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Subtitle C—Counterterrorism 
SEC. 1031. DEFINITION OF SENSITIVE MILITARY OPERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 130f of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) SENSITIVE MILITARY OPERATION DEFINED.—(1) Except as 
provided in paragraph (2), in this section, the term ‘sensitive mili-
tary operation’ means— 
‘‘(A) a lethal operation or capture operation conducted by 
the armed forces or conducted by a foreign partner in coordina-
tion with the armed forces that targets a specific individual 
or individuals; or 
‘‘(B) an operation conducted by the armed forces in self- 
defense or in defense of foreign partners, including during 
a cooperative operation. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘sensitive military 
operation’ does not include any operation conducted within Afghani-
stan, Syria, or Iraq.’’. 
(b) COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE NOTIFICATION.—Such section is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
Not later than 48 hours after the date on which a foreign partner 
force has been designated as eligible for the provision of collective 
self-defense by the armed forces for the purposes of subsection 
(d)(1)(B), the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees notice in writing of such designation.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report that includes— 
(1) a list of any instance in which a member of the Armed 
Forces has engaged or been engaged by enemy forces, used 
self-defense, or provided collective self-defense of foreign 
partner forces in a country other than Afghanistan, Iraq, or 
Syria since December 26, 2013; and 
(2) a list of all foreign partner forces outside of Afghanistan, 
Iraq, and Syria for which the United States Armed Forces 
are authorized to provide collective self-defense. 
SEC. 1032. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CLOSE 
OR RELINQUISH CONTROL OF UNITED STATES NAVAL 
STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
Section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or 2019’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 1033. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER OR 
RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES 
NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO THE 
UNITED STATES. 
No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available for the Department of Defense may be used during the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending on December 31, 2019, to transfer, release, or assist in 
the transfer of or release to or within the United States, its terri-
tories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other 
detainee who—
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(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 
Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after January 20, 2009, at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 1034. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY 
FACILITIES 
IN 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
TO 
HOUSE 
DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL 
STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be appropriated 
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense may 
be used during the period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and ending on December 31, 2019, to construct or 
modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or posses-
sions to house any individual detained at Guantanamo for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 
the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to any modification of facilities at United States Naval Sta-
tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘individual detained at Guantanamo’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1034(f)(2) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114– 
92; 129 Stat. 971; 10 U.S.C. 801 note). 
SEC. 1035. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER OR 
RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES 
NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES. 
No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available for the Department of Defense may be used during the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending on December 31, 2019, to transfer, release, or assist in 
the transfer or release of any individual detained in the custody 
or under the control of the Department of Defense at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control 
of any country, or any entity within such country, as follows: 
(1) Libya. 
(2) Somalia. 
(3) Syria. 
(4) Yemen. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Authorities and 
Limitations 
SEC. 1041. STRATEGIC GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 113(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking paragraphs (2) through (4) and inserting the following 
new paragraphs (2) through (4): 
‘‘(2)(A) In implementing the requirement in paragraph (1), the 
Secretary, with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, shall each year provide to the officials and officers referred 
in paragraph (1)(A) written guidance (to be known as ‘Defense
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Planning Guidance’) establishing goals, priorities, and objectives, 
including fiscal constraints, to direct the preparation and review 
of the program and budget recommendations of all elements of 
the Department, including— 
‘‘(i) the priority military missions of the Department, 
including the assumed force planning scenarios and constructs; 
‘‘(ii) the force size and shape, force posture, defense capabili-
ties, force readiness, infrastructure, organization, personnel, 
technological innovation, and other elements of the defense 
program necessary to support the strategy required by para-
graph (1); 
‘‘(iii) the resource levels projected to be available for the 
period of time for which such recommendations and proposals 
are to be effective; and 
‘‘(iv) a discussion of any changes in the strategy required 
by paragraph (1) and assumptions underpinning the strategy, 
as required by paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) The guidance required by this paragraph shall be produced 
in February each year in order to support the planning and budget 
process. A comprehensive briefing on the guidance shall be provided 
to the congressional defense committees at the same time as the 
submission of the budget of the President (as submitted to Congress 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31) for the fiscal year beginning 
in the year in which such guidance is produced. 
