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Calendar No. 433 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4638 

[Report No. 118–188] 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of 

the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 

activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 

strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 8, 2024 

Mr. REED, from the Committee on Armed Services, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military 

activities of the Department of Defense, for military 

construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths 

for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 

2 CONTENTS. 

3 (a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into four divi4 sions as follows: 

5 (1) Division A—Department of Defense Au6 thorizations. 

7 (2) Division B—Military Construction Author8 izations. 

9 (3) Division C—Department of Energy Na10 tional Security Authorizations and Other Authoriza11 tions. 

12 (4) Division D—Funding Tables. 

13 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

14 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. 

Sec. 4. Budgetary effects of this Act. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Army Programs 

Sec. 111. Centralized security monitoring program for facilities of the Army. 

Sec. 112. Strategy for Army active protection systems. 

Sec. 113. Certification of additional manufacturer for low, slow, small unmanned aircraft integrated defeat system of the Army. 

Subtitle C—Navy Programs 

Sec. 121. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for Navy port waterborne security barriers. 

Sec. 122. Constellation-class frigate program. 

Sec. 123. Limitation on the construction of the Landing Ship Medium. 


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Sec. 124. Authority for the procurement, leasing, or chartering of a mediumsized landing ship. 

Sec. 125. Annual report on surface ship suppliers. 

Sec. 126. Block buy contract and multiyear procurement authority for CH–53K 

heavy lift helicopter program. 

Sec. 127. Modification of requirement to incorporate advanced degaussing systems into Arleigh Burke class destroyers. 

Sec. 128. Modification of authority to purchase used vessels under the National 

Defense Sealift Fund. 

Sec. 129. Authority for incrementally funded contract for the construction of a 

Virginia-class submarine. 

Sec. 130. Sense of Congress on aircraft carrier acquisition strategies. 

Sec. 130A. Modifications to procurement authorities for certain amphibious 

shipbuilding programs. 

Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 

Sec. 131. Prohibition on certain reductions to inventory of E–3 airborne warning and control system aircraft. 

Sec. 132. Management of temporary relocation of B–1 bomber aircraft and personnel. 

Sec. 133. Modification of requirements for cost-benefit and technical risk analysis for F–35 propulsion and thermal management modernization program. 

Sec. 134. Plan for sustainment and recapitalization of Air National Guard 

fighter fleet. 

Sec. 135. Air base air defense. 

Sec. 136. Annual report on Air Force tactical fighter aircraft force structure. 

Sec. 137. Extension of limitations and minimum inventory requirement relating 

to RQ–4 aircraft. 

Sec. 138. Modification of inventory requirements for aircraft of the combat air 

forces. 

Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 

Sec. 141. Modification of pilot program to accelerate the procurement and fielding of innovative technologies. 

Sec. 142. Plan for signals intelligence capabilities of armed overwatch aircraft. 

Sec. 143. Assessments of inventory requirements for air-to-air missiles. 

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 

Sec. 211. Ensuring compliance with Department of Defense policy when awarding research grants. 

Sec. 212. Extension of Global Research Watch Program. 

Sec. 213. Competitive demonstration of automated target recognition algorithms. 

Sec. 214. Modifications to test program for engineering plant of DDG(X) destroyer vessels. 

Sec. 215. Assignment of Department of Defense responsibility for international 

collaboration on directed energy weapons. 


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Sec. 216. Expansion of authority for technology protection features activities. 

Sec. 217. Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program. 

Sec. 218. Limitation on availability of funds for fundamental research collaboration with certain institutions. 

Sec. 219. Detail authority for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to 

support technology transition. 

Sec. 220. Prohibition on award of research or development contracts or grants 

to educational institutions that have violated certain civil 

rights. 

Subtitle C—Plans, Reports, and Other Matters 

Sec. 231. Improvements relating to defining, identifying, and planning the artificial intelligence workforce of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 232. Development and implementation of a plan on advancing interests of 

Department of Defense in matters relating to electromagnetic 

spectrum in international engagements or fora. 

Sec. 233. Report on geographic presence of the Defense Innovation Unit. 

Sec. 234. Report on obligations and expenditure rates for basic research. 

Sec. 235. Electromagnetic spectrum demonstration program. 

Sec. 236. Pilot program on development of near-term use cases and demonstration of artificial intelligence toward biotechnology applications 

for national security. 

Sec. 237. Roadmap for addressing research and development needs in biotechnology for the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 238. Plan for optimization of Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate. 

Sec. 239. National Defense Economic Competition Research Council. 

Sec. 240. Defense Science Board study on long-term operations and availability 

of Kwajalein Atoll as a Major Range and Test Facility Base. 

Sec. 241. Pilot programs on use of artificial intelligence. 

Sec. 242. Duties of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing 

Council relating to artificial intelligence models and advanced 

artificial intelligence technologies. 

Sec. 243. Quantum Scaling Initiative. 

Sec. 244. Incorporating human readiness levels into research, development, 

test, and evaluation activities. 

Sec. 245. Management and utilization of digital data to enhance maintenance 

activities. 

Sec. 246. Extension and modification of Directed Energy Working Group. 

Sec. 247. Directed Energy Roadmap and Activity Funding Report. 

Sec. 248. Pilot program on establishing entities and consortia to conduct prototyping and production of critical and emerging technologies. 

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 

Sec. 311. Implementation of Inspector General recommendations relating to 

oversight of defense fuel support points. 

Sec. 312. Initiative to control and combat the spread of invasive species. 


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Sec. 313. Modification of definition of antenna structure project under Military 

Aviation and Installation Assurance Clearinghouse for review 

of mission obstructions. 

Sec. 314. Provision by Secretary of the Air Force of meteorological data for Air 

Force and Army. 

Sec. 315. Modification of sustainable aviation fuel pilot program. 

Sec. 316. Study and report on the greenhouse gas and toxic pollutant emissions 

of the production and utilization of non-tactical vehicles of the 

Department of Defense. 

Sec. 317. Repeal of limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels; annual report. 

Subtitle C—Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Polyfluoroalkyl 

Substances 

Sec. 321. Interim responses to address releases or threatened releases of 

perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

Sec. 322. Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and assessment 

on health implications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 

contamination in drinking water by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 

Sec. 323. Pilot program for performance of maintenance and repair on forwarddeployed naval force ships in foreign shipyards. 

Subtitle D—Logistics and Sustainment 

Sec. 331. Warehouse utilization organization alignment. 

Sec. 332. Authority for Government-Owned, Government-Operated facilities to 

access Production Base Support funds. 

Sec. 333. Codification and permanent extension of authority for reimbursement 

of expenses for certain Navy mess operations afloat. 

Sec. 334. Plan for secondary sources in the munitions supply chain. 

Sec. 335. Counter unmanned aerial system threat library. 

Subtitle E—Reports 

Sec. 341. Modification of readiness reports to include total number of combat 

readiness upgrades or downgrades. 

Sec. 342. Extension and expansion of incident reporting requirements for Department of Defense. 

Sec. 343. Report on landing fees collected by installations of the Air Force located outside the continental United States. 

Sec. 344. Annual briefing on operational readiness of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron prior to commencement of the official hurricane season. 

Subtitle F—Other Matters 

Sec. 351. Authority for detection and monitoring of illegal drugs regardless of 

destination. 

Sec. 352. Extension of protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. 

Sec. 353. Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses of Office of 

Secretary of Defense. 

Sec. 354. Retrofitting of anti-lock brake system and electronic stability control 

kit for certain Army vehicles. 

Sec. 355. Coordination of planning with respect to stockpiles of basic life sustaining and personnel items and equipment. 


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Sec. 356. Pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile articles. 

Sec. 357. Pilot program for advanced manufacturing in the Indo-Pacific region. 

TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 

Subtitle A—Active Forces 

Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 

Sec. 402. Annual end-strength authorization for the Space Force. 

Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 

Sec. 411. End strengths for selected reserve. 

Sec. 412. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 

Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 

Sec. 414. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active 

duty for operational support. 

Sec. 415. Exemption of National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers from activeduty end strength limits and modification of annual reporting 

requirement regarding security cooperation activities. 

Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 421. Military personnel. 

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 

Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 

Sec. 501. Repeal of active duty service requirement for warrant officer appointments in Air Force and Space Force. 

Sec. 502. Talent management and personnel retention for members of the 

Armed Forces. 

Sec. 503. Authority to increase the number of nurse officers recommended for 

promotion. 

Sec. 504. Vice Chief of Space Operations; vacancy in position of Chief of Space 

Operations. 

Sec. 505. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other 

requirements. 

Sec. 506. Effect of failure of selection for promotion: captains and majors of 

the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Corps and lieutenants and lieutenant commanders of the Navy. 

Sec. 507. Removal of officers from a list of Space Force officers recommended 

for promotion. 

Sec. 508. Consideration of merit by special selection review boards. 

Sec. 509. Modification of authority to separate officers when in the best interest of the service. 

Sec. 509A. Improvements relating to Medical Officer of the Marine Corps position. 

Sec. 509B. Longer term and eligibility for appointment to rank of Admiral of 

Commander of Naval Sea Systems Command. 

Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 

Sec. 511. Permanent modification to the Army National Guard and Air National Guard inactive National Guard statute. 

Sec. 512. Expanded authority to continue reserve component officers in certain 

military specialties on the reserve active-status list. 


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Sec. 513. Authority to extend military technicians until age 62. 

Sec. 514. Extension of time period for transfer or discharge of certain Army 

and Air Force reserve component general officers. 

Sec. 515. Transfer to the Space Force of covered space functions of the Air 

National Guard of the United States. 

Sec. 516. Report on effect of Air National Guard unit leveling. 

Subtitle C—General Service Authorities and Military Records 

Sec. 521. Marine Corps Deputy Commandants. 

Sec. 522. Treatment of veterans who did not register for the selective service. 

Sec. 523. Selective Service Director appointment subject to Senate confirmation. 

Sec. 524. Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 18, United 

States Code. 

Sec. 525. Technical and conforming amendments related to the Space Force. 

Sec. 526. Modified authority to provide protection to senior leaders of the Department of Defense and other specified persons. 

Sec. 527. Modification of persons not qualified for enlistment definition. 

Sec. 528. Improving military administrative review. 

Sec. 529. Combat status identifier equivalent for remotely piloted aircraft crew. 

Sec. 529A. Military training and competency records. 

Sec. 529B. Exemption of women forced to register for draft from requirements 

to serve in combat roles. 

Subtitle D—Military Justice and Other Legal Matters 

Sec. 531. Consolidation of military justice reporting requirements for the military departments. 

Sec. 532. Term of office for judges of the Court of Military Commission Review. 

Sec. 533. Aiding the enemy definition for purposes of the Uniform Code of 

Military Justice. 

Sec. 534. Pre-referral requirements related to sufficiency of admissible evidence. 

Sec. 535. Detailing of appellate defense counsel. 

Sec. 536. Expanded command notifications to victims of domestic violence. 

Sec. 537. Remote appearance before a board of inquiry. 

Sec. 538. Extension of Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 539. Reimbursement of expenses and property damage for victims of designated offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 

Sec. 540. Removal of marriage as a defense to article 120b offenses. 

Sec. 541. Removal of personally identifying and other information of certain 

persons from the Department of Defense Central Index of Investigations. 

Sec. 542. Authority of special trial counsel with respect to certain offenses occurring before effective date of military justice reforms. 

Sec. 543. Investigations of sexual assaults in the National Guard. 

Sec. 544. Analysis on the advisability to revise Military Rule of Evidence 513. 

Subtitle E—Member Education, Training, and Transition 

Sec. 551. Improving effectiveness of the future servicemember preparatory 

course. 


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Sec. 552. Determination of active duty service commitment for recipients of fellowships, grants, and scholarships. 

Sec. 553. Modernizing Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class college tuition assistance program to account for inflation. 

Sec. 554. Modification of authority to engage in funded and unfunded law education programs. 

Sec. 555. Distance education option for professional military education. 

Sec. 556. Extension of Troops-to-Teachers program extension; prohibition on 

travel until reinstated. 

Sec. 557. Inclusion of Space Force professional military education programs in 

definitions of senior and intermediate level service schools and 

as covered programs for copyright purposes. 

Sec. 558. Opt-out sharing of information on members retiring or separating 

from the Armed Forces with community-based organizations 

and related entities. 

Sec. 559. Required constitutional law training. 

Sec. 560. Information on nominations and applications for military service 

academies. 

Sec. 561. Improvements to financial literacy training. 

Subtitle F—Military Family Readiness and Dependents’ Education 

PART I—DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION

Sec. 571. Advisory committees for Department of Defense domestic dependents 

schools. 

Sec. 572. Expansion of eligibility for virtual programs operated by Department 

of Defense Education Activity. 

Sec. 573. Authorization for school meal programs at Department of Defense 

dependents schools. 

Sec. 574. Staffing of Department of Defense Education Activity schools to 

maintain maximum student-to-teacher ratios. 

Sec. 575. Enrollment in defense dependents’ education system of children of 

foreign military members assigned to United Nations Command. 

Sec. 576. Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of military and civilian personnel. 

Sec. 577. Eligibility of certain dependents for enrollment in domestic dependent 

elementary and secondary schools. 

PART II—OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 578. Redesign and modernization of child development program compensation and staffing models. 

Sec. 579. Support for expanding early child care options for members of the 

Armed Forces and their families. 

Sec. 579A. Inclusive Playground Pilot Program. 

Subtitle G—Junior Officers’ Training Corps 

Sec. 581. Number of enrolled students requirement for Junior Reserve Officers’ 

Training Corps unit participation. 

Sec. 582. Waiver authority for Junior Reserve Officer’s training Corps minimum participation requirement. 

Sec. 583. JROTC waiting list. 

Sec. 584. Number of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units. 

Sec. 585. Extension of JROTC programs to the Job Corps. 


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Subtitle H—Decorations and Other Awards, Miscellaneous Reports, and Other 

Matters 

Sec. 591. Authority to award or present a decoration following a congressionally requested review. 

Sec. 592. Posthumous advancement of General John D. Lavelle, United States 

Air Force, on the retired list. 

Sec. 593. Authorization for posthumous award of the Distinguished Service 

Cross to William D. Owens for acts of valor at La Fiere 

Bridge. 

Subtitle I—Enhanced Recruiting Efforts 

Sec. 595. Improved access to high school and college students for recruiting. 

Sec. 596. National Commission on Quality of Life for the All-Volunteer Armed 

Force. 

Sec. 597. Military Entrance Processing Command processing pilot. 

Sec. 597A. Military accessions standards review. 

Subtitle J—Automatic Selective Service System Registration 

Sec. 598. References. 

Sec. 598A. Selective Service System automatic registration. 

Sec. 598B. Elimination of Selective Service System registration incentives. 

Sec. 598C. Technical and conforming amendments. 

Sec. 598D. Effective date. 

Subtitle K—Other Matters 

Sec. 599. Evaluation of military recruits and officer candidates for drug use. 

Sec. 599A. Promoting military, national, and public service. 

Sec. 599B. Course to educate interested individuals about opportunities to contribute to national security. 

TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 

Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 

Sec. 601. Reform of basic pay rates. 

Sec. 602. Authority to pay higher rates of partial basic allowance for housing 

for unaccompanied housing. 

Sec. 603. Authority to pay basic allowance for housing to junior enlisted members on sea duty. 

Sec. 604. Extension of travel allowance for members of the Armed Forces assigned to Alaska. 

Subtitle B—Bonus and Incentive Pays 

Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authorities. 

Sec. 612. Increase in maximum skill proficiency bonus amount. 

Sec. 613. Increase in accession bonus for health professions scholarship and financial assistance program. 

Sec. 614. Extension of authority to pay one-time uniform allowance for officers 

who transfer to the Space Force. 

Subtitle C—Other Matters 


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Sec. 621. Calculation of retired pay for certain officers who served in grade O– 

9 or O–10 and retired in grade O–8. 

Sec. 622. Extension of time for minor survivors to file death gratuity claims. 

Sec. 623. Access to high-speed internet and wireless network connections for 

certain members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 624. Extension of exclusion of certain employees from Government lodging 

program. 

Sec. 625. Restrictions on retired and reserve members of the Armed Forces receiving employment and compensation indirectly from foreign 

governments through private entities. 

Sec. 626. Retroactive effective date of promotions of senior officers of Armed 

Forces that were delayed as a result of suspension of Senate 

confirmation. 

Sec. 627. Fertility and adoption demonstration program. 

Sec. 628. Selling certain consumer routers and modems on military installations. 

Sec. 629. Prohibition on sale of garlic from the People’s Republic of China at 

commissary stores. 

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 

Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits 

Sec. 701. Health care licensure portability for TRICARE network providers 

providing mental health services to members of the Armed 

Forces and certain family members. 

Sec. 702. Reduction or waiver of cost-sharing amounts under TRICARE pharmacy benefits program for certain dependents enrolled in 

TRICARE Prime Remote program. 

Sec. 703. Implementation of authority to provide travel and transportation allowances for specialty care under exceptional circumstances. 

Sec. 704. Expansion of eligibility for hearing aids to include children of retired 

members of the uniformed services enrolled in family coverage 

under TRICARE Select. 

Sec. 705. Fertility treatment for certain members of the uniformed services and 

dependents. 

Sec. 706. Access to specialty behavioral health care under TRICARE Prime. 

Sec. 707. Assessment on options for inclusion of assisted reproductive technology as services covered under the TRICARE program for 

members of the Armed Forces and dependents. 

Sec. 708. Restriction on performance of sex change surgeries. 

Sec. 709. Prohibition of coverage under TRICARE program of certain medical 

procedures for children that could result in sterilization. 

Subtitle B—Brain Health Matters 

Sec. 711. Modifications to Brain Health Initiative of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 712. Establishment of Defense Intrepid Network for Traumatic Brain Injury and Brain Health as program of record. 

Sec. 713. Brain health and trauma demonstration program. 

Subtitle C—Health Care Administration 

Sec. 721. Establishment of Indo-Pacific medical readiness program. 

Sec. 722. Improved implementation of financial relief for civilians treated in 

military medical treatment facilities. 


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Sec. 723. Extension of time for modifications to premium sharing plans under 

TRICARE dental program. 

Sec. 724. Medical countermeasures for overseas personnel of the Department of 

Defense for acute radiation syndrome and thermal burns. 

Sec. 725. Establishment of public user satisfaction targets related to electronic 

health record of Defense Health Agency. 

Sec. 726. Plan of Department of Defense to address recruitment processing 

delays relating to health record system. 

Subtitle D—Access to Contraception 

Sec. 731. Contraception coverage parity under the TRICARE program. 

Sec. 732. Pregnancy prevention assistance at military medical treatment facilities for sexual assault survivors. 

Sec. 733. Education on family planning for members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 734. Inclusion of comprehensive contraceptive counseling in health assessment forms. 

Subtitle E—Reports and Other Matters 

Sec. 741. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department 

of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration fund. 

Sec. 742. Treatment of expert medical opinions with respect to medical malpractice claims by members of the uniformed services. 

Sec. 743. Expansion of license reciprocity for veterinarians of Department of 

Defense. 

Sec. 744. Plan to ensure access of members of the Armed Forces to safe, highquality pharmaceuticals. 

Sec. 745. Pilot program on delegation of authority to approve recruits with certain medical conditions. 

Sec. 746. Infectious disease wastewater surveillance system of Department of 

Defense. 

Sec. 747. Reports on suicide among members of the Armed Forces and suicide 

prevention programs and activities of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 748. Report on plan for testing for helicobacter pylori for certain members 

of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 749. Report on non-covered expenses related to cancer treatments for 

members of the Armed Forces and their dependents. 

TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY 

Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 

Sec. 801. Modifications to other transaction authority. 

Sec. 802. Streamlining of Milestone A requirements. 

Sec. 803. Streamlining of Milestone B requirements. 

Sec. 804. Modification of major defense acquisition program definition. 

Sec. 805. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding. 

Sec. 806. Advisory panel on the requirements process of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 807. Modification to submission of certified cost or pricing data. 

Sec. 808. Autonomous system acquisition pathways. 

Sec. 809. Designation of program executive office for acquisition of open-source 

intelligence tools for Army. 

Sec. 810. Ensuring competition in artificial intelligence procurement. 


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Sec. 811. Prohibition on the transfer of certain data on employees of the Department of Defense to third parties. 

Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 

Limitations 

Sec. 821. Limitation on certain options for cost contracts. 

Sec. 822. Treatment of unilateral definitization of a contract as a final decision. 

Sec. 823. Updates to earned value management system requirements. 

Sec. 824. Pilot program on capability-based analysis of price of goods or services offered by nontraditional defense contractors. 

Sec. 825. Extension of the pilot program for streamlining awards for innovative 

technology projects. 

Sec. 826. Use of fixed-price type contracts for certain shipbuilding programs. 

Sec. 827. Modifications to commercial product and commercial service determinations. 

Sec. 828. Requirement for contractors to provide reasonable access to repair 

materials. 

Subtitle C—Industrial Base Matters 

Sec. 841. Domestic nonavailability determinations. 

Sec. 842. Pilot program for the qualification of alternative sources. 

Sec. 843. Domestic production of stainless steel flatware and dinnerware. 

Sec. 844. Inclusion of recycled and reused minerals and metals in preference 

for sourcing of strategic and critical materials. 

Sec. 845. Process for consulting on national security import reviews. 

Sec. 846. Solid rocket motor industrial base. 

Sec. 847. Pharmaceutical supplier compliance with data submission requirements. 

Sec. 848. Report and updated guidance on continued risk management for 

pharmaceutical supply chains of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 849. Report on impact of mergers and acquisitions on the defense industrial base. 

Sec. 850. Defense industrial revitalization. 

Sec. 851. Transparency in acquisition waivers issued by the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 852. Report on capacity to increase domestic industrial production and 

procurement of strategic and critical materials. 

Sec. 853. Employment transparency regarding individuals who perform work in 

the People’s Republic of China. 

Sec. 854. Department of Defense manufacturing authorities. 

Subtitle D—Small Business Matters 

Sec. 861. Pilot program for tracking awards made through other transaction 

authority. 

Sec. 862. Small Business Bill of Rights. 

Sec. 863. Pilot program for the participation of military research and educational institutions in the STTR program. 

Sec. 864. Department of Defense pilot program for preliminary calculation estimates for certain programs. 

Subtitle E—Other Matters 

Sec. 871. Small uncrewed aerial systems supply chain strategy. 


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Sec. 872. Modification to extramural acquisition innovation and research activities. 

Sec. 873. Modifications to contractor employee protections from reprisal for disclosure of certain information. 

Sec. 874. Modifications to Comptroller General assessment of acquisition programs. 

Sec. 875. Modifications to guidelines and collection method for acquisition of 

cost data. 

Sec. 876. Program for distribution support and services for contractors. 

Sec. 877. Inclusion of Japan and the Republic of Korea in contested logistics 

demonstration and prototyping program. 

Sec. 878. Modification to limitation on acquisition of excess supplies. 

Sec. 879. Technical edits to sourcing requirements for strategic materials and 

sensitive materials. 

Sec. 880. Technical amendments to title 10, United States Code, and other provisions of law. 

Sec. 881. Pilot program for commercial production of munitions. 

Sec. 882. Pilot program on use of reverse engineering for production of parts. 

Sec. 883. Prohibition on operation, procurement, and contracting related to foreign-made light detection and ranging technology used on 

manned or unmanned systems. 

Sec. 884. Reports on Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contracts. 

Sec. 885. Phase-out of computer and printer acquisitions involving entities 

owned or controlled by China. 

Sec. 886. Prohibition on Department of Defense contracts with Chinese-owned 

online tutoring services. 

Sec. 887. Requirement to procure domestically produced generic drugs. 

Sec. 888. Procurement of Department of Defense advanced chemistry batteries. 

Sec. 889. Prohibition on procurement and commissary sales of seafood originating or processed in China. 

Sec. 890. Extension of post-government restrictions on senior Department of 

Defense officials seeking employment with defense contractors. 

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 

MANAGEMENT 

Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters 

Sec. 901. Requirement to notify Congress when Deputy Secretary of Defense 

is performing functions and duties of Secretary of Defense. 

Sec. 902. Increase in authorized number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense. 

Sec. 903. Matters relating to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. 

Sec. 904. Enhanced coordination on international cooperation activities. 

Sec. 905. Force sizing analysis for strategic competition. 

Sec. 906. Inclusion in Defense Planning Guidance of guidance on size, structure, and posture of special operations forces. 

Sec. 907. Review of Biodefense Posture Review. 

Sec. 908. Plan for adequate staffing of Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense 

for Industrial Base Policy and Joint Production Accelerator 

Cell. 

Sec. 909. Establishment of Chief Management Officer; elevation of Director of 

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Subtitle B—Other Department of Defense Organization and Management 

Matters 

Sec. 911. Establishment of Office of Expanded Competition. 

Sec. 912. Joint Federated Assurance Center. 

Sec. 913. Modifications to make permanent the Office of Strategic Capital program on capital assistance. 

Sec. 914. Addition of Performance Improvement Officer as co-chair of Defense 

Business Council. 

Sec. 915. Establishment of cross-functional team to oversee implementation of 

recommendations of Commission on Planning, Programming, 

Budgeting, and Execution Reform. 

Sec. 916. Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force. 

Sec. 917. Modification to the President of the Defense Acquisition University. 

Sec. 918. Plan for permanent establishment of Special Reconnaissance and Enabling Command. 

Sec. 919. Affiliate relationships between Army special operations forces and 

combat-enabling units of general purpose forces. 

Sec. 920. Feasibility study on expanding the services provided by the Air Force 

Office of Commercial and Economic Analysis. 

Sec. 921. Limitation on use of funds for altering Air Force Global Strike Command. 

Sec. 922. Senior Integration Group for Indo-Pacific Region. 

Sec. 923. Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion Renewal. 

Sec. 924. Limitation on availability of funds until Department of Defense complies with certain legal requirements. 

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—Financial Matters 

Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 

Sec. 1002. Revision of Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation. 

Sec. 1003. Repeal of audit incentive element in report requirement of Financial 

Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan. 

Sec. 1004. Pilot program for the temporary exchange of information technology 

personnel. 

Sec. 1005. Authority to use Defense Modernization Account funds for time-sensitive equipment modernization. 

Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 

Sec. 1011. Capacity building and security cooperation with Mexico to counter 

threats posed by transnational criminal organizations. 

Sec. 1012. Authority of Department of Defense in surveillance of southwest 

border of United States. 

Sec. 1013. Treatment by Department of Defense of request for support at 

southwest border of United States. 

Subtitle C—Naval Vessels 

Sec. 1021. Improving Navy assessments required prior to start of construction 

on first ship of a shipbuilding program. 

Sec. 1022. Requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture. 

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Sec. 1024. Extension of the National Commission on the Future of the Navy. 

Sec. 1025. Clarification of exception to Berry Amendment requirements for 

procurement of vessels in foreign waters. 

Sec. 1026. Expansion of shipbuilding infrastructure of the Navy. 

Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 

Sec. 1031. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of 

individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States. 

Sec. 1032. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred 

from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Sec. 1033. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of 

individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries. 

Sec. 1034. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish control of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 

Sec. 1041. Protection against misuse of Naval Special Warfare Command insignia. 

Sec. 1042. Modified requirements for report on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system. 

Sec. 1043. Prohibition on use of funds to support entertainment projects with 

ties to the Government of the People’s Republic of China. 

Sec. 1044. Assessments of casualties and fatalities during hostilities. 

Sec. 1045. Establishment of major mishap incident designation classification 

for Department of Defense incidents. 

Sec. 1046. Requirements relating to payments by the Department of Defense 

for qualifying injuries to the brain. 

Sec. 1047. Longer term and eligibility for appointment to rank of Admiral of 

Commander of Naval Sea Systems Command. 

Sec. 1048. Prohibition on use of funds for resettlement in the United States 

of certain individuals from the West Bank or Gaza. 

Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 

Sec. 1051. Report on Panama Canal security. 

Sec. 1052. Review of irregular warfare authorities. 

Sec. 1053. Extension of briefing requirement regarding civil authorities at the 

Southwest border. 

Sec. 1054. Extension of annual report on civilian casualties in connection with 

United States military operations. 

Sec. 1055. Report on subterranean operations. 

Sec. 1056. Analysis and report on air superiority of the Joint Force. 

Sec. 1057. Responding to unmanned aircraft systems incursions. 

Sec. 1058. Exercise for countering unmanned aerial systems. 

Sec. 1059. Review, assessment, and analysis of governance structure of 

counter-narcotics and counter-transnational organized crime 

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Sec. 1060. Modification and extension of requirement for combatant command 

risk assessment for airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. 

Sec. 1061. Consideration of protracted conflicts in planning assumptions. 

Sec. 1062. Study on combat accomplishments of remotely piloted aircraft crew. 

Sec. 1063. Report on resourcing of Arctic Strategy. 

Sec. 1064. Assessment of impact of transnational organized crime on military 

drug overdoses. 

Sec. 1065. Review and report on operational plans of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 1066. Report on undersea cable posture. 

Subtitle G—Caisson Services at Arlington National Cemetery 

Sec. 1071. Plan for procurement of military working equids for the Caisson 

Platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Army. 

Sec. 1072. Requirement to begin conducting funerals with caisson services at 

Arlington National Cemetery. 

Sec. 1073. Monthly report on funerals at Arlington National Cemetery on hold 

until caisson services resume. 

Sec. 1074. Land for operations and training of Caisson Platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Army. 

Subtitle H—Other Matters 

Sec. 1081. Roles and responsibilities for the mitigation, identification, and 

treatment of traumatic brain injury and the monitoring and 

documentation of blast overpressure exposure. 

Sec. 1082. Extension of National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology. 

Sec. 1083. Enhancement of special operations riverine capability. 

Sec. 1084. Plan for recapitalization of special operations surface combatant 

craft. 

Sec. 1085. Homeland defense planning requirements. 

Sec. 1086. Authority to provide contracted assistance to secure the southern 

land border of the United States. 

Sec. 1087. Liaison with the Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Task Force. 

Sec. 1088. Introduction of entities in transactions critical to national security. 

Sec. 1089. Prioritization of accreditation of sensitive compartmented information facilities supporting DX-rated programs. 

Sec. 1090. Establishment of the National Security Capital Forum. 

Sec. 1091. Improvements relating to portability of professional licenses of 

servicemembers and their spouses. 

Sec. 1092. Pilot program to provide military aircraft support to air shows. 

Sec. 1093. Establishment of requirements relating to blast overpressure exposure. 

Sec. 1094. Preferred alternative for the Ambler Mining District in Alaska. 

TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 

Sec. 1101. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian 

employees working overseas. 

Sec. 1102. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a 

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Sec. 1103. Extension of enhanced appointment and compensation authority for 

civilian health care professionals for care and treatment of 

wounded and injured members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 1104. Extension of direct hire authority for domestic industrial base facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base. 

Sec. 1105. Removal of Direct Support Activities from personnel limitation on 

the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 

Sec. 1106. Authority to provide increased voluntary separation incentive pay for 

civilian employees of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 1107. Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members at InterAmerican Defense College. 

Sec. 1108. Modifications to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows Program. 

Sec. 1109. Modification of pilot program on dynamic shaping of the workforce 

to improve the technical skills and expertise at certain Department of Defense laboratories. 

Sec. 1110. Permanent authority for noncompetitive appointments of military 

spouses by Federal agencies. 

Sec. 1111. Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 5, United 

States Code. 

Sec. 1112. Modification of direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial 

base facilities. 

Sec. 1113. Prohibition on establishment of new diversity, equity, and inclusion 

positions; prohibition on filling vacancies. 

Sec. 1114. Prohibition on considering applicant’s commitment to diversity, equity, or inclusion in hiring process for certain positions at Department of Defense educational institutions. 

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 

Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 

Sec. 1201. Acceptance and expenditure of contributions for multilateral security 

cooperation activities. 

Sec. 1202. Modification of authority to build capacity. 

Sec. 1203. Authority to build capability and capacity of foreign civilian medical 

support entities for resilience in crisis and conflict. 

Sec. 1204. Modification of authority for Naval Small Craft Instruction and 

Technical Training School. 

Sec. 1205. Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations. 

Sec. 1206. Modification of United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation. 

Sec. 1207. Extension and modification of authority for Department of Defense 

support for stabilization activities in the national security interest of the United States. 

Sec. 1208. Extension of security cooperation programs with foreign partners to 

advance implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security 

Act. 

Sec. 1209. Extension and modification of Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation Pilot Program. 

Sec. 1210. Temporary authority to provide training to military forces or national security forces of Costa Rica and Panama. 

Sec. 1211. Key partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject 

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Sec. 1212. Plan to modernize and streamline information technology systems 

relating to end-use monitoring functions of Defense Security 

Cooperation Agency. 

Sec. 1213. Extension of modification to authority to provide support for conduct of operations. 

Sec. 1214. Defense cooperation with Georgia. 

Sec. 1215. Extension of authority to implement the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017. 

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, and Iran 

Sec. 1221. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to vetted Syrian groups and individuals. 

Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to 

counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 

Sec. 1223. Preservation of security and stability in northeast Syria. 

Sec. 1224. Report on, and prohibition on use of funds to support, terrorist organizations in Iraq. 

Sec. 1225. Notification relating to arms trafficking by Iran. 

Sec. 1226. Assessment and plan with respect to equipment provided to Kurdish 

Peshmerga forces. 

Sec. 1227. Modification of annual report on military power of Iran. 

Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Europe and the Russian Federation 

Sec. 1231. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds relating to sovereignty of the Russian Federation over internationally recognized territory of Ukraine. 

Sec. 1232. Modification of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 

Sec. 1233. Extension and modification of training for Eastern European national security forces in the course of multilateral exercises. 

Sec. 1234. Modifications to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Operations Headquarters. 

Sec. 1235. Report on efforts to identify, disseminate, and implement lessons 

learned from war in Ukraine. 

Sec. 1236. Review, report, and plan regarding logistics networks in North 

America and Europe. 

Sec. 1237. Sense of the Senate on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

Sec. 1238. Report on defense industrial base cooperation with Ukraine and 

other allies and partners in Europe. 

Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific Region 

Sec. 1241. Indo-Pacific Security Assistance Initiative. 

Sec. 1242. Indo-Pacific multilateral security assistance initiatives. 

Sec. 1243. Extension and modification of Pacific Deterrence Initiative. 

Sec. 1244. Extension and modification of authority to transfer funds for Bien 

Hoa dioxin cleanup. 

Sec. 1245. Modification of Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative. 

Sec. 1246. Establishment of partnership program between the United States 

and Taiwan for military trauma care and research. 

Sec. 1247. Indo-Pacific extended deterrence education pilot program. 

Sec. 1248. Modifications to implementation plan for joint force headquarters in 

area of operations of United States Indo-Pacific Command. 

Sec. 1249. Plan to strengthen United States extended deterrence commitments 

to the Republic of Korea. 


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Sec. 1250. Plan and annual report relating to trilateral security cooperation 

with Japan and the Republic of Korea. 

Sec. 1251. Modification of reporting requirement for transfer of defense articles 

and defense services to Taiwan. 

Sec. 1252. Implementation plan to support establishment of regional contingency stockpile for Taiwan. 

Sec. 1253. Consideration of Taiwan for enhanced defense industrial base cooperation. 

Sec. 1254. Transregional strategy for countering malign activities by the People’s Liberation Army. 

Sec. 1255. Assessment of use of Department of Defense facilities in Guam as 

multinational training locations. 

Sec. 1256. Report on costs of meeting certain requirements of foreign partners 

relating to agriculture, fisheries, and forestry. 

Sec. 1257. Returning civic action teams to the Republic of the Marshall Islands 

and the Federated States of Micronesia. 

Sec. 1258. Modification of public reporting of Chinese military companies operating in the United States. 

Sec. 1259. Annual report on military capabilities of allies and partners in IndoPacific region. 

Sec. 1260. Review, report, and plan on adequacy of logistics network in IndoPacific region. 

Sec. 1261. Fielding of a common operating picture with Taiwan. 

Sec. 1262. Report on corruption in People’s Liberation Army. 

Sec. 1263. Sense of the Senate on defense alliances and partnerships in the 

Indo-Pacific region. 

Sec. 1264. Modification of cooperative program with Vietnam to account for Vietnamese personnel missing in action. 

Sec. 1265. Prohibition on use of funds for EcoHealth Alliance. 

Subtitle E—Reports 

Sec. 1271. Report on cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. 

Subtitle F—Other Matters 

Sec. 1281. Quarterly briefings on counterterrorism operations, irregular warfare, and sensitive activities. 

Sec. 1282. Extension and modification of security briefings on Afghanistan. 

Sec. 1283. Multilateral Artificial Intelligence Working Group. 

Sec. 1284. Report on Department of Defense role in supporting international 

legal operations. 

Sec. 1285. Report and briefing on security implications of water scarcity and 

food security for United States Central Command. 

Sec. 1286. Notifications regarding terrorist groups in Afghanistan. 

Sec. 1287. Report and briefing on Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar. 

Sec. 1288. Middle East integrated space and satellite security capability. 

Sec. 1289. Improvements to security cooperation workforce and defense acquisition workforce. 

Sec. 1290. Independent assessment of technology release and foreign disclosure 

reform initiative. 

TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 

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Sec. 1302. Temporary continuation of requirement for reports on activities and 

assistance under Department of Defense Cooperative Threat 

Reduction Program. 

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

Subtitle A—Military Programs 

Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 

Sec. 1402. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense. 

Sec. 1403. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-wide. 

Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General. 

Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program. 

Subtitle B—National Defense Stockpile 

Sec. 1411. Restoring the National Defense Stockpile. 

Sec. 1412. Storage of strategic and critical materials in National Defense 

Stockpile. 

Sec. 1413. Consultations with respect to environmental reviews of projects that 

will increase availability of strategic and critical materials for 

acquisition for National Defense Stockpile. 

Subtitle C—Other Matters 

Sec. 1421. Eligibility of Space Force officers for membership on Armed Forces 

Retirement Home Advisory Council. 

Sec. 1422. Armed Forces Retirement Home: availability of licensed independent 

practitioners; resources. 

Sec. 1423. Authority for transfer of funds to Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois. 

Sec. 1424. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement 

Home. 

TITLE XV—SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND 

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Space Activities 

Sec. 1501. Modification of Air Force space contractor responsibility watch list. 

Sec. 1502. Extension and modification of certifications regarding integrated 

tactical warning and attack assessment mission of the Department of the Air Force. 

Sec. 1503. Modification of milestone decision authority for space-based ground 

and airborne moving target indication systems. 

Sec. 1504. Space Force satellite ground systems. 

Sec. 1505. Modification of notification of foreign interference of national security space. 

Sec. 1506. Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve Program. 

Sec. 1507. Designation of Program Executive Officer for Space Command, 

Control, and Integration. 

Sec. 1508. Modification of quarterly reports on Global Positioning System III 

space segment, Global Positioning System operational control 

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Sec. 1509. Resilience of position, navigation, and timing technologies and services. 

Subtitle B—Nuclear Forces 

Sec. 1511. Sense of the Senate on the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission. 

Sec. 1512. Review of recommendations by the Strategic Posture Commission. 

Sec. 1513. Matters relating to the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile. 

Sec. 1514. Assessment of updated force sizing requirements. 

Sec. 1515. Prohibition on reduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 

United States. 

Sec. 1516. Preparations for possible deployment of additional intercontinental 

ballistic missiles. 

Sec. 1517. Periodic updates on the pilot program on development of reentry vehicles and related systems. 

Sec. 1518. Periodic updates on the modernization of the Strategic Automated 

Command and Control System. 

Sec. 1519. Availability of Air Force procurement funds for heat shield material 

for Mk21A reentry vehicle. 

Sec. 1520. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of plan for 

decreasing the time to upload additional warheads to the intercontinental ballistic missile fleet. 

Sec. 1521. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of information on options for enhancing National Nuclear Security Administration access to the defense industrial base. 

Sec. 1522. Plan for operational bed down of the long range standoff weapon. 

Sec. 1523. Expansion of pilot program on development of reentry vehicles and 

related systems. 

Sec. 1524. Expansion of nuclear long range standoff capability. 

Sec. 1525. Office of the Secretary of Defense Management and Process Improvements. 

Subtitle C—Missile Defense 

Sec. 1531. Establishment of a national integrated air and missile defense architecture for the United States. 

Sec. 1532. Reporting of incidents affecting the availability of the United States 

homeland missile defenses. 

Sec. 1533. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative 

missile defense program co-development and co-production. 

Sec. 1534. Plan for comprehensive ballistic missile defense radar coverage of 

Guam. 

Sec. 1535. Annual briefing on missile defense of Guam. 

Sec. 1536. Establishing capabilities to further Jordanian air and missile defense. 

Sec. 1537. Organization and codification of provisions of law relating to missile 

defense. 

Subtitle D—Other Matters 

Sec. 1541. Defense Industrial Base workforce development strategy. 

Sec. 1542. Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in commercial 

activities as security for intelligence collection activities. 

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Sec. 1544. Limitation on use of funds for certain unreported programs. 

Sec. 1545. Pilot program on establishing a geospatial workforce development 

program. 

Sec. 1546. Intelligence advice and support for Government of Israel in capturing or killing certain officials of Hamas. 

Sec. 1547. Establishment of pilot program for access to shared classified commercial infrastructure. 

Sec. 1548. Technical correction. 

TITLE XVI—CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Matters Relating to Cyber Operations and Cyber Forces 

Sec. 1601. Assessment of feasibility of engaging in cooperative activities with 

allies to mitigate cyber threats to certain undersea cables. 

Sec. 1602. Elevation of Joint Force Headquarters–Department of Defense Information Network as subordinate unified command of United 

States Cyber Command. 

Sec. 1603. Cyber intelligence center. 

Sec. 1604. Support for cyber threat tabletop exercises. 

Sec. 1605. Comptroller General of the United States assessment of cyber command protection of privacy and civil liberties procedures and 

training requirements for cyber operators. 

Sec. 1606. Independent evaluation regarding potential establishment of United 

States Cyber Force. 

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Department of Defense Cybersecurity and 

Information Technology 

Sec. 1611. Cyber table top exercises with organizations in defense industrial 

base. 

Sec. 1612. Management and cybersecurity of the joint warfighting cloud capability and other multi-cloud environments. 

Sec. 1613. Update of biometric policy of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 1614. Guidance for application of zero trust strategy to Internet of Military Things hardware. 

Sec. 1615. Joint partner-sharing network capabilities for Middle East defense 

integration. 

Sec. 1616. Artificial Intelligence Human Factors Integration Initiative. 

Sec. 1617. Limitation on availability of funds for Mission Partner Environment 

program. 

Sec. 1618. Consolidation of briefing requirements relating to the relationship 

between the National Security Agency and United States Cyber 

Command. 

Sec. 1619. Information technology programs of the National Background Investigation Service. 

Sec. 1620. Cost budgeting for artificial intelligence data. 

Sec. 1621. Presumed reciprocal software accrediting policy. 

Sec. 1622. Annual evaluation of products for mobile device cybsecurity. 

Sec. 1623. Limitation on availability of funds for the Joint Cyber Warfighting 

Architecture. 

Sec. 1624. Briefing on course of education and pilot program on authentication 

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Sec. 1625. Modification of prohibition on purchase of cyber data products or 

services other than through the program management office for 

Department of Defense-wide procurement of cyber data products and services. 

Sec. 1626. Improvements relating to cyber protection support for Department 

of Defense personnel in positions highly vulnerable to cyber attack. 

Sec. 1627. Comptroller General report on efforts to protect personal information of Department of Defense personnel from exploitation by 

foreign adversaries. 

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 

Sec. 2001. Short title. 

Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified 

by law. 

Sec. 2003. Effective date. 

TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2102. Family housing. 

Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 

Sec. 2104. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at 

Kunsan Air Base, Korea. 

Sec. 2105. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at 

Mihail Kogalniceanu FOS, Romania. 

Sec. 2106. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects. 

Sec. 2107. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects. 

Sec. 2108. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects. 

Sec. 2109. Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2025 project at 

McAlester Army Depot, Oklahoma. 

TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2202. Family housing. 

Sec. 2203. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 

Sec. 2204. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects. 

Sec. 2205. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects. 

Sec. 2206. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects. 

Sec. 2207. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects. 

Sec. 2208. Additional authority to carry out fiscal year 2025 project in Cooperative Security Location Comalapa, El Salvador. 

TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2302. Family housing. 

Sec. 2303. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. 

Sec. 2304. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2017 project at 

Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. 

Sec. 2305. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects. 

Sec. 2306. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects. 

Sec. 2307. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects. 

Sec. 2308. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2021 project at Joint 

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Sec. 2309. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects. 

TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2402. Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program 

projects. 

Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 

Sec. 2404. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project in 

Iwakuni, Japan. 

Sec. 2405. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project in 

Iwakuni, Japan. 

Sec. 2406. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2020 project in Fort 

Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. 

Sec. 2407. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects. 

Sec. 2408. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project at 

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of Columbia. 

Sec. 2409. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects. 

TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 

Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. 

Sec. 2503. Extension of use of authorized amounts for North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization Security Investment Program. 

Sec. 2504. Modification of contributions for projects executed by the United 

States under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security 

Investment Program. 

Sec. 2505. Contributions for projects executed by host nations other than the 

United States under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

Security Investment Program. 

Subtitle B—Host Country In-kind Contributions 

Sec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects. 

Sec. 2512. Republic of Poland funded construction projects. 

TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 

Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction 

and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve. 

Sec. 2607. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at 

Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana. 

Sec. 2608. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects. 

Sec. 2609. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects. 

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Sec. 2611. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project. 

TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure activities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure 

Account. 

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—Military Construction Program 

Sec. 2801. Inclusion of land acquisition under definition of unspecified minor 

military construction project. 

Sec. 2802. Extension of expanded authority to convey property at military installations. 

Sec. 2803. Authority to accept host nation financial services in the form of an 

irrevocable letter of credit. 

Sec. 2804. Modification of authority for Indo-Pacific posture unspecified minor 

military construction projects. 

Sec. 2805. Requirement that damaged or destroyed facilities are built back with 

resilience. 

Sec. 2806. Industrial plant equipment and associated services as in-kind consideration under leases of non-excess property. 

Sec. 2807. Ordering authority for design and construction of facilities of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 2808. Obligation and execution of design funds for military construction 

projects. 

Sec. 2809. Modification of definition of military installation for purposes of notifications related to basing decision-making process. 

Sec. 2810. Guidance regarding maintenance of aggregate square footage of 

buildings of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 2811. Pilot program to optimize and consolidate facilities of the Army for 

resilient and healthy defense communities. 

Sec. 2812. Information on military construction projects at joint bases. 

Sec. 2813. Report on munitions and explosives of concern and construction 

projects in Joint Region Marianas. 

Sec. 2814. Improvement of conduct by the Navy of the replacement of certain 

dry docks and other projects. 

Sec. 2815. Minimum investment for facilities sustainment, restoration, and 

modernization. 

Subtitle B—Military Housing 

Sec. 2821. Increase in percentage limitations on value of United States investment in privatized military housing projects. 

Sec. 2822. Treatment of nondisclosure agreements with respect to privatized 

military housing. 

Subtitle C—Land Conveyances 

Sec. 2831. Land conveyance, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas. 

Sec. 2832. Cleanup and transfer of certain property at former Army installation to East Bay Regional Park District. 

Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona. 

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Sec. 2835. Report on former Army-Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas. 

Subtitle D—Other Matters 

Sec. 2841. Authority for shoreline erosion control projects to protect military 

installation infrastructure. 

Sec. 2842. Coordination of repair and maintenance of Kolekole Pass. 

Sec. 2843. Consideration of installation infrastructure and other supporting resources by Department of Defense Test Resource Management 

Center. 

Sec. 2844. Extension of Department of the Army pilot program for development and use of online real estate inventory tool. 

Sec. 2845. Review of roles and responsibilities for construction projects of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 2846. Assessment of public schools on installations of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 2847. Report on use of areawide contracts to procure utility services. 

Sec. 2848. Extension of prohibition on joint use of Homestead Air Reserve 

Base with civil aviation. 

Sec. 2849. Prohibition on use by Air Force of corporate structure in conducting 

certain basing decisions. 

Sec. 2850. Authority to assist State and local governments in supporting installation and industrial base modernization through public infrastructure and services. 

Sec. 2851. Briefing on projects under Defense Community Infrastructure Program that are still in progress. 

Sec. 2852. Treatment of historic housing and associated historic properties of 

the Department of the Army. 

Sec. 2853. Designation of officials responsible for coordination of infrastructure 

projects to support additional members of the Armed Forces 

and their families in the Indo-Pacific region. 

Sec. 2854. Technical correction to map reference in the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013. 

Sec. 2855. Prohibition on use of funds for resettlement in the United States 

of certain individuals from the West Bank or Gaza. 

Sec. 2856. Expansion of defense community infrastructure pilot program to include installations of the Coast Guard. 

TITLE XXIX—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY 

Sec. 2901. Authorized Navy disaster recovery construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2902. Authorized Air Force disaster recovery construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2903. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for military 

construction projects. 

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—National Security Programs and Authorizations 

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Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 

Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 

Sec. 3104. Nuclear energy. 

Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 

Sec. 3111. Limitation on use of funds for naval nuclear fuel systems based on 

low-enriched uranium. 

Sec. 3112. Authorization for modification of weapons. 

Sec. 3113. National Nuclear Security Administration management and process 

improvements. 

Sec. 3114. Restoration of a domestic uranium enrichment capability. 

Sec. 3115. Report on activities from U.S.–U.K. Mutual Defense Agreement. 

Sec. 3116. Modification of reporting requirements relating to cost-benefit analyses for competition of management and operating contracts. 

Sec. 3117. Authority for National Nuclear Security Administration to use passenger carriers for contractor commuting. 

Sec. 3118. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of information on streamlining National Nuclear Security Administration 

contracting. 

Sec. 3119. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of certification relating to W80–4 Alteration-SLCM. 

Sec. 3120. Prohibition on use of funds to support access to National Nuclear 

Security Administration facilities. 

Sec. 3121. Notification of certain regulations that impact the National Nuclear 

Security Administration. 

Sec. 3122. Authorization of Department of Defense and contractors to acquire 

and operate a utilization facility. 

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 

Sec. 3201. Authorization. 

TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 

Sec. 3501. Maritime Administration. 

DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 

Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 

1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit3 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

4 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 

5 SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT. 

6 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purposes 

7 of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 

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1 ment titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ 

2 for this Act, jointly submitted for printing in the Congres3 sional Record by the Chairmen of the House and Senate 

4 Budget Committees, provided that such statement has 

5 been submitted prior to the vote on passage in the House 

6 acting first on the conference report or amendment be7 tween the Houses. 

8 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 

9 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

10 TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 

11 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

12 Appropriations 

13 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

15 fiscal year 2025 for procurement for the Army, the Navy 

16 and the Marine Corps, the Air Force and the Space Force, 

17 and Defense-wide activities, as specified in the funding 

18 table in section 4101. 

19 Subtitle B—Army Programs 

20 SEC. 111. CENTRALIZED SECURITY MONITORING PROGRAM 

21 FOR FACILITIES OF THE ARMY. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army (in 

23 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish 

24 a centralized security monitoring program for installations 


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1 and facilities of the Department of the Army in the United 

2 States. 

3 (b) INITIAL OPERATING CAPABILITY.—The Sec4 retary shall ensure that the program required under sub5 section (a) achieves initial operating capability not later 

6 than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 (c) SELECTION OF CENTERS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall select 

9 three installations of the Department of the Army to 

10 serve as centers for the program required under sub11 section (a). 

12 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The centers selected 

13 under paragraph (1) shall— 

14 (A) include a mix of large and extra-large 

15 installations, as defined by the 2016 business 

16 case analysis conducted by the Provost Marshal 

17 General of the Army; and 

18 (B) be geographically dispersed to increase 

19 resilience of networked monitoring under the 

20 program required under subsection (a). 

21 (d) DUTIES.— 

22 (1) HOSTING OF SYSTEM.—In carrying out the 

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1 tem monitoring, assessment, and dispatching at the 

2 centers selected under subsection (c)(1). 

3 (2) FORCE PROTECTION AND ASSET MONI4 TORING.—The centers selected under subsection 

5 (c)(1) shall maximize use of commercially available 

6 technology, automation, and industry best practices 

7 to modernize force protection and asset monitoring 

8 for the Department of the Army. 

9 (3) NETWORKING OF SITES.—The Secretary 

10 shall ensure that all installations and facilities of the 

11 Department of the Army in the United States are 

12 networked and that the centers selected under sub13 section (c)(1) are able to provide continuous and re14 dundant monitoring, assessment, and dispatching 

15 services to those installations and facilities. 

16 (e) REPORT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

20 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa21 tives a report that outlines the plans of the Sec22 retary to implement the centralized security moni23 toring program required under subsection (a) and 

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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

2 paragraph (1) shall include an identification of the 

3 following: 

4 (A) Locations selected for centers under 

5 subsection (c)(1). 

6 (B) Cost and schedule to execute the pro7 gram required under subsection (a). 

8 (C) Defined measures of performance for 

9 initial operating capability and final operating 

10 capability of such program. 

11 (D) Expected cost savings of such program 

12 as compared to current security monitoring sys13 tems of the Department of the Army. 

14 (E) Technological modernization barriers 

15 to the implementation of networked remote 

16 monitoring under such program. 

17 SEC. 112. STRATEGY FOR ARMY ACTIVE PROTECTION SYS18 TEMS. 

19 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than Sep20 tember 30, 2025, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 

21 to the congressional defense committees a strategy for the 

22 testing, procurement, integration, and fielding of active 

23 protection systems on Army ground combat vehicles. 

24 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

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1 (1) The status of all active protection systems 

2 previously considered, tested, integrated, or procured 

3 by the Army. 

4 (2) The status of any Army projects to develop 

5 its own active protection system, including an expla6 nation for the Army’s decision to compete with com7 mercial alternatives. 

8 (3) The Army’s plan to solicit bids for its mod9 ular vehicle base kit. 

10 (4) A plan to conduct operational testing of all 

11 active protection systems, including any system 

12 being developed by the Army, which shall assess— 

13 (A) a shot by each system under the same 

14 conditions; 

15 (B) multishot capability; 

16 (C) collateral damage; 

17 (D) damage to witness plates or vehicles; 

18 (E) ability to defeat threats of concern to 

19 the Army, including— 

20 (i) full top attack threats; 

21 (ii) kinetic energy rounds; 

22 (iii) unmanned aerial systems, by 

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1 (F) ability to upgrade each system to ad2 dress future threats; 

3 (G) weight and power draw of each system; 

4 and 

5 (H) such other matters as the Secretary 

6 determines relevant. 

7 (5) The strategy of the Army to integrate, test, 

8 and achieve a program of record for active protec9 tion systems on current and future combat vehicle 

10 fleets. 

11 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the strategy re12 quired by subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall 

13 consider the following objectives and factors: 

14 (1) The risks incurred by the Army in its cur15 rent active protection system posture of limited inte16 gration onto ground vehicle fleets. 

17 (2) Lessons learned from active protection sys18 tems in ongoing armed conflicts. 

19 (3) The capabilities of active protection systems 

20 from foreign or domestic entities. 

21 (4) The acquisition and lifecycle costs of each 

22 active protection system identified under subsection 

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1 (5) The Army’s plan for modularity, including 

2 the ability to use the same active protection system 

3 across multiple platforms. 

4 SEC. 113. CERTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURER 

5 FOR LOW, SLOW, SMALL UNMANNED AIR6 CRAFT INTEGRATED DEFEAT SYSTEM OF THE 

7 ARMY. 

8 Not later than September 30, 2025, the Secretary of 

9 the Army shall certify at least one additional interceptor 

10 and production manufacturer for the low, slow, small un11 manned aircraft integrated defeat system of the Army 

12 (FS–LIDS and M–LIDS). 

13 Subtitle C—Navy Programs 

14 SEC. 121. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY 

15 OF FUNDS FOR NAVY PORT WATERBORNE SE16 CURITY BARRIERS. 

17 Section 130(a) of the John S. McCain National De18 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

19 115–232; 132 Stat. 1665), as most recently amended by 

20 section 122 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

21 Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 169), 

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1 SEC. 122. CONSTELLATION-CLASS FRIGATE PROGRAM. 

2 (a) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Upon final approval 

3 of 95 percent of all functional design drawings for the 

4 Constellation-class frigate program by the designated 

5 technical authority, the Secretary of Defense shall certify 

6 to the congressional defense committees that such draw7 ings have been so approved. 

8 (b) LIMITATION.—None of the amounts authorized to 

9 be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2025 may be 

10 obligated or expended for a scope of work for the construc11 tion of a Constellation-class frigate until after submission 

12 of the certification required by subsection (a). 

13 (c) ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION.—Not later than 

14 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense 

15 submits the certification required by subsection (a), the 

16 Comptroller General of the United States shall— 

17 (1) assess the Secretary’s compliance with this 

18 section; and 

19 (2) submit to the congressional defense commit20 tees an evaluation of the completeness of the func21 tional design drawings described in such subsection. 

22 SEC. 123. LIMITATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 

23 LANDING SHIP MEDIUM. 

24 The Secretary of the Navy shall not award a contract 

25 that includes a scope of work for the construction of the 

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1 Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees 

2 that basic and functional design (as defined in section 

3 8669c(c) of title 10, United States Code) with respect to 

4 such ship is complete. 

5 SEC. 124. AUTHORITY FOR THE PROCUREMENT, LEASING, 

6 OR CHARTERING OF A MEDIUM-SIZED LAND7 ING SHIP. 

8 (a) AUTHORITY.—Beginning in fiscal year 2025, the 

9 Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more con10 tracts or other agreements for the procurement, leasing, 

11 or chartering of a commercial or non-developmental ship, 

12 and associated materials, that— 

13 (1) is capable of deploying 50 Marines and 648 

14 short tons of cargo directly to a beach where the 

15 water depth increases a maximum of one foot for 

16 every 25 feet of horizontal distance; 

17 (2) can transit a minimum of 3,500 nautical 

18 miles; and 

19 (3) is derived from a parent design that has 

20 been demonstrated. 

21 (b) EXEMPTIONS.—The service acquisition executive 

22 of the Navy may exempt a contract or other agreement 

23 entered into under subsection (a) from the requirements 

24 of full and open competition under section 3201 of title 

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1 (c) LIABILITY.—Any contract or other agreement en2 tered into under subsection (a) shall provide that— 

3 (1) any obligation of the United States to make 

4 a payment under the contract or other agreement is 

5 subject to the availability of appropriations for that 

6 purpose; and 

7 (2) the total liability of the Federal Government 

8 for termination of the contract or other agreement 

9 shall be limited to the total amount of funding obli10 gated to the contract or other agreement at the time 

11 of termination. 

12 SEC. 125. ANNUAL REPORT ON SURFACE SHIP SUPPLIERS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, and once every fiscal 

15 year thereafter through September 30, 2029, the Sec16 retary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional de17 fense committees a report analyzing suppliers of surface 

18 ship components. 

19 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 

20 (a) shall include the following: 

21 (1) An assessment of the status of each sup22 plier of surface ship components according to the 

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1 (2) If the assessment described in paragraph 

2 (1) indicates that the supply base of any surface 

3 ship component is in an at-risk status, a plan for ac4 tions to stabilize that base. 

5 SEC. 126. BLOCK BUY CONTRACT AND MULTIYEAR PRO6 CUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CH–53K HEAVY 

7 LIFT HELICOPTER PROGRAM. 

8 (a) BLOCK BUY CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR AIR9 FRAMES.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 

11 may enter into one or more block buy contracts, dur12 ing fiscal years 2025 and 2026, for the procurement 

13 of not more than 37 airframes in support of the 

14 CH–53K heavy lift helicopter program. 

15 (2) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY16 MENTS.—Any block buy contract entered into under 

17 paragraph (1) shall provide that any obligation of 

18 the United States to make a payment under the con19 tract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2025 is sub20 ject to the availability of appropriations or funds for 

21 that purpose for such later fiscal year. 

22 (3) BLOCK BUY CONTRACT DEFINED.—In this 

23 subsection, the term ‘‘block buy contract’’ means a 

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1 (A) for not more than two program years; 

2 (B) that permits the procurement of air3 frames over a period of more than one year 

4 without requiring the exercise of a contract op5 tion for each year after the first year; and 

6 (C) that may provide for a cancellation 

7 payment to be made to the contractor if appro8 priations for payments under the contract are 

9 not made. 

10 (b) MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR EN11 GINES.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 3501 of 

13 title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the 

14 Navy may enter into one or more multiyear con15 tracts for the procurement of not more than 350 

16 T408 engines. 

17 (2) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT

18 AND ECONOMIC ORDERING QUANTITY.—The Sec19 retary of the Navy may enter into one or more con20 tracts, beginning in fiscal year 2025, for advance 

21 procurement associated with the engines (including 

22 economic ordering quantity) for which authorization 

23 to enter into a multiyear contract is provided under 

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1 (3) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY2 MENTS.—Any multiyear contract entered into under 

3 paragraph (1) shall provide that any obligation of 

4 the United States to make a payment under the con5 tract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2025 is sub6 ject to the availability of appropriations or funds for 

7 that purpose for such later fiscal year. 

8 SEC. 127. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT TO INCOR9 PORATE ADVANCED DEGAUSSING SYSTEMS 

10 INTO ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYERS. 

11 Section 124(a) of the National Defense Authoriza12 tions Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 

13 Stat. 1570) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2028’’. 

15 SEC. 128. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE 

16 USED VESSELS UNDER THE NATIONAL DE17 FENSE SEALIFT FUND. 

18 Section 2218(f)(3) of title 10, United States Code, 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub21 section (c)(1)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

22 (c)(1)(D)’’; and 

23 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘nine’’ and 

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1 SEC. 129. AUTHORITY FOR INCREMENTALLY FUNDED CON2 TRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VIR3 GINIA-CLASS SUBMARINE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be appro5 priated by this Act for the Navy for Shipbuilding and Con6 version for fiscal year 2025 may be used by the Secretary 

7 of the Navy to enter into an incrementally funded contract 

8 for the construction of a Virginia-class submarine. 

9 (b) LIABILITY.—A contract entered into under sub10 section (a) shall provide that— 

11 (1) any obligation of the United States to make 

12 a payment under the contract is subject to the avail13 ability of appropriations for that purpose; and 

14 (2) the total liability of the Government for the 

15 termination of the contract shall be limited to the 

16 total amount of funding obligated to the contract at 

17 the time of termination. 

18 (c) FUNDING.— 

19 (1) INCREASED FUNDING.—The amount au20 thorized to be appropriated by section 101 and avail21 able for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, Virginia 

22 Class Submarine, One Additional Ship, as specified 

23 in the funding table in section 4101, is hereby in24 creased by $400,000,000. 

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1 search, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy, Line 

2 164, Next Generation Fighter, as specified in the 

3 funding table in section 4201, is hereby reduced by 

4 $400,000,000. 

5 SEC. 130. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER AC6 QUISITION STRATEGIES. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The aircraft carriers of the Navy are a cor9 nerstone of the United States’ ability to project its 

10 power and strength. 

11 (2) Construction of Gerald R. Ford-class air12 craft carriers represents a national effort that re13 quires predictable and stable build schedules and 

14 alignment of purpose between the Department of 

15 Defense, the Department of the Navy, and the air16 craft carrier industrial base. 

17 (3) The aircraft carrier industrial base includes 

18 more than 2,000 companies in 44 States that con19 tribute to the construction and maintenance of these 

20 complex and technologically advanced ships. 

21 (4) The benefits of stable, executable aircraft 

22 carrier procurement plans extend throughout the 

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1 turing and shipbuilding facilities throughout the 

2 United States. 

3 (5) Aircraft carrier procurement plans accom4 panying the President’s budget request for fiscal 

5 years 2023 and 2024 forecast procurement of the 

6 CVN–82 carrier in fiscal year 2028, however, the 

7 fiscal year 2025 plan defers procurement until fiscal 

8 year 2030, creating a significant and destabilizing 

9 production gap for the aircraft carrier industrial 

10 base. 

11 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that— 

13 (1) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 

14 of the Navy should implement aircraft carrier acqui15 sition strategies that maximize benefits to oper16 ational commanders while simultaneously protecting 

17 the interests of the taxpayer and supporting the na18 tional nuclear shipbuilding industrial base; 

19 (2) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 

20 of the Navy should review and revise the acquisition 

21 strategy, including a two-ship buy of the CVN–82 

22 and CVN–83 carriers, for Ford-class aircraft car23 riers in the President’s budget request for fiscal year 

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1 Department of Defense recommendations, reports to 

2 Congress, congressional resolutions, section 8062 of 

3 title 10, United States Code, and national security 

4 interests; and 

5 (3) the Secretary of Defense should request 

6 procurement of the CVN–82 carrier not later than 

7 fiscal year 2028. 

8 SEC. 130A. MODIFICATIONS TO PROCUREMENT AUTHORI9 TIES FOR CERTAIN AMPHIBIOUS SHIP10 BUILDING PROGRAMS. 

11 Section 129 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

12 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

13 263; 136 Stat. 2448) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 

15 (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and 

16 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol17 lowing new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO ECONOMIC ORDER

19 QUANTITY CONTRACTS.—The Secretary of the Navy may 

20 use funds associated with this section to enter into con21 tracts known as ‘economic order quantity contracts’ with 

22 private shipyards and other commercial or government en23 tities to achieve economic efficiencies based on production 

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1 of parts, components, and systems (including weapon sys2 tems) common with, and required for, covered ships under 

3 joint economic order quantity contracts.’’. 

4 Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 

5 SEC. 131. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REDUCTIONS TO IN6 VENTORY OF E–3 AIRBORNE WARNING AND 

7 CONTROL SYSTEM AIRCRAFT. 

8 (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to 

9 be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2025 for the 

10 Air Force may be obligated or expended to retire, prepare 

11 to retire, or place in storage or in backup aircraft inven12 tory any E–3 aircraft if such actions would reduce the 

13 total aircraft inventory for such aircraft below 16. 

14 (b) EXCEPTION FOR PLAN.—If the Secretary of the 

15 Air Force submits to the congressional defense committees 

16 a plan for maintaining readiness and ensuring there is no 

17 lapse in mission capabilities, the prohibition under sub18 section (a) shall not apply to actions taken to reduce the 

19 total aircraft inventory for E–3 aircraft to below 16, be20 ginning 30 days after the date on which the plan is so 

21 submitted. 

22 (c) EXCEPTION FOR E–7 PROCUREMENT.—If the 

23 Secretary of the Air Force procures enough E–7 

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1 to actions taken to reduce the total aircraft inventory for 

2 E–3 aircraft to below 16 after the date on which such E– 

3 7 Wedgetail aircraft are delivered. 

4 SEC. 132. MANAGEMENT OF TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF 

5 B–1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT AND PERSONNEL. 

6 Section 133 of the National Defense Authorization 

7 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 

8 1574), as most recently amended by section 136 of the 

9 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 

10 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 174), is further amend11 ed— 

12 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub13 section (d); and 

14 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol15 lowing new subsection (c): 

16 ‘‘(c) TEMPORARY RELOCATION.—The Secretary of 

17 the Air Force shall, to the extent practicable, manage the 

18 temporary relocation of any B–1 bomber aircraft or per19 sonnel assigned to units responsible for the operation and 

20 maintenance of such aircraft resulting from planned mili21 tary construction in a manner that— 

22 ‘‘(1) minimizes effects to combat readiness; 

23 ‘‘(2) mitigates the risk of concentrating a sig24 nificant number of the total B–1 bomber fleet at one 

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1 ‘‘(3) uses the construction period to maximize 

2 expeditionary actions such as through Bomber Task 

3 Force and Agile Combat Employment; and 

4 ‘‘(4) takes into consideration travel options and 

5 travel distance for families and dependents of such 

6 personnel.’’. 

7 SEC. 133. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR COST8 BENEFIT AND TECHNICAL RISK ANALYSIS 

9 FOR F–35 PROPULSION AND THERMAL MAN10 AGEMENT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. 

11 Section 226(b)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza12 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) by striking subparagraphs (B) through (D); 

15 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 

16 through (G) as subparagraphs (F) through (H), re17 spectively; and 

18 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol19 lowing new subparagraphs (B) through (E): 

20 ‘‘(B) The power and thermal management 

21 system ensuring up to 62 Kilowatts of cooling 

22 and encompassing the following: 

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1 ‘‘(ii) Conventional cockpit cooling and 

2 pressurization. 

3 ‘‘(iii) Canopy seal, anti-g suit pressur4 ization. 

5 ‘‘(iv) Canopy defog. 

6 ‘‘(v) Power and cooling for ground 

7 maintenance. 

8 ‘‘(vi) Backup cooling for flight critical 

9 systems. 

10 ‘‘(vii) Lift fan clutch cooling. 

11 ‘‘(viii) Nacelle and integrated power 

12 package ventilation. 

13 ‘‘(C) Pressurization source for on-board14 inert-gas-generation-system, on-board-oxygen15 generation-system, and weapons. 

16 ‘‘(D) The electrical power system encom17 passing the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) Main engine start power – inte19 grated starter generator. 

20 ‘‘(ii) Emergency power system. 

21 ‘‘(iii) Independent electrical power for 

22 normal and emergency operation modes. 

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1 SEC. 134. PLAN FOR SUSTAINMENT AND RECAPITALIZA2 TION OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD FIGHTER 

3 FLEET. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force, 

5 in consultation with the Director of the Air National 

6 Guard, shall develop a plan to sustain and recapitalize the 

7 fighter fleet of the Air National Guard. 

8 (b) ELEMENTS.—The recapitalization plan required 

9 under subsection (a) shall— 

10 (1) identify each of the 25 fighter aircraft 

11 squadrons of the Air National Guard in existence on 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act; 

13 (2) provide a plan for recapitalization of all 

14 such squadrons at a similar rate as the fighter air15 craft squadrons of the active components of the 

16 Armed Forces, with the same combination of legacy 

17 capability fighter aircraft and advanced capability 

18 fighter aircraft found in fighter aircraft squadrons 

19 of the active components of the Armed Forces; and 

20 (3) establish a timetable for a plan or actions 

21 for the recapitalization required under paragraph 

22 (2), disaggregated by fighter aircraft squadron and 

23 fiscal year, which shall identify funding required for 

24 each fiscal year. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2025, 

2 the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 

3 congressional defense committees a report that in4 cludes the sustainment and recapitalization plan re5 quired under subsection (a). 

6 (2) FORM.—The report required under para7 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

8 but may contain a classified annex. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) ADVANCED CAPABILITY FIGHTER AIR11 CRAFT.—The term ‘‘advanced capability fighter air12 craft’’— 

13 (A) means the next-generation air domi14 nance fighter aircraft or any other fighter air15 craft referenced or designated as a sixth gen16 eration airframe; and 

17 (B) does not include unmanned fighter air18 craft. 

19 (2) FIFTH GENERATION.—The term ‘‘fifth gen20 eration’’, with respect to fighter aircraft, means an 

21 F–22 or F–35 aircraft. 

22 (3) FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘‘fighter 

23 aircraft’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

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1 (4) LEGACY CAPABILITY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.— 

2 The term ‘‘legacy capability fighter aircraft’’ means 

3 pre-fifth generation fighter aircraft, including an F– 

4 16, both pre-block and post-block, F–15C/D, F– 

5 15E/EX, and A–10. 

6 SEC. 135. AIR BASE AIR DEFENSE. 

7 (a) PROGRAM PLAN.—The Secretary of the Air Force 

8 shall develop a plan for a program to support the fielding 

9 of sites for air base air defense at installations of the Air 

10 Force and other priority locations, if designated by the 

11 Secretary of Defense under subsection (d). 

12 (b) CONSULTATION.—In developing the plan required 

13 by subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall con14 sult with— 

15 (1) the Commander of the United States Euro16 pean Command; 

17 (2) the Commander of the United States North18 ern Command; and 

19 (3) the Commander of the United States Indo20 Pacific Command. 

21 (c) CAPABILITIES.—The sites for air base air defense 

22 under the program described in subsection (a) shall in23 clude the following capabilities: 

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1 (2) Fixed protection for primary air bases. 

2 (3) Layered kinetic and non-kinetic effects from 

3 the surface. 

4 (4) Counter-uncrewed aircraft systems. 

5 (5) Counter-fixed and rotary wing aircraft. 

6 (6) Counter-cruise missile. 

7 (7) Interoperability with joint command and 

8 control networks. 

9 (8) 360-degree active and passive sensors. 

10 (9) Systems and software that enable reduced 

11 staffing. 

12 (d) LOCATION DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of De13 fense shall designate a prioritized list of installations of 

14 the Air Force and other locations for the program de15 scribed in subsection (a). 

16 (e) FIELDING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the 

17 Air Force shall ensure that— 

18 (1) not fewer than four sites for air base air de19 fense are fielded by September 30, 2027; 

20 (2) not fewer than four sites for air base air de21 fense are fielded each year through 2031; and 

22 (3) not fewer than two sites for air base air de23 fense are sited in the United States each year. 

24 (f) REPORT AND FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.—The 

25 Secretary of the Air Force shall— 


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1 (1) not later than March 1, 2025, submit to the 

2 congressional defense committees a report on the 

3 plan developed under subsection (a), the capabilities 

4 described in subsection (c), a plan to meet the field5 ing requirement under subsection (e), and related 

6 acquisitions; and 

7 (2) ensure the fielding requirement under sub8 section (e) is fully resourced in the budget for fiscal 

9 year 2027 submitted by the President to Congress 

10 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

11 Code. 

12 SEC. 136. ANNUAL REPORT ON AIR FORCE TACTICAL 

13 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FORCE STRUCTURE. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 907 of title 10, United 

15 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 9062 

16 the following new section: 

17 ‘‘§ 9062a. Annual report on Air Force tactical fighter 

18 aircraft force structure. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2025, 

20 and annually thereafter through 2029, the Secretary of 

21 the Air Force, in consultation with the Director of the Air 

22 National Guard and the Commander of the Air Force Re23 serve Command, shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) develop a 10-year tactical fighter aircraft 

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1 sustainment plan for the active and reserve compo2 nents of the Air Force; and 

3 ‘‘(2) submit to the congressional defense com4 mittees a report on the plan. 

5 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required 

6 by subsection (a) shall address each of the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) The appropriate mix of tactical fighter air8 craft, and associated operational risk analyses, re9 quired for the Secretary of the Air Force to meet ex10 pected steady-state, global force management alloca11 tion plans and geographic combatant commander 

12 contingency operational plans tasked to the Air 

13 Force, using active and reserve component tactical 

14 fighter aircraft units. 

15 ‘‘(2) The procurement, divestment, and unit ac16 tivation, deactivation, or re-missioning plans or ac17 tions the Secretary plans to implement, fiscal year18 by-fiscal year, unit-by-unit, for the 10-year period 

19 beginning on the date on which the report is sub20 mitted, for each active and reserve component tac21 tical fighter aircraft unit existing as of such date of 

22 submittal, including the rationale and justification 

23 for any such plans or actions. 

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1 maintained during any planned recapitalization, 

2 modernization, or change of mission affecting tac3 tical fighter aircraft units. 

4 ‘‘(4) Any plans of the Secretary to augment or 

5 supplant existing piloted tactical fighter aircraft ca6 pability or capacity with collaborative combat air7 craft increment 1 or increment 2 capability or capac8 ity. 

9 ‘‘(5) Any plans of the Secretary to augment or 

10 supplant existing piloted tactical fighter aircraft 

11 training events through the acquisition and fielding 

12 of common, joint, all-domain, high-fidelity synthetic 

13 simulation environments. 

14 ‘‘(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub15 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form with 

16 accompanying graphs, tables, and charts, but may contain 

17 a classified annex. 

18 ‘‘(d) FIGHTER AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, 

19 the term ‘fighter aircraft’ has the meaning given that term 

20 in section 9062(i)(2) of this title.’’. 

21 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

22 at the beginning of chapter 907 of such title is amended 

23 by inserting after the item relating to section 9062 the 

24 following new item: 

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1 SEC. 137. EXTENSION OF LIMITATIONS AND MINIMUM IN2 VENTORY REQUIREMENT RELATING TO RQ–4 

3 AIRCRAFT. 

4 Section 9062(m)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 

5 is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

6 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2028’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep7 tember 30, 2029’’. 

8 SEC. 138. MODIFICATION OF INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS 

9 FOR AIRCRAFT OF THE COMBAT AIR FORCES. 

10 (a) TEMPORARY EXCEPTION TO MINIMUM PRIMARY

11 MISSION AIRCRAFT INVENTORY.—Section 133(a) of the 

12 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 

13 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 173) is amended by strik14 ing ‘‘1,112 aircraft’’ and inserting ‘‘1,101 aircraft’’. 

15 (b) PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF F–15E AIR16 CRAFT.—Section 9062(l)(1) of title 10, United States 

17 Code, is amended— 

18 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

19 by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’; 

20 (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘more 

21 than 68’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’; 

22 (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘re23 tained’’; and 

24 (4) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘an F– 

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1 retirement under subparagraph (A))’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘any F–15E aircraft’’. 

3 (c) A–10 AIRCRAFT MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIRE4 MENT.—Section 134(d) of the National Defense Author5 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 

6 130 Stat. 2038), as most recently amended by section 

7 137(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis8 cal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 174), is 

9 further amended by striking ‘‘135 A–10 aircraft’’ and in10 serting ‘‘96 A–10 aircraft’’. 

11 Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, 

12 and Multiservice Matters 

13 SEC. 141. MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO ACCEL14 ERATE THE PROCUREMENT AND FIELDING 

15 OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. 

16 Section 834(b) of the National Defense Authorization 

17 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (10 U.S.C. 4061 note; Public 

18 Law 117–81) is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or (2)’’ 

20 after ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 

21 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para22 graph (3); and 

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1 ‘‘(2) The issuance of not more than two solici2 tations for proposals by the Department of Defense 

3 in support of the pilot program each fiscal year with 

4 no restrictions on the types of businesses providing 

5 innovative technologies.’’. 

6 SEC. 142. PLAN FOR SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES 

7 OF ARMED OVERWATCH AIRCRAFT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 

10 of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Con11 flict and the Commander of the United States Special Op12 erations Command shall jointly submit to the congres13 sional defense committees a plan for integrating signals 

14 intelligence capabilities on fielded armed overwatch air15 craft. 

16 (b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—At a minimum, the plan 

17 required by subsection (a) shall— 

18 (1) define the signals intelligence requirements 

19 for armed overwatch aircraft, including the required 

20 signals intelligence capabilities and the number of 

21 aircraft to be equipped with such capabilities; 

22 (2) articulate the resources necessary by fiscal 

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1 (3) include any other matters the Assistant Sec2 retary of Defense for Special Operations and Low 

3 Intensity Conflict and the Commander of the United 

4 States Special Operations Command consider rel5 evant. 

6 SEC. 143. ASSESSMENTS OF INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS 

7 FOR AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force 

9 and the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the 

10 commanders of the combatant commands, shall jointly as11 sess the sufficiency of established inventory requirements 

12 for air-to-air missiles. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 

14 Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy 

15 shall jointly— 

16 (1) assess planned deliveries of air-to-air mis17 siles through 2029 and the total available missiles 

18 by type in each year through 2029; 

19 (2) assess combined requirements for air-to-air 

20 missiles to support operational plans of the United 

21 States Central Command, the United States Indo22 Pacific Command, the United States Northern Com23 mand, and the United States European Command, 

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1 (3) consider emerging requirements for surface2 to-air defense and collaborative combat aircraft and 

3 how those additional missions will affect inventory 

4 requirements for air-to-air missiles; 

5 (4) consider the sufficiency of planned acquisi6 tion for air-to-air missiles through 2029 to meet 

7 operational requirements; 

8 (5) consider whether continuing production of 

9 the advanced medium-range air-to-air missile pro10 gram of record through 2029 would enhance avail11 able inventories of air-to-air missiles; and 

12 (6) develop recommendations to adjust the 

13 planned mix of missiles, including an assessment of 

14 whether extending the range or capability of existing 

15 air-to-air missiles would better support combined 

16 combatant command requirements at medium risk. 

17 TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP18 MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA19 TION 

20 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

21 Appropriations 

22 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

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1 for research, development, test, and evaluation, as speci2 fied in the funding table in section 4201. 

3 Subtitle B—Program Require4 ments, Restrictions, and Limita5 tions 

6 SEC. 211. ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF 

7 DEFENSE POLICY WHEN AWARDING RE8 SEARCH GRANTS. 

9 Section 1286 of the John S. McCain National De10 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

11 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) 

13 as subsections (f) through (g), respectively; 

14 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol15 lowing new subsection (e) 

16 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL REVIEWS REQUIRED.—Not later than 

17 March 30, 2025, and before March 30 of each year there18 after— 

19 ‘‘(1) each head of a Department of Defense 

20 component that awards grants for research shall 

21 carry out a review of a representative sample of the 

22 grants awarded by the respective component in the 

23 previous fiscal year to ensure that the component is 

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1 ‘‘(2) the Under Secretary of Defense for Re2 search and Engineering shall carry out a review of 

3 each of the grants sampled for review under para4 graph (1).’’; and 

5 (3) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para6 graph (1)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and on 

8 the periodic reviews conducted pursuant to sub9 section (e)’’ after ‘‘by subsection (a)’’; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

12 (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through 

13 (vii), respectively, and indenting such 

14 clauses two ems to the right; 

15 (ii) by inserting before clause (i), as 

16 redesignated by clause (i), the following 

17 new subparagraph (A): 

18 ‘‘(A) With respect to the activities carried 

19 out under the initiative required by subsection 

20 (a), the following:’’; and 

21 (iii) by adding at the end the fol22 lowing new subparagraph: 

23 ‘‘(B) With respect to the periodic reviews 

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1 ‘‘(i) The number of research grants 

2 awarded by the Department. 

3 ‘‘(ii) The number of reviews carried 

4 out pursuant to subsection (e)(1). 

5 ‘‘(iii) The number of reviews carried 

6 out pursuant to subsection (e)(2). 

7 ‘‘(iv) A description of the processes by 

8 which the heads of the components de9 scribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) 

10 and the Under Secretary conducted the re11 views under such subsection. 

12 ‘‘(v) An assessment of issues identi13 fied during the reviews carried out under 

14 subsection (e), including a list of grants 

15 that were identified as having not been 

16 awarded in compliance with Department or 

17 component research security risk review 

18 guidelines.’’. 

19 SEC. 212. EXTENSION OF GLOBAL RESEARCH WATCH PRO20 GRAM. 

21 Section 4066(f) of title 10, United States, is amended 

22 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep23 tember 30, 2035’’. 


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1 SEC. 213. COMPETITIVE DEMONSTRATION OF AUTOMATED 

2 TARGET RECOGNITION ALGORITHMS. 

3 (a) COMPETITIVE DEMONSTRATION REQUIRED.— 

4 Not later than June 1, 2025, the Chief Digital and Artifi5 cial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense 

6 (CDAO) shall incorporate into a global information domi7 nance experiment a competitive demonstration of at least 

8 two different automated target recognition algorithms to 

9 determine the most suitable source of development of such 

10 algorithms. 

11 (b) SOURCES.—For each automated target recogni12 tion algorithm to be used in the competitive demonstration 

13 required by subsection (a), the source of development of 

14 the algorithm shall be— 

15 (1) the Federal Government; 

16 (2) a university-affiliated research center; or 

17 (3) a defense contractor. 

18 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—The automated target recogni19 tion algorithms used in the competitive demonstration re20 quired by subsection (a) shall be developed for the require21 ments of two specific projects, selected by the Chief Dig22 ital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for purposes of the 

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1 SEC. 214. MODIFICATIONS TO TEST PROGRAM FOR ENGI2 NEERING PLANT OF DDG(X) DESTROYER VES3 SELS. 

4 Section 221 of the National Defense Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

8 following new sentence: ‘‘A minimum of two motor 

9 technologies with comparable efficiency, weight, and 

10 space characteristics shall be tested in full scale to 

11 mitigate program risk and provide sufficient com12 petition prior to down selecting to a class decision.’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (1) 

14 and inserting the following new paragraph (1): 

15 ‘‘(1) Two electrical propulsion motor tech16 nologies.’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘that in18 corporates two propulsion motor technology options’’ 

19 before the period at the end. 

20 SEC. 215. ASSIGNMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RE21 SPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNATIONAL COL22 LABORATION ON DIRECTED ENERGY WEAP23 ONS. 

24 Section 219(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

25 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 

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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para2 graph (7); and 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol4 lowing new paragraph (6): 

5 ‘‘(6) COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL

6 PARTNERS.—The senior official designated under 

7 paragraph (1) shall have primary responsibility for 

8 the Department for collaboration, outreach, and co9 ordination with international partners on research, 

10 development, and transition of directed energy weap11 ons.’’. 

12 SEC. 216. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TECHNOLOGY 

13 PROTECTION FEATURES ACTIVITIES. 

14 (a) EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of 

15 section 4067 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

16 by striking ‘‘during the research and development phase 

17 of such system’’ and inserting ‘‘to increase ally and part18 ner military capability and improve coalition interoper19 ability’’. 

20 (b) COST-SHARING.—Subsection (b) of such section 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para23 graph (3); 

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1 ‘‘(2) Any contract for the design or development of 

2 an exportability feature of a system resulting from activi3 ties under subsection (a) for the purpose of enhancing or 

4 enabling the exportability of the system shall include a 

5 cost-sharing provision that requires the contractor to bear 

6 half of the cost of such activities, or such other portion 

7 of such cost as the Secretary considers appropriate upon 

8 showing of good cause.’’; and 

9 (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘or (2)’’ after ‘‘paragraph 

11 (1)’’; 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘or exportability feature’’ 

13 after ‘‘with respect to a designated system’’; 

14 and 

15 (C) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in 

16 the case of a designated system,’’ before ‘‘the’’. 

17 SEC. 217. LABORATORY QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PRO18 GRAM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 303 of 

20 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following new section: 

22 ‘‘§ 4128. Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program 

23 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of 

24 Defense shall, acting through the Under Secretary of De25 fense for Research and Engineering, carry out a program 


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1 under which the Secretary shall establish the panels de2 scribed in subsection (b) and direct such panels— 

3 ‘‘(A) to review and make recommendations to 

4 the Secretary with respect to— 

5 ‘‘(i) existing policies and practices affecting 

6 the science and technology reinvention labora7 tories to improve the mission effectiveness of 

8 such laboratories; 

9 ‘‘(ii) new initiatives proposed by the 

10 science and technology reinvention laboratories; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(iii) new interpretations of existing provi13 sions of law that would enhance the ability of 

14 a director of a science and technology reinven15 tion laboratory to manage the laboratory and 

16 discharge the mission of the laboratory; 

17 ‘‘(B) to support implementation of current and 

18 future initiatives affecting the science and tech19 nology reinvention laboratories; and 

20 ‘‘(C) to conduct assessments or data analysis on 

21 the effectiveness of authorities granted and such 

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1 ‘‘(2) The program carried out pursuant to paragraph 

2 (1) shall be known as the ‘Laboratory Quality Enhance3 ment Program’. 

4 ‘‘(b) PANELS.—The panels described in this sub5 section are the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) A panel on personnel, workforce develop7 ment, and talent management. 

8 ‘‘(2) A panel on facilities, equipment, and infra9 structure. 

10 ‘‘(3) A panel on research strategy, technology 

11 transfer, and industry and university partnerships. 

12 ‘‘(4) A panel on governance and oversight proc13 esses. 

14 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION OF PANELS.—(1) Each panel de15 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) 

16 may be composed of subject matter and technical manage17 ment experts from— 

18 ‘‘(A) laboratories and research centers of the 

19 Army, Navy, and Air Force; 

20 ‘‘(B) appropriate Defense Agencies; 

21 ‘‘(C) the Office of the Under Secretary of De22 fense for Research and Engineering; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) The panel described in subsection (b)(4) shall 

2 be composed of— 

3 ‘‘(A) at least one member from each of the 

4 science and technology reinvention laboratories; and 

5 ‘‘(B) such other members as the Secretary de6 termines to be appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(d) GOVERNANCE OF PANELS.—(1) The chair8 person of each panel established pursuant to subsection 

9 (a) shall be selected by the members of the respective 

10 panel. 

11 ‘‘(2) Each panel shall, in coordination with the Under 

12 Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, trans13 mit to the Science and Technology Executive Committee 

14 of the Department of Defense such information or find15 ings on topics requiring decision or approval as the panel 

16 considers appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(e) INTERPRETATION OF PROVISIONS OF LAW.—(1) 

18 The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi19 neering shall, acting under the guidance of the Secretary, 

20 issue regulations regarding the meaning, scope, implemen21 tation, and applicability of any provision of a statute relat22 ing to a science and technology reinvention laboratory. 

23 ‘‘(2) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), 

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1 the directors of the science and technology reinvention lab2 oratories to discharge the missions of their laboratories. 

3 ‘‘(3) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), 

4 the Under Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, con5 sult and coordinate with the secretaries of the military de6 partments and such other agencies or entities as the 

7 Under Secretary considers relevant on any proposed revi8 sion to regulations under paragraph (1). 

9 ‘‘(4) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), 

10 the Under Secretary shall seek recommendations from the 

11 panel described in subsection (b)(4). 

12 ‘‘(f) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LAB13 ORATORY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘science 

14 and technology reinvention laboratory’ means a Depart15 ment of Defense laboratory designated as a Department 

16 of Defense science and technology reinvention laboratory 

17 by section 4121 of this title.’’. 

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

19 at the beginning of chapter 303 of such title is amended 

20 by inserting after the item relating to section 4127 the 

21 following new item: 

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1 SEC. 218. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

2 FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION 

3 WITH CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. 

4 (a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 

5 (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 

6 this Act for the Department of Defense may be obligated 

7 or expended to award a grant or contract to an institution 

8 of higher education for the specific purposes of conducting 

9 fundamental research in collaboration with an academic 

10 institution that is included in the most recently updated 

11 list developed pursuant to 1286(c)(9) of the John S. 

12 McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

13 Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note), 

14 or any individual employed by such an academic institu15 tion. 

16 (b) WAIVER.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary of 

18 Defense for Science and Technology may waive the 

19 limitation under subsection (a), on a case-by-case 

20 basis, with respect to an individual grant or contract 

21 for an institution of higher education, if the Assist22 ant Secretary determines that such a waiver is in 

23 the national security interests of the United States. 

24 (2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE.—Not later than 

25 30 days before the date on which an award is made 

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1 education with respect to which a waiver is made 

2 under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall 

3 submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the 

4 Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

5 House of Representatives notice of such waiver. 

6 (c) REPORT ANNEX.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, as a 

8 classified or controlled unclassified information 

9 annex to the annual report required by section 

10 1286(e) of the John S McCain National Defense Au11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

12 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note), the Secretary of 

13 Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed 

14 Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 

15 Services of the House of Representatives a report 

16 annex on the compliance of the Department and in17 stitutions of higher education with the requirements 

18 of this section. 

19 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report annex submitted 

20 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include, for each 

21 waiver issued under subsection (b) during the period 

22 covered by the report— 

23 (A) a justification for the waiver; and 

24 (B) a detailed description of the type and 

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1 tion of higher education and an academic insti2 tution or entity described in subsection (a) al3 lowed pursuant to the waiver, including identi4 fication of the institution of higher education 

5 and academic institutions or entities involved, 

6 the type of technology involved, the duration of 

7 the collaboration and terms and conditions on 

8 intellectual property assignment, as applicable, 

9 under the collaboration agreement. 

10 (3) FORM; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclas11 sified portion of each report annex submitted pursu12 ant to paragraph (1) shall be made available on a 

13 publicly accessible website of the Department. 

14 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) The term ‘‘collaboration’’ means coordi16 nated activity between an institution of higher edu17 cation and an entity described in subsection (a) in18 cludes— 

19 (A) sharing of research facilities, re20 sources, or data; 

21 (B) transfer, sharing, or dissemination of 

22 information or technical know-how; 

23 (C) any financial or in-kind contribution 

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1 (D) sponsorship or facilitation of research 

2 fellowships, visas, or residence permits; 

3 (E) joint ventures, partnerships, or other 

4 formalized agreements for the purpose of con5 ducting research or sharing resources, data, or 

6 technology; 

7 (F) inclusion of researchers as consultants, 

8 advisors, or members of advisory or review 

9 boards; and 

10 (G) such other activities as may be deter11 mined by the Secretary of Defense. 

12 (2) The term ‘‘fundamental research’’ has the 

13 meaning provided in National Security Decision Di14 rective-189 (NSSD-189), National Policy on the 

15 Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineering 

16 Information, date September 21, 1985, or any suc17 cessor document. 

18 (3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

19 has the meaning given that term in section 102 of 

20 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002) 

21 and includes— 

22 (A) any department, program, project, fac23 ulty, researcher, or other individual, entity, or 

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1 (B) any branch of such institution within 

2 or outside the United States. 

3 SEC. 219. DETAIL AUTHORITY FOR DEFENSE ADVANCED 

4 RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY TO SUPPORT 

5 TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION. 

6 Section 806 of the National Defense Authorization 

7 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 10 U.S.C. 

8 1701 note) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

10 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

11 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol12 lowing new subsection (d): 

13 ‘‘(d) DARPA DETAILEES AUTHORIZED.—The Direc14 tor of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 

15 may provide qualified personnel to a military department 

16 to provide technology transition support for a program of 

17 the Agency that is transitioning to such military depart18 ment, upon the request from the Principal Technology 

19 Transition Advisor of such military department.’’. 

20 SEC. 220. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF RESEARCH OR DE21 VELOPMENT CONTRACTS OR GRANTS TO 

22 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE 

23 VIOLATED CERTAIN CIVIL RIGHTS. 

24 (a) PROHIBITION.—Subject to subsection (c), the 

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1 other agreement with, or award any grant to, any covered 

2 educational institution to carry out any research or devel3 opment program or activity. 

4 (b) COVERED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 

6 (a), a covered educational institution is an institu7 tion of higher education that, in carrying out a pro8 gram or activity covered under title VI of the Civil 

9 Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), is in 

10 violation of that title. 

11 (2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—An institution 

12 of higher education that, in carrying out a program 

13 or activity covered under title VI of the Civil Rights 

14 Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), was in viola15 tion of that title, but is determined to be no longer 

16 in violation of that title, shall not be considered a 

17 covered educational institution for purposes of sub18 section (a). 

19 (c) WAIVER.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may waive 

21 the prohibition in subsection (a) on a case by case 

22 basis. 

23 (2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later 

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1 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

2 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep3 resentatives a notice of the intention of the Sec4 retary to issue the waiver. 

5 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.— 

6 (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall 

7 take effect on the date that is one year after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply 

10 with respect to contracts entered into on or after the 

11 effective date set forth in paragraph (1), other 

12 agreements entered into on or after such date, and 

13 grants awarded on or after such date. 

14 Subtitle C—Plans, Reports, and 

15 Other Matters 

16 SEC. 231. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO DEFINING, IDENTI17 FYING, AND PLANNING THE ARTIFICIAL IN18 TELLIGENCE WORKFORCE OF THE DEPART19 MENT OF DEFENSE. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De22 fense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense 

23 for Personnel and Readiness, the Chief Digital and Artifi24 cial Intelligence Officer, and the Chief Information Offi25 cer, shall— 


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1 (1) fully define and identify the Department of 

2 Defense artificial intelligence workforce, including— 

3 (A) clarifying the roles and responsibilities 

4 of the artificial intelligence workforce with re5 spect to the Department of Defense innovation 

6 workforce and digital workforce; 

7 (B) coding artificial intelligence work roles 

8 in workforce data systems; and 

9 (C) developing a qualification program for 

10 artificial intelligence work roles; and 

11 (2) update the Human Capital Operating Plan 

12 to be consistent with the Agency Strategic Plan and 

13 Annual Performance Plan relating to artificial intel14 ligence workforce issues, including— 

15 (A) addressing the human capital imple16 mentation actions planned to support the stra17 tegic goals and priorities identified in the Agen18 cy Strategic Plan and Annual Performance 

19 Plan; and 

20 (B) ensuring the use of consistent artificial 

21 intelligence terminology. 

22 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 240 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Digital and 

24 Artificial Intelligence Officer shall provide a briefing to the 

25 congressional defense committees on— 


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1 (1) who is included in the artificial intelligence 

2 workforce of the Department; 

3 (2) who should be included in the artificial in4 telligence workforce of the Department; 

5 (3) which positions require Department per6 sonnel with artificial intelligence skills; 

7 (4) the current state of the artificial intelligence 

8 workforce of the Department; and 

9 (5) planned or proposed future requirements for 

10 the artificial intelligence workforce of the Depart11 ment. 

12 SEC. 232. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A 

13 PLAN ON ADVANCING INTERESTS OF DE14 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN MATTERS RELAT15 ING TO ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM IN 

16 INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS OR FORA. 

17 (a) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN

18 REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the 

19 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 

20 coordination with the Chief Information Officer of the De21 partment of Defense, develop and implement a five-year 

22 plan for advancing the interests of the Department of De23 fense in matters relating to electromagnetic spectrum in 

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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—At a minimum, the plan developed 

2 pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the following: 

3 (1) Arrangements to increase the number of 

4 Department personnel attending international en5 gagements or fora on topics relating to electro6 magnetic spectrum, including all phases of the 

7 World Radiocommunication preparatory process. 

8 (2) Processes to increase coordination with 

9 other Federal agencies on matters relating to elec10 tromagnetic spectrum. 

11 (3) Preparations to increase cooperation activi12 ties with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 

13 other military alliances and organizations, and for14 eign military sales partners on matters relating to 

15 electromagnetic spectrum. 

16 (4) Strategies to increase coordination with the 

17 defense industrial base and industry partners at 

18 international engagements and fora. 

19 (5) Strategies to increase engagement with mili20 tary partners from developing countries, including 

21 regular engagements with the United States Tele22 communications Training Institute to enhance inter23 national partnerships for enduring electromagnetic 

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1 (6) Table top exercises for Department electro2 magnetic spectrum bands being considered at inter3 national engagements or fora. 

4 (7) Processes to hire, identify, develop, and 

5 train personnel from across the Department to sup6 port its role and responsibilities in international fora 

7 related to electromagnetic spectrum. 

8 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 31, 2025, the 

9 Secretary shall provide the congressional defense commit10 tees with a briefing on the plan developed and imple11 mented pursuant to subsection (a). 

12 SEC. 233. REPORT ON GEOGRAPHIC PRESENCE OF THE DE13 FENSE INNOVATION UNIT. 

14 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

16 of the Defense Innovation Unit shall submit to the con17 gressional defense committees a report on expanding the 

18 geographic presence of the Defense Innovation Unit, in19 cluding through partnerships with other organizations. 

20 (b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted pursuant to 

21 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

22 (1) The current geographic distribution of the 

23 personnel and offices of the Defense Innovation 

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1 time equivalent civilians and contractors associated 

2 with each location. 

3 (2) An assessment of opportunities to leverage 

4 other entities to expand geographic presence through 

5 current or planned partnerships that can support 

6 missions of the Defense Innovation Unit based on 

7 the existing geographic and functional footprint of 

8 those entities, such as Department of Defense lab9 oratories, program intermediaries, or university af10 filiated research centers. 

11 (3) A gap analysis between planned expansion 

12 of the geographic presence of the Defense Innovation 

13 Unit and use of partnerships to achieve nationwide 

14 geographic coverage for activities of the Defense In15 novation Unit. 

16 (4) The current plan of the Director to expand 

17 the geographic presence of the Defense Innovation 

18 Unit during the next 5-year period to address the 

19 gaps analyzed pursuant to paragraph (3), including 

20 resources required and any other policy or regu21 latory challenges. 

22 SEC. 234. REPORT ON OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDITURE 

23 RATES FOR BASIC RESEARCH. 

24 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

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1 Secretary of Defense Comptroller shall, in coordination 

2 with the comptrollers of the military departments and the 

3 Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineer4 ing, submit to the congressional defense committees a re5 port on the obligation and expenditure rates for Depart6 ment of Defense basic and applied research that is con7 ducted at institutions of higher education for the previous 

8 five fiscal years. 

9 (b) MATTERS IDENTIFIED.—The report submitted 

10 pursuant to subsection (a) shall identify— 

11 (1) the month of obligations and expenditures 

12 for basic and applied research conducted at institu13 tions of higher education; and 

14 (2) funds realigned from basic or applied re15 search budget lines due to not meeting obligations or 

16 expenditures benchmarks throughout the fiscal year 

17 and made available for other purposes. 

18 SEC. 235. ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM DEMONSTRA19 TION PROGRAM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than November 30, 

21 2025, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of 

22 Defense shall, in coordination with the Under Secretary 

23 of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Director 

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1 band adaptive signal processing technology to support si2 multaneous transmit and receive signals on the same elec3 tromagnetic spectrum frequency band that— 

4 (1) does not produce harmful interference; 

5 (2) significantly reduces electromagnetic spec6 trum guard bands; 

7 (3) maintains signal quality with respect to la8 tency and throughput; and 

9 (4) increases electromagnetic spectrum access 

10 within the frequency band. 

11 (b) LOCATION.—The demonstration program re12 quired by subsection (a) shall be conducted at a test and 

13 training range of the Department of Defense. 

14 (c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the demonstra15 tion program required by subsection (a), the Chief Infor16 mation Officer, the Under Secretary, and the Director 

17 shall consult with, at a minimum, the following: 

18 (1) The Joint Staff. 

19 (2) The military departments and their associ20 ated research labs. 

21 (3) Other Department of Defense organizations 

22 and agencies. 

23 (4) The Federal Communications Commission. 

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1 (6) Other Federal agencies. 

2 (7) Industry and nongovernmental entities. 

3 (d) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS.—Sub4 ject to the availability of appropriations, the Chief Infor5 mation Officer may enter into such contracts or other 

6 agreements as the Secretary considers appropriate with 

7 public and private entities to conduct studies and dem8 onstration projects under the demonstration program re9 quired by subsection (a). 

10 (e) BRIEFING ON PLANS FOR PROGRAM.—Not later 

11 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

12 the Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and 

13 the Director shall jointly provide to the congressional de14 fense committees a briefing on the plans to carry out the 

15 demonstration program required by subsection (a). 

16 (f) PERIODIC ASSESSMENTS OF PROGRAM.—The 

17 Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and the 

18 Director shall, periodically, assess the demonstration pro19 gram required by subsection (a). 

20 (g) BRIEFING ON COMPLETED PROGRAM.—Upon 

21 completion of the demonstration program required by sub22 section (a), the Chief Information Officer, the Under Sec23 retary, and the Director shall jointly provide the congres24 sional defense committees a briefing on their findings with 

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1 SEC. 236. PILOT PROGRAM ON DEVELOPMENT OF NEAR2 TERM USE CASES AND DEMONSTRATION OF 

3 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOWARD BIO4 TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL 

5 SECURITY. 

6 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Not later than one 

7 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec8 retary of Defense shall commence carrying out a pilot pro9 gram on developing near-term use cases and demonstra10 tions of artificial intelligence toward biotechnology appli11 cations for national security. 

12 (b) DURATION.—The pilot program required by sub13 section (a) shall be carried out during the five-year period 

14 beginning on the date of the commencement of the pilot 

15 program. 

16 (c) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.—The Sec17 retary shall carry out the pilot program required by sub18 section (a) by entering into one or more public-private 

19 partnerships. 

20 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act and not 

23 less frequently than once each year thereafter for 

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1 gressional defense committees an annual report on 

2 the pilot program. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted pursu4 ant to paragraph (1) shall include, for the period 

5 covered by the report, the following: 

6 (A) An assessment of the role that artifi7 cial intelligence is playing in developing bio8 technology, such as how commercial industry 

9 may be using artificial intelligence to develop 

10 biotechnologies. 

11 (B) A description of near-term use cases 

12 developed under the pilot program for artificial 

13 intelligence-enabled biotechnology applications 

14 for national security. 

15 (C) A description of planned, ongoing, and 

16 complete demonstrations or other pilot pro17 grams funded under the pilot program required 

18 by subsection (a) or otherwise by the Depart19 ment of Defense. 

20 (D) An assessment of the viability for 

21 transition of technology developed under the 

22 pilot program, including assessment of— 

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1 (ii) the potential benefits of such tech2 nology. 

3 SEC. 237. ROADMAP FOR ADDRESSING RESEARCH AND DE4 VELOPMENT NEEDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR 

5 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

6 (a) ROADMAP REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

8 of Defense shall, in coordination with the Under Secretary 

9 of Defense for Research and Engineering, the Under Sec10 retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and 

11 the Secretaries of the military departments, submit to the 

12 congressional defense committees a roadmap for address13 ing research, development, test, and evaluation needs in 

14 biotechnology for the Department of Defense. 

15 (b) ELEMENTS.—The roadmap submitted pursuant 

16 to subsection (a) shall include the following: 

17 (1) Identification of biotechnology development 

18 needs and priorities for national security applica19 tions. 

20 (2) An assessment of the technology maturity 

21 of each priority identified pursuant to paragraph 

22 (1). 

23 (3) A description of funding sources for each 

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1 future-years defense program submitted to Congress 

2 under section 221 of title 10, United States Code. 

3 (4) A description of how the Office of Strategic 

4 Capital and the Defense Advanced Research 

5 Projects Agency plan to invest in each priority pur6 suant to paragraph (1), including plans to incor7 porate the investment of international partners. 

8 (5) A plan, timeline, and metrics to research, 

9 development, testing, and evaluation activities for 

10 the priorities identified pursuant to paragraph (1). 

11 (6) An assessment of opportunities for rapid ac12 quisition and fielding of biotechnology in support of 

13 the priorities identified pursuant to paragraph (1). 

14 (7) Identification of opportunities for inter15 national cooperation in biotechnology research or 

16 testing, including potential regulatory impediments 

17 to cooperation. 

18 (8) An analysis of Department and Federal 

19 governance structures or regulatory processes that 

20 may hinder the ability of the Department to carry 

21 out the roadmap. 

22 (9) An assessment of the needs for the Depart23 ment biotech workforce in the near, mid, and far 

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1 ing skilled technicians), workforce training and cer2 tification needs, and whether current occupational 

3 series adequately cover identified workforce skill 

4 needs of the Department. 

5 (c) FORM.—The roadmap submitted pursuant to sub6 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

7 may include a classified annex. 

8 (d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED

9 STATES EVALUATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 

10 date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the road11 map pursuant to subsection (a), the Comptroller General 

12 of the United States shall evaluate the roadmap and sub13 mit to the congressional defense committees a report on 

14 the findings of the Comptroller General with respect to 

15 such evaluation. 

16 SEC. 238. PLAN FOR OPTIMIZATION OF IRREGULAR WAR17 FARE TECHNICAL SUPPORT DIRECTORATE. 

18 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

20 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit21 tees a plan for optimizing the contributions of the Irreg22 ular Warfare Technical Support Directorate to the fulfill23 ment of Department of Defense irregular warfare activi24 ties in support of the National Defense Strategy. 


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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—At a minimum, the plan required 

2 by subsection (a) shall address efforts to more effec3 tively— 

4 (1) address emergent requirements within the 

5 year of execution; 

6 (2) focus and prioritize resources to rapidly ad7 dress Department of Defense user requirements; 

8 (3) coordinate efforts with the Office of Acqui9 sition, Technology, and Logistics of United States 

10 Special Operations Command; 

11 (4) maximize contributions from foreign and 

12 non-Department of Defense partners; and 

13 (5) address other matters deemed relevant by 

14 the Secretary. 

15 SEC. 239. NATIONAL DEFENSE ECONOMIC COMPETITION 

16 RESEARCH COUNCIL. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 of Defense shall establish a council to identify, 

21 evaluate, and coordinate existing research efforts, or 

22 propose new research topics, relating to economic 

23 competition activities, such as economic coercion, 

24 manipulation, or other uses of economic power to 

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1 United States and the partners and allies of the 

2 United States. 

3 (2) DESIGNATION.—The council established 

4 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as the 

5 ‘‘National Defense Economic Competition Research 

6 Council’’ (in this section the ‘‘Council’’). 

7 (b) CHARTER AND MISSION.—Not later than 120 

8 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec9 retary shall issue a charter for the Council with a mission 

10 that includes the following: 

11 (1) Conducting analysis of ongoing or proposed 

12 government and academic research relating to eco13 nomic competition. 

14 (2) Making proposals for new areas of research 

15 to increase understanding of adversarial uses of eco16 nomic tools in support of military objectives to im17 prove understanding of threats, vulnerabilities, and 

18 defensive options to mitigate such threats and 

19 vulnerabilities. 

20 (3) Informing the tools available to the Depart21 ment of Defense to defend against such economic 

22 competition, coercion and manipulation activities, in23 cluding the use of adversarial capital to acquire 

24 technology, real estate, or other infrastructure, or to 

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1 (4) Assess current data needs or shortfalls im2 pairing understanding of threats and vulnerabilities 

3 relating to economic competition. 

4 (5) Convene groups, which may include aca5 demic, United States Government, nonprofit, com6 mercial, or other international partners, to better 

7 understand regional requirements or inform the un8 derstanding of regional partners on the threats and 

9 vulnerabilities relating to military objectives as a re10 sult of increasing economic competition. 

11 (6) Such other activities as the Secretary deems 

12 appropriate. 

13 (c) PARTICIPANTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairs of the Council 

15 shall ensure that the Council includes participation 

16 from each of the following: 

17 (A) The Office of Commercial and Eco18 nomic Assessment. 

19 (B) The Office of Expanded Competition. 

20 (C) The Office of Strategic Capital. 

21 (D) The Defense Innovation Unit. 

22 (E) The Strategic Capabilities Office. 

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1 (G) The Office of Global Economic and In2 vestment Security under the Assistant Sec3 retary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. 

4 (H) The Office of Naval Research, includ5 ing ONR-Global. 

6 (I) The Army Research Office. 

7 (J) The Air Force Office of Scientific Re8 search. 

9 (K) The Defense Advanced Research 

10 Projects Agency. 

11 (L) The Strategic Intelligence and Analysis 

12 Cell under the Under Secretary of Defense for 

13 Research and Engineering. 

14 (M) The program office of the Minerva Re15 search Initiative. 

16 (N) Other relevant organizations as deter17 mined by the Secretary. 

18 (2) CO-CHAIRS.—The co-chairs of the Council 

19 shall be the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 

20 the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

21 Engineering, and the Under Secretary of Defense 

22 for Acquisition and Sustainment. 

23 (d) INPUT FROM THE JOINT STAFF AND COMBAT24 ANT COMMANDS.—The Council shall regularly solicit 

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1 needs, problem statements, or other topics relating to eco2 nomic competition activities described in subsection (a)(1) 

3 affecting their areas of responsibility. 

4 SEC. 240. DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD STUDY ON LONG-TERM 

5 OPERATIONS AND AVAILABILITY OF KWAJA6 LEIN ATOLL AS A MAJOR RANGE AND TEST 

7 FACILITY BASE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

10 of Defense for Research and Engineering shall direct the 

11 Defense Science Board to complete, not later than May 

12 15, 2025, a study to assess the feasibility and advisability 

13 of designating the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile De14 fense Test Site (RTS) and United States Army Garrison 

15 Kwajalein Atoll (USAG-KA) as facilities and resources 

16 comprising the Major Range and Test Facility Base, in17 cluding with respect to the availability and mission capa18 bility of such test site and garrison. 

19 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study completed pursuant to 

20 subsection (a) shall cover the following: 

21 (1) The history and rationale for the split fund22 ing of the United States facilities and capabilities on 

23 Kwajalein Atoll between an Army Garrison and a 

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1 (2) The status of the garrison infrastructure 

2 and operations. 

3 (3) The status of the test asset operability, 

4 usage, and maintainability. 

5 (4) the interrelationship between garrison infra6 structure and test asset operability. 

7 (5) The status of the supported or supporting 

8 relationship between United States Army Garrison 

9 Kwajalein Atoll, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile De10 fense Test Site, and the Lincoln Laboratory of the 

11 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the long12 term outlook for this partnership. 

13 (6) The overall future of the Kwajalein Atoll 

14 satisfying Department of Defense current and future 

15 missions. 

16 (7) Such other matters as the Under Secretary 

17 or the Defense Science Board consider appropriate. 

18 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 10 days after the com19 pletion of the study required by subsection (a), the Under 

20 Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com21 mittees a report on the findings of the Defense Science 

22 Board with respect to the study. 

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1 Test Facility Base’’ has the meaning given such term in 

2 section 4173 of title 10, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 241. PILOT PROGRAMS ON USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL4 LIGENCE. 

5 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 

6 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary of Defense shall commence carrying out a pilot pro8 gram to assess the feasibility and advisability of using ar9 tificial intelligence-enabled software to optimize the 

10 workflow and operations for— 

11 (1) depots, shipyards, or other manufacturing 

12 facilities run by the Department of Defense; and 

13 (2) contract administration for the Department, 

14 including the adjudication and review of contracts 

15 managed by the Defense Contract Management 

16 Agency. 

17 (b) SOFTWARE.—In carrying out the pilot program 

18 required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

19 (1) use best in breed software platforms; 

20 (2) consider industry best practices in the selec21 tion of software programs; 

22 (3) be implemented based on human centered 

23 design practices to best identify the business needs 

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1 (4) demonstrate connection to enterprise plat2 forms of record with relevant data sources. 

3 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 

4 the pilot program required by subsection (a)(1) in con5 sultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi6 tion and Sustainment, the Secretary of the Army, Sec7 retary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Air Force. 

8 (d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

9 of the commencement of the pilot program pursuant to 

10 subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Com11 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com12 mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 

13 a report containing the following information: 

14 (1) An evaluation of each software platform 

15 used in the pilot program. 

16 (2) An analysis of how workflows and oper17 ations were modified as part of the pilot program. 

18 (3) A quantitative assessment of the impact the 

19 software had at each of the locations in which the 

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1 SEC. 242. DUTIES OF CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL IN2 TELLIGENCE OFFICER GOVERNING COUNCIL 

3 RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

4 MODELS AND ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTEL5 LIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES. 

6 Section 238(d)(3)(E) of the John S. McCain National 

7 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 

8 Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating clause (x) as clause (xi); 

10 and 

11 (2) by inserting after clause (ix) the following 

12 new clause (x): 

13 ‘‘(x) With respect to artificial intel14 ligence models and advanced artificial in15 telligence technologies— 

16 ‘‘(I) to identify and assess artifi17 cial intelligence models and advanced 

18 artificial intelligence technologies that 

19 could pose a national security risk if 

20 accessed by an adversary of the 

21 United States; 

22 ‘‘(II) to develop strategies to pre23 vent unauthorized access and usage of 

24 potent artificial intelligence models by 

25 countries that are adversaries of the 

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1 ‘‘(III) to make recommendations 

2 to Congress and relevant Federal 

3 agencies for legislative or administra4 tive action in the field of artificial in5 telligence.’’. 

6 SEC. 243. QUANTUM SCALING INITIATIVE. 

7 (a) INITIATIVE REQUIRED.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Defense 

9 Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) shall 

10 establish an initiative to rapidly expand and support 

11 the development of fault-tolerant utility-scale quan12 tum computing capability available to the Depart13 ment of Defense. 

14 (2) DESIGNATION.—The initiative established 

15 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as the 

16 ‘‘Quantum Scaling Initiative’’ (in this section the 

17 ‘‘Initiative’’). 

18 (b) ELEMENTS.—The Initiative shall include the fol19 lowing: 

20 (1) Activities to broaden existing Department 

21 efforts to verify and validate commercial efforts to 

22 design and build utility-scale quantum computers, 

23 including through increased collaboration with key 

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1 (AFRL), the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), and 

2 the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). 

3 (2) Working with the Office of Strategic Cap4 ital, establish regular interactions with the venture 

5 capital and finance community to help accelerate 

6 commercial efforts to design and build viable utility7 scale quantum computers. 

8 (3) Working with the office of the Assistant 

9 Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to 

10 connect key performers in fault-tolerant utility-scale 

11 quantum computing with support for industrial 

12 bases analysis, manufacturing support, and other 

13 analysis support to help foster and grow the broader 

14 industrial base supporting fault-tolerant utility-scale 

15 quantum computing. 

16 (4) Working with the military departments and 

17 other Department components to refine use cases for 

18 militarily relevant applications of utility-scale quan19 tum computers. 

20 SEC. 244. INCORPORATING HUMAN READINESS LEVELS 

21 INTO RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 

22 EVALUATION ACTIVITIES. 

23 (a) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

24 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

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1 for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Under Secretary 

2 of Defense for Research and Engineering, initiate a review 

3 of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and 

4 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Stand5 ard 400-2021 to determine whether any materials from 

6 this standard can and should be incorporated or ref7 erenced in Department of Defense procedures and guid8 ance material in order to enhance safety in relation to 

9 human factors. 

10 (b) PRELIMINARY MAPPING.—In carrying out the re11 view required by subsection (b), the Secretary shall con12 duct preliminary mapping of the current human readiness 

13 levels of the Department based on Standard 400-2021 and 

14 how they align with the current technology readiness levels 

15 of major development and acquisitions programs (as de16 fined in section 4201 of title 10, United States Codes). 

17 (c) ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND CONSULTATION.—In 

18 carrying out the review required by subsection (a), the 

19 Secretary— 

20 (1) shall conduct a review of technical standard 

21 400-2021 of the American National Standards Insti22 tute and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Soci23 ety; and 


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1 (2) may consult with subject matter experts af2 filiated with the authorizing organization behind 

3 such a technical standard. 

4 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro6 vide the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 

7 the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep8 resentatives a briefing on the progress of the review re9 quired by subsection (a). 

10 SEC. 245. MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL 

11 DATA TO ENHANCE MAINTENANCE ACTIVI12 TIES. 

13 (a) POLICIES REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 

15 Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

16 shall, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military 

17 departments and the Chief Digital and Artificial Intel18 ligence Officer of the Department of Defense, develop and 

19 implement policies to manage and utilize data derived 

20 from digital data systems for aircraft, ships, and ground 

21 vehicles in support of maintenance activity. 

22 (b) ELEMENTS.—The policies required by subsection 

23 (a) shall include investment in advanced and scalable data 

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1 and otherwise process data generated by digital data sys2 tems described in such subsection. Such policies shall— 

3 (1) require development of a strategy to invest 

4 in advanced technologies, including automated sys5 tems and artificial intelligence, to streamline the 

6 process of organizing, indexing, and categorizing 

7 data; 

8 (2) require work with vendors to address and 

9 resolve limitations imposed by proprietary informa10 tion and data, including through the adoption of 

11 open data and open mission systems approaches; 

12 (3) address data transmission capabilities, such 

13 as— 

14 (A) implementing high-speed data transfer 

15 technologies; 

16 (B) optimizing network infrastructure; and 

17 (C) developing secure and efficient meth18 ods for transmitting mission-critical data be19 tween bases; 

20 (4) require central compilation of maintenance 

21 data and creation of user interfaces, prioritizing 

22 analysis of long-lead components; 

23 (5) require that, unless a compelling reason is 

24 identified, use of vendor-agnostic, government-owned 

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1 (6) require review of classification policies relat2 ing to digital data to ensure that data is appro3 priately classified without unnecessarily restricting 

4 its usability; and 

5 (7) establish protocols for detecting unauthor6 ized access or intrusion into vehicle or platform sys7 tems. 

8 SEC. 246. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DIRECTED 

9 ENERGY WORKING GROUP. 

10 Section 219(d) of the National Defense Authorization 

11 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 

12 4205 note) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking paragraph (6); 

14 (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para15 graph (6); and 

16 (3) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by para17 graph (2), by striking ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘9 

18 years’’. 

19 SEC. 247. DIRECTED ENERGY ROADMAP AND ACTIVITY 

20 FUNDING REPORT. 

21 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 

23 2025, and not later than June 1 of each year there24 after through 2031, the Secretary of Defense shall 

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1 the legislative research agencies a report that de2 scribes the plans and objectives of the Department 

3 of Defense with respect to the directed energy road4 map of the Department for the next 10 years and 

5 the associated funding profile through the Future 

6 Years Defense Program (FYDP) for directed energy 

7 systems at all classification levels, including funding 

8 needed for development, delivery, integration on 

9 platforms, and system sustainment. 

10 (2) DESIGNATION.—A report submitted pursu11 ant to paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘Di12 rected Energy Roadmap and Activity Funding Re13 port’’. 

14 (b) MATTERS COVERED.—Each report submitted 

15 pursuant to subsection (a) shall cover the following: 

16 (1) The funding and investments of the Depart17 ment relating to directed energy weapon capabilities, 

18 including any funding or investments with respect to 

19 the procurement, research, development, test and 

20 evaluation, and operation and maintenance of offen21 sive and defensive directed energy weapons. 

22 (2) An assessment of the intelligence commu23 nity (as defined in section 3 of the National Security 

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1 ronment that drives requirements for directed en2 ergy investments by the Department. 

3 (3) The strategic vision of the Department with 

4 respect to directed energy. 

5 (4) A description of the operational context for 

6 directed energy weapons. 

7 (5) A description of the approach of the De8 partment to matters relating to directed energy 

9 weapons. 

10 (6) A roadmap for research, development, test11 ing, evaluation, deployment, operation, and mainte12 nance of directed energy weapons by the Depart13 ment that covers the following: 

14 (A) Aspects to achieve military dominance. 

15 (B) Operational experience. 

16 (C) Delivery of new capabilities. 

17 (D) Tactical and strategic missions with 

18 proven, advanced, and aspirational technologies. 

19 (7) Deployed directed energy weapon systems to 

20 date. 

21 (8) Technology and transition focus areas. 

22 (9) Science and technology focus areas. 

23 (10) Previous fiscal year activities. 

24 (11) Prototyping and fielding by each military 

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1 (12) Collaboration on directed energy tech2 nologies and capabilities with allies and partners of 

3 the United States. 

4 (13) Industrial base challenges, including work5 force challenges and critical path items in the supply 

6 chain. 

7 (14) Department governance. 

8 (15) Recommendations to accelerate fielding. 

9 (c) COST MATTERS.—Each report submitted pursu10 ant to subsection (a) shall— 

11 (1) include cost data for the fiscal year and fu12 ture years defense program on the directed energy 

13 capabilities of the Department, including vehicles, 

14 developmental and operational testing, sensors, com15 mand and control architectures, infrastructure, test16 ing infrastructure, software, workforce, training, 

17 ranges, integration costs, and such other items as 

18 the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate; 

19 (2) to the extent applicable, for each item in20 cluded in the report, identify whether such item re21 lates to an offensive or defensive directed energy ca22 pability; 

23 (3) with respect to any research and develop24 ment activities covered by the report, identify— 

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1 (B) the name of the entity that is carrying 

2 out the activity; and 

3 (C) the purpose of the activity; and 

4 (4) to the extent applicable, with respect to any 

5 developmental ground and flight testing and oper6 ational test and evaluation activities covered by the 

7 report, identify— 

8 (A) the program element for the activity; 

9 (B) the name of the entity that is carrying 

10 out the activity; and 

11 (C) the purpose of the activity. 

12 (d) FORM.—Each report submitted under subsection 

13 (a) shall be submitted in— 

14 (1) an unclassified form that may be made 

15 available to the public; and 

16 (2) an unclassified form that may include a 

17 classified annex. 

18 (e) LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AGENCIES DEFINED.— 

19 In this section, the term ‘‘legislative research agencies’’ 

20 includes the following: 

21 (1) The Congressional Research Services. 

22 (2) The Congressional Budget Office. 

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1 SEC. 248. PILOT PROGRAM ON ESTABLISHING ENTITIES 

2 AND CONSORTIA TO CONDUCT PROTOTYPING 

3 AND PRODUCTION OF CRITICAL AND EMERG4 ING TECHNOLOGIES. 

5 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

6 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary of Defense shall commence carrying out a pilot pro8 gram to establish one or more entities, including consortia, 

9 through which the Secretary shall conduct prototyping ac10 tivities and production activities for such critical and 

11 emerging technologies as the Secretary shall specify for 

12 purposes of the pilot program. 

13 (b) USE OF PROTOTYPING AUTHORITIES.—The Sec14 retary shall carry out all prototyping activities under the 

15 pilot program required by subsection (a) pursuant to sec16 tion 4022 of title 10, United States Code. 

17 (c) TERMINATION.—The pilot program required by 

18 subsection (a) shall terminate on December 31, 2030. 

19 TITLE III—OPERATION AND 

20 MAINTENANCE 

21 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

22 Appropriations 

23 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

24 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

25 fiscal year 2025 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

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1 expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 

2 maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 

3 4301. 

4 Subtitle B—Energy and 

5 Environment 

6 SEC. 311. IMPLEMENTATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL REC7 OMMENDATIONS RELATING TO OVERSIGHT 

8 OF DEFENSE FUEL SUPPORT POINTS. 

9 Not later than May 1, 2026, the Secretary of Defense 

10 shall— 

11 (1) implement the recommendations of the In12 spector General of the Department of Defense con13 tained in the report published by the Inspector Gen14 eral on April 11, 2024, and titled ‘‘Audit of the De15 fense Logistics Agency Oversight of Defense Fuel 

16 Support Points’’ (DODIG–2024–075); or 

17 (2) if the Secretary does not implement any 

18 such recommendation, submit to the Committees on 

19 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep20 resentatives a report explaining why the Secretary 

21 has not implemented those recommendations. 

22 SEC. 312. INITIATIVE TO CONTROL AND COMBAT THE 

23 SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

25 enhance efforts of the Department of Defense through the 


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1 Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans estab2 lished pursuant to section 201 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 

3 670g) and other relevant management and operational 

4 plans to manage, control, and interdict invasive species, 

5 including those that exacerbate the risk of wildfire, that 

6 could affect— 

7 (1) the readiness of the Armed Forces; and 

8 (2) the health and safety of members of the 

9 Armed Forces, their families, and the surrounding 

10 communities. 

11 (b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Management, con12 trol, and interdiction of invasive species under subsection 

13 (a), and any other biosecurity efforts under such sub14 section, shall include, at a minimum— 

15 (1) science-based management and control pro16 grams to reduce the presence or spread of invasive 

17 species on military installations and to prevent the 

18 introduction or spread of such species to areas where 

19 such species are not established; 

20 (2) support for interagency and intergovern21 mental response efforts to control, interdict, mon22 itor, and eradicate invasive species; 

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1 agement, control, interdiction, and where possible, 

2 eradication of invasive vegetation; 

3 (4) establishment of an early detection and 

4 rapid response mechanism to monitor and deploy co5 ordinated interdiction efforts for any invasive species 

6 newly detected at a particular site at a military in7 stallation; and 

8 (5) post-fire land rehabilitation using native 

9 vegetation and other methods to preclude the rees10 tablishment of invasive species. 

11 SEC. 313. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF ANTENNA 

12 STRUCTURE PROJECT UNDER MILITARY 

13 AVIATION AND INSTALLATION ASSURANCE 

14 CLEARINGHOUSE FOR REVIEW OF MISSION 

15 OBSTRUCTIONS. 

16 Section 183a(h)(2)(A)(ii) of title 10, United States 

17 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘under this title’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘by law’’. 

19 SEC. 314. PROVISION BY SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE OF 

20 METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR AIR FORCE 

21 AND ARMY. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

23 (b), the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide meteoro24 logical and environmental services for operations of the 


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1 Department of the Air Force and shall provide meteoro2 logical services for the Department of the Army. 

3 (b) EXCEPTION FOR BALLISTICS DATA.—The re4 quirement under subsection (a) shall not apply to meteoro5 logical ballistics data for the Department of the Army. 

6 SEC. 315. MODIFICATION OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL 

7 PILOT PROGRAM. 

8 Section 324(b)(1)(A) of the James M. Inhofe Na9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 

10 (Public Law 117–263; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 2922) is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘not fewer than two’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘not fewer than six’’. 

13 SEC. 316. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE GREENHOUSE GAS 

14 AND TOXIC POLLUTANT EMISSIONS OF THE 

15 PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF NON-TAC16 TICAL VEHICLES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

17 DEFENSE. 

18 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

19 States shall conduct and submit to the Secretary of De20 fense a study on the greenhouse gas and toxic pollutant 

21 emissions lifecycle in the production and utilization of elec22 tric non-tactical vehicles over the lifetime of the vehicle 

23 relative to a comparable model of non-tactical vehicle pos24 sessing an internal combustion engine, which shall in25 clude— 


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1 (1) the estimated reduction in carbon emissions 

2 associated with the adoption of electric vehicles 

3 across the non-tactical vehicle fleet; 

4 (2) a comparative analysis of non-tactical effi5 ciency, maintenance costs, and lifecycle emissions of 

6 electric vehicles versus traditional combustion engine 

7 vehicles; and 

8 (3) a cost-benefit analysis of investing in elec9 tric vehicle infrastructure versus the fully burdened 

10 costs, advantages, and disadvantages of internal 

11 combustion engines for non-tactical use by the De12 partment of Defense. 

13 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after receipt 

14 of the results of the study under subsection (a), the Sec15 retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on 

16 the use of electric vehicles by the Armed Forces, which 

17 shall include— 

18 (1) an assessment of non-tactical capabilities to 

19 determine different mission profiles and scenarios, 

20 including deployment in combat zones, logistic sup21 port, and personnel and equipment transportation by 

22 electric vehicles; 

23 (2) an estimation of the expected lifespan and 

24 durability of electric vehicles under non-tactical con25 ditions by assessing the reliability of key components 


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1 such as batteries, electric motors, and powertrains 

2 and an evaluation of maintenance requirements and 

3 costs; 

4 (3) an evaluation of the logistical implications 

5 of integrating electric vehicles into the non-tactical 

6 vehicle fleet, including infrastructure requirements 

7 for charging or refueling, compatibility with existing 

8 supply chains, and potential challenges relating to 

9 spare parts availability and maintenance support; 

10 and 

11 (4) an identification of risks and challenges as12 sociated with the procurement and deployment of 

13 electric vehicles, such as technological obsolescence, 

14 cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and geopolitical depend15 encies on critical components. 

16 (c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study re17 quired under subsection (a) and submitting the report re18 quired under subsection (b), the Comptroller General of 

19 the United States and the Secretary of Defense, as the 

20 case may be, shall consult with relevant private sector 

21 stakeholders, including climate change mitigation experts, 

22 automotive industry representatives, and former members 

23 of the Armed Forces with expertise in vehicle operations 

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1 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion shall be construed to unduly impede ongoing efforts 

3 relating to compliance by the Department of Defense with 

4 section 2922g of title 10, United States Code. 

5 SEC. 317. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF 

6 DROP-IN FUELS; ANNUAL REPORT. 

7 (a) REPEAL.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2922h of title 10, 

9 United States Code, is repealed. 

10 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec11 tions at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 

12 173 of such title is amended by striking the item re13 lating to section 2922h. 

14 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 

16 173 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

17 adding at the end the following new section: 

18 ‘‘§ 2922j. Annual report on purchase of drop-in fuel 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than annu20 ally, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 

21 a report that, for the year covered by the report— 

22 ‘‘(1) identifies each instance in which the Sec23 retary purchased drop-in fuel that was not cost-com24 petitive with traditional fuel; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) for each instance identified under para2 graph (1), states whether the purchase was based on 

3 a military requirement or not. 

4 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) DROP-IN FUEL.—The term ‘drop-in fuel’ 

6 means a neat or blended liquid hydrocarbon fuel de7 signed as a direct replacement for a traditional fuel 

8 with comparable performance characteristics and 

9 compatible with existing infrastructure and equip10 ment. 

11 ‘‘(2) TRADITIONAL FUEL.—The term ‘tradi12 tional fuel’ means a liquid hydrocarbon fuel derived 

13 or refined from petroleum.’’. 

14 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec15 tions at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 

16 173 of such title is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following new item: 

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1 Subtitle C—Treatment of 

2 Perfluoroalkyl Substances and 

3 Polyfluoroalkyl Substances 

4 SEC. 321. INTERIM RESPONSES TO ADDRESS RELEASES OR 

5 THREATENED RELEASES OF 

6 PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL 

7 SUBSTANCES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, con9 sistent with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

10 Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 

11 et seq.), shall take actions specified in subsection (b) to 

12 address any release or threatened release of PFAS at a 

13 covered facility. 

14 (b) ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN.— 

15 (1) CONDUCT OF PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT

16 AND SITE INSPECTION.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—If a preliminary assess18 ment or site investigation for PFAS has not 

19 been conducted at a covered facility, the Sec20 retary shall conduct expeditiously such assess21 ment or investigation, as the case may be, to 

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1 (B) PRESUMED RELEASE.—Each covered 

2 facility that has or has had a fire training pit 

3 or similar facility shall be presumed, for pur4 poses of subparagraph (A), to have had a re5 lease of PFAS. 

6 (2) CONSIDERATION OF INTERIM RESPONSE AC7 TIONS.— 

8 (A) DETERMINATION OF POTENTIAL IN9 TERIM RESPONSE ACTIONS.—A preliminary as10 sessment or site investigation under paragraph 

11 (1)(A) shall include, along with any other mat12 ters required pursuant to the Comprehensive 

13 Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

14 Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 

15 a description and analysis of potential interim 

16 response actions that can be taken to reduce 

17 immediate public exposure to the release of 

18 PFAS, including preventing an imminent and 

19 substantial endangerment. 

20 (B) ACTIONS INCLUDED.—Interim re21 sponse actions to be considered under subpara22 graph (A) shall include the following: 

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1 (ii) Connection to public water sys2 tems for members of the public using pri3 vate wells. 

4 (iii) Provision of filtration systems for 

5 public water systems. 

6 (iv) Provision of filtration systems for 

7 private residences. 

