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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 4909 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 1221

Sec. 1221. Modification and extension of authority to provide assistance to the vetted Syrian opposition

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Subsection
(a)of section 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) is amended by striking December 31, 2016 and inserting December 31, 2017 . Subsection
(f)of such section, as amended by section 1225(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 129 Stat. 1055), is further amended— in paragraph (1), by striking December 31, 2016 and inserting December 31, 2017 ; and by adding at the end the following: Each request under paragraph
(1)shall include a certification of the Secretary of Defense that— a required number and type of United States Armed Forces have been deployed to support the strategy for Syria required under section 1225(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 129 Stat. 1054) and to support a plan to retake and hold Raqqa, Syria; and a required number and type of United States Armed Forces have been deployed to support the elements of the Syrian opposition and other Syrian groups and individuals that are to be trained and equipped under this section to ensure that such elements, groups, and individuals are able to defend themselves from attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
(ISIL)and Government of Syria forces consistent with the purposes set forth in subsection (a). .
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Modification and extension of authority to provide assistance to the vetted Syrian opposition
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