text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Iran From Smuggling Weapons to 
  Terrorists Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO INCREASE 
                MARITIME SECURITY AND DOMAIN AWARENESS OF FOREIGN 
                COUNTRIES BORDERING THE PERSIAN GULF, ARABIAN SEA, OR 
                MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
  
      (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to authorize 
  assistance and training to increase maritime security and domain 
  awareness of foreign countries bordering the Persian Gulf, the Arabian 
  Sea, or the Mediterranean Sea in order to deter and counter illicit 
  smuggling and related maritime activity by Iran, including illicit 
  Iranian weapons shipments.
      (b) Authority.--
              (1) In general.--To carry out the purpose of this section 
          as described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, with 
          the concurrence of the Secretary of State, is authorized--
                      (A) to provide training to the national military or 
                  other security forces of Israel, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, 
                  the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar that 
                  have among their functional responsibilities maritime 
                  security missions; and
                      (B) to provide training to ministry, agency, and 
                  headquarters level organizations for such forces.
              (2) Designation.--The provision of assistance and training 
          under this section may be referred to as the ``Counter Iran 
          Maritime Initiative''.
      (c) Types of Training.--
              (1) Authorized elements of training.--Training provided 
          under subsection (b)(1)(A) may include the provision of de 
          minimis equipment, supplies, and small-scale military 
          construction.
              (2) Required elements of training.--Training provided under 
          subsection (b) shall include elements that promote the 
          following:
                      (A) Observance of and respect for human rights and 
                  fundamental freedoms.
                      (B) Respect for legitimate civilian authority 
                  within the country to which the assistance is provided.
      (d) Availability of Funds.--Of the amount authorized to be 
  appropriated for fiscal year 2018 and available for operation and 
  maintenance for Defense-wide activities, $50,000,000 shall be available 
  only for the provision of assistance and training under subsection (b).
      (e) Cost Sharing.--
              (1) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, 
          given income parity among recipient countries, the Secretary of 
          Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, should 
          seek, through appropriate bilateral and multilateral 
          arrangements, payments sufficient in amount to offset any 
          training costs associated with implementation of subsection 
          (b).
              (2) Cost-sharing agreement.--The Secretary of Defense, with 
          the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall negotiate a 
          cost-sharing agreement with a recipient country regarding the 
          cost of any training provided pursuant to subsection (b). The 
          agreement shall set forth the terms of cost sharing that the 
          Secretary of Defense determines are necessary and appropriate, 
          but such terms shall not be less than 50 percent of the overall 
          cost of the training.
              (3) Credit to appropriations.--The portion of such cost 
          sharing received by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to this 
          subsection may be credited towards appropriations available for 
          operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities.
      (f) Notice to Congress on Training.--Not later than 15 days before 
  exercising the authority under subsection (b) with respect to a 
  recipient country, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
  appropriate congressional committees a notification containing the 
  following:
              (1) An identification of the recipient country.
              (2) A detailed justification of the program for the 
          provision of the training concerned, and its relationship to 
          United States security interests.
              (3) The budget for the program, including a timetable of 
          planned expenditures of funds to implement the program, an 
          implementation timeline for the program with milestones 
          (including anticipated delivery schedules for any assistance 
          and training under the program), the military department or 
          component responsible for management of the program, and the 
          anticipated completion date for the program.
              (4) A description of the arrangements, if any, to support 
          recipient country sustainment of any capability developed 
          pursuant to the program, and the source of funds to support 
          sustainment efforts and performance outcomes to be achieved 
          under the program beyond its completion date, if applicable.
              (5) A description of the program objectives and an 
          assessment framework to be used to develop capability and 
          performance metrics associated with operational outcomes for 
          the recipient force.
              (6) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
          appropriate.
      (g) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
  congressional committees'' means--
              (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
          Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
          Senate; and
              (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
          Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
          House of Representatives.
      (h) Termination.--Assistance and training may not be provided under 
  this section after September 30, 2021.
target: Stop Iran From Smuggling Weapons to Terrorists Act This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide training to: (1) the national military or other security forces of Israel, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar that have among their functional responsibilities maritime security missions; and (2) ministry, agency, and headquarters level organizations for such forces.  Such assistance and training may be referred to as the Counter Iran Maritime Initiative. Such training: (1) may include the provision of de minimis equipment, supplies, and small-scale military construction; and (2) shall include the promotion of human rights and respect for legitimate civilian authority. It is the sense of Congress that DOD should seek payments from such countries to offset training costs. DOD shall negotiate a training cost-sharing agreement with a recipient country that covers at least 50% of related costs.
feat_title: Stop Iran From Smuggling Weapons to Terrorists Act