8 (3) REVIEW.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

10 make the preliminary assessment or site inves11 tigation conducted under paragraph (1)(A) with 

12 respect to a covered facility available for review 

13 to the Administrator of the Environmental Pro14 tection Agency, the relevant State environ15 mental regulatory agencies, any Indian tribal 

16 government whose tribal lands may be affected 

17 by the release or threatened release of PFAS, 

18 and members of the public. 

19 (B) REVIEW PERIOD.—The period for re20 view under subparagraph (A) shall be not less 

21 than 60 days and shall be extended if the Ad22 ministrator requests additional review time. 

23 (4) EXPEDITED IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec24 retary of Defense shall expedite the implementation 

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1 retary for implementation pursuant to the consider2 ation conducted under paragraph (2) and the review 

3 under paragraph (3). 

4 (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

5 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 270 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 

8 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep9 resentatives a report containing an identification of 

10 the following: 

11 (A) Which covered facilities have had a 

12 preliminary assessment or site investigation 

13 completed pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(A). 

14 (B) Which covered facilities have had a 

15 preliminary assessment or site investigation ini16 tiated pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(A) but not 

17 completed by the time the report is due to be 

18 submitted, and when such assessment or inves19 tigation is projected to be completed. 

20 (C) Which covered facilities have not had 

21 a preliminary assessment or site investigation 

22 initiated pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(A) but 

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1 (D) Which covered facilities are not re2 quired to have a preliminary assessment or site 

3 investigation conducted pursuant to subsection 

4 (b)(1)(A). 

5 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 

8 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep9 resentatives a report on— 

10 (A) which covered facilities have had in11 terim response actions selected for implementa12 tion under subsection (b); 

13 (B) what those interim response actions 

14 are; 

15 (C) the projected initiation dates for those 

16 interim response actions; 

17 (D) the projected completion dates for 

18 those interim response actions; and 

19 (E) an explanation as to why any interim 

20 response action considered in the preliminary 

21 assessment or site investigation conducted pur22 suant to subsection (b)(1)(A) was not adopted. 

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1 (1) COVERED FACILITY.—The term ‘‘covered 

2 facility’’ means a facility subject to section 2701(c) 

3 of title 10, United States Code. 

4 (2) PFAS.—The term ‘‘PFAS’’ means 

5 perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

6 (3) RELEASE; RESPONSE.—The terms ‘‘release’’ 

7 and ‘‘response’’ have the meanings given those terms 

8 in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental 

9 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

10 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). 

11 SEC. 322. INCREASE OF TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR FUND12 ING OF STUDY AND ASSESSMENT ON HEALTH 

13 IMPLICATIONS OF PER- AND 

14 POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES CONTAMI15 NATION IN DRINKING WATER BY AGENCY 

16 FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REG17 ISTRY. 

18 Clause (iv) of section 316(a)(2)(B) of the National 

19 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 

20 Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1350), as most recently amended 

21 by section 333 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

22 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), is further 

23 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting 

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1 SEC. 323. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PERFORMANCE OF MAIN2 TENANCE AND REPAIR ON FORWARD-DE3 PLOYED NAVAL FORCE SHIPS IN FOREIGN 

4 SHIPYARDS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

7 Navy shall carry out a pilot program under which the Sec8 retary authorizes the performance of maintenance and re9 pair on forward-deployed naval force ships in foreign ship10 yards during scheduled maintenance and repair exercises 

11 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pilot program’’). 

12 (b) DESIGN.—The Secretary of the Navy shall design 

13 the pilot program to exercise the Ship Wartime Repair and 

14 Maintenance program of the Navy. 

15 (c) TERMINATION.—The requirement to carry out the 

16 pilot program shall terminate on the date that is three 

17 years after the date on which the Secretary of the Navy 

18 establishes the pilot program. 

19 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than December 1 

20 of each year in which the pilot program is carried out, 

21 the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committee 

22 on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 

23 Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report 

24 summarizing the actions taken under the pilot program 

25 during the preceding year, including information on how 

26 the pilot program is— 


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1 (1) effectively exercising the Ship Wartime Re2 pair and Maintenance program of the Navy; 

3 (2) impacting the workforce at shipyards in the 

4 United States; 

5 (3) impacting the workforce at the Naval Ship 

6 Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance 

7 Center; and 

8 (4) impacting quality of life for sailors assigned 

9 to forward-deployed naval force ships. 

10 Subtitle D—Logistics and 

11 Sustainment 

12 SEC. 331. WAREHOUSE UTILIZATION ORGANIZATION ALIGN13 MENT. 

14 (a) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military 

16 department and the Director of the Defense Logistics 

17 Agency shall provide to the congressional defense commit18 tees a briefing that— 

19 (1) identifies the designated organization or 

20 command that will serve as the global integrator of 

21 that military department or agency and assume re22 sponsibilities as the manager of the storage network 

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1 (2) sets forth a comprehensive plan of the Sec2 retary concerned or the Director of the Defense Lo3 gistics Agency, as the case may be— 

4 (A) to deploy storage space management 

5 tools, as authorized by the Assistant Secretary 

6 of Defense for Sustainment, across the network 

7 of that military department or agency; and 

8 (B) to evaluate approaches for identifying 

9 improved supply chain processes, visibility, mis10 sion alignment, and cost savings and avoidances 

11 enabled through space consolidation. 

12 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there14 after for the following five years, each Secretary of a mili15 tary department and the Director of the Defense Logistics 

16 Agency shall submit to the congressional defense commit17 tees a report containing the following: 

18 (1) Plans for reconstituting commercially-stored 

19 inventory of the Department of Defense into the 

20 warehouses of the Department on military installa21 tions. 

22 (2) Information on barriers to reconstituting 

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1 SEC. 332. AUTHORITY FOR GOVERNMENT-OWNED, GOVERN2 MENT-OPERATED FACILITIES TO ACCESS 

3 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT FUNDS. 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 

6 regulations providing that Government-Owned, Govern7 ment-Operated (GOGO) facilities are eligible to receive 

8 Production Base Support (PBS) funding from the Army. 

9 SEC. 333. CODIFICATION AND PERMANENT EXTENSION OF 

10 AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EX11 PENSES FOR CERTAIN NAVY MESS OPER12 ATIONS AFLOAT. 

13 (a) CODIFICATION.—Chapter 19 of title 37, United 

14 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1011 

15 the following new section: 

16 ‘‘§ 1011a. Reimbursement of expenses for certain 

17 Navy mess operations afloat 

18 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT.—Of the amounts 

19 appropriated for operation and maintenance for the Navy, 

20 not more that $1,000,000 may be used to pay the charge 

21 established under section 1011 of this title for meals sold 

22 by messes for United States Navy and Naval Auxiliary 

23 vessels to the following: 

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1 nations when participating in or providing support 

2 to United States civil-military operations. 

3 ‘‘(2) Foreign national patients treated on Naval 

4 vessels during the conduct of United States civil5 military operations, and their escorts. 

6 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 31 of each 

7 year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 

8 a report on the use of the authority under subsection 

9 (a).’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

11 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

12 after the item relating to section 1011 the following new 

13 item: 

‘‘1011a. Reimbursement of expenses for certain Navy mess operations afloat.’’. 

14 (c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1014 of the 

15 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 

16 Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4585) 

17 is repealed. 

18 SEC. 334. PLAN FOR SECONDARY SOURCES IN THE MUNI19 TIONS SUPPLY CHAIN. 

20 (a) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 

22 shall develop a plan providing options to establish 

23 secondary domestic production sources at existing 

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1 Army to address munitions supply chain 

2 chokepoints. 

3 (2) EXISTING MAPPING AND STUDIES.—In de4 veloping the plan required under paragraph (1), the 

5 Secretary of the Army shall draw on existing supply 

6 chain mapping conducted by the Department of De7 fense and other studies conducted by the Army. 

8 (b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required under 

9 subsection (a)(1) shall include each of the following: 

10 (1) An assessment of the feasibility and advis11 ability of expanding the scope of activities at all ex12 isting depots, arsenals, and ammunition plants of 

13 the Army to serve as secondary sources for single 

14 points of supply chain failure. 

15 (2) An assessment of the feasibility and advis16 ability of reopening any previously closed depots, ar17 senals, and ammunition plants of the Army. 

18 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

20 shall provide to the congressional defense committees a 

21 briefing on the implementation of the plan required under 

22 subsection (a). 

23 (d) CHOKEPOINT DEFINED.—In this section, the 

24 term ‘‘chokepoint’’, with respect to a munitions supply 

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1 (1) components of the supply chain, including 

2 all elements of the supply chain such as chemicals, 

3 casings, or other materials, are produced by only one 

4 domestic source; or 

5 (2) the increased production of a component 

6 would significantly increase total munitions output. 

7 SEC. 335. COUNTER UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM THREAT 

8 LIBRARY. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

11 Army, through the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Air12 craft Systems Office, shall establish and maintain a threat 

13 library, or expand and maintain an existing threat library, 

14 to coordinate efforts across the Department of Defense to 

15 counter unmanned aircraft systems. 

16 (b) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.—The threat li17 brary required under subsection (a) shall include— 

18 (1) classified and unclassified information relat19 ing to known or suspected threats from unmanned 

20 aircraft systems; 

21 (2) proposed solutions for countering such 

22 known threats; and 

23 (3) a comprehensive listing of global incursions 

24 from unmanned aircraft systems at installations of 

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1 (c) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary of the Army, 

2 through the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Sys3 tems Office, shall establish a framework to share the infor4 mation contained in the threat library required under sub5 section (a) with the military departments, the combatant 

6 commands, other Federal agencies, and relevant indus7 tries, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, in order 

8 to maintain technological superiority in aerial defense. 

9 Subtitle E—Reports 

10 SEC. 341. MODIFICATION OF READINESS REPORTS TO IN11 CLUDE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMBAT READI12 NESS UPGRADES OR DOWNGRADES. 

13 Paragraph (5) of section 482(b) of title 10, United 

14 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(5) The total number of upgrades and the 

16 total number of downgrades of the combat readiness 

17 of a unit that were issued by the commander of the 

18 unit, disaggregated by armed force.’’. 

19 SEC. 342. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF INCIDENT RE20 PORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT 

21 OF DEFENSE. 

22 Section 363 of the National Defense Authorization 

23 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 

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1 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

2 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2022, 2023, 

3 and 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2022 through 

4 2029’’; and 

5 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘to the Na6 tional Crime Information Center and local law en7 forcement.’’ and inserting ‘‘to— 

8 ‘‘(1) the National Crime Information Center; 

9 ‘‘(2) local law enforcement; and 

10 ‘‘(3) the Committees on Armed Services of the 

11 Senate and the House of Representatives.’’. 

12 SEC. 343. REPORT ON LANDING FEES COLLECTED BY IN13 STALLATIONS OF THE AIR FORCE LOCATED 

14 OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

17 Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv18 ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re19 port on the landing fees collected, as of the date of the 

20 report, by installations of the Air Force located outside 

21 the continental United States. 

22 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

23 (a) shall include, by location— 

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1 (2) the account to which those fees are depos2 ited; and 

3 (3) the annual sustainment funds required for 

4 use of the runway concerned for commercial pur5 poses. 

6 (c) INCLUSION OF KUNSAN AIR BASE.—At a min7 imum, the report required by subsection (a) shall address 

8 landing fees at Kunsan Air Base in the Republic of Korea. 

9 SEC. 344. ANNUAL BRIEFING ON OPERATIONAL READINESS 

10 OF THE 53RD WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE 

11 SQUADRON PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF 

12 THE OFFICIAL HURRICANE SEASON. 

13 Prior to the commencement of the official hurricane 

14 season, the commanding officer of the 22nd Air Force 

15 shall provide a briefing not later than March 31, 2025, 

16 and annually thereafter for two years, to the Committee 

17 on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 

18 Armed Services of the House of Representatives on the 

19 operational readiness of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance 

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1 Subtitle F—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 351. AUTHORITY FOR DETECTION AND MONITORING 

3 OF ILLEGAL DRUGS REGARDLESS OF DES4 TINATION. 

5 In conducting detection and monitoring of illegal 

6 drugs under section 124 of title 10, United States Code, 

7 the Joint Interagency Task Force South may conduct de8 tection and monitoring of illegal drugs in the air and mari9 time domains within the established joint operating area 

10 of such task force regardless of the destination of the ille11 gal drugs. 

12 SEC. 352. EXTENSION OF PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILI13 TIES AND ASSETS FROM UNMANNED AIR14 CRAFT. 

15 Section 130i(i) of title 10, United States Code, is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 

18 31, 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2027’’; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘November 

20 15, 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘November 15, 2027’’. 

21 SEC. 353. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

22 TRAVEL EXPENSES OF OFFICE OF SEC23 RETARY OF DEFENSE. 

24 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

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1 defense-wide, and available for the Office of the Secretary 

2 of Defense for travel expenses, not more than 75 percent 

3 may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of De4 fense submits to the congressional defense committees— 

5 (1) the implementation plan for the Joint Con6 cept for Competing released on February 10, 2023, 

7 as required by section 1088 of the National Defense 

8 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 

9 118–31); 

10 (2) the Department of Defense Operations in 

11 the Information Environment Implementation Plan 

12 referenced in the Strategy for Operations in the In13 formation Environment released in July 2023; 

14 (3) the Special Operations Forces joint oper15 ating concept for competition and conflict required 

16 by section 1047(a) of the National Defense Author17 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117– 

18 81; 135 Stat. 1905); 

19 (4) unredacted copies of documents requested 

20 by the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 

21 during the period between on January 1, 2024, and 

22 ending on June 1, 2024; and 

23 (5) the implementation plan required by section 

24 1087 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Au25 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 


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1 117–263; 10 U.S.C. 161 note) relating to the re2 quirement under such section to establish a joint 

3 force headquarters in the area of operations of 

4 United States Indo-Pacific Command to serve as an 

5 operational command. 

6 SEC. 354. RETROFITTING OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM 

7 AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL KIT 

8 FOR CERTAIN ARMY VEHICLES. 

9 (a) REQUIREMENT.—By not later than September 

10 30, 2030, the Secretary of the Army shall ensure that all 

11 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles identified in 

12 the Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Strategy of the Army have 

13 been retrofitted with an anti-lock brake system and elec14 tronic stability control kit. 

15 (b) PLAN.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 

17 shall develop a plan to ensure the requirement under 

18 subsection (a) will be met. 

19 (2) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required 

20 under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

21 (A) A description of the steps required to 

22 ramp up production of the anti-lock brake sys23 tem and electronic stability control kits required 

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1 activities at Red River Army Depot, Texas, and 

2 its associated flyaway teams. 

3 (B) A list of challenges identified by the 

4 Secretary of the Army, if any, to meeting the 

5 requirement under subsection (a) and a list of 

6 steps required to address those challenges. 

7 (C) An estimated monthly rate of retrofits 

8 needed to meet the requirement under sub9 section (a). 

10 (D) A funding plan required to carry out 

11 the steps described in subparagraphs (A) and 

12 (B). 

13 (E) An identification of any authorities or 

14 funding required for secondary destination 

15 transportation to fulfill the plan required under 

16 paragraph (1). 

17 (3) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—Not later than 90 

18 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

19 Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congres20 sional defense committees the plan required by para21 graph (1). 

22 (c) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Not later than each of 

23 March 1, 2025, March 1, 2026, and March 1, 2027, the 

24 Secretary of the Army shall certify to the congressional 

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1 able the Army to meet the requirement under subsection 

2 (a). 

3 SEC. 355. COORDINATION OF PLANNING WITH RESPECT TO 

4 STOCKPILES OF BASIC LIFE SUSTAINING AND 

5 PERSONNEL ITEMS AND EQUIPMENT. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of Defense 

7 for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the 

8 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and each equivalent 

9 acquisition officer of the military departments, shall deter10 mine the following: 

11 (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the 

12 joint strategic capabilities plan or any other stra13 tegic planning document of the Department of De14 fense, whether existing total force stockpiles of basic 

15 life sustaining and personnel items and equipment 

16 are sufficient in the event of direct involvement by 

17 the United States in a protracted conflict or in more 

18 than one large-scale conflict taking place simulta19 neously in more than one theater. 

20 (2) The likely impact on supply chains of pro21 curement by the Department of basic life sustaining 

22 and personnel items and equipment in a situation 

23 described in paragraph (1) and possible alternative 

24 sources of production and procurement of such 

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1 (3) Whether current operational plans of the 

2 Armed Forces can be executed in two separate thea3 ters simultaneously without drawing on the same 

4 stockpiles of basic life sustaining and personnel 

5 items and equipment, or whether those plans rely on 

6 the same stockpiles being available notwithstanding 

7 other operational plans of the Armed Forces. 

8 (b) REPORT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

11 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit 

12 to the congressional defense committees a report 

13 containing the findings and determinations made 

14 under subsection (a). 

15 (2) STOCKPILES RELATING TO VEHICLES.—The 

16 report required under paragraph (1) shall include an 

17 assessment of the availability of stockpiles of— 

18 (A) weather and terrain appropriate tires 

19 for tactical vehicles; and 

20 (B) mobile extreme weather shelters for 

21 maintenance of military vehicles. 

22 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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1 taining and personnel items and equipment’’ in2 cludes the following: 

3 (A) Subsistence items, including food and 

4 food-related supplies, including condiments, 

5 utensils, paper products, and bottled water. 

6 (B) Clothing, individual equipment, tent7 age, organizational tool kits, hand tools, and 

8 administrative and housekeeping supplies and 

9 equipment. 

10 (C) Personal demand items (non-military 

11 sales items). 

12 (D) Such other items as the Chairman of 

13 the Joint Chiefs of Staff may identify. 

14 (2) PROTRACTED CONFLICT.—The term ‘‘pro15 tracted conflict’’ means any armed conflict that ex16 tends beyond anticipated timelines set forth or im17 plied in strategic planning documents or operational 

18 plans, such that the cumulative effects of hostilities 

19 result in the military goals set forth in strategic 

20 plans no longer being sufficient to end the conflict. 

21 SEC. 356. PRE-POSITIONED STOCKS OF FINISHED DEFENSE 

22 TEXTILE ARTICLES. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may es24 tablish pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile ar25 ticles, such as uniforms and protective gear, to support 


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1 the rapid mobilization and sustainment of members of the 

2 Armed Forces during a contingency operation. 

3 (b) PLAN TO REDUCE DELAYS.—The Secretary shall 

4 develop a plan for phasing in and targeting policy changes 

5 relating to defense textile articles to reduce delinquencies 

6 and mitigate delays between policy decisions that may re7 sult in the miscalculation of stockpiling in order to ensure 

8 ample finished textiles are available to prevent a scenario 

9 in which the demand for certain articles is ramping down 

10 by the time the supply chain can ramp up to meet the 

11 need. 

12 SEC. 357. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED MANUFAC13 TURING IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF A PILOT PROGRAM.—Not 

15 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

16 this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the As17 sistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy 

18 and in coordination with the Commander of the United 

19 States Indo-Pacific Command, shall carry out a pilot pro20 gram under which the Secretary— 

21 (1) establishes a public-private partnership to 

22 develop an advanced manufacturing facility on or 

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1 quirements to support the submarine and ship2 building industrial base and related emerging needs 

3 of the commanders of the combatant commands and 

4 the commanders of other components of the Armed 

5 Forces; 

6 (2) fosters partnerships between industry, local 

7 universities, and workforce training programs to de8 velop a local workforce in the vicinity of such facility 

9 capable of meeting advanced manufacturing de10 mands; 

11 (3) coordinates requirements from the Sub12 marine Industrial Base Task Force, the United 

13 States Indo-Pacific Command, the Innovation Capa14 bility and Modernization Office of the Department of 

15 Defense, and the Industrial Base Analysis and 

16 Sustainment program of the Department; 

17 (4) manufactures unmanned vehicles, including 

18 surface and underwater vehicles, and develops ship 

19 maintenance capabilities; and 

20 (5) is responsive to needs across the uniformed 

21 services and the defense industrial base. 

22 (b) ELEMENTS.—The advanced manufacturing facil23 ity and workforce training program required under the 

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1 (1) be capable of additively manufacturing 

2 metal structures at least 10 feet in diameter and 50 

3 feet long; 

4 (2) be able to manufacture systems and compo5 nents that— 

6 (A) use wire-arc additive manufacturing, 

7 powder bed fusion manufacturing, cold spray 

8 manufacturing, or other similar manufacturing 

9 capabilities; and 

10 (B) maintain a local machining capability; 

11 (3) be able to maintain a production capability 

12 across the six critical materials of the Navy in order 

13 to respond to emerging repair and production re14 quirements during conflict; and 

15 (4) ensure broad participation in the workforce 

16 training program by establishing the facility either 

17 outside of a military installation (but very close to 

18 a military installation) or onboard a military instal19 lation with readily available access to a civilian 

20 trainee workforce. 

21 (c) TERMINATION.—The requirement to carry out the 

22 pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate on the 

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1 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than December 1 

2 of each year in which the pilot program under subsection 

3 (a) is carried out, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

4 Industrial Base Policy shall submit to the Committees on 

5 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent6 atives a report summarizing the actions taken under the 

7 pilot program during the preceding year, including infor8 mation on how the pilot program is supporting initiatives 

9 of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. 

10 (e) ADVANCED MANUFACTURING DEFINED.—In this 

11 section, the term ‘‘advanced manufacturing’’ means a 

12 manufacturing process utilizing the following techniques: 

13 (1) Additive manufacturing. 

14 (2) Wire-arc additive manufacturing. 

15 (3) Powder bed fusion manufacturing. 

16 (4) Other similar manufacturing capabilities. 

17 TITLE IV—MILITARY 

18 PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 

19 Subtitle A—Active Forces 

20 SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 

21 The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 

22 duty personnel as of September 30, 2025, as follows: 

23 (1) The Army, 442,300. 

24 (2) The Navy, 332,300. 

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1 (4) The Air Force, 320,000. 

2 (5) The Space Force, 9,800. 

3 SEC. 402. ANNUAL END-STRENGTH AUTHORIZATION FOR 

4 THE SPACE FORCE. 

5 (a) END STRENGTH AUTHORIZATION BY LAW FOR

6 SPACE FORCE TO BE A SINGLE NUMBER FOR MEMBERS

7 IN SPACE FORCE ACTIVE STATUS.— 

8 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (a) of section 

9 115 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

10 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(3) The end strength for the Space Force for 

12 members in space force active status.’’. 

13 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such sub14 section is further amended— 

15 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

16 ‘‘AND SELECTED RESERVE’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

17 SELECTED RESERVE, AND SPACE FORCE’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘each of 

19 the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard)’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 

21 Marine Corps’’. 

22 (b) CORRESPONDING LIMITATION ON APPROPRIA23 TIONS.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended— 

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1 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para2 graph (4); and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol4 lowing new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(3) the use of members of the Space Force in 

6 space force active status unless the end strength for 

7 the Space Force for that fiscal year for members in 

8 space force active status has been authorized by law; 

9 or’’. 

10 (c) AUTHORITY FOR VARIANCES OF END

11 STRENGTH.— 

12 (1) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—Subsection (f) 

13 of such section is amended— 

14 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

15 ‘‘AND SELECTED RESERVE’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

16 SELECTED RESERVE, AND SPACE FORCE’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub18 section (a)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

19 (1)(A) or (3) of subsection (a)’’. 

20 (2) SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE.—Sub21 section (g) of such section is amended— 

22 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘AND SELECTED RESERVE’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

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1 (B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘sub2 section (a)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

3 (1)(A) or (3) of subsection (a)’’. 

4 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

5 by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take effect upon the 

6 date specified under paragraph (2) of section 

7 1736(a) of the Space Force Personnel Management 

8 Act (title XVII of Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 

9 677) for the expiration of the authority provided by 

10 paragraph (1) of that section. 

11 (4) CONFORMING CROSS-REFERENCE AMEND12 MENTS TO SFPMA.—Section 1736(a)(1) of the Space 

13 Force Personnel Management Act (title XVII of 

14 Public Law 118–31) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

15 115(a)(1)(A)’’ both places it appears and inserting 

16 ‘‘section 115(a)(3)’’. 

17 Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 

18 SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 

20 strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve 

21 components as of September 30, 2025, as follows: 

22 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

23 States, 325,000. 

24 (2) The Army Reserve, 175,800. 

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1 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 32,500. 

2 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

3 States, 108,300. 

4 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 67,000. 

5 (7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000. 

6 (b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end 

7 strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Re8 serve of any reserve component shall be proportionately 

9 reduced by— 

10 (1) the total authorized strength of units orga11 nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of 

12 such component which are on active duty (other 

13 than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 

14 (2) the total number of individual members not 

15 in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 

16 Reserve of such component who are on active duty 

17 (other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici18 pation in training) without their consent at the end 

19 of the fiscal year. 

20 (c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 

21 individual members of the Selected Reserve for any reserve 

22 component are released from active duty during any fiscal 

23 year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 

24 the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be 

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1 of such units and by the total number of such individual 

2 members. 

3 SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 

4 DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 

5 Within the end strengths prescribed in section 

6 411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are 

7 authorized, as of September 30, 2025, the following num8 ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or 

9 full-time duty, in the case of members of the National 

10 Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, re11 cruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: 

12 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

13 States, 30,845. 

14 (2) The Army Reserve, 16,511. 

15 (3) The Navy Reserve, 10,132. 

16 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,400. 

17 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

18 States, 25,982. 

19 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 6,311. 

20 SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 

21 (DUAL STATUS). 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The minimum number of military 

23 technicians (dual status) as of the last day of fiscal year 

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1 Force (notwithstanding section 129 of title 10, United 

2 States Code) shall be the following: 

3 (1) For the Army National Guard of the United 

4 States, 22,294. 

5 (2) For the Army Reserve, 6,492. 

6 (3) For the Air National Guard of the United 

7 States, 10,744. 

8 (4) For the Air Force Reserve, 6,697. 

9 (b) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TEMPORARY MILI10 TARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL STATUS).—The number of 

11 temporary military technicians (dual status) employed 

12 under the authority of subsection (a) may not exceed 25 

13 percent of the total authorized number specified in such 

14 subsection. 

15 (c) LIMITATION.—Under no circumstances may a 

16 military technician (dual status) employed under the au17 thority of this section be coerced by a State into accepting 

18 an offer of realignment or conversion to any other military 

19 status, including as a member of the Active, Guard, and 

20 Reserve component. If a military technician (dual status) 

21 declines to participate in such realignment or conversion, 

22 no further action will be taken against the individual or 

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1 SEC. 414. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU2 THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 

3 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 

4 During fiscal year 2025, the maximum number of 

5 members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 

6 who may be serving at any time on full-time operational 

7 support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United 

8 States Code, is the following: 

9 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

10 States, 17,000. 

11 (2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 

12 (3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 

13 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 

14 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

15 States, 16,000. 

16 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 

17 SEC. 415. EXEMPTION OF NATIONAL GUARD BILATERAL AF18 FAIRS OFFICERS FROM ACTIVE-DUTY END 

19 STRENGTH LIMITS AND MODIFICATION OF 

20 ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT RE21 GARDING SECURITY COOPERATION ACTIVI22 TIES. 

23 (a) EXEMPTION OF NATIONAL GUARD BILATERAL

24 AFFAIRS OFFICERS FROM ACTIVE-DUTY END STRENGTH

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1 is amended by adding at the end the following new para2 graph: 

3 ‘‘(14) Members of the National Guard on active 

4 duty or full-time National Guard duty serving as Bi5 lateral Affairs Officers as part of the National 

6 Guard State Partnership Program.’’. 

7 (b) MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORTING RE8 QUIREMENT REGARDING SECURITY COOPERATION AC9 TIVITIES.—Section 386(a) of title 10, United States Code, 

10 is amended by striking ‘‘appropriate congressional com11 mittees’’ and inserting ‘‘congressional defense commit12 tees’’. 

13 Subtitle C—Authorization of 

14 Appropriations 

15 SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

16 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

17 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 

18 2025 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities 

19 and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, 

20 not otherwise provided for, for military personnel, as spec21 ified in the funding table in section 4401. 

22 (b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The au23 thorization of appropriations in the subsection (a) super24 sedes any other authorization of appropriations (definite 

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1 TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

2 POLICY 

3 Subtitle A—Officer Personnel 

4 Policy 

5 SEC. 501. REPEAL OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE REQUIRE6 MENT FOR WARRANT OFFICER APPOINT7 MENTS IN AIR FORCE AND SPACE FORCE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9160 of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is hereby repealed. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

11 at the beginning of chapter 915 of title 10, United States 

12 Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 

13 9160. 

14 SEC. 502. TALENT MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL RETEN15 TION FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

16 (a) AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS TO OPT-OUT OF PRO17 MOTION BOARD CONSIDERATION.— 

18 (1) REGULAR OFFICERS.—Section 619(e)(2)(A) 

19 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘training,’’ after ‘‘Depart21 ment,’’; and 

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1 (2) RESERVE OFFICERS.—Section 

2 14301(j)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘training,’’ after ‘‘Depart5 ment,’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘assignment or education’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘assignment, education, or train8 ing’’. 

9 (b) EFFECT OF FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PRO10 MOTION FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS.— 

11 (1) FIRST LIEUTENANTS AND LIEUTENANTS

12 (JUNIOR GRADE).—Section 631(a) of title 10, United 

13 States Code, is amended— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 

15 President approves the report of the board 

16 which considered him for the second time’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘the Secretary concerned releases the 

18 promotion results of the board which considered 

19 the officer for the second time to the public’’; 

20 and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 

22 President approves the report of the board 

23 which considered him for the second time’’ and 

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1 promotion results of the board which considered 

2 the officer for the second time to the public’’. 

3 (2) CAPTAINS AND MAJORS OF THE ARMY, AIR

4 FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS AND LIEUTENANTS AND

5 LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS OF THE NAVY.—Section 

6 632(a)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 

7 President approves the report of the board which 

8 considered him for the second time’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘the Secretary concerned releases the promotion re10 sults of the board which considered the officer for 

11 the second time to the public’’. 

12 (3) REGULAR NAVY AND REGULAR MARINE

13 CORPS OFFICERS DESIGNATED FOR LIMITED

14 DUTY.—Section 8372 of such title is amended— 

15 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the 

16 President approves the report of the selection 

17 board in which the officer is considered as hav18 ing failed of selection for promotion to the 

19 grade of commander or lieutenant colonel for 

20 the second time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary 

21 concerned releases the promotion results of the 

22 board which considered the officer for the sec23 ond time to the public’’; 

24 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the 

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1 board in which the officer is considered as hav2 ing failed of selection for promotion to the 

3 grade of lieutenant commander or major for the 

4 second time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary con5 cerned releases the promotion results of the 

6 board which considered the officer for the sec7 ond time to the public’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘the 

9 President approves the report of the selection 

10 board in which the officer is considered as hav11 ing failed of selection for promotion to the 

12 grade of lieutenant or captain, respectively, for 

13 the second time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary 

14 concerned releases the promotion results of the 

15 board which considered the officer for the sec16 ond time to the public’’. 

17 (4) RESERVE FIRST LIEUTENANTS OF THE

18 ARMY, AIR FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS AND RE19 SERVE LIEUTENANTS (JUNIOR GRADE) OF THE

20 NAVY.—Section 14504 of such title is amended— 

21 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the 

22 President approves the report of the board 

23 which considered the officer for the second 

24 time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary concerned 

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1 which considered the officer for the second time 

2 to the public’’; and 

3 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Presi4 dent approves the report of the selection board 

5 which resulted in the second failure’’ and in6 serting ‘‘the Secretary concerned releases the 

7 promotion results of the board which considered 

8 the officer for the second time to the public’’. 

9 (5) RESERVE CAPTAINS OF THE ARMY, AIR

10 FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS AND RESERVE LIEUTEN11 ANTS OF THE NAVY.—Section 14505 of such title is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘the President approves the re13 port of the board which considered the officer for 

14 the second time’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary con15 cerned releases the promotion results of the board 

16 which considered the officer for the second time to 

17 the public’’. 

18 (6) RESERVE MAJORS OF THE ARMY, AIR

19 FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS AND RESERVE LIEUTEN20 ANT COMMANDERS OF THE NAVY.—Section 14506 of 

21 such title is amended by striking ‘‘the President ap22 proves the report of the board which considered the 

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1 the board which considered the officer for the second 

2 time to the public’’. 

3 SEC. 503. AUTHORITY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF 

4 NURSE OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR PRO5 MOTION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of recommendations 

7 for promotion by selection boards under section 616 of 

8 title 10, United States Code, the Secretary concerned may, 

9 notwithstanding the limit specified in subsection (d) of 

10 such section, authorize a greater number of officers so rec11 ommended that is less than 100 percent of the number 

12 of officers so included, for nurse officers recommended for 

13 promotion to major or lieutenant commander, if the Sec14 retary concerned determines that such greater number is 

15 necessary to maintain or improve medical readiness. 

16 (b) SUNSET.—The authority under subsection (a) 

17 shall expire on December 31, 2030. 

18 SEC. 504. VICE CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS; VACANCY IN 

19 POSITION OF CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS. 

20 (a) VICE CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS.—Chapter 

21 908 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating sections 9083, 9084, 9085, 

23 and 9086 as sections 9084, 9085, 9086, and 9087, 

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1 (2) by inserting after section 9082 the following 

2 new section 9083: 

3 ‘‘§ 9083. Vice Chief of Space Operations 

4 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—There is a Vice Chief of Space 

5 Operations, appointed by the President, by and with the 

6 advice and consent of the Senate, from the general officers 

7 of the Space Force. 

8 ‘‘(b) GRADE.—The Vice Chief of Space Operations, 

9 while so serving, has the grade of general without vacating 

10 the permanent grade of the officer. 

11 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Vice Chief of Space Operations 

12 shall have such authorities and duties with respect to the 

13 Space Force as the Chief of Space Operations, with the 

14 approval of the Secretary of the Air Force, may delegate 

15 to or prescribe for the Vice Chief of Space Operations. 

16 Orders issued by the Vice Chief of Space Operations in 

17 performing such duties have the same effect as orders 

18 issued by the Chief of Space Operations.’’. 

19 (b) VACANCY IN POSITION OF CHIEF OF SPACE OP20 ERATIONS.—Section 9082 of such title is amended by add21 ing at the end the following new subsection: 

22 ‘‘(f) VACANCY IN POSITION OF CHIEF OF SPACE OP23 ERATIONS.—When there is a vacancy in the position of 

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1 ‘‘(1) the Vice Chief of Space Operations shall 

2 perform the duties of the Chief of Space Operations 

3 until a successor is appointed or the absence or dis4 ability ceases; or 

5 ‘‘(2) if there is a vacancy in the position of the 

6 Vice Chief of Space Operations or the Vice Chief of 

7 Space Operations is absent or disabled, unless the 

8 President directs otherwise, the most senior officer 

9 of the Space Force in the Space Staff who is not ab10 sent or disabled and who is not restricted in per11 formance of duty shall perform the duties of the 

12 Chief of Space Operations until the earliest of— 

13 ‘‘(A) the appointment of a successor to the 

14 Chief of Space Operations or the Vice Chief of 

15 Space Operations; or 

16 ‘‘(B) the cessation of the absence or dis17 ability of the Chief of Space Operations or Vice 

18 Chief of Space Operations.’’. 

19 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 

20 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by striking 

21 the items relating to sections 9083, 9084, 9085, and 9086 

22 and inserting the following new items: 

‘‘9083. Vice Chief of Space Operations. 

‘‘9084. Office of the Chief of Space Operations: function; composition. 

‘‘9085. Office of the Chief of Space Operations: general duties. 

‘‘9086. Regular Space Force: composition. 

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1 SEC. 505. ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PRO2 MOTION: TIME-IN-GRADE AND OTHER RE3 QUIREMENTS. 

4 (a) WARRANT OFFICERS.—Section 577 of title 10, 

5 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or an ap6 proved retirement date’’ after ‘‘an established separation 

7 date that is within 90 days after the date on which the 

8 board is convened’’. 

9 (b) OFFICERS.—Section 619(c)(2)(C) of title 10, 

10 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or an ap11 proved retirement date’’ after ‘‘an established separation 

12 date that is within 90 days after the date the board is 

13 convened’’. 

14 (c) RESERVE COMPONENTS.—Section 14301(f) of 

15 title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(f) NONCONSIDERATION OF OFFICERS SCHEDULED

18 FOR REMOVAL FROM RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST.— 

19 The Secretary of the military department concerned may, 

20 by regulation, preclude from consideration by a selection 

21 board by which an officer would otherwise be eligible to 

22 be considered, an officer who has an established separa23 tion date that is within 90 days after the date the board 

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1 SEC. 506. EFFECT OF FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PRO2 MOTION: CAPTAINS AND MAJORS OF THE 

3 ARMY, AIR FORCE, MARINE CORPS, AND 

4 SPACE CORPS AND LIEUTENANTS AND LIEU5 TENANT COMMANDERS OF THE NAVY. 

6 Section 632(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 

7 amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(c)(1) If an officer is subject to discharge under sub9 section (a)(1) and, as of the date on which the officer is 

10 to be discharged under that subsection, the officer has not 

11 completed the officer’s active duty service obligation, the 

12 officer shall be retained on active duty until completion 

13 of such active duty service obligation, and then be dis14 charged under subsection (a)(1), unless sooner retired or 

15 discharged under another provision of law. 

16 ‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may waive the applica17 bility of paragraph (1) to any officer if the Secretary de18 termines that completion of the active duty service obliga19 tion of that officer is not in the best interest of the serv20 ice.’’. 

21 SEC. 507. REMOVAL OF OFFICERS FROM A LIST OF SPACE 

22 FORCE OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR PRO23 MOTION. 

24 Section 20241(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 

25 amended by striking ‘‘section 14310’’ and inserting ‘‘sec26 tions 629 or 14310’’. 


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1 SEC. 508. CONSIDERATION OF MERIT BY SPECIAL SELEC2 TION REVIEW BOARDS. 

3 (a) REGULAR COMPONENTS.—Section 628a(d)(4)(A) 

4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

5 ‘‘ranks in the upper half of an order of merit created by 

6 the special selection review board or’’ before ‘‘ranks on 

7 an order of merit created by the special selection review 

8 board as better qualified’’. 

9 (b) RESERVE COMPONENTS.—Section 

10 14502a(d)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is 

11 amended by inserting ‘‘ranks in the upper half of an order 

12 of merit created by the special selection review board or’’ 

13 before ‘‘ranks on an order of merit created by the special 

14 selection review board as better qualified’’. 

15 SEC. 509. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO SEPARATE OF16 FICERS WHEN IN THE BEST INTEREST OF 

17 THE SERVICE. 

18 Section 1182(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(1)(A) If a board of inquiry determines that an offi23 cer should be retained, the officer’s case is closed unless 

24 the board substantiated a basis for separation and, upon 

25 recommendation from the service chief, the Secretary of 

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1 tion recommendation is clearly erroneous in light of the 

2 evidence considered by the board, a miscarriage of justice, 

3 and inconsistent with the best interest of the service. In 

4 such cases, the Secretary of the military department may 

5 separate the officer after providing a written justification 

6 of the decision to separate. 

7 ‘‘(B) An officer considered for separation under this 

8 section must be notified and afforded the opportunity to 

9 present matters for the Secretary of the military depart10 ment to consider when making the separation determina11 tion. The Secretary of the military department shall review 

12 the case to determine whether the retention recommenda13 tion of the board is clearly contrary to the substantial 

14 weight of the evidence in the record and whether the offi15 cer’s conduct discredits the Service, adversely affects good 

16 order and discipline, and adversely affects the officer’s 

17 performance of duty. 

18 ‘‘(C) Exercise of authority to separate an officer 

19 under this section shall be reserved for unusual cases 

20 where such action is essential to the interests of justice, 

21 discipline, and proper administration of the service.’’; 

22 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

23 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) Authority to direct administrative separation 

2 after a board of inquiry’s recommendation to retain an 

3 officer may only be delegated to a civilian official within 

4 a military department appointed by the President, by and 

5 with the advice and consent of the Senate. The least favor6 able characterization in such cases will be general (under 

7 honorable conditions).’’. 

8 SEC. 509A. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL OFFI9 CER OF THE MARINE CORPS POSITION. 

10 (a) MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE MARINE CORPS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 806 of title 10, 

12 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

13 end the following new section: 

14 ‘‘§ 8048. Medical Officer of the Marine Corps 

15 ‘‘(a) There is a Medical Officer of the Marine Corps 

16 who shall be appointed from among flag officers of the 

17 Navy. 

18 ‘‘(b) The Medical Officer of the Marine Corps, while 

19 so serving, shall hold the grade of rear admiral (lower 

20 half).’’. 

21 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec22 tions at the beginning of chapter 806 of title 10, 

23 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

24 the item relating to section 8047 the following new 

25 item: 

‘‘8048. Medical Officer of the Marine Corps.’’. 


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1 (b) EXCLUSION FROM CERTAIN DISTRIBUTION LIMI2 TATIONS.—Section 525 of such title is amended— 

3 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub4 section (h); and 

5 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol6 lowing new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(g) A naval officer while serving as the Medical Offi8 cer of the Marine Corps is in addition to the number that 

9 would otherwise be permitted for the Navy for officers 

10 serving on active duty in the grade of rear admiral (lower 

11 half) under subsection (a).’’. 

12 (c) EXCLUSION FROM ACTIVE DUTY STRENGTH LIM13 ITATIONS.—Section 526 of such title is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating subsections (g) through (j) 

15 as subsections (h) through (k), respectively; and 

16 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol17 lowing new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(g) EXCLUSION OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF MARINE

19 CORPS.—The limitations of this section do not apply to 

20 the flag officer who is serving as the Medical Officer of 

21 the Marine Corps.’’. 


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1 SEC. 509B. LONGER TERM AND ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINT2 MENT TO RANK OF ADMIRAL OF COM3 MANDER OF NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND. 

4 (a) TERM.—Section 526 of title 10, United States 

5 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

6 subsection: 

7 ‘‘(k)(1) An individual service as the Commander of 

8 the Naval Sea Systems Command— 

9 ‘‘(A) subject to paragraph (2), shall serve for a 

10 term of eight years; and 

11 ‘‘(B) is eligible to be appointed to the rank of 

12 Admiral during the final three years of that term. 

13 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Navy may terminate the 

14 term of an individual serving as the Commander of the 

15 Naval Sea Systems Command before the end of the eight16 year term specified in paragraph (1)(A) if the Secretary 

17 notifies the congressional defense committees of the termi18 nation.’’. 

19 (b) EXTENSION OF TIME PERIOD FOR RETIREMENT

20 FOR YEARS OF SERVICE.—Section 636(c) of such title is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘In the administration’’ and in23 serting ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), in 

24 the administration’’; and 

25 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

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1 ‘‘(2) The officer serving as the Commander of the 

2 Naval Sea Systems Command— 

3 ‘‘(A) may continue to serve after 40 years of 

4 active commissioned service in order to complete the 

5 term of the Commander specified in section 

6 526(k)(1)(A) of this title; 

7 ‘‘(B) may in no case serve more than 45 years 

8 of active commissioned service.’’. 

9 Subtitle B—Reserve Component 

10 Management 

11 SEC. 511. PERMANENT MODIFICATION TO THE ARMY NA12 TIONAL GUARD AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

13 INACTIVE NATIONAL GUARD STATUTE. 

14 Section 303 of title 32, United States Code, is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following new sub16 sections: 

17 ‘‘(d) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 

18 of the Army— 

19 ‘‘(1) an officer of the Army National Guard 

20 who fills a vacancy in a federally recognized unit of 

21 the Army National Guard may be transferred from 

22 the active Army National Guard to the inactive 

23 Army National Guard; 

24 ‘‘(2) an officer of the Army National Guard 

25 transferred to the inactive Army National Guard 


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1 pursuant to paragraph (1) may be transferred from 

2 the inactive Army National Guard to the active 

3 Army National Guard to fill a vacancy in a federally 

4 recognized unit; 

5 ‘‘(3) a warrant officer of the Army National 

6 Guard who fills a vacancy in a federally recognized 

7 unit of the Army National Guard may be transferred 

8 from the active Army National Guard to the inactive 

9 Army National Guard; and 

10 ‘‘(4) a warrant officer of the Army National 

11 Guard transferred to the inactive Army National 

12 Guard pursuant to paragraph (3) may be trans13 ferred from the inactive Army National Guard to the 

14 active Army National Guard to fill a vacancy in a 

15 Federally recognized unit. 

16 ‘‘(e) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 

17 of the Air Force— 

18 ‘‘(1) an officer of the Air National Guard who 

19 fills a vacancy in a federally recognized unit of the 

20 Air National Guard may be transferred from the ac21 tive Air National Guard to the inactive Air National 

22 Guard; and 

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1 tive Air National Guard to the active Air National 

2 Guard to fill a vacancy in a Federally recognized 

3 unit.’’. 

4 SEC. 512. EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE RESERVE 

5 COMPONENT OFFICERS IN CERTAIN MILI6 TARY SPECIALTIES ON THE RESERVE AC7 TIVE-STATUS LIST. 

8 (a) AUTHORITY FOR CONTINUATION ON THE RE9 SERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST.—Chapter 1409 of title 10, 

10 United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 

11 14701 the following new section: 

12 ‘‘§ 14701a. Continuation on reserve active-status list: 

13 officers in certain military specialties 

14 and career tracks 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the military de16 partment concerned may authorize a reserve commis17 sioned officer in a grade above O-2 to remain on the re18 serve active-status list after the date otherwise provided 

19 for the separation or retirement of the officer under sec20 tion 14505, 14506, or 14507 of this title, as applicable, 

21 if the officer has a military occupational specialty, rating, 

22 or specialty code in a military specialty designated pursu23 ant to subsection (b). 

24 ‘‘(b) MILITARY SPECIALTIES.—The Secretary of a 

25 military department shall designate the military specialties 


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1 in which a military occupational specialty, rating, or spe2 cialty code, as applicable, assigned to members of the 

3 armed forces under the jurisdiction of such Secretary au4 thorizes the members to be eligible for continuation on the 

5 reserve active-status list as provided in subsection (a). 

6 ‘‘(c) DURATION OF CONTINUATION.—An officer con7 tinued on the reserve active-status list pursuant to this 

8 section shall, if not earlier retired, transferred to the Re9 tired Reserve, or discharged, be separated in accordance 

10 with section 14513 or 14514 of this title, as applicable, 

11 on the first day of the month after the month in which 

12 the officer completes 40 years of commissioned service. 

13 ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretaries of the military 

14 departments shall carry out this section in accordance 

15 with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. 

16 The regulations shall specify the criteria to be used by 

17 the Secretaries of the military departments in designating 

18 military specialties for purposes of subsection (b).’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

20 at the beginning of chapter 1409 of title 10, United States 

21 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

22 section 14701 the following new item: 

‘‘14701a. Continuation on reserve active-status list: officers in certain military 

specialties and career tracks.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 10, United 

24 States Code, is further amended— 


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1 (1) in section 1558(b)(2)(A), by inserting 

2 ‘‘14701a,’’ after ‘‘14701,’’; 

3 (2) in section 14505, by inserting ‘‘or 14701a’’ 

4 after ‘‘14701’’; 

5 (3) in section 14506, by inserting ‘‘14701a,’’ 

6 after ‘‘14701,’’; and 

7 (4) in section 14507, by inserting ‘‘, 14701a,’’ 

8 after ‘‘14701’’ both places it appears. 

9 SEC. 513. AUTHORITY TO EXTEND MILITARY TECHNICIANS 

10 UNTIL AGE 62. 

11 (a) MILITARY TECHNICIAN.—Section 10216(f) of 

12 title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘60’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘62.’’ 

14 (b) RETENTION ON RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS

15 LIST.—Section 14702(b) of such title is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘60’’ and inserting ‘‘62’’. 

17 SEC. 514. EXTENSION OF TIME PERIOD FOR TRANSFER OR 

18 DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN ARMY AND AIR 

19 FORCE RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL OF20 FICERS. 

21 Section 14314 of title 10, United States Code, is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 

2 (3), and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), 

3 and (D), respectively; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘Within’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), with6 in’’; and 

7 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(2) For any general officer covered by paragraph (1) 

10 who is released from a joint duty assignment or other non11 joint active-duty assignment, the Secretary concerned 

12 shall complete the transfer or discharge required by para13 graph (1) not later than 60 days after the officer’s re14 lease.’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 

16 (a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(C)’’. 

17 SEC. 515. TRANSFER TO THE SPACE FORCE OF COVERED 

18 SPACE FUNCTIONS OF THE AIR NATIONAL 

19 GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES. 

20 (a) TRANSFER OF COVERED SPACE FUNCTIONS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the transition pe22 riod, the Secretary of the Air Force shall transfer to 

23 the Space Force the covered space functions of the 

24 Air National Guard of the United States. The trans25 fer shall occur without regard to section 104 of title 


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1 32, United States Code, or section 18238 of title 10, 

2 United States Code. 

3 (2) PERSONNEL BILLETS LIMITATIONS.—With 

4 regard to personnel billets, the statutory waiver 

5 under paragraph (1) is limited to 578 personnel bil6 lets from across the Air National Guard to the 

7 Space Force as follows: 

8 (A) 33 personnel from the State of Alaska. 

9 (B) 126 personnel from the State of Cali10 fornia. 

11 (C) 119 personnel from the State of Colo12 rado. 

13 (D) 75 personnel from the State of Flor14 ida. 

15 (E) 130 personnel from the State of Ha16 waii. 

17 (F) 69 personnel from the State of Ohio. 

18 (G) 26 personnel assigned to Head19 quarters, Air National Guard 

20 (b) TRANSFER OF UNITS.—Upon the transfer to the 

21 Space Force of the covered space functions of a unit of 

22 the Air National Guard of the United States, the Sec23 retary of the Air Force may— 


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1 (1) change the status of the unit from a unit 

2 of the Air National Guard of the United States to 

3 a unit of the United States Space Force; 

4 (2) deactivate the unit; or 

5 (3) assign the unit a new Federal mission. 

6 (c) TRANSFER OF COVERED MEMBERS.— 

7 (1) OFFICERS.—During the transition period, 

8 the Secretary of Defense may, with the officer’s con9 sent, transfer a covered officer of the Air National 

10 Guard of the United States to, and appoint the offi11 cer in, the Space Force. 

12 (2) ENLISTED MEMBERS.—During the transi13 tion period, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

14 transfer each covered enlisted member of the Air 

15 National Guard of the United States to the Space 

16 Force, other than those members who do not con17 sent to transfer. Upon such a transfer, the trans18 ferred member ceases to be a member of the Air Na19 tional Guard of the United States and is discharged 

20 from the member’s enlistment as a Reserve of the 

21 Air Force. 

22 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSFERS.—Each 

23 transfer under this subsection shall be effective on 

24 the date specified by the Secretary of Defense, in the 

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1 in the case of an enlisted member, but not later than 

2 the last day of the transition period. 

3 (4) LIMITATIONS.—For any covered officer or 

4 covered enlisted member affected by paragraphs (1) 

5 or (2), each officer or member shall have— 

6 (A) not less than one year from the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act or the period of 

8 time the Secretary concerned considers appro9 priate, whichever is longer, to elect to transfer 

10 to the Space Force; and 

11 (B) to the maximum extent practicable, 3 

12 years of location stability— 

13 (i) in the location where the officer or 

14 member is assigned on the date the officer 

15 or member elects to transfer to the Space 

16 Force; and 

17 (ii) commencing on the first date the 

18 officer or member reports as an officer or 

19 member of the Space Force. 

20 (d) REGULATIONS.—Transfers under subsection (c) 

21 shall be carried out under regulations prescribed by the 

22 Secretary of Defense. In the case of an officer, applicable 

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1 (e) TERM OF INITIAL ENLISTMENT IN THE SPACE

2 FORCE.—In the case of a covered enlisted member who 

3 is transferred to the Space Force in accordance with sub4 section (c), the Secretary of the Air Force may accept the 

5 initial enlistment of the member in the Space Force for 

6 a period of less than 2 years, but only if the period of 

7 enlistment in the Space Force is not less than the period 

8 remaining, as of the date of the transfer, in the member’s 

9 term of enlistment in a reserve component of the Air 

10 Force. 

11 (f) END STRENGTH ADJUSTMENTS UPON TRANS12 FERS FROM THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED

13 STATES.—During the transition period, upon the transfer 

14 to the Space Force of a covered space function of the Air 

15 National Guard of the United States, the end strength au16 thorized for the Space Force pursuant to section 

17 115(a)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, for the fiscal 

18 year during which the transfer occurs shall be increased 

19 by the number of billets associated with that mission. 

20 (g) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—For purposes of 

21 the transfer of covered members of the Air National 

22 Guard of the United States in accordance with subsection 

23 (c)— 


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1 (1) the Air National Guard of the United 

2 States and the Space Force shall be considered to be 

3 components of the same Armed Force; and 

4 (2) the Space Force officer list shall be consid5 ered to be an active-duty list of an Armed Force. 

6 (h) RETRAINING AND REASSIGNMENT FOR MEMBERS

7 NOT TRANSFERRING.—If a covered member of the Air 

8 National Guard of the United States does not consent to 

9 transfer to the Space Force in accordance with subsection 

10 (c), the Secretary of the Air Force shall, as determined 

11 appropriate by the Secretary in the case of the individual 

12 member, provide the member retraining and reassignment 

13 within the reserve component of the Air Force. 

14 (i) PROTECTION OF RANK AND PAY.—The Secretary 

15 of the Air Force shall ensure that any member of the Air 

16 National Guard who joins the Space Force as a result of 

17 a transfer under subsection (c) will not lose rank or pay 

18 upon transferring to the Space Force. 

19 (j) SPACE FORCE UNITS IN AFFECTED STATES.— 

20 In order to reduce the cost of transferring to the Space 

21 Force the covered space functions of the Air National 

22 Guard of the United States, and to reduce the impact of 

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1 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), after 

2 a covered space function is transferred to the Space 

3 Force from the Air National Guard of the United 

4 States, the Space Force shall continue to perform 

5 the covered space function within the affected State 

6 for a period of not less than 10 years following the 

7 effective date of such transfer. 

8 (2) Except when the Secretary of the Air Force 

9 determines that it would not be in the best interests 

10 of the United States, the Secretary may not move 

11 the Space Force unit, equipment, or billets associ12 ated with the covered space function out of the af13 fected State during the 10-year period following the 

14 transfer of such unit, equipment, or billets into the 

15 Space Force until— 

16 (A) the Secretary of the Air Force has no17 tified the congressional defense committees of 

18 the details of such move and provided an expla19 nation regarding why the move is necessary to 

20 support the National Defense Strategy; and 

21 (B) a period of 120 days has elapsed after 

22 the notification has been received by those com23 mittees. 

24 (3) Except when the Secretary of the Air Force 

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1 of the United States, the Secretary shall seek to 

2 enter into an agreement with the governor of an af3 fected State, to provide for the Space Force to be4 come a tenant organization on an installation of the 

5 National Guard of the affected State at which a cov6 ered space function was executed. 

7 (k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) AFFECTED STATE.—The term ‘‘affected 

9 State’’ means the States of Alaska, California, Colo10 rado, Florida, Hawaii, and Ohio; 

11 (2) COVERED MEMBER.—The term ‘‘covered 

12 member’’, with respect to a member of the Air Na13 tional Guard of the United States, has the meaning 

14 given the term in section 1733(g) of the National 

15 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 

16 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 676); 

17 (3) COVERED SPACE FUNCTIONS OF THE AIR

18 NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES.—The 

19 term ‘‘covered space functions of the Air National 

20 Guard of the United States’’ means the following 

21 units of the Air National Guard of the United States 

22 associated with the performance of a space-related 

23 function, including their personnel, equipment, and 

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1 (A) 213th Space Warning Squadron, Alas2 ka Air National Guard. 

3 (B) 148th Space Operations Squadron, 

4 California Air National Guard. 

5 (C) 216th Electromagnetic Warfare 

6 Squadron, California Air National Guard. 

7 (D) 137th Space Warning Squadron, Colo8 rado Air National Guard. 

9 (E) 138th Electromagnetic Warfare 

10 Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard. 

11 (F) 114th Electromagnetic Warfare 

12 Squadron, Florida Air National Guard. 

13 (G) 150th Electromagnetic Warfare 

14 Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard. 

15 (H) 109th Electromagnetic Warfare 

16 Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard. 

17 (I) 126th Intelligence Squadron, Ohio Air 

18 National Guard. 

19 (4) TRANSITION PERIOD.—The term ‘‘transi20 tion period’’ means the period beginning on the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act and ending on the last 

22 day of the eighth fiscal year beginning after the date 

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1 SEC. 516. REPORT ON EFFECT OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

2 UNIT LEVELING. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief of the National Guard 

4 Bureau may allow an exemption for any of the 50 states 

5 and the District of Columbia to leveling of full-time per6 sonnel to Air National Guard Units, should a state request 

7 one, for at least one-year. 

8 (b) REPORT.—For any Air National Guard unit 

9 granted an exemption under section (a), not more than 

10 60 days prior to implementation of such leveling, including 

11 through the conversion of Active Guard and Reserve to 

12 Dual-Status Technicians, the Chief of the National Guard 

13 Bureau shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

14 of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 

15 with the following elements: 

16 (1) A description of projected changes to the 

17 unit, including number of status conversions and 

18 changes to personnel numbers. 

19 (2) A description of the operational impact of 

20 the State’s Guard mission. 

21 (3) A description of the end strength require22 ments that justify such an initiative. 

23 (4) Recommendations for any increase to end 

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1 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (b) 

2 may be submitted in unclassified form with a classified 

3 annex. 

4 Subtitle C—General Service 

5 Authorities and Military Records 

6 SEC. 521. MARINE CORPS DEPUTY COMMANDANTS. 

7 Section 8045 of title 10, United States Code, is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘not more than seven Deputy Com9 mandants’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than eight Deputy 

10 Commandants’’. 

11 SEC. 522. TREATMENT OF VETERANS WHO DID NOT REG12 ISTER FOR THE SELECTIVE SERVICE. 

13 Section 3328 of title 5, United States Code, is 

14 amended by— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘(50 

16 U.S.C. App. 453)’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 

17 3802)’’; 

18 (2) redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 

19 (c); 

20 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol21 lowing new subsection: 

22 ‘‘(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to an individual— 

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1 ‘‘(2) who provides evidence of active duty serv2 ice to the Executive agency in which the individual 

3 seeks an appointment; and 

4 ‘‘(3) for whom the requirement to register 

5 under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act 

6 (50 U.S.C. 3802) has terminated or is now inappli7 cable due to age.’’; and 

8 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub9 section: 

10 ‘‘(d) In this section, the terms ‘active duty’ and ‘vet11 eran’ have the meaning given those terms in section 101 

12 of title 38.’’. 

13 SEC. 523. SELECTIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT 

14 SUBJECT TO SENATE CONFIRMATION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10(a)(3) of the Military 

16 Selective Service Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 3809(a)(3)) is 

17 amended by inserting ‘‘with the advice and consent of the 

18 Senate’’ after ‘‘The Director shall be appointed by the 

19 President’’. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

21 subsection (a) shall take effect sixty (60) days after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act and apply to appointments 

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1 SEC. 524. CONTINUITY OF COVERAGE UNDER CERTAIN 

2 PROVISIONS OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 

3 CODE. 

4 (a) SECTION 202.—Section 202(a) of title 18, United 

5 States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in the third sentence, by inserting ‘‘an offi7 cer of the Space Force not serving on sustained duty 

8 pursuant to section 20105 of title 10,’’ after ‘‘of the 

9 Armed Forces,’’; and 

10 (2) in the fourth and fifth sentences, by strik11 ing ‘‘A Reserve’’ and all that follows through ‘‘who 

12 is’’ and inserting ‘‘Such an officer who is’’. 

13 (b) SECTION 209.—Section 209(h) of such title is 

14 amended by inserting ‘‘, or a member of the Space Force,’’ 

15 after ‘‘a member of the reserve components of the armed 

16 forces’’. 

17 (c) CROSS-REFERENCE AMENDMENT.—Section 

18 202(a) of such title, as amended by subsection (a), is fur19 ther amended by striking ‘‘section 29(c) and (d) of the 

20 Act of August 10, 1956 (70A Stat. 632; 5 U.S.C. 30r(c) 

21 and (d))’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 502, 2105(d), and 5534 

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1 SEC. 525. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RE2 LATED TO THE SPACE FORCE. 

3 (a) APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN; GRADE AND

4 RANK.—Section 152(c) of title 10, United States Code, 

5 is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘general, in the case’’ and in7 serting ‘‘general or, in the case’’; and 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘or, in the case of an officer of 

9 the Space Force, the equivalent grade,’’. 

10 (b) JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL.— 

11 Section 181(c)(1)(F) of such title is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘in the grade equivalent to the grade of general in the 

13 Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, or admiral in the 

14 Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘in the grade of general’’. 

15 (c) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS OF COMMISSIONED

16 OFFICERS.— 

17 (1) APPOINTMENTS.—.Section 531(a) of such 

18 title is amended— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and 

20 Regular Marine Corps in the grades of ensign, 

21 lieutenant (junior grade), and lieutenant in the 

22 Regular Navy, and in the equivalent grades in 

23 the Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Regular Ma24 rine Corps, and Space Force, and in the grades 

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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and 

2 Regular Marine Corps in the grades of lieuten3 ant commander, commander, and captain in the 

4 Regular Navy, and in the equivalent grades in 

5 the Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Regular Ma6 rine Corps, and Space Force, and in the grades 

7 of lieutenant commander, commander, and cap8 tain in the Regular Navy’’. 

9 (2) SERVICE CREDIT UPON ORIGINAL APPOINT10 MENT AS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER.—Section 

11 533(b)(2) of such title is amended— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘, or Marine Corps’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force or’’; 

14 and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘, or an equivalent grade 

16 in the Space Force’’. 

17 (d) SELECTION BOARDS.— 

18 (1) CONVENING OF SELECTION BOARDS.—Sec19 tion 611(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or 

20 Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 

21 Space Force’’. 

22 (2) JQO MEMBER REQUIRED FOR BOARDS TO

23 CONSIDER OFFICERS WHO ARE JOINT QUALIFIED

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1 such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space 

2 Force’’ after ‘‘of the Marine Corps’’. 

3 (3) SPECIAL SELECTION REVIEW BOARDS.— 

4 Section 628a(a)(1)(A) of such title is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘or rear admiral in the Navy’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘, rear admiral in the Navy, or an equivalent grade 

7 in the Space Force’’. 

8 (e) PROMOTION ZONE DEFINITION.—Section 

9 645(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘and Marine Corps,’’ both places it appears and 

11 inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, and Space Force,’’. 

12 (f) RETIRED GRADE.— 

13 (1) REGULAR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Sec14 tion 1370 of such title is amended in subsection (g) 

15 by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps, rear admiral in the 

16 Navy, or an equivalent grade in the Space Force’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force, or 

18 rear admiral in the Navy’’. 

19 (2) OFFICERS ENTITLED TO RETIRED PAY FOR

20 NON-REGULAR SERVICE.—Section 1370a of such 

21 title is amended— 

22 (A) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘or 

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1 (B) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘or Ma2 rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 

3 Space Force’’. 

4 (g) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SPE5 CIALLY SELECTED MEMBERS.—Section 2107 of such title 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Marine Corps, 

8 as the case may be’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, 

9 or Space Force, as the case may be’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘lieutenant, 

11 ensign, or an equivalent grade in the Space Force,’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘lieutenant or ensign,’’. 

13 (h) DESIGNATION OF SPACE SYSTEMS COMMAND AS

14 A FIELD COMMAND OF THE UNITED STATES SPACE

15 FORCE.—Section 9016(b)(6)(B)(iv)(II) of such title is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘Space and Missile Systems Center’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘Space Systems Command’’. 

18 (i) CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS.—Section 9082 of 

19 such title is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, flag, or 

21 equivalent’’ each place it appears; and 

22 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘grade in the 

23 Space Force equivalent to the grade of general in 

24 the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, or admiral 

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1 (j) AWARDS AND DECORATIONS.— 

2 (1) DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.—Section 

3 9279(a) of such title is amended– 

4 (A) by adding ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air 

5 Force’’; and 

6 (B) by adding ‘‘or space’’ after ‘‘aerial’’. 

7 (2) AIRMAN’S MEDAL.—Section 9280(a)(1) of 

8 such title is amended by adding ‘‘or Space Force’’ 

9 after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

10 (k) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF

11 TECHNOLOGY.—Section 9414b(a)(2)(B) of such title is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘or the equivalent grade in the Space 

13 Force’’. 

14 (l) TITLE OF CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT OF THE

15 SPACE FORCE.— 

16 (1) RETIRED BASE PAY.—Section 

17 1406(i)(3)(B)(v) of title 10, United States Code, is 

18 amended by striking ‘‘The senior enlisted advisor of 

19 the Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Master Ser20 geant of the Space Force’’. 

21 (2) BASIC PAY RATE.—Footnote 2 of the table 

22 titled ‘‘ENLISTED MEMBERS’’ in section 601(c) 

23 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 

24 Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 37 

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1 ior enlisted advisor of the Space Force’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force’’. 

3 (3) PAY OF SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS.—Sec4 tion 210(c)(5) of title 37, United States Code, is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘The senior enlisted advisor of 

6 the Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘The Chief Master 

7 Sergeant of the Space Force’’. 

8 (4) PERSONAL MONEY ALLOWANCE.—Section 

9 414(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘the senior enlisted advisor of the Space 

11 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief Master Sergeant of 

12 the Space Force’’. 

13 (m) Section 20106(d) of title 10, United States Code, 

14 is amended by striking ‘‘pertaining’’. 

15 (n) Section 20211(b) of such title is amended by 

16 striking ‘‘20238(a)(4)(A)’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘20239(c)(4)(A)’’. 

18 (o) Section 20212(a)(1) of such title is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘Secretary of Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec20 retary of the Air Force’’. 

21 (p) Section 20216(c) of such title is amended by 

22 striking ‘‘20214(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘20215(g)’’. 

23 (q) Section 20231 of such title is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (4) by striking 

2 ‘‘20238(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘20239(c)(4)’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘20232’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘section 20232’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(E), by striking ‘‘Sec7 retary Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the 

8 Air Force’’. 

9 (r) Section 20234(b) of such title is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘pursuant subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursu11 ant to subsection (a)’’. 

12 (s) Section 20239 of such title is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ‘‘subpara14 graph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘subpara16 graph (C)(ii) of such section’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

17 741(d)(4)(C)(ii)’’. 

18 (t) Section 20243(a)(3) of such title is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘as a’’. 

20 (u) The table of sections at the beginning of sub21 chapter IV of chapter 2005 of such title is amended by 

22 striking the second ‘‘20251’’ and inserting ‘‘20252’’. 

23 (v) Section 20251 of such title is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘section 631’’ 

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1 (2) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘section 

2 14201’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 14101’’; and 

3 (3) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘14502(b)’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘14501(b). 

5 (w) The second section 20251 of such title is redesig6 nated as section 20252. 

7 (x) Section 20252 of such title, as redesignated by 

8 clause (x), is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘((1)’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘(1)’’; and 

13 (ii) striking ‘‘sch’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘such’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘rec16 ommend for promotion a officer’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘recommend for promotion an officer’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘which of 

19 officer’’ and inserting ‘‘which an officer’’. 

20 (y) The table of sections at the beginning of sub21 chapter IV of chapter 2005 of such title is amended by 

22 striking ‘‘20251’’ the second place it appears and inserting 

23 ‘‘20251’’. 

24 (z) Section 20401(b) of such title is amended by in25 serting ‘‘, and’’ after ‘‘1174(b)’’. 


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1 (aa) Section 20502 of such title is amended— 

2 (1) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, 

3 by striking ‘‘THAN’’ and inserting ‘‘THAT’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading, 

5 by striking ‘‘THAN’’ and inserting ‘‘THAT’’. 

6 (bb) Section 1737(b)(3)(A) of the National Defense 

7 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118– 

8 31; 137 Stat. 678) is amended by striking ‘‘20213’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘20212’’. 

10 SEC. 526. MODIFIED AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE PROTECTION 

11 TO SENIOR LEADERS OF THE DEPARTMENT 

12 OF DEFENSE AND OTHER SPECIFIED PER13 SONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 714 of title 10, United 

15 States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘WITHIN

17 THE UNITED STATES’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘within the 

19 United States’’; and 

20 (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘within the 

21 United States’’. 

22 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

23 at the beginning of chapter 41 of title 10, United States 

24 Code, is amended, in the item relating to section 714, by 

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1 SEC. 527. MODIFICATION OF PERSONS NOT QUALIFIED FOR 

2 ENLISTMENT DEFINITION. 

3 (a) MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION.—Section 

4 504(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

5 by striking ‘‘that the person will use in the primary daily 

6 duties of that person as a member of the armed forces’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘that the person will use in the duties of 

8 that person as a member of the armed forces’’. 

9 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec10 tion shall be construed as encouragement for the Depart11 ment of Defense to reestablish or expand the scope of the 

12 Military Accessions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) 

13 Recruitment Pilot Program. 

14 SEC. 528. IMPROVING MILITARY ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1552(a) of title 10, 

16 United States Code, is amended by amending paragraph 

17 (5) to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(5) Each final decision of the board under this sub19 section shall be made available to the public in electronic 

20 form on a centralized Internet website. The information 

21 provided shall include a summary of each decision, to be 

22 indexed by subject matter, except that the Secretary shall 

23 protect the privacy of claimants by redacting all personally 

24 identifiable information.’’. 

25 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

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1 SEC. 529. COMBAT STATUS IDENTIFIER EQUIVALENT FOR 

2 REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT CREW. 

3 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Secretaries of the military depart5 ments shall establish a status identifier of equivalent merit 

6 as a combat status identifier for remotely piloted aircraft 

7 (RPA) crews who conduct combat operations. 

8 SEC. 529A. MILITARY TRAINING AND COMPETENCY 

9 RECORDS. 

10 (a) COMPETENCY RECORDS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries of the mili12 tary departments shall provide to each member of 

13 the Armed Forces a document that outlines the 

14 training and qualifications acquired by a member 

15 while serving in the Armed Forces. Such document 

16 shall be known as a ‘‘competency record’’. 

17 (2) FORMAT AND CONTENTS.—The Secretary of 

18 Defense shall develop a standardized format for 

19 competency records, which shall include, at a min20 imum, the following information: 

21 (A) Relevant personal details about the 

22 member. 

23 (B) Description of training courses, certifi24 cations, and qualifications obtained. 

25 (C) Date and duration of each completed 

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1 (D) Authorized signatures and other nec2 essary authentication. 

3 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Competency records shall 

4 be provided to members of the Armed Forces upon 

5 their separation or retirement from the Armed 

6 Forces. 

7 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than one year 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 of Defense shall establish the necessary regulations, proce10 dures, and timelines for the implementation of this sec11 tion. 

12 (c) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

14 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

15 Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 

16 implementation and usefulness of the records and any rec17 ommendations of the Secretary for improving the records. 

18 The report shall include feedback and recommendations 

19 from States and other employers regarding the usability 

20 and accuracy of the information in the competency 

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1 SEC. 529B. EXEMPTION OF WOMEN FORCED TO REGISTER 

2 FOR DRAFT FROM REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE 

3 IN COMBAT ROLES. 

4 In the event that women are required to register for 

5 the Selective Service System or to be automatically reg6 istered for the Selective Service System, women may not 

7 be compelled to join combat roles that were closed to 

8 women prior to December 3, 2015, to train or become 

9 qualified in a combat arms military occupational specialty, 

10 or to join a combat arms unit. 

11 Subtitle D—Military Justice and 

12 Other Legal Matters 

13 SEC. 531. CONSOLIDATION OF MILITARY JUSTICE REPORT14 ING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MILITARY DE15 PARTMENTS. 

16 (a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 946a(b) of title 10, 

17 United States Code, is amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

19 (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and 

20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1), the fol21 lowing new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(2) Data on the number and status of com23 pleted cases, including— 

24 ‘‘(A) information on race, ethnicity, rank, 

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1 ‘‘(B) the enumerated offenses preferred 

2 and referred; 

3 ‘‘(C) the types of court-martial; and 

4 ‘‘(D) the results for each case, including 

5 cases that resulted in nonjudicial punishment or 

6 administrative separation.’’. 

7 (b) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE MILITARY JUSTICE

8 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

9 (1) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 

10 486 of title 10, United Sates Code, is repealed. 

11 (2) JOHN S. MCCAIN NATIONAL DEFENSE AU12 THORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.—Section 

13 547 of the John S. McCain National Defense Au14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

15 115-232; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is repealed. 

16 SEC. 532. TERM OF OFFICE FOR JUDGES OF THE COURT OF 

17 MILITARY COMMISSION REVIEW. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TERM OF OFFICE.—Section 

19 950f(b)(6) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

21 (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and all that follows 

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1 assigned or appointed to the Court under this sub2 section’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(B) The term of an appellate civilian judge of the 

6 Court shall expire on the date that is 10 years after the 

7 date on which the judge was appointed.’’. 

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

10 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 

11 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

12 (2) APPLICABILITY TO EXISTING CIVILIAN

13 JUDGES.—The term of any appellate civilian judge 

14 of the United States Court of Military Commission 

15 Review who will have served as such a judge for a 

16 period of 10 or more years as of the effective date 

17 described in paragraph (1) shall expire on such ef18 fective date. 

19 SEC. 533. AIDING THE ENEMY DEFINITION FOR PURPOSES 

20 OF THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUS21 TICE. 

22 Section 903b(2) of title 10, United States Code (arti23 cle 103b(2) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is 

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1 tary training, or tactical advice to,’’ after ‘‘gives intel2 ligence to,’’. 

3 SEC. 534. PRE-REFERRAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO 

4 SUFFICIENCY OF ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE. 

5 (a) GENERAL COURTS-MARTIAL.—Subsection (a)(2) 

6 of section 834 of title 10 (article 34 of the Uniform Code 

7 of Military Justice) is amended by inserting ‘‘whether the 

8 admissible evidence will probably be sufficient to obtain 

9 and sustain a conviction, and as to’’ after ‘‘recommenda10 tion to the convening authority as to’’. 

11 (b) SPECIAL COURTS-MARTIAL.—Subsection (b) of 

12 such section is amended by inserting ‘‘, including whether 

13 the admissible evidence will probably be sufficient to ob14 tain and sustain a conviction’’ after ‘‘shall consult a judge 

15 advocate on relevant legal issues’’. 

16 (c) COURTS-MARTIAL FOR COVERED OFFENSES.— 

17 Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

19 and inserting a semicolon; 

20 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

21 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(D) the special trial counsel believes that 

2 the admissible evidence will be probably be suf3 ficient to obtain and sustain a conviction;’’. 

4 SEC. 535. DETAILING OF APPELLATE DEFENSE COUNSEL. 

5 Section 865(b) of title 10, United States Code (article 

6 65(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘the Judge Advocate Gen10 eral shall forward the record’’ and inserting the 

11 following: ‘‘the Judge Advocate General shall 

12 forward— 

13 ‘‘(A) the record’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (A), as designated by 

15 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking 

16 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

17 and 

18 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

19 subparagraph: 

20 ‘‘(B) a copy of the record of trial to an ap21 pellate defense counsel who shall be detailed to 

22 review the case and, upon request of the ac23 cused, to represent the accused before the 

24 Court of Criminal Appeals.’’; and 

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1 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

2 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

3 by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘shall, 

4 upon written request of the accused’’; 

5 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, upon 

6 request of the accused,’’; and 

7 (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘upon 

8 written request of the accused,’’; and 

9 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘accused’’ and all that 

11 follows through ‘‘waives’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘accused waives’’; 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 

14 period; and 

15 (iii) by striking clause (ii). 

16 SEC. 536. EXPANDED COMMAND NOTIFICATIONS TO VIC17 TIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 

18 Section 549 of the National Defense Authorization 

19 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 

20 806b note) is amended— 

21 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘OF22 FENSE’’ and inserting ‘‘AND DOMESTIC VIO23 LENCE-RELATED OFFENSES’’; 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘, or a case of an alleged 

2 domestic violence-related offense (as defined by 

3 the Secretary),’’ after ‘‘of title 10, United 

4 States Code)’’; and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘periodically notify the vic6 tim’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure that the victim (or 

7 the victim’s legal counsel if so requested by the 

8 victim) is periodically notified’’; and 

9 (3) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘notify the 

10 victim’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure that the victim (or the 

11 victim’s legal counsel if so requested by the victim) 

12 is notified’’. 

13 SEC. 537. REMOTE APPEARANCE BEFORE A BOARD OF IN14 QUIRY. 

15 (a) REGULAR OFFICERS.—Section 1185 of title 10, 

16 United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection (c), shall be’’; 

19 and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub21 section: 

22 ‘‘(c) The Secretary concerned may determine that, in 

23 exceptional circumstances, the appearance of an officer be24 fore the proceedings of a board of inquiry may be via a 

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1 (b) RESERVE OFFICERS.—Section 14904 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection (c), shall be’’; 

5 and 

6 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub7 section: 

8 ‘‘(c) REMOTE APPEARANCE.—The Secretary con9 cerned may determine that, in exceptional circumstances, 

10 the appearance of an officer before the proceedings of a 

11 board of inquiry may be via a means other than in per12 son.’’. 

13 SEC. 538. EXTENSION OF DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

14 ON INVESTIGATION, PROSECUTION, AND DE15 FENSE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE ARMED 

16 FORCES. 

17 Section 546(f)(1) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

18 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

19 Fiscal Year 2015 (10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘10 years after’’ and inserting ‘‘15 years after’’. 

21 SEC. 539. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES AND PROPERTY 

22 DAMAGE FOR VICTIMS OF DESIGNATED OF23 FENSES UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILI24 TARY JUSTICE. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

3 section 1044f the following new section: 

4 ‘‘§ 1044g. Military crime victims reimbursement 

5 ‘‘(a) REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORIZED.—The Sec6 retary of Defense may authorize the secretaries of the 

7 military departments to provide, and the secretaries of the 

8 military departments may provide, payments to victims of 

9 designated offenses for prescribed unreimbursed expenses 

10 and property damage in accordance with the regulations 

11 prescribed under subsection (b). 

12 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

13 prescribe regulations pursuant to which a victim of a des14 ignated offense may apply for and receive reimbursement 

15 payments under this section. Such regulations shall pro16 vide— 

17 ‘‘(1) that a victim of a designated offense may 

18 apply to the secretary of a military department for 

19 a reimbursement payment; 

20 ‘‘(2) that a reimbursement payment to a victim 

21 shall be for an amount determined by the Secretary 

22 of a military department that is sufficient to reim23 burse the victim for health care expenses, travel ex24 penses, and expenses for property damage or loss re25 sulting from the designated offense, subject to such 


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1 limits as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe in 

2 the regulations; 

3 ‘‘(3) that a reimbursement payment may not be 

4 made for any expenses for which a victim receives 

5 reimbursement from other sources, including insur6 ance claims; 

7 ‘‘(4) that the eligibility of a victim to receive 

8 payments is subject to such terms, conditions, and 

9 other requirements as the Secretary of Defense may 

10 prescribe in the regulations; and 

11 ‘‘(5) procedures for determining whether a per12 son qualifies as a victim for purposes of this section. 

13 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 ‘‘(1) The term ‘designated offense’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) an offense under section 917a (article 

16 117a), section 918 (article 118), section 919 

17 (article 119), section 919a (article 119a), sec18 tion 920 (article 120), section 920b (article 

19 120b), section 920c (article 120c), section 922 

20 (article 122), section 925 (article 125), section 

21 928a (article 128a), section 928b (article 

22 128b), or section 930 (article 130), or the 

23 standalone offense of producing child pornog24 raphy punishable under section 934 (article 

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1 ‘‘(B) an attempt to commit an offense 

2 specified in subparagraph (A) as punishable 

3 under section 880 (article 80) of this title. 

4 ‘‘(2) The term ‘victim’ means an individual who 

5 has been determined pursuant to the regulations 

6 prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under sub7 section (b) to have suffered pecuniary harm as a re8 sult of the commission of a designated offense for 

9 which a courts-martial has rendered a guilty verdict 

10 wherein the victim is named or identified in the 

11 specification.’’. 

12 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec13 tions at the beginning of chapter 53 of title 10, 

14 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

15 the item relating to section 1044f the following new 

16 item: 

‘‘1044g. Military crime victims reimbursement.’’. 

17 (b) INITIAL REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of De18 fense shall prescribe regulations under section 1044g(b) 

19 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 

20 (a), not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

21 of this Act. 

22 (c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 1044g of title 10, 

23 United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall only 

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1 (1) are victims of designated offenses that occur 

2 on or after the effective date of the regulations pre3 scribed under subsection (b) of such section 1044g; 

4 and 

5 (2) apply for payment after such effective date. 

6 SEC. 540. REMOVAL OF MARRIAGE AS A DEFENSE TO ARTI7 CLE 120B OFFENSES. 

8 Section 920b of title 10, United States Code (article 

9 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) by striking subsection (f); 

12 (2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 

13 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 

14 (3) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para15 graph (2), by striking ‘‘not legally married to the 

16 person committing the sexual act, lewd act, or use 

17 of force’’. 

18 SEC. 541. REMOVAL OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING AND 

19 OTHER INFORMATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS 

20 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CEN21 TRAL INDEX OF INVESTIGATIONS. 

22 Section 545 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na23 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘INVES2 TIGATIVE REPORTS’’ and all that follows and in3 serting ‘‘THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CEN4 TRAL INDEX OF INVESTIGATIONS’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

7 by striking ‘‘October 1, 2021’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘October 1, 2025’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘removed from, the fol10 lowing:’’ and all that follows through the period 

11 at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘re12 moved from, an index item or entry in the De13 partment of Defense Central Index of Investiga14 tions.’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or is main16 tained’’ and all that follows through the period at 

17 the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘or is main18 tained, as an item or entry in the Department of 

19 Defense Central Index of Investigations.’’; and 

20 (4) in subsection (c)(1)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

22 (A), by striking ‘‘a report, item or entry, or 

23 record described in paragraphs (1) through (3) 

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1 or entry in the Department of Defense Central 

2 Index of Investigations’’; and 

3 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘such 

4 report, item or entry, or record’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘such item or entry’’. 

6 SEC. 542. AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL TRIAL COUNSEL WITH 

7 RESPECT TO CERTAIN OFFENSES OCCUR8 RING BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE OF MILITARY 

9 JUSTICE REFORMS. 

10 Subsection (d) of section 824a of title 10, United 

11 States Code (article 24a of the Uniform Code of Military 

12 Justice), as added by section 531(c) of the National De13 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 

14 118–31; 137 Stat. 258), is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘section 

16 920 (article 120),’’ and inserting ‘‘section 919a (ar17 ticle 119a), section 920 (article 120), section 920a 

18 (article 120a),’’; 

19 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para20 graph (3); 

21 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol22 lowing new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(2) THE STANDALONE OFFENSE OF SEXUAL

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1 tion of the special trial counsel, exercise authority 

2 over the following offenses: 

3 ‘‘(A) The standalone offense of sexual har4 assment punishable under section 934 of this 

5 title (article 134) in each instance in which— 

6 ‘‘(i) the offense occurs after January 

7 26, 2022, and on or before January 1, 

8 2025; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) a formal complaint is made and 

10 substantiated in accordance with regula11 tions prescribed by the Secretary con12 cerned. 

13 ‘‘(B) A conspiracy to commit an offense 

14 specified in subparagraph (A) as punishable 

15 under section 881 of this title (article 81). 

16 ‘‘(C) A solicitation to commit an offense 

17 specified in subparagraph (A) as punishable 

18 under section 882 of this title (article 82). 

19 ‘‘(D) An attempt to commit an offense 

20 specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) as 

21 punishable under section 880 of this title (arti22 cle 80).’’; and 

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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 

2 (2)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

4 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

5 (c)(2)(A) or paragraph (1) or (2) of this sub6 section’’. 

7 SEC. 543. INVESTIGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN THE 

8 NATIONAL GUARD. 

9 (a) DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INVESTIGA10 TION, PROSECUTION, AND DEFENSE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

11 IN THE ARMED FORCES STUDY ON REPORTING AND RE12 PRISAL OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE NATIONAL

13 GUARD.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 28, 

15 2026, the Defense Advisory Committee on Investiga16 tion, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in 

17 the Armed Forces shall conduct a study and submit 

18 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

19 and the House of Representatives a report, including 

20 recommendations, on the investigation and reporting 

21 of sexual assault in the National Guard. 

22 (2) ELEMENTS.—The study and report required 

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1 (A) provide an overview of the processes by 

2 which States investigate allegations of sexual 

3 assault within the National Guard; 

4 (B) assess the extent to which, and the ef5 fectiveness with which, the Office of Complex 

6 Investigations (OCI) within the National Guard 

7 Bureau provides assistance to State National 

8 Guards in the investigation of such allegations; 

9 and 

10 (C) assess the organizational structure of 

11 the Office of Complex Investigations and its au12 thority to investigate, describe OCI’s funding, 

13 number of personnel assigned, and force mix 

14 between military, civilian, and contractor per15 sonnel, describe OCI’s relationships with State 

16 authorities, and assess whether OCI should be 

17 codified in permanent law. 

18 (b) TREATMENT OF ADJUTANT GENERAL FOR PUR19 POSES OF REPRISAL ALLEGATIONS.—The Adjutant Gen20 eral of a State National Guard and the Commanding Gen21 eral of the District of Columbia National Guard shall be 

22 treated as senior Department of Defense officials for pur23 poses of investigations of reprisal allegations conducted by 

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1 SEC. 544. ANALYSIS ON THE ADVISABILITY TO REVISE MILI2 TARY RULE OF EVIDENCE 513. 

3 (a) RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRED.—The Joint 

4 Service Committee on Military Justice shall analyze the 

5 advisability of modifying rule 513 of the Military Rules 

6 of Evidence (as set forth in part III of the Manual for 

7 Courts-Martial) to include diagnoses of a patient and 

8 treatments prescribed to a patient as confidential commu9 nications subject to the psychotherapist-patient privilege. 

10 The Joint Service Committee on Military Justice shall 

11 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen12 ate and the House of Representatives a report that in13 cludes the considerations described in subsection (b). 

14 (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In the analysis directed 

15 under subsection (a), the Joint Service Committee on Mili16 tary Justice shall consider— 

17 (1) the advisability of modifying Military Rule 

18 of Evidence 513 to cover psychotherapy diagnoses 

19 and treatments; and 

20 (2) such other approaches to the modification 

21 of Military Rule of Evidence 513 as the Committee 

22 considers appropriate to address victim privacy 

23 rights balanced against the rights of the accused and 

24 the best interests of justice. 

25 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

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1 on Military Justice shall submit to the Committees on 

2 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent3 atives a report that includes— 

4 (1) the analysis conducted under subsection (a); 

5 and 

6 (2) any recommended draft legislative text that 

7 sets forth all amendments and modifications to law 

8 that may be needed to effectively implement such 

9 recommendations. 

10 Subtitle E—Member Education, 

11 Training, and Transition 

12 SEC. 551. IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FUTURE 

13 SERVICEMEMBER PREPARATORY COURSE. 

14 Section 546(c) of the National Defense Authorization 

15 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘(2) GRADUATION REQUIREMENT.—Prior to at20 tending initial basic training, all enlisted persons at21 tending the course established under this section 

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1 ‘‘(A) at least 10 points higher than the in2 dividual’s most recent score taken prior to the 

3 individual’s date of enlistment; or 

4 ‘‘(B) no longer subject to the restrictions 

5 of section 520 of title 10, United States Code.’’; 

6 and 

7 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘course grad8 uation requirements within 180 days of enlistment’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘meaningful progress, as determined 

10 by the Secretary concerned, within 90 days of enlist11 ment’’. 

12 SEC. 552. DETERMINATION OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE COM13 MITMENT FOR RECIPIENTS OF FELLOW14 SHIPS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS. 

15 Section 2603(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘three times the length of the period 

17 of the education or training.’’ and inserting ‘‘determined 

18 by the Secretary concerned. Notwithstanding sections 

19 2004(c), 2004a(f), and 2004b(e) of this title, the service 

20 obligation required under this subsection may run concur21 rently with any service obligations incurred under chapter 

22 101 of this title in accordance with regulations established 

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1 SEC. 553. MODERNIZING MARINE CORPS PLATOON LEAD2 ERS CLASS COLLEGE TUITION ASSISTANCE 

3 PROGRAM TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION. 

4 Section 16401 of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$5,200’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘$13,800’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘1,200’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘450’’. 

10 SEC. 554. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN 

11 FUNDED AND UNFUNDED LAW EDUCATION 

12 PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) EXPANSION OF LAW EDUCATION PROGRAMS.— 

14 Section 2004 of title 10, United States Code, is amend15 ed— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘doctor. No more than’’ 

19 and inserting the following: ‘‘doctor. 

20 ‘‘(2) Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Sec21 retary concerned, the military departments may fund edu22 cational expenses for members of the armed forces de23 tailed as students at law schools. No more than twenty24 five officers and enlisted members from each military de25 partment may commence such training in any single fiscal 

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1 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(3) Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Sec4 retary concerned, the military departments may also detail 

5 members of the armed forces as students at law schools 

6 without funding any educational expenses. Members de7 tailed as students pursuant to this paragraph shall not 

8 count against the limitation described in paragraph (2).’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

13 (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec14 tively; 

15 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(A) for those mem16 bers detailed pursuant to subsection 

17 (a)(1),’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; 

18 (iii) in clause (ii), as redesignated by 

19 clause (i) of this subparagraph, by adding 

20 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; and 

21 (iv) by adding at the end the following 

22 new subparagraph: 

23 ‘‘(B) for those members detailed pursuant to 

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1 ‘‘(i) have served on active duty for a period 

2 of not less than two years nor more than eight 

3 years and be an officer in the pay grade O-3 or 

4 below as of the time the training is to begin; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) have served on active duty for a pe6 riod of not less than four years nor more than 

7 ten years and be an enlisted member in the pay 

8 grade of E-5, E-6, or E-7 as of the time the 

9 training is to begin;’’; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘pe11 riod of two years’’ and inserting ‘‘period of— 

12 ‘‘(i) two years for each year or part 

13 thereof of legal training provided under 

14 subsection (a)(1); or 

15 ‘‘(ii) one year for each year or part 

16 thereof of legal training provided under 

17 subsection (a)(2).’’. 

18 (b) CLARIFICATION OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES

19 WHILE DETAILED OR ASSIGNED AS A STUDENT FULL20 TIME AT A CIVILIAN INSTITUTION.—Section 502(b) of 

21 title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

22 end the following: ‘‘Nothing in this subsection shall be 

23 construed to deprive service members detailed or assigned 

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1 cation that is substantially the same as programs of edu2 cation offered to civilians of pay and allowances to which 

3 otherwise entitled by law or Departmental regulations.’’. 

4 SEC. 555. DISTANCE EDUCATION OPTION FOR PROFES5 SIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION. 

6 Section 2154 of title 10, United States Code, is 

7 amended by adding at the end the following new sub8 section: 

9 ‘‘(c) DISTANCE EDUCATION.—(1) Any distance edu10 cation programs for professional military education that 

11 may be offered by any of the military services to satisfy 

12 Phase I or Phase II instruction under subsection (a) shall 

13 include a pathway or pathways for students to fully com14 plete the course of instruction while physically separated 

15 from the course instructors and without any in-person at16 tendance required to graduate from such programs. 

17 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘distance education’ 

18 has the meaning given the term in section 103(7) of the 

19 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003(7)).’’. 

20 SEC. 556. EXTENSION OF TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM 

21 EXTENSION; PROHIBITION ON TRAVEL UNTIL 

22 REINSTATED. 

23 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 1154 of title 10, United 

24 States Code, is amended— 

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1 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘5,000’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘3,000’’; and 

3 (B) by striking clause (iii) and redesig4 nating clause (iv) as clause (iii); and 

5 (2) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘2027’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘2029’’. 

7 (b) LIMITATION ON OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF

8 DEFENSE TRAVEL SPENDING UNTIL REINSTATEMENT.— 

9 Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

10 for fiscal year 2025 for operation and maintenance, De11 fense-wide, and available for the Office of the Secretary 

12 of Defense for travel expenses, not more than 50 percent 

13 may be obligated or expended until the date that is 15 

14 days after the date on which the Secretary notifies the 

15 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

16 House of Representatives that the Department of Defense 

17 is in compliance with subsection (b) of section 1154 of 

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1 SEC. 557. INCLUSION OF SPACE FORCE PROFESSIONAL 

2 MILITARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN DEFINI3 TIONS OF SENIOR AND INTERMEDIATE 

4 LEVEL SERVICE SCHOOLS AND AS COVERED 

5 PROGRAMS FOR COPYRIGHT PURPOSES. 

6 (a) JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION.— 

7 Section 2151(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the 

10 following new subparagraph: 

11 ‘‘(E) the Space Force Senior Level Edu12 cation Program.’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the 

14 following new subparagraph: 

15 ‘‘(E) the Space Force Intermediate Level 

16 Education Program.’’. 

17 (b) BUDGET REQUESTS FOR PROFESSIONAL MILI18 TARY EDUCATION.—Section 2162(d) of such title is 

19 amended by adding at the end the following new para20 graphs: 

21 ‘‘(9) The Space Force Senior Level Education 

22 Program. 

23 ‘‘(10) The Space Force Intermediate Level 

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1 (c) COPYRIGHT STATUS OF CERTAIN WORKS PRO2 DUCED BY CIVILIAN FACULTY OF SPACE FORCE EDU3 CATION PROGRAMS.— 

4 (1) INCLUSION OF SPACE FORCE EDUCATION

5 PROGRAMS IN COVERAGE OF CIVILIAN FACULTY OF

6 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATIONAL INSTITU7 TIONS.—Section 105 (d) (2) of title 17, United 

8 States Code, is amended— 

9 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

10 (A), by striking ‘‘institution’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘Department of Defense institution or pro12 gram’’; 

13 (B) by striking subparagraph (L) and both 

14 subparagraphs (M); 

15 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (K) as 

16 subparagraph (M); and 

17 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (J) 

18 the following new subparagraphs: 

19 ‘‘(K) Space Force Senior Level Education 

20 program. 

21 ‘‘(L) Space Force Intermediate Level Edu22 cation Program.’’. 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘covered 

2 institution described in subparagraphs (A) 

3 through (L) of subsection (d)(2)’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘covered Department of Defense institution or 

5 program’’; 

6 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

7 paragraph (4); 

8 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

9 following new paragraphs: 

10 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY AU11 THORITY.—With respect to a covered author who 

12 produces a covered work in the course of employ13 ment at the United States Coast Guard Academy, 

14 the Secretary of Homeland Security may direct the 

15 covered author to provide the Federal Government 

16 with an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, non17 exclusive license to reproduce, distribute, perform, or 

18 display such covered work for purposes of the 

19 United States Government. 

20 ‘‘(3) SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AU21 THORITY.—With respect to a covered author who 

22 produces a covered work in the course of employ23 ment at the United States Merchant Marine Acad24 emy, the Secretary of Transportation may direct the 

25 covered author to provide the Federal Government 


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1 with an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, non2 exclusive license to reproduce, distribute, perform, or 

3 display such covered work for purposes of the 

4 United States Government.’’; and 

5 (D) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by 

6 subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the covered in7 stitution described in subsection (d)(2)(M)’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘the National Intelligence Univer9 sity’’. 

10 (3) REPEAL OF UNUSED DEFINITION.—Sub11 section (d) of such section is further amended— 

12 (A) by striking paragraph (3); and 

13 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

14 paragraph (3). 

15 SEC. 558. OPT-OUT SHARING OF INFORMATION ON MEM16 BERS RETIRING OR SEPARATING FROM THE 

17 ARMED FORCES WITH COMMUNITY-BASED 

18 ORGANIZATIONS AND RELATED ENTITIES. 

19 Section 570F of the National Defense Authorization 

20 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 

21 1142 note) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘out the form to indicate 

24 an email address’’ and inserting the following: 

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1 ‘‘(1) an email address; and’’; and 

2 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

3 paragraph: 

4 ‘‘(2) if the individual would like to opt-out of 

5 the transmittal of the individual’s information to 

6 and through a State veterans agency as described in 

7 subsection (a).’’; and 

8 (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘(d) OPT-OUT OF INFORMATION SHARING.—Infor11 mation on an individual shall be transmitted to and 

12 through a State veterans agency as described in subsection 

13 (a) unless the individual indicates pursuant to subsection 

14 (c)(2) that the individual would like to opt out of such 

15 transmittal.’’. 

16 SEC. 559. REQUIRED CONSTITUTIONAL LAW TRAINING. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 180 

18 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary of Defense shall ensure that all newly commissioned 

20 officers of the Armed Forces receive training on the Con21 stitution of the United States prior to reporting to their 

22 first operational assignment. 

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1 (1) education on the centrality of the Constitu2 tion to the commitment officers make to serve in the 

3 Armed Forces; 

4 (2) emphasis on the loyalty of officers to the 

5 Constitution; and 

6 (3) instruction on the importance of, and basis 

7 for, civilian control over the military. 

8 SEC. 560. INFORMATION ON NOMINATIONS AND APPLICA9 TIONS FOR MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES. 

10 Section 575 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na11 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

12 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 7442 note) is amended 

13 by striking ‘‘Not later than two years after the date of 

14 the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 

15 December 31, 2026’’. 

16 SEC. 561. IMPROVEMENTS TO FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAIN17 ING. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 992 of 

19 title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

22 ‘‘grade E–4’’ and inserting ‘‘grade E–6’’; 

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1 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 

2 through (K) as subparagraphs (D) through (J), 

3 respectively; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

5 paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(5) In carrying out the program to provide training 

7 under this subsection, the Secretary concerned shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) use a curriculum across all military de9 partments for such training that— 

10 ‘‘(i) focuses on ensuring that members of 

11 the armed forces who receive such training de12 velop proficiency in financial literacy; 

13 ‘‘(ii) is based on best practices of the Fi14 nancial Literacy Education Commission estab15 lished under section 513 of the Financial Lit16 eracy and Education Improvement Act (20 

17 U.S.C. 9702); and 

18 ‘‘(iii) is designed to address the needs of 

19 members and their families; 

20 ‘‘(B) ensure that such training— 

21 ‘‘(i) is conducted by a financial services 

22 counselor who is qualified as described in para23 graph (3) of subsection (b) or by other means 

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1 ‘‘(ii) is provided, to the extent practicable 

2 and in a manner that does not harm mission 

3 readiness— 

4 ‘‘(I) in a class held in person with 

5 fewer than 100 attendees; or 

6 ‘‘(II) one-on-one between the member 

7 and a financial services counselor or a 

8 qualified representative described in sub9 section (b)(2)(A); and 

10 ‘‘(iii) is provided using computer-based 

11 methods only if methods described in clause (ii) 

12 are impractical, unaffordable, or unavailable; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(C) ensure that— 

15 ‘‘(i) an in-person class described in sub16 paragraph (B)(i)(I) is available to the spouse of 

17 a member; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) if a spouse of a member is unable to 

19 attend such a class in person— 

20 ‘‘(I) training is available to the spouse 

21 through an online program managed by 

22 the Department of Defense; and 

23 ‘‘(II) the member is informed during 

24 the in-person training of the member 

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1 how the member’s spouse can access the 

2 training.’’. 

3 (b) PROVISION OF RETIREMENT INFORMATION.— 

4 Such section is further amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

6 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol8 lowing new subsection (d): 

9 ‘‘(d) PROVISION OF RETIREMENT INFORMATION.—In 

10 each training under subsection (a) and in each meeting 

11 to provide counseling under subsection (b), a member of 

12 the armed forces shall be provided with— 

13 ‘‘(1) all forms relating to retirement that are 

14 relevant to the member, including with respect to the 

15 Thrift Savings Plan; 

16 ‘‘(2) information with respect to how to find ad17 ditional information; and 

18 ‘‘(3) contact information for counselors pro19 vided through the Personal Financial Counselor pro20 gram, the Personal Financial Management program, 

21 or online programs managed by the Department of 

22 Defense.’’. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

3 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

4 committees a report on financial literacy training 

5 and financial services counseling provided under sec6 tion 992 of title 10, United States Code, as amended 

7 by this section, that assesses— 

8 (A) the effectiveness of such training and 

9 counseling,; and 

10 (B) whether additional training or coun11 seling is necessary for enlisted members of the 

12 Armed Forces or for officers. 

13 (2) FOLLOW-ON REPORT.—Not later than 6 

14 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

15 Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 

16 committees a report on the efforts of the Depart17 ment of Defense to address any concerns raised in 

18 the report required by paragraph (1). 

19 Subtitle F—Military Family Readi20 ness and Dependents’ Education 

21 PART I—DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION 

22 SEC. 571. ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR DEPARTMENT OF 

23 DEFENSE DOMESTIC DEPENDENTS SCHOOLS. 

24 Section 2164(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 

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1 ‘‘(d) SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—(1) The Sec2 retary of Defense, acting through the Director of the De3 partment of Defense Education Activity, shall provide for 

4 the establishment of an advisory committee for each De5 partment of Defense elementary or secondary school es6 tablished at a military installation under this section. 

7 ‘‘(2) An advisory committee established under para8 graph (1) for a school at a military installation— 

9 ‘‘(A) shall advise the principal or super10 intendent of the school with respect to the operation 

11 of the school; 

12 ‘‘(B) may make recommendations with respect 

13 to curriculum and budget matters; and 

14 ‘‘(C) except in the case of an advisory com15 mittee for a school on a military installation de16 scribed in paragraph (4), shall advise the com17 mander of the military installation with respect to 

18 problems concerning the education of dependents 

19 within the jurisdiction of the commander. 

20 ‘‘(3)(A) The membership of each advisory committee 

21 established for a school described in paragraph (1)— 

22 ‘‘(i) shall include an equal number of parents of 

23 students enrolled in the school and of employees 

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1 ‘‘(ii) when appropriate, may include a student 

2 enrolled in the school. 

3 ‘‘(B) In addition to the members described in sub4 paragraph (A), the membership of each advisory com5 mittee shall include one nonvoting member designated by 

6 the organization recognized as the exclusive bargaining 

7 representative of the employees working at the school. 

8 ‘‘(4) In the case of a military installation where there 

9 is more than one school in the Department of Defense ele10 mentary and secondary school system, the Secretary, act11 ing through the Director, shall provide for the establish12 ment of an advisory committee for the military installation 

13 to advise the commander of the military installation with 

14 respect to the education of dependents. 

15 ‘‘(5)(A) Except in the case of a nonvoting member 

16 designated under paragraph (3)(B), members of an advi17 sory committee established under this subsection shall be 

18 elected by individuals of voting age residing in the area 

19 to be served by the advisory committee. 

20 ‘‘(B) The Secretary, acting through the Director, 

21 shall by regulation prescribe the qualifications for election 

22 to an advisory committee established under this subsection 

23 and procedures for conducting elections of members to 

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1 ‘‘(6) Members of an advisory committee established 

2 under this subsection shall serve without pay.’’. 

3 SEC. 572. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR VIRTUAL PRO4 GRAMS OPERATED BY DEPARTMENT OF DE5 FENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY. 

6 Section 2164(l) of title 10, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 

10 and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

11 (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in12 serting the following new subparagraph (B): 

13 ‘‘(B) is a home-schooled student.’’; and 

14 (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in15 serting the following new paragraph (2): 

16 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘home-schooled stu17 dent’ means a student in a grade equivalent to kinder18 garten or any of grades 1 through 12 who receives edu19 cational instruction at home or by other nontraditional 

20 means outside of a public or private school system, either 

21 all or most of the time.’’. 


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1 SEC. 573. AUTHORIZATION FOR SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS 

2 AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPENDENTS 

3 SCHOOLS. 

4 (a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOMESTIC DEPEND5 ENTS SCHOOLS.—Section 2164 of title 10, United States 

6 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

7 subsection: 

8 ‘‘(m) MEAL PROGRAMS.—(1) The Secretary of De9 fense may administer a meal program, consistent with 

10 Federal law and standards prescribed by the Secretary of 

11 Agriculture for that meal program, for students enrolled 

12 in a school established under this section. 

13 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘meal program’ 

14 means a program established under the Child Nutrition 

15 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) or the Richard B. 

16 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 

17 seq.).’’. 

18 (b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OVERSEAS DEPEND19 ENTS SCHOOLS.—Section 1402 of the Defense Depend20 ents’ Education Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 921) is amended 

21 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

22 ‘‘(e) MEAL PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Defense 

23 may operate a meal program to provide breakfasts or 

24 lunches to students attending a school of the defense de25 pendents’ education system.’’. 


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1 SEC. 574. STAFFING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDU2 CATION ACTIVITY SCHOOLS TO MAINTAIN 

3 MAXIMUM STUDENT-TO-TEACHER RATIOS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 108 of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2164a 

6 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 2164b. Staffing of Department of Defense Edu8 cation Activity schools to maintain max9 imum student-to-teacher ratios 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Defense 

11 Education Activity shall staff elementary and secondary 

12 schools operated by the Activity so as to maintain, to the 

13 extent practicable, student-to-teacher ratios that do not 

14 exceed the maximum student-to-teacher ratios specified in 

15 subsection (b). 

16 ‘‘(b) MAXIMUM STUDENT-TO-TEACHER RATIOS.— 

17 The maximum student-to-teacher ratios specified in this 

18 subsection are the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) For each of grades kindergarten through 

20 3, a ratio of 18 students to 1 teacher (18:1). 

21 ‘‘(2) For each of grades 4 through 12, a ratio 

22 equal to the average student-to-teacher ratio for 

23 such grade among all Department of Defense Edu24 cation Activity schools during the 2019–2020 aca25 demic year. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of De2 fense Education Activity may grant a temporary 

3 variance to the ratios specified in subsection (b) to 

4 a school operated by the Activity. 

5 ‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION OF

6 VARIANCES.—A variance granted under paragraph 

7 (1)— 

8 ‘‘(A) shall be effective for a period of not 

9 more than one year; and 

10 ‘‘(B) may not take effect until the first day 

11 of the first academic year that begins on or 

12 after the date that is 30 days after the Depart13 ment of Defense Education Activity notifies the 

14 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

15 and the House of Representatives of the vari16 ance. 

17 ‘‘(3) CONTENTS OF NOTIFICATION.—A notifica18 tion submitted under paragraph (2)(B) with respect 

19 to a variance granted under paragraph (1) shall in20 clude— 

21 ‘‘(A) the name, location, and grade levels 

22 for each school covered by the variance; and 

23 ‘‘(B) the student-to-teacher ratios tempo24 rarily authorized under the variance.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

3 after the item relating to section 2164a the following new 

4 item: 

‘‘2164b. Staffing of Department of Defense Education Activity schools to maintain maximum student-to-teacher ratios.’’. 

5 (c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 589B of the Wil6 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza7 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 

8 Stat. 3659) is repealed. 

9 SEC. 575. ENROLLMENT IN DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ EDU10 CATION SYSTEM OF CHILDREN OF FOREIGN 

11 MILITARY MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO UNITED 

12 NATIONS COMMAND. 

13 Section 1404A of the Defense Dependents’ Education 

14 Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 923a) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘a foreign military mem17 ber’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Supreme’’ 

18 and inserting the following: ‘‘foreign military 

19 members assigned to— 

20 ‘‘(A) the Supreme’’; 

21 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

22 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

23 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

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1 ‘‘(B) the United Nations Command, but 

2 only in a school of the defense dependents’ edu3 cation system in South Korea or Japan.’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

6 ‘‘ASSIGNED’’ and all that follows through ‘‘EU7 ROPE’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

10 ‘‘in Mons’’ and all that follows through 

11 ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘described 

12 in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) to deter13 mine the number of children described in 

14 that paragraph’’; and 

15 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

16 ‘‘the commander’’ and all that follows 

17 through ‘‘Belgium’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

18 commanders of the geographic combatant 

19 commands with jurisdiction over the loca20 tions described in paragraph (2) of sub21 section (a)’’; and 

22 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in 

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1 SEC. 576. CERTAIN ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 

2 AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF 

3 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. 

4 (a) CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL

5 EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DEPENDENTS

6 OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DEPARTMENT

7 OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.— 

8 (1) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFI9 CANT NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STU10 DENTS.—Of the amount authorized to be appro11 priated for fiscal year 2025 by section 301 and 

12 available for operation and maintenance for Defense13 wide activities as specified in the funding table in 

14 section 4301, $50,000,000 shall be available only for 

15 the purpose of providing assistance to local edu16 cational agencies under subsection (a) of section 572 

17 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

18 Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 

19 (2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.— 

20 In this subsection, the term ‘‘local educational agen21 cy’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

22 7013(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu23 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount authorized to 

2 be appropriated for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to sec3 tion 301 and available for operation and mainte4 nance for Defense-wide activities as specified in the 

5 funding table in section 4301, $10,000,000 shall be 

6 available for payments under section 363 of the 

7 Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization 

8 Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by 

9 Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–77; 20 

10 U.S.C. 7703a). 

11 (2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.—Of the amount au12 thorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2025 pur13 suant to section 301 and available for operation and 

14 maintenance for Defense-wide activities as specified 

15 in the funding table in section 4301, $20,000,000 

16 shall be available for use by the Secretary of Defense 

17 to make payments to local educational agencies de18 termined by the Secretary to have higher concentra19 tions of military children with severe disabilities. 

20 (3) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2025, 

21 the Secretary shall brief the Committees on Armed 

22 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa23 tives on the Department’s evaluation of each local 

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1 quent determination of the amounts of impact aid 

2 each such agency shall receive. 

3 SEC. 577. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN DEPENDENTS FOR EN4 ROLLMENT IN DOMESTIC DEPENDENT ELE5 MENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 108 of title 10, United 

7 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat8 ing to section 2164b, as added by section 574, the fol9 lowing new section: 

10 ‘‘§ 2164c. Eligibility of certain dependents for enroll11 ment in domestic dependent elementary 

12 and secondary schools 

13 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Beginning not later 

14 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Na15 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, 

16 the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program under 

17 which a dependent of a full-time, active-duty member of 

18 the armed forces may enroll in a covered DODEA school 

19 at the military installation to which the member is as20 signed, on a space-available basis as described in sub21 section (b), without regard to whether the member resides 

22 on the installation as described in section 2164(a)(1) of 

23 this title. 

24 ‘‘(b) ENROLLMENT ON SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS.—A 

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1 may be enrolled in a covered DODEA school only if the 

2 school has the capacity to accept the student, as deter3 mined by the Director of the Department of Defense Edu4 cation Activity. 

5 ‘‘(c) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall select military 

6 installations for participation in the program under sub7 section (a) based on— 

8 ‘‘(1) the readiness needs of the Secretary of the 

9 military department concerned; and 

10 ‘‘(2) the capacity of the covered DODEA 

11 schools located at the installation to accept addi12 tional students, as determined by the Director. 

13 ‘‘(d) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 

15 2025, and annually thereafter for four years, the 

16 Secretary shall brief the Committees on Armed Serv17 ices of the Senate and House of Representatives on 

18 the program under subsection (a). 

19 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing required by 

20 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) An identification of the military in22 stallations participating in the program under 

23 subsection (a). 

24 ‘‘(B) The number of students enrolled in 

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1 ‘‘(e) NOTIFICATIONS OF PARTICIPATING INSTALLA2 TIONS.—Not later than 90 days before officially announc3 ing the participation of a new military installation in the 

4 program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify 

5 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

6 House of Representatives with respect to the participation 

7 of the installation. 

8 ‘‘(f) COVERED DODEA SCHOOL DEFINED.—In this 

9 section, the term ‘covered DODEA school’ means a domes10 tic dependent elementary or secondary school operated by 

11 the Department of Defense Education Activity that— 

12 ‘‘(1) was established on or before the date of 

13 the enactment of the National Defense Authoriza14 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2025; and 

15 ‘‘(2) is located in the continental United 

16 States.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

18 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

19 after the item relating to section 2164b, as added by sec20 tion 574, the following new item: 

‘‘2164c. Eligibility of certain dependents for enrollment in domestic dependent 

elementary and secondary schools.’’. 

21 (c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 589C of the Wil22 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza23 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 

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1 PART II—OTHER MATTERS 

2 SEC. 578. REDESIGN AND MODERNIZATION OF CHILD DE3 VELOPMENT PROGRAM COMPENSATION AND 

4 STAFFING MODELS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in col6 laboration with the Secretaries of the military depart7 ments, shall lead the redesign of the Department of De8 fense child development program compensation model and 

9 the modernization of the child development program staff10 ing model. 

11 (b) REDESIGN OF COMPENSATION MODEL.—The 

12 Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretaries of the mili13 tary departments, shall— 

14 (1) redesign child development program staff 

15 compensation for positions as non-entry level, mid16 to-senior level classroom staff by modernizing the 

17 duties and responsibilities captured in existing de18 scriptions for those positions to more accurately re19 flect current performance and expectations for the 

20 positions; 

21 (2) adjust compensation for higher-level pro22 gram management positions by modernizing the du23 ties and responsibilities captured in existing descrip24 tions for those positions to more accurately reflect 

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1 (3) direct the Department’s personnel office to 

2 make necessary adjustments to modernize the pay 

3 plan for positions described in paragraphs (1) and 

4 (2) to accommodate any compensation increases 

5 driven by the updated descriptions for those posi6 tions required by paragraphs (1) and (2); and 

7 (4) begin implementation of the revised descrip8 tions for those positions and accompanying com9 pensation adjustments not later than April 1, 2025, 

10 subject to the availability of appropriations. 

11 (c) MODERNIZATION OF STAFFING MODEL.—The 

12 Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretaries of the mili13 tary departments, shall lead the modernization of the child 

14 development program staffing model by— 

15 (1) adding key positions to facilitate classroom 

16 operations and provide direct support to child devel17 opment program staff; 

18 (2) adding key positions to coordinate support 

19 for children with special needs and to provide direct 

20 support to the child development program staff 

21 working with those children; and 

22 (3) developing and implementing a five-year 

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1 plementation allowing for adjustments as necessary, 

2 and long-term sustainable impact. 

3 (d) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.— 

4 (1) INITIAL BASELINE BRIEFING.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

6 days after the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act, the Secretary, in collaboration with the 

8 Secretaries of the military departments, shall 

9 provide to the Committees on Armed Services 

10 of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

11 an initial baseline briefing that describes 

12 progress, accomplishments, and the impact of 

13 the redesign of the Department of Defense child 

14 development program compensation model and 

15 the modernization of the child development pro16 gram staffing model. 

17 (B) ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA BASE18 LINE.—The briefing required by subparagraph 

19 (A) shall be used to establish a data baseline. 

20 (2) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

22 after providing the briefing required by para23 graph (1), and annually thereafter for four 

24 years, the Secretary, in collaboration with the 

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1 provide to the Committees on Armed Services 

2 of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

3 a briefing on the progress made with respect to 

4 the redesign of the Department of Defense child 

5 development program compensation model and 

6 the modernization of the child development pro7 gram staffing model. 

8 (B) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing required 

9 by subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 

10 (i) The percentage of child develop11 ment program staff that are also military 

12 spouses. 

13 (ii) The turnover or retention rate of 

14 child development program staff. 

15 (iii) The utilization rate of child devel16 opment program child care spaces. 

17 (iv) The number of child development 

18 program employees who were hired during 

19 the year preceding the briefing. 

20 (v) The percentage of such employees 

21 who resigned within their first six months 

22 of employment. 

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1 (vii) An assessment of the impact of 

2 adding key positions to the child develop3 ment program staffing model under para4 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c). 

5 SEC. 579. SUPPORT FOR EXPANDING EARLY CHILD CARE 

6 OPTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 

7 FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may— 

9 (1) direct the Secretaries of the military depart10 ments to— 

11 (A) use resources of the Department of 

12 Defense to support eligible child care providers 

13 in recruitment and retention of employees, in14 cluding through professional development and 

15 financial incentives for such employees; and 

16 (B) seek to enter into an interagency part17 nership with a Federal agency with the ability 

18 to place national service participants and volun19 teers trained in education services, and in com20 pliance with Department of Defense child devel21 opment center hiring requirements, including 

22 senior volunteer programs, at military child de23 velopment centers in accordance with applicable 

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1 accorded to such participants and volunteers; 

2 and 

3 (2) provide training and resource subsidies to 

4 eligible child care providers and networks of such 

5 providers. 

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) ELIGIBLE CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—The 

8 term ‘‘eligible child care provider’’ has the meaning 

9 given that term in section 658P of the Child Care 

10 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

11 U.S.C. 9858n). 

12 (2) MILITARY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER.— 

13 The term ‘‘military child development center’’ has 

14 the meaning given that term in section 1800 of title 

15 10, United States Code. 

16 SEC. 579A. INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND PILOT PROGRAM. 

17 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 28, 

19 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

20 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

21 the House of Representatives a strategy for the im22 plementation of a military families playground pilot 

23 program, to be known as the ‘‘Inclusive Playground 

24 Pilot Program’’, to design, develop, and construct 

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1 the Exceptional Family Member Program to in2 crease the accessibility and inclusivity of access to 

3 playgrounds on military installations. 

4 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by 

5 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

6 (A) A suggested governance structure for 

7 the Inclusive Playground Pilot Program, includ8 ing— 

9 (i) the suggested officials tasked with 

10 oversight; 

11 (ii) with respect to a governing body 

12 for the program— 

13 (I) an assessment of the feasi14 bility and advisability of the establish15 ment of a governing body; and 

16 (II) a description of the potential 

17 format of a governing body; and 

18 (III) a description of the func19 tions and duties of a governing body 

20 with respect to establishing and main21 taining the Inclusive Playground Pilot 

22 Program; and 

23 (iii) mechanisms for coordinating with 

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1 (B) A list of military installations with 

2 high populations of families enrolled in the Ex3 ceptional Family Member Program, where in4 clusive playgrounds would be of high utility, for 

5 potential participation in the Inclusive Play6 ground Pilot Program. 

7 (C) A description of objectives for the first 

8 3 fiscal years of the Inclusive Playground Pilot 

9 Program, including— 

10 (i) a description of, and a rational for 

11 selecting, those objectives; 

12 (ii) an identification of milestones to13 ward achieving those objectives; and 

14 (iii) metrics for evaluating success in 

15 achieving those objectives. 

16 (D) A description of opportunities and po17 tential timelines for future expansion of the In18 clusive Playground Program, as appropriate. 

19 (E) A list of additional authorities, appro20 priations, or other support from Congress nec21 essary to ensure the success of the Inclusive 

22 Playground Pilot Program. 

23 (F) Any other information the Secretary 

24 considers appropriate. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than January 1, 

2 2026, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 

3 and Readiness (in this section referred to as the 

4 ‘‘Under Secretary’’) shall establish the Inclusive 

5 Playground Pilot Program described in subsection 

6 (a)(1). 

7 (2) GOVERNING BODY.—Upon establishment of 

8 the Inclusive Playground Pilot Program under para9 graph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall form a 

10 governing body to oversee and administrate the pro11 gram. 

12 (3) OBJECTIVE.—The objective of the Inclusive 

13 Playground Program shall be to create a more acces14 sible and inclusive environment for military families, 

15 especially families enrolled in the Exceptional Fam16 ily Member Program, by designing, developing, and 

17 constructing inclusive playgrounds that— 

18 (A) welcome children and families to de19 velop physically, cognitively, socially, and emo20 tionally; 

21 (B) are accessible and ensure all children, 

22 including children with visible and non-visible 

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1 12102)), have recreational activities available; 

2 and 

3 (C) balance a play experience that is bene4 ficial to all children, including children with 

5 visible and non-visible disabilities, at all stages 

6 of development and at all levels of sensory en7 gagement. 

8 (4) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out the In9 clusive Playground Pilot Program, the Under Sec10 retary shall— 

11 (A) select not fewer than 6 military instal12 lations located within the States and territories 

13 of the United States that have the largest com14 munities of families that are enrolled in the Ex15 ceptional Family Member Program; 

16 (B) design, develop, and construct at least 

17 one inclusive playground at each military instal18 lation selected under subparagraph (A); and 

19 (C) establish policies, procedures, and 

20 standards for developing and constructing inclu21 sive playgrounds under the Inclusive Play22 ground Pilot Program. 

23 (5) UPGRADING EXISTING PLAYGROUNDS.—The 

24 Under Secretary may carry out the requirement 

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1 playground at each military installation selected 

2 under paragraph (4)(A) by upgrading an existing 

3 playground at the installation to meet the require4 ments of the Inclusive Playground Pilot Program. 

5 Subtitle G—Junior Officers’ 

6 Training Corps 

7 SEC. 581. NUMBER OF ENROLLED STUDENTS REQUIRE8 MENT FOR JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ 

9 TRAINING CORPS UNIT PARTICIPATION. 

10 Section 2031(b)(1)(A) of title 10, United States 

11 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or (ii) 100, whichever is 

12 less’’ and inserting ‘‘or (ii) 50, whichever is less’’. 

13 SEC. 582. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR JUNIOR RESERVE OFFI14 CER’S TRAINING CORPS MINIMUM PARTICI15 PATION REQUIREMENT. 

16 Section 2031(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following new para18 graph: 

19 ‘‘(3) The Secretary of each military department shall 

20 issue a five-year waiver for the commencement or continu21 ation of any Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps that 

22 does not meet the minimum participant requirement under 

23 paragraph (1)(A), provided that the program— 

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1 ‘‘(B) meets or exceeds tangible, merit-based fac2 tors for training of Junior Reserve Officers’ Train3 ing Corps students; and 

4 ‘‘(C) fosters diversity, competition, and scho5 lastic achievement.’’. 

6 SEC. 583. JROTC WAITING LIST. 

7 Section 2031(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

10 inserting a semicolon; 

11 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

12 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(4) maintain a prioritized waiting list that in16 cludes all secondary educational institutions that 

17 have made a request for a unit under this section 

18 and have not yet been approved by the Secretary 

19 concerned, and prescribe regulations describing the 

20 factors to be considered in assigning priority, includ21 ing the length of time an institution has been wait22 ing for a unit.’’ 


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1 SEC. 584. NUMBER OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAIN2 ING CORPS UNITS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2031 of title 10, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in the first subsection designated subsection 

6 (i), by striking ‘‘support not fewer than 3,400, and 

7 not more than 4,000, units’’ and inserting ‘‘support 

8 not fewer than 3,500, and not more than 4,100, 

9 units’’; and 

10 (2) by redesignating the second subsection des11 ignated subsection (i) as subsection (j). 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

13 subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2026. 

14 SEC. 585. EXTENSION OF JROTC PROGRAMS TO THE JOB 

15 CORPS. 

16 Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘, includ19 ing Job Corps centers as defined in section 147 of 

20 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

21 U.S.C. 3197),’’ after ‘‘secondary educational institu22 tions’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by inserting ‘‘, or is 

24 a Job Corps center as defined in section 147 of the 

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1 U.S.C. 3197)’’ after ‘‘military department con2 cerned’’. 

3 Subtitle H—Decorations and Other 

4 Awards, Miscellaneous Reports, 

5 and Other Matters 

6 SEC. 591. AUTHORITY TO AWARD OR PRESENT A DECORA7 TION FOLLOWING A CONGRESSIONALLY RE8 QUESTED REVIEW. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1130 of title 10, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND

12 AWARD OR PRESENTATION’’ after ‘‘FOR RE13 VIEW’’; 

14 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub15 section (e); and 

16 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(d)(1) A decoration may be awarded or presented 

19 following submission of a favorable recommendation for 

20 the award or presentation under subsection (b). 

21 ‘‘(2) An award or presentation under paragraph (1) 

22 may not occur before the expiration of a 60-day period 

23 for congressional review beginning on the date of submis24 sion of the favorable recommendation under subsection (b) 

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1 ‘‘(3) The authority to make an award or presentation 

2 under this subsection shall apply notwithstanding any lim3 itation described in subsection (a).’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

5 for chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

6 by striking the item relating to section 1130 and inserting 

7 the following: 

‘‘1130. Consideration of proposals for decorations not previously submitted in 

timely fashion: procedures for review and award or presentation.’’. 

8 SEC. 592. POSTHUMOUS ADVANCEMENT OF GENERAL JOHN 

9 D. LAVELLE, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, ON 

10 THE RETIRED LIST. 

11 (a) ADVANCEMENT.—General John D. Lavelle, 

12 United States Air Force (retired), is entitled to hold the 

13 rank of lieutenant general while on the retired list of the 

14 Air Force. 

15 (b) ADDITIONAL BENEFITS NOT TO ACCRUE.—The 

16 advancement of General John D. Lavelle on the retired 

17 list of the Air Force under subsection (a) shall not affect 

18 the retired pay or other benefits from the United States 

19 to which General John D. Lavelle would have been entitled 

20 based upon his military service or affect any benefits to 

21 which any other person may become entitled based on his 

22 military service. 

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1 General John D. Lavelle to a rank higher than lieutenant 

2 general. 

3 SEC. 593. AUTHORIZATION FOR POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF 

4 THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS TO WIL5 LIAM D. OWENS FOR ACTS OF VALOR AT LA 

6 FIERE BRIDGE. 

7 (a) WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.—Notwith8 standing the time limitations specified in section 7274 of 

9 title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation 

10 with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons 

11 who served in the Armed Forces, the Secretary of the 

12 Army may award the Distinguished Service Cross under 

13 section 7272 of such title to William D. Owens for the 

14 acts of valor at La Fiere Bridge described in subsection 

15 (b). 

16 (b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 

17 referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of William 

18 D. Owens from June 6, 1944, to June 8, 1944, at La 

19 Fiere Bridge for which he was previously awarded the 

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1 Subtitle I—Enhanced Recruiting 

2 Efforts 

3 SEC. 595. IMPROVED ACCESS TO HIGH SCHOOL AND COL4 LEGE STUDENTS FOR RECRUITING. 

5 (a) RECRUITING CAMPAIGNS; ACCESS TO SEC6 ONDARY SCHOOLS.—Section 503(c)(1)(A)(i) of chapter 31 

7 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as 

8 follows: 

9 ‘‘(i) shall provide, upon request by 

10 military recruiters from a military serv11 ice— 

12 ‘‘(I) access to secondary school 

13 students that is similar to the access 

14 provided generally to postsecondary 

15 educational institutions or to prospec16 tive employers of those students; and 

17 ‘‘(II) facilitate not less than one 

18 in-person recruitment event per aca19 demic year;’’. 

20 (b) DENIAL OF FUNDS FOR PREVENTING MILITARY

21 RECRUITING ON CAMPUS.—Section 983(b) of title 10, 

22 United States Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (2), by redesignating subpara24 graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec25 tively; 


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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

2 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

3 (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 

4 (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘No funds’’ and in5 serting ‘‘(1) No funds’’; 

6 (4) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by 

7 paragraph (2)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), as 

9 redesignated by paragraph (1), by inserting 

10 ‘‘(or in the case of clause (iii) previously en11 rolled)’’ after ‘‘enrolled’’; 

12 (B) in clause (i), as so redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

14 (C) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by 

15 striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

16 and’’; and 

17 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

18 clause: 

19 ‘‘(iii) names, addresses, electronic mail ad20 dresses (which shall be the electronic mail ad21 dresses provided by the institution, if available), 

22 and telephone listings of students whose dates 

23 of attendance stopped in the prior academic 

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1 (5) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(2) An institution of higher education (including any 

4 subelement of such institution) may not release the infor5 mation described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a 

6 student without the prior written consent of the student 

7 to release such information for the purposes of military 

8 recruitment.’’. 

9 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8528 of the 

10 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

11 U.S.C. 7908) is amended— 

12 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(a) POLICY.—Each local educational agency receiv15 ing assistance under this Act shall comply with section 

16 503(c) of title 10, United States Code.’’; and 

17 (2) by striking subsection (c). 

18 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

19 prescribe regulations to carry out the amendments made 

20 by subsections (a) and (b) this section. 

21 SEC. 596. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON QUALITY OF LIFE 

22 FOR THE ALL-VOLUNTEER ARMED FORCE. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established an inde25 pendent commission in the legislative branch to be 


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1 known as the Commission on Quality of Life for the 

2 All-Volunteer Armed Force (in this section referred 

3 to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

4 (2) DUTIES OF COMMISSION.—The Commission 

5 shall carry out the following duties: 

6 (A) Establish a framework for making an 

7 objective, metrics-informed assessment of qual8 ity of life for members of the Armed Forces and 

9 civilian employees across the Department of De10 fense. Such framework shall include factors re11 lated to compensation, morale, military families, 

12 military and civilian spouse employment, bene13 fits, occupational health and safety, living con14 ditions, and any other factors that the Commis15 sion deems appropriate. 

16 (B) Using the framework established in 

17 subparagraph (A), make an initial assessment 

18 of quality of life for members of the Armed 

19 Forces and civilian employees across the De20 partment of Defense, including separate anal21 yses for members of the Armed Forces and ci22 vilians at the junior, mid-grade, and senior lev23 els, as well as any other relevant subpopulations 

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1 (C) As appropriate, make specific, measur2 able, actionable, realistic, and time-bound policy 

3 recommendations to improve quality of life for 

4 members of the Armed Forces and civilian em5 ployees across the Department of Defense. Such 

6 recommendations shall include considerations of 

7 the following factors: 

8 (i) Current military personnel require9 ments of the Department of Defense, with 

10 particular attention to critical skills spe11 cialties for which existing personnel poli12 cies are inadequate to recruit and retain 

13 members of the Armed Forces to meet 

14 such current requirements. 

15 (ii) Current civilian personnel require16 ments of the Department of Defense, with 

17 particular attention to critical skills spe18 cialties for which existing personnel poli19 cies are inadequate to recruit and retain 

20 civilians to meet such requirements. 

21 (iii) Best practices in military recruit22 ing, retention, talent management, and ca23 reer management for both the active and 

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1 lated to military assignments, promotion, 

2 evaluation, and professional development. 

3 (iv) Budget requirements, including 

4 foreseeable risks and benefits of trade-offs 

5 between personnel investments and invest6 ments in readiness, acquisitions, and re7 search and development in the Department 

8 of Defense. 

9 (D) Examine the ways in which the De10 partment of Defense communicates its employee 

11 value proposition both to current members of 

12 the Armed Forces and civilian employees and 

13 also to prospective recruits and employees of 

14 the Department of Defense, and make rec15 ommendations for improvement. 

16 (E) Assess and make recommendations for 

17 the Department of Defense to communicate the 

18 value and benefits of military and civilian serv19 ice to the American public. 

20 (F) Submit a comprehensive report, includ21 ing all of the Commission’s analysis, findings, 

22 recommendations, and any legislative or regu23 latory proposals necessary to implement the 

24 Commission’s recommendations. 

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1 (A) HEARINGS.—The Commission may 

2 hold such hearings, sit and act at such times 

3 and places, take such testimony, and receive 

4 such evidence as the Commission considers ad5 visable to carry out its duties under this sec6 tion. 

7 (B) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGEN8 CIES.—The Commission may secure directly 

9 from any Federal department or agency such 

10 information as the Commission considers nec11 essary to carry out its duties under this section. 

12 Upon request of the co-chairs of the Commis13 sion, the head of such department or agency 

14 shall furnish such information to the Commis15 sion. 

16 (C) USE OF POSTAL SERVICE.—The Com17 mission may use the United States mails in the 

18 same manner and under the same conditions as 

19 other departments and agencies of the Federal 

20 Government. 

21 (D) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS.— 

22 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Commission 

23 may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or do24 nations of services, goods, and property 

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1 of aiding and facilitating the work of the 

2 Commission. The authority under this 

3 paragraph does not extend to gifts of 

4 money. 

5 (ii) DOCUMENTATION; CONFLICTS OF

6 INTEREST.—The Commission shall docu7 ment gifts accepted under the authority 

8 provided by clause (i) and shall avoid con9 flicts of interest or the appearance of con10 flicts of interest. 

11 (iii) COMPLIANCE WITH CONGRES12 SIONAL ETHICS RULES.—Except as specifi13 cally provided in this section, a member of 

14 the Commission shall comply with rules set 

15 forth by the Select Committee on Ethics of 

16 the Senate and the Committee on Ethics of 

17 the House of Representatives governing 

18 employees of the Senate and the House of 

19 Representatives, respectively. 

20 (4) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than De21 cember 31, 2025, the Commission shall submit to 

22 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

23 and House of Representatives an unclassified report, 

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1 ommendations of the Commission as a result of the 

2 studies required under this section, with a final re3 port, recommendations, and any legislative proposals 

4 as the Commission considers appropriate in light of 

5 the results of the studies to be submitted at a time 

6 agreed subsequent to the submission if the initial re7 port. 

8 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

9 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 

10 composed of 8 members, of whom— 

11 (A) one shall be appointed by the Majority 

12 Leader of the Senate; 

13 (B) one shall be appointed by the Minority 

14 Leader of the Senate; 

15 (C) one shall be appointed by the Speaker 

16 of the House of Representatives; 

17 (D) one shall be appointed by the Minority 

18 Leader of the House of Representatives; 

19 (E) one shall be appointed by the Chair20 man of the Committee on Armed Services of 

21 the Senate; 

22 (F) one shall be appointed by the Ranking 

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1 (G) one shall be appointed by the Chair2 man of the Committee on Armed Services of 

3 the House of Representatives; and 

4 (H) one shall be appointed by the Ranking 

5 Member of the Committee on Armed Services of 

6 the House of Representatives. 

7 (2) CO-CHAIRS.—There shall be two Co-Chairs 

8 of the Commission. The Republican leadership of the 

9 Senate and House of Representatives shall jointly 

10 select one Co-Chair, and the Democratic leadership 

11 of the Senate and House of Representatives shall 

12 jointly select the other. 

