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forces, groups, or individuals to United States 
Special Operations Forces during such period. 
(C) The type of recipients that were pro-
vided support under this section during such pe-
riod, identified by authorized category (foreign 
forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals). 
(D) A detailed description of the support 
provided to the recipients under this section dur-
ing such period. 
(E) The total amount obligated for support 
under this section during such period, including 
budget details. 
(F) The intended duration of support pro-
vided under this section during such period 
(G) An assessment of value of the support 
provided under this section during such period, 
including a summary of significant activities 
undertaken by foreign forces, irregular forces, 
groups, or individuals to support irregular war-
fare operations by United States Special Oper-
ations Forces. 
(H) The total amount obligated for support 
under this section in prior fiscal years. 
(i) IRREGULAR WARFARE DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘irregular warfare’’ means activities in support
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of predetermined United States policy and military objec-
tives conducted by, with, and through regular forces, irreg-
ular forces, groups, and individuals participating in com-
petition between state and non-state actors short of tradi-
tional armed conflict. 
SEC. 1202. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY ON SUPPORT OF 
SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS 
TO 
COMBAT 
TER-
RORISM. 
(a) OVERSIGHT OF SUPPORT.—Section 127e of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
(h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following 
new subsection (g): 
‘‘(g) OVERSIGHT BY ASD FOR SOLIC.—The Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Inten-
sity Conflict shall have primary responsibility within the 
Office of the Secretary of Defense for oversight of policies 
and programs for support authorized by this section.’’. 
(b) REPORTS.—Subsection (h) of such section, as re-
designated by subsection (a)(1) of this section is further 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CALENDAR 
YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘March 1 each year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘120 days after the end of the pre-
ceding fiscal year of each year’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the preceding calendar 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘such preceding fiscal year’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CALENDAR 
YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘September 1’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘July 1’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the calendar year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the fiscal year’’. 
SEC. 1203. MODIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN AUTHORITY IN 
CONNECTION WITH REFORM OF DEFENSE SE-
CURITY COOPERATION PROGRAMS AND AC-
TIVITIES. 
(a) DEFENSE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING OF 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.—Section 332 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘members of 
the armed forces and’’ before ‘‘civilian employees’’ in 
the matter preceding paragraph (1); 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(B)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘employees’’ both place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘advisors’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘employee’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘advisor’s’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘member of the armed 
forces or’’ before ‘‘civilian employee of the De-
partment of Defense’’ in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1); 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘em-
ployee as an’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the em-
ployee’’ and inserting ‘‘the advisor’’. 
(b) DEFENSE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING OF 
FOREIGN FORCES.—Section 333(c)(4) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘the Department’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Department of Defense or another department or agency of 
the United States Government’’. 
SEC. 1204. GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND MAT-
TERS. 
(a) TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 
1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2017’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’; and
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(2) in subsection (p)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘through 2017’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘through 2019’’. 
(b) PURPOSES OF FUND.—Subsection (b) of such sec-
tion is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘, or other national security 
forces that conduct border and maritime secu-
rity, internal defense, and counterterrorism oper-
ations’’ and inserting ‘‘or other national security 
forces’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) provide support to civil or national se-
curity authorities in connection with humani-
tarian assistance (including demining), disaster 
response, and disaster risk reduction activities.’’; 
and
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘rule of law 
programs,’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘rule 
of law programs and stabilization efforts in a coun-
try.’’. 
(c) NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON INITIATION OF ASSIST-
ANCE.—Subsection (l) of such section is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘15 days’’. 
SEC. 1205. DEFENSE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL 
STUDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may oper-
ate an institute to be known as the ‘‘Defense Institute of 
International Legal Studies’’ (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Institute’’) in accordance with this section for purposes 
in furtherance of United States security and foreign policy 
objectives of— 
(1) promoting an understanding of and appre-
ciation for the rule of law; and 
(2) encouraging the international development of 
internal capacities of foreign governments for civilian 
control of the military, military justice, the legal as-
pects of peacekeeping, good governance and anti-cor-
ruption in defense reform, and human rights. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the purposes speci-
fied in subsection (a), the Institute may conduct activities 
as follows:
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(1) Research, communication, and exchange of 
ideas. 
(2) Education and training involving military 
and civilian personnel, both within and outside the 
United States. 
(3) Building the legal capacity of foreign mili-
tary and other security forces, including equitable, 
transparent, and accountable defense institutions, ci-
vilian control of the military, human rights, and 
democratic governance. 
(4) Institutional legal capacity building of for-
eign defense and security institutions. 
(c) CONCURRENCE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.—The 
concurrence of the Secretary of State is required to conduct 
activities specified in subsection (b). 
(d) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a comprehensive review of the mission, work-
force, funding, and other support of the Institute. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The review shall include, but 
not be limited to, the following: 
(A) An assessment of the scope of the mis-
sion of the Institute, taking into account the in-
creasing security cooperation authorities and re-
quirements of the Department of Defense, includ-
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ing core rule of law training in the United 
States and abroad, defense legal institution 
building, and statutorily required human rights 
and legal capacity building of foreign security 
forces. 
(B) An assessment of the workforce of the 
Institute, including whether it is appropriately 
sized to align with the full scope of the mission 
of the Institute. 
(C) A review of the funding mechanisms for 
the activities of the Institute, including the cur-
rent mechanisms for reimbursing the Institute by 
the Department of State and by the Department 
of Defense through the budget of the Defense Se-
curity Cooperation Agency. 
(D) An evaluation of the feasibility and ad-
visability of the provision of funds appropriated 
for the Department of Defense directly to the In-
stitute, and the actions, if any, required to au-
thorize the Institute to receive such funds di-
rectly. 
(E) A description of the challenges, if any, 
of the Institute to increase its capacity to pro-
vide residence courses to meet demands for train-
ing and assistance.
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(F) An assessment of the capacity of the De-
partment of Defense to assess, monitor, and 
evaluate the effectiveness of the human rights 
training and other activities of the Institute. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port summarizing the findings of the review and any 
recommendations for enhancing the capability of the 
Institute to fulfill its mission that the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 
Afghanistan and Pakistan 
SEC. 1211. EXTENSION OF COMMANDERS’ EMERGENCY RE-
SPONSE PROGRAM AND RELATED AUTHORI-
TIES. 
(a) CERP.—Section 1201 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 
125 Stat. 1619), as most recently amended by section 
1211(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2477), is 
further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’;
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2017 and fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fis-
cal years 2017, 2018, and 2019’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’. 
(b) PAYMENTS
FOR REDRESS
OF CERTAIN INJU-
RIES.—Section 1211(b)(1) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (130 Stat. 2478) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2019’’. 
SEC. 1212. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER DE-
FENSE ARTICLES AND PROVIDE DEFENSE 
SERVICES TO THE MILITARY AND SECURITY 
FORCES OF AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) EXPIRATION.—Subsection (h) of section 1222 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1992), as most recently 
amended by section 1213 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 
Stat. 2478), is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2018’’. 
(b) EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Subsection (i)(2) of 
such section 1222, as so amended, is further amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2018’’.
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SEC. 1213. 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 
amended by section 1218 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), is 
further amended by striking ‘‘the period beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 2016, and ending on December 31, 2017,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal year 2018,’’. 
(b) LIMITATIONS
ON AMOUNTS AVAILABLE.—Sub-
section (d)(1) of such section, as so amended, is further 
amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘during the 
period beginning on October 1, 2016, and ending on 
December 31, 2017, may not exceed $1,100,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during fiscal year 2018 may not ex-
ceed $900,000,000’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘the pe-
riod beginning on October 1, 2016 and ending on De-
cember 31, 2017, may not exceed $900,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘during fiscal year 2018 may not exceed 
$700,000,000’’.
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(c) EXTENSION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON RE-
IMBURSEMENT OF PAKISTAN FOR SECURITY ENHANCEMENT 
ACTIVITIES.—Subsection (e)(2) of such section, as added by 
section 1218 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017, is amended by inserting ‘‘and annually 
thereafter,’’ after ‘‘December 31, 2017,’’. 
(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, as most 
recently amended by section 1218(e) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2018’’. 
(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 most recently amended by section 1218(f) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
is further amended by striking ‘‘for any period prior to De-
cember 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2018 and 
any prior fiscal year’’. 
(f) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENT OF 
PAKISTAN PENDING CERTIFICATION ON PAKISTAN.—Of the
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total amount of reimbursements and support authorized for 
Pakistan during fiscal year 2018 pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 1233(d)(1) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (as amended by sub-
section (b)(2)), $350,000,000 shall not be eligible for the 
waiver under section 1227(d)(2) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (126 Stat. 2001) 
unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional 
defense committees that— 
(1) Pakistan continues to conduct military oper-
ations that are contributing to significantly dis-
rupting the safe havens, fundraising and recruiting 
efforts, and freedom of movement of the Haqqani Net-
work and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba in Pakistan; 
(2) Pakistan has taken steps to demonstrate its 
commitment to prevent the Haqqani Network and 
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba from using any Pakistan territory 
as a safe haven and for fundraising and recruiting ef-
forts; 
(3) the Government of Pakistan is making an at-
tempt to actively coordinate with the Government of 
Afghanistan to restrict the movement of militants, 
such as the Haqqani Network and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, 
along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border; and
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(4) Pakistan has shown progress in arresting 
and 
prosecuting 
senior 
leaders 
and 
mid-level 
operatives of the Haqqani Network and Lashkar-e- 
Tayyiba. 
SEC. 1214. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE PROD-
UCTS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN COUN-
TRIES ALONG A MAJOR ROUTE OF SUPPLY TO 
AFGHANISTAN. 
Section 801(f) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2399), as most recently amended by section 1212 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2478), is further amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2019’’. 
SEC. 1215. EXTENSION OF SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON EN-
HANCING SECURITY AND STABILITY IN AF-
GHANISTAN. 
Section 1225(a)(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3550), 
as amended by section 1215(a) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 
130 Stat. 2480), is further amended by striking ‘‘December 
15, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 15, 2020’’.
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SEC. 1216. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE AFGHAN 
SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Armed Forces, the Department of State, 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, and other agencies and departments of the 
United States rely on the services of Afghan nationals 
in a variety of sensitive and trusted capacities to sup-
port the operations of the United States Government 
in Afghanistan. 
(2) Afghans who have supported the United 
States Government in Afghanistan face grave threats 
from the Taliban and other terrorist groups as a re-
sult of their service. 
(3) Commander of the United States Central 
Command, General Joseph L. Votel, warned in a 
June 14, 2017, letter that ‘‘curtailing or abandoning’’ 
the special immigrant visa program for Afghans car-
ried out under the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 
2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) ‘‘would risk significantly 
undermining years of progress and goodwill and 
could serve to tip the balance in favor of malign ac-
tors’’. 
(4) Commander of Resolute Support and United 
States Forces-Afghanistan, General John W. Nichol-
son Jr., warned in a June 12, 2017, letter that if such
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program ‘‘is not fully resourced it could significantly 
undermine our credibility and the 16 years of tremen-
dous sacrifice by thousands of Afghans on behalf of 
Americans and Coalition partners’’. 
(5) All visas allocated for such program are pro-
jected to be exhausted and all visa issuances for prin-
cipal applicants will cease in October 2017, if addi-
tional visas are not authorized. 
(6) The cessation of the issuance of special immi-
grant visas for Afghans is likely to cause panic 
among the Afghans who are assisting the United 
States, often at great personal risk, and could signifi-
cantly affect the operations of the United States Gov-
ernment in Afghanistan. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that an additional 4,000 visas should be made available for 
principal aliens who are eligible for special immigrant sta-
tus under the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 
U.S.C. 1101 note) to prevent harm to the operations of the 
United States Government in Afghanistan. 
SEC. 1217. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR AFGHAN ALLIES. 
Section 602(b)(3)(F) of the Afghan Allies Protection 
Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘11,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘15,000’’.
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Subtitle C—Matters Relating to 
Syria, Iraq, and Iran 
SEC. 1231. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE AS-
SISTANCE TO COUNTER THE ISLAMIC STATE 
OF IRAQ AND SYRIA. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) of section 
1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3558), 
as most recently amended by section 1222 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2485), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘facility and infrastructure re-
pair and renovation,’’ and inserting ‘‘infrastructure 
repair and renovation, small-scale construction of 
temporary facilities necessary to meet urgent oper-
ational or force protection requirements with a cost 
less than $4,000,000,’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
LIMITATIONS
AND
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Such section 1236 is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(m) LIMITATION
ON AGGREGATE COST
OF CON-
STRUCTION, REPAIR, AND RENOVATION PROJECTS.—The 
aggregate amount of construction, repair, and renovation
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projects carried out under this section in any fiscal year 
may not exceed $30,000,000. 
‘‘(n) APPROVAL AND NOTICE BEFORE CERTAIN CON-
STRUCTION, REPAIR, AND RENOVATION PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPROVAL.—A construction, repair, or ren-
ovation project costing more than $1,000,000 may not 
be carried out under this section unless approved in 
advance by the Commander of the United States Cen-
tral Command. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE.—When a decision is made to carry 
out a construction, repair, or renovation project to 
which paragraph (1) applies, the Commander of the 
United States Central Command shall notify in writ-
ing the appropriate committees of Congress of that de-
cision, including the justification for the project and 
the estimated cost of the project. The project may be 
carried out only after the end of the 21-day period be-
ginning on the date the notification is received by the 
committees or, if earlier, the end of the 14-day period 
beginning on the date on which a copy of the notifica-
tion is provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 
section 480 of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
(3) ELEMENT IN QUARTERLY REPORTS ON CON-
STRUCTION, REPAIR, AND
RENOVATION.—Paragraph
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(8) of subsection (d) of such section 1236 is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(8) A list of new projects for construction, re-
pair, or renovation commenced during the period cov-
ered by such progress report, and a list of projects for 
construction, repair, or renovation continuing from 
the period covered by the preceding progress report.’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Subsection (g) of such section 1236, as 
most recently amended by section 1222 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘in the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations in title XV for fiscal year 2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for the Department of Defense for 
Overseas Contingency Operations for fiscal year 
2018’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$630,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,269,000,000’’. 
(c) NAME OF ISLAMIC STATE OR IRAQ AND SYRIA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Such section 1236 is further 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Levant’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Syria’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘ISIL’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘ISIS’’; and 
(B) in subsection (l)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘the Levant (ISIL)’’ and inserting ‘‘Syria 
(ISIS)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘ISIL’’ and inserting ‘‘ISIS’’. 
(2) HEADING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 
section 1236 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1236. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO 
COUNTER THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND 
SYRIA.’’. 
SEC. 1232. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE AS-
SISTANCE TO THE VETTED SYRIAN OPPOSI-
TION. 
(a) NATURE OF ASSISTANCE.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3541), as amended 
by section 1221(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2485), is further amended in the matter preceding para-
graph (1) by striking ‘‘construction of training and associ-
ated facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘construction and repair of
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training and associated facilities or other facilities nec-
essary to meet urgent military operational requirements of 
a temporary nature with a cost less than $4,000,000’’. 
(b) SCOPE OF ELEMENT ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 
IN QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS.—Subsection (d)(9) of 
such section 1209 is amended by inserting before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘, including new construction or repair 
commenced during the period covered by such progress re-
port and construction and repair continuing from the pe-
riod covered by the preceding progress report’’. 
(c) NOTICE ON NEW INITIATIVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of such section 
1209, as most recently amended by section 1221(b) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017, is further amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) NOTICE TO CONGRESS BEFORE INITIATION OF 
NEW INITIATIVES.—Not later than 30 days before initiating 
a new initiative under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a notice setting forth the following: 
‘‘(1) The initiative to be carried out, including 
a detailed description of the assistance provided. 
‘‘(2) The budget, implementation timeline and 
anticipated delivery schedule for the assistance to 
which the initiative relates, the military department
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responsible for management and the associated pro-
gram executive office, and the completion date for the 
initiative. 
‘‘(3) The amount, source, and planned expendi-
ture of funds to carry out the initiative. 
‘‘(4) Any financial or other support for the initi-
ation provided by foreign governments. 
‘‘(5) Any other information with respect to the 
initiative that the Secretary considers appropriate.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to 
new initiatives initiated under section 1209 of the 
Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 on or 
after the date that is 30 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(d) LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE COST OF CONSTRUC-
TION AND REPAIR PROJECTS.—Such section 1209 is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE COST OF CONSTRUC-
TION AND REPAIR PROJECTS.—The aggregate amount of 
construction and repair projects carried out under this sec-
tion in any fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000.’’.
