Sec. 1677. MISSILE DEFENSE CAPABILITY IN EUROPE

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## SEC. 1677 MISSILE DEFENSE CAPABILITY IN EUROPE ###

(a)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the relevant combatant command, should ensure that arrangements are in place, including support from other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(NATO)and the host nations, to provide anti-air defense capability at the Aegis Ashore sites in Romania and Poland by not later than June 1, 2019. ###

(b)Request to NATO ####

(1)In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to NATO a request for NATO Security Investment Programme support for an air defense capability at the Aegis Ashore sites in Romania and Poland. ####

(2)Notification Not later than April 1, 2016, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees as to whether NATO has agreed in principle to providing the support described in paragraph (1). ####

(3)Appropriate congressional committees In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####

(A)the congressional defense committees; and #####

(B)the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. ###

(c)Report on Air Defense Capability ####

(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing— #####

(A)the plan and budget profile to provide the air defense capability described in subsection (b)(1); #####

(B)an assessment of any changes to the hosting agreements between the respective host nations and the United States; #####

(C)an evaluation of the feasibility, benefit, and cost of using the evolved sea sparrow missile, the standard missile 2, or other options as determined by the Secretary to provide such air defense capability; and #####

(D)an assessment of the air and ballistic missile threat to the military installations of the United States in Europe, including the Naval Shore Facility in Devesulu, Romania, and the planned facility in Redzikowo, Poland. ####

(2)Form The report under paragraph

(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(d)Capabilities in European Command Area of Responsibility ####

(1)Rotational deployment Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a terminal high altitude area defense battery is available for rotational deployment to the area of responsibility of the United States European Command unless the Secretary notifies the congressional defense committees that such battery is needed in the area of responsibility of another combatant command. ####

(2)Pre-positioning sites The Secretary of Defense shall examine potential sites in the area of responsibility of the United States European Command to pre-position a terminal high altitude area defense battery. ####

(3)Studies #####

(A)Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct studies to evaluate— ######

(i)not fewer than three sites in the area of responsibility of the United States European Command for the deployment of a terminal high altitude area defense battery in the event that the deployment of such a battery is determined to be necessary; and ######

(ii)not fewer than three sites in such area for the deployment of a Patriot air and missile defense battery in the event that such a deployment is determined to be necessary. #####

(B)In evaluating sites under clauses

(i)and

(ii)of subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall determine which sites are best for defending— ######

(i)the Armed Forces of the United States; and ######

(ii)the member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ####

(4)Agreements If the Secretary of Defense determines that a deployment described in clause

(i)or

(ii)of paragraph (3)(A) is necessary and the appropriate host nation requests such a deployment, the President shall seek to enter into the necessary agreements with the host nation to carry out such deployment. ###

(e)Implementation of Certain Direction The Secretary shall implement the direction relating to this section contained in the classified annex accompanying this Act.