13 (3) APPOINTMENT DATE; NOTIFICATIONS.— 

14 (A) APPOINTMENT.—Members shall be ap15 pointed to the commission under paragraph (1) 

16 by not later than 90 days after the date of en17 actment of this Act. 

18 (B) NOTIFICATION.—Individuals making 

19 appointments under paragraph shall provide no20 tice of the appointments to the Secretary of De21 fense (in this section referred to as 

22 the‘‘Secretary’’ ). 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—In making appoint2 ments under this subsection, consideration shall 

3 be given to individuals with expertise in— 

4 (i) labor economics; 

5 (ii) human resources and talent man6 agement 

7 (iii) military personnel law and policy; 

8 (iv) sales, advertising, and marketing; 

9 (v) military strategy and force struc10 ture; 

11 (vi) civil service laws and policies; 

12 (vii) demography; 

13 (viii) education and training; and 

14 (ix) American military history. 

15 (B) RESTRICTION ON APPOINTMENT.—Of16 ficers or employees of the Federal Government 

17 (other than experts or consultants the services 

18 of which are procured under section 3109 of 

19 title 5, United States Code) may not be ap20 pointed as members of the Commission. 

21 (C) RESTRICTION ON MEMBERS OF CON22 GRESS.—Members of Congress may not serve 

23 on the Commission. 

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1 (A) APPOINTMENT DURATION.—Members 

2 shall be appointed for the life of the Commis3 sion. 

4 (B) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the 

5 Commission shall not affect its powers, but 

6 shall be filled in the same manner as the origi7 nal appointment. 

8 (C) REMOVAL OF MEMBERS.—A member 

9 may be removed from the Commission for cause 

10 by the individual serving in the position respon11 sible for the original appointment of such mem12 ber under paragraph (1), provided that notice 

13 has first been provided to such member of the 

14 cause for removal and voted and agreed upon 

15 by three quarters of the members serving. A va16 cancy created by the removal of a member 

17 under this subsection shall not affect the pow18 ers of the Commission, and shall be filled in the 

19 same manner as the original appointment was 

20 made. 

21 (D) QUORUM.—A majority of the members 

22 serving on the Commission shall constitute a 

23 quorum. 

24 (E) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 

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1 Commission have been appointed as published 

2 in the Congressional Record, the Commission 

3 shall hold its initial meeting. 

4 (c) PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

5 (1) STATUS AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Not6 withstanding the requirements of section 2105 of 

7 title 5, United States Code, including the required 

8 supervision under subsection (a)(3) of such section, 

9 members of the Commission shall be deemed to be 

10 Federal employees in the legislative branch subject 

11 to all the laws and policies applicable to legislative 

12 branch employees. 

13 (2) OATH OF OFFICE.—Notwithstanding the 

14 provision of section 2903(b) of title 5, United States 

15 Code, an employee of an executive branch agency, 

16 otherwise authorized to administer oaths under sec17 tion 2903 of title 5, United States Code, may ad18 minister the oath of office to Commissioners for the 

19 purpose of their service to the Commission. 

20 (3) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The appropriate 

21 Federal departments or agencies shall cooperate 

22 with the Commission in expeditiously providing to 

23 the Commission members and staff appropriate se24 curity clearances to the extent possible pursuant to 

25 existing procedures and requirements, except that no 


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1 person may be provided with access to classified in2 formation under this Act without the appropriate se3 curity clearances. 

4 (4) PAY FOR MEMBERS.—Each member of the 

5 Commission may be compensated at a rate not to 

6 exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 

7 basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive 

8 Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

9 States Code, for each day (including travel time) 

10 during which such member is engaged in the per11 formance of the duties of the Commission. 

12 (5) STAFF.— 

13 (A) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Co14 Chairs of the Commission may appoint and fix 

15 the rate of basic pay for an Executive Director 

16 in accordance with section 3161 of title 5, 

17 United States Code. 

18 (B) COMMISSION STAFF.—The Executive 

19 Director may appoint and fix the rate of basic 

20 pay for additional personnel as staff of the 

21 Commission in accordance with section 3161 of 

22 title 5, United States Code. 

23 (C) DETAILEES AUTHORIZED.—On a reim24 bursable or non-reimbursable basis, the heads 

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1 Government may provide, and the Commission 

2 may accept, personnel detailed from such de3 partments and agencies, including active duty 

4 military personnel. 

5 (D) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members 

6 and staff of the Commission shall be allowed 

7 travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

8 subsistence, at rates authorized for employees 

9 of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 

10 title 5, United States Code, while away from 

11 their homes or regular places of business in the 

12 performance of services for the Commission. 

13 (d) SUPPORT.— 

14 (1) ASSISTANCE FROM DEPARTMENT OF DE15 FENSE.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts author17 ized to be appropriated for the Department of 

18 Defense for support of the Commission, the 

19 Secretary may make transfers to the Commis20 sion for commission expenses, including com21 pensation of commission members, officers, and 

22 employees, and provision of other such services, 

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1 port and provide assistance to the Commission 

2 may be used for payment of compensation of 

3 members, officers, and employees of the Com4 mission without transfer under this subpara5 graph. Amounts transferred under this sub6 paragraph shall remain available until ex7 pended. Transfer authority provided by this 

8 subparagraph is in addition to any other trans9 fer authority provided by law. Section 2215 of 

10 title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to 

11 a transfer of funds under this subparagraph. 

12 (B) TREASURY ACCOUNT AUTHORIZED.— 

13 The Secretary of the Treasury may establish an 

14 account or accounts for the Commission from 

15 which any amounts transferred under this 

16 clause may be used for activities of the Com17 mission. 

18 (2) LIAISON.—The Secretary shall designate at 

19 least one officer or employee of the Department of 

20 Defense to serve as a liaison officer between the De21 partment and the Commission. 

22 (3) ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.—To the extent that 

23 funds are available for such purpose, or on a reim24 bursable basis, the Secretary may, at the request of 

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1 (A) enter into contracts for the acquisition 

2 of administrative supplies and equipment for 

3 use by the Commission; and 

4 (B) make available the services of a feder5 ally funded research and development center or 

6 an independent, nongovernmental organization, 

7 described under section 501(c)(3) of the Inter8 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 

9 taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. 

10 (4) PRELIMINARY ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

11 AUTHORIZED.—Upon the appointment of the Co12 Chairs under subsection (b), the Secretary may pro13 vide administrative support authorized under this 

14 section necessary to facilitate the standing up of the 

15 Commission. 

16 (e) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.—The Commis17 sion shall terminate 90 days after the submission of the 

18 report required under subsection (a)(4). 

19 SEC. 597. MILITARY ENTRANCE PROCESSING COMMAND 

20 PROCESSING PILOT. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of Defense 

22 for Personnel and Readiness shall develop and implement 

23 a pilot program to require joint reserve component support 

24 for the United States Military Entrance Processing Com25 mand (MEPCOM) to accelerate medical record reviews. 


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1 As part of the program, the Under Secretary may require 

2 doctors and nurses from each service to support 

3 MEPCOM in reviewing medical records. 

4 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall 

6 provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees 

7 on actions taken to implement the program established 

8 under subsection (a). 

9 (c) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall termi10 nate two years after the date of the establishment of the 

11 program. 

12 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days before the pilot 

13 program ends, the Under Secretary shall submit a report 

14 to the congressional defense committees that includes an 

15 explanation of any impact the pilot program has had on 

16 recruitment, including the speed of medical waiver proc17 essing and a recommendation for whether to establish the 

18 pilot as a permanent program. 

19 SEC. 597A. MILITARY ACCESSIONS STANDARDS REVIEW. 

20 (a) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

22 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re23 view of military accession standards and any ongoing 

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1 (1) an explanation of medical standard modi2 fications made to date through the Medical Acces3 sion Records Pilot (MARP) and the number of re4 cruits allowed in as a result of the pilot program; 

5 (2) recommendations and plans to make perma6 nent modifications to standards made under the 

7 MARP program; 

8 (3) a plan to expand the MARP program to ex9 amine additional medical accession standards that 

10 can be modified to accelerate the medical waiver 

11 process without lowering standards for entry into 

12 the Armed Forces; 

13 (4) an assessment of whether any disqualifying 

14 conditions outlined in DoD Instruction 6130.03 

15 should be modified based on a recruit’s intended 

16 military occupational specialty and likelihood of de17 ployment into combat; and 

18 (5) an assessment the advisability of updating 

19 DoD Instruction 6130.03 to include service-specific 

20 medical standards. 

21 (b) NOTIFICATION OF TERMINATION REQUIRE22 MENT.—The Secretary shall notify the congressional de23 fense committees at least one year before terminating the 

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1 Subtitle J—Automatic Selective 

2 Service System Registration 

3 SEC. 598. REFERENCES. 

4 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

5 in this subtitle to a section or other provision shall be 

6 deemed to be a reference to the Military Selective Service 

7 Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.). 

8 SEC. 598A. SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM AUTOMATIC REG9 ISTRATION. 

10 (a) AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION.—Section 3 (50 

11 U.S.C. 3802) is amended— 

12 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, every 

15 citizen of the United States, and every other person resid16 ing in the United States, between the ages of eighteen and 

17 twenty-six shall be automatically registered by the Selec18 tive Service System. The provisions of this section shall 

19 not be applicable to any alien lawfully admitted to the 

20 United States as a nonimmigrant under section 

21 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

22 U.S.C. 1105(a)(15)), for so long as they continue to main23 tain a lawful nonimmigrant status in the United States.’’; 

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1 ‘‘(b) The Selective Service System shall register indi2 viduals described in subsection (a) within thirty days of 

3 the individual reaching age eighteen or within thirty days 

4 of learning that a person is required to be registered, 

5 whichever occurs last.’’; and 

6 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub7 sections: 

8 ‘‘(c) When requested by the Selective Service System, 

9 a person subject to registration under subsection (a) shall 

10 provide such identifying information (including date of 

11 birth, address, social security account number, phone 

12 number, and email address) necessary to ensure timely 

13 registration and maintain the accuracy of the registrant 

14 database. Identifying information shall include the reg15 istrant’s full name, date of birth, address, and social secu16 rity number. A person may provide this information to the 

17 Selective Service System on their own accord. 

18 ‘‘(d) Those registered by the Selective Service System 

19 shall be notified that they have been registered and if the 

20 registrant is not required to be registered under this Act, 

21 there shall be processes and procedures for the person to 

22 be removed from the registrant database.’’. 

23 SEC. 598B. ELIMINATION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 

24 REGISTRATION INCENTIVES. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 33 

2 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik3 ing section 3328. 

4 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec5 tions at the beginning of such subchapter is amend6 ed by striking the item relating to section 3328. 

7 (b) WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY

8 ACT.—Section 189 of the Workforce Innovation and Op9 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3249) is amended by striking 

10 subsection (h). 

11 (c) MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.—Section 12 

12 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3811) is 

13 amended by striking subsections (f) and (g) 

14 SEC. 598C. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

15 The Military Selective Service Act is amended— 

16 (1) in section 4 (50 U.S.C. 3803)— 

17 (A) in subsection (a)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘required to register’’ 

19 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘reg20 istered’’; 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘at the time fixed for 

22 his registration,’’; 

23 (iii) by striking ‘‘who is required to 

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1 (iv) by striking ‘‘his acceptability in 

2 all respects, including his’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘such person’s acceptability in all respects, 

4 including such person’s’’; 

5 (v) by striking ‘‘he may prescribe’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘the President may pre7 scribe’’; and 

8 (vi) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it ap9 pears and inserting ‘‘their’’; 

10 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘in which 

11 he resides’’ both places it appears and inserting 

12 ‘‘in which such person resides’’; 

13 (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘enlisted 

14 men’’ and inserting ‘‘enlisted persons’’; 

15 (D) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘coordi16 nate with him’’ and inserting ‘‘coordinate with 

17 the Director’’; and 

18 (E) in subsection (k)— 

19 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

20 ‘‘finding by him’’ and inserting ‘‘finding by 

21 the President’’; and 

22 (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

23 ‘‘liable for registration’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘registered’’; 

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1 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘on 

2 account of race or color’’ and inserting ‘‘on any 

3 basis set forth in section 703(a) of the Civil 

4 Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–2(a))’’; 

5 and 

6 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘men’’ 

7 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘persons’’; 

8 (3) in section 6 (50 U.S.C. 3806)— 

9 (A) in subsection (a)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘enlisted men’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘enlisted persons’’; 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘required to be’’; 

14 (III) by striking ‘‘subject to reg15 istration’’ and inserting ‘‘registered’’; 

16 (IV) by striking ‘‘him’’ and in17 serting ‘‘them’’; and 

18 (V) by striking ‘‘liable for reg19 istration and training’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘registered and liable for training’’; 

21 and 

22 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘re23 quired to be’’ each place it appears; 


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1 (B) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by striking 

2 ‘‘he may prescribe’’ and inserting ‘‘the Presi3 dent may prescribe’’; 

4 (C) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘he 

5 may deem appropriate’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

6 President considers appropriate’’; and 

7 (D) in subsection (h)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘he may prescribe’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘the President may prescribe’’; 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘such rules and regu11 lations as he’’ and inserting ‘‘such rules 

12 and regulations as the President’’; 

13 (iii) by striking ‘‘(other than wives 

14 alone, except in cases of extreme hard15 ship)’’; 

16 (iv) by striking ‘‘be physically, men17 tally, or morally deficient or defective’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘have significant physical, men19 tal, or moral impairments’’; 

20 (v) by striking ‘‘persons dependent 

21 upon him’’ and inserting ‘‘persons depend22 ent upon them’’; and 

23 (vi) by striking ‘‘wives and children’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘spouses and children’’; 

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1 (A) in subsection (b)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘he may deem’’ each 

3 place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Presi4 dent considers’’; 

5 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘registration,’’; 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘He shall create’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘The President shall 

9 create’’; 

10 (III) by striking ‘‘upon his own 

11 motion’’ and inserting ‘‘upon the 

12 President’s own motion’’; 

13 (IV) by striking ‘‘excepted from 

14 registration or’’; and 

15 (V) by striking ‘‘his status’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘such individual’s status’’; 

17 and 

18 (iii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘his 

19 status’’ and inserting ‘‘such individual’s 

20 status’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘vested 

22 in him’’ and inserting ‘‘vested in the Presi23 dent’’; 

24 (5) in section 12 (50 U.S.C. 3811)— 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘, neglecting, or refus2 ing the duty of registering imposed by’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘registration under’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘, or within five years 

5 next after the last day before such person 

6 does perform his duty to register, which7 ever shall first occur’’; and 

8 (B) in subsection (e)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘President may require 

10 the Secretary of Health and Human Serv11 ices’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the fol12 lowing information’’ and inserting ‘‘Com13 missioner of Social Security Administration 

14 shall furnish to the Director, on a reim15 bursable basis from records available to the 

16 Commissioner, as provided by any other 

17 law in effect on the date of enactment of 

18 the National Defense Authorization Act for 

19 Fiscal Year 2025, the following informa20 tion’’; 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘by a proclamation of 

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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘to present themselves 

2 for and submit to registration under this 

3 section’’; and 

4 (iv) by striking ‘‘furnished to the Di5 rector by the Secretary’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘furnished to the Director by the Commis7 sioner’’; 

8 (6) in section 13 (50 U.S.C. 3812(b)), by strik9 ing ‘‘given an opportunity to submit his’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘given an opportunity to submit their’’; 

11 (7) in section 15 (50 U.S.C. 3813)— 

12 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘upon 

13 publication by the President of a proclamation 

14 or other public notice fixing a time for any reg15 istration under section 3’’ and inserting ‘‘upon 

16 promulgation of regulations’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘his’’ 

18 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the reg19 istrant’s’’; and 

20 (C) in subsection (d)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘he has’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘they have’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘he may deem’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘the President considers’’; 

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1 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘men’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘persons’’; and 

3 (B) in subsection (g)— 

4 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘who 

5 as his regular and customary vocation’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘who, as such person’s reg7 ular and customary vocation,’’; and 

8 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (I) by striking ‘‘one who as his 

10 customary vocation’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

11 person who, as such person’s cus12 tomary vocation’’; and 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘he is a member’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘such person is a mem15 ber’’; 

16 (9) in section 18(a) (50 U.S.C. 3816(a)), by 

17 striking ‘‘he is authorized’’ and inserting ‘‘the Presi18 dent is authorized’’; 

19 (10) in section 21 (50 U.S.C. 3819)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘he is sooner’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘sooner’’; 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place it appears 

23 and inserting ‘‘such member’’; and 

24 (C) by striking ‘‘his consent’’ and inserting 

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1 (11) in section 22(b) (50 U.S.C. 3820(b)), by 

2 striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘the registrant’s’’; and 

4 (12) except as otherwise provided in this sec5 tion— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place it appears 

7 and inserting ‘‘such person’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears 

9 and inserting ‘‘such person’s’’; and 

10 (C) by striking ‘‘him’’ each place it ap11 pears and inserting ‘‘such person’’. 

12 SEC. 598D. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

13 The amendments made by this subtitle shall take ef14 fect two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

15 Subtitle K—Other Matters 

16 SEC. 599. EVALUATION OF MILITARY RECRUITS AND OFFI17 CER CANDIDATES FOR DRUG USE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

19 ensure that all prospective recruits and officer candidates 

20 undergo testing for controlled substances prior to enlist21 ment or appointment as an officer in the Armed Forces. 

22 (b) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DEFINED.—In this 

23 section, the term ‘‘controlled substance’’ means a sub24 stance described in section 912a(b) of title 10, United 

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1 SEC. 599A. PROMOTING MILITARY, NATIONAL, AND PUBLIC 

2 SERVICE. 

3 (a) SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM DATA SHARING

4 AMENDMENTS.—Section 15(e) of the Military Selective 

5 Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3813(e)) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘the names and addresses’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘the full names, email addresses (if avail8 able), dates of birth, phone numbers (if available), 

9 and mailing addresses’’; and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘Names and addresses fur11 nished’’ and inserting ‘‘Full names, email addresses, 

12 dates of birth, phone numbers, and mailing address13 es furnished’’. 

14 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

15 this section shall take effect 120 days after the date of 

16 the enactment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 599B. COURSE TO EDUCATE INTERESTED INDIVID18 UALS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO CON19 TRIBUTE TO NATIONAL SECURITY. 

20 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

21 (1) many United States citizens or lawful per22 manent residents of the United States with a pro23 pensity to serve the United States are not medically 

24 qualified to serve in the United States Armed 

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1 overall security of the nation, especially throughout 

2 the civil service and in the defense industrial base; 

3 (2) in 2024, the defense industrial base is expe4 riencing a shortfall of qualified workers, resulting in 

5 delayed production of critical platforms that support 

6 the security of the United States; and 

7 (3) individuals who volunteer to serve in the 

8 military, but are ultimately medically disqualified 

9 from enlistment, are likely to possess many of the 

10 attributes that will lead to successful careers in 

11 other aspects of national service. 

12 (b) COURSE REQUIRED.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

15 Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Read16 iness, in collaboration with the Secretaries concerned 

17 (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United 

18 States Code), shall begin offering the course de19 scribed in paragraph (2) to individuals who volun20 teer to enlist or commission in the Armed Forces 

21 but who are ultimately disqualified by a Military En22 trance Processing Station. 

23 (2) COURSE DESCRIBED.—The course described 

24 in this paragraph is a course designed by the Under 

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1 educate individuals described in paragraph (1) about 

2 other opportunities to contribute to national secu3 rity, including— 

4 (A) workforce development opportunities 

5 that lead to employment within the defense in6 dustrial base; 

7 (B) education opportunities that result in 

8 civil service jobs in the Department of Defense; 

9 and 

10 (C) other programs that connect individ11 uals with a propensity to serve with opportuni12 ties to contribute to national security, as deter13 mined by the Under Secretary. 

14 TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 

15 OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 

16 Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 

17 SEC. 601. REFORM OF BASIC PAY RATES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective January 1, 2025, and 

19 subject to subsection (b), the rates of monthly basic pay 

20 for members of the uniformed services within each pay 

21 grade (and with years of service as computed under sec22 tion 205 of title 37, United States Code) are as follows: 

Commissioned Officers 

Pay 

Grade 

2 or Less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6 

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Commissioned Officers—Continued 

O–7 10,638.90 11,133.00 11,361.90 11,544.00 11,872.80 

O–6 8,067.90 8,863.20 9,444.90 9,444.90 9,481.20 

O–5 6,725.70 7,576.50 8,100.90 8,199.60 8,527.20 

O–4 5,803.20 6,717.30 7,166.40 7,265.40 7,681.50 

O–3 5,102.10 5,783.70 6,241.80 6,806.10 7,132.80 

O–2 4,408.50 5,020.80 5,782.80 5,978.10 6,100.80 

O–1 3,826.20 3,982.80 4,814.70 4,814.70 4,814.70 

Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Over 16 

O–8 $14,506.50 $14,641.80 $15,192.60 $15,351.30 $15,825.90 

O–7 12,198.30 12,574.20 12,948.90 13,325.40 14,506.50 

O–6 9,887.40 9,941.40 9,941.40 10,506.30 11,505.00 

O–5 8,722.50 9,153.00 9,469.80 9,878.10 10,501.80 

O–4 8,127.90 8,684.10 9,116.10 9,416.70 9,589.50 

O–3 7,490.70 7,721.70 8,102.10 8,301.00 8,301.00 

O–2 6,100.80 6,100.80 6,100.80 6,100.80 6,100.80 

O–1 4,814.70 4,814.70 4,814.70 4,814.70 4,814.70 

Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26 

O–10 $0.00 $18,491.70 $18,491.70 18,491.70 $18,491.70 

O–9 0.00 18,096.00 18,357.30 18,491.70 18,491.70 

O–8 16,512.90 17,145.60 17,568.60 17,568.60 17,568.60 

O–7 15,504.30 15,504.30 15,504.30 15,504.30 15,584.10 

O–6 12,091.20 12,677.10 13,010.70 13,348.50 14,002.80 

O–5 10,799.10 11,093.10 11,426.70 11,426.70 11,426.70 

O–4 9,689.10 9,689.10 9,689.10 9,689.10 9,689.10 

O–3 8,301.00 8,301.00 8,301.00 8,301.00 8,301.00 

O–2 6,100.80 6,100.80 6,100.80 6,100.80 6,100.80 

O–1 4,814.70 4,814.70 4,814.70 4,814.70 4,814.70 

Over 28 Over 30 Over 32 Over 34 Over 36 

O–10 $18,491.70 $18,491.70 $18,491.70 $18,491.70 $18,491.70 

O–9 18,491.70 18,491.70 18,491.70 18,491.70 18,491.70 

O–8 17,568.60 18,008.40 18,008.40 18,458.10 18,458.10 

O–7 15,584.10 15,895.80 15,895.80 15,895.80 15,895.80 

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Commissioned Officers—Continued 

O–5 11,426.70 11,426.70 11,426.70 11,426.70 11,426.70 

O–4 9,689.10 9,689.10 9,689.10 9,689.10, 9,689.10 

O–3 8,301.00 8,301.00 8,301.00 8,301.00 8,301.00 

O–2 6,100.80 6,100.80 6,100.80 6,100.80 6,100.80 

O–1 4,814.70 4,814.70 4,814.70 4,814.70 4,814.70 

Over 38 Over 40 

O–10 $18,491.70 $18,491.70 

O–9 18,491.70 18,491.70 

O–8 18,458.10 18,458.10 

O–7 15,895.80 15,895.80 

O–6 14,282.40 14,282.40 

O–5 11,426.70 11,426.70 

O–4 9,689.10 9,689.10 

O–3 8,301.00 8,301.00 

O–2 6,100.80 6,100.80 

O–1 4,814.70 4,814.70 

Commissioned Officers With Over 4 Years of Active Duty 

Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer 

Pay 

Grade 

2 or Less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6 

O–3E $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $6,806.10 $7,132.80 

O–2E 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,978.10 6,100.80 

O–1E 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,814.70 5,141.10 

Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Over 16 

O–3E $7,490.70 $7,721.70 $8,102.10 $8,423.40 $8,607.90 

O–2E 6,294.90 6,622.80 6,876.60 7,065.00 7,065.00 

O–1E 5,331.30 5,525.70 5,716.50 5,978.10 5,978.10 

Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26 

O–3E $8,859.00 $8,859.00 $8,859.00 $8,859.00 $8,859.00 

O–2E 7,065.00 7,065.00 7,065.00 7,065.00 7,065.00 

O–1E 5,978.10 5,978.10 5,978.10 5,978.10 5,978.10 

Over 28 Over 30 Over 32 Over 34 Over 36 

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Commissioned Officers With Over 4 Years of Active Duty 

Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer—Continued 

O–2E 7,065.00 7,065.00 7,065.00 7,065.00 7,065.00 

O–1E 5,978.10 5,978.10 5,978.10 5,978.10 5,978.10 

Over 38 Over 40 

O–3E $8,859.00 $8,859.00 

O–2E 7,065.00 7,065.00 

O–1E 5,978.10 5,978.10 

Warrant Officers 

Pay 

Grade 2 or Less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6 

W–4 $5,273.10 $5,671.50 $5,834.40 $5,994.60 $6,270.60 

W–3 4,815.60 5,015.70 5,222.10 5,289.00 5,504.40 

W–2 4,260.90 4,663.80 4,787.70 4,873.20 5,149.20 

W–1 3,739.80 4,143.00 4,250.70 4,479.60 4,749.90 

Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Over 16 

W–3 5,928.90 6,370.80 6,579.00 6,819.90 7,067.40 

W–2 5,578.50 5,791.80 6,001.20 6,257.40 6,457.80 

W–1 5,148.30 5,334.30 5,595.30 5,850.90 6,052.20 

Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26 

W–5 $0.00 $9,375.60 $9,851.10 $10,205.70 $10,597.20 

W–4 8,231.10 8,508.30 8,914.50 9,248.70 9,629.70 

W–3 7,513.80 7,814.70 7,994.70 8,186.10 8,447.10 

W–2 6,639.00 6,856.20 6,998.70 7,111.80 7,111.80 

W–1 6,237.60 6,462.90 6,462.90 6,462.90 6,462.90 

Over 28 Over 30 Over 32 Over 34 Over 36 

W–5 $10,597.20 $11,128.20 $11,128.20 $11,683.50 $11,683.50 

W–4 9,629.70 9,821.70 9,821.70 9,821.70 9,821.70 

W–3 8,447.10 8,447.10 8,447.10 8,447.10 8,447.10 

W–2 7,111.80 7,111.80 7,111.80 7,111.80 7,111.80 

W–1 6,462.90 6,462.90 6,462.90 6,462.90 6,462.90 

Over 38 Over 40 

W–5 $12,269.10 $12,269.10 


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Warrant Officers—Continued 

W–4 9,821.70 9,821.70 

W–3 8,447.10 8,447.10 

W–2 7,111.80 7,111.80 

W–1 6,462.90 6,462.90 

Enlisted Members 

Pay 

Grade 2 or Less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6 

E–7 $3,624.90 $3,956.40 $4,108.20 $4,308.30 $4,465.50 

E–6 3,135.60 3,450.60 3,603.00 3,750.90 3,904.80 

E–5 2,872.20 3,065.70 3,214.20 3,365.70 3,601.80 

E–4 2,633.70 2,768.40 2,918.40 3,066.30 3,197.40 

E–3 2,401.20 2,552.10 2,706.90 2,706.90 2,706.90 

E–2 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 

E–1 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 

Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Over 16 

E–9 $0.00 $6,370.50 $6,514.80 $6,696.60 $6,910.50 

E–8 5,214.90 5,445.60 5,588.40 5,759.40 5,944.50 

E–7 4,734.60 4,886.40 5,155.20 5,379.30 5,532.30 

E–6 4,252.50 4,387.80 4,649.70 4,729.80 4,788.00 

E–5 3,848.70 4,052.10 4,076.40 4,076.40 4,076.40 

E–4 3,197.40 3,197.40 3,197.40 3,197.40 3,197.40 

E–3 2,706.90 2,706.90 2,706.90 2,706.90 2,706.90 

E–2 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 

E–1 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 

Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26 

E–9 $7,127.10 $7,472.10 $7,765.20 $8,072.70 $8,544.00 

E–8 6,279.30 6,449.10 6,737.40 6,897.30 7,291.20 

E–7 5,694.90 5,757.90 5,969.70 6,083.10 6,515.70 

E–6 4,856.40 4,856.40 4,856.40 4,856.40 4,856.40 

E–5 4,076.40 4,076.40 4,076.40 4,076.40 4,076.40 

E–4 3,197.40 3,197.40 3,197.40 3,197.40 3,197.40 

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Enlisted Members—Continued 

E–2 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 

E–1 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 

Over 28 Over 30 Over 32 Over 34 Over 36 

E–9 $8,544.00 $8,970.30 $8,970.30 $9,419.40 $9,419.40 

E–8 7,291.20 7,437.30 7,437.30 7,437.30 7,437.30 

E–7 6,515.70 6,515.70 6,515.70 6,515.70 6,515.70 

E–6 4,856.40 4,856.40 4,856.40 4,856.40 4,856.40 

E–5 4,076.40 4,076.40 4,076.40 4,076.40 4,076.40 

E–4 3,197.40 3,197.40 3,197.40 3,197.40 3,197.40 

E–3 2,706.90 2,706.90 2,706.90 2,706.90 2,706.90 

E–2 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 2,283.60 

E–1 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 2,037.30 

Over 38 Over 40 

E–9 $9,891.30 $9,891.30 

E–8 7,437.30 7,437.30 

E–7 6,515.70 6,515.70 

E–6 4,856.40 4,856.40 

E–5 4,076.40 4,076.40 

E–4 3,197.40 3,197.40 

E–3 2,706.90 2,706.90 

E–2 2,283.60 2,283.60 

E–1 2,037.30 2,037.30 

1 (b) ADDITIONAL PAY INCREASE.—The increase in 

2 monthly basic pay authorized by section 1009 of title 37, 

3 United States Code, is in addition to the changes to the 

4 rates of monthly basic pay provided for under subsection 

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1 SEC. 602. AUTHORITY TO PAY HIGHER RATES OF PARTIAL 

2 BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOR UNAC3 COMPANIED HOUSING. 

4 Section 2882(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘A member’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 

7 A member’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

9 paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense may prescribe and, 

11 under section 403(o) of title 37, pay for members of the 

12 armed forces without dependents in military unaccom13 panied housing acquired or constructed under this sub14 chapter higher rates of partial basic allowance for housing 

15 than the rates authorized under paragraph (2) of such sec16 tion. 

17 ‘‘(B) The Secretary may not prescribe and pay a rate 

18 of partial basic allowance for housing under this para19 graph that exceeds the rate of the basic allowance for 

20 housing prescribed under section 403 of title 37 for the 

21 military housing area concerned.’’. 

22 SEC. 603. AUTHORITY TO PAY BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR 

23 HOUSING TO JUNIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS 

24 ON SEA DUTY. 

25 Section 403(f)(2) of title 37, United States Code, is 

26 amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subpara2 graphs (B), (C), and (D),’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara3 graphs (B) and (C),’’; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘pay 

6 grade E–4 or E–5’’ and inserting ‘‘a pay grade 

7 below E–6’’; and 

8 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

9 ‘‘for members serving in pay grades E–4 and 

10 E–5’’; and 

11 (3) by striking subparagraph (D). 

12 SEC. 604. EXTENSION OF TRAVEL ALLOWANCE FOR MEM13 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ASSIGNED TO 

14 ALASKA. 

15 Section 603(b) of the James M. Inhofe National De16 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

17 117–263; 136 Stat. 2620) is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

19 (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; and 

20 (2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and in21 serting the following: 

22 ‘‘(4) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 

23 in this paragraph is the period— 

24 ‘‘(A) beginning on December 1, 2024; and 

25 ‘‘(B) ending on December 31, 2025.’’. 


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1 Subtitle B—Bonus and Incentive 

2 Pays 

3 SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXPIRING 

4 BONUS AND SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES. 

5 (a) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO RESERVE

6 FORCES.—Section 910(g) of title 37, United States Code, 

7 relating to income replacement payments for reserve com8 ponent members experiencing extended and frequent mo9 bilization for active duty service, is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

11 2025’’. 

12 (b) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES RELATING TO HEALTH

13 CARE PROFESSIONALS.—The following sections of title 

14 10, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘Decem15 ber 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’: 

16 (1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse offi17 cer candidate accession program. 

18 (2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 

19 education loans for certain health professionals who 

20 serve in the Selected Reserve. 

21 (c) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO NUCLEAR OFFI22 CERS.—Section 333(i) of title 37, United States Code, is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 

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1 (d) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLI2 DATED SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AU3 THORITIES.—The following sections of title 37, United 

4 States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

5 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’: 

6 (1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus 

7 authority for enlisted members. 

8 (2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus 

9 authority for officers. 

10 (3) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation 

11 incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers. 

12 (4) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus 

13 and incentive pay authorities for officers in health 

14 professions. 

15 (5) Section 336(g), relating to contracting 

16 bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the 

17 Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 

18 (6) Section 351(h), relating to hazardous duty 

19 pay. 

20 (7) Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay 

21 or special duty pay. 

22 (8) Section 353(i), relating to skill incentive 

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1 (9) Section 355(h), relating to retention incen2 tives for members qualified in critical military skills 

3 or assigned to high priority units. 

4 (e) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY INCREASE

5 IN RATES OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING.—Section 

6 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (7)(E), relating to an area 

8 covered by a major disaster declaration or con9 taining an installation experiencing an influx of mili10 tary personnel, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (8)(C), relating to an area 

13 where actual housing costs differ from current rates 

14 by more than 20 percent, by striking ‘‘December 31, 

15 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

16 SEC. 612. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM SKILL PROFICIENCY 

17 BONUS AMOUNT. 

18 Section 353(c)(2) of title 37, United States Code, is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘$12,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$55,000’’. 

20 SEC. 613. INCREASE IN ACCESSION BONUS FOR HEALTH 

21 PROFESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL 

22 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

23 Section 2128(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

24 amended by striking ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting 

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1 SEC. 614. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PAY ONE-TIME 

2 UNIFORM ALLOWANCE FOR OFFICERS WHO 

3 TRANSFER TO THE SPACE FORCE. 

4 Subsection (d)(1) of section 606 of the William M. 

5 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 

6 Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 37 U.S.C. 416 

7 note) is amended by striking ‘‘ending on September 30, 

8 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on the last day of the transi9 tion period as defined in section 1731 of the Space Force 

10 Personnel Management Act (title XVII of Public Law 

11 118–31; 10 U.S.C. 20001 note)’’. 

12 Subtitle C—Other Matters 

13 SEC. 621. CALCULATION OF RETIRED PAY FOR CERTAIN 

14 OFFICERS WHO SERVED IN GRADE O–9 OR O– 

15 10 AND RETIRED IN GRADE O–8. 

16 Section 1407(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following new para18 graph: 

19 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR OFFICERS WHO

20 SERVED IN GRADE O–9 OR O–10 AND RETIRED IN

21 GRADE O–8.—In the case of an officer who served in 

22 the temporary grade of O–9 or O–10 and received 

23 a conditional or final retirement in the permanent 

24 grade of O–8 pursuant to section 1370 or 1370a of 

25 this title, the retired pay base or retainer pay shall 

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1 ‘‘(A) the amount determined under sub2 section (c) or (d), as applicable; or 

3 ‘‘(B) the amount determined under section 

4 1406 of this title, as if the officer first became 

5 a member of a uniformed service before Sep6 tember 8, 1980.’’. 

7 SEC. 622. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR MINOR SURVIVORS TO 

8 FILE DEATH GRATUITY CLAIMS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1480 of title 10, United 

10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing new subsection: 

12 ‘‘(e) In the case of a claim for a death gratuity under 

13 this chapter by an individual who is younger than 21 years 

14 of age on the date of the death with respect to which the 

15 claim is made, the individual shall file the claim with the 

16 Secretary of Defense not later than the later of— 

17 ‘‘(1) the date that is three years after the indi18 vidual reaches 21 years of age; or 

19 ‘‘(2) the date that is six years after the date of 

20 the death with respect to which the claim is made.’’. 

21 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub22 section (a) applies to claims filed with respect to deaths 

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1 SEC. 623. ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET AND WIRE2 LESS NETWORK CONNECTIONS FOR CERTAIN 

3 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 134 of 

5 title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

6 section 2264 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 2265. Access to high-speed internet and wireless 

8 network connections for certain members 

9 of the armed forces 

10 ‘‘The Secretary of a military department may pro11 vide, without charge, high-speed internet access and wire12 less network connections to members of the armed forces 

13 who reside in military unaccompanied housing (as defined 

14 in section 2871 of this title) within the United States.’’. 

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

16 at the beginning of chapter 134 of such title is amended 

17 by inserting after the item relating to section 2264 the 

18 following new item: 

‘‘2265. Access to high-speed internet and wireless network connections for certain members of the armed forces.’’. 

19 SEC. 624. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN EMPLOY20 EES FROM GOVERNMENT LODGING PRO21 GRAM. 

22 Section 914(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

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1 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 5 U.S.C. 5911 

2 note) is amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘2029’’; and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

6 paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(3) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Feb9 ruary 1, 2025, and annually thereafter through 

10 February 1, 2030, the Secretary shall brief the 

11 congressional defense committees on the exclu12 sion under paragraph (1) from the require13 ments of a Government lodging program carried 

14 out under subsection (a). 

15 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing required 

16 by subparagraph (A) shall include, for the year 

17 preceding the briefing, the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) A description of the instances in 

19 which the exclusion under paragraph (1) 

20 was used. 

21 ‘‘(ii) A description of the lodging used 

22 under that exclusion. 

23 ‘‘(iii) A statement of the difference in 

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1 ernment lodging program carried out 

2 under subsection (a) in each location where 

3 lodging under the exclusion was used. 

4 ‘‘(iv) Such other matters as the Sec5 retary considers relevant.’’. 

6 SEC. 625. RESTRICTIONS ON RETIRED AND RESERVE MEM7 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES RECEIVING 

8 EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION INDI9 RECTLY FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 

10 THROUGH PRIVATE ENTITIES. 

11 Section 908 of title 37, United States Code, is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 

15 and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), re16 spectively, and by moving such subparagraphs, 

17 as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘Subject to’’ and inserting 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to’’; 

21 (C) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated, 

22 by striking ‘‘Commissioned Reserve Corps’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘Ready Reserve Corps’’; and 

24 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

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1 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION TO PRIVATE ENTITIES.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

3 Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Sec4 retary of the Air Force shall apply the provi5 sions of this section to the acceptance by a per6 son described in subparagraph (B) under the 

7 jurisdiction of such Secretary of employment 

8 (and compensation related to that employment) 

9 or payments or awards indirectly from a foreign 

10 government through a private entity to the 

11 same extent and in the same manner as such 

12 provisions apply to employment (and compensa13 tion related to that employment) and payments 

14 and awards described in paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(B) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person de16 scribed in this subparagraph— 

17 ‘‘(i) is— 

18 ‘‘(I) a retired member of the 

19 Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 

20 Corps, or Space Force; or 

21 ‘‘(II) a member of a reserve com22 ponent of an armed force specified in 

23 subclause (I), except such a member 

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1 order to active duty for a period in ex2 cess of 30 days; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) does not include a retired mem4 ber or member of a reserve component of 

5 the Coast Guard.’’. 

6 SEC. 626. RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTIONS 

7 OF SENIOR OFFICERS OF ARMED FORCES 

8 THAT WERE DELAYED AS A RESULT OF SUS9 PENSION OF SENATE CONFIRMATION. 

10 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress holds the men 

11 and women who defend the United States in the highest 

12 esteem. 

13 (b) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE OF PRO14 MOTIONS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual 

16 confirmed, during the period beginning on December 

17 5, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2023, to a 

18 grade or rank in the Armed Forces associated with 

19 pay grade O–7 or higher and whose confirmation 

20 was delayed as a result of the suspension of the pro21 vision of advice and consent by the Senate to ap22 pointments to such grades and ranks that began in 

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1 (A) the Secretary of Defense may provide 

2 the individual, retroactive to the date described 

3 in paragraph (2)— 

4 (i) pay and allowances at the rates or 

5 in the amounts payable for the pay grade 

6 associated with the appointment of the in7 dividual; and 

8 (ii) the benefits to which an individual 

9 in the grade or rank associated with the 

10 appointment is entitled; and 

11 (B) the date described in paragraph (2) 

12 may be the date used for determining the se13 niority of the individual in the grade or rank 

14 associated with the appointment. 

15 (2) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date described in 

16 this paragraph is, with respect to an individual de17 scribed in paragraph (1), the date that is the later 

18 of— 

19 (A) the date that is 30 days after the date 

20 on which the nomination of the individual was 

21 placed on the Executive Calendar of the Senate; 

22 or 

23 (B) the date on which the individual would 

24 have been appointed but for the suspension of 

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1 paragraph (1), as determined by the Secretary 

2 concerned (as defined in section 101 of title 10, 

3 United States Code). 

4 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 

5 (1) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The 

6 policies and provisions outlined in this section shall 

7 be subject to the availability of appropriations pro8 vided in advance and for the specific purpose of 

9 making payments under subsection (b)(1)(A). Such 

10 payments shall be made on a first-come, first-served 

11 basis, and the total amount of payments made may 

12 not exceed the total amount of appropriations pro13 vided in advance and for the specific purpose of 

14 making payments under subsection(b)(1)(A). 

15 (2) CONSIDERATION OF ADVERSE INFORMA16 TION.—In making a payment under subsection 

17 (b)(1)(A), the Secretary shall consider whether ad18 verse information was provided to the Congress on 

19 an individual officer. 

20 SEC. 627. FERTILITY AND ADOPTION DEMONSTRATION 

21 PROGRAM. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es23 tablish a fertility and adoption demonstration program (in 

24 this section referred to as the ‘‘demonstration program’’) 

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1 reimbursement and covered pharmacy benefits to eligible 

2 active-duty members of the Armed Forces and their de3 pendents to reduce the out-of-pocket costs associated with 

4 services described in subsection (b). 

5 (b) COVERED SERVICES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under the demonstration 

7 program, the Secretary may provide payments for— 

8 (A) services related to fertility treatments, 

9 in-vitro fertilization, adoption, and foster care; 

10 and 

11 (B) except as provided by paragraph (2), 

12 such other services related to building families 

13 as the Secretary determines appropriate. 

14 (2) PROHIBITED SERVICES.—Under the dem15 onstration program, the Secretary may not provide 

16 payments related to— 

17 (A) an abortion for which the Department 

18 of Defense may not use funds under section 

19 1093 of title 10, United States Code; or 

20 (B) human cloning, artificial womb tech21 nology, or international surrogacy. 

22 (c) PHARMACEUTICAL COVERAGE.—The Secretary 

23 may establish pharmaceutical benefit coverages associated 

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1 efit. The costs of such pharmaceutical benefits shall not 

2 be included in the calculation of maximum payment under 

3 subsection (e). 

4 (d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a payment under 

5 the demonstration program for services described in sub6 section (b) provided to a member of the Armed Forces 

7 or a dependent of such member, the member is required— 

8 (1) to be serving on active duty; 

9 (2) to have accrued not less than 4 years of 

10 service on active duty (as defined in section 

11 101(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code) as of the 

12 date of the eligibility determination; and 

13 (3) to agree in writing to continue to serve ac14 tive duty for a period of not less than 4 years after 

15 the member has been approved for participation in 

16 the demonstration program described in subsection 

17 (a). 

18 (e) LIMITATIONS ON PAYMENTS.— 

19 (1) MAXIMUM PAYMENT PER MEMBER.—An eli20 gible participant may receive not more than $25,000 

21 in payments under the demonstration program. 

22 (2) MAXIMUM ANNUAL EXPENDITURE.—The 

23 Secretary may provide not more than $25,000,000 

24 in the aggregate in any year to members of the 

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1 (f) EMBRYO PRESERVATION.—The Secretary shall 

2 ensure that any embryo created pursuant to the use of 

3 fertility treatment under subsection (b)(1) that is not 

4 transferred into the womb of a member of the Armed 

5 Forces or a spouse of such a member (as applicable) is— 

6 (1) cryopreserved and stored in perpetuity; or 

7 (2) if such member or spouse so elects, released 

8 for the purpose of embryo adoption to another indi9 vidual who intends to bear and retain custody of the 

10 child. 

11 (g) GUIDANCE.—Not later than October 1, 2026, the 

12 Secretary shall issue guidance to carry out the demonstra13 tion program. 

14 (h) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than one 

15 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu16 ally thereafter under the termination date under sub17 section (g), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 

18 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep19 resentatives a report on the implementation, cost, and ef20 fect on recruiting, retention, and morale for members of 

21 the Armed Forces and their dependents. 

22 (i) TERMINATION DATE.—The authority provided by 

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1 SEC. 628. SELLING CERTAIN CONSUMER ROUTERS AND 

2 MODEMS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 

3 The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that consumer 

4 routers, modems, and devices that combine a modem and 

5 router, sold in any commissary or exchange store are ap6 propriately labeled to inform consumers whether or not 

7 they are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied 

8 by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the influ9 ence of a covered nation (as defined in section 4872(d) 

10 of title 10, United States Code). 

11 SEC. 629. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF GARLIC FROM THE 

12 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AT COM13 MISSARY STORES. 

14 Section 2484 of title 10, United States Code, is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following new sub16 section: 

17 ‘‘(l) PROHIBITION ON SALE OF GARLIC FROM PEO18 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.—The Secretary of Defense 

19 shall prohibit the sale at any commissary store of any of 

20 the following originating from or processed in the People’s 

21 Republic of China: 

22 ‘‘(1) Fresh or chilled garlic classified under 

23 subheading 0703.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 

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1 ‘‘(2) Frozen garlic classified under statistical 

2 reporting number 0710.80.9755 of the HTS. 

3 ‘‘(3) Dried or dehydrated garlic classified under 

4 subheading 0712.90.40 of the HTS. 

5 ‘‘(4) Garlic, prepared or preserved otherwise 

6 than by vinegar or acetic acid, classified under sub7 heading 2004.90.85 or 2005.99.97 of the HTS. 

8 ‘‘(5) Essential oil of garlic classified under sta9 tistical reporting number 3301.29.5115 of the 

10 HTS.’’. 

11 TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 

12 Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 

13 Health Care Benefits 

14 SEC. 701. HEALTH CARE LICENSURE PORTABILITY FOR 

15 TRICARE NETWORK PROVIDERS PROVIDING 

16 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF 

17 THE ARMED FORCES AND CERTAIN FAMILY 

18 MEMBERS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1094(d) of title 10, 

20 United States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

22 (2) or (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2), (3), or 

23 (4)’’; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

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1 ‘‘(4) To the extent provided in regulations prescribed 

2 by the Secretary for the purpose of assuring the avail3 ability of high-quality mental health care services to mem4 bers of the armed forces and dependents entitled to health 

5 care under section 1076 of this title, a health care profes6 sional referred to in paragraph (1) as being described in 

7 this paragraph is a mental health provider providing care 

8 through a network under the TRICARE program who— 

9 ‘‘(A) has a current license to practice as a men10 tal health care professional; 

11 ‘‘(B) is providing tele-mental health care serv12 ices to members of the armed forces or such depend13 ents; and 

14 ‘‘(C) is providing such services under terms and 

15 conditions specified by the Secretary (which shall es16 tablish the scope of authorized Federal duties for 

17 purposes of paragraph (1)).’’. 

18 (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

20 Defense shall issue an interim final regulation to imple21 ment the amendments made by subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 702. REDUCTION OR WAIVER OF COST-SHARING 

2 AMOUNTS UNDER TRICARE PHARMACY BEN3 EFITS PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN DEPENDENTS 

4 ENROLLED IN TRICARE PRIME REMOTE PRO5 GRAM. 

6 Section 1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code, 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(D) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

10 (C), the Secretary may selectively waive or reduce cost11 sharing amounts under this subsection for a dependent of 

12 a member of the uniformed services described in section 

13 1074(c)(3)(B) of this title if the dependent is enrolled in 

14 the TRICARE Prime Remote program and accompanies 

15 the member to the duty assignment of the member at the 

16 expense of the Federal Government.’’. 

17 SEC. 703. IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE 

18 TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOW19 ANCES FOR SPECIALTY CARE UNDER EXCEP20 TIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. 

21 Not later than one year after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 

23 regulations to implement the authority of the Secretary 

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1 SEC. 704. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HEARING AIDS 

2 TO INCLUDE CHILDREN OF RETIRED MEM3 BERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EN4 ROLLED IN FAMILY COVERAGE UNDER 

5 TRICARE SELECT. 

6 Section 1077(a)(16)(B)(ii) of title 10, United States 

7 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or TRICARE Select’’ be8 fore the period at the end. 

9 SEC. 705. FERTILITY TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 

10 OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES AND DEPEND11 ENTS. 

12 (a) FERTILITY TREATMENT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, 

14 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

15 section 1074o the following new section: 

16 ‘‘§ 1074p. Fertility treatment for certain active duty 

17 members of the uniformed services and 

18 their dependents 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The use of fertility treatment 

20 (including in vitro fertilization) by a member of the uni21 formed services on active duty (or a dependent of such 

22 a member) shall be covered under TRICARE Prime or 

23 TRICARE Select without regard to the sex, sex character24 istics, gender identity, sexual orientation, diagnosis, or 

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1 ‘‘(b) FERTILITY TREATMENT DEFINED.—In this sec2 tion, the term ‘fertility treatment’ includes the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) In vitro fertilization or other treatments or 

4 procedures in which human oocytes, embryos, or 

5 sperm are handled when clinically appropriate. 

6 ‘‘(2) Sperm retrieval. 

7 ‘‘(3) Egg retrieval. 

8 ‘‘(4) Preservation of human oocytes, embryos, 

9 or sperm for later reproductive use. 

10 ‘‘(5) Artificial insemination, including 

11 intravaginal insemination, intracervical insemination, 

12 and intrauterine insemination. 

13 ‘‘(6) Transfer of reproductive genetic material. 

14 ‘‘(7) Medications as prescribed or necessary for 

15 fertility. 

16 ‘‘(8) Fertility treatment coordination. 

17 ‘‘(9) Such other information, referrals, treat18 ments, procedures, testing, medications, laboratory 

19 services, technologies, and services facilitating repro20 duction as determined appropriate by the Secretary 

21 of Defense.’’. 

22 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec23 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

24 by inserting after the item relating to section 1074o 

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‘‘1074p. Fertility treatment for certain active duty members of the uniformed 

services and their dependents.’’. 

1 (b) EXCLUSION FROM CONTRACTS FOR FORMER

2 MEMBERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.—Section 1086 of 

3 such title is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding 

5 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and in6 serting ‘‘subsections (d) and (j)’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub8 section: 

9 ‘‘(j) A plan contracted for under subsection (a) may 

10 not include coverage for services under section 1074p of 

11 this title for former members of the uniformed services 

12 or dependents of former members of the uniformed serv13 ices.’’. 

14 (c) PROGRAM ON FERTILITY TREATMENT COORDI15 NATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, 

17 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

18 end the following new section: 

19 ‘‘§ 1110c. Program on fertility treatment coordination 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

21 establish a program on the coordination of fertility treat22 ment by the Secretary for purposes of ensuring patients 

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1 ‘‘(b) TRAINING AND SUPPORT.—In carrying out the 

2 program established under subsection (a), the Secretary 

3 of Defense shall provide to community health care pro4 viders training and support with respect to the unique 

5 needs of members of the uniformed services and their de6 pendents.’’. 

7 (2) FERTILITY TREATMENT COORDINATION

8 PLAN.—Not later than one year after the date of the 

9 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

10 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

11 Senate and the House of Representatives a plan that 

12 addresses how the Department of Defense will co13 ordinate with the Department of Veterans Affairs on 

14 ensuring the continuum of care, sharing of best 

15 practices, and making referrals, as appropriate, with 

16 respect to the furnishing of fertility treatment to pa17 tients eligible for the receipt of such treatment from 

18 the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Vet19 erans Affairs. 

20 (3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec21 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

22 by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1110c. Program on fertility treatment coordination.’’. 

23 (d) REGULATIONS.— 

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1 retary of Defense shall promulgate regulations or 

2 subregulatory guidance regarding the implementa3 tion of the amendments made by this section. 

4 (2) ELEMENTS.—The regulations or subregu5 latory guidance promulgated under paragraph (1) 

6 shall take into account the following: 

7 (A) Eligibility requirements for receiving 

8 the services described in section 1074p of title 

9 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 

10 (a)(1). 

11 (B) Insurance coverage and reimbursement 

12 for such services. 

13 (C) Privacy for individuals seeking such 

14 services. 

15 (D) Consent for handling, testing, storing, 

16 shipping, and disposing of the reproductive ge17 netic material of an individual receiving such 

18 services, including for situations in which the 

19 individual has permanently lost the ability to 

20 provide consent. 

21 (E) Travel and leave of individuals receiv22 ing such services, if required to access such 

23 services. 

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1 (e) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 

2 section shall apply to services provided on or after October 

3 1, 2026. 

4 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec5 tion or the amendments made by this section shall be con6 strued to provide new benefits to or alter existing benefits 

7 for former members of the uniformed services or the de8 pendents of former members of the uniformed services. 

9 SEC. 706. ACCESS TO SPECIALTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 

10 CARE UNDER TRICARE PRIME. 

11 (a) MONITORING OF ACCESS STANDARDS.—The Sec12 retary of Defense shall continuously monitor the access 

13 standards for specialty behavioral health care established 

14 pursuant to section 704(b) of the National Defense Au15 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114– 

16 92; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note). 

17 (b) EXPANSION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACCREDI18 TATION STANDARDS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines 

20 that behavioral health access in a State does not 

21 meet or exceed the access standards described in 

22 subsection (a) for more than 12 consecutive months, 

23 the Secretary shall expand required behavioral 

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1 (2) STATE CREDENTIALS.—Expanded stand2 ards under paragraph (1) in a State shall include 

3 appropriate credentials issued by State-level organi4 zations. 

5 SEC. 707. ASSESSMENT ON OPTIONS FOR INCLUSION OF AS6 SISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AS 

7 SERVICES COVERED UNDER THE TRICARE 

8 PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 

9 FORCES AND DEPENDENTS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

11 conduct an assessment on options for establishing under 

12 the TRICARE program an entitlement for members of the 

13 Armed Forces and their dependents, for in vitro fertiliza14 tion, and associated services. 

15 (b) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—The assessment re16 quired by this section shall include consideration of the 

17 following: 

18 (1) The extent to which such assisted reproduc19 tive technology services are safe and effective. 

20 (2) The extent to which such services are cov21 ered by other public health programs and by private 

22 health insurance carriers and the prevailing cir23 cumstances applicable to such coverage. 

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1 (4) The expected benefits to active duty mili2 tary recruiting and retention of such entitlement to 

3 care. 

4 (5) Alternative options for Congress to consider 

5 to expand access to in vitro fertilization and associ6 ated services for members of the Armed Forces and 

7 their dependents; and 

8 (6) Such other matters as the Secretary deter9 mines appropriate. 

10 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

11 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the 

12 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

13 House of Representatives the results of the assessment re14 quired by this section. 

15 SEC. 708. RESTRICTION ON PERFORMANCE OF SEX 

16 CHANGE SURGERIES. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 

18 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1093 

19 the following new section: 

20 ‘‘§ 1093a. Performance of sex change surgeries: re21 strictions 

22 ‘‘(a) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Funds 

23 available to the Department of Defense may not be used 

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1 ‘‘(b) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FACILITIES.—No 

2 medical treatment facility or other facility of the Depart3 ment of Defense may be used to perform or facilitate a 

4 sex change surgery.’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

6 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

7 after the item relating to section 1093 the following new 

8 item: 

‘‘1093a. Performance of sex change surgeries: restrictions.’’. 

9 SEC. 709. PROHIBITION OF COVERAGE UNDER TRICARE 

10 PROGRAM OF CERTAIN MEDICAL PROCE11 DURES FOR CHILDREN THAT COULD RESULT 

12 IN STERILIZATION. 

13 Section 1079(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

14 amended by adding at the end the following new para15 graph: 

16 ‘‘(20) Affirming hormone therapy, puberty 

17 blockers, and other medical interventions for the 

18 treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in 

19 sterilization may not be provided to a child under 

20 the age of 18.’’. 


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1 Subtitle B—Brain Health Matters 

2 SEC. 711. MODIFICATIONS TO BRAIN HEALTH INITIATIVE 

3 OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

4 Section 735 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

5 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

6 263; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

8 (A) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

9 as follows: 

10 ‘‘(B) The identification and dissemination 

11 of thresholds for blast exposure and over12 pressure safety and associated emerging sci13 entific evidence that— 

14 ‘‘(i) cover brain injury and impulse 

15 noise; 

16 ‘‘(ii) measure impact over 24-hour, 

17 72-hour to 96-hour, monthly, annual, and 

18 lifetime periods; 

19 ‘‘(iii) are designed to prevent cognitive 

20 deficits after firing; 

21 ‘‘(iv) account for the firing of multiple 

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1 ‘‘(v) include minimum safe distances 

2 and levels of exposure for observers and in3 structors; and 

4 ‘‘(vi) address shoulder-fired heavy 

5 weapons.’’; and 

6 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

7 subparagraphs: 

8 ‘‘(H) The establishment of a standardized 

9 treatment program based on interventions that 

10 have shown benefit to individuals with brain 

11 health issues after a brain injury and the provi12 sion of that treatment program to individuals 

13 with brain health issues after a brain injury re14 sulting from a potential brain exposure de15 scribed in subparagraph (A) or high-risk train16 ing or occupational activities described in sub17 paragraph (D). 

18 ‘‘(I) The establishment of policies to en19 courage members of the Armed Forces to seek 

20 support for brain health when needed, prevent 

21 retaliation against such members who seek care, 

22 and address other barriers to seeking help for 

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1 ‘‘(J) The modification of existing weapons 

2 systems to reduce blast exposure of the indi3 vidual using the weapon and those within the 

4 minimum safe distance.’’; 

5 (2) by striking subsections (c), (e), and (f); 

6 (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub7 section (e); 

8 (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol9 lowing new subsections: 

10 ‘‘(c) THRESHOLDS FOR BLAST EXPOSURE AND

11 OVERPRESSURE SAFETY.— 

12 ‘‘(1) DEADLINE.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Janu14 ary 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall 

15 identify and disseminate the thresholds for blast 

16 exposure and overpressure safety required 

17 under subsection (b)(1)(B). 

18 ‘‘(B) UPDATE.—Not less frequently than 

19 once every five years following the identification 

20 and dissemination under subparagraph (A) of 

21 the thresholds for blast exposure and over22 pressure safety required under subsection 

23 (b)(1)(B), the Secretary of Defense shall update 

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1 ‘‘(2) FORMAL TRAINING REQUIREMENT.—The 

2 Secretary of Defense shall ensure that training on 

3 the thresholds for blast exposure and overpressure 

4 safety is provided to members of the Armed Forces 

5 before training, deployment, or entering other high6 risk environments where exposure to blast over7 pressure is likely. 

8 ‘‘(3) CENTRAL REPOSITORY.—Not later than 

9 January 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall es10 tablish a central repository of blast-related charac11 teristics, such as pressure profiles and common blast 

12 loads associated with specific systems and the envi13 ronments in which they are used. 

14 ‘‘(4) WAIVERS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) PROTOCOLS.—The Secretary of De16 fense may establish and implement protocols to 

17 require waivers in cases in which members of 

18 the Armed Forces must exceed the safety 

19 thresholds described in subsection (b)(1)(B), 

20 which shall include a justification for exceeding 

21 those safety thresholds. 

22 ‘‘(B) TRACKING SYSTEM.—Not later than 

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1 wide tracking system for such waivers, which 

2 shall include data contributed by the Secretary 

3 of each military department. 

4 ‘‘(C) REPORT ON WAIVERS.—Not later 

5 than one year after establishing protocols for 

6 waivers under subparagraph (A), and annually 

7 thereafter for a period of five years, the Sec8 retary of Defense shall submit to the Commit9 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

10 House of Representatives a report on such 

11 waivers that includes— 

12 ‘‘(i) the number of waivers issued, 

13 disaggregated by military department; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) a description of actions taken by 

15 the Secretary concerned to track the health 

16 effects on members of the Armed Forces of 

17 exceeding safety thresholds described in 

18 subsection (b)(1)(B), document those ef19 fects in medical records, and provide care 

20 to those members. 

21 ‘‘(d) STRATEGIES FOR MITIGATION AND PREVEN22 TION OF BLAST EXPOSURE AND OVERPRESSURE RISK

23 FOR HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS.—Not later than January 

24 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall establish strategies 

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1 overpressure risk for individuals most at risk for exposure 

2 to high-risk training or high-risk occupational activities, 

3 which shall include— 

4 ‘‘(1) a timeline and process for implementing 

5 those strategies; 

6 ‘‘(2) a determination of the frequency with 

7 which those strategies will be updated, which shall 

8 be not less frequently than once every five years; and 

9 ‘‘(3) an assessment of how information regard10 ing those strategies will be disseminated to such in11 dividuals, including after those strategies are up12 dated.’’; 

13 (5) in subsection (e), as redesignated by para14 graph (3)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 

16 other remote measurement technology’’ after 

17 ‘‘wearable sensors’’; and 

18 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

19 paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(4) WEAPONS USE.—Monitoring activities 

21 under a pilot program conducted pursuant to para22 graph (1) shall be carried out for any member of the 

23 Armed Forces firing tier 1 weapons in training or 

24 combat, as identified by the Secretary of Defense.’’; 

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1 (6) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol2 lowing new subsection (f): 

3 ‘‘(f) REPORTS ON WARFIGHTER BRAIN HEALTH INI4 TIATIVE.—Not later than March 31, 2025, and not less 

5 frequently than annually thereafter for a period of five 

6 years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Com7 mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

8 of Representatives a report that includes the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) A description of the activities taken under 

10 the Initiative and resources expended under the Ini11 tiative during the prior fiscal year. 

12 ‘‘(2) The number of members of the Armed 

13 Forces impacted by blast overpressure and blast ex14 posure in the prior fiscal year, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) the number of members who reported 

16 adverse health effects from blast overpressure 

17 or blast exposure; 

18 ‘‘(B) the number of members exposed to 

19 blast overpressure or blast exposure; 

20 ‘‘(C) the number of members who received 

21 treatment for injuries related to blast over22 pressure or blast exposure, including at facili23 ties of the Department of Defense and at facili24 ties in the private sector; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) the type of care that members receive 

2 from facilities of the Department of Defense 

3 and the type of care that members receive from 

4 facilities in the private sector. 

5 ‘‘(3) A summary of the progress made during 

6 the prior fiscal year with respect to the objectives of 

7 the Initiative under subsection (b). 

8 ‘‘(4) A description of the steps the Secretary is 

9 taking to ensure that activities under the Initiative 

10 are being implemented across the Department of 

11 Defense and the military departments.’’. 

12 SEC. 712. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFENSE INTREPID NET13 WORK FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND 

14 BRAIN HEALTH AS PROGRAM OF RECORD. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2026, 

16 the Secretary of Defense shall establish the Defense In17 trepid Network for Traumatic Brain Injury and Brain 

18 Health (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Network’’) 

19 headquartered at the National Intrepid Center of Excel20 lence as a program of record subject to milestone reviews 

21 and compliance with the requirements under this section. 

22 (b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Network are as fol23 lows: 

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1 Forces with traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic 

2 stress disorder, symptoms from blast overpressure or 

3 blast exposure, and other mental health conditions. 

4 (2) To promote standardization of care among 

5 the 10 Intrepid Spirit Centers throughout the conti6 nental United States, brain health clinics in Alaska 

7 and Germany, and other sites as designated by the 

8 Director of the Defense Health Agency as being a 

9 part of the long-term brain health strategy of the 

10 Department of Defense. 

11 (3) To support and conduct research and edu12 cation on traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic 

13 stress disorder, blast overpressure or blast exposure, 

14 and other mental health conditions. 

15 (c) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not later than one year 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

17 thereafter for a period of five years, the Secretary of De18 fense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services 

19 of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing 

20 that shall include, for the year covered by the briefing— 

21 (1) the number of individuals to whom the Net22 work has provided services; 

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1 ices from the Network, and the stage in their career 

2 at which they seek treatment at the Network; 

3 (3) the number of individuals whose families 

4 are able to participate in programs provided by the 

5 Network; and 

6 (4) the number of individuals on a waitlist for 

7 treatment at the Network and the average period 

8 those individuals are on the waitlist. 

9 SEC. 713. BRAIN HEALTH AND TRAUMA DEMONSTRATION 

10 PROGRAM. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

12 conduct an intensive comprehensive brain health and trau13 ma demonstration program (in this section referred to as 

14 the ‘‘Program’’) to provide coordinated, integrated, multi15 disciplinary specialist evaluations, treatment initiation, 

16 and aftercare coordination in a highly condensed model 

17 for members of the Armed Forces and their family mem18 bers. 

19 (b) DURATION.—The Secretary shall carry out the 

20 Program for a four-year period beginning on the com21 mencement of the Program. 

22 (c) EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT.—In carrying out 

23 the Program, the Secretary shall provide evidence-based 

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1 tions that are common among members of the Armed 

2 Forces. 

3 (d) EVALUATION, TESTING, AND TREATMENT.—The 

4 Program shall include the following: 

5 (1) Evaluations by health care providers in the 

6 areas of brain injury medicine, neuropsychology, 

7 clinical psychology, psychiatry, neuroendocrinology, 

8 sports medicine, musculoskeletal medicine, vestibular 

9 physical therapy, neuroimaging, and hormonal eval10 uation. 

11 (2) Metabolic testing, cardiovascular testing, 

12 and cerebrovascular testing. 

13 (3) Treatment relating to headaches, sleep 

14 interventions and medication, injection-based thera15 pies for musculoskeletal pain, cognitive rehabilita16 tion, vestibular physical therapy, and exercise pro17 gramming. 

18 (e) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the Program, 

19 the Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement with 

20 private sector non-profit healthcare organizations that 

21 have the capacity and infrastructure to provide the care 

22 and services required under the Program. 

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1 gram is documented in the medical record of such mem2 ber. 

3 (g) BRIEFING.—Not later than December 31, 2025, 

4 the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees 

5 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep6 resentatives a briefing on the Program, which shall in7 clude— 

8 (1) an assessment of the benefits of the Pro9 gram to members of the Armed Forces and their 

10 families; 

11 (2) an identification of the number of individ12 uals assisted under the Program; 

13 (3) a description of the type of care or services 

14 received under the Program; 

15 (4) an identification of the rate of members of 

16 the Armed Forces returning to duty after receiving 

17 care or services under the Program; 

18 (5) an assessment of how the Program is ensur19 ing that records of members of the Armed Forces 

20 are updated with care or services provided under the 

21 Program; and 

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1 Subtitle C—Health Care 

2 Administration 

3 SEC. 721. ESTABLISHMENT OF INDO-PACIFIC MEDICAL 

4 READINESS PROGRAM. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 

7 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a 

8 medical readiness program (referred to in this sec9 tion as the ‘‘Program’’) to partner with countries in 

10 the Indo-Pacific region to gain access to foreign 

11 medical facilities during peacetime and wartime op12 erations and maintain military-wide strategies for 

13 medical readiness in the region. 

14 (2) OBJECTIVE.—The objective of the Program 

15 shall be to promote the medical readiness of the 

16 Armed Forces and the military forces of partner 

17 countries for missions during peacetime and wartime 

18 operations by— 

19 (A) reducing the movement and distance 

20 associated with patient care; 

21 (B) increasing the medical capacity of the 

22 Department of Defense by expanding patient 

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1 (C) accrediting foreign medical facilities, 

2 which will standardize medical procedures, pa3 tient care, and policies related to treating mem4 bers of the Armed Forces and their dependents; 

5 and 

6 (D) enhancing interoperability and inter7 changeability through shared patient record 

8 management, medical equipment commonality, 

9 and coordination of medical care. 

10 (3) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the Program, 

11 the Secretary of Defense shall— 

12 (A) assess and integrate current Depart13 ment of Defense medical capabilities and capac14 ities in the Indo-Pacific region into the Pro15 gram; 

16 (B) select a United States-based accredita17 tion organization to evaluate and accredit for18 eign medical facilities; 

19 (C) coordinate with partner countries to 

20 identify and evaluate medical facilities for the 

21 Program; 

22 (D) establish agreements with foreign med23 ical facilities for potential use of the Program; 

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1 (i) to reduce patient movement times 

2 in various countries in the Indo-Pacific re3 gion during peacetime and wartime oper4 ations; 

5 (ii) to standardize medical procedures, 

6 patient care, and policies; 

7 (iii) to securely share patient data 

8 with foreign countries, when appropriate, 

9 such as during a contingency; 

10 (iv) with respect to medical equipment 

11 commonality and interchangeability; and 

12 (v) with respect to the coordination of 

13 medical care; and 

14 (F) integrate the Program into operational 

15 plans of the combatant commands. 

16 (b) STRATEGY.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 

18 30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 

19 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

20 and the House of Representatives a strategy for the 

21 implementation of the Program. 

22 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by 

23 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

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1 (i) the officials tasked to oversee the 

2 Program; 

3 (ii) the functions and duties of such 

4 officials with respect to establishing and 

5 maintaining the Program; and 

6 (iii) mechanisms for coordinating with 

7 partner countries selected to participate in 

8 the Program. 

9 (B) With respect to the selection of part10 ner countries initially selected to participate in 

11 the Program— 

12 (i) an identification of each such 

13 country; 

14 (ii) the rationale for selecting each 

15 such country; and 

16 (iii) any other information the Sec17 retary considers appropriate. 

18 (C) A campaign of objectives for the first 

19 three fiscal years after the date of the establish20 ment of the Program, including— 

21 (i) a description of, and a rational for 

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1 (iii) metrics for evaluating success in 

2 achieving such objectives. 

3 (D) A description of opportunities and po4 tential timelines for future Program expansion, 

5 as appropriate. 

6 (E) A list of additional authorities, appro7 priations, or other congressional support nec8 essary to ensure the success of the Program. 

9 (F) Any other information the Secretary 

10 considers appropriate. 

11 (3) FORM.—The strategy required by para12 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

13 may include a classified annex. 

14 (c) REPORT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 

16 2026, and annually thereafter until October 1, 2035, 

17 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Com18 mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

19 House of Representatives a report on the Program. 

20 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by para21 graph (1) shall include the following: 

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1 (B) Except in the case of the initial report, 

2 an assessment of progress toward the objectives 

3 establish in accordance with subparagraph (C) 

4 in the report for the preceding fiscal year using 

5 the metrics established in such report. 

6 (C) A campaign of objectives for the three 

7 fiscal years after the date of submission of the 

8 report, including— 

9 (i) a description of, and a rational for 

10 selecting, such objectives; 

11 (ii) an identification of milestones to12 ward achieving such objectives; and 

13 (iii) metrics for evaluating success in 

14 achieving such objectives. 

15 (D) A description of opportunities and po16 tential timelines for future Program expansion, 

17 as appropriate. 

18 (E) Any other information the Secretary 

19 considers appropriate. 

20 (3) FORM.—Each report required by paragraph 

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1 SEC. 722. IMPROVED IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL RE2 LIEF FOR CIVILIANS TREATED IN MILITARY 

3 MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. 

4 (a) FINAL RULE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De5 fense shall issue a final rule (or interim final rule) to im6 plement as soon as possible after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act section 1079b of title 10, United States 

8 Code. 

9 (b) TREATMENT OF CLAIMS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para11 graph (2), the Secretary shall hold in abeyance any 

12 claims under section 1079b of title 10, United 

13 States Code, until the final rule (or interim final 

14 rule) required under subsection (a) is in effect. 

15 (2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 

16 to— 

17 (A) claims to third-party payers; or 

18 (B) administrative support provided to the 

19 Secretary by another Federal agency to assist 

20 the Secretary in the administration of section 

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1 SEC. 723. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR MODIFICATIONS TO 

2 PREMIUM SHARING PLANS UNDER TRICARE 

3 DENTAL PROGRAM. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1076a of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2026’’ 

6 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2027’’. 

7 (b) RULEMAKING.—Section 701(b) of the James M. 

8 Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

9 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2646) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘January 1, 

12 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2026’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘January 1, 

14 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2027’’. 

15 (c) BRIEFINGS.—Section 701(c) of such Act is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘2024, 2025, and 2026’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘2025, 2026, and 2027’’. 

18 SEC. 724. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES FOR OVERSEAS 

19 PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE20 FENSE FOR ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME 

21 AND THERMAL BURNS. 

22 (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

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1 censed, or authorized by the Food and Drug Administra2 tion to diagnose, prevent, and treat acute radiation syn3 drome and thermal burns for use by personnel of the De4 partment of Defense deployed outside the United States. 

5 (b) PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS.—In carrying out the 

6 program required by subsection (a), the Secretary of De7 fense shall consider, in coordination with the Chairman 

8 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commanders of the 

9 combatant commands, the following: 

10 (1) The number of personnel of the Department 

11 of Defense deployed in areas in which the use of tac12 tical nuclear weapons is a substantial threat. 

13 (2) Peer-reviewed and published scientific stud14 ies regarding safety and efficacy of the potential 

15 countermeasures described in subsection (a). 

16 (3) Operational requirements of the Depart17 ment. 

18 (4) Appropriate doctrine, training, and oper19 ational plans for effective use of such counter20 measures. 

21 (5) A feasible schedule for implementation of 

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1 SEC. 725. ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC USER SATISFACTION 

2 TARGETS RELATED TO ELECTRONIC HEALTH 

3 RECORD OF DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Defense 

5 Health Agency shall establish public user satisfaction tar6 gets related to the deployment of and challenges related 

7 to electronic health records of the Defense Health Agency. 

8 (b) CUSTOMER FEEDBACK.—The Director of the De9 fense Health Agency shall establish continuous customer 

10 feedback mechanisms to better understand issues relating 

11 to electronic health records of the Defense Health Agency. 

12 (c) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

14 thereafter until the date that is four years after such date 

15 of enactment, the Director of the Defense Health Agency 

16 shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen17 ate and the House of Representatives on how the Director 

18 assesses progress towards the achievement of the targets 

19 established under subsection (a). 

20 SEC. 726. PLAN OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO ADDRESS 

21 RECRUITMENT PROCESSING DELAYS RELAT22 ING TO HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM. 

23 (a) PLAN TO ADDRESS RECRUITMENT DELAYS.— 

24 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

25 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a plan 

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1 the electronic health record system of the Department of 

2 Defense, Military Health System Genesis, and other fac3 tors relating to the health record system process of the 

4 Department, which shall include— 

5 (1) the establishment by each military depart6 ment of a standard period of not more than 75 days 

7 between the date on which Military Entrance Proc8 essing Stations personnel accept the applicant 

9 prescreen and the date of the first recorded contract 

10 for such applicant; and 

11 (2) the establishment by each military depart12 ment of standard medical waiver processing times of 

13 not more than 60 days. 

14 (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL REC15 OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

17 shall— 

18 (1) implement the recommendations contained 

19 in the report of the Office of Inspector General of 

20 the Department of Defense entitled, ‘‘Review of the 

21 Military Services’ Policies and Procedures on the 

22 Medical Waiver Process for Recruiting’’ (DODIG– 

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1 (2) submit to the congressional defense commit2 tees a report detailing the manner in which the Sec3 retary has implemented such recommendations. 

4 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON RECRUITMENT DELAYS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an7 nually thereafter for three years, the Secretary of 

8 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

9 committees a report on the efforts of the Secretary 

10 to address recruitment delays associated with the 

11 electronic health record system, Military Health Sys12 tem Genesis and other factors relating to the health 

13 record system process of the Department. 

14 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 

15 (1) shall include, for the period covered by the re16 port, the following: 

17 (A) The average number of days between 

18 the date on which Military Entrance Processing 

19 Stations personnel accept the applicant 

20 prescreen and the date of the first recorded 

21 contract for such applicant, disaggregated by 

22 military department. 

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1 (C) The number of medical waivers proc2 essed by each military department, including a 

3 breakdown of those that were approved and de4 nied and the associated disqualifications requir5 ing a medical waiver. 

6 (D) An assessment of the efforts of the 

7 Secretary to review the military medical stand8 ards for accession to determine whether any 

9 disqualifying medical conditions should be re10 moved or modified and to update those stand11 ards accordingly. 

12 (E) An assessment of the efforts of the 

13 Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each 

14 military department to address the recruitment 

15 delays specified in paragraph (1). 

16 (F) An assessment of the plans of the Sec17 retary of Defense and the Secretary of each 

18 military department to further address those 

19 delays. 

20 (3) INCLUSION IN ACCESSION MEDICAL STAND21 ARDS ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY ANNUAL

22 REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall include 

23 the matters under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

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1 the Accession Medical Standards Analysis and Re2 search Activity of the Department of Defense. 

3 Subtitle D—Access to 

4 Contraception 

5 SEC. 731. CONTRACEPTION COVERAGE PARITY UNDER THE 

6 TRICARE PROGRAM. 

7 (a) PHARMACY BENEFITS PROGRAM.—Section 

8 1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

9 by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(D)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A), (B), 

11 and (C), cost-sharing requirements may not be imposed 

12 and cost-sharing amounts may not be collected with re13 spect to any eligible covered beneficiary for any prescrip14 tion contraceptive on the uniform formulary provided 

15 through a retail pharmacy described in paragraph 

16 (2)(E)(ii) or through the national mail-order pharmacy 

17 program. 

18 ‘‘(ii) This subparagraph shall take effect on October 

19 1, 2034.’’. 

20 (b) TRICARE SELECT.—Section 1075 of such title 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

23 following new paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(5)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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1 imposed and cost-sharing amounts may not be col2 lected with respect to any beneficiary under this sec3 tion for a service described in subparagraph (B) that 

4 is provided by a network provider. 

5 ‘‘(B) A service described in this subparagraph 

6 is any contraceptive method approved, cleared, or 

7 authorized under section 505, 510(k), 513(f)(2), or 

8 515 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

9 (21 U.S.C. 355, 360(k), 360c(f)(2), 360e), any con10 traceptive care (including with respect to insertion, 

11 removal, and follow up), any sterilization procedure, 

12 or any patient education or counseling service pro13 vided in connection with any such contraceptive, 

14 care, or procedure. 

15 ‘‘(C) This paragraph shall take effect on Octo16 ber 1, 2034.’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘calculated as’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘calculated (except as provided in sub19 section (c)(5)) as’’. 

20 (c) TRICARE PRIME.—Section 1075a of such title 

21 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub22 section: 

23 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON COST-SHARING FOR CERTAIN

24 SERVICES.—(1) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and 

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1 cost-sharing amounts may not be collected with respect 

2 to any beneficiary enrolled in TRICARE Prime for a serv3 ice described in paragraph (2) that is provided under 

4 TRICARE Prime. 

5 ‘‘(2) A service described in this paragraph is any con6 traceptive method approved, cleared, or authorized under 

7 section 505, 510(k), 513(f)(2), or 515 of the Federal 

8 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355, 360(k), 

9 360c(f)(2), 360e), any contraceptive care (including with 

10 respect to insertion, removal, and follow up), any steriliza11 tion procedure, or any patient education or counseling 

12 service provided in connection with any such contraceptive, 

13 care, or procedure. 

14 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall take effect on October 1, 

15 2034.’’. 

16 SEC. 732. PREGNANCY PREVENTION ASSISTANCE AT MILI17 TARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR 

18 SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 

20 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074p, 

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1 ‘‘§ 1074q. Provision of pregnancy prevention assist2 ance at military medical treatment facili3 ties 

4 ‘‘(a) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.—The Sec5 retary of Defense shall promptly furnish to sexual assault 

6 survivors at each military medical treatment facility the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(1) Comprehensive, medically and factually ac9 curate, and unbiased written and oral information 

10 about all emergency contraceptives approved by the 

11 Food and Drug Administration. 

12 ‘‘(2) Upon request by the sexual assault sur13 vivor, emergency contraceptives or, if applicable, a 

14 prescription for emergency contraceptives. 

15 ‘‘(3) Notification of the right of the sexual as16 sault survivor to confidentiality with respect to the 

17 information and care and services furnished under 

18 this section. 

19 ‘‘(b) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that 

20 information provided pursuant to subsection (a) is pro21 vided in language that— 

22 ‘‘(1) is clear and concise; 

23 ‘‘(2) is readily comprehensible; and 

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1 guages other than English) as the Secretary may 

2 prescribe in regulations to carry out this section., 

3 ‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take ef4 fect on October 1, 2034. 

5 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) The term ‘sexual assault survivor’ means 

7 any individual who presents at a military medical 

8 treatment facility and— 

9 ‘‘(A) states to personnel of the facility that 

10 the individual experienced a sexual assault; 

11 ‘‘(B) is accompanied by another person 

12 who states that the individual experienced a 

13 sexual assault; or 

14 ‘‘(C) whom the personnel of the facility 

15 reasonably believes to be a survivor of sexual 

16 assault. 

17 ‘‘(2) The term ‘sexual assault’ means the con18 duct described in section 1565b(c) of this title that 

19 may result in pregnancy.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

21 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

22 after the item relating to section 1074p, as added by sec23 tion 705(a), the following new item: 

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1 SEC. 733. EDUCATION ON FAMILY PLANNING FOR MEM2 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

3 (a) EDUCATION PROGRAMS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 

5 2035, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a uni6 form standard curriculum to be used in education 

7 programs on family planning for all members of the 

8 Armed Forces. 

9 (2) TIMING.—Education programs under para10 graph (1) shall be provided to members of the 

11 Armed Forces as follows: 

12 (A) During the first year of service of the 

13 member. 

14 (B) At such other times as each Secretary 

15 of a military department determines appro16 priate with respect to members of the Armed 

17 Forces under the jurisdiction of such Secretary. 

18 (3) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

19 Congress that the education programs under para20 graph (1) should be evidence-informed and use the 

21 latest technology available to efficiently and effec22 tively deliver information to members of the Armed 

23 Forces. 

24 (b) ELEMENTS.—The uniform standard curriculum 

25 for education programs under subsection (a) shall include 

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1 (1) Information for members of the Armed 

2 Forces on active duty to make informed decisions re3 garding family planning. 

4 (2) Information about the prevention of unin5 tended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infec6 tions, including human immunodeficiency virus 

7 (commonly known as ‘‘HIV’’). 

8 (3) Information on— 

9 (A) the importance of providing com10 prehensive family planning for members of the 

11 Armed Forces, including commanding officers; 

12 and 

13 (B) the positive impact family planning 

14 can have on the health and readiness of the 

15 Armed Forces. 

16 (4) Current, medically accurate information. 

17 (5) Clear, user-friendly information on— 

18 (A) all contraceptive methods approved, 

19 cleared, or authorized under section 505, 

20 510(k), 513(f)(2), or 515 of the Federal Food, 

21 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355, 

22 360(k), 360c(f)(2), 360e); and 

23 (B) where members of the Armed Forces 

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1 (6) Information on all applicable laws and poli2 cies so that members of the Armed Forces are in3 formed of their rights and obligations. 

4 (7) Information on the rights of patients to 

5 confidentiality. 

6 (8) Information on the unique circumstances 

7 encountered by members of the Armed Forces and 

8 the effects of such circumstances on the use of con9 traceptives. 

10 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

11 on October 1, 2034. 

12 SEC. 734. INCLUSION OF COMPREHENSIVE CONTRACEP13 TIVE COUNSELING IN HEALTH ASSESSMENT 

14 FORMS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De17 fense, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

18 Human Services, shall— 

19 (1) revise the periodic health assessment form 

20 of the Department of Defense (Department of De21 fense Form 3024) to include the information speci22 fied in subsection (b); and 

23 (2) revise the pre-deployment health assessment 

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1 (A) to allow members of the Armed Forces 

2 to indicate they would like comprehensive con3 traceptive counseling; and 

4 (B) to include the information specified in 

5 subsection (b). 

6 (b) INFORMATION SPECIFIED.—The information 

7 specified in this subsection is the following: 

8 (1) An explanation of patient-centered contra9 ceptive counseling as recommended by the American 

10 College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, including 

11 by incorporating any clinical guidance on contracep12 tive counseling set forth by the American College of 

13 Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 

14 (2) A description of the full range of contracep15 tive methods, including any contraceptive drug, de16 vice, or biological product approved, cleared, author17 ized, or licensed by the Food and Drug Administra18 tion under section 505, 510(k), 513(f)(2), 515, or 

19 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

20 (21 U.S.C. 355, 360(k), 360c(f)(2), 360e, 360bbb– 

21 3) or section 351 of the Public Health Service Act 

22 (42 U.S.C. 262)). 

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1 Subtitle E—Reports and Other 

2 Matters 

3 SEC. 741. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT DEPART4 MENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VET5 ERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM6 ONSTRATION FUND. 

7 Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authoriza8 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

9 Stat. 2573), as most recently amended by section 104 of 

10 division E of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine 

11 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 

12 180; 136 Stat. 2137), is amended by striking ‘‘September 

13 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 

14 SEC. 742. TREATMENT OF EXPERT MEDICAL OPINIONS 

15 WITH RESPECT TO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE 

16 CLAIMS BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED 

17 SERVICES. 

18 Section 2733a of title 10, United States Code, is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 

21 (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)(6), by striking ‘‘subsection 

23 (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 

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1 (4) by redesignating subsections (g) through (j) 

2 as subsections (h) through (k), respectively; and 

3 (5) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(g) EXPERT MEDICAL OPINIONS.—(1) The Sec6 retary of Defense may not use an expert medical opinion 

7 from an individual in determining whether to allow, settle, 

8 and pay a claim under this section unless the individual 

9 is board-certified in the medical specialty with respect to 

10 that claim. 

11 ‘‘(2) If a claim under this section is denied, the Sec12 retary shall provide to the claimant information regarding 

13 the qualifications of any individual who provided an expert 

14 medical opinion upon which such denial is based.’’. 

15 SEC. 743. EXPANSION OF LICENSE RECIPROCITY FOR VET16 ERINARIANS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1060c of title 10, United 

18 States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘in 

20 emergencies’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for the pur22 poses described in subsection (c)’’; and 

23 (3) by striking subsection (c). 

24 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

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1 by striking the item relating to section 1060c and insert2 ing the following new item: 

‘‘1060c. Provision of veterinary services.’’. 

3 SEC. 744. PLAN TO ENSURE ACCESS OF MEMBERS OF THE 

4 ARMED FORCES TO SAFE, HIGH-QUALITY 

5 PHARMACEUTICALS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es7 tablish a plan to ensure access by members of the Armed 

8 Forces to safe, high-quality pharmaceutical products and 

9 eliminate or mitigate risks in the pharmacy supply chain 

10 of the Department of Defense. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub12 section (a) shall include the following elements: 

13 (1) Improvement of visibility and analytics of 

14 the country of origin and sources of supply of fin15 ished drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients, key 

16 starting material, and other ingredients of pharma17 ceutical products. 

18 (2) Engagement with suppliers of pharma19 ceutical products with unknown country of origin to 

20 determine the source of active pharmaceutical ingre21 dients and key starting material. 

22 (3) Elimination or reduction of reliance on 

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1 (4) A plan for transition to viable therapeutic 

2 active pharmaceutical ingredients and key starting 

3 material alternatives that are domestically sourced 

4 or compliant with requirements under the Trade 

5 Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.). 

6 (5) Validation of sources of supplies and pro7 duction capacity from domestic pharmaceutical man8 ufacturers or manufacturers in compliance with re9 quirements under the Trade Agreements Act of 

10 1979. 

11 (6) Assessment of the feasibility and advis12 ability of establishing a pharmaceutical manufac13 turing facility owned by the Department of Defense, 

14 including requirements for construction, equipment 

15 acquisition, other resource needs, and projected 

16 multi-year budget and time schedule requirements. 

17 (7) Identification of any other legislative or ad18 ministrative authorities necessary to determine the 

19 feasibility and advisability of establishing such a fa20 cility. 

21 (8) Collaboration with Federal agencies deter22 mined appropriate by the Secretary of Defense on all 

23 elements of the plan. 

24 (c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

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1 of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed 

2 Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

3 a briefing on the plan required by subsection (a), including 

4 an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of imple5 menting the plan. 

6 SEC. 745. PILOT PROGRAM ON DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY 

7 TO APPROVE RECRUITS WITH CERTAIN MED8 ICAL CONDITIONS. 

9 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 90 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

11 Defense shall implement a pilot program and issue policy 

12 guidance that authorizes and directs the Secretaries con13 cerned (as that term is defined in section 101(a) of title 

14 10, United States Code) to delegate authority to the 

15 United States Military Entrance Processing Command 

16 (MEPCOM) to approve a service medical waiver for a set 

17 list of otherwise disqualifying medical conditions. 

18 (b) MEDICAL CONSULTATION PROCESS.—As part of 

19 the pilot program, the Under Secretary shall establish a 

20 medical consultation process that allows MEPCOM to 

21 seek input from the services if a MEPCOM provider deter22 mines that more service-specific medical guidance on fit23 ness for duty is needed before approving a recruit with 

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1 (c) LIST OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS.—To formulate 

2 the set list of medical standards described in subsection 

3 (a), the service Secretaries shall each identify at least 

4 three preexisting medical conditions that are considered 

5 disqualifying under DoD Instruction 6130.03, but regu6 larly or automatically receive medical waivers. 

7 (d) TERMINATION.—The pilot program established 

8 under subsection (a) shall terminate two years after the 

9 date of establishment. 

10 (e) REPORTS.— 

11 (1) PLAN.—Not later than 30 days after the 

12 pilot program is established under subsection (a), 

13 the Secretary of Defense shall provide a report to 

14 the congressional defense committees describing the 

15 implementation of the pilot program, including a list 

16 of medical standards identified pursuant to sub17 section (c). 

18 (2) RESULTS.—Not later than 60 days after 

19 the pilot program is terminated, the Under Sec20 retary shall provide a report to the congressional de21 fense committees on the results of the pilot program, 

22 including the number of recruits approved under the 

23 pilot program for each medical condition identified 

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1 the average number of days to review and adjudicate 

2 medical waivers before and during the pilot program, 

3 and a recommendation on whether to make the au4 thority under the pilot program permanent. 

5 SEC. 746. INFECTIOUS DISEASE WASTEWATER SURVEIL6 LANCE SYSTEM OF DEPARTMENT OF DE7 FENSE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1073e 

10 the following new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 1073e–1. Infectious disease wastewater surveil12 lance system 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

14 develop and implement an infectious disease wastewater 

15 surveillance system that is consistent with the bio surveil16 lance capability-based assessment as part of the Bio17 defense Posture Review and utilizes data from wastewater 

18 systems to monitor for pathogens of concern, conduct in19 fectious disease surveillance for purposes of early warning, 

20 preparedness, and response, track existing and emerging 

21 infectious diseases, and report on the threat of such infec22 tious diseases at Department of Defense facilities outside 

23 of the United States . 

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1 ‘‘(1) The system developed and implemented 

2 under such subsection— 

3 ‘‘(A) is comprised of appropriate tech4 nologies and a uniform data system across the 

5 Department of Defense; and 

6 ‘‘(B) conducts wastewater surveillance at 

7 military installations and military medical treat8 ment facilities outside of the United States. 

9 ‘‘(2) Deployed naval vessels and aircraft have 

10 access to the capabilities described in such sub11 section. 

12 ‘‘(3) Members of the armed forces deployed in 

13 support of a contingency operation outside of the 

14 United States have access to the capabilities de15 scribed in such subsection. 

16 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF DATA TRACKING.—The Sec17 retary shall share wastewater system surveillance data 

18 pertaining to Department of Defense facilities outside of 

19 the United States under this section with the Secretary 

20 of Health and Human Services for the purposes of infec21 tious disease preparedness and response. 

22 ‘‘(d) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

23 include with the defense budget materials (as defined by 

24 section 231(g) of this title) for a fiscal year a report that 

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1 ‘‘(1) A plan to research and develop wastewater 

2 surveillance technologies, data systems, and capabili3 ties for infectious disease surveillance for purposes 

4 of carrying out subsection (a). 

5 ‘‘(2) The number of domestic and international 

6 facilities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary that 

7 are engaged in infectious disease wastewater surveil8 lance. 

9 ‘‘(3) A description of how the Secretary plans 

10 to prepare for and monitor new and existing patho11 gens and infectious disease threats using wastewater 

12 surveillance at Department of Defense facilities out13 side of the United States. 

14 ‘‘(4) A description of how the Secretary plans 

15 to rapidly adapt and scale up surveillance at Depart16 ment of Defense facilities outside of the United 

17 States to effectively confront an existing or emerging 

18 infectious disease threat, including how the Sec19 retary would develop, validate, and utilize new diag20 nostic tests and ensure an adequate lab testing capa21 bility could be rapidly activated. 

22 ‘‘(5) A description of how the Secretary plans 

23 to continuously incorporate the latest science into 

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1 ‘‘(6) If appropriate, a description of how the 

2 Secretary will contract services with outside stake3 holders to procure or develop products capable of de4 tecting existing and emerging pathogens at Depart5 ment of Defense facilities outside of the United 

6 States. 

7 ‘‘(7) A description of how the Secretary plans 

8 to integrate and report data generated from waste9 water surveillance systems at Department of De10 fense facilities outside of the United States to sup11 port preparedness for and response to existing and 

12 emerging infectious diseases.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

15 after the item relating to section 1073e the following new 

16 item: 

‘‘1073e–1. Infectious disease wastewater surveillance system.’’. 

17 SEC. 747. REPORTS ON SUICIDE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE 

18 ARMED FORCES AND SUICIDE PREVENTION 

19 PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPART20 MENT OF DEFENSE. 

21 Section 741(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

22 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 

23 1467) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘January 31, 

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1 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 

3 through (J) as subparagraphs (I) through (M), 

4 respectively; and 

5 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 

6 the following new subparagraphs: 

7 ‘‘(F) With respect to the number of sui8 cides, attempted suicides, or known cases of su9 icidal ideation identified under subparagraph 

10 (A), the military job code (Army military occu11 pational specialty, Navy enlisted classification 

12 or billet, Marine Corps military occupational 

13 specialty, Air Force specialty code, or Coast 

14 Guard rating). 

15 ‘‘(G) A compilation of suicide data by mili16 tary job code to determine which military career 

17 fields have a higher per capita suicide rate com18 pared to— 

19 ‘‘(i) other military career fields for the 

20 same time period; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the overall suicide rate for each 

22 Armed Force for the same time period; 

23 ‘‘(iii) the overall suicide rate for the 

24 Department of Defense for the same time 

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1 ‘‘(iv) the national suicide rate for the 

2 same time period. 

3 ‘‘(H) A disaggregation of suicide data by 

4 age.’’. 

5 SEC. 748. REPORT ON PLAN FOR TESTING FOR 

6 HELICOBACTER PYLORI FOR CERTAIN MEM7 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

10 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

11 Senate and the House of Representatives a report con12 taining a plan, cost estimate, and feasibility study for im13 plementing testing for helicobacter pylori (commonly 

14 known as ‘‘H. pylori’’)— 

15 (1) during accession physicals for the Armed 

16 Forces; and 

17 (2) for members of the Armed Forces— 

18 (A) deployed to countries with high rates 

19 of H. pylori; or 

20 (B) subjected to crowded living conditions, 

21 such as ship berthing. 

22 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub23 section (a) shall include an estimate of costs for imple24 menting a program for conducting testing described in 


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1 subsection (a), which shall include testing for H. pylori 

2 using breath and stool-based methods. 

3 (c) CONSIDERATION OF EXPERTISE.—In preparing 

4 the report required under subsection (a), the Secretary 

5 may, and is encouraged to, seek the input and expertise 

6 of physician experts, including gastroenterologists who 

7 have expertise in— 

8 (1) the field of H. pylori; 

9 (2) the gastrointestinal diseases and disorders 

10 that arise from H. pylori; or 

11 (3) the screening and testing mechanisms for 

12 those diseases and disorders. 

13 SEC. 749. REPORT ON NON-COVERED EXPENSES RELATED 

14 TO CANCER TREATMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF 

15 THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR DEPEND16 ENTS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

19 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

20 Senate and the House of Representatives a report evalu21 ating the feasibility of establishing a program to facilitate 

22 access to supplementary insurance designed to help mem23 bers of the Armed Forces and their dependents with finan24 cial expenses not currently covered by existing programs 

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1 (b) ASSESSMENT OF EXPENSES NOT CURRENTLY

2 COVERED.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 

3 include an assessment of expenses incurred by members 

4 of the Armed Forces related to screening, diagnosis, and 

5 treatment of cancer, that are not currently covered by ex6 isting benefits provided to members of the Armed Forces 

7 and their dependents, including— 

8 (1) adjustments to housing or vehicles; 

9 (2) travel and lodging expenses; 

10 (3) childcare expenses; 

11 (4) potential gaps in insurance coverage; 

12 (5) home healthcare and caretaker expenses; 

13 (6) lost income for spouses due to caretaker re14 sponsibilities; and 

15 (7) expenses associated with modified diets due 

16 to chemotherapy and radiation treatment. 

17 (c) REVIEW AND EXPLANATION OF COMMERCIAL IN18 SURANCE PRODUCTS.—The report required by subsection 

19 (a) shall include a review and explanation of insurance 

20 products designed to cover expenses associated with a sig21 nificant cancer diagnosis not ordinarily covered by tradi22 tional health insurance. 


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1 TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION 

2 POLICY 

3 Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and 

4 Management 

5 SEC. 801. MODIFICATIONS TO OTHER TRANSACTION AU6 THORITY. 

7 Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

12 ‘‘senior procurement executive for the 

13 agency as designated for the purpose of 

14 section 1702(c) of title 41, or, for the De15 fense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 

16 the Defense Innovation Unit, or the Missile 

17 Defense Agency, the director of the agen18 cy’’ and inserting ‘‘head of contracting ac19 tivity’’; and 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik21 ing ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Re22 search and Engineering or the Under Sec23 retary of Defense of Acquisition and 

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1 ignated for the purpose of section 1702(c) 

2 of title 41, or, for the Defense Advanced 

3 Research Projects Agency, the Defense In4 novation Unit, or the Missile Defense 

5 Agency, the director of the agency’’; and 

6 (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

7 follows: 

8 ‘‘(3) The authority of the head of contracting activity 

9 under paragraph (2)(A), and the authority of the senior 

10 procurement executive or director of the Defense Ad11 vanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Innovation 

12 Unit, or the Missile Defense Agency under paragraph 

13 (2)(B), may not be delegated.’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (i)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘Sep15 tember 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

16 2030’’. 

17 SEC. 802. STREAMLINING OF MILESTONE A REQUIRE18 MENTS. 

19 (a) STREAMLINING.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4251 of title 10, 

21 United States Code, is amended— 

22 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘DETERMINATION REQUIRED’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED’’; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of the 

2 military department concerned and the 

3 Chief of the armed forces concerned concur 

4 in’’; and 

5 (ii) by inserting ‘‘do not overly con6 strain future trade space’’ after ‘‘with re7 gard to the program’’; 

8 (C) by amending subsection (b) to read as 

9 follows: 

10 ‘‘(b) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR MILESTONE

11 A APPROVAL.—A major defense acquisition program or 

12 subprogram may not receive Milestone A approval or oth13 erwise be initiated prior to Milestone B approval until the 

14 milestone decision authority confirms that the following 

15 factors were considered in the decision to grant Milestone 

16 A approval: 

17 ‘‘(1) The program or subprogram fulfills an ap18 proved requirements document. 

19 ‘‘(2) The program or subprogram has con20 ducted appropriate market research. 

21 ‘‘(3) With respect to any identified areas of 

22 risk, there is a plan to reduce the risk. 

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1 ‘‘(5) An analysis of alternatives has been per2 formed consistent with study guidance developed by 

3 the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Eval4 uation, or in lieu of an analysis of alternatives, early 

5 experimentation with a combatant commander has 

6 been conducted. 

7 ‘‘(6) A lifecycle cost estimate for the program 

8 or subprogram has been submitted by the compo9 nent and that the level of resources required to com10 plete the technology maturation and risk reduction 

11 phase of the program is sufficient for successful pro12 gram execution. 

13 ‘‘(7) The program or subprogram meets any 

14 other considerations the milestone decision authority 

15 considers relevant.’’; 

16 (D) by redesignating subsections (c) and 

17 (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

18 (E) by inserting after subsection (b) the 

19 following new subsection: 

20 ‘‘(c) WRITTEN RECORD OF MILESTONE DECISION.— 

21 The milestone decision authority shall issue a written 

22 record of decision at the time that Milestone A approval 

23 is granted. The record shall confirm compliance with sub24 section (b) and specifically state that the milestone deci25 sion authority considered the factors described in such 


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1 subsection prior to the decision to grant milestone ap2 proval. The milestone decision authority shall retain 

3 records of the basis for the milestone decision.’’; 

4 (F) in subsection (d), as redesignated by 

5 subparagraph (D)— 

6 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (I) in the paragraph heading, by 

8 striking ‘‘BRIEF SUMMARY REPORT’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘NOTIFICATION’’; and 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘a brief summary 

11 report that contains the following ele12 ments’’ and all that follows through 

13 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘a 

14 written record of the milestone deci15 sion.’’; and 

16 (ii) by amending paragraph (2) to 

17 read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—At the re19 quest of any of the congressional defense committees 

20 or, in the case of intelligence or intelligence-related 

21 activities, the congressional intelligence committees, 

22 the milestone decision authority shall submit to the 

23 committee an explanation of the basis for the deci24 sion to grant Milestone A approval with respect to 

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1 program, and make available all underlying docu2 mentation.’’; and 

3 (G) in subsection (e), as so redesignated— 

4 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘ini5 tial capabilities document’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘requirements document’’; 

7 (ii) by striking paragraphs (4), (6), 

8 and (7); 

9 (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

10 and (8) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respec11 tively; and 

12 (iv) by inserting after paragraph (5), 

13 as so redesignated, the following new para14 graph: 

15 ‘‘(6) The term ‘written record of milestone deci16 sion’, with respect to a major defense acquisition 

17 program or a major subprogram, means a document 

18 signed by the milestone decision authority that for19 malizes approved entry of the program or subpro20 gram into the next phase of the acquisition proc21 ess.’’. 

22 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec23 tions at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 

24 322 of title 10, United States Code, is amended, in 

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1 mination required’’ and inserting ‘‘factors to be con2 sidered’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 4272 

4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘risk assessments—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(2) be6 fore any decision’’ and inserting ‘‘risk assessments before 

7 any decision’’. 

8 (2) Section 3221(b)(6)(A)(i) of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘4251 or’’. 

10 (3) Section 3222(a) of title 10, United States Code, 

11 is amended— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘a milestone phase’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘the engineering and manufacturing develop14 ment phase, or production and deployment phase,’’; 

15 and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘authority that—’’ and all that 

17 follows through ‘‘(2) for the for the engineering and 

18 manufacturing development phase, or production 

19 and deployment phase, includes a cost estimate’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘authority that includes a cost estimate’’. 

21 SEC. 803. STREAMLINING OF MILESTONE B REQUIRE22 MENTS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4252 of title 10, United 

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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘cer2 tification required before’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘factors to be considered before’’; 

4 (2) by striking subsections (d), (e), and (f); 

5 (3) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), 

6 and (g), as subsections (b), (d), (e), and (f), respec7 tively; 

8 (4) by inserting before subsection (b), as so re9 designated, the following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(a) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Before granting Milestone 

11 B approval for a major defense acquisition program or 

12 major subprogram, the milestone decision authority for 

13 the program or subprogram shall ensure that— 

14 ‘‘(1) information about the program or subpro15 gram is sufficient to warrant entry of the program 

16 or subprogram into the engineering and manufac17 turing development phase; 

18 ‘‘(2) appropriate trade-offs among cost, sched19 ule, technical feasibility, and performance objectives 

20 have been made to ensure that the program or sub21 program is affordable when considering the per-unit 

22 cost and the total life-cycle cost, and the Secretary 

23 of the military department concerned and the Chief 

24 of the armed force concerned concur with these 

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1 ‘‘(3) there are sound plans for progression of 

2 the program or subprogram to the production 

3 phase.’’; 

4 (5) by amending subsection (b), as redesignated 

5 by paragraph (3), to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(b) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR MILESTONE

7 B APPROVAL.—A major defense acquisition program or 

8 major subprogram may not receive Milestone B approval 

9 until the milestone decision authority confirms the fol10 lowing factors were considered in the decision to grant 

11 Milestone B approval: 

12 ‘‘(1) The program or subprogram has an ap13 proved systems engineering plan. 

14 ‘‘(2) The technology in the program or subpro15 gram has been demonstrated in a relevant environ16 ment. 

17 ‘‘(3) Appropriate trade-offs among cost, sched18 ule, technical feasibility, and performance objectives 

19 have been made to ensure that the program is af20 fordable when considering the per unit cost and the 

21 total life-cycle cost. 

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1 Program Evaluation, the plan under the program or 

2 subprogram. 

3 ‘‘(5) The estimated procurement unit cost for 

4 the program or subprogram and the estimated date 

5 for initial operational capability for the baseline de6 scription for the program or subprogram (under sec7 tion 4214 of this title) have been established. 

8 ‘‘(6) Funding is expected to be available to exe9 cute the product development and production plan 

10 for the program or subprogram, consistent with the 

11 estimates described in paragraph (4) for the pro12 gram or subprogram. 

13 ‘‘(7) Appropriate market research, including of 

14 commercial products and services, has been con15 ducted prior to technology development. 

16 ‘‘(8) The Department of Defense has completed 

17 an analysis of alternatives with respect to the pro18 gram or subprogram, or in lieu of an analysis of al19 ternatives, early experimentation with a combatant 

20 commander has been conducted. 

21 ‘‘(9) The Joint Requirements Oversight Council 

22 has reviewed the operational requirements for the 

23 program or subprogram. 

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1 tors, risks, and gaps that are likely to drive future 

2 operations and support costs or identify changes to 

3 system design that could reduce costs. 

4 ‘‘(11) An estimate has been made of the re5 quirements for core logistics capabilities and the as6 sociated sustaining workloads required to support 

7 such requirements. 

8 ‘‘(12) The program or subprogram complies 

9 with all relevant policies, regulations, and directives 

10 of the Department of Defense. 

11 ‘‘(13) Appropriate actions are planned for the 

12 acquisition of technical data required to support the 

13 program or subprogram. 

14 ‘‘(14) The program or subprogram has an ap15 proved life-cycle sustainment plan required under 

16 section 4324(b) of this title. 

17 ‘‘(15) In the case of a naval vessel program or 

18 subprogram, such program or subprogram is in com19 pliance with the requirements of section 8669b of 

20 this title.’’; 

21 (6) by inserting after subsection (b), as redesig22 nated by paragraph (3), the following new sub23 section: 

24 ‘‘(c) WRITTEN RECORD OF MILESTONE DECISION.— 

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1 record of decision at the time that Milestone B approval 

2 is granted. The record shall confirm compliance with sub3 section (b) and specifically state that the milestone deci4 sion authority considered the factors described in sub5 section (b) prior to the decision to grant milestone ap6 proval. The milestone decision authority shall retain 

7 records of the basis for the milestone decision.’’; 

8 (7) in subsection (d), as redesignated by para9 graph (3) of this subsection— 

10 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

11 ‘‘CERTIFICATIONS OR DETERMINATION’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘BASIS FOR MILESTONE APPROVAL’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (i) in the matter preceding subpara15 graph (A), by striking ‘‘certifications or a 

16 determination under subsection (a)’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘a written record of the mile18 stone decision under subsection (c)’’; 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

20 (I) by striking ‘‘certifications or 

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1 (II) by striking ‘‘certifications or 

2 determination specified in paragraph 

3 (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a)’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘decision specified in sub5 section (b)’’; and 

6 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

7 ‘‘certifications or determination’’ and in8 serting ‘‘decision’’; and 

9 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘withdraw the certifi11 cations or determination concerned or’’; 

12 and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘certifications, deter14 minations, or approval are’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘approval is’’; 

16 (8) by amending subsection (e), as redesignated 

17 by paragraph (3), to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(e) SUBMISSIONS TO CONGRESS ON MILESTONE

19 B.— 

20 ‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days 

21 after granting Milestone B approval for a major de22 fense acquisition program or major subprogram, the 

23 milestone decision authority for the program or sub24 program shall provide to the congressional defense 

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1 ligence-related activities, the congressional intel2 ligence committees a written record of the milestone 

3 decision. 

4 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—(A) At the 

5 request of any of the congressional defense commit6 tees or, in the case of intelligence or intelligence-re7 lated activities, the congressional intelligence com8 mittees, the milestone decision authority shall sub9 mit to the committee an explanation of the basis for 

10 the decision to grant Milestone B approval with re11 spect to a major defense acquisition program or 

12 major subprogram, and make available all under13 lying documentation. 

14 ‘‘(B) The explanation or additional information 

15 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in16 clude a classified annex.’’; and 

17 (9) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para18 graph (3)— 

19 (A) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); 

20 (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

21 paragraph (4); and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

23 paragraph: 

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1 program or a major subprogram, means a document 

2 signed by the milestone decision authority that for3 malizes approved entry of the program or subpro4 gram into the next phase of the acquisition proc5 ess.’’. 

6 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

7 at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 322 of title 

8 10, United States Code, is amended, in the item relating 

9 to section 4252, by striking ‘‘certification required before’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘factors to be considered before’’. 

11 SEC. 804. MODIFICATION OF MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION 

12 PROGRAM DEFINITION. 

13 Section 4201(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘is not a highly sensitive classi16 fied program (as determined by the Secretary of De17 fense) and’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that is des19 ignated’’ and inserting ‘‘is designated’’; and 

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1 SEC. 805. MIDDLE TIER OF ACQUISITION FOR RAPID 

2 PROTOTYPING AND RAPID FIELDING. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 253 of title 10, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 3602. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid proto7 typing and rapid fielding 

8 ‘‘(a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—The Under Secretary of 

9 Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in consultation 

10 with the Comptroller of the Department of Defense and 

11 the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall es12 tablish guidance for a ‘middle tier’ of acquisition programs 

13 that are intended to be completed in a period of two to 

14 five years. 

15 ‘‘(b) ACQUISITION PATHWAYS.—The guidance re16 quired by subsection (a) shall cover the following two ac17 quisition pathways: 

18 ‘‘(1) RAPID PROTOTYPING.—The rapid proto19 typing pathway shall provide for the use of innova20 tive technologies to rapidly develop fieldable proto21 types to demonstrate new capabilities and meet 

22 emerging military needs. The objective of an acquisi23 tion program under this pathway shall be to field a 

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1 ational capability within five years of the develop2 ment of an approved requirement. 

3 ‘‘(2) RAPID FIELDING.—The rapid fielding 

4 pathway shall provide for the use of proven tech5 nologies to field production quantities of new or up6 graded systems with minimal development required. 

7 The objective of an acquisition program under this 

8 pathway shall be to begin production within six 

9 months and complete fielding within five years of the 

10 development of an approved requirement. 

11 ‘‘(c) EXPEDITED PROCESS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The guidance required by 

13 subsection (a) shall provide for a streamlined and 

14 coordinated requirements, budget, and acquisition 

15 process that results in the development of an ap16 proved requirement for each program in a period of 

17 not more than six months from the time that the 

18 process is initiated. Programs that are subject to the 

19 guidance shall not be subject to the Joint Capabili20 ties Integration and Development System Manual 

21 and Department of Defense Directive 5000.01. 

22 ‘‘(2) RAPID PROTOTYPING.—With respect to 

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1 ‘‘(A) a merit-based process for the consid2 eration of innovative technologies and new ca3 pabilities to meet needs communicated by the 

4 Joint Chiefs of Staff and the combatant com5 manders; 

6 ‘‘(B) a process for developing and imple7 menting acquisition and funding strategies for 

8 the program; 

9 ‘‘(C) a process for demonstrating and eval10 uating the performance of fieldable prototypes 

11 developed pursuant to the program in an oper12 ational environment; and 

13 ‘‘(D) a process for transitioning successful 

14 prototypes to new or existing acquisition pro15 grams for production and fielding under the 

16 rapid fielding pathway or the traditional acqui17 sition system, or for iterating within the rapid 

18 prototyping pathway using a process provided 

19 pursuant to paragraph (4)(F). 

20 ‘‘(3) RAPID FIELDING.—With respect to the 

21 rapid fielding pathway, the guidance shall include— 

22 ‘‘(A) a merit-based process for the consid23 eration of existing products and proven tech24 nologies to meet needs communicated by the 


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1 Joint Chiefs of Staff and the combatant com2 manders; 

3 ‘‘(B) a process for demonstrating perform4 ance and evaluating for current operational 

5 purposes the proposed products and tech6 nologies; 

7 ‘‘(C) a process for developing and imple8 menting acquisition and funding strategies for 

9 the program; 

10 ‘‘(D) a process for considering lifecycle 

11 costs and addressing issues of logistics support 

12 and system interoperability; and 

13 ‘‘(E) a process for identifying and exploit14 ing opportunities to use the rapid fielding path15 way to reduce total ownership costs. 

16 ‘‘(4) STREAMLINED PROCEDURES.—The guid17 ance for the programs shall provide for any of the 

18 following streamlined procedures: 

19 ‘‘(A) The service acquisition executive of 

20 the military department concerned shall appoint 

21 a program manager for such program from 

22 among candidates from among civilian employ23 ees or members of the armed forces who have 

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1 ‘‘(B) The program manager of a defense 

2 streamlined program shall be provided staff po3 sitions for a technical staff, including experts in 

4 business management, cost estimation, con5 tracting, auditing, engineering, certification, 

6 testing, certification, and logistics, to enable the 

7 manager to manage the program without the 

8 technical assistance of another organizational 

9 unit of an agency to the maximum extent prac10 ticable. 

11 ‘‘(C) The program manager of a defense 

12 streamlined program shall be authorized, in co13 ordination with the users of the equipment and 

14 capability to be acquired and the test commu15 nity, to make trade-offs among life-cycle costs, 

16 requirements, and schedules to meet the goals 

17 of the program. 

18 ‘‘(D) The service acquisition executive, act19 ing in coordination with the defense acquisition 

20 executive, shall serve as the decision authority 

21 for the program, or delegate decision authority 

22 at their discretion. 

23 ‘‘(E) The program manager of a defense 

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1 latory requirement, or in the case of a statutory 

2 requirement, a waiver from Congress, that the 

3 program manager determines adds cost, sched4 ule, or performance delays with little or no 

5 value to the management of the program. 

6 ‘‘(F) Service acquisition executives shall 

7 develop an expedited review process to permit 

8 continuous iterative prototyping and fielding cy9 cles under the same program provided oper10 ational capability is fielded within every five11 year period.’’. 

12 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

13 at the beginning of chapter 253 of title 10, United States 

14 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

15 section 3601 the following new item: 

‘‘3602. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding.’’. 

16 (c) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITY.—Section 

17 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

18 Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 3201 note 

19 prec.) is repealed. 

20 SEC. 806. ADVISORY PANEL ON THE REQUIREMENTS PROC21 ESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

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1 ment of Defense an advisory panel on streamlining the 

2 requirements process of the Department of Defense. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory panel shall consist 

4 of not more than 10 members, four of which are to be 

5 appointed by the Secretary of Defense, and two each by 

6 the Secretaries of the military departments who have expe7 rience in matters relating to the Joint Capabilities Inte8 gration and Development System (JCIDS) process of the 

9 Department of Defense or innovative requirements and 

10 product development methods of the private sector. In 

11 making appointments to the advisory panel, the Secretary 

12 shall ensure that the members of the panel reflect diverse 

13 experiences in the public and private sectors. 

14 (c) DUTIES.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The advisory panel shall ad16 vise the Secretary of Defense on the effectiveness of 

17 the requirements process and develop options for re18 form. 

19 (2) BASIS FOR PROVISION OF ADVICE.—For 

20 purposes of providing advice to the Secretary pursu21 ant to this subsection, the advisory panel shall— 

22 (A) review and synthesize existing research 

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1 research for modernizing the requirements proc2 ess, including— 

3 (i) publications by discretionary advi4 sory committees established by the Depart5 ment of Defense; 

6 (ii) federally funded research and de7 velopment centers; 

8 (iii) independent, non-governmental 

9 institutes described in section 501(c)(3) of 

10 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 

11 (iv) other entities that have subject 

12 matter expertise; 

13 (B) examine the effectiveness of the Joint 

14 Capabilities Integration and Development Sys15 tem process, and adjacent practices of the De16 partment of Defense, particularly with respect 

17 to facilitating defense modernization; 

18 (C) examine alternative requirements proc19 esses of the Department of Defense, includ20 ing— 

21 (i) the Joint Urgent Operational 

22 Needs Statement and Joint Emergent 

23 Operational Needs Statement associated 

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1 (ii) the rapid processes for validating 

2 requirements for the Middle Tier of Acqui3 sition Pathway; and 

4 (iii) the User Agreement and Capa5 bility Needs Statement associated with the 

6 Software Acquisition Pathway; 

7 (D) consider potential alternatives to re8 quirements processes and practices to maximize 

9 the ability of the Department of Defense to re10 spond in a timely manner to current and future 

11 threats; and 

12 (E) make legislative and policy rec13 ommendations to improve processes and prac14 tices to field the operational capabilities nec15 essary to outpace near-peer competitors, provide 

16 data and analytical insight, and support an in17 tegrated budget that is aligned with the most 

18 recent National Defense Strategy. 

19 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.—The Secretary of 

20 Defense shall provide the advisory panel established pur21 suant to subsection (a) with timely access to appropriate 

22 information, data, resources, and analysis so that the advi23 sory panel may conduct a thorough and independent as24 sessment as required under such subsection. 


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1 (e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than March 30, 

2 2025, and annually thereafter, the advisory panel shall 

3 submit to the Secretary of Defense and the Committees 

4 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep5 resentatives a report describing the results of the activities 

6 of the advisory panel pursuant to this section during the 

7 preceding year. 

8 (f) TERMINATION.—The advisory panel shall termi9 nate on the date that is three years after the date of the 

10 establishment of the advisory panel pursuant to subsection 

11 (a). 

12 SEC. 807. MODIFICATION TO SUBMISSION OF CERTIFIED 

13 COST OR PRICING DATA. 

14 Section 3705(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States 

15 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘may include a notation on 

16 such offerors in the system used by the Federal Govern17 ment to monitor or record contractor past performance’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘shall include an entry on such offerors in 

19 the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Informa20 tion System within the System for Award Management’’. 

21 SEC. 808. AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM ACQUISITION PATHWAYS. 

22 (a) PREFERENCE.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

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1 mous unmanned aerial systems utilize separate, parallel 

2 acquisition pathways for hardware and software. 

3 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense 

4 shall ensure that the acquisition decision authority, with 

5 respect to the acquisition of autonomous unmanned aerial 

6 systems and to the maximum extent practicable— 

7 (1) utilize the appropriate software acquisition 

8 and development pathway as created under section 

9 800 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

10 Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 

11 4571 note); 

12 (2) reduce duplicative, overlapping, and unnec13 essary documentation for the parallel acquisition 

14 pathways and manage the pathways as a single ac15 quisition program; 

16 (3) include requirements for containerization of 

17 software and an architecture enabling microservices; 

18 and 

19 (4) for the acquisition of both hardware and 

20 software components of such programs, adhere to 

21 the commercial preference requirements established 

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1 SEC. 809. DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE 

2 FOR ACQUISITION OF OPEN-SOURCE INTEL3 LIGENCE TOOLS FOR ARMY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army may 

5 designate an existing program executive office within the 

6 Army to be responsible for the acquisition of open-source 

7 intelligence tools. 

8 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—If the Secretary designates 

9 an existing program office under subsection (a), that office 

10 shall be responsible for the selection, procurement, and 

11 evaluation of open-source intelligence tools for the Army. 

12 (c) OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE TOOLS DE13 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘open-source intel14 ligence tools’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

15 430b(d) of title 10, United States Code. 

16 SEC. 810. ENSURING COMPETITION IN ARTIFICIAL INTEL17 LIGENCE PROCUREMENT. 

18 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AI.—The terms 

20 ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ and ‘‘AI’’ have the meaning 

21 given the term ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ in section 

22 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative 

23 Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401). 

24 (2) CLOUD COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud 

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1 Standards and Technology, or any successor docu2 ment. 

3 (3) CLOUD PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘cloud pro4 vider’’ means any company engaged in the provision, 

5 sale, or licensing of cloud computing to customers, 

6 including individuals and businesses. 

7 (4) COVERED PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘covered 

8 provider’’ means any cloud provider or foundation 

9 model provider that has entered into contracts with 

10 the Department of Defense totaling at least 

11 $50,000,000 in any of the 5 previous fiscal years. 

12 (5) DUAL-USE FOUNDATION MODEL.—The term 

13 ‘‘dual-use foundation model’’ means an artificial in14 telligence model that— 

15 (A)(i) is trained on broad data; 

16 (ii) generally uses self-supervision; 

17 (iii) contains at least 1,000,000,000 pa18 rameters; and 

19 (iv) is applicable across a wide range of 

20 contexts; or 

21 (B) exhibits, or could be easily modified to 

22 exhibit, high levels of performance at tasks that 

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1 (6) FOUNDATION MODEL DEVELOPER.—The 

2 term ‘‘foundation model developer’’ means any com3 pany engaged in the provision, sale, or licensing of 

4 foundation models to customers, including individ5 uals and businesses. 

6 (7) MULTI-CLOUD TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

7 ‘‘multi-cloud technology’’ means architecture and 

8 services that allow for data, application, and pro9 gram portability, usability, and interoperability be10 tween infrastructure, platforms, and hosted applica11 tions of multiple cloud providers and between public, 

12 private, and edge cloud environments in a manner 

13 that securely delivers operational and management 

14 consistency, comprehensive visibility, and resiliency. 

15 (b) CLOUD PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENT.—The 

16 Secretary of Defense shall, in contracting provisions with 

17 cloud providers, promote security and competition in the 

18 procurement of cloud computing by requiring a competi19 tive award process for each procurement of cloud com20 puting services. The competitive process should prioritize 

21 security and interoperability requirements. Multi-cloud 

22 technology should be considered where feasible and advan23 tageous. 

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1 sions of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Sup2 plement to ensure that— 

3 (1) Government-furnished data, provided for 

4 purposes of development and operation of AI prod5 ucts and services to the Department of Defense, is 

6 not disclosed or used without proper authorization 

7 by the Department of Defense; 

8 (2) Government-furnished data stored on ven9 dor systems, provided for purposes of development 

10 and operation of AI products and services to the De11 partment of Defense, is appropriately protected from 

12 other data on such systems; 

13 (3) violation of these provisions shall be subject 

14 to specific penalties, including fines and contract ter15 mination; and 

16 (4) component acquisition executives may issue 

17 exemptions upon— 

18 (A) determining that issuing an exemption 

19 is not inconsistent with national security; and 

20 (B) notifying the Chief Digital and Artifi21 cial Intelligence Officer of the specific provi22 sions exempted, the vendor and program being 

23 issued the exemption, and the justification for 

24 the exemption. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 15, 

2 2026, and annually thereafter for four years, the 

3 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in coordina4 tion with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui5 sition and Sustainment, shall submit to the congres6 sional defense committees a report assessing the 

7 competition, innovation, barriers to entry, and con8 centrations of market power or market share in the 

9 AI space for each period covered by the report. The 

10 report shall also include recommendations of appro11 priate legislative and administrative action. 

12 (2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of Defense, 

13 acting through the Assistant to the Secretary of De14 fense for Public Affairs, shall ensure that the report 

15 is made available to the public by— 

16 (A) posting a publicly releasable version of 

17 the report on a website of the Department of 

18 Defense; and 

19 (B) upon request, transmitting the report 

20 by other means, as long as such transmission is 

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1 SEC. 811. PROHIBITION ON THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN 

2 DATA ON EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT 

3 OF DEFENSE TO THIRD PARTIES. 

4 (a) EXPANSION OF PROTECTIONS.—Subsection 

5 (c)(1) of section 4662 of title 10, United States Code, is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘obtained by’’ and all that follows 

7 through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘obtained by 

8 a contractor or subcontractor described in subsection 

9 (a).’’. 

10 (b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Subsection (b) of such 

11 section is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may 

13 waive the requirements of subsection (a) with respect to 

14 a sale, licensing, or other transfer of covered individually 

15 identifiable Department employee data on a case-by-case 

16 basis as may be necessary in the interest of national secu17 rity if the Secretary determines that such waiver poses a 

18 minimal threat to the privacy of Department of Defense 

19 employees. The Secretary of Defense may not delegate the 

20 authority under this subsection to an official who has not 

21 been Presidentially appointed and confirmed by the Sen22 ate. 

23 ‘‘(2)(A) Not later than January 15, 2026, and annu24 ally thereafter for four years, the Chairman of the Joint 

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1 to the congressional defense committees a report on the 

2 use of the authority under this subsection for the fiscal 

3 year preceding the date of submission of the report. The 

4 report shall include, for each use of the waiver— 

5 ‘‘(i) the specific justification for providing the 

6 waiver; 

7 ‘‘(ii) an identification of the contractor or sub8 contractor that is the subject of the waiver request; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(iii) an identification of the purpose of the 

11 sale, licensing, or transfer that is the subject of the 

12 waiver request. 

13 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the 

14 Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, 

15 shall ensure that the report is made available to the public 

16 by— 

17 ‘‘(i) posting the report on a publicly accessible 

18 Internet website of the Department of Defense; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) upon request, transmitting the report by 

20 other means, as long as such transmission is at no 

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1 Subtitle B—Amendments to Gen2 eral Contracting Authorities, 

3 Procedures, and Limitations 

4 SEC. 821. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN OPTIONS FOR COST 

5 CONTRACTS. 

6 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 3322 of title 10, United 

7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN OPTIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The contracting officer 

11 shall limit the number of low-rate initial production 

12 lots to not more than one for any production quan13 tities procured using fixed priced-type options on a 

14 covered contract. 

15 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The limitation in paragraph (1) 

16 may be waived on a case-by-case basis by the con17 cerned service acquisition executive or by the Sec18 retary of Defense if the program is a joint program. 

19 In any case, this waiver authority shall not be dele20 gated below the level of a service acquisition execu21 tive. 

22 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

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1 ‘‘(B) The term ‘development’ shall have 

2 the same meaning as in section 4001 of title 

3 10, United States Code. 

4 ‘‘(C) The term ‘low-rate initial production’ 

5 shall have the same meaning as in section 4231 

6 of title 10, United States Code. 

7 ‘‘(D) The term ‘major system’ shall have 

8 the same meaning as in section 3041 of title 

9 10, United States Code.’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING REGULATIONS.—Not later than 

11 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

12 Secretary of Defense shall revise the Department of De13 fense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

14 to conform with subsection (d) of section 3322 of title 10, 

15 United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this 

16 section. 

17 SEC. 822. TREATMENT OF UNILATERAL DEFINITIZATION OF 

18 A CONTRACT AS A FINAL DECISION. 

19 Section 3372(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

22 (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, 

23 and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘OFFICER.—With respect to’’ 

2 and inserting the following: ‘‘OFFICER.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to’’; and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

5 paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF UNILATERAL

7 DEFINITIZATION OF A CONTRACT AS A FINAL DECI8 SION.—A unilateral definitization by a contracting 

9 officer shall be considered a final decision under 

10 chapter 71 of title 41, and a contractor may appeal 

11 this decision at the Armed Services Board of Con12 tract Appeals or the United States Court of Federal 

13 Claims.’’. 

14 SEC. 823. UPDATES TO EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT SYS15 TEM REQUIREMENTS. 

16 Section 827(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

17 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 10 U.S.C. 

18 note prec. 4601) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘date of the enactment of this 

20 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘date of the enactment of the 

21 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

22 2025’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) increase the contract value threshold asso2 ciated with earned value management system re3 quirements for cost contracts or incentive contracts 

4 from $20,000,000 to $50,000,000; and 

5 ‘‘(3) increase the contract value threshold asso6 ciated requiring a defense contractor to use an ap7 proved earned value management system from 

8 $50,000,000 to $100,000,000’’. 

9 SEC. 824. PILOT PROGRAM ON CAPABILITY-BASED ANAL10 YSIS OF PRICE OF GOODS OR SERVICES OF11 FERED BY NONTRADITIONAL DEFENSE CON12 TRACTORS. 

13 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The head of an agency may 

14 use alternative capability-based analysis to determine 

15 whether the proposed price or fee for a commercial prod16 uct or commercial service offered by a nontraditional de17 fense contractor (as that term is defined in section 3014 

18 of title 10, United States Code) is fair and reasonable. 

19 (b) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2028, the 

20 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

21 Sustainment shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

22 Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

23 a report evaluating the pilot program established under 

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1 (1) A summary of activities conducted because 

2 of the inclusion of alternative capability-based anal3 ysis into the evaluation of proposals offered by non4 traditional contractors, including specific examples. 

5 (2) An analysis of the effectiveness of the pilot 

6 program in increasing nontraditional defense con7 tractor participation in the defense industrial base 

8 and in increasing access by the Department of De9 fense to new technologies or capabilities. 

10 (3) Recommendations on— 

11 (A) the continuation of the pilot program; 

12 (B) changes to existing law; and 

13 (C) the expansion of the program to in14 clude other contractors. 

15 (c) SUNSET.—The authority under subsection (a) 

16 shall expire on September 30, 2029. 

17 (d) ALTERNATIVE CAPACITY-BASED ANALYSIS DE18 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘alternative capability19 based analysis’’ means an analysis of the value to the Fed20 eral Government of a commercial product or commercial 

21 service that considers one or more of the following ele22 ments: 

23 (1) The fitness of the product or service for the 

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1 (2) The unique nature of, technical expertise re2 quired to produce or provide, and the non-Federal 

3 resources expended to develop such product or serv4 ice. 

5 (3) The business model or financial projections 

6 of the nontraditional defense contractor, commensu7 rate with the scale of the potential investment by the 

8 Secretary of Defense, which may include cost infor9 mation, self-funded risk, financial projections, ex10 penditure rates, estimates of total sales market, and 

11 other financial, technical, or management data. 

12 (4) The estimated total cost avoidance or in13 creased capacity afforded by the offered product or 

14 service in relation to current and future costs of pro15 grams and operations that provide the same or simi16 lar capabilities. 

17 (5) Input from the military user on the poten18 tial value added by the improved capabilities or pro19 duction processes. 

20 SEC. 825. EXTENSION OF THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR 

21 STREAMLINING AWARDS FOR INNOVATIVE 

22 TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS. 

23 Section 873 of the National Defense Authorization 

24 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 

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1 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, a multi2 year procurement as defined by section 3501 of title 

3 10, United States Code, a block buy or multi-ship 

4 buy authorized by Congress, or the’’ after ‘‘Small 

5 Business Innovation Research Program’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘October 1, 

7 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2029’’. 

8 SEC. 826. USE OF FIXED-PRICE TYPE CONTRACTS FOR CER9 TAIN SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS. 

10 Section 818 of the John Warner National Defense 

11 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109– 

12 364; 120 Stat. 2329) is amended by adding at the end 

13 the following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(g) CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN SHIP15 BUILDING CONTRACTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The number of fixed price 

17 ships awarded on a contract for the procurement of 

18 shipbuilding associated with a major defense acquisi19 tion program may not be more than two if— 

20 ‘‘(A) the milestone decision authority au21 thorizes the use of a fixed-price type contract at 

22 the time of a decision on Milestone B approval; 

23 and 

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1 sign and construction of items for such major 

2 defense acquisition program. 

3 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The limitation in paragraph (1) 

4 may be waived by the Secretary concerned if written 

5 notification of a granted waiver, including certifi6 cation that basic and functional design are complete, 

7 is provided to the congressional defense committees 

8 not later than 30 days after issuance of the waiver. 

9 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

10 ‘‘(A) BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL DESIGN.— 

11 The term ‘basic and functional design’ has the 

12 meaning provided in section 8669c(c)(1) of title 

13 10, United States Code. 

14 ‘‘(B) CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘con15 struction’ means steel cutting and block fabrica16 tion, assembly, and outfitting of blocks, keel 

17 laying, and block erection supporting the launch 

18 and eventual delivery of a completed ship. 

19 ‘‘(C) DETAIL DESIGN.—The term ‘detail 

20 design’ means the finalization of design using 

21 3D modeling to enable the generation of work 

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1 tion drawings, schedules, material lists, and 

2 lists of prefabricated materials and parts.’’. 

3 SEC. 827. MODIFICATIONS TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCT AND 

4 COMMERCIAL SERVICE DETERMINATIONS. 

5 (a) COMMERCIAL PRODUCT AND COMMERCIAL SERV6 ICE DETERMINATIONS.—Section 3456 of title 10, United 

7 States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a con10 tract award’’ and inserting ‘‘a determination 

11 described in paragraph (1)’’; and 

12 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraphs: 

14 ‘‘(3) APPEALS.—The Department of Defense 

15 shall establish a formal appeals process for contrac16 tors when a non-commercial determination is made 

17 by a Department of Defense contracting officer. 

