Sec. 1222. STRATEGY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND TO COUNTER VIOLENT EXTREMISM

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## SEC. 1222 STRATEGY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND TO COUNTER VIOLENT EXTREMISM ###

(a)Strategy Required Not later than February 15, 2016, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy for the Middle East and to counter violent extremism. ###

(b)Elements The strategy required by subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)A description of the objectives and end state for the United States in the Middle East and with respect to violent extremism. ####

(2)A description of the roles and responsibilities of the Department of State in the strategy. ####

(3)A description of the roles and responsibilities of the Department of Defense in the strategy. ####

(4)A description of actions to prevent the weakening and failing of states in the Middle East. ####

(5)A description of actions to counter violent extremism. ####

(6)A description of the resources required by the Department of Defense to counter ISIL’s illicit oil revenues. ####

(7)A list of the state and non-state actors that must be engaged to counter violent extremism. ####

(8)A description of the coalition required to carry out the strategy, and the expected lines of effort of such a coalition. ####

(9)An assessment of United States efforts to disrupt and prevent foreign fighters traveling to Syria and Iraq and to disrupt and prevent foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq traveling to the United States. ###

(c)Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined In the section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— ####

(1)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and ####

(2)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.