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(e) APPROVAL AND NOTICE BEFORE CERTAIN CON-
STRUCTION AND REPAIR PROJECTS.—Such section 1209 is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(m) APPROVAL AND NOTICE BEFORE CERTAIN CON-
STRUCTION AND REPAIR PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPROVAL.—A construction or repair 
project costing more than $1,000,000 may not be car-
ried out under this section unless approved in ad-
vance by the Commander of the United States Central 
Command. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE.—When a decision is made to carry 
out a construction or repair project to which para-
graph (1) applies, the Commander of the United 
States Central Command shall notify in writing the 
appropriate committees of Congress of that decision, 
including the justification for the project and the esti-
mated cost of the project. The project may be carried 
out only after the end of the 21-day period beginning 
on the date the notification is received by the commit-
tees or, if earlier, the end of the 14-day period begin-
ning on the date on which a copy of the notification 
is provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sec-
tion 480 of title 10, United States Code.’’.
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SEC. 1233. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 
TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES 
OF THE OFFICE OF SECURITY COOPERATION 
IN IRAQ. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (f)(1) of 
section 1215 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘fiscal year 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
(b) AMOUNT AVAILABLE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2017 may not exceed $70,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2018 may not exceed 
$42,000,000’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
(2) LIMITATION OF USE OF FY18 FUNDS PENDING 
PLAN.—Of the amount available for fiscal year 2018 
for section 1215 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012, as amended by this section, 
not more than 50 percent may be obligated or ex-
pended until 30 days after the date on which the plan 
required by the joint explanatory statement to accom-
pany the conference report on S.2943 of the 114th 
Congress, the National Defense Authorization Act for
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Fiscal Year 2017, and entitled ‘‘to transition the ac-
tivities conducted by OSC-I but funded by the De-
partment of Defense to another entity or transition 
the funding of such activities to another source’’ is 
provided to the appropriate committees of Congress. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF OSC–I MANDATE AND EXPAN-
SION OF ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Subsection (f) of such sec-
tion is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘training ac-
tivities in support of Iraqi Ministry of Defense and 
Counter Terrorism Service personnel’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘activities to support the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Defense institution building to miti-
gate capability gaps and promote effective and 
sustainable defense institutions. 
‘‘(B) Professionalization, strategic planning 
and reform, financial management, manpower 
management, and logistics management of mili-
tary and other security forces of or associated 
with the Government of Iraq, including Kurdish 
and tribal security forces or other local security 
forces with a national security mission, at a base 
or facility of the Government of Iraq.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
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(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OF TRAIN-
ING’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘training’’ and inserting 
‘‘activities of the Office of Security Cooperation 
in Iraq’’. 
SEC. 1234. MODIFICATION AND ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS IN 
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MILITARY POWER 
OF IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(b) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (10 U.S.C. 
113 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and from’’ after ‘‘trans-
fers to’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘from non-Iranian sources’’ 
and inserting ‘‘from or to non-Iranian sources or 
destinations’’; and 
(C) by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ‘‘, including transfers that pertain 
to nuclear development, ballistic missiles, and 
chemical, biological, and advanced conventional 
weapons, weapon systems, and delivery vehicles’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
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‘‘(6) An assessment of the use of civilian trans-
portation infrastructure and assets, including sea-
ports, airports, and commercial vessels and aircraft, 
used to transport illicit military cargo to or from 
Iran, including military personnel, military goods, 
and related components. 
‘‘(7) An assessment of military-to-military co-
operation between Iran and foreign counties, includ-
ing Cuba, North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria, Ven-
ezuela, and any other country designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense with additional reference to coopera-
tion and collaboration on the development of nuclear, 
biological, chemical, and advanced conventional 
weapons, weapon systems, and delivery vehicles.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and shall apply with respect to reports required to be 
submitted under section 1245 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 after that date.
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Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the 
Russian Federation 
SEC. 1241. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON MILITARY CO-
OPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 
AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
Section 1232 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or 2018’’ after ‘‘fiscal 
year 2017’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘in the fiscal year con-
cerned’’ after ‘‘may be used’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘with respect 
to funds for a fiscal year’’ after ‘‘the limitation in 
subsection (a)’’. 
SEC. 1242. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF 
FUNDS RELATING TO ACTIVITIES TO RECOG-
NIZE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION OVER CRIMEA. 
Section 1234 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or 2018’’ 
after ‘‘fiscal year 2017’’; and
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(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘for a fiscal 
year’’ after ‘‘expenditure of funds’’. 
SEC. 1243. EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
INITIATIVE. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 1250 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1068), as amended by sec-
tion 1237 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2494), is 
further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’. 
(b) FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018.—Subsection (f) 
of such section 1250, as added by subsection (a) of such 
section 1237, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2018, $500,000,000.’’. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Subsection (c) of such 
section 1250, as amended by subsection (c) of such section 
1237, is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pursu-
ant to subsection (f)(2)’’ the following: ‘‘, or more 
than $250,000,000 of the funds available for fiscal 
year 2018 pursuant to subsection (f)(3),’’;
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(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘with respect 
to the fiscal year concerned’’ after ‘‘is a certification’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or 2018’’ after ‘‘in fiscal 
year 2017’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘in paragraph (2), such 
funds may be used in that fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in paragraph (2) with respect to such 
fiscal year, such funds may be used in such fiscal 
year’’. 
SEC. 1244. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY ON TRAINING FOR 
EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONAL SECURITY 
FORCES IN THE COURSE OF MULTILATERAL 
EXERCISES. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 1251 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(10 U.S.C. 2282 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2020’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2016 through 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016 through calendar year 
2020’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such section is further amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘military’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘security’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘that’’ and in-
serting ‘‘than’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘section 2282’’ 
and inserting ‘‘chapter 16’’. 
SEC. 1245. SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR BALTIC NATIONS 
FOR JOINT PROGRAM FOR RESILIENCY AND 
DETERRENCE AGAINST AGGRESSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, conduct or support 
a joint program of the Baltic nations to improve their resil-
ience against and build their capacity to deter aggression 
by the Russian Federation. 
(b) JOINT PROGRAM.—For purposes of subsection (a), 
a joint program of the Baltic nations may be either of the 
following: 
(1) A program jointly agreed by the Baltic na-
tions that builds interoperability among those coun-
tries. 
(2) An agreement for the joint procurement by 
the Baltic nations of defense articles or services using 
assistance provided pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) PARTICIPATION
OF
OTHER
COUNTRIES.—Any 
country other than a Baltic nation may participate in the
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joint program described in subsection (a), but only using 
funds of such country. 
(d) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—The total amount of as-
sistance provided pursuant to subsection (a) in fiscal year 
2018 may not exceed $100,000,000. 
(e) FUNDING.—Amounts for assistance provided pur-
suant to subsection (a) shall be derived from amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated by this Act and available for 
the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI). 
(f) BALTIC NATIONS DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Baltic nations’’ means the following: 
(1) Estonia. 
(2) Latvia. 
(3) Lithuania. 
SEC. 1246. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY 
DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
Section 1245(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3566), 
as most recently amended by section 1235(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2490), is further amended—
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (14) through 
(20) as paragraphs (15) through (21), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (14): 
‘‘(14) An assessment of Russia’s hybrid warfare 
strategy and capabilities, including— 
‘‘(A) Russia’s information warfare strategy 
and capabilities, including the use of misin-
formation, disinformation, and propaganda in 
social and traditional media; 
‘‘(B) Russia’s financing of political parties, 
think tanks, media organizations, and academic 
institutions; 
‘‘(C) Russia’s malicious cyber activities; 
‘‘(D) Russia’s use of coercive economic tools, 
including sanctions, market access, and differen-
tial pricing, especially in energy exports; and 
‘‘(E) Russia’s use of criminal networks and 
corruption to achieve political objectives.’’.
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SEC. 1247. ANNUAL REPORT ON ATTEMPTS OF THE RUS-
SIAN 
FEDERATION 
TO 
PROVIDE 
DISINFORMATION 
AND 
PROPAGANDA 
TO 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES BY SOCIAL 
MEDIA. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
March 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on attempts 
by the Russian Federation, or any foreign person acting 
as an agent of or on behalf of the Russian Federation, dur-
ing the preceding year to knowingly disseminate Russian 
Federation-supported 
disinformation 
or 
propaganda, 
through social media applications or related Internet-based 
means, to members of the Armed Forces with probable in-
tent to cause injury to the United States or advantage the 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
(b) FORM.—Each report under this section shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 1248. SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN DETERRENCE INITIA-
TIVE TO DETER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Military exercises, such as Exercise Nifty 
Nugget and Exercise Reforger during the Cold War, 
have historically made important contributions to 
testing operational concepts, technologies, and leader-
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ship approaches; identifying limiting factors in the 
execution of operational plans and appropriate cor-
rective action; and bolstering deterrence against ad-
versaries by demonstrating United States military ca-
pabilities. 
(2) Military exercises with North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) allies enhance the interoper-
ability and strategic credibility of the alliance. 
(3) The increase in conventional, nuclear, and 
hybrid threats by the Russian Federation against the 
security interests of the United States and allies in 
Europe requires substantial and sustained investment 
to improve United States combat capability in Eu-
rope. 
(4) The decline of a permanent United States 
military presence in Europe in recent years increases 
the likelihood the United States will rely on being 
able to flow forces from the continental United States 
to the European theater in the event of a major con-
tingency. 
(5) Senior military leaders, including the Com-
mander of United States Transportation Command, 
have warned that a variety of increasingly advanced 
capabilities, especially the proliferation of anti-access, 
area denial (A2/AD) capabilities, have given adver-
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saries of the United States the ability to challenge the 
freedom of movement of the United States military in 
all domains from force deployment to employment to 
disrupt, delay, or deny operations. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that, to enhance the European Deterrence Initiative and 
bolster deterrence against Russian aggression, the United 
States, together with North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
allies and other European partners, should demonstrate its 
resolve and ability to meet its commitments under Article 
V of the North Atlantic Treaty through appropriate mili-
tary exercises with an emphasis on participation of United 
States forces based in the continental United States and 
testing strategic and operational logistics and transpor-
tation capabilities. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2018, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report setting forth the 
following: 
(A) An analysis of the challenges to the 
ability of the United States to flow significant 
forces from the continental United States to the 
European theater in the event of a major contin-
gency.
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(B) The plans of the Department of Defense, 
including the conduct of military exercises, to 
address such challenges. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 1249. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE EUROPEAN DETER-
RENCE INITIATIVE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the European Deterrence Initiative will bol-
ster efforts to deter further Russian aggression by pro-
viding resources to— 
(A) train and equip the military forces of 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
and non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
partners in order to improve responsiveness, ex-
pand expeditionary capability, and strengthen 
combat effectiveness across the spectrum of secu-
rity environments; 
(B) enhance the indications and warning, 
interoperability, and logistics capabilities of Al-
lied and partner military forces to increase their 
ability to respond to external aggression, defend 
sovereignty and territorial integrity, and pre-
serve regional stability;
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(C) improve the agility and flexibility of 
military forces required to address threats across 
the full spectrum of domains and effectively oper-
ate in a wide array of coalition operations 
across diverse global environments from North 
Africa and the Middle East to Eastern Europe 
and the Arctic; and 
(D) mitigate potential gaps forming in the 
areas of information warfare, Anti-Access Area 
Denial, and force projection; 
(2) investments that support the security and 
stability of Europe, and that assist European nations 
in further developing their security capabilities, are 
in the long-term vital national security interests of 
the United States; and 
(3) funds for such efforts should be authorized 
and appropriated in the base budget of the Depart-
ment of Defense in order to ensure continued and 
planned funding to address long-term stability in Eu-
rope, reassure the European allies and partners of the 
United States, and deter further Russian aggression. 
SEC. 1250. ENHANCEMENT OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSIST-
ANCE INITIATIVE. 
Section 1250(b) of National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 126 Stat. 1068),
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as amended by section 1237(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 
130 Stat. 2495), is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) Treatment of wounded Ukraine soldiers in 
the United States in medical treatment facilities 
through the Secretarial Designee Program, and trans-
portation, lodging, meals, and other appropriate non- 
medical support in connection with such treatment 
(including incidental expenses in connection with 
such support).’’. 
SEC. 1251. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 
THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZA-
TION INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTER. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Intelligence Fusion Center provides a crucial 
contribution to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion alliance and the national security of the United 
States. 
(2) The fast-paced evolution of the security situa-
tion throughout Europe and its periphery, as well as 
a marked increase in conventional, nuclear, and hy-
brid threats from the Russian Federation, require op-
timized efforts to track and attribute critical threats
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to the security and stability of Europe and United 
States national security interests. 
(3) The ability of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization Intelligence Fusion Center to leverage stra-
tegic intelligence partnerships with the United States 
and other allies facilitates daily and direct collabora-
tion that provides operational advantages and effi-
ciencies needed to ensure the rapid and proper re-
sponse by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to 
Russian aggression in the conventional, nuclear, and 
hybrid domains. 
(4) The collocation of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Intelligence Fusion Center with the 
Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex of the United 
States European Command facilitates the sharing 
and fusion of intelligence, contributes to filling intel-
ligence gaps within both the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization and the United States European Com-
mand, and supports a common intelligence picture 
for the North Atlantic Council, which is essential to 
establishing political consensus on evaluating, ana-
lyzing, and attributing existing and emerging threats. 
(5) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization In-
telligence Fusion Center and its collocation with the 
Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex contribute sig-
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nificantly to providing the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization alliance and the United States European 
Command timely and effective indications and warn-
ings of threats emanating from within and around 
Europe. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the collocation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion Intelligence Fusion Center with the Joint Intelligence 
Analysis Complex of the United States European Command 
provides the optimal solution to intelligence and oper-
ational requirements, while fostering critical diplomatic re-
lationships, and is the most efficient configuration of the 
intelligence enterprise. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the 
Asia-Pacific Region 
SEC. 1261. ASIA-PACIFIC STABILITY INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 
carry out a program of activities described in subsection 
(b) for the purpose of enhancing stability in the Asia-Pa-
cific region. The program of activities shall be known as 
the ‘‘Asia-Pacific Stability Initiative’’. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities described in this sub-
section are the following:
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(1) Activities to increase the presence and en-
hance the posture of the United States Armed Forces 
in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(2) Bilateral and multilateral military training 
and exercises with allies and partner nations in the 
Asia-Pacific region. 
(3) Activities to improve military and defense 
infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region in order to 
enhance the responsiveness and capabilities of the 
United States Armed Forces in that region. 
(4) Activities to enhance the storage and pre-po-
sitioning in the Asia-Pacific region of equipment of 
the United States Armed Forces. 
(5) Activities to build the defense and security 
capacity of the United States Armed Forces in the 
Asia-Pacific region and, using the authorities speci-
fied in subsection (c), the defense and security capac-
ity of allies and partner nations in that region. 
(c) ACTIVITIES TO BUILD DEFENSE AND SECURITY 
CAPACITY OF ALLIES AND PARTNER NATIONS.—The activi-
ties to build the defense and security capacity of allies and 
partner nations in the Asia-Pacific region described in sub-
section (b)(5) may include activities under the authorities 
of the Department of Defense as follows:
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(1) Section 2282 of title 10, United States Code, 
or section 333 of such title (its successor section), re-
lating to authority to build the capacity of foreign se-
curity forces. 
(2) Section 332 of title 10, United States Code, 
relating to defense institution capacity building for 
friendly foreign countries and international and re-
gional organizations. 
(3) Section 1263 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2282 
note), relating to the Southeast Asia Maritime Secu-
rity Initiative. 
(4) Section 1206 of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (10 U.S.C. 2282 note), relat-
ing to training of security forces and associated min-
istries of foreign countries to promote respect for the 
rule of law and human rights. 
(5) Any other authority available to the Sec-
retary of Defense for the purpose of building the de-
fense and security capacity of allies and partner na-
tions in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(d) TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) USE OF FUNDS ONLY PURSUANT TO TRANS-
FER.—Funds available for the Asia-Pacific Stability
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Initiative may be used for activities described in sub-
sections (b) and (c) only pursuant to a transfer of 
such funds to or among either or both of the following 
accounts of the Department of Defense: 
(A) Military personnel accounts. 
(B) Operation and maintenance accounts. 
(2) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—The 
transfer of an amount available for the Asia-Pacific 
Stability Initiative to an account under the authority 
provided by paragraph (1) in a fiscal year shall be 
deemed to increase the amount authorized for such ac-
count for such fiscal year by an amount equal to the 
amount transferred. 
(3) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER TRANSFER AU-
THORITY.—The transfer authority provided by para-
graph (1) is in addition to any other transfer author-
ity available to the Department of Defense by law. 
(e) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 15 
days before that date on which a transfer of funds under 
subsection (d) takes effect, the Secretary of Defense shall no-
tify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives in writing of the transfer. 
Each notice of a transfer of funds shall include the fol-
lowing:
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(1) A detailed description of the project or activ-
ity to be supported by the transfer of funds, including 
any request of the Commander of the United States 
Pacific Command for support, urgent operational 
need, or emergent operational need to be satisfied by 
the project or activity. 
(2) The amount to be transferred and expended 
on the project or activity. 
(3) A timeline for expenditure of the transferred 
funds. 
(f) FUNDING.—Amounts for the Asia- Pacific Stability 
Initiative shall be derived from amounts authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of De-
fense for operation and maintenance by section 301 and 
available for the Asia-Pacific Stability Initiative as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4301. 