18 ‘‘(4) PRICE REASONABLENESS.—Should a con19 tracting officer of the Department of Defense deter20 mine that the price offered by the contractor is not 

21 fair and reasonable, or the contractor denies re22 quests for additional cost or pricing data, then the 

23 contracting officer may determine the product or 

24 service to be on-commercial.’’; and 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including a sub2 contract,’’ after ‘‘A contract’’; 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘(including any for such 

4 product with a prior part number, but same 

5 functionality)’’ after ‘‘for a product’’; and 

6 (C) by inserting ‘‘the prior subcontract de7 termination was not issued by a Department of 

8 Defense contracting officer or’’ after ‘‘for pur9 poses of this chapter unless’’. 

10 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Section 3703(d) of title 10, 

11 United States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘commercial product or 

14 commercial service’’; and 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘that a product or service 

16 is or is not commercial’’ after ‘‘Department of 

17 Defense’’; and 

18 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘a product or service pre20 viously determined to be a commercial product 

21 or a commercial service using procedures other 

22 than’’ and inserting ‘‘a commercial product or 

23 commercial service or a non-commercial product 

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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘or a non-commercial 

2 product or non-commercial service’’ after ‘‘au3 thorized for the procurement of a commercial 

4 product or a commercial service’’. 

5 SEC. 828. REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE 

6 REASONABLE ACCESS TO REPAIR MATE7 RIALS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 363 of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 4663. Requirement for contractors to provide rea12 sonable access to repair materials 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of an agency may not 

14 enter into a contract for the procurement of goods or serv15 ices unless the contractor agrees in writing to provide the 

16 Department of Defense fair and reasonable access to all 

17 the repair materials, including parts, tools, and informa18 tion, used by the manufacturer or provider or their author19 ized partners to diagnose, maintain, or repair the good or 

20 service. 

21 ‘‘(b) FAIR AND REASONABLE ACCESS DEFINED.—In 

22 this section, the term ‘fair and reasonable access’ means, 

23 as applicable— 

24 ‘‘(1) provision at prices, terms, and conditions 

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1 terms, and conditions under which the manufac2 turer, or an authorized reseller or distributor, offers 

3 the part, tool, or information to an authorized repair 

4 provider, accounting for any discount, rebate, con5 venient and timely means of delivery, means of ena6 bling fully restored and updated functionality, rights 

7 of use, or other incentive or preference the manufac8 turer offers to an authorized repair provider; or 

9 ‘‘(2) if a manufacturer does not offer, directly 

10 or through an authorized reseller or distributor, the 

11 part, tool, or information to any authorized repair 

12 provider, provision of such part, tool, or information 

13 at prices, terms, and conditions that are otherwise 

14 determined to be fair and reasonable by the Govern15 ment in accordance with this title.’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

17 at the beginning of chapter 363 of title 10, United States 

18 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

19 section 4662 the following new item: 

‘‘4663. Requirement for contractors to provide reasonable access to repair materials.’’. 

20 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 

22 the United States shall submit to the congressional de23 fense committees a report on the implementation of sec24 tion 4663 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 


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1 this section, including a description of compliance by the 

2 Department with the requirements of such section. 

3 Subtitle C—Industrial Base 

4 Matters 

5 SEC. 841. DOMESTIC NONAVAILABILITY DETERMINATIONS. 

6 (a) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DOMESTIC NONAVAIL7 ABILITY DETERMINATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 

9 Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

10 shall develop and implement a plan for public disclosure 

11 all domestic nonavailability determinations issued by the 

12 Department on an annual basis. 

13 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR PROCESS FOR PERIODIC RE14 EVALUATION OF DOMESTIC NONAVAILABILITY DETER15 MINATIONS.—Not later than one year after the date of the 

16 enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 

17 Acquisition and Sustainment shall establish a process to 

18 allow industry to request reassessment of domestic non19 availability determinations made public pursuant to sub20 section (a) for commercially viable domestic alternatives. 

21 (c) INTERIM BRIEFING ON RE-EVALUATION PROC22 ESS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Ac24 quisition and Sustainment shall provide a briefing to the 

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1 mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 

2 on the status of implementation of the process established 

3 under subsection (b). 

4 (d) DOMESTIC NONAVAILABILITY DETERMINATION

5 DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘‘domestic non6 availability determination’’ means a determination made 

7 for purposes of providing an availability exception pursu8 ant to section 4862(c) of title 10, United States Code. 

9 SEC. 842. PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE QUALIFICATION OF 

10 ALTERNATIVE SOURCES. 

11 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than one year after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

13 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordina14 tion with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall 

15 establish a pilot program for the purposes of expediting 

16 the qualification of key technologies critical to the supply 

17 chains of a covered program by establishing a process to 

18 rapidly qualify a key technology through the military de19 partment’s appropriate technical warrant holder. 

20 (b) COVERED KEY TECHNOLOGIES.—For the pur21 poses of this pilot program, key technologies include— 

22 (1) additive manufacturing; 

23 (2) energetics; 

24 (3) solid rocket motors; 

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1 (5) unmanned systems. 

2 (c) COVERED PROGRAMS.—For the purposes of this 

3 pilot program, each military department shall designate 

4 at least one major defense acquisition program (as defined 

5 in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code) that has 

6 received Milestone C approval (as defined in section 

7 4172(e)(8) of title 10, United States Code) and at least 

8 one middle tier acquisition program (as defined in section 

9 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

10 Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 3201 note 

11 prec.). 

12 (d) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 

14 Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in 

15 coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart16 ments, shall provide a briefing to the Committees on 

17 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent18 atives with a detailed plan to implement the pilot program 

19 required under this section. 

20 (e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning on the date on 

21 which the first program is designated under subsection (c) 

22 and until the termination date described in subsection (f), 

23 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

24 Sustainment, in coordination with the Secretaries of the 

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1 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent2 atives an annual report on the progress, challenges, and 

3 lessons learned in executing this pilot program, including 

4 the applicability of applying the expedited qualification 

5 process established under the pilot program more broadly 

6 across each military department. 

7 (f) SUNSET.—The authority to select programs for 

8 inclusion in the pilot program established under this sec9 tion shall terminate on December 31, 2029. 

10 SEC. 843. DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF STAINLESS STEEL 

11 FLATWARE AND DINNERWARE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4862(b) of title 10, 

13 United States Code, is amended by inserting after para14 graph (2) the following new paragraphs: 

15 ‘‘(3) Stainless steel flatware. 

16 ‘‘(4) Dinnerware.’’. 

17 (b) SUNSET.—Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 

18 4862(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub19 section (a), are repealed effective December 31, 2027. 

20 SEC. 844. INCLUSION OF RECYCLED AND REUSED MIN21 ERALS AND METALS IN PREFERENCE FOR 

22 SOURCING OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MA23 TERIALS. 

24 Section 848(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

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1 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3769; 10 U.S.C. 4811 

2 note) is amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 

5 including processing of strategic and critical 

6 materials derived from recycled or reused min7 erals or metals,’’ after ‘‘United States’’; and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, 

9 including such materials derived from recycled 

10 or reused minerals or metals,’’ after ‘‘mate11 rials’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 

14 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

15 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

16 subparagraph (E); and 

17 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

18 the following new subparagraph (D): 

19 ‘‘(D) the development of cost-effective 

20 sources of supply of strategic and critical mate21 rials derived from recycled or reused minerals 

22 or metals; and’’. 

23 SEC. 845. PROCESS FOR CONSULTING ON NATIONAL SECU24 RITY IMPORT REVIEWS. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of Defense shall establish a process for inves4 tigating and reporting on the national security impli5 cations of imports when asked to consult by another 

6 Federal agency as part of a national security review 

7 of imports, such as under section 232 of the Trade 

8 Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862). 

9 (2) SHARING OF DEPARTMENT VIEWS.—The 

10 Secretary shall design the process required by sub11 section (a) to ensure that the views of the Depart12 ment of Defense with respect to the imports being 

13 reviewed are shared with the relevant Federal agen14 cies. 

15 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there17 after until 2029, the Secretary shall submit to the con18 gressional defense committees a report that includes— 

19 (1) a list of all imports reviewed as part of the 

20 process established under subsection (a) during the 

21 year preceding submission of the report; 

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1 (3) a plan to mitigate any such risks through 

2 actions including stockpiling, increasing domestic 

3 production, or acquiring alternative sources; and 

4 (4) a description of the roles that treaty allies 

5 and major non-NATO allies have in the supply 

6 chains for those imports. 

7 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY.—The term ‘‘major 

9 non-NATO ally’’ has the meaning given that term in 

10 section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

11 (22 U.S.C. 2403). 

12 (2) NATIONAL SECURITY.—The term ‘‘national 

13 security’’— 

14 (A) means the protection of the United 

15 States from foreign aggression; and 

16 (B) does not otherwise include the protec17 tion of the general welfare of the United States. 

18 (3) TREATY ALLY.—The term ‘‘treaty ally’’ 

19 means a country with which the United States has 

20 a treaty for collective defense in effect. 

21 SEC. 846. SOLID ROCKET MOTOR INDUSTRIAL BASE. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2025, the 

23 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

24 Sustainment, acting through the Director of the Joint 

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1 of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, shall submit to the 

2 congressional defense committees a roadmap for the fu3 ture desired state for the solid rocket motor (SRM) indus4 trial base. 

5 (b) COORDINATION.—In developing this roadmap re6 quired under subsection (a), the Under Secretary of De7 fense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall coordinate 

8 with the following officials: 

9 (1) The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Re10 search, Development, and Acquisition. 

11 (2) The Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

12 Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. 

13 (3) The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 

14 for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. 

15 (4) Service munitions Program Executive Offi16 cers, as appropriate. 

17 (5) The Director of the Missile Defense Agency. 

18 (c) ELEMENTS.—The roadmap under subsection (a) 

19 shall include the following elements: 

20 (1) The current and future capability and ca21 pacity of existing solid rocket motor manufacturers, 

22 Aerojet Rocketdyne and Northrop Grumman (for23 merly Orbital ATK). 

24 (2) The capability and capacity of potential new 

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1 including companies funded by the United States 

2 Government. 

3 (3) An assessment of the process for qualifying 

4 new entrants, including new manufacturing proc5 esses, for solid rocket motors. 

6 (4) An assessment of the capacity and capa7 bility of the SRM industrial base to support the de8 mands of existing munitions program of record. 

9 (5) An assessment of the capacity and capa10 bility of the SRM industrial base to support poten11 tial future demands of munitions programs. 

12 (6) An assessment of emerging technologies or 

13 manufacturing processes that would support the 

14 modernization or evolution of the SRM industrial 

15 base. 

16 (7) A mapping of program of record and antici17 pated or potential future munitions programs to 

18 SRM manufacturer throughput. 

19 (8) Identification of current and potential 

20 shortfalls in common precursors and chemicals. 

21 (9) United States Government funding to date 

22 for the SRM industrial base, whether through pro23 grams of record or through Defense Production Act 

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1 (IBAS) programs, broken out by fiscal year and pur2 pose. 

3 (10) A plan to prioritize government funding 

4 for energetics facilities in the following precedence: 

5 (A) Government-owned, government-oper6 ated facilities. 

7 (B) Government-owned, contractor-oper8 ated facilities. 

9 (C) Contractor-owned, contractor-operated 

10 facilities. 

11 (d) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than June 1, 2025, the 

12 Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct 

13 a review of Department of Defense decisions regarding the 

14 SRM industry since February 1, 2022, including— 

15 (1) the requested levels of funding for muni16 tions using solid rocket motors, broken down by 

17 motor diameter; 

18 (2) the requested levels of funding for direct in19 vestment in government-owned, government-operated 

20 facilities, government-owned, contractor-operated fa21 cilities, and contractor-owned, contractor-operated 

22 facilities; 

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1 (4) the potential adverse effects of prioritizing 

2 privately owned SRM production infrastructure over 

3 government-owned SRM production infrastructure; 

4 and 

5 (5) a cost and capabilities comparison between 

6 the expansion of existing infrastructure at the Alle7 gany Ballistics Laboratory and construction of new 

8 infrastructure at Naval Surface Warfare Center, In9 dian Head. 

10 SEC. 847. PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLIER COMPLIANCE WITH 

11 DATA SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than Sep13 tember 1, 2025, the Director of the Defense Logistics 

14 Agency, to the extent feasible, shall require every con15 tractor supplying pharmaceuticals to the Department of 

16 Defense to be compliant with the requirement under sec17 tion 510(j)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

18 Act (21 U.S.C. 360(j)(3)) to submit to the Secretary of 

19 Health and Human Services the amount of each drug 

20 manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, or 

21 processed by the contractor for commercial distribution. 

22 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than September 1, 2026, 

23 the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall brief 

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1 atives on the implementation of subsection (a), any chal2 lenges in implementing such subsection, and any plans for 

3 improving the implementation of such subsection. 

4 SEC. 848. REPORT AND UPDATED GUIDANCE ON CONTIN5 UED RISK MANAGEMENT FOR PHARMA6 CEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAINS OF DEPARTMENT 

7 OF DEFENSE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

10 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall— 

11 (1) submit to the Committees on Armed Serv12 ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

13 a report regarding— 

14 (A) existing information streams within 

15 the Federal Government, if any, for excipients 

16 and key starting materials of drugs that may be 

17 used to assess the reliance by the Department 

18 of Defense on high-risk foreign suppliers ana19 lyzed in the report required under section 

20 860(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 

22 10 U.S.C. 3241 note prec.); 

23 (B) active pharmaceutical ingredients, final 

24 drug products, and respective excipients and 

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1 that is produced by each manufacturer in a 

2 high-risk foreign country, as determined by the 

3 Secretary of Defense; 

4 (C) any limitations on the ability of the 

5 Secretary to— 

6 (i) obtain or analyze the information 

7 identified under subparagraphs (A) and 

8 (B); and 

9 (ii) use data analytics to monitor 

10 vulnerabilities in the pharmaceutical supply 

11 chain of the Department; 

12 (D) how the Secretary plans to address the 

13 limitations identified under subparagraph (C); 

14 and 

15 (E) any recommendations of the Secretary 

16 to address those limitations; and 

17 (2) update risk management guidance developed 

18 by the Under Secretary under section 860(a)(1) of 

19 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

20 Year 2023 to include any relevant findings identified 

21 in paragraph (1). 

22 (b) FDA DETERMINATIONS.—The Department of 

23 Defense shall rely upon determinations of excipients and 

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2 that align with FDA regulations. 

3 SEC. 849. REPORT ON IMPACT OF MERGERS AND ACQUISI4 TIONS ON THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE. 

5 (a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States 

6 that the defense industrial defense base, its resiliency, and 

7 its capacity are core interests of the Department of De8 fense and United States national security. 

9 (b) REPORT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 15, 

11 2025, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indus12 trial Base Policy shall submit to the congressional 

13 defense committees a report on the policies and pro14 cedures of the Department of Defense relating to 

15 mergers and acquisitions and how these impact the 

16 defense industrial base. 

17 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

18 paragraph (1) shall include— 

19 (A) a review of how Department of De20 fense Directive 5000.62 has been updated to re21 flect the policy detailed in subsection (a), or an 

22 explanation of why it does not need to be up23 dated to reflect that policy; 

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1 crease the capacity of the defense industrial 

2 base, especially with a view to increased consoli3 dation in the defense and space sectors; 

4 (C) a detailed list of resources required to 

5 holistically assess proposed mergers and acqui6 sitions activity relative to the defense industrial 

7 base and initiate reviews of any such activity 

8 that would have a negative impact on the resil9 iency, capacity, or competition of the defense 

10 industrial base; and 

11 (D) guidance and criteria for factors that 

12 determine when mergers and acquisitions activ13 ity will reach a threshold of risk to the resil14 iency and capacity of the defense industrial 

15 base and therefore merit a review. 

16 SEC. 850. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL REVITALIZATION. 

17 (a) NATIONAL DEFENSE EXECUTIVE RESERVE.— 

18 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter 

20 into voluntary agreements with senior executives of tradi21 tional and nontraditional defense contractors, including 

22 executives from the supplier base, to advise the Secretary 

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1 rials, including single points of failure in the produc2 tion of Department of Defense weapons systems and 

3 a plan to bolster each source by diversifying the sup4 ply chain; 

5 (2) factors that limit the production rates re6 quired for critical munitions and weapons systems; 

7 (3) workforce issues across the defense indus8 trial base; 

9 (4) deconfliction of efforts across the Depart10 ment of Defense and industry to improve defense in11 dustrial base capacity and efficiency; and 

12 (5) a process and mechanism for traditional 

13 and nontraditional defense contractors to share data 

14 on capital expenditures with the Department of De15 fense. 

16 (b) ECONOMIC MOBILIZATION BRIEFING.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 

18 2025, the Secretary, working in consultation with 

19 the executives described in subsection (a), shall pro20 vide a classified briefing with an unclassified sum21 mary to the congressional defense committees on 

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1 tional global war in the event of a national emer2 gency. 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required under 

4 paragraph (1) shall include— 

5 (A) a description of the national emer6 gency planning assumptions upon which the 

7 Department bases such economic mobilization 

8 plans, including a range of cases concerning the 

9 triggers for mobilization and the consumption 

10 of materiel and munitions expected in each 

11 case; 

12 (B) a description of the economic mobiliza13 tion objectives of the Department, to include 

14 production goals and the desired timelines to 

15 implement those goals, once such mobilization 

16 begins; 

17 (C) the number and kind of current eco18 nomic mobilization plans and the most recent 

19 dates on which such plans were updated; 

20 (D) a projection of the anticipated de21 mands for material, capital, and labor necessary 

22 to meet the objectives and timelines described 

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1 (E) an analysis of the degree to which the 

2 Department and the defense industrial base is 

3 capable of meeting the objectives and timelines 

4 described in subparagraph (B); and 

5 (F) an analysis on whether the United 

6 States would be well positioned to replenish its 

7 forces after any emergency faster than or at a 

8 comparable rate to adversaries, given the situa9 tion described in subparagraph (E). 

10 (c) ECONOMIC MOBILIZATION PLANS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall direct 

12 the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the 

13 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

14 Sustainment to lead the completion of interim eco15 nomic mobilization plans by not later than December 

16 31, 2025, and detailed economic mobilization plans 

17 by not later than June 30, 2026, for the purposes 

18 of carrying out the total or partial mobilization of 

19 the economy of the United States for a sustained 

20 conventional global war, in the event of a national 

21 emergency. These plans should be informed by the 

22 executives described in subsection (a). 

23 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plans required under 

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1 (A) The information described in subpara2 graphs (A) though (F) of subsection (b)(2). 

3 (B) An assessment of the percentage of 

4 material, capital, and labor needs identified 

5 pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(D) that the De6 partment is able to meet on the date of the 

7 completion of the detailed mobilization plans 

8 and the timelines for meeting such percentage. 

9 (C) An examination of whether foreign 

10 sources of strategic and critical materials and 

11 transportation from those sources to the United 

12 States or other locations of defense production 

13 are militarily secure in the event of an emer14 gency and an assessment of whether those 

15 countries are likely to continue supplying such 

16 strategic and critical materials in the event of 

17 conflict. 

18 (3) NOTIFICATION AND SUMMARY.—Upon com19 pletion of the detailed mobilization plans required 

20 under paragraph (1), and every 180 days thereafter, 

21 the Secretary shall notify the congressional defense 

22 committees that the plans have been completed and 

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1 (A) the degree to which the Secretary con2 siders the industrial base is capable of meeting 

3 the objectives and timelines described in sub4 section (b)(2)(B); and 

5 (B) the percentage of material, capital, 

6 and labor needs identified in subsection 

7 (b)(2)(D) that the Department is able to meet 

8 on the date of the report and on the timelines 

9 for meeting such percentage. 

10 SEC. 851. TRANSPARENCY IN ACQUISITION WAIVERS 

11 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

12 (a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to 

13 build and maintain a robust national security industrial 

14 base and supply chain free from materials, parts, supplies, 

15 major end items, and services procured from adversarial 

16 nations. 

17 (b) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—The Assistant Secretary 

18 of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall publish all non19 sensitive information regarding waivers granted by the 

20 Department of Defense on a publicly accessible website. 

21 (c) PROCEDURES AND GUIDANCE.—Not later than 

22 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

23 Secretary of Defense shall issue procedures and guidance 

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1 tivities to provide to the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

2 for Industrial Base Policy all waiver information necessary 

3 to comply with this section. 

4 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than October 1, 2025, and 

5 annually thereafter for 10 years, the Assistant Secretary 

6 of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall submit to the 

7 appropriate congressional committees a detailed briefing 

8 of all waivers granted by the Department of Defense in 

9 the previous calendar year. 

10 (e) FORM OF BRIEFING.—Each briefing required by 

11 subsection (d) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

12 may include a classified annex. The classified annex shall 

13 include all sensitive information not included in the un14 classified form or disclosed publicly as required under sub15 section (b), including aggregate details of— 

16 (1) the number of active waivers; 

17 (2) the types of materials, parts, supplies, 

18 major end items, and services procured under what 

19 waiver; 

20 (3) the authority under which active waivers 

21 have been issued and when they were last granted; 

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1 cal year and since such waiver was originally grant2 ed; and 

3 (5) the adversarial nation that any materials, 

4 parts, supplies, major end items, or services are 

5 being procured from under a waiver. 

6 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) ADVERSARIAL NATION.—The term ‘‘adver8 sarial nation’’ means China, Russia, Iran, or North 

9 Korea. 

10 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT11 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com12 mittees’’ means the Committee on Armed Services of 

13 the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 

14 the House of Representatives. 

15 (3) WAIVER.—The term ‘‘waiver’’ means any 

16 waiver, national security waiver, or domestic non17 availability determination granted by any official of 

18 the Department of Defense for the procurement, ac19 quisition, or sustainment of any materials, parts, 

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1 SEC. 852. REPORT ON CAPACITY TO INCREASE DOMESTIC 

2 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND PROCURE3 MENT OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATE4 RIALS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De7 fense, acting through the National Defense Stockpile Man8 ager, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

9 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and such 

10 other committees of Congress as the Secretary of Defense 

11 considers appropriate, a report that assesses the capacity 

12 to increase domestic industrial production and procure13 ment of strategic and critical materials during peacetime 

14 and in the event of a national emergency. 

15 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

16 (a) shall include the following: 

17 (1) A detailed description of— 

18 (A) the authorities delegated to the Sec19 retary of Defense under section 306 of Execu20 tive Order 13603 (50 U.S.C. 4553 note; relat21 ing to national defense resources preparedness) 

22 and how the Secretary of Defense has imple23 mented those authorities; 

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1 tic source for the purposes of those authorities; 

2 and 

3 (C) any impediments to increasing domes4 tic industrial production and procurement of 

5 strategic and critical materials for such pur6 poses. 

7 (2) Recommendations regarding— 

8 (A) increasing the role of the Secretary of 

9 Defense in the production and procurement of 

10 strategic and critical materials from domestic 

11 sources; and 

12 (B) efforts by the Department of Defense 

13 to integrate its responsibilities with the respon14 sibilities of other Federal agencies relating to 

15 increasing domestic industrial production and 

16 procurement of strategic and critical materials 

17 during peacetime and in the event of a national 

18 emergency 

19 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

20 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 

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1 SEC. 853. EMPLOYMENT TRANSPARENCY REGARDING INDI2 VIDUALS WHO PERFORM WORK IN THE PEO3 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

4 Section 855 of the National Defense Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 

6 4651 note prec.) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)(3)— 

8 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

9 and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii) and moving such 

10 clauses, as so redesignated, two ems to the 

11 right; 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘If a covered entity’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a covered com14 pany’’; and 

15 (C) in clause (ii), as so redeignated, by 

16 striking ‘‘performed.’’ and inserting the fol17 lowing: ‘‘performed; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) whether an agency or instru19 mentality of the People’s Republic of 

20 China or any non-governmental Chinese 

21 company has requested access to data or 

22 otherwise acquired data from such covered 

23 company pursuant to the People’s Republic 

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1 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE OF INFOR2 MATION AND ADDITIONAL MEASURES REGARD3 ING CERTAIN ENTITIES.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a covered com5 pany performs service contracts dealing 

6 with commercial computer software or non7 commercial computer software and is re8 quired to make a disclosure under para9 graph (1) or (2), such company shall— 

10 ‘‘(I) describe the process for dis11 closing a software vulnerability, if 

12 such company is also required to dis13 close any software vulnerability to the 

14 Ministry of Industry and Information 

15 Technology or any other agency or in16 strumentality of the People’s Republic 

17 of China; and 

18 ‘‘(II) provide any information re19 lated to how a United States affiliate 

20 is notified of a flaw described in sub21 clause (I). 

22 ‘‘(ii) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.— 

23 Not later than 180 days after the date of 

24 the enactment of this subparagraph, the 

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1 Acquisition Regulation Supplement to en2 sure that— 

3 ‘‘(I) a company described in 

4 clause (i) is notified of any software 

5 vulnerability by any affiliated Chinese 

6 company within 48 hours of such 

7 company entity reporting any software 

8 vulnerability to the Ministry of Indus9 try and Information Technology or 

10 any other agency or instrumentality of 

11 the People’s Republic of China; and 

12 ‘‘(II) the company shall retain 

13 and furnish to the Department of De14 fense information regarding any soft15 ware vulnerability reported to the 

16 Ministry of Industry and Information 

17 Technology or any other agency or in18 strumentality of the People’s Republic 

19 of China.’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

22 ‘‘ENTITIES’’ and inserting ‘‘COMPANIES’’; and 

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1 (3) by amending subsection (d)(2) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(2) COVERED COMPANY.—The term ‘covered 

4 company’ means a contractor offeror that also con5 ducts software development in the People’s Republic 

6 of China.’’. 

7 SEC. 854. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AU8 THORITIES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense (re10 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall seek to 

11 enter into contracts for the domestic manufacture of a 

12 covered product, in the event that the Secretary deter13 mines that— 

14 (1) there is a Department of Defense require15 ment for a covered product that cannot be met by 

16 other means; and 

17 (2)(A) the covered product is— 

18 (i) sourced from a foreign adversary (as 

19 defined in section 8(c)(2) of the Secure and 

20 Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 

21 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2))); 

22 (ii) included on the list of essential medi23 cines maintained by the Food and Drug Admin24 istration pursuant to Executive Order 13944 

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1 (iii) listed by the World Health Organiza2 tion as an essential medicine; 

3 (iv) on the drug shortage list maintained 

4 by the Food and Drug Administration under 

5 section 506E of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

6 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 356e); 

7 (v) used by the Department of Defense but 

8 not otherwise commercially available; or 

9 (vi) affected by an emergent issue, such as 

10 a natural disaster, that hinders existing manu11 facturing of the product; or 

12 (B) other circumstances exist that pose a secu13 rity risk to the Armed Forces which can be ad14 dressed through such manufacture of the covered 

15 product. 

16 (b) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary is not required to 

17 enter into a contract pursuant to subsection (a) if the Sec18 retary is unable to identify an entity with whom to con19 tract for the domestic manufacture of a covered product 

20 in sufficient quality and quantity. 

21 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall consult 

22 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services on es23 tablishing domestic facility requirements for the manufac24 ture of covered products pursuant to the Defense Produc25 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 


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1 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 

2 product’’ means a drug (as defined in section 201(g) of 

3 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

4 321(g))), including a biological product (as defined in sec5 tion 351(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 262(i))), or device (as defined in section 201(h) of the 

7 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

8 321(h)), or the primary packaging, active pharmaceutical 

9 ingredient, key starting material, or component or part for 

10 such a drug or device. 

11 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The authority under sub12 section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2025. 

13 Subtitle D—Small Business Matters 

14 SEC. 861. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRACKING AWARDS MADE 

15 THROUGH OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY. 

16 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than one year after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

18 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall establish 

19 a pilot program to enable the Department of Defense to 

20 track the number and amounts awarded to small busi21 nesses and nontraditional defense contractors performing 

22 on transactions using other transaction authority, includ23 ing those carried out through consortia. In carrying out 

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1 and shall seek to maximize the use of existing data report2 ing structures or the expertise of a consortia-manager. 

3 (b) BRIEFINGS.— 

4 (1) ESTABLISHED PROCESS.—Not later than 

5 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

6 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

7 Sustainment shall provide a briefing to the Commit8 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

9 of Representatives on the process to carry out the 

10 pilot program established under subsection (a). 

11 (2) COLLECTED DATA.—Not later than one 

12 year after the briefing provided under paragraph 

13 (1), and continuing until the final briefing provided 

14 under paragraph (3), the Under Secretary of De15 fense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall brief the 

16 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

17 the House of Representatives on the awards data the 

18 pilot program is collecting. 

19 (3) FINAL DATA AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

20 Not later than September 30, 2029, the Department 

21 shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

22 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa23 tives on the final data collected for the pilot program 

24 and shall include any recommendations to make the 

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1 (c) SUNSET.—The authority to carry out the pilot 

2 program under this section shall expire on December 31, 

3 2029. 

4 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) NONTRADITIONAL DEFENSE CON6 TRACTOR.—The term ‘‘nontraditional defense con7 tractor’’ has the meaning given in section 3014 of 

8 title 10, United States Code. 

9 (2) OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY.—The 

10 term ‘‘other transaction authority’’ has the means 

11 the authority provided under sections 4021 and 

12 4022 of title 10, United States Code. 

13 (3) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi14 ness’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘small busi15 ness concern’’ in section 3(a) of the Small Business 

16 Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 

17 SEC. 862. SMALL BUSINESS BILL OF RIGHTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 

19 through the Small Business Integration Group led by the 

20 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

21 Sustainment, shall develop and adopt a Small Business 

22 Bill of Rights for the Department and its components. 

23 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Small Business 

24 Bill of Rights is to make sure customer service issues and 

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1 tious manner at the lowest level possible, increasing the 

2 likelihood that small businesses continue to conduct busi3 ness with the Department, and ultimately fostering a 

4 healthier partnership with the defense industrial base. 

5 (c) CONTENT.—The Bill of Rights required under 

6 subsection (a) shall— 

7 (1) provide authority to small business profes8 sionals in the Department of Defense to make in9 quiries to acquisition professionals related to cus10 tomer service issues, obtain timely responses, and es11 tablish a resolution process construct that all De12 partment of Defense components must adhere to, in13 cluding reporting appropriate metrics to the Office 

14 of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Small 

15 Business Programs, and Congress to ensure compli16 ance and identification of trends and solutions; 

17 (2) authorize the Secretary of Defense, through 

18 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

19 Sustainment, to establish guidance requiring re20 sponses to inquiries within a reasonable and prac21 tical time line; 

22 (3) require Department of Defense component 

23 Small Business Programs Directors to provide office 

24 point of contact information to render service during 

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1 (4) require Department of Defense components 

2 to provide supervisory communication information to 

3 mitigate any unresolved inquiries at their level or at 

4 the request of the originator; and 

5 (5) require Department of Defense components 

6 to track and report annual metrics of customer serv7 ice issues within the Department to the Secretary of 

8 Defense and Congress, including information on the 

9 type of issue, the component, the resolution, and 

10 trends. 

11 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of De13 fense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall present a 

14 briefing to the congressional defense committees detailing 

15 the Small Business Bill of Rights and its implementation 

16 plan. 

17 SEC. 863. PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF 

18 MILITARY RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL IN19 STITUTIONS IN THE STTR PROGRAM. 

20 Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 

21 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(yy) PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF

23 MILITARY RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

3 Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program 

4 to enable any undergraduate, graduate, or post5 graduate degree-granting military research or edu6 cational institution established under title 10, 

7 United States Code, to participate in the STTR pro8 gram of the Department of Defense. 

9 ‘‘(2) SUNSET.—The authority to carry out the 

10 pilot program under this subsection shall end on 

11 September 30, 2025.’’. 

12 SEC. 864. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PILOT PROGRAM FOR 

13 PRELIMINARY CALCULATION ESTIMATES 

14 FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS. 

15 Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 

16 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(yy) BUDGET CALCULATION PILOT PROGRAM.— 

18 ‘‘(1) PILOT.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to more rap20 idly estimate allocations for the SBIR and 

21 STTR programs of the Department of Defense, 

22 the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a budget 

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1 and determination of related allocations in ac2 cordance with subparagraphs (A) and (B), and 

3 paragraph (2), respectively. 

4 ‘‘(B) SBIR PROGRAM.—Beginning in fiscal 

5 year 2025, the Department of Defense shall 

6 calculate required budget expenditures for its 

7 SBIR program as not less than 3.25 percent of 

8 the average of the total research, development, 

9 test, and evaluation extramural budget of the 

10 Department for the 2 most recent fully obli11 gated fiscal year budgets. 

12 ‘‘(C) STTR PROGRAM.—Beginning in fis13 cal year 2025, the Department of Defense shall 

14 calculate required budget expenditures for its 

15 STTR program as not less than 0.46 percent of 

16 the average of the total research, development, 

17 test, and evaluation extramural budget of the 

18 Department for the 2 most recent fully obli19 gated fiscal year budgets. 

20 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS.—Not later than 30 days 

21 after the date of enactment of an appropriations bill 

22 for the Department of Defense for a fiscal year, the 

23 Department shall determine and make adjustments 

24 for actual allocations related to the SBIR and STTR 

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1 ‘‘(3) SUNSET.—The pilot program under this 

2 subsection shall terminate on September 30, 2025.’’. 

3 Subtitle E—Other Matters 

4 SEC. 871. SMALL UNCREWED AERIAL SYSTEMS SUPPLY 

5 CHAIN STRATEGY. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De8 fense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense 

9 for Acquisition and Sustainment, the Undersecretary of 

10 Defense for Research and Engineering, and the Secre11 taries of the military departments, shall submit to the con12 gressional defense committees a strategy to develop a se13 cure domestic and allied supply chain of critical compo14 nents for small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS). 

15 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy submitted under sub16 section (a) shall include the following elements: 

17 (1) Identification of the critical components 

18 needed for sUAS to meet national defense require19 ments. 

20 (2) Identification of the main sources of supply 

21 for such critical components, including— 

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1 (B) identification of critical components 

2 with an alternative supply from any United 

3 States and allied sources; and 

4 (C) identification of critical components 

5 where an alternative source from the United 

6 States or other allied partner might be cul7 tivated or fostered with proper incentives. 

8 (3) A description of gaps and vulnerabilities 

9 based on requirements and sources of supply, includ10 ing reliance on a covered foreign country. 

11 (4) A plan to develop domestic or allied supply 

12 chain to close gaps and vulnerabilities identified in 

13 paragraph (3). 

14 (5) A description of use of current initiatives 

15 and programs to create alternative sources of supply 

16 outside of a covered foreign country. 

17 (6) Recommendations for utilizing authorities 

18 available to the Department of Defense, such as De19 fense Production Act authorities, the Industrial 

20 Base and Sustainment program, loan guarantees, or 

21 other programs. 

22 (7) Recommendations for incentivizing private 

23 sector investment to grow or foster domestic or al24 lied sourcing for critical components for sUAS. 

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1 (1) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The 

2 term‘‘covered foreign country’’ has the meaning 

3 given the term in section 848 of the National De4 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub5 lic Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 4871 note). 

6 (2) CRITICAL COMPONENTS.—The term‘‘critical 

7 components’’ primarily refers to systems described 

8 in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section 

9 848(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

10 for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 

11 U.S.C. 4871 note). 

12 SEC. 872. MODIFICATION TO EXTRAMURAL ACQUISITION 

13 INNOVATION AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. 

14 Section 4142 of title 10, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by striking subsection (c); 

17 (2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 

18 (f) as subsections (c),(d), and (e), respectively; and 

19 (3) in subsection (e), as redesignated by para20 graph (2), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

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1 SEC. 873. MODIFICATIONS TO CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE 

2 PROTECTIONS FROM REPRISAL FOR DISCLO3 SURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. 

4 Section 4701(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

7 (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), 

8 (7), and (8), respectively; and 

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol10 lowing new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after receiving an Inspec12 tor General report pursuant to subsection (b), the head 

13 of the agency concerned shall notify the complainant and 

14 the Inspector General, in writing, of either the actions or15 dered or the decision to deny relief. After such notifica16 tion, if the head of the agency concerned changes the ac17 tions ordered or the decision to deny relief, the head of 

18 the agency concerned shall notify the complainant and the 

19 Inspector General, in writing, of the change not later than 

20 30 days after the change occurs.’’; 

21 (3) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by para22 graph (1) of this section, by striking ‘‘paragraph 

23 (b)(2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(B) of such 

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1 (4) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

3 (3)’’. 

4 SEC. 874. MODIFICATIONS TO COMPTROLLER GENERAL AS5 SESSMENT OF ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 

6 Section 3072 of title 10, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2026’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘2029’’ ; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘efforts’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘initiatives’’; 

13 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig14 nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 

15 (C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 

16 by striking ‘‘efforts.’’ and inserting ‘‘initiatives; 

17 and’’; and 

18 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

19 paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(3) other issues as determined appropriate by 

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1 SEC. 875. MODIFICATIONS TO GUIDELINES AND COLLEC2 TION METHOD FOR ACQUISITION OF COST 

3 DATA. 

4 Section 3227(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

6 major systems threshold defined in section 3041 of this 

7 title’’. 

8 SEC. 876. PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT AND 

9 SERVICES FOR CONTRACTORS. 

10 Section 883 of the National Defense Authorization 

11 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 

12 4292 note prec.) is amended— 

13 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PILOT

14 PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT AND

15 SERVICES FOR WEAPON SYSTEMS CONTRAC16 TORS’’ and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBU17 TION SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR CONTRAC18 TORS’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘eight-year pilot’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘for the production, modi22 fication, maintenance, or repair of a weapon 

23 system that is’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Not more than five sup2 port contracts’’ and inserting ‘‘Not more than 

3 30 support contracts’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; 

5 (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘contract de6 scribed in subsection (a) are storage and distribu7 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘contract entered into by the 

8 Department include storage and distribution’’; 

9 (5) in subsection (d)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it ap11 pears; 

12 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘A requirement for the 

14 solicitation of offers for a contract de15 scribed in subsection (a), for which storage 

16 and distribution services are to be made 

17 available’’ and inserting ‘‘A requirement to 

18 notify a contractor or potential contractor 

19 for which storage and distribution services 

20 are to be made available’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

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1 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 ‘‘that are to be made available’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘that are available’’; and 

4 (C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘include 

5 a clause to indemnify the Government against 

6 any failure by the contractor to perform the 

7 support contract, and to remain responsible’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘include a requirement that any 

9 failure by the contractor to perform the sup10 ported contract is not excusable based on use of 

11 the support contract, and the contractor is to 

12 remain responsible’’; 

13 (6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘pilot’’; and 

14 (7) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and in15 serting the following: 

16 ‘‘(f) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than April 1, 2025, and 

17 annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Defense 

18 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

19 Senate and House of Representatives a report describ20 ing— 

21 ‘‘(1) the cost effectiveness for both the Govern22 ment and industry of the program; 

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1 ‘‘(3) the number of and location of existing con2 tracts.’’. 

3 SEC. 877. INCLUSION OF JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF 

4 KOREA IN CONTESTED LOGISTICS DEM5 ONSTRATION AND PROTOTYPING PROGRAM. 

6 Section 842(h)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza7 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), 

10 and (E) as subparagraphs (D), (F), and (G), respec11 tively; 

12 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol13 lowing new subparagraph: 

14 ‘‘(C) Japan;’’; and 

15 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D), as re16 designated by paragraph (1), the following new sub17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(E) the Republic of Korea;’’. 

19 SEC. 878. MODIFICATION TO LIMITATION ON ACQUISITION 

20 OF EXCESS SUPPLIES. 

21 Section 3070 of title 10, United States Code, is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, or in the 

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1 excess of five years of operating stocks’’ after ‘‘in ex2 cess of two years of operating stocks’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘, to pro4 tect against identified risk of supply chain disrup5 tions,’’ before ‘‘or for other reasons of national secu6 rity’’. 

7 SEC. 879. TECHNICAL EDITS TO SOURCING REQUIREMENTS 

8 FOR STRATEGIC MATERIALS AND SENSITIVE 

9 MATERIALS. 

10 (a) STRATEGIC MATERIALS.—Section 4863 of title 

11 10, United States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Defense or 

14 the Secretary of the military department con15 cerned determines’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 

16 Defense determines’’; and 

17 (B) by inserting ‘‘at a reasonable price’’ 

18 after ‘‘when needed’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Acquisi20 tions outside the United States in support of combat 

21 operations or in support of contingency operations’’ 

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1 (b) SENSITIVE MATERIALS.—Section 4872(c)(2) of 

2 title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 

3 sale of any covered material described under subsection 

4 (a)(1) by the Secretary outside of the United States for 

5 use outside of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘the sale 

6 of any covered material described under subsection (a)(1) 

7 by the Secretary outside of the United States in support 

8 of contingency operations for use outside of the United 

9 States’’. 

10 SEC. 880. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 

11 STATES CODE, AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF 

12 LAW. 

13 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10.—Title 

14 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 

15 (1) In section 3221(b)(6)(A)— 

16 (A) in clause (iii), by striking the semi17 colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

18 (B) by striking clause (iv); and 

19 (C) by redesignating clause (v) as clause 

20 (iv). 

21 (2) In section 3225(3)(B), by striking ‘‘, or the 

22 next quarterly report pursuant to section 2445c of 

23 this title in the case of a major automated informa24 tion system program’’. 

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1 (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and 

2 (C); 

3 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking the 

4 semicolon and inserting a period; and 

5 (C) in that matter preceding subparagraph 

6 (A), by striking ‘‘subsection if—(A) funds’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘subsection if funds’’. 

8 (4) In section 4141(a)(2), by striking ‘‘section 

9 2304’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3204’’. 

10 (5) In section 4204, by striking subsection (f). 

11 (6) In section 4211— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘major automated informa13 tion system’’ each place it appears; and 

14 (B) in subsection (c)(2)(H), by striking 

15 ‘‘sections 3501 through 3511’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘section 3501’’. 

17 (7) In section 4505(h)(6), by striking ‘‘section 

18 4505(g)(5) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

19 (4)’’. 

20 (8) In section 4816(b)(6), by striking ‘‘section 

21 2430 of this title or major automated information 

22 systems (as defined in section 2445a of this title)’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘section 4201 of this title’’. 

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1 (1) The following provisions of law are hereby 

2 repealed: 

3 (A) Section 805 of the National Defense 

4 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 

5 Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1542). 

6 (B) Section 806 of the National Defense 

7 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 

8 Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3373). 

9 (C) Sections 886 and 892 of the National 

10 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 

11 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 266, 270). 

12 (D) Section 127 of the Ike Skelton Na13 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

14 Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 111 Stat. 

15 4161). 

16 (E) Sections 828 and 1056 of the National 

17 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 

18 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 910, 984). 

19 (F) Sections 235 and 1692 of the National 

20 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 

21 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2064, 2636). 

22 (2) Section 863(b)(1) of the National Defense 

23 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 

24 111–383; 124 Stat. 4293) is amended by striking 


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1 ‘‘Air Force,’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Force, the Chief of 

2 Space Operations,’’. 

3 (3) Section 844 of the National Defense Au4 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 

5 112–81; 125 Stat. 1515) is amended— 

6 (A) by striking subsections (a) and (b); 

7 and 

8 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(c) AN9 NUAL REPORT ON CONTRACTING IN IRAQ AND

10 AFGHANISTAN.—Section’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec11 tion’’; and 

12 (4) Paragraph (6) of section 913(b) of the Na13 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

14 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1523) is 

15 amended by striking ‘‘of the Air Force,’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘of the Air Force, the Chief of Space Oper17 ations,’’. 

18 (5) Paragraph (3) of section 862(d) of the 

19 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

20 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 10 

21 U.S.C. 4811 note) is amended— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 

23 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

24 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

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1 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

2 subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(D) the Chief of Space Operations, with 

4 respect to matters concerning the Space 

5 Force.’’. 

6 SEC. 881. PILOT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUC7 TION OF MUNITIONS. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Sec9 retary of Defense shall establish a pilot program for the 

10 licensed production by commercial companies of eligible 

11 munitions, munitions test platforms, and mission systems 

12 content for such munitions that meet the criteria described 

13 in subsection (b). 

14 (b) CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBLE MUNITIONS.—Muni15 tions, munitions test platforms, and mission systems eligi16 ble for the pilot program include— 

17 (1) weapons systems or munitions with inven18 tory levels below the Total Munitions Requirement 

19 (TMR); 

20 (2) weapons systems, munitions, or test plat21 forms that could fill gaps of munitions below the 

22 TMR or that could credibly contribute to delivering 

23 similar effects as munitions with programs of record; 

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1 (3) munitions, munitions test platforms, or 

2 major mission systems content for which the current 

3 intellectual property holder or production company 

4 assents to participation in the pilot program. 

5 (c) SELECTION OF MUNITIONS.—Not later than 

6 April 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall designate 

7 a minimum of two and a maximum of four munitions, mu8 nitions test platforms, or major munition mission systems 

9 content, from at least two military departments, for inclu10 sion in the pilot program established under subsection (a). 

11 (d) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 

12 may reimburse current intellectual property holders, pro13 duction companies, and commercial companies for ex14 penses incurred under the pilot program. 

15 (e) USE OF INNOVATIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

16 STRATEGIES.—The Secretary of Defense may use the au17 thority to use innovative intellectual property strategies 

18 pursuant to section 808 of the National Defense Author19 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 10 

20 U.S.C. 3791 note) to carry out the pilot program estab21 lished under subsection (a). 

22 (f) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 

23 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec24 retary of Defense shall brief the congressional defense 


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1 committees on the status and progress of the pilot pro2 gram. 

3 (g) SUNSET.—The pilot program established under 

4 subsection (a) shall terminate 5 years after establishment. 

5 SEC. 882. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF REVERSE ENGINEER6 ING FOR PRODUCTION OF PARTS. 

7 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Not later than one 

8 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 

9 Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

10 shall, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military 

11 departments and the Director of the Defense Logistics 

12 Agency, commence carrying out a pilot program to assess 

13 the feasibility and advisability of producing parts through 

14 reverse engineering or re-engineering. 

15 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF PARTS; PROCEDURES.—In 

16 carrying out the pilot program required by subsection (a), 

17 the Under Secretary shall, in coordination with the Secre18 taries of the military departments and the Director of the 

19 Defense Logistics Agency— 

20 (1) identify parts for which technical data is 

21 not available; and 

22 (2) create streamlined procedures for produc23 tion of a part identified under paragraph (1) 

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1 (A) when production of the part may be 

2 required under a condition of contested logistics 

3 and necessitate point of use manufacturing; 

4 (B) where the developer of the part will 

5 not meet the schedule for deliver required by 

6 the contracting officer to maintain weapon sys7 tem readiness or responsiveness in the event of 

8 mobilization; or 

9 (C) when the head of the contracting activ10 ity applicable to the part certifies in writing 

11 that the Department would benefit from pro12 duction of the part through reverse engineering 

13 or re-engineering to sustain training or oper14 ations for sole-source parts. 

15 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an18 nually thereafter until the date specified in sub19 section (d), the Under Secretary shall, in coordina20 tion with the Secretaries of the military departments 

21 and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, 

22 submit to the congressional defense committees a re23 port on the pilot program carried out under sub24 section (a). 


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1 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted pursu2 ant to paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

3 (A) A list of parts produced through re4 verse engineering or re-engineering, 

5 disaggregated by military department and com6 ponent of the Department of Defense, including 

7 the use case of each part and whether the part 

8 was previously procured under a sole-source. 

9 (B) An identification of cost or time saving 

10 that was obtained through the use of reverse 

11 engineering or re-engineering for the production 

12 of a part under the pilot program. 

13 (C) Recommendations and lessons learned 

14 from the pilot program that can inform con15 tracting guidance and procedures, especially re16 garding the procurement of technical data 

17 rights. 

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1 SEC. 883. PROHIBITION ON OPERATION, PROCUREMENT, 

2 AND CONTRACTING RELATED TO FOREIGN3 MADE LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING 

4 TECHNOLOGY USED ON MANNED OR UN5 MANNED SYSTEMS. 

6 (a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

7 not operate or enter into or renew a contract for the pro8 curement of— 

9 (1) any covered light detection and ranging 

10 technology— 

11 (A) that is used on manned or unmanned 

12 systems; 

13 (B) that is manufactured by a covered 

14 light detection and ranging company; and 

15 (C) that— 

16 (i) is manufactured in a covered for17 eign country or by an entity domiciled in 

18 a covered foreign country; 

19 (ii) uses operating software developed 

20 in a covered foreign country or by an enti21 ty domiciled in a covered foreign country; 

22 or 

23 (iii) uses network connectivity or data 

24 storage located in a covered foreign coun25 try or administered by an entity domiciled 

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1 (2) any system that incorporates, interfaces 

2 with, or otherwise uses covered light detection and 

3 ranging technology described in paragraph (1). 

4 (b) EXEMPTION.—The prohibition under subsection 

5 (a) shall not apply if the operation, procurement, or con6 tracting action is for the purposes of intelligence, elec7 tronic warfare, or information warfare operations, testing, 

8 analysis, or training. 

9 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 

10 the prohibition under subsection (a) on a case-by-case 

11 basis if the Secretary certifies, in writing, to the congres12 sional defense committees that the operation, procure13 ment, or contracting action is required in the national in14 terest of the United States. 

15 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibition under sub16 section (a) shall take effect on June 30, 2026. 

17 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term 

19 ‘‘covered foreign country’’ means any of the fol20 lowing: 

21 (A) The People’s Republic of China. 

22 (B) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 

23 (C) The Democratic People’s Republic of 

24 Korea. 

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1 (2) COVERED LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING

2 COMPANY.—The term ‘‘covered light detection and 

3 ranging company’’ means any of the following: 

4 (A) Hesai Technology. 

5 (B) RoboSense Technology Co. 

6 (C) ZVISION Technologies Co., Ltd. 

7 (D) Any subsidiary or affiliate of a com8 pany referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), or 

9 (C). 

10 (E) Any entity that produces or provides 

11 light detection and ranging technology and that 

12 is included on— 

13 (i) the Consolidated Screening List 

14 maintained by the International Trade Ad15 ministration of the Department of Com16 merce; 

17 (ii) the Non-SDN Chinese Military-In18 dustrial Complex Companies List main19 tained by the Office of Foreign Assets 

20 Control of by the Department of the 

21 Treasury; or 

22 (iii) the list of Chinese military com23 panies maintained under section 1260H of 

24 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

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1 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 

2 3965; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 

3 (F) Any entity that produces or provides 

4 light detection and ranging technology and 

5 that— 

6 (i) is domiciled in a covered foreign 

7 country; or 

8 (ii) is under the ownership, control, or 

9 influence of a covered foreign country, as 

10 determined by the Secretary of Defense in 

11 accordance with the National Industrial 

12 Security Program (or any successor pro13 gram). 

14 (3) COVERED LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING

15 TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘covered light detection 

16 and ranging technology’’ means light detection and 

17 ranging technology (commonly referred to as 

18 ‘‘LiDAR technology’’) and any related services and 

19 equipment. 

20 (4) LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; LIDAR.— 

21 The terms ‘‘light detection and ranging’’ and 

22 ‘‘LiDAR’’ mean a sensor that emits light, often in 

23 the form of a pulsed or modulated laser, and scans 

24 or flashes the environment to detect and measure 

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1 SEC. 884. REPORTS ON JOINT WARFIGHTER CLOUD CAPA2 BILITY CONTRACTS. 

3 (a) TASK ORDER REPORTS.— 

4 (1) REPORT REQUIREMENT.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

7 on a biannual basis thereafter until September 

8 30, 2030, the Director of the Defense Informa9 tion Systems Agency shall produce a report on 

10 the contracts relating to the Joint Warfighter 

11 Cloud Capability entered into by the Depart12 ment of Defense in December 2022 for com13 mercial cloud services for the Department. 

14 (B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by 

15 subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 

16 (i) The number and value of all task 

17 orders issued under the contracts described 

18 in such subparagraph, disaggregated by 

19 vendor, for each military service or Depart20 ment of Defense component. 

21 (ii) The duration of each such task 

22 order. 

23 (iii) The number of sole source task 

24 orders issued compared to the number of 

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1 (2) DATA SHARING.—The head of each Depart2 ment component or military service shall share such 

3 data with the Chief Information Officer of the De4 partment as the Chief Information Officer deter5 mines necessary to prepare the reports required by 

6 paragraph (1)(A). 

7 (3) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of Defense, 

8 acting through the Assistant to the Secretary of De9 fense for Public Affairs, shall ensure that the re10 ports required by paragraph (1)(A) are made avail11 able to the public by— 

12 (A) posting a publicly releasable version of 

13 the report; and 

14 (B) upon request, transmitting the releas15 able version of those reports. 

16 (b) SOLE SOURCE TASK ORDER REPORTS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

18 the date of the enactment of this Act, and on a 

19 semiannual basis thereafter, the head of each De20 partment component or military service shall submit 

21 to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 

22 and the Committee on Armed Services of the House 

23 of Representatives a report on any sole source task 

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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by para2 graph (1) shall include, with respect to the task 

3 order concerned, the following: 

4 (A) A description of the order. 

5 (B) A summary of services provided under 

6 the order. 

7 (C) The value of the order. 

8 (D) The justification for awarding the 

9 order on a sole source basis. 

10 (E) An identification of the vendor award11 ed the order. 

12 SEC. 885. PHASE-OUT OF COMPUTER AND PRINTER ACQUI13 SITIONS INVOLVING ENTITIES OWNED OR 

14 CONTROLLED BY CHINA. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

16 procure computers and printers produced by manufactur17 ers that are not covered Chinese entities in accordance 

18 with the percentage thresholds specified in subsection (b). 

19 (b) REQUIRED PERCENTAGES.—The percentage 

20 thresholds referred to in subsection (a) are, for both com21 puters and printers, as follows: 

22 (1) Not less than 10 percent of the Depart23 ment’s total procurement beginning in fiscal year 

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1 (2) Not less than 25 percent of the Depart2 ment’s total procurement beginning in fiscal year 

3 2027. 

4 (3) Not less than 50 percent of the Depart5 ment’s total procurement beginning in fiscal year 

6 2028. 

7 (4) Not less than 95 percent of the Depart8 ment’s total procurement beginning in fiscal year 

9 2029. 

10 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 

11 the applicable percentage limitations specified in sub12 section (b) if the computers or printers cannot be pro13 duced in compliance with such limitations in the required 

14 quality or quantity or at a reasonable cost. 

15 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’— 

17 (A) means an electronic, magnetic, optical, 

18 electrochemical, or other high speed data proc19 essing device performing logical, arithmetic, or 

20 storage functions, and includes any data stor21 age facility or communications facility directly 

22 related to or operating in conjunction with such 

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1 (B) does not include an automated type2 writer or typesetter, a portable handheld calcu3 lator, or other similar device. 

4 (2) COVERED CHINESE ENTITY.—The term 

5 ‘‘covered Chinese entity’’ means an entity that— 

6 (A) is wholly owned by the Government of 

7 the People’s Republic of China; or 

8 (B) has been determined by the Secretary 

9 of Defense to be under the ownership, control, 

10 or influence of the Government of the People’s 

11 Republic of China. 

12 (3) MANUFACTURER.—The term ‘‘manufac13 turer’’ means— 

14 (A) the entity that transforms raw mate15 rials, miscellaneous parts, or components into 

16 the end item; 

17 (B) any entity that subcontracts with the 

18 entity described in subparagraph (A) for the en19 tity described in such subparagraph to trans20 form raw materials, miscellaneous parts, or 

21 components into the end item; 

22 (C) any entity that otherwise directs the 

23 entity described in subparagraph (A) to trans24 form raw materials, miscellaneous parts, or 

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1 (D) any parent company, subsidiary, or af2 filiate of the entity described in subparagraph 

3 (A). 

4 (4) PRINTER.—The term ‘‘printer’’— 

5 (A) means desktop printers, multifunction 

6 printer copiers, and printer/fax combinations 

7 taken out of service that may or may not be de8 signed to reside on a work surface, and include 

9 various print technologies, including laser and 

10 LED (electrographic), ink jet, dot matrix, ther11 mal, and digital sublimation, and ′′multi12 function′′ or ′′all-in-one′′ devices that perform 

13 different tasks, including copying, scanning, 

14 faxing, and printing; 

15 (B) includes floor-standing printers, print16 ers with optional floor stand, or household 

17 printers; and 

18 (C) does not include point of sale (POS) 

19 receipt printers, calculators with printing capa20 bilities, label makers, or non-standalone print21 ers that are embedded into products that are 

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1 SEC. 886. PROHIBITION ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 CONTRACTS WITH CHINESE-OWNED ONLINE 

3 TUTORING SERVICES. 

4 (a) PROHIBITION.—The Department of Defense shall 

5 terminate any existing contracts as soon as legally pos6 sible, and shall not contract in the future, with any com7 pany who provides online tutoring services that is owned 

8 or controlled by nationals of the People’s Republic of 

9 China. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibition under sec11 tion (a) shall take effect 180 days after the date of the 

12 enactment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 887. REQUIREMENT TO PROCURE DOMESTICALLY 

14 PRODUCED GENERIC DRUGS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 385 of 

16 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

17 end the following new section: 

18 ‘‘§ 4865. Requirement to procure domestically pro19 duced generic drugs 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of a military service 

21 or Department of Defense agency or field activity may not 

22 enter into a contract for the procurement of generic drugs 

23 specified on the list in subsection (c), unless the generic 

24 drugs— 

25 ‘‘(1) are manufactured in the United States; 

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1 ‘‘(2) use active pharmaceutical ingredients and 

2 key starting materials sourced from— 

3 ‘‘(A) the United States; or 

4 ‘‘(B) a foreign country or instrumentality 

5 designated under subsection (b) of section 301 

6 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 

7 U.S.C. 2511) for purposes of the waiver author8 ity under subsection (a) of that section. 

9 ‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY EXCEPTION.—(1) Subsection (a) 

10 does not apply to the head of military service or Depart11 ment of Defense agency or field activity if the head deter12 mines that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of 

13 a generic drug described in subsection (a) cannot be pro14 cured in sufficient quantities to meet military needs or as 

15 and when needed at United States market prices. 

16 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall notify Congress 

17 not less than 15 days after the Department exercises a 

18 waiver under paragraph (1). 

19 ‘‘(c) DEFENSE-RELEVANT GENERIC DRUG LIST.— 

20 Not later than October 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense 

21 shall develop and maintain a list of defense-relevant ge22 neric drugs, based on the risk management framework de23 veloped under section 860 of the James National Defense 

24 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

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1 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 ‘‘(1) ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT.— 

3 The term ‘active pharmaceutical ingredient’ has the 

4 meaning given such term in section 744A(2) of the 

5 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 

6 ‘‘(2) GENERIC DRUG.—The term ‘generic drug’ 

7 means a drug approved under subsection (b)(2) or 

8 (j) of section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

9 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) or licensed under sec10 tion 351(k) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 262(k)). 

12 ‘‘(3) KEY STARTING MATERIAL.—The term ‘key 

13 starting material’ means a raw material, an inter14 mediate, or an active pharmaceutical ingredient that 

15 is used in the production of an active pharmaceutical 

16 ingredient and that is incorporated as a significant 

17 structural fragment into the structure of the active 

18 pharmaceutical ingredient.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

20 at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by insert21 ing after the item relating to section 4662 the following 

22 new item: 

‘‘4865. Requirement to procure domestically produced generic drugs.’’. 

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1 SEC. 888. PROCUREMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 ADVANCED CHEMISTRY BATTERIES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

4 procure advanced batteries and cells whose electrode active 

5 materials and technology, whether as end items or embed6 ded within warfighting and support systems, are sourced, 

7 refined, and produced by non-foreign entities of concern 

8 in accordance with the percentage thresholds specified in 

9 subsection (b). 

10 (b) REQUIRED PERCENTAGES.—The percentage 

11 thresholds referred to in subsection (a) are as follows: 

12 (1) Not less than 10 percent of the Depart13 ment’s total advanced battery procurement begin14 ning in fiscal year 2026. 

15 (2) Not less than 20 percent of the Depart16 ment’s total advanced battery procurement begin17 ning in fiscal year 2027. 

18 (3) Not less than 40 percent of the Depart19 ment’s total advanced battery procurement begin20 ning in fiscal year 2028. 

21 (4) Not less than 80 percent of the Depart22 ment’s total advanced battery procurement begin23 ning in fiscal year 2029. 

24 (c) SOURCING AND PRODUCTION.—For purposes of 

25 this section, a battery or cell shall be considered compliant 

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1 (1) the final product is assembled or manufac2 tured in the United States, Canada, the United 

3 Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, or 

4 Japan; 

5 (2) more than 95 percent of the electrode active 

6 materials and the remaining battery cell components 

7 by value originates from sources other than foreign 

8 entities of concern (including derivatives, successors, 

9 or affiliates of foreign entities of concern); and 

10 (3) the production of such battery or cells does 

11 not require licensing of technology from a foreign 

12 entity of concern or a derivative, successor, or affil13 iate of a foreign entity of concern. 

14 (d) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 

15 the percentage limitations specified in subsection (a) if the 

16 batteries and cells cannot be produced in compliance with 

17 such limitations in the required quality or quantity or at 

18 a reasonable cost. 

19 (e) REPORT.—Not later than December 1, 2025, and 

20 annually thereafter for three years, the Secretary of De21 fense shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

22 committees on the status of meeting the requirements 

23 under subsection (a). 

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1 (1) ADVANCED BATTERIES.—The term ‘‘ad2 vanced batteries’’ has the meaning given the term in 

3 section 40207(a) of the Infrastructure Investment 

4 and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18741(a)). 

5 (2) ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIALS.—The 

6 term ‘‘electrode active materials’’ means cathode ma7 terials, anode materials, anode foils, and electro8 chemically active materials, including solvents, addi9 tives, and electrolyte salts that contribute to the 

10 electrochemical processes necessary for energy stor11 age. 

12 (3) FOREIGN ENTITY OF CONCERN.—The term 

13 ‘‘foreign entity of concern’’ has the meaning given 

14 the term in section 40207(a) of the Infrastructure 

15 Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18741(a)). 

16 SEC. 889. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT AND COM17 MISSARY SALES OF SEAFOOD ORIGINATING 

18 OR PROCESSED IN CHINA. 

19 (a) PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT OF SEAFOOD

20 ORIGINATING OR PROCESSED IN CHINA FOR MILITARY

21 DINING FACILITIES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (1), the Secretary of Defense may not enter 

24 into a contract for the procurement of seafood that 

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1 China for use in military dining facilities, including 

2 galleys onboard United States naval vessels. 

3 (2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

4 (A) UNDUE BURDEN.—The Secretary of 

5 Defense, or a designee of the Secretary, may 

6 grant exceptions to the prohibition under para7 graph (1) to facilities on military installations 

8 located outside of the United States if such pro9 hibition would unduly burden or prevent sea10 food from being served at such facility. 

11 (B) UNITED STATES VESSELS VISITING

12 FOREIGN PORTS.—The Secretary of Defense, or 

13 a designee of the Secretary, may grant excep14 tions to the prohibition under paragraph (1) to 

15 United States vessels visiting foreign ports. 

16 (b) PROHIBITION ON SALES OF SEAFOOD ORIGI17 NATING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AT COM18 MISSARY STORES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2484 of title 10, 

20 United States Code, as amended by section 629, is 

21 further amended by adding at the end the following 

22 new subsection: 

23 ‘‘(m) PROHIBITION ON SALES OF SEAFOOD ORIGI24 NATING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.—Raw or 

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1 People’s Republic of China may not be sold at commissary 

2 stores.’’. 

3 (2) BRIEFING ON COMPLIANCE.—Section 

4 2481(c)(4) of such title is amended— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 

6 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

7 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

8 subparagraph (F); and 

9 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

10 the following new subparagraph (E): 

11 ‘‘(E) an assessment of compliance with the 

12 prohibition under section 2484(l) of this title; 

13 and’’. 

14 (3) TRANSITION RULES.— 

15 (A) APPLICABILITY.—The prohibition 

16 under subsection (l) of section 2484 of title 10, 

17 United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), 

18 shall apply on and after the date that is 30 

19 days after the date of the enactment of this 

20 Act. 

21 (B) DISPOSAL OF REMAINING STOCK.— 

22 The Director of the Defense Commissary Agen23 cy may determine how to dispose of any stock 

24 covered by the prohibition under subsection (l) 

25 of section 2484 of title 10, United States Code, 


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1 as added by paragraph (1), that remains as of 

2 the date described in subparagraph (A). 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibitions under this 

4 section, and the amendments made by this section, shall 

5 take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act. 

7 SEC. 890. EXTENSION OF POST-GOVERNMENT RESTRIC8 TIONS ON SENIOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

9 OFFICIALS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT WITH DE10 FENSE CONTRACTORS. 

11 Section 847(a)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza12 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 

13 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘within two 

14 years after leaving service’’ and inserting ‘‘within four 

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1 TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE2 FENSE ORGANIZATION AND 

3 MANAGEMENT 

4 Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary 

5 of Defense and Related Matters 

6 SEC. 901. REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY CONGRESS WHEN DEP7 UTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IS PER8 FORMING FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF SEC9 RETARY OF DEFENSE. 

10 Section 132(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘The Deputy Secretary shall 

14 act’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(2)(A) The Deputy Secretary shall act’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(B) If the Secretary is unable to perform the func19 tions and duties of the office as described in subparagraph 

20 (A), the Deputy Secretary, or any other individual per21 forming such functions and duties, shall, not later than 

22 24 hours before any planned transfer of such functions 

23 and duties or 24 hours after any unplanned transfer of 

24 such functions and duties, notify the following of the 

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1 ‘‘(i) The Committee on Armed Services, the 

2 Committee on Appropriations, and the majority and 

3 minority leaders of the Senate. 

4 ‘‘(ii) The Committee on Armed Services, the 

5 Committee on Appropriations, the Speaker, and the 

6 minority leader of the House of Representatives.’’. 

7 SEC. 902. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF DEPUTY 

8 ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE. 

9 Section 138(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘60’’ and inserting ‘‘62’’. 

11 SEC. 903. MATTERS RELATING TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY 

12 OF DEFENSE FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND 

13 LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

16 shall— 

17 (1) implement a systematic approach to identify 

18 and update Department of Defense policies, proc19 esses, and policy guidance to institutionalize the re20 sponsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

21 for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict 

22 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Assistant Sec23 retary’’) for the authority, direction, and control of 

24 all special-operations peculiar administrative matters 

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1 of special operations forces in accordance with sec2 tion 138(b)(2)(A)(i) of title 10, United States Code, 

3 including matters related to the oversight by the As4 sistant Secretary of special operations budgeting and 

5 programming, legislative affairs, operations, per6 sonnel, and public affairs activities and protocol for 

7 participation in decision-making fora of the Depart8 ment involving special operations forces; 

9 (2) develop a long-term staffing plan for the 

10 Secretariat for Special Operations established under 

11 section 139b(a) of title 10, United States Code, that 

12 incorporates strategic workforce planning principles, 

13 including an articulation of the mission of the Secre14 tariat, an identification of critical skill gaps, and a 

15 strategy to hire personnel to address such gaps; 

16 (3) produce written departmental guidance to 

17 clarify the respective administrative roles of the 

18 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the As19 sistant Secretary, including to ensure adequate sup20 port for the Secretariat from Washington Head21 quarters Services, the Office of the Director of Ad22 ministration and Management, Joint Service Pro23 vider, and other administrative offices of the Depart24 ment; 


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1 (4) produce written departmental guidance for 

2 the hiring of personnel, the establishment of perma3 nent office space in the Pentagon, the provision of 

4 information technology equipment and services, and 

5 other administrative requirements for the Secre6 tariat; 

7 (5) establish a process for development, coordi8 nation, and issuance by the Assistant Secretary of 

9 special operations instructions and other Depart10 ment-wide policies, instructions, directive-type mem11 orandums, or other documents consistent with the 

12 responsibilities assigned to the Assistant Secretary; 

13 (6) establish a process for the Assistant Sec14 retary and the Commander of the United States 

15 Special Operations Command to monitor the pro16 motions of special operations forces and coordinate 

17 with the military departments regarding the assign18 ment, retention, training, professional military edu19 cation, and special and incentive pays of special op20 erations forces consistent with the responsibilities 

21 assigned to the Assistant Secretary and the Com22 mander; and 

23 (7) establish a Center for Special Operations 

24 Analysis to lead special operations-related analysis 

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1 military leaders have adequate analytical support for 

2 decision making related to the organization, train3 ing, equipping, and employment of special operations 

4 forces. 

5 (b) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

7 submit to the congressional defense committees a plan, in8 cluding appropriate milestones and timelines for comple9 tion, for achieving the requirements under subsection (a). 

10 SEC. 904. ENHANCED COORDINATION ON INTERNATIONAL 

11 COOPERATION ACTIVITIES. 

12 (a) PLANNING AND ATTENDANCE FOR CERTAIN BI13 LATERAL MEETINGS.—In order to improve understanding 

14 of the techno-economic implications of acquisition-related 

15 international cooperation activities, the Under Secretary 

16 of Defense for Policy shall include the Deputy Assistant 

17 Secretary of Defense for International and Industry En18 gagement in the planning for and attendance at any bilat19 eral meeting with the government of a country that is an 

20 ally or partner of the United States in which international 

21 cooperation related to foreign military sales, technology 

22 acquisition or sustainment, or logistics or industrial base 

23 coordination or mobilization, is a likely topic. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 

2 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a 

3 contract with a nonprofit organization under which 

4 that organization— 

5 (A) conducts a study with respect to 

6 whether the organization, resourcing, manning, 

7 and training of the Department of Defense for 

8 international cooperation activities is sufficient 

9 to support expanded demand for security co10 operation activities with countries that are allies 

11 and partners of the United States; and 

12 (B) submits to the Secretary a report on 

13 the results of the study. 

14 (2) ELEMENTS.—The study conducted under 

15 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

16 (A) An assessment of the roles and respon17 sibilities of the Under Secretary of Defense for 

18 Policy, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of De19 fense for International and Industry Engage20 ment, and any other officials the Secretary con21 siders appropriate to include, to reduce overlap 

22 and increase cooperation between components 

23 of the Department of Defense with respect to 

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1 (B) An identification and assessment of 

2 mechanisms for coordination with the Depart3 ment of State with respect to such activities. 

4 (C) An identification and assessment of ex5 isting tools in the Department to support inter6 national cooperation, including the Global Re7 search Watch program and the international re8 search offices of the military departments. 

9 (D) An identification of industry fora, 

10 training or wargaming opportunities, and exer11 cise events that could be leveraged to support 

12 increased international cooperation activities. 

13 (E) An assessment of the success, as of 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, in inte15 grating the defense industrial bases of the 

16 United States and countries that are allies and 

17 partners of the United States, including rec18 ommendations with respect to— 

19 (i) goals for the end-state of that inte20 gration; and 

21 (ii) how to integrate of those goals 

22 into the strategic planning documents and 

23 guidance of the Department. 

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1 cooperation and specific challenges to acting on 

2 those opportunities. 

3 (3) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

4 September 1, 2025, the Secretary shall submit to 

5 the congressional defense committees— 

6 (A) the report of the nonprofit organiza7 tion under paragraph (1)(B); and 

8 (B) any comments of the Secretary with 

9 respect to that report. 

10 (4) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In 

11 this subsection, the term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ 

12 means an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 

13 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

14 from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

15 SEC. 905. FORCE SIZING ANALYSIS FOR STRATEGIC COM16 PETITION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

19 shall develop a methodology for analyzing United States 

20 military force sizing necessary to conduct activities of the 

21 Department of Defense in support of strategic competi22 tion. 

23 (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the method24 ology required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall con25 sider, at a minimum, the United States military forces 


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1 necessary for activities short of traditional armed conflict, 

2 including the following: 

3 (1) Campaigning. 

4 (2) Building capacity of and security coopera5 tion with partner countries. 

6 (3) Foreign internal defense. 

7 (4) Information operations. 

8 (5) Civil affairs. 

9 (6) Irregular warfare. 

10 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 270 days 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

12 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re13 port on the methodology developed under subsection (a) 

14 that includes, at a minimum, the following: 

15 (1) An explanation of the methodology and how 

16 the methodology is intended to be applied to future 

17 force sizing analysis. 

18 (2) An articulation of the roles and responsibil19 ities of relevant officials, branches of the Armed 

20 Forces, and commands in utilizing the methodology. 

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1 SEC. 906. INCLUSION IN DEFENSE PLANNING GUIDANCE OF 

2 GUIDANCE ON SIZE, STRUCTURE, AND POS3 TURE OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the annual Defense 

5 Planning Guidance issued under section 113(g)(2)(A) of 

6 title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense 

7 shall include guidance with respect to the size, structure, 

8 posture, and other force development planning priorities 

9 specific to special operations forces. 

10 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 

12 2025, and annually thereafter for five years, the 

13 Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 

14 committees a report detailing how the Defense Plan15 ning Guidance issued under section 113(g)(2)(A) of 

16 title 10, United States Code, specifically accounts 

17 for the size, structure, posture, and other force de18 velopment planning priorities specific to special oper19 ations forces necessary— 

20 (A) to support the National Defense Strat21 egy under section 113(g)(1) of that title; and 

22 (B) to carry out the special operations ac23 tivities specified in section 167(k) of that title. 

24 (2) ELEMENTS.—The annual report required by 

25 paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, describe specific 

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1 retary of the Air Force, and the Secretary of the 

2 Navy to coordinate requirements for the organiza3 tion, training, and equipping of special operations 

4 forces with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

5 Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, con6 sistent with responsibilities and authorities of the 

7 Assistant Secretary under section 138(b)(2)(A) of 

8 title 10, United States Code, in order to achieve con9 cepts and goals of— 

10 (A) the National Defense Strategy; 

11 (B) the Joint Warfighting Concept; 

12 (C) the Joint Concept for Competing; and 

13 (D) the Strategy for Operations in the In14 formation Environment. 

15 SEC. 907. REVIEW OF BIODEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 

17 2026, and December 31, 2029, the Secretary of Defense 

18 shall, acting through the Biodefense Council, offer to pro19 vide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of 

20 the Senate and the House of Representatives on the Bio21 defense Posture Review. 

22 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing provided under sub23 section (a) shall include an assessment of the following: 

24 (1) The current strategy and capabilities of the 

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1 United States Armed Forces against bioincidents 

2 and the ability to campaign and, if necessary, fight 

3 and win in a biological threat environment. 

4 (2) Changes to policy, law, or appropriations 

5 necessary to enhance the effectiveness of the bio6 defense capabilities of the Department. 

7 (3) Such other such matters as the Council con8 siders appropriate. 

9 SEC. 908. PLAN FOR ADEQUATE STAFFING OF OFFICE OF 

10 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR IN11 DUSTRIAL BASE POLICY AND JOINT PRODUC12 TION ACCELERATOR CELL. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

15 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 

16 plan for adequately staffing the Office of the Assistant 

17 Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy and the 

18 Joint Production Accelerator Cell to advise and generate 

19 options for the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 

20 and Sustainment relating to the duties described in section 

21 133b(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, including sup22 ply chain analysis, supplier health analysis, production ca23 pacity analysis, and such other analysis as the Under Sec24 retary may require. 


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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

2 shall include the following: 

3 (1) An estimate of— 

4 (A) the number of personnel necessary to 

5 fulfill the responsibilities of the Office of the 

6 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial 

7 Base Policy and the Joint Production Accel8 erator Cell in supporting the Under Secretary 

9 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment re10 lating to the duties described in section 

11 133b(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code; and 

12 (B) associated funding across the period 

13 covered by the most recent future-years defense 

14 program under section 221 of that title. 

15 (2) A hiring plan, with milestones, for gradually 

16 increasing the number of personnel in the Office of 

17 the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial 

18 Base Policy and the Joint Production Accelerator 

19 Cell to the number described in paragraph (1)(A). 

20 (3) A breakdown of the optimal mix of military, 

21 civilian, and contractor personnel in the Office of the 

22 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base 

23 Policy and the Joint Production Accelerator Cell. 

24 (4) An identification of any anticipated funding 

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1 Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy and 

2 the Joint Production Accelerator Cell across the pe3 riod covered by the most recent future-years defense 

4 program. 

5 (5) Any other matters the Secretary determines 

6 relevant. 

7 SEC. 909. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFI8 CER; ELEVATION OF DIRECTOR OF ADMINIS9 TRATION AND MANAGEMENT. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFI11 CER.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 10, United 

13 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 

14 132 the following new section: 

15 ‘‘§ 133. Chief Management Officer 

16 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—There is a Chief Manage18 ment Officer of the Department of Defense, ap19 pointed from civilian life by the President, by and 

20 with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

21 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OFFICER.— 

22 The Chief Management Officer shall oversee all du23 ties of the Performance Improvement Officer of the 

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1 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Chief Manage2 ment Officer shall be appointed from among persons 

3 who have an extensive management or business 

4 background and experience with managing large or 

5 complex organizations. 

6 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subject to the authority, 

7 direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense and the 

8 Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Chief Management Offi9 cer shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as 

10 the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary may prescribe, in11 cluding the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) Responsibility for establishment and imple13 mentation of the Department of Defense Strategic 

14 Management Plan. 

15 ‘‘(2) Responsibility for the Defense Perform16 ance Improvement Council. 

17 ‘‘(3) Responsibility for the Defense Perform18 ance Improvement Framework, as established under 

19 section 125a of this title. 

20 ‘‘(4) Responsibility for the execution of not less 

21 than two Defense Management Action Group agen22 das annually relating to the Strategic Management 

23 Plan. 

24 ‘‘(5) Oversight of transformational business 

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1 ‘‘(6) Oversight of implementation of solutions to 

2 solve issues identified by the High Risk List, and 

3 other recommendations, of the Government Account4 ability Office. 

5 ‘‘(7) Serving as the lead official devoted to 

6 modernizing the business processes of the Depart7 ment that serve as the baseline for all external ac8 quisition and internal operations. 

9 ‘‘(8) Oversight and management of the Defense 

10 Management Institute. 

11 ‘‘(9) Serving as an ex officio member of the De12 fense Business Council. 

13 ‘‘(10) Maintaining convening authority within 

14 the Department for the responsibilities described in 

15 this subsection, and in accordance with the prece16 dence described in subsection (c). 

17 ‘‘(c) PRECEDENCE.—The Chief Management Officer 

18 takes precedence in the Department of Defense after the 

19 Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of De20 fense. 

21 ‘‘(d) COMPENSATION.—The Chief Management Offi22 cer shall be compensated at the rate payable for level II 

23 of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5.’’. 

24 (2) COMPENSATION OF CHIEF MANAGEMENT

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1 Code, is amended by adding at the following new 

2 item: 

3 ‘‘Chief Management Officer, Department 

4 of Defense.’’. 

5 (3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec6 tions at the beginning of chapter 4 of title 10, 

7 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

8 the item relating to section 132 the following new 

9 item: 

‘‘133. Chief Management Officer.’’. 

10 (b) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

12 of Defense shall— 

13 (1) issue guidance to clearly delineate the au14 thorities and responsibilities of the Chief Manage15 ment Officer of the Department of Defense; and 

16 (2) provide a charter for the position of the 

17 Chief Management Officer to fully vest the authority 

18 of the Chief Management Officer within the Depart19 ment of Defense. 

20 (c) DEFENSE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE STAFFING

21 REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 

22 a study to identify the appropriate staffing requirement 

23 in support the role of the Chief Management Officer in 

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1 tion 133 of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub2 section (a). 

3 (d) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE4 VIEW.—The Comptroller General of the United States 

5 shall— 

6 (1) review the duties, staffing, and funding of 

7 the Performance Improvement Officer of the De8 partment of Defense as of the date of the enactment 

9 of this Act; and 

10 (2) make recommendations with respect to the 

11 necessity of expanding the duties and staffing, and 

12 increasing funding, for the Performance Improve13 ment Officer. 

14 (e) ELEVATION OF DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION

15 AND MANAGEMENT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The individual serving as 

17 the Director of Administration and Management of 

18 the Department of Defense on the day before the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act shall serve, on and 

20 after that date, as the Chief Management Officer es21 tablished by section 133 of title 10, United States 

22 Code, as added by subsection (a). 

23 (2) REFERENCES.—On and after the date of 

24 the enactment of this Act, any reference in any law 

25 or regulation to the Director of Administration and 


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1 Management shall be deemed to be a reference to 

2 the Chief Management Officer. 

3 Subtitle B—Other Department of 

4 Defense Organization and Man5 agement Matters 

6 SEC. 911. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF EXPANDED COM7 PETITION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 903 of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 9025. Office of Expanded Competition 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Office of the 

13 Secretary of the Air Force an office to be known as the 

14 Office of Expanded Competition (in this section referred 

15 to as the ‘Office’). 

16 ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The head of the Office shall be the 

17 Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the 

18 Air Force from among employees of the Department of 

19 Defense in Senior Executive Service positions (as defined 

20 in section 3132 of title 5). 

21 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Office shall, using authorities 

22 available to the Department of Defense before the date 

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1 ‘‘(1) conduct coordinated and integrated anal2 ysis of adversarial capital flows into industries or 

3 businesses of interest to the Department; 

4 ‘‘(2) identify and prioritize promising critical 

5 technologies and assets for the Department in need 

6 of capital assistance, including with foreign entities; 

7 ‘‘(3) fund investments in such technologies and 

8 assets, including supply chain technologies not al9 ways supported through direct investment; 

10 ‘‘(4) support coordination and outreach with 

11 technology scouting and acquisition elements of the 

12 Department to support the investment decision-mak13 ing of those elements and consideration of how to 

14 counteract entities employing adversarial capital 

15 flows against industries or businesses described in 

16 paragraph (1), including the employment of relevant 

17 authorities vested in other components of the De18 partment and the Federal Government; 

19 ‘‘(5) identify, accelerate, and sustain the estab20 lishment, research, development, construction, pro21 curement, leasing, consolidation, alteration, improve22 ment, modernization, and repair of tangible and in23 tangible assets vital to the national security of the 

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1 ‘‘(6) help the Department provide capital assist2 ance to entities, including foreign entities, engaged 

3 in investments that facilitate the efforts of the Sec4 retary; 

5 ‘‘(7) experiment, prototype, test, or validate 

6 Government-developed or commercially developed an7 alytical tools, processes, and tradecraft to improve 

8 the due diligence and investment analysis processes 

9 for the Department; and 

10 ‘‘(8) assist the Secretary of Defense in devel11 oping access and placement using commercial 

12 means. 

13 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 ‘‘(1) ADVERSARIAL CAPITAL FLOW.—The term 

15 ‘adversarial capital flow’ means an investment by— 

16 ‘‘(A) the government of a country that is 

17 an adversary of the United States; or 

18 ‘‘(B) an entity organized under the laws 

19 of, or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, 

20 such a country. 

21 ‘‘(2) CAPITAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘capital 

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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

3 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘9025. Office of Expanded Competition.’’. 

4 SEC. 912. JOINT FEDERATED ASSURANCE CENTER. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 303 of 

6 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

7 end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 4128. Joint Federated Assurance Center 

9 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Office of the 

10 Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering 

11 a Joint Federated Assurance Center (in this section re12 ferred to as the ‘Center’). 

13 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center shall be 

14 to serve as a joint, Department-wide federation of capa15 bilities to support the assurance needs of the Department 

16 of Defense by ensuring, pursuant to policies related to 

17 hardware and software assurance and supply chain risk 

18 management, that the software and hardware developed, 

19 acquired, maintained, and used by the Department are 

20 free from intentional and unintentional vulnerability dur21 ing the life-cycle of development and deployment of as22 sured, trustworthy defense systems. 

23 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—In carrying out the purpose described 

24 in subsection (b), the Center shall maintain capabilities 

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1 ‘‘(1) Knowledge management for hardware and 

2 software assurance— 

3 ‘‘(A) to serve as the central repository for 

4 knowledge and best practices— 

5 ‘‘(i) to gain Department-wide visibility 

6 on strategy, use cases, procurement, in7 vestment, and other relevant activities; 

8 ‘‘(ii) to aggregate, where practicable, 

9 purchases by the Department; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) to maximize the influence of the 

11 Department on the marketplace; 

12 ‘‘(B) to coordinate and improve Depart13 ment and program-specific part selection and 

14 management, as well as forecasted needs and 

15 resulting procurement; 

16 ‘‘(C) to enable and facilitate access to a 

17 universal platform, including a common inter18 face and nomenclature, across the Department 

19 and supporting agencies; and 

20 ‘‘(D) to develop and standardize policies, 

21 procedures, and independent validation and 

22 verification test capabilities— 

23 ‘‘(i) in support of timely fielding of 

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1 ‘‘(ii) to increase efficiencies to lever2 age emerging technologies; 

3 ‘‘(iii) to increase resiliency of systems; 

4 ‘‘(iv) to leverage economies of scale; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(v) to support other relevant pur7 poses. 

8 ‘‘(2) Assurance capabilities for hardware and 

9 software assurance— 

10 ‘‘(A) to mature assessment criteria and en11 able scalable deployment of commercial best 

12 practices for evidence-based assurance of trust13 ed defense microelectronics system needs, with 

14 emphasis on commercial security protocols that 

15 are transferable to defense applications; 

16 ‘‘(B) to scale the Center for Department17 wide access, through the resourcing of adequate 

18 personnel to address standardization and auto19 mation of data collection and analysis; 

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1 ties charged with related mandates, including 

2 the Defense Microelectronics Activity; 

3 ‘‘(D) to seek and apply commercial best 

4 practices, where practicable, through industry 

5 collaboration, mutual pilot programs, and co-de6 velopment of data dictionaries, templates, and 

7 other tools in support of microelectronics and 

8 software assurance; and 

9 ‘‘(E) to develop and align Department pol10 icy, investments, and activities with evidence11 based commercial best practices, where prac12 ticable, with the overarching goal of providing 

13 confidence that microelectronics systems and 

14 software and their constituent elements reason15 ably function as intended. 

16 ‘‘(3) For contracts for application-specific inte17 grated circuits designed by defense industrial base 

18 contractors, develop guidance for— 

19 ‘‘(A) the use of evidence-based assurance 

20 processes and techniques that are included in 

21 the contract data requirements list; 

22 ‘‘(B) the use of commercial best industry 

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1 ‘‘(C) the establishment of a library of cer2 tified third-party intellectual property for reuse, 

3 including reuse of transistor layouts, cells, and 

4 macrocells; 

5 ‘‘(D) legal mechanisms for data collection 

6 and sharing; and 

7 ‘‘(E) the adoption of automation tech8 nology to achieve efficiency. 

9 ‘‘(4) The development, maintenance, and 

10 sustainment of relevant evidence-based assurance 

11 standards for developing, procuring, and deploying 

12 hardware and software assurance, including— 

13 ‘‘(A) evidence-based assurance processes 

14 and techniques that sustain, build on, auto15 mate, and scale up the results and accomplish16 ments of prototyping programs to enhance the 

17 confidentiality, integrity, and availability of 

18 microelectronics while minimizing costs and im19 pacts to commercial manufacturing practices; 

20 ‘‘(B) validation methods for such processes 

21 and techniques, in coordination with the devel22 opmental and operational test and evaluation 

23 community, as the Under Secretary determines 

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1 ‘‘(C) threat models that comprehensively 

2 characterize the threat to microelectronics con3 fidentiality, integrity, and availability across the 

4 entire supply chain, and the design, production, 

5 packaging, and deployment cycle to support risk 

6 management and risk mitigation, based on the 

7 principle of reducing risk to as low a level as 

8 reasonably practicable, including— 

9 ‘‘(i) comparative risk assessments; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) balanced and practical invest12 ments in assurance based on risks and re13 turns; 

14 ‘‘(D) trusted systems, network criticality 

15 levels, and associated requirements for the pro16 duction and acquisition of commercial-off-the17 shelf integrated circuits, integrated circuits sub18 ject to the International Traffic in Arms Regu19 lations under subchapter M of chapter I of title 

20 22, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor 

21 regulations, and classified integrated circuits 

22 using commercial foundry manufacturing proc23 ess flows; 

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1 to meet microelectronics assurance require2 ments; and 

3 ‘‘(F) guidance for the establishment of a 

4 government organizational structure and plan 

5 to support the acquisition of fit-for-purpose 

6 microelectronics. 

7 ‘‘(d) DISCHARGE OF ESTABLISHMENT.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In providing for the estab9 lishment of the Center, the Secretary shall consider 

10 whether the purpose of the Center can be met by ex11 isting centers in the Department that provide some 

12 or part of the hardware or software assurance capa13 bilities needed to carry out the purpose described in 

14 subsection (b). 

15 ‘‘(2) STRATEGY.—If the Secretary determines 

16 under paragraph (1) that there are capability gaps 

17 that cannot be satisfied by existing centers, the Sec18 retary shall develop a strategy for creating and pro19 viding resources to fill those gaps. 

20 ‘‘(e) REVISED CHARTER.—Not later than 180 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec22 retary shall issue a revised charter for the Center. The 

23 charter shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) be established pursuant to the trusted and 

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1 and supporting policies related to hardware and soft2 ware assurance and supply chain risk management; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(2) set forth— 

5 ‘‘(A) the role and authorities of the Center 

6 in supporting program offices in implementing 

7 the trusted defense systems strategy of the De8 partment; 

9 ‘‘(B) the software and hardware assurance 

10 expertise and capabilities of the Center, includ11 ing policies, standards, requirements, best prac12 tices, contracting, training, and testing; 

13 ‘‘(C) the requirements for the discharge by 

14 the Center of a program of research and devel15 opment to improve automated software code 

16 vulnerability analysis and testing tools; 

17 ‘‘(D) the requirements for the Center to 

18 procure, manage, and distribute enterprise li19 censes for automated vulnerability analysis 

20 tools, including for automated software code 

21 analysis and tools used in the design and manu22 facture of microelectronics; and 

23 ‘‘(E) the requirements for the discharge by 

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1 opment to improve hardware vulnerability, test2 ing, and protection tools.’’. 

3 (b) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 240 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

5 of Defense shall provide a briefing to the Committees on 

6 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent7 atives on the status of the formal establishment and revi8 sions to the charter of the Joint Federated Analysis Cen9 ter under section 4218 of title 10, United States Code, 

10 as added by subsection (a). 

11 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

12 at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 303 is 

13 amended by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘4128. Joint Federated Assurance Center.’’. 

14 (d) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 937 of the Na15 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 

16 (Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) is repealed. 

17 SEC. 913. MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE PERMANENT THE OF18 FICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL PROGRAM ON 

19 CAPITAL ASSISTANCE. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 149 of title 10, United 

21 States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

23 following new subsection (d): 


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1 ‘‘(d) PROGRAM ON CAPITAL ASSISTANCE TO SUP2 PORT DEFENSE INVESTMENT IN THE INDUSTRIAL

3 BASE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—To the extent and in 

5 such amounts as specifically provided in advance in 

6 appropriations Acts for the purposes detailed in this 

7 subsection, the Secretary of Defense, acting through 

8 the Director, may carry out a program under this 

9 subsection to provide capital assistance to eligible 

10 entities for eligible investments to develop tech11 nologies that support the duties and elements of the 

12 Office and meet the needs of the Department of De13 fense. 

14 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION PROC15 ESS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity 

17 seeking capital assistance for an eligible invest18 ment under this section shall submit to the Di19 rector an application at such time, in such man20 ner, and containing such information as the Di21 rector may require. 

22 ‘‘(B) SELECTION OF INVESTMENTS.—The 

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1 tions are submitted under subparagraph (A). 

2 The criteria shall include— 

3 ‘‘(i) the extent to which an investment 

4 supports the national security of the 

5 United States; 

6 ‘‘(ii) the likelihood that capital assist7 ance provided for an investment would en8 able the investment to proceed sooner than 

9 the investment would otherwise be able to 

10 proceed; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) the creditworthiness of an in12 vestment. 

13 ‘‘(3) CAPITAL ASSISTANCE.— 

14 ‘‘(A) LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To the extent and 

16 in such amounts as specifically provided in 

17 advance in appropriations Acts for the pur18 poses detailed in this subsection, the Direc19 tor may provide loans or loan guarantees 

20 to finance or refinance the costs of an eli21 gible investment selected pursuant to para22 graph (2)(B). 

23 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION OF LOANS.— 

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1 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—Except 

2 as provided under item (bb), the 

3 interest rate on a loan provided 

4 under clause (i) shall be not less 

5 than the yield on marketable 

6 United States Treasury securities 

7 of a similar maturity to the ma8 turity of the loan on the date of 

9 execution of the loan agreement. 

10 ‘‘(bb) EXCEPTION.—The Di11 rector may waive the requirement 

12 under item (aa) with respect to 

13 an investment if the investment 

14 is determined by the Secretary of 

15 Defense to be vital to the na16 tional security of the United 

17 States. 

18 ‘‘(cc) CRITERIA.—The Di19 rector shall establish separate 

20 and distinct criteria for interest 

21 rates for loan guarantees with 

22 private sector lending institu23 tions. 

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1 vided under clause (i) shall be not 

2 later than 50 years after the date on 

3 which the loan was provided. 

4 ‘‘(III) PREPAYMENT.—A loan 

5 provided under clause (i) may be paid 

6 earlier than is provided for under the 

7 loan agreement without a penalty. 

8 ‘‘(IV) NONSUBORDINATION.— 

9 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—A loan 

10 provided under clause (i) shall 

11 not be subordinated to the claims 

12 of any holder of investment obli13 gations in the event of bank14 ruptcy, insolvency, or liquidation 

15 of the obligor. 

16 ‘‘(bb) EXCEPTION.—The Di17 rector may waive the requirement 

18 under item (aa) with respect to 

19 the investment in order to miti20 gate risks to loan repayment. 

21 ‘‘(V) SALE OF LOANS.—The Di22 rector may sell to another entity or 

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1 offering can be made on favorable 

2 terms. 

3 ‘‘(VI) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Any 

4 loan guarantee provided under clause 

5 (i) shall specify the percentage of the 

6 principal amount guaranteed. If the 

7 Secretary determines that the holder 

8 of a loan guaranteed by the Depart9 ment of Defense defaults on the loan, 

10 the Director shall pay the holder as 

11 specified in the loan guarantee agree12 ment. 

13 ‘‘(VII) INVESTMENT-GRADE RAT14 ING.—The Director shall establish a 

15 credit rating system to ensure a rea16 sonable reassurance of repayment. 

17 The system may include use of exist18 ing credit rating agencies where ap19 propriate. 

20 ‘‘(VIII) TERMS AND CONDI21 TIONS.—Loans and loan guarantees 

22 provided under clause (i) shall be sub23 ject to such other terms and condi24 tions and contain such other cov25 enants, representations, warranties, 


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1 and requirements (including require2 ments for audits) as the Secretary de3 termines appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(IX) APPLICABILITY OF FED5 ERAL CREDIT REFORM ACT OF 1990.— 

6 Loans and loan guarantees provided 

7 under clause (i) shall be subject to the 

8 requirements of the Federal Credit 

9 Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et 

10 seq.). 

11 ‘‘(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Subject to 

12 appropriations Acts, the Director may provide 

13 technical assistance with respect to developing 

14 and financing investments to eligible entities 

15 seeking capital assistance for eligible invest16 ments and eligible entities receiving capital as17 sistance under this subsection. 

18 ‘‘(C) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(i) AMOUNT OF CAPITAL ASSIST20 ANCE.—To the extent and in such amounts 

21 as specifically provided in advance in ap22 propriations Acts for the purposes detailed 

23 in this subsection, the Director shall pro24 vide to an eligible investment selected pur25 suant to paragraph (2)(B) the amount of 


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1 capital assistance necessary to carry out 

2 the investment. 

3 ‘‘(ii) USE OF UNITED STATES DOL4 LARS.—All financial transactions con5 ducted under this section shall be con6 ducted in United States dollars. 

7 ‘‘(4) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) CREDIT PROGRAM ACCOUNT.— 

9 ‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is es10 tablished in the Treasury of the United 

11 States a Department of Defense Credit 

12 Program Account to execute loans and 

13 loan guarantees in accordance with section 

14 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 

15 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a). 

16 ‘‘(ii) FUNDING.—The Credit Program 

17 Account shall consist of amounts appro18 priated pursuant to the authorization of 

19 appropriations. 

20 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—To the extent and 

21 in such amounts as specifically provided in ad22 vance in appropriations Acts for the purposes 

23 detailed in this subsection, the Director is au24 thorized to pay, from amounts in the Depart25 ment of Defense Credit Program Account— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the cost, as defined in section 502 

2 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 

3 (2 U.S.C. 661a), of loans and loan guaran4 tees and other capital assistance; 

5 ‘‘(ii) administrative expenses associ6 ated with activities under this section; 

7 ‘‘(iii) project-specific transaction 

8 costs; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) the cost of providing support au10 thorized by this subsection. 

11 ‘‘(5) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense 

12 may prescribe such regulations as the Secretary de13 termines to be appropriate to carry out this sub14 section. 

15 ‘‘(6) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than the 

16 first Monday in February of a fiscal year, the Sec17 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 

18 defense committees an annual report describing ac19 tivities carried out pursuant to this subsection in the 

20 preceding fiscal year and the goals of the Depart21 ment of Defense in accordance with this subsection 

22 for the next fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(7) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Sec24 retary of Defense shall notify the congressional de25 fense committees not later than 30 days after a use 


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1 of loans, loan guarantees, or technical assistance 

2 under this subsection.’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (e)— 

4 (A) by striking paragraph (2); 

5 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

6 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 

7 (C) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 

8 by striking ‘‘that’’ and all that follows through 

9 ‘‘is not’’ and inserting ‘‘that is not’’; and 

10 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(4) The term ‘obligor’ means a party that is 

13 primarily liable for payment of the principal of or in14 terest on a loan.’’. 

15 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 903(b) of the 

16 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 

17 (Public Law 118–31; 10 U.S.C. 4811 note) is repealed. 

18 SEC. 914. ADDITION OF PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF19 FICER AS CO-CHAIR OF DEFENSE BUSINESS 

20 COUNCIL. 

21 Section 2222(f)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 

22 is amended, in the second sentence— 

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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘and the Performance Improve2 ment Officer’’ after ‘‘Officer’’. 

3 SEC. 915. ESTABLISHMENT OF CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM 

4 TO OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF REC5 OMMENDATIONS OF COMMISSION ON PLAN6 NING, PROGRAMMING, BUDGETING, AND EXE7 CUTION REFORM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

10 shall, using the authority provided under section 911(c) 

11 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

12 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) and in 

13 coordination with the officials specified in subsection (g), 

14 establish and appropriately resource a cross-functional 

15 team to plan and oversee, in coordination with the con16 gressional defense committees, the implementation of the 

17 recommendations of the Commission on Planning, Pro18 gramming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform established 

19 by section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

20 for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 

21 1884). 

22 (b) REPORTING.—The cross-functional team required 

23 by subsection (a) shall report directly to the Deputy Sec24 retary of Defense. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The cross-functional team 

2 required by subsection (a) shall include dedicated, 

3 appropriate personnel with relevant expertise. 

4 (2) HIRING AUTHORITIES.—In establishing the 

5 cross-functional team, the Secretary may— 

6 (A) hire personnel on a temporary or term 

7 basis to support the activities of the cross-func8 tional team; and 

9 (B) enter into contracts or other agree10 ments with subject-matter experts with relevant 

11 expertise to support the cross-functional team. 

12 (3) COMPENSATION.—Basic pay for personnel 

13 on the cross-functional team may be administratively 

14 determined and set in accordance with section 

15 3161(d) of title 5, United States Code. 

16 (4) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LIMITA17 TION.—An individual hired under this subsection 

18 who is not employed by the Department of Defense 

19 as of the date of the enactment of this Act is not 

20 subject to the limitations under section 143 of title 

21 10, United States Code. 

22 (d) CONSULTATIONS WITH CONGRESS.—Not later 

23 than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

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1 (1) provide a briefing to the congressional de2 fense committees on the proposed leadership, com3 position, and charter of the cross-functional team re4 quired by subsection (a); and 

5 (2) seek feedback from the congressional de6 fense committees on the recommendations of the 

7 Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, 

8 and Execution Reform. 

9 (e) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Deputy Secretary shall 

11 submit to the congressional defense committees a re12 port describing the status of the implementation of 

13 the recommendations of the Commission on Plan14 ning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Re15 form— 

16 (A) not later than 180 days after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act; and 

18 (B) in the budget justification materials 

19 submitted to Congress in support of the De20 partment of Defense budget (as submitted with 

21 the budget of the President under section 

22 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) for 

23 each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030. 

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1 (A) An assessment of the status of the im2 plementation of the recommendations described 

3 in paragraph (1). 

4 (B) An identification of the official or offi5 cials responsible for implementation each such 

6 recommendation. 

7 (C) A description of the timeline and ac8 tions for implementation of each such rec9 ommendations for the fiscal year following sub10 mission of the report. 

11 (D) The rationale and justification for any 

12 decision not to implement such a recommenda13 tion. 

14 (E) Recommendations for actions to re15 form and modernize the planning, program16 ming, budgeting, and execution process in addi17 tion to the recommendations described in para18 graph (1). 

19 (F) Performance metrics for measuring the 

20 effectiveness of recommendations that have 

21 been implemented. 

22 (G) A comprehensive budget justification 

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1 (i) reflecting the resources required to 

2 implement the recommendations described 

3 in paragraph (1); and 

4 (ii) including— 

5 (I) resources requested in the 

6 Department of Defense budget with 

7 which the report is submitted, if appli8 cable, and resources needed in subse9 quent fiscal years; 

10 (II) resources expended in the 

11 fiscal year that ended most recently 

12 before submission of the report and 

13 the fiscal year during which the report 

14 is submitted; and 

15 (III) a statement of the total 

16 costs of implementation of the rec17 ommendations as of the date of the 

18 report. 

19 (H) An assessment of legislative, regu20 latory, and administrative barriers to implemen21 tation of the recommendations and the need for 

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1 (I) Any other matters that the Deputy 

2 Secretary determines appropriate for inclusion 

3 in the report. 

4 (f) BIANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not less frequently than 

5 every 180 days after the submission of the report required 

6 to be submitted by subsection (e)(1)(A), the cross-func7 tional team required by subsection (a) shall provide to the 

8 congressional defense committees a briefing on the status 

9 of the activities of the cross-functional team. 

10 (g) OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.—The officials specified in 

11 this subsection are the following: 

12 (1) The Deputy Secretary of Defense. 

13 (2) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comp14 troller). 

15 (3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 

16 (4) The Under Secretary of Defense for Re17 search and Engineering. 

18 (5) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui19 sition and Sustainment. 

20 (6) The Director of Cost Assessment and Pro21 gram Evaluation. 

22 (7) The Director of Administration and Man23 agement. 

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1 (9) The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence 

2 Officer. 

3 (10) The Secretaries of the military depart4 ments. 

5 (11) The comptrollers of the military depart6 ments. 

7 (12) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

8 (h) TERMINATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para10 graph (2), this section and the cross-functional team 

11 required by subsection (a) shall terminate on De12 cember 31, 2029. 

13 (2) EARLY DISESTABLISHMENT OF TEAM.—The 

14 Secretary may, on or after December 31, 2027, and 

15 before the termination date specified in paragraph 

16 (1), disestablish the cross-functional team required 

17 by subsection (a) if— 

18 (A) the Deputy Secretary determines, as 

19 provided for in the charter of the cross-func20 tional team, that the cross-functional team is no 

21 longer required for the implementation of the 

22 recommendations of the Commission on Plan23 ning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution 

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1 (i) notifies the congressional defense 

2 committees not later than 30 days before 

3 disestablishing the cross-functional team; 

4 and 

5 (ii) includes in the notification the 

6 justification of the Secretary for the dis7 establishment of the cross-functional team. 

8 SEC. 916. COUNTER-UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS TASK 

9 FORCE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

12 shall establish, or designate from existing organizations 

13 and personnel, a counter-unmanned aircraft systems task 

14 force, to be known as the ‘‘C-UAS Task Force’’. 

15 (b) REVIEW OF MEMORANDA AND DIRECTIVES.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

18 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, act19 ing through the C-UAS Task Force, shall consoli20 date and update all Department of Defense memo21 randa and directives related to the countering of un22 manned aircraft systems in United States airspace 

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1 manned aircraft incursions at military installations 

2 in the United States. 

3 (2) INCLUDED MEMORANDA AND DIRECTIVE.— 

4 The memoranda and directives required to be con5 solidated and updated under paragraph (1) include 

6 the following: 

7 (A) The Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft 

8 Systems Strategy of the Department of De9 fense, dated January 7, 2021. 

10 (B) The Deputy Secretary of Defense 

11 Memorandum entitled ‘‘Risk-based Assessment 

12 in Support of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Ac13 tivities to Protect DOD Facilities and Assets’’ 

14 and dated May 7, 2020. 

15 (C) Deputy Secretary of Defense Policy 

16 Memorandum 16–003, entitled ‘‘Interim Guid17 ance for Countering Unmanned Aircraft’’ and 

18 dated August 18, 2016. 

19 (D) Deputy Secretary of Defense Policy 

20 Memorandum 17–00X, entitled ‘‘Supplemental 

21 Guidance for Countering Unmanned Aircraft’’ 

22 and dated July 5, 2017. 

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1 Countering Unmanned Aircraft’’ and dated 

2 February 8, 2017. 

3 (F) Other related general administrative 

4 notices of the Joint Staff. 

5 (G) Any other associated memoranda or 

6 directives of the Department of Defense relat7 ing to unmanned aircraft systems, as necessary. 

8 (c) ISSUANCE OF UPDATED GUIDANCE.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec11 retary shall issue new memoranda, directives, and 

12 guidance related to authorities to counter unmanned 

13 aircraft systems. 

14 (2) DISSEMINATION TO INSTALLATION COM15 MANDERS.—The Secretary shall ensure that memo16 randa, directives, and guidance issued under para17 graph (1) are included in pre-briefings for any offi18 cers that assume command of a military installation 

19 in the United States on or after July 1, 2025. 

20 (3) STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR

21 MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 

23 after the issuance of the memoranda, directives, 

24 and guidance required by paragraph (1), each 

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1 standard operating procedures for countering 

2 unmanned aircraft systems at the installation. 

3 (B) EXTENSION DURING CHANGES IN COM4 MAND.—If there is a change of command of a 

5 military installation during the 60-day period 

6 described in subparagraph (A), the incoming 

7 commander of the installation shall issue the 

8 standard operating procedures required by that 

9 subparagraph not later than 60 days after re10 ceiving the pre-briefing described in paragraph 

11 (2). 

12 SEC. 917. MODIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE DE13 FENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY. 

14 Section 1746(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 

15 amended by striking paragraph (3). 

16 SEC. 918. PLAN FOR PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT OF SPE17 CIAL RECONNAISSANCE AND ENABLING COM18 MAND. 

19 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Sec21 retary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Inten22 sity Conflict and the Commander of the United States 

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1 lishing the Special Reconnaissance and Enabling Com2 mand. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

4 shall, at a minimum, include the following: 

5 (1) An articulation of the mission and tasks as6 signed to the Special Reconnaissance and Enabling 

7 Command. 

8 (2) An explanation of how the Special Recon9 naissance and Enabling Command fits organization10 ally within the United States Special Operations 

11 Command. 

12 (3) An identification of the personnel, re13 sources, and authorities, including any gaps, nec14 essary to support the Special Reconnaissance and 

15 Enabling Command. 

16 (4) Any other matters the Assistant Secretary 

17 and the Commander consider appropriate. 

18 SEC. 919. AFFILIATE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARMY SPE19 CIAL OPERATIONS FORCES AND COMBAT-EN20 ABLING UNITS OF GENERAL PURPOSE 

21 FORCES. 

22 (a) ASSESSMENT OF FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY

23 OF AFFILIATE RELATIONSHIPS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 says 

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1 retary of the Army and the Assistant Secretary of 

2 Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity 

3 Conflict shall jointly submit to the congressional de4 fense committees a report assessing the feasibility 

5 and advisability of establishing formal affiliate rela6 tionships between units of the Army special oper7 ations forces and combat-enabling units of the Army 

8 general purpose forces for the purpose of enhancing 

9 military readiness and effectiveness through habitual 

10 training, exercises, and, when required, deployments. 

11 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para12 graph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

13 (A) An assessment of the feasibility and 

14 advisability of establishing formal affiliate rela15 tionships between units of the Army special op16 erations forces and combat-enabling units of the 

17 Army general purpose forces, including units 

18 that perform the following missions: 

19 (i) Logistics. 

20 (ii) Intelligence. 

21 (iii) Communications. 

22 (iv) Explosive ordnance disposal. 

23 (v) Electronic warfare. 

24 (vi) Rotary wing support. 

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1 (viii) Such other missions as the Sec2 retary and the Assistant Secretary consider 

3 relevant. 

4 (B) A summary of organic and assigned 

5 forces conducting the missions described in sub6 paragraph (A) for Army special operations 

7 forces as of the date of the enactment of this 

8 Act. 

9 (3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the re10 port required by paragraph (1), the Secretary and 

11 the Assistant Secretary shall take into account the 

12 following: 

13 (A) The enabling requirements of both the 

14 Army special operations forces and the Army 

15 general purpose forces. 

16 (B) The availability of high-demand, low17 density enabling capabilities of the Army gen18 eral purpose forces. 

19 (C) Deployment-to-dwell standards. 

20 (b) PLAN FOR ESTABLISHING AFFILIATE RELATION21 SHIPS.—If, in the report required by subsection (a), the 

22 Secretary and the Assistant Secretary determine that it 

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1 pose forces, then, not later than 270 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Assist3 ant Secretary shall jointly submit to the congressional de4 fense committees a plan for establishing such relationships 

5 that includes, at a minimum, an identification of units to 

6 be affiliated and a timeline for doing so. 

7 SEC. 920. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON EXPANDING THE SERV8 ICES PROVIDED BY THE AIR FORCE OFFICE 

9 OF COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. 

10 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

12 shall complete a study on the feasibility and advisability 

13 of expanding the services of the Air Force Office of Com14 mercial and Economic Analysis to include— 

15 (1) providing commercial and economic analysis 

16 to components of the Department of Defense, in17 cluding information on— 

18 (A) the existing and future commercial and 

19 economic conditions of the United States and of 

20 strategic competitors; 

21 (B) any macro-economic trend or policy 

22 that may affect such commercial and economic 

23 conditions; 

24 (C) any emerging trend in global markets 

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1 national security interests of the United States 

2 as compared to strategic competitors; and 

3 (D) any commercial, economic, or geo4 political incentive or disincentive offered to con5 tractors or prospective contractors of the De6 partment of Defense to act in the national secu7 rity interests of the United States or against 

8 such interests; 

9 (2) providing the business intelligence data, his10 torically purchased by components of the Depart11 ment of Defense from commercial actors, through 

12 commercial and economic analysis conducted by the 

13 Air Force Office of Commercial and Economic Anal14 ysis, including— 

15 (A) firmographic and ownership informa16 tion of commercial actors; 

17 (B) documentation submitted by importers 

18 and exporters, including bills of lading; 

19 (C) ownership information pertaining to 

20 intellectual property rights; 

21 (D) information relating to mergers and 

22 acquisitions; and 

23 (E) any other such data that the Director 

24 of the Air Force Office of Commercial and Eco25 nomic Analysis considers appropriate; and 


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1 (3) convening a working group that includes 

2 members from the combatant commands, other rel3 evant components of the Department of Defense, 

4 academia, industry, think tanks, and federally fund5 ed research and development centers, to facilitate 

6 the adoption by the Department of Defense of best 

7 practices and approaches for commercial and eco8 nomic analysis from the private sector. 

9 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the com10 pletion of the study under subsection (a), the Secretary 

11 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com12 mittees a report that includes— 

13 (1) the findings of the study required by sub14 section (a); and 

15 (2) an assessment of the estimated cost of ex16 panding the services of the Air Force Office of Com17 mercial and Economic Analysis as described in sub18 section (a). 

19 SEC. 921. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ALTERING 

20 AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND. 

21 (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 

22 be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2025 for the 

23 Department of the Air Force may be obligated or ex24 pended to alter or adjust the existing composition, roles, 


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1 or responsibilities of Air Force Global Strike Command 

2 in the— 

3 (1) development of military requirements relat4 ing to strategic deterrence; or 

5 (2) execution of Joint Forces Air Component 

6 Command operational and planning support for 

7 United States Strategic Command. 

8 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 30, 

9 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with 

10 the Commander of United States Strategic Command, 

11 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re12 port outlining a plan for ensuring that any future adjust13 ments to the composition, roles, or responsibilities of Air 

14 Force Global Strike Command will not adversely affect the 

15 missions of the Air Force Global Strike Command in sup16 porting the operational requirements of the United States 

17 Strategic Command or activities of the Department of De18 fense to achieve presidential nuclear employment guidance 

19 objectives. 

20 (c) TERMINATION.—The limitation described in sub21 section (a) shall terminate 90 days after the date upon 

22 which the Secretary of the Air Force submits the report 

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1 SEC. 922. SENIOR INTEGRATION GROUP FOR INDO-PACIFIC 

2 REGION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

5 shall establish a Senior Integration Group for the Indo6 Pacific Region (in this section referred to as the 

7 ‘‘Group’’). 

8 (b) DUTIES.—The Group shall— 

9 (1) lead and coordinate efforts across the De10 partment of Defense to accelerate capability delivery 

11 and to meet emerging requirements for allies and 

12 partners of the United States in the Indo-Pacific re13 gion; and 

14 (2) develop and implement Department-wide 

15 policy and processes to meet urgent requirements re16 lated to the Indo-Pacific region. 

17 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Group shall be composed of 

18 the following members: 

19 (1) The Deputy Secretary of Defense. 

20 (2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 

21 (3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui22 sition and Sustainment. 

23 (4) The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

24 Staff. 

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1 (6) The Under Secretary of the Army. 

2 (7) The Under Secretary of the Air Force. 

3 (8) The Under Secretary of the Navy. 

4 (9) The Director of Cost Assessment and Pro5 gram Evaluation. 

6 (10) Any other officials of the Department of 

7 Defense the Secretary considers appropriate. 

8 (d) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 

9 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

10 Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com11 mittees a report on the establishment of the Group. 

12 (e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than June 1, 

13 2026, and annually thereafter through 2031, the Sec14 retary shall submit to congressional defense committees 

15 a report on the Group that, at a minimum, includes the 

16 following: 

17 (1) A detailed description of the work the 

18 Group plans to undertake during the year following 

19 submission of the report. 

20 (2) A description of specific capabilities and 

21 issues reviewed by the Group during the year pre22 ceding submission of the report. 

23 (f) SUNSET.—The requirement under subsection (a) 

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1 shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 923. DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY 

4 AND INCLUSION RENEWAL. 

5 (a) LIMITATION ON RENEWAL.—The Secretary of 

6 Defense shall not renew the Defense Advisory Committee 

7 on Diversity and Inclusion in accordance with the Federal 

8 Advisory Committee Management Final rule until 120 

9 days after the Secretary submits to the Committee on 

10 Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 

11 Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report 

12 that justifies the advisory committee’s continued oper13 ation. 

14 (b) REPORT CONTENTS.—The report required under 

15 subsection (a) shall include— 

16 (1) a description of the total resources and 

17 man-hours expended by the Committee since its es18 tablishment on October 23, 2022; 

19 (2) a detailed list of all recommendations ap20 proved by the Committee since its establishment on 

21 October 23, 2022; and 

22 (3) a detailed listing of all meetings held, to in23 clude all meeting participants, since the establish24 ment of the Committee on October 23, 2022. 


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1 SEC. 924. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS UNTIL 

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPLIES WITH 

3 CERTAIN LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. 

4 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

5 Act for fiscal year 2025 for the Office of the Assistant 

6 Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, not more 

7 than 75 percent may be obligated or expended until the 

8 Deputy Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional 

9 defense committees that the Department of Defense has 

10 implemented— 

11 (1) section 805 of the National Defense Author12 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117– 

13 81; 135 Stat. 1816); and 

14 (2) section 1046 of the James M. Inhofe Na15 tional Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 117– 

16 263; 10 U.S.C. 111 note). 

17 TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

18 Subtitle A—Financial Matters 

19 SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 

20 (a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

21 (1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 

22 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 

23 the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 

24 amounts of authorizations made available to the De25 partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year 

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1 year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au2 thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and 

3 be available for the same purposes as the authoriza4 tion to which transferred. 

5 (2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para6 graph (3), the total amount of authorizations that 

7 the Secretary may transfer under the authority of 

8 this section may not exceed $6,000,000,000. 

9 (3) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS BETWEEN

10 MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS.—A trans11 fer of funds between military personnel authoriza12 tions under title IV shall not be counted toward the 

13 dollar limitation in paragraph (2). 

14 (b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by sub15 section (a) to transfer authorizations— 

16 (1) may only be used to provide authority for 

17 items that have a higher priority than the items 

18 from which authority is transferred; and 

19 (2) may not be used to provide authority for an 

20 item that has been denied authorization by Con21 gress. 

22 (c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A 

23 transfer made from one account to another under the au24 thority of this section shall be deemed to increase the 

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1 is transferred by an amount equal to the amount trans2 ferred. 

3 (d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 

4 promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under 

5 subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 1002. REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FINAN7 CIAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 

9 2026, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall 

10 revise the Department of Defense Financial Management 

11 Regulation 7000.14–R to— 

12 (1) provide updated guidance for current legis13 lative and regulatory requirements, including the an14 nual Department of Defense appropriations Act; 

15 (2) streamline and deconflict guidance through16 out the Financial Management Regulation to ensure 

17 consistency and clarity; and 

18 (3) remove outdated guidance. 

19 (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the revision 

20 required under subsection (a), the Under Secretary 

21 shall— 

22 (1) prioritize clarity and accessibility in the lan23 guage and direction provided, including improve24 ments to the coordination and approval process for 

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1 (2) review and adopt modern financial practices 

2 that better align to current development and produc3 tion cycles; 

4 (3) consider information technology solutions to 

5 improve the accessibility and usability of the Finan6 cial Management Regulation; and 

7 (4) consider the recommendations of the Com8 mission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and 

9 Execution Reform. 

10 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than February 1, 2025, 

11 and every 180 days thereafter, the Under Secretary of De12 fense (Comptroller), in coordination with the service comp13 trollers, shall provide to the congressional defense commit14 tees a briefing on the efforts to update the Financial Man15 agement Regulation, including— 

16 (1) a description of the progress in updating 

17 the Financial Management Regulation; 

18 (2) a plan and timeline for completing revisions 

19 to the Financial Management Regulation; 

20 (3) a description of any barriers to the ability 

21 of the Department of Defense to update the Finan22 cial Management Regulation as directed; 

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1 (5) any other information deemed relevant by 

2 the Under Secretary. 

3 (d) NOTIFICATION.—The Under Secretary shall no4 tify the congressional defense committees not later than 

5 10 days after completing the revisions required under sub6 section (a). 

7 (e) SUBSEQUENT REVIEW.—The Under Secretary 

8 shall— 

9 (1) conduct a comprehensive review of the Fi10 nancial Management Regulation not less than every 

11 two years after fiscal year 2027; and 

12 (2) notify the congressional defense committees 

13 of the completion of the comprehensive review with 

14 the budget submission. 

15 SEC. 1003. REPEAL OF AUDIT INCENTIVE ELEMENT IN RE16 PORT REQUIREMENT OF FINANCIAL IM17 PROVEMENT AND AUDIT REMEDIATION 

18 PLAN. 

19 Section 240b(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States 

20 Code, is amended by striking clause (ix). 

21 SEC. 1004. PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE TEMPORARY EX22 CHANGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

23 PERSONNEL. 

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1 84; 5 U.S.C. 3702 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘or per2 forms financial management and budgeting tasks for a 

3 software-focused company’’ before the semicolon at the 

4 end. 

5 SEC. 1005. AUTHORITY TO USE DEFENSE MODERNIZATION 

6 ACCOUNT FUNDS FOR TIME-SENSITIVE 

7 EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION. 

8 Section 3136(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following new para10 graphs: 

11 ‘‘(5) For procuring and integrating available 

12 commercial technologies and services to satisfy a 

13 joint urgent operational need, joint emergent oper14 ational need, or a validated service requirement. 

15 ‘‘(6) For providing infrastructure to support 

16 Department goals of accelerating the fielding and 

17 adoption of new capabilities.’’. 

18 Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 

19 SEC. 1011. CAPACITY BUILDING AND SECURITY COOPERA20 TION WITH MEXICO TO COUNTER THREATS 

21 POSED BY TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGA22 NIZATIONS. 

23 (a) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

24 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 

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1 agreement of the Government of Mexico, shall submit to 

2 the appropriate committees of Congress a plan for a pilot 

3 program to train, at military installations and facilities in 

4 the United States, members of the United States Armed 

5 Forces jointly with members of the military forces of Mex6 ico on tactics, techniques, and procedures for countering 

7 threats posed by transnational criminal organizations, in8 cluding through— 

9 (1) operations involving the use of rotary-wing 

10 aircraft; and 

11 (2) in consultation with the appropriate civilian 

12 government agencies specializing in countering 

13 transnational criminal organizations— 

14 (A) joint network analysis; 

15 (B) counter illicit financing and money 

16 laundering; 

17 (C) counter illicit trafficking (including 

18 narcotics, weapons, and human trafficking and 

19 smuggling, and illicit trafficking in natural re20 sources); and 

21 (D) assessments of key nodes of activity of 

22 transnational criminal organizations. 

23 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 15 days after 

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1 submitted, the Secretary of Defense shall commence im2 plementation of the pilot program described in the plan. 

3 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE4 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit5 tees of Congress’’ means— 

6 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

7 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 

8 Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Homeland 

9 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

10 and 

11 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

12 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 

13 Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland 

14 Security of the House of Representatives. 

15 SEC. 1012. AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN 

16 SURVEILLANCE OF SOUTHWEST BORDER OF 

17 UNITED STATES. 

18 Consistent with section 271 of title 10, United States 

19 Code, if personnel of the Department of Defense are de20 ployed to the southwest border of the United States in 

21 support of another Federal department or agency, infor22 mation collected by personnel of the Department of De23 fense who operate equipment to monitor movements to or 

24 across the southwest border may be shared by the sup25 ported Federal department or agency with other Federal, 


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1 State, or local civilian authorities tasked to monitor move2 ments to or across the southwest border, to the extent 

3 such information sharing does not constitute direct par4 ticipation in law enforcement activities by the Department 

5 of Defense. 

6 SEC. 1013. TREATMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF 

7 REQUEST FOR SUPPORT AT SOUTHWEST 

8 BORDER OF UNITED STATES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—In evaluating requests for support 

10 by the Department of Defense of civil authorities at the 

11 southwest border of the United States, the Secretary of 

12 Defense shall— 

13 (1) prioritize requests that are received not less 

14 than 270 days before the requested deployment of 

15 personnel of the Department; and 

16 (2) work with the requesting authority to define 

17 the capabilities that the civil authorities are request18 ing that the Department of Defense provide at the 

19 border and determine the number of personnel that 

20 are necessary to provide those capabilities. 

21 (b) CIVIL AUTHORITIES DEFINED.— In this section, 

22 the term ‘‘civil authorities’’ means a Federal agency (other 

23 than the Department of Defense) or any State or local 

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1 Subtitle C—Naval Vessels 

2 SEC. 1021. IMPROVING NAVY ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED 

3 PRIOR TO START OF CONSTRUCTION ON 

4 FIRST SHIP OF A SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM. 

5 Section 8669c of title 10, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

9 the end; 

10 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe11 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(4) submits a written determination that detail 

15 design will be completed for each block of the ship’s 

16 construction before beginning construction of that 

17 block.’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

19 following new paragraphs: 

20 ‘‘(7) How the Navy plans to oversee and docu21 ment, for the first ship and subsequent ships, that 

22 detail design is completed for each block of the 

23 ship’s construction before beginning construction of 

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1 ‘‘(8) The extent of vendor- and government-fur2 nished information supporting the overall maturity 

3 and stability of the ship’s design, including, at a 

4 minimum, information regarding— 

5 ‘‘(A) whether vendor selection is complete 

6 for major distributive systems and key equip7 ment supporting operational requirements; 

8 ‘‘(B) whether specifications are finalized 

9 for major distributive systems and key equip10 ment; and 

11 ‘‘(C) the status of factory acceptance test12 ing, as applicable, to validate finalized specifica13 tions for major distributive systems and key 

14 equipment through manufacturing.’’; and 

15 (3) in subsection (c)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) in the matter preceding subpara18 graph (A), by striking ‘‘computer aided 

19 models’’ and inserting ‘‘the completion of 

20 three-dimensional computer aided mod21 eling’’; and 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

23 ‘‘routes major portions of all distributive 

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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

2 through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6), re3 spectively; and 

4 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

5 following new paragraph (2): 

6 ‘‘(2) BLOCK.—The term ‘block’ means the basic 

7 building unit of ship construction, which forms com8 pleted or partial compartments, including engine 

9 rooms, storage areas, and accommodation spaces.’’. 

10 SEC. 1022. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UNMANNED MARITIME 

11 AUTONOMY ARCHITECTURE. 

12 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall— 

14 (1) provide a forum and resources to facilitate 

15 industry participation in the creation and manage16 ment of a vendor-agnostic and platform-agnostic 

17 modular open systems architecture and associated 

18 standards for maritime unmanned systems; 

19 (2) adopt or join a governance model for the 

20 standards described in paragraph (1) that includes 

21 government and industry participation; 

22 (3) implement a frequent or continuous process 

23 for incorporating industry feedback into the stand24 ards described in paragraph (1) and conforming 

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1 (4) for each relevant Navy program or contract, 

2 tailor the standards described in paragraph (1) to 

3 the minimum standards necessary to enable desired 

4 operational capabilities for the program or contract; 

5 and 

6 (5) label and distribute the standards described 

7 in paragraph (1) as open, publicly releasable infor8 mation to the greatest extent possible. 

9 SEC. 1023. COMPETITIVE DEMONSTRATION OF EXTRA 

10 LARGE UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES. 

11 (a) COMPETITIVE DEMONSTRATION REQUIRED.— 

12 Subject to the availability of appropriations, not later than 

13 June 1, 2025, the Secretary of the Navy, in consultation 

14 with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific 

15 Command, shall develop, conduct, and evaluate a competi16 tive demonstration of the capabilities of extra large un17 manned underwater vehicles, including non-developmental 

18 items from commercial or foreign partner sources. 

19 (b) CRITERIA.—In developing and evaluating the 

20 competitive demonstration required by subsection (a), the 

21 Secretary of the Navy shall consider the following: 

22 (1) The ability of extra large unmanned under23 water vehicles to integrate into command and con24 trol systems. 


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1 (2) The ability of such vehicles to execute a 

2 high-value mission in a contested environment. 

3 (3) Navigation, endurance, and concepts of em4 ployment with respect to such vehicles. 

5 (4) The technical maturity, reliability, and 

6 maintainability of such vehicles. 

7 (5) Feedback from military users. 

8 (c) ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.— 

9 (1) SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Sep11 tember 1, 2025, the Secretary of the Navy shall 

12 submit to the congressional defense committees 

13 the unaltered assessment of the Secretary of 

14 the competitive demonstration required by sub15 section (a). 

16 (B) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required 

17 by subparagraph (A) may include recommenda18 tions for updating the funding and acquisition 

19 plans for the extra large unmanned underwater 

20 vehicle program, including a recommendation 

21 for a sole-source or competitive solicitation for 

22 a procurement contract under the program. 

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1 cific Command shall submit to the congressional de2 fense committees the unaltered assessment of the 

3 Commander of— 

4 (A) the continued validity of the extra 

5 large unmanned underwater vehicle require6 ment; and 

7 (B) the advisability of changes to procure8 ment under the requirement. 

9 (d) EXTRA LARGE UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHI10 CLE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘extra large un11 manned underwater vehicle’’ means a system capable of 

12 operating completely submerged in the sea with a range 

13 of at least 1,000 nautical miles. 

14 SEC. 1024. EXTENSION OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON 

15 THE FUTURE OF THE NAVY. 

16 Section 1092(a)(4) of the James M. Inhofe National 

17 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

18 Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2809) is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘Not later than July 1, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later 

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1 SEC. 1025. CLARIFICATION OF EXCEPTION TO BERRY 

2 AMENDMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCURE3 MENT OF VESSELS IN FOREIGN WATERS. 

4 Section 4862(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 

5 is amended by inserting ‘‘, or for,’’ after ‘‘Procurements 

6 by’’. 

7 SEC. 1026. EXPANSION OF SHIPBUILDING INFRASTRUC8 TURE OF THE NAVY. 

9 (a) COST ESTIMATES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF

10 NAVAL VESSELS BY NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 231 of title 10, 

12 United States Code, is amended— 

13 (A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub14 section (h); and 

15 (B) by inserting after subsection (f) the 

16 following new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(g) COST ESTIMATES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF

18 NAVAL VESSELS BY NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND.— 

19 The Commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command 

20 shall ensure that cost estimates developed for the con21 struction of new classes or new block upgrades of vessels 

22 do not take into account any commercial or nongovern23 mental specifications unless— 

24 ‘‘(1) the senior technical authority determines 

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1 ‘‘(2) the contract solicitation expressly allows 

2 such a commercial or nongovernmental specification 

3 and excludes entirely any alternative specification 

4 issued by the Department of Defense.’’. 

5 (2) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one 

6 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

7 Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Devel8 opment, and Acquisition, in coordination with the 

9 Commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command 

10 (commonly known as ‘‘NAVSEA’’), shall submit to 

11 the congressional defense committees and the Under 

12 Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering 

13 a report detailing— 

14 (A) all references to external specifications 

15 regardless of source, including military speci16 fications, NAVSEA instructions, American Bu17 reau of Shipbuilding standards, and other 

18 standards, that were included on the Constella19 tion-class frigate solicitation; 

20 (B) which specifications described in sub21 paragraph (A) provided for alternative speci22 fications conditional on NAVSEA approval; 

23 (C) how many alternative specifications de24 scribed in subparagraph (B) were requested by 

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1 frigate detail design and construction contract 

2 in comparison to how many alternative speci3 fications were ultimately approved by NAVSEA; 

4 and 

5 (D) an explanation for why such requests 

6 for alternative specifications described in sub7 paragraph (C) were not approved by NAVSEA. 

8 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR MATURE SHIP DESIGN.— 

9 The Secretary of the Navy shall take such actions as are 

10 necessary for the Navy to adopt recommendations 1, 3, 

11 4, and 6 in the report of the Government Accountability 

12 Office entitled, ‘‘Navy Shipbuilding: Increased Use of 

13 Leading Design Practices Could Improve Timeliness of 

14 Deliveries’’, and dated May 2, 2024 (GAO–24–105503). 

15 (c) STRATEGIC OUTSOURCING AND UNITED STATES

16 AS SHIPYARD.—Section 8669a of such title is amended 

17 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(d) The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the 

19 process for source selection for new classes of vessels gives 

20 ample emphasis to the realism of the ability of offerors 

21 to deliver the program requirements on schedule by requir22 ing the inclusion of factors, to the maximum extent prac23 ticable, that consider— 

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1 United States, including in the noncontiguous states 

2 of Alaska and Hawaii, and later assembled at the 

3 contracted build yard; and 

4 ‘‘(2) the prime contractor’s yard-wide staffing 

5 information, such as allocation of workforce to the 

6 existing and likely backlog of work and rates of hir7 ing and attrition, that support the realism of the 

8 staffing proposed staffing plans, and if the con9 tractor requires additional staffing, local workforce 

10 statistics, such as demographics, pay bands, and re11 cruiting pipelines.’’. 

12 (d) COLLABORATION WITH RESPECT TO SHIP DE13 SIGN, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.—Section 

14 8669b of such title is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub16 section (e); and 

17 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol18 lowing new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(d) COLLABORATION WITH RESPECT TO SHIP DE20 SIGN, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.—The 

21 Naval Systems Engineering and Logistics Directorate 

22 (SEA 05) of Naval Sea Systems Command and the Dep23 uty Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Systems (N9) 

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1 ning of the requirements process till the award of a ship2 building contract.’’. 

3 (e) MINIMIZATION OF PROCUREMENT CHANGES IN

4 NAVAL VESSEL CONSTRUCTION PLAN.—Section 231(b) of 

5 such title is amended by adding at the end the following 

6 new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(4) In developing an annual naval vessel construc8 tion plan for purposes of subsection (a)(1), the Secretary 

9 of the Navy shall minimize, to the maximum extent prac10 ticable, variations in procurement profiles from year-to11 year across the period of the future-years defense pro12 gram. The Secretary shall include in the annual naval ves13 sel construction plan a detailed explanation for any change 

14 in procurement during the period of the future-years de15 fense program that decreases the number of vessels to be 

16 procured by a class.’’. 

17 Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 

18 SEC. 1031. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 

19 FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVID20 UALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 

21 STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO THE 

22 UNITED STATES. 

23 Section 1033 of the John S. McCain National De24 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

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1 section 1031 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

2 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 386), 

3 is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

5 SEC. 1032. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 

6 TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN 

7 THE UNITED STATES TO HOUSE DETAINEES 

8 TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL 

9 STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 

10 Section 1034(a) of the John S. McCain National De11 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

12 115–232; 132 Stat. 1954), as most recently amended by 

13 section 1032 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

14 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 387), 

15 is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

17 SEC. 1033. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 

18 FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVID19 UALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 

20 STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO CER21 TAIN COUNTRIES. 

22 Section 1035 of the John S. McCain National De23 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

24 115–232; 132 Stat. 1954), as most recently amended by 

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1 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 387), 

2 is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

4 SEC. 1034. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 

5 TO CLOSE OR RELINQUISH CONTROL OF 

6 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA7 NAMO BAY, CUBA. 

