detailed description of the political and security 
environment in Yemen. 
(4) A detailed description of the threats posed by Al Qaeda 
in the Arabian Peninsula and the Islamic State of Iraq and 
Syria–Yemen Province, including the intent, capabilities, stra-
tegic aims, and resources attributable to each organization. 
(5) A detailed description of the threats posed to freedom 
of navigation through the Bab al Mandab Strait and waters 
in proximity to Yemen as well as any United States efforts 
to mitigate those threats. 
(6) A detailed description of the threats posed to the United 
States and its allies and partners by the proliferation of 
advanced conventional weapons in Yemen. 
(7) A detailed description of the threats posed to United 
States interests by state actors in Yemen. 
(8) A discussion of United States objectives regarding long- 
term stability and counterterrorism in Yemen. 
(9) A plan to integrate the United States diplomatic, 
development, military, and intelligence resources necessary to 
implement the strategy. 
(10) A detailed description of the roles of the United States 
Armed Forces in supporting the strategy. 
(11) Any other matters as the President considers appro-
priate. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 1276. TRANSFER OF EXCESS HIGH MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE 
WHEELED VEHICLES TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before an excess high mobility multipur-
pose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) is transferred on a grant or 
sales basis to a foreign country for the purpose of operation 
by that country, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
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the vehicle receives the same new, modernized powertrain and 
a modernized, armored or armor-capable crew compartment 
restored to like-new condition that the vehicle would receive 
were the vehicle to be modernized for operational used by 
the Armed Forces. 
(2) SAME
NEW, MODERNIZED
POWERTRAIN.—For purposes 
of 
paragraph 
(1), 
the 
term 
‘‘same 
new, 
modernized 
powertrain’’— 
(A) means a fully-functioning new powertrain system; 
but 
(B) does not mean an individual part, component, sub-
assembly, assembly, or subsystem integral to the func-
tioning of the powertrain system such as a new engine 
or transmission. 
(3) PERFORMANCE OF WORK.—Any work performed pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) shall be performed in the United States, 
and shall be covered by section 2460(b)(1) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(b) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the President 
may waive the requirements of subsection (a)(1) with respect 
to any particular transfer of high mobility multipurpose 
wheeled vehicles if the President determines in writing that 
the waiver is in the national interests of the United States. 
(2) NOTICE.—If the President makes a written determina-
tion under paragraph (1), the vehicles covered by the determina-
tion may not be transferred until 30 days after the Secretary 
of Defense provides notice of the transfer to the appropriate 
committees of Congress. Each notice on a transfer shall include 
the following: 
(A) The recipient of the vehicles to be transferred, 
the intended use of the vehicles, and a description of the 
national interests of the United States in connection with 
the transfer. 
(B) An explanation of why it is not in the national 
interests of the United States to make the transfer in 
accordance with the requirements of subsection (a)(1). 
(C) The impact of the transfer on the national tech-
nology and industrial base and, in articular, on any reduc-
tion of the opportunities of entities in the national tech-
nology and industrial base to sell new or used high mobility 
multipurpose wheeled vehicles to the countries to which 
the proposed transfer of vehicles is to take place. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE AND SUNSET.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply 
to any transfer of excess high mobility multipurpose wheeled 
vehicles that occurs on or after the date that is 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) SUNSET.—The requirements in subsection (a) shall 
expire on the date that is three years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report on all proposed and completed transfers of excess 
defense articles that are high mobility multipurpose wheeled 
vehicles under the authority of section 516 of the Foreign
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Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j) during fiscal years 
2012 through 2016. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the timing, rigorousness, and 
procedures used in the determination of the President that 
each transfer described in paragraph (1) did not have an 
adverse impact on the national technology and industrial 
base and, in particular, that such transfer would not reduce 
the opportunities of entities in the national technology 
and industrial base to sell new or used equipment to the 
countries to which such articles were or were to be trans-
ferred in accordance with section 516(b)(1)(E) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961. 
(B) Any related matters the Comptroller General con-
siders appropriate. 
(e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1277. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM TO PROTECT UNITED 
STATES STUDENTS AGAINST FOREIGN AGENTS. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop and 
implement a program to prepare United States students studying 
abroad through Department of Defense National Security Education 
Programs to recognize and protect themselves against recruitment 
efforts by intelligence agents. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a briefing on the program required under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 1278. LIMITATION AND EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL 
ANTI-TUNNEL COOPERATION AUTHORITY. 
(a) LIMITATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1279 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1079; 22 U.S.C. 8606 note) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) LIMITATION
WITH
RESPECT
TO
RDT&E
ACTIVITIES.—In 
subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) USE OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS FOR RDT&E ACTIVITIES IN 
THE UNITED STATES.—Of the amount provided by the United 
States in support under paragraph (1), not less than 50 percent 
of such amount shall be used for research, development, test, 
and evaluation activities in the United States in connection 
with such support.’’. 
(2) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—In subsection (f), by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED LIMITATION.—Section 1295 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public