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SEC. 1012. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE 
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES 
OF CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a)(2) of section 1033 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public 
Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1881), as most recently amended by section 
1013 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 844), is further amended by 
striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENTS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SUP-
PORT.—Subsection (b) of such section 1033, as so amended, is further 
amended by adding at the end of the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(40) Government of Kenya. 
‘‘(41) Government of Tanzania.’’. 
(c) REPORT ON USE OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
on the authority to provide additional support for counter- 
drug activities of foreign governments in section 1033 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report shall include, at a minimum, 
the following: 
(A) A description of the use of the authority over time, 
and of the use of the authority as in effect during fiscal 
years 2014 and 2015. 
(B) A description of the impetus for the expansion 
of the countries eligible for assistance under the program. 
(C) A description of the impetus for the increases over 
time in the amounts of fund requested for assistance under 
the program. 
(D) A description of the processes through which prior-
ities are established for countries and regions to be assisted 
under the program. 
(E) An assessment of the advantages and disadvan-
tages of providing assistance under the program on a 
country-by country basis rather than providing such assist-
ance on a global basis. 
(F) A description of the funding challenges, if any, 
associated with providing assistance under the program 
on a country-by country basis and with providing such 
assistance on a global basis. 
(3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1013. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CENTRAL AMERICA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The stability and security of Central American nations 
have a direct impact on the stability and security of the United 
States.
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(2) Over the past decade, increased stability and security 
in the Republic of Colombia has displaced illicit trafficking 
to Central America, bringing with it increased violence and 
instability. 
(3) According to the Global Study on Homicide 2013 of 
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, four of the 
top five countries with the highest homicide rates in the world 
were Central American nations, including Honduras, Belize, 
El Salvador, and Guatemala. 
(4) In 2014, approximately 65,000 unaccompanied alien 
children from Central America entered the United States 
through its southwest border. 
(5) In November 2014, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Sal-
vador announced a Plan for the Alliance for Prosperity of the 
Northern Triangle, which is a comprehensive approach to 
address the ongoing violence and instability facing these three 
nations by stimulating economic opportunities, improving public 
safety and rule of law, and strengthening institutions to 
increase trust in the state. 
(6) The United States Government is supportive of the 
Alliance for Prosperity, and President’s strategy for support 
includes $1,000,000,000 focused on promoting prosperity and 
regional economic integration, enhancing security, and pro-
moting improved governance. 
(7) The Department of Defense continues to build the 
capacity of our partners in the region to address their security 
challenges and confront threats of mutual concern. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should, to the extent practicable, 
prioritize efforts to address the threatening levels of violence, 
instability, illicit trafficking, and transnational organized crime 
that challenge the sovereignty of Central American nations 
and the security of the United States; and 
(2) in order to address such issues, the Department of 
Defense, to the extent practicable, should— 
(A) increase its operations, as the lead agency of the 
United States Government, to detect and monitor aerial 
and maritime illicit trafficking into the United States; 
(B) increase its efforts to support aerial and maritime 
illicit trafficking interdiction operations; 
(C) increase its operations to build the capacity of 
partner nations in Central America to confront their own 
security challenges; 
(D) support interagency programs and activities in 
Central America addressing instability, including develop-
ment, education, economic, political, and security chal-
lenges; and 
(E) promote observance of and respect for human rights 
and fundamental freedoms and respect for civilian control 
of the military.
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Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
SEC. 1021. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUPPORTING LONG-RANGE 
PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NAVAL VESSELS. 
Section 231(b)(2)(C) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘by ship class in both graphical and tabular form’’ 
after ‘‘The estimated levels of annual funding’’. 
SEC. 1022. NATIONAL SEA-BASED DETERRENCE FUND. 
(a) ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF NAVY TO 
USE NATIONAL SEA-BASED DETERRENCE FUND.—Section 2218a of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
(i) and (j), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY 
CONTRACTS.—(1) The Secretary of the Navy may use funds depos-
ited in the Fund to enter into contracts known as ‘economic order 
quantity contracts’ with private shipyards and other commercial 
or government entities to achieve economic efficiencies based on 
production economies for major components or subsystems. The 
authority under this subsection extends to the procurement of parts, 
components, and systems (including weapon systems) common with 
and required for other nuclear powered vessels under joint economic 
order quantity contracts. 
‘‘(2) A contract entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide 
that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under 
the contract is subject to the availability of appropriations for 
that purpose, and that total liability to the Government for termi-
nation of any contract entered into shall be limited to the total 
amount of funding obligated at time of termination. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORITY TO BEGIN MANUFACTURING AND FABRICATION 
EFFORTS PRIOR TO SHIP AUTHORIZATION.—(1) The Secretary of the 
Navy may use funds deposited into the Fund to enter into contracts 
for advance construction of national sea-based deterrence vessels 
to support achieving cost savings through workload management, 
manufacturing efficiencies, or workforce stability, or to phase fab-
rication activities within shipyard and manage sub-tier manufac-
turer capacity. 
‘‘(2) A contract entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide 
that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under 
the contract is subject to the availability of appropriations for 
that purpose, and that total liability to the Government for termi-
nation of any contract entered into shall be limited to the total 
amount of funding obligated at time of termination. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO USE INCREMENTAL FUNDING TO ENTER INTO 
CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN ITEMS.—(1) The Secretary of the Navy 
may use funds deposited into the Fund to enter into incrementally 
funded contracts for advance procurement of high value, long lead 
time items for nuclear powered vessels to better support construc-
tion schedules and achieve cost savings through schedule reductions 
and properly phased installment payments. 
‘‘(2) A contract entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide 
that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under 
the contract is subject to the availability of appropriations for
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that purpose, and that total liability to the Government for termi-
nation of any contract entered into shall be limited to the total 
amount of funding obligated at time of termination.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER 
FUNDS.—Section 1022(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3487) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2016, or 2017’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘for the Navy for the Ohio Replacement 
Program’’ and inserting ‘‘for the Department of Defense’’. 
SEC. 1023. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF 
EXPENSES 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
NAVY 
MESS 
OPERATIONS 
AFLOAT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (b) of section 1014 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4585), as amended by section 1021 
of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383, 124 Stat. 4348), is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (a) 
of such section is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not 
more that’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Naval vessels’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such vessels’’. 
SEC. 1024. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OR INACTIVA-
TION OF TICONDEROGA CLASS CRUISERS OR DOCK 
LANDING SHIPS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2016 may be obligated or expended to retire, prepare 
to retire, inactivate, or place in storage a cruiser or dock landing 
ship, except as provided in section 1026(b) of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3490). 
SEC. 1025. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF 
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES FROM TICON-
DEROGA CLASS CRUISERS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense may 
be used to remove ballistic missile defense capabilities from any 
of the 5 Ticonderoga class cruisers equipped with such capabilities 
until the Secretary of the Navy certifies to the congressional defense 
committees that the Navy has— 
(1) obtained the ballistic missile defense capabilities 
required by the most recent Navy Force Structure Assessment; 
(2) entered into a modernization of such cruisers that will 
provide an equal or improved ballistic missile defense capa-
bility; or 
(3) obtained at least 40 large surface combatants with 
ballistic missile defense capability.