8 Section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization 

9 Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 

10 1551), as most recently amended by section 1034 of the 

11 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 

12 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 387), is further amended 

13 by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

14 Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 

15 Authorities and Limitations 

16 SEC. 1041. PROTECTION AGAINST MISUSE OF NAVAL SPE17 CIAL WARFARE COMMAND INSIGNIA. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 891 of title 10, United 

19 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing new section: 

21 ‘‘§ 8922. Protection against misuse of insignia of 

22 Naval Special Warfare Command 

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1 ‘‘(1) COVERED NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE INSIG2 NIA.—The term ‘covered Naval Special Warfare in3 signia’ means any of the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) The Naval Special Warfare Insignia 

5 comprising or consisting of the design of an 

6 eagle holding an anchor, trident, and flint-lock 

7 pistol. 

8 ‘‘(B) The Special Warfare Combatant-craft 

9 Crewman Insignia comprising or consisting of 

10 the design of the bow and superstructure of a 

11 Special Operations Craft on a crossed flint-lock 

12 pistol and enlisted cutlass. 

13 ‘‘(C) Any colorable imitation of the insig14 nia referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 

15 ‘‘(2) COVERED PERSON.—The term ‘covered 

16 person’ means any individual, association, partner17 ship, or corporation. 

18 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED USE.— 

19 (1) Subject to subsection (c), no covered person shall, 

20 without the authorization of the Secretary of the Navy, 

21 use any covered Naval Special Warfare insignia— 

22 ‘‘(A) as the name under which the covered per23 son does business for the purpose of trade; or 

24 ‘‘(B) in a manner which reasonably could lead 

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1 which the covered person is engaged, or product that 

2 the covered person manufactures, deals in, or sells, 

3 has been in any way endorsed, authorized, spon4 sored, or approved by, or is associated with, the De5 partment of Defense or the Department of the Navy. 

6 ‘‘(2) Whoever violates this subsection shall be fined 

7 not more than $20,000 for each violation. 

8 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (b) shall not apply to 

9 the use of a covered Naval Special Warfare insignia for 

10 purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, analysis, 

11 research, or scholarship. 

12 ‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF DISCLAIMERS.—A determina13 tion of whether a covered person has violated this section 

14 shall be made without regard to any use of a disclaimer 

15 of affiliation, connection, or association with, endorsement 

16 by, or approval of the United States Government, the De17 partment of Defense, the Department of the Navy, or any 

18 subordinate organization thereof to the extent consistent 

19 with international obligations of the United States. 

20 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec21 tion shall be construed to limit the authority of the Sec22 retary of the Navy to register any symbol, name, phrase, 

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1 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the 

2 ‘Trademark Act of 1946’).’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

4 at the beginning of chapter 891 of title 10, United States 

5 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

6 section 8921 the following new item: 

‘‘8922. Protection against misuse of insignia of Naval Special Warfare Command.’’. 

7 SEC. 1042. MODIFIED REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORT ON THE 

8 PLAN FOR THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCK9 PILE, NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX, NU10 CLEAR WEAPONS DELIVERY SYSTEMS, AND 

11 NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMMAND AND CON12 TROL SYSTEM. 

13 Section 492a of title 10, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Annual’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘Biennial’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (a)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 

19 odd-numbered’’ after ‘‘for each of’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)(G), by striking 

21 ‘‘year’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘re22 port’’; and 

23 (3) in subsection (b)— 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘BUDGET OFFICE.—’’ and 

2 all that follows through ‘‘Not later than July 1’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘BUDGET OFFICE.— Not later 

4 than July 1’’; 

5 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

6 (B), (C), and (D) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 

7 and (4), respectively; 

8 (D) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

9 as redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this 

10 paragraph, by striking ‘‘covered odd-numbered 

11 fiscal year report’’ and inserting ‘‘report re12 quired under subsection (a)’’; 

13 (E) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, 

14 by striking ‘‘covered odd-numbered fiscal year’’; 

15 and 

16 (F) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 

17 by striking ‘‘covered odd-numbered fiscal year’’. 

18 SEC. 1043. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT 

19 ENTERTAINMENT PROJECTS WITH TIES TO 

20 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUB21 LIC OF CHINA. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 

23 be appropriated by this Act for the Department of Defense 

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1 if the Secretary of Defense has demonstrable evidence that 

2 the project has complied or is likely to comply with a de3 mand from the Government of the People’s Republic of 

4 China or the Chinese Communist Party, or an entity 

5 under the direction of the People’s Republic of China or 

6 the Chinese Communist Party, to censor the content of 

7 the project in a material manner to advance the national 

8 interest of the People’s Republic of China. 

9 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 

10 the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary sub11 mits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

12 and House of Representatives a written certification that 

13 such a waiver is in the national interest of the United 

14 States. 

15 SEC. 1044. ASSESSMENTS OF CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES 

16 DURING HOSTILITIES. 

17 In making assessments of casualties and fatalities 

18 during hostilities, the Department of Defense may not cite 

19 as authoritative in public communications, fatality figures 

20 that are derived by United States-designated terrorist or21 ganizations, governmental entities controlled by United 

22 States-designated terrorist organizations, or any sources 

23 that rely on figures provided by United States-designated 

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1 SEC. 1045. ESTABLISHMENT OF MAJOR MISHAP INCIDENT 

2 DESIGNATION CLASSIFICATION FOR DEPART3 MENT OF DEFENSE INCIDENTS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 

5 shall establish a new mishap designation classification for 

6 the most serious incidents, to be known as ‘‘major mishap 

7 incidents’’, to describe incidents that— 

8 (1) result in not less than $500,000,000 in 

9 damage or loss, as calculated not later than 5 days 

10 after the date of the incident and, to the maximum 

11 extent possible, in accordance with the requirements 

12 described in paragraph 9, enclosure 4 of Department 

13 of Defense Instruction 6055.07; 

14 (2) cause the deaths of not fewer than 5 indi15 viduals; or 

16 (3) are so designated by the secretary of the 

17 military department primarily affected by the inci18 dent based on the magnitude of the loss to the De19 partment of Defense. 

20 (b) INVESTIGATIONS.— 

21 (1) INVESTIGATION OFFICER.—The convening 

22 authority for any investigation of a major mishap in23 cident shall appoint an investigating officer from 

24 among officers who hold a rank not lower than 

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1 Corps or Rear Admiral in the Navy to investigate all 

2 major mishap incidents— 

3 (A) including any related administrative, 

4 disciplinary, or legal investigations; and 

5 (B) excluding any criminal investigations 

6 conducted by a military criminal investigative 

7 organization. 

8 (2) TIMELINE FOR INVESTIGATIONS.—The Sec9 retary of Defense shall require that a full investiga10 tion of each major mishap incident be completed, to 

11 the extent practicable, not later than 1 year after 

12 the date on which the investigation is initiated. 

13 (c) ACCOUNTABILITY ACTIONS.— 

14 (1) MANDATORY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING

15 FOR DISCHARGE FROM THE ARMED FORCES.—In the 

16 case of a major mishap incident that was directly 

17 caused by the misconduct of a member of the Armed 

18 Forces, that member shall be subject to mandatory 

19 administrative processing for discharge if the mem20 ber has not otherwise been separated from the 

21 Armed Forces following a conviction at court-martial 

22 and an adjudged sentence of a punitive discharge. 

23 (2) TIMELINE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AC24 TIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall require that 

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1 administrative processing described in paragraph 

2 (1), shall commence, to the extent practicable, not 

3 later than 180 days after the date on which the in4 vestigation into the major mishap incident is com5 pleted. 

6 (d) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after an inci7 dent designated as a major mishap incident, and every 120 

8 days thereafter, the convening authority for the investiga9 tion into the incident shall submit to the Committees on 

10 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent11 atives a report summarizing all remediation and account12 ability measures related to that incident taken during the 

13 period preceding submission of the report. 

14 (e) AMENDMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN15 STRUCTION 6055.07.—Not later than 60 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

17 shall amend Department of Defense Instruction 6055.07 

18 (relating to mishap notification, investigation, reporting, 

19 and record keeping) to implement the requirements under 

20 this section. 

21 SEC. 1046. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PAYMENTS BY 

22 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR QUALI23 FYING INJURIES TO THE BRAIN. 

24 (a) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—Of the funds author25 ized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2025 


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1 for operation and maintenance, defense-wide, and avail2 able for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for travel 

3 expenses, not more than 75 percent may be obligated or 

4 expended until the Secretary of Defense— 

5 (1) prescribes the regulations required under 

6 paragraph (4) of section 901(i) of division J of the 

7 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2680b(i)) with respect to the Department of 

9 Defense; or 

10 (2) submits a written notification under sub11 section (b) stating the intent of the Secretary to not 

12 provide payments authorized under such section. 

13 (b) WRITTEN NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 

14 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec15 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

16 committees a written notification of the intent of the Sec17 retary to provide or not provide payments authorized 

18 under section 901(i) of division J of the Further Consoli19 dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)). 

20 SEC. 1047. LONGER TERM AND ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINT21 MENT TO RANK OF ADMIRAL OF COM22 MANDER OF NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND. 

23 (a) TERM.—Section 526 of title 10, United States 

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1 ‘‘(k)(1) An individual service as the Commander of 

2 the Naval Sea Systems Command— 

3 ‘‘(A) subject to paragraph (2), shall serve for a 

4 term of eight years; and 

5 ‘‘(B) is eligible to be appointed to the rank of 

6 Admiral during the final three years of that term. 

7 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Navy may terminate the 

8 term of an individual serving as the Commander of the 

9 Naval Sea Systems Command before the end of the eight10 year term specified in paragraph (1)(A) if the Secretary 

11 notifies the congressional defense committees of the termi12 nation.’’. 

13 (b) EXTENSION OF TIME PERIOD FOR RETIREMENT

14 FOR YEARS OF SERVICE.—Section 636(c) of such title is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘In the administration’’ and in17 serting ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), in 

18 the administration’’; and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

20 paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(2) The officer serving as the Commander of the 

22 Naval Sea Systems Command— 

23 ‘‘(A) may continue to serve after 40 years of 

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1 term of the Commander specified in section 

2 526(k)(1)(A) of this title; 

3 ‘‘(B) may in no case serve more than 45 years 

4 of active commissioned service.’’. 

5 SEC. 1048. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RESETTLE6 MENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF CERTAIN 

7 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE WEST BANK OR 

8 GAZA. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

10 (b), the Secretary of Defense may not use any asset, facil11 ity, or installation of the Department of Defense for the 

12 transport or processing of any individual from the West 

13 Bank or Gaza who is not a United States citizen, or who 

14 is not the spouse, parent, or child of a United States cit15 izen, for purposes of resettlement in the United States. 

16 (b) EXCEPTION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para18 graph (2), the Secretary may use assets, facilities, 

19 and installations of the Department to transport and 

20 process for resettlement in the United States an in21 dividual described in subsection (a) who— 

22 (A) is a former employee of the United 

23 States Government; 

24 (B) was so employed for a period of not 

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1 (C) maintains documentation dem2 onstrating such employment. 

3 (2) INAPPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

4 apply to an individual described in that paragraph 

5 whose employment with the United States Govern6 ment was involuntarily terminated. 

7 (c) RECONSIDERATION OF POLICY.—Not later than 

8 five years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 Secretary may reconsider the prohibition set forth in sub10 section (a) and provide recommendations to Congress on 

11 whether to continue or discontinue such prohibition. 

12 Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 

13 SEC. 1051. REPORT ON PANAMA CANAL SECURITY. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 30, 2025, the 

15 Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 

16 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent17 atives a report on the vulnerabilities, safety, and security 

18 of the Panama Canal. 

19 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub20 section (a) shall include the following elements: 

21 (1) Identification of authority limitations in the 

22 conduct of security cooperation activities and invest23 ments with the Panamanian Ministry of Public Se24 curity and Canal Authority related to protection of 


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1 the Panama Canal area and associated critical infra2 structure. 

3 (2) An assessment of limitations in the abilities 

4 of the Department of Defense and the United States 

5 Coast Guard to identify, understand, and respond to 

6 threats and risks associated with the safe and secure 

7 operation of the Panama Canal. 

8 (3) Identification of Panamanian partner abili9 ties and limitations in force capability, response pos10 ture, cross-sector security coordination, policy and 

11 procedures, and other factors that could challenge 

12 partner support to higher United States Coast 

13 Guard vessel (wartime and auxiliary) transit require14 ments. 

15 (4) Identification of Government of Panama 

16 laws and inter-Panamanian institution policy and 

17 territorial jurisdiction that affect the ability of the 

18 Department of Defense to support securing and de19 fending the Canal. 

20 (5) Identification of risks in relation to the 

21 Panama Canal Neutrality Treaty that could affect 

22 priority of United States transits during steady 

23 state, in crisis and conflict. 

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1 quested to defend the Panama Canal area, and rec2 ommendations on how to organize, train, and equip 

3 United States forces, partner forces, and ensure bi4 lateral preparedness. 

5 (7) Identification of external threats to and ma6 lign influence on Panama Canal sovereignty and its 

7 operations in steady state, in crisis and in conflict. 

8 (8) Identification of People’s Republic of China 

9 (PRC) statecraft or PRC-backed entity capabilities, 

10 strategies, and limitations to disrupting regular 

11 Canal operations for intended military effect on 

12 United States force and sustainment flow, including 

13 by accounting for kinetic and non-kinetic means, in14 cluding cyber and information domain, and potential 

15 condition-setting for these threats pre-crisis. 

16 (9) Identification of logistical, force protection, 

17 and other throughput challenges to ensuring United 

18 States force and sustainment flow via the Canal and 

19 Canal area, when uncontested by other state actors, 

20 in support of a major contingency in another theater 

21 of operation. 

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1 duced or other water management challenges that 

2 may impede throughput. 

3 (11) An assessment identifying recommended 

4 United States investments to enhance the capabili5 ties of the Panamanian Ministry of Public Security 

6 and Canal Authority to ensure the safety and secu7 rity of the Panama Canal area. 

8 (12) An assessment of the Panama Canal’s in9 formation technology and operational technology in10 frastructure and systems. 

11 SEC. 1052. REVIEW OF IRREGULAR WARFARE AUTHORI12 TIES. 

13 (a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 of Defense shall conduct a review of authorities relevant 

16 to the conduct of irregular warfare activities by the De17 partment of Defense and provide the results of such review 

18 to the congressional defense committees. 

19 (b) ELEMENTS.—At a minimum, the review required 

20 by subsection (a) shall include— 

21 (1) an accounting of all authorities available to 

22 the Secretary of Defense for the conduct of irregular 

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1 (2) an assessment of the adequacy of policy 

2 guidance associated with the authorities identified 

3 under paragraph (1); 

4 (3) an explanation of the process for consid5 ering irregular warfare concepts of operation sub6 mitted by the combatant commands for approval; 

7 (4) a description of the process for coordinating 

8 and deconflicting Department of Defense irregular 

9 warfare activities with the heads of other relevant 

10 departments and agencies; 

11 (5) planned actions to address any policy or 

12 process deficiencies identified as part of the required 

13 review; 

14 (6) legislative or resourcing recommendations to 

15 more effectively enable Department of Defense irreg16 ular warfare activities; and 

17 (7) any other matter deemed relevant by the 

18 Secretary. 

19 (c) IRREGULAR WARFARE DEFINED.—For the pur20 pose of this section, the term ‘‘irregular warfare’’means 

21 a form of warfare where states and non-state actors cam22 paign to assure or coerce states or other groups through 

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1 SEC. 1053. EXTENSION OF BRIEFING REQUIREMENT RE2 GARDING CIVIL AUTHORITIES AT THE 

3 SOUTHWEST BORDER. 

4 Section 1070 of the James M. Inhofe National De5 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

6 117–263; 136 Stat. 2791) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘through December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘through De8 cember 31, 2027’’. 

9 SEC. 1054. EXTENSION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON CIVILIAN 

10 CASUALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH UNITED 

11 STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS. 

12 Section 1057(e) of the National Defense Authoriza13 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 

14 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the date that 

15 is seven years after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 

17 SEC. 1055. REPORT ON SUBTERRANEAN OPERATIONS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

20 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re21 port on the plans, policies, and doctrine of the Department 

22 of Defense regarding subterranean operations. 

23 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub24 section (a) shall— 

25 (1) define the roles and responsibilities of each 

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1 (2) describe the current and planned Depart2 ment of Defense capabilities for conducting sub3 terranean operations and identify any gaps in such 

4 capabilities; 

5 (3) identify all related doctrine and plans, if 

6 any, to update such doctrine; 

7 (4) identify subterranean training facility re8 quirements; 

9 (5) define adversary activities and intentions in 

10 the subterranean environment; 

11 (6) outline adversary and ally subterranean de12 feat capabilities and tactics; and 

13 (7) evaluate roles and responsibilities across the 

14 spectrum of conflict and for targets ranging in size 

15 and complexity, such as trenches, tunnels, bunkers, 

16 silos, underground command nodes, underground 

17 weapons depots, and underground research and de18 velopmental facilities. 

19 (c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

20 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

21 a classified annex. 

22 SEC. 1056. ANALYSIS AND REPORT ON AIR SUPERIORITY OF 

23 THE JOINT FORCE. 

24 (a) ANALYSIS AND REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later 

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1 duct or sponsor an analysis of, and submit to the congres2 sional defense committees a report that explains, how air 

3 superiority will be secured for the Joint Force in the 

4 2030s and the 2040s. 

5 (b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report required by 

6 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

7 (1) An analysis of the expected capabilities, lim8 itations, operational dependencies, technical matu9 rity, relevant timelines, susceptibility to counter10 measures of adversaries, and costs of the following: 

11 (A) FA–XX. 

12 (B) The Penetrating Counter Air platform 

13 (PCA). 

14 (C) The Collaborative Combat Aircraft 

15 (CCA). 

16 (D) Planned fighter modernization efforts. 

17 (E) Space-based capabilities. 

18 (F) Ground-based capabilities. 

19 (G) Any other capabilities the Secretary of 

20 Defense considers relevant to air superiority. 

21 (2) A summary of tactical- and campaign-level 

22 modeling and analysis that determines the individual 

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1 graph (1) on the ability of the Joint Force to secure 

2 air superiority in the 2030s and the 2040s. 

3 (3) An evaluation of the effectiveness and risks 

4 of different potential force structures for achieving 

5 air superiority in the 2030s and the 2040s, includ6 ing an assessment of the impacts of stand-in and 

7 stand-off force ratios on campaign success. 

8 (4) A description of the impact of the force 

9 structures evaluated under paragraph (3) on— 

10 (A) deterrence; and 

11 (B) annual sustainment and operations 

12 costs. 

13 (5) The number of fighter aircraft required by 

14 the Department of Defense to fulfill the national de15 fense strategy and the number of such aircraft ex16 pected to be required in the 2030s and the 2040s to 

17 meet the changing threat environment. 

18 (6) The programmed fighter force structure 

19 from 2030 through 2045, including a breakdown of 

20 the quantity and average age of each type of fighter 

21 aircraft in each military service. 

22 (7) The Secretary’s plan to ensure proper 

23 resourcing to meet air superiority requirements of 

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1 (c) NONDELEGATION.—The Secretary of Defense 

2 may not delegate responsibility for the report to any of 

3 the military services. 

4 (d) MODELING AND ANALYSIS.—Modeling and anal5 ysis conducted pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub6 section (b) shall use the most-likely capabilities and force 

7 structure for friendly and threat forces and the worst-case 

8 capabilities and force structure for such forces, including 

9 delayed blue capabilities, accelerated red capabilities, and 

10 a highly contested electromagnetic spectrum. 

11 SEC. 1057. RESPONDING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYS12 TEMS INCURSIONS. 

13 (a) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY OF DEPARTMENT

14 OF DEFENSE FOR COUNTERING THREATS FROM UN15 MANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) TECHNOLOGY AND

16 REFERRAL OF UAS OFFENSES FOR INVESTIGATION AND

17 PROSECUTION.— 

18 (1) STRATEGY.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De20 fense shall develop, as part of the national de21 fense strategy required under section 113(g) of 

22 title 10, United States Code, a holistic strategy 

23 for countering unmanned aircraft systems 

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1 of the Department of Defense in the United 

2 States and overseas. 

3 (B) REPORT ON STRATEGY.—Not later 

4 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 

5 this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

6 to the appropriate committees of Congress a re7 port on the strategy required under subpara8 graph (A), which shall contain an unclassified 

9 summary of the strategy. 

10 (C) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON11 GRESS DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term 

12 ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

13 (i) the Committee on Armed Services 

14 and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

15 of the Senate; and 

16 (ii) the Committee on Armed Services 

17 and the Permanent Select Committee on 

18 Intelligence of the House of Representa19 tives. 

20 (2) REFERRAL FOR INVESTIGATION AND PROS21 ECUTION.—The Secretary of Defense, in consulta22 tion with the Attorney General and the Director of 

23 National Intelligence, shall establish a process for 

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1 fense has taken an action described in section 

2 130i(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code. 

3 (b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT ON RECOMMENDED

4 CHANGES TO POLICY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO

5 RESPOND TO UAS INCURSIONS.— 

6 (1) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 

7 shall conduct an assessment, in consultation with 

8 the Attorney General and the Director of National 

9 Intelligence, of any recommended changes, including 

10 adjustments in the allocation of resources, in law, 

11 policy, or any other authority to improve the ability 

12 of the Secretary to carry out the national defense 

13 strategy (as required under section 113(g) of title 

14 10, United States Code) in response to UAS incur15 sions, to respond to future UAS incursions, and to 

16 mitigate the risks posed to national security from 

17 UAS incursions. The assessment shall include rec18 ommendations for requirements for the Department 

19 of Defense to pre-coordinate planned actions in re20 sponse to anticipated types of UAS incursions with 

21 other relevant Federal departments and agencies. 

22 (2) ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCES AND AUTHORI23 TIES NECESSARY TO ENSURE OVERSEAS COOPERA24 TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an 


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1 assessment, in consultation with the Director of Na2 tional Intelligence, that includes— 

3 (A) a description of the resources and au4 thorities that installation commanders at 

5 United States military installations overseas are 

6 provided to collaborate with local law enforce7 ment, host nation militaries, and other host na8 tion security institutions to counter UAS 

9 threats to military installations; and 

10 (B) recommendations for improving the re11 lationships referred to in subparagraph (A), in12 cluding any authorities changes or required 

13 modifications to partnership agreements. 

14 (3) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 

15 2025, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

16 congressional committees a report on the assessment 

17 conducted under paragraphs (1) and (2). 

18 (4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap20 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

22 Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select 

23 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

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1 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 (c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.—Consistent 

4 with section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 

6 284 note), the Secretary of Defense is authorized to pro7 vide support to Federal, state, and local government agen8 cies for detection, identifying, and monitoring of un9 manned aircraft systems that cross the Northern and 

10 Southern borders of the United States. 

11 SEC. 1058. EXERCISE FOR COUNTERING UNMANNED AER12 IAL SYSTEMS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2025, the 

14 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chairman 

15 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commander of the 

16 United States Northern Command, shall execute a large17 scale exercise in the special use airspace of the Depart18 ment of Defense to test the ability of the Department to 

19 respond to a variety of threats to installations of the De20 partment from unmanned aerial systems. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—The exercise required under sub22 section (a) shall include the following: 

23 (1) The participation of not fewer than three 

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1 (2) A mix of high-end non-emitting threats and 

2 low-end commercially available unmanned aerial sys3 tems. 

4 (3) Installations with a range of capabilities 

5 and equipment relating to countering unmanned aer6 ial systems. 

7 (4) No-notice simulations. 

8 (5) Existing and evolved guidance to com9 manders of installations of the Department regard10 ing authorities for countering unmanned aerial sys11 tems. 

12 (6) The participation of other relevant Federal 

13 agencies, as determined appropriate by the Sec14 retary. 

15 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than September 1, 2025, 

16 the Secretary of Defense shall brief the congressional de17 fense committees on the outcomes and lessons learned 

18 from the exercise required under subsection (a). 

19 SEC. 1059. REVIEW, ASSESSMENT, AND ANALYSIS OF GOV20 ERNANCE STRUCTURE OF COUNTER-NAR21 COTICS AND COUNTER-TRANSNATIONAL OR22 GANIZED CRIME ACTIVITIES. 

23 (a) AGREEMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

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1 funded research and development center for the conduct 

2 of an independent review, assessment, and analysis of the 

3 governance structure of the counter-narcotics and counter4 transnational organized crime activities of the Department 

5 of Defense. 

6 (b) REPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The agreement described in 

8 subsection (a) shall provide that not later than one 

9 year after the date on which the Secretary of De10 fense and the federally funded research and develop11 ment center enter into the agreement, the center 

12 shall provide to the Secretary a report on the find13 ings of the review, assessment, and analysis. 

14 (2) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Upon receipt 

15 of the report described in paragraph (1), the Sec16 retary of Defense shall submit the report to the con17 gressional defense committees and the congressional 

18 research agencies. 

19 (3) ELEMENTS.—The report described in para20 graph (1) shall include the following elements: 

21 (A) An assessment of the authorities of the 

22 Department of Defense for counter-narcotics 

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1 (B) A description of the context for De2 partment of Defense authorities for counter3 narcotics and counter-transnational organized 

4 crime activities, including a review of all Fed5 eral authorities, by Department and agency, for 

6 counter-narcotics and counter-transnational or7 ganized crime activities and how those authori8 ties align with the authorities of the Depart9 ment of Defense. 

10 (C) A gap analysis of the authorities de11 scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 

12 (D) A description of the funding for the 

13 counter-narcotics and counter-transnational or14 ganized crime activities of the Department of 

15 Defense. 

16 (E) A description of the strategic objec17 tives and strategies for the counter-narcotics 

18 and counter-transnational organized crime ac19 tivities of the Department of Defense. 

20 (F) Recommendations for improving the 

21 governance structure of the counter-narcotics 

22 and counter-transnational organized crime ac23 tivities of the Department of Defense, including 

24 with respect to designating a lead component or 

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1 (4) FORM; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The report 

2 described in paragraph (1)— 

3 (A) shall be submitted under paragraph 

4 (2) in unclassified form, but may include a clas5 sified annex; and 

6 (B) may be made available to the public. 

7 (c) CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AGENCIES DE8 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional research 

9 agencies’’ means the following: 

10 (1) The Congressional Research Service. 

11 (2) The Congressional Budget Office. 

12 (3) The Government Accountability Office. 

13 SEC. 1060. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF REQUIRE14 MENT FOR COMBATANT COMMAND RISK AS15 SESSMENT FOR AIRBORNE INTELLIGENCE, 

16 SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE. 

17 Section 1061 of the James M. Inhofe National De18 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

19 117–263) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘cancel,’’ be21 fore ‘‘retire,’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the date that 

23 is five years after the date of the enactment of this 

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1 SEC. 1061. CONSIDERATION OF PROTRACTED CONFLICTS 

2 IN PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS. 

3 (a) ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR

4 STRATEGY, PLANS, AND CAPABILITIES SUBMISSION.— 

5 Not later than July 1, 2025, the Assistant Secretary of 

6 Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, in coordina7 tion with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 

8 with input from the combatant commands, shall deliver 

9 to the Secretary of Defense defense planning scenarios 

10 that use protracted conflicts of at least 6, 12, and 24 

11 months as planning assumptions. 

12 (b) COMBATANT COMMAND SUBMISSION.—Not later 

13 than July 1, 2025, the combatant commands, in coordina14 tion with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 

15 the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, 

16 and Capabilities, shall deliver to the Secretary of Defense 

17 branches to operational plans that use protracted conflicts 

18 of 6, 12, and 24 months as planning assumptions. 

19 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than September 1, 2025, 

20 the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the 

21 congressional defense committees summarizing the impli22 cations of the plans described in subsections (a) and (b) 

23 on total munition requirements in the context of these 

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1 SEC. 1062. STUDY ON COMBAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF RE2 MOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT CREW. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

5 shall seek to enter into an agreement with a federally 

6 funded research and development center to conduct an 

7 independent study to identify opportunities to provide 

8 more support services to, and greater recognition of, com9 bat accomplishments of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) 

10 crew. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study required under sub12 section (a) shall— 

13 (1) explore methods for identifying those mem14 bers of a RPA crew who conduct combat operations; 

15 (2) review the manner of documentation for 

16 RPA crew conducting combat operations; 

17 (3) assess whether to establish a new status 

18 identifier for RPA crew conducting combat oper19 ations and propose a timeline to establish such sta20 tus; 

21 (4) propose decorations and awards for combat 

22 operations available to RPA crew; 

23 (5) assess whether to award campaign medals 

24 for RPA crew conducting combat operations in a 

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1 (6) examine whether post-separation health (in2 cluding mental health) care is available to RPA crew 

3 who conduct combat operations. 

4 SEC. 1063. REPORT ON RESOURCING OF ARCTIC STRATEGY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

6 submit to the congressional defense committees and the 

7 congressional research agencies a report for each of fiscal 

8 years 2026 through 2031 that includes cost data, for that 

9 fiscal year and the period covered by the future-years de10 fense program under section 221 of title 10, United States 

11 Code, of the Arctic Strategy of the Department of De12 fense. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 

14 (a)— 

15 (1) shall include an assessment of the 

16 resourcing of the Arctic Strategy from funds re17 quested for— 

18 (A) research, development, test, and eval19 uation; 

20 (B) military construction; and 

21 (C) procurement; and 

22 (2) may, if such funds are directly contributing 

23 the resourcing of the strategy, include an assessment 

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1 (A) operations and maintenance; or 

2 (B) military personnel. 

3 (c) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall submit the re4 port required by subsection (a) to the congressional de5 fense committees and the congressional research agen6 cies— 

7 (1) for fiscal year 2026, not later than May 1, 

8 2025; and 

9 (2) for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year 

10 thereafter through fiscal year 2031, with the mate11 rials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of De12 fense in support of the budget of the President for 

13 that fiscal year (as submitted under section 1105(a) 

14 of title 31, United States Code). 

15 (d) FORM.—Each report required by subsection (a) 

16 shall be submitted in— 

17 (1) an unclassified form that may be made 

18 available to the public; and 

19 (2) an unclassified form that may include a 

20 classified annex. 

21 (e) LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AGENCY DEFINED.—In 

22 this section, the term ‘‘legislative research agency’’ in23 cludes the following: 

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1 (3) The Governmental Accountability Office. 

2 SEC. 1064. ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT OF TRANSNATIONAL 

3 ORGANIZED CRIME ON MILITARY DRUG 

4 OVERDOSES. 

5 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the directors of the mili7 tary criminal investigation organizations, in coordination 

8 with the Director of the Defense Health Agency, shall sub9 mit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

10 and the House of Representatives an assessment of how 

11 transnational organized crime is contributing to drug 

12 overdoses at military installations. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required under 

14 subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the extent 

15 to which— 

16 (1) fentanyl is responsible for drug overdoses of 

17 members of the Armed Forces, dependents of such 

18 members, and civilian employees of the Department 

19 of Defense; 

20 (2) a combination of fentanyl and another drug 

21 is responsible for such drug overdoses; 

22 (3) illegal fentanyl discovered on military instal23 lations and surrounding communities is related to 

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1 (4) fentanyl is inhibiting the readiness of the 

2 Armed Forces and quality of life for members of the 

3 Armed Forces, dependents of such members, and ci4 vilian employees of the Department at military in5 stallations and surrounding communities. 

6 (c) FORM.—The assessment required under sub7 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

8 contain a classified annex. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ORGA11 NIZATIONS.—The term ‘‘military criminal investiga12 tion organizations’’ means— 

13 (A) the Criminal Investigation Division of 

14 the Army; 

15 (B) the Criminal Investigative Service of 

16 the Navy; and 

17 (C) the Office of Special Investigations of 

18 the Air Force. 

19 (2) TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME.—The 

20 term ‘‘transnational organized crime’’ has the mean21 ing given that term in section 284(i) of title 10, 

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1 SEC. 1065. REVIEW AND REPORT ON OPERATIONAL PLANS 

2 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

3 (a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REVIEW AND RE4 PORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 15, 

6 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 

7 the service chief of each military department and the 

8 commander of each combatant command, shall— 

9 (A) complete a review of the operational 

10 plans of the Department of Defense; and 

11 (B) submit to the congressional defense 

12 committees a report that outlines any shortfall 

13 in personnel, equipment, munitions, infrastruc14 ture, or materiel required to execute such plans. 

15 (2) ASSUMPTION AND CONSIDERATIONS.— The 

16 review and report required by paragraph (1) shall— 

17 (A) incorporate the assumption that a con18 tingency operation in the western Pacific, Eu19 rope, the Middle East, or the Korean Peninsula 

20 would increase the likelihood of a contingency 

21 operation in the other three theaters; and 

22 (B) include a consideration of— 

23 (i) the lessons learned from the war in 

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1 (ii) the current state of the military 

2 forces of the Russian Federation and 

3 forces affiliated with such military forces; 

4 (iii) the current state of the military 

5 forces of the member countries of the 

6 North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 

7 (iv) with respect to the munitions in8 dustrial base— 

9 (I) the current quantities of mu10 nitions in the extant inventories of the 

11 United States and the geographic lo12 cation of such munitions; 

13 (II) the current rate of produc14 tion based on existing infrastructure 

15 and capacity; and 

16 (III) the single points of produc17 tion and assembly throughout the mu18 nitions supply chain; and 

19 (v) the impact of contested logistics, 

20 including— 

21 (I) cyberattacks on defense and 

22 civilian logistics-related infrastruc23 ture— 

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1 (bb) outside the continental 

2 United States, including within 

3 the territories of allies and part4 ners of the United States; and 

5 (cc) in space; 

6 (II) kinetic attacks on defense 

7 and civilian logistics-related infra8 structure— 

9 (aa) within the continental 

10 United States; and 

11 (bb) outside the continental 

12 United States, including within 

13 the territories of allies and part14 ners of the United States; 

15 (III) potential interdiction of air 

16 and sea lines of communication and 

17 logistical support; and 

18 (IV) the logistical trail of energy 

19 supply chains required to support 

20 operational plans, with consideration 

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1 ational flexibility and resilience in 

2 comparison to currently deployed en3 ergy generation technologies. 

4 (b) INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS AND REPORT.— 

5 (1) ANALYSIS.—The Secretary shall enter into 

6 an agreement with an appropriate federally funded 

7 research and development center for— 

8 (A) the conduct of a detailed independent 

9 analysis of the report required by subsection 

10 (a)(1); and 

11 (B) the submission to the Secretary of a 

12 report on such analysis. 

13 (2) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2025, 

14 the Secretary shall submit to the congressional de15 fense committees the report prepared by the feder16 ally funded research and development center under 

17 paragraph (1), without modification. 

18 (3) FORM.—The report submitted under para19 graph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form 

20 with a classified annex. 

21 SEC. 1066. REPORT ON UNDERSEA CABLE POSTURE. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 30, 

23 2025, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of 

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1 fense, and resilience of undersea cables used by the De2 partment of Defense. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub4 section (a) shall include the following elements: 

5 (1) An assessment of the threats (i.e., physical, 

6 cyber, supply chain, and foreign ownership) to un7 dersea cables owned or used by the Department of 

8 Defense, including— 

9 (A) the current procedure when threats to 

10 such cables are identified by or reported to the 

11 Department of Defense (Office of Naval Intel12 ligence (ONI) lead and United States Cyber 

13 Command supporting); 

14 (B) the extent to which such cables are 

15 owned and operated solely by the Department 

16 of Defense, reported by agency or military de17 partment (DOD-CIO NMO would be lead); 

18 (C) the extent to which such cables are 

19 owned and operated by non-government or com20 mercial entities, but contracted to support the 

21 Department of Defense, reported by agency or 

22 military department (ODNI Lead, Under Sec23 retary of Defense for Acquisitions and 

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1 (D) a list of Department of Defense mis2 sions that would be most severely disrupted by 

3 a loss of undersea cable capabilities (combatant 

4 commands would lead this prioritization); and 

5 (E) intelligence gaps concerning threats to 

6 such cables (ODNI would be overall lead for 

7 this effort). 

8 (2) The Department of Defense’s strategy to 

9 protect critical subsea cables and an assessment of 

10 the Department’s ability to execute that strategy, in11 cluding for cables not owned by the Department of 

12 Defense (DOD-CIO). 

13 (3) An assessment of the Department of De14 fense’s ability to restore critical subsea cable capa15 bilities based on damage to or interdiction of exist16 ing undersea capabilities (DOD-CIO). 

17 (4) An assessment of the Department of De18 fense’s ability to execute processes to prioritize and 

19 support restoration efforts if subsea cable capabili20 ties are lost (DOD-CIO). 

21 (5) Alternative capabilities to negate or miti22 gate the loss of critical undersea cable capabilities, 

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1 (6) A strategy for prioritizing Department of 

2 Defense missions in the event that undersea cable 

3 capabilities are lost (DOD-CIO). 

4 (7) An assessment of support required from 

5 other United States Government, private sector, and 

6 foreign partners to defend, maintain, and restore un7 dersea cable capabilities (DOD-CIO). 

8 (8) An assessment of new or additional capa9 bilities or authorities required to adequately defend, 

10 monitor, maintain or restore undersea cable capabili11 ties (DOD-CIO), including, if additional capabilities 

12 are required, an estimated budget to support. 

13 Subtitle G—Caisson Services at 

14 Arlington National Cemetery 

15 SEC. 1071. PLAN FOR PROCUREMENT OF MILITARY WORK16 ING EQUIDS FOR THE CAISSON PLATOON OF 

17 THE 3RD INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 

18 ARMY. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

21 Army shall submit to Congress a detailed plan for the pro22 curement of military working equids for the Caisson Pla23 toon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Army. 


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1 (b) CONSULTATION.—In developing the plan required 

2 by subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall consult 

3 with— 

4 (1) the Mounted Color Guard of the Marine 

5 Corps; 

6 (2) the Navy, the Air Force, the Space Force, 

7 and the Coast Guard; and 

8 (3) at least two nationally recognized equid or9 ganizations, foundations, or councils. 

10 SEC. 1072. REQUIREMENT TO BEGIN CONDUCTING FUNER11 ALS WITH CAISSON SERVICES AT ARLINGTON 

12 NATIONAL CEMETERY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

15 Army shall— 

16 (1) begin conducting at least two funerals with 

17 caisson services each week, or a total of four services 

18 in a two week period, at Arlington National Ceme19 tery, Virginia; or 

20 (2) enter into a contract with a nongovern21 mental entity described in subsection (b). 

22 (b) CONTRACT DESCRIBED.—The contract described 

23 in this subsection shall— 

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1 (A) begin providing services under the con2 tract not later than 60 days after the date of 

3 the enactment of this Act; 

4 (B) provide the military working equids 

5 necessary to conduct caisson services for at 

6 least one funeral each business day, other than 

7 Federal holidays, at Arlington National Ceme8 tery, until the funerals backlogged at such cem9 etery as of the date of the enactment of this 

10 Act are conducted; and 

11 (C) after the backlogged funerals described 

12 in subparagraph (B) are conducted, to continue 

13 to provide services to meet the requirement of 

14 caisson services for funerals until the Army is 

15 capable of conducting at least one funeral with 

16 caisson services each business day; 

17 (2) specify that Army uniformed soldiers and 

18 not contract personnel will participate by riding the 

19 military working equids in the funeral ceremonies; 

20 and 

21 (3) terminate when the Caisson Platoon of the 

22 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Army begins con23 ducting at least one funeral with caisson services 

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1 SEC. 1073. MONTHLY REPORT ON FUNERALS AT ARLING2 TON NATIONAL CEMETERY ON HOLD UNTIL 

3 CAISSON SERVICES RESUME. 

4 Section 7721 of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new sub6 section: 

7 ‘‘(f) MONTHLY REPORT ON CAISSON SERVICES.— 

8 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

9 of this subsection, and not less frequently than once every 

10 30 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 

11 to the congressional defense committees a report on the 

12 number of families that have requested caisson services 

13 at Arlington National Cemetery and are waiting to hold 

14 funerals until caisson services resume.’’. 

15 SEC. 1074. LAND FOR OPERATIONS AND TRAINING OF CAIS16 SON PLATOON OF THE 3RD INFANTRY REGI17 MENT OF THE ARMY. 

18 Section 366 of the National Defense Authorization 

19 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 

20 234; 10 U.S.C. 7721 note) is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following new subsection: 

22 ‘‘(d) LAND FOR OPERATIONS AND TRAINING.—In ac23 quiring the land necessary for the operations and training 

24 of the Caisson Platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of 

25 the Army, the Secretary of the Army shall consider land 

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1 Subtitle H—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 1081. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE MITIGA3 TION, IDENTIFICATION, AND TREATMENT OF 

4 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND THE MONI5 TORING AND DOCUMENTATION OF BLAST 

6 OVERPRESSURE EXPOSURE. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ROLES.—The Secretary of 

8 Defense shall establish the roles and responsibilities of 

9 components of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for 

10 the mitigation, identification, and treatment of traumatic 

11 brain injury and the monitoring and documentation of 

12 blast overpressure exposure, including blast overpressure 

13 exposure logs and traumatic brain injury logs, with respect 

14 to health care, readiness, acquisitions, and Inspector Gen15 eral oversight. 

16 (b) BRIEFINGS AND REPORTS.— 

17 (1) IMPLEMENTATION BRIEFING.—Not later 

18 than June 1, 2025, and annually thereafter through 

19 June 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 

20 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

21 and the House of Representatives briefings on the 

22 roles and responsibilities established under sub23 section (a) and the plans, associated timelines, and 

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1 (2) REPORT ON TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES.— 

2 Not later than June 1, 2025, and annually there3 after through June 1, 2030, the Secretary of De4 fense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

5 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa6 tives a report, with a classified annex as necessary, 

7 concerning traumatic brain injuries among members 

8 of the Armed Forces caused during combat oper9 ations or training events. 

10 (3) REPORT ON MEDICAL PROVIDERS TRAINED

11 IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY NEUROLOGY.—Not 

12 later than December 31, 2025, and annually there13 after through December 31, 2030, the Secretary of 

14 Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

15 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa16 tives a report on medical providers within the De17 fense Health Agency who are trained in traumatic 

18 brain injury as a sub-specialty of neurology, includ19 ing information on— 

20 (A) the number of such providers, 

21 disaggregated by location; 

22 (B) the billets of such providers; 

23 (C) the number of medical personnel cur24 rently participating in training or a fellowship 

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1 (D) the strategy of the Department of De2 fense to increase the number of medical pro3 viders trained in traumatic brain injury as a 

4 sub-specialty of neurology. 

5 SEC. 1082. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL SECURITY COMMIS6 SION ON EMERGING BIOTECHNOLOGY. 

7 Section 1091 of the National Defense Authorization 

8 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (3) 

11 and redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); 

12 (2) in subsection (g)(1), by inserting ‘‘and 6 

13 months’’ after ‘‘2 years’’; and 

14 (3) in subsection (r), by striking ‘‘18 months 

15 after the date on which it submits the final report 

16 required by subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem17 ber 1, 2026’’. 

18 SEC. 1083. ENHANCEMENT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS 

19 RIVERINE CAPABILITY. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 

22 of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Con23 flict and the Commander of the United States Special Op24 erations Command shall submit to the congressional de25 fense committees a plan for the sustainment and enhanceVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:00 Jul 09, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00628 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4638.RS S4638

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1 ment of a special operations riverine capability within 

2 United States Special Operations Command through fiscal 

3 year 2035. 

4 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under subsection 

5 (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

6 (1) An articulation of the value of special oper7 ations riverine capabilities to accomplishing the ob8 jectives of the national defense strategy. 

9 (2) Manpower requirements and sourcing. 

10 (3) Sustainment, recapitalization, and mod11 ernization of Special Operations Craft-Riverine mar12 itime craft. 

13 (4) The advisability and feasibility of developing 

14 a future riverine maritime craft. 

15 (5) Bolstering research, experimentation, and 

16 prototyping efforts related to riverine, coastal, and 

17 other maritime capabilities, to include unmanned 

18 surface vessels, including through the identification 

19 of opportunities to expand such efforts through addi20 tional manpower, funding, and collaborative relation21 ships with relevant elements of the Federal Govern22 ment and commercial industry. 

23 (6) Identification of infrastructure and training 

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1 (7) Any other matters the Assistant Secretary 

2 of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity 

3 Conflict and the Commander of United States Spe4 cial Operations Command determine relevant. 

5 SEC. 1084. PLAN FOR RECAPITALIZATION OF SPECIAL OP6 ERATIONS SURFACE COMBATANT CRAFT. 

7 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

9 Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict and the 

10 Commander of the United States Special Operations Com11 mand shall jointly submit to the congressional defense 

12 committees a plan for converting special operations sur13 face combatant craft at the end of service life into un14 manned systems, as appropriate, to support experimen15 tation and the use of manned-unmanned teaming capabili16 ties. 

17 SEC. 1085. HOMELAND DEFENSE PLANNING REQUIRE18 MENTS. 

19 (a) REPORT ON AT-RISK DEFENSE CRITICAL AS20 SETS.—Not later than February 15, 2025, the Assistant 

21 Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, 

22 in consultation with the Commander of the United States 

23 Cyber Command and the Director of the Defense Intel24 ligence Agency, shall submit to the designated recipients 

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1 mand a detailed list of the defense critical assets in the 

2 United States that are assessed to be likely targets of an 

3 attack, including kinetic and non-kinetic attacks, in a 

4 major conflict with an adversary. 

5 (b) REPORT ON LIKELY REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT.— 

6 Not later than April 15, 2025, in consultation with rel7 evant civilian agencies, the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

8 for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, shall submit to the 

9 designated recipients a report identifying and assessing 

10 the foreseeable requests for support from civilian agencies 

11 responsible for the defense of the defense critical assets 

12 detailed in the report submitted under subsection (a). The 

13 report shall include— 

14 (1) each agency likely to request support; 

15 (2) the existing capabilities of each agency to 

16 respond to and defend against a prospective attack; 

17 (3) the specific capabilities requested, and an 

18 estimate of the number of Department of Defense 

19 personnel that would be required to provide those 

20 capabilities; 

21 (4) an estimate of the cost for providing the re22 quested Department of Defense support; and 

23 (5) an estimate of the duration of support that 

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1 vided in a protracted scenario extending beyond 180 

2 days. 

3 (c) FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT.—Not later than June 

4 1, 2025, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, 

5 Plans, and Capabilities, in consultation with the Com6 mander of the United States Cyber Command and the 

7 Commander of the United States Northern Command, 

8 shall submit to the designated recipients a report assess9 ing the feasibility of providing support to the requests 

10 identified in the report submitted under subsection (b). 

11 The assessment shall address providing support to a re12 quest independently, concurrent with other related re13 quests, and consecutive with other requests. 

14 (d) DESIGNATED RECIPIENTS DEFINED.—In this 

15 section, the term ‘‘designated recipients’’ means the Sec16 retary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military depart17 ments, and the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen18 ate and the House of Representatives. 

19 SEC. 1086. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE CONTRACTED ASSIST20 ANCE TO SECURE THE SOUTHERN LAND BOR21 DER OF THE UNITED STATES. 

22 Section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization 

23 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 284 note; Public Law 

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1 (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

2 paragraph (3); 

3 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—In providing as6 sistance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection au7 thorized under paragraph (1), the Secretary of De8 fense may acquire, by contract, for the purposes of 

9 such assistance— 

10 ‘‘(A) warehousing and logistical supply 

11 chain services; 

12 ‘‘(B) transportation services; 

13 ‘‘(C) vehicle maintenance services; 

14 ‘‘(D) linguist services; and 

15 ‘‘(E) data entry services.’’; and 

16 (C) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by 

17 striking ‘‘under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘authorized under paragraph (1) or (2)’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (f)(1)— 

20 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

21 subparagraph (E); and 

22 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

23 the following: 

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1 terms of the contract, and the amounts ex2 pended to provide contracted support pursuant 

3 to subsection (a)(2).’’; and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(g) SUNSET.—The authority granted under this sec6 tion shall cease to have any force or effect beginning on 

7 October 1, 2026.’’. 

8 SEC. 1087. LIAISON WITH THE COUNTER UNMANNED AER9 IAL SYSTEMS TASK FORCE. 

10 (a) LIAISON REQUIRED.—The Director of the All-Do11 main Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) shall provide one 

12 or more personnel to act as a liaison with the Counter 

13 Unmanned Aerial Systems Task Force to improve coordi14 nation of efforts and support enabling capabilities of mu15 tual benefit. 

16 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The liaison position or posi17 tions described in (a) shall have the following responsibil18 ities: 

19 (1) Conducting information sharing between or20 ganizations on identified or suspected Unmanned 

21 Aerial Systems (UAS) events, including incident re22 porting, incident responses, and data on technical 

23 characterization of the known or suspected threats. 

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1 (3) Development of coordinated tactics, tech2 niques, and procedures for incident response. 

3 SEC. 1088. INTRODUCTION OF ENTITIES IN TRANSACTIONS 

4 CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY. 

5 Section 1047 of the James M. Inhofe National De6 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

7 117–263; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘may facilitate the introduction’’ and inserting ‘‘shall fa9 cilitate the introduction’’. 

10 SEC. 1089. PRIORITIZATION OF ACCREDITATION OF SEN11 SITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FA12 CILITIES SUPPORTING DX-RATED PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) FRAMEWORK FOR PRIORITIZED REVIEW RE14 QUIRED.—Not later than 270 days after the date of enact15 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop 

16 a framework for prioritized review and accreditation and 

17 reaccreditations of sensitive compartmented information 

18 facilities and classified communications networks at facili19 ties that are not located on a Department of Defense in20 stallation or facility. 

21 (b) PROGRAMS RATED DX.—The framework devel22 oped pursuant to subsection (a) shall take into consider23 ation the accreditation or reaccreditation of facilities and 

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1 ‘‘DX’’ pursuant to section 700.11 of title 15, Code of Fed2 eral Regulations, or successor regulations. 

3 (c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 270 

4 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec5 retary shall submit to the congressional defense commit6 tees the framework developed pursuant to subsection (a). 

7 SEC. 1090. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY 

8 CAPITAL FORUM. 

9 (a) FORUM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary of De10 fense shall establish a forum— 

11 (1) as the convening forum for domestic and 

12 international institutional financiers, capital pro13 viders, investors, entrepreneurs, innovators, business 

14 persons, and various representatives from across the 

15 private sector, relevant United States Government 

16 offices, and from the governments and private sector 

17 of the allies and partners of the United States; and 

18 (2) to allow the exchange of information with 

19 the Department of Defense pertaining to trans20 actions or potential transactions, or to integrate ef21 forts to achieve coordinated effects to support the 

22 national security interest of the United States. 

23 (b) DESIGNATION OF EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The Sec24 retary of Defense shall designate an existing position in 

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1 (c) PARTICIPATION OF RELEVANT UNITED STATES

2 GOVERNMENT OFFICES.—The Secretary of Defense may 

3 invite other Federal agencies to attend the forum. 

4 SEC. 1091. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO PORTABILITY OF 

5 PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OF 

6 SERVICEMEMBERS AND THEIR SPOUSES. 

7 Section 705A of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 

8 is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 705A. PORTABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OF 

10 SERVICEMEMBERS AND THEIR SPOUSES. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which a servicemem12 ber or the spouse of a servicemember has a covered license 

13 and such servicemember or spouse relocates his or her 

14 residency because of military orders for military service 

15 to a location that is not in the jurisdiction of the licensing 

16 authority that issued the covered license, such covered li17 cense shall be considered valid at a similar scope of prac18 tice, and in the discipline issue for, in the receiving juris19 diction if such servicemember or spouse submits an appli20 cation to the licensing authority for the receiving jurisdic21 tion that includes the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) Proof of such military orders or proof of 

23 military service, as the case may be. 

24 ‘‘(2) In a case in which the applicant is a 

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1 military orders or military service, a copy of a mar2 riage certificate to a servicemember. 

3 ‘‘(3) A notarized affidavit affirming, under the 

4 penalty of law, the following: 

5 ‘‘(A) The applicant is the person described 

6 and identified in the application. 

7 ‘‘(B) All statements made on the applica8 tion are true and correct and complete. 

9 ‘‘(C) The applicant has read and under10 stands the requirements for licensure and cer11 tification and certifies that the applicant meets 

12 those requirements. 

13 ‘‘(D) The applicant is in good standing in 

14 all jurisdictions in which the applicant holds or 

15 has held a license or certification. 

16 ‘‘(4) Such documentation as may be required by 

17 the licensing authority in the receiving jurisdiction 

18 for the purposes of background checks and main19 taining standards of practice, discipline, and fulfill20 ment of any continuing education requirements. 

21 ‘‘(b) ISSUING LICENSES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (2), a licensing authority that receives an ap24 plication for a license that is submitted under sub25 section (a) and meets all of the requirements set 


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1 forth in such subsection, shall issue, not later than 

2 30 days after receiving the application, a license of 

3 similar scope of practice as the covered license of the 

4 applicant. 

5 ‘‘(2) TEMPORARY LICENSES.—In a case in 

6 which a licensing authority is required to issue a li7 cense under paragraph (1) but is unable to issue the 

8 license within 30 days as required by such para9 graph, the licensing authority shall issue a tem10 porary license that confers the same rights, privi11 leges, and responsibilities as a permanent license, 

12 until the permanent license is issued. 

13 ‘‘(c) INTERSTATE LICENSURE COMPACTS.—If, in a 

14 case described in subsection (a), the receiving jurisdiction 

15 is located in a State that is a member of an interstate 

16 compact that is in effect and the servicemember or spouse 

17 is applying for a license that covers a particular profession 

18 or occupation that is covered by the membership of the 

19 State in the interstate compact, the servicemember or 

20 spouse shall be subject to the requirements of the inter21 state compact. 

22 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) COVERED LICENSE.—The term ‘covered li24 cense’ means an active license that, with respect to 

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1 ‘‘(A) has not been revoked or had dis2 cipline imposed by any jurisdiction; 

3 ‘‘(B) does not have a complaint, allegation, 

4 or investigation relating to unprofessional con5 duct pending in any jurisdiction relating to it, 

6 or otherwise in a status that in any manner re7 stricts the activity of the license holder; and 

8 ‘‘(C) has not been voluntarily surrendered 

9 while under investigation for unprofessional 

10 conduct in any jurisdiction. 

11 ‘‘(2) LICENSE.—The term ‘license’ means any 

12 license, certificate, or other evidence of qualification 

13 that an individual is required to obtain before he or 

14 she may engage in or represent himself or herself to 

15 be a member of a particular profession or occupa16 tion. 

17 ‘‘(3) LICENSING AUTHORITY.—The term ‘li18 censing authority’ means any State board, commis19 sion, department, or agency that— 

20 ‘‘(A) is established in the State for the pri21 mary purpose of regulating the entry of persons 

22 into or the conduct of persons within, a par23 ticular profession or occupation; and 

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1 ‘‘(4) SCOPE OF PRACTICE.—The term ‘scope of 

2 practice’ means defined parameters of various duties 

3 or services that may be provided by an individual 

4 with specific credentials.’’. 

5 SEC. 1092. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MILITARY AIR6 CRAFT SUPPORT TO AIR SHOWS. 

7 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 90 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

9 Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army, 

10 the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air 

11 Force, shall establish a pilot program for not less than 

12 2 years to provide military aircraft and aerial demonstra13 tion teams in support of air shows located in rural or small 

14 market areas across the country for the purposes of cata15 loguing the impact on military recruitment. The program 

16 shall— 

17 (1) require each military service to provide sup18 port to not fewer than 5 qualifying air shows each 

19 fiscal year; 

20 (2) not support covered air shows unless the 

21 event organizers cover any costs exceeding $100,000; 

22 and 

23 (3) catalogue recruitment numbers in regions 

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1 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than March 1, 2026, and 

2 March 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a 

3 report to the congressional defense committees including 

4 the following: 

5 (1) An analysis of recruitment figures in cov6 ered regions that hosted supported air shows before 

7 and after the pilot program began. 

8 (2) A business case analysis of the costs and 

9 benefits of providing military aircraft support to air 

10 shows compared to other initiatives to encourage re11 cruitment. 

12 SEC. 1093. ESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING 

13 TO BLAST OVERPRESSURE EXPOSURE. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

16 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall estab17 lish— 

18 (1) the minimization of exposure to blast over19 pressure as a performance parameter when drafting 

20 requirements for new weapons systems for the De21 partment of Defense that produce blast over22 pressure; 

23 (2) a requirement that any entity under con24 tractual agreement with the Department as part of 

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1 to the Department blast overpressure measurements 

2 and safety data for any weapons system procured 

3 from such entity that produces blast overpressure 

4 and exceeds the maximum exposure limit set by the 

5 Department; and 

6 (3) a requirement that any test plan for a 

7 weapons system shall incorporate testing for blast 

8 overpressure measurements and safety data. 

9 (b) REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of each 

10 year following the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

11 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

12 Sustainment shall publish on a publicly available website, 

13 including govinfo.gov or successor website, a report that 

14 includes— 

15 (1) blast overpressure measurements and safety 

16 data for weapons systems of the Department of De17 fense, including how those systems have been tested 

18 and in what environments; and 

19 (2) plans to improve protection for exposure by 

20 members of the Armed Forces to in-use weapons 

21 systems with unsafe levels of blast overpressure and 

22 exposure. 

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1 tract, grant, cooperative agreement, and any other similar 

2 transaction or relationship. 

3 SEC. 1094. PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR THE AMBLER 

4 MINING DISTRICT IN ALASKA. 

5 (a) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—In this section, the 

6 term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. 

7 (b) SELECTION OF ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding 

8 any other provision of law, not later than 30 days after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 

10 (1) select as the preferred alternative for the 

11 Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road 

12 Project either ‘‘Alternative A’’ or ‘‘Alternative B’’, 

13 as described in the notice of availability of the Bu14 reau of Land Management entitled ‘‘Notice of Avail15 ability of the Ambler Road Final Supplemental En16 vironmental Impact Statement, Alaska’’ and pub17 lished on April 26, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 32458); 

18 (2) publish a record of decision that includes 

19 the preferred alternative selected under paragraph 

20 (1); and 

21 (3) in accordance with section 1107 of the Alas22 ka National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 

23 U.S.C. 3167), issue all rights-of-way across public 

24 lands (as defined in section 102 of that Act (16 

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1 the preferred alternative selected under paragraph 

2 (1). 

3 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (b), 

4 the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of De5 fense, shall select the preferred alternative under para6 graph (1) of that subsection that the Secretary deter7 mines— 

8 (1) provides adequate and feasible access for 

9 economic, defense, and other purposes, including the 

10 acquisition and retention of stocks of certain stra11 tegic and critical materials; and 

12 (2) encourages the conservation and develop13 ment of sources of certain strategic and critical ma14 terials, with respect to any impacts on the national 

15 security interests of the United States that sources 

16 of those materials may have on the United States, 

17 as described in section 2(b) of the Strategic and 

18 Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 

19 98a(b)). 

20 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary shall 

21 carry out subsection (b) in accordance with subsections 

22 (b) through (e) of section 201(4) and section 1110(b) of 

23 the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 

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1 TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 

2 MATTERS 

3 SEC. 1101. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE 

4 ANNUAL LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY AND 

5 AGGREGATE LIMITATION ON PAY FOR FED6 ERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WORKING OVER7 SEAS. 

8 Subsection (a) of section 1101 of the Duncan Hunter 

9 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

10 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4615), as most recently 

11 amended by section 1105 of the National Defense Author12 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 

13 Stat. 427), is further amended by striking ‘‘through 

14 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2025’’. 

15 SEC. 1102. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHOR16 ITY TO GRANT ALLOWANCES, BENEFITS, AND 

17 GRATUITIES TO CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON OF18 FICIAL DUTY IN A COMBAT ZONE. 

19 Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency 

20 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global 

21 War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public 

22 Law 109–234; 120 Stat. 443), as added by section 1102 

23 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization 

24 Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 

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1 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 428), is further 

3 amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 

4 SEC. 1103. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED APPOINTMENT AND 

5 COMPENSATION AUTHORITY FOR CIVILIAN 

6 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FOR CARE 

7 AND TREATMENT OF WOUNDED AND IN8 JURED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

9 Section 1599c(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

10 amended, in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘Decem11 ber 31, 2025’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘De12 cember 31, 2030’’. 

13 SEC. 1104. EXTENSION OF DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR 

14 DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL BASE FACILITIES 

15 AND MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACILITIES 

16 BASE. 

17 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 1125(a) of the National 

18 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 

19 U.S.C. 1580 note prec.; Public Law 114–328) is amended 

20 by striking ‘‘through 2028’’ and inserting ‘‘through 

21 2030’’. 

22 (b) BRIEFING.—Section 1102(b) of the National De23 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 

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1 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 

2 Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1597), is further amended— 

3 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

4 striking ‘‘through 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘through 

5 2030’’; and 

6 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(as amended 

7 by subsection (a))’’. 

8 SEC. 1105. REMOVAL OF DIRECT SUPPORT ACTIVITIES 

9 FROM PERSONNEL LIMITATION ON THE OF10 FICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. 

11 Section 143(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘(including Direct Support Activities 

13 of that Office and the Washington Headquarters Services 

14 of the Department of Defense)’’. 

15 SEC. 1106. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE INCREASED VOL16 UNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY FOR 

17 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT 

18 OF DEFENSE. 

19 Section 9902(f)(5)(A)(ii) of title 5, United States 

20 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘an 

21 amount determined by the Secretary, not to exceed 

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1 SEC. 1107. EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION OF CIVILIAN 

2 FACULTY MEMBERS AT INTER-AMERICAN DE3 FENSE COLLEGE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 1595 of 

5 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(9) The United States Element of the Inter8 American Defense College.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 

10 further amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘institutions’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘organizations’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (c)— 

14 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

15 ‘‘INSTITUTIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘ORGANIZA16 TIONS’’; and 

17 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

18 by striking ‘‘institutions’’ and inserting ‘‘orga19 nizations’’. 

20 SEC. 1108. MODIFICATIONS TO THE JOHN S. MCCAIN STRA21 TEGIC DEFENSE FELLOWS PROGRAM. 

22 (a) NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT AND CONVER23 SION AUTHORITY.—Section 932(f) of the John S. McCain 

24 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

25 (10 U.S.C. 1580 note prec.; Public Law 115–232) is 

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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para2 graph (4); and 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol4 lowing new paragraphs: 

5 ‘‘(2) NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT OR CON6 VERSION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon a participant’s 

8 successful completion of the fellows program, 

9 the Secretary may, without regard to the provi10 sions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, 

11 United States Code, noncompetitively appoint 

12 or convert the participant into a vacant com13 petitive or excepted service position in the De14 partment, if the Secretary determines that such 

15 appointment or conversion will contribute to the 

16 development of highly qualified future senior 

17 leaders for the Department. 

18 ‘‘(B) GRADE.—The Secretary may appoint 

19 or convert a participant under subparagraph 

20 (A) into a position at or below the level of GS– 

21 13 of the General Schedule or an equivalent po22 sition for which the participant is qualified 

23 without regard to any minimum time-in-grade 

24 requirements. 


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1 ‘‘(C) CONSENT.—Before converting an in2 dividual to the competitive service under this 

3 paragraph, the Secretary shall notify and re4 ceive written consent from the individual of the 

5 individual’s change in status. 

6 ‘‘(3) APPOINTMENT OF FORMER PARTICI7 PANTS.—The Secretary may use the authority pro8 vided by paragraph (2) for a participant— 

9 ‘‘(A) not later than one year after the date 

10 of the participant’s successful completion of the 

11 fellows program; or 

12 ‘‘(B) in the case of a participant who en13 tered the fellows program before the date of the 

14 enactment of this subparagraph, not later than 

15 one year after such date of enactment.’’. 

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 932(e)(2) 

17 of such Act is amended by inserting before the period at 

18 the end of the last sentence the following: ‘‘and subsection 

19 (f)(2)’’. 


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1 SEC. 1109. MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON DY2 NAMIC SHAPING OF THE WORKFORCE TO IM3 PROVE THE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND EXPER4 TISE AT CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

5 LABORATORIES. 

6 Section 1109 of the National Defense Authorization 

7 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 4091 note prec.; Pub8 lic Law 114–92) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘or 8414’’ before ‘‘of 

12 title 5’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘or 3522’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘or 8414(b)(1)(B)’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (4), in the matter pre16 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘section 

17 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, 

18 without regard to clause (iv) or (v) of such sec19 tion or section 3522 of such title’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘section 3522 of title 5, United States Code’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘section 

23 4121(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (b) of 

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1 SEC. 1110. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR NONCOMPETITIVE 

2 APPOINTMENTS OF MILITARY SPOUSES BY 

3 FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 573 of 

5 the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 

6 for Fiscal Year 2019 (5 U.S.C. 3330d note; Public Law 

7 115–232) is repealed. 

8 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 1119(a) of 

9 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

10 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 434) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and all that follows 

13 through ‘‘the following:’’ and inserting the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(2) in subsection (a)— 

16 ‘‘(A) by redesignating paragraph (5), as 

17 added by section 1112(a)(1)(C) of this Act, as 

18 paragraph (6); and 

19 ‘‘(B) by inserting after paragraph (4), as 

20 redesignated by section 1112(a)(1)(A) of this 

21 Act, the following:’’; and 

22 (B) in the quoted material, by striking 

23 ‘‘(4) The term’’ and inserting ‘‘(5) The term’’; 

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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), by inserting ‘‘, as amended by section 

3 1112(a)(2) of this Act’’ after ‘‘in subsection 

4 (b)’’; 

5 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

6 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

7 (2)’’; 

8 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

9 ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

10 (3)’’; and 

11 (D) in subparagraph (C), in the quoted 

12 material, by striking ‘‘(3) a spouse’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘(4) a spouse’’. 

14 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

15 subsection (b) of this section shall take effect as if in16 cluded in the enactment of section 1119 of the National 

17 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public 

18 Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 434). 

19 SEC. 1111. CONTINUITY OF COVERAGE UNDER CERTAIN 

20 PROVISIONS OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES 

21 CODE. 

22 (a) MILITARY LEAVE FOR FEDERAL CIVILIAN EM23 PLOYEES.—Section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, 

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1 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘as a Re2 serve of the armed forces or member of the National 

3 Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘as a Reserve of the armed 

4 forces, a member of the National Guard, or a mem5 ber of the Space Force in space force active status 

6 (as defined in section 101(e)(1) of title 10) and not 

7 on sustained duty under section 20105 of title 10’’; 

8 and 

9 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the 

10 semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘or is a member 

11 of the Space Force in space force active status (as 

12 defined in section 101(e)(1) of title 10) and not on 

13 sustained duty under section 20105 of title 10’’. 

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

15 (1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 

16 section is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘§ 6323. Military leave: Reserves, National Guard 

18 members, and certain members of the 

19 Space Force’’. 

20 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to 

21 such section in the table of sections at the beginning 

22 of chapter 63 of such title is amended to read as fol23 lows: 

‘‘6323. Military leave: Reserves, National Guard members, and certain members 

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1 SEC. 1112. MODIFICATION OF DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY 

2 FOR DOMESTIC DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE 

3 FACILITIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1125(a) of the National 

5 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 

6 U.S.C. 1580 note prec.) is amended by inserting ‘‘, includ7 ing to Navy Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and 

8 Repair positions’’ after ‘‘Base’’. 

9 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—At the end of each fiscal 

10 year, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the rel11 evant congressional committees a report that includes the 

12 following elements: 

13 (1) The number of Navy Supervisor of Ship14 building, Conversion, and Repair positions filled in 

15 comparison to the previous fiscal year. 

16 (2) The extent to which direct hire authority 

17 has affected recruitment and retention for Navy Su18 pervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair po19 sitions. 

20 (3) Other data and information related to the 

21 hiring process for the Navy Supervisor of Ship22 building, Conversion, and Repair that the Secretary 

23 of the Navy considers appropriate. 

24 (c) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE25 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘relevant congressional 

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1 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

2 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

3 Affairs of the Senate; and 

4 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

5 Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the 

6 House of Representatives. 

7 SEC. 1113. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW DI8 VERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION POSI9 TIONS; PROHIBITION ON FILLING VACAN10 CIES. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on January 1, 2025, 

12 the Secretary of Defense may not— 

13 (1) establish any new positions within the De14 partment of Defense with responsibility for matters 

15 relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion; or 

16 (2) fill any vacancies in positions within the De17 partment with responsibility for such matters. 

18 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec19 tion may be construed to prevent the Secretary from re20 ducing the number of positions relating to diversity, eq21 uity, and inclusion or from eliminating specific positions 

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1 SEC. 1114. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERING APPLICANT’S 

2 COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR IN3 CLUSION IN HIRING PROCESS FOR CERTAIN 

4 POSITIONS AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

5 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may not 

7 require or consider, as part of the hiring process for a 

8 covered position, any statement from an applicant that ad9 dresses the applicant’s commitment to diversity, equity, or 

10 inclusion. 

11 (b) COVERED POSITION DEFINED.—In this section, 

12 the term ‘‘covered position’’ means an administratively de13 termined position at an educational institution of the De14 partment of Defense. 

15 TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 

16 TO FOREIGN NATIONS 

17 Subtitle A—Assistance and 

18 Training 

19 SEC. 1201. ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF CONTRIBU20 TIONS FOR MULTILATERAL SECURITY CO21 OPERATION ACTIVITIES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 16 of title 

23 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

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1 ‘‘§ 302. Acceptance and expenditure of contributions 

2 for multilateral security cooperation ac3 tivities 

4 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND CON5 TRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary of Defense may accept, re6 tain, and expend contributions, including money, personal 

7 property, and services, from one or more foreign govern8 ments to carry out, pursuant to the authorities provided 

9 in this chapter, security cooperation activities in which the 

10 foreign partner (or partners, as the case may be) shares 

11 a national security interest with the United States. 

12 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds accepted under this 

13 section may only be expended under the authorities pro14 vided in this chapter, and such expenditures shall comply 

15 with the prohibitions and limitations and the notice, re16 porting, and other requirements specified in such authori17 ties. 

18 ‘‘(c) PREVIOUSLY DENIED FUNDS.—Funds accepted 

19 under this section may not be expended, in whole or in 

20 part, for any purpose for which Congress has previously 

21 denied funds. 

22 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1st 

23 each year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

24 committees of Congress a report on any funds accepted 

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1 ner or partners involved and a description of the purpose 

2 of such funds. 

3 ‘‘(e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE4 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees 

5 of Congress’ means— 

6 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

7 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

8 Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 

9 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

10 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

11 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.’’. 

12 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

13 for subchapter I of chapter 16 of title 10, United States 

14 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

15 item: 

‘‘302. Acceptance and expenditure of contributions for multilateral security cooperation activities.’’. 

16 SEC. 1202. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPAC17 ITY. 

18 Section 333 of title 10, United States Code, is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

21 following new paragraphs: 

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1 ‘‘(11) Space domain awareness and space oper2 ations. 

3 ‘‘(12) Foreign internal defense operations.’’; 

4 and 

5 (2) in subsection (g), by amending paragraph 

6 (2) to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS

8 ACROSS FISCAL YEARS.—Amounts available in a fis9 cal year to carry out the authority in subsection (a) 

10 may be used for programs under that authority that 

11 begin in such fiscal year and end not later than the 

12 end of the third fiscal year thereafter.’’. 

13 SEC. 1203. AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPABILITY AND CAPAC14 ITY OF FOREIGN CIVILIAN MEDICAL SUP15 PORT ENTITIES FOR RESILIENCE IN CRISIS 

16 AND CONFLICT. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 16 of 

18 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

19 end the following new section 336: 

20 ‘‘§ 336. Foreign civilian medical support entities: au21 thority to build capability and capacity 

22 for resilience in crisis and conflict 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, with 

24 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may provide 

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1 supplies to, and conduct exercises with, foreign civilian 

2 medical support entities of allied and partner countries for 

3 the purpose of enhancing the comprehensive medical resil4 ience of such countries in the event of a crisis or conflict. 

5 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds authorized to be ap6 propriated to the Department of Defense may be used for 

7 payment of— 

8 ‘‘(1) costs incurred by the Department of De9 fense to conduct activities under this section; and 

10 ‘‘(2) incremental expenses of a foreign civilian 

11 medical support entity to participate in activities 

12 under this section.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 for subchapter IV of chapter 16 of title 10, United States 

15 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

16 item: 

‘‘336. Foreign civilian medical support entities: authority to build capability and 

capacity for resilience in crisis and conflict.’’. 

17 SEC. 1204. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR NAVAL 

18 SMALL CRAFT INSTRUCTION AND TECHNICAL 

19 TRAINING SCHOOL. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 352 of 

21 title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol22 lows: 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The fixed costs of the 

2 School may be paid from amounts made available 

3 for the Navy as follows: 

4 ‘‘(A) The costs of operating and maintain5 ing the School may be paid from amounts made 

6 available to the Navy for operation and mainte7 nance. 

8 ‘‘(B) The costs of the equipment require9 ments of the School may be paid from amounts 

10 made available to the Navy for procurement. 

11 ‘‘(C) The costs of the facilities construction 

12 requirements of the School may be paid from 

13 amounts made available to the Navy for mili14 tary construction. 

15 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON INCLUSION OF FIXED

16 COSTS IN TUITION.—Tuition fees charged for per17 sonnel who attend the School shall not include any 

18 amount for fixed costs of the School.’’. 

19 (b) UPDATES REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

21 of Defense shall update the Security Assistance Manage22 ment Manual (DSCA 5105.38–M) and volume 15 of the 

23 Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 

24 (DoD 7000.14–R) in accordance with the amendment 

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1 SEC. 1205. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSE2 MENT OF CERTAIN COALITION NATIONS FOR 

3 SUPPORT PROVIDED TO UNITED STATES 

4 MILITARY OPERATIONS. 

5 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1233 of 

6 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

7 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 393) is amended 

8 in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘begin9 ning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 

10 2024, for overseas contingency operations’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on December 

12 31, 2025’’. 

13 (b) MODIFICATION TO LIMITATIONS.—Subsection 

14 (d)(1) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘beginning 

15 on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024, 

16 may not exceed $15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on 

17 October 1, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2025, may 

18 not exceed $75,000,000’’. 

19 SEC. 1206. MODIFICATION OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ANTI20 TUNNEL COOPERATION. 

21 (a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 1279 

22 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

23 2016 (22 U.S.C. 8606 note) is amended, in the first sen24 tence, by striking ‘‘detect, map, and neutralize under25 ground tunnels’’ and inserting ‘‘detect, map, maneuver in, 

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1 (b) ANNUAL LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—Subsection 

2 (b)(4) of such section is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$80,000,000’’. 

4 SEC. 1207. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 

5 FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT 

6 FOR STABILIZATION ACTIVITIES IN THE NA7 TIONAL SECURITY INTEREST OF THE UNITED 

8 STATES. 

9 Section 1210A of the National Defense Authorization 

10 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 

11 1626) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by amending subpara13 graph (A) to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(A) in the case of a country specified in 

15 paragraph (2), that are in the national security 

16 interest of the United States; or’’; 

17 (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

18 following new subsection (d): 

19 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—With respect to any country spec20 ified in subsection (b)(2), no amount of support may be 

21 provided under subsection (a) until the date on which the 

22 Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate commit23 tees of Congress notice of the proposed support that in24 cludes a description of the manner in which the proposed 

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1 in the relevant theater campaign plan, stabilization plan, 

2 or integrated country strategy.’’; and 

3 (3) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘December 

4 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2027’’. 

5 SEC. 1208. EXTENSION OF SECURITY COOPERATION PRO6 GRAMS WITH FOREIGN PARTNERS TO AD7 VANCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN, 

8 PEACE, AND SECURITY ACT. 

9 Section 1208 of the James M. Inhofe National De10 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

11 117–263; 136 Stat. 2831; 10 U.S.C. 301 note) is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

14 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘2027’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘2027’’. 

18 SEC. 1209. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DEFENSE 

19 OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE INTERNATIONAL 

20 COOPERATION PILOT PROGRAM. 

21 Section 1212 of the James M. Inhofe National De22 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (10 U.S.C. 

23 311 note) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘December 

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1 (2) in subsection (d)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2023 through 

3 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2023 through 

4 2030’’; and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘$15,000,000’’; and 

7 (3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 

8 2023 through 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 

9 2023 through 2030’’. 

10 SEC. 1210. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING 

11 TO MILITARY FORCES OR NATIONAL SECU12 RITY FORCES OF COSTA RICA AND PANAMA. 

13 In conducting training with friendly foreign countries 

14 under section 321 of title 10, United States Code, notwith15 standing subsection (a)(2) of that section, beginning on 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on De17 cember 31, 2030, the general purpose forces of the United 

18 States Armed Forces may train with the military forces 

19 or national security forces of the following countries: 

20 (1) Costa Rica. 

21 (2) Panama. 


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1 SEC. 1211. KEY PARTNERS FOR MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL IN2 TEGRATION MILITARY SUBJECT MATTER EX3 PERT EXCHANGE PROGRAM. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, using 

5 existing authorities, including section 311 of title 10, 

6 United States Code, as applicable, and in consultation 

7 with the head of any other Federal agency, as appropriate, 

8 shall design and implement a foreign military officer sub9 ject matter expert exchange program to be known as the 

10 ‘‘Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject Mat11 ter Expert Exchange Program’’ (referred to in this section 

12 as the ‘‘exchange program’’). 

13 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the exchange pro14 gram shall be to facilitate interaction, cultural exchange, 

15 and mutual learning of members of participating militaries 

16 in support of Middle East regional integration in order 

17 to deepen and expand such integration. 

18 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

19 (1) COMPOSITION.—The exchange program 

20 shall be composed of members of the armed forces 

21 of participating militaries in support of Middle East 

22 regional integration and members of the Armed 

23 Forces of the United States. 

24 (2) SUBJECT MATTER.— 

25 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De26 fense shall select exchange program participants 


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1 with a wide range of experiences collectively 

2 covering the tactical, operational, and strategic 

3 levels. 

4 (B) PARTICIPANT PAY GRADE LEVELS.— 

5 The Secretary of Defense shall include in the 

6 exchange program participants at each of the 

7 following military pay grades, or equivalent for8 eign military pay grades: 

9 (i) E–7 through E–9. 

10 (ii) CW–3 through CW–5. 

11 (iii) O–3 through O–9. 

12 (iv) Such other pay grade levels at the 

13 discretion of the Secretary of Defense. 

14 (C) EXPERTISE.—A participant in the ex15 change program shall have expertise in one or 

16 more of the following subject matter areas: 

17 (i) Strategic doctrine. 

18 (ii) Defense planning. 

19 (iii) Civilian and military relations. 

20 (iv) Military law. 

21 (v) Public affairs. 

22 (vi) Civil affairs. 

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1 (viii) Integrated air and missile de2 fense. 

3 (ix) Integrated maritime domain 

4 awareness and interdiction. 

5 (x) Cyber resilience and defense. 

6 (xi) Counterterrorism. 

7 (xii) Defense information sharing. 

8 (xiii) Any other subject matter area 

9 that the Secretary of Defense determines 

10 to be appropriate. 

11 (d) EXCHANGE PROGRAM CONTENT.—The exchange 

12 program— 

13 (1) shall include learning modalities and meth14 ods, as determined by the Exchange Program Coor15 dinator; 

16 (2) may include separate agendas and experi17 ences for participants in order to— 

18 (A) facilitate interaction on particular top19 ics; 

20 (B) cater to participant backgrounds or 

21 rank levels; or 

22 (C) achieve other pedagogical ends as de23 termined by the Exchange Program Coordi24 nator; and 


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1 (3) may include discussion, comparison, and in2 formation regarding the development of— 

3 (A) defense doctrine; 

4 (B) exercise development; 

5 (C) budget planning; 

6 (D) military law and law of armed conflict; 

7 (E) military cooperation with civilian agen8 cies; 

9 (F) standard operating procedures; 

10 (G) operational plans and the operational 

11 art; 

12 (H) gaps and opportunities for improve13 ment in existing procedures and plans; 

14 (I) existing technical challenges; 

15 (J) emerging technical challenges; 

16 (K) the current and future threat environ17 ment; 

18 (L) trust and capacity for multilateral 

19 sharing of information; 

20 (M) additional mechanisms and ideas for 

21 integrated cooperation; 

22 (N) ways to promote the meaningful par23 ticipation of women in matters of peace and se24 curity; and 


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1 (O) other content, as appropriate, devel2 oped to advance integration and tactical, oper3 ational, and strategic proficiency. 

4 (e) MEETINGS.—Participants in the exchange pro5 gram shall meet in person not less frequently than quar6 terly. 

7 (f) EXCHANGE PROGRAM COORDINATOR.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

9 shall designate an Exchange Program Coordinator, 

10 who shall be assigned to a Department of Defense 

11 School, to oversee the exchange program. 

12 (2) DUTIES.—(2) The Exchange Program Co13 ordinator shall— 

14 (A) design the exchange program; 

15 (B) ensure that the exchange program 

16 complies with the requirements of this section; 

17 (C) provide to the Secretary of Defense re18 ports on developments, insights, and progress of 

19 the exchange program; and 

20 (D) notify the Secretary of Defense of any 

21 failure of the exchange program to comply with 

22 the in-person requirements of subsection (e). 

23 (3) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

24 than 15 days after receiving a notification under 

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1 submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the 

2 Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

3 House of Representatives a report describing— 

4 (A) the reasons an in-person meeting did 

5 not occur during such quarter; and 

6 (B) any measures taken to ensure that an 

7 in-person meeting occurs during the following 

8 quarter. 

9 (g) REPORT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

12 thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of Defense shall 

13 submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the 

14 Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

15 House of Representatives a report that includes— 

16 (A) a summary of the activities of the ex17 change program during the prior year, includ18 ing— 

19 (i) the countries participating; 

20 (ii) the subject matter covered; 

21 (iii) developments, insights, and 

22 progress achieved through the program; 

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1 (iv) any new topics added to the ex2 change as well as a justification for adding 

3 the new topic; 

4 (B) an assessment of the effectiveness of 

5 the exchange program; and 

6 (C) recommendations on further improve7 ments to the exchange program. 

8 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

9 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

10 include a classified annex. 

11 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOL.—The 

13 term ‘‘Department of Defense school’’ means any in14 stitution listed in section 1595(c) or section 2162(d) 

15 of title 10, United States Code. 

16 (2) PARTICIPATING MILITARIES IN SUPPORT OF

17 MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL INTEGRATION.—The term 

18 ‘‘participating militaries in support of Middle East 

19 regional integration’’ means military allies and part20 ner forces of the United States working to advance 

21 regional integration in the Middle East. 


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1 SEC. 1212. PLAN TO MODERNIZE AND STREAMLINE INFOR2 MATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS RELATING 

3 TO END-USE MONITORING FUNCTIONS OF DE4 FENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the De7 fense Security Cooperation Agency shall submit to the 

8 congressional defense committees a plan to modernize and 

9 streamline the information technology systems and infra10 structure used to carry out the end-use monitoring func11 tions of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. 

12 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

13 shall include the following: 

14 (1) A description of each information tech15 nology system used by the Defense Security Co16 operation Agency to carry out end-use monitoring 

17 functions. 

18 (2) An assessment as to whether such systems 

19 are interoperable with each other and with other sys20 tems used by the military departments (as defined 

21 in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) 

22 and other relevant Federal agencies. 

23 (3) An assessment as to whether such systems 

24 are sufficiently user-friendly, including whether the 

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1 functions, such as populating and updating data2 bases. 

3 (4) A description of each initiative of the De4 fense Security Cooperation Agency to improve its in5 formation technology systems related to end-use 

6 monitoring, including an identification of the man7 ner in which each such initiative is programmed and 

8 funded. 

9 (5) A plan, including a timeline and milestones, 

10 for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to 

11 achieve a modern and streamlined suite of informa12 tion technology systems to conduct its end-use moni13 toring functions. 

14 (6) Cost estimates for procuring and operating 

15 and maintaining such systems. 

16 (7) Any other matter the Director considers rel17 evant. 

18 SEC. 1213. EXTENSION OF MODIFICATION TO AUTHORITY 

19 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CONDUCT OF OP20 ERATIONS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1205 of the James M. 

22 Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2023 and 2024’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2023 through 2026’’; and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘$950,000,000’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘$750,000,000’’. 

5 (b) PLAN TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR MULTI6 NATIONAL SECURITY SUPPORT MISSION IN HAITI.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

10 committees a plan to provide support under section 

11 331 of title 10, United States Code, for the multi12 national security support mission in Haiti. 

13 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para14 graph (1) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 

15 (A) A list of countries participating in the 

16 multinational security support mission in Haiti 

17 that are eligible for Department of Defense 

18 support under section 331 of title 10, United 

19 States Code. 

20 (B) A description of the type, cost, and du21 ration of support to be provided. 

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1 (D) A description of known contributions 

2 to such mission by the international community. 

3 (E) With respect to such mission, a plan 

4 and associated timeline for the transition from 

5 support provided by the Department of Defense 

6 to support provided by other elements of the 

7 United States Government and international 

8 partners. 

9 (c) REPORT ON SUPPORT PROVIDED IN FISCAL

10 YEARS 2023 AND 2024.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

13 shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

14 a report that includes a summary of support pro15 vided under section 331 of title 10, United States 

16 Code, during fiscal years 2023 and 2024. 

17 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para18 graph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

19 (A) A description of operations so sup20 ported in each such fiscal year. 

21 (B) A list of recipients of such support, in22 cluding a description of the type and associated 

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1 SEC. 1214. DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH GEORGIA. 

2 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct 

4 a review to determine whether the Department of Defense 

5 should continue to support security cooperation, ship vis6 its, and joint military exercises with Georgia. Such review 

7 shall include consideration of whether the Government of 

8 Georgia is sufficiently committed to protecting the shared 

9 values and advancing the common security interests upon 

10 which the United Sates-Georgia bilateral defense relation11 ship rest. 

12 SEC. 1215. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE 

13 WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY ACT OF 2017. 

14 Section 1210E(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thorn15 berry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

16 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’. 

18 Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 

19 Syria, Iraq, and Iran 

20 SEC. 1221. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 

21 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO VETTED SYRIAN 

22 GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS. 

23 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1209 of 

24 the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 

25 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 

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1 preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

2 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

3 (b) NOTICE AND FORM.—Such section is further 

4 amended— 

5 (1) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and 

6 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) through 

7 (m) as subsections (b) through (k), respectively. 

8 (c) LIMITATION ON COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND

9 REPAIR PROJECTS.—Subsection (j) of such section, as re10 designated, is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 

12 ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (3)(E), by striking ‘‘December 

14 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

15 SEC. 1222. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 

16 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO COUNTER THE 

17 ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1236 of 

19 the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 

20 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 

21 Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3559) is amended, in the matter 

22 preceding paragraph (1)— 

23 (1) by inserting ‘‘equipment and training to 

24 counter threats from unmanned aerial systems,’’ be25 fore ‘‘and sustainment’’; and 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and in2 serting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

3 (b) FUNDING.—Subsection (g) of such section is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2024, there is authorized 

5 to be appropriated $241,950,000’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

6 year 2025, there is authorized to be appropriated 

7 $380,758,349’’. 

8 (c) FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.—Subsection (h) of 

9 such section is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(2) USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The dollar 

16 amount limitations in subsections (a) and (m) shall 

17 not apply with respect to the expenditure of foreign 

18 contributions in excess of the limitations described in 

19 such subsections.’’. 

20 (d) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Subsection (o) of such 

21 section is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 

23 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘limitation in sub24 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘limitations in subsection 

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1 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘December 

2 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

3 SEC. 1223. PRESERVATION OF SECURITY AND STABILITY IN 

4 NORTHEAST SYRIA. 

5 The Secretary of Defense may not reduce the total 

6 number of members of the United States Armed Forces 

7 serving in northeast Syria to fewer than 400 such per8 sonnel until the date on which the Secretary certifies to 

9 the congressional defense committees that— 

10 (1) vetted Syrian groups and individuals 

11 partnering with the United States are able to de12 grade and defeat threats from the Islamic State of 

13 Iraq and Syria independent of any training, equip14 ment, or assistance provided to partner forces under 

15 section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

16 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 

17 Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 

18 Stat. 3541); and 

19 (2) such groups and individuals are able to ef20 fectively and humanely detain members of the Is21 lamic State of Iraq and Syria, and significant 

22 progress is being made to repatriate detained foreign 

23 terrorist fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and 

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1 with all laws and obligations related to the conduct 

2 of such operations, including, as applicable— 

3 (A) the law of armed conflict; 

4 (B) the protection of internationally recog5 nized human rights; 

6 (C) the principle of nonrefoulement; 

7 (D) the Convention against Torture and 

8 Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment 

9 or Punishment, done at New York December 

10 10, 1984; and 

11 (E) the United Nations Convention Relat12 ing to the Status of Refugees, done at Geneva 

13 July 28, 1951, as made applicable by the Pro14 tocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, done 

15 at New York January 31, 1967 (19 UST 

16 6223). 

17 SEC. 1224. REPORT ON, AND PROHIBITION ON USE OF 

18 FUNDS TO SUPPORT, TERRORIST ORGANIZA19 TIONS IN IRAQ. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the De22 fense Intelligence Agency shall submit to the congressional 

23 defense committees, the Secretary of State, and the Sec24 retary of the Treasury a report on the Badr Organization 

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1 (1) A determination of whether other militant 

2 organizations have splintered from, or developed as 

3 offshoots of, the Badr Organization, Asa’ib Ahl al4 Haq, Kata’ib Hezbollah, or any other organization 

5 designated as a foreign terrorist organization under 

6 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

7 (8 U.S.C. 1189) that receives funding from the Is8 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and a list of those 

9 militant organizations. 

10 (2) A description of the Badr Organization, the 

11 People of the Cave, al-Mohandes’s Revenge Brigade, 

12 the League of Revolutionaries, the Inheritors, and 

13 the Bridge of Victors and their involvement in at14 tacks on United States forces, allied forces, and 

15 other related entities in Iraq. 

16 (3) A description of the involvement of the 

17 Badr Organization, the People of the Cave, al18 Mohandes’s Revenge Brigade, the League of Revolu19 tionaries, the Inheritors, and the Bridge of Victors 

20 in human rights violations. 

21 (4) The connections of the Badr Organization, 

22 the People of the Cave, al-Mohandes’s Revenge Bri23 gade, the League of Revolutionaries, the Inheritors, 

24 and the Bridge of Victors, to foreign terrorist 

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1 the Badr Organization and Iran’s Islamic Revolu2 tionary Guard Corps, Hezbollah, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, 

3 Kata’ib Hezbollah, or any other organization des4 ignated as a foreign terrorist organization. 

5 (b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the 

6 funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be 

7 obligated or expended to support the Badr Organization, 

8 the People of the Cave, al-Mohandes’s Revenge Brigade, 

9 the League of Revolutionaries, the Inheritors, the Bridge 

10 of Victors, or any organization included in the report re11 quired by subsection (a). 

12 SEC. 1225. NOTIFICATION RELATING TO ARMS TRAF13 FICKING BY IRAN. 

14 (a) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

16 any identified transfer of weapons, ammunition, or 

17 component parts by the Islamic Republic of Iran to 

18 a terrorist proxy group or state actor outside the 

19 territory of Iran, the Secretary of Defense shall pro20 vide the congressional defense committees with the 

21 notification described in paragraph (2). 

22 (2) NOTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The notifica23 tion described in this paragraph is a notification 

24 that includes the following: 

25 (A) An identification of— 


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1 (i) the type and quantity of weapons, 

2 ammunition, or component parts trans3 ferred by the Islamic Republic of Iran to 

4 a terrorist proxy group or state actor out5 side the territory of Iran; 

6 (ii) the intended destination and re7 cipient of such transfer; and 

8 (iii) the mode of transportation of 

9 such transfer. 

10 (B) The status of such transfer at the time 

11 of the notification. 

12 (C) A description of actions taken or 

13 planned to be taken by the United States 

14 Armed Forces or the military forces of partner 

15 countries to expose, deter, disrupt, or interdict 

16 such transfer, and the authorities under which 

17 such actions may be taken. 

18 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31 

20 each year through 2028, the Secretary shall submit 

21 to the congressional defense committees a com22 prehensive report on transfers of weapons, ammuni23 tion, or component parts by the Islamic Republic of 

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1 the territory of Iran that were carried out during the 

2 calendar year in which the report is submitted. 

3 (2) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—Each report re4 quired by paragraph (1) shall include the following 

5 for the calendar year in which the report is sub6 mitted: 

7 (A) The total number of transfers of weap8 ons, ammunition, or component parts by the Is9 lamic Republic of Iran to a terrorist proxy 

10 group or state actor outside the territory of 

11 Iran. 

12 (B) A description of the actions taken by 

13 the United States Armed Forces or the military 

14 forces of partner countries to expose, deter, dis15 rupt, or interdict any such transfer. 

16 (C) A description of any instance in which 

17 such a transfer was identified by the United 

18 States Armed Forces or the military forces of 

19 partner countries, but action was not taken to 

20 expose, deter, disrupt, or interdict such trans21 fers. 

22 (D) A description of any instance in which 

23 such a transfer was so identified, but the 

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1 forces of partner countries lacked the necessary 

2 authority to pursue further action. 

3 (E) An identification of any country that 

4 has been identified as assisting in such a trans5 fer. 

6 (F) A description of any additional intel7 ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capa8 bility required to better counter such transfers. 

9 (G) An assessment of any additional multi10 lateral coordination required to better counter 

11 such transfers. 

12 (3) FORM.—Each report required by paragraph 

13 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

14 include a classified annex. 

15 (c) WEAPONS, AMMUNITION, OR COMPONENT PARTS

16 DEFINED.—The term ‘‘weapons, ammunition, or compo17 nent parts’’ means— 

18 (1) conventional arms, such as firearms, artil19 lery, and armored vehicles; 

20 (2) missiles, rockets, unmanned aerial systems, 

21 and other explosive ordnance; 

22 (3) military aircraft; 

23 (4) naval vessels and equipment related to such 

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1 (5) chemical, biological, radiological, and nu2 clear weapons and the delivery systems of such 

3 weapons; and 

4 (6) the component parts of any item described 

5 in any of paragraphs (1) through (5). 

6 (d) TERMINATION.—This section shall cease to have 

7 effect on the date that is five years after the date of the 

8 enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 1226. ASSESSMENT AND PLAN WITH RESPECT TO 

10 EQUIPMENT PROVIDED TO KURDISH 

11 PESHMERGA FORCES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 days 

14 thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

15 congressional defense committees— 

16 (1) a report that assesses whether equipment 

17 provided under section 1236 of the Carl Levin and 

18 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Au19 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 

20 113–291; 128 Stat. 3558) and designated for Kurd21 ish Peshmerga forces is being provided in a timely 

22 manner; and 

23 (2) a plan for resolving any delay of such equip24 ment intended for Kurdish Peshmerga forces. 


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1 (b) TERMINATION.—This section shall cease to have 

2 effect on the date on which the Secretary notifies the con3 gressional defense committees that, during a period of 

4 more than 540 consecutive days, no delay of such equip5 ment designated for Kurdish Peshmerga forces has oc6 curred. 

7 SEC. 1227. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON MILI8 TARY POWER OF IRAN. 

9 Section 1245(b)(3) of the National Defense Author10 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

13 and inserting a semicolon; 

14 (2) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period 

15 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(K) an assessment of the material, finan19 cial, and logistical support provided by Iran and 

20 proxy groups affiliated with Iran to nonstate 

21 actors in the Maghreb region and an analysis of 

22 threats posed by such support to the security 

23 and interests of the United States and its allies 

24 in the region.’’. 


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1 Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Eu2 rope and the Russian Federa3 tion 

4 SEC. 1231. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY 

5 OF FUNDS RELATING TO SOVEREIGNTY OF 

6 THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OVER INTER7 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TERRITORY OF 

8 UKRAINE. 

9 Section 1245(a) of the James M. Inhofe National De10 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

11 117–236; 136 Stat. 2847) is amended by striking ‘‘or 

12 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘, 2024, or 2025’’. 

13 SEC. 1232. MODIFICATION OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSIST14 ANCE INITIATIVE. 

15 Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization 

16 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 

17 1068) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (c)— 

19 (A) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

20 paragraph (5); and 

21 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

22 paragraphs (6) and (7): 

23 ‘‘(6) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS

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1 may be used for programs under that authority that 

2 begin in such fiscal year and end not later than the 

3 end of the second fiscal year thereafter. 

4 ‘‘(7) AUTHORITY FOR INTERCHANGE OF SUP5 PLIES AND SERVICES.—The limitation in subsection 

6 (b)(2) of section 2571 of title 10, United States 

7 Code, shall not apply with respect to reimbursable 

8 support for the purpose of providing assistance 

9 under this section.’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(k) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

13 United States— 

14 ‘‘(1) to assist Ukraine in maintaining credible 

15 defense and deterrence capabilities; 

16 ‘‘(2) to bolster security cooperation with 

17 Ukraine as a means of building a Ukrainian future 

18 force that can defend Ukraine today and deter fu19 ture aggression; and 

20 ‘‘(3) to advocate for continued security sector 

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1 SEC. 1233. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF TRAINING 

2 FOR EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONAL SECU3 RITY FORCES IN THE COURSE OF MULTILAT4 ERAL EXERCISES. 

5 Section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 333 note) is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 

9 the following new subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(D) The Republic of Cyprus.’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘December 

12 31, 2026’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘De13 cember 31, 2027’’. 

14 SEC. 1234. MODIFICATIONS TO NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY 

15 ORGANIZATION SPECIAL OPERATIONS HEAD16 QUARTERS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2350r of title 10, United 

18 States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Spe20 cial Operations Headquarters’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘Allied Special Operations Forces Com22 mand’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (a), by striking 

24 ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$55,000,000’’; and 

25 (3) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 

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1 Headquarters’’ and inserting ‘‘Allied Special Oper2 ations Forces Command’’. 

3 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the North At4 lantic Treaty Organization Special Operations Head5 quarters or NATO Special Operations Headquarters in 

6 any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other 

7 paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a ref8 erence to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Allied 

9 Special Operations Forces Command. 

10 SEC. 1235. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY, DISSEMI11 NATE, AND IMPLEMENT LESSONS LEARNED 

12 FROM WAR IN UKRAINE. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

15 thereafter until December 31, 2025, the Secretary of De16 fense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

17 of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 

18 on Department of Defense efforts to identify, disseminate, 

19 and implement throughout the Department lessons 

20 learned from the war in Ukraine. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 

22 (a) shall include the following: 

23 (1) A description of the processes by which the 

24 Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the 

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1 heads of Department of Defense components are 

2 making efforts to identify, disseminate, and imple3 ment throughout the Department lessons learned 

4 from the war in Ukraine, including a description 

5 of— 

6 (A) any working group or other initiative 

7 established or tasked to focus on such efforts; 

8 and 

9 (B) the respective structure and focus area 

10 of any such group or initiative. 

11 (2) A detailed summary of significant findings 

12 and recommendations resulting from such lessons13 learned efforts. 

14 (3) An identification of the Department organi15 zations with lead responsibility for the implementa16 tion of each such significant recommendation, and a 

17 timeline with milestones for implementation. 

18 SEC. 1236. REVIEW, REPORT, AND PLAN REGARDING LOGIS19 TICS NETWORKS IN NORTH AMERICA AND 

20 EUROPE. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

23 shall commence a review of the adequacy of the logistics 

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1 operational and contingency plans of the United States 

2 European Command. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review required by subsection 

4 (a) shall include the following: 

5 (1) An identification of critical logistical nodes 

6 in North America and Europe necessary to support 

7 the operational and contingency plans of the United 

8 States European Command. 

9 (2) An identification of additional critical 

10 logistical nodes that may be necessary to support 

11 such plans, including any access, basing, or over12 flight agreements with foreign partners that may be 

13 necessary. 

14 (3) An assessment of the capacity of the 

15 logistical nodes identified under paragraphs (1) and 

16 (2) to meet the time-phased force and deployment 

17 requirements of such plans, including the facilities 

18 and equipment necessary to support such require19 ments. 

20 (c) REPORT AND PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 

21 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

22 Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com23 mittees— 

24 (1) a report that summarizes the results of the 

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1 (2) a plan, including timelines and assigned re2 sponsibilities, for addressing any deficiencies in the 

3 logistics networks described in that subsection. 

4 SEC. 1237. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE NORTH ATLAN5 TIC TREATY ORGANIZATION. 

6 It is the sense of the Senate that— 

7 (1) the success of the North Atlantic Treaty 

8 Organization is critical to advancing United States 

9 national security objectives in Europe, the Indo-Pa10 cific region, and around the world; 

11 (2) 2024 marks 75 years since the North Atlan12 tic Treaty Organization alliance was founded, and 

13 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization remains the 

14 strongest and most successful military alliance in the 

15 world, founded on a commitment by its members to 

16 uphold the principles of democracy, individual lib17 erty, and the rule of law; 

18 (3) the United States reaffirms its ironclad 

19 commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza20 tion as the foundation of transatlantic security and 

21 to upholding its obligations under the North Atlantic 

22 Treaty, including its commitment to collective de23 fense under Article 5 of the Treaty; 

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1 damentally altered the security landscape in Europe 

2 and necessitates the unrelenting support of the 

3 transatlantic alliance for Ukraine’s self defense; 

4 (5) welcoming Finland and Sweden as the 31st 

5 and 32nd members of the North Atlantic Treaty Or6 ganization, respectively, has made the North Atlan7 tic Treaty Organization alliance stronger and has 

8 enhanced collective security by increasing the capa9 bilities and stability of the North Atlantic Treaty 

10 Organization alliance, particularly in the Baltic Sea 

11 region and Northern Europe; 

12 (6) North Atlantic Treaty Organization member 

13 countries that have not yet met the two-percent de14 fense spending pledge, as agreed to at the 2014 

15 Wales Summit, should meet the timeline as expedi16 tiously as possible; 

17 (7) it is imperative that the United States and 

18 international allies and partners continue every ef19 fort to identify, synchronize, and deliver needed as20 sistance to Ukraine as Ukraine continues the fight 

21 against the illegal and unjust war of the Russian 

22 Federation; 

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1 ity on the forces, capabilities, and readiness levels 

2 needed to defend the North Atlantic Treaty Organi3 zation alliance, and allies should move expeditiously 

4 to implement the plans; 

5 (9) the United States and fellow North Atlantic 

6 Treaty Organization allies should continue long-term 

7 efforts— 

8 (A) to improve interoperability among the 

9 military forces of North Atlantic Treaty Orga10 nization allies so as to enhance collective oper11 ations, including the divestment of Soviet-era 

12 capabilities; 

13 (B) to enhance security sector cooperation 

14 and explore opportunities to reinforce civil sec15 tor preparedness and resilience measures that 

16 may be likely targets of malign influence cam17 paigns; 

18 (C) to mitigate the impact of hybrid war19 fare operations, particularly those in the infor20 mation and cyber domains; and 

21 (D) to expand joint research and develop22 ment initiatives with a focus on emerging tech23 nologies such as quantum computing, artificial 

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1 celerator for the North Atlantic initiative (com2 monly known as ‘‘DIANA’’); 

3 (10) the European Deterrence Initiative re4 mains critically important and has demonstrated its 

5 unique value to the United States and North Atlan6 tic Treaty Organization allies during the current 

7 Russian Federation-created war against Ukraine; 

8 (11) the United States should continue to work 

9 with allies and partners to build permanent mecha10 nisms to strengthen supply chains, enhance supply 

11 chain security, and fill supply chain gaps; 

12 (12) the United States should prioritize collabo13 ration with fellow North Atlantic Treaty Organiza14 tion allies to secure enduring and robust critical mu15 nitions supply chains so as to increase military read16 iness; 

17 (13) the United States and fellow North Atlan18 tic Treaty Organization allies should expand co19 operation efforts on cybersecurity issues to prevent 

20 adversaries and criminals from compromising critical 

21 systems and infrastructure; 

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1 tion of key capabilities, and their steadfast assist2 ance to Ukraine, among myriad other examples; 

3 (15) the security situation in the Western Bal4 kans remains dynamic, and military-to-military co5 operation among the United States, the European 

6 Union, and fellow NATO allies to maintain peace 

7 and security in the Western Balkans is critically im8 portant; and 

9 (16) the efforts of the Russian Federation to 

10 assert military, political, and economic dominance in 

11 the Black Sea, though unsuccessful, threaten the 

12 peace and stability of the littoral countries of the 

13 Black Sea and should remain a focus area for the 

14 North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance. 

15 SEC. 1238. REPORT ON DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE CO16 OPERATION WITH UKRAINE AND OTHER AL17 LIES AND PARTNERS IN EUROPE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De20 fense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for 

21 Policy and the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition 

22 and Sustainment, shall submit to the congressional de23 fense committees a report on efforts to enhance United 

24 States defense industrial base cooperation with Ukraine 

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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

2 (a) shall include the following: 

3 (1) A detailed list of objectives for enhancing 

4 United States defense industrial base cooperation 

5 with Ukraine and other allies and partners in Eu6 rope, and timelines and metrics for evaluating the 

7 attainment of such objectives. 

8 (2) An assessment of the current state of 

9 United States defense industrial base cooperation 

10 with Ukraine and other allies and partners in Eu11 rope, including the status of co-development, co-pro12 duction, and technical data exchange efforts. 

13 (3) A description of ongoing and planned initia14 tives, programs, and activities designed to strength15 en United States defense industrial base cooperation 

16 with Ukraine and other allies and partners in Eu17 rope. 

18 (4) A description of initiatives identified by the 

19 Ukraine Deal Team announced at the United 

20 States-Ukraine Defense Industrial Base conference 

21 on December 6, 2023. 

22 (5) A description of any statutory, regulatory, 

23 or policy challenges that inhibit closer United States 

24 defense industrial base cooperation with Ukraine 

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1 (6) Recommendations relating to United States 

2 defense industrial base cooperation. 

3 Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the 

4 Indo-Pacific Region 

5 SEC. 1241. INDO-PACIFIC SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIA6 TIVE. 

7 (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 

9 using the authorities provided in chapter 16 of title 

10 10, United States Code, and other applicable statu11 tory authorities available to the Secretary, may pro12 vide, for the purpose described in paragraph (2), se13 curity assistance to— 

14 (A) the foreign military and national secu15 rity forces and ministries of defense (or security 

16 agencies serving a similar defense function) of 

17 foreign partners in the Indo-Pacific region; and 

18 (B) regional organizations with security 

19 missions in the Indo-Pacific region. 

20 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose described in this 

21 paragraph is to enhance one or more of the fol22 lowing: 

23 (A) The capabilities of the foreign military 

24 and national security forces and ministries of 

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1 defense function) of foreign partners in the 

2 Indo-Pacific region to defend against coercion 

3 and aggression, including by— 

4 (i) developing combat capability; 

5 (ii) enhancing logistical support; and 

6 (iii) enhancing the energy and instal7 lation resilience of military and security in8 stallations and logistical support facilities, 

9 including airports and seaports. 

10 (B) The ability of the civilian institutions 

11 of such foreign partners to provide oversight 

12 and ensure accountability of, or manage, such 

13 forces. 

14 (C) The capabilities of such forces to safe15 guard controlled information and advanced 

16 technology. 

17 (D) The ability of civilian institutions of 

18 such foreign partners to provide and share in19 formation, support force development decisions, 

20 or provide other support to such forces. 

21 (b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR USE OF UNITED

22 STATES INVENTORY AND INVENTORY FROM OTHER

23 SOURCES.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 

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1 in such quantity as the Secretary of Defense deter2 mines appropriate to achieve the purpose described 

3 in subsection (a)(2)— 

4 (A) make available to the foreign military 

5 and national security forces and ministries of 

6 defense (or security agencies serving a similar 

7 defense function) of foreign partners in the 

8 Indo-Pacific region and regional organizations 

9 with security missions in the Indo-Pacific re10 gion defense articles and defense services, which 

11 may include the recovery or disposal of such de12 fense articles; or 

13 (B) make available to the foreign military 

14 and national security forces and ministries of 

15 defense (or security agencies serving a similar 

16 defense function) of foreign partners, and to re17 gional organizations with security missions, de18 fense articles to replenish comparable stocks 

19 that such forces or such institutions have pro20 vided to other foreign military or national secu21 rity forces or ministries of defense (or security 

22 agencies serving a similar defense function) of 

23 foreign partners in the Indo-Pacific region, or 

24 to regional organizations with security missions 

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1 (2) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

3 subparagraph (B), not later than 15 days be4 fore providing defense articles or defense serv5 ices under paragraph (1), the Secretary of De6 fense shall submit to the appropriate commit7 tees of Congress a notice containing a descrip8 tion of the defense articles or defense services 

9 that will be provided, including— 

10 (i) the specific recipient of the defense 

11 articles or defense services; 

12 (ii) objectives of providing the defense 

13 articles or defense services; 

14 (iii) the budget for providing the de15 fense articles or defense services; and 

16 (iv) the anticipated timeline for deliv17 ery of the defense articles or defense serv18 ices. 

19 (B) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—If 

20 the Secretary of Defense determines that ex21 traordinary circumstances require the provision 

22 of defense articles or defense services under 

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1 ticles or defense services is provided under sub2 paragraph (A), the Secretary— 

3 (i) may provide such defense articles 

4 or defense services before that date; and 

5 (ii) shall promptly, but not later than 

6 48 hours after the provision of such de7 fense articles or defense services, submit to 

8 the appropriate committees of Congress— 

9 (I) the notice described in sub10 paragraph (A); and 

11 (II) an explanation of the cir12 cumstances requiring the provision of 

13 such defense articles or defense serv14 ices before that date. 

15 (C) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON16 GRESS DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term 

17 ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

18 (i) the Committee on Armed Services, 

19 the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

20 Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

21 Senate; and 

22 (ii) the Committee on Armed Services, 

23 the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

24 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

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1 (c) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by this 

2 section shall terminate on December 31, 2029. 

3 SEC. 1242. INDO-PACIFIC MULTILATERAL SECURITY AS4 SISTANCE INITIATIVES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De7 fense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall 

8 seek to engage with appropriate officials from Japan, Aus9 tralia, and the Republic of Korea for the purpose of estab10 lishing multilateral security assistance initiatives with the 

11 national security forces of mutual foreign partners in the 

12 Indo-Pacific region. 

13 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of any initiative es14 tablished under subsection (a) shall be— 

15 (1) to build the capacity of the national security 

16 forces of mutual foreign partners in the Indo-Pacific 

17 region; 

18 (2) to enhance interoperability among partici19 pating national security forces of such partners; and 

20 (3) to coordinate, de-conflict, and efficiently le21 verage the security assistance efforts of the United 

22 States, Japan, Australia, and the Republic of Korea 

23 in the Indo-Pacific region. 

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1 use the authorities provided in chapter 16 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, and other applicable statutory au3 thorities available to the Secretary of Defense. 

4 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 

6 2026, and annually thereafter through 2030, the 

7 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Sec8 retary of State, shall submit to the appropriate com9 mittees of Congress a report on multilateral security 

10 assistance activities carried out under any initiative 

11 established under this section. 

12 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by para13 graph (1) shall include the following: 

14 (A) A description of any multilateral secu15 rity assistance initiative established under this 

16 section. 

17 (B) An identification of the resources and 

18 authorities used to support each such initiative. 

19 (C) An identification of any changes to au20 thorities or resources necessary to more effec21 tively carry out multilateral security assistance 

22 activities in the Indo-Pacific region. 

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1 (e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit3 tees of Congress’’ means— 

4 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

5 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

6 Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 

7 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

9 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

10 SEC. 1243. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF PACIFIC DE11 TERRENCE INITIATIVE. 

12 (a) FUNDING.—Subsection (c) of section 1251 of the 

13 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Author14 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘the National Defense Author17 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

18 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

19 2025’’; and 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’. 

22 (b) REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS.—Subsection (d) of 

23 such section is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

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1 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

2 by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2025 and 2026’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2026 and 

4 2027’’; and 

5 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and 

6 the Democratic People’s Republic of 

7 Korea’’ before the period; and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (i) in clause (i)(I), by inserting ‘‘, in10 cluding in Japan and the Republic of 

11 Korea’’ before the period; and 

12 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

13 new clause: 

14 ‘‘(viii) An annex that includes the re15 quirements, assessments, and plans de16 scribed in clauses (ii) through (vi), specifi17 cally with respect to each of the following: 

18 ‘‘(I) The United States Forces 

19 Japan. 

20 ‘‘(II) The United States Forces 

21 Korea.’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 

23 2025 and 2026’’ each place it appears and inserting 

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1 (c) EXTENSION OF PLAN.—Subsection (e) of such 

2 section is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph 

3 (1), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2025 and 2026’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘fiscal years 2026 and 2027’’. 

5 SEC. 1244. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 

6 TO TRANSFER FUNDS FOR BIEN HOA DIOXIN 

7 CLEANUP. 

8 Section 1253(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

9 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

10 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3955) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘$30,000,000’’; and 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’. 

15 SEC. 1245. MODIFICATION OF INDO-PACIFIC MARITIME SE16 CURITY INITIATIVE. 

17 Section 1263(a)(1) of the National Defense Author18 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 333 note) 

19 is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 

20 inserting the following new subparagraphs (A) and (B): 

21 ‘‘(A) to provide assistance to— 

22 ‘‘(i) the national military or other se23 curity forces of any such country that has 

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1 ‘‘(ii) any other governmental organiza2 tion of such a country that has among its 

3 functional responsibilities a maritime secu4 rity mission, for purposes of helping to 

5 achieve the maritime security cooperation 

6 and maritime domain awareness objectives 

7 of such country if such assistance is nec8 essary to enable the integration of the ac9 tivities of the governmental organization 

10 with the national military or other security 

11 forces described in clause (i); and 

12 ‘‘(B) to provide training to— 

13 ‘‘(i) ministry, agency, and head14 quarters-level organizations for such 

15 forces; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) other governmental organizations 

17 described in paragraph (A)(ii).’’. 

18 SEC. 1246. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM 

19 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN 

20 FOR MILITARY TRAUMA CARE AND RE21 SEARCH. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2025, the 

23 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

24 of State, shall seek to engage with appropriate officials 

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1 on military trauma care and research consistent with the 

2 Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.). 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—At a minimum, such program shall 

4 consist of the following: 

5 (1) The sharing of relevant lessons learned 

6 from military conflicts. 

7 (2) The conduct of relevant joint conferences 

8 and exchanges with military medical professionals 

9 from Taiwan and the United States. 

10 (3) Collaboration with the military forces of 

11 Taiwan on matters relating to health policy, health 

12 administration, and medical supplies and equipment, 

13 including through knowledge exchanges. 

14 (4) The conduct of joint research and develop15 ment on the health effects of new and emerging 

16 weapons. 

17 (5) The entrance into agreements with military 

18 medical schools of Taiwan for reciprocal education 

19 programs under which students at the Uniformed 

20 Services University of the Health Sciences receive 

21 specialized military medical instruction at military 

22 medical schools of Taiwan and military medical per23 sonnel of Taiwan receive specialized military medical 

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1 the Health Sciences, pursuant to section 2114(f) of 

2 title 10, United States Code. 

3 (6) The provision of training and support to 

4 Taiwan for the treatment of individuals with extrem5 ity trauma, amputations, post-traumatic stress dis6 order, traumatic brain injuries, and any other men7 tal health condition associated with post-traumatic 

8 stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries, includ9 ing— 

10 (A) the exchange of subject matter exper11 tise; and 

12 (B) training and support relating to— 

13 (i) advanced clinical skills develop14 ment; and 

15 (ii) clinical case management support. 

16 (7) The provision of training to the military 

17 forces of Taiwan in the following areas: 

18 (A) Health matters relating to chemical, 

19 biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive 

20 weapons. 

21 (B) Preventive medicine and infectious dis22 ease. 

23 (C) Post-traumatic stress disorder. 

24 (D) Suicide prevention. 


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1 (8) The maintenance of a list of medical sup2 plies and equipment needed. 

3 (9) Such other elements as the Secretary of De4 fense may determine appropriate. 

5 (c) USE OF AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out the joint 

6 program authorized under subsection (a), the Secretary of 

7 Defense may use the authorities under chapter 16 of title 

8 10, United States Code, and other applicable statutory au9 thorities available to the Secretary. 

10 SEC. 1247. INDO-PACIFIC EXTENDED DETERRENCE EDU11 CATION PILOT PROGRAM. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, 

13 using the authorities provided in chapter 16 of title 10, 

14 United States Code, and other applicable statutory au15 thorities available to the Secretary, may establish a pilot 

16 program, including an international defense personnel ex17 change program, to support the education of covered per18 sonnel in— 

19 (1) matters relating to nuclear deterrence, nu20 clear strategy, and nuclear defense strategy; and 

21 (2) any other matter the Secretary considers 

22 important to strengthening extended nuclear deter23 rence of— 

24 (A) threats to United States allies posed 

25 by major-power competitors; and 


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1 (B) any other persistent nuclear threat 

2 identified in the 2022 National Defense Strat3 egy published pursuant to section 113(g) of 

4 title 10, United States Code. 

5 (b) INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIP.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 

7 into an agreement with an existing university-affili8 ated research center or an institution of higher edu9 cation with recognized subject matter expertise in 

10 nuclear deterrence and related matters, and dem11 onstrated relevant experience, for the purpose of de12 veloping a curriculum to reinforce extended deter13 rence through education of covered personnel in de14 terrence, nuclear strategy, conventional-nuclear inte15 gration, command and control, and related matters. 

16 (2) PREFERENCE IN SELECTION.—In selecting 

17 a research center or institution described in para18 graph (1), the Secretary shall, to the extent prac19 ticable, give preference to a research center or insti20 tution with one or more established partnerships or 

21 academic exchange programs with Australia, Japan, 

22 or the Republic of Korea. 

23 (c) COVERED PERSONNEL DEFINED.—In this sec24 tion, the term ‘‘covered personnel’’ means— 


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1 (1) an employee of the Department of Foreign 

2 Affairs and Trade, the Department of Defence, or 

3 equivalent component of the Government of Aus4 tralia; 

5 (2) an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Af6 fairs, the Ministry of Defense, or equivalent compo7 nent of the Government of Japan; 

8 (3) an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Af9 fairs, the Ministry of National Defense, or equiva10 lent component of the Government of the Republic 

11 of Korea; 

12 (4) a member of the military forces of Aus13 tralia, Japan, or the Republic of Korea; and 

14 (5) any other official of the Government of Aus15 tralia, the Government of Japan, or the Government 

16 of the Republic of Korea the Secretary of Defense 

17 considers important to the extended deterrence rela18 tionship with the United States. 

19 SEC. 1248. MODIFICATIONS TO IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 

20 FOR JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS IN AREA 

21 OF OPERATIONS OF UNITED STATES INDO22 PACIFIC COMMAND. 

23 Section 1087(b) of the James M. Inhofe National De24 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 


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1 117–263; 136 Stat. 2802; 10 U.S.C. 161 note) is amend2 ed— 

3 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

5 (A), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

6 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

7 Year 2025’’; 

8 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

9 through (D) as subparagraphs (B) through (E), 

10 respectively; and 

11 (C) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 

12 as so redesignated, the following new subpara13 graph (A): 

14 ‘‘(A) the establishment of subordinate 

15 headquarters in Japan, Australia, and any 

16 other locations the Secretary determines nec17 essary;’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

19 paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The plan re21 quired by paragraph (1) shall include the following 

22 with respect to the United States Armed Forces in 

23 Japan and Australia: 

24 ‘‘(A) A description of the mission of the 

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1 tralia as of the date on which the plan is sub2 mitted and any planned changes to that mis3 sion. 

4 ‘‘(B) A plan for exercising administrative 

5 control, operational control, and tactical control, 

6 as appropriate, for the United States Armed 

7 Forces in Japan and Australia. 

8 ‘‘(C) An explanation of the current and an9 ticipated command relationship between— 

10 ‘‘(i) the United States Armed Forces 

11 in Japan and Australia; 

12 ‘‘(ii) the joint force headquarters es13 tablished under subsection (a); and 

14 ‘‘(iii) the United States Indo-Pacific 

15 Command and the headquarters of its mili16 tary department components. 

17 ‘‘(D) An explanation of the current and 

18 anticipated relationship between the United 

19 States Armed Forces in Japan and the Japan 

20 Self-Defense Forces Joint Operations Com21 mand. 

22 ‘‘(E) An explanation of the current and 

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1 tralian Headquarters Joint Operations Com2 mand. 

3 ‘‘(F) An explanation of the current and 

4 anticipated command relationship between the 

5 United States Armed Forces in Japan and Aus6 tralia and other current and planned subordi7 nate joint headquarters of United States Indo8 Pacific Command located west of the inter9 national date line. 

10 ‘‘(G) An assessment and plan for estab11 lishing the facilities and collateral equipment 

12 necessary to support modernized command and 

13 control of the United States Armed Forces in 

14 Japan and Australia. 

15 ‘‘(H) An assessment of, and plan for, pro16 viding personnel necessary to support such 

17 modernized command and control, including the 

18 appropriate rank of the commander of any new 

19 or modernized joint command in Japan and 

20 Australia. 

21 ‘‘(I) An articulation of specific tasks nec22 essary to modernize command and control of 

23 the United States Armed Forces in Japan and 

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1 ‘‘(J) An explanation of any other planned 

2 actions to modernize the command and control 

3 of the United States Armed Forces in the Indo4 Pacific region. 

5 ‘‘(K) Such other matters as the Secretary 

6 considers appropriate.’’. 

7 SEC. 1249. PLAN TO STRENGTHEN UNITED STATES EX8 TENDED DETERRENCE COMMITMENTS TO 

9 THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 

10 (a) PLAN.—Not later than March 1, 2025, and annu11 ally thereafter through 2029, the Secretary of Defense, in 

12 coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to 

13 the appropriate committees of Congress a plan to 

14 strengthen United States extended deterrence commit15 ments to the Republic of Korea. 

16 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each plan required by subsection 

17 (a) shall include the following: 

18 (1) A description of the resources, budget, and 

19 personnel needed to strengthen United States ex20 tended deterrence commitments to the Republic of 

21 Korea, as identified in the December 16, 2023, Joint 

22 Press Statement on the United States-Republic of 

23 Korea Nuclear Consultative Group, including such 

24 resources, budget, and personnel relating to— 


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1 (A) nuclear consultation processes between 

2 the United States and the Republic of Korea in 

3 crises and contingencies; 

4 (B) nuclear and strategic planning between 

5 the United States and the Republic of Korea; 

6 (C) United States-Republic of Korea con7 ventional and nuclear integration; 

8 (D) security and information-sharing pro9 tocols; 

10 (E) exercises, simulations, training, and 

11 other investment activities; and 

12 (F) risk-reduction practices. 

13 (2) An identification of any challenges to up14 holding United States extended deterrence commit15 ments with respect to any activity described in sub16 paragraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1). 

17 (3) Any other matter the Secretary of Defense 

18 considers relevant. 

19 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In 

20 this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con21 gress’’ means— 

22 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

23 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

24 Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 


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1 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

2 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

3 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

4 SEC. 1250. PLAN AND ANNUAL REPORT RELATING TO TRI5 LATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION WITH 

6 JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 

7 (a) PLAN.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 

9 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 

10 the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appro11 priate committees of Congress a plan to advance tri12 lateral security cooperation among the United 

13 States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. 

14 (2) ELEMENTS.— The plan required by para15 graph (1) shall include the following: 

16 (A) A description of the resources, budget, 

17 and personnel necessary to advance trilateral 

18 security cooperation among the United States, 

19 Japan, and the Republic of Korea, including 

20 with respect to activities relating to— 

21 (i) trilateral communication mecha22 nisms, consultations, and senior leader en23 gagements; 

24 (ii) ballistic missile defense, including 

25 real-time information sharing; 


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1 (iii) trilateral security cooperation ex2 ercises and other activities under the 

3 multi-year trilateral exercise plan agreed to 

4 by the United States, Japan, and the Re5 public of Korea in August 2023; 

6 (iv) the Trilateral Maritime Security 

7 Cooperation Framework established by the 

8 United States, Japan, and the Republic of 

9 Korea in August 2023; 

10 (v) countering malicious cyber and 

11 disinformation activities; and 

12 (vi) disaster relief and humanitarian 

13 assistance activities. 

14 (B) An identification of challenges to im15 proving such trilateral security cooperation with 

16 respect to the activities described in subpara17 graph (A). 

18 (C) Any other matter the Secretary of De19 fense considers relevant. 

20 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 

21 2026 and annually thereafter through 2029, the Secretary 

22 of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 

23 shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

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1 cludes, with respect to the activities described in sub2 section (a)(2)(A), a description of any such activities con3 ducted during the preceding year. 

4 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE5 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit6 tees of Congress’’ means— 

7 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

9 Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 

10 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

11 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

12 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

13 SEC. 1251. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT 

14 FOR TRANSFER OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND 

15 DEFENSE SERVICES TO TAIWAN. 

16 Paragraph (3) of section 1259A(b) of the National 

17 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 

18 Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 11685; 22 U.S.C. 3302 note) is 

19 amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(3) FORM.—Each report required under para21 graph (1) may be submitted in classified form.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1252. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO SUPPORT ESTAB2 LISHMENT OF REGIONAL CONTINGENCY 

3 STOCKPILE FOR TAIWAN. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De6 fense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall 

7 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 

8 multiyear implementation plan for Department of Defense 

9 activities necessary to support the establishment of a re10 gional contingency stockpile for Taiwan pursuant to sec11 tion 5503(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

12 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

13 263; 136 Stat. 3298). 

14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

15 shall include the following: 

16 (1) An identification of potential locations for 

17 the establishment of a regional contingency stockpile 

18 for Taiwan. 

19 (2) A description of existing or additional inter20 national agreements that would be required to en21 able the establishment of such stockpile locations. 

22 (3) A list of equipment and supplies, and esti23 mated quantities of such equipment and supplies, re24 quired for such a stockpile. 

25 (4) An estimated timeline for the establishment 

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1 (5) An identification of any additional authori2 ties and resources necessary for establishing such a 

3 stockpile. 

4 (6) Any other matter the Secretary of Defense 

5 considers relevant. 

6 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In 

7 this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con8 gress’’ means— 

9 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

10 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

11 Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 

12 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

13 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

14 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

15 SEC. 1253. CONSIDERATION OF TAIWAN FOR ENHANCED 

16 DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE COOPERATION. 

17 (a) ENHANCED DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE CO18 OPERATION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the Taiwan 

20 Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), the Sec21 retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

22 of State and the head of any other relevant Federal 

23 department or agency, shall take measures to ensure 

24 that Taiwan is appropriately considered for en25 hanced defense industrial base cooperation activities 


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1 aligned with the United States National Defense In2 dustrial Strategy to expand global defense produc3 tion, increase supply chain security and resilience, 

4 and meet the defense needs of Taiwan. 

5 (2) ELEMENTS.—Consideration for enhanced 

6 defense industrial base cooperation activities under 

7 paragraph (1) shall include the consideration of Tai8 wan for the following: 

9 (A) Eligibility for funding to initiate or fa10 cilitate cooperative research, development, test11 ing, or evaluation projects with the Department 

12 of Defense. 

13 (B) Eligibility to enter into a memo14 randum of understanding or other formal 

15 agreement with the Department of Defense for 

16 the purpose of conducting cooperative research 

17 and development projects on defense equipment 

18 and munitions, with a focus on enhancing the 

19 defense industry and supply chain resilience of 

20 Taiwan. 

21 (b) FEASIBILITY STUDY.— 

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1 tering into one or more defense industrial agree2 ments with Taiwan. 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—The study required by para4 graph (1) shall— 

5 (A) evaluate the strategic benefits and im6 plications of entering into a defense industrial 

7 agreement with Taiwan, including with respect 

8 to— 

9 (i) long-term supply chain security 

10 and resilience; 

11 (ii) mutual supply of defense goods 

12 and services; 

13 (iii) supply of regional maintenance, 

14 repair, and overhaul capabilities and any 

15 other support capability the Secretary con16 siders appropriate; and 

17 (iv) the promotion of interoperability; 

18 (B) account for the legal, economic, and 

19 defense policy aspects of a closer defense pro20 curement partnership between the United 

21 States and Taiwan; 

22 (C) identify defense capabilities developed 

23 and produced in Taiwan that— 


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1 (i) may benefit from defense indus2 trial agreements between the United States 

3 and Taiwan; and 

4 (ii) may require expedited technology 

5 release and disclosure for components pro6 duced in the United States; and 

7 (D) identify defense capabilities developed 

8 in the United States with respect to which co9 production in Taiwan may support the resil10 ience of the defense industrial base of Taiwan. 

11 (3) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study 

12 required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense, 

13 in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall 

14 consult with representatives of Taiwan and industry, 

15 as appropriate. 

16 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

18 of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

19 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa20 tives a report on the results of the study conducted 

21 under paragraph (1), including lists of the defense 

22 capabilities identified under subparagraphs (C) and 

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1 SEC. 1254. TRANSREGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING 

2 MALIGN ACTIVITIES BY THE PEOPLE’S LIB3 ERATION ARMY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

6 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 

7 transregional strategy for exposing and, as appropriate, 

8 countering malign activities by the People’s Liberation 

9 Army of the People’s Republic of China. 

10 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

11 (a) shall address efforts by the People’s Liberation 

12 Army— 

13 (1) to expand overseas military basing; 

14 (2) to spread misinformation and 

15 disinformation; 

16 (3) to infringe on the sovereignty of United 

17 States allies and partners; 

18 (4) to proliferate military equipment made in or 

19 by the People’s Republic of China; and 

20 (5) any other matter the Secretary considers 

21 relevant. 

22 (c) GEOGRAPHIC COMBATANT COMMAND LEAD RE23 SPONSIBILITIES.—Concurrently with the submission of 

24 the strategy required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

25 designate, within each geographic combatant command 

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1 lead components for coordinating transregional efforts to 

2 counter malign activities by the People’s Liberation Army. 

3 SEC. 1255. ASSESSMENT OF USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DE4 FENSE FACILITIES IN GUAM AS MULTI5 NATIONAL TRAINING LOCATIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

8 shall submit to the congressional defense committees an 

9 assessment of the feasibility and advisability of using ex10 isting Department of Defense facilities in Guam to host 

11 training detachments of the military forces of foreign part12 ner countries on a permanent or rotational basis. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub14 section (a) shall include the following: 

15 (1) A description of the manner in which using 

16 existing Department of Defense facilities in Guam to 

17 host training detachments of the military forces of 

18 foreign partner countries on a permanent or rota19 tional basis may support the objectives of the Na20 tional Defense Strategy. 

21 (2) A description of the benefits of hosting such 

22 detachments at such facilities, including opportuni23 ties to conduct bilateral and multilateral exercises. 

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1 such facilities on a permanent or rotational basis, in2 cluding improvements necessary for operational, sup3 port, and quality-of-life purposes. 

4 (4) An identification of any memorandum of 

5 understanding or other agreement necessary to en6 able the hosting of such detachments at such facili7 ties on a permanent or rotational basis. 

8 (5) A description of any challenges to hosting 

9 such detachments at such facilities on a permanent 

10 or rotational basis, including any counterintelligence 

11 or other consideration and potential actions to miti12 gate such challenges. 

13 (6) Any other matter the Secretary considers 

14 relevant. 

15 SEC. 1256. REPORT ON COSTS OF MEETING CERTAIN RE16 QUIREMENTS OF FOREIGN PARTNERS RELAT17 ING TO AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, AND FOR18 ESTRY. 

19 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

21 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re22 port on requirements relating to agriculture, fisheries, and 

23 forestry imposed by the government of a foreign partner 

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1 Forces in the area of operations of the United States Indo2 Pacific Command. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

4 (a) shall include the following: 

5 (1) A description of each requirement relating 

6 to agriculture, fisheries, or forestry imposed by the 

7 government of a foreign partner on personnel and 

8 equipment of the United States Armed Forces in the 

9 area of operations of the United States Indo-Pacific 

10 Command, including an identification of the applica11 ble foreign partner. 

12 (2) An estimate of the annual cost to the De13 partment of Defense associated with meeting such 

14 requirements, including the number of days of labor 

15 by Department of Defense officials associated with 

16 meeting such requirement. 

17 (3) A description of efforts to mitigate such 

18 costs, including through consultations with applica19 ble foreign partners. 

20 (4) Any other matter the Secretary considers 

21 relevant. 

22 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

23 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 

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1 SEC. 1257. RETURNING CIVIC ACTION TEAMS TO THE RE2 PUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS AND 

3 THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA. 

4 (a) REPORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

8 of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees 

9 of Congress a report on— 

10 (A) the activities of civic action teams in 

11 the Republic of Palau under the Palau Compact 

12 of Free Association Act (Public Law 99–658; 

13 100 Stat. 3672); and 

14 (B) the feasibility and advisability of re15 storing the presence of civic action teams in the 

16 Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Fed17 erated States of Micronesia, as authorized 

18 under the Compact of Free Association Act of 

19 1985 (Public Law 99–239; 99 Stat. 239) and 

20 the Compact of Free Association Amendments 

21 Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188; 117 Stat. 

22 2720). 

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1 (A) A description of existing operations 

2 conducted by civic action teams in the Republic 

3 of Palau. 

4 (B) A description of the manner in which 

5 such operations— 

6 (i) improve the quality of life of resi7 dents of the Republic of Palau; and 

8 (ii) advance the national security in9 terests of the United States. 

10 (C) An analysis of the manner in which 

11 the similar operations conducted by civic action 

12 teams in the Republic of the Marshall Islands 

13 and the Federated States of Micronesia could— 

14 (i) improve the quality of life for resi15 dents of the Republic of the Marshall Is16 lands and the Federated States of Micro17 nesia; and 

18 (ii) advance the national security in19 terests of the United States. 

