United States Congress, NDAA 2018 Sec. 1251 , September 18 2017. Unclassified.

677 1 as amended by section 1237(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2495), is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 2 3 4 5 “(12) Treatment of wounded Ukraine soldiers in 6 the United States in medical treatment facilities 7 through the Secretarial Designee Program, and trans- 8 portation, lodging, meals, and other appropriate non- 9 medical support in connection with such treatment 10 (including incidental expenses in connection with 11 such support).”. 12 SEC. 1251. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 13 THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZA- 14 TION INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTER. 15 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 16 (1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 17 (NATO) Intelligence Fusion Center provides a crucial 18 contribution to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- 19 tion alliance and the national security of the United 20 States. 21 (2) The fast-paced evolution of the security situa- 22 tion throughout Europe and its periphery, as well as 23 a marked increase in conventional, nuclear, and hy- 24 brid threats from the Russian Federation, require op- 25 timized efforts to track and attribute critical threats † HR 2810 PAP

678 1 to the security and stability of Europe and United 2 States national security interests. 3 (3) The ability of the North Atlantic Treaty Or- 4 ganization Intelligence Fusion Center to leverage stra- 5 tegic intelligence partnerships with the United States 6 and other allies facilitates daily and direct collabora- 7 tion that provides operational advantages and effi- 8 ciencies needed to ensure the rapid and proper re- 9 sponse by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to 10 Russian aggression in the conventional, nuclear, and 11 hybrid domains. 12 (4) The collocation of the North Atlantic Treaty 13 Organization Intelligence Fusion Center with the 14 Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex of the United 15 States European Command facilitates the sharing 16 and fusion of intelligence, contributes to filling intel- 17 ligence gaps within both the North Atlantic Treaty 18 Organization and the United States European Com- 19 mand, and supports a common intelligence picture 20 for the North Atlantic Council, which is essential to 21 establishing political consensus on evaluating, ana- 22 lyzing, and attributing existing and emerging threats. 23 (5) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization In- 24 telligence Fusion Center and its collocation with the 25 Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex contribute sig-

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679 1 significantly to providing the North Atlantic Treaty Or- 2 ganization alliance and the United States European 3 Command timely and effective indications and warn- 4 ings of threats emanating from within and around 5 Europe. 6 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 7 that the collocation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- 8 tion Intelligence Fusion Center with the Joint Intelligence 9 Analysis Complex of the United States European Command 10 provides the optimal solution to intelligence and oper- 11 ational requirements, while fostering critical diplomatic re- 12 lationships, and is the most efficient configuration of the 13 intelligence enterprise. 14 Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the 15 Asia-Pacific Region 16 SEC. 1261. ASIA-PACIFIC STABILITY INITIATIVE. 17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 18 carry out a program of activities described in subsection 19 (b) for the purpose of enhancing stability in the Asia-Pa- 20 cific region. The program of activities shall be known as 21 the “Asia-Pacific Stability Initiative”. 22 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities described in this sub- 23 section are the following:

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