Sec. 1221. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
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(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), as most recently amended by section 1222 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law 115–91 ; 131 Stat. 1690), is further amended by striking December 31, 2019 and inserting December 31, 2020 . Subsection
(g)of such section, as so amended, is further amended— by striking fiscal year 2018 and inserting fiscal year 2019 ; and by striking $1,269,000,000 and inserting $850,000,000 . It is the sense of the Congress that— the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have made, and continue to make, significant contributions to the United States-led campaign to degrade, dismantle, and ultimately defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS)in Iraq; a lasting defeat of ISIS is critical to maintaining a stable and tolerant Iraq in which all faiths, sects, and ethnicities are afforded equal protection and full integration into the Government and society of Iraq; and in support of counter-ISIS operations and in conjunction with the Central Government of Iraq, the United States should provide the Ministry of Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq $290,000,000 in operational sustainment, so that the Peshmerga forces can more effectively partner with the Iraqi Security Forces, the United States, and other international Coalition members to consolidate gains, hold territory, and protect infrastructure from ISIS and its affiliates in an effort to deal a lasting defeat to ISIS and prevent its reemergence in Iraq. The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate a progress report under section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, which shall be provided in unclassified form with a classified annex if necessary. Such progress report shall, based on the most recent quarterly information, include an assessment of the following: The incorporation of violent extremist organizations and organizations with association to the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC)into the Iraq military. The level of access violent extremist organizations and organizations with association to the IRGC have to United States-provided equipment and training. United States-provided equipment that is controlled by unauthorized end users, determined by vetting required in subsection
(e)of section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, or is not accounted for by the Government of Iraq, including a detailed inventory of each equipment type provided to the Government of Iraq. Actions taken by the Government of Iraq to repossess United States-provided equipment from unauthorized end users. 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.
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Sec. 1221
Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Stat.128 Stat. 3559
Stat.131 Stat. 1690
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