20 (D) An assessment of the resources, per21 sonnel, and authorities necessary for restoring 

22 the presence of civic action teams in the Repub23 lic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 

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1 (E) A timeline for restoring the presence 

2 of civic action teams in the Republic of the 

3 Marshall Islands and the Federated States of 

4 Micronesia, as the Secretary of Defense con5 siders feasible and advisable. 

6 (F) A description of any factor that may 

7 delay or prevent the restoration of such pres8 ence, including— 

9 (i) any challenge to finding a suitable 

10 location to house the civic action team that 

11 may also— 

12 (I) serve as a workplace; and 

13 (II) store large construction 

14 equipment; and 

15 (ii) any other factor the Secretary of 

16 Defense considers appropriate. 

17 (G) The estimated cost of implementing 

18 the plan. 

19 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall build on 

20 the historic and close relationship between the United 

21 States and the Freely Associated States by examining op22 portunities to expand defense cooperation with the Freely 

23 Associated States, including by studying the feasibility 

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1 Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia 

2 construction support, infrastructure maintenance, and 

3 training in construction skills. 

4 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON6 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con7 gress’’ means— 

8 (A) the Committee on Armed Services and 

9 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen10 ate; and 

11 (B) the Committee on Armed Services and 

12 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

13 of Representatives. 

14 (2) CIVIC ACTION TEAM.—The term ‘‘civic ac15 tion team’’— 

16 (A) means a designated force or unit of an 

17 active or reserve component of the United 

18 States Armed Forces that is organized, trained, 

19 and equipped to conduct civil-military oper20 ations in support of military objectives relating 

21 to the maintenance of stability within a host 

22 country; and 

23 (B) includes any such force or unit that 

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1 (3) FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.—The term 

2 ‘‘Freely Associated States’’ means the following: 

3 (A) The Republic of Palau. 

4 (B) The Republic of the Marshall Islands. 

5 (C) The Federated States of Micronesia. 

6 SEC. 1258. MODIFICATION OF PUBLIC REPORTING OF CHI7 NESE MILITARY COMPANIES OPERATING IN 

8 THE UNITED STATES. 

9 Section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

10 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

11 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3965; 10 U.S.C. 113 

12 note) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (b)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘Concurrent with’’ and 

16 inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Concurrent with’’; and 

18 (ii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The publication re21 quired by subparagraph (A) shall include, for 

22 each entity included in the unclassified portion 

23 of such list, the justification for inclusion in 

24 such list.’’; and 

25 (B) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘ONGOING’’ and inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’; 

3 and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘on an ongoing basis’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘not less frequently than an6 nually’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (d)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘and’’; 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik12 ing the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

13 and’’; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing new subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(C) includes a wholly-owned or wholly17 controlled subsidiary or affiliate of such an enti18 ty.’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (i) by amending subparagraphs (A) 

21 and (B) to read as follows: 

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1 ated, granted, or created by, or provided under, 

2 or related to, the Chinese military industrial 

3 planning apparatus, or in furtherance of Chi4 nese military industrial planning objectives, in5 cluding— 

6 ‘‘(i) any award, honor, incentive, or 

7 recognition (including selection or designa8 tion as a ‘Single Champion’, ‘Little Giant’, 

9 or any other selection or designation) as an 

10 enterprise associated with industrial plan11 ning or military-civil fusion efforts; 

12 ‘‘(ii) participation in a research, 

13 science, or technology conference, event, 

14 partnership, or project; or 

15 ‘‘(iii) funding or other financial assist16 ance related to a science, technology, re17 search, military, or industrial effort. 

18 ‘‘(B) Entities managed, overseen, or super19 vised by, otherwise under the control of, or af20 filiated with (including by means of participa21 tion in research partnerships and projects)— 

22 ‘‘(i) the Chinese Ministry of Industry 

23 and Information Technology (MIIT); 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the State-Owned Assets Super2 vision and Administration Commission of 

3 the State Council (SASAC); 

4 ‘‘(iii) the State Administration of 

5 Science, Technology and Industry for Na6 tional Defense (SASTIND) or any univer7 sity, laboratory, or institute supported by 

8 or associated with SASTIND; 

9 ‘‘(iv) the Ministry of State Security 

10 (MSS); or 

11 ‘‘(v) the People’s Liberation Army.’’; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

13 ‘‘such as’’ and inserting ‘‘including’’; 

14 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

15 (H) as subparagraph (J); and 

16 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

17 (G) the following new subparagraphs (H) 

18 and (I): 

19 ‘‘(H) Entities participating in conferences, 

20 events, or research activities hosted or spon21 sored by the People’s Liberation Army. 

22 ‘‘(I) Any entity that directly or indirectly 

23 produces, researches, or provides a component 

24 that is integrated into a weapons system or 

25 platform of the People’s Liberation Army.’’; 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (i) by inserting ‘‘or intelligence’’ after 

3 ‘‘security’’; and 

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, including other 

5 Chinese military and paramilitary ele6 ments, security forces, police, law enforce7 ment, border control, and the Ministry of 

8 State Security’’ before the period at the 

9 end; 

10 (D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

11 paragraph (4); and 

12 (E) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

13 following new paragraph (3): 

14 ‘‘(3) OPERATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN

15 THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OF ITS TERRITORIES

16 AND POSSESSIONS.—With respect to an entity, the 

17 term ‘operating directly or indirectly in the United 

18 States or any of its territories and possessions’ in19 cludes an entity selling goods in, or receiving goods 

20 or services from, the United States or any of its ter21 ritories or possessions, regardless of whether the en22 tity has a physical presence in the United States.’’; 

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1 (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol2 lowing new subsections: 

3 ‘‘(d) DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE REPORT.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 

5 31, 2026, and biennially thereafter through Decem6 ber 31, 2031, the Secretary shall submit to the 

7 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

8 the House of Representatives a report on the status 

9 of Department of Defense procurement restrictions 

10 on entities included in the list described in sub11 section (b)(1). 

12 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by 

13 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) A list of each entity included in the 

15 list described in subsection (b)(1) that is likely 

16 present in the United States defense industrial 

17 base. 

18 ‘‘(B) Available unclassified data on any 

19 such entity and its presence within the United 

20 States defense industrial base. 

21 ‘‘(C) A description of any update to poli22 cies or procedures implemented to enforce pro23 curement restrictions on entities included in the 

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1 ‘‘(e) RULES, REGULATIONS, AND IMPLEMENTA2 TION.—The Secretary shall promulgate such reasonable 

3 rules, procedures, and regulations as are necessary to im4 plement this section, including for advance notice, appeal, 

5 or deletion of any entity from the list described in sub6 section (b)(1). 

7 ‘‘(f) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Secretary is 

8 authorized to establish or nominate, within the office of 

9 Industrial Base Policy of the Office of the Under Sec10 retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, an of11 fice to implement this section and identify civil-military 

12 fusion contributors within the People’s Republic of 

13 China.’’. 

14 SEC. 1259. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY CAPABILITIES 

15 OF ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN INDO-PACIFIC 

16 REGION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2025, 

18 and annually thereafter through 2029, the Secretary of 

19 Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv20 ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re21 port on the military capabilities of allies and partners of 

22 the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, including 

23 treaty allies of the United States, countries that host a 

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1 foreign partner with which the United States maintains 

2 a significant security cooperation relationship. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 

4 (a) shall include, for each ally or partner of the United 

5 States in the Indo-Pacific region, the following: 

6 (1) A description of the size, location, capabili7 ties, and readiness of the land, sea, and air forces 

8 of the ally or partner. 

9 (2) A description of significant military mod10 ernization objectives and activities of the ally or 

11 partner. 

12 (3) An assessment of the military spending of 

13 the ally or partner. 

14 (4) A summary of developments in the military 

15 doctrine and training approaches of the ally or part16 ner. 

17 (5) An identification of current and potential 

18 future military cooperation activities and military ex19 ercises conducted between the military forces of the 

20 ally or partner and the United States Armed Forces. 

21 (6) A description of the current and potential 

22 future access-related agreements between the ally or 

23 partner and the United States Armed Forces. 

24 (7) An assessment of— 


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1 (A) the contributions of the ally or partner 

2 to the achievement of mutual security objec3 tives; and 

4 (B) the ability of the ally or partner to 

5 participate in bilateral or multilateral oper6 ations with the United States Armed Forces. 

7 (8) An assessment of the capacity of the civilian 

8 infrastructure of the ally or partner to enable mili9 tary operations in wartime. 

10 (9) A description of any other military or secu11 rity development relating to the military capabilities 

12 of the ally or partner the Secretary of Defense con13 siders relevant to United States national security. 

14 (c) FORM.—Each report required by subsection (a) 

15 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 

16 a classified annex. 

17 SEC. 1260. REVIEW, REPORT, AND PLAN ON ADEQUACY OF 

18 LOGISTICS NETWORK IN INDO-PACIFIC RE19 GION. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

22 shall commence a review of the adequacy of the logistics 

23 network in the Indo-Pacific region for supporting the oper24 ational and contingency plans of the United States Indo25 Pacific Command. 


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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review required by subsection 

2 (a) shall include the following: 

3 (1) An identification of critical logistical nodes 

4 in the Indo-Pacific region necessary to support the 

5 operational and contingency plans of the United 

6 States Indo-Pacific Command. 

7 (2) An identification of additional critical 

8 logistical nodes that may be necessary to support 

9 such plans, including any access, basing, and over10 flight agreements with foreign partners that may be 

11 necessary. 

12 (3) An assessment of the capacity of the 

13 logistical nodes identified under paragraphs (1) and 

14 (2) to meet the time-phased force and deployment 

15 requirements of such plans, including the facilities, 

16 equipment, infrastructure other than Department of 

17 Defense infrastructure (including airports, seaports, 

18 railways, and roads), and workforce necessary to 

19 support such requirements. 

20 (c) REPORT AND PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 

21 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

22 Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com23 mittees— 

24 (1) a report on the results of the review con25 ducted under subsection (a); and 


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1 (2) a plan, including timelines and assigned re2 sponsibilities, for addressing any deficiencies in the 

3 logistics network described in that subsection. 

4 SEC. 1261. FIELDING OF A COMMON OPERATING PICTURE 

5 WITH TAIWAN. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the Taiwan Rela7 tions Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) and not later than 180 

8 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 of Defense shall seek to engage with appropriate officials 

10 of Taiwan for the purpose of fielding capabilities to pro11 vide the military forces of Taiwan and the United States 

12 Indo-Pacific Command a common operating picture. 

13 (b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary may utilize the 

14 authorities provided in chapter 16 of title 10, United 

15 States Code, and any other applicable statutory authority 

16 available to the Secretary for accomplishing the purposes 

17 specified in subsection (a). 

18 SEC. 1262. REPORT ON CORRUPTION IN PEOPLE’S LIBERA19 TION ARMY. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2025, the 

21 Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate com22 mittees of Congress a report on corruption in the People’s 

23 Liberation Army, which shall, at a minimum, include the 

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1 (1) An assessment of the impact of corruption 

2 on the following: 

3 (A) Personnel assignment. 

4 (B) Training. 

5 (C) Acquisition and procurement. 

6 (D) Military operations. 

7 (E) Budget. 

8 (F) Military readiness. 

9 (G) Logistics. 

10 (H) Military construction. 

11 (2) An assessment of the extent to which mem12 bers of the Central Military Commission of the Chi13 nese Communist Party and members of their fami14 lies engage in corruption as described in paragraph 

15 (1). 

16 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

17 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 

18 a classified annex if necessary. 

19 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE20 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit21 tees of Congress’’ means— 

22 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

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1 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

2 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

3 House of Representatives. 

4 SEC. 1263. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON DEFENSE ALLIANCES 

5 AND PARTNERSHIPS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC 

6 REGION. 

7 It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of 

8 Defense should continue efforts that strengthen United 

9 States defense alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pa10 cific region so as to further the comparative advantage of 

11 the United States in strategic competition with the Peo12 ple’s Republic of China, including by— 

13 (1) enhancing cooperation with Japan, con14 sistent with the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and 

15 Security Between the United States of America and 

16 Japan, signed at Washington, January 19, 1960, in17 cluding by developing advanced military capabilities, 

18 upgrading command and control relationships, fos19 tering interoperability across all domains, and im20 proving sharing of information and intelligence; 

21 (2) reinforcing the United States alliance with 

22 the Republic of Korea, including by maintaining the 

23 presence of approximately 28,500 members of the 

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1 tended deterrence commitment using the full range 

2 of United States defense capabilities, consistent with 

3 the Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United 

4 States and the Republic of Korea, signed at Wash5 ington, October 1, 1953, in support of the shared 

6 objective of a peaceful and stable Korean Peninsula; 

7 (3) fostering bilateral and multilateral coopera8 tion with Australia, consistent with the Security 

9 Treaty Between Australia, New Zealand, and the 

10 United States of America, signed at San Francisco, 

11 September, 1951, and through the partnership 

12 among Australia, the United Kingdom, and United 

13 States (commonly known as ‘‘AUKUS’’)— 

14 (A) to advance shared security objectives; 

15 (B) to accelerate the fielding of advanced 

16 military capabilities; and 

17 (C) to build the capacity of emerging part18 ners; 

19 (4) advancing United States alliances with the 

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1 tion, and support an open, inclusive, and rules-based 

2 regional architecture; 

3 (5) broadening United States engagement with 

4 India, including through the Quadrilateral Security 

5 Dialogue— 

6 (A) to advance the shared objective of a 

7 free and open Indo-Pacific region through bilat8 eral and multilateral engagements and partici9 pation in military exercises, expanded defense 

10 trade, and collaboration on humanitarian aid 

11 and disaster response; and 

12 (B) to enable greater cooperation on mari13 time security; 

14 (6) strengthening the United States partnership 

15 with Taiwan, consistent with the Three Commu16 niques, the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 

17 8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), and the Six Assurances, 

18 with the goal of improving Taiwan’s defensive capa19 bilities and promoting peaceful cross-strait relations; 

20 (7) reinforcing the status of the Republic of 

21 Singapore as a Major Security Cooperation Partner 

22 of the United States and continuing to strengthen 

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1 United States Armed Forces, including through par2 ticipation in combined exercises and training; 

3 (8) engaging with the Federated States of Mi4 cronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 

5 Republic of Palau, and other Pacific island coun6 tries, with the goal of strengthening regional secu7 rity and addressing issues of mutual concern, includ8 ing protecting fisheries from illegal, unreported, and 

9 unregulated fishing; 

10 (9) collaborating with Canada, the United 

11 Kingdom, France, and other members of the Euro12 pean Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organi13 zation to build connectivity and advance a shared vi14 sion for the region that is principled, long-term, and 

15 anchored in democratic resilience; and 

16 (10) investing in enhanced military posture and 

17 capabilities in the area of responsibility of the 

18 United States Indo-Pacific Command and strength19 ening cooperation in bilateral relationships, multilat20 eral partnerships, and other international fora to up21 hold global security and shared principles, with the 

22 goal of ensuring the maintenance of a free and open 

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1 SEC. 1264. MODIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE PROGRAM 

2 WITH VIETNAM TO ACCOUNT FOR VIET3 NAMESE PERSONNEL MISSING IN ACTION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245 of the National De5 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 

6 117–81; 135 Stat. 1986; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) by striking the section heading and insert9 ing ‘‘VIETNAM WARTIME ACCOUNTING INITIA10 TIVE’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Vietnamese 

12 personnel missing in action’’ and inserting ‘‘killed or 

13 missing Vietnamese persons from the Vietnam War 

14 (referred to in this section as ‘missing persons from 

15 the Vietnam War’)’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

18 ‘‘verification,’’ after ‘‘digitization,’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘conduct 

20 archival research, investigations, and exca21 vations’’ and inserting ‘‘manage archival infor22 mation and personal data’’; and 

23 (C) by amending paragraphs (3) and (4) 

24 to read as follows: 

25 ‘‘(3) Supporting activities to build the capacity 

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1 DNA analysis and identification of, missing persons 

2 from the Vietnam War. 

3 ‘‘(4) Increasing exchanges, training, and dia4 logue among veterans and families of missing per5 sons form the Vietnam War.’’; 

6 (4) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub7 section (d); 

8 (5) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol9 lowing new subsection (c): 

10 ‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF LEAD COORDINATING OF11 FICE.—The Secretary shall designate an office within the 

12 Department of Defense to serve as the lead coordinating 

13 office for the program carried out under this section.’’; 

14 and 

15 (6) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by strik16 ing ‘‘October 1, 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 

17 2031’’. 

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

19 (1) The table of contents at the beginning of 

20 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

21 Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1541) is 

22 amended by striking the item relating to section 

23 1245 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1245. Vietnam Wartime Accounting Initiative.’’. 

24 (2) The table of contents at the beginning of 

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1 for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 

2 1956) is amended by striking the item relating to 

3 section 1245 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1245. Vietnam Wartime Accounting Initiative.’’. 

4 SEC. 1265. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR 

5 ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE. 

6 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 

7 this Act may be made available, directly or indirectly, to— 

8 (1) EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; or 

9 (2) any subsidiary of EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. 

10 Subtitle E—Reports 

11 SEC. 1271. REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE RUS12 SIAN FEDERATION AND THE PEOPLE’S RE13 PUBLIC OF CHINA. 

14 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

16 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com17 mittees a report assessing the military cooperation be18 tween the People’s Republic of China and the Russian 

19 Federation. 

20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub21 section (a) shall include— 

22 (1) a description of the nature of the relation23 ship between the Russian Federation and the Peo24 ple’s Republic of China; 


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1 (2) a review of the military cooperation between 

2 Russia and China that occurred over the last year, 

3 including military drills, exercises, technical coopera4 tion, weapons sales, and military-to-military dia5 logues; 

6 (3) a list of any planned exercises between the 

7 Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of 

8 China; 

9 (4) a review of any cooperation between the two 

10 countries on nuclear weapons that occurred over the 

11 last year; 

12 (5) a description of technology sharing between 

13 the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of 

14 China, including— 

15 (A) a description of the missile technology 

16 shared between Chinese companies and Russian 

17 companies, to include any sale, exploitation, co18 development, proliferation, future missile devel19 opment, or joint employment of any type of 

20 missile, including air-to-air, surface-to-air, air21 to-surface, surface-to-surface, cruise, ballistic, 

22 and hypersonic missiles; 

23 (B) a description of stealth or counter24 stealth technology development between the 

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1 of China, including any information sharing of 

2 United States or foreign programs; and 

3 (C) a description of drone technology shar4 ing, including drone manufacture, sale, and dis5 tribution, the sale of subcomponents, training 

6 on drone technology, network data sharing, and 

7 battlefield feedback; and 

8 (6) an assessment of the implications of such 

9 Russian-Chinese military cooperation for Untied 

10 States national security, including— 

11 (A) an assessment of the risk of opportun12 istic aggression should the United States enter 

13 into a conflict with either Russia or China; 

14 (B) an assessment of actions the Govern15 ment of the Russian Federation may take in 

16 the event of a conflict or crisis between the 

17 United States and the People’s Republic of 

18 China in the Indo-Pacific theater and an as19 sessment of actions the Government of the Peo20 ple’s Republic of China may take in the event 

21 of a conflict or crisis between the United States 

22 and the Russian Federation in the European 

23 theater; 

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1 tion and the People’s Republic of China impacts 

2 United States military operations both in peace3 time and in wartime; 

4 (D) an evaluation of how combined drills 

5 and exercises between Russia and China may 

6 benefit each country; 

7 (E) a description of how Russia and China 

8 would continue to train together in the event of 

9 conflict with the United States; 

10 (F) an assessment of the implications of 

11 Russian-Chinese nuclear weapons cooperation 

12 on United States nuclear deterrence and stra13 tegic stability; 

14 (G) an evaluation of the impacts on United 

15 States national security of missile, stealth, and 

16 drone technology sharing between the Russian 

17 Federation and the People’s Republic of China; 

18 (H) identification of future pathways for 

19 advanced military cooperation between Russia 

20 and China; and 

21 (I) any other considerations or implications 

22 the Secretary determines necessary to include. 

23 (c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

24 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 

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1 Subtitle F—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 1281. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS ON COUNTERTER3 RORISM OPERATIONS, IRREGULAR WARFARE, 

4 AND SENSITIVE ACTIVITIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 485 of title 10, United 

6 States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in the section heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘Monthly counterterrorism operations 

9 briefings’’ and inserting ‘‘Quarterly briefings 

10 on counterterrorism operations, irregular 

11 warfare, and sensitive activities’’; and 

12 (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(a) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De15 fense shall provide to the congressional defense commit16 tees quarterly briefings on counterterrorism operations 

17 and related activities (including the use of military force 

18 under the notion of collective self-defense of foreign part19 ners), irregular warfare activities, and other sensitive ac20 tivities conducted by the Department of Defense.’’. 

21 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

22 for chapter 23 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

23 by striking the item relating to section 485 and inserting 

24 the following: 

‘‘485. Quarterly briefings on counterterrorism operations, irregular warfare, and 

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1 SEC. 1282. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF SECURITY 

2 BRIEFINGS ON AFGHANISTAN. 

3 Section 1092(a) of the National Defense Authoriza4 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 

5 Stat. 1934) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than Janu6 ary 15, 2022, and every 90 days thereafter through De7 cember 31, 2025,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than January 

8 15, 2025, and every 120 days thereafter through Decem9 ber 31, 2026,’’. 

10 SEC. 1283. MULTILATERAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

11 WORKING GROUP. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 of Defense shall establish a working group to de16 velop and coordinate an artificial intelligence initia17 tive among the allies and partners of the United 

18 States. 

19 (2) DESIGNATION.—The working group estab20 lished pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as 

21 the ‘‘Multilateral Artificial Intelligence Working 

22 Group’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Working 

23 Group’’). 

24 (b) ORGANIZATION.— 

25 (1) DESIGNATION OF HEAD.—The Secretary 

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1 partment of Defense or senior military officer with 

2 experience leading relevant efforts, as determined by 

3 the Secretary, to serve as the head of the Working 

4 Group. 

5 (2) PARTICIPATION BY OTHER MEMBER COUN6 TRIES.—The Secretary shall determine participation 

7 of allies and partners of the United States in the 

8 Working Group. 

9 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of the 

10 Working Group shall be to develop and coordinate efforts 

11 to implement an artificial intelligence initiative between 

12 the Department of Defense and allies and partners of the 

13 United States— 

14 (1) to compare— 

15 (A) the various artificial intelligence sys16 tems and the elements thereof (including ma17 chine learning and generative artificial intel18 ligence such as large language models) used for 

19 covered operational uses by such members; and 

20 (B) the respective practices associated with 

21 the employment of such systems for covered 

22 operational uses by such members; 

23 (2) to identify (including by experimenting, 

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1 intelligence systems used for intelligence sharing, 

2 battlespace awareness, and other covered operational 

3 uses; 

4 (3) to test and evaluate the effects of artificial 

5 intelligence model redundancy, including the risks 

6 and safety measures associated with operating mul7 tiple artificial intelligence systems, including in tan8 dem with one another; 

9 (4) to develop a shared strategy for the re10 search, development, test, evaluation, and employ11 ment of artificial intelligence systems for covered 

12 operational uses carried out in concert with the 

13 member countries; 

14 (5) to develop a shared strategy for— 

15 (A) managing data-informed artificial in16 telligence systems; and 

17 (B) testing and evaluating artificial intel18 ligence systems with combined datasets at the 

19 unclassified and classified levels; 

20 (6) to test and evaluate the capabilities of the 

21 defense industrial base of the member countries to 

22 incorporate artificial intelligence systems into sys23 tems used for covered operational uses; 


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1 (7) to compare and implement ethical frame2 works to accelerate technological advancements with 

3 respect to artificial intelligence systems; 

4 (8) to expand innovation efforts by the member 

5 countries and share among such countries best prac6 tices for the accelerated procurement and adoption 

7 of artificial intelligence technologies for covered 

8 operational uses; 

9 (9) to leverage commercially available artificial 

10 intelligence technologies to advance near-term 

11 jointness between the military forces of the member 

12 countries; 

13 (10) to jointly identify and source artificial in14 telligence systems, as practicable, and advise mem15 ber countries with respect to export controls applica16 ble to such systems; and 

17 (11) to carry out such other activities as the 

18 Secretary determines to be relevant to such respon19 sibilities. 

20 (d) CONTROL OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL

21 DATA.—The Secretary shall seek to ensure that any 

22 knowledge or technical data produced by a member coun23 try under any cooperative project carried out by the Work24 ing Group shall be controlled by that country under the 

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1 shall not be subject to the jurisdiction or control of any 

2 other member country. 

3 (e) PLAN AND REPORTS.— 

4 (1) PLAN.— 

5 (A) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 60 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

7 Secretary shall submit to the congressional de8 fense committees a plan for the establishment 

9 and activities of the Working Group. 

10 (B) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subpara11 graph (A) shall include— 

12 (i) a plan for the establishment of the 

13 Working Group; 

14 (ii) a description of any funding re15 quirements or administrative support nec16 essary to carry out this section; 

17 (iii) a description of any additional 

18 statutory authorities necessary to carry out 

19 this section; 

20 (iv) a plan for the fulfillment of re21 sponsibilities under subsection (c) by the 

22 Working Group; 

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1 (vi) a plan for the integration of the 

2 artificial intelligence initiative developed 

3 and coordinated by the Working Group 

4 with other programs and initiatives of the 

5 elements of the Department of Defense 

6 with responsibilities relating to mutual se7 curity and artificial intelligence efforts 

8 among the member countries; 

9 (vii) performance indicators by which 

10 the activities of the Working Group will be 

11 assessed; and 

12 (viii) a description of how efforts of 

13 the commanders of the combatant com14 mands relating to military interoperability 

15 and test and evaluation of artificial intel16 ligence systems will leverage the Working 

17 Group. 

18 (2) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 

19 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

20 on a semiannual basis thereafter until the date of 

21 termination under subsection (f), the Secretary shall 

22 submit to the congressional defense committees a re23 port on the activities and milestones of the Working 

24 Group. Each such report shall include, with respect 

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1 (A) an assessment of the activities of the 

2 Working Group based on the performance indi3 cators set forth in the plan under paragraph 

4 (1)(B)(vii); and 

5 (B) a description of any efforts of the com6 manders of the combatant commands taken in 

7 support of the responsibilities of the Working 

8 Group. 

9 (f) TERMINATION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para11 graph (2), the Working Group shall terminate on 

12 September 30, 2028. 

13 (2) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND.—The Secretary 

14 may extend the termination date under paragraph 

15 (1) if the Secretary determines such extension to be 

16 in the national security interests of the United 

17 States. 

18 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) The term ‘‘battlespace awareness’’ has the 

20 meaning given that term in the Joint Publication 1– 

21 02 of the Department of Defense, titled ‘‘Depart22 ment of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associ23 ated Terms’’, or successor publication. 


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1 (2) The term ‘‘covered operational use’’ means 

2 use by a government for operations in a defense con3 text. 

4 (3) The term ‘‘member country’’ means a mem5 ber country of the Working Group. 

6 SEC. 1284. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ROLE IN 

7 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL LEGAL OPER8 ATIONS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De11 fense, in consultation with the head of any other relevant 

12 Federal department or agency, shall submit to the appro13 priate committees of Congress a report on the role of the 

14 Department of Defense in supporting whole-of-govern15 ment efforts to identify and expose the international legal 

16 operations of malign actors. 

17 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

18 (a) shall include the following: 

19 (1) A definition of the term ‘‘international legal 

20 operations’’ and a description of the scope of appli21 cation and usefulness of international legal oper22 ations in all phases of military conflict. 

23 (2) An assessment of the threats posed to the 

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1 ations waged by United States strategic competitors 

2 and potential adversaries, including the People’s Re3 public of China, the Russian Federation, and Iran. 

4 (3) An assessment of, and a description of les5 sons learned from, the international legal operations 

6 (or similar strategies or doctrines) and related co7 ordinating offices and entities of— 

8 (A) strategic competitors and potential ad9 versaries of the United States; 

10 (B) the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza11 tion; and 

12 (C) allies and partners of the United 

13 States. 

14 (4) A summary of current Department of De15 fense activities to support interdepartmental or 

16 interagency initiatives of the United States Govern17 ment applicable to international legal operations, 

18 and the costs and benefits of such initiatives. 

19 (5) An assessment of each public affairs officer 

20 program of the Armed Forces relating to engaging 

21 in and defending against international legal oper22 ations, including an assessment as to whether such 

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1 (A) being effectively used to counter 

2 disinformation stemming from adversary legal 

3 claims and other forms of disinformation; 

4 (B) coordinating effectively with the Global 

5 Engagement Center of the Department of State 

6 to coordinate and amplify United States public 

7 messaging efforts; and 

8 (C) coordinating with judge advocates of 

9 the Armed Forces on public messaging relating 

10 to the performance of their duties. 

11 (6) Recommendations for improving coordina12 tion between the Department of Defense and other 

13 Federal agencies on the use of legal tools to achieve 

14 national strategic objectives. Such recommendations 

15 shall take into consideration areas of law in which 

16 it may be advisable to develop standard practices for 

17 the Department of Defense to support national secu18 rity-sensitive litigation, particularly in the maritime 

19 domain. 

20 (7) Recommendations on the manner in which 

21 the Secretary of Defense may best support whole-of22 government efforts to counter hostile international 

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1 (c) FORMAT.—The report required by subsection (a) 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 

3 a classified annex. 

4 (d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE5 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit6 tees of Congress’’ means— 

7 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

9 the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intel10 ligence of the Senate; and 

11 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

12 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

13 the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee 

14 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

15 SEC. 1285. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON SECURITY IMPLICA16 TIONS OF WATER SCARCITY AND FOOD SECU17 RITY FOR UNITED STATES CENTRAL COM18 MAND. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

21 shall submit a report, and provide the congressional de22 fense committees with a briefing, on the feasibility and 

23 advisability of including water scarcity and food security 

24 in the risk assessments and operational plans of the 

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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

2 (a) shall include the following: 

3 (1) An assessment of each of the following: 

4 (A) The security and operational resilience 

5 risks associated with regional water scarcity. 

6 (B) The cross-border security and oper7 ational resilience ramifications of the challenges 

8 of water scarcity and food insecurity in the area 

9 of responsibility of the United States Central 

10 Command. 

11 (C) The implications of such challenges for 

12 United States and partner country capabilities 

13 and defense postures in such area of responsi14 bility, including the implications for— 

15 (i) members of the United States 

16 Armed Forces and members of the military 

17 forces of partner countries; and 

18 (ii) platforms, weapons systems, intel19 ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 

20 capabilities, physical infrastructure, and 

21 supply chains. 

22 (D) The feasibility and advisability of inte23 grating the security implications of such chal24 lenges into risk assessments. 


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1 (2) An evaluation of the feasibility, benefits, 

2 and expected outcomes of establishing an inter3 agency working group with eligible participants to 

4 address water scarcity and food security within the 

5 area of responsibility of the United States Central 

6 Command. 

7 (c) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT DEFINED.—In this sec8 tion, the term ‘‘eligible participant’’ means— 

9 (1) a partner country within the area of respon10 sibility of the United States Central Command or a 

11 representative of such a partner country; and 

12 (2) any other participant within such area of 

13 responsibility the Commander of the United States 

14 Central Command considers appropriate, including 

15 an expert from government, civil society, academia, 

16 or the private sector. 

17 SEC. 1286. NOTIFICATIONS REGARDING TERRORIST 

18 GROUPS IN AFGHANISTAN. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

20 Secretary of Defense identifies any new training facility 

21 in Afghanistan that is operated or staffed by al-Qaeda, 

22 ISIS Khorasan, or any other United States-designated 

23 terrorist organization, or at which members of any such 

24 terrorist organization receives training, the Secretary shall 

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1 and the House of Representatives with a notification that 

2 includes the following: 

3 (1) A description of the location of the training 

4 facility. 

5 (2) An identification of the one or more ter6 rorist groups operating, staffing, or being trained at 

7 the facility. 

8 (3) An assessment of the purpose of the facility. 

9 (4) An assessment as to whether the Taliban 

10 has provided any support to the facility, or whether 

11 the Taliban is taking action to close the facility con12 sistent with its obligations under the February 29, 

13 2020, United States-Taliban agreement. 

14 (5) An assessment as to whether there is a risk 

15 that the facility is being used to plan or train for a 

16 terrorist attack outside Afghanistan. 

17 (b) FORM.—Each notification required by subsection 

18 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 

19 a classified annex for the assessments described in para20 graphs (3), (4), and (5) of that subsection. 

21 SEC. 1287. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON AL-UDEID AIR BASE 

22 IN QATAR. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

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1 gressional defense committees on the operational value of 

2 the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, taking into consideration 

3 the relationship of the Government of Qatar with Hamas 

4 and other terrorist organizations. 

5 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 

6 (a) shall include an assessment of each of the following: 

7 (1) Whether the relationship of the Government 

8 of Qatar with United States-designated terrorist or9 ganizations undermines the national security inter10 ests of the United States. 

11 (2) The operational value of the Al-Udeid Air 

12 Base in Qatar. 

13 (3) The effect on United States Air Force oper14 ations in the Middle East if the United States were 

15 to redeploy members of the United States Air Force 

16 from Al-Udeid Air Base. 

17 (4) The resources that would be required to re18 deploy members of the United States Air Force from 

19 Al-Udeid Air Base. 

20 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

21 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 

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1 SEC. 1288. MIDDLE EAST INTEGRATED SPACE AND SAT2 ELLITE SECURITY CAPABILITY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con4 sultation with the Secretary of State, shall seek to build 

5 upon the historic opportunities created by the Abraham 

6 Accords and the incorporation of Israel into the area of 

7 responsibility of the United States Central Command to 

8 develop a Middle East integrated space and satellite secu9 rity strategy and a multilateral data-sharing agreement 

10 for the purpose of protecting the people, infrastructure, 

11 and territory of ally and partner countries in the Middle 

12 East from hostile activities conducted by adversaries 

13 against space systems of the United States or such coun14 tries. 

15 (b) STRATEGY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

18 of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of 

19 State, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

20 Congress a strategy for the cooperation described in 

21 subsection (a). 

22 (2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy 

23 required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol24 lowing: 

25 (A) An assessment of the threats posed to 

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1 in the Middle East by adversaries conducting 

2 hostile activities— 

3 (i) against space systems of the 

4 United States or such countries; and 

5 (ii) using capabilities positioned or 

6 transiting through space. 

7 (B) A description of progress made in— 

8 (i) advancing the integration of Israel 

9 into existing multilateral space and sat10 ellite security partnerships; or 

11 (ii) establishing such partnerships 

12 with Israel. 

13 (C) A description of efforts among ally and 

14 partner countries in the Middle East to coordi15 nate intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveil16 lance capabilities and indicators and warnings 

17 with respect to the threats described in sub18 paragraph (A), and a description of any impedi19 ment to optimizing such efforts. 

20 (D) An assessment of any current capa21 bility gaps in the ability of the Department of 

22 Defense to provide space situational awareness 

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1 (E) A description of the current Depart2 ment of Defense systems that provide aware3 ness of and defend against such threats. 

4 (F) An explanation of the manner in which 

5 a multilateral space situational awareness data6 sharing agreement and an integrated space and 

7 satellite security architecture would improve col8 lective security in the Middle East. 

9 (G) A description of existing and planned 

10 efforts to engage ally and partner countries in 

11 the Middle East in establishing such a multilat12 eral space situational awareness data-sharing 

13 agreement and an integrated space and satellite 

14 security architecture. 

15 (H) An identification of the elements of 

16 such an integrated space and satellite security 

17 architecture that may be acquired and operated 

18 by ally and partner countries in the Middle 

19 East, and a list of such elements for each such 

20 ally and partner. 

21 (I) An identification of the elements of 

22 such an integrated space and satellite security 

23 architecture that may only be provided and op24 erated by members of the United States Armed 

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1 (J) An identification of any challenge to 

2 optimizing such a multilateral space situational 

3 awareness data-sharing agreement and inte4 grated space and satellite security architecture 

5 in the Middle East. 

6 (K) An assessment of progress and key 

7 challenges in the implementation of the strategy 

8 required by paragraph (1) using the metrics 

9 identified in accordance with paragraph (3). 

10 (L) Recommendations for improvements in 

11 the implementation of an integrated space and 

12 satellite security strategy based on such 

13 metrics. 

14 (M) A cost estimate of establishing an in15 tegrated space and satellite security strategy, 

16 and an assessment of the resources that could 

17 be contributed by ally and partner countries of 

18 the United States to establish and strengthen 

19 such capabilities. 

20 (N) Any other matter the Secretary of De21 fense considers relevant. 

22 (3) METRICS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

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1 (4) FORM.—The strategy required by para2 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

3 may include a classified annex. 

4 (c) PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION.—Any 

5 activity carried out under this section shall be conducted 

6 in a manner that appropriately protects sensitive informa7 tion and the national security interests of the United 

8 States. 

9 (d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE10 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit11 tees of Congress’’ means— 

12 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

13 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 

14 Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on In15 telligence of the Senate; and 

16 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

17 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 

18 Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Com19 mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representa20 tives. 

21 SEC. 1289. IMPROVEMENTS TO SECURITY COOPERATION 

22 WORKFORCE AND DEFENSE ACQUISITION 

23 WORKFORCE. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

2 shall, consistent with the requirements of section 

3 384 of title 10, United States Code, seek to ensure 

4 that members of the defense acquisition workforce 

5 involved in the foreign military sales process— 

6 (A) are aware of evolving United States re7 gional and country-level defense capability8 building priorities; and 

9 (B) coordinate with the security coopera10 tion workforce to enhance responsiveness to for11 eign partner requests and capability-building 

12 priorities. 

13 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

16 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa17 tives a report on the resources necessary to imple18 ment paragraph (1), including— 

19 (A) the anticipated costs of new personnel 

20 and training to carry out such paragraph; 

21 (B) the estimated increase in foreign mili22 tary sales administrative user fees necessary to 

23 offset such costs; 

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1 the military department level, a contracting ca2 pacity that is specific to the execution of con3 tracts for foreign military sales; and 

4 (D) the feasibility and advisability of es5 tablishing a dedicated contracting capacity to 

6 directly support foreign military sales con7 tracting activities. 

8 (b) GUIDANCE.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec11 retary of Defense shall update, as necessary, De12 partment of Defense guidance to the security co13 operation workforce and the defense acquisition 

14 workforce governing the execution of foreign military 

15 sales by the Department to ensure that such guid16 ance— 

17 (A) incorporates the National Security 

18 Strategy and the National Defense Strategy; 

19 and 

20 (B) is informed by the theater campaign 

21 plans and theater security cooperation strate22 gies of the combatant commands. 

23 (2) ELEMENTS.—The updated guidance re24 quired by paragraph (1) shall— 

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1 (i) regional and country-level foreign 

2 defense capability-building priorities; and 

3 (ii) levels of urgency and desired 

4 timelines for achieving foreign capability5 building objectives; and 

6 (B) provide guidance to the defense acqui7 sition workforce regarding levels of resourcing, 

8 innovation, and risk tolerance that should be 

9 considered in meeting urgent needs. 

10 (c) FOREIGN MILITARY SALES CONTINUOUS PROC11 ESS IMPROVEMENT BOARD.— 

12 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of De13 fense shall establish a Foreign Military Sales Con14 tinuous Process Improvement Board (in this section 

15 referred to as the ‘‘Board’’) to serve as an enduring 

16 governance structure within the Department of De17 fense that reports to the Secretary on matters relat18 ing to the foreign military sales process so as to en19 hance accountability and continuous improvement 

20 within the Department, including the objectives of— 

21 (A) improving the understanding, among 

22 officials of the Department, of ally and partner 

23 requirements; 

24 (B) enabling efficient reviews for release of 

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1 (C) providing ally and partner countries 

2 with relevant priority equipment; 

3 (D) accelerating acquisition and con4 tracting support; 

5 (E) expanding the capacity of the defense 

6 industrial base; and 

7 (F) working with other departments and 

8 agencies to promote broad United States Gov9 ernment support. 

10 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall be com11 posed of not fewer than seven members, selected 

12 from among individuals with government experience 

13 and individuals with nongovernmental expertise, 

14 each of whom shall have expertise in the foreign 

15 military sales process. 

16 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.—The 

18 term ‘‘defense acquisition workforce’’ means the De19 partment of Defense acquisition workforce described 

20 in chapter 87 of title 10, United States Code. 

21 (2) SECURITY COOPERATION WORKFORCE.— 

22 The term ‘‘security cooperation workforce’’ has the 

23 meaning given the term in section 384 of title 10, 

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1 SEC. 1290. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGY 

2 RELEASE AND FOREIGN DISCLOSURE RE3 FORM INITIATIVE. 

4 Section 918(d) of the National Defense Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 

6 370; 10 U.S.C. 301 note) is amended by adding at the 

7 end the following new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(3) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.—The Comp9 troller General of the United States shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) conduct an independent assessment 

11 of the report submitted by the Secretary of De12 fense under paragraph (1); and 

13 ‘‘(B) not later than July 31, 2025, submit 

14 to the congressional defense committees the re15 sults of that assessment.’’. 

16 TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE 

17 THREAT REDUCTION 

18 SEC. 1301. COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS. 

19 (a) FUNDING ALLOCATION.—Of the $350,116,000 

20 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of De21 fense for fiscal year 2025 in section 301 and made avail22 able by the funding table in division D for the Department 

23 of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program estab24 lished under section 1321 of the Department of Defense 

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1 following amounts may be obligated for the purposes spec2 ified: 

3 (1) For delivery system threat reduction, 

4 $7,036,000. 

5 (2) For chemical weapons elimination, 

6 $20,717,000. 

7 (3) For global nuclear security, $33,665,000. 

8 (4) For biological threat reduction, 

9 $209,858,000. 

10 (5) For proliferation prevention, $45,610,000. 

11 (6) For activities designated as Other Assess12 ments/Administrative Costs, $33,230,000. 

13 (b) SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT RE14 DUCTION FUNDS.—Funds appropriated pursuant to the 

15 authorization of appropriations in section 301 and made 

16 available by the funding table in division D for the Depart17 ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program 

18 shall be available for obligation for fiscal years 2025, 

19 2026, and 2027. 

20 SEC. 1302. TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF REQUIREMENT 

21 FOR REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES AND ASSIST22 ANCE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CO23 OPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1080(a) of the Na2 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

3 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) 

4 does not apply to the report required to be sub5 mitted to Congress under section 1343(a) of the De6 partment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 

7 Act (50 U.S.C. 3743(a)). 

8 (2) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1061(d) of 

9 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

10 Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 111 

11 note) is amended by striking paragraph (14). 

12 (b) TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

13 Section 1343(a) of the Department of Defense Coopera14 tive Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3743(a)) is amend15 ed by inserting ‘‘before 2030’’ after ‘‘In any year’’. 

16 TITLE XIV—OTHER 

17 AUTHORIZATIONS 

18 Subtitle A—Military Programs 

19 SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 

20 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

21 fiscal year 2025 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

22 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 

23 providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 

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1 SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC2 TION, DEFENSE. 

3 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

4 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart5 ment of Defense for fiscal year 2025 for expenses, not oth6 erwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions 

7 Destruction, Defense, as specified in the funding table in 

8 section 4501. 

9 (b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 

10 under subsection are authorized for— 

11 (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents 

12 and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of 

13 the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 

14 ( 50 U.S.C. 1521); and 

15 (2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 

16 of the United States that is not covered by section 

17 1412 of such Act. 

18 SEC. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC19 TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 

20 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

21 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2025 for ex22 penses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction 

23 and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in 

24 the funding table in section 4501. 


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1 SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 

2 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

3 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2025 for ex4 penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the 

5 Inspector General of the Department of Defense, as speci6 fied in the funding table in section 4501. 

7 SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 

8 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

9 fiscal year 2025 for the Defense Health Program for use 

10 of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of 

11 the Department of Defense for providing for the health 

12 of eligible beneficiaries, as specified in the funding table 

13 in section 4501. 

14 Subtitle B—National Defense 

15 Stockpile 

16 SEC. 1411. RESTORING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCK17 PILE. 

18 (a) PLAN TO FULLY FUND EXISTING NATIONAL DE19 FENSE STOCKPILE REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 15, 

21 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

22 congressional defense committees a plan to fully 

23 fund existing National Defense Stockpile require24 ments. 

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1 (A) A plan for resources to meet all re2 quirements of the National Defense Stockpile 

3 related to the needs of the Department of De4 fense not later than December 31, 2027, and to 

5 meet such requirements each year thereafter. 

6 (B) A description of the manner in which 

7 the Secretary shall prioritize the procurement of 

8 certain strategic and critical materials to meet 

9 the requirements described in subparagraph (A) 

10 that includes consideration of— 

11 (i) rare earth elements and critical 

12 minerals; and 

13 (ii) energetics and other propellants. 

14 (3) CONSIDERATION.—The plan developed 

15 under this subsection shall be based on the reported 

16 shortfall in dollars and inventory of the strategic 

17 and critical materials in the National Defense Stock18 pile relative to the amounts necessary to meet cur19 rent defense requirements in a national emergency. 

20 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—After the Secretary submits 

21 the plan required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

22 (1) take steps as practicable to implement the 

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1 (2) take steps as practicable so that the De2 partment of Defense, not later than one year after 

3 the submission of the plan, has the data necessary 

4 to identify in detail the additional funds and re5 sources that would be necessary to meet potential re6 quirements. 

7 (c) PREFERENCE FOR DOMESTIC CONTENT.—The 

8 Secretary shall require the National Defense Stockpile 

9 Manager to establish a preference for the procurement of 

10 strategic and critical materials that are, in part or in 

11 whole, produced in the United States or in countries that 

12 are allies and partners of the United States, provided that 

13 a specific material is available from a producer in the 

14 United States or such a country at an acceptable price. 

15 SEC. 1412. STORAGE OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATE16 RIALS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE. 

17 The Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act 

18 (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec19 tion 6 the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 6A. STORAGE OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATE21 RIALS. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Defense Stockpile 

23 Manager may enter into a lease with an individual or enti24 ty (including another department or agency of the Federal 

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1 for the storage of strategic and critical materials acquired 

2 pursuant to this Act. 

3 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) OTHER FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS OR AGEN5 CIES.—The Stockpile Manager may, with regard to 

6 any underutilized real property that is not excess 

7 property (as defined in section 102 of title 40, 

8 United States Code) and related personal property, 

9 prioritize entering into a lease under subsection (a) 

10 with another Federal department or agency. 

11 ‘‘(2) FAIR MARKET VALUE.—The Stockpile 

12 Manager shall provide an individual or entity enter13 ing into a lease under subsection (a) monetary con14 sideration for the lease at fair market value. 

15 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

16 Stockpile Manager shall require such terms and conditions 

17 in connection with a lease entered into under subsection 

18 (a) as the Stockpile Manager considers appropriate to pro19 tect the national security interests of the United States. 

20 ‘‘(d) LEASE RESTRICTIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) CERTIFICATION.—The Stockpile Manager 

22 may not enter into a lease under subsection (a) un23 less the Stockpile Manager certifies to the appro24 priate committees of Congress that the lease will not 


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1 have a negative impact on the mission of the Stock2 pile Manager. 

3 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LEASES.—The 

4 Stockpile Manager may enter into not more than 

5 two leases under subsection (a) during each fiscal 

6 year. 

7 ‘‘(e) DURATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to enter into 

9 leases under subsection (a) shall expire on January 

10 1, 2034. 

11 ‘‘(2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—The expiration 

12 under this subsection of the authority to enter into 

13 leases under subsection (a) shall not affect the valid14 ity or term of leases entered into under that sub15 section before the expiration of that authority. 

16 ‘‘(f) REPORTING.—Not later than one year after the 

17 date of the enactment of this section, and annually there18 after, the Stockpile Manager shall submit to the appro19 priate committees of Congress a report describing— 

20 ‘‘(1) any lease entered into by the Stockpile 

21 Manager under subsection (a) in the preceding year; 

22 ‘‘(2) utilization of the leased property; and 

23 ‘‘(3) the strategic and critical materials stored 

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1 ‘‘(g) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees 

3 of Congress’ means— 

4 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

5 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

6 Senate; and 

7 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Com9 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep10 resentatives.’’. 

11 SEC. 1413. CONSULTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRON12 MENTAL REVIEWS OF PROJECTS THAT WILL 

13 INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF STRATEGIC AND 

14 CRITICAL MATERIALS FOR ACQUISITION FOR 

15 NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

17 consult with the head of any agency responsible for the 

18 development of an environmental document for a project 

19 that will result in an increase in the availability of stra20 tegic and critical materials for acquisition for the Stock21 pile. 

22 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

24 meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, 

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1 (2) ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT.—The term ‘‘ 

2 ‘‘environmental document’’ has the meaning given 

3 that term in section 111 of the National Environ4 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4336e). 

5 (3) STOCKPILE.—The term ‘‘Stockpile’’ means 

6 the National Defense Stockpile established under 

7 section 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials 

8 Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b). 

9 (4) STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS.— 

10 The term ‘‘strategic and critical materials’’ means 

11 materials, including rare earth elements, that are 

12 necessary to meet national defense and national se13 curity requirements, including requirements relating 

14 to supply chain resiliency, and for the economic se15 curity of the United States. 

16 Subtitle C—Other Matters 

17 SEC. 1421. ELIGIBILITY OF SPACE FORCE OFFICERS FOR 

18 MEMBERSHIP ON ARMED FORCES RETIRE19 MENT HOME ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

20 (a) CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER DEFINED.—Section 

21 1502(5) of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 

22 1991 (24 U.S.C. 401(5)) is amended— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

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1 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

2 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(F) the Deputy Chief of Space Operations 

6 for Human Capital of the Space Force.’’. 

7 (b) SENIOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER DE8 FINED.—Section 1502(6) of such Act (24 U.S.C. 401(6)) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub10 paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(F) The Chief Master Sergeant of the 

12 Space Force.’’. 

13 SEC. 1422. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME: AVAIL14 ABILITY OF LICENSED INDEPENDENT PRAC15 TITIONERS; RESOURCES. 

16 Section 1513 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home 

17 Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 413) is amended— 

18 (1) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol19 lows: 

20 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF LICENSED INDEPENDENT

21 PRACTITIONERS.—(1) In providing for the health care 

22 needs of residents at a facility of the Retirement Home 

23 under subsection (b), the Retirement Home shall have ap24 propriate licensed independent practitioners, as deter25 mined under paragraph (2), available during the daily 


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1 business hours of the facility and on an on-call basis at 

2 other times. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Chief Operating Officer shall ensure that 

4 practitioner skills, experience, and availability are suited 

5 to residents of the facility, in consultation with the Med6 ical Director and in accordance with accrediting organiza7 tion standards under section 1511(g).’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub9 section: 

10 ‘‘(e) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEALTHCARE RE11 SOURCES.—The Secretary of Defense may enter into 

12 agreements as provided in title 10, United States Code, 

13 the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535), and other provisions 

14 of law for the following purposes: 

15 ‘‘(1) To provide for transfers or deposits to the 

16 Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund for ap17 plicable care or services furnished by the Retirement 

18 Home to covered beneficiaries of the Department of 

19 Defense. 

20 ‘‘(2) To improve access to, and the quality and 

21 cost effectiveness of, the health care provided to resi22 dents of the Retirement Home.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1423. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF 

3 VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM4 ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 

5 LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the 

7 funds authorized to be appropriated for section 1405 and 

8 available for the Defense Health Program for operation 

9 and maintenance, $162,500,000 may be transferred by the 

10 Secretary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense– 

11 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem12 onstration Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of sec13 tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

14 Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). 

15 For purposes of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, 

16 any funds so transferred shall be treated as amounts au17 thorized and appropriated specifically for the purpose of 

18 such a transfer. 

19 (b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the pur20 poses of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility oper21 ations for which funds transferred under subsection (a) 

22 may be used are operations of the Captain James A. 

23 Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the 

24 North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy 

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1 operational agreement covered by section 706 of the Dun2 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

3 Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 

4 SEC. 1424. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

5 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 

6 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis7 cal year 2025 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home 

8 Trust Fund the sum of $69,520,000 of which— 

9 (1) $68,520,000 is for operating expenses; and 

10 (2) $1,000,000 is for capital maintenance and 

11 construction. 

12 TITLE XV—SPACE ACTIVITIES, 

13 STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND 

14 INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 

15 Subtitle A—Space Activities 

16 SEC. 1501. MODIFICATION OF AIR FORCE SPACE CON17 TRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY WATCH LIST. 

18 Section 1612 of the National Defense Authorization 

19 Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 

20 1729; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 1612. AIR FORCE SPACE CONTRACTOR RESPONSI22 BILITY WATCH LIST. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The suspension and debarment 

24 official of the Department of the Air Force shall establish 

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1 Executive of the Department of the Air Force, a watch 

2 list of contractors with a history of poor performance on 

3 space procurement contracts or nonprocurement trans4 actions such as grants and cooperative agreements. 

5 ‘‘(b) BASIS FOR INCLUSION ON LIST.— 

6 ‘‘(1) ROLE OF SPACE SERVICE ACQUISITION EX7 ECUTIVE.—The Space Service Acquisition Executive 

8 may direct the suspension and debarment official of 

9 the Department of the Air Force to propose for 

10 placement on the list established under subsection 

11 (a) a contractor, which may consist of an entire con12 tracting entity or a specific division of a contracting 

13 entity. 

14 ‘‘(2) ROLE OF SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT

15 OFFICIAL.— 

16 ‘‘(A) CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE.—In 

17 considering whether to place a contractor on 

18 the list established under subsection (a), the 

19 suspension and debarment official of the De20 partment of the Air Force shall determine 

21 whether there is evidence of any of the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(i) Poor performance on one or more 

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1 procurement transactions, or award fee 

2 scores below 50 percent. 

3 ‘‘(ii) Inadequate management, oper4 ational or financial controls, or resources. 

5 ‘‘(iii) Inadequate security controls or 

6 resources, including unremediated 

7 vulnerabilities arising from foreign owner8 ship, control, or influence. 

9 ‘‘(iv) Any other failure of controls or 

10 performance of a nature so serious or com11 pelling as to warrant placement of the con12 tractor on the list. 

13 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—If the suspension 

14 and debarment official of the Department of 

15 the Air Force determines, based on evidence de16 scribed in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of sub17 paragraph (A), that the ability of a contractor 

18 to responsibly perform is meaningfully im19 paired, the official shall place the contractor on 

20 the list established under subsection (a). 

21 ‘‘(C) POLICIES.—The suspension and de22 barment official of the Department of the Air 

23 Force shall establish written policies for the 

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1 the list established under subsection (a), includ2 ing policies that require that— 

3 ‘‘(i) contractors proposed for place4 ment on the list shall be provided with no5 tice and an opportunity to respond; 

6 ‘‘(ii) the basis for a final determina7 tion placing a contractor on the list shall 

8 be documented in writing; 

9 ‘‘(iii) in making a determination 

10 under subparagraph (B), the suspension 

11 and debarment official shall coordinate 

12 with the Interagency Committee on Debar13 ment and Suspension constituted under 

14 sections 4 and 5 of Executive Order 12549 

15 (51 Fed. Reg. 6370; relating to debarment 

16 and suspension); and 

17 ‘‘(iv) on request by a contractor, the 

18 contractor shall be removed from the list if 

19 the suspension and debarment official de20 termines that there is evidence that the 

21 issue resulting in placement on the list has 

22 been satisfactorily remediated. 

23 ‘‘(c) EFFECT OF LISTING.— 

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1 ity of the Space Service Acquisition Executive may 

2 not solicit an offer from, award a contract to, con3 sent to a subcontract with, execute a nonprocure4 ment transaction with, or exercise an option on any 

5 space procurement or nonprocurement transaction 

6 within the Department of the Air Force with an en7 tity included on the list established under subsection 

8 (a), unless the Space Service Acquisition Executive 

9 makes a written determination that there is a com10 pelling reason to do so. 

11 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 10 days 

12 after such a determination is made, the Space Serv13 ice Acquisition Executive shall notify the congres14 sional defense committees, the intelligence commit15 tees (as defined in section 3 of the National Security 

16 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), and the Director of 

17 National Intelligence of the determination. 

18 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec19 tion shall be construed as preventing the suspension or 

20 debarment of a contractor, but inclusion on the list estab21 lished under subsection (a) shall not be construed as a 

22 punitive measure or de facto suspension or debarment of 

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1 SEC. 1502. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CERTIFI2 CATIONS REGARDING INTEGRATED TAC3 TICAL WARNING AND ATTACK ASSESSMENT 

4 MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR 

5 FORCE. 

6 Section 1666 of the National Defense Authorization 

7 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 

8 2617) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

10 paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘2026’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘2030’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘the Commander of the 

14 United States Strategic Command’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui16 sition and Sustainment, the Commander of the 

17 United States Strategic Command,’’; 

18 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol19 lows: 

20 ‘‘(b) INABILITY TO CERTIFY.—If the Commander of 

21 the United States Space Command does not make a cer22 tification under subsection (a) by March 31 of any year 

23 in which a certification is required under such subsection, 

24 the Secretary of the Air Force shall— 

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1 integrated tactical warning and attack assessment 

2 system of the Department of the Air Force that are 

3 survivable and endurable under the major command 

4 of the Department of the Air Force commanded by 

5 the single general officer that is responsible for all 

6 aspects of the Department of the Air Force nuclear 

7 mission, as described by Air Force Program Action 

8 Directive D16–01, dated August 2, 2016; and 

9 ‘‘(2) not later than April 30 of that year, sub10 mit to the Secretary of Defense and the congres11 sional defense committees a report describing a plan 

12 to achieve such certification, and the status of pro13 grams and plans to meet the requirements of Presi14 dential directives and Department of Defense poli15 cies applicable to integrated tactical warning and at16 tack assessment systems that are survivable and en17 durable.’’; 

18 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub19 section (d); and 

20 (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol21 lowing new subsection (c): 

22 ‘‘(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of De23 fense may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) of sub24 section (b), if the Secretary certifies to the congressional 

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1 ‘‘(1) the plan described in paragraph (2) of that 

2 subsection is sufficient to ensure that the Depart3 ment of the Air Force is able to satisfy the criteria 

4 under subsection (a); 

5 ‘‘(2) resourcing for executing such plan shall be 

6 addressed, to the maximum extent possible, within 

7 the current fiscal year; and 

8 ‘‘(3) any additional resources necessary to exe9 cute such plan shall be included in future budgetary 

10 requests of the Department of Defense.’’. 

11 SEC. 1503. MODIFICATION OF MILESTONE DECISION AU12 THORITY FOR SPACE-BASED GROUND AND 

13 AIRBORNE MOVING TARGET INDICATION SYS14 TEMS. 

15 Section 1684(b) of the National Defense Authoriza16 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 

17 Stat. 618; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘Milestone A’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘Milestone B’’; 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of the Air 

21 Force’’ and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 

23 Force’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

25 paragraph (2): 


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1 ‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT OF PROGRAM EXECUTIVE

2 OFFICER.—The service acquisition executive for the 

3 Air Force for space systems and programs shall ap4 point a program executive officer, and designate an 

5 office, for the acquisition of space-based air and 

6 moving target indication.’’. 

7 SEC. 1504. SPACE FORCE SATELLITE GROUND SYSTEMS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 135 of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is amended by striking section 2275 and in10 serting the following new section 2275: 

11 ‘‘§ 2275. Space Force satellite ground systems 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary of the 

13 Air Force for Space Acquisitions and Integration, acting 

14 as the service acquisition executive for the Air Force for 

15 space systems and programs, shall not permit a launch 

16 associated with a Space Force satellite acquisition pro17 gram unless the associated ground systems and modifica18 tions are completed and ready for operation so that the 

19 applicable satellite capabilities may be used on completion 

20 of such launch. 

21 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 

23 Force may waive subsection (a) if the Secretary de24 termines that such a launch is necessary for reasons 

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1 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 10 days 

2 after making a determination for purposes of para3 graph (1) that such a launch is necessary for rea4 sons of national security, the Secretary of the Air 

5 Force shall notify the congressional defense commit6 tees of such determination.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

8 for chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amend9 ed by striking the item relating to section 2275 and insert10 ing the following new item: 

‘‘2275. Space Force satellite ground systems.’’. 

11 SEC. 1505. MODIFICATION OF NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN 

12 INTERFERENCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY 

13 SPACE. 

14 Section 2278 of title 10, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

18 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

19 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

20 (A), as redesignated— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘critical’’ before ‘‘na22 tional security space capability’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘The Commander of 

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1 graph (2), the Commander of the United 

2 States Space Command’’; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

4 paragraph (2): 

5 ‘‘(2) With respect to intentional attempts by a foreign 

6 actor to disrupt, degrade, or destroy a United States crit7 ical national security space capability that are continuous 

8 or repetitive in nature, the Commander of the United 

9 States Space Command shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) provide the notice described in paragraph 

11 (1) with respect to the first attempt by such foreign 

12 actor; and 

13 ‘‘(B) not later than the tenth day of each cal14 endar month, provide to the appropriate congres15 sional committees a consolidated notice of such in16 terference that occurred during the preceding cal17 endar month.’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (c), by amending paragraphs 

19 (1) and (2) to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

21 Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Com22 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

23 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

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1 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

2 Representatives.’’. 

3 SEC. 1506. COMMERCIAL AUGMENTATION SPACE RESERVE 

4 PROGRAM. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Part IV of subtitle D of title 

7 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

8 after chapter 961 the following new chapter: 

9 ‘‘CHAPTER 962—COMMERCIAL AUGMENTA10 TION SPACE RESERVE PROGRAM 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘9521. Definitions. 

‘‘9522. Establishment. 

11 ‘‘§ 9521. Definitions 

12 ‘‘In this chapter: 

13 ‘‘(1) CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.—The 

14 term ‘citizen of the United States’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) an individual who is a citizen of the 

16 United States; 

17 ‘‘(B) a partnership each partner of which 

18 is an individual who is a citizen of the United 

19 States; and 

20 ‘‘(C) a corporation or association organized 

21 under the laws of — 

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1 ‘‘(ii) a State, the District of Colum2 bia, or a territory or possession of the 

3 United States. 

4 ‘‘(2) COMMERCIAL AUGMENTATION SPACE RE5 SERVE.—The term ‘Commercial Augmentation 

6 Space Reserve’ means the space products or serv7 ices— 

8 ‘‘(A) allocated, or identified for allocation, 

9 to the Department of Defense under section 

10 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 

11 U.S.C. 4511); or 

12 ‘‘(B) made available, or agreed to be made 

13 available, for use by the Department of Defense 

14 pursuant to a contract entered into under this 

15 title, as part of the program established under 

16 section 9522. 

17 ‘‘(3) CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘contractor’ 

18 means a citizen of the United States who— 

19 ‘‘(A)(i) owns or controls, or will own or 

20 control, a space product or service; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) contracts with the Secretary under 

22 section 9522; 

23 ‘‘(B) subsequently obtains ownership or 

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1 such a contract and assumes all existing obliga2 tions under that contract; or 

3 ‘‘(C)(i) owns or controls, or will own or 

4 control, a space product or service; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) by contract, commits some or all of 

6 the space product or service to the Commercial 

7 Augmentation Space Reserve. 

8 ‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

9 the Secretary of Defense. 

10 ‘‘(5) SPACE PRODUCT OR SERVICE.—The term 

11 ‘space product or service’ means a commercial prod12 uct or commercial service (as such terms are defined 

13 in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regula14 tion), or a noncommercial product or noncommercial 

15 service offered by a commercial company, that oper16 ates to, through, or from space, including any re17 quired terrestrial ground, support, and network sys18 tem and associated service that may be used to sup19 port a military function or mission. 

20 ‘‘§ 9522. Establishment 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish a 

22 program to integrate and augment the space-based capa23 bility of the Department of Defense through the use of 

24 space products or services from the Commercial Aug25 mentation Space Reserve, to be known as the ‘Commercial 


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1 Augmentation Space Reserve Program’ (referred to in this 

2 section as the ‘Program’). 

3 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.—To the extent that 

4 funds are otherwise available for obligation, the Secretary 

5 may enter into a contract with any contractor for space 

6 products or services in support of the Program, subject 

7 to the establishment of and compliance with any required 

8 mitigation measure under the National Industrial Security 

9 Program. 

10 ‘‘(c) COMMITMENT OF SPACE PRODUCTS OR SERV11 ICES AS A BUSINESS FACTOR.—In determining the 

12 amounts to be paid to, and the quantity of space products 

13 or services to be provided by, a specific contractor, the 

14 Secretary may consider the relative quantity of space 

15 products or services committed to the Commercial Aug16 mentation Space Reserve by all contractors. 

17 ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may— 

18 ‘‘(1) prescribe regulations to carry out sub19 sections (a) and (b); and 

20 ‘‘(2) exclude from the applicability of such reg21 ulations any contract for space products or services 

22 made through the use of competitive procedures.’’. 

23 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

24 chapters for part IV of subtitle D of title 10, United 


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1 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 

2 relating to chapter 961 the following new item: 

‘‘962. Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve Program 9521’’. 

3 (b) STUDY AND REPORT ON FINANCIAL PROTECTION

4 FOR CONTRACTORS PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR

5 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPACE OPERATIONS AND AC6 TIVITIES.— 

7 (1) STUDY.—Not later than 60 days after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

9 the Air Force, in coordination with the Secretary of 

10 Defense, shall seek to enter into an agreement with 

11 a federally funded research and development center 

12 with expertise in commercial insurance relating to 

13 space to conduct a study on— 

14 (A) the availability and adequacy of com15 mercial insurance to protect the financial inter16 ests of contractors providing support services to 

17 the Department of Defense for space operations 

18 and activities, taking into account anticipated 

19 risks that may arise from such support; 

20 (B) the adequacy of existing available legal 

21 authorities allowing for United States Govern22 ment protection of such interests in the event 

23 that commercial space insurance is not available 

24 or not available on reasonable terms; and 


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1 (C) potential options for Government-pro2 vided insurance similar to existing aviation and 

3 maritime programs under titles 49 and 46 of 

4 the United States Code, respectively. 

5 (2) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2025, 

6 the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 

7 congressional defense committees a report on the re8 sults of the study required by paragraph (1), includ9 ing any additional comment by the Secretary on 

10 such results. 

11 SEC. 1507. DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFI12 CER FOR SPACE COMMAND, CONTROL, AND 

13 INTEGRATION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 

16 of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, 

17 acting as the service acquisition executive for the Air 

18 Force for space systems and programs, shall designate 

19 from among qualified individuals a Program Executive Of20 ficer for Space Command, Control, and Integration. 

21 (b) DUTIES.—The Program Executive Officer for 

22 Space Command, Control, and Integration shall be respon23 sible for managing and integrating the acquisition for 

24 space command, control, and integration to meet the space 

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1 combatant commands, including by ensuring system-level 

2 integration of each of the following: 

3 (1) Space domain sensors. 

4 (2) Space catalog. 

5 (3) Target recognition. 

6 (4) Weapons system selection and control. 

7 (5) Battle damage assessment. 

8 (6) Associated communications among elements 

9 of the space control and command architecture of 

10 the Department of Defense. 

11 (c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 10 days after the 

12 date on which a designation is made under subsection (a), 

13 the Assistant Secretary shall notify the congressional de14 fense committees of such designation. 

15 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Concurrent with the submis16 sion of each budget of the President under section 1105(a) 

17 of title 31, United States Code, through fiscal year 2030, 

18 the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Com19 mander of the United States Space Command, shall sub20 mit to the congressional defense committees a report on 

21 the activities of the Program Executive Officer for Space 

22 Command, Control, and Integration in furtherance of 

23 meeting the space command, control, and integration re24 quirements of the combatant commands. 


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1 SEC. 1508. MODIFICATION OF QUARTERLY REPORTS ON 

2 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM III SPACE 

3 SEGMENT, GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM 

4 OPERATIONAL CONTROL SEGMENT, AND 

5 MILITARY GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM 

6 USER EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 

7 Section 1621 of the National Defense Authorization 

8 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 

9 1109; 10 U.S.C. 2281 note) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW AND ASSESS13 MENT; BRIEFING.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 

15 shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) review and assess the efforts of the 

17 Department of the Air Force with respect to 

18 Global Positioning System (GPS) modernization 

19 and other positioning, navigation, and timing 

20 systems; and 

21 ‘‘(B) provide to the congressional defense 

22 committees a briefing on— 

23 ‘‘(i) the progress made by the Space 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the efforts the Department of the 

2 Air Force has planned or made to develop 

3 complementary or alternative solutions for 

4 GPS M-code to obtain positioning, naviga5 tion, and timing information through new 

6 signals, systems, and subsystems; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) the extent to which the military 

8 departments have developed and fielded 

9 user equipment with the ability to use M10 code and complementary or alternative so11 lutions. 

12 ‘‘(2) TIMING.—The Comptroller General shall 

13 provide to the congressional defense committees— 

14 ‘‘(A) not later than March 1, 2025, the 

15 briefing required by paragraph (1)(B); 

16 ‘‘(B) a report on the matters described in 

17 that paragraph, to be submitted on a date 

18 agreed upon at such briefing; and 

19 ‘‘(C) any subsequent briefing on the mat20 ters described in that paragraph, as the Comp21 troller General considers appropriate.’’. 

22 SEC. 1509. RESILIENCE OF POSITION, NAVIGATION, AND 

23 TIMING TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning one year after the date 

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1 shall ensure that any position, navigation, and timing 

2 technology and service procured or otherwise acquired by 

3 the Department of Defense on or after the date of the 

4 enactment of this Act shall have the ability to acquire, 

5 track, and provide accurate position, navigation, or timing 

6 information if L1 Signals and L2 Signals are jammed, 

7 spoofed, blocked, or subject to harmful interference. 

8 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (a) shall 

9 not be construed to prohibit the use of any position, navi10 gation, and timing technology and service that is procured 

11 or otherwise acquired before the date that is one year after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Army, the Sec14 retary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force 

15 may each waive the requirement set forth in subsection 

16 (a) if a position, navigation, or timing technology or serv17 ice that is procured or otherwise acquired by the Depart18 ment of Defense on or after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act is determined necessary for national security. 

20 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) The term ‘‘L1 Signal’’ means a signal gen22 erated by a global navigation satellite system in the 

23 1559 to 1610 megahertz band of electromagnetic 

24 spectrum. 


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1 (2) The term ‘‘L2 Signal’’ means a signal gen2 erated by a global navigation satellite system in the 

3 1227.60 megahertz band of electromagnetic spec4 trum. 

5 (3) The term ‘‘position, navigation, and timing 

6 technology and service’’ means a global navigation 

7 satellite system technology and service that enables 

8 positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities. 

9 Subtitle B—Nuclear Forces 

10 SEC. 1511. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE CONGRESSIONAL 

11 STRATEGIC POSTURE COMMISSION. 

12 (a) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the 

13 Senate that— 

14 (1) on October 12, 2023, the Congressional 

15 Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United 

16 States (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Commis17 sion’’) released a final report entitled ‘‘America’s 

18 Strategic Posture’’; 

19 (2) the report, the consensus product of a 12- 

20 person bipartisan commission established by section 

21 1687 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

22 Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 

23 2126) and led by the Honorable Madelyn Creedon 

24 and former Senator Jon Kyl— 


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1 (A) examined the latest intelligence avail2 able on current and projected global strategic 

3 threats; 

4 (B) assessed the adequacy of existing 

5 United States strategies, policies, and capabili6 ties for addressing such threats; and 

7 (C) provided a series of findings and rec8 ommendations, which were subsequently made 

9 available to the President, Congress, and the 

10 general public; 

11 (3) the findings of the Commission reflect a de12 teriorating international security situation that is be13 coming far more dangerous for the United States 

14 and its allies and partners; 

15 (4) the rapid and unprecedented growth of the 

16 nuclear arsenal of the People’s Republic of China, 

17 the massive expansion of its armed forces, and its 

18 increasingly aggressive stance across all domains 

19 have forever altered the global balance of power; 

20 (5) the Government of the Russian Federation 

21 owns, and will likely maintain for the foreseeable fu22 ture, the largest nuclear arsenal on Earth; 

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1 (A) continues to expand and diversify its 

2 nuclear arsenal, air and missile defenses, and 

3 space, cyber, biological, and chemical weapons 

4 capabilities; and 

5 (B) regularly flaunts such capabilities to 

6 threaten and intimidate regional neighbors; 

7 (7) continued efforts by the Democratic Peo8 ple’s Republic of Korea to expand and diversify its 

9 nuclear arsenal, long-range missile systems, and 

10 chemical and biological weapons programs and the 

11 clear willingness to leverage such systems and pro12 grams to threaten and intimidate regional neighbors 

13 poses a growing danger to stability in Northeast 

14 Asia; 

15 (8) the growth of the intercontinental ballistic 

16 missile forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of 

17 Korea presents an acute danger to the people of the 

18 United States; 

19 (9) the Islamic Republic of Iran is committed to 

20 a long-term goal of further developing increasingly 

21 destabilizing missile technologies and acquiring nu22 clear weapons to dominate the greater Middle East; 

23 (10) taken together, such findings reflect a 

24 global security environment very different from any 

25 the United States has ever encountered; 


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1 (11) while the United States served as a bul2 wark against the Soviet Union, enduring the distant 

3 existential threat the Government of the Soviet 

4 Union posed for decades, and defied the persistent 

5 daily threat of terrorism from the earliest days of 

6 the 21st century, the United States has never faced 

7 a more complex set of global threats than are 

8 arrayed before it as of the date of the enactment of 

9 this Act; and 

10 (12) the United States, in order to maintain its 

11 position in the international order, must recognize 

12 this new threat environment, and urgently take 

13 prompt, decisive action to transform its aging array 

14 of defenses, renovate long-neglected industrial capa15 bilities, rebuild a strong and vibrant workforce, re16 build allied confidence in the support and leadership 

17 of the United States, and craft a common, unifying 

18 vision of purpose for all United States citizens. 

19 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

20 United States that— 

21 (1) the deterrence of strategic attacks, and in 

22 particular nuclear attacks, against the United States 

23 and its allies is the highest defense priority of the 

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1 (2) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 

2 of Energy are provided with all necessary authorities 

3 and resources required to ensure the maintenance of 

4 a modern, effective strategic deterrent to meet the 

5 emerging suite of unprecedented strategic threats 

6 against the United States. 

7 SEC. 1512. REVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE STRA8 TEGIC POSTURE COMMISSION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2025, 

10 the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, act11 ing through the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Coun12 cil, shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

13 a review of the recommendations of the report entitled 

14 ‘‘America’s Strategic Posture: The Final Report of the 

15 Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the 

16 United States’’ and dated October 2023. 

17 (b) CONTENTS.—The review required by subsection 

18 (a) shall include the following: 

19 (1) An assessment of the extent to which imple20 mentation of each recommendation may contribute 

21 to the deterrence of particular threats anticipated 

22 within in the time frame of the report. 

23 (2) A determination of whether each such rec24 ommendation has been or will be addressed by the 


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1 Department of Defense or the Department of En2 ergy, and if applicable— 

3 (A) how such recommendation has been or 

4 will be addressed; or 

5 (B) why such recommendation will not be 

6 addressed. 

7 (3) For each recommendation, an estimate of 

8 the cost of implementation. 

9 (4) A description of any anticipated impacts to 

10 the Defense Industrial Base or the Nuclear Security 

11 Enterprise required to support a recommendation, 

12 and any projected net benefits to the economic com13 petitiveness of the United States. 

14 (5) A description of the impact, if any, of im15 plementing a recommendation with respect to other 

16 activities of the Department of Defense or the De17 partment of Energy. 

18 (6) Such other information as the Chairman of 

19 the Nuclear Weapons Council determines relevant to 

20 the review. 

21 (c) FORM.—The review required by subsection (a) 

22 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

23 a classified annex. 


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1 SEC. 1513. MATTERS RELATING TO THE NUCLEAR-ARMED 

2 SEA-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE. 

3 (a) JAMES M. INHOFE NATIONAL DEFENSE AU4 THORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.—Section 

5 1642 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authoriza6 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 

7 Stat. 595) is amended by striking ‘‘W80-4 warhead’’ each 

8 place it appears and inserting ‘‘W80-4 ALT or an alter9 native warhead’’. 

10 (b) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR

11 FISCAL YEAR 2024.—Section 1640 of the National De12 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 

13 118–31; 137 Stat. 597) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘nuclear weapon 

17 project for’’ and inserting ‘‘nuclear weapon 

18 system project with’’; and 

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(or an alternative 

20 warhead in accordance subsection (e))’’ 

21 after ‘‘W80–4 ALT warhead’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘W80–4 

23 ALT’’; and inserting ‘‘nuclear weapon system’’; 

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1 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘W80–4 

2 ALT nuclear weapon project’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘nuclear weapon system’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘W80–4 ALT 

5 project’’ and inserting ‘‘nuclear weapon system 

6 project described in subsection (a)(3)’’; 

7 (3) by redesignating subsections (e) through (g) 

8 as subsections (f) through (h), respectively; and 

9 (4) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol10 lowing new subsection (e): 

11 ‘‘(e) SELECTION OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON SYSTEM

12 WITH AN ALTERNATIVE WARHEAD.— 

13 ‘‘(1) BRIEFING, CERTIFICATION, AND WAITING

14 PERIOD.—For purposes of subsection (a)(3), the 

15 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Sec16 retary of Energy, may carry out a nuclear weapons 

17 system project with an alternative warhead to the 

18 W80–4 ALT warhead, if— 

19 ‘‘(A) the Secretaries jointly provide to the 

20 congressional defense committees a briefing 

21 that includes— 

22 ‘‘(i) a description of the alternative 

23 warhead to be developed under the project; 

24 ‘‘(ii) an estimate and description of 

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1 programmatic impacts for the research, de2 velopment, and production of such alter3 native warhead; 

4 ‘‘(iii) an explanation of the reasons 

5 the Secretaries intend to develop a nuclear 

6 weapon system with such alternative war7 head instead of— 

8 ‘‘(I) the W80–4 ALT warhead; 

9 or 

10 ‘‘(II) any other warhead options 

11 that may have been considered; 

12 ‘‘(iv) a written certification from the 

13 Secretaries that— 

14 ‘‘(I) if selected as the preferred 

15 option, the nuclear weapon system 

16 with the alternative warhead is ex17 pected— 

18 ‘‘(aa) to more favorably bal19 ance cost, schedule, and pro20 grammatic impacts than the nu21 clear weapons system with the 

22 W80–4 ALT warhead; 

23 ‘‘(bb) to enable the nuclear 

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1 capability faster than directed by 

2 subsection (b); and 

3 ‘‘(cc) to enable a more mili4 tary effective nuclear armed, sea5 launched cruise missile than 

6 would otherwise be achievable 

7 using the W80–4 ALT warhead; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(II) any funds required for such 

10 alternative warhead will be included in 

11 the materials submitted by the Secre12 taries in support of the budget of the 

13 President (as submitted to Congress 

14 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 

15 United States Code) for fiscal year 

16 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter 

17 until the selected warhead achieves 

18 full operational capability, as deter19 mined by the Commander of United 

20 States Strategic Command; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) FORM OF BRIEFING.—The briefing under 

2 paragraph (1)(A) may be submitted in classified 

3 form.’’. 

4 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM ELEMENT.—Be5 ginning on the date of the submission of the budget of 

6 the President for fiscal year 2026 in accordance with sec7 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 

8 of the Navy shall— 

9 (1) establish a separate, dedicated program ele10 ment for the development of a nuclear-armed, sea11 launched cruise missile within the budget program 

12 elements for Navy Strategic Systems Programs; and 

13 (2) ensure that all Navy activities in support of 

14 such acquisition are executed within such program 

15 element. 

16 (d) FUNDING LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized 

17 to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2025 for 

18 operations and maintenance, Navy, and made available to 

19 the Secretary of the Navy for the travel of persons, not 

20 more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until 

21 the date on which the Secretary of the Navy submits to 

22 the congressional defense committees a certification that 

23 the Department of the Navy— 

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1 launched cruise missile required by section 1640 of 

2 the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 

3 year 2024 (Public Law 118–31); and 

4 (2) is taking the steps required to comply with 

5 the direction promulgated by Under Secretary of De6 fense for Acquisition and Sustainment memo7 randum, ‘‘Nuclear-Armed, Sea-Launched Cruise 

8 Missile Program Material Development Decision Ac9 quisition Memorandum,’’ dated March 21, 2024. 

10 SEC. 1514. ASSESSMENT OF UPDATED FORCE SIZING RE11 QUIREMENTS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

14 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit 

15 to the congressional defense committees a strategy that 

16 enables the United States to concurrently— 

17 (1) achieve the nuclear employment objectives 

18 of the President against any adversary that conducts 

19 a strategic attack against the United States or its 

20 allies; 

21 (2) hold at risk all classes of adversary targets 

22 described in the nuclear weapons employment guid23 ance issued by the President as of the date of the 

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1 (3) defend against simultaneous aggression by 

2 two near-peer nuclear-armed competitors; and 

3 (4) provide a credible defense against limited 

4 long-range strikes against the United States home5 land. 

6 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

7 (a) shall include the following elements: 

8 (1) An assessment of the quantities and types 

9 of forces necessary to implement such strategy. 

10 (2) Pursuant to section 491 of title 10, United 

11 States Code, a description of the classes of targets 

12 necessary to hold at risk via nuclear forces in order 

13 to achieve the requirements of the United States 

14 Strategic Command and the deterrence and assur15 ance objectives of the United States. 

16 (3) A projection of the planned growth in po17 tential target quantities due to the expansion and di18 versification of likely adversary capabilities during 

19 the period beginning on the date of the enactment 

20 of this Act and ending on the date that is 10 years 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

22 (4) A comparison of the quantities and various 

23 employment options available in the nuclear weapons 

24 stockpile of the United States since January 1, 

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1 during the period beginning on the date of the en2 actment of this Act and ending on the date that is 

3 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 (5) An assessment of the impact of delays in 

5 ongoing or planned modernization of nuclear, missile 

6 defense, space, or conventional long-range strike pro7 grams of the United States. 

8 (6) Any other factors the Secretary or the 

9 Chairman believe pertinent for assessing force sizing 

10 requirements. 

11 (c) FORM.—The strategy required by subsection (a) 

12 shall be submitted in classified form and shall include a 

13 unclassified summary. 

14 SEC. 1515. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF INTERCONTI15 NENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES OF THE UNITED 

16 STATES. 

17 (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 

18 (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 

19 this Act for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of De20 fense may be obligated or expended for the following, and 

21 the Department may not otherwise take any action to do 

22 the following: 

23 (1) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the respon24 siveness or alert level of the intercontinental ballistic 

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1 (2) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the quantity 

2 of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 

3 United States to a number less than 400. 

4 (b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 

5 shall not apply to any of the following activities: 

6 (1) The maintenance or sustainment of inter7 continental ballistic missiles. 

8 (2) Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability 

9 of intercontinental ballistic missiles. 

10 (3) Facilitating the transition from the LGM11 30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile 

12 to the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic 

13 missile. 

14 SEC. 1516. PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF 

15 ADDITIONAL INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC 

16 MISSILES. 

17 (a) ACTIVATION PLAN.—Not later than 120 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

19 of the Air Force, in coordination with the Under Secretary 

20 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Com21 mander of United States Strategic Command, shall de22 velop a plan for deploying up to 450 Sentinel interconti23 nental ballistic missiles during the planned life of the Sen24 tinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system. 


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1 (b) ALTERNATIVE ACQUISITION STRATEGY.—In de2 veloping the plan required by subsection (a), the Secretary 

3 shall direct the Program Executive Officer for Interconti4 nental Ballistic Missiles to prepare an alternative acquisi5 tion strategy for the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic mis6 sile weapon system that accommodates the deployment of 

7 up to 450 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles, 

8 which shall include— 

9 (1) a plan to procure booster sets that will ac10 commodate the continuous deployment of 450 Sen11 tinel intercontinental ballistic missiles during the 

12 planned life of the system and satisfy anticipated 

13 testing requirements; 

14 (2) a plan develop and to procure reentry vehi15 cles necessary to support the planned life of the 

16 weapon system and satisfy anticipated testing re17 quirements; 

18 (3) a plan develop and to procure counter19 measures to support the deployment of 450 Sentinel 

20 intercontinental ballistic missiles during the planned 

21 life of the system and satisfy anticipated testing re22 quirements; 

23 (4) a plan to procure ground support and main24 tenance equipment to support the deployment of 450 


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1 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles during the 

2 planned life of the system; and 

3 (5) recommendations for adjustments to the 

4 baseline acquisition strategy as the Program Execu5 tive Officer determines necessary to achieve the plan 

6 required by subsection (a). 

7 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

8 after the development of the plan required by subsection 

9 (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 

10 congressional defense committees a report containing a 

11 summary of the plan and initial acquisition cost estimates 

12 and timelines for executing the plan. 

13 (d) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DE14 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 

15 committees’’ means— 

16 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

17 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

18 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

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1 SEC. 1517. PERIODIC UPDATES ON THE PILOT PROGRAM 

2 ON DEVELOPMENT OF REENTRY VEHICLES 

3 AND RELATED SYSTEMS. 

4 Section 1645 of the National Defense Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 

6 598) is amended by— 

7 (1) redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

8 (e); and 

9 (2) inserting after subsection (c) the following 

10 new subsection (d): 

11 ‘‘(d) PERIODIC UPDATES.—Not later than March 1 

12 of any year in which the Secretary commences carrying 

13 out a pilot program under this section, and not later than 

14 each of March 1 and September 1 of each year of the pilot 

15 program thereafter, the Secretary shall provide to the con16 gressional defense committees a briefing on the activities 

17 of the pilot program described in subsection (a).’’. 

18 SEC. 1518. PERIODIC UPDATES ON THE MODERNIZATION 

19 OF THE STRATEGIC AUTOMATED COMMAND 

20 AND CONTROL SYSTEM. 

21 Section 1644 of the National Defense Authorization 

22 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 

23 598) is amended by adding at the end the following sub24 section: 

25 ‘‘(c) PERIODIC UPDATES.—Beginning not later than 

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1 September 1 annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Air 

2 Force shall provide to the congressional defense commit3 tees a briefing on the progress of the modernization effort 

4 described in subsection (a).’’. 

5 SEC. 1519. AVAILABILITY OF AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT 

6 FUNDS FOR HEAT SHIELD MATERIAL FOR 

7 MK21A REENTRY VEHICLE. 

8 The Secretary of the Air Force may enter into con9 tracts for the life-of-program procurement of heat shield 

10 material and related processing activities for the Mk21A 

11 Reentry Vehicle program. 

12 SEC. 1520. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND13 ING SUBMISSION OF PLAN FOR DECREASING 

14 THE TIME TO UPLOAD ADDITIONAL WAR15 HEADS TO THE INTERCONTINENTAL BAL16 LISTIC MISSILE FLEET. 

17 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

18 Act for fiscal year 2025 for operation and maintenance, 

19 Air Force, and available for the Secretary of the Air Force 

20 for the travel of persons, not more than 70 percent may 

21 be obligated or expended until the date on which the Sec22 retary of the Air Force submits the plan required by sec23 tion 1650 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

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1 SEC. 1521. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND2 ING SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION ON OP3 TIONS FOR ENHANCING NATIONAL NUCLEAR 

4 SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACCESS TO THE 

5 DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE. 

6 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

7 Act for fiscal year 2025 for operation and maintenance, 

8 defense-wide, and available to the Office of the Assistant 

9 Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy for the 

10 travel of persons, not more than 80 percent may be obli11 gated or expended until the date on which the Assistant 

12 Secretary provides the briefing on options for enhancing 

13 National Nuclear Security Administration access to the 

14 defense industrial base required on page 389 of Senate 

15 Report 118–58, accompanying S.2226 (118th Congress). 

16 SEC. 1522. PLAN FOR OPERATIONAL BED DOWN OF THE 

17 LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON. 

18 (a) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

19 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, 

20 in coordination with the Commander of United States 

21 Strategic Command and the Commander of Air Force 

22 Global Strike Command, shall submit to the congressional 

23 defense committees a plan that outlines the planned activi24 ties and resource timing for ensuring not fewer than two 

25 Air Force bomber wings will be prepared to operate, main26 tain, store, and secure the Long Range Standoff Weapon 


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1 (LRSO) by the date upon which initial operational capa2 bility is declared for the LRSO. 

3 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the sub4 mission of the plan required by subsection (a), the Sec5 retary of the Air Force shall brief the congressional de6 fense committees on the actions being pursued to imple7 ment the plan. 

8 SEC. 1523. EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON DEVELOP9 MENT OF REENTRY VEHICLES AND RELATED 

10 SYSTEMS. 

11 Section 1645 of the National Defense Authorization 

12 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is amend13 ed— 

14 (a) in subsection (a)— 

15 (1) by striking, ‘‘The Secretary of the Air 

16 Force’’ and inserting, ‘‘The Secretary of the Army, 

17 the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the 

18 Air Force, acting jointly or separately,’’; 

19 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

20 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

21 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol22 lowing new paragraph (2): 

23 ‘‘(2) expand the availability of operationally 

24 qualifiable vendors within the defense industrial 

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1 (4) by striking, ‘‘reentry vehicles’’ each place it 

2 appears and inserting ‘‘reentry vehicles and reentry 

3 systems’’; 

4 (b) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘each Secretary’’; 

6 (c) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—If the Secretary of the Army, 

9 the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air 

10 Force, acting jointly or separately, carries out a pilot pro11 gram under this section, such Secretary or Secretaries 

12 shall ensure that the activities under the pilot program 

13 are carried out in coordination with the Under Secretary 

14 of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Director 

15 of the Missile Defense Agency.’’; and 

16 (d) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2029’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘2030’’. 

18 SEC. 1524. EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR LONG RANGE STAND19 OFF CAPABILITY. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 90 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

22 of the Air Force shall initiate a program to reconvert B23 52 bombers that had been previously modified to carry 

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1 eration on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limi2 tation of Strategic Offensive Arms signed on April 8, 

3 2010, and entered into force on February 5, 2011 (com4 monly known as the ‘‘New START Treaty’’). 

5 (b) CONVERSION OF B-52 BOMBERS.— 

6 (1) NUCLEAR CERTIFICATION START DATE.—In 

7 implementing the program described in subsection 

8 (a), the Secretary shall not take any actions incon9 sistent with United States obligations under the 

10 New START Treaty before the expiration of the 

11 New START Treaty. 

12 (2) COMPLETION DATE.—The Secretary shall 

13 ensure that the reconversion of B-52 bombers de14 scribed in subsection (a) is complete by not later 

15 than December 31, 2029. 

16 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 are authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000 under Air18 craft Procurement, Air Force, B-52, APAF, Line 21, 

19 B05200 for B-52 to carry out subsection (a). 

20 (d) FUNDING PROFILE FOR INCREASED PRODUC21 TION OF THE LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON.—Not 

22 later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 

23 this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Under 

24 Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and 

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1 the congressional defense committees a report on the funding profile necessary, by fiscal year, to expand by 1 2 ⁄3 the 

3 planned procurement of the Long Range Standoff Weap4 on. 

5 SEC. 1525. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MAN6 AGEMENT AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

8 DEFENSE FOR NUCLEAR DETERRENCE POLICY AND PRO9 GRAMS.—Section 138(b)(4) of title 10, United States 

10 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(4)(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries is the 

12 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Deter13 rence Policy and Programs. The principal duty of 

14 the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall super15 vision (including oversight of policy and resources) 

16 of nuclear deterrence activities of the Department of 

17 Defense. The Assistant Secretary is the principal ci18 vilian adviser to the Secretary of Defense on nuclear 

19 deterrence policies, operations, and associated pro20 grams within the senior management of the Depart21 ment of Defense. Subject to the authority, direction, 

22 and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Assist23 ant Secretary shall— 

24 ‘‘(i) advise and assist the Secretary of 

25 Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense 


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1 for Acquisition and Sustainment, and the 

2 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in 

3 the development and supervision of policy, 

4 program planning and execution, and allo5 cation and use of resources for the activi6 ties of the Department of Defense on all 

7 matters relating to the sustainment, oper8 ation, and modernization of United States 

9 nuclear forces; 

10 ‘‘(ii) communicate views on issues 

11 within the responsibility of the Assistant 

12 Secretary directly to the Secretary of De13 fense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense 

14 without obtaining the approval or concur15 rence of any other official within the De16 partment of Defense; 

17 ‘‘(iii) serve as the Staff Director of 

18 the Nuclear Weapons Council established 

19 by section 179; 

20 ‘‘(iv) serve as the principal interface 

21 with the Department of Energy on issues 

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1 ronment, advise the Secretary of Defense 

2 on nuclear energy matters; and 

3 ‘‘(v) advise the Secretary of Defense, 

4 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui5 sition and Sustainment, and the Under 

6 Secretary of Defense for Policy on all mat7 ters relating to defending against chemical, 

8 biological, and other weapons of mass de9 struction. 

10 ‘‘(B) In the discharge of the responsibil11 ities specified in subparagraph (A), the Assist12 ant Secretary is immediately subordinate to the 

13 Secretary of Defense. Unless otherwise directed 

14 by the President or statute, no officer other 

15 than those specified in subparagraph (A)(i) may 

16 intervene to exercise authority, direction, or 

17 control over the Assistant Secretary in the dis18 charge of such responsibilities.’’. 

19 (b) MODIFICATION OF DUTIES FOR UNDER SEC20 RETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND

21 SUSTAINMENT.—Section 133b of title 10, United States 

22 Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (5)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 

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1 (B) by adding after subparagraph (C), the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(D) chairman of the Nuclear Weapons 

4 Council established by section 179; and 

5 ‘‘(E) co-chairman of the Council on Over6 sight of the National Leadership Command, 

7 Control, and Communications System estab8 lished by section 171a;’’; and 

9 (2) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol10 lows: 

11 ‘‘(6) overseeing— 

12 ‘‘(A) the sustainment and modernization of 

13 United States nuclear forces, including the nu14 clear command, control, and communications 

15 system; and 

16 ‘‘(B) military department and Defense 

17 Agency programs to develop capabilities to 

18 counter weapons of mass destruction;’’. 

19 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 179 of 

20 title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Nu21 clear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs’’ each 

22 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Nuclear Deterrence Policy 

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1 Subtitle C—Missile Defense 

2 SEC. 1531. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL INTEGRATED 

3 AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE 

4 FOR THE UNITED STATES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

7 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consulta8 tion with the Commander of the United States Northern 

9 Command, the Commander of the United States Space 

10 Command, and the Director of the Missile Defense Agen11 cy, shall develop a comprehensive integrated architecture 

12 for defending the United States against all forms of mis13 sile attacks. 

14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The architecture required by sub15 section (a) shall include the following elements: 

16 (1) An identification of terrestrial, maritime, 

17 orbital, and cyber technological capabilities to ad18 dress nonballistic and ballistic missile threats to the 

19 United States, including the sensor, command and 

20 control, and missile defeat systems that the Sec21 retary and Chairman determine are required for the 

22 operation of an integrated missile defense architec23 ture for the United States during the 10 year period 

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1 (2) The technological requirements to ensure 

2 compatibility with the integrated air and missile de3 fense capabilities of the North Atlantic Treaty Orga4 nization and integrated air and missile defense ar5 chitecture in the Indo-Pacific region that is under 

6 development as of the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act. 

8 (3) An integrated, time-phased development, 

9 procurement, and deployment schedule for the sys10 tems comprising the specified architecture. 

11 (4) The development and integration risk of the 

12 proposed architecture. 

13 (5) The personnel required to operate the pro14 posed architecture, including opportunities for reduc15 ing the anticipated personnel requirements through 

16 increased use of automation. 

17 (6) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense 

18 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff con19 sider appropriate. 

20 (c) DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR

21 ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT.— 

22 (1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 90 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec24 retary of Defense shall designate a senior official of 


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1 the Department of Defense who shall be responsible 

2 for the architecture specified in subsection (a). 

3 (2) DUTIES.—The duties of the official des4 ignated under paragraph (1) shall include the fol5 lowing: 

6 (A) Designing the defensive architecture 

7 for the United States. 

8 (B) Overseeing development of an inte9 grated missile defense acquisition strategy for 

10 the United States. 

11 (C) Ensuring the budgets of each military 

12 department and defense agency are appropriate 

13 for the architecture required by subsection (a). 

14 (D) Siting the integrated missile defense 

15 systems comprising the architecture described 

16 in subsection (a). 

17 (E) Overseeing long-term acquisition and 

18 sustainment of the architecture. 

19 (F) Such other duties as the Secretary de20 termines appropriate. 

21 (3) REPORT REQUIRED.—Concurrent with the 

22 submission of each budget of the President under 

23 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, until 

24 the end of the period specified in paragraph (4), the 

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1 to the congressional defense committees a report on 

2 the actions taken by the official to carry out the du3 ties set forth under paragraph (2). 

4 (4) TERMINATION.—The authority of this sub5 section shall terminate on the date that is 3 years 

6 after the date on which the official designated under 

7 paragraph (1) determines that the integrated missile 

8 defense architecture described in subsection (a) has 

9 achieved initial operational capability. 

10 (d) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DE11 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 

12 committees’’ means— 

13 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

14 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

15 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

16 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives. 

18 SEC. 1532. REPORTING OF INCIDENTS AFFECTING THE 

19 AVAILABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES 

20 HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

22 notify the appropriate members of Congress within 24 

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1 bility of the system to adequately respond to its oper2 ational mission as required by the Commander of United 

3 States Northern Command. 

4 (b) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DE5 FINED.—For the purposes of this section, ‘‘appropriate 

6 members of Congress’’ means the chairs and ranking 

7 members of the congressional defense committees. 

8 SEC. 1533. IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE 

9 SYSTEM AND ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE 

10 DEFENSE PROGRAM CO-DEVELOPMENT AND 

11 CO-PRODUCTION. 

12 (a) IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE

13 SYSTEM.— 

14 (1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the funds 

15 authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal 

16 year 2025 for procurement, Defense-wide, and avail17 able for the Missile Defense Agency, not more than 

18 $110,000,000 may be provided to the Government of 

19 Israel to procure components for the Iron Dome 

20 short-range rocket defense system through co-pro21 duction of such components in the United States by 

22 industry of the United States. 

23 (2) CONDITIONS.— 

24 (A) AGREEMENT.—Funds described in 

25 paragraph (1) for the Iron Dome short-range 


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1 rocket defense program shall be available sub2 ject to the terms and conditions in the Agree3 ment Between the Department of Defense of 

4 the United States of America and the Ministry 

5 of Defense of the State of Israel Concerning 

6 Iron Dome Defense System Procurement, 

7 signed on March 5, 2014, as amended to in8 clude co-production for Tamir interceptors. 

9 (B) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 

10 days prior to the initial obligation of funds de11 scribed in paragraph (1), the Under Secretary 

12 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

13 shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

14 committees— 

15 (i) a certification that the amended bi16 lateral international agreement specified in 

17 subparagraph (A) is being implemented as 

18 provided in such agreement; 

19 (ii) an assessment detailing any risks 

20 relating to the implementation of such 

21 agreement; and 

22 (iii) for system improvements result23 ing in modified Iron Dome components 

24 and Tamir interceptor sub-components, a 

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1 has demonstrated successful completion of 

2 Production Readiness Reviews, including 

3 the validation of production lines, the 

4 verification of component conformance, 

5 and the verification of performance to 

6 specification as defined in the Iron Dome 

7 Defense System Procurement Agreement, 

8 as further amended. 

9 (b) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PRO10 GRAM, DAVID’S SLING WEAPON SYSTEM CO-PRODUC11 TION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), of 

13 the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

14 year 2025 for procurement, Defense-wide, and avail15 able for the Missile Defense Agency not more than 

16 $40,000,000 may be provided to the Government of 

17 Israel to procure the David’s Sling Weapon System, 

18 including for co-production of parts and components 

19 in the United States by United States industry. 

20 (2) AGREEMENT.—Provision of funds specified 

21 in paragraph (1) shall be subject to the terms and 

22 conditions in the bilateral co-production agreement, 

23 including— 

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1 erwise meets best efforts (as mutually agreed to 

2 by the United States and Israel); and 

3 (B) co-production of parts, components, 

4 and all-up rounds (if appropriate) in the United 

5 States by United States industry for the Da6 vid’s Sling Weapon System is not less than 50 

7 percent. 

8 (3) CERTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT.—The 

9 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

10 Sustainment shall submit to the appropriate con11 gressional committees— 

12 (A) a certification that the Government of 

13 Israel has demonstrated the successful comple14 tion of the knowledge points, technical mile15 stones, and Production Readiness Reviews re16 quired by the research, development, and tech17 nology agreement and the bilateral co-produc18 tion agreement for the David’s Sling Weapon 

19 System; and 

20 (B) an assessment detailing any risks re21 lating to the implementation of such agreement. 

22 (c) ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PRO23 GRAM, ARROW 3 UPPER TIER INTERCEPTOR PROGRAM

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), of 

2 the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

3 year 2025 for procurement, Defense-wide, and avail4 able for the Missile Defense Agency not more than 

5 $50,000,000 may be provided to the Government of 

6 Israel for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Pro7 gram, including for co-production of parts and com8 ponents in the United States by United States in9 dustry. 

10 (2) CERTIFICATION.—The Under Secretary of 

11 Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall sub12 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

13 certification that— 

14 (A) the Government of Israel has dem15 onstrated the successful completion of the 

16 knowledge points, technical milestones, and 

17 Production Readiness Reviews required by the 

18 research, development, and technology agree19 ment for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor 

20 Program; 

21 (B) funds specified in paragraph (1) will 

22 be provided on the basis of a one-for-one cash 

23 match made by Israel or in another matching 

24 amount that otherwise meets best efforts (as 


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1 mutually agreed to by the United States and 

2 Israel); 

3 (C) the United States has entered into a 

4 bilateral international agreement with Israel 

5 that establishes, with respect to the use of such 

6 funds— 

7 (i) in accordance with subparagraph 

8 (D), the terms of co-production of parts 

9 and components on the basis of the great10 est practicable co-production of parts, com11 ponents, and all-up rounds (if appropriate) 

12 by United States industry and minimizes 

13 nonrecurring engineering and facilitization 

14 expenses to the costs needed for co-produc15 tion; 

16 (ii) complete transparency on the re17 quirement of Israel for the number of 

18 interceptors and batteries that will be pro19 cured, including with respect to the pro20 curement plans, acquisition strategy, and 

21 funding profiles of Israel; 

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1 (iv) a joint affordability working 

2 group to consider cost reduction initiatives; 

3 and 

4 (v) joint approval processes for third5 party sales; and 

6 (D) the level of co-production described in 

7 subparagraph (C)(i) for the Arrow 3 Upper 

8 Tier Interceptor Program is not less than 50 

9 percent. 

10 (d) NUMBER.—In carrying out paragraph (2) of sub11 section (b) and paragraph (2) of subsection (c), the Under 

12 Secretary may submit— 

13 (1) one certification covering both the David’s 

14 Sling Weapon System and the Arrow 3 Upper Tier 

15 Interceptor Program; or 

16 (2) separate certifications for each respective 

17 system. 

18 (e) TIMING.—The Under Secretary shall submit to 

19 the congressional defense committees the certification and 

20 assessment under subsection (b)(3) and the certification 

21 under subsection (c)(2) no later than 30 days before the 

22 funds specified in paragraph (1) of subsections (b) and 

23 (c) for the respective system covered by the certification 

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1 (f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres3 sional committees’’ means the following: 

4 (1) The congressional defense committees. 

5 (2) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

6 Senate and the 

7 (3) Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

8 of Representatives. 

9 SEC. 1534. PLAN FOR COMPREHENSIVE BALLISTIC MISSILE 

10 DEFENSE RADAR COVERAGE OF GUAM. 

11 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact12 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall, in co13 ordination with the Commander of United States Indo14 Pacific Command and the Director of the Missile Defense 

15 Agency, submit to the congressional defense committees 

16 a plan, including an implementation schedule— 

17 (1) to provide simultaneous radar coverage of 

18 ballistic missile threats against Guam from China 

19 and North Korea; and 

20 (2) to enable, if necessary, the effective engage21 ment of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense inter22 ceptors against incoming attacks on Guam. 


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1 SEC. 1535. ANNUAL BRIEFING ON MISSILE DEFENSE OF 

2 GUAM. 

3 (a) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Concurrent with the 

4 first submittal to Congress of a budget pursuant to section 

5 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, after the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act and with each submittal of 

7 a budget to Congress pursuant to such section until the 

8 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

9 Sustainment determines that the missile defense system 

10 protecting Guam reaches full operational capability, the 

11 Under Secretary shall provide the congressional defense 

12 committees a briefing on the missile defense of Guam. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing provided pursuant to 

14 subsection (a) shall cover the following: 

15 (1) The current architecture of the missile de16 fense system protecting Guam as compared to the 

17 prior year. 

18 (2) A consolidated list of funds requested within 

19 the Future Years Defense Program for the missile 

20 defense of Guam as compared to the prior fiscal 

21 year, including the following: 

22 (A) Missile defense systems. 

23 (B) Missile defense interceptors. 

24 (C) Network and communications systems. 

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1 (E) Software development. 

2 (F) Military construction. 

3 (G) Operations and maintenance. 

4 (H) Civilian and military personnel. 

5 (I) Such other matters as the Under Sec6 retary considers appropriate. 

7 (c) MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS.—Each briefing provided 

8 pursuant to subsection (a) shall include notable highlights 

9 and changes affecting the progress towards initial and full 

10 operational capability of the missile defense system pro11 tecting Guam. 

12 SEC. 1536. ESTABLISHING CAPABILITIES TO FURTHER JOR13 DANIAN AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE. 

14 (a) REQUIREMENT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), 

16 the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with 

17 the Commander of Central Command, work coopera18 tively with the Minister of Defense of the Hashemite 

19 Kingdom of Jordan to establish or further capabili20 ties for countering air and missile threats from Iran 

21 and its terrorist proxies, including the threat from 

22 unmanned aerial systems, that threaten the United 

23 States, Jordan, and other allies and partners of the 

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1 (2) PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY

2 AND INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 

3 that any activities carried out under this subsection 

4 are conducted in a manner that appropriately pro5 tects sensitive technology and information and the 

6 national security interests of the United States and 

7 the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 

8 (b) LIMITATION AND REPORT.—Activities may not be 

9 carried out under subsection (a) until after the Secretary 

10 submits to the congressional defense committees a report 

11 setting forth the following: 

12 (1) A memorandum of agreement between the 

13 United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jor14 dan regarding sharing of research and development 

15 costs for the capabilities described in subparagraph 

16 (A) and any supporting documents. 

17 (2) A certification that the memorandum of 

18 agreement— 

19 (A) requires sharing of costs of projects, 

20 including in-kind support, between the United 

21 States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; 

22 (B) establishes a framework to negotiate 

23 the rights to any intellectual property developed 

24 under the memorandum of agreement; and 


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1 (C) requires the United States Government 

2 to receive semiannual reports on expenditure of 

3 funds, if any, by the Government of the 

4 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, including a de5 scription of what the funds have been used for, 

6 when funds were expended, and an identifica7 tion of entities that expended the funds. 

8 (c) MIDDLE EAST INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE

9 DEFENSE.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 1658 of 

11 the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authoriza12 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

13 263), the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation 

14 with the Secretary of State and with the concurrence 

15 of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, develop a 

16 plan to bolster the participation of Jordan in a mul17 tinational integrated air and missile defense archi18 tecture to protect the people, infrastructure, and ter19 ritory of Jordan from cruise and ballistic missiles, 

20 manned and unmanned aerial systems, and rocket 

21 attacks from Iran and groups linked to Iran. 

22 (2) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2025, 

23 the Secretary and the Commander of United States 

24 Central Command shall provide the Committee on 

25 Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 


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1 Armed Services of the House of Representatives a 

2 briefing on the progress of the Department of De3 fense towards bolstering the participation of Jordan 

4 in a multinational integrated air and missile defense 

5 architecture, and provide a list of requirements, with 

6 cost estimates, for strengthening the defense of Jor7 dan within this architecture. 

8 SEC. 1537. ORGANIZATION AND CODIFICATION OF PROVI9 SIONS OF LAW RELATING TO MISSILE DE10 FENSE. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subtitle A of title 10, 

12 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

13 following new chapter: 

14 ‘‘CHAPTER 26—MISSILE DEFENSE 

‘‘Sec. 500aa. Missile defense agency. 

‘‘Sec. 500ab. Prohibitions relating to missile defense information and systems. 

‘‘Sec. 500ac. Ballistic missile defense programs: program elements. 

‘‘Sec. 500ad. Ballistic missile defense programs: display of amounts for research, development, test, and evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 500ae. Unfunded priorities of the missile defense agency: annual report. 

‘‘Sec. 500af. Acquisition accountability reports on the ballistic missile defense 

system. 

‘‘Sec. 500ag. Missile defense and defeat programs: major force program and 

budget assessment. 

‘‘Sec. 500ah. Biannual briefing on missile defense and related activities. 

‘‘Sec. 500ai. Limitation on Missile Defense Agency production of satellites and 

ground systems associated with operation of such satellites. 

‘‘Sec. 500aj. Development of space-based ballistic missile intercept layer. 

‘‘Sec. 500ak. National missile defense policy. 

‘‘Sec. 500al. Technical authority for integrated air and missile defense activities 

and programs. 

‘‘Sec. 500am. Hypersonic defense capability development. 

‘‘Sec. 500an. Required testing of ground-based midcourse defense element of 

ballistic missile defense system. 

‘‘Sec. 500ao. Integration and interoperability of air and missile defense capabilities. 

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‘‘Sec. 500aq. Development and deployment of multiple-object kill vehicle for 

missile defense of the United States Homeland. 

‘‘Sec. 500ar. Development of requirements to support integrated air and missile 

defense capabilities. 

‘‘Sec. 500as. Testing and assessment of missile defense systems prior to production and deployment. 

‘‘Sec. 500at. Limitation on availability of funds for missile defense interceptors 

in Europe. 

‘‘Sec. 500au. Policy of the United States on priorities in the development, testing, and fielding of missile defense capabilities. 

‘‘Sec. 500av. Provision of information on flight testing of ground-based midcourse national missile defense system. 

1 ‘‘§ 500aa. Missile defense agency 

2 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR.—The Director of 

3 the Missile Defense Agency shall be a general or flag offi4 cer appointed for a six-year term. 

5 ‘‘(b) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—(1) There is a Deputy Di6 rector of the Missile Defense Agency, who shall be ap7 pointed by the Secretary of Defense from among the gen8 eral officers on active duty in the Army, Air Force, Marine 

9 Corps, or Space Force, or from among the flag officers 

10 on active duty in the Navy. In selecting an individual to 

11 serve as the Deputy Director, the Secretary of Defense 

12 shall select an individual who serves in a different armed 

13 force than the armed force in which the Director serves. 

14 ‘‘(2) The Deputy Director shall be appointed for a 

15 term of not fewer than two, and not more than four years. 

16 ‘‘(3) The Deputy Director shall be under the author17 ity, direction, and control of the Director of the Missile 

18 Defense Agency. 

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1 ‘‘(A) carry out such responsibilities as may be 

2 assigned by the Director; and 

3 ‘‘(B) serve as acting director during periods of 

4 absence by the Director, or at such times as the of5 fice of the Director is vacant. 

6 ‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO NON-STANDARD

7 ACQUISITION AND REQUIREMENTS PROCESSES AND RE8 SPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may not 

9 make any changes to the missile defense non-standard ac10 quisition and requirements processes and responsibilities 

11 unless, with respect to those proposed changes— 

12 ‘‘(A) the Secretary, without delegation, has 

13 taken each of the actions specified in paragraph (2); 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(B) a period of 120 days has elapsed following 

16 the date on which the Secretary submits the report 

17 under subparagraph (C) of such paragraph. 

18 ‘‘(2) If the Secretary proposes to make changes to 

19 the missile defense non-standard acquisition and require20 ments processes and responsibilities, the Secretary shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) consult with the Under Secretary of De22 fense for Research and Engineering, the Under Sec23 retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, 

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1 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commander of the 

2 United States Strategic Command, the Commander 

3 of the United States Northern Command, and the 

4 Director of the Missile Defense Agency, regarding 

5 the changes; 

6 ‘‘(B) certify to the congressional defense com7 mittees that the Secretary has coordinated the 

8 changes with, and received the views of, the individ9 uals referred to in subparagraph (A); 

10 ‘‘(C) submit to the congressional defense com11 mittees a report that contains— 

12 ‘‘(i) a description of the changes, the ra13 tionale for the changes, and the views of the in14 dividuals referred to in subparagraph (A) with 

15 respect to the changes; 

16 ‘‘(ii) a certification that the changes will 

17 not impair the missile defense capabilities of the 

18 United States nor degrade the unique special 

19 acquisition authorities of the Missile Defense 

20 Agency; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) with respect to any such changes to 

22 Department of Defense Directive 5134.09, or 

23 successor directive issued in accordance with 

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1 modified directive, both in an electronic format 

2 and in a hard copy format; and 

3 ‘‘(D) with respect to any such changes to De4 partment of Defense Directive 5134.09, or successor 

5 directive issued in accordance with this subsection, 

6 provide to such committees a briefing on the pro7 posed modified directive described in subparagraph 

8 (C)(iii). 

9 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘non-standard acqui10 sition and requirements processes and responsibilities’ 

11 means the processes and responsibilities described in— 

12 ‘‘(A) the memorandum of the Secretary of De13 fense titled ‘Missile Defense Program Direction’ 

14 signed on January 2, 2002, as in effect on the date 

15 of the enactment of this subsection or as modified 

16 in accordance with this subsection, or any successor 

17 memorandum issued in accordance with this sub18 section; 

19 ‘‘(B) Department of Defense Directive 5134.09, 

20 as in effect on the date of the enactment of this sub21 section (without regard to any modifications de22 scribed in Directive-type Memorandum 20–002 of 

23 the Deputy Secretary of Defense, or any amend24 ments or extensions thereto made before the date of 

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1 this subsection, or any successor directive issued in 

2 accordance with this subsection; and 

3 ‘‘(C) United States Strategic Command In4 struction 538–3 titled ‘MD Warfighter Involvement 

5 Process’, as in effect on the date of the enactment 

6 of this subsection or as modified in accordance with 

7 this subsection, or any successor instruction issued 

8 in accordance with this subsection. 

9 ‘‘§ 500ab. Prohibitions relating to missile defense in10 formation and systems 

11 ‘‘(a) CERTAIN ‘HIT-TO-KILL’ TECHNOLOGY AND TE12 LEMETRY DATA.—None of the funds authorized to be ap13 propriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year 

14 for the Department of Defense may be used to provide 

15 the Russian Federation with ‘hit-to-kill’ technology and te16 lemetry data for missile defense interceptors or target ve17 hicles. 

18 ‘‘(b) OTHER SENSITIVE MISSILE DEFENSE INFOR19 MATION.—None of the funds authorized to be appro20 priated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for 

21 the Department of Defense may be used to provide the 

22 Russian Federation with— 

23 ‘‘(1) information relating to velocity at burnout 

24 of missile defense interceptors or targets of the 

25 United States; or 


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1 ‘‘(2) classified or otherwise controlled missile 

2 defense information. 

3 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—The prohibitions in subsections 

4 (a) and (b) shall not apply to the United States providing 

5 to the Russian Federation information regarding ballistic 

6 missile early warning. 

7 ‘‘(d) INTEGRATION.—None of the funds authorized to 

8 be appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal 

9 year for the Department of Defense may be obligated or 

10 expended to integrate a missile defense system of the Rus11 sian Federation or a missile defense system of the People’s 

12 Republic of China into any missile defense system of the 

13 United States. 

14 ‘‘§ 500ac. Ballistic missile defense programs: program 

15 elements 

16 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM ELEMENTS SPECIFIED BY PRESI17 DENT.—In the budget justification materials submitted to 

18 Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget 

19 for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the 

20 President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the amount 

21 requested for activities of the Missile Defense Agency shall 

22 be set forth in accordance with such program elements as 

23 the President may specify. 

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1 DEVELOPMENT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall en2 sure that each ballistic missile defense program that en3 ters engineering and manufacturing development is as4 signed a separate, dedicated program element. 

5 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘engineering and 

6 manufacturing development’ means the period in the 

7 course of an acquisition program during which the pri8 mary objectives are to— 

9 ‘‘(A) translate the most promising design ap10 proach into a stable, interoperable, producible, sup11 portable, and cost-effective design; 

12 ‘‘(B) validate the manufacturing or production 

13 process; and 

14 ‘‘(C) demonstrate system capabilities through 

15 testing. 

16 ‘‘(c) MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.—The amount re17 quested for a fiscal year for any program element specified 

18 for that fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a) shall include 

19 requests for the amounts necessary for the management 

20 and support of the programs, projects, and activities con21 tained in that program element. 


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1 ‘‘§ 500ad. Ballistic missile defense programs: display 

2 of amounts for research, development, 

3 test, and evaluation 

4 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Any amount in the budget 

5 submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 for 

6 any fiscal year for research, development, test, and evalua7 tion for the integration of a ballistic missile defense ele8 ment into the overall ballistic missile defense architecture 

9 shall be set forth under the account of the Department 

10 of Defense for Defense-wide research, development, test, 

11 and evaluation and, within that account, under the sub12 account (or other budget activity level) for the Missile De13 fense Agency. 

14 ‘‘(b) TRANSFER CRITERIA.—(1) The Secretary of 

15 Defense shall establish criteria for the transfer of respon16 sibility for a ballistic missile defense program from the Di17 rector of the Missile Defense Agency to the Secretary of 

18 a military department. The criteria established for such 

19 a transfer shall, at a minimum, address the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) The technical maturity of the program. 

21 ‘‘(B) The availability of facilities for production. 

22 ‘‘(C) The commitment of the Secretary of the 

23 military department concerned to procurement fund24 ing for that program, as shown by funding through 

25 the future-years defense program and other defense 

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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall submit the criteria estab2 lished, and any modifications to those criteria, to the con3 gressional defense committees. 

4 ‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER.—Before responsi5 bility for a ballistic missile defense program is transferred 

6 from the Director of the Missile Defense Agency to the 

7 Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of De8 fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

9 notice in writing of the Secretary’s intent to make that 

10 transfer. The Secretary shall include with such notice a 

11 certification that the program has met the criteria estab12 lished under subsection (b) for such a transfer. The trans13 fer may then be carried out after the end of the 60-day 

14 period beginning on the date of such notice. 

15 ‘‘(d) CONFORMING BUDGET AND PLANNING TRANS16 FERS.—When a ballistic missile defense program is trans17 ferred from the Missile Defense Agency to the Secretary 

18 of a military department in accordance with this section, 

19 the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all appropriate 

20 conforming changes are made to proposed or projected 

21 funding allocations in the future-years defense program 

22 under section 221 of this title and other Department of 

23 Defense program, budget, and planning documents. 

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1 sure that, before a ballistic missile defense program is 

2 transferred from the Director of the Missile Defense Agen3 cy to the Secretary of a military department, roles and 

4 responsibilities for research, development, test, and eval5 uation related to system improvements for that program 

6 are clearly delineated. 

7 ‘‘§ 500ae. Unfunded priorities of the missile defense 

8 agency: annual report 

9 ‘‘(a) REPORTS.—Not later than 10 days after the 

10 date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year 

11 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 

12 31, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall sub13 mit to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the 

14 Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to the congressional defense 

15 committees, a report on the unfunded priorities of the Mis16 sile Defense Agency. 

17 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each report under sub19 section (a) shall specify, for each unfunded priority 

20 covered by such report, the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) A summary description of such pri22 ority, including the objectives to be achieved if 

23 such priority is funded (whether in whole or in 

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1 ‘‘(B) The additional amount of funds rec2 ommended in connection with the objectives 

3 under subparagraph (A). 

4 ‘‘(C) Account information with respect to 

5 such priority, including the following (as appli6 cable): 

7 ‘‘(i) Line Item Number (LIN) for ap8 plicable procurement accounts. 

9 ‘‘(ii) Program Element (PE) number 

10 for applicable research, development, test, 

11 and evaluation accounts. 

12 ‘‘(iii) Sub-activity group (SAG) for 

13 applicable operation and maintenance ac14 counts. 

15 ‘‘(2) PRIORITIZATION OF PRIORITIES.—Each 

16 report under subsection (a) shall present the un17 funded priorities covered by such report in order of 

18 urgency of priority. 

19 ‘‘(c) UNFUNDED PRIORITY DEFINED.—In this sec20 tion, the term ‘unfunded priority’, in the case of a fiscal 

21 year, means a program, activity, or mission requirement 

22 of the Missile Defense Agency that— 

23 ‘‘(1) is not funded in the budget of the Presi24 dent for the fiscal year as submitted to Congress 


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1 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 

2 Code; 

3 ‘‘(2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associ4 ated with an operational or contingency plan of a 

5 combatant command or other validated requirement; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(3) would have been recommended for funding 

8 through the budget referred to in paragraph (1) by 

9 the Director of the Missile Defense Agency in con10 nection with the budget if additional resources had 

11 been available for the budget to fund the program, 

12 activity, or mission requirement. 

13 ‘‘§ 500af . Acquisition accountability reports on the 

14 ballistic missile defense system 

15 ‘‘(a) BASELINES REQUIRED.—(1) In accordance with 

16 paragraph (2), the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 

17 shall establish and maintain an acquisition baseline for— 

18 ‘‘(A) each program element of the ballistic mis19 sile defense system, as specified in section 223 of 

20 this title; and 

21 ‘‘(B) each designated major subprogram of 

22 such program elements. 

23 ‘‘(2) The Director shall establish an acquisition base24 line required by paragraph (1) before the date on which 

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1 ‘‘(A) engineering and manufacturing develop2 ment (or its equivalent); and 

3 ‘‘(B) production and deployment. 

4 ‘‘(3) Except as provided by subsection (d), the Direc5 tor may not adjust or revise an acquisition baseline estab6 lished under this section. 

7 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS OF BASELINES.—Each acquisition 

8 baseline required by subsection (a) for a program element 

9 or major subprogram shall include the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) A comprehensive schedule, including— 

11 ‘‘(A) research and development milestones; 

12 ‘‘(B) acquisition milestones, including de13 sign reviews and key decision points; 

14 ‘‘(C) key test events, including ground, 

15 flight, and cybersecurity tests and ballistic mis16 sile defense system tests; 

17 ‘‘(D) delivery and fielding schedules; 

18 ‘‘(E) quantities of assets planned for ac19 quisition and delivery in total and by fiscal 

20 year; and 

21 ‘‘(F) planned contract award dates. 

22 ‘‘(2) A detailed technical description of— 

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1 ‘‘(B) system requirements, including per2 formance requirements; 

3 ‘‘(C) how the proposed capability satisfies 

4 a capability requirement or performance at5 tribute identified through— 

6 ‘‘(i) the missile defense warfighter in7 volvement process, as governed by United 

8 States Strategic Command Instruction 

9 538-03, or such successor document; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) processes and products approved 

11 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Joint Re12 quirements Oversight Council; 

13 ‘‘(D) key knowledge points that must be 

14 achieved to permit continuation of the program 

15 and to inform production and deployment deci16 sions; and 

17 ‘‘(E) how the Director plans to improve 

18 the capability over time. 

19 ‘‘(3) A cost estimate, including— 

20 ‘‘(A) a life-cycle cost estimate that sepa21 rately identifies the costs regarding research 

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1 ‘‘(B) program acquisition unit costs for the 

2 program element; 

3 ‘‘(C) average procurement unit costs and 

4 program acquisition costs for the program ele5 ment; 

6 ‘‘(D) an identification of when the docu7 ment regarding the program joint cost analysis 

8 requirements description is scheduled to be ap9 proved; and 

10 ‘‘(E) an explanation for why a program 

11 joint cost analysis requirements description has 

12 not been prepared and approved, and, if a pro13 gram joint cost analysis requirements descrip14 tion is not applicable, the rationale for such in15 applicability. 

16 ‘‘(4) A test baseline summarizing the com17 prehensive test program for the program element or 

18 major subprogram outlined in the integrated master 

19 test plan. 

20 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORTS ON ACQUISITION BASE21 LINES.—(1) Not later than February 15 of each year, the 

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1 ‘‘(2)(A) The first report under paragraph (1) shall 

2 set forth each acquisition baseline required by subsection 

3 (a) for a program element or major subprogram. 

4 ‘‘(B) Each subsequent report under paragraph (1) 

5 shall include— 

6 ‘‘(i) any new acquisition baselines required by 

7 subsection (a) for a program element or major sub8 program; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) with respect to an acquisition baseline that 

10 was previously included in a report under paragraph 

11 (1), an identification of any changes or variances 

12 made to the elements described in subsection (b) for 

13 such acquisition baseline, as compared to— 

14 ‘‘(I) the original acquisition baseline for 

15 such program element or major subprogram; 

16 ‘‘(II) the acquisition baseline for such pro17 gram element or major subprogram that was 

18 submitted in the report during the previous 

19 year; and 

20 ‘‘(III) the most recent adjusted or revised 

21 acquisition baseline for such program element 

22 or major subprogram under subsection (d). 

23 ‘‘(3)(A) Each report under paragraph (1) shall in24 clude the total system costs for each element described in 

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1 tem, without regard to funding source or management 

2 control (such as the Missile Defense Agency, a military 

3 department, or other element of the Department of De4 fense). 

5 ‘‘(B) The elements described in this subparagraph 

6 shall include the following: 

7 ‘‘(i) Research and development. 

8 ‘‘(ii) Procurement. 

9 ‘‘(iii) Military construction. 

10 ‘‘(iv) Operations and sustainment. 

11 ‘‘(v) Disposal. 

12 ‘‘(4) Each report under this subsection shall be sub13 mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 

14 annex. 

15 ‘‘(5) In this subsection: 

16 ‘‘(A) The term ‘original acquisition baseline’ 

17 means, with respect to a program element or major 

18 subprogram, the first acquisition baseline created for 

19 the program element or major subprogram that has 

20 no previous iterations and has not been adjusted or 

21 revised, including any adjustments or revisions pur22 suant to subsection (d). 

23 ‘‘(B) The term ‘total system costs’ means, with 

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1 ‘‘(i) all combined costs from closed, can2 celed, and active acquisition baselines; 

3 ‘‘(ii) any costs shifted to or a part of fu4 ture efforts without an established acquisition 

5 baseline; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) any costs under the responsibility of 

7 a military department or other Department en8 tity. 

9 ‘‘(d) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON REVISION.— 

10 The Director may adjust or revise an acquisition baseline 

11 established under this section if the Director submits to 

12 the congressional defense committees notification of— 

13 ‘‘(1) a justification for such adjustment or revi14 sion; 

15 ‘‘(2) the specific adjustments or revisions made 

16 to the acquisition baseline, including to the elements 

17 described in subsection (b); and 

18 ‘‘(3) the effective date of the adjusted or revised 

19 acquisition baseline. 

20 ‘‘(e) OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINMENT COST ESTI21 MATES.—The Director shall ensure that each life-cycle 

22 cost estimate included in an acquisition baseline pursuant 

23 to subsection (b)(3)(A) includes— 

24 ‘‘(1) all of the operations and sustainment costs 

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1 ‘‘(2) a description of the operations and 

2 sustainment functions and costs for which a military 

3 department is responsible; 

4 ‘‘(3) the amount of operations and sustainment 

5 costs (dollar value and base year) for which the mili6 tary department or other element of the Department 

7 of Defense is responsible; and 

8 ‘‘(4)(A) a citation to the source (such as a joint 

9 cost estimate or one or more military department es10 timates) that captures the operations and 

11 sustainment costs for which a military department 

12 or other element of the Department of Defense is re13 sponsible; 

14 ‘‘(B) the date the source was prepared; and 

15 ‘‘(C) if and when the source was independently 

16 verified by the Office for Cost Assessment and Pro17 gram Evaluation. 

18 ‘‘§ 500ag. Missile defense and defeat programs: major 

19 force program and budget assessment 

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF MAJOR FORCE PRO21 GRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish a unified 

22 major force program for missile defense and defeat pro23 grams pursuant to section 222(b) of this title to prioritize 

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1 the requirements of the Department of Defense and na2 tional security. 

3 ‘‘(b) BUDGET ASSESSMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall 

4 include with the defense budget materials for each of fiscal 

5 years 2019 through 2023 a report on the budget for mis6 sile defense and defeat programs of the Department of De7 fense. 

8 ‘‘(2) Each report on the budget for missile defense 

9 and defeat programs of the Department under paragraph 

10 (1) shall include the following: 

11 ‘‘(A) An overview of the budget, including— 

12 ‘‘(i) a comparison between that budget, the 

13 previous budget, the most recent and prior fu14 ture-years defense program submitted to Con15 gress under section 221 of this title (such com16 parison shall exclude the responsibility for re17 search and development of the continuing im18 provement of such missile defense and defeat 

19 program), and the amounts appropriated for 

20 such missile defense and defeat programs dur21 ing the previous fiscal year; and 

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1 ‘‘(B) An assessment of the budget, including 

2 significant changes, priorities, challenges, and risks. 

3 ‘‘(C) Any additional matters the Secretary de4 termines appropriate. 

5 ‘‘(3) Each report under paragraph (1) shall be sub6 mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 

7 annex. 

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal 

10 year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is 

11 submitted to Congress by the President under sec12 tion 1105(a) of title 31. 

13 ‘‘(2) The term ‘defense budget materials’, with 

14 respect to a fiscal year, means the materials sub15 mitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in 

16 support of the budget for that fiscal year. 

17 ‘‘(3) The term ‘missile defense and defeat pro18 grams’ means active and passive ballistic missile de19 fense programs, cruise missile defense programs for 

20 the homeland, and missile defeat programs. 

21 ‘‘§ 500ah. Biannual briefing on missile defense and re22 lated activities 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On or about June 1 and Decem24 ber 1 of each year, the officials specified in subsection (b) 

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1 Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on 

2 matters relating to missile defense policies, operations, 

3 technology development, and other similar topics as re4 quested by such committees. 

5 ‘‘(b) OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.—The officials specified 

6 in this subsection are the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Ac8 quisition. 

9 ‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

10 Space Policy. 

11 ‘‘(3) The Director of the Missile Defense Agen12 cy. 

13 ‘‘(4) The Director for Strategy, Plans, and Pol14 icy of the Joint Staff. 

15 ‘‘(c) DELEGATION.—An official specified in sub16 section (b) may delegate the authority to provide a brief17 ing required by subsection (a) to a member of the Senior 

18 Executive Service who reports to the official. 

19 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—The requirement to provide a 

20 briefing under subsection (a) shall terminate on January 

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1 ‘‘§ 500ai. Limitation on Missile Defense Agency pro2 duction of satellites and ground systems 

3 associated with operation of such sat4 ellites 

5 ‘‘(a) PRODUCTION OF SATELLITES AND GROUND

6 SYSTEMS.—The Director of the Missile Defense Agency 

7 may not authorize or obligate funding for a program of 

8 record for the production of satellites or ground systems 

9 associated with the operation of such satellites. 

10 ‘‘(b) PROTOTYPE SATELLITES.—(1) The Director, 

11 with the concurrence of the Space Acquisition Council es12 tablished by section 9021 of this title, may authorize the 

13 production of one or more prototype satellites, consistent 

14 with the requirements of the Missile Defense Agency. 

15 ‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 

16 the Space Acquisition Council concurs with the Director 

17 with respect to authorizing the production of a prototype 

18 satellite under paragraph (1), the chair of the Council 

19 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re20 port explaining the reasons for such concurrence. 

21 ‘‘(3) The Director may not obligate funds for the pro22 duction of a prototype satellite under paragraph (1) before 

23 the date on which the Space Acquisition Council submits 

24 the report for such prototype satellite under paragraph 

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1 ‘‘§ 500aj. Development of space-based ballistic missile 

2 intercept layer 

3 ‘‘Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Di4 rector of the Missile Defense Agency shall develop a space5 based ballistic missile intercept layer to the ballistic mis6 sile defense system that is— 

7 ‘‘(1) regionally focused; 

8 ‘‘(2) capable of providing boost-phase defense; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(3) achieves an operational capability at the 

11 earliest practicable date. 

12 ‘‘§ 500ak. National missile defense policy 

13 ‘‘It is the policy of the United States— 

14 ‘‘(1) to research, develop, test, procure, deploy, 

15 and sustain, with funding subject to the annual au16 thorization of appropriations for National Missile 

17 Defense, systems that provide effective, layered mis18 sile defense capabilities to defeat increasingly com19 plex missile threats in all phases of flight; and 

20 ‘‘(2) to rely on nuclear deterrence to address 

21 more sophisticated and larger quantity near-peer 

22 intercontinental missile threats to the homeland of 

23 the United States. 


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1 ‘‘§ 500al. Technical authority for integrated air and 

2 missile defense activities and programs 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Missile De4 fense Agency is the technical authority of the Department 

5 of Defense for integrated air and missile defense activities 

6 and programs, including joint engineering and integration 

7 efforts for such activities and programs, including with re8 spect to defining and controlling the interfaces of such ac9 tivities and programs and the allocation of technical re10 quirements for such activities and programs. 

11 ‘‘(b) DETAILEES.—(1) In carrying out the technical 

12 authority under paragraph (1), the Director may seek to 

13 have staff detailed to the Missile Defense Agency from the 

14 Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated 

15 Missile Defense and the Joint Integrated Air and Missile 

16 Defense Organization in a number the Director deter17 mines necessary in accordance with subparagraph (B). 

18 ‘‘(2) In detailing staff under subparagraph (A) to 

19 carry out the technical authority under paragraph (1), the 

20 total number of staff, including detailees, of the Missile 

21 Defense Agency who carry out such authority may not ex22 ceed the number that is twice the number of such staff 

23 carrying out such authority as of January 1, 2016. 

