Sec. 1264. Department of Defense support for stabilization activities in national security interest of the United States
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The Secretary of Defense may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, provide support for the stabilization activities of other Federal agencies specified under subsection (c). Amounts authorized to be provided pursuant to this section shall be available only for support for stabilization activities— in a country specified in paragraph (2); and that the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, has determined are in the national security interest of the United States.
The countries specified in this paragraph are as follows: Iraq. Syria. Afghanistan. Somalia. Support may be provided for stabilization activities under subsection
(a)to the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, or other Federal agencies, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis. Support under subsection
(a)may consist of— logistic support, supplies, and services; and equipment. With respect to any country specified in subsection (b)(2), no amount of support may be provided under subsection
(a)until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, submits to the appropriate committees of Congress a detailed report setting forth a stabilization strategy for such country. The stabilization strategy required by paragraph
(1)shall set forth the following: The United States interests in conducting stabilization activities in the country specified in subsection (b)(2). The key foreign partners and actors in such country. The desired end states and objectives of the United States stabilization activities in such country. The Department of Defense support intended to be provided for the stabilization activities of other Federal agencies under section (a). Any mechanism for civil-military coordination regarding support for stabilization activities. The mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of Department of Defense support for United States stabilization activities in the area. No amount of support may be provided under subsection
(a)until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate committees of Congress written guidance for the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of support provided under that subsection. The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress on an annual basis a report that includes the following: The identification of each foreign area within countries specified in subparagraph (b)(2) for which support to stabilization has occurred. The total amount spent by the Department of Defense, broken out by recipient Federal agency and activity. An assessment of the contribution of each activity toward greater stability. An articulation of any plans for continued Department of Defense support to stabilization in the specified foreign area in order to maintain or improve stability. Other matters as the Secretary considers to be appropriate. Amounts for activities carried out under this section in a fiscal year shall be derived only from amounts authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for the Department of Defense for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide. Not more than $25,000,000 in each fiscal year is authorized to be used to provide support under this section. The authority provided under this section may not be exercised after September 30, 2020. In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. The term logistic support, supplies, and services has the meaning given the term in section 2350(1) of title 10 United States Code.