(g) DURATION OF TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The au-
thority in subsection (d) to transfer funds expires Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
(h) ASIA-PACIFIC REGION DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Asia-Pacific region’’ means the region that falls 
under the responsibility and jurisdiction of United States 
Pacific Command.
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SEC. 1262. EXPANSION OF MILITARY-TO-MILITARY ENGAGE-
MENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF BURMA. 
Section 1253(a) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3571; 
22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(6) Courses or workshops to improve the Bur-
mese military’s— 
‘‘(A) understanding of regional and global 
security issues; and 
‘‘(B) ability to adhere to international 
training standards. 
‘‘(7) Consultation, education, and training on 
maritime domain awareness. 
‘‘(8) Consultation, education, and training on 
peacekeeping operations. 
‘‘(9) Courses or workshops on combating illegal 
trafficking and migration.’’. 
SEC. 1263. AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL TO COMPACT OF 
FREE ASSOCIATION WITH PALAU. 
(a) APPROVAL
OF AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL
TO 
COMPACT.—The Compact Review Agreement and appen-
dices signed by the United States and the Republic of Palau 
on September 3, 2010, in connection with section 432 of 
the Compact of Free Association with Palau (Public Law
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99–658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note), with the funding schedule 
therein to be modified by the parties to the Agreement as 
necessary and appropriate, are approved (hereinafter the 
‘‘Agreement’’). 
(b) STATUS OF PRIOR YEAR PAYMENTS.—Amounts 
provided to the Government of Palau by the Government 
of the United States in fiscal years 2011 through 2017 shall 
also be considered as funding to implement the Agreement. 
(c) 
EXTENSION
OF
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Section 
105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
ments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 
SEC. 1264. WORKFORCE ISSUES FOR RELOCATION OF MA-
RINES TO GUAM. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009.—Subsection 
2824(c)(6)(D) of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (division B of Public Law 110– 
417; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Labor’’ each place it 
appears; and 
(2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘determines’’ 
and inserting ‘‘determine’’.
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(b) AMENDMENT TO JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVING 
THE COVENANT ESTABLISHING COMMONWEALTH OF THE 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.—Section 6(b) of the Joint 
Resolution entitled ‘‘A Joint Resolution to approve the 
‘Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States 
of America’, and for other purposes’’, approved March 24, 
1976 (48 U.S.C. 1806(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS
FOR NONIMMIGRANT 
WORKERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An alien, if otherwise quali-
fied, may, before December 31, 2023, seek admission 
to Guam as a nonimmigrant worker under section 
101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)) without counting 
against the numerical limitations set forth in section 
214(g) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)). The numerical 
limitation of such aliens may not exceed 4,000 for 
any fiscal year. An alien, if otherwise qualified, may, 
before December 31, 2023, be admitted under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act for a period of up to 
3 years to perform services or labor on Guam pursu-
ant to any agreement entered into by a prime con-
tractor or subcontractor calling for services or labor 
required for performance of the contract or sub-
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contract in direct support of all military-funded con-
struction, repairs, renovation, and facilities services 
necessary to enable the Marine Corps realignment in 
the Pacific, notwithstanding the requirement of such 
section that the service or labor be temporary. This 
subsection does not apply to any employment to be 
performed outside of Guam or the Commonwealth. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The requirements of section 2824(c) of the 
Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. note) shall 
apply to this subsection.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (b) shall take effect on the date that is 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1265. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO 
FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION OPERATIONS AND 
OVERFLIGHT 
BEYOND 
THE 
TERRITORIAL 
SEAS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Since the Declaration of Independence in 
1776, which was inspired in part as a response to a 
‘‘tyrant’’ who ‘‘plundered our seas, ravaged our 
Coasts’’ and who wrote laws ‘‘for cutting off our 
Trade with all parts of the world’’, freedom of seas
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and promotion of international commerce have been 
core security interests of the United States. 
(2) Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the 
United States establishes enumerated powers for Con-
gress, which include regulating commerce with foreign 
nations, punishing piracies and felonies committed on 
the high seas and offenses against the law of nations, 
and providing and maintaining a Navy. 
(3) For centuries, the United States has main-
tained a commitment to ensuring the right to freedom 
of navigation for all law-abiding parties in every re-
gion of the world. 
(4) In support of international law, the long-
standing United States commitment to freedom of 
navigation and ensuring the free access to sea lanes 
to promote global commerce remains a core security 
interest of the United States. 
(5) This is particularly true in areas of the 
world that are critical transportation corridors and 
key routes for global commerce, such as the South 
China Sea and the East China Sea, through which a 
significant portion of global commerce transits. 
(6) The consistent exercise of freedom of naviga-
tion operations and overflights by United States 
naval and air forces throughout the world plays a
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critical role in safeguarding the freedom of the seas 
for all lawful nations, supporting international law, 
and ensuring the continued safe passage and pro-
motion of global commerce and trade. 
(b) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to fly, sail, and operate throughout the 
oceans, seas, and airspace of the world wherever inter-
national law allows. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY.—In furtherance of 
the policy set forth in subsection (b), the Secretary of De-
fense shall— 
(1) plan and execute a robust series of routine 
and regular naval presence missions and freedom of 
navigation operations (FONOPs) throughout the 
world, including for critical transportation corridors 
and key routes for global commerce; 
(2) execute, in such critical transportation cor-
ridors, routine and regular naval presence missions 
and maritime freedom of navigation operations 
throughout the year; 
(3) in addition to the operations executed pursu-
ant to paragraph (2), execute routine and regular 
maritime freedom of navigation operations through-
out the year, in accordance with international law,
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including the use of expanded military options and 
maneuvers beyond innocent passage; and 
(4) to the maximum extent practicable, execute 
freedom of navigation operations pursuant to this 
subsection with regional partner countries and allies 
of the United States. 
SEC. 1266. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 
THE RULE OF LAW IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the South China Sea is a vitally important 
waterway for global commerce and for regional secu-
rity, with almost 30 percent of the maritime trade of 
the world transiting the South China Sea annually; 
(2) the People’s Republic of China is under-
mining regional security and prosperity and chal-
lenging international rules and norms by engaging in 
coercive activities and attempting to limit lawful for-
eign operations in the South China Sea; 
(3) a tribunal determined ‘‘that China had vio-
lated the Philippines’ sovereign rights in its exclusive 
economic zone by (a) interfering with Philippine fish-
ing and petroleum exploration, (b) constructing arti-
ficial islands and (c) failing to prevent Chinese fish-
ermen from fishing in the zone,’’ and that ‘‘Chinese 
law enforcement vessels had unlawfully created a seri-
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ous risk of collision when they physically obstructed 
Philippine vessels’’; 
(4) the arbitral tribunal award of July 2016 
stated that there is ‘‘no legal basis for China to claim 
historic rights to resources within the sea areas fall-
ing within the nine-dash line’’; and 
(5) the United States should play a vital role in 
securing the South China Sea and ensuring freedom 
of navigation and overflight for all countries by un-
dertaking freedom of navigation operations on a reg-
ular and consistent basis, as well as maintaining per-
sistent presence operations in the region. 
SEC. 1267. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED 
STATES AND JAPAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States and Japan are indispen-
sable partners in tackling global challenges, and have 
pledged significant support for efforts to counter vio-
lent extremism (including the threat of the Islamic 
State), combat the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction, prevent piracy, and assist the victims of 
conflict and disaster worldwide; 
(2) the security alliance between the United 
States and Japan has evolved considerably over many
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decades and will continue to transform as a partner-
ship, sharing greater responsibilities, dedicated to en-
suring a secure and prosperous Asia-Pacific region 
and world; 
(3) the alliance between the United States and 
Japan is essential for ensuring maritime security and 
freedom of navigation, commerce, and overflight in 
the waters of the East China Sea; 
(4) Japan, a cornerstone of peace in the Asia- 
Pacific region, stands as a strong partner of the 
United States in efforts to uphold respect for the rule 
of law and to oppose the use of coercion, intimida-
tion, or force to change the regional or global status 
quo, including in the East China Sea and the South 
China Sea, which are among the busiest waterways in 
the world; 
(5) the United States and Japan are committed 
to working together towards a world in which the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) does 
not threaten global peace and security with its weap-
ons of mass destruction and illicit activities, and in 
which it respects human rights and its people can live 
in freedom; 
(6) the alliance between the United States and 
Japan should be strengthened to maintain peace and
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stability in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, to 
confront emerging challenges, and to safeguard mari-
time security and ensure freedom of navigation, com-
merce, and overflight in the East China Sea and the 
South China Sea; 
(7) although the United States Government does 
not take a position on sovereignty of the Senkaku Is-
lands, the United States acknowledges that the islands 
are under the administration of Japan and opposes 
any unilateral actions that would seek to undermine 
their administration by Japan; and 
(8) the unilateral actions of a third party will 
not affect the United States acknowledgment of the 
administration of Japan over the Senkaku Islands, 
and the United States remains committed under the 
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security with 
Japan to respond to any armed attack in the terri-
tories under the administration of Japan. 
SEC. 1268. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 
THE UNITED STATES ALLIANCE WITH THE RE-
PUBLIC OF KOREA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Government of North Korea has repeat-
edly violated its commitments to the complete,
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verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of its nu-
clear weapons programs. 
(2) Based on its past actions, including the 
transfer of sensitive nuclear and missile technology to 
state sponsors of terrorism, North Korea poses a grave 
risk for the proliferation of nuclear weapons and 
other weapons of mass destruction. 
(3) North Korea has— 
(A) unilaterally withdrawn from the Ko-
rean War Armistice Agreement, done at Pan-
munjom, Korea, July 27, 1953; and 
(B) committed provocations against South 
Korea— 
(i) by sinking the warship Cheonan 
and killing 46 of her crew on March 26, 
2010; 
(ii) by shelling Yeonpyeong Island and 
killing 4 South Korea civilians on Novem-
ber 23, 2010; and 
(iii) 
by 
its 
involvement 
in 
the 
‘‘DarkSeoul’’ cyberattacks against the fi-
nancial and communications interests of the 
Republic of Korea on March 20, 2013.
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(4) North Korea maintains a system of brutal 
political prison camps that contain as many as 
200,000 men, women, and children, who are— 
(A) kept in atrocious living conditions with 
insufficient food, clothing, and medical care; and 
(B) under constant fear of rape, torture, or 
arbitrary execution. 
(5) The Government of North Korea has provided 
technical support and conducted destructive and coer-
cive cyberattacks including against Sony Pictures 
Entertainment and other United States persons. 
(6) The conduct of the Government of North 
Korea poses an imminent threat to— 
(A) the security of the United States and its 
allies; 
(B) the global economy; 
(C) the safety of members of the United 
States Armed Forces; 
(D) the integrity of the global financial sys-
tem; 
(E) the integrity of global nonproliferation 
programs; and 
(F) the people of North Korea.
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that, in order to achieve the peaceful disarmament of North 
Korea, the United States should— 
(1) reaffirm the commitment of the United States 
to defending our allies in the region, including 
through the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude 
Area Defense (THAAD) battery to the Republic of 
Korea, and the commitment to provide extended deter-
rence, guaranteed by the full spectrum of United 
States defense capabilities, including conventional ca-
pabilities, missile defense, and the nuclear umbrella; 
(2) support ongoing efforts to strengthen the alli-
ance between the United States and the Republic of 
Korea alliance, to protect the 28,500 members of the 
United States Armed Forces stationed on the Korean 
Peninsula, and to defend the alliance against any 
and all provocations committed by the North Korea 
regime; and 
(3) support efforts to deepen trilateral coordina-
tion and cooperation between the United States, the 
Republic of Korea, and Japan, to address the grave 
and growing threat of the ballistic missiles and nu-
clear weapons programs of North Korea.
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SEC. 1269. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EXTENDED DETER-
RENCE FOR THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND 
JAPAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the nuclear and missile program of North 
Korea is one of the most dangerous national security 
threats facing the United States today; and 
(2) given the threat posed by North Korea to our 
allies, the Republic of Korea and Japan, the Nuclear 
Posture Review that will occur this year should fully 
consider the perspectives of key allies and partners of 
the United States in East Asia, including the Repub-
lic of Korea and Japan. 
SEC. 1270. DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED 
STATES AND TAIWAN. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that United States should strengthen and enhance its long- 
standing partnership and strategic cooperation with Tai-
wan, and reinforce its commitment to the Taiwan Relations 
Act and the ‘‘Six Assurances’’ as both countries work to-
ward mutual security objectives, by— 
(1) conducting regular transfers of defense arti-
cles and defense services necessary to enable Taiwan 
to secure common interests and objectives with the 
United States, based solely on the needs of Taiwan;
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(2) assisting Taiwan in building an effective air 
defense capability consisting of a balance of fighters 
and mobile air defense systems; and 
(3) inviting Taiwan to participate in multilat-
eral training activities hosted by the United States 
that increase the credible deterrent capabilities of Tai-
wan. 
(b) REPORT ON NAVAL PORT OF CALL EXCHANGES 
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than Sep-
tember 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on 
the following: 
(A) An assessment and planning regarding 
ports of call by the United States Navy at 
Kaohsiung, or any other suitable port or ports 
on the island of Taiwan. 
(B) An assessment of the feasibility and ad-
visability of permitting the United States Pacific 
Command (PACOM) to receive ports of call by 
the navy of Taiwan in Hawaii, Guam, and 
other appropriate locations. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex.
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(3) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ 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. 
SEC. 1270A. NAVAL PORT OF CALL EXCHANGES BETWEEN 
THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN. 
The Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) reestablish regular ports of call by the United 
States Navy at Kaohsiung or any other suitable port 
or ports on the island of Taiwan; and 
(2) permit the United States Pacific Command 
(PACOM) to receive ports of call by the navy of Tai-
wan in Hawaii, Guam, and other appropriate loca-
tions. 
SEC. 1270B. PROGRAM TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSEA WAR-
FARE CAPABILITIES OF TAIWAN. 
The Secretary of Defense shall implement a program 
of technical assistance and consultation to support the ef-
forts of Taiwan to develop indigenous undersea warfare ca-
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pabilities, including vehicles and sea mines, for its military 
forces. 
SEC. 1270C. INVITATION OF TAIWAN MILITARY FORCES TO 
PARTICIPATE IN JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall invite the military 
forces of Taiwan to participate in one of the military exer-
cises known as the ‘‘Red Flag’’ exercises, conducted at 
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and Nellis Air Force Base, 
Nevada, that are conducted during the one-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1270D. REPORT ON MILITARY EXCHANGES BETWEEN 
SENIOR OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS OF THE 
UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN. 
Not later than April 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port that includes the following: 
(1) A list of actions taken to implement the rec-
ommendations contained in section 1284 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2544). 
(2) A description of future plans to implement 
the recommendations contained in section 1284 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017.
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(3) If no actions have been taken to implement 
the recommendations contained in section 1284 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 or there are no future plans to implement the 
recommendations, the reasons why. 
Subtitle F—Reports 
SEC. 1271. SUBMITTAL OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUP-
PLEMENTAL AND COST OF WAR EXECUTION 
REPORTS ON QUARTERLY BASIS. 
Subsection (c) of section 1212 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (10 U.S.C. 113 
note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) QUARTERLY SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS AND GAO 
OF CERTAIN REPORTS ON COSTS.—Not later than 45 days 
after the end of each fiscal year quarter, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
and the Comptroller General of the United States the De-
partment of Defense Supplemental and Cost of War Execu-
tion report for such fiscal year quarter.’’.
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SEC. 1272. CONSOLIDATION OF REPORTS ON UNITED 
STATES ARMED FORCES, CIVILIAN EMPLOY-
EES, AND CONTRACTORS DEPLOYED IN SUP-
PORT OF OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE 
AND OPERATION FREEDOM’S SENTINEL. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 
days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on United States 
Armed Forces, Department of Defense civilian employees, 
and Department of Defense contractor employees deployed 
in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation 
Freedom’s Sentinel. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) The total number of members of the United 
States Armed Forces, set forth by Armed Force and 
component (whether regular, National Guard, or Re-
serve), Department of Defense civilian employees, and 
Department of Defense contractor employees deployed 
in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Oper-
ation Freedom’s Sentinel for the most recent month 
for which data is available. 
(2) An estimate for the 3-month period following 
the date on which the report is submitted of the total 
number of members of the United States Armed
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Forces, set forth by Armed Force and component 
(whether regular, National Guard, or Reserve), De-
partment civilian employees, and Department con-
tractor employees to be deployed in support of Oper-
ation Inherent Resolve and Operation Freedom’s Sen-
tinel. 
(3) A description of any limitations on the num-
ber of United States Armed Forces, Department civil-
ian employees, and Department contractor employees 
deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve 
and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. 
(4) A description of military functions that are 
and are not subject to the limitations described in 
paragraph (3). 