24 ‘‘§ 500am. Hypersonic defense capability development 

25 ‘‘(a) EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The Director of the Mis26 sile Defense Agency shall serve as the executive agent for 


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1 the Department of Defense for the development of a capa2 bility by the United States to counter hypersonic boost3 glide vehicle capabilities and conventional prompt strike 

4 capabilities that may be employed against the United 

5 States, the allies of the United States, and the deployed 

6 forces of the United States. 

7 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 

8 Director shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) develop architectures for a hypersonic de10 fense capability, from detecting threats to inter11 cepting such threats, that— 

12 ‘‘(A) involves systems of the military de13 partments and the Defense Agencies; and 

14 ‘‘(B) includes both kinetic and nonkinetic 

15 options for such interception; and 

16 ‘‘(2) not later than September 30, 2017, estab17 lish a program of record to develop a hypersonic de18 fense capability. 

19 ‘‘§ 500an. Required testing of ground-based mid20 course defense element of ballistic mis21 sile defense system 

22 ‘‘(a) TESTING REQUIRED.—Except as provided in 

23 subsection (c), not less frequently than once each fiscal 

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1 fense element of the ballistic missile defense system. Be2 ginning not later than five years after the date on which 

3 the next generation interceptor achieves initial operational 

4 capability, the Director shall ensure that such flight tests 

5 include the next generation interceptor. 

6 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall ensure 

7 that each test carried out under subsection (a) provides 

8 for one or more of the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) The validation of technical improvements 

10 made to increase system performance and reliability. 

11 ‘‘(2) The evaluation of the operational effective12 ness of the ground-based midcourse defense element 

13 of the ballistic missile defense system. 

14 ‘‘(3) The use of threat-representative targets 

15 and critical engagement conditions, including the use 

16 of threat-representative countermeasures. 

17 ‘‘(4) The evaluation of new configurations of 

18 interceptors before they are fielded. 

19 ‘‘(5) The satisfaction of the ’fly before buy’ ac20 quisition approach for new interceptor components 

21 or software. 

22 ‘‘(6) The evaluation of the interoperability of 

23 the ground-based midcourse defense element with 

24 other elements of the ballistic missile defense sys25 tems. 


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1 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The Director may forgo a test 

2 under subsection (a) in a fiscal year under one or more 

3 of the following conditions: 

4 ‘‘(1) Such a test would jeopardize national secu5 rity. 

6 ‘‘(2) Insufficient time considerations between 

7 post-test analysis and subsequent pre-test design. 

8 ‘‘(3) Insufficient funding. 

9 ‘‘(4) An interceptor is unavailable. 

10 ‘‘(5) A target is unavailable or is insufficiently 

11 representative of threats. 

12 ‘‘(6) The test range or necessary test assets are 

13 unavailable. 

14 ‘‘(7) Inclement weather. 

15 ‘‘(8) Any other condition the Director considers 

16 appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 45 days after 

18 forgoing a test for a condition or conditions under sub19 section (c)(8), the Under Secretary of Defense for Re20 search and Engineering shall submit to the congressional 

21 defense committees a certification setting forth the condi22 tion or conditions that caused the test to be forgone under 

23 such subsection. 

24 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after forgoing 

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1 Director shall submit to the congressional defense commit2 tees a report setting forth the rationale for forgoing the 

3 test and a plan to restore an intercept flight test in the 

4 Integrated Master Test Plan of the Missile Defense Agen5 cy. In the case of a test forgone for a condition or condi6 tions under subsection (c)(8), the report required by this 

7 subsection is in addition to the certification required by 

8 subsection (d). 

9 ‘‘§ 500ao. Integration and interoperability of air and 

10 missile defense capabilities 

11 ‘‘(a) INTEROPERABILITY OF MISSILE DEFENSE SYS12 TEMS.—The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

13 and the chairman of the Missile Defense Executive Board 

14 (pursuant to section 1681(c) of the John S. McCain Na15 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

16 (Public Law 115–232), acting through the Missile Defense 

17 Executive Board, shall ensure the interoperability and in18 tegration of the covered air and missile defense capabilities 

19 of the United States, including by carrying out operational 

20 testing. 

21 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL DEMONSTRATION.—(1) Except as pro22 vided by paragraph (2), the Director of the Missile De23 fense Agency and the Secretary of the Army shall jointly 

24 ensure that not less than one intercept or flight test is 

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1 and integration among the covered air and missile defense 

2 capabilities of the United States. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Director and the Secretary may waive the 

4 requirement in paragraph (1) with respect to an intercept 

5 or flight test carried out during the year covered by the 

6 waiver if the chairman of the Missile Defense Executive 

7 Board— 

8 ‘‘(A) determines that such waiver is necessary 

9 for such year; and 

10 ‘‘(B) submits to the congressional defense com11 mittees notification of such waiver, including an ex12 planation for how such waiver will not negatively af13 fect demonstrating the interoperability and integra14 tion among the covered air and missile defense capa15 bilities of the United States. 

16 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF COVERED AIR AND MISSILE

17 DEFENSE CAPABILITIES.—In this section, the term ‘cov18 ered air and missile defense capabilities’ means Patriot air 

19 and missile defense batteries and associated interceptors 

20 and systems, Aegis ships and associated ballistic missile 

21 interceptors (including Aegis Ashore capability), AN/ 

22 TPY–2 radars, or terminal high altitude area defense bat23 teries and interceptors. 

24 ‘‘§ 500ap. Boost phase defense system 

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1 ‘‘(1) prioritize technology investments in the 

2 Department of Defense to support feasible and cost3 effective efforts by the Missile Defense Agency to de4 velop and field an airborne boost phase defense sys5 tem by not later than fiscal year 2025; 

6 ‘‘(2) ensure that development and fielding of a 

7 boost phase missile defense layer to the ballistic mis8 sile defense system supports multiple warfighter mis9 sile defense requirements, including, specifically, pro10 tection of the United States homeland and allies of 

11 the United States against ballistic missiles, particu12 larly in the boost phase; 

13 ‘‘(3) continue development and fielding of high14 energy lasers, electromagnetic and other railgun 

15 technology, high-power microwave systems, and 

16 other advanced technologies as part of a layered ar17 chitecture to defend ships and theater bases against 

18 air and cruise missile strikes; 

19 ‘‘(4) encourage collaboration among the military 

20 departments and the Defense Advanced Research 

21 Projects Agency with respect to high energy laser ef22 forts carried out in support of the Missile Defense 

23 Agency; and 

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1 the plans of the Missile Defense Agency to develop 

2 an airborne laser and the requirements of the Air 

3 Force for unmanned aerial vehicles. 

4 ‘‘§ 500aq. Development and deployment of multiple5 object kill vehicle for missile defense of 

6 the United States Homeland 

7 ‘‘(a) MULTIPLE-OBJECT KILL VEHICLE.— 

8 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of the Mis9 sile Defense Agency shall develop a highly reliable 

10 multiple-object kill vehicle for the ground-based mid11 course defense system using sound acquisition prac12 tices. 

13 ‘‘(2) DEPLOYMENT.—The Director shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) conduct rigorous flight testing of the 

15 multiple-object kill vehicle developed under 

16 paragraph (1) by not later than 2020; and 

17 ‘‘(B) recognizing the primacy of developing 

18 the redesigned kill vehicle, produce and deploy 

19 the multiple-object kill vehicle as early as prac20 ticable after the date on which the Director car21 ries out subparagraph (A). 

22 ‘‘(b) CAPABILITIES AND CRITERIA.—The Director 

23 shall ensure that the multiple-object kill vehicle developed 

24 under subsection (a)(1) meets, at a minimum, the fol25 lowing capabilities and criteria: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Vehicle-to-vehicle communications. 

2 ‘‘(2) Vehicle-to-ground communications. 

3 ‘‘(3) Kill assessment capability. 

4 ‘‘(4) The ability to counter advanced counter 

5 measures, decoys, and penetration aids. 

6 ‘‘(5) Producibility and manufacturability. 

7 ‘‘(6) Use of technology involving high tech8 nology readiness levels. 

9 ‘‘(7) Options to be integrated onto other missile 

10 defense interceptor vehicles other than the ground11 based interceptors of the ground-based midcourse 

12 defense system. 

13 ‘‘(8) Sound acquisition processes. 

14 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.—The management of 

15 the multiple-object kill vehicle program under subsection 

16 (a) shall report directly to the Deputy Director of the Mis17 sile Defense Agency. 

18 ‘‘§ 500ar. Development of requirements to support in19 tegrated air and missile defense capabili20 ties 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the memo22 randum of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of 

23 January 27, 2014, regarding joint integrated air and mis24 sile defense, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

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1 ments for persistent and survivable capabilities to detect, 

2 identify, determine the status, track, and support engage3 ment of strategically important mobile or relocatable as4 sets in all phases of conflict in order to achieve the objec5 tive of preventing the effective employment of such assets, 

6 including through offensive actions against such assets 

7 prior to their use. 

8 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE OF REQUIREMENTS.—The require9 ments developed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be used 

10 and updated, as appropriate, for the purpose of informing 

11 applicable acquisition programs and systems-of-systems 

12 architecture planning that are funded through the Military 

13 Intelligence Program, the National Intelligence Program, 

14 and non-intelligence programs. 

15 ‘‘(c) SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES.—The Vice Chairman 

16 shall also oversee the development of the enabling frame17 work for intelligence support for integrated air and missile 

18 defense, including concepts for the integrated operation of 

19 multiple systems, and, as appropriate, the development of 

20 requirements for capabilities to be acquired to achieve 

21 such integrated operations. 


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1 ‘‘§ 500as. Testing and assessment of missile defense 

2 systems prior to production and deploy3 ment 

4 ‘‘(a) SUCCESSFUL TESTING REQUIRED PRIOR TO

5 FINAL PRODUCTION OR OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT.— 

6 The Secretary of Defense may not make a final production 

7 decision for, or operationally deploy, a covered system un8 less— 

9 ‘‘(1) the Secretary ensures that— 

10 ‘‘(A) sufficient and operationally realistic 

11 testing of the covered system is conducted to 

12 assess the performance of the covered system in 

13 order to inform a final production decision or 

14 an operational deployment decision; and 

15 ‘‘(B) the results of such testing have dem16 onstrated a high probability that the covered 

17 system— 

18 ‘‘(i) will work in an operationally ef19 fective manner; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) has the ability to accomplish the 

21 intended mission of the covered system; 

22 ‘‘(2) the Director of Operational Test and Eval23 uation has carried out subsection (c) with respect to 

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1 ‘‘(3) the Commander of the United States Stra2 tegic Command has carried out subsection (d) with 

3 respect to such covered system. 

4 ‘‘(b) ASSESSMENT BY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL

5 TEST AND EVALUATION.—The Director of Operational 

6 Test and Evaluation shall— 

7 ‘‘(1) provide to the Secretary the assessment of 

8 the Director, based on the available test data, of the 

9 sufficiency, adequacy, and results of the testing of 

10 each covered system, including an assessment of 

11 whether the covered system will be sufficiently effec12 tive, suitable, and survivable when needed; and 

13 ‘‘(2) submit to the congressional defense com14 mittees a written summary of such assessment. 

15 ‘‘(c) ASSESSMENT BY COMMANDER OF UNITED

16 STATES STRATEGIC COMMAND.—The Commander of the 

17 United States Strategic Command shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) provide to the Secretary a military utility 

19 assessment of the operational utility of each covered 

20 system; and 

21 ‘‘(2) not later than 30 days after providing such 

22 assessment to the Secretary, submit to the congres23 sional defense committees a written summary of 

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1 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion shall be construed to alter, modify, or otherwise affect 

3 a determination of the Secretary with respect to the par4 ticipation of the Missile Defense Agency in the Joint Ca5 pabilities Integration Development System or the acquisi6 tion reporting process under the Department of Defense 

7 Directive 5000 series. 

8 ‘‘(e) COVERED SYSTEM.—In this section, the term 

9 ‘covered system’ means a new or substantially upgraded 

10 interceptor or weapon system of the ballistic missile de11 fense system, other than the re-designed exo-atmospheric 

12 kill vehicle covered by the acquisition plan developed under 

13 section 1663 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ 

14 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

15 Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note). 

16 ‘‘§ 500at. Limitation on availability of funds for mis17 sile defense interceptors in Europe 

18 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON CONSTRUCTION AND DEPLOY19 MENT OF INTERCEPTORS.—No funds authorized to be ap20 propriated by the Ike Skelton National Defense Authoriza21 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383) or 

22 otherwise made available for the Department of Defense 

23 for fiscal year 2011 or any fiscal year thereafter may be 

24 obligated or expended for site activation, construction, or 

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1 land as part of the phased, adaptive approach to missile 

2 defense in Europe until— 

3 ‘‘(1) any nation agreeing to host such system 

4 has signed and ratified a missile defense basing 

5 agreement and a status of forces agreement author6 izing the deployment of such interceptors; and 

7 ‘‘(2) a period of 45 days has elapsed following 

8 the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits 

9 to the congressional defense committees the report 

10 on the independent assessment of alternative missile 

11 defense systems in Europe required by section 

12 235(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

13 for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 

14 2235). 

15 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OR DEPLOY16 MENT OF INTERCEPTORS.—No funds authorized to be ap17 propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the 

18 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2011 or any fiscal 

19 year thereafter may be obligated or expended for the pro20 curement (other than initial long-lead procurement) or de21 ployment of operational missiles on European land as part 

22 of the phased, adaptive approach to missile defense in Eu23 rope until the Secretary of Defense, after receiving the 

24 views of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, 

25 submits to the congressional defense committees a report 


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1 certifying that the proposed interceptor to be deployed as 

2 part of such missile defense system has demonstrated, 

3 through successful, operationally realistic flight testing, a 

4 high probability of working in an operationally effective 

5 manner and that such missile defense system has the abil6 ity to accomplish the mission. 

7 ‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 

8 the limitations in subsections (a) and (b) if— 

9 ‘‘(1) the Secretary submits to the congressional 

10 defense committees written certification that the 

11 waiver is in the urgent national security interests of 

12 the United States; and 

13 ‘‘(2) a period of seven days has elapsed fol14 lowing the date on which the certification under 

15 paragraph (1) is submitted. 

16 ‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 

17 be construed so as to limit the obligation and expenditure 

18 of funds for any missile defense activities not otherwise 

19 limited by subsection (a) or (b), including, with respect 

20 to the planned deployments of missile defense interceptors 

21 on European land as part of the phased, adaptive ap22 proach to missile defense in Europe— 

23 ‘‘(1) research, development, test and evaluation; 

24 ‘‘(2) site surveys; 

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1 ‘‘(4) site planning and design and construction 

2 design. 

3 ‘‘§ 500au. Policy of the United States on priorities in 

4 the development, testing, and fielding of 

5 missile defense capabilities 

6 ‘‘It is the policy of the United States that the Depart7 ment of Defense accord a priority within the missile de8 fense program to the development, testing, fielding, and 

9 improvement of effective near-term missile defense capa10 bilities, including the ground-based midcourse defense sys11 tem, the Aegis ballistic missile defense system, the Patriot 

12 PAC-3 system, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense 

13 system, and the sensors necessary to support such sys14 tems. 

15 ‘‘§ 500av. Provision of information on flight testing of 

16 ground-based midcourse national missile 

17 defense system 

18 ‘‘(a) INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED TO CONGRES19 SIONAL COMMITTEES.—The Director of the Missile De20 fense Agency shall provide to the congressional defense 

21 committees information on the results of each flight test 

22 of the Ground-based Midcourse national missile defense 

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1 ‘‘(b) CONTENT.—Information provided under sub2 section (a) on the results of a flight test shall include the 

3 following matters: 

4 ‘‘(1) A thorough discussion of the content and 

5 objectives of the test. 

6 ‘‘(2) For each such test objective, a statement 

7 regarding whether or not the objective was achieved. 

8 ‘‘(3) For any such test objective not achieved— 

9 ‘‘(A) a thorough discussion describing the 

10 reasons that the objective was not achieved; and 

11 ‘‘(B) a discussion of any plans for future 

12 tests to achieve that objective.’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING REPEALS.—The following are re14 pealed: 

15 (1) Sections 130h, 205, 222b, 223, 224, 225, 

16 239a, 487 of title 10, United States Code. 

17 (2) Subsection (a) of section 1662 of the Na18 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

19 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 4022 note). 

20 (3) Subsection (a) of section 1662 of the Na21 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

22 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

23 (4) Subsection (a) of section 1681 of the Na24 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

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1 (5) Subsection (a) of section 1686 of the Na2 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

3 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

4 (6) Section 1687 of the National Defense Au5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 

6 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

7 (7) Section 1689 of the National Defense Au8 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 

9 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

10 (8) Section 1675 of the National Defense Au11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 

12 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

13 (9) Subsection (a) of section 1680 of the Na14 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

15 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

16 (10) Section 1681 of the National Defense Au17 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 

18 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

19 (11) Section 1687of the National Defense Au20 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 

21 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

22 (12) Section 1662 of the Carl Levin and How23 ard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza24 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 

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1 (13) Section 223 of the Ike Skelton National 

2 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 

3 (Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

4 (14) Section 223 of the John Warner National 

5 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 

6 (Public Law 109–364; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

7 (15) Section 224 of the Bob Stump National 

8 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 

9 (Public Law 107–314; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). 

10 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (1) TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chap12 ters as the beginning of subtitle A of title 10, United 

13 States Code, and at the beginning of part I of such 

14 subtitle, are each amended by inserting after the 

15 item relating to chapter 25 the following new item: 

‘‘26. Missile Defense’’. 

16 (2) TABLES OF SECTIONS.—The tables of sec17 tions at the beginning of chapters 3, 8, 9, and 23 

18 are each amended by striking the items relating to 

19 sections 130h, 205, 222b, 223, 224, 225, 239a, and 

20 487. 

21 Subtitle D—Other Matters 

22 SEC. 1541. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE WORKFORCE DE23 VELOPMENT STRATEGY. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

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1 fense, in consultation with the Administrator for Nuclear 

2 Security of the National Nuclear Security Administration 

3 and other individuals as the Secretary determines appro4 priate, shall develop a strategy for promoting the develop5 ment of a skilled manufacturing and high-demand voca6 tional trade workforce to support the expansion of the na7 tional technology and industrial base and nuclear security 

8 enterprise. 

9 (b) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 

10 (1) STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 

11 than 120 days after the development of the strategy 

12 described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 

13 shall submit to Congress a report that outlines the 

14 strategy and includes a detailed description of meas15 ures to implement the strategy, including planned 

16 schedules and progress milestones. 

17 (2) ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS.— 

18 Not later than November 15, 2025, and annually 

19 thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 

20 Congress a report on any progress made in imple21 menting the strategy. 

22 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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1 trial base’’ has the meaning given that term in sec2 tion 4801 of title 10, United States Code. 

3 (2) NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE.—The 

4 term ‘‘nuclear security enterprise’’ has the meaning 

5 given that term in section 4002 of the Atomic En6 ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501). 

7 SEC. 1542. REVISION OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUTHOR8 ITY TO ENGAGE IN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES 

9 AS SECURITY FOR INTELLIGENCE COLLEC10 TION ACTIVITIES. 

11 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 431(a) of 

12 title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘De13 cember 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2029’’. 

14 (b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND SUPPORT.— 

15 Paragraph (1) of section 431(b) of such title is amended 

16 to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(1) be pre-coordinated with the Director of the 

18 Central Intelligence Agency using procedures mutu19 ally agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense and 

20 the Director, and, where appropriate, be supported 

21 by the Director; and’’. 


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1 SEC. 1543. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DEFENSE IN2 TELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 

3 EXPENSE AUTHORITY. 

4 (a) CODIFICATION.—Subchapter I of chapter 21 of 

5 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

6 end a new section 430c consisting of— 

7 (1) a heading as follows: 

8 ‘‘§ 430c. Expenditure of funds for Department of De9 fense intelligence and counterintelligence 

10 activities’’; and 

11 (2) a text consisting of subsections (a) through 

12 (f) of section 1057 of the National Defense Author13 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116– 

14 92; 133 Stat. 1593). 

15 (b) PERMANENT EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of 

16 such section 430c is amended by striking ‘‘for any of fiscal 

17 years 2020 through 2025’’. 

18 (c) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Subsection (d) of such sec19 tion 430c is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than Decem20 ber 31 of each of 2020 through 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 

21 later than December 31 of each year’’. 

22 (d) LIMITATION ON DELEGATIONS.—Subsection (e) 

23 of such section 430c is amended by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘$250,000’’. 

25 (e) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY.—Such section 430c is 

26 amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub2 section (g); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol4 lowing new subsection (f): 

5 ‘‘(f) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY.—The authority pro6 vided by subsection (a) to expend amounts described in 

7 such subsection for the purpose described in such sub8 section shall be the exclusive authority available to the 

9 Secretary to expend such amounts for such purposes.’’. 

10 (f) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1057 of the Na11 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

12 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1593) is repealed. 

13 (g) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 at the beginning of chapter 21 of such title is amended 

15 by inserting after the item relating to section 430b the 

16 following new item: 

‘‘430c. Expenditure of funds for Department of Defense intelligence and counterintelligence activities.’’. 

17 SEC. 1544. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 

18 UNREPORTED PROGRAMS. 

19 (a) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—None 

20 of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for 

21 fiscal year 2025 for the Department of Defense may be 

22 obligated or expended in support of any activities involving 

23 unidentified anomalous phenomena protected under any 

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1 less the Secretary of Defense has provided the details of 

2 the activity to the appropriate congressional committees 

3 and congressional leadership, including for any activities 

4 described in a report released by the All-Domain Anomaly 

5 Resolution Office in fiscal year 2024. 

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

8 committees’’means— 

9 (A) the congressional defense committees; 

10 and 

11 (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 

12 of the Senate and the Permanent Select Com13 mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep14 resentatives. 

15 (2) The term ‘‘congressional leadership’’ 

16 means— 

17 (A) the majority leader of the Senate; 

18 (B) the minority leader of the Senate; 

19 (C) the Speaker of the House of Rep20 resentatives; and 

21 (D) the minority leader of the House of 

22 Representatives. 

23 (3) The term ‘‘unidentified anomalous phe24 nomena’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

25 1683(n) of the National Defense Authorization Act 


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1 for fiscal year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373(n)), as amend2 ed by section 6802(a) of the Intelligence Authoriza3 tion Act for fiscal year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 

4 SEC. 1545. PILOT PROGRAM ON ESTABLISHING A 

5 GEOSPATIAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 

6 PROGRAM. 

7 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

9 shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasi10 bility and advisability of establishing a program to 

11 develop a skilled workforce in geospatial tech12 nologies, methodologies, and capabilities to support 

13 the defense intelligence requirements of the Depart14 ment of Defense. 

15 (2) DESIGNATION.—The pilot program carried 

16 out pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as the 

17 ‘‘Geospatial Workforce Pilot Program’’ (in this sec18 tion the ‘‘Pilot Program’’). 

19 (b) GOALS.—In carrying out the Pilot Program, the 

20 Secretary shall seek— 

21 (1) to assess the demand for geospatial tech22 nology skills in both military and civilian sectors in 

23 proximity to facilities of the National Geospatial-In24 telligence Agency in the United States; 


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1 (2) to expand, align, and accelerate the edu2 cation, training, and certification of a geospatial 

3 workforce; 

4 (3) to support a global research hub for 

5 geospatial science and technology; 

6 (4) to foster partnerships with secondary and 

7 postsecondary educational institutions, industry 

8 leaders, and local governments to support the work9 force development; 

10 (5) to increase employment opportunities and 

11 economic growth in regions that are in proximity to 

12 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency locations in 

13 the United States through enhanced geospatial capa14 bilities; and 

15 (6) to support Department of Defense oper16 ations and infrastructure with a skilled geospatial 

17 workforce. 

18 (c) LOCATION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—In selecting a location for 

20 the pilot program required under subsection (a), the 

21 Secretary shall prioritize a location— 

22 (A) where the Secretary can partner with 

23 an eligible institution of higher education 

24 that— 

25 (i) conducts research; 


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1 (ii) is in close proximity to National 

2 Geospatial-Intelligence Agency facilities 

3 outside of the National Capital Region; 

4 (iii) offers programs of education in 

5 geospatial or related matters; and 

6 (iv) has a demonstrated ability build 

7 the professional workforce, by impacting 

8 kindergarten through college learning and 

9 beyond, as demonstrated by an educational 

10 partnership agreement and a collaborative 

11 research and development agreement with 

12 the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen13 cy; 

14 (B) that has a significant presence of De15 partment of Defense installations or related ac16 tivities; and 

17 (C) that demonstrates a strong potential to 

18 recruit from a broad spectrum of academic can19 didates for growth in geospatial technology sec20 tors; 

21 (2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU22 CATION.—For purposes of the Pilot Program, an eli23 gible institution of higher education is an institution 

24 of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the 


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1 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) 

2 that— 

3 (A) is an institution of higher education 

4 described in paragraph (1)(A); 

5 (B) has a demonstrated capacity for re6 search and development in geospatial tech7 nologies; and 

8 (C) engages in partnerships with local 

9 schools and community organizations to pro10 mote geospatial education at all levels. 

11 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out the Pilot 

12 Program, the Secretary shall— 

13 (1) collaborate with local and regional edu14 cational institutions, including public research insti15 tutions, to develop curriculum and training modules 

16 tailored to geospatial technology skills; 

17 (2) engage with industry partners to ensure the 

18 training meets current and future workforce de19 mands; 

20 (3) provide funding and resources for training 

21 facilities, instructors, and materials; and 

22 (4) monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of 

23 the training programs and make necessary adjust24 ments to improve outcomes. 


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1 (e) CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 

2 shall ensure that participation in the Pilot Program is lim3 ited to citizens of the United States. 

4 (f) TERMINATION.—The requirement to carry out a 

5 pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate on Sep6 tember 30, 2030. 

7 (g) REPORTS.— 

8 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec10 retary shall submit to the congressional defense com11 mittees a report on the establishment of the Pilot 

12 Program. 

13 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—(A) Not later than one 

14 year after the date of the commencement of the 

15 Pilot Program, and not less frequently than once 

16 each year thereafter through fiscal year 2030, the 

17 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed 

18 Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 

19 Services of the House of Representatives an annual 

20 report on the Pilot Program. 

21 (B) Each report submitted pursuant to sub22 paragraph (A) shall include, for the period covered 

23 by the report, the following with respect to the goals 

24 of subsection (b): 


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1 (i) An assessment of the demand for 

2 geospatial technology skills. 

3 (ii) The progress in developing and imple4 menting the Pilot Program. 

5 (iii) Employment outcomes and economic 

6 impact. 

7 (iv) Recommendations for expanding or 

8 modifying the Pilot Program. 

9 SEC. 1546. INTELLIGENCE ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR GOV10 ERNMENT OF ISRAEL IN CAPTURING OR 

11 KILLING CERTAIN OFFICIALS OF HAMAS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense and the 

13 Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall jointly 

14 provide to the Government of Israel defense intelligence, 

15 advice, and support, to the extent practicable and con16 sistent with United States objectives to support Israel’s 

17 pursuit of the lasting defeat of Hamas, to assist in either 

18 capturing or killing senior Hamas officials. 

19 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently 

21 than once every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of De22 fense shall provide the congressional defense committees 

23 with a briefing on the intelligence, advice, and support 

24 provided to assist the Government of Israel to capture or 

25 kill senior officials of Hamas. 


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1 (c) SUNSET.—The requirement of subsection (a) 

2 shall terminate on the date that is four years after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 1547. ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR AC5 CESS TO SHARED CLASSIFIED COMMERCIAL 

6 INFRASTRUCTURE. 

7 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

8 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec9 retary of Defense shall establish a pilot program on 

10 streamlining access for small business concerns, nontradi11 tional defense contractors, and institutions of higher 

12 learning to shared classified commercial infrastructure— 

13 (1) to expand access to secret or collateral ac14 credited facilities and sensitive compartmented infor15 mation facilities and special access program facilities 

16 to securely perform work under existing classified 

17 contracts; 

18 (2) to reduce the cost and administrative re19 quirements; 

20 (3) to increase opportunities; and 

21 (4) to identify policy barriers that prevent 

22 broader use of shared classified commercial infra23 structure and prototype proposed solutions. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall des2 ignate an existing civilian official to be responsible 

3 for administration of the pilot program required by 

4 subsection (a). 

5 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of 

6 the civilian official designated pursuant to paragraph 

7 (1) shall be as follows: 

8 (A) To seek to enter into a contact or 

9 other agreement with one or more private-sector 

10 entities— 

11 (i) for access to shared classified com12 mercial infrastructure; and 

13 (ii) to facilitate utilization of such in14 frastructure by covered small business con15 cerns, nontraditional defense contractors, 

16 and institutions of higher learning. 

17 (B) To coordinate with the Director of the 

18 Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agen19 cy, the Director of the Defense Intelligence 

20 Agency, and the Director of the Defense Infor21 mation Systems Agency to update or prescribe 

22 policies and regulations governing the process 

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1 cure information technology networks from the 

2 Department. 

3 (C) To make recommendations to the Sec4 retary in order to modernize, streamline, and 

5 accelerate the approval process of the Depart6 ment for contacts, subcontracts, and co-use or 

7 joint use agreements for shared classified com8 mercial infrastructure. 

9 (D) To develop and maintain metrics 

10 tracking the outcomes of active and open facil11 ity accreditation requests from shared commer12 cial classified infrastructure under the pilot pro13 gram. 

14 (c) REQUIREMENTS.— 

15 (1) POLICIES AND REGULATIONS.—As part of 

16 the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Di17 rector of the Defense Counterintelligence and Secu18 rity Agency, the Director of the Defense Intelligence 

19 Agency, and the Director of the Defense Information 

20 Systems Agency shall each update or prescribe poli21 cies and regulations governing the processes and 

22 timelines pertaining to how shared commercial clas23 sified infrastructure and facilities may obtain rel24 evant facility sponsorship, associated authorizations 


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1 and accreditation, and access to relevant secure in2 formation technology network from the Department. 

3 (2) MODERNIZATION, STREAMLINING, AND AC4 CELERATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 

5 pilot program required by subsection (a) includes ef6 forts to modernize, streamline, and accelerate the 

7 approval process of the Department for shared, co8 use, and joint use agreements to facilitate the De9 partment’s access for small business concerns, non10 traditional, defense contractors, and institutions of 

11 higher learning in classified environments. 

12 (d) FINAL REPORT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

14 after the termination of the pilot program pursuant 

15 to subsection (e), the Secretary shall submit to con16 gressional defense committees a final report of the 

17 pilot program required by subsection (a). 

18 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted pursu19 ant to paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

20 (A) A list of all active and open facility ac21 creditation requests from entities covered in 

22 subsection (a)(1), including the date the request 

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1 (B) A list of the total number of personnel 

2 authorized to conduct facility certification in3 spections under the pilot program. 

4 (C) Actions taken to streamline the process 

5 of the Department for approval of co-use and 

6 joint use agreements to facilitate the Depart7 ment’s access for small business concerns, non8 traditional, defense contractors and institution 

9 of higher learning in classified environments, 

10 including an updated or new policies or guid11 ance issued as a result of the pilot program. 

12 (e) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the 

13 pilot program required by subsection (a) and the require14 ments of this section shall terminate on September 30, 

15 2030. 

16 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) The term ‘‘institution of higher learning’’ 

18 has the meaning given such term in section 3452(f) 

19 of title 38, United States Code. 

20 (2) The term ‘‘nontraditional defense con21 tractor’’ has the meaning give such term in section 

22 3014 of title 10, United States Code. 

23 (3) The term ‘‘shared commercial classified in24 frastructure’’ means fully managed, shared, classi25 fied infrastructure (including physical facilities and 


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1 networks), and associated services that are operated 

2 by an independent third-party, for the benefit of ap3 propriately cleared government and commercial per4 sonnel that have limited or constrained access to se5 cret collateral and sensitive compartmented informa6 tion facilities. 

7 (4) The term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the 

8 meaning given such term under section 3 of the 

9 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 

10 SEC. 1548. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

11 Chapter 25 of title 10, United States Code, is amend12 ed by redesignating sections 501 through 506 of such 

13 chapter as sections 500a through 500f, respectively. 

14 TITLE XVI—CYBERSPACE15 RELATED MATTERS 

16 Subtitle A—Matters Relating to 

17 Cyber Operations and Cyber 

18 Forces 

19 SEC. 1601. ASSESSMENT OF FEASIBILITY OF ENGAGING IN 

20 COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH ALLIES TO 

21 MITIGATE CYBER THREATS TO CERTAIN UN22 DERSEA CABLES. 

23 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than one year after the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

25 shall conduct an assessment to determine the feasibility 


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1 of engaging in cybersecurity cooperation activities with 

2 international partners and allies of the United States to 

3 mitigate cyber threats to undersea cables that originate 

4 and terminate outside of the United States. 

5 (b) CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION ACTIVITIES.— 

6 The cybersecurity cooperation activities to be considered 

7 under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

8 (1) Information sharing about cybersecurity 

9 threats to and vulnerabilities in undersea cables. 

10 (2) Conducting cybersecurity risk assessments, 

11 or sharing the results of current risks assessments, 

12 for undersea cable projects. 

13 (3) The promotion of cybersecurity best prac14 tices for undersea cable manufacturers and opera15 tors. 

16 (4) Research, development, and evaluation of 

17 undersea cable monitoring and repair capabilities. 

18 (5) Development of contingency planning and 

19 joint response with respect to compromised undersea 

20 cables. 

21 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the com22 pletion of the assessment required by subsection (a), the 

23 Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de24 fense committees the findings of the Secretary with re25 spect to the assessment. 


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1 SEC. 1602. ELEVATION OF JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS– 

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMATION 

3 NETWORK AS SUBORDINATE UNIFIED COM4 MAND OF UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND. 

5 Section 167b of title 10, United States Code, is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following new sub7 section: 

8 ‘‘(f) JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS–DEPARTMENT

9 OF DEFENSE INFORMATION NETWORK.—The Joint Force 

10 Headquarters–Department of Defense Information Net11 work shall be a subordinate unified command of the cyber 

12 command and the Commander of Joint Force Head13 quarters–Department of Defense Information Network 

14 shall report directly to the commander of the cyber com15 mand.’’. 

16 SEC. 1603. CYBER INTELLIGENCE CENTER. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPABILITY REQUIRED.— 

18 The Secretary of Defense shall establish a dedicated cyber 

19 intelligence capability to support the requirements of 

20 United States Cyber Command, the other combatant com21 mands, the military departments, defense agencies, the 

22 Joint Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense 

23 for foundational, scientific and technical, and all-source in24 telligence on cyber technology development, capabilities, 

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1 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER AUTHORIZED.— 

2 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to paragraph 

3 (2), the Secretary may establish an all-source anal4 ysis center under the administration of the Defense 

5 Intelligence Agency to provide foundational intel6 ligence for the capability established under sub7 section (a). 

8 (2) LIMITATION.—Information technology serv9 ices for a center established under paragraph (1) 

10 may not be provided by the National Security Agen11 cy. 

12 (c) RESOURCES.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall direct 

14 and provide resources to the Commander of United 

15 States Cyber Command within the Military Intel16 ligence Program to fund collection and analysis by 

17 the National Security Agency to meet the specific re18 quirements established by the Commander for sig19 nals intelligence support. 

20 (2) TRANSFER OF ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 

21 may transfer the activities required under paragraph 

22 (1) to the National Intelligence Program if the Di23 rector of National Intelligence concurs and the 

24 transfer is specifically authorized in an intelligence 

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1 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 

2 date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander shall— 

3 (1) develop an estimate of the signals intel4 ligence collection and analysis required of the Na5 tional Security Agency and the cost of such collec6 tion and analysis; and 

7 (2) provide the congressional defense commit8 tees, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

9 Senate, and the Permanent Select Committee on In10 telligence of the House of Representatives a briefing 

11 on the estimate developed under paragraph (1). 

12 SEC. 1604. SUPPORT FOR CYBER THREAT TABLETOP EXER13 CISES. 

14 (a) DEVELOPMENT OF CYBER THREAT TABLETOP

15 EXERCISE PACKAGES.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary of 

17 Defense for Cyber Policy shall, in consultation and 

18 coordination with the Commander of United States 

19 Cyber Command, the Commander of United States 

20 Northern Command, the Commander of the Army 

21 Interagency Training and Education Center, and 

22 such other individuals as the Assistant Secretary 

23 considers appropriate, develop tabletop exercise 

24 packages described in paragraph (2) oriented to25 wards training stakeholders to prepare the homeland 


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1 for adversary cyber-attacks precipitating or during a 

2 time of conflict or war. 

3 (2) TABLETOP EXERCISES DESCRIBED.—A ta4 bletop exercise described in this paragraph is a 

5 planned tabletop exercise designed to address a 

6 wide-range of threat-relevant cyber-attack scenarios 

7 that may affect defense critical infrastructure for 

8 the purposes of homeland defense and mission assur9 ance. 

10 (3) VENUES.—Tabletop exercise packages de11 veloped under paragraph (1) shall include both clas12 sified and unclassified modules for participating in13 dividuals and entities to address the full scope of 

14 cyber attack scenarios. 

15 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION.—The 

16 Assistant Secretary shall, in consultation with the Com17 mander of United States Cyber Command, the Com18 mander of United States Northern Command, and the 

19 Commander of the Army Interagency Training and Edu20 cation Center, create recommendations for participation in 

21 the tabletop exercises using tabletop exercise packages de22 veloped under subsection (a). 

23 (c) SOLICITATION OF PARTICIPATION.—The Assist24 ant Secretary may contact individuals and entities under 

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1 tabletop exercises using the tabletop exercise packages de2 veloped under subsection (a). 

3 (d) PROCEDURES FOR IDENTIFICATION OF GAPS, 

4 SEAMS, AND VULNERABILITIES IN HOMELAND CYBER

5 DEFENSES AND LESSONS LEARNED.—The Assistant Sec6 retary shall establish procedures to identify gaps, seams, 

7 and vulnerabilities in homeland cyber defenses and iden8 tify other lessons learned from tabletop exercises carried 

9 out using the tabletop exercise packages developed under 

10 subsection (a) that can improve both national security and 

11 the quality of the tabletop exercises. 

12 (e) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

13 of the conclusion of the first tabletop exercise carried out 

14 using a tabletop exercise package developed under sub15 section (a), the Assistant Secretary shall provide the con16 gressional defense committees a briefing on the lessons 

17 learned with respect to the exercise. 

18 SEC. 1605. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 

19 STATES ASSESSMENT OF CYBER COMMAND 

20 PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIB21 ERTIES PROCEDURES AND TRAINING RE22 QUIREMENTS FOR CYBER OPERATORS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

25 of the United States shall— 


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1 (1) conduct an assessment of the training and 

2 certification processes and planning procedures 

3 available for Cyber Operations Forces to ensure pro4 tection of privacy of civil liberties of United States 

5 persons in the conduct of military cyber operations; 

6 and 

7 (2) submit to Congress the findings of the 

8 Comptroller General with respect to the assessment 

9 conducted pursuant to paragraph (1). 

10 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment conducted pursu11 ant to subsection (a)(1) shall cover the following: 

12 (1) What guidance, instructions and training 

13 are available for United States Cyber Command 

14 Cyber Operations Forces for protecting privacy and 

15 civil liberties of United States persons in the conduct 

16 of lawful, authorized cyber military operations. 

17 (2) How such members are trained to protect 

18 such rights. 

19 (3) The process for integrating protection of 

20 such rights in the planning and conduct of military 

21 cyber operations to minimize or mitigate interference 

22 with such rights. 

23 (4) The role of the external oversight, such as 

24 the Office of the Inspector General, in monitoring 

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1 (5) How such instructions and trainings identi2 fied under paragraph (1) address the execution of 

3 military cyber operations related to Defense Support 

4 of Civil Authorities tasks, including the cyber de5 fense of domestic critical infrastructure. 

6 SEC. 1606. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION REGARDING PO7 TENTIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED 

8 STATES CYBER FORCE. 

9 (a) AGREEMENT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

11 shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Na12 tional Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Med13 icine (in this section referred to as the ‘‘National 

14 Academies’’) for the National Academies to conduct 

15 the evaluation under subsection (b) and submit the 

16 report under subsection (e). 

17 (2) TIMING.—The Secretary shall seek to enter 

18 into the agreement described in paragraph (1) by 

19 not later than 60 days after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act. 

21 (b) EVALUATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under an agreement be23 tween the Secretary and the National Academies en24 tered into pursuant to subsection (a), the National 


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1 Academies shall conduct an evaluation regarding the 

2 advisability of— 

3 (A) establishing a separate Armed Force in 

4 the Department of Defense dedicated to oper5 ations in the cyber domain (in this section re6 ferred to as the ‘‘United States Cyber Force’’); 

7 or 

8 (B) refining and further evolving the cur9 rent organizational approach for United States 

10 Cyber Command, which is based on the United 

11 States Special Operations Command model. 

12 (2) SCOPE.—The evaluation conducted pursu13 ant to paragraph (1) shall include consideration of— 

14 (A) the potential establishment of a United 

15 States Cyber Force as a separate Armed Force 

16 in the Department of Defense commensurate 

17 with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, 

18 and Space Force, for the purpose of organizing, 

19 training, and equipping the personnel required 

20 to enable and conduct operations in the cyber 

21 domain through positions aligned to the United 

22 States Cyber Command and other unified com23 batant commands; 

24 (B) a United States Cyber Force able to 

25 devise and implement recruiting and retention 


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1 policies specific to the range of skills and career 

2 fields required to enable and conduct cyber3 space operations, as determined by the United 

4 States Cyber Command and other unified com5 batant commands; 

6 (C) the performance and efficacy of the 

7 Armed Forces in the Department of Defense in 

8 satisfying the requirements of the current Force 

9 Generation Model to enable and conduct oper10 ations in the cyber domain through positions 

11 aligned to the United States Cyber Command 

12 and other unified combatant commands; 

13 (D) the historical performance and efficacy 

14 of the Armed Forces in the Department of De15 fense in devising and implementing recruitment 

16 and retention policies specific to the range of 

17 skills and career fields required to enable and 

18 conduct cyberspace operations, as determined 

19 by the United States Cyber Command and 

20 other unified combatant commands; 

21 (E) potential and recommended delinea22 tions of responsibility between the other Armed 

23 Forces in the Department of Defense and a 

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1 (F) potential and recommended delinea2 tions of responsibility with respect to orga3 nizing, training, and equipping members of the 

4 Cyberspace Operations Forces, not serving in 

5 positions aligned under the Cyber Mission 

6 Force, to the extent necessary to support net7 work management and operations; 

8 (G) views and perspectives of members of 

9 the Armed Forces in the Department of De10 fense, in each grade, serving in the Cyber Mis11 sion Force with experience in operational work 

12 roles (as defined by the Commander of the 

13 United States Cyber Command), and military 

14 and civilian leaders across the Department re15 garding the establishment of a Cyber Force; 

16 (H) the extent to which each of the other 

17 Armed Forces in the Department of Defense is 

18 formed towards, and organized around, oper19 ations within a given warfighting domain, and 

20 the potential applicability of such formation and 

21 organizing constructs to a United States Cyber 

22 Force with respect to the cyber domain; 

23 (I) findings from previous relevant assess24 ments, analyses, and studies conducted by the 

25 Secretary, the Comptroller General of the 


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1 United States, or other entities determined rel2 evant by the National Academies on the estab3 lishment of a United States Cyber Force; 

4 (J) the organizing constructs for effective 

5 and operationally mature cyber forces of foreign 

6 countries, and the relevance of such constructs 

7 to the potential creation of a United States 

8 Cyber Force; 

9 (K) lessons learned from the creation of 

10 the United States Space Force that should be 

11 applied to the creation of a United States Cyber 

12 Force; 

13 (L) recommendations for approaches to the 

14 creation of a United States Cyber Force that 

15 would minimize disruptions to Department of 

16 Defense cyber operations; 

17 (M) the histories of the Armed Forces in 

18 the Department of Defense, including an anal19 ysis of the conditions that preceded the estab20 lishment of each new Armed Force in the De21 partment of Defense established since 1900; 

22 (N) a comparison between the potential 

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1 lishing the United States Cyber Force within an 

2 existing military department; and 

3 (O) the cumulative potential costs and ef4 fects associated with the establishment for a 

5 United States Cyber Force 

6 (3) CONSIDERATIONS.—The evaluation con7 ducted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include an 

8 evaluation of how a potential United States Cyber 

9 Force dedicated to the cyber domain would compare 

10 in performance and efficacy to the current model 

11 with respect to the following functions: 

12 (A) Organizing, training, and equipping 

13 the size of a force necessary to satisfy existing 

14 and projected requirements of the Department 

15 of Defense. 

16 (B) Harmonizing training requirements 

17 and programs in support of cyberspace oper18 ations. 

19 (C) Recruiting and retaining qualified offi20 cers and enlisted members of the Armed Forces 

21 in the Department of Defense at the levels nec22 essary to execute cyberspace operations. 

23 (D) Using reserve component forces in 

24 support of cyberspace operations. 

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1 (F) Acquiring and providing cyber capa2 bilities in support of cyberspace operations. 

3 (G) Establishing pay parity among mem4 bers of the Armed Forces in the Department of 

5 Defense serving in and qualified for work roles 

6 in support of cyberspace operations. 

7 (H) Establishing pay parity among civil8 ians serving in and qualified for work roles in 

9 support of cyberspace operations. 

10 (I) Establishing advancement parity for 

11 members of the Armed Forces in the Depart12 ment of Defense serving in and qualified for 

13 work roles in support of cyberspace operations. 

14 (J) Establishing advancement parity for ci15 vilians serving in and qualified for work roles in 

16 support of cyberspace operations. 

17 (K) Developing professional military edu18 cation content and curricula focused on the 

19 cyber domain. 

20 (L) Providing robust and unique legal sup21 port to current and future operations in the 

22 cyber domain. 

23 (M) Offering medical support to address 

24 unique psychological strains as a result of high 

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1 (4) COMPARISON TO PRESENT MODEL.—The 

2 evaluation required under subsection (b) shall in3 clude an analysis and consideration of how refining 

4 and further evolving the current organizational ap5 proach for United States Cyber Command, as pres6 ently modeled on United States Special Operations 

7 Command, may serve more optimally than a United 

8 States Cyber Force relative to each of the elements 

9 identified in paragraphs (2) and (3). 

10 (5) UNIFIED COMBATANT COMMAND DE11 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘unified com12 batant command’’ has the meaning given such term 

13 in section 161(c) of title 10, United States Code. 

14 (c) SUPPORT FROM FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH

15 AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon a request from the 

17 National Academies, the Secretary shall seek to 

18 enter into an agreement with a federally funded re19 search and development center described in para20 graph (2) under which such federally funded re21 search and development center shall support the Na22 tional Academies in conducting the evaluation under 

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1 ed research and development center described in this 

2 paragraph is a federally funded research and devel3 opment center the staff of which includes subject 

4 matter experts with appropriate security clearances 

5 and expertise in— 

6 (A) cyber warfare; 

7 (B) personnel management; 

8 (C) military training processes; and 

9 (D) acquisition management. 

10 (d) ACCESS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PER11 SONNEL, INFORMATION, AND RESOURCES.—Under an 

12 agreement entered into between the Secretary and the Na13 tional Academies under subsection (a)— 

14 (1) the Secretary shall agree to provide to the 

15 National Academies access to such personnel, infor16 mation, and resources of the Department of Defense 

17 as may determined necessary by the National Acad18 emies in furtherance of the conduct of the evaluation 

19 under subsection (b); and 

20 (2) if the Secretary refuses to provide such ac21 cess, or any other major obstacle to such access oc22 curs, the National Academies shall agree to notify, 

23 not later seven days after the date of such refusal 

24 or other occurrence, the congressional defense com25 mittees. 


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1 (e) REPORT.— 

2 (1) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Under an 

3 agreement entered into between the Secretary and 

4 the National Academies under subsection (a), the 

5 National Academies, not later than 270 days after 

6 the date of the execution of the agreement, shall 

7 submit to the congressional defense committees a re8 port containing the findings of the National Acad9 emies with respect to the evaluation under sub10 section (b). 

11 (2) PROHIBITION AGAINST INTERFERENCE.— 

12 No personnel of the Department of Defense, nor any 

13 other officer or employee of the United States Gov14 ernment (including the executive branch of the 

15 United States Government) may interfere, exert 

16 undue influence, or in any way seek to alter the 

17 findings of the National Academies specified in para18 graph (1) prior to the submission thereof under such 

19 paragraph. 

20 (3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 

21 shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may 

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1 Subtitle B—Matters Relating to De2 partment of Defense Cybersecu3 rity and Information Tech4 nology 

5 SEC. 1611. CYBER TABLE TOP EXERCISES WITH ORGANIZA6 TIONS IN DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE. 

7 (a) CYBER TABLE TOP EXERCISES.—Not later than 

8 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 Executive Director of the Department of Defense Cyber 

10 Crime Center shall develop and carry out a plan to con11 duct cyber table top exercises with organizations in the 

12 defense industrial base not less frequently than twice each 

13 year until December 31, 2030. 

14 (b) PLAN.—The plan required under subsection (a) 

15 shall be— 

16 (1) consistent with Department of Defense 

17 guidance on cyber table top exercises; and 

18 (2) used to test out policies, processes, tech19 nologies, or other aspects deemed appropriate by the 

20 Executive Director. 

21 (c) ASSESSMENT.— 

22 (1) REQUIREMENT.—At the completion of a 

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1 ment of any gaps in procedures, capabilities, au2 thorities, policies, and resources. 

3 (2) REPORTS.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

5 days after completing an assessment conducted 

6 pursuant to paragraph (1), the Executive Direc7 tor shall submit to the congressional defense 

8 committees a report on the assessment. 

9 (B) UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARIES.—Each re10 port submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) 

11 shall include an unclassified summary to allow 

12 for maximum distribution of results. 

13 SEC. 1612. MANAGEMENT AND CYBERSECURITY OF THE 

14 JOINT WARFIGHTING CLOUD CAPABILITY 

15 AND OTHER MULTI-CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

18 shall, acting through the Chief Information Officer of the 

19 Department of Defense, develop a strategy for the man20 agement and cybersecurity of the Joint Warfighting Cloud 

21 Capability and other multi-cloud environments. 

22 (b) STRATEGY.—The strategy required under sub23 section (a) shall, at a minimum— 

24 (1) align with the Department of Defense zero 

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1 (2) provide the Department with network visi2 bility and interoperability across the entirety of the 

3 multi-cloud environment; 

4 (3) standardize or rationalize user identities 

5 across the multi-cloud environment, including 

6 through the implementation of identity, credential, 

7 and access management (ICAM) technologies; 

8 (4) maintain a common means to secure 

9 endpoints; 

10 (5) incorporate means for increasing cloud na11 tive application protection; 

12 (6) increase incorporation of artificial intel13 ligence applications into Joint Warfighting Cloud 

14 Capability and other multi-cloud environments; 

15 (7) increase transparency of reporting on usage 

16 of Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability and other 

17 multi-cloud environments to improve planning for 

18 capacity demand, budgeting, and predictability for 

19 users and industry providers; 

20 (8) identify opportunities to improve internal 

21 planning for data use and storage, as well as to 

22 streamline certification processes for cloud service 

23 providers; and 

24 (9) include a plan for training the necessary 

25 personnel of the Department on how to 


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1 operationalize Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability 

2 for functional use cases (such as finance, human re3 sources, or other business and management applica4 tions), as well as more effectively leverage cybersecu5 rity capabilities inherent in or incorporated into such 

6 multi-cloud environments. 

7 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 240 days after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information 

9 Officer of the Department of Defense shall provide to the 

10 congressional defense committees a briefing about the con11 tents of the strategy developed pursuant to subsection (a). 

12 SEC. 1613. UPDATE OF BIOMETRIC POLICY OF DEPART13 MENT OF DEFENSE. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

16 of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall update the 

17 biometric policy of the Department of Defense. 

18 (b) ELEMENTS.—The policy updates required in sub19 section (a) shall include the following: 

20 (1) Standards for encrypting and protecting 

21 data on biometric collection devices. 

22 (2) A requirement to sanitize biometric data 

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1 (3) A requirement that components of the De2 partment maintain records that they have sanitized 

3 all data from biometric collection devices when the 

4 devices are turned in for disposal. 

5 SEC. 1614. GUIDANCE FOR APPLICATION OF ZERO TRUST 

6 STRATEGY TO INTERNET OF MILITARY 

7 THINGS HARDWARE. 

8 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer of the De10 partment of Defense shall develop guidance for how— 

11 (1) the Department of Defense zero trust strat12 egy applies to Internet of Military Things hardware, 

13 including human-wearable devices, sensors, and 

14 other smart technology; and 

15 (2) the role identity, credential, and access 

16 management technologies serve in enforcing such a 

17 zero trust strategy. 

18 SEC. 1615. JOINT PARTNER-SHARING NETWORK CAPABILI19 TIES FOR MIDDLE EAST DEFENSE INTEGRA20 TION. 

21 (a) STRATEGY.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec24 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 

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1 tion between the Department of Defense and allies 

2 and partners of the United States located in the 

3 Middle East so as to improve use of partner-sharing 

4 network capabilities to facilitate joint defense efforts 

5 among the United States and such allies and part6 ners to protect the people, infrastructure, and terri7 tory of the United States and such allies and part8 ners from state and non-state actors determined by 

9 the Secretary to undermine the national security in10 terests of the United States. 

11 (2) CONTENTS.—The strategy submitted pursu12 ant to paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

13 (A) A summary of ongoing efforts by 

14 United States Central Command (CENTCOM), 

15 or in which United States Central Command is 

16 participating, to implement a joint partner17 sharing network capability integrated with the 

18 assets of allies and partners of the United 

19 States who are located in the Middle East. 

20 (B) A summary of challenges to further fa21 cilitate the implementation of a joint partner22 sharing network capability integrated with the 

23 assets of Middle Eastern allies and partners, in24 cluding actions or decisions that need to be 

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1 (C) A recommendation of actions that can 

2 be taken to address the challenges summarized 

3 pursuant to subparagraph (B). 

4 (D) An assessment of how the implementa5 tion of a joint partner-sharing network capa6 bility that would be available to integrate with 

7 allies and partners of the United States in the 

8 Middle East that— 

9 (i) could demonstrate new tools, tech10 niques, or methodologies for data-driven 

11 decision making; 

12 (ii) accelerate sharing of relevant 

13 data, data visualization, and data analysis 

14 implemented through cryptographic data 

15 access controls and enforcing existing data 

16 sharing restrictions across multiple secu17 rity levels; and 

18 (iii) leverage current activities in 

19 multi-cloud computing environments to re20 duce the reliance on solely hardware-based 

21 networking solutions. 

22 (E) A recommendation of actions that can 

23 be taken to implement a joint partner-sharing 

24 network capability integrated with allies and 

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1 East, including identification of policy, re2 source, workforce, or other shortfalls. 

3 (F) Such other matters as the Secretary 

4 considers relevant. 

5 (3) METRICS.—The Secretary shall identify 

6 metrics to assess progress in the implementation of 

7 the strategy required by paragraph (1). 

8 (4) FORM.—The strategy required by para9 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

10 but may include a classified annex. 

11 (5) PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE INFORMA12 TION.—No activity may be carried out under this 

13 section without an approved program protection plan 

14 and overarching classification guide to enforce tech15 nology and information protection protocols that 

16 protect sensitive information and the national secu17 rity interests of the United States. 

18 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMBATANT COMMAND

19 WARFIGHTER FORUM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.— 

20 (1) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REQUIRED.— 

21 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, the Chief Data and Artificial Intel23 ligence Officer of the Department of Defense 

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1 mands on artificial intelligence to help promote co2 ordination and interchange on issues relating to arti3 ficial intelligence tools, methodologies, training, exer4 cises, and operational research within and among 

5 the combatant commands. 

6 (2) PURPOSES FOR CONSIDERATION.—In devel7 oping the policies and procedures required by para8 graph (1) for establishing the forum described in 

9 such paragraph, the Chief shall consider the fol10 lowing as primary purposes of the forum: 

11 (A) Identification of use cases for the near12 term application of artificial intelligence tools, 

13 including commercially available artificial intel14 ligence tools, data, methodologies, or tech15 niques. 

16 (B) Categorization of risk for the use cases 

17 identified pursuant to subparagraph (A), and 

18 consideration of risk-management process or 

19 other procedural guidelines for enforcing cur20 rent policy. 

21 (C) Identification and prioritization of cur22 rent artificial intelligence tools or emerging 

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1 meet policy guidelines and standards set by the 

2 Department. 

3 (D) Identification of shortfalls in training 

4 or billets for artificial intelligence-related exper5 tise or personnel within the combatant com6 mands. 

7 (E) Coordination on training and experi8 mentation venues, including with regional part9 ners and allies. 

10 (F) Identification of opportunities for en11 hanced cooperation with regional partners and 

12 allies. 

13 (G) Identification of opportunities for the 

14 combatant commands, working with other ele15 ments of the Department of Defense, such as 

16 the Defense Innovation Unit, to better procure 

17 commercial artificial intelligence capabilities, in18 cluding from partner and allied industrial 

19 bases. 

20 (3) REPORT.—(A) Not later than one year after 

21 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

22 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

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1 (B) The report submitted pursuant to subpara2 graph (A) shall include the following: 

3 (i) A summary of the policies and proce4 dures issued pursuant to paragraph (1). 

5 (ii) A list of all meetings of the forum de6 scribed in paragraph (1) that have occurred 

7 since the date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 (iii) An itinerary of the meetings listed 

9 pursuant to clause (ii). 

10 (iv) A summary of the efforts of the forum 

11 described in paragraph (1) to fulfill each of the 

12 purposes considered under paragraph (2). 

13 (v) Recommendations, based on findings of 

14 the forum described in paragraph (1), for legis15 lative action to accelerate the adoption by the 

16 combatant commands of artificial intelligence 

17 capabilities. 

18 SEC. 1616. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HUMAN FACTORS IN19 TEGRATION INITIATIVE. 

20 (a) INITIATIVE REQUIRED.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of De22 fense for Research and Engineering shall, in coordi23 nation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Ac24 quisition and Sustainment and the Chief Digital and 


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1 Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of 

2 Defense, establish an initiative— 

3 (A) to improve the human usability of arti4 ficial intelligence systems and artificial intel5 ligence-derived information through the applica6 tion of cognitive ergonomics techniques; and 

7 (B) to ensure design tools and metrics are 

8 available for programs to ensure human factors 

9 considerations are included for artificial intel10 ligence systems adopted by the Department of 

11 Defense. 

12 (2) DESIGNATION.—The initiative established 

13 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as the 

14 ‘‘Artificial Intelligence Human Factors Integration 

15 Initiative’’ (in this section the ‘‘Initiative’’). 

16 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

18 of Defense for Research and Engineering, the Under Sec19 retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and 

20 the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer shall 

21 jointly brief the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen22 ate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House 

23 of Representatives on the following: 

24 (1) Existing research and development work 

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1 ing to human-machine teaming, human-centered de2 sign, cognitive load, cognitive ergonomics, and simi3 lar topics that are currently being used or could be 

4 used to inform or enhance Department personnel 

5 usability of artificial intelligence systems and artifi6 cial intelligence-derived information. 

7 (2) Identification of research gaps with respect 

8 to Department personnel interaction with artificial 

9 intelligence systems in warfighting and 

10 nonwarfighting environments that may necessitate 

11 additional research within the Federal Government, 

12 industry, or academia. 

13 (3) Identification of relevant tools, methodolo14 gies, testing processes or systems, and evaluation 

15 metrics that may be of use to the Department in im16 proving the cognitive ergonomic and human usability 

17 features of artificial intelligence systems for Depart18 ment personnel. 

19 (c) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date on 

20 which the briefing required by subsection (b) is provided, 

21 the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi22 neering, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 

23 and Sustainment, and the Chief Digital and Artificial In24 telligence Officer shall jointly develop and implement a 

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1 (1) to work with the military departments and 

2 other Department components to ensure human fac3 tors and human systems integration elements are 

4 considered early in the development or evaluation 

5 process with respect to the procurement, adoption, 

6 or use of artificial intelligence systems or artificial 

7 intelligence-derived information; 

8 (2) to convene research meetings or other fora 

9 to coordinate cognitive ergonomics research or re10 lated challenges with a broad community of aca11 demic, commercial, and international partners; 

12 (3) to work with the Chief Digital and Artificial 

13 Intelligence Officer to review commercial toolsets to 

14 assess the level of human factors integration invest15 ment of such commercial toolsets; and 

16 (4) develop guidance based on the research and 

17 development work identified pursuant to subsection 

18 (b)(1) regarding how to create a framework or tax19 onomy for characterizing the exercise of appropriate 

20 levels of human judgment within Department of De21 fense Directive 3000.09 (relating to Autonomy in 

22 Weapons Systems), or successor directive, for artifi23 cial intelligence programs in the Department. 

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1 authority of the Secretary of Defense to research, develop, 

2 improve, or procure any weapon system or other capability 

3 that is enabled, empowered, enhanced, or improved by ar4 tificial intelligence, machine learning, or a large language 

5 model. 

6 SEC. 1617. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

7 MISSION PARTNER ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM. 

8 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap9 propriated by this Act for fiscal year 2025 for the Mission 

10 Partner Environment program, not more than 90 percent 

11 may be obligated or expended until the date on which the 

12 Secretary of Defense provides the certification required in 

13 (b). 

14 (b) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

15 certify to the congressional defense committees that— 

16 (1) the Secretary of the Air Force, in conjunc17 tion with the Chief Information Officer of the De18 partment of Defense, has developed an accelerated 

19 implementation plan that is executable for the Mis20 sion Partner Environment to meet operational re21 quirements for command and control information 

22 sharing networks, including a modernization plan 

23 that reduces bespoke hardware solutions, sunsets 

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1 components for the Combined Joint All-Domain 

2 Command and Control initiative; and 

3 (2) in coordination with each separate geo4 graphic combatant commander, the Secretary of the 

5 Air Force is implementing defined and measurable 

6 actions to meet the operational planning, implemen7 tation, and steady-state operational Mission Partner 

8 Environment requirements for global and regional 

9 processing nodes to sustain existing area of responsi10 bility specific networks. 

11 SEC. 1618. CONSOLIDATION OF BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS 

12 RELATING TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 

13 THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY AND 

14 UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND. 

15 (a) CONSOLIDATION.—Subsection (c) of section 1642 

16 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

17 2017 (Public Law 114–328), as added by section 1636 

18 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

19 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1748), is amended 

20 to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 

23 2025, and annually thereafter until March 1, 2028, 

24 the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National 

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1 of Staff shall jointly provide the appropriate commit2 tees of Congress a briefing on the relationship be3 tween the National Security Agency and United 

4 States Cyber Command. 

5 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing provided 

6 under paragraph (1) shall include an annual assess7 ment of the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) The resources, authorities, activities, 

9 missions, facilities, and personnel used to con10 duct the relevant missions at the National Se11 curity Agency and United States Cyber Com12 mand. 

13 ‘‘(B) The processes used to manage risk, 

14 balance tradeoffs, and to conduct the missions 

15 of the National Security Agency and United 

16 States Cyber Command. 

17 ‘‘(C) An assessment of the operating envi18 ronment and the continuous need to balance 

19 tradeoffs to meet mission necessity and effec20 tiveness. 

21 ‘‘(D) An assessment of the operational ef22 fects resulting from the relationship between 

23 the National Security Agency and United 

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1 that were enabled by or benefitted from the re2 lationship. 

3 ‘‘(E) Such other topics as the Secretary of 

4 Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, 

5 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

6 may consider appropriate.’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1556 of the 

8 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 

9 Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2924) 

10 is repealed. 

11 SEC. 1619. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS OF THE 

12 NATIONAL BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION 

13 SERVICE. 

14 (a) CHANGE IN MILESTONE DECISION AUTHORITY

15 OR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of De17 fense for Acquisition and Sustainment may, after 

18 consulting with the Security, Suitability, and 

19 Credentialing Performance Accountability Council 

20 Principals designated pursuant to section 2.4(b) of 

21 Executive Order 13467 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relat22 ing to reforming processes related to suitability for 

23 Government employment, fitness for contractor em24 ployees, and eligibility for access to classified na25 tional security information), alter the assignment of 


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1 milestone decision authority for the National Back2 ground Investigation Services or program manage3 ment of such services. 

4 (2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE REQUIRED.—A 

5 change in assignment under paragraph (1) shall 

6 take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date 

7 on which the Under Secretary submits to Congress, 

8 in writing, notice of such change that includes a de9 scription of, and justification for, the change. 

10 (b) CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH NA11 TIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

12 STANDARDS FOR PRIVACY AND SECURITY.—Not later 

13 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 the Under Secretary shall, in consultation with the Secu15 rity, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Account16 ability Council Principals— 

17 (1) take such actions as may be necessary to 

18 ensure that the National Background Investigation 

19 Services are in compliance with relevant standards 

20 and guidelines published in National Institute of 

21 Standards and Technology Special Publication 800– 

22 53, Revision 5 (relating to security and privacy con23 trols for information systems and organizations), or 

24 successor publication or revision; and 

25 (2) submit to Congress a notice either— 


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1 (A) certifying that such services are in 

2 compliance with such standards and guidelines; 

3 or 

4 (B) explaining why the Under Secretary is 

5 unable to certify that such services are in com6 pliance with such standards and guidelines. 

7 SEC. 1620. COST BUDGETING FOR ARTIFICIAL INTEL8 LIGENCE DATA. 

9 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Data and 

11 Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) of the Department 

12 of Defense shall, in consultation with the Under Secretary 

13 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Di14 rector of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, de15 velop a plan to ensure the budgeting process for programs 

16 containing artificial intelligence components, including 

17 support systems, models, or analysis tools as subcompo18 nents of larger programs, includes estimates for the types 

19 of data, and estimated costs for acquisition and 

20 sustainment of such data, required to train, maintain, or 

21 improve the artificial intelligence contained within such 

22 programs. 

23 (b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required under 

24 subsection (a) shall include each of the following: 


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1 (1) An assessment of the current programs con2 taining artificial intelligence components, including 

3 the sources and costs for associated training data. 

4 (2) An assessment of the costs associated with 

5 the data needs required to train, maintain, or im6 prove artificial intelligence models or systems, but 

7 not otherwise currently accounted for in a program 

8 of record. 

9 (3) Mapping of the acquisition lifecycle for the 

10 programs described in paragraph (1) to align budg11 eting milestones or gates with critical design or deci12 sion points in Department of Defense budgeting and 

13 execution processes. 

14 (4) A framework for estimating the costs de15 scribed in paragraph (2) and ensuring the costs as16 sociated with the data required to train, maintain, or 

17 improve artificial intelligence models or systems are 

18 appropriately incorporated into lifecycle sustainment 

19 estimates for future programs containing artificial 

20 intelligence components. 

21 (c) IMPLEMENTATION .—The Secretary of Defense 

22 shall begin implementation of the plan required by sub23 section (a) not later than 90 days after the date on which 

24 development of the plan required by subsection (a) is com25 pleted. 


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1 (d) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

2 date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently 

3 than once annually thereafter until 2027, the Secretary 

4 shall provide the congressional defense committees a brief5 ing on the implementation of the plan developed pursuant 

6 to subsection (a). 

7 SEC. 1621. PRESUMED RECIPROCAL SOFTWARE ACCRED8 ITING POLICY. 

9 (a) POLICY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 

10 shall, acting through the Chief Information Officer of the 

11 Department of Defense, implement a policy that requires 

12 security authorizing officials to inherit or reciprocate the 

13 security analysis and artifacts, as appropriate, of a cloud14 hosted platform, service, or application that has already 

15 been authorized by another authorizing official in the De16 partment of Defense in order to more rapidly adopt and 

17 use such cloud-hosted platforms, services, and applica18 tions, at the corresponding classification level and in ac19 cordance with the existing authorization conditions, with20 out additional authorizations or reviews. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 

22 policy implemented pursuant to subsection (a)— 

23 (1) ensures development of standardized and 

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1 cloud-hosted platforms, services, and applications to 

2 enable decision making by mission owners; 

3 (2) provides intuitive and digital workflow to 

4 document acknowledgments among mission owners 

5 and system owners of use of cloud-hosted capabili6 ties; 

7 (3) directs a review of existing authorization in8 formation, at the appropriate classification level, re9 garding the status of cloud-hosted capabilities for re10 view by mission owners, including through manage11 ment dashboards or other management analytic ca12 pability; and 

13 (4) defines a process to allow authorizing offi14 cials that disagree with the security of a system to 

15 elevate concerns to the Chief Information Officer for 

16 adjudication. 

17 (c) APPLICABILITY.—The policy implemented pursu18 ant to subsection (a) shall apply to— 

19 (1) all authorizing officials in the Department 

20 of Defense, including in every military department 

21 and in each component and agency of the Depart22 ment; and 

23 (2) all cloud-hosted capabilities, whether on 

24 public cloud, as authorized through the Federal Risk 

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1 (FedRAMP) and the Defense Information Systems 

2 Agency (DISA), or on Department of Defense-man3 aged private cloud landing zones that are authorized 

4 by Department accrediting officials. 

5 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

7 to the congressional defense committees a report on the 

8 status of the implementation of subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 1622. ANNUAL EVALUATION OF PRODUCTS FOR MO10 BILE DEVICE CYBSECURITY. 

11 (a) ANNUAL EVALUATIONS.—Not later than one year 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less 

13 frequently than once each year thereafter until September 

14 30, 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct an eval15 uation of the cybersecurity products and services for mo16 bile devices to identify products and services that may im17 prove the cybersecurity of mobile devices used by the De18 partment of Defense, including mitigating the risk to the 

19 Department from cyber attacks against mobile devices. 

20 (b) CYBERSECURITY TECHNOLOGIES.—In carrying 

21 out an evaluation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

22 evaluate each of the following technologies: 

23 (1) Anonymizing-enabling technologies, includ24 ing dynamic selector rotation, un-linkable payment 

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1 (2) Network-enabled full content inspection. 

2 (3) Mobile-device case hardware solutions. 

3 (4) On-device virtual private networks. 

4 (5) Protected domain name server infrastruc5 ture. 

6 (6) Extended coverage for mobile device end7 point detection. 

8 (7) Any other emerging or established tech9 nologies determined appropriate by the Secretary. 

10 (c) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out an evaluation under 

11 subsection (a), for each technology described in subsection 

12 (b), the Secretary shall— 

13 (1) assess the efficacy and value of the cyberse14 curity provided by the technology for mobile devices; 

15 (2) assess the feasibility of scaling the tech16 nology across the entirety or components of the De17 partment, including the timeline for deploying the 

18 technology across the entirety or components of the 

19 Department; and 

20 (3) evaluate the ability of the Department to in21 tegrate the technology with the existing cybersecu22 rity architecture of the Department. 

23 (d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Each year in which the Sec24 retary conducts an evaluation under subsection (a), the 

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1 mittees a report of the findings of the Secretary with re2 spect to the evaluation carried out under such subsection 

3 in that year, including a determination whether the De4 partment or any component thereof should procure or in5 corporate any of the technologies evaluated pursuant to 

6 subsection (b). 

7 SEC. 1623. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

8 THE JOINT CYBER WARFIGHTING ARCHITEC9 TURE. 

10 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap11 propriated by this Act for fiscal year 2025 for the Joint 

12 Cyber Warfighting Architecture, not more than 95 percent 

13 may be obligated or expended until the date on which the 

14 Commander of United States Cyber Command provides 

15 the plan required in subsection (b). 

16 (b) PLAN.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commander shall pro18 vide to the congressional defense committees a plan 

19 to move to the Next Generation Joint Cyber 

20 Warfighting Architecture. 

21 (2) CONTENTS.—The plan required by para22 graph (1) shall include the following: 

23 (A) Details for ceasing or minimizing con24 tinued development on the current Joint Cyber 

25 Warfighting Architecture components, including 


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1 timelines to stabilize the current architecture 

2 within 12 to 18 months and resources available 

3 across the future years defense plan as a result 

4 of such actions. 

5 (B) Scoping and a preliminary baseline 

6 plan for a revised Next Generation Joint Cyber 

7 Warfighting Architecture program, including 

8 timelines, coordination with the military depart9 ments, descriptions of proposed new capability 

10 sets, mapping of current Joint Cyber 

11 Warfighting Architecture capabilities to pro12 posed new capabilities, and additional authority 

13 or resource needs beyond those available under 

14 the rephrasing of the program. 

15 SEC. 1624. BRIEFING ON COURSE OF EDUCATION AND 

16 PILOT PROGRAM ON AUTHENTICATION OF 

17 DIGITAL CONTENT PROVENANCE FOR CER18 TAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDIA CON19 TENT. 

20 Section 1524 of the National Defense Authorization 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is amend22 ed— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 

24 (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

25 paragraph (4); and 


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1 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

2 following new paragraph (3): 

3 ‘‘(3) INTERIM BRIEFING.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 

5 days after the date of the enactment of the Na6 tional Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 

7 2025, the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

8 for Public Affairs shall provide to the Com9 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

10 Committee on Armed Services of the House of 

11 Representatives a briefing on the status of es12 tablishing the course of education under para13 graph (1). 

14 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—The briefing under sub15 paragraph (A) shall cover the following: 

16 ‘‘(i) The status of the Department 

17 with regards to developing the curriculum 

18 for the course of education. 

19 ‘‘(ii) Any initial resource constraints 

20 or other challenges that may be affecting 

21 the development of the course of education. 

22 ‘‘(iii) Such other matters as the Sec23 retary considers appropriate.’’; and 

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1 (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

2 paragraph (6); and 

3 (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

4 following new paragraph (5): 

5 ‘‘(5) INTERIM BRIEFING.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 

7 days after the date of the enactment of the Na8 tional Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 

9 2025, the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

10 for Public Affairs shall provide to the Com11 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

12 Committee on Armed Services of the House of 

13 Representatives a briefing on the status of the 

14 pilot program required by paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—The briefing under sub16 paragraph (A) shall cover the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) The actions taken by the Director 

18 of the Defense Media Activity to identify 

19 an industry open technical standard to 

20 pilot to verify the media content of the De21 partment. 

22 ‘‘(ii) Any resource constraints or other 

23 challenges, either budgetary, personnel, or 

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1 ‘‘(iii) Any business processes or stra2 tegic planning the Department has estab3 lished to fulfill implementation of the pilot 

4 program. 

5 ‘‘(iv) Any other matters as the Direc6 tor considers appropriate.’’. 

7 SEC. 1625. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE 

8 OF CYBER DATA PRODUCTS OR SERVICES 

9 OTHER THAN THROUGH THE PROGRAM MAN10 AGEMENT OFFICE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DE11 FENSE-WIDE PROCUREMENT OF CYBER DATA 

12 PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. 

13 Section 1521(c) of the National Defense Authoriza14 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 

15 U.S.C. 2224 note) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in17 serting a semicolon; 

18 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

19 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

21 paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(3) such component submits a justification to 

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1 sure product or service competition within the mar2 ket, supersedes cost considerations’’. 

3 SEC. 1626. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO CYBER PROTEC4 TION SUPPORT FOR DEPARTMENT OF DE5 FENSE PERSONNEL IN POSITIONS HIGHLY 

6 VULNERABLE TO CYBER ATTACK. 

7 Section 1645 of the National Defense Authorization 

8 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 

9 2224 note) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by inserting ‘‘and personal ac13 counts’’ after ‘‘personal technology de14 vices’’; and 

15 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and shall provide 

16 such support to any such personnel who 

17 request the support’’ after ‘‘in paragraph 

18 (2)’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 

20 personal accounts’’ after ‘‘personal technology 

21 devices’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or per24 sonal accounts’’ after ‘‘personal technology de25 vices’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and net2 works’’ and inserting ‘‘, personal networks, and 

3 personal accounts’’; and 

4 (3) by striking subsections (d) and (e) and in5 serting the following new subsection (d): 

6 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) The term ‘personal accounts’ means ac8 counts for online and telecommunications services, 

9 including telephone, residential internet access, 

10 email, text and multimedia messaging, cloud com11 puting, social media, health care, and financial serv12 ices, used by Department of Defense personnel out13 side of the scope of their employment with the De14 partment. 

15 ‘‘(2) The term ‘personal technology devices ’ 

16 means technology devices used by Department of 

17 Defense personnel outside of the scope of their em18 ployment with the Department and includes net19 works to which such devices connect.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1627. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON EFFORTS 

2 TO PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION OF 

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL 

4 FROM EXPLOITATION BY FOREIGN ADVER5 SARIES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

8 of the United States shall brief the appropriate congres9 sional committees on Department of Defense efforts to 

10 protect personal information of its personnel from exploi11 tation by foreign adversaries. 

12 (b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required under sub13 section (a) shall include any observations on the following 

14 elements: 

15 (1) An assessment of efforts by the Department 

16 of Defense to protect the personal information, in17 cluding location data generated by smart phones, of 

18 members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of 

19 the Department of Defense, veterans, and their fam20 ilies from exploitation by foreign adversaries. 

21 (2) Recommendations to improve Department 

22 of Defense policies and programs to meaningfully 

23 address this threat. 

24 (c) REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall publish 

25 on its website an unclassified report, which may contain 

26 a classified annex submitted to the congressional defense 


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1 and intelligence committees, on the elements described in 

2 subsection (b) at a time mutually agreed upon. 

3 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

4 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (1) the congressional defense committees; 

7 (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

8 Senate; and 

9 (3) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel10 ligence of the House of Representatives. 

11 DIVISION B—MILITARY CON12 STRUCTION AUTHORIZA13 TIONS 

14 SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 

15 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc16 tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025’’. 

17 SEC. 2002. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AND 

18 AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY 

19 LAW. 

20 (a) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER THREE

21 YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all author22 izations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for mili23 tary construction projects, land acquisition, family housing 

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1 (and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall ex2 pire on the later of— 

3 (1) October 1, 2027; or 

4 (2) the date of the enactment of an Act author5 izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

6 2028. 

7 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 

8 authorizations for military construction projects, land ac9 quisition, family housing projects and facilities, and con10 tributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Se11 curity Investment Program (and authorizations of appro12 priations therefor), for which appropriated funds have 

13 been obligated before the later of— 

14 (1) October 1, 2027; or 

15 (2) the date of the enactment of an Act author16 izing funds for fiscal year 2028 for military con17 struction projects, land acquisition, family housing 

18 projects and facilities, or contributions to the North 

19 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 

20 Program. 

21 SEC. 2003. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

22 Titles XXI through XXVII shall take effect on the 

23 later of— 

24 (1) October 1, 2024; or 

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1 TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY 

2 CONSTRUCTION 

3 SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

4 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

5 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

6 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria7 tions in section 2103(a) and available for military con8 struction projects inside the United States as specified in 

9 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 

10 Army may acquire real property and carry out military 

11 construction projects for the installations or locations in12 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

13 the following table: 

Army: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Alaska ............................... Fort Wainwright ................................................... $221,000,000 

California .......................... Fort Irwin ............................................................. $44,000,000 

Military Ocean Terminal Concord ........................ $68,000,000 

Florida .............................. Naval Air Station Key West ................................. $90,000,000 

Guam ................................ Joint Region Marianas .......................................... $386,000,000 

Hawaii .............................. Bradshaw Army Airfield ....................................... $20,000,000 

Wheeler Army Airfield .......................................... $231,000,000 

Kentucky .......................... Fort Campbell ....................................................... $11,800,000 

Maryland .......................... Fort Meade ........................................................... $46,000,000 

Michigan ........................... Detroit Arsenal ..................................................... $37,000,000 

Missouri ............................ Fort Leonard Wood .............................................. $144,000,000 

New York .......................... Watervliet Arsenal ................................................ $53,000,000 

Pennsylvania ..................... Letterkenny Army Depot ...................................... $346,000,000 

Puerto Rico ....................... Fort Buchanan ...................................................... $20,100,000 

Texas ................................ Fort Cavazos ......................................................... $147,000,000 

Red River Army Depot ......................................... $34,000,000 

Virginia ............................. Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall ......................... $180,000,000 

Washington ....................... Joint Base Lewis-McChord ................................... $192,000,000 

14 (b) PROTOTYPE PROJECT AGGREGATE TRANSACTION

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1 amount, set forth in the following table as a prototype 

2 project notwithstanding section 4022(i)(2)(B) of title 10, 

3 United States Code: 

Army Prototype Project 

State Installation Amount 

Pennsylvania ..................... Letterkenny Army Depot ...................................... $284,000,000 

4 (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

5 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria6 tions in section 2103(a) and available for military con7 struction projects outside the United States as specified 

8 in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 

9 Army may acquire real property and carry out military 

10 construction projects for the installations or locations out11 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

12 the following table: 

Army: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Belgium ............................ SHAPE Headquarters .......................................... $45,000,000 

Germany ........................... Smith Barracks ..................................................... $61,000,000 

Army Garrison Ansbach ........................................ $191,000,000 

Army Garrison Bavaria ........................................ $12,856,000 

Army Garrison Wiesbaden .................................... $44,000,000 

13 SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 

14 (a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using 

15 amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap16 propriations in section 2103(a) and available for military 

17 family housing functions as specified in the funding table 

18 in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may construct 

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1 and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 

2 and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Army: Family Housing 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Belgium ............... Chie`vres Air Base ................................. $100,954,000 

Germany .............. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz ........... $63,246,000 

3 (b) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

4 UNITS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 2825 of 

6 title 10, United States Code, and using amounts ap7 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appro8 priations in section 2103(a) and available for mili9 tary family housing functions as specified in the 

10 funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 

11 Army may improve existing military family housing 

12 units in an amount not to exceed $81,114,000. 

13 (2) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY

14 OUT PRIOR YEAR IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAM15 ILY HOUSING UNITS IMPROVEMENTS.— 

16 (A) FISCAL YEAR 2019.—Notwithstanding 

17 section 2102 of the Military Construction Au18 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (division 

19 B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2242), 

20 subject to section 2825 of title 10, United 

21 States Code, and using amounts appropriated 

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1 in section 2103(a) of that Act and available for 

2 military family housing functions as specified in 

3 the funding table in section 4601 of that Act, 

4 the Secretary of the Army may improve existing 

5 military family housing units in an amount not 

6 to exceed $80,100,000. 

7 (B) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—Notwithstanding 

8 section 2102 of the Military Construction Au9 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (division 

10 B of Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1864), sub11 ject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 

12 Code, and using amounts appropriated pursu13 ant to the authorization of appropriations in 

14 section 2103(a) of that Act and available for 

15 military family housing functions as specified in 

16 the funding table in section 4601 of that Act, 

17 the Secretary of the Army may improve existing 

18 military family housing units in an amount not 

19 to exceed $87,205,000. 

20 (C) FISCAL YEAR 2023.—Notwithstanding 

21 section 2102 of the Military Construction Au22 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division 

23 B of Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2972), 

24 subject to section 2825 of title 10, United 

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1 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

2 in section 2103(a) of that Act and available for 

3 military family housing functions as specified in 

4 the funding table in section 4601 of that Act, 

5 the Secretary of the Army may improve existing 

6 military family housing units in an amount not 

7 to exceed $26,500,000. 

8 (c) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro9 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

10 section 2103(a) and available for military family housing 

11 functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 

12 the Secretary of the Army may carry out architectural and 

13 engineering services and construction design activities 

14 with respect to the construction or improvement of family 

15 housing units in an amount not to exceed $31,333,000. 

16 SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 

17 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

18 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 

19 beginning after September 30, 2024, for military con20 struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 

21 functions of the Department of the Army as specified in 

22 the funding table in section 4601. 

23 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

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1 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

2 of all projects carried out under sections 2101 and 2102 

3 of this Act may not exceed the total amount authorized 

4 to be appropriated under subsection (a), as specified in 

5 the funding table in section 4601. 

6 SEC. 2104. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS7 CAL YEAR 2018 PROJECT AT KUNSAN AIR 

8 BASE, KOREA. 

9 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

10 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

11 Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 

12 1817), the authorization set forth in the table in sub13 section (b), as provided in section 2101(b) of that Act 

14 (131 Stat. 1819) and extended by section 2106(a) of the 

15 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

16 2023 (division B of Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2973) 

17 and section 2105 of the Military Construction Authoriza18 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 

19 118–31; 137 Stat. 712), shall remain in effect until Octo20 ber 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act au21 thorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

22 2026, whichever is later. 

23 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

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Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Korea .............. Kunsan Air Base ......... Unmanned Aerial 

Vehicle Hangar ... $53,000,000 

1 SEC. 2105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS2 CAL YEAR 2019 PROJECT AT MIHAIL 

3 KOGALNICEANU FOS, ROMANIA. 

4 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

5 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

6 Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 

7 2240), the authorization set forth in the table in sub8 section (b), as provided in section 2901 of that Act (132 

9 Stat. 2286) and extended by section 2106(b)(1) of the 

10 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

11 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 713), 

12 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2025, or the date 

13 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

14 construction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later. 

15 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

16 is as follows: 

Army: Extension of 2019 Project Authorization 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Romania ......... Mihail Kogalniceanu 

FOS ......................... EDI: Explosives and 

Ammo Load/Unload Apron. .......... $21,651,000 


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1 SEC. 2106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER2 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2020 PROJECTS. 

3 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

4 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

5 Year 2020 (division B of Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 

6 1862), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub7 section (b), as provided in section 2101 of that Act, shall 

8 remain in effect until October 1, 2025, or the date of the 

9 enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military con10 struction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later. 

11 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

12 is as follows: 

Army: Extension of 2020 Project Authorization 

State/ 

Country 

Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Kwajalein ....... Kwajalein Atoll ............ Air Traffic Control 

Tower and Terminal ................... $40,000,000 

South Carolina Fort Jackson ............... Reception Complex, 

Ph2 ...................... $88,000,000 

13 SEC. 2107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER14 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROJECTS. 

15 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

16 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

17 Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 

18 4294), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub19 section (b), as provided in section 2101(a) of that Act 

20 (134 Stat. 4295) and extended by section 2107(a) of the 


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1 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 713), 

3 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2025, or the date 

4 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

5 construction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later. 

6 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

7 is as follows: 

Army: Extension of 2021 Project Authorization 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Arizona ........... Yuma Proving Ground Ready Building ....... $14,000,000 

Georgia ........... Fort Gillem .................. Forensic Laboratory $71,000,000 

8 SEC. 2108. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER9 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROJECTS. 

10 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

11 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

12 Year 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 

13 2161), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub14 section (b), as provided in sections 2101 and 2105 of that 

15 Act (135 Stat. 2163, 2165), shall remain in effect until 

16 October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act 

17 authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

18 2026, whichever is later. 

19 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

20 is as follows: 


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State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Georgia ........... Fort Stewart ................ Barracks .................. $105,000,000 

Germany ......... Smith Barracks ........... Live Fire Exercise 

Shoothouse .......... $16,000,000 

Indoor Small Arms 

Range .................. $17,500,000 

Hawaii ............ West Loch Naval Magazine Annex.Ammunition Storage $51,000,000 

Wheeler Army Airfield Aviation Unit OPS 

Building ............... $84,000,000 

Kansas ........... Fort Leavenworth ........ Child Development 

Center .................. $37,000,000 

Kentucky ........ Fort Knox .................... Child Development 

Center .................. $30,000,000 

Louisiana ....... Fort Johnson ............... Joint Operations 

Center .................. $116,000,000 

Maryland ........ Fort Detrick ................ Incinerator Facility $27,000,000 

New Mexico .... White Sands Missile 

Range.

Missile Assembly 

Support Building $29,000,000 

Pennsylvania .. Letterkenny Army 

Depot.

Fire Station ............ $25,400,000 

Texas .............. Fort Bliss ..................... Defense Access 

Roads .................. $20,000,000 

1 SEC. 2109. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER2 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2025 PROJECT AT 

3 MCALESTER ARMY DEPOT, OKLAHOMA. 

4 (a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of 

5 the Army may carry out a military construction project 

6 to construct an ammunition demolition facility at 

7 McAlester Army Depot, Oklahoma, in the amount of 

8 $74,000,000. 

9 (b) USE OF UNOBLIGATED PRIOR-YEAR ARMY MILI10 TARY CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.—The Secretary may use 

11 funds that are unobligated and available for Army military 

12 construction that were appropriated for a fiscal year be13 fore fiscal year 2025 for the project described in sub14 section (a). 


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1 (c) SCOPE OF WORK VARIATIONS.—If it becomes 

2 necessary to exceed the authorized project cost under sub3 section (a), the Secretary shall use the authority under 

4 section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, regarding 

5 authorized cost and scope of work variations. 

6 (d) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

7 shall provide information in accordance with section 

8 2851(c) of title 10, United States Code, regarding the 

9 project described in subsection (a). 

10 TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY 

11 CONSTRUCTION 

12 SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

13 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

14 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

15 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria16 tions in section 2203(a) and available for military con17 struction projects inside the United States as specified in 

18 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 

19 Navy may acquire real property and carry out military 

20 construction projects for the installations or locations in21 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

22 the following table: 

Navy: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Arizona ............................. Marine Corps Air Station Yuma ........................... $261,160,000 

Florida .............................. Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ................... $221,060,000 

Georgia ............................. Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay ....................... $264,030,000 

Guam ................................ Andersen Air Force Base ...................................... $659,730,000 

Joint Region Marianas .......................................... $777,009,000 


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Navy: Inside the United States—Continued 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Hawaii .............................. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ......................... $824,000,000 

Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay ......................... $378,870,000 

Naval Ammunition Depot West Loch ................... $104,870,000 

Maryland .......................... Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head ........ $50,000,000 

Nevada .............................. Naval Air Station Fallon ...................................... $93,300,000 

North Carolina ................. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point ............... $747,540,000 

Virginia ............................. Naval Weapons Station Yorktown ........................ $151,850,000 

Norfolk Naval Shipyard ........................................ $568,200,000 

Washington ....................... Naval Base Kitsap ................................................ $277,820,000 

Naval Magazine Indian Island .............................. $37,770,000 

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard ............................... $182,200,000 

1 (b) PROTOTYPE PROJECT AGGREGATE TRANSACTION

2 VALUE.—The Secretary of the Navy may carry out a mili3 tary construction project for the installation, and in the 

4 amount, set forth in the following table as a prototype 

5 project notwithstanding section 4022(i)(2)(B) of title 10, 

6 United States Code: 

Navy Prototype Project 

State Installation Amount 

North Carolina ........ Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station ...... $420,000,000 

7 (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

8 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria9 tions in section 2203(a) and available for military con10 struction projects outside the United States as specified 

11 in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 

12 Navy may acquire real property and carry out military 

13 construction projects for the installations or locations out14 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

15 the following table: 


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Navy: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Australia .................. Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin ... $179,700,000 

Federated States of 

Micronesia ............ Yap International Airport ............................ $1,081,700,000 

Japan ....................... Marine Corps Base Camp Butler ................ $86,180,000 

Palau ....................... Koror, Port of Malakal ................................ $741,350,000 

1 SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING. 

2 (a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using 

3 amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap4 propriations in section 2203(a) and available for military 

5 family housing functions as specified in the funding table 

6 in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may construct 

7 or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 

8 and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 

9 and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Navy: Family Housing 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Guam ....................... Andersen Air Force Base ............................. $93,112,000 

Joint Region Marianas ................................. $103,863,000 

10 (b) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

11 UNITS.—Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 

12 Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 

13 authorization of appropriations in section 2203(a) and 

14 available for military family housing functions as specified 

15 in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 

16 Navy may improve existing military family housing units 

17 in an amount not to exceed $35,438,000. 


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1 (c) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro2 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

3 section 2203(a) and available for military family housing 

4 functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 

5 the Secretary of the Navy may carry out architectural and 

6 engineering services and construction design activities 

7 with respect to the construction or improvement of family 

8 housing units in an amount not to exceed $13,329,000. 

9 SEC. 2203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

11 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 

12 beginning after September 30, 2024, for military con13 struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 

14 functions of the Department of the Navy, as specified in 

15 the funding table in section 4601. 

16 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

17 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author18 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

19 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

20 of all projects carried out under sections 2201 and 2202 

21 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro22 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

23 table in section 4601. 


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1 SEC. 2204. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER2 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 PROJECTS. 

3 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

4 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

5 Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 

6 2240) the authorizations set forth in the table in sub7 section (b), as provided in section 2201(b) and 2902 of 

8 that Act (132 Stat. 2244, 2286) and extended by section 

9 2204 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

10 Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–31; 137 

11 Stat. 716), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2025, 

12 or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 

13 for military construction for fiscal year 2026, whichever 

14 is later. 

15 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

16 is as follows: 

Navy: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Bahrain .......... SW Asia .............. Fleet Maintenance Facility 

and TOC.

$26,340,000 

Greece ............ Naval Support 

Activity Souda 

Bay.

EDI: Joint Mobility Processing Center.$41,650,000 

17 SEC. 2205. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER18 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2020 PROJECTS. 

19 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

20 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

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1 1862) the authorization set forth in the table in subsection 

2 (b), as provided in section 2201(a) of that Act (133 Stat. 

3 1865), and the authorization for military construction 

4 projects for child development centers set forth in section 

5 2809 of that Act (133 Stat. 1887), shall remain in effect 

6 until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of 

7 an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fis8 cal year 2026, whichever is later. 

9 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

10 is as follows: 

Navy: Extension of 2020 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Arizona ........... Marine Corps Air 

Station Yuma.

Bachelor Enlisted Quarters $99,600,000 

11 SEC. 2206. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER12 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROJECTS. 

13 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

14 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

15 Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 

16 4294), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub17 section (b), as provided in section 2201 of that Act (134 

18 Stat. 4297) and extended by section 2205 of the Military 

19 Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (di20 vision B of Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 718), shall re21 main in effect until October 1, 2025, or the date of the 


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1 enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military con2 struction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later. 

3 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

4 is as follows: 

Navy: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Guam .............. Joint Region 

Marianas.

Joint Communication Upgrade.$22,000,000 

Maine ............. NCTAMS LANT 

Detachment 

Cutler.

Perimeter Security ............ $26,100,000 

Nevada ........... Fallon ................. Range Training Complex, 

Phase I.

$29,040,000 

5 SEC. 2207. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER6 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROJECTS. 

7 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

8 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

9 Year 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 

10 2161), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub11 section (b), as provided in sections 2201 and 2202(a) of 

12 that Act (135 Stat. 2166, 2167), shall remain in effect 

13 until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of 

14 an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fis15 cal year 2026, whichever is later. 

16 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

17 is as follows: 

Navy: Extension of 2022 Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Arizona ........... Marine Corps Air 

Station Yuma.

Combat Training Tank 

Complex.

$29,300,000 


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State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

California ....... Marine Corps Air 

Station 

Miramar.

F–35 Centralized Engine 

Repair Facility.

$31,400,000 

Marine Corps 

Base Camp 

Pendleton.

CLB MEU Complex .......... $83,900,000 

Marine Corps 

Base Camp 

Pendleton.

Warehouse Replacement ... $22,200,000 

Naval Base Ventura County.MQ–25 Aircraft Maintenance Hangar.$125,291,000 

District of Columbia.Marine Barracks 

Washington.

Family Housing Improvements.$10,415,000 

Florida ........... Marine Corps 

Support Facility Blount Island.

Lighterage and Small 

Craft Facility.

$69,400,000 

Hawaii ............ Marine Corps 

Base Kaneohe.

Electrical Distribution 

Modernization.

$64,500,000 

South Carolina Marine Corps Air 

Station Beaufort.

Aircraft Maintenance 

Hangar.

$122,600,000 

Spain .............. Naval Station 

Rota.

EDI: Explosive Ordnance 

Disposal (EOD) Mobile 

Unit Facilities.

$85,600,000 

1 SEC. 2208. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL 

2 YEAR 2025 PROJECT IN COOPERATIVE SECU3 RITY LOCATION COMALAPA, EL SALVADOR. 

4 (a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of 

5 the Navy may carry out a military construction project 

6 to construct a hangar and ramp expansion for Cooperative 

7 Security Location Comalapa, El Salvador, in the amount 

8 of $28,000,000. 

9 (b) USE OF UNOBLIGATED PRIOR-YEAR NAVY MILI10 TARY CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.—The Secretary may use 

11 funds that are unobligated and available for Navy military 

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1 before fiscal year 2025 for the project described in sub2 section (a). 

3 (c) SCOPE OF WORK VARIATIONS.—If it becomes 

4 necessary to exceed the authorized project cost under sub5 section (a), the Secretary shall use the authority under 

6 section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, regarding 

7 authorized cost and scope of work variations. 

8 (d) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

9 shall provide information in accordance with section 

10 2851(c) of title 10, United States Code, regarding the 

11 project described in subsection (a). 

12 TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE 

13 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

14 SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 

15 LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

16 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

17 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria18 tions in section 2303(a) and available for military con19 struction projects inside the United States as specified in 

20 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 

21 Air Force may acquire real property and carry out mili22 tary construction projects for the installations or locations 

23 inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth 

24 in the following table: 


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Air Force: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Alaska ....................... Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson ............ $250,000,000 

Arkansas .................. Ebbing Air National Guard Base .............. $74,000,000 

California .................. Beale Air Force Base ................................ $148,000,000 

Vandenberg Space Force Base .................. $277,000,000 

Colorado ................... Buckley Space Force Base ........................ $60,000,000 

District of Columbia Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling .................... $50,000,000 

Florida ...................... Eglin Air Force Base ................................ $23,900,000 

Tyndall Air Force Base ............................. $48,000,000 

Idaho ........................ Mountain Home Air Force Base ............... $40,000,000 

Louisiana .................. Barksdale Air Force Base ......................... $22,000,000 

Massachusetts .......... Hanscom Air Force Base .......................... $315,000,000 

Mississippi ................ Keesler Air Force Base ............................. $25,000,000 

Montana ................... Malmstrom Air Force Base ....................... $20,000,000 

North Carolina ......... Seymour Johnson Air Force Base ............ $41,000,000 

Oregon ...................... Mountain Home Air Force Base ............... $1,093,000,000 

South Dakota ........... Ellsworth Air Force Base .......................... $177,000,000 

Texas ........................ Dyess Air Force Base ................................ $31,300,000 

Joint Base San Antonio ............................ $469,000,000 

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland ............ $215,000,000 

Laughlin Air Force Base ........................... $56,000,000 

Utah ......................... Hill Air Force Base ................................... $258,000,000 

Virginia .................... Joint Base Langley-Eustis ........................ $81,000,000 

Wyoming .................. F.E. Warren Air Force Base .................... $1,581,000,000 

1 (b) PROTOTYPE PROJECT AGGREGATE TRANSACTION

2 VALUE.—The Secretary of the Air Force may carry out 

3 a military construction project for the installation, and in 

4 the amount, set forth in the following table as a prototype 

5 project notwithstanding section 4022(i)(2)(B) of title 10, 

6 United States Code: 

Air Force Prototype Project 

State Installation Amount 

Texas ......................... Joint Base San Antonio ............................... $469,000,000 

7 (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

8 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria9 tions in section 2303(a) and available for military con10 struction projects outside the United States as specified 

11 in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the 

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1 tary construction projects for the installations or locations 

2 outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth 

3 in the following table: 

Air Force: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Denmark .................... Royal Danish Air Force Base Karup .......... $110,000,000 

Federated States of 

Micronesia .............. Yap International Airport ............................ $674,314,000 

Germany .................... Ramstein Air Base ....................................... $22,000,000 

Spain .......................... Naval Station Rota ...................................... $15,200,000 

United Kingdom ........ Royal Air Force Lakenheath ....................... $185,000,000 

Royal Air Force Mildenhall .......................... $51,000,000 

4 SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING. 

5 (a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using 

6 amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap7 propriations in section 2303(a) and available for military 

8 family housing functions as specified in the funding table 

9 in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may con10 struct or acquire family housing units (including land ac11 quisition and supporting facilities) at the installation, and 

12 in the amount, set forth in the following table: 

Air Force: Family Housing 

Country Installation Amount 

Germany .................... Ramstein Air Base ....................................... $5,750,000 

13 (b) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

14 UNITS.—Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 

15 Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 

16 authorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and 

17 available for military family housing functions as specified 

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1 Air Force may improve existing military family housing 

2 units in an amount not to exceed $209,242,000. 

3 (c) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro4 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

5 section 2303(a) and available for military family housing 

6 functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 

7 the Secretary of the Air Force may carry out architectural 

8 and engineering services and construction design activities 

9 with respect to the construction or improvement of family 

10 housing units in an amount not to exceed $6,557,000. 

11 SEC. 2303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR 

12 FORCE. 

13 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

14 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 

15 beginning after September 30, 2024, for military con16 struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 

17 functions of the Department of the Air Force, as specified 

18 in the funding table in section 4601. 

19 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

20 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author21 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

22 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

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1 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

2 table in section 4601. 

3 SEC. 2304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS4 CAL YEAR 2017 PROJECT AT SPANGDAHLEM 

5 AIR BASE, GERMANY. 

6 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

7 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

8 Year 2017 (division B of Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 

9 2688), the authorization set forth in the table in sub10 section (b), as provided in section 2902 of that Act (130 

11 Stat. 2743) and extended by section 2304 of the Military 

12 Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (di13 vision B of Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2169) and sec14 tion 2304(b) of the Military Construction Authorization 

15 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118– 

16 31; 137 Stat. 721), shall remain in effect until October 

17 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act author18 izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2026, 

19 whichever is later. 

20 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

21 is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2017 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Germany ......... Spangdahlem Air Base ERI: F/A–22 Low 

Observable/Composite Repair Facility ..................... $12,000,000 


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1 SEC. 2305. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER2 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2018 PROJECTS. 

3 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

4 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

5 Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 

6 1817), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub7 section (b), as provided in section 2903 of that Act (131 

8 Stat. 1876) and extended by section 2304(b) of the Mili9 tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 

10 (division B of Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2980) and 

11 section 2305(b) of the Military Construction Authorization 

12 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118– 

13 31; 137 Stat. 722), shall remain in effect until October 

14 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act author15 izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2026, 

16 whichever is later. 

17 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

18 is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2018 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Hungary ......... Kecskeme ́t Air Base .... ERI: Airfield Upgrades .................. $12,900,000 

Kecskeme ́t Air Base .... ERI: Construct Parallel Taxiway ....... $30,000,000 

Kecskeme ́t Air Base .... ERI: Increase POL 

Storage Capacity $12,500,000 

Slovakia .......... Malacky ........................ ERI: Increase POL 

Storage Capacity $20,000,000 


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1 SEC. 2306. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER2 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 PROJECTS. 

3 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

4 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

5 Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 

6 2240), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub7 section (b), as provided in section 2903 of that Act (132 

8 Stat. 2287) and extended by section 2306(b) of the Mili9 tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 

10 (division B of Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 724), shall 

11 remain in effect until October 1, 2025, or the date of the 

12 enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military con13 struction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later. 

14 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

15 is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

United Kingdom ............. RAF Fairford .............. EDI: Construct 

DABS–FEV Storage ....................... $87,000,000 

RAF Fairford .............. EDI: Munitions 

Holding Area ....... $19,000,000 

16 SEC. 2307. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER17 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2020 PROJECTS. 

18 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

19 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

20 Year 2020 (division B of Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 


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1 1862), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub2 section (b), as provided in sections 2301(a) and 2912(a) 

3 of that Act (133 Stat. 1867, 1913), shall remain in effect 

4 until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of 

5 an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fis6 cal year 2026, whichever is later. 

7 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

8 is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2020 Project Authorizations 

State/ 

Country 

Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Florida ........... Tyndall Air Force Base Deployment Center/ 

Flight Line Dining/AAFES .......... $43,000,000 

New Mexico .... Kirtland Air Force 

Base ......................... Combat Rescue Helicopter Simulator 

(CRH) ADAL ..... $15,500,000 

Texas .............. Joint Base San Antonio BMT Recruit Dormitory 8 ............... $110,000,000 

Washington .... Fairchild-White Bluff .. Consolidated TFI 

Base Operations .. $31,000,000 

9 SEC. 2308. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS10 CAL YEAR 2021 PROJECT AT JOINT BASE 

11 LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VIRGINIA. 

12 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

13 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

14 Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 

15 4294), the authorization set forth in the table in sub16 section (b), as provided in section 2301(a) of that Act 

17 (134 Stat. 4299) and extended by section 2307(a) of the 

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1 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 725), 

2 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2025, or the date 

3 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

4 construction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later. 

5 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

6 is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2021 Project Authorization 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Virginia .......... Joint Base Langley– 

Eustis ....................... Access Control Point 

Main Gate with 

Land Acq. ............ $19,500,000 

7 SEC. 2309. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER8 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROJECTS. 

9 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

10 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

11 Year 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 

12 2161), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub13 section (b), as provided in section 2301 of that Act (135 

14 Stat. 2168), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2025, 

15 or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 

16 for military construction for fiscal year 2026, whichever 

17 is later. 

18 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

19 is as follows: 


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Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Australia ........ Royal Australian Air 

Force Base Darwin .. Squadron Operations 

Facility ................ $7,400,000 

Royal Australian Air 

Force Base Tindal ... Aircraft Maintenance Support 

Facility ................ $6,200,000 

Royal Australian Air 

Force Base Tindal ... Squadron Operations 

Facility ................ $8,200,000 

Massachusetts Hanscom Air Force 

Base ......................... NC3 Acquisitions 

Management Facility ..................... $66,000,000 

United Kingdom ............. Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath .............. F–35A Child Development Center ..... $24,000,000 

Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath .............. F–35A Munition Inspection Facility .. $31,000,000 

Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath .............. F–35A Weapons 

Load Training 

Facility ................ $49,000,000 

1 TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGEN2 CIES MILITARY CONSTRUC3 TION 

4 SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUC5 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

6 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

7 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria8 tions in section 2403(a) and available for military con9 struction projects inside the United States as specified in 

10 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of De11 fense may acquire real property and carry out military 

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1 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

2 the following table: 

Defense Agency: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Alaska ............................... Eielson Air Force Base ......................................... $14,000,000 

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson ........................ $55,000,000 

Arizona ............................. Marine Corps Air Station Yuma ........................... $62,000,000 

California .......................... Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton .................... $96,410,000 

Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center $19,300,000 

Colorado ............................ Fort Carson ........................................................... $41,000,000 

Florida .............................. Hurlburt Field ...................................................... $14,000,000 

Georgia ............................. Hunter Army Airfield ........................................... $63,800,000 

Guam ................................ Joint Region Marianas .......................................... $929,224,000 

Missouri ............................ Whiteman Air Force Base .................................... $19,500,000 

North Carolina ................. Fort Liberty .......................................................... $41,800,000 

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune ....................... $82,400,000 

South Carolina ................. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort ...................... $31,500,000 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island .......... $72,050,000 

Texas ................................ Naval Air Station Corpus Christi ......................... $79,300,000 

National Security Agency Texas ........................... $347,000,000 

Virginia ............................. Fort Belvoir .......................................................... $225,000,000 

Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story $32,000,000 

Pentagon ............................................................... $36,800,000 

Washington ....................... Naval Air Station Whidbey Island ........................ $54,000,000 

3 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

4 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria5 tions in section 2403(a) and available for military con6 struction projects outside the United States as specified 

7 in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of De8 fense may acquire real property and carry out military 

9 construction projects for the installations or locations out10 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

11 the following table: 

Defense Agency: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Japan ................................ Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler ...... $160,000,000 

Korea ................................ Kunsan Air Base ................................................... $64,942,000 

United Kingdom ............... Royal Air Force Lakenheath ................................ $153,000,000 


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1 SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZED ENERGY RESILIENCE AND CON2 SERVATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM 

3 PROJECTS. 

4 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

5 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria6 tions in section 2403(a) and available for energy conserva7 tion projects as specified in the funding table in section 

8 4601, the Secretary of Defense may carry out energy con9 servation projects under chapter 173 of title 10, United 

10 States Code, for the installations or locations inside the 

11 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol12 lowing table: 

ERCIP Projects: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Alabama ............................ Anniston Army Depot ........................................... $56,450,000 

Delaware ........................... Major Joseph R. ‘‘Beau’’ Biden III National 

Guard/Reserve Center.

$22,050,000 

Hawaii .............................. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ......................... $12,813,000 

Illinois ............................... Rock Island Arsenal .............................................. $70,480,000 

Indiana ............................. Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck ............................... $39,180,000 

Maine ................................ Naval Shipyard Portsmouth ................................. $28,700,000 

Maryland .......................... Aberdeen Proving Ground ..................................... $30,730,000 

Joint Base Andrews .............................................. $17,920,000 

New Jersey ....................... Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst ..................... $17,730,000 

Ohio .................................. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base ......................... $53,000,000 

Washington ....................... Joint Base Lewis-McChord - Gray Army Airfield $40,000,000 

Naval Magazine Indian Island .............................. $39,490,000 

13 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

14 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria15 tions in section 2403(a) and available for energy conserva16 tion projects as specified in the funding table in section 

17 4601, the Secretary of Defense may carry out energy con18 servation projects under chapter 173 of title 10, United 

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1 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol2 lowing table: 

ERCIP Projects: Outside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Bahrain ............................. Naval Support Bahrain ......................................... $15,330,000 

Greece ............................... Naval Support Activity Souda Bay ....................... $42,500,000 

Italy .................................. Naval Air Station Sigonella .................................. $13,470,000 

Japan ................................ Camp Fuji ............................................................. $45,870,000 

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni ....................... $89,400,000 

Marine Corps Base Camp Butler ......................... $57,570,000 

3 (c) IMPROVEMENT OF CONVEYED UTILITY SYS4 TEMS.—In the case of a utility system that is conveyed 

5 under section 2688 of title 10, United States Code, and 

6 that only provides utility services to a military installation, 

7 notwithstanding subchapters I and III of chapter 169 and 

8 chapters 221 and 223 of title 10, United States Code, the 

9 Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military depart10 ment may authorize a contract with the conveyee of the 

11 utility system to carry out the military construction 

12 projects set forth in the following table: 

Improvement of Conveyed Utility Systems 

Country Installation or Location Project 

Maryland .......................... Aberdeen Proving Ground (Edgewood) ................ Power 

Generation and 

Microgrid 

Washington ....................... Joint Base Lewis-McChord - Gray Army Airfield Power 

Generation and 

Microgrid 

13 SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DE14 FENSE AGENCIES. 

15 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

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1 struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 

2 functions of the Department of Defense (other than the 

3 military departments), as specified in the funding table 

4 in section 4601. 

5 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

6 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author7 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

8 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

9 of all projects carried out under sections 2401 and 2402 

10 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro11 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

12 table in section 4601. 

13 SEC. 2404. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS14 CAL YEAR 2018 PROJECT IN IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 

15 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

16 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

17 Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 

18 1817), the authorization set forth in the table in sub19 section (b), as provided in section 2401(b) of that Act 

20 (131 Stat. 1829) and extended by section 2404 of the 

21 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

22 2023 (division B of Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2984) 

23 and by section 2404 of the Military Construction Author24 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 

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1 ber 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act au2 thorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

3 2026, whichever is later. 

4 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

5 is as follows: 

Defense Agencies: Extension of 2018 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Japan ............. Iwakuni ............... PDI: Construct Bulk Storage Tanks PH 1 ............ $30,800,000 

6 SEC. 2405. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS7 CAL YEAR 2019 PROJECT IN IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 

8 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

9 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

10 Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 

11 2240), the authorization set forth in the table in sub12 section (b), as provided in section 2401(b) of that Act 

13 (132 Stat. 2249) and extended by section 2405(a) of the 

14 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

15 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 729), 

16 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2025, or the date 

17 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

18 construction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later. 

19 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

20 is as follows: 


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Defense Agencies: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Japan ............. Iwakuni ............... Fuel Pier ........................... $33,200,000 

1 SEC. 2406. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS2 CAL YEAR 2020 PROJECT IN FORT 

3 INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA. 

4 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

5 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

6 Year 2020 (division B of Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 

7 1862), the authorization set forth in the table in sub8 section (b), as authorized pursuant to section 2402 of such 

9 Act (133 Stat. 1872), shall remain in effect until October 

10 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act author11 izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2026, 

12 whichever is later. 

13 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

14 is as follows: 

ERCIP Project: Extension of 2020 Project Authorization 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Pennsylvania .. Fort Indiantown 

Gap ................. Install Geothermal and 

413 kW Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Array ......... $3,950,000 

15 SEC. 2407. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER16 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROJECTS. 

17 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

18 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 


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1 Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 

2 4294), the authorization set forth in the table in sub3 section (b), as provided in sections 2401(b) and 2402 of 

4 that Act (134 Stat. 4305, 4306) and extended by sections 

5 2406 and 2407 of the Military Construction Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118– 

7 31; 137 Stat. 730), shall remain in effect until October 

8 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act author9 izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2026, 

10 whichever is later. 

11 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

12 is as follows: 

Defense Agencies and ERCIP Projects: Extension of 2021 

Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Arkansas ........ Ebbing Air National Guard 

Base ................ PV Arrays and Battery 

Storage .......................... $2,600,000 

California ....... Marine Corps Air 

Ground Combat 

Center 

Twentynine 

Palms .............. Install 10 MW Battery 

Energy Storage for Various Buildings ................ $11,646,000 

Naval Support 

Activity Monterey ................ Cogeneration Plant at 

B236 .............................. $10,540,000 

Italy ................ Naval Support 

Activity Naples Smart Grid ........................ $3,490,000 

Japan ............. Def Fuel Support 

Point Tsurumi Fuel Wharf ........................ $49,500,000 


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1 SEC. 2408. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

2 FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROJECT AT JOINT BASE 

3 ANACOSTIA-BOLLING, DISTRICT OF COLUM4 BIA. 

5 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

6 in section 2402(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza7 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (division B of Public Law 

8 117–81; 135 Stat. 2174) for Joint Base Anacostia9 Bolling, District of Columbia, for construction of PV car10 ports, the Secretary of Defense may install a 1.0 megawatt 

11 battery energy storage system for a total project amount 

12 of $40,650,000. 

13 SEC. 2409. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER14 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROJECTS. 

15 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

16 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

17 Year 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 

18 2161), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub19 section (b), as provided in sections 2401(b) and 2402 of 

20 that Act (135 Stat. 2173, 2174), shall remain in effect 

21 until October 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of 

22 an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fis23 cal year 2026, whichever is later. 

24 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

25 is as follows: 


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Defense Agencies and ERCIP Projects: Extension of 2022 

Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Alabama ......... Fort Novosel ....... 10 MW RICE Generator 

Plant and Microgrid 

Controls ......................... $24,000,000 

California ....... Marine Corps Air 

Station 

Miramar .......... Additional LFG Power 

Meter Station ................ $4,054,000 

Naval Air Weapons Station 

China LakeRidgecrest ....... Solar Energy Storage System ................................ $9,120,000 

Georgia ........... Fort Moore ......... 4.8 MW Generation and 

Microgrid ....................... $17,593,000 

Fort Stewart ....... 10 MW Generation Plant, 

with Microgrid Control .. $22,000,000 

Guam .............. Polaris Point 

Submarine 

Base ................ Inner Apra Harbor Resiliency Upgrades Ph 1 ..... $38,300,000 

Michigan ......... Camp Grayling ... 650 KW Gas-Fired MicroTurbine Generation System ................................ $5,700,000 

Mississippi ...... Camp Shelby ....... 10 MW Generation Plant 

and Feeder level 

Microgrid System. ......... $34,500,000 

Camp Shelby ....... Electrical Distribution Infrastructure Undergrounding Hardening 

Project ........................... $11,155,000 

New York ....... Fort Drum .......... Wellfield Field Expansion 

Project ........................... $27,000,000 

North Carolina Fort Liberty ....... 10 MW Microgrid Utilizing 

Existing and New Generators ........................... $19,464,000 

........................ Fort Liberty ....... Emergency Water System $7,705,000 

Ohio ................ Springfield-Beckley Municipal 

Airport ............ Base-Wide Microgrid With 

Natural Gas Generator, 

Photovoltaic and Battery 

Storage .......................... $4,700,000 

Puerto Rico .... Aguadilla ............. Microgrid Control System, 

460 KW PV, 275 KW 

Generator, 660 Kwh 

Bess ............................... $10,120,000 

Fort Allen ........... Microgrid Control System, 

690 KW PV, 275 KW 

Gen, 570 Kwh Bess ...... $12,190,000 

Tennessee ....... Memphis International Airport ................. PV Arrays and Battery 

Storage .......................... $4,780,000 

United Kingdom.Royal Air Force 

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Defense Agencies and ERCIP Projects: Extension of 2022 

Project Authorizations—Continued 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Virginia .......... National 

Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Campus 

East ................ Electrical System Redundancy ............................. $5,299,000 

1 TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL 

2 PROGRAMS 

3 Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty 

4 Organization Security Invest5 ment Program 

6 SEC. 2501. AUTHORIZED NATO CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

7 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

8 The Secretary of Defense may make contributions for 

9 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Invest10 ment Program as provided in section 2806 of title 10, 

11 United States Code, in an amount not to exceed the sum 

12 of the amount authorized to be appropriated for this pur13 pose in section 2502 and the amount collected from the 

14 North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a result of con15 struction previously financed by the United States. 

16 SEC. 2502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATO. 

17 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

18 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2024, for con19 tributions by the Secretary of Defense under section 2806 

20 of title 10, United States Code, for the share of the United 


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1 States of the cost of projects for the North Atlantic Treaty 

2 Organization Security Investment Program authorized by 

3 section 2501, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol4 lowing table: 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 

Program 

Location Installation or Location Amount 

Worldwide Unspecified ...................... NATO Security Investment Program .......... $463,864,000 

5 SEC. 2503. EXTENSION OF USE OF AUTHORIZED AMOUNTS 

6 FOR NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZA7 TION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM. 

8 Section 2806(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 

11 Funds’’; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(2) If any funds authorized for the North Atlantic 

15 Treaty Organization Security Investment program for a 

16 fiscal year are available to be obligated or expended at the 

17 end of that fiscal year and no funds have been authorized 

18 for the following fiscal year, not more than 25 percent of 

19 the amount authorized for the North Atlantic Treaty Or20 ganization Security Investment program for that fiscal 

21 year shall be deemed to be authorized by law for purposes 

22 of paragraph (1) for the following fiscal year.’’. 


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1 SEC. 2504. MODIFICATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 

2 PROJECTS EXECUTED BY THE UNITED 

3 STATES UNDER THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREA4 TY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT 

5 PROGRAM. 

6 Section 2350q of title 10, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph 

9 (3) to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(3) If contributions are made under paragraph (1) 

11 as reimbursement for a project or portion of a project pre12 viously completed by the Department of Defense, such 

13 contributions shall be credited to appropriations for the 

14 Program and shall merge with and remain available for 

15 the same purposes and duration as such appropriations.’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) in subsection (e)— 

18 (A) by striking paragraph (2); 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘(1) In the event’’ and in20 serting ‘‘In the event’’; and 

21 (C) by striking ‘‘using any unobligated 

22 funds’’ and all that follows through the period 

23 at the end and inserting ‘‘using— 

24 ‘‘(1) any unobligated funds appropriated to the 

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1 ‘‘(2) unobligated funds available for operation 

2 and maintenance if the aggregate amount of insuffi3 cient contributions for the project does not exceed 

4 the amount specified in section 2805(c) of this 

5 title.’’. 

6 SEC. 2505. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PROJECTS EXECUTED BY 

7 HOST NATIONS OTHER THAN THE UNITED 

8 STATES UNDER THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREA9 TY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT 

10 PROGRAM. 

11 Section 2350q of title 10, United States Code, is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub14 section (g); and 

15 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol16 lowing new subsection (f): 

17 ‘‘(f) CONJUNCTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IF THE UNITED

18 STATES IS NOT DESIGNATED AS THE HOST NATION FOR

19 A PROJECT.—(1) If the United States is not designated 

20 as the Host Nation for purposes of executing a project 

21 under the Program and such project meets the minimum 

22 military requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Orga23 nization but does not fully meet the requirements of the 

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1 tional interest of the United States, may provide conjunc2 tive contributions to the designated Host Nation using— 

3 ‘‘(A) any unobligated funds appropriated to the 

4 Secretary for military construction; and 

5 ‘‘(B) unobligated funds available for operation 

6 and maintenance if the aggregate amount of con7 junctive contributions for the project does not exceed 

8 the amount specified in section 2805(c) of this title. 

9 ‘‘(2)(A) A project may be carried out with conjunctive 

10 contributions provided under paragraph (1) only after the 

11 end of the 14-day period beginning on the date on which 

12 a report described in subparagraph (B) with respect to 

13 the project is received by the congressional defense com14 mittees in an electronic medium. 

15 ‘‘(B) A report described in this subparagraph with 

16 respect to a project shall contain— 

17 ‘‘(i) a notification of the decision of the Sec18 retary to provide conjunctive contributions under 

19 paragraph (1) with respect to the project; 

20 ‘‘(ii) a description of the justification for the 

21 project; 

22 ‘‘(iii) an identification of the source of funds to 

23 be used for the project; and 

24 ‘‘(iv) an assessment of the estimated cost of the 

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1 Subtitle B—Host Country In-kind 

2 Contributions 

3 SEC. 2511. REPUBLIC OF KOREA FUNDED CONSTRUCTION 

4 PROJECTS. 

5 Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Korea 

6 for required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of De7 fense may accept military construction projects for the in8 stallations or locations in the Republic of Korea, and in 

9 the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects 

Component Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

Army .............. Camp Carroll ...... MSC-K Paint Removal 

Booth.

$9,400,000 

Army .............. Camp Carroll ...... Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility 

(TEMF).

$72,000,000 

Army .............. Camp Walker ...... Elementary School ............ $46,000,000 

Army .............. USAG Humphreys.Embedded Behavioral 

Health Clinic.

$10,000,000 

Army .............. USAG Humphreys.General Support Aviation 

Battalion Hangar.

$180,000,000 

Navy ............... Chinhae ............... Upgrade Main Access Control Point.$9,200,000 

Air Force ........ Daegu AB ........... Upgrade Water Distribution System.$9,600,000 

Air Force ........ Kunsan AB ......... Combat Small Arms Range $31,000,000 

Air Force ........ Kunsan AB ......... Fighter Squadron and 

Fighter Generation 

Squadron Operations 

Facility.

$46,000,000 

Air Force ........ Osan AB ............. Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) Flight 

Simulator.

$15,000,000 

10 SEC. 2512. REPUBLIC OF POLAND FUNDED CONSTRUCTION 

11 PROJECTS. 

12 Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Poland 

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1 stallations or locations in the Republic of Poland, and in 

2 the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Republic of Poland Funded Construction Projects 

Component Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

Air Force ........ Lask AB ............. AT/FP Upgrades for PPI 

Mission.

$22,000,000 

Air Force ........ Lask AB ............. Connecting Taxiways for 

RPA Mission.

$18,000,000 

Air Force ........ Lask AB ............. Ground Comms and Data 

Support Area for RPA 

Mission.

$5,000,000 

Air Force ........ Lask AB ............. Maintenance Hangar for 

PPI Mission.

$69,000,000 

Air Force ........ Lask AB ............. RPA Parking Apron ......... $18,000,000 

Air Force ........ Wroclaw AB ....... AT/FP Upgrades for 

APOD Mission.

$46,000,000 

Air Force ........ Wroclaw AB ....... Comms Infrastructure for 

APOD Mission.

$10,000,000 

3 TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND 

4 RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 

5 SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CON6 STRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION 

7 PROJECTS. 

8 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author9 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

10 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund11 ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may 

12 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

13 projects for the Army National Guard locations inside the 

14 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol15 lowing table: 

Army National Guard: 

State Location Amount 

Alaska ...................... Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson ............... $67,000,000 

Iowa ......................... Sioux City Armory ....................................... $13,800,000 

Kentucky .................. Fort Campbell .............................................. $18,000,000 


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Army National Guard:—Continued 

State Location Amount 

Louisiana ................. Lafayette Readiness Center ......................... $33,000,000 

Mississippi ............... Southaven Readiness Center ........................ $33,000,000 

Montana ................... Malta Readiness Center ............................... $14,800,000 

Nevada ..................... Hawthorne Army Depot ............................... $18,000,000 

New Jersey .............. National Guard Training Center Sea Girt .. $25,300,000 

Vineland ....................................................... $23,000,000 

Ohio ......................... Lima ............................................................. $26,000,000 

Oklahoma ................. Shawnee Readiness Center .......................... $29,000,000 

Utah ......................... Nephi Readiness Center ............................... $20,000,000 

Washington .............. Camp Murray ............................................... $40,000,000 

1 SEC. 2602. AUTHORIZED ARMY RESERVE CONSTRUCTION 

2 AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

3 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author4 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

5 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund6 ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may 

7 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

8 projects for the Army Reserve locations inside the United 

9 States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

10 table: 

Army Reserve 

State Location Amount 

California ................. Camp Parks ................................................. $42,000,000 

Georgia .................... Dobbins Air Reserve Base ........................... $78,000,000 

Kentucky .................. Fort Knox .................................................... $138,000,000 

Massachusetts .......... Devens Reserve Forces Training Area ........ $39,000,000 

New Jersey .............. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst ............. $16,000,000 

Pennsylvania ............ Wilkes-Barre ................................................ $22,000,000 

Puerto Rico .............. Fort Buchanan ............................................. $39,000,000 

Virginia .................... Richmond ..................................................... $23,000,000 


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1 SEC. 2603. AUTHORIZED NAVY RESERVE AND MARINE 

2 CORPS RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

3 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

4 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author5 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

6 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund7 ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may 

8 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

9 projects for the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 

10 locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, 

11 set forth in the following table: 

Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 

State Location Amount 

Texas ....................... Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort 

Worth.

$75,000,000 

Washington .............. Joint Base Lewis-McChord .......................... $26,610,000 

12 SEC. 2604. AUTHORIZED AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUC13 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

14 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author15 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

16 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund17 ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 

18 may acquire real property and carry out military construc19 tion projects for the Air National Guard locations inside 

20 the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the 

21 following table: 


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Air National Guard 

State Location Amount 

Alaska ...................... Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson .............. $63,300,000 

California ................. Moffett Airfield ............................................ $12,600,000 

Florida ..................... Jacksonville International Airport ............... $26,200,000 

Hawaii ..................... Hickam Air Force Base ............................... $36,600,000 

Maine ....................... Bangor International Airport ...................... $48,000,000 

New Jersey .............. Atlantic City International Airport .............. $18,000,000 

New York ................. Francis S. Gabreski Airport ........................ $14,000,000 

Texas ....................... Fort Worth ................................................... $13,100,000 

1 SEC. 2605. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE RESERVE CONSTRUC2 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

3 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author4 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

5 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund6 ing table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 

7 may acquire real property and carry out military construc8 tion projects for the Air Force Reserve locations inside 

9 the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the 

10 following table: 

Air Force Reserve 

State Location Amount 

Indiana .................... Grissom Air Reserve Base ........................... $21,000,000 

Ohio ......................... Youngstown Air Reserve Station ................. $25,000,000 

South Carolina ......... Joint Base Charleston .................................. $33,000,000 

11 SEC. 2606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NA12 TIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE. 

13 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

14 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2024, for the 

15 costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, 

16 and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve 

17 Forces, and for contributions therefor, under chapter 


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1 1803 of title 10, United States Code (including the cost 

2 of acquisition of land for those facilities), as specified in 

3 the funding table in section 4601. 

4 SEC. 2607. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS5 CAL YEAR 2018 PROJECT AT HULMAN RE6 GIONAL AIRPORT, INDIANA. 

7 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

8 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

9 Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 

10 1817), the authorization set forth in the table in sub11 section (b), as provided in section 2604 of that Act (131 

12 Stat. 1836) and extended by section 2608 of the Military 

13 Construction Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Pub14 lic Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2989) and section 2607 of 

15 the Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (divi16 sion B of Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 737), shall re17 main in effect until October 1, 2025, or the date of the 

18 enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military con19 struction for fiscal year 2026, whichever is later. 

20 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

21 is as follows: 

National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2018 Project 

Authorization 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Indiana ........... Hulman Regional 

Airport ............ Construct Small Arms 

Range ............................ $8,000,000 


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1 SEC. 2608. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER2 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2020 PROJECTS. 

3 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

4 the Military Construction Defense Authorization Act for 

5 Fiscal Year 2020 (division B of Public Law 116–92; 133 

6 Stat. 1862), the authorizations set forth in the table in 

7 subsection (b), as provided in section 2601 of that Act 

8 (133 Stat. 1875), shall remain in effect until October 1, 

9 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 

10 funds for military construction for fiscal year 2026, which11 ever is later. 

12 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

13 is as follows: 

National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2020 Project 

Authorization 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

California ....... Camp Roberts ..... Automated Multipurpose 

Machine Gun (MPMG) 

Range ............................ $12,000,000 

Pennsylvania .. Moon Township .. Combined Support Maintenance Shop .................... $23,000,000 

14 SEC. 2609. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER15 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROJECTS. 

16 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

17 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

18 Year 2021 (Division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 

19 4294), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub20 section (b), as provided in sections 2601, 2602, and 2604 


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1 of that Act (134 Stat. 4312, 4313, 4314) and extended 

2 by section 2609 of the Military Construction Authoriza3 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 

4 118–31; 137 Stat. 738), shall remain in effect until Octo5 ber 1, 2025, or the date of the enactment of an Act au6 thorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

7 2026, whichever is later. 

8 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

9 is as follows: 

National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2021 Project 

Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Arkansas ........ Fort Chaffee ....... National Guard Readiness 

Center ............................ $15,000,000 

California ....... Bakersfield .......... National Guard Vehicle 

Maintenance Shop ......... $9,300,000 

Massachusetts Devens Reserve 

Forces Training Area .......... Automated Multipurpose 

Machine Gun Range ...... $8,700,000 

North Carolina Asheville .............. Army Reserve Center/Land $24,000,000 

Puerto Rico .... Fort Allen ........... National Guard Readiness 

Center ............................ $37,000,000 

South Carolina Joint Base 

Charleston ....... National Guard Readiness 

Center ............................ $15,000,000 

Texas .............. Fort Worth ......... Aircraft Maintenance 

Hangar Addition/Alt. .... $6,000,000 

Joint Base San 

Antonio ........... F–16 Mission Training 

Center ............................ $10,800,000 

Virgin Islands St. Croix ............. Army Aviation Support 

Facility (AASF) ............ $28,000,000 

............................. CST Ready Building ......... $11,400,000 

10 SEC. 2610. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER11 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROJECTS. 

12 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of 

13 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

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1 2161), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub2 section (b), as provided in sections 2601, 2602, 2604, and 

3 2605 of that Act (135 Stat. 2178, 2179) and amended 

4 by section 2607(1) of the Military Construction Authoriza5 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 

6 117–263; 136 Stat. 2988), shall remain in effect until Oc7 tober 1, 2026, or the date of the enactment of an Act 

8 authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

9 2027, whichever is later. 

10 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) 

11 is as follows: 

National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2022 Project 

Authorizations 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Alabama ......... Huntsville Readiness Center ..... National Guard Readiness 

Center ............................ $17,000,000 

Georgia ........... Fort Moore ......... Post-Initial Military Training Unaccompanied 

Housing ......................... $13,200,000 

Indiana ........... Grissom Air Reserve Base ....... Logistics Readiness Complex ................................ $29,000,000 

Massachusetts Barnes Air National Guard 

Base ................ Combined Engine/ASE/ 

NDI Shop ...................... $12,200,000 

Mississippi ...... Jackson International Airport ................. Fire Crash and Rescue 

Station ........................... $9,300,000 

New York ....... Francis S. 

Gabreski Airport ................. Base Civil Engineer Complex ................................ $14,800,000 

Ohio ................ Wright-Patterson 

Air Force Base AR Center Training 

Building/ UHS .............. $19,000,000 

Texas .............. Kelly Field Annex Aircraft Corrosion Control $9,500,000 

Vermont ......... Bennington National Guard 

Armory ............ National Guard Readiness 

Center ............................ $16,900,000 

Wisconsin ....... Fort McCoy ........ Transient Training Officer 

Barracks ........................ $29,200,000 


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National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2022 Project 

Authorizations—Continued 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original Authorized 

Amount 

Wyoming ........ Cheyenne Municipal Airport ..... Combined Vehicle Maintenance and ASE Complex $13,400,000 

1 SEC. 2611. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

2 FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROJECT. 

3 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

4 in section 2601 of the Military Construction Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (division B of Public Law 117– 

6 81; 135 Stat. 2178) for Bennington National Guard Ar7 mory, Vermont, for construction of a National Guard 

8 Readiness Center as specified in the funding table in sec9 tion 4601 of such Act and extended pursuant to section 

10 2610 of this Act, the Secretary of the Army may construct 

11 the National Guard Readiness Center in Lyndon, 

12 Vermont. 

13 TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGN14 MENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVI15 TIES 

16 SEC. 2701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

17 BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVI18 TIES FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF 

19 DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT. 

20 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

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1 realignment and closure activities, including real property 

2 acquisition and military construction projects, as author3 ized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 

4 of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 

5 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and funded through the Department 

6 of Defense Base Closure Account established by section 

7 2906 of such Act, as specified in the funding table in sec8 tion 4601. 

9 TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CON10 STRUCTION GENERAL PROVI11 SIONS 

12 Subtitle A—Military Construction 

13 Program 

14 SEC. 2801. INCLUSION OF LAND ACQUISITION UNDER DEFI15 NITION OF UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILITARY 

16 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 

17 Section 2805(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 

18 is amended by striking ‘‘or a demolition project’’ and in19 serting ‘‘, land acquisition, or demolition project’’. 

