Sec. 1222. Modification and extension of authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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It is the sense of Congress that— it should be the policy of the United States to support, within the framework of the Iraqi Constitution, the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga, the Iraqi Security Forces, and Sunni tribal forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; recognizing the important role of the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga within the military campaign against ISIL in Iraq, the United States should provide arms, training, and appropriate equipment directly to the Kurdistan Regional Government; and efforts should be made to ensure transparency and oversight mechanisms are in place for oversight of United States assistance to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. Subsection

(a)of section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( Public Law 113–291 ; 128 Stat. 3559) is amended by striking December 31, 2016 and inserting December 31, 2017 . Subsection

(g)of such section, as amended by section 1223 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 129 Stat. 1049), is further amended— by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 for Overseas Contingency Operations in title XV for fiscal year 2017, there are authorized to be appropriated $680,000,000 to carry out this section. ; and by striking the second sentence. Subsection

(k)of such section is amended to read as follows: Not more than 75 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this section may be obligated or expended until not earlier than 15 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, submits to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to re-take Mosul, Iraq from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

(ISIL)and to hold Mosul, Iraq. . Subsection

(l)of such section, as so amended, is further amended— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Assessment ; Briefing in paragraph (1)— in the paragraph heading, by striking and inserting Assessment ; Briefing in subparagraph (A)— by striking National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 and inserting National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ; and by striking submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of and inserting provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing that includes an assessment of ; in subparagraph (C)— by striking submit to the appropriate congressional committees an update of and inserting provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing that includes an update of ; and by striking the assessment is submitted and inserting the briefing is provided ; and by striking subparagraph (D); in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking If the President and all that follows through the Secretary of Defense and inserting Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this section, $50,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense ; by striking is authorized ; by striking assistance and inserting stipends and sustainment ; and by adding at the end the following: Of the funds made available to carry out this subparagraph, not less than 33 percent shall be available for stipends and sustainment for the group described in subparagraph (D)(i). . in subparagraph (C)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Cost-sharing ; and Submission of plan by striking cost-sharing and inserting submission of plan ; and in subparagraph

(D)to read as follows: The groups described in this subparagraph are the following groups that are directly engaged in the campaign for Mosul, Iraq: The Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga. Sunni tribal security forces, or other local security forces, with a national security mission. . Assistance authorized under section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( Public Law 113–291 ; 128 Stat. 3559), as so amended, may not be provided to the Government of Iraq after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, after the date of the enactment of this Act, that the Government of Iraq has taken such actions as may be reasonably necessary to safeguard against such assistance being transferred to or acquired by violent extremist organizations. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense makes any determination that equipment or supplies provided pursuant to section 1236(a) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( Public Law 113–291 ; 128 Stat. 3559), as so amended, have been transferred to or acquired by a violent extremist organization, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing that contains a description of the determination of the Secretary and the transfer to or acquisition by the violent extremist organization. Each briefing under paragraph

(1)shall include, with respect to the transfer covered by the report, the following: An assessment of the type and quantity of equipment or supplies transferred to the violent extremist organization. A description of the criteria used to determine that the organization is a violent extremist organization. A description, if known, of how the equipment or supplies were transferred to or acquired by the violent extremist organization. If the equipment or supplies are determined to remain under the current control of the violent extremist organization, a description of the organization, including its relationship, if any, to the security forces of the Government of Iraq. A description of the end use monitoring or other policies and procedures in place in order to prevent equipment or supplies to be transferred to or acquired by violent extremist organizations. In this subsection: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. The term violent extremist organization means an organization that— is a foreign terrorist organization designated by the Secretary of State under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ) or is associated with a foreign terrorist organization; or is known to be under the command and control of, or is associated with, the Government of Iran.

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