Sec. 10005.
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Of the amounts appropriated in this title, $2,476,200,000 shall not be obligated or expended until 15 days after the President provides the appropriate committees a report on the United States strategy for the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham. Such report, which may include a classified annex, shall include, at a minimum, the following— a description of the objectives of the United States to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, including the desired end states in Iraq and Syria to achieve such objectives; a description of the roles and responsibilities of the Department of Defense in the strategy, the regions covered by the strategy, and the specific allies and coalition partners required to carry out the strategy, including the expected lines of effort of such coalition; a description of the roles and responsibilities of the Department of State in the strategy, the diplomatic and regional engagement necessary to achieve the objectives of the strategy, to include plans for stabilizing territory formerly held by the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham; an estimate of the resources required to undertake the strategy, and a description of the plan for the use of funds provided in this Act to implement the strategy; a description of the benchmarks to be used to measure progress in achieving the objectives of the strategy; and an assessment of how the actions of the Government of Syria and other state and non-state actors in the region impact the ability to achieve the objectives of the strategy.
Not more than 90 days after the initial report, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an update on the progress toward the benchmarks established in the initial report, and if applicable, a description of any changes to the objectives of the strategy. For purposes of this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.