MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE.

SEC. 1246. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE. Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 1068), as most recently amended by section 1234 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1659), is further amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking paragraph (8); (B) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (16) and transferring it to appear after paragraph (15); (C) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (11) and (13) through (15) as paragraphs (8) through (13), respectively; (D) by inserting after paragraph (13) (as redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph) the following new paragraph: “(14) Training required to maintain and employ systems and capabilities described in paragraphs (1) through (13).” ; and (E) by redesignating paragraph (16) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph) as paragraph (15); (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking “50 percent of the funds available for fiscal year 2018 pursuant to subsection (f)(3)” and inserting “50 percent of the funds available for fiscal year 2019 pursuant to subsection (f)(4)”; (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking “The certification described” and inserting the following: “(A) In general.—The certification described” ; (ii) by striking “in such areas” and all that follows through “defense industrial sector” and inserting “in such areas as described in subparagraph (B)”; (iii) by striking “subsection (a).” and inserting the following: “subsection (a). “(B) Areas described.—The areas described in this subparagraph are— “(i) strengthening civilian control of the military; “(ii) enhanced cooperation and coordination with Verkhovna Rada efforts to exercise oversight of the Ministry of Defense and military forces; “(iii) increased transparency and accountability in defense procurement; “(iv) improvement in transparency, accountability, sustainment, and inventory management in the defense industrial sector; and “(v) protection of proprietary or sensitive technologies as such technologies relate to foreign military sales or transfers.” ; and (iv) by striking “The certification shall” and inserting the following: “(C) Assessment.—The certification shall” ; (C) in paragraph (3), by striking “fiscal year 2018” and inserting “fiscal year 2019”; and (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) Lethal assistance.—Of the funds available for fiscal year 2019 pursuant to subsection (f)(4), $50,000,000 shall be available only for lethal assistance described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b).” ; (3) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following: “(4) For fiscal year 2019, $250,000,000.” ; and (4) in subsection (h), by striking “December 31, 2020” and inserting “December 31, 2021”.