‘‘(3)(A) In implementing the requirement in paragraph (1) and 
in conjunction with the reporting requirement in section 2687a 
of this title, the Secretary, with the approval of the President 
and the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall, 
on the basis provided in subparagraph (E), provide to the officials 
and officers referred to in paragraph (1)(A) written guidance (to 
be known as ‘Contingency Planning Guidance’ or ‘Guidance for 
Employment of the Force’) on the preparation and review of contin-
gency and campaign plans, including plans for providing support 
to civil authorities in an incident of national significance or a 
catastrophic incident, for homeland defense, and for military sup-
port to civil authorities. 
‘‘(B) The guidance required by this paragraph shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(i) A description of the manner in which limited existing 
forces and resources shall be prioritized and apportioned to 
achieve the objectives described in the strategy required by 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(ii) A description of the relative priority of contingency 
and campaign plans, specific force levels, and supporting 
resource levels projected to be available for the period of time 
for which such plans are to be effective. 
‘‘(C) The guidance required by this paragraph shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(i) Prioritized global, regional, and functional policy objec-
tives that the armed forces should plan to achieve, including 
plans for deliberate and contingency scenarios. 
‘‘(ii) Policy and strategic assumptions that should guide 
military planning, including the role of foreign partners. 
‘‘(iii) Guidance on global posture and global force manage-
ment. 
‘‘(iv) Security cooperation priorities.
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‘‘(v) Specific guidance on United States and Department 
nuclear policy. 
‘‘(D) The guidance required by this paragraph shall be the 
primary source document to be used by the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff in— 
‘‘(i) executing the global military integration responsibilities 
described in section 153 of this title; and 
‘‘(ii) developing implementation guidance for the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff and the commanders of the combatant com-
mands. 
‘‘(E) The guidance required by this paragraph shall be produced 
every two years, or more frequently as needed. 
‘‘(4)(A) In implementing the requirement in paragraph (1), the 
Secretary, with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, shall each year produce, and submit to the congressional 
defense committees, a report (to be known as the ‘Global Defense 
Posture Report’) that shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) A description of major changes to United States forces, 
capabilities, and equipment assigned and allocated outside the 
United States, focused on significant alterations, additions, or 
reductions to such global defense posture that are required 
to execute the strategy and plans of the Department. 
‘‘(ii) A description of the supporting network of infrastruc-
ture, facilities, pre-positioned stocks, and war reserve materiel 
required for execution of major contingency plans of the Depart-
ment. 
‘‘(iii) A list of all enduring locations, including main oper-
ating bases, forward operating sites, and cooperative security 
locations. 
‘‘(iv) A description of the status of treaty, access, cost- 
sharing, and status-protection agreements with foreign nations. 
‘‘(v) A summary of the priority posture initiatives for each 
region by the commanders of the combatant commands. 
‘‘(vi) For each military department, a summary of the 
implications for overseas posture of any force structure changes. 
‘‘(vii) A description of the costs incurred outside the United 
States during the preceding fiscal year in connection with oper-
ating, maintaining, and supporting United States forces outside 
the United States for each military department, broken out 
by country, and whether for operation and maintenance, infra-
structure, or transportation. 
‘‘(viii) A description of the amount of direct support for 
the stationing of United States forces provided by each host 
nation during the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) The report required by this paragraph shall be submitted 
to the congressional defense committees as required by subpara-
graph (A) by not later than April 30 each year. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘United States’, when used 
in a geographic sense, includes the territories and possessions of 
the United States.’’. 
SEC. 1042. NOTIFICATION ON THE PROVISION OF DEFENSE SENSITIVE 
SUPPORT. 
Section 1055 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)—