Sec. 1225. MATTERS RELATING TO SUPPORT FOR THE VETTED SYRIAN OPPOSITION
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## SEC. 1225 MATTERS RELATING TO SUPPORT FOR THE VETTED SYRIAN OPPOSITION ###
(a)Report on Potential Support Required ####
(1)In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report setting forth a description of the military support the Secretary considers necessary to provide to recipients of assistance under section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck”McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3541) upon their return to Syria to ensure their ability to meet the intended purposes of such assistance. ####
(2)Covered potential support The support the Secretary may consider necessary to provide for purposes of the report required by paragraph
(1)is the following: #####
(A)Logistical support. #####
(B)Defensive supportive fire. #####
(C)Intelligence. #####
(D)Medical support. #####
(E)Any other support the Secretary considers appropriate for purposes of the report. ####
(3)Elements The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: #####
(A)For each type of support the Secretary considers necessary to provide as described in paragraph (1), a description of the actions to be taken by the Secretary to ensure that such support would not benefit any of the following: ######
(i)The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Jabhat Al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda, the Khorasan Group, or any other violent extremist organization ######
(ii)The Syrian Arab Army or any group or organization supporting President Bashir Assad. #####
(B)An estimate of the cost of providing such support. ###
(b)Strategy for Syria ####
(1)In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy for Syria. ####
(2)Elements The strategy required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: #####
(A)A description of the means by which assistance provided to appropriately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian groups and individuals will achieve the purposes set forth in section 1209(a) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck”McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. #####
(B)A description of the political and military objectives and end states for Syria. #####
(C)A description of means by which the assistance will support the political and military objectives and end states for Syria. #####
(D)An explanation of the manner in which the military campaign in Syria and Iraq is integrated. ###
(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In subsections
(a)and (b), the term “appropriate congressional committees” has the meaning given that term in section 1209(e)(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck”McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. ###
(d)Additional Matters for Quarterly Progress Reports on Assistance to the Vetted Opposition ####
(1)Additional Matters Subsection
(d)of section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck”McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 is amended— #####
(A)in paragraph (10), by striking “and” at the end; #####
(B)in paragraph
(11)by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: > > #### “(12) > > a description of support, if any, provided to appropriately vetted recipients pursuant to subsection
(a)while those forces are located in Syria, including— > > > ##### “(A) > > logistics support; > > > ##### “(B) > > defense supporting fire; > > > ##### “(C) > > intelligence; and > > > ##### “(D) > > medical support; and > > > #### “(13) > > a description of the number of appropriately vetted recipients located in Syria, the approximate locations in which they are operating, and the number of known casualties among such recipients.” > . ####
(2)Effective Date The amendments made by paragraph
(1)shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to quarterly reports submitted under subsection
(d)of section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck”McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 after that date. ###
(e)Information accompanying reprogramming requests Subsection
(f)of such section is amended— ####
(1)by striking “ The Secretary of Defense ” and inserting the following: > > #### “(1) In general > > The Secretary of Defense” > ; and ####
(2)by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(2) Information Accompanying Reprogramming Requests > > Each request under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: > > > ##### “(A) > > The amount, type, and purpose of assistance to be funded pursuant to such request. > > > ##### “(B) > > The budget, implementation timeline with milestones, and anticipated delivery schedule for such assistance.” > .
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Sec. 1225
MATTERS RELATING TO SUPPORT FOR THE VETTED SYRIAN OPPOSITION
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