(5) The total number of members of the United 
States Armed Forces, set forth by Armed Force and 
component (whether regular, National Guard, or Re-
serve), Department civilian employees, and Depart-
ment contractor employees deployed in support of Op-
eration Inherent Resolve or Operation Freedom’s Sen-
tinel that are not subject to the limitations described 
in paragraph (3) for the most recent month for which 
data is available. 
(6) Any changes to the limitations described in 
paragraph (3), and the rationale for such changes.
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(7) Any other matters the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(c) FORM.—If any report under subsection (a) is sub-
mitted in classified form, such report shall be accompanied 
by an unclassified summary that includes, at a minimum, 
the information required by subsection (b)(1). 
(d) SUNSET.—The requirement to submit reports 
under this section shall terminate on the earlier of— 
(1) the date on which Operation Inherent Resolve 
and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel terminate, which-
ever is later; or 
(2) the date that is five years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(e) REPEAL
OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.—Section 
1224 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1053) is repealed. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 1281. MODIFICATION OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN 
SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND FOR 
PRECISION GUIDED MUNITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 114(c)(3) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘amount available’’ and all that 
follows 
through 
‘‘$500,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘amount of obligation authority available from the
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Special Defense Acquisition Fund in any fiscal year 
after fiscal year 2017, 20 percent’’; and 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘precision guided muni-
tions’’ the following: ‘‘, and associated support equip-
ment and services,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2017. 
SEC. 1282. USE OF FUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR CER-
TAIN UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ANTI-TUNNEL 
COOPERATION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1279(b) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
8606(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) USE OF CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR RDT&E IN 
US.—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, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation activities in the United 
States in connection with such support.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED LIMITATION.—Section 
1295 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2562) is amend-
ed by striking subsection (c).
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SEC. 1283. FOREIGN MILITARY SALES LETTERS OF REQUEST 
FOR PRICING AND AVAILABILITY. 
Before delivering a formal pricing and availability re-
sponse to a foreign customer with respect to a foreign mili-
tary sale, the Department of Defense implementing agency 
shall consult with relevant United States commercial enti-
ties that would be involved in the foreign military sale case. 
If as a result of such consultation a commercial entity de-
termines that the pricing and availability factors being de-
veloped by the implementing agency are not accurate, the 
implementing agency and the commercial entity shall each 
provide a justification with respect to the differences to the 
Defense Security Cooperation Agency within 30 days of the 
implementing agency being notified of such discrepancy. 
SEC. 1284. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REAFFIRMING STRA-
TEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Since World War II, the United States has 
sought partnership and cooperation in establishing a 
rules-based international order which has resulted in 
one of the most prosperous periods of human history. 
(2) The United States is signatory to seven mu-
tual defense treaties with 56 different countries. 
(3) One of the United States defense alliances is 
the 29-nation-strong North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
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tion (NATO) which is celebrating its 68th anniver-
sary. 
(4) The United States has not faced a more di-
verse and complex array of crises and threats, includ-
ing the emergence of competitors like Russia and 
China, increasingly unstable threats from North 
Korea and Iran, and the continued threat from 
transnational violent extremist groups like the Is-
lamic State and al–Qaeda. 
(5) The strain of a decreased military budget has 
decreased capability at precisely the time when de-
mand for United States military strength has in-
creased. 
(6) Fifteen years of continuous war has stymied 
military modernization, focused training on asym-
metrical warfare over large-scale conflicts. 
(7) Secretary of Defense James Mattis stated 
that ‘‘alliances provide avenues for peace, fostering 
the conditions for economic growth with countries 
that share the same vision, while tempering the plans 
of those who would attack other nations or try to im-
pose their will over the less powerful’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that—
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(1) the United States is an ally rich nation and 
our potential competitors—such as Russia, China, 
and North Korea—are ally poor; 
(2) United States allies and partners are critical 
to defending peace and prosperity throughout the 
world; 
(3) the rules-based international order supported 
by the United States and its allies has ensured—and 
will continue to promote—an international system 
that benefits all nations; 
(4) throughout the world, the United States will 
continue to foster relationships with nations of like 
minds and beliefs; 
(5) as the United States manages multiple stra-
tegic challenges, our enduring strength remains in al-
liances such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion; and 
(6) the United States will continue to deepen al-
liances and expand them, and will take no ally for 
granted. 
SEC. 1285. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSIDERATION OF IM-
PACT OF MARINE DEBRIS IN TRADE AGREE-
MENTS. 
Recognizing that the Senate unanimously agreed to S. 
756, an Act to reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris
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Act to promote international action to reduce marine de-
bris, and for other purposes (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Save Our Seas Act of 2017’’) on August 3, 2017, Congress 
encourages the United States Trade Representative to con-
sider the impact of marine debris, particularly plastic 
waste, in relevant trade agreements entered into or nego-
tiated after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION 
SEC. 1301. SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-
DUCTION FUNDS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2018 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUC-
TION FUNDS DEFINED.—In this title, the term ‘‘fiscal year 
2018 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds’’ means the funds 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 301 and made available by the funding 
table in section 4301 for the Department of Defense Cooper-
ative Threat Reduction Program established under section 
1321 of the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711). 
(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-
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duction Program shall be available for obligation for fiscal 
years 2018, 2019, and 2020. 
SEC. 1302. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. 
Of the $324,600,000 authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 in section 
301 and made available by the funding table in section 
4301 for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Program established under section 1321 of the De-
partment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 
U.S.C. 3711), the following amounts may be obligated for 
the purposes specified: 
(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, 
$12,100,000. 
(2) 
For 
chemical 
weapons 
destruction, 
$5,000,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $17,900,000. 
(4) 
For 
cooperative 
biological 
engagement, 
$172,800,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $89,800,000. 
(6) For activities designated as Other Assess-
ments/Administrative Costs, $27,000,000.
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TITLE XIV—OTHER 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC-
TION, DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2018 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruc-
tion, Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 
4501. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized for— 
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and 
munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the De-
partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 
U.S.C. 1521); and
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(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 
of the United States that is not covered by section 
1412 of such Act. 
SEC. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for the Defense Health Program, as specified 
in the funding table in section 4501, for use of the Armed 
Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department 
of Defense in providing for the health of eligible bene-
ficiaries.
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Subtitle B—National Defense 
Stockpile 
SEC. 1411. AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF CERTAIN MATE-
RIALS FROM AND TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL 
MATERIALS FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE 
STOCKPILE. 
(a) DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to section 5(b) 
of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 
U.S.C. 98d(b)), the National Defense Stockpile Manager 
may dispose of not more than 25 short tons of materials 
transferred from another department or agency of the 
United States to the National Defense Stockpile under sec-
tion 4(b) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 98c(b)) that the National 
Defense Stockpile Manager determines is no longer required 
from the stockpile. 
(b) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Using funds available in the 
National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, the 
National Defense Stockpile Manager may acquire the 
following materials determined to be strategic and 
critical materials required to meet the defense, indus-
trial, and essential civilian needs of the United 
States: 
(A) Electrolytic manganese metal. 
(B) Antimony.
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(2) AMOUNT OF AUTHORITY.—The National De-
fense Stockpile Manager may use up to $9,000,000 in 
the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for 
acquisition of the materials specified in paragraph 
(1). 
(3) FISCAL
YEAR
LIMITATION.—The authority 
under paragraph (1) is available for purchases dur-
ing fiscal year 2018 through fiscal year 2027. 
Subtitle C—Chemical 
Demilitarization Matters 
SEC. 1421. ACQUISITION REPORTING ON MAJOR CHEMICAL 
DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAMS OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPORTING ON MAJOR PROGRAMS.—Acquisition 
reporting on each major program within the chemical de-
militarization programs of the Department of Defense, in-
cluding construction in connection with such program, 
shall— 
(1) comply with reporting guidelines for an Ac-
quisition Category 1 (ACAT 1) system; and 
(2) be reported separately from acquisition re-
porting on the other major program within the chem-
ical demilitarization programs of the Department of 
Defense.
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(b) MAJOR PROGRAM WITHIN THE CHEMICAL DEMILI-
TARIZATION PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘major program with-
in the chemical demilitarization programs of the Depart-
ment of Defense’’ means each program as follows: 
(1) Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot 
Plant program, Colorado. 
(2) Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot 
Plant program, Kentucky. 
Subtitle D—Armed Forces 
Retirement Home 
SEC. 1431. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2018 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund the sum of $64,300,000 for the operation of the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home. 
SEC. 1432. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME MATTERS. 
(a) TERMINATION OF OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES 
OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND 
READINESS.— 
(1) SENIOR MEDICAL ADVISOR.—Section 1513A 
of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 
(24 U.S.C. 413a) is amended—
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(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness,’’ in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1); and 
(B) in subsection (c)(4), by striking ‘‘the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of De-
fense’’. 
(2) OMBUDSMEN.—Section 1517(e)(2) of such 
Act (24 U.S.C. 417(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readi-
ness’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’. 
(3) INSPECTIONS.—Section 1518 of such Act (24 
U.S.C. 418) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of De-
fense’’. 
(b) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 1516 of such Act (24 
U.S.C. 416) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘15 mem-
bers,’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘15 mem-
bers.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘shall’’ and 
inserting ‘‘may’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATORS.—Section 1517(b) of such Act 
(24 U.S.C. 417(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of De-
fense.’’. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 1441. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-
ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 
LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated by section 1405 and 
available for the Defense Health Program for operation and 
maintenance, $115,500,000 may be transferred by the Sec-
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retary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense–De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstra-
tion Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of section 1704 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). For purposes 
of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, any funds so 
transferred shall be treated as amounts authorized and ap-
propriated specifically for the purpose of such a transfer. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the purposes 
of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility operations 
for which funds transferred under subsection (a) may be 
used are operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 
Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 
Federal medical facility under an operational agreement 
covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
SEC. 1442. ENHANCEMENT OF DATABASE OF EMERGENCY 
RESPONSE CAPABILITIES OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1406 of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
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(Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2436; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall 
maintain’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish and maintain’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(including cyber capabili-
ties)’’ after ‘‘emergency response capabilities’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(including units of the 
National Guard and Reserves)’’ after ‘‘identifica-
tion of the units’’. 
(b) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO KEEP DATABASE 
CURRENT.—Such section is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO KEEP DATABASE 
CURRENT.—In implementing and maintaining the data-
base required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify 
and revise the information required to be included in the 
database at least once every two years for purposes of keep-
ing the database current.’’.
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TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF 
ADDITIONAL 
APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR OVERSEAS CON-
TINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to authorize appropria-
tions for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 
to provide additional funds for overseas contingency oper-
ations being carried out by the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1502. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for the Department of Defense for overseas 
contingency operations in such amounts as may be des-
ignated as provided in section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 1503. PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for procurement accounts for the Army, the 
Navy and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense- 
wide activities, as specified in the funding table in section 
4102.
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SEC. 1504. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4202. 
SEC. 1505. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4302. 
SEC. 1506. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for military personnel, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4402. 
SEC. 1507. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4502.
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SEC. 1508. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1509. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1510. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health Program, as 
specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1521. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 
title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act. 
SEC. 1522. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.—
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(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this title for fiscal year 2018 
between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authoriza-
tions so transferred shall be merged with and be 
available for the same purposes as the authorization 
to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of author-
izations that the Secretary may transfer under the 
authority 
of 
this 
subsection 
may 
not 
exceed 
$3,500,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this 
section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
as transfers under section 1001. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer authority 
provided by this section is in addition to the transfer au-
thority provided under section 1001. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 1531. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF PRIOR AUTHORITIES AND NO-
TICE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Funds available 
to the Department of Defense for the Afghanistan Security
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Forces Fund for fiscal year 2018 shall be subject to the con-
ditions contained in subsections (b) through (g) of section 
1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428), as amend-
ed by section 1531(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111– 
383; 124 Stat. 4424). 
(b) EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION.— 
(1) ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.—Sub-
ject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may 
accept equipment that is procured using amounts in 
the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund authorized 
under this Act and is intended for transfer to the se-
curity forces of Afghanistan, but is not accepted by 
such security forces. 
(2) CONDITIONS
ON
ACCEPTANCE
OF
EQUIP-
MENT.—Before accepting any equipment under the 
authority provided by paragraph (1), the Commander 
of United States forces in Afghanistan shall make a 
determination that the equipment was procured for 
the purpose of meeting requirements of the security 
forces of Afghanistan, as agreed to by both the Gov-
ernment of Afghanistan and the United States, but is 
no longer required by such security forces or was 
damaged before transfer to such security forces.
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(3) ELEMENTS OF DETERMINATION.—In making 
a determination under paragraph (2) regarding 
equipment, the Commander of United States forces in 
Afghanistan shall consider alternatives to Secretary of 
Defense acceptance of the equipment. An explanation 
of each determination, including the basis for the de-
termination and the alternatives considered, shall be 
included in the relevant quarterly report required 
under paragraph (5). 
(4) TREATMENT AS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
STOCKS.—Equipment accepted under the authority 
provided by paragraph (1) may be treated as stocks 
of the Department of Defense upon notification to the 
congressional defense committees of such treatment. 
(5) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON EQUIPMENT DIS-
POSITION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
every 90-day period thereafter during which the 
authority provided by paragraph (1) is exer-
cised, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report de-
scribing the equipment accepted during the pe-
riod covered by such report under the following: 
(i) This subsection.
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(ii) Section 1521(b) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2575). 
(iii) Section 1531(b) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1088). 
(iv) Section 1532(b) of the Carl Levin 
and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 
3613). 
(v) Section 1531(d) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 938; 
10 U.S.C. 2302 note). 
(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include a list of all equip-
ment that was accepted during the period cov-
ered by the report and treated as stocks of the 
Department of Defense and copies of the deter-
minations made under paragraph (2), as re-
quired by paragraph (3). 
(c) SECURITY OF AFGHAN WOMEN.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds available to the 
Department of Defense for the Afghan Security Forces 
Fund for fiscal year 2018, it is the goal that 
$25,000,000, but in no event less than $10,000,000, 
shall be used for— 
(A) the recruitment, integration, retention, 
training, and treatment of women in the Afghan 
National Defense and Security Forces; and 
(B) the recruitment, training, and con-
tracting of female security personnel for future 
elections. 
(2) TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—Such 
programs and activities may include— 
(A) efforts to recruit women into the Afghan 
National Defense and Security Forces, including 
the special operations forces; 
(B) programs and activities of the Afghan 
Ministry of Defense Directorate of Human 
Rights and Gender Integration and the Afghan 
Ministry of Interior Office of Human Rights, 
Gender and Child Rights; 
(C) development and dissemination of gen-
der and human rights educational and training 
materials and programs within the Afghan Min-
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istry of Defense and the Afghan Ministry of Inte-
rior; 
(D) efforts to address harassment and vio-
lence against women within the Afghan National 
Defense and Security Forces; 
(E) improvements to infrastructure that ad-
dress the requirements of women serving in the 
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, 
including appropriate equipment for female se-
curity and police forces, and transportation for 
policewomen to their station; 
(F) support for Afghanistan National Police 
Family Response Units; and 
(G) security provisions for high-profile fe-
male police and army officers. 
(d) INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF FUND.— 
(1) QUALITY STANDARDS FOR IG PRODUCTS.— 
Except as provided in paragraph (3), each product 
published or issued by an Inspector General relating 
to the oversight of programs and activities funded 
under the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund shall be 
prepared— 
(A) in accordance with the Generally Ac-
cepted Government Auditing Standards/Govern-
ment Auditing Standards (GAGAS/GAS), as
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issued and updated by the Government Account-
ability Office; or 
(B) if not prepared in accordance with the 
standards referred to in subparagraph (A), in 
accordance with the Quality Standards for In-
spection and Evaluation issued by the Council of 
the Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi-
ciency (commonly referred to as the ‘‘CIGIE 
Blue Book’’). 
(2) SPECIFICATION OF QUALITY STANDARDS FOL-
LOWED.—Each product published or issued by an In-
spector General relating to the oversight of programs 
and activities funded under the Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund shall cite within such product the qual-
ity standards followed in conducting and reporting 
the work concerned. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Lead Inspector General for 
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel may waive the applica-
bility of paragraph (1) to a specific product relating 
to the oversight by an Inspector General of activities 
and programs funded under the Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund if the Lead Inspector General determines 
that the waiver would facilitate timely efforts to pro-
mote efficiency and effectiveness and prevent, detect, 
and deter fraud, waste, and abuse. Any product pub-
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lished or issued pursuant to a waiver under this 
paragraph shall include a statement that work for 
such product was not conducted in accordance with 
the standards referred to in paragraph (1) and an ex-
planation why such standards were not employed. 
TITLE 
XVI—STRATEGIC 
PRO-
GRAMS, CYBER, AND INTEL-
LIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
SEC. 1601. AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 135 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2279c. Air Force Space Command 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of the Air Force Space 
Command shall be the Commander of the Air Force Space 
Command, who shall be appointed in accordance with sec-
tion 601 of this title. 
