Sec. 1251. Training for Eastern European national military forces in the course of multilateral exercises
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The Secretary of Defense may provide the training specified in subsection (b), and pay the incremental expenses incurred by a country as the direct result of participation in such training, for the national military forces provided for under subsection (c). The training provided to the national military forces of a country under subsection
(a)shall be limited to training that is— provided in the course of the conduct of a multilateral exercise in which the United States Armed Forces are a participant; comparable to or complimentary of the types of training the United States Armed Forces receive in the course of such multilateral exercise; and for any purpose as follows: To enhance and increase the interoperability of the military forces to be trained to increase their ability to participate in coalition efforts led by the United States or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). To increase the capacity of such military forces to respond to external threats. To increase the capacity of such military forces to respond to hybrid warfare. To increase the capacity of such military forces to respond to calls for collective action within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Training may be provided under subsection
(a)to the national military forces of the countries determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to be appropriate recipients of such training from among the countries as follows: Countries that are a signatory to the Partnership for Peace Framework Documents, but not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Countries that became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after January 1, 1999. Before providing training under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a list of the countries determined pursuant to paragraph
(1)to be eligible for the provision of training under subsection (a). Of the amounts specified in paragraph
(2)for a fiscal year, up to a total of $28,000,000 may be used to pay incremental expenses under subsection
(a)in that fiscal year. The amounts specified in this paragraph are as follows: Amounts authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for operation and maintenance, Army, and available for the Combatant Commands Direct Support Program for that fiscal year. Amounts authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, and available for the Wales Initiative Fund for that fiscal year. Amounts available in a fiscal year pursuant to this subsection may be used for incremental expenses of training that begins in that fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year. Not later that 90 days after the end of each fiscal year in which the authority in subsection
(a)is used, the Secretary shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the use of the authority during such fiscal year, including each country with which training under the authority was conducted and the types of training provided. The authority provided in subsection
(a)is in addition to any other authority provided by law authorizing the provision of training for the national military forces of a foreign country, including section 2282 of title 10, United States Code. In this section, the term incremental expenses means the reasonable and proper cost of the goods and services that are consumed by a country as a direct result of that country’s participation in training under the authority of this section, including rations, fuel, training ammunition, and transportation. Such term does not include pay, allowances, and other normal costs of a country’s personnel. The authority under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2017. Any activity under this section initiated before that date may be completed, but only using funds available for fiscal years 2016 through 2017.