,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #ah1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,bacon introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,defense to develop a plan to equip and 
train ,iraqi security forces and        
,kurdish ,peshmerga forces1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,iraqi and     
,kurdish ,peshmerga ,forces ,defense    
,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,plan to equip and  
train ,iraqi security forces and        
,kurdish ,peshmerga forces  7a7 ,in     
general ,not later than ,february #a1   
#bjbd1 the ,secretary of ,defense1 in   
consultation with the ,secretary of     

,state1 shall develop a plan of action  
to equip and train ,iraqi security      
forces and ,kurdish ,peshmerga forces to
 defend against attack by missiles1     
rockets1 and unmanned systems4 ,the plan
 of action shall be based on and        
informed by the results of the report   
submitted by the ,secretary of ,defense 
pursuant to section #abcg of the ,james 
,m4 ,inhofe ,national ,defense          
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjbc 7,public ,law #aag-bfc2 #acf      
,stat4 #bhci74  7b7 ,matters ,the plan  
under subsection 7a7 shall include the  
following3 7#a7 ,the provision of       
available equipment to ,iraq and the    
,iraqi ,kurdistan ,region to counter the
 air and missile threats addressed in   
the report1 to include air defense      
systems1 to counter attack by missiles1 
rockets1 and unmanned systems4  7#b7    
,the provision of appropriate training  
of ,iraqi security forces and ,kurdish  
,peshmerga forces to support fielding   
and operational employment of the       

available equipment described in        
paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,implementation    
7#a7 ,in general ,except as provided in 
paragraph 7#b71 not later than #ij days 
after the date on which the ,secretary  
of ,defense develops the plan under     
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
commence the implementation of such     
plan4  7#b7 ,waiver ,the ,secretary of  
,defense may delay implementation of the
 plan under subsection 7a7 if-- 7,a7 the
 ,secretary determines such             
implementation would adversely impact   
,united ,states stocks and military     
readiness2  7,b7 the ,secretary notifies
 the congressional defense committees of
 the proposed exercise of such waiver2  
and  7,c7 a #aj-;day period has elapsed 
since such notification4  7#c7          
,continued congressional notification   
,if the ,secretary of ,defense exercises
 the waiver authority under paragraph   
7#b71 every #cj days during the period  
beginning on the date of the initial    
notification under paragraph 7#b77;,b7  

and ending on the date on which the     
implementation of the plan under        
subsection 7a7 commences1 the ,secretary
 shall notify the congressional defense 
committees of the exercise of such      
authority4  7d7 ,congressional briefing 
,not later than ,july #a1 #bjbd1 the    
,secretary of ,defense shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees a  
briefing on progress of the air defense 
equipping and training effort against   
the air and missile threat to ,iraq1    
including in the ,iraqi ,kurdistan      
,region4  7e7 ,congressional defense    
committees defined ,in this section1 the
 term congressional defense committees  
has the meaning given that term in      
section #aja of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code4