Sec. 1215. AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF SECURITY COOPERATION IN IRAQ
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## SEC. 1215 AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF SECURITY COOPERATION IN IRAQ **[**[10 U.S.C. 113 note](/us/usc/t10/s113)**]** ###
(a)Authority The Secretary of Defense may support United States Government security cooperation activities in Iraq by providing funds for the operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. ###
(b)Types of Support The operations and activities for which the Secretary may provide funds under the authority in subsection
(a)may include life supportand transportation and personal security. ###
(c)Limitation on Amount The total amount of funds provided under the authority in subsection
(a)in fiscal year 2025 may not exceed $18,000,000. ###
(d)Source of Funds Funds for purposes of subsection
(a)for fiscal year 2025 shall be derived from amounts available for that fiscal year for operation and maintenance for the Air Force. ###
(e)Coverage of Costs in Connection With Sales of Defense Articles or Defense Services to Iraq The President shall ensure that any letter of offer for the sale to Iraq of any defense articles or defense services issued after the date of the enactment of this Act includes appropriate administrative charges, consistent with the provisions of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). ###
(f)Additional Authority for Activities of OSCI ####
(1)In general During fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may authorize the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq to conduct activities to support the following: #####
(A)Defense institution building to mitigate capability gaps and promote effective and sustainable defense institutions. #####
(B)Professionalization, strategic planning and reform, financial management, manpower management, and logistics management of military and other security forces with a national security mission. ####
(2)Required elements The activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq conducted under paragraph
(1)shall include elements that promote the following: #####
(A)Observance of and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. #####
(B)Military professionalism. #####
(C)Respect for legitimate civilian authority within Iraq. ####
(3)Sunset The authority provided in this subsection shall terminate on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. ###
(g)Reports ####
(1)In general Not later than September 30, 2020, and every 180 days thereafter until the authority in this section expires, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. ####
(2)Elements Each report under this subsection shall include the following: #####
(A)A description of capability gaps in the security forces of Iraq that also addresses capability gaps relating to intelligence matters, protection of Iraq airspace, and logistics and maintenance, and a description of the extent, if any, to which the Government of Iraq has requested assistance in addressing such capability gaps. #####
(B)A description of the activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and the extent, if any, to which United States security assistance and security cooperation activities are intended to address the capability gaps described pursuant to subparagraph (A). #####
(C)A description of how the activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq are coordinated with, and complement and enhance, the assistance provided pursuant to section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. #####
(D)A description of end use monitoring programs, and any other programs or procedures, used to improve accountability for equipment provided to the Government of Iraq. #####
(E)A description of the measures of effectiveness used to evaluate the activities of the Office of the Security Cooperation in Iraq, and an analysis of any determinations to expand, alter, or terminate specific activities of the Office based on such evaluations. #####
(F)An evaluation of the effectiveness of United States efforts to promote respect for human rights, military professionalism, and respect for legitimate civilian authority in Iraq. ####
(3)Appropriate committees of congress defined In this subsection, the term “**appropriate committees of Congress**” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ###
(h)Limitation on Availability of Funds Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2022 to carry out this section, not more than $10,000,000 may be obligated or expended for the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq until the date on which the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that— ####
(1)details further steps to reorganize the Office in a manner similar to that of other security cooperation offices in the region and indicates whether such reorganization will be achieved by 2023; ####
(2)describes progress made toward the continuation of bilateral engagement with the Government of Iraq, with the objective of establishing a joint mechanism for security assistance planning; ####
(3)includes a five-year security assistance roadmap for developing sustainable military capacity and capabilities and enabling defense institution building and reform; and ####
(4)describes progress made toward, and a timeline for, the transition of the preponderance of funding for the activities of the Office from current sources to the Foreign Military Financing Administrative Fund and the Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund Administrative Surcharge Account in future years.
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Sec. 1215
AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF SECURITY COOPERATION IN IRAQ
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