‘‘(b) TERM.—The Commander shall be appointed to 
serve a term of six years, and the Secretary of Defense 
may— 
‘‘(1) terminate, or propose to extend for a period 
of four years, the term of the appointment of the Com-
mander; or
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‘‘(2) propose to promote the individual serving 
as the Commander during that term of appoint-
ment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 2279b the following new item: 
‘‘2279c. Air Force Space Command.’’. 
SEC. 1602. AIR FORCE SPACE CONTRACTOR RESPONSI-
BILITY WATCH LIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commander of the Air Force 
Space and Missile Systems Center shall establish and main-
tain a watch list of contractors with a history of poor per-
formance on space procurement or research, development, 
test, and evaluation program contracts. 
(b) BASIS FOR INCLUSION ON LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commander of the Air 
Force Space and Missile Systems Center may place a 
contractor on the watch list established under sub-
section (a) upon determining that the ability of the 
contractor to perform Air Force space contracts has 
been called into question by any of the following 
issues: 
(A) Poor performance or award fee scores 
below 50 percent. 
(B) Financial concerns. 
(C) Felony convictions or civil judgements.
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(D) Security or foreign ownership and con-
trol issues. 
(2) DISCRETION
OF
THE
COMMANDER.—The 
Commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Sys-
tems Center shall be responsible for determining 
which contractors to place on the watch list, whether 
an entire company or a specific division should be in-
cluded, and when to remove a contractor from the list. 
(c) EFFECT OF LISTING.— 
(1) PRIME CONTRACTS.—The Air Force Space 
and Missile Systems Center may not solicit an offer 
from, award a contract to, execute an engineering 
change proposal with, or exercise an option on any 
Air Force space program with a contractor included 
on the list established under subsection (a) without 
the prior approval of the Commander of the Air Force 
Space and Missile Systems Center. 
(2) SUBCONTRACTS.—A prime contractor on a 
Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center contract 
may not enter into a subcontract valued in excess of 
$3,000,000 or 5 percent of the prime contract value 
with a contractor included on the watch list estab-
lished under subsection (a) without the prior approval 
of the Commander of the Air Force Space and Missile 
Systems Center.
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(d) REQUEST FOR REMOVAL FROM LIST.—A con-
tractor may submit to the Commander a written request 
for removal from the watch list, including evidence that the 
contractor has resolved the issue that was the basis for in-
clusion on the list. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as preventing the suspension or debar-
ment of a contractor, but inclusion on the watch list shall 
not be construed as a punitive measure or de facto suspen-
sion or debarment of a contractor. 
SEC. 
1603. 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NATIONAL 
VOICE 
CONFER-
ENCING SYSTEM. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF ELEMENTS.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, all pro-
gram elements and funding for the Presidential National 
Voice Conferencing System (PNVC) shall be transferred to 
the Program Executive Office with responsibility for the 
Presidential National Voice Conferencing System. 
(b) ACQUISITION REPORTING.—Commencing not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
any reporting on the acquisition of the Presidential Na-
tional Voice Conferencing System shall comply with report-
ing guidelines for an Acquisition Category 1 (ACAT 1) sys-
tem.
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SEC. 1604. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR DELTA IV 
LAUNCH VEHICLE. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 or any 
fiscal year thereafter for the Air Force may be obligated 
to maintain infrastructure, system engineering, critical 
skills, base and range support, depreciation, or sustainment 
commodities for the Delta IV launch vehicle until the date 
on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits to the con-
gressional defense committees a certification that the Air 
Force plans to launch a satellite procured by the Air Force 
on a Delta IV launch vehicle during the 3-year period be-
ginning on the date of the certification. 
SEC. 1605. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT 
TO CLASSIFICATION OF SPACE AS A COMBAT 
DOMAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United States 
to develop, produce, field, and maintain an integrated sys-
tem of assets in response to the increasingly contested na-
ture of the space operating domain to— 
(1) ensure the resiliency of capabilities at every 
level of orbit in space; 
(2) deter or deny an attack on capabilities at 
every level of orbit in space; and
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(3) defend the territory of the United States, its 
allies, and its deployed forces across all operating do-
mains. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The United States shall im-
plement the policy set forth in subsection (a)— 
(1) in accordance with the laws of the United 
States and the obligations of the United States under 
international agreements; and 
(2) with appropriate consultation, cooperation, 
and coproduction of assets with allies and partners of 
the United States. 
SEC. 1606. LAUNCH SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE MOD-
ERNIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In support of the policy outlined 
in section 2273 of title 10, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall carry out a program to modernize 
infrastructure and improve support activities for processing 
and launch of United States national security space vehicles 
launching from Federal ranges. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The program required by this section 
shall include— 
(1) investments in infrastructure to improve op-
erations at the Eastern and Western Ranges that may 
benefit all users, to enhance the overall capabilities of
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ranges, to improve safety, and to reduce the long term 
cost of operations and maintenance; 
(2) measures to normalize processes, systems, 
and products across the Eastern and Western ranges 
to minimize the burden on launch providers; and 
(3) improvements in transparency, flexibility, 
and, responsiveness for launch scheduling. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this program, 
the Secretary should consult with current and anticipated 
users of the Eastern and Western ranges. 
(d) COOPERATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary should consider partnerships authorized under 
section 2276 of title 10, United States Code. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—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 on the plan for the implementa-
tion of the launch support and infrastructure mod-
ernization program. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of plans and the resources 
needed to improve launch support infrastructure,
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utilities, support equipment, and range oper-
ations; 
(B) a description of plans to streamline and 
normalize processes, systems, and products at the 
Eastern and Western ranges, to ensure consist-
ency for range users; and 
(C) recommendations for improving trans-
parency, flexibility, and responsiveness in launch 
scheduling. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence 
and Intelligence-Related Activities 
SEC. 1611. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN COM-
MERCIAL ACTIVITIES AS SECURITY FOR IN-
TELLIGENCE COLLECTION ACTIVITIES. 
The second sentence of section 431(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’.
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SEC. 1612. CONSIDERATION OF SERVICE BY RECIPIENTS OF 
BOREN SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS IN 
EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS AS SERVICE 
BY SUCH RECIPIENTS UNDER CAREER AP-
POINTMENTS FOR PURPOSES OF CAREER 
TENURE. 
Section 802(k) of the David L. Boren National Secu-
rity Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1902(k)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); 
(2) in paragraph (2), in the matter before sub-
paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘(3)(C)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(4)(C)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) CAREER TENURE.—In the case of an indi-
vidual whose appointment to a position in the ex-
cepted service is converted to a career or career- con-
ditional appointment under paragraph (1)(B), the 
period of service described in such paragraph shall be 
treated, for purposes of the service requirements for 
career tenure under title 5, United States Code, as if 
it were service in a position under a career or career- 
conditional appointment.’’.
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Subtitle C—Cyber Warfare, 
Cybersecurity, and Related Matters 
SEC. 1621. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES ON CYBER-
SPACE, CYBERSECURITY, AND CYBER WAR-
FARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the policy of the United 
States, with respect to matters pertaining to cyberspace, cy-
bersecurity, and cyber warfare, that the United States 
should employ all instruments of national power, including 
the use of offensive cyber capabilities, to deter if possible, 
and respond when necessary, to any and all cyber attacks 
or other malicious cyber activities that target United States 
interests with the intent to— 
(1) cause casualties among United States persons 
or persons of our allies; 
(2) significantly disrupt the normal functioning 
of United States democratic society or government 
(including attacks against critical infrastructure that 
could damage systems used to provide key services to 
the public or government); 
(3) threaten the command and control of the 
United States Armed Forces, the freedom of maneuver 
of the United States Armed Forces, or the industrial 
base or other infrastructure on which the United
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States Armed Forces rely to defend United States in-
terests and commitments; or 
(4) achieve an effect, whether individually or in 
aggregate, comparable to an armed attack or imperil 
a vital interest of the United States. 
(b) RESPONSE OPTIONS.—In carrying out the policy 
set forth in subsection (a), the United States shall plan, de-
velop, and demonstrate response options to address the full 
range of potential cyber attacks on United States interests 
that could be conducted by potential adversaries of the 
United States. 
(c) DENIAL OPTIONS.—In carrying out the policy set 
forth in subsection (a) through response options developed 
pursuant to subsection (b), the United States shall, to the 
greatest extent practicable, prioritize the defensibility and 
resiliency against cyber attacks and malicious cyber activi-
ties described in subsection (a) of infrastructure critical to 
the political integrity, economic security, and national se-
curity of the United States. 
(d) COST-IMPOSITION OPTIONS.—In carrying out the 
policy set forth in subsection (a) through response options 
developed pursuant to subsection (b), the United States shall 
develop and demonstrate, or otherwise make known to ad-
versaries of the existence of, cyber capabilities to impose 
costs on any foreign power targeting the United States or
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United States persons with a cyber attack or malicious 
cyber activity described in subsection (a). 
(e) MULTI-PRONG RESPONSE.—In carrying out the 
policy set forth in subsection (a) through response options 
developed pursuant to subsection (b), the United States 
shall— 
(1) devote immediate and sustained attention to 
boosting the cyber resilience of critical United States 
strike systems (including cyber, nuclear, and non-nu-
clear systems) in order to ensure the United States 
can credibly threaten to impose unacceptable costs in 
response to even the most sophisticated large-scale 
cyber attack; 
(2) develop offensive cyber capabilities and spe-
cific plans and strategies to put at risk targets most 
valued by adversaries of the United States and their 
key decision makers; 
(3) enhance attribution capabilities to reduce the 
time required to positively attribute an attack with 
high confidence; and 
(4) develop intelligence and offensive cyber capa-
bilities to detect, disrupt, and potentially expose mali-
cious cyber activities. 
(f) POLICIES RELATING TO OFFENSIVE CYBER CAPA-
BILITIES AND SOVEREIGNTY.—It is the policy of the United
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States that, when a cyber attack or malicious cyber activity 
transits or otherwise relies upon the networks or infrastruc-
ture of a third country— 
(1) the United States shall, to the greatest extent 
practicable, notify and encourage the government of 
that country to take action to eliminate the threat; 
and 
(2) if the government is unable or unwilling to 
take action, the United States reserves the right to act 
unilaterally (with the consent of that government if 
possible, but without such consent if necessary). 
(g) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense has 
the authority to develop, prepare, coordinate, and, 
when appropriately authorized to do so, conduct mili-
tary cyber operations in response to cyber attacks and 
malicious cyber activities described in subsection (a) 
that are carried out against the United States or 
United States persons by a foreign power. 
(2) DELEGATION
OF
ADDITIONAL
AUTHORI-
TIES.—The Secretary may delegate to the Commander 
of the United States Cyber Command such authorities 
of the Secretaries of the military departments, includ-
ing authorities relating to manning, training, and 
equipping, that the Secretary considers appropriate.
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(3) USE OF DELEGATED AUTHORITIES.—The use 
by the Commander of the United States Cyber Com-
mand of any authority delegated to the Commander 
pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the au-
thority, direction, and control of the Secretary. 
(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of 
the President or Congress to authorize the use of mili-
tary force. 
(h) FOREIGN POWER DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘foreign power’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). 
SEC. 1622. CYBER POSTURE REVIEW. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.— 
In order to clarify United States cyber deterrence policy 
and strategy for the near term, the Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a comprehensive review of the cyber posture 
of the United States for the next 5 to 10 years. The Sec-
retary shall conduct the review in consultation with the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and the 
Secretary of State. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—The cyber posture review 
shall include the following elements:
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(1) The role of cyber forces in United States 
military strategy, planning, and programming. 
(2) A declaratory policy relating to United 
States responses to cyber attack and use of offensive 
cyber capabilities, guidance for the employment of of-
fensive cyber capabilities, a public affairs plan, and 
an engagement plan for adversaries and allies. 
(3) Proposed norms for the conduct of offensive 
cyber operations in crisis and conflict. 
(4) Guidance for the development of cyber deter-
rence campaign plans focused on key leadership of 
Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and any other 
country the Secretary determines appropriate. 
(5) Examination through analysis and gaming 
of escalation dynamics in various scenarios, as well 
as the spiral escalatory effects of countries developing 
increasingly potent offensive cyber capabilities, and 
what steps should be undertaken to bolster stability in 
cyberspace and more broadly stability between major 
powers. 
(6) A certification of whether sufficient personnel 
are trained and equipped to meet validated cyber re-
quirements. 
(7) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
appropriate.
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(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than March 1, 
2018, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress, in 
unclassified and classified forms as necessary, a report on 
the results of the cyber posture review conducted under this 
section. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the United States should respond to all cyber attacks 
and to all significant cyber intrusions by imposing costs 
on those responsible that exceed any benefit that the attacker 
or intruder may have hoped to gain. 
SEC. 1623. MODIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION OF RE-
QUIREMENTS AND AUTHORITIES RELATING 
TO ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFIED COMBATANT 
COMMAND FOR CYBER OPERATIONS. 
(a) DEADLINE
FOR
ESTABLISHMENT.—Before the 
Cyber Mission Force reaches full operational capability, the 
President shall establish the unified combatant command 
for cyber operations forces pursuant to section 167b(a) of 
title 10, United State Code. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF FUNCTIONS.—Subsection (a) of 
section 167b of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the second sentence; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘With the’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
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‘‘(2) The principal functions of the cyber command are 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) To execute cyber operations. 
‘‘(B) To prepare cyber operations forces to carry 
out assigned missions.’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES.—Sub-
section (b) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘stationed 
in the United States’’. 
(d) MODIFICATION OF COMMAND OF ACTIVITY OR MIS-
SION.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(d) COMMAND OF ACTIVITY OR MISSION.—The com-
mander of the cyber command shall execute and exercise 
command of cyberspace operations and coordinate with the 
affected commanders of the unified combatant commands, 
unless otherwise directed by the President or the Secretary 
of Defense.’’. 
(e) MODIFICATION
OF AUTHORITY
OF COMBATANT 
COMMANDER.—Subsection (e)(2)(A) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (iii)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘assigned 
to unified combatant commands’’;
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(C) by redesignating subclause (II) as sub-
clause (III); and 
(D) by inserting after subclause (I) the fol-
lowing new subclause (II): 
‘‘(II) for development and acquisition of 
joint cyber capabilities; and’’; 
(2) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘joint’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘cyber operations’’; and 
(3) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘commissioned and 
noncommissioned officers’’ and inserting ‘‘cyber oper-
ations forces’’. 
SEC. 1624. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF CYBER RESILIENCY OF 
NUCLEAR COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 24 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 499. Annual assessment of cyber resiliency of nu-
clear command and control system 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than annually, 
the Commander of the United States Strategic Command 
and the Commander of the United States Cyber Command 
(in this section referred to collectively as the ‘Commanders’) 
shall jointly conduct an assessment of the cyber resiliency 
of the nuclear command and control system.
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‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the assessment re-
quired by subsection (a), the Commanders shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct an assessment of the sufficiency and 
resiliency of the nuclear command and control system 
to operate through a cyber attack from the Russian 
Federation, the People’s Republic of China, or any 
other country or entity the Commanders identify as 
a potential threat; and 
‘‘(2) develop recommendations for mitigating 
any concerns of the Commanders resulting from the 
assessment. 
‘‘(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—(1) The Commanders shall 
jointly submit to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
for submission to the Council on Oversight of the National 
Leadership Command, Control, and Communications Sys-
tem established under section 171a of this title (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘Council’), a report on the assessment 
required by subsection (a) that includes the following: 
‘‘(A) The recommendations developed under sub-
section (b)(2). 
‘‘(B) A statement of the degree of confidence of 
each of the Commanders in the mission assurance of 
the nuclear deterrent against a top tier cyber threat. 
‘‘(C) A detailed description of the approach used 
to conduct the assessment required by subsection (a)
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and the technical basis of conclusions reached in con-
ducting that assessment. 
‘‘(D) Any other comments of the Commanders. 
‘‘(2) The Council shall submit to the Secretary of De-
fense the report required by paragraph (1) and any com-
ments of the Council on the report. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees the report required by para-
graph (1), any comments of the Council on the report under 
paragraph (2), and any comments of the Secretary on the 
report. 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—This section shall terminate on 
the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2018.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 24 of such title is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 498 the following new item: 
‘‘499. Annual assessment of cyber resiliency of nuclear command and control sys-
tem.’’. 
SEC. 1625. STRATEGIC CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish a program to be known as the ‘‘Strategic Cybersecu-
rity Program’’ or ‘‘SCP’’ (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Program’’).
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The Program shall be comprised of 
personnel assigned to the Program by the Secretary from 
among personnel, including regular and reserve members 
of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of the Department, 
and personnel of the research laboratories of the Department 
of Defense and the Department of Energy, who have par-
ticular expertise in the responsibility to be discharged by 
the Program. Any personnel assigned to the Program from 
among personnel of the Department of Energy shall be so 
assigned with the concurrence of the Secretary of Energy. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The responsibility of the Pro-
gram shall be to carry out activities (commonly re-
ferred to as ‘‘red-teaming’’) to continuously assess the 
information assurance and improve the overall effec-
tiveness of the following of the United States Govern-
ment: 
(A) Offensive cyber systems. 
