TWO-YEAR EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR NON-CONVENTIONAL ASSISTED RECOVERY CAPABILITIES.

SEC. 1271. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR NON-CONVENTIONAL ASSISTED RECOVERY CAPABILITIES.(a) Extension.—Subsection (h) of section 943 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4579), as most recently amended by section 1261(a) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), is further amended by striking “2016” and inserting “2018”.(b) Revision to Annual Limitation on Funds.—Subsection (a) of such section 943 is amended—(1) by striking “Upon” and inserting the following:“(1) In general.—Upon”;(2) by striking “an amount” and all that follows through “may be” and inserting “amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) Annual limit.—The total amount made available for support of non-conventional assisted recovery activities under this subsection in any fiscal year may not exceed $25,000,000.”.(c) Oversight.—Subsection (b) of such section 943 is amended—(1) by striking “(b) Procedures.—The Secretary” and inserting the following:“(b) Procedures and Oversight.—“(1) Procedures.—The Secretary”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) Programmatic and policy oversight.—The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict shall have primary programmatic and policy oversight of non-conventional assisted recovery activities authorized by this section.”.129 STAT. 1076