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.” .