(B) Long-range strike systems. 
(C) Nuclear deterrent systems. 
(D) National security systems. 
(E) Critical infrastructure of the Depart-
ment of Defense (as that term is defined in sec-
tion 1650(f)(1) of the National Defense Author-
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ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114–329)). 
(2) SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY.—In carrying out 
its activities, the Program shall carry out appro-
priate reviews of current systems and infrastructure 
and acquisition plans for proposed systems and infra-
structure. The review of an acquisition plan for any 
proposed system or infrastructure shall be carried out 
before Milestone B approval for such system or infra-
structure. 
(3) RESULTS OF REVIEWS.—The results of each 
review carried out by the Program pursuant to para-
graph (2), including any remedial action rec-
ommended by the Program pursuant to such review, 
shall be made available to any agencies or organiza-
tions of the Department involved in the development, 
procurement, operation, or maintenance of the system 
or infrastructure concerned. 
(d) REPORTS.—The Director of the National Security 
Agency shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the con-
gressional defense committees on a quarterly basis a report 
on the activities of the Program during the preceding cal-
endar quarter. Each report shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the activities of the Program 
during the calendar quarter covered by such report.
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(2) A description of particular challenges en-
countered in the course of the activities of the Pro-
gram during such calendar quarter, and of actions 
taken to address such challenges. 
(3) A description of the current plans of the Pro-
gram for additional activities. 
(e) FUNDING.—Of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2018 for operation and maintenance, 
Defense-wide, by section 301 and available for the Informa-
tion Systems Security Program as specified in the funding 
table in section 4301, up to $100,000,000 may be available 
for the Strategic Cybersecurity Program and its activities 
in fiscal year 2018. 
(f) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the activities conducted under the Program should ad-
dress the most critical systems of the Department of Defense 
and should supplement, not supplant, the Cyber Protection 
Teams of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 1626. EVALUATION OF AGILE ACQUISITION OF CYBER 
TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS. 
(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—The Commander of the 
United States Cyber Command shall conduct an evaluation 
of alternative methods for developing, acquiring, and main-
taining software-based cyber tools and applications for the 
United States Cyber Command, the Army Cyber Command,
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the Fleet Cyber Command, the Air Forces Cyber Command, 
and the Marine Corps Cyberspace Command. 
(b) GOAL.—The goal of the evaluation required by sub-
section (a) is to identify a set of practices that will— 
(1) increase the speed of development of cyber ca-
pabilities of the Armed Forces; 
(2) provide more effective tools and capabilities 
for developing, acquiring, and maintaining cyber 
tools and applications; and 
(3) create a repeatable, disciplined process for 
developing, acquiring, and maintaining cyber tools 
and applications whereby progress and success or 
failure can be continuously measured. 
(c) CONSIDERATION OF AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOP-
MENT, AGILE ACQUISITION, AND OTHER BEST PRAC-
TICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The evaluation required by 
subsection (a) shall include consideration of agile soft-
ware development, agile acquisition, and such other 
similar best practices of commercial industry. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the eval-
uation required by subsection (a), the Commander 
shall assess requirements for implementing the prac-
tices described in paragraph (1), consider changes
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that would be necessary to established acquisition 
practices, including the following: 
(A) The requirements process. 
(B) Contracting. 
(C) Testing. 
(D) User involvement in the development 
process. 
(E) Program management. 
(F) Milestone reviews and approvals. 
(G) The definitions of ‘‘research and devel-
opment’’, ‘‘procurement’’, and ‘‘sustainment’’. 
(H) The constraints of current appropria-
tions account definitions. 
(d) ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION RE-
QUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the evaluation required by 
subsection (a), the Commander shall assess training and 
education requirements for personnel in all areas and at 
all levels of management relevant to the successful adoption 
of new acquisition models and methods for developing, ac-
quiring, and maintaining cyber tools and applications as 
described in such subsection. 
(e) SERVICES AND EXPERTISE.—In conducting the 
evaluation required by subsection (a), the Commander 
shall— 
(1) obtain services and expertise from—
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(A) the Defense Digital Service; and 
(B) federally funded research and develop-
ment centers, such as the Software Engineering 
Institute and the MITRE Corporation; and 
(2) consult with such commercial software com-
panies as the Commander considers appropriate to 
learn about commercial best practices. 
(f) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander 
shall submit to the Secretary of Defense recommenda-
tions for experimenting with or adopting new acquisi-
tion methods, including all aspects of implementation 
necessary for the success of the recommended methods. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 
14 days after submitting recommendations to the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1), the Commander shall 
brief the congressional defense committees on the rec-
ommendations the Commander submitted under para-
graph (1). 
(g) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY.—The 
evaluation required under subsection (a) is intended to in-
form future acquisition approaches. Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to limit or impede the exercising of the 
acquisition authority of the Commander of United States
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Cyber Command under section 807 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114– 
92; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note). 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘agile acquisition’’ means acquisi-
tion pursuant to a methodology for delivering mul-
tiple, rapid, incremental capabilities to the user for 
operational use, evaluation, and feedback. The incre-
mental development and fielding of capabilities, com-
monly called ‘‘spirals’’, ‘‘spins’’, or ‘‘sprints’’, can be 
measured in a few weeks or months, and involve con-
tinuous participation and collaboration by users, test-
ers, and requirements authorities. 
(2) The term ‘‘agile development’’ means develop-
ment pursuant to a set of software development meth-
odologies based on iterative development, in which re-
quirements and solutions evolve through collaboration 
between self-organizing cross-functional teams. 
SEC. 1627. REPORT ON COST IMPLICATIONS OF TERMI-
NATING DUAL-HAT ARRANGEMENT FOR COM-
MANDER OF UNITED STATES CYBER COM-
MAND. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Commander of the United States Cyber 
Command shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
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tees a report that identifies the costs that would be impli-
cated by meeting the conditions set forth in section 
1642(b)(2)(C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328). 
SEC. 1628. MODIFICATION OF INFORMATION ASSURANCE 
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 2200a of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM.—A program under 
which the Secretary provides financial assistance under 
subsection (a) shall be known as the ‘Department of Defense 
Cybersecurity Scholarship Program’.’’. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.—Subsection (f) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Not less’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) Not less than five percent of the amount available 
for financial assistance under this section for a fiscal year 
shall be available for providing financial assistance for the 
pursuit of an associate degree.’’. 
(c) REINVIGORATION PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later 
than September 30, 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a plan for rein-
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vigorating the Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship 
Program authorized under section 2200a of such title, as 
amended by subsections (a) and (b). 
SEC. 1629. MEASURING COMPLIANCE OF COMPONENTS OF 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WITH CYBERSE-
CURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURING IN-
DUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
make such changes to the scorecard as are necessary to en-
sure that the Secretary measures each component of the De-
partment of Defense in its progress towards securing the 
industrial control systems of the Department against cyber 
threats, including supervisory control and data acquisition 
systems (SCADA), distributed control systems (DCS), pro-
grammable logic controllers (PLC), and platform informa-
tion technology (PIT). 
(b) SCORECARD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘scorecard’’ means the Department of Defense Cyber Score-
card for the measuring of the performance of components 
of the Department against basic cybersecurity requirements 
as outlined in the Department of Defense Cybersecurity Dis-
cipline Implementation Plan.
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SEC. 1630. EXERCISE ON ASSESSING CYBERSECURITY SUP-
PORT TO ELECTION SYSTEMS OF STATES. 
(a) INCLUSION OF CYBER VULNERABILITIES IN ELEC-
TION SYSTEMS IN CYBER GUARD EXERCISES.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall incorporate the cybersecurity of elec-
tions systems of the States as a component of the Cyber 
Guard Exercise. 
(b) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the capabilities, readiness, and best 
practices of the National Guard to assist the Governors, if 
called upon, to defend elections systems from cyberattacks. 
SEC. 1630A. REPORT ON VARIOUS APPROACHES TO CYBER 
DETERRENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 re-
port on various approaches to cyber deterrence. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) Identification, definition, and explanation of 
the various theoretical approaches to cyber deterrence. 
(2) An assessment of the relative strengths and 
weaknesses of each of such approaches relative to the 
threat and relative to one another.
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(3) A recommendation for a cyber deterrence the-
ory and doctrine for the Armed Forces. 
(4) An alternative analysis or dissenting view of 
the recommendation included under paragraph (3) 
that explains the weaknesses of the recommended the-
ory and doctrine and offers an alternative theory or 
doctrine. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report required 
by subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with experts 
from the Government, industry, and academia. 
SEC. 1630B. PROHIBITION ON USE OF SOFTWARE PLAT-
FORMS DEVELOPED BY KASPERSKY LAB. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No department, agency, organiza-
tion, or other element of the Department of Defense may 
use, whether directly or through work with or on behalf of 
another organization or element of the Department or an-
other department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment, any software platform developed, in whole or in part, 
by Kaspersky Lab or any entity of which Kaspersky Lab 
has a majority ownership. 
(b) SEVERANCE
OF NETWORK CONNECTIONS.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any network connec-
tion between a department, agency, organization, or other 
element of the Department of Defense and a department or 
agency of the United States Government that is using or
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hosting on its networks a software platform described in 
subsection (a) is immediately severed. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on October 1, 2018. 
SEC. 
1630C. 
REPORT 
ON 
CYBER 
APPLICATIONS 
OF 
BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, in consultation with the heads of such other 
agencies and departments as the Secretary considers appro-
priate, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report on the potential offensive and defensive cyber 
applications of blockchain technology and other distributed 
database technologies and an assessment of efforts by foreign 
powers, extremist organizations, and criminal networks to 
utilize these technologies. Such report shall also include an 
assessment of the use or planned use of blockchain tech-
nologies by the United States Government or critical infra-
structure networks and the vulnerabilities of such networks 
to cyber attacks. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by (a) 
may be submitted— 
(1) in classified form; or 
(2) in unclassified form with 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 Select 
Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate; and 
(2) Committee on Armed Services, the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
SEC. 1631. COLLECTION, STORAGE, AND SHARING OF DATA 
RELATING TO NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTER-
PRISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 24 of title 10, United 
States Code, as amended by section 1624, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 499a. Collection, storage, and sharing of data relat-
ing to nuclear security enterprise 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Eval-
uation, and the Administrator for Nuclear Security, acting 
through the Director for Cost Estimating and Program 
Evaluation, shall jointly collect and store cost, pro-
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grammatic, and technical data relating to programs and 
projects of the nuclear security enterprise. 
‘‘(b) SHARING OF DATA.—If the Director of Cost As-
sessment and Program Evaluation or the Director for Cost 
Estimating and Program Evaluation requests data relating 
to programs or projects from any element of the Department 
of Defense or from any element of the nuclear security enter-
prise of the National Nuclear Security Administration, that 
element shall provide that data in a timely manner. 
‘‘(c) STORAGE OF DATA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Data collected by the Direc-
tor of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation and 
the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Eval-
uation under this section shall be— 
‘‘(A) stored in the data storage system of the 
Defense Cost and Resource Center or in a data 
storage system of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration that is equivalent to the data 
storage system of the Defense Cost and Resource 
Center; and 
‘‘(B) made accessible to other Federal agen-
cies as such Directors consider appropriate. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
RESOURCES.—The Sec-
retary and the Administrator shall ensure that the 
Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
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and the Director for Cost Estimating and Program 
Evaluation have sufficient information system sup-
port, as determined by such Directors, to facilitate the 
timely hosting, handling, and sharing of data relating 
to programs and projects of the nuclear security en-
terprise under this section at the appropriate level of 
classification. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH OFFICE OF NAVAL RE-
ACTORS.—The Deputy Administrator for Naval Reac-
tors of the National Nuclear Security Administration 
shall coordinate with the Director of Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation and the Director for Cost 
Estimating and Program Evaluation to ensure that 
data relating to programs and projects of the Office 
of Naval Reactors are correctly represented in the 
data storage system of the Defense Cost and Resource 
Center and the data storage system of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration described in para-
graph (1)(A). 
‘‘(d) CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator shall ensure that any contract relating 
to a program or project of the nuclear security enterprise 
that is entered into on or after the date of the enactment 
of this section includes—
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‘‘(1) requirements and standards for data collec-
tion; and 
‘‘(2) requirements for reporting on cost, pro-
grammatic, and technical data using procedures, 
standards, and formats approved by the Director of 
Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation and the 
Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evalua-
tion. 
‘‘(e) NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘nuclear security enterprise’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 4002 of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 24 of such title is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 499, as added by section 1624, the 
following new item: 
‘‘499a. Collection, storage, and sharing of data relating to nuclear security enter-
prise.’’. 
SEC. 1632. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES FOR IMPLE-
MENTATION OF NUCLEAR ENTERPRISE RE-
VIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall issue a final Department of Defense Instruction estab-
lishing procedures for the long-term implementation of the 
recommendations contained in the Independent Review of
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the Department of Defense Nuclear Enterprise, dated June 
2, 2014. 
(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
submit the final instruction required by subsection (a) to 
the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days 
after issuing the instruction. 
(c) REVIEW BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF-
FICE.—Not later than 90 days after the Secretary issues 
the final instruction required by subsection (a), the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report reviewing the in-
struction for its consistency with the recommendations con-
tained in the report of the Government Accountability Of-
fice entitled, ‘‘Defense Nuclear Enterprise: DOD has Estab-
lished Processes for Implementing and Tracking Rec-
ommendations to Improve Leadership Morale and Oper-
ations’’, dated July 14, 2016 (GAO–16–957R). 
SEC. 1633. PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PARTS 
OF INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 1502(a) of title 31, United States Code, of the amount 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2018 by sec-
tion 101 and available for Missile Procurement, Air Force, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4101, $6,334,000 
shall be available for the procurement of covered parts pur-
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suant to contracts entered into under section 1645(a) of the 
Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3651). 
(b) COVERED PARTS DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered parts’’ means commercially available off-the- 
shelf items as defined in section 104 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 1634. EXECUTION AND PROGRAMMATIC OVERSIGHT OF 
NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMU-
NICATIONS PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Of-
ficer of the Department of Defense, as Executive Secretary 
of the Council on Oversight of the National Leadership 
Command, Control, and Communications System estab-
lished under section 171a of title 10, United States Code 
(or a successor to the Chief Information Officer assigned 
responsibility for policy, oversight, guidance, and coordina-
tion for nuclear command and control systems), shall, in 
coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition and Sustainment, develop a database relating to the 
execution of all nuclear command, control, and communica-
tions acquisition programs of the Department of Defense 
with an approved Materiel Development Decision. The
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database shall be updated not less frequently than annually 
and upon completion of a major program element of such 
a program. 
(b) DATABASE ELEMENTS.—The database required by 
subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following 
elements for each program described in that subsection, con-
sistent with Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02: 
(1) Projected dates for Milestones A, B and C, 
including cost thresholds and objectives for major ele-
ments of life cycle cost. 
(2) Projected dates for program design reviews 
and critical design reviews. 
(3) Projected dates for developmental and oper-
ation tests. 
(4) Projected dates for initial operational capa-
bility and final operational capability. 
(5) An acquisition program baseline. 
(6) Program acquisition unit cost and average 
procurement unit cost. 
(7) Contract type. 
(8) Key performance parameters. 
(9) Key system attributes. 
(10) A risk register. 
(11) Technology readiness levels. 
(12) Manufacturing readiness levels.
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(13) Integration readiness levels. 
(14) Any other critical elements that affect the 
stability of the program. 
(c) BRIEFINGS.—The co-chairs of the Council on Over-
sight of the National Leadership Command, Control, and 
Communications System shall brief the congressional de-
fense committees on the status of the database required by 
subsection (a)— 
(1) not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act; and 
(2) upon completion of the database. 
SEC. 1635. MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO NONCOMPLIANCE 
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION WITH ITS OB-
LIGATIONS UNDER THE INF TREATY. 
(a) STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES POLICY.—It is the 
policy of the United States that, for so long as the Russian 
Federation remains in noncompliance with the INF Treaty, 
the United States should take actions to bring the Russian 
Federation back into compliance, including— 
(1) providing additional funds for the activities 
and systems identified in section 1243(d) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1062); and 
(2) the establishment of a research and develop-
ment program for a dual-capable road-mobile ground-
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launched missile system with a maximum range of 
5,500 kilometers. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the cost and schedule for, and feasibility 
of, modifying United States missile systems in existence as 
of such date of enactment for ground launch with a range 
of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers, including the Toma-
hawk Cruise Missile, the Standard Missile-3, the Standard 
Missile-6, the Long-Range Stand-Off Cruise Missile, and 
the Army Tactical Missile System, as compared with the 
cost and schedule for, and feasibility of, developing a new 
ground-launched missile using new technology with the 
same range. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—None of 
the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or other-
wise made available for fiscal year 2018 for a research and 
development program for a dual-capable road-mobile 
ground-launched missile system with a maximum range of 
5,500 kilometers may be obligated or expended until the re-
port required by subsection (b) is received by the congres-
sional defense committees. 
