Sec. 1203. Modification and two-year extension of National Guard State Partnership Program

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Subsection (a)(1) of section 1205 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 ( Public Law 113–66 ; 127 Stat. 897; 32 U.S.C. 107 note) is amended by adding at the end before the period the following: to support the national interests and security cooperation goals and objectives of the United States, including applicable policy and guidelines for United States security sector assistance . Subsection

(b)of such section is amended by inserting that is not after an activity that the Secretary of Defense determines is a matter . Such section, as so amended, is further amended— by redesignating subsections

(c)through

(i)as subsections

(d)through (j), respectively; and by inserting after subsection

(b)the following: The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall— establish, maintain, and update as appropriate a list of core competencies to support each program established under subsection (a), collectively and for each State and territory, and shall submit for approval to the Secretary of Defense the list of core competencies and additional information needed to make use of such core competencies; and designate a director for each State and territory who shall be responsible for the conduct of activities under a program established under subsection

(a)for such State or territory and reporting on activities under the program. The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may conduct an activity under a program established under subsection

(a)relating to military-to-civilian core competencies. . Subsection

(e)of such section (as redesignated) is amended by adding at the end the following: Except as provided in clause (ii), the Secretary of Defense shall establish on the books of the Department of Defense a National Guard State Partnership Program Fund. The Secretary is not required to establish a Fund under clause

(i)if, not later than February 1, 2016, the Secretary determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees (as defined in subsection (h)(1)) that in the opinion of the Secretary such a Fund should be established on the books of the Department of the Treasury. In administering the Fund established under subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary shall, to the extent the Secretary determines it to be appropriate, provide for the following amounts to be credited to the Fund: Amounts authorized and appropriated to carry out the program under this section. Amounts that the Secretary of Defense transfers, in such amounts as provided in appropriations Acts, to the Fund from amounts authorized and appropriated to the Department of Defense, including amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. The President shall include the Fund established under subparagraph (A)(i) or such a Fund established on the books of the Department of the Treasury in the budget that the President submits to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code for each fiscal year in which the authority under subsection

(a)is in effect. . Paragraph (2)(B) of subsection

(f)of such section (as redesignated) is amended— in clause (iii), by inserting or other government organizations after and security forces ; in clause (iv), by adding at the end before the period the following: and country ; in clause (v), by striking training and inserting activities ; and by adding at the end the following: An assessment of the extent to which the activities conducted during the previous year met the objectives described in clause (v). The list of core competencies required by subsection (c)(1) and any update to any changes to the list of core competencies required by subsection (c)(1). . Subsection

(h)of such section (as redesignated) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs

(A)and

(B)and inserting the following: the congressional defense committees; and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. ; by redesignating paragraph

(2)as paragraph (3); by inserting after paragraph

(1)(as amended) the following: The term “core competencies” means military-to-military and military-to-civilian skills and capabilities of the National Guard, consistent with the roles and missions of the Armed Forces as established by the Secretary of Defense. ; and by adding at the end the following: The term State means each of the several States and the District of Columbia. The term territory means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. . Section 1205(i) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 ( Public Law 113–66 ; 127 Stat. 899; 32 U.S.C. 107 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2016 and inserting September 30, 2018 .

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