European Reassurance Initiative Budget Request

This budget continues and expands projects under the President’s European Reassurance Initiative (ERI), which was originally proposed by the President in Warsaw on June 3, 2014. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget request funds ERI efforts started in FY 2015 and FY 2016 to reassure North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Allies and partners of the U.S. commitment to their security and territorial integrity. Funds provide near-term flexibility and responsiveness to the evolving concerns of U.S. allies and partners in Europe, particularly Central and Eastern Europe, and increase the capability and readiness of U.S. allies and partners.