(d) INF TREATY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘INF Treaty’’ means the Treaty between the United States
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of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 
the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter- 
Range Missiles, signed at Washington December 8, 1987, 
and entered into force June 1, 1988. 
SEC. 1636. CERTIFICATION THAT THE NUCLEAR POSTURE 
REVIEW 
ADDRESSES 
DETERRENT 
EFFECT 
AND OPERATION OF UNITED STATES NU-
CLEAR FORCES IN CURRENT AND FUTURE SE-
CURITY ENVIRONMENTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that, between the publi-
cation of the Nuclear Posture Review in 2010 and the date 
of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) North Korea has— 
(A) conducted at least three nuclear tests; 
(B) tested missiles that may be capable of 
reaching United States territory in the Pacific 
Ocean; and 
(C) continued to develop a missile that 
could strike targets in the United States home-
land; 
(2) the Russian Federation has— 
(A) not complied with either the spirit or 
the letter of bilateral treaties with the United 
States related to nuclear weapons;
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(B) continued to expand and diversify its 
arsenal of non-strategic nuclear weapons; 
(C) threatened to add allies of the United 
States hosting missile defense shields to its list of 
nuclear targets; and 
(D) demonstrated willful disregard for the 
sovereign territory of a neighboring country; 
(3) Iran has— 
(A) according to the International Atomic 
Energy Agency, exceeded limits on sensitive ma-
terials under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
Action, agreed to at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by 
Iran and by the People’s Republic of China, 
France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the 
United Kingdom, and the United States; and 
(B) continued to advance a ballistic missile 
program that has been condemned by the United 
Nations; 
(4) the People’s Republic of China has— 
(A) built up military outposts on artificial 
islands in the South China Sea; 
(B) mass-produced missiles capable of strik-
ing United States aircraft carriers and military 
installations in the Pacific;
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(C) expanded its delivery systems to include 
ballistic missile submarines, which can hold the 
United States homeland at risk and potentially 
can destabilize the strategic stability of Southeast 
Asia; and 
(D) continued to test anti-satellite weapons, 
according to the Department of State; and 
(5) advances in technology and capabilities re-
lated to the cyber domain, applications of artificial 
intelligence, and space have further complicated the 
delicate balance of deterrence that has been in place 
since the Cold War. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) given the developments in the international 
security environment described in subsection (a), it is 
critical to the national security of the United States 
to maintain a nuclear force that is effective for both 
deterrence of adversaries and assurance of allies of the 
United States; 
(2) an effective force for deterrence and assur-
ance should be flexible, in order to respond to different 
contingencies, as well as resilient, to operate as 
planned under stress; and
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(3) in order to do so, the United States should 
continue to pursue the timely modernization of all 
three legs of the nuclear triad, the Long-Range Stand- 
Off weapon, tactical nuclear capabilities, and nuclear 
command and control systems, as well as weapons 
and infrastructure maintained by the National Nu-
clear Security Administration. 
(c) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 
days after completing the first Nuclear Posture Review after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a certification that the Nuclear Posture Review accounts 
for— 
(1) with respect to the nuclear capabilities of the 
United States as of such date of enactment— 
(A) the ability of such capabilities to deter 
adversaries of the United States that possess nu-
clear weapons or may possess such weapons in 
the future; 
(B) the ability of the United States to oper-
ate in a major regional conflict that involves nu-
clear weapons; 
(C) the ability and preparedness of forward- 
deployed members of the Armed Forces to operate 
in a nuclear environment; and
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(D) weapons, equipment, and training or 
conduct that would improve the abilities de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C); 
(2) with respect to the nuclear capabilities of the 
United States projected over the 10-year period begin-
ning on such date of enactment— 
(A) the projected ability of such capabilities 
to deter adversaries of the United States that 
possess nuclear weapons or may possess such 
weapons in the future; 
(B) the projected ability of the United 
States to operate in a major regional conflict 
that involves nuclear weapons; 
(C) the projected ability and preparedness 
of forward-deployed members of the Armed 
Forces to operate in a nuclear environment; and 
(D) weapons, equipment, and training or 
conduct that would improve the abilities de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C); and 
(3) any actions that could be taken by the Sec-
retary of Defense or the Administrator for Nuclear 
Security in the near and medium terms to decrease 
the risk posed by possible additional changes to the se-
curity environment related to nuclear weapons in the 
future.
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(d) FORM OF CERTIFICATION.—The certification re-
quired by subsection (c) may be submitted to the congres-
sional defense committees in classified form. 
SEC. 1637. PLAN TO MANAGE INTEGRATED TACTICAL WARN-
ING AND ATTACK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND 
MULTI-DOMAIN SENSORS. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall develop a plan to manage the Air Force 
missile warning elements of the Integrated Tactical Warn-
ing and Attack Assessment System as a weapon system con-
sistent with Air Force Policy Directive 10–9, entitled ‘‘Lead 
Command Designation and Responsibilities for Weapon 
Systems’’ and dated March 8, 2007. 
(b) MULTI-DOMAIN SENSOR MANAGEMENT AND EX-
PLOITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The plan required by sub-
section (a) shall include a long-term plan to manage 
all available sensors for multi-domain exploitation 
against modern and emergent threats in order to pro-
vide comprehensive support for integrated tactical 
warning and attack assessment, missile defense, and 
space situational awareness.
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(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—In 
developing the plan required by paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) coordinate with the Secretary of the 
Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Director of 
the Missile Defense Agency, and the Director of 
the National Reconnaissance Office; and 
(B) solicit comments on the plan, if any, 
from the Commander of the United States Stra-
tegic Command and the Commander of the 
United States Northern Command. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 14 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees— 
(1) the plan required by subsection (a); and 
(2) the comments from the Commander of the 
United States Strategic Command and the Com-
mander of the United States Northern Command, if 
any, on the plan required by subsection (b)(1). 
SEC. 1638. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT 
TO 
STRATEGIC 
RADIATION 
HARDENED 
TRUSTED FOUNDRY. 
Not later than December 31, 2020, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
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a certification that a strategic radiation hardened trusted 
foundry, consistent with Department of Defense Instruction 
5200.44, is operational and capable of supplying necessary 
microelectronic components for necessary radiation envi-
ronments involved with the acquisition of delivery systems 
for nuclear weapons. 
SEC. 1639. REQUIREMENTS FOR NUCLEAR POSTURE RE-
VIEW. 
(a) INCORPORATION
OF STAKEHOLDER VIEWS.—In 
preparing the Nuclear Posture Review, the Secretary of De-
fense shall fully incorporate input and views from all rel-
evant stakeholders in the United States Government, includ-
ing the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Ad-
ministrator for Nuclear Security, and the heads of compo-
nents of the Department of State, the Department of En-
ergy, and the National Nuclear Security Administration 
with responsibility for negotiating and verifying compli-
ance with international arms control initiatives. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of Defense shall en-
sure that— 
(1) the Nuclear Posture Review is submitted, in 
its entirety, to the President and the congressional de-
fense committees; and 
(2) an unclassified version of the Nuclear Pos-
ture Review is made available to the public.
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SEC. 1640. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NUCLEAR POSTURE RE-
VIEW. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Nuclear Posture 
Review should— 
(1) take into account the obligations of the 
United States under treaties ratified by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate; and 
(2) examine the tools required to sustain the 
stockpile stewardship program under section 4201 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521) in 
the future to ensure the safety, security, and effective-
ness of the nuclear arsenal of the United States. 
Subtitle E—Missile Defense 
Programs 
SEC. 1651. IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE 
SYSTEM AND ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE 
DEFENSE PROGRAM CO-DEVELOPMENT AND 
CO-PRODUCTION. 
(a) IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE 
SYSTEM.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the funds au-
thorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2018 for procurement, 
Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense 
Agency, not more than $92,000,000 may be provided 
to the Government of Israel to procure Tamir inter-
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ceptors for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense 
system through co-production of such interceptors in 
the United States by industry of the United States. 
(2) CONDITIONS.— 
(A) 
AGREEMENT.—Funds 
described 
in 
paragraph (1) for the Iron Dome short-range 
rocket defense program shall be available subject 
to the terms and conditions in the Agreement Be-
tween the Department of Defense of the United 
States of America and the Ministry of Defense of 
the State of Israel Concerning Iron Dome De-
fense System Procurement, signed on March 5, 
2014, as amended to include co-production for 
Tamir interceptors. In negotiations by the Mis-
sile Defense Agency and the Missile Defense Or-
ganization of the Government of Israel regarding 
such production, the goal of the United States is 
to maximize opportunities for co-production of 
the Tamir interceptors described in paragraph 
(1) in the United States by industry of the 
United States. 
(B) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 
days prior to the initial obligation of funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Director of the 
Missile Defense Agency and the Under Secretary
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of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall 
jointly submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
(i) a certification that the amended bi-
lateral international agreement specified in 
subparagraph (A) is being implemented as 
provided in such agreement; and 
(ii) an assessment detailing any risks 
relating to the implementation of such 
agreement. 
(b) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM, DAVID’S
SLING
WEAPON
SYSTEM
CO-PRODUC-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), of 
the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 for procurement, Defense-wide, and available for 
the 
Missile 
Defense 
Agency 
not 
more 
than 
$120,000,000 may be provided to the Government of 
Israel to procure the David’s Sling Weapon System, 
including for co-production of parts and components 
in the United States by United States industry. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a certifi-
cation that—
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(A) the Government of Israel has dem-
onstrated the successful completion of the knowl-
edge points, technical milestones, and production 
readiness reviews required by the research, devel-
opment, and technology agreement and the bilat-
eral co-production agreement for the David’s 
Sling Weapon System; 
(B) funds specified in paragraph (1) will be 
provided on the basis of a one-for-one cash match 
made by Israel or in another matching amount 
that otherwise meets best efforts (as mutually 
agreed to by the United States and Israel); and 
(C) the level of co-production of parts, com-
ponents, and all-up rounds (if appropriate) in 
the United States by United States industry for 
the David’s Sling Weapon System is not less 
than 50 percent. 
(c) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM, ARROW 3 UPPER TIER INTERCEPTOR PROGRAM CO- 
PRODUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) and 
(3), of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for procurement, Defense-wide, and 
available for the Missile Defense Agency not more 
than $120,000,000 may be provided to the Govern-
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ment of Israel for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor 
Program, including for co-production of parts and 
components in the United States by United States in-
dustry. 
(2) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—None of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1) may 
be obligated or expended until 30 days after the suc-
cessful completion of two flight tests at a test range 
in the United States to validate Arrow Weapon Sys-
tem capabilities and interoperability with ballistic 
missile system components of the United States. 
(3) CERTIFICATION.— 
(A) CRITERIA.—Except as provided by 
paragraph (4), the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a cer-
tification that— 
(i) the Government of Israel has dem-
onstrated the successful completion of the 
knowledge points, technical milestones, and 
production readiness reviews required by 
the research, development, and technology 
agreements for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier De-
velopment Program;
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(ii) funds specified in paragraph (1) 
will be provided on the basis of a one-for- 
one cash match made by Israel or in an-
other matching amount that otherwise meets 
best efforts (as mutually agreed to by the 
United States and Israel); 
(iii) the United States has entered into 
a bilateral international agreement with 
Israel that establishes, with respect to the 
use of such funds— 
(I) in accordance with clause (iv), 
the terms of co-production of parts and 
components on the basis of the greatest 
practicable co-production of parts, 
components, and all-up rounds (if ap-
propriate) by United States industry 
and minimizes nonrecurring engineer-
ing and facilitization expenses to the 
costs needed for co-production; 
(II) complete transparency on the 
requirement of Israel for the number of 
interceptors and batteries that will be 
procured, including with respect to the 
procurement plans, acquisition strat-
egy, and funding profiles of Israel;
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(III) technical milestones for co- 
production of parts and components 
and procurement; 
(IV) a joint affordability working 
group to consider cost reduction initia-
tives; and 
(V) joint approval processes for 
third-party sales; and 
(iv) the level of co-production described 
in clause (iii)(I) for the Arrow 3 Upper 
Tier Interceptor Program is not less than 
50 percent. 
(4) WAIVER.—The Under Secretary may waive 
the certification required by paragraph (3) if the 
Under Secretary certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that the Under Secretary has re-
ceived sufficient data from the Government of Israel 
to demonstrate— 
(A) the funds specified in paragraph (1) are 
provided to Israel solely for funding the procure-
ment of long-lead components and critical hard-
ware in accordance with a production plan, in-
cluding a funding profile detailing Israeli con-
tributions for production, including long-lead
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production, of the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Inter-
ceptor Program; 
(B) such long-lead components have success-
fully completed knowledge points, technical mile-
stones, and production readiness reviews; and 
(C) the long-lead procurement will be con-
ducted in a manner that maximizes co-produc-
tion in the United States without incurring non-
recurring engineering activity or cost other than 
such activity or cost required for suppliers of the 
United States to start or restart production in 
the United States. 
(d) NUMBER.—In carrying out paragraph (2) of sub-
section (b) and paragraph (3) of subsection (c), the Under 
Secretary may submit— 
(1) one certification covering both the David’s 
Sling Weapon System and the Arrow 3 Upper Tier 
Interceptor Program; or 
(2) separate certifications for each respective sys-
tem. 
(e) TIMING.—The Under Secretary shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees the certifications under 
paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and paragraph (3) of sub-
section (c) by not later than 60 days before the funds speci-
fied in paragraph (1) of subsections (b) and (c) for the re-
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spective system covered by the certification are provided to 
the Government of Israel. 
(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1652. DEVELOPMENT OF PERSISTENT SPACE-BASED 
SENSOR ARCHITECTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Unless otherwise directed or rec-
ommended by the Ballistic Missile Defense Review 
(BMDR), the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall 
develop, using sound acquisition practices, a highly reliable 
and cost-effective persistent space-based sensor architecture 
capable of supporting the ballistic missile defense system. 
(b) TESTING AND DEPLOYMENT.—The Director shall 
ensure that the sensor architecture developed under sub-
section (a) is rigorously tested before final production deci-
sions or operational deployment. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The sensor architecture developed 
under subsection (a) shall include one or more of the fol-
lowing functions: 
(1) Control of increased raid sizes.
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(2) Precision tracking of threat missiles. 
(3) Fire-control-quality tracks of evolving threat 
missiles. 
(4) Enabling of launch-on-remote and engage-on- 
remote capabilities. 
(5) Discrimination of warheads. 
(6) Effective kill assessment. 
(7) Enhanced shot doctrine. 
(8) Integration with the command, control, battle 
management, and communication program of the bal-
listic missile defense system. 
(9) Integration with all other elements of the 
current ballistic missile defense system, including the 
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, Aegis Ballistic 
Missile Defense, Aegis Ashore, and Patriot Air and 
Missile Defense Systems. 
(10) Such additional functions as determined by 
the Ballistic Missile Defense Review. 
(d) COST ESTIMATES.—Whenever the Director devel-
ops a cost estimate for the sensor architecture required by 
subsection (a), the Director shall use— 
(1) the cost-estimating and assessment guide of 
the Government Accountability Office entitled ‘‘GAO 
Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide’’ (GAO–09– 
3SP), or a successor guide; or
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(2) the most current operating and support cost- 
estimating guide of the Office of Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation (CAPE). 
SEC. 1653. GROUND-BASED INTERCEPTOR CAPABILITY, CA-
PACITY, AND RELIABILITY. 
(a) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that it is the policy of the United States to maintain 
and improve, with the allies of the United States, an effec-
tive, robust layered missile defense system capable of defend-
ing the citizens of the United States residing in territories 
and States of the United States, allies of the United States, 
and deployed Armed Forces of the United States. 
(b) INCREASE IN CAPACITY AND CONTINUED ADVANCE-
MENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) subject to the annual authorization of appro-
priations and the annual appropriation of funds for 
National Missile Defense, increase the number of 
United States ground-based interceptors, unless other-
wise directed by the Ballistic Missile Defense Review, 
by up to 28; 
(2) develop a plan to further increase such num-
ber to the currently available missile field capacity of 
104 and to plan for any future capacity at any site 
that may be identified by the Ballistic Missile Defense 
Review; and
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(3) continue to rapidly advance missile defense 
technologies to improve the capability and reliability 
of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the 
ballistic missile defense system. 
(c) DEPLOYMENT.—Not later than December 31, 2021, 
the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) execute any requisite construction to ensure 
that Missile Field 1 or Missile Field 2 at Fort Greely 
or alternative missile fields at Fort Greely which may 
be identified pursuant to subsection (b), are capable 
of supporting and sustaining additional ground-based 
interceptors; 
(2) deploy up to 14 additional ground-based 
interceptors to Missile Field 1 or up to 20 additional 
ground-based interceptors to an alternative missile 
field at Fort Greely as soon as technically feasible; 
and 
(3) identify a ground-based interceptor stockpile 
storage site for the remaining ground-based intercep-
tors required by subsection (b). 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Unless otherwise directed or 
recommended by the Ballistic Missile Defense Review 
(BMDR), the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees,
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not later than 90 days after the completion of the 
Ballistic Missile Defense Review, a report on options 
to increase the capability, capacity, and reliability of 
the ground-based midcourse defense element of the bal-
listic missile defense system and the infrastructure re-
quirements for increasing the number of ground-based 
interceptors in currently feasible locations across the 
United States. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An identification of potential sites in 
the United States, whether existing or new on the 
East Coast or in the Midwest, for the deployment 
of 104 ground-based interceptors. 
