Sec. 1533. AVAILABILITY OF JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND FOR TRAINING OF FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES TO DEFEAT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES

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## SEC. 1533 AVAILABILITY OF JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND FOR TRAINING OF FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES TO DEFEAT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ###

(a)Availability of Funds ####

(1)In general Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund, or a successor fund, up to $30,000,000 may be available to the Secretary of Defense to provide training to foreign security forces to defeat improvised explosive devices under authority provided the Department of Defense under any other provision of law. ####

(2)Applicability of contingent limitation The availability of funds under this subsection is subject to the contingent limitation on the availability of amounts in the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund after September 30, 2016, in section 1532(g). ###

(b)Construction of Availability of Funds The availability of funds under subsection

(a)shall not be construed as authority in and of itself for the provision of training as described in that subsection. ###

(c)Geographic Limitation Training may be provided using funds available under subsection

(a)only— ####

(1)in locations in which the Department is conducting a named operation; or ####

(2)in geographic areas in which the Secretary of Defense has determined that a foreign security force is facing a significant threat from improvised explosive devices. ###

(d)Coordination With Geographic Combatant Commands The Secretary of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate the provision of training using funds available under subsection

(a)with requests received from the commanders of the geographic combatant commands. ###

(e)Expiration The authority to use funds described in subsection

(a)in accordance with this section shall expire on September 30, 2020.