Sec. 1535. EUROPEAN REASSURANCE INITIATIVE

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## SEC. 1535 EUROPEAN REASSURANCE INITIATIVE ###

(a)Total Amount and Authorized Purposes of ERI The $1,000,000,000 authorized to be appropriated in sections 1502, 1504, 1505, 1511, and 2904 for fiscal year 2015 for the European Reassurance Initiative, as specified in the funding tables in sections 4102, 4302, 4402, 4502, and 4602, may be used by the Secretary of Defense solely for the following purposes: ####

(1)Activities to increase the presence of the United States Armed Forces in Europe. ####

(2)Bilateral and multilateral military exercises and training with allies and partner nations in Europe. ####

(3)Activities to improve infrastructure in Europe to enhance the responsiveness of the United States Armed Forces. ####

(4)Activities to enhance the prepositioning in Europe of equipment of the United States Armed Forces. ####

(5)Activities to build the defense and security capacity of allies and partner nations in Europe. ###

(b)Activities to Build Defense and Security Capacity of Allies and Partner Nations Of the funds made available for the European Reassurance Initiative that will be used for the purpose specified in subsection (a)(5)— ####

(1)not less than $75,000,000 shall be available to be used for programs, activities, and assistance to support the Government of Ukraine; ####

(2)not less than $30,000,000 shall be available to be used for programs and activities to build the capacity of European allies and partner nations; and ####

(3)the Secretary of Defense may transfer the funds to support activities conducted under the authorities of the Department of Defense specified in section 1274(c) of this Act. ###

(c)Transfer Requirements Related to Certain Funds ####

(1)Use of funds only pursuant to transfer In the case of the funds authorized to be appropriated in section 1511 for the European Reassurance Initiative Fund, as specified in the funding tables in section 4502, the funds may be used for the purposes specified in subsection

(a)only pursuant to a transfer of the funds to either or both of the following accounts of the Department of Defense: #####

(A)Military personnel accounts. #####

(B)Operation and maintenance accounts. ####

(2)Effect on authorization amounts During fiscal years 2015 and 2016, the transfer of an amount made available for the European Reassurance Initiative to an account under the authority provided by paragraph

(1)or subsection (b)(3) shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for such account by an amount equal to the amount transferred. ####

(3)Construction with other transfer authority The transfer authority provided by paragraph

(1)and subsection (b)(3) is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense. ###

(d)Notification Requirements Not later than 15 days before that date on which a transfer of funds under subsection (b)(3) or (c)(1) takes effect, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the planned transfer. Each notice of a transfer of funds shall include the following: ####

(1)A detailed description of the project or activity to be supported by the transfer of funds, including any request of the Commander of the United States European Command for support, urgent operational need, or emergent operational need. ####

(2)The amount planned to be transferred and expended on such project or activity. ####

(3)A timeline for expenditure of the transferred funds. ###

(e)Duration of Transfer Authority The transfer authority provided by subsections (b)(3) and (c)(1) expires September 30, 2016.