(B) A cost-benefit analysis of each such site, 
including tactical, operational, and cost-to-con-
struct considerations. 
(C) A description of any completed and out-
standing environmental assessments or impact 
statements for each such site. 
(D) A description of the existing capacity of 
the missile fields at Fort Greely and the infra-
structure requirements needed to increase the 
number of ground-based interceptors to 20 
ground-based interceptors each.
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(E) A description of the additional infra-
structure and components needed to further out-
fit missile fields at Fort Greely before emplacing 
additional ground-based interceptors configured 
with the redesigned kill vehicle, including with 
respect to ground excavation, silos, utilities, and 
support equipment. 
(F) A cost estimate of such infrastructure 
and components. 
(G) An estimated schedule for completing 
such construction as may be required for such 
infrastructure and components. 
(H) An identification of any environmental 
assessments or impact studies that would need to 
be conducted to expand such missile fields at 
Fort Greely beyond current capacity. 
(I) An operational evaluation and cost 
analysis of the deployment of transportable 
ground-based interceptors, including an identi-
fication of potential sites, including in the east-
ern United States and at Vandenberg Air Force 
Base, and an examination of any environmental, 
legal, or tactical challenges associated with such 
deployments, including to any sites identified in 
subparagraph (A).
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(J) A determination of the appropriate fleet 
mix of ground-based interceptor kill vehicles and 
boosters to maximize overall system effectiveness 
and increase its capacity and capability, includ-
ing the costs and benefits of continued inclusion 
of capability enhancement II (CE–II) Block 1 
interceptors after the fielding of the redesigned 
kill vehicle. 
(K) A description of the planned improve-
ments to homeland ballistic missile defense sen-
sor and discrimination capabilities and an as-
sessment of the expected operational benefits of 
such improvements to homeland ballistic missile 
defense. 
(L) The benefit of supplementing ground- 
based midcourse defense elements with other, 
more distributed, elements, including both Aegis 
ships and Aegis Ashore installations with Stand-
ard Missile-3 Block IIA and other interceptors in 
Hawaii and at other locations for homeland mis-
sile defense. 
(3) FORM.—The report submitted under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex.
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SEC. 1654. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE STATE OF 
UNITED STATES MISSILE DEFENSE. 
It is the sense of the Senate that— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense should use the Bal-
listic Missile Defense Review (BMDR) to consider ac-
celerating the development of technologies that will in-
crease the capacity, capability, and reliability of the 
ground-based midcourse defense element of the bal-
listic missile defense system; 
(2) upon completion of the Ballistic Missile De-
fense Review, the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency should, to the extent practicable and with 
sound acquisition practices, accelerate the develop-
ment, testing, and fielding of such capabilities as they 
are prioritized in the Ballistic Missile Defense Re-
view, including the redesigned kill vehicle, the multi- 
object kill vehicle, the C3 booster, a space-based sensor 
layer, boost phase sensor and kill technologies, and 
additional ground-based interceptors; and 
(3) in order to achieve these objectives, and to 
avoid post-production and post-deployment problems, 
it is essential for the Department of Defense and the 
Missile Defense Agency to follow a ‘‘fly before you 
buy’’ approach to adequately test and assess the ele-
ments of the ballistic missile defense system before 
final production decisions or operational deployment.
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SEC. 1655. SENSE OF THE SENATE AND REPORT ON 
GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE TEST-
ING. 
(a) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that— 
(1) at a minimum, the Missile Defense Agency 
should continue to flight test the ground-based mid-
course defense element at least once each fiscal year; 
(2) the Department of Defense should allocate in-
creased funding to homeland missile defense testing to 
ensure that our defenses continue to evolve faster than 
the threats against which they are postured to defend; 
(3) in order to rapidly innovate, develop, and 
field new technologies, the Director of the Missile De-
fense Agency should continue to focus testing cam-
paigns on delivering increased capabilities to the 
Armed Forces as quickly as possible; and 
(4) the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 
should seek to establish a more prudent balance be-
tween risk mitigation and the more rapid testing pace 
needed to quickly develop and deliver new capabilities 
to the Armed Forces. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Missile Defense Agency shall submit to the con-
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gressional defense committees a revised missile defense 
testing campaign plan that accelerates the develop-
ment and deployment of new missile defense tech-
nologies. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A detailed analysis of the acceleration 
of each of following programs: 
(i) Redesigned kill vehicle. 
(ii) Multi-object kill vehicle. 
(iii) Configuration-3 Booster. 
(iv) Lasers mounted on small un-
manned aerial vehicles. 
(v) Space-based missile defense sensor 
architecture. 
(vi) Such additional technologies as the 
Director considers appropriate. 
(B) A new deployment timeline for each of 
the programs in listed in subparagraph (A) or a 
detailed description of why the current timeline 
for deployment technologies under those pro-
grams is most suitable. 
(C) An identification of any funding or pol-
icy restrictions that would slow down the deploy-
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ment of the technologies under the programs list-
ed in subparagraph (A). 
(D) A risk assessment of the potential cost- 
overruns and deployment delays that may be en-
countered in the expedited development process of 
the capabilities under paragraph (1). 
(c) REPORT
ON FUNDING PROFILE.—The Director 
shall include with the budget justification materials sub-
mitted to Congress in support of the budget of the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2019 (as submitted with the 
budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code) a report on the funding profile nec-
essary for the new testing campaign plan required by sub-
section (b)(1). 
Subtitle F—Cyber Scholarship 
Opportunities 
SEC. 1661. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Cyber Scholarship 
Opportunities Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 1662. COMMUNITY COLLEGE CYBER PILOT PROGRAM 
AND ASSESSMENT. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this subtitle, as part of the Federal 
Cyber Scholarship-for-Service program established under 
section 302 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014
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(15 U.S.C. 7442), the Director of the National Science 
Foundation, in coordination with the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management, shall develop and implement a 
pilot program at not more than 10, but at least 5, commu-
nity colleges to provide scholarships to eligible students 
who— 
(1) are pursuing associate degrees or specialized 
program certifications in the field of cybersecurity; 
and 
(2)(A) have bachelor’s degrees; or 
(B) are veterans of the armed forces. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this subtitle, as part of the Federal Cyber 
Scholarship-for-Service program established under section 
302 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 
U.S.C. 7442), the Director of the National Science Founda-
tion, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, shall assess the potential benefits and 
feasibility of providing scholarships through community 
colleges to eligible students who are pursuing associate de-
grees, but do not have bachelor’s degrees. 
SEC. 1663. FEDERAL CYBER SCHOLARSHIP-FOR SERVICE 
PROGRAM UPDATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Cybersecurity 
Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 7442) is amended—
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(1) by striking subsection (b)(3) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(3) prioritize the employment placement of at 
least 80 percent of scholarship recipients in an execu-
tive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, 
United States Code); and 
‘‘(4) provide awards to improve cybersecurity 
education at the kindergarten through grade 12 
level— 
‘‘(A) to increase interest in cybersecurity 
careers; 
‘‘(B) to help students practice correct and 
safe 
online 
behavior 
and 
understand 
the 
foundational principles of cybersecurity; 
‘‘(C) to improve teaching methods for deliv-
ering cybersecurity content for kindergarten 
through grade 12 computer science curricula; 
and 
‘‘(D) to promote teacher recruitment in the 
field of cybersecurity.’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) POST-AWARD EMPLOYMENT OBLIGATIONS.—Each 
scholarship recipient, as a condition of receiving a scholar-
ship under the program, shall enter into an agreement
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under which the recipient agrees to work for a period equal 
to the length of the scholarship, following receipt of the stu-
dent’s degree, in the cybersecurity mission of— 
‘‘(1) an executive agency (as defined in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code); 
‘‘(2) Congress, including any agency, entity, of-
fice, or commission established in the legislative 
branch; 
‘‘(3) an interstate agency; 
‘‘(4) a State, local, or tribal government; or 
‘‘(5) a State, local, or tribal government-affili-
ated non-profit that is considered to be critical infra-
structure (as defined in section 1016(e) of the USA 
Patriot Act (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)).’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) have demonstrated a high level of com-
petency in relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities, as 
defined by the national cybersecurity awareness and 
education program under section 401;’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) be a full-time student in an eligible degree 
program at a qualified institution of higher edu-
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cation, as determined by the Director of the National 
Science Foundation, except that in the case of a stu-
dent who is enrolled in a community college, be a stu-
dent pursuing a degree on a less than full-time basis, 
but not less than half-time basis; and’’; and 
(4) by amending subsection (m) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(m) PUBLIC INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation, in coordination with the Direc-
tor of the Office of Personnel Management, shall peri-
odically evaluate and make public, in a manner that 
protects the personally identifiable information of 
scholarship recipients, information on the success of 
recruiting individuals for scholarships under this sec-
tion and on hiring and retaining those individuals in 
the public sector cyber workforce, including on— 
‘‘(A) placement rates; 
‘‘(B) where students are placed, including 
job titles and descriptions; 
‘‘(C) student salary ranges for students not 
released from obligations under this section; 
‘‘(D) how long after graduation they are 
placed;
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‘‘(E) how long they stay in the positions 
they enter upon graduation; 
‘‘(F) how many students are released from 
obligations; and 
‘‘(G) what, if any, remedial training is re-
quired. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation, in coordination with the Office 
of Personnel Management, shall submit, at least once 
every 3 years, to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives a report, including the re-
sults of the evaluation under paragraph (1) and any 
recent statistics regarding the size, composition, and 
educational requirements of the Federal cyber work-
force. 
‘‘(3) RESOURCES.—The Director of the National 
Science Foundation, in coordination with the Direc-
tor of the Office of Personnel Management, shall pro-
vide consolidated and user-friendly online resources 
for prospective scholarship recipients, including, to 
the extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) searchable, up-to-date, and accurate 
information about participating institutions of
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higher education and job opportunities related to 
the field of cybersecurity; and 
‘‘(B) a modernized description of cybersecu-
rity careers.’’. 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section, or 
an amendment made by this section, shall affect any agree-
ment, scholarship, loan, or repayment, under section 302 
of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 
7442), in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
this subtitle. 
SEC. 1664. CYBERSECURITY TEACHING. 
Section 10(i) of the National Science Foundation Au-
thorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1(i)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by amending paragraph (5) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(5) the term ‘mathematics and science teacher’ 
means a science, technology, engineering, mathe-
matics, or computer science, including cybersecurity, 
teacher at the elementary school or secondary school 
level;’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (7) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(7) the term ‘science, technology, engineering, or 
mathematics professional’ means an individual who
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holds a baccalaureate, master’s, or doctoral degree in 
science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or com-
puter science, including cybersecurity, and is working 
in or had a career in such field or a related area; 
and’’. 
DIVISION 
B—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION 
AUTHORIZA-
TIONS 
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018’’. 
SEC. 
2002. 
EXPIRATION 
OF 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND 
AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY 
LAW. 
(a) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER FIVE 
YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all author-
izations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for military 
construction projects, land acquisition, family housing 
projects and facilities, and contributions to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 
(and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall expire 
on the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2022; or
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(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 
2023. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to au-
thorizations for military construction projects, land acqui-
sition, family housing projects and facilities, and contribu-
tions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security 
Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations 
therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated 
before the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2022; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for fiscal year 2023 for military construc-
tion projects, land acquisition, family housing 
projects and facilities, or contributions to the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 
Program. 
(c) EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF FISCAL YEAR 
2016 AND FISCAL YEAR 2017 PROJECTS.— 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2016 PROJECTS.—Section 2002 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (division B of Public Law 114–92; 
129 Stat. 1145) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)—
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(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2017 PROJECTS.—Section 2002 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (division B of Public Law 114–328; 
129 Stat. 1145) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’.
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SEC. 2003. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Titles XXI through XXVII and title XXIX shall take 
effect on the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2017; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2103(a) and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installations or locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation 
Amount 
Alabama .....................
Fort Rucker ........................................................
$38,000,000 
Arizona ......................
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base .......................
$22,000,000 
Fort Huachuca ..................................................
$30,000,000 
California ..................
Fort Irwin ..........................................................
$3,000,000 
Colorado .....................
Fort Carson ........................................................
$29,300,000 
Florida .......................
Eglin Air Force Base ........................................
$18,000,000 
Georgia .......................
Fort Benning .....................................................
$38,800,000 
Fort Gordon .......................................................
$51,500,000 
Hawaii .......................
Pohakuloa Training Area .................................
$25,000,000 
Indiana ......................
Crane Army Ammunition Plant ......................
$24,000,000 
New York ....................
United States Military Academy .....................
$22,000,000 
South Carolina ..........
Fort Jackson ......................................................
$60,000,000 
Shaw Air Force Base ........................................
$25,000,000 
Texas ..........................
Camp Bullis .......................................................
$13,600,000 
Fort Hood ..........................................................
$70,000,000 
Virginia .....................
Joint Base Langley-Eustis ...............................
$34,000,000 
Joint Base Myer-Henderson .............................
$20,000,000 
Washington ................
Yakima ...............................................................
$19,500,000
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(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2103(a) and available for military con-
struction projects outside the United States as specified in 
the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army 
may acquire real property and carry out the military con-
struction project for the installations or locations outside 
the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
Army: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation 
Amount 
Germany .......................
Stuttgart ..........................................................
$40,000,000 
Weisbaden ........................................................
$43,000,000 
Korea .............................
Kunsan Air Base ............................................
$53,000,000 
Turkey ...........................
Various Locations ...........................................
$6,400,000 
(c) CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT
FOR
CERTAIN 
PROJECTS.—The Secretary of the Army may not exercise 
the authority provided under subsection (a) with respect to 
the Fort Rucker, Alabama, or the Fort Benning, Georgia, 
projects set forth in the table under such subsection unless 
the Secretary of Defense, without delegation, certifies to the 
congressional defense committees that such project is essen-
tial for Army training. 
SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2103(a) and available for military 
family housing functions as specified in the funding table
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in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may construct 
or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 
and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 
in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in 
the following table: 
Army: Family Housing 
State/Coun-
try 
Installation or Location 
Units 
Amount 
Georgia ...........
Fort Gordon ...............................
Family Housing 
New Construction 
$6,100,000 
Germany .........
South Camp Vilseck ..................
Family Housing 
New Construction 
$22,445,000 
Korea ..............
Camp Humphreys .....................
Family Housing 
New Construction 
$34,402,000 
Massachusetts 
Natick .........................................
Family Housing 
Replacement Con-
struction 
$21,000,000 
(b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2103(a) and available for military family housing 
functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 
the Secretary of the Army may carry out architectural and 
engineering services and construction design activities with 
respect to the construction or improvement of family hous-
ing units in an amount not to exceed $33,559,000. 
SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin-
ning after September 30, 2017, for military construction, 
land acquisition, and military family housing functions of
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the Department of the Army as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author-
ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 
any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 
of all projects carried out under section 2101 of this Act 
may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601. 
SEC. 2104. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2014 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2101(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 
113–66; 127 Stat. 986) for Joint Base Lewis-McChord, 
Washington, for construction of an airfield operations com-
plex, the Secretary of the Army may construct standby gen-
erator capacity of 1,000 kilowatts. 
SEC. 2105. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2015 PROJECT. 
In the case of the authorization contained in the table 
in section 2101(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division B of Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3670) for Fort Shafter, Hawaii, for con-
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struction of a command and control facility, the Secretary 
of the Army may construct 15 megawatts of redundant 
power 
generation 
for 
a 
total 
project 
amount 
of 
$370,000,000. 
SEC. 2106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2014 PROJECT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (division B of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 985), 
the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
as provided in section 2101 of that Act (127 Stat. 986), 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2018, or the date 
of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2019, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2014 Project Authorizations 
Country 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Japan ........
Kyoga-Misaki 
Company Operations Com-
plex ......................................
$33,000,000 
SEC. 2107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2015 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (division B of Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3669), 
the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b),
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as provided in section 2101 of that Act (128 Stat. 3670), 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2018, or the date 
of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 
construction for fiscal year 2019, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 
as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2015 Project Authorizations 
State/ 
Country 
Installation 
or Location 
Project 
Amount 
California
Military 
Ocean Ter-
minal Con-
cord.
Access Control Point ..............
$9,900,000 
Hawaii ......
Fort Shafter ...
Command and Control Facil-
ity (SCIF) ...........................
$370,000,000 
Japan ........
Kadena Air 
Base ............
Missile Magazine ....................
$10,600,000 
Texas .........
Fort Hood ......
Simulation Center ..................
$46,000,000 
TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 2204(a) and available for military construction 
projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 
table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may ac-
quire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installations or locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: