Comprehensive Strategy to Destroy ISIS Act of 2017

Comprehensive Strategy to Destroy ISIS Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of State to jointly develop and submit to Congress: (1) a strategy to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and its affiliates, (2) a biennial update of such strategy, and (3) a strategy to bring the civil war in Syria to a sustainable end.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress an assessment of:

• the willingness and capabilities of coalition members and allies to defeat ISIS with their own military assets;
• the presence of ISIS or its affiliates in countries other than Syria, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, and Afghanistan;
• preventing radicalization of citizens of regional countries by ISIS;
• the number of foreign fighters joining ISIS and tactics to prevent further recruitment; and
• significant U.S. intelligence gaps concerning ISIS and the ability to carry out a regional strategy to defeat it.