20 SEC. 2802. EXTENSION OF EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO CON21 VEY PROPERTY AT MILITARY INSTALLA22 TIONS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 

24 2869(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 


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1 by striking ‘‘five-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘eight-year 

2 period’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Subparagraph (A)(i) 

4 of such section is amended by striking ‘‘2679(e)’’ and in5 serting ‘‘section 2679(f)’’. 

6 SEC. 2803. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT HOST NATION FINAN7 CIAL SERVICES IN THE FORM OF AN IRREV8 OCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT. 

9 Section 2350g(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

10 amended — 

11 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

12 inserting a semicolon; 

13 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 

14 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

16 paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(3) financial services in the form of an irrev18 ocable letter of credit that is— 

19 ‘‘(A) established and controlled by the for20 eign country for making payments on behalf of 

21 the Department of Defense when executing con22 tracts entered into under the authority of part 

23 V of subtitle A of this title; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) issued by a financial institution ac2 ceptable to the Treasurer of the United 

3 States.’’. 

4 SEC. 2804. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR INDO-PA5 CIFIC POSTURE UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILI6 TARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 

7 Section 2810 of the National Defense Authorization 

8 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in subsection (a), by striking 

11 ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 

13 (2) to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(2) to the extent necessary, as either a stand15 alone acquisition or as part of a minor military con16 struction project, any acquisition of interests in 

17 land, or support or reimbursement for acquisition of 

18 interests in land, for establishment of a defense site 

19 or other area over which the Secretary of a military 

20 department or the Secretary of Defense will exercise 

21 operational control, without regard to the duration 

22 of the operational control.’’; 

23 (3) in subsection (c)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

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1 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe2 riod and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(4) acquiring interests in land, defense sites, 

6 or operational control over areas needed to support 

7 another project or projects under this section or to 

8 support a future military construction project.’’; 

9 (4) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or planned 

10 military installation’’ after ‘‘military installation’’; 

11 and 

12 (5) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘section 

13 2805(c) of title 10, United States Code’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘subsection (c) of section 2805, United States 

15 Code, subject to adjustment upward to reflect a con16 struction cost index published pursuant to sub17 section (f) of such section if such an index applies 

18 to the location of the project, except that the ad19 justed amount may not exceed the limit under sub20 section (a)’’. 


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1 SEC. 2805. REQUIREMENT THAT DAMAGED OR DESTROYED 

2 FACILITIES ARE BUILT BACK WITH RESIL3 IENCE. 

4 Section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new sub6 section: 

7 ‘‘(d)(1) Any military construction project to repair, 

8 restore, or replace a damaged or destroyed facility, includ9 ing a family housing facility, shall be designed and con10 structed to prevent future damage or destruction by the 

11 cause or causes that generated the damage or destruction 

12 of the facility being repaired, restored, or replaced. 

13 ‘‘(2) Design measures under paragraph (1) for a re14 paired, restored, or replaced facility— 

15 ‘‘(A) shall ensure that the facility— 

16 ‘‘(i) provides for military installation resil17 ience; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) is designed and constructed to stand19 ards that address threats due to weather, flood20 ing, or land subsidence projected for not less 

21 than 50 years from the estimated date of com22 pletion of the project; and 

23 ‘‘(B) may, if necessary to avoid flooding, land 

24 subsidence, or other threatening conditions, include 

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1 SEC. 2806. INDUSTRIAL PLANT EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCI2 ATED SERVICES AS IN-KIND CONSIDERATION 

3 UNDER LEASES OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY. 

4 Section 2667(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the 

6 period at the end the following: ‘‘, whether or not 

7 needed for the functionality of the property or facil8 ity leased’’; 

9 (2) in subparagraph (F), by inserting before the 

10 period at the end the following: ‘‘, which may include 

11 industrial process optimization’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub13 paragraphs: 

14 ‘‘(G) Refurbishment of existing industrial plant 

15 equipment on the leased property. 

16 ‘‘(H) Removal and replacement of industrial 

17 plant equipment on the leased property that is at or 

18 near end-of-life. 

19 ‘‘(I) Provision of new industrial plant equip20 ment on the leased property (including new tech21 nology), installation of such equipment, and mainte22 nance of such equipment, but only if the title to 

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1 SEC. 2807. ORDERING AUTHORITY FOR DESIGN AND CON2 STRUCTION OF FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT 

3 OF DEFENSE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 169 of 

5 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 2818. Ordering authority 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of a department or or9 ganization within the Department of Defense may place 

10 an order with any other such department or organization 

11 for the design and construction of facilities of the Depart12 ment of Defense, including facility maintenance and repair 

13 projects and minor construction projects, on a reimburs14 able basis. 

15 ‘‘(b) OBLIGATIONS.—An order placed by the head of 

16 a department or organization under subsection (a) is 

17 deemed to be an obligation of such department or organi18 zation in the same manner as a similar order or contract 

19 placed with a private contractor. 

20 ‘‘(c) CONTINGENCY EXPENSES.—An order placed 

21 under subsection (a) may include a reasonable amount for 

22 contingency expenses.’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

24 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 


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1 after the item relating to section 2817 the following new 

2 item: 

‘‘2818. Ordering authority.’’. 

3 SEC. 2808. OBLIGATION AND EXECUTION OF DESIGN FUNDS 

4 FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

6 amounts are appropriated for design for a military con7 struction project, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure 

8 that the construction agent in charge of such project en9 ters into a contract for the obligation and execution of 

10 such amounts. 

11 (b) COMPLETION OF WORK.—If a project has a total 

12 cost of less than $150,000,000, not less than 35 percent 

13 of the design under a contract described in subsection (a) 

14 shall be completed not later than 180 days after the award 

15 of such contract. 

16 SEC. 2809. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF MILITARY IN17 STALLATION FOR PURPOSES OF NOTIFICA18 TIONS RELATED TO BASING DECISION-MAK19 ING PROCESS. 

20 Section 483(f)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is 

21 amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, which is lo22 cated within any of the several States, the District of Co23 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 

24 Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the 

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1 SEC. 2810. GUIDANCE REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF AG2 GREGATE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF BUILDINGS 

3 OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

6 shall issue guidance regarding the maintenance of the ag7 gregate square footage of buildings of the Department of 

8 Defense, which shall be designated as ‘‘1 in 1 out guid9 ance’’, pursuant to the requirements of this section. 

10 (b) MAINTENANCE OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.—Guidance 

11 required under subsection (a) shall ensure that every 

12 square footage of growth of a building of the Department 

13 of Defense, as described in subsection (c), is offset with 

14 an equivalent reduction in square footage by— 

15 (1) a funded disposal action (such as demolition 

16 or transfer); or 

17 (2) identifying facilities to be entered into a 

18 contingency operational status. 

19 (c) GROWTH DESCRIBED.—Growth of a building of 

20 the Department of Defense described in this subsection 

21 shall include growth due to— 

22 (1) carrying out a military construction, un23 specified minor military construction, or unspecified 

24 minor construction project; 

25 (2) acquisition of an existing building on land 

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1 from another military department or transfer in lieu 

2 of demolition; 

3 (3) a gift of construction; or 

4 (4) construction carried out through the use of 

5 non-appropriated funds, private funding, or family 

6 housing funds that are converted to appropriated 

7 funds. 

8 (d) MAJOR COMMANDS.—The major commands of 

9 the military departments shall be responsible for carrying 

10 out the growth offsets required under this section. 

11 (e) DOCUMENTATION.—Upon reaching 100 percent 

12 design of a project that increases the square footage of 

13 a building of the Department of Defense, the Secretary 

14 of Defense shall update the Department of Defense Form 

15 1391 for such project to identify the reduction in square 

16 footage to accompany such increase. 

17 (f) APPLICATION.—This section shall apply to— 

18 (1) military construction, unspecified minor 

19 military construction, or unspecified minor construc20 tion projects funded in fiscal years beginning on or 

21 after October 1, 2025; and 

22 (2) other sources of growth on or after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 2811. PILOT PROGRAM TO OPTIMIZE AND CONSOLI2 DATE FACILITIES OF THE ARMY FOR RESIL3 IENT AND HEALTHY DEFENSE COMMUNITIES. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Army 

5 may conduct a pilot program in accordance with the re6 quirements of this section (in this section referred to as 

7 the ‘‘pilot program’’). 

8 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pilot program is 

9 to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing 

10 a more comprehensive footprint optimization initiative to 

11 ensure the scale and scope of the infrastructure footprint 

12 of the Department of Army is aligned with the needs of 

13 the Department of the Army. 

14 (c) PROJECT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under the pilot program, 

16 the Secretary of the Army may carry out a military 

17 construction project, not otherwise authorized by 

18 law, to create more livable, productive, and resilient 

19 communities through the optimization and consolida20 tion of facilities of the Department of the Army, in21 cluding leased facilities. 

22 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of the 

23 Army may carry out a project to optimize and con24 solidate facilities under the pilot program if— 

25 (A) the facilities being optimized and con26 solidated are currently occupied; 


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1 (B) the project will result in facilities that 

2 have at least 20 percent less square footage (or 

3 equivalent unit of measurement) than the facili4 ties being optimized and consolidated; 

5 (C) under the project, the facilities being 

6 optimized and consolidated are either demol7 ished or form an integral part of such project, 

8 and if such facilities are leased, the lease is ter9 minated; and 

10 (D) the Secretary of the Army has con11 ducted an economic analysis of the project that 

12 accounts for anticipated cost requirements for 

13 the design, construction, sustainment, restora14 tion, modernization, operation, and demolition 

15 of new and existing facilities associated with the 

16 project and such analysis supports a positive 

17 net present value over a 20-year period. 

18 (3) MAXIMUM PROJECT COST.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The project carried out 

20 under the pilot program may not exceed a total 

21 cost of $25,000,000. 

22 (B) FUNDS USED.—The project under the 

23 pilot program may be carried out using only 

24 funds available to the Secretary of the Army for 

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1 (4) LIMITATION.—Not more than one project 

2 may be carried out under the pilot program. 

3 (d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 

4 (1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 14 days be5 fore initiating the project under the pilot program, 

6 the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the con7 gressional defense committees notice of the project. 

8 (2) CONTENTS.—A notice required under para9 graph (1) for the project under the pilot program 

10 shall include, with respect to the project— 

11 (A) the justification and current cost esti12 mate; 

13 (B) the expected savings-to-investment 

14 ratio; 

15 (C) simple payback estimates; 

16 (D) the measurement and verification cost 

17 estimate; and 

18 (E) a description of how the project would 

19 improve the functions of the supported organi20 zation and the efficient management of real 

21 property of the Department of the Army. 

22 (e) REPORT.— 

23 (1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 18 months 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec25 retary of the Army shall submit to the congressional 


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1 defense committees a report on the status of the 

2 project under the pilot program. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

4 paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the 

5 project conducted under the pilot program, the fol6 lowing information: 

7 (A) The title and location of the project, a 

8 brief description of the scope of work, the origi9 nal project cost estimate, and the current work10 ing project cost estimate. 

11 (B) The original expected savings-to-in12 vestment ratio, simple payback estimates, an13 nual reoccurring savings, 20-year net present 

14 value, annual return on investment, and meas15 urement and verification cost estimate. 

16 (C) The current expected savings-to-invest17 ment ratio, and simple payback estimates, an18 nual reoccurring savings, 20-year net present 

19 value, annual return on investment, and meas20 urement and verification cost estimate. 

21 (D) A brief description of the measurement 

22 and verification plan and planned funding 

23 source, to include the net change in the square 

24 footage (or other unit of measurement) reduc25 tion accomplished by the project. 


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1 (E) How the project improved the func2 tions of and the efficient management of real 

3 property by the supported organization. 

4 (F) Such other information as the Sec5 retary of the Army considers appropriate. 

6 (f) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary of the 

7 Army to conduct the pilot program shall expire on the date 

8 that is three years after the date of the enactment of this 

9 Act, except that if congressional notification for the 

10 project under the pilot program has been provided under 

11 subsection (d) prior to such date, the project may be car12 ried out to completion. 

13 SEC. 2812. INFORMATION ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

14 PROJECTS AT JOINT BASES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2025 

16 through 2030, the Secretary of each military department 

17 shall, for each joint base established pursuant to the De18 fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part 

19 A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 

20 note) and under the jurisdiction of the Secretary con21 cerned, submit to the congressional defense committees 

22 the following: 

23 (1) In addition to the project documents sub24 mitted to Congress in connection with the budget of 

25 the President submitted under section 1105(a) of 


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1 title 31, United States Code, for a fiscal year in 

2 which a military construction project contract is pro3 posed to be awarded by the host organization for the 

4 joint base, a report that describes the location, title, 

5 and cost, together with a Department of Defense 

6 Form 1391, for each military construction project 

7 that was requested by the host organization or by 

8 any tenant organization on the joint base and is con9 sidered for that fiscal year. 

10 (2) The prioritized ranking by the host organi11 zation of all military construction projects at the 

12 joint base, both those proposed in the budget de13 scribed in paragraph (1) and those that were re14 quested by the host organization or by a tenant or15 ganization but not proposed in such budget. 

16 (3) The rationale of the host organization for 

17 selecting the military construction projects proposed 

18 in the budget described in paragraph (1) instead of 

19 projects that were requested but not proposed in 

20 such budget. 

21 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) HOST ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘host or23 ganization’’, with respect to a joint base, means any 

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1 ment under the Secretary with jurisdiction over the 

2 joint base. 

3 (2) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.—The 

4 term ‘‘military construction project’’ includes 

5 projects for facility sustainment, restoration, and 

6 modernization. 

7 (3) REQUESTED BY A TENANT ORGANIZA8 TION.—The term ‘‘requested by a tenant organiza9 tion’’, with respect to a military construction project, 

10 means a military construction project that a tenant 

11 organization, acting through its local commanding 

12 officer or local director, proposed to the host organi13 zation. 

14 (4) TENANT ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘ten15 ant organization’’, with respect to a joint base, 

16 means any organization described in section 

17 111(b)(11) of title 10, United States Code, and lo18 cated on the joint base but does not include any host 

19 organization. 

20 SEC. 2813. REPORT ON MUNITIONS AND EXPLOSIVES OF 

21 CONCERN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN 

22 JOINT REGION MARIANAS. 

23 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

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1 the House of Representatives a report that includes the 

2 following: 

3 (1) A description of any policy or requirement 

4 of the Department of Defense related to munitions 

5 and explosives of concern in Joint Region Marianas. 

6 (2) A description of the cost, schedule, and 

7 safety mitigation efforts related to any military con8 struction project in Joint Region Marianas. 

9 (3) Identification of each organization that 

10 holds wavier authority for any requirement related 

11 to munitions and explosives of concern in Joint Re12 gion Marianas. 

13 SEC. 2814. IMPROVEMENT OF CONDUCT BY THE NAVY OF 

14 THE REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN DRY DOCKS 

15 AND OTHER PROJECTS. 

16 (a) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Navy (in 

17 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall coordi18 nate with the Comptroller General of the United States 

19 regarding best practices on cost estimating and lessons 

20 learned to avoid future cost increases for— 

21 (1) the replacement by the Navy of dry dock 1 

22 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard; 

23 (2) the replacement by the Navy of dry dock 3 

24 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard; and 


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1 (3) any other projects of the Navy under the 

2 Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program. 

3 (b) PLANNING.—On and after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct more exten5 sive planning on large military construction projects of the 

6 Navy to more accurately identify operational mission need 

7 dates. 

8 (c) BRIEFINGS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly 

11 thereafter until each project is completed, the Sec12 retary shall brief the Committees on Armed Services 

13 of the Senate and the House of Representatives on 

14 the status of the construction projects for the re15 placement by the Navy of dry dock 1 at Portsmouth 

16 Naval Shipyard and dry dock 3 at Pearl Harbor 

17 Naval Shipyard. 

18 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing required under 

19 paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the fol20 lowing: 

21 (A) An overview of the steps the Secretary 

22 is taking to ensure the costs of the projects 

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1 (B) An assessment by the Secretary as of 

2 the date of the briefing of the likelihood of fu3 ture cost overruns for each such project. 

4 (C) Any other details the Secretary deter5 mines relevant to support oversight by Congress 

6 of each such project or other projects under the 

7 Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program. 

8 SEC. 2815. MINIMUM INVESTMENT FOR FACILITIES 

9 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION, AND MOD10 ERNIZATION. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 159 of title 10, United 

12 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing new section: 

14 ‘‘§ 2698. Minimum investment for facilities 

15 sustainment, restoration, and moderniza16 tion for military departments 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, the Sec18 retary of each military department shall invest in the 

19 budget for facilities sustainment, restoration, and mod20 ernization for the military department a total amount 

21 equal to not less than the percentage specified in sub22 section (b) of the plant replacement value for the total 

23 inventory of all facilities owned and maintained by the 

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1 ‘‘(b) PERCENTAGE SPECIFIED.—The percentage 

2 specified in this subsection is the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2026, 1.75 percent. 

4 ‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2027, 2.5 percent. 

5 ‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2028, 3.25 percent. 

6 ‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2029 and each subsequent 

7 fiscal year, 4 percent. 

8 ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of each mili9 tary department shall include with the annual budget sub10 mission of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31 

11 a certification to the congressional defense committees 

12 verifying that the military department is complying with 

13 the requirements of this section. 

14 ‘‘(d) PLANT REPLACEMENT VALUE DEFINED.—In 

15 this section, the term ‘plant replacement value’ means the 

16 cost to replace the current physical plant using construc17 tion costs (labor and materials) and standards (methodolo18 gies and codes) as of the date such cost is calculated.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

20 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

21 after the item relating to section 2697 the following new 

22 item: 

‘‘2698. Minimum investment for facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization for military departments.’’. 


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1 Subtitle B—Military Housing 

2 SEC. 2821. INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE LIMITATIONS ON 

3 VALUE OF UNITED STATES INVESTMENT IN 

4 PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING PROJECTS. 

5 Section 2875(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘331 7 ⁄3 per8 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘60 percent’’; and 

9 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘45 percent’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘60 percent’’. 

11 SEC. 2822. TREATMENT OF NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS 

12 WITH RESPECT TO PRIVATIZED MILITARY 

13 HOUSING. 

14 Section 2890(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘(1) A tenant or prospec18 tive tenant of a housing unit may not be re19 quired to sign’’ and inserting ‘‘A landlord may 

20 not request that a tenant or prospective tenant 

21 of a housing unit sign’’; and 

22 (B) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or 

23 in connection with the provision by the landlord 

24 of services related to the housing unit’’ before 

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1 (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3). 

2 Subtitle C—Land Conveyances 

3 SEC. 2831. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORT BLISS, EL PASO, 

4 TEXAS. 

5 (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 

7 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may 

8 convey to El Paso Water of El Paso Public Service 

9 Board (in this section referred to as ‘‘El Paso 

10 Water’’), all right, title, and interest of the United 

11 States in and to a parcel of real property, including 

12 any improvements thereon, consisting of approxi13 mately 45.3 acres, known as the Kay Bailey 

14 Hutchison Desalination Plant, and an adjoining par15 cel of approximately 20 acres, located at Fort Bliss, 

16 Texas, for the purposes of stormwater flood control 

17 for Fort Bliss and the neighboring community. 

18 (2) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING EASEMENTS, 

19 RESTRICTIONS, AND COVENANTS.—The conveyance 

20 of the property under paragraph (1) shall be subject 

21 to any existing easement, restriction, and covenant, 

22 including the easement numbered DACA63–2–09– 

23 0524 and entitled ‘‘EASEMENT FOR DESALINA24 TION PLANT, WATER PIPELINE AND RE25 LATED SUPPORT STRUCTURES IN SUPPORT 


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1 OF A WATER SUPPLY AGREEMENT’’ (in this 

2 section referred to as the ‘‘existing easement’’). 

3 (b) PAYMENT OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the con5 veyance under subsection (a), El Paso Water shall 

6 pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair 

7 market value of the property to be conveyed as de8 termined by the Secretary, which may consist of 

9 cash payment, in-kind consideration as described in 

10 paragraph (2), or a combination thereof. 

11 (2) IN-KIND CONSIDERATION.—For the pay12 ment required under paragraph (1), El Paso Water 

13 may provide in-kind consideration, including one or 

14 more of the following: 

15 (A) Discounted or stabilized water com16 modity rates in accordance with the terms and 

17 conditions of any water service or supply agree18 ment in place on the date of the enactment of 

19 this Act and referenced in the existing ease20 ment. 

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1 erty, facilities, or infrastructure located on the 

2 Castner Range National Monument. 

3 (C) The delivery of services relating to the 

4 needs of Fort Bliss that the Secretary considers 

5 acceptable. 

6 (c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines 

8 that the property conveyed under subsection (a) is 

9 not being used in accordance with the purpose of the 

10 conveyance specified in such subsection, all right, 

11 title, and interest in and to the property, including 

12 any improvements thereto, may, at the option of the 

13 Secretary, revert to and become the property of the 

14 United States, and the United States may have the 

15 right of immediate entry onto such property. 

16 (2) OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING.—A deter17 mination by the Secretary under paragraph (1) may 

18 be made on the record after an opportunity for a 

19 hearing. 

20 (d) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 

21 (1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary may 

22 require El Paso Water to cover all costs (except 

23 costs for environmental remediation of the property) 

24 to be incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the 

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1 to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), in2 cluding costs for appraisals, environmental and real 

3 estate due diligence, and any other administrative 

4 costs related to the conveyance. 

5 (2) REFUND OF EXCESS AMOUNTS.—If 

6 amounts are collected from El Paso Water under 

7 paragraph (1) in advance of the Secretary incurring 

8 the actual costs, and the amount collected exceeds 

9 the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to carry 

10 out the conveyance under subsection (a), the Sec11 retary shall refund the excess amount to El Paso 

12 Water. 

13 (e) LIMITATION ON SOURCE OF FUNDS.—El Paso 

14 Water may not use Federal funds to cover any portion 

15 of the costs required to be paid by El Paso Water under 

16 this section. 

17 (f) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 

18 and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 

19 subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 

20 to the Secretary. 

21 (g) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

22 Secretary may require such additional terms and condi23 tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection 

24 (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 

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1 SEC. 2832. CLEANUP AND TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROP2 ERTY AT FORMER ARMY INSTALLATION TO 

3 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT. 

4 The Secretary of the Army, in connection with the 

5 approximately 15-acre upland portion of property at the 

6 shoreline of the former installation of the Army in Oak7 land, California, shall— 

8 (1) in coordination with the California Depart9 ment of Toxic Substances Control and the appro10 priate California Regional Water Quality Control 

11 Board— 

12 (A) not later than March 1, 2025, endeav13 or to complete a remedial investigation and fea14 sibility study in compliance with the Com15 prehensive Environmental Response, Compensa16 tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 

17 et seq.); and 

18 (B) not later than one year after the com19 pletion of such remedial investigation and feasi20 bility study, submit to the congressional defense 

21 committees a draft decision document for re22 view; and 

23 (2) complete the final property transfer of that 

24 portion of the property to the East Bay Regional 

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1 SEC. 2833. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORT HUACHUCA, SIERRA 

2 VISTA, ARIZONA. 

3 (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 

5 may convey, without consideration, to the City of Si6 erra Vista, Arizona (in this section referred to as the 

7 ‘‘City’’), all right, title, and interest of the United 

8 States in and to a parcel of real property, including 

9 any improvements thereon, consisting of approxi10 mately 203 acres, comprising a portion of Fort 

11 Huachuca, Arizona, for the purpose of compatible 

12 development of the municipal airport located in the 

13 City. 

14 (2) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING EASEMENTS, 

15 RESTRICTIONS, AND COVENANTS.—The conveyance 

16 of the property under paragraph (1) shall be subject 

17 to any easement, restriction, or covenant of record 

18 applicable to the property and in existence on the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act. 

20 (b) REVISIONARY INTEREST.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of the Army 

22 determines at any time that the real property con23 veyed under subsection (a) is not being used in ac24 cordance with the purpose of the conveyance speci25 fied in such subsection, all right, title, and interest 

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1 thereto, may, at the option of the Secretary, revert 

2 to and become the property of the United States, 

3 and the United States may have the right of imme4 diate entry onto such property. 

5 (2) DETERMINATION.—A determination by the 

6 Secretary of the Army under paragraph (1) shall be 

7 made on the record after an opportunity for a hear8 ing. 

9 (c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 

10 (1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

11 the Army shall require the City to cover all costs 

12 (except costs for environmental remediation of the 

13 property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or to re14 imburse the Secretary for costs incurred by the Sec15 retary, to carry out the conveyance under subsection 

16 (a), including costs for environmental and real estate 

17 due diligence and any other administrative costs re18 lated to the conveyance. 

19 (2) REFUND OF EXCESS AMOUNTS.—If 

20 amounts collected by the Secretary of the Army 

21 from the City under paragraph (1) in advance ex22 ceed the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to 

23 carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), the 

24 Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the 

25 City. 


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1 (d) LIMITATION ON SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The City 

2 may not use Federal funds to cover any portion of the 

3 costs required to be paid by the City under this section. 

4 (e) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 

5 and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 

6 subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 

7 to the Secretary of the Army. 

8 (f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec9 retary of the Army may require such additional terms and 

10 conditions in connection with the conveyance under sub11 section (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to pro12 tect the interests of the United States. 

13 SEC. 2834. RELEASE OF INTERESTS RETAINED IN CAMP JO14 SEPH T. ROBINSON, ARKANSAS. 

15 (a) RELEASE OF RETAINED INTERESTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a parcel of 

17 land at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, con18 sisting of approximately 241.33 acres located in a 

19 part of section 2, township 2 north, range 12 west, 

20 Pulaski County, Arkansas, and comprising a portion 

21 of the property conveyed by the United States to the 

22 State of Arkansas for training of the National 

23 Guard and for other military purposes pursuant to 

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1 proved June 30, 1950 (64 Stat. 311, chapter 429), 

2 the Secretary of the Army may release the terms 

3 and conditions imposed, and reversionary interests 

4 retained, by the United States under section 2 of 

5 such Act, and the right to reenter and use the prop6 erty retained by the United States under section 3 

7 of such Act. 

8 (2) IMPACT ON OTHER RIGHTS OR INTER9 ESTS.—The release of terms and conditions and re10 tained interests under paragraph (1) with respect to 

11 the parcel described in such paragraph shall not be 

12 construed to alter the rights or interests retained by 

13 the United States with respect to the remainder of 

14 the real property conveyed to the State of Arkansas 

15 under the Act described in such paragraph. 

16 (b) INSTRUMENT OF RELEASE OF RETAINED INTER17 ESTS.—The Secretary of the Army may execute and file 

18 in the appropriate office a deed of release, amended deed, 

19 or other appropriate instrument reflecting the release of 

20 terms and conditions and retained interests under sub21 section (a)(1). 

22 (c) REIMBURSEMENT; PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRA23 TIVE COSTS.— 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

2 Army may require the State of Arkansas to 

3 cover costs to be incurred by the Secretary, or 

4 to reimburse the Secretary for costs incurred by 

5 the Secretary, to carry out the release of terms 

6 and conditions and retained interests under 

7 subsection (a)(1), including survey costs, costs 

8 related to environmental documentation, and 

9 other administrative costs related to the release. 

10 (B) REFUND OF AMOUNTS.—If amounts 

11 paid to the Secretary of the Army by the State 

12 of Arkansas in advance under subparagraph 

13 (A) exceed the costs actually incurred by the 

14 Secretary to carry out the release, the Secretary 

15 shall refund the excess amount to the State. 

16 (2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.— 

17 Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reim18 bursement for costs incurred by the Secretary of the 

19 Army to carry out the release of terms and condi20 tions and retained interests under subsection (a)(1) 

21 shall be credited to, merge with, and be available for 

22 the same purposes and subject to the same limita23 tions as the fund or account that was used to cover 

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1 (d) LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY.—The 

2 exact acreage and legal description of the property de3 scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall be determined by a sur4 vey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army. 

5 SEC. 2835. REPORT ON FORMER ARMY-NAVY GENERAL HOS6 PITAL, HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, HOT 

7 SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. 

8 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Local De10 fense Community and Cooperation shall submit to the con11 gressional defense committees a report on the following: 

12 (1) The cost of replacing or repairing all fire 

13 suppression systems at the former Army-Navy Gen14 eral Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Hot 

15 Springs, Arkansas. 

16 (2) A summary of work needed to replace or re17 pair all fire suppression systems at such property, 

18 including an estimate of the time it would take to 

19 replace or repair all such systems. 

20 (3) The steps required for the Secretary of the 

21 Army to execute a quitclaim deed covering any re22 versionary interest of the United States in such 

23 property. 


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1 Subtitle D—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 2841. AUTHORITY FOR SHORELINE EROSION CONTROL 

3 PROJECTS TO PROTECT MILITARY INSTALLA4 TION INFRASTRUCTURE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2815a of title 10, United 

6 States Code is amended— 

7 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘man8 agement’’ and inserting ‘‘management and 

9 shoreline erosion control’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

12 by striking ‘‘carry out a stormwater manage13 ment project on or related to a military installa14 tion for the purposes of’’ and inserting ‘‘, on or 

15 related to a military installation, carry out’’; 

16 (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 

17 inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) a stormwater management project for the 

19 purposes of— 

20 ‘‘(A) improving military installation resil21 ience or the resilience of a defense access road 

22 or other essential civilian infrastructure sup23 porting the military installation; and 

24 ‘‘(B) protecting nearby waterways and 

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1 ‘‘(2) a shoreline erosion control project for the 

2 purpose of improving, protecting, or repairing shore3 line to protect the infrastructure of a military instal4 lation or a defense access road from shoreline ero5 sion.’’; 

6 (3) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 

7 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘management’’ and in8 serting ‘‘management or shoreline erosion control’’; 

9 (4) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘stormwater management’’; 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘proposals involving’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘proposals— 

13 ‘‘(1) for stormwater management that involve’’; 

14 (C) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

15 and’’; and 

16 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(2) for shoreline erosion control that involve 

19 the improvement, protection, or repair of shoreline 

20 subject to wave action or stormwater runoff and 

21 water levels resulting from extreme weather condi22 tions.’’; 

23 (5) in subsection (d)— 

24 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

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1 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘meas2 ures’’ and inserting ‘‘measures to address storm 

3 water management’’; and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

5 paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(4) The use of sheet piles, riprap, armor stone, 

7 sea walls, natural plantings, or any future tech8 nologies created to address shoreline erosion con9 trol.’’; and 

10 (6) in subsection (f)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘stormwater management’’ 

12 each place it appears; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

14 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

15 and inserting a semicolon; 

16 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe17 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing new clause: 

20 ‘‘(iii) improve, protect, or repair 

21 shoreline to protect infrastructure of a 

22 military installation or a defense access 

23 road from shoreline erosion.’’. 

24 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

25 at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 169 of such 


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1 title is amended by striking the item relating to section 

2 2815a and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘2815a. Stormwater management and shoreline erosion control projects for installation and defense access road resilience and waterway and 

ecosystems conservation.’’. 

3 SEC. 2842. COORDINATION OF REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE 

4 OF KOLEKOLE PASS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army and 

6 the Secretary of the Navy shall jointly coordinate the re7 pair and maintenance, including any planning for such re8 pair and maintenance, of the Kolekole Pass in Hawaii, 

9 which originates at Schofield Barracks and ends in 

10 Waianae. 

11 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 (1) INVESTIGATION.—In carrying out sub13 section (a), the Secretary of the Army and the Sec14 retary of the Navy shall work with State partners in 

15 Hawaii to investigate the scope and budget require16 ments to structurally reinforce and repair the 

17 Kolekole Pass so it may be used for emergency 

18 egress by both military and civilian personnel in the 

19 event of an emergency. 

20 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 

21 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

22 of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall 

23 jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

24 of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 


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1 report on the investigation conducted under para2 graph (1). 

3 SEC. 2843. CONSIDERATION OF INSTALLATION INFRA4 STRUCTURE AND OTHER SUPPORTING RE5 SOURCES BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

6 TEST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CENTER. 

7 (a) REVIEW BY DIRECTOR OF BUDGETS FOR INSTAL8 LATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER SUPPORTING RE9 SOURCES.—Section 4173(c)(1)(A) of title 10, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and insert12 ing a semicolon; 

13 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and in14 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

16 clause: 

17 ‘‘(iii) installation infrastructure, workforce, 

18 information technology, and other resources 

19 that support the activities of the Major Range 

20 and Test Facility Base.’’. 

21 (b) TREATMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE ON KWAJA22 LEIN ATOLL.—Section 4173 of title 10, United States 

23 Code, is amended— 

24 (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 

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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol2 lowing new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(i) INFRASTRUCTURE ON KWAJALEIN ATOLL.—(1) 

4 For the purposes of this section, infrastructure located on 

5 Kwajalein Atoll that supports the operations of test and 

6 range facilities of the Department of Defense shall be con7 sidered to be part of the Army Kwajalein Major Range 

8 and Test Facility Base and subject to the requirements 

9 of subsections (e) and (f). 

10 ‘‘(2) This subsection shall have no effect on or after 

11 October 1, 2030.’’. 

12 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

13 (1) TITLE 10.—Section 130i(j)(3)(C)(ix) of title 

14 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘sections 4173(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4173(j)’’. 

16 (2) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT

17 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010.—Section 220(c) of the Na18 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

19 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C. 221 note) is 

20 amended by striking ‘‘sections 4173(i)’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘section 4173(j)’’. 

22 (3) JAMES M. INHOFE NATIONAL DEFENSE AU23 THORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.—Section 

24 236(g) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

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1 117–263; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended by strik2 ing ‘‘section 4173(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

3 4173(j)’’. 

4 SEC. 2844. EXTENSION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

5 PILOT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT AND 

6 USE OF ONLINE REAL ESTATE INVENTORY 

7 TOOL. 

8 Section 2866(h) of the Military Construction Author9 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Division B of Public 

10 Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 7771 note prec.) is amended by 

11 striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

12 30, 2026’’. 

13 SEC. 2845. REVIEW OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR 

14 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT 

15 OF DEFENSE. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

18 shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded 

19 research and development center not sponsored by the De20 partment of the Army or the Department of the Navy (in 

21 this section referred to as the ‘‘Center’’) to review the 

22 roles and responsibilities for executing construction 

23 projects for the Department of Defense, including military 

24 construction projects and facilities sustainment, restora25 tion, and modernization projects. 


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1 (b) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2026, the 

2 Center shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

3 of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 

4 on the review conducted under subsection (a). 

5 (c) ELEMENTS.—At a minimum, the report required 

6 under subsection (b) shall include the following: 

7 (1) An identification of the cost of having two 

8 construction agents for the Department of Defense, 

9 including any redundant costs, and the potential ef10 ficiencies of consolidation into a single construction 

11 agent. 

12 (2) An assessment of the design and construc13 tion delivery processes of the Army Corps of Engi14 neers and the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems 

15 Command, including the composition of the design 

16 delivery and construction delivery team for each en17 tity. 

18 (3) An identification of the total number of 

19 members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of 

20 the Federal Government, and contractors by spe21 cialty (such as job series or military occupation 

22 code) involved in executing construction projects for 

23 the Army Corps of Engineers and the Naval Facili24 ties Engineering Systems Command, which shall— 


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1 (A) exclude all individuals serving in civil 

2 works positions unless those individuals support 

3 programs of the Department of Defense; and 

4 (B) include a recommendation of the num5 ber of personnel and their specialties that would 

6 be appropriate under a single entity for all mili7 tary departments. 

8 (4) An assessment of the costs of the Army 

9 Corps of Engineers and the Naval Facilities Engi10 neering Systems Command carrying out the func11 tions specified in each of paragraphs (2) and (3). 

12 (5) An assessment of the internal controls of 

13 the Army Corps of Engineers and the Naval Facili14 ties Engineering Systems Command to determine if 

15 costs associated with military construction projects 

16 and facilities sustainment, restoration, and mod17 ernization projects, including overhead, supervision, 

18 and administration, are properly charged to the cor19 rect appropriation account (whether for military con20 struction or defense) at all levels of each entity, 

21 which shall include an assessment of— 

22 (A) the similarities and differences with re23 spect to the financial processes of such entities; 

24 and 


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1 (B) the benefits of consolidating under a 

2 single construction agent. 

3 (6) A study and report on the real estate func4 tions performed by the Army Corps of Engineers 

5 and the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Com6 mand, which shall include— 

7 (A) an assessment of the similarities and 

8 differences between delivery methodologies; 

9 (B) an assessment of the costs of providing 

10 real estate services; and 

11 (C) a recommendation regarding whether 

12 consolidating construction agent real estate 

13 services is cost-effective and appropriate. 

14 (7) A study and report on the global geographic 

15 regions that the Army Corps of Engineers, the 

16 Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, 

17 and any other construction agent of the Department 

18 of Defense cover, including— 

19 (A) the geographic roles those entities sup20 port with respect to host-nation funded con21 struction, non-military construction, and infra22 structure support in connection with foreign 

23 military sales; and 


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1 (B) a recommendation for an optimal geo2 graphic regional layout assuming a single con3 struction agent is in place. 

4 (8) A study and report on the practice by the 

5 Army Corps of Engineers of using resources (such 

6 as funding, people, and technical capability) associ7 ated with civil works and non-defense programs to 

8 support military construction or facilities 

9 sustainment, restoration, and modernization 

10 projects, which shall— 

11 (A) identify the extent that the Army 

12 Corps of Engineers uses suborganizations that 

13 primarily support civil works programs to exe14 cute or support military construction or facili15 ties sustainment, restoration, and moderniza16 tion projects; 

17 (B) assess the frequency organizations 

18 with minimal experience with Department of 

19 Defense construction execute such projects and 

20 the effectiveness of those organizations (meas21 ured in cost, quality, and schedule metrics) in 

22 project delivery; and 

23 (C) recommend whether such practice 

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1 (9) A study and report on the use by the De2 partment of the Navy of the Naval Facilities Engi3 neering Systems Command to provide public works 

4 functions and services to installations of the Navy, 

5 including an assessment of the benefits of that ap6 proach and the impact of a potential consolidation of 

7 construction agents. 

8 (10) A study and report on the policy, proce9 dures, organizations, and systems used by the De10 partment of the Army and the Department of the 

11 Air Force for the design and construction of facili12 ties sustainment, restoration, and modernization 

13 projects, including an assessment of any modifica14 tions required if a single construction agent for mili15 tary construction were to be created. 

16 (11) A study and report on the data and soft17 ware systems used by the Army Corps of Engineers, 

18 the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, 

19 and any other entity of the Department of Defense 

20 for tracking the execution of planning, design, and 

21 construction of military construction projects, in22 cluding— 

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1 vided to the sponsors of such projects within 

2 the Department of Defense; and 

3 (B) a recommendation of whether data and 

4 software systems can or should be standardized 

5 or consolidated into fewer or one system. 

6 (12) Documentation of the current organiza7 tional alignment of authorities from title 10, United 

8 States Code, with the Office of the Secretary of De9 fense and the military departments and the align10 ment of those authorities with the construction au11 thorities within the Army Corps of Engineers and 

12 the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, 

13 including authorities relating to acquisition, fi14 nances, and real estate. 

15 (13) An identification of not less than two al16 ternatives for how the authorities and organizations 

17 relating to construction for the Department of De18 fense could align if a single construction agent were 

19 to align under one principal staff assistant to the 

20 Secretary of Defense as a defense agency or field ac21 tivity of the Department of Defense or under one 

22 military department. 

23 (d) UPDATE.—Not less frequently than quarterly fol24 lowing the submittal of the report required under sub25 section (b), the Center shall submit to the Committees on 


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1 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent2 atives an update on such report. 

3 SEC. 2846. ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON INSTAL4 LATIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

5 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

6 (1) UPDATE OF ASSESSMENT ON SCHOOL CA7 PACITY AND CONDITION.—Not later than one year 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec9 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 

10 defense committees an updated assessment of the 

11 capacity and facility condition deficiencies of elemen12 tary and secondary public schools on military instal13 lations conducted by the Secretary in July 2011 

14 under section 8109 of the Department of Defense 

15 and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 

16 (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 82), as updated by 

17 the Secretary in July 2017 under section 2814 of 

18 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

19 Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2717). 

20 (2) CONSIDERATION OF FACTORS.—In con21 ducting the updated assessment required under 

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1 (A) schools that have had changes in their 

2 condition or capacity since the updated assess3 ment in July 2017; and 

4 (B) the capacity and facility condition defi5 ciencies of schools omitted from the updated as6 sessment in July 2017. 

7 (3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

8 shall include in the updated assessment required 

9 under paragraph (1) a report on the status of the 

10 funds already appropriated, and a schedule for the 

11 completion of projects already approved, under the 

12 programs funded under section 8127 of the Consoli13 dated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115– 

14 141; 132 Stat. 492), section 8128 of the Depart15 ment of Defense and Labor, Health and Human 

16 Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 

17 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public 

18 Law 115–245; 123 Stat. 3029), section 8121 of the 

19 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 

20 116–93; 133 Stat. 2365), section 8118 of the Con21 solidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 

22 116–260; 134 Stat. 1332), and section 8109 of the 

23 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 

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1 (b) UPDATING PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN

2 ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON DEPARTMENT OF

3 DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS TO SUPERSEDE FUNDING OF

4 CERTAIN PROJECTS.—Paragraph (3) of section 2814(a) 

5 of the of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis6 cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 328; 130 Stat. 2717), 

7 as added by section 2818(a) of the National Defense Au8 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 

9 91; 131 Stat. 1852) and amended by section 2824(a) of 

10 the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 

11 for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 

12 2269), is further amended by striking ‘‘38 projects’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘71 projects’’. 

14 (c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL EVALUATION.—Not 

15 later than 180 days after the date of the submission of 

16 the updated assessment under subsection (a)(1), the 

17 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 

18 the congressional defense committees an evaluation of the 

19 updated assessment, including an evaluation of the accu20 racy and analytical sufficiency of the updated assessment. 

21 SEC. 2847. REPORT ON USE OF AREAWIDE CONTRACTS TO 

22 PROCURE UTILITY SERVICES. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De25 fense, in coordination with the Secretary of each military 


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1 department, shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

2 Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

3 a report on the use by the Department of Defense of 

4 areawide contracts pursuant to the authority under sec5 tion 2811(b) of the Military Construction Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118– 

7 31). 

8 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

9 (a) shall include, at a minimum, disaggregated by location, 

10 an identification of— 

11 (1) the projects conducted pursuant to the au12 thority described in subsection (a); 

13 (2) any savings to the Department of Defense 

14 from using such authority; and 

15 (3) the mission or readiness capabilities that 

16 have been created through the use of areawide con17 tracts pursuant to such authority. 

18 SEC. 2848. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON JOINT USE OF 

19 HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE WITH CIVIL 

20 AVIATION. 

21 Section 2874 of the Military Construction Authoriza22 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 

23 117–263; 136 Stat. 3014) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep24 tember 30, 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2028’’. 


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1 SEC. 2849. PROHIBITION ON USE BY AIR FORCE OF COR2 PORATE STRUCTURE IN CONDUCTING CER3 TAIN BASING DECISIONS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the en5 actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force— 

6 (1) may not make any basing decision during 

7 the resource allocation plan or program objective 

8 memorandum process of the Department of the Air 

9 Force (commonly known as a ‘‘programmatic basing 

10 decision’’) through the use of the DAF Corporate 

11 Structure of the Department of the Air Force In12 struction 10–503, dated June 12, 2023, relating to 

13 strategic basing, or any successor similar instruc14 tion; and 

15 (2) shall make all basing decisions through the 

16 use of the traditional competitive strategic basing 

17 process set forth in Air Force Instruction 10–503. 

18 (b) UPDATE OF INSTRUCTION AND OTHER POL19 ICY.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall up21 date any instruction or other policy of the Department of 

22 the Air Force to include the prohibition and requirement 

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1 SEC. 2850. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL GOV2 ERNMENTS IN SUPPORTING INSTALLATION 

3 AND INDUSTRIAL BASE MODERNIZATION 

4 THROUGH PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND 

5 SERVICES. 

6 Section 2391(b)(5) of title 10, United States Code, 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(E)(i) The Secretary of Defense may also make 

10 grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement 

11 other Federal funds in order to assist a State or local gov12 ernment in enhancing its support for installation and in13 dustrial base modernization through public infrastructure 

14 and services that enhance the capabilities and resilience 

15 of the defense industrial base and the defense industrial 

16 base workforce. 

17 ‘‘(ii) A State or local government is eligible for assist18 ance under clause (i) if the Secretary determines that in19 dustrial base modernization within the relevant State or 

20 locality will enhance the capabilities of the Department of 

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1 SEC. 2851. BRIEFING ON PROJECTS UNDER DEFENSE COM2 MUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM THAT 

3 ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. 

4 Section 2391(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new para6 graph: 

7 ‘‘(5)(A) Not later than one year after the date of the 

8 enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

9 Fiscal Year 2025, and annually thereafter until the date 

10 that is three years after such date of enactment, the Sec11 retary of Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed 

12 Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

13 on projects for which a grant was awarded under this sub14 section that are still in progress as of the date of the brief15 ing, and the status of completion of such projects. 

16 ‘‘(B) Each briefing required under subparagraph (A) 

17 shall include the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) A list of projects described in such sub19 paragraph. 

20 ‘‘(ii) A brief update on the status of such 

21 projects. 

22 ‘‘(iii) A list of such projects that are more than 

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1 ‘‘(iv) A list of any projects described in sub2 paragraph (A) to augment existing or build new edu3 cational facilities. 

4 ‘‘(v) Any other update regarding projects de5 scribed in subparagraph (A) as the Secretary deter6 mines necessary.’’. 

7 SEC. 2852. TREATMENT OF HISTORIC HOUSING AND ASSO8 CIATED HISTORIC PROPERTIES OF THE DE9 PARTMENT OF THE ARMY. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 169 of 

11 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

12 end the following new section: 

13 ‘‘§ 2839. Historic housing and associated historic 

14 properties of the Department of the Army 

15 ‘‘(a) APPLICATION OF AUTHORITY AND STAND16 ARDS.—The Secretary of the Army, in satisfaction of re17 quirements under division A of subtitle III of title 54 

18 (commonly referred to as the ‘National Historic Preserva19 tion Act’), may— 

20 ‘‘(1) until December 31, 2045, apply the au21 thority and standards of the program comment 

22 dated May 4, 2023, and entitled ‘Notice of Issuance 

23 of the Department of the Army Program Comment 

24 for Vietnam War Era Historic Housing, Associated 

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1 (1963-1975)’ (88 Fed. Reg. 28573) to all military 

2 housing (including privatized military housing under 

3 subchapter IV of this chapter) constructed after 

4 1975 located on a military installation under the ju5 risdiction of the Secretary of the Army; and 

6 ‘‘(2) apply the authority and standards of the 

7 program comment dated June 7, 2002, and entitled 

8 ‘Program Comment for Capehart and Wherry Era 

9 Army Family Housing and Associated Structures 

10 and Landscape Features (1949-1962)’ (67 Fed. 

11 Reg. 39332) to all military housing (including 

12 privatized military housing under subchapter IV of 

13 this chapter) constructed during the period begin14 ning on January 1, 1941, and ending on December 

15 31, 1948, located on a military installation under 

16 the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army. 

17 ‘‘(b) REPORTING.—As part of each report of the 

18 Army required under section 3(c) of Executive Order 

19 13287 (54 U.S.C. 306101 note; relating to Preserve 

20 America), the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the 

21 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation a report on the 

22 implementation of subsection (a). 

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1 cordance with applicable regulations, either of the pro2 gram comments specified in subsection (a) to facilitate the 

3 implementation of this section.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

5 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

6 after the item relating to section 2838 the following new 

7 item: 

‘‘2839. Historic housing and associated historic properties of the Department 

of the Army.’’. 

8 SEC. 2853. DESIGNATION OF OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR 

9 COORDINATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE 

10 PROJECTS TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL MEM11 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR 

12 FAMILIES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

15 shall designate 2 officials as follows: 

16 (1) One official shall be responsible for coordi17 nation of infrastructure projects to support addi18 tional members of the Armed Forces and their fami19 lies in Hawaii. 

20 (2) One official shall be responsible for coordi21 nation of infrastructure projects to support addi22 tional members of the Armed Forces and their fami23 lies in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. 


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1 (b) DUTIES.—Each of the officials described in sub2 section (a) shall, in coordination with appropriate officials 

3 from the military departments and the United States 

4 Indo-Pacific Command— 

5 (1) coordinate Department of Defense-wide ef6 forts relating to the infrastructure needs associated 

7 with the significant addition of members of the 

8 Armed Forces and their families to the region for 

9 which such official is the designated official pursu10 ant to subsection (a) during the 10-year period fol11 lowing the date of the enactment of this Act; 

12 (2) analyze the expected impact on State and 

13 local government services of— 

14 (A) military infrastructure projects in the 

15 designated region of such official; and 

16 (B) the significant addition of members of 

17 the Armed Forces and their families as de18 scribed in paragraph (1); and 

19 (3) ensure clear and consistent communication 

20 to State and local elected officials and the public in 

21 the designated region of such official regarding the 

22 infrastructure needs and priorities of the Depart23 ment of Defense, including conveying any finding or 

24 conclusion regarding the expected impact described 

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1 (c) SELECTION.— 

2 (1) HAWAII.—For the designation under para3 graph (1) subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 

4 may appoint an individual with significant back5 ground and expertise in— 

6 (A) the legal and technical aspects of city 

7 planning, State and local government services, 

8 and military infrastructure; and 

9 (B) liaising with State and local elected of10 ficials and the public. 

11 (2) GUAM AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA IS12 LANDS.—For the designation under paragraph (2) 

13 of subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall ap14 point the Under Secretary of the Navy. 

15 (d) NOTIFICATION.—For the designations under 

16 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of subsection (a), the 

17 Secretary of Defense shall, not later than 30 days after 

18 the date of the designation, submit to the congressional 

19 defense committees and the Governor of Hawaii or the 

20 Governors of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, 

21 respectively, a notification that includes the name and con22 tact information of the individual so designated. 


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1 SEC. 2854. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO MAP REFERENCE 

2 IN THE MILITARY LAND WITHDRAWALS ACT 

3 OF 2013. 

4 Section 2989(a)(2) of the Military Land Withdrawals 

5 Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 1025; 136 

6 Stat. 3027) is amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2022’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘May 22, 2024’’. 

8 SEC. 2855. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RESETTLE9 MENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF CERTAIN 

10 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE WEST BANK OR 

11 GAZA. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

13 (b), the Secretary of Defense may not use any asset, facil14 ity, or installation of the Department of Defense for the 

15 transport or processing of any individual from the West 

16 Bank or Gaza who is not a United States citizen, or who 

17 is not the spouse, parent, or child of a United States cit18 izen, for purposes of resettlement in the United States. 

19 (b) EXCEPTION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para21 graph (2), the Secretary may use assets, facilities, 

22 and installations of the Department to transport and 

23 process for resettlement in the United States an in24 dividual described in subsection (a) who— 

25 (A) is a former employee of the United 

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1 (B) was so employed for a period of not 

2 less than two years; and 

3 (C) maintains documentation dem4 onstrating such employment. 

5 (2) INAPPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

6 apply to an individual described in that paragraph 

7 whose employment with the United States Govern8 ment was involuntarily terminated. 

9 (c) RECONSIDERATION OF POLICY.—Not later than 

10 five years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

11 Secretary may reconsider the prohibition set forth in sub12 section (a) and provide recommendations to Congress on 

13 whether to continue or discontinue such prohibition. 

14 SEC. 2856. EXPANSION OF DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRA15 STRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE 

16 INSTALLATIONS OF THE COAST GUARD. 

17 Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (d)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), in the matter 

21 preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, in consulta22 tion with the Commandant of the Coast 

23 Guard,’’ after ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 

24 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

25 paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(5) In considering grants, agreements, or other 

2 funding under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to commu3 nity infrastructure supportive of a military installation of 

4 the Coast Guard, the Secretary of Defense shall consult 

5 with the Commandant of the Coast Guard to assess the 

6 selection and prioritization of the project concerned.’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (e)(1), by adding at the end 

8 the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of sub9 section (d), the term ‘military installation’ includes 

10 an installation of the Coast Guard under the juris11 diction of the Department of Homeland Security.’’. 

12 TITLE XXIX—MILITARY CON13 STRUCTION DISASTER RE14 COVERY 

15 SEC. 2901. AUTHORIZED NAVY DISASTER RECOVERY CON16 STRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION 

17 PROJECTS. 

18 (a) NAVY AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to subsection 

19 (c), using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author20 ization of appropriations in section 2903 and available for 

21 military construction projects inside the United States as 

22 specified in the funding table in section 4602, the Sec23 retary of the Navy may acquire real property and carry 

24 out military construction projects for the installations or 


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1 locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, 

2 set forth in the following table: 

Navy Disaster Recovery 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Guam ....................... Joint Region Marianas ................................. $726,480,000 

Naval Base Guam ........................................ $3,840,460,000 

3 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

6 of the Navy shall submit to the congressional de7 fense committees a report containing a plan to carry 

8 out the military construction projects authorized 

9 under subsection (a). 

10 (2) PLAN.—The plan required under paragraph 

11 (1) shall include the following: 

12 (A) An explanation of how each military 

13 construction project under subsection (a) will 

14 incorporate mitigation measures that reduce the 

15 threat from extreme weather events, mean sea 

16 level fluctuation, flooding, and any other known 

17 environmental threat to resilience, including a 

18 list of any areas in which there is a variance 

19 from the local building requirements and an ex20 planation of the reason for the variance. 

21 (B) A Department of Defense Form 1391 

22 for each proposed project. 


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1 (c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy may not 

2 commence a military construction project authorized 

3 under subsection (a) until the report required under sub4 section (b) has been submitted by the Secretary. 

5 SEC. 2902. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE DISASTER RECOVERY 

6 CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION 

7 PROJECTS. 

8 (a) AIR FORCE AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to sub9 section (c), using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 

10 authorization of appropriations in section 2903 and avail11 able for military construction projects inside the United 

12 States as specified in the funding table in section 4602, 

13 the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property 

14 and carry out military construction projects for the instal15 lation or location inside the United States, and in the 

16 amount, set forth in the following table: 

Air Force Disaster Recovery 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Guam ....................... Andersen Air Force Base ............................. $7,215,000,000 

17 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional 

21 defense committees a report containing a plan to 

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1 (2) PLAN.—The plan required under paragraph 

2 (1) shall include the following: 

3 (A) An explanation of how the military 

4 construction project under subsection (a) will 

5 incorporate mitigation measures that reduce the 

6 threat from extreme weather events, mean sea 

7 level fluctuation, flooding, and any other known 

8 environmental threat to resilience, including a 

9 list of any areas in which there is a variance 

10 from the local building requirements and an ex11 planation of the reason for the variance. 

12 (B) A Department of Defense Form 1391 

13 for the proposed project. 

14 (c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force 

15 may not commence a military construction project author16 ized under subsection (a) until the report required under 

17 subsection (b) has been submitted by the Secretary. 

18 SEC. 2903. AUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY SUPPLE19 MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY 

20 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 

21 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

22 the Department of Defense for the military construction 

23 projects authorized by this title as specified in the funding 

24 table in section 4602, in such amounts as may be des25 ignated as emergency requirements pursuant to section 


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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 

3 DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF 

4 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

5 AUTHORIZATIONS AND 

6 OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

7 TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF 

8 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

9 PROGRAMS 

10 Subtitle A—National Security 

11 Programs and Authorizations 

12 SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA13 TION. 

14 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

15 are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart16 ment of Energy for fiscal year 2025 for the activities of 

17 the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying 

18 out programs as specified in the funding table in section 

19 4701. 

20 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.— 

21 From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 

22 for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 

23 may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear 

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1 Project 25-D-530 Naval Examination Acquisi2 tion Project, Idaho National Laboratory, 

3 $45,000,000. 

4 Project 25-D-510 Plutonium Mission Safety & 

5 Quality Building, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 

6 New Mexico, $48,500,000. 

7 Project 25-D-511 PULSE New Access, Nevada 

8 National Security Site, $25,000,000. 

9 SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 

10 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to 

11 the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2025 for defense 

12 environmental cleanup activities in carrying out programs 

13 as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 

14 SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 

15 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to 

16 the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2025 for other 

17 defense activities in carrying out programs as specified in 

18 the funding table in section 4701. 

19 SEC. 3104. NUCLEAR ENERGY. 

20 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to 

21 the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2025 for nuclear 

22 energy as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 


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1 Subtitle B—Program Authoriza2 tions, Restrictions, and Limita3 tions 

4 SEC. 3111. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR NAVAL NU5 CLEAR FUEL SYSTEMS BASED ON LOW-EN6 RICHED URANIUM. 

7 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 

8 this Act for fiscal year 2025 for the National Nuclear Se9 curity Administration may be obligated or expended for 

10 the purposes of conducting research and development of 

11 an advanced naval nuclear fuel system based on low-en12 riched uranium until— 

13 (1) the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary 

14 of Defense submit to the congressional defense com15 mittees a determination as to whether the deter16 mination made by the Secretary of Energy and the 

17 Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 3118(c)(1) 

18 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

19 Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1196) 

20 and submitted to the congressional defense commit21 tees on March 25, 2018, that the United States 

22 should not pursue such research and development, 

23 remains valid; and 

24 (2) the Secretary of the Navy submits to the 

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1 to whether an advanced naval nuclear fuel system 

2 based on low-enriched uranium that would not re3 duce vessel capability, increase expense, or reduce 

4 operational availability as a result of refueling re5 quirements can be produced. 

6 SEC. 3112. AUTHORIZATION FOR MODIFICATION OF WEAP7 ONS. 

8 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Energy, act9 ing through the Administrator for Nuclear Security, is au10 thorized to carry out such efforts as required to modify 

11 or develop the following nuclear weapons: 

12 (1) B61-13. 

13 (2) W80-X (formerly the W80-4 ALT SLCM). 

14 (b) UPDATED NOMENCLATURE.—Not later than 30 

15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary of Energy, acting through the Administrator for 

17 Nuclear Security, and in coordination with the Chair of 

18 the Nuclear Weapons Council, shall submit to the congres19 sional defense committees a notification of an updated no20 menclature for the W80-X weapon. 

21 SEC. 3113. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA22 TION MANAGEMENT AND PROCESS IMPROVE23 MENTS. 

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1 curity Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is 

2 amended— 

3 (1) in section 3211— 

4 (A) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘(2) To support the deterrence of strategic at7 tacks against the United States by maintaining and 

8 enhancing the performance, reliability, security, and 

9 safety of the United States nuclear weapons stock10 pile, including the ability to design, produce, and 

11 test nuclear weapons as necessary in order to meet 

12 national security requirements.’’; and 

13 (B) in subsection (c), by redesignating 

14 paragraphs (1) through (3) as paragraphs (2) 

15 through (4), respectively, and inserting the fol16 lowing new paragraph (1): 

17 ‘‘(1) fulfilling, to the maximum extent possible, 

18 the requirements for nuclear weapons of the Depart19 ment of Defense;’’; 

20 (2) in section 3213(a)(2), by inserting ‘‘infra21 structure construction and maintenance,’’ after ‘‘nu22 clear weapons,’’; 

23 (3) by amending section 3214(b)(1) to read as 

24 follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Supporting the deterrence of strategic at2 tacks by maintaining and enhancing the perform3 ance, reliability, and security of the United States 

4 nuclear weapons stockpile, including the ability to 

5 design, produce, and test as necessary in order to 

6 meet national security requirements.’’; and 

7 (4) in section 3264, by striking ‘‘for the use’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘for the cost-reimbursable use’’. 

9 (b) MODIFICATIONS TO NONPROLIFERATION AND

10 NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP

11 PROGRAMS.—Section 3113 of the Duncan Hunter Na12 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (50 

13 U.S.C. 2444) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘Department of Energy’’ each 

15 place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Nuclear Se16 curity Administration’’; and 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘of the Department’’ each place 

18 it appears and inserting ‘‘of the Administration’’; 

19 (c) MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN NUCLEAR WEAP20 ONS STOCKPILE MATTERS.—The Atomic Energy Defense 

21 Act (50 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) in section 4201(b)— 

23 (A) by striking paragraph (5); 


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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

2 through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), re3 spectively; 

4 (C) by inserting after the matter preceding 

5 paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following 

6 new paragraph (1): 

7 ‘‘(1) An increased level of effort for the con8 struction of new facilities and the modernization of 

9 existing facilities with production and manufacturing 

10 capabilities that are necessary to support the deter11 rence of strategic attacks against the United States 

12 by maintaining and enhancing the performance, reli13 ability, and security of the United States nuclear 

14 weapons stockpile, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) the nuclear weapons production facili16 ties; and 

17 ‘‘(B) production and manufacturing capa18 bilities resident in the national security labora19 tories.’’. 

20 (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 

21 by striking ‘‘An increased level of effort’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘Support’’; 

23 (E) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 

24 by striking ‘‘An increased level of effort’’ and 

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1 (F) by amending paragraph (4), as so re2 designated, to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(4) Support for the modernization of facilities 

4 and projects that contribute to the experimental ca5 pabilities of the United States that support the 

6 sustainment and modernization of the United States 

7 nuclear weapons stockpile and the capabilities re8 quired to assess nuclear weapons effects.’’; 

9 (2) in section 4204— 

10 (A) in subsection (a)— 

11 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

12 (1)— 

13 (I) by inserting ‘‘, modernization, 

14 and replacement, as required,’’ after 

15 ‘‘effective management’’; and 

16 (II) by striking ‘‘, including the 

17 extension of the effective life of such 

18 weapons’’; 

19 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in20 crease the reliability, safety, and security’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘enhance the performance 

22 and reliability’’; 

23 (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (3), 

24 (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and 

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1 (iv) by inserting after paragraph (2) 

2 the following new paragraph (3): 

3 ‘‘(3) To maintain the safety and security of the 

4 nuclear weapons stockpile.’’; and 

5 (v) by amending paragraph (4), as so 

6 redesignated, to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(4) To optimize the future size of the nuclear 

8 weapons stockpile.’’; and 

9 (B) in subsection (b)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘made to achieve’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘consistent with’’; and 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in14 serting a semicolon; 

15 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

16 paragraph (3); 

17 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) 

18 the following new paragraph (2): 

19 ‘‘(2) any changes made to the stockpile con20 sistent with the objectives identified in subsection 

21 (a) are carried out in a cost effective manner; and’’; 

22 and 

23 (iv) in paragraph (3)— 

24 (I) by amending subparagraph 

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1 ‘‘(A) are well understood and certifiable 

2 without the need to resume underground nu3 clear weapons testing’’; and 

4 (II) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new subparagraph: 

6 ‘‘(C) develop future generations of design, 

7 certification, and production expertise in the 

8 nuclear security enterprise to support the fulfill9 ment of mission requirements of the future 

10 stockpile.’’; 

11 (3) in section 4209(a)(1), in the matter pre12 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘phase 1 or 

13 phase 6.1’’ and inserting ‘‘phase 2 or phase 6.2’’; 

14 (4) in section 4212— 

15 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking, ‘‘as 

16 specified in the most recent Nuclear Posture 

17 Review’’; 

18 (B) in subsection (b)— 

19 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

20 ‘‘and high explosives manufacturing’’ after 

21 ‘‘weapons assembly’’; 

22 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

23 ‘‘fissile materials components processing 

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1 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

2 paragraph (5); and 

3 (iv) by inserting after paragraph (3), 

4 the following new paragraph (4): 

5 ‘‘(4) The fissile material component processing 

6 and fabrication capabilities of the Savannah River 

7 Plutonium Processing Facility and the Los Alamos 

8 National Laboratory.’’; and 

9 (C) by striking subsection (c); 

10 (5) by striking section 4216; 

11 (6) in section 4405— 

12 (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(a) ACCELERATED CLEANUP.—The Secretary of 

15 Energy shall accelerate the schedule for defense environ16 mental cleanup activities and projects for a site at a De17 partment of Energy defense nuclear facility if the Sec18 retary determines that such an accelerated schedule will 

19 accelerate the recapitalization, modernization, or replace20 ment of National Nuclear Security Administration facili21 ties supporting the nuclear weapons stockpile, achieve 

22 meaningful, long-term cost savings to the Federal Govern23 ment, or could substantially accelerate the release of land 

24 for local reuse without undermining national security ob25 jectives.’’; and 


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1 (B) in subsection (b)— 

2 (i) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

3 through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), 

4 respectively; and 

5 (ii) by inserting after the matter pre6 ceding paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 

7 the following new paragraph (1): 

8 ‘‘(1) The extent to which accelerated cleanup 

9 schedules can contribute to a more rapid moderniza10 tion of National Nuclear Security Administration fa11 cilities.’’; and 

12 (7) in section 4713— 

13 (A) in the heading of subsection (a)(1), by 

14 inserting ‘‘AND NEW NUCLEAR WEAPON PRO15 GRAM’’ after ‘‘EXTENSION’’; and 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘or new nuclear weapon 

17 program’’ after ‘‘stockpile life extension’’ each 

18 place it appears. 

19 SEC. 3114. RESTORATION OF A DOMESTIC URANIUM EN20 RICHMENT CAPABILITY. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, 

23 acting through the Administrator for Nuclear Security, 

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1 tions in the United States that would by 2035 be best 

2 suited to host a modular, scalable facility for the domestic 

3 enrichment of unencumbered uranium, including highly4 enriched uranium suitable for defense applications. 

5 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 150 days 

6 after commencing the assessment required by subsection 

7 (a), the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Adminis8 trator for Nuclear Security, shall submit to the congres9 sional defense committees a report describing the results 

10 of such assessment, including— 

11 (1) an initial cost assessment and schedule for 

12 the construction of at least one facility beginning not 

13 later than January 1, 2027; and 

14 (2) a statement declaring a preferred location 

15 or locations from among the locations evaluated pur16 suant to subsection (a). 

17 SEC. 3115. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES FROM U.S.–U.K. MUTUAL 

18 DEFENSE AGREEMENT. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2025, 

20 and annually thereafter until March 31, 2030, the Admin21 istrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congres22 sional defense committees a briefing on the activities taken 

23 under the Agreement Between the Government of the 

24 United States of America and the Government of the 

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1 for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual 

2 Defense Purposes, done at Washington July 3, 1958 

3 (commonly known as the ‘‘U.S.-U.K. Mutual Defense 

4 Agreement’’). 

5 (b) BRIEFING CONTENTS.—A briefing under sub6 section (a) shall include for the preceding calendar year— 

7 (1) a brief overview of major lines of effort, in8 cluding specific activities of note; 

9 (2) a list of any exchange, barter, or sale of nu10 clear and related materials; 

11 (3) a description of the relationship, if any with 

12 AUKUS; 

13 (4) a summary of key scientific exchanges and 

14 test events; and 

15 (5) such other information as the Administrator 

16 considers necessary. 

17 SEC. 3116. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 

18 RELATING TO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES FOR 

19 COMPETITION OF MANAGEMENT AND OPER20 ATING CONTRACTS. 

21 Section 4807(e) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 

22 (50 U.S.C. 2787(e)) is amended to read as follows: 

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1 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION.—The Comptroller Gen2 eral of the United States shall determine, in con3 sultation with the congressional defense committees, 

4 whether to conduct an initial review, a comprehen5 sive review, or both, of a report required by sub6 section (b). 

7 ‘‘(2) INITIAL REVIEW.—The Comptroller Gen8 eral shall provide any initial review of a report re9 quired by subsection (b) as a briefing to the congres10 sional defense committees not later than 180 days 

11 after that report is submitted to the congressional 

12 defense committees. 

13 ‘‘(3) COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.— 

14 ‘‘(A) SUBMISSION.—The Comptroller Gen15 eral shall submit any comprehensive review of a 

16 report required by subsection (b) to the con17 gressional defense committees not later than 3 

18 years after that report is submitted to the con19 gressional defense committees. 

20 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—A comprehensive review 

21 of a report required by subsection (b) shall in22 clude an assessment, based on the most current 

23 information available, of the following: 

24 ‘‘(i) The actual cost savings achieved 

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1 subsection (c)(1), and any increased costs 

2 incurred under the contract that were un3 expected or uncertain at the time the con4 tract was awarded. 

5 ‘‘(ii) Any disruptions or delays in mis6 sion activities or deliverables resulting 

7 from the competition for the contract com8 pared to the disruptions and delays esti9 mated under subsection (c)(4). 

10 ‘‘(iii) Whether expected benefits of the 

11 competition with respect to mission per12 formance or operations have been achieved. 

13 ‘‘(iv) Such other matters as the 

14 Comptroller General considers appro15 priate.’’. 

16 SEC. 3117. AUTHORITY FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

17 ADMINISTRATION TO USE PASSENGER CAR18 RIERS FOR CONTRACTOR COMMUTING. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title XLVIII of the 

20 Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2811 et seq.) is 

21 amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 4834. AUTHORITY TO USE PASSENGER CARRIERS FOR 

23 CONTRACTOR COMMUTING. 

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1 ties under section 3211 of the National Nuclear Security 

2 Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401), a passenger carrier 

3 may be used to provide transportation services to con4 tractor employees between the covered facility of the con5 tractor employee and a mass transit facility in accordance 

6 with any applicable transportation plan adopted by the 

7 Administrator pursuant to this section. 

8 ‘‘(b) PLAN REQUESTS AND APPROVAL.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator— 

10 ‘‘(A) shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) provide Management and Oper12 ating contractors at covered facilities the 

13 opportunity to, on a voluntary basis, sub14 mit, through the cognizant contracting of15 ficer of the applicable covered facility, a 

16 plan to provide transportation services de17 scribed in subsection (a) for contractor em18 ployees at the covered facility; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) review each such plan submitted 

20 in accordance with subparagraph (A); and 

21 ‘‘(B) may approve each such plan if the re22 quirements described in paragraph (2)(B) are 

23 satisfied. 

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1 ‘‘(A) may include proposals for parking fa2 cilities, road improvements, real property acqui3 sition, passenger carrier services, and com4 muting cost deferment payments to contractor 

5 employees; and 

6 ‘‘(B) shall include— 

7 ‘‘(i) a description of how the use of 

8 passenger carriers will facilitate the mis9 sion of the covered facility; 

10 ‘‘(ii) a description of how the plan will 

11 be economical and advantageous to the 

12 Federal Government; 

13 ‘‘(iii) a summary of the benefits that 

14 will be provided under the plan and how 

15 costs will be monitored; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) a description of how the plan 

17 will alleviate traffic congestion, reduce 

18 commuting times, and improve recruitment 

19 and retention of contractor employees. 

20 ‘‘(3) DELEGATION.—The Administrator may 

21 delegate to the Senior Procurement Executive of the 

22 Administration the approval of any plan submitted 

23 by a contractor under this subsection. 

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1 ices incurred pursuant to a plan approved under sub2 section (b) using funds appropriated to the Administra3 tion. 

4 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out a plan ap5 proved under subsection (b), the Administrator, to the 

6 maximum extent practicable and consistent with sound 

7 budget policy, shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) require the use alternative fuel vehicles to 

9 provide transportation services; 

10 ‘‘(2) ensure funds spent for this plan further 

11 the mission activities of the Administration under 

12 section 3211 of the National Nuclear Security Ad13 ministration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401); and 

14 ‘‘(3) ensure that the time during which a con15 tractor employee uses transportation services shall 

16 not be included for purposes of calculating the hours 

17 of work for such contractor employee. 

18 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘con20 tractor employee’ means an employee of a Manage21 ment and Operating contractor or subcontractor em22 ployee at any tier. 

23 ‘‘(2) COVERED FACILITY.—The term ‘covered 

24 facility’ means any facility of the Administration 

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1 tion under section 3211 of the National Nuclear Se2 curity Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401). 

3 ‘‘(3) MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CON4 TRACTOR.—The term ‘Management and Operating 

5 contractor’ means a management and operating con6 tractor that manages a covered facility. 

7 ‘‘(4) PASSENGER CARRIER.—The term ‘pas8 senger carrier’ means a passenger motor vehicle, air9 craft, boat, ship, train, or other similar means of 

10 transportation that is owned, leased, or provided 

11 pursuant to contract or subcontract by the Federal 

12 Government or through a contractor of the Adminis13 tration.’’. 

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

15 for the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by insert16 ing after the item relating to section 4833 the following 

17 new item: 

‘‘Sec. 4834. Authority to use passenger carriers for contractor commuting.’’. 

18 SEC. 3118. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND19 ING SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION ON 

20 STREAMLINING NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECU21 RITY ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTING. 

22 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

23 Act for fiscal year 2025 for Program Direction, NNSA 

24 Federal Salaries and Expenses, Headquarters, Travel, not 

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1 the date on which the Administrator for Nuclear Security 

2 submits the report on streamlining National Nuclear Se3 curity Administration requirements required on page 389 

4 of Senate Report 118–58, accompanying S.2226 (118th 

5 Congress). 

6 SEC. 3119. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND7 ING SUBMISSION OF CERTIFICATION RELAT8 ING TO W80–4 ALTERATION-SLCM. 

9 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

10 Act for fiscal year 2025 for Program Direction, NNSA 

11 Federal Salaries and Expenses, Headquarters, Travel, not 

12 more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until 

13 the date on which the Administrator for Nuclear Security 

14 submits the certification required by section 306 of divi15 sion D of title III of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

16 2024 (Public Law 118–42). 

17 SEC. 3120. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT 

18 ACCESS TO NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

19 ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 

21 be appropriated by this Act, or otherwise made available 

22 for fiscal year 2025 or any subsequent fiscal year, for the 

23 National Nuclear Security Administration may be obli24 gated or expended to permit or facilitate the access by any 


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1 citizen of a covered country to any facility at which indi2 viduals perform work related to— 

3 (1) the protection, sustainment, or moderniza4 tion of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile; 

5 or 

6 (2) capabilities for protecting, developing, sus7 taining, or disposing of technologies or materials re8 lated to the provision of nuclear propulsion for 

9 United States naval vessels. 

10 (b) EXCEPTION.—The Administrator for Nuclear Se11 curity may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) with 

12 respect to an individual if the Administrator, in coordina13 tion with the Secretary of Defense, certifies to Congress 

14 not less than 60 days before providing that individual with 

15 access to a facility described in subsection (a) that— 

16 (1) such access is in the national security inter17 est of the United States; 

18 (2) the Department of Defense has completed a 

19 comprehensive background investigation of the indi20 vidual and has not uncovered any affiliation with 

21 military or intelligence organizations associated with 

22 a covered country; 

23 (3) the individual will not be provided access to 

24 any classified information and all appropriate pro25 tective measures will be taken to ensure the risk of 


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1 inadvertent access is minimized to the maximum ex2 tent possible; 

3 (4) the individual will be provided access to the 

4 facility for not more than 60 days in a calendar 

5 year; and 

6 (5) after the individual has had access to the 

7 facility for 60 days as described in paragraph (4), 

8 such access will be terminated immediately. 

9 (c) COVERED COUNTRY DEFINED.—In this section, 

10 the term ‘‘covered country’’ means— 

11 (1) the People’s Republic of China; 

12 (2) the Russian Federation; 

13 (3) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; 

14 and 

15 (4) the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

16 SEC. 3121. NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS THAT 

17 IMPACT THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

18 ADMINISTRATION. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—If a director of a national security 

20 laboratory of the National Nuclear Security Administra21 tion determines that a Federal regulation could inhibit the 

22 ability of the Administrator for Nuclear Security to main23 tain the safety, security, or effectiveness of the nuclear 

24 weapons stockpile without engaging in explosive nuclear 

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1 such determination, shall submit to Congress a notifica2 tion of such determination. 

3 (b) FORM.—A notification submitted pursuant to 

4 subsection (a) shall be made available to the public in un5 classified form, but may include a classified annex. 

6 SEC. 3122. AUTHORIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

7 AND CONTRACTORS TO ACQUIRE AND OPER8 ATE A UTILIZATION FACILITY. 

9 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

10 (1) Project Pele holds great potential as the 

11 only mobile microreactor design currently being con12 structed. 

13 (2) The Department of Defense maintains nu14 clear indemnification authority through the Act enti15 tled ‘‘An Act to authorize the making, amendment 

16 and modification of contracts to facilitate the na17 tional defense’’, approved August 28, 1958 (50 

18 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.)(referred to in this section as 

19 ‘‘Public Law 85–804’’). 

20 (3) The Nuclear Power Program of the Army 

21 previously operated nuclear power reactors from 

22 1957 until 1977 with one of the predecessor organi23 zations of the Department of Energy, the Atomic 

24 Energy Commission. 


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1 (4) Public Law 85–804 and the joint produc2 tion of nuclear power reactors between the Army 

3 and the Department of Energy both provide poten4 tial pathways for the Department of Defense, and 

5 contractors on behalf of the Department of Defense, 

6 in ensuring such reactors are properly indemnified 

7 throughout their lifecycle. 

8 (5) The authorization in section 91b.(3) of the 

9 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2121(b)), as 

10 added by subsection (c), covers prerequisite design 

11 work for such activities as the authorization may 

12 support. 

13 (b) REPORT AND BRIEFING.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 

15 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 

16 the Secretary of Energy, shall provide to the con17 gressional defense committees a report and briefing, 

18 which shall include the following: 

19 (A) A history of how reactor programs, 

20 such as the Nuclear Power Program, legally op21 erated and provided indemnification for the nu22 clear reactors produced. 

23 (B) A description of the feasibility of the 

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1 of Defense in the indemnification of current 

2 and future nuclear power reactor programs. 

3 (C) A description of the feasibility of joint4 ly producing nuclear power reactors using the 

5 Price-Anderson indemnification authority of the 

6 Department of Energy. 

7 (D) An identification of a specific pathway 

8 to program of record for Project Pele, including 

9 recommendations on current authorities that 

10 could be used to ensure Project Pele remains on 

11 schedule for delivery and testing to the Idaho 

12 National Laboratory in 2025. 

13 (E) Recommendations on additional au14 thorities necessary to provide for the operation 

15 and indemnification of future Department of 

16 Defense nuclear power programs; and 

17 (F) Other matters as the Secretary of De18 fense, in consultation with the Secretary of En19 ergy, determines necessary. 

20 (2) FORM.—The report and briefing required 

21 by paragraph (1) shall be in unclassified form, but 

22 may be accompanied by an additional classified re23 port. 

24 (c) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 91b. of the Atomic 

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1 striking ‘‘or utilization facility for military purposes’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘or (3) to authorize the Department of Defense 

3 to manufacture, produce, or acquire, and to operate, or 

4 to authorize the Department of Defense to authorize a 

5 contractor of the Department of Defense to manufacture, 

6 produce, or acquire, and to operate, a utilization facility 

7 for military purposes, including for the production of elec8 tric or thermal power for military installations or oper9 ations’’. 

10 TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NU11 CLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY 

12 BOARD 

13 SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION. 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

15 year 2025, $47,210,000 for the operation of the Defense 

16 Nuclear Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the 

17 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). 

18 TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 

19 ADMINISTRATION 

20 SEC. 3501. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION. 

21 Section 109 of title 49, United States Code, is 

22 amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘§ 109. Maritime administration 

24 ‘‘(a) ORGANIZATION AND MISSION.—The Maritime 

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1 Transportation. The mission of the Maritime Administra2 tion is to foster, promote, and develop the merchant mari3 time industry of the United States. 

4 ‘‘(b) MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of the 

5 Maritime Administration is the Maritime Administrator, 

6 who is appointed by the President by and with the advice 

7 and consent of the Senate. The Administrator shall report 

8 directly to the Secretary of Transportation and carry out 

9 the duties prescribed by the Secretary. 

10 ‘‘(c) DEPUTY MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR.—The 

11 Maritime Administration shall have a Deputy Maritime 

12 Administrator, who is appointed in the competitive service 

13 by the Secretary, after consultation with the Adminis14 trator. The Deputy Administrator shall carry out the du15 ties prescribed by the Administrator. The Deputy Admin16 istrator shall be Acting Administrator during the absence 

17 or disability of the Administrator and, unless the Sec18 retary designates another individual, during a vacancy in 

19 the office of Administrator. 

20 ‘‘(d) DUTIES AND POWERS VESTED IN SEC21 RETARY.—All duties and powers of the Maritime Adminis22 tration are vested in the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(e) REGIONAL OFFICES.—The Maritime Adminis24 tration shall have regional offices for the Atlantic, Gulf, 

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1 regional offices as necessary. The Secretary shall appoint 

2 a qualified individual as Director of each regional office. 

3 The Secretary shall carry out appropriate activities and 

4 programs of the Maritime Administration through the re5 gional offices. 

6 ‘‘(f) INTERAGENCY AND INDUSTRY RELATIONS.— 

7 The Secretary shall establish and maintain liaison with 

8 other agencies, and with representative trade organiza9 tions throughout the United States, concerned with the 

10 transportation of commodities by water in the export and 

11 import foreign commerce of the United States, for the pur12 pose of securing preference to vessels of the United States 

13 for the transportation of those commodities. 

14 ‘‘(g) DETAILING OFFICERS FROM ARMED FORCES.— 

15 To assist the Secretary in carrying out duties and powers 

16 relating to the Maritime Administration, not more than 

17 five officers of the Armed Forces may be detailed to the 

18 Secretary at any one time, in addition to details author19 ized by any other law. During the period of a detail, the 

20 Secretary shall pay the officer an amount that, when 

21 added to the officer’s pay and allowances as an officer in 

22 the Armed Forces, makes the officer’s total pay and allow23 ances equal to the amount that would be paid to an indi24 vidual performing work the Secretary considers to be of 


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1 similar importance, difficulty, and responsibility as that 

2 performed by the officer during the detail. 

3 ‘‘(h) CONTRACTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND

4 AUDITS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) CONTRACTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREE6 MENTS.—In the same manner that a private cor7 poration may make a contract within the scope of its 

8 authority under its charter, the Secretary may make 

9 contracts and cooperative agreements for the United 

10 States Government and disburse amounts to— 

11 ‘‘(A) carry out the Secretary’s duties and 

12 powers under this section, subtitle V of title 46, 

13 and all other Maritime Administration pro14 grams; and 

15 ‘‘(B) protect, preserve, and improve collat16 eral held by the Secretary to secure indebted17 ness. 

18 ‘‘(2) AUDITS.—The financial transactions of 

19 the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be audited 

20 by the Comptroller General. The Comptroller Gen21 eral shall allow credit for an expenditure shown to 

22 be necessary because of the nature of the business 

23 activities authorized by this section or subtitle V of 

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1 eral shall report to Congress any departure by the 

2 Secretary from this section or subtitle V of title 46. 

3 ‘‘(i) GRANT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Except as 

4 otherwise provided by law, the administrative and related 

5 expenses for the administration of any grant programs by 

6 the Maritime Administrator may not exceed 3 percent. 

7 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro9 vided in this subsection, there are authorized to be 

10 appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to 

11 carry out the duties and powers of the Secretary re12 lating to the Maritime Administration. 

13 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Only those amounts spe14 cifically authorized by law may be appropriated for 

15 the use of the Maritime Administration for— 

16 ‘‘(A) acquisition, construction, or recon17 struction of vessels; 

18 ‘‘(B) construction-differential subsidies in19 cident to the construction, reconstruction, or re20 conditioning of vessels; 

21 ‘‘(C) costs of national defense features; 

22 ‘‘(D) payments of obligations incurred for 

23 operating-differential subsidies; 

24 ‘‘(E) expenses necessary for research and 

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1 of the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund for 

2 losses resulting from expenses of experimental 

3 vessel operations; 

4 ‘‘(F) the Vessel Operations Revolving 

5 Fund; 

6 ‘‘(G) National Defense Reserve Fleet ex7 penses; 

8 ‘‘(H) expenses necessary to carry out part 

9 B of subtitle V of title 46; and 

10 ‘‘(I) other operations and training expenses 

11 related to the development of waterborne trans12 portation systems, the use of waterborne trans13 portation systems, and general administra14 tion.’’. 

15 DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 

16 SEC. 4001. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS IN FUNDING TA17 BLES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever a funding table in this 

19 division specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, 

20 program, or activity, the obligation and expenditure of the 

21 specified dollar amount for the project, program, or activ22 ity is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of ap23 propriations. 

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1 on the basis of a dollar amount authorized pursuant to 

2 subsection (a) shall— 

3 (1) be based on merit-based selection proce4 dures in accordance with the requirements of sec5 tions 3201 and 4024 of title 10, United States Code, 

6 or on competitive procedures; and 

7 (2) comply with other applicable provisions of 

8 law. 

9 (c) RELATIONSHIP TO TRANSFER AND PROGRAM10 MING AUTHORITY.—An amount specified in the funding 

11 tables in this division may be transferred or repro12 grammed under a transfer or reprogramming authority 

13 provided by another provision of this Act or by other law. 

14 The transfer or reprogramming of an amount specified in 

15 such funding tables shall not count against a ceiling on 

16 such transfers or reprogrammings under section 1001 of 

17 this Act or any other provision of law, unless such transfer 

18 or reprogramming would move funds between appropria19 tion accounts. 

20 (d) APPLICABILITY TO CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—This 

21 section applies to any classified annex that accompanies 

22 this Act. 

23 (e) ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.—No oral 

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1 fied in the funding tables in this division shall supersede 

2 the requirements of this section. 

3 TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 

4 SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT. 

SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

FIXED WING 

2 FUTURE UAS FAMILY ..................................................................................................... 149,059 149,059 

3 SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ................................................................. 69,573 79,573 

Company Small UAS (Co sUAS)—Army UFR ................................................................... [10,000] 

ROTARY 

4 AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN ........................................................................... 570,655 570,655 

6 UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) ........................................................................ 709,054 709,054 

7 UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) ........................................................................ 58,170 58,170 

9 CH–47 HELICOPTER ........................................................................................................ 699,986 699,986 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

12 MQ–1 PAYLOAD ................................................................................................................. 14,086 14,086 

13 GRAY EAGLE MODS2 ....................................................................................................... 23,865 23,865 

15 AH–64 MODS ...................................................................................................................... 81,026 94,326 

AH–64E Apache Improved Tail Rotor Blade (ITRB) acceleration—Army UFR ............... [13,300] 

16 CH–47 CARGO HELICOPTER MODS (MYP) ................................................................. 15,825 15,825 

17 UTILITY HELICOPTER MODS ....................................................................................... 34,565 44,565 

UH–72A Lakota lifecycle sustainment and modernization .................................................. [10,000] 

18 NETWORK AND MISSION PLAN ................................................................................... 49,862 49,862 

19 COMMS, NAV SURVEILLANCE ....................................................................................... 61,362 61,362 

20 DEGRADED VISUAL ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................... 3,839 3,839 

21 AVIATION ASSURED PNT ............................................................................................... 69,161 69,161 

22 GATM ROLLUP .................................................................................................................. 4,842 4,842 

23 UAS MODS .......................................................................................................................... 2,265 2,265 

GROUND SUPPORT AVIONICS 

24 AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 139,331 139,331 

26 CMWS ................................................................................................................................... 51,646 51,646 

27 COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM) .............................................. 257,854 257,854 

OTHER SUPPORT 

28 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT .................................................................................. 31,181 31,181 

29 AIRCREW INTEGRATED SYSTEMS .............................................................................. 14,478 14,478 

30 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ................................................................................................. 27,428 27,428 

31 LAUNCHER, 2.75 ROCKET .............................................................................................. 3,815 3,815 

32 LAUNCHER GUIDED MISSILE: LONGBOW HELLFIRE XM2 .................................. 21,543 21,543 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY ..................................................... 3,164,471 3,197,771 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM 

1 LOWER TIER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (AMD) SEN ......................................... 516,838 516,838 

3 M-SHORAD—PROCUREMENT ........................................................................................ 69,091 69,091 

4 MSE MISSILE ..................................................................................................................... 963,060 963,060 

5 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ARMY MISSILE ........................................................ 0 150,000 

JPAC supplier base investments .......................................................................................... [50,000] 

Munitions supplier base program (MCEIP) [SRMs, ball bearings, PCBs, etc] .................. [100,000] 

6 PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM) ......................................................................... 482,536 746,536 

F25 PrSM Inc 1 production increase (+70)—Army UFR ................................................. [114,000] 

PrSM capacity expansion to 550/yr ..................................................................................... [150,000]

7 PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM) ......................................................................... 10,030 10,030 

8 INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY INC 2–I .............................................. 657,581 657,581 

9 MID-RANGE CAPABILITY (MRC) ................................................................................... 233,037 233,037 

10 COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM INTERCEP ............................... 117,424 202,224 

Army cUAS interceptors—Army UFR ................................................................................. [84,800] 

AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE SYSTEM 

12 JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MSLS (JAGM) ........................................................................ 47,582 162,582 

JAGM production increase (+460) ...................................................................................... [115,000] 

13 LONG-RANGE HYPERSONIC WEAPON ........................................................................ 744,178 744,178 

ANTI-TANK/ASSAULT MISSILE SYS 

14 JAVELIN (AAWS-M) SYSTEM SUMMARY ..................................................................... 326,120 326,120 

15 TOW 2 SYSTEM SUMMARY ............................................................................................. 121,448 121,448 

16 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) ................................................................................ 1,168,264 1,168,264 

17 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) ................................................................................ 51,511 51,511 

18 MLRS REDUCED RANGE PRACTICE ROCKETS (RRPR) .......................................... 30,230 30,230 

19 HIGH MOBILITY ARTILLERY ROCKET SYSTEM (HIMARS .................................... 79,387 79,387 

20 ARMY TACTICAL MSL SYS (ATACMS)—SYS SUM ..................................................... 3,280 3,280 

22 FAMILY OF LOW ALTITUDE UNMANNED SYSTEMS .............................................. 120,599 191,599 

Lethal Unmanned System (LUS) / Low Altitude Stalk & Strike Ordinance (LASSO)— 

Army UFR ........................................................................................................................ [10,000] 


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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

SB600 production increase ................................................................................................... [61,000] 

MODIFICATIONS 

23 PATRIOT MODS ................................................................................................................. 171,958 338,958 

Additional Patriot launcher .................................................................................................. [167,000] 

24 STINGER MODS ................................................................................................................. 75,146 166,146 

Stinger—Army UFR ............................................................................................................ [91,000] 

25 AVENGER MODS ............................................................................................................... 2,321 2,321 

27 MLRS MODS ....................................................................................................................... 185,839 185,839 

28 HIMARS MODIFICATIONS .............................................................................................. 49,581 49,581 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

29 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ........................................................................................ 6,695 6,695 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

30 AIR DEFENSE TARGETS ................................................................................................ 12,034 12,034 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY .......................................................... 6,245,770 7,188,570 

PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY 

TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

1 ARMORED MULTI PURPOSE VEHICLE (AMPV) ........................................................ 515,344 515,344 

2 ASSAULT BREACHER VEHICLE (ABV) ....................................................................... 5,681 5,681 

3 M10 BOOKER ..................................................................................................................... 460,637 460,637 

MODIFICATION OF TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

4 STRYKER (MOD) ............................................................................................................... 52,471 52,471 

5 STRYKER UPGRADE ........................................................................................................ 402,840 402,840 

6 BRADLEY FIRE SUPPORT TEAM (BFIST) VEHICLE ............................................... 7,255 7,255 

7 BRADLEY PROGRAM (MOD) .......................................................................................... 106,937 106,937 

8 M109 FOV MODIFICATIONS ........................................................................................... 42,574 42,574 

9 PALADIN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT (PIM) ......................................................... 417,741 417,741 

10 IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE (M88 HERCULES) ............................................... 151,657 151,657 

11 JOINT ASSAULT BRIDGE ............................................................................................... 174,779 174,779 

12 ABRAMS UPGRADE PROGRAM ...................................................................................... 773,745 773,745 

WEAPONS & OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES 

14 PERSONAL DEFENSE WEAPON (ROLL) ..................................................................... 4,869 4,869 

15 M240 MEDIUM MACHINE GUN (7.62MM) .................................................................... 3 3 

17 MACHINE GUN, CAL .50 M2 ROLL ................................................................................ 3 3 

18 MORTAR SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................... 8,353 8,353 

19 LOCATION & AZIMUTH DETERMINATION SYSTEM (LADS ................................... 2,543 2,543 

20 XM320 GRENADE LAUNCHER MODULE (GLM) ........................................................ 17,747 17,747 

21 PRECISION SNIPER RIFLE ............................................................................................ 5,910 5,910 

22 CARBINE ............................................................................................................................. 3 3 

23 NEXT GENERATION SQUAD WEAPON ........................................................................ 367,292 367,292 

24 HANDGUN .......................................................................................................................... 34 34 

MOD OF WEAPONS AND OTHER COMBAT VEH 

25 MK–19 GRENADE MACHINE GUN MODS .................................................................... 5,531 5,531 

26 M777 MODS ........................................................................................................................ 25,998 25,998 

29 M119 MODIFICATIONS .................................................................................................... 12,823 12,823 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

31 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (WOCV-WTCV) .................................................................... 1,031 1,031 

32 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (WOCV-WTCV) .......................................................... 135,591 135,591 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY .................................................... 3,699,392 3,699,392 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 

SMALL/MEDIUM CAL AMMUNITION 

1 CTG, 5.56MM, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................... 84,090 84,090 

2 CTG, 7.62MM, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................... 41,519 41,519 

3 NEXT GENERATION SQUAD WEAPON AMMUNITION ............................................ 205,889 205,889 

4 CTG, HANDGUN, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................ 6,461 6,461 

5 CTG, .50 CAL, ALL TYPES .............................................................................................. 50,002 50,002 

6 CTG, 20MM, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................. 7,012 7,012 

7 CTG, 25MM, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................. 24,246 24,246 

8 CTG, 30MM, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................. 82,965 82,965 

9 CTG, 40MM, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................. 150,540 150,540 

10 CTG, 50MM, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................. 20,006 20,006 

MORTAR AMMUNITION 

11 60MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES .......................................................................................... 40,853 40,853 

12 81MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES .......................................................................................... 51,282 51,282 

13 120MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................ 109,370 109,370 

TANK AMMUNITION 

14 CARTRIDGES, TANK, 105MM AND 120MM, ALL TYPES .......................................... 378,191 378,191 

ARTILLERY AMMUNITION 

15 ARTILLERY CARTRIDGES, 75MM & 105MM, ALL TYPES ........................................ 22,957 22,957 

16 ARTILLERY PROJECTILE, 155MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................ 171,657 171,657 

17 PRECISION ARTILLERY MUNITIONS .......................................................................... 71,426 71,426 

18 ARTILLERY PROPELLANTS, FUZES AND PRIMERS, ALL ..................................... 160,479 160,479 

MINES 

19 MINES & CLEARING CHARGES, ALL TYPES ............................................................. 56,032 56,032 

20 CLOSE TERRAIN SHAPING OBSTACLE ...................................................................... 15,303 15,303 

21 MINE, AT, VOLCANO, ALL TYPES ................................................................................ 501 501 

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22 SHOULDER LAUNCHED MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES .................................................. 833 833 

23 ROCKET, HYDRA 70, ALL TYPES ................................................................................. 34,302 34,302 

OTHER AMMUNITION 

24 CAD/PAD, ALL TYPES ..................................................................................................... 6,571 6,571 

25 DEMOLITION MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES ...................................................................... 21,682 21,682 

26 GRENADES, ALL TYPES ................................................................................................. 32,623 32,623 

27 SIGNALS, ALL TYPES ...................................................................................................... 21,510 21,510 

28 SIMULATORS, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................. 12,168 12,168 

MISCELLANEOUS 

30 AMMO COMPONENTS, ALL TYPES ............................................................................... 4,085 4,085 

32 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION (AMMO) ................................................................... 16,074 16,074 

33 AMMUNITION PECULIAR EQUIPMENT ...................................................................... 3,283 3,283 

34 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION (AMMO) .................................................. 18,677 18,677 

35 CLOSEOUT LIABILITIES ................................................................................................ 102 102 

PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT 

36 INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .............................................................................................. 640,160 640,160 

37 CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS DEMILITARIZATION ................................................ 135,649 132,749 

Destruction of anti-personnel landmines .............................................................................. [–2,900] 

38 ARMS INITIATIVE ............................................................................................................ 4,140 4,140 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY ....................................... 2,702,640 2,699,740 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

TACTICAL VEHICLES 

1 SEMITRAILERS, FLATBED: ........................................................................................... 26,132 26,132 

2 SEMITRAILERS, TANKERS ............................................................................................ 59,602 59,602 

3 HI MOB MULTI-PURP WHLD VEH (HMMWV) ............................................................ 5,265 5,265 

4 GROUND MOBILITY VEHICLES (GMV) ....................................................................... 34,407 78,507 

Infantry squad vehicles ......................................................................................................... [44,100] 

6 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE FAMILY OF VEHICLES .................................. 653,223 528,223 

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program reduction .................................................................. [–125,000] 

7 TRUCK, DUMP, 20T (CCE) .............................................................................................. 19,086 19,086 

8 FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEH (FMTV) .......................................................... 133,924 133,924 

9 FAMILY OF COLD WEATHER ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (C .................................... 72,760 72,760 

10 FIRETRUCKS & ASSOCIATED FIREFIGHTING EQUIP ............................................ 36,726 36,726 

11 FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES (FHTV) .................................................. 98,906 98,906 

12 PLS ESP .............................................................................................................................. 80,256 80,256 

13 HVY EXPANDED MOBILE TACTICAL TRUCK EXT SERV ...................................... 949 949 

14 TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE PROTECTION KITS .............................................. 2,747 2,747 

15 MODIFICATION OF IN SVC EQUIP ............................................................................... 169,726 169,726 

NON-TACTICAL VEHICLES 

16 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ............................................................................. 3,875 3,875 

17 NONTACTICAL VEHICLES, OTHER ............................................................................. 10,792 10,792 

COMM—JOINT COMMUNICATIONS 

18 SIGNAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ......................................................................... 127,479 127,479 

19 TACTICAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY MOD IN SVC .................................................. 280,798 280,798 

21 JCSE EQUIPMENT (USRDECOM) .................................................................................. 5,504 5,504 

COMM—SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

24 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE WIDEBAND SATCOM SYSTEMS ...................................... 87,058 87,058 

25 TRANSPORTABLE TACTICAL COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS .............................. 34,939 34,939 

26 SHF TERM .......................................................................................................................... 43,897 43,897 

27 ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING ............................................. 235,272 235,272 

28 EHF SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ............................................................................ 16,028 16,028 

30 GLOBAL BRDCST SVC—GBS ......................................................................................... 534 534 

COMM—C3 SYSTEM 

32 COE TACTICAL SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE (TSI) .................................................. 61,772 61,772 

COMM—COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS 

33 HANDHELD MANPACK SMALL FORM FIT (HMS) .................................................... 704,118 698,118 

Single Channel Data Radio .................................................................................................. [–6,000] 

34 ARMY LINK 16 SYSTEMS ................................................................................................ 104,320 104,320 

36 UNIFIED COMMAND SUITE ........................................................................................... 20,445 20,445 

37 COTS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ...................................................................... 489,754 489,754 

39 ARMY COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS .............................................................. 60,611 60,611 

COMM—INTELLIGENCE COMM 

40 CI AUTOMATION ARCHITECTURE-INTEL ................................................................. 15,512 15,512 

42 MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE .................................................................................. 163,077 163,077 

INFORMATION SECURITY 

43 INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY PROGRAM-ISSP ............................................... 337 337 

44 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY (COMSEC) .................................................................. 157,400 157,400 

47 BIOMETRIC ENABLING CAPABILITY (BEC) .............................................................. 45 45 

COMM—LONG HAUL COMMUNICATIONS 

49 BASE SUPPORT COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................ 26,446 26,446 

COMM—BASE COMMUNICATIONS 

50 INFORMATION SYSTEMS ............................................................................................... 75,505 75,505 

51 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM .................................. 15,956 15,956 

52 INSTALLATION INFO INFRASTRUCTURE MOD PROGRAM ................................... 150,779 150,779 

ELECT EQUIP—TACT INT REL ACT (TIARA) 

56 JTT/CIBS-M ........................................................................................................................ 9,221 9,221 

57 TERRESTRIAL LAYER SYSTEMS (TLS) ...................................................................... 96,925 64,225 


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59 DCGS-A-INTEL ................................................................................................................... 4,122 4,122 

61 TROJAN ............................................................................................................................... 39,344 39,344 

62 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIP (INTEL SPT) .......................................................................... 6,541 16,541 

Prophet Enhanced Signals Processing kits .......................................................................... [10,000] 

63 CI AND HUMINT INTELLIGENCE (HUMINT) CAPABILIT ...................................... 3,899 3,899 

64 BIOMETRIC TACTICAL COLLECTION DEVICES ....................................................... 2,089 2,089 

ELECT EQUIP—ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) 

65 EW PLANNING & MANAGEMENT TOOLS (EWPMT) ................................................. 26,327 26,327 

66 AIR VIGILANCE (AV) ........................................................................................................ 9,956 9,956 

67 MULTI-FUNCTION ELECTRONIC WARFARE (MFEW) SYST .................................. 17,004 17,004 

68 FAMILY OF PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE CAP. ...................................................... 13,225 13,225 

69 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE/SECURITY COUNTERMEASURES ................................ 20,951 20,951 

70 CI MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................................ 260 260 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL SURV. (TAC SURV) 

71 SENTINEL MODS .............................................................................................................. 180,253 180,253 

72 NIGHT VISION DEVICES ................................................................................................ 377,443 176,943 

Integrated Visual Augmentation System .............................................................................. [–200,500] 

73 SMALL TACTICAL OPTICAL RIFLE MOUNTED MLRF ............................................ 10,864 13,059 

MPE Tech Refresh ............................................................................................................... [2,195] 

74 INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION FAMILY OF SYSTEMS ............................................ 63,122 63,122 

75 FAMILY OF WEAPON SIGHTS (FWS) ........................................................................... 207,352 207,352 

76 ENHANCED PORTABLE INDUCTIVE ARTILLERY FUZE SE ................................. 2,971 2,971 

77 FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED (IFLIR) ................................................................... 68,504 68,504 

78 COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS) ................................... 280,086 345,586 

Army cUAS radars—Army UFR ......................................................................................... [65,500] 

79 JOINT BATTLE COMMAND—PLATFORM (JBC-P) .................................................... 184,610 184,610 

80 JOINT EFFECTS TARGETING SYSTEM (JETS) ......................................................... 9,345 9,345 

81 COMPUTER BALLISTICS: LHMBC XM32 ..................................................................... 2,966 2,966 

82 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM .............................................................................. 4,660 4,660 

83 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS MODIFICATIONS ............................................ 6,098 6,098 

84 COUNTERFIRE RADARS ................................................................................................. 21,250 21,250 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL C2 SYSTEMS 

85 ARMY COMMAND POST INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE ( ................................ 20,039 20,039 

86 FIRE SUPPORT C2 FAMILY ........................................................................................... 16,240 16,240 

87 AIR & MSL DEFENSE PLANNING & CONTROL SYS ................................................. 80,011 80,011 

88 IAMD BATTLE COMMAND SYSTEM ............................................................................. 403,028 403,028 

89 AIAMD FAMILY OF SYSTEMS (FOS) COMPONENTS ................................................ 2,756 2,756 

90 LIFE CYCLE SOFTWARE SUPPORT (LCSS) ............................................................... 5,360 5,360 

91 NETWORK MANAGEMENT INITIALIZATION AND SERVICE ................................. 48,994 48,994 

92 GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM-ARMY (GCSS-A) ........................................... 4,103 4,103 

93 INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPP ................................... 6,512 6,512 

94 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (ENFIRE) ..................................................................... 5,017 5,017 

ELECT EQUIP—AUTOMATION 

95 ARMY TRAINING MODERNIZATION ............................................................................ 10,065 10,065 

96 AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIP .................................................................. 78,613 78,613 

97 ACCESSIONS INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT (AIE) ................................................ 1,303 1,303 

99 HIGH PERF COMPUTING MOD PGM (HPCMP) .......................................................... 76,327 76,327 

100 CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM ...................................................................................... 1,667 1,667 

101 CSS COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................................................. 60,850 60,850 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 1,817 1,817 

CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT 

104 BASE DEFENSE SYSTEMS (BDS) ................................................................................. 32,879 32,879 

105 CBRN DEFENSE ............................................................................................................... 57,408 57,408 

BRIDGING EQUIPMENT 

107 TACTICAL BRIDGE, FLOAT-RIBBON ........................................................................... 97,231 97,231 

ENGINEER (NON-CONSTRUCTION) EQUIPMENT 

111 ROBOTICS AND APPLIQUE SYSTEMS ......................................................................... 62,469 62,469 

112 RENDER SAFE SETS KITS OUTFITS .......................................................................... 16,440 16,440 

113 FAMILY OF BOATS AND MOTORS ................................................................................ 1,922 1,922 

COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

114 HEATERS AND ECU’S ..................................................................................................... 14,355 14,355 

115 PERSONNEL RECOVERY SUPPORT SYSTEM (PRSS) .............................................. 6,503 6,503 

116 GROUND SOLDIER SYSTEM .......................................................................................... 141,613 141,613 

117 MOBILE SOLDIER POWER ............................................................................................. 23,129 23,129 

118 FORCE PROVIDER ............................................................................................................ 9,569 9,569 

119 CARGO AERIAL DEL & PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM ................................. 46,312 46,312 

120 FAMILY OF ENGR COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION SETS ....................................... 9,217 9,217 

PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT 

122 QUALITY SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT ..................................................................... 2,879 2,879 

123 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, PETROLEUM & WATER ................................................. 57,050 57,050 

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 

124 COMBAT SUPPORT MEDICAL ....................................................................................... 72,157 72,157 

MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT 

125 MOBILE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS ..................................................... 26,271 26,271 

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 

127 ALL TERRAIN CRANES ................................................................................................... 114 15,114 


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Family of All Terrain Cranes Type I ................................................................................... [15,000] 

128 HIGH MOBILITY ENGINEER EXCAVATOR (HMEE) ................................................. 31,663 31,663 

130 CONST EQUIP ESP ........................................................................................................... 8,925 8,925 

RAIL FLOAT CONTAINERIZATION EQUIPMENT 

131 ARMY WATERCRAFT ESP .............................................................................................. 55,459 55,459 

132 MANEUVER SUPPORT VESSEL (MSV) ........................................................................ 66,634 66,634 

133 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (FLOAT/RAIL) .................................................................... 20,036 20,036 

GENERATORS 

134 GENERATORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIP ................................................................... 81,540 81,540 

135 TACTICAL ELECTRIC POWER RECAPITALIZATION ................................................ 12,051 12,051 

MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

136 FAMILY OF FORKLIFTS ................................................................................................. 7,849 7,849 

TRAINING EQUIPMENT 

137 COMBAT TRAINING CENTERS SUPPORT ................................................................... 40,686 40,686 

138 TRAINING DEVICES, NONSYSTEM .............................................................................. 174,890 174,890 

139 SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT (STE) ......................................................... 218,183 218,183 

140 GAMING TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF ARMY TRAINING .................................. 10,172 10,172 

TEST MEASURE AND DIG EQUIPMENT (TMD) 

141 INTEGRATED FAMILY OF TEST EQUIPMENT (IFTE) ............................................ 48,329 48,329 

142 TEST EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION (TEMOD) ....................................................... 46,128 46,128 

OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

143 PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (OPA3) ..................................................................... 138,459 138,459 

144 BASE LEVEL COMMON EQUIPMENT .......................................................................... 29,968 29,968 

145 MODIFICATION OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (OPA–3) .................................................... 42,487 42,487 

146 BUILDING, PRE-FAB, RELOCATABLE ........................................................................ 26,980 26,980 

147 SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR TEST AND EVALUATION ............................................ 90,705 90,705 

OPA2 

149 INITIAL SPARES—C&E .................................................................................................... 9,810 9,810 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY ............................................................ 8,616,524 8,389,119 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

COMBAT AIRCRAFT 

1 F/A–18E/F (FIGHTER) HORNET .................................................................................... 28,554 28,554 

2 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER CV ......................................................................................... 1,895,033 1,895,033 

3 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER CV ......................................................................................... 196,634 196,634 

4 JSF STOVL ......................................................................................................................... 2,078,225 2,078,225 

5 JSF STOVL ......................................................................................................................... 169,389 169,389 

6 CH–53K (HEAVY LIFT) .................................................................................................... 2,068,657 2,318,657 

Two additional CH–53K aircraft—USMC UFR ................................................................. [250,000] 

7 CH–53K (HEAVY LIFT) .................................................................................................... 422,972 422,972 

8 V–22 (MEDIUM LIFT) ....................................................................................................... 60,175 60,175 

9 H–1 UPGRADES (UH–1Y/AH–1Z) ................................................................................... 8,701 8,701 

10 P–8A POSEIDON ................................................................................................................ 12,424 12,424 

11 E–2D ADV HAWKEYE ...................................................................................................... 197,669 77,679 

E–2D Advanced Hawkeye reduction .................................................................................... [–119,990] 

TRAINER AIRCRAFT 

12 MULTI-ENGINE TRAINING SYSTEM (METS) ............................................................. 301,303 301,303 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

14 KC–130J ............................................................................................................................... 33,406 33,406 

16 MQ–4 TRITON .................................................................................................................... 159,226 159,226 

20 MQ–25 .................................................................................................................................. 504,683 504,683 

21 MQ–25 .................................................................................................................................. 51,344 51,344 

22 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS .................................................................................................... 19,081 19,081 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

23 F–18 A-D UNIQUE ............................................................................................................. 92,765 92,765 

24 F–18E/F AND EA–18G MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINM ..................................... 566,727 566,727 

25 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS SERIES .................................................................................... 112,672 112,672

26 AEA SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................... 17,460 17,460 

27 AV–8 SERIES ...................................................................................................................... 3,584 3,584 

28 INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACK (IRST) .................................................................... 146,876 146,876 

29 ADVERSARY ....................................................................................................................... 49,724 49,724 

30 F–18 SERIES ...................................................................................................................... 680,613 680,613 

31 H–53 SERIES ...................................................................................................................... 107,247 107,247 

32 MH–60 SERIES ................................................................................................................... 108,072 108,072 

33 H–1 SERIES ........................................................................................................................ 153,006 153,006 

35 E–2 SERIES ........................................................................................................................ 148,060 148,060 

36 TRAINER A/C SERIES ...................................................................................................... 12,415 12,415 

37 C–130 SERIES .................................................................................................................... 188,119 188,119 

38 FEWSG ................................................................................................................................ 663 663 

39 CARGO/TRANSPORT A/C SERIES .................................................................................. 13,162 13,162 

40 E–6 SERIES ........................................................................................................................ 142,368 185,268 

Accelerate Fund NC3 Recapitalization and New Transmission Pathways—Navy UFR .... [42,900] 

41 EXECUTIVE HELICOPTERS SERIES ........................................................................... 69,495 69,495 

42 T–45 SERIES ...................................................................................................................... 158,800 158,800 

43 POWER PLANT CHANGES .............................................................................................. 16,806 16,806 

44 JPATS SERIES ................................................................................................................... 24,157 24,157 

45 AVIATION LIFE SUPPORT MODS ................................................................................. 3,964 3,964 

46 COMMON ECM EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 52,791 52,791 


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47 COMMON AVIONICS CHANGES ..................................................................................... 139,113 139,113 

48 COMMON DEFENSIVE WEAPON SYSTEM .................................................................. 10,687 10,687 

49 ID SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................................... 7,020 7,020 

50 P–8 SERIES ........................................................................................................................ 307,202 307,202 

51 MAGTF EW FOR AVIATION ............................................................................................ 25,597 25,597 

53 V–22 (TILT/ROTOR ACFT) OSPREY .............................................................................. 235,062 325,062 

Osprey Drive System Safety and Health Information (ODSSHI) ....................................... [90,000] 

54 NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) ........................................................................... 453,226 453,226 

55 F–35 STOVL SERIES ........................................................................................................ 282,987 282,987 

56 F–35 CV SERIES ................................................................................................................ 183,924 183,924 

57 QRC ...................................................................................................................................... 26,957 26,957 

58 MQ–4 SERIES ..................................................................................................................... 122,044 122,044 

AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

63 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ........................................................................................ 2,094,242 2,094,242 

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIP & FACILITIES 

64 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT .................................................................................. 572,806 572,806 

65 AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .......................................................................... 105,634 105,634 

66 WAR CONSUMABLES ....................................................................................................... 43,604 43,604 

67 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES .................................................................................. 73,307 73,307 

68 SPECIAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 456,816 456,816 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY ...................................................... 16,217,250 16,480,160 

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

MODIFICATION OF MISSILES 

2 TRIDENT II MODS ............................................................................................................ 1,793,867 1,793,867 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

3 MISSILE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ............................................................................. 8,133 8,133 

STRATEGIC MISSILES 

4 TOMAHAWK ....................................................................................................................... 32,677 67,677 

FY25 Tomahawk obsolescence fixes ..................................................................................... [35,000] 

TACTICAL MISSILES 

5 AMRAAM ............................................................................................................................. 279,626 279,626 

6 SIDEWINDER ..................................................................................................................... 86,023 86,023 

7 STANDARD MISSILE ........................................................................................................ 627,386 1,000,025 

Restore SM–3 IB production ................................................................................................ [372,639] 

8 STANDARD MISSILE ........................................................................................................ 127,830 127,830 

9 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB II .......................................................................................... 76,108 76,108

10 RAM ...................................................................................................................................... 141,021 141,021 

11 JOINT AIR GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) ........................................................................ 76,838 76,838 

13 AERIAL TARGETS ............................................................................................................ 182,463 182,463 

14 OTHER MISSILE SUPPORT ............................................................................................ 3,411 3,411

15 LRASM ................................................................................................................................. 326,435 326,435 

16 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) .................................................................................... 24,882 90,982 

NSM production increase (+21) .......................................................................................... [66,100]

17 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) .................................................................................... 4,412 4,412 

MODIFICATION OF MISSILES 

18 TOMAHAWK MODS ........................................................................................................... 317,839 317,839 

19 ESSM .................................................................................................................................... 652,391 652,391 

20 AARGM-ER .......................................................................................................................... 213,988 213,988 

21 AARGM-ER .......................................................................................................................... 34,604 34,604 

22 STANDARD MISSILES MODS ......................................................................................... 75,667 75,667

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

23 WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .......................................................................... 1,490 201,490 

JPAC supplier base investments .......................................................................................... [100,000] 

Munitions supplier base program (MCEIP) [SRMs, ball bearings, PCBs, etc] .................. [100,000] 

ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

26 ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 351,488 351,488 

TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP 

27 SSTD .................................................................................................................................... 4,317 4,317 

28 MK–48 TORPEDO .............................................................................................................. 333,147 451,147 

Accelerate Mk–48 Heavy Weight Torpedo (HWT) Procurement (+41)—Navy UFR ....... [118,000] 

29 ASW TARGETS ................................................................................................................... 30,476 30,476 

MOD OF TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP 

30 MK–54 TORPEDO MODS .................................................................................................. 106,249 198,549 

Mk54 production increase ..................................................................................................... [92,300] 

31 MK–48 TORPEDO ADCAP MODS .................................................................................... 17,363 17,363 

32 MARITIME MINES ............................................................................................................ 100,065 100,065 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

33 TORPEDO SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 151,809 151,809 

34 ASW RANGE SUPPORT .................................................................................................... 4,039 4,039 

DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION 

35 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................. 5,669 5,669 

GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 

36 SMALL ARMS AND WEAPONS ....................................................................................... 12,513 12,513 

MODIFICATION OF GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 

37 CIWS MODS ........................................................................................................................ 4,266 4,266 

38 COAST GUARD WEAPONS .............................................................................................. 54,794 54,794 

39 GUN MOUNT MODS .......................................................................................................... 82,246 82,246 


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40 LCS MODULE WEAPONS ................................................................................................ 2,463 2,463 

41 AIRBORNE MINE NEUTRALIZATION SYSTEMS ....................................................... 11,635 11,635 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

43 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ........................................................................................ 240,697 243,697 

Accelerate Mk–48 Heavy Weight Torpedo (HWT) Procurement (+41) ............................. [3,000] 

TOTAL WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY ....................................................... 6,600,327 7,487,366 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MC 

NAVY AMMUNITION 

1 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS ......................................................................................... 33,161 33,161 

2 JDAM ................................................................................................................................... 75,134 75,134 

3 AIRBORNE ROCKETS, ALL TYPES ............................................................................... 58,197 123,197 

FY25 Hydra 70 minimum sustained rate production .......................................................... [65,000] 

4 MACHINE GUN AMMUNITION ....................................................................................... 12,501 12,501 

5 PRACTICE BOMBS ............................................................................................................ 56,745 71,145 

Additional EM-T USMC ground-based fires training rounds .............................................. [14,400] 

6 CARTRIDGES & CART ACTUATED DEVICES ............................................................. 73,782 73,782 

7 AIR EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES .................................................................. 75,416 75,416 

8 JATOS .................................................................................................................................. 7,407 7,407 

9 5 INCH/54 GUN AMMUNITION ....................................................................................... 29,990 29,990 

10 INTERMEDIATE CALIBER GUN AMMUNITION ........................................................ 40,089 40,089 

11 OTHER SHIP GUN AMMUNITION ................................................................................. 41,223 41,223 

12 SMALL ARMS & LANDING PARTY AMMO ................................................................... 47,269 47,269 

13 PYROTECHNIC AND DEMOLITION .............................................................................. 9,703 9,703 

15 AMMUNITION LESS THAN $5 MILLION ..................................................................... 1,703 1,703 

16 EXPEDITIONARY LOITERING MUNITIONS ............................................................... 588,005 588,005 

MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION 

17 MORTARS ........................................................................................................................... 127,726 127,726 

18 DIRECT SUPPORT MUNITIONS .................................................................................... 43,769 43,769 

19 INFANTRY WEAPONS AMMUNITION ........................................................................... 266,277 266,277 

20 COMBAT SUPPORT MUNITIONS ................................................................................... 21,726 21,726 

21 AMMO MODERNIZATION ................................................................................................ 18,211 18,211 

22 ARTILLERY MUNITIONS ................................................................................................ 114,684 114,684 

23 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................... 5,165 5,165 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MC ........................................... 1,747,883 1,827,283 

SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 

FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE SHIPS 

1 COLUMBIA CLASS SUBMARINE .................................................................................... 3,341,235 3,341,235 

2 COLUMBIA CLASS SUBMARINE .................................................................................... 6,215,939 6,215,939 

OTHER WARSHIPS 

3 CARRIER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM .......................................................................... 1,186,873 1,261,873 

Aircraft carrier industrial base ............................................................................................. [75,000] 

4 CVN–81 ................................................................................................................................ 721,045 896,045 

CVN–82 AP .......................................................................................................................... [175,000] 

5 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE ...................................................................................... 3,615,904 4,265,904 

Build 2x Virginia-class SSNs per year ................................................................................. [650,000]

6 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE ...................................................................................... 3,720,303 4,200,303 

Incremental funding for second ship .................................................................................... [400,000] 

Submarine industrial base programs .................................................................................... [80,000] 

7 CVN REFUELING OVERHAULS ..................................................................................... 1,061,143 811,143

CVN refueling complex overhaul reduction .......................................................................... [–250,000] 

9 DDG 1000 ............................................................................................................................ 61,100 61,100 

10 DDG–51 ................................................................................................................................ 759,563 759,563 

10 DDG–51 ................................................................................................................................ 923,808 923,808 

10 DDG–51 ................................................................................................................................ 4,725,819 6,155,819 

3rd DDG in FY25 ................................................................................................................ [1,430,000] 

11 DDG–51 ................................................................................................................................ 41,724 83,224 

3rd DDG Advance Procurement for FY26 .......................................................................... [41,500] 

13 FFG-FRIGATE .................................................................................................................... 1,170,442 1,220,442 

Small surface combatant shipyard infrastructure and workforce development ................... [50,000] 

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS 

14 LPD FLIGHT II .................................................................................................................. 1,561,963 2,561,963 

FY25 Navy request to complete amphibious ship multi-ship buy ........................................ [1,000,000] 

19 LHA REPLACEMENT ....................................................................................................... 61,118 61,118 

21 MEDIUM LANDING SHIP ................................................................................................ 268,068 30,068 

Medium Landing Ship lead ship reduction ........................................................................... [–238,000] 

21 A MEDIUM-SIZED LANDING VESSEL ............................................................................. 0 238,000 

Medium-sized landing vessel ................................................................................................. [238,000] 

AUXILIARIES, CRAFT AND PRIOR YR PROGRAM COST 

23 TAO FLEET OILER ........................................................................................................... 0 398,000 

AP for T-AO Fleet Oiler ...................................................................................................... [398,000] 

24 TOWING, SALVAGE, AND RESCUE SHIP (ATS) ......................................................... 0 60,000 

Acceleration of T-ATS (+1 ship) ......................................................................................... [60,000] 

26 LCU 1700 ............................................................................................................................. 0 95,000 

LCU second shipyard ........................................................................................................... [95,000] 

27 OUTFITTING ...................................................................................................................... 674,600 674,600 

29 SERVICE CRAFT ............................................................................................................... 11,426 11,426 


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30 AUXILIARY PERSONNEL LIGHTER ............................................................................. 76,168 76,168 

31 LCAC SLEP ......................................................................................................................... 45,087 45,087 

32 AUXILIARY VESSELS (USED SEALIFT) ...................................................................... 204,939 204,939 

33 COMPLETION OF PY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS ................................................... 1,930,024 1,930,024 

DDG–51 cost to complete reduction .................................................................................... [–225,000]

SCN cost to complete increase ............................................................................................. [225,000] 

TOTAL SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY ...................................... 32,378,291 36,582,791 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

SHIP PROPULSION EQUIPMENT 

1 SURFACE POWER EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 20,840 20,840 

GENERATORS 

2 SURFACE COMBATANT HM&E ...................................................................................... 82,937 82,937 

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 

3 OTHER NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 102,288 102,288 

OTHER SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT 

4 SUB PERISCOPE, IMAGING AND SUPT EQUIP PROG ............................................. 294,625 294,625 

5 DDG MOD ........................................................................................................................... 861,066 861,066 

6 FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 38,521 38,521 

7 COMMAND AND CONTROL SWITCHBOARD ............................................................... 2,402 2,402 

8 LHA/LHD MIDLIFE .......................................................................................................... 81,602 81,602 

9 LCC 19/20 EXTENDED SERVICE LIFE PROGRAM .................................................... 7,352 7,352 

10 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 23,440 23,440 

11 SUBMARINE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 293,766 293,766 

12 VIRGINIA CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................... 43,565 43,565 

13 LCS CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 7,318 7,318 

14 SUBMARINE BATTERIES ............................................................................................... 30,470 30,470 

15 LPD CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 38,115 38,115 

16 DDG 1000 CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................... 407,468 407,468 

17 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP ................................................................. 53,931 53,931 

18 DSSP EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................... 4,586 4,586 

20 LCAC .................................................................................................................................... 11,013 11,013 

21 UNDERWATER EOD EQUIPMENT ................................................................................ 16,650 16,650 

22 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................... 66,351 66,351 

23 CHEMICAL WARFARE DETECTORS ............................................................................ 3,254 3,254 

REACTOR PLANT EQUIPMENT 

24 SHIP MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND MODERNIZATION .......................................... 2,392,190 2,392,190 

26 REACTOR COMPONENTS ................................................................................................ 445,974 445,974 

OCEAN ENGINEERING 

27 DIVING AND SALVAGE EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 17,499 17,499 

SMALL BOATS 

28 STANDARD BOATS ........................................................................................................... 400,892 400,892 

PRODUCTION FACILITIES EQUIPMENT 

29 OPERATING FORCES IPE ............................................................................................... 237,036 237,036 

OTHER SHIP SUPPORT 

30 LCS COMMON MISSION MODULES EQUIPMENT ...................................................... 56,105 56,105 

31 LCS MCM MISSION MODULES ....................................................................................... 118,247 118,247 

33 LCS SUW MISSION MODULES ....................................................................................... 11,101 11,101 

34 LCS IN-SERVICE MODERNIZATION ............................................................................. 205,571 205,571 

35 SMALL & MEDIUM UUV .................................................................................................. 48,780 60,680 

Accelerate Subsea and Seabed Warfare (SSW) ROV—Navy UFR ..................................... [11,900] 

LOGISTIC SUPPORT 

36 LSD MIDLIFE & MODERNIZATION .............................................................................. 56,667 56,667 

SHIP SONARS 

37 SPQ–9B RADAR ................................................................................................................. 7,402 7,402 

38 AN/SQQ–89 SURF ASW COMBAT SYSTEM ................................................................... 134,637 134,637 

39 SSN ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................... 502,115 502,115 

40 UNDERSEA WARFARE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................ 16,731 16,731 

ASW ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

41 SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE SYSTEM ............................................................. 55,484 55,484 

42 SSTD .................................................................................................................................... 9,647 9,647 

43 FIXED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ................................................................................. 405,854 428,854 

Persistent Targeting for Undersea ....................................................................................... [23,000] 

44 SURTASS ............................................................................................................................. 45,975 45,975 

ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT 

45 AN/SLQ–32 .......................................................................................................................... 184,349 184,349 

RECONNAISSANCE EQUIPMENT 

46 SHIPBOARD IW EXPLOIT ............................................................................................... 362,099 362,099 

47 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) ........................................................ 4,680 4,680 

OTHER SHIP ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

48 COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY ............................................................. 26,644 26,644 

49 NAVAL TACTICAL COMMAND SUPPORT SYSTEM (NTCSS) ................................... 13,614 13,614 

50 ATDLS ................................................................................................................................. 68,458 68,458 

51 NAVY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NCCS) .................................................. 3,645 3,645 

52 MINESWEEPING SYSTEM REPLACEMENT ................................................................ 16,812 16,812 

53 NAVSTAR GPS RECEIVERS (SPACE) ............................................................................ 41,458 41,458 

54 AMERICAN FORCES RADIO AND TV SERVICE ......................................................... 3,803 3,803 

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56 ASHORE ATC EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................ 90,586 90,586 

57 AFLOAT ATC EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................. 75,508 75,508 

58 ID SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................................... 59,602 59,602 

59 JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEM ( ..................................... 7,287 7,287 

60 NAVAL MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS ....................................................................... 46,106 46,106 

OTHER SHORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

61 MARITIME INTEGRATED BROADCAST SYSTEM ...................................................... 7,809 7,809 

62 TACTICAL/MOBILE C4I SYSTEMS ................................................................................ 65,113 65,113 

63 DCGS-N ................................................................................................................................ 16,946 16,946 

64 CANES ................................................................................................................................. 440,207 440,207 

65 RADIAC ............................................................................................................................... 38,688 38,688 

66 CANES-INTELL ................................................................................................................. 50,654 50,654 

67 GPETE ................................................................................................................................. 32,005 32,005 

68 MASF ................................................................................................................................... 24,361 24,361 

69 INTEG COMBAT SYSTEM TEST FACILITY ................................................................. 6,709 6,709 

70 EMI CONTROL INSTRUMENTATION ........................................................................... 4,081 4,081 

72 IN-SERVICE RADARS AND SENSORS .......................................................................... 228,910 228,910 

SHIPBOARD COMMUNICATIONS 

73 BATTLE FORCE TACTICAL NETWORK ....................................................................... 104,119 104,119 

74 SHIPBOARD TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS .............................................................. 24,602 24,602 

75 SHIP COMMUNICATIONS AUTOMATION .................................................................... 103,546 105,046 

Accelerate Fund NC3 Recapitalization and New Transmission Pathways—Navy UFR .... [1,500] 

76 COMMUNICATIONS ITEMS UNDER $5M ..................................................................... 9,209 9,209 

SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS 

77 SUBMARINE BROADCAST SUPPORT ........................................................................... 136,846 147,546 

Accelerate Fund NC3 Recapitalization and New Transmission Pathways—Navy UFR .... [10,700] 

78 SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ........................................................... 68,334 73,834 

Accelerate Fund NC3 Recapitalization and New Transmission Pathways—Navy UFR .... [5,500] 

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

79 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ................................................................ 59,745 59,745 

80 NAVY MULTIBAND TERMINAL (NMT) ........................................................................ 163,071 163,071 

SHORE COMMUNICATIONS 

81 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT (JCSE) ........................................ 4,551 4,551 

CRYPTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT 

82 INFO SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM (ISSP) ............................................................ 162,008 162,008 

83 MIO INTEL EXPLOITATION TEAM .............................................................................. 1,100 1,100 

CRYPTOLOGIC EQUIPMENT 

84 CRYPTOLOGIC COMMUNICATIONS EQUIP ................................................................ 15,506 15,506 

OTHER ELECTRONIC SUPPORT 

95 COAST GUARD EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 58,213 58,213

SONOBUOYS 

97 SONOBUOYS—ALL TYPES ............................................................................................. 323,441 323,441 

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

98 MINOTAUR ......................................................................................................................... 5,431 5,431 

99 WEAPONS RANGE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................ 138,062 138,062 

100 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 121,108 121,108 

101 ADVANCED ARRESTING GEAR (AAG) ......................................................................... 2,244 2,244 

102 ELECTROMAGNETIC AIRCRAFT LAUNCH SYSTEM (EMALS ................................ 14,702 14,702 

103 METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 17,982 17,982 

104 AIRBORNE MCM ................................................................................................................ 10,643 10,643 

106 AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 110,993 110,993 

107 UMCS-UNMAN CARRIER AVIATION(UCA)MISSION CNTRL .................................... 130,050 130,050 

SHIP GUN SYSTEM EQUIPMENT 

109 SHIP GUN SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 6,416 6,416 

SHIP MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT 

110 HARPOON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 226 226 

111 SHIP MISSILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 381,473 381,473 

112 TOMAHAWK SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 98,921 98,921 

FBM SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

113 STRATEGIC MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIP ...................................................................... 325,236 325,236 

ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

114 SSN COMBAT CONTROL SYSTEMS .............................................................................. 157,609 157,609 

115 ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 25,362 25,362 

OTHER ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

116 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EQUIP ............................................................... 26,725 26,725 

117 DIRECTED ENERGY SYSTEMS ..................................................................................... 3,817 48,817 

HELIOS Long Lead Procurement ....................................................................................... [45,000] 

118 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................... 3,193 3,193 

OTHER EXPENDABLE ORDNANCE 

119 ANTI-SHIP MISSILE DECOY SYSTEM .......................................................................... 95,557 97,257 

Accelerate Long Endurance Electronic Decoy (LEED)—Navy UFR ................................. [1,700] 

120 SUBMARINE TRAINING DEVICE MODS ...................................................................... 80,248 80,248 

121 SURFACE TRAINING EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 179,974 179,974 

CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

122 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ............................................................................. 3,751 3,751 

123 GENERAL PURPOSE TRUCKS ....................................................................................... 5,795 5,795 

124 CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE EQUIP ................................................................ 80,260 80,260 

125 FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................... 26,199 26,199


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126 TACTICAL VEHICLES ...................................................................................................... 50,878 50,878 

127 AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................ 6,454 6,454

128 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 3,924 3,924 

129 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................... 103,014 103,014 

130 PHYSICAL SECURITY VEHICLES ................................................................................. 1,301 1,301 

SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

131 SUPPLY EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................................... 56,585 56,585 

132 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................. 5,863 5,863 

133 SPECIAL PURPOSE SUPPLY SYSTEMS ....................................................................... 954,467 954,467 

TRAINING DEVICES 

134 TRAINING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 5,341 5,341 

135 TRAINING AND EDUCATION EQUIPMENT ................................................................ 75,626 75,626 

COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

136 COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 29,698 29,698 

137 MEDICAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................ 10,122 10,122 

139 NAVAL MIP SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 6,590 6,590 

140 OPERATING FORCES SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................... 17,056 17,056 

141 C4ISR EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................................... 33,606 33,606 

142 ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................ 47,499 47,499 

143 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 129,484 129,484 

144 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ............................................................ 42,026 42,026 

OTHER 

149 NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE SERVICE ............................................................ 130,100 130,100 

150 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................. 2,195 2,195 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 16,134 16,134 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

152 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ........................................................................................ 705,144 705,144 

153 VIRGINIA CLASS (VACL) SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .......................................... 578,277 578,277 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY ............................................................. 15,877,253 15,976,553 

PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 

TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

1 AAV7A1 PIP ........................................................................................................................ 2,773 2,773 

2 AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE FAMILY OF VEHICLES ..................................... 810,276 810,276 

3 LAV PIP ............................................................................................................................... 761 761 

ARTILLERY AND OTHER WEAPONS 

4 155MM LIGHTWEIGHT TOWED HOWITZER .............................................................. 1,823 1,823 

5 ARTILLERY WEAPONS SYSTEM ................................................................................... 139,477 139,477 

6 WEAPONS AND COMBAT VEHICLES UNDER $5 MILLION .................................... 18,481 25,631 

Marine Corps realignment—reducible height gunner protection kits .................................. [7,150] 

GUIDED MISSILES 

7 TOMAHAWK ....................................................................................................................... 115,232 115,232 

8 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) .................................................................................... 144,682 144,682

9 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) .................................................................................... 30,087 30,087 

10 GROUND BASED AIR DEFENSE ................................................................................... 369,296 369,296 

11 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE-JAVELIN .................................................................................. 61,563 61,563 

12 FAMILY ANTI-ARMOR WEAPON SYSTEMS (FOAAWS) ............................................ 9,521 9,521 

13 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE-TOW ........................................................................................... 1,868 1,868

14 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) ................................................................................ 1,584 1,584 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 

15 COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (C ................................ 84,764 84,764 

REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT 

16 REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT .................................................................................. 71,023 81,023 

Goalkeeper Long Lead .......................................................................................................... [10,000] 

OTHER SUPPORT (TEL) 

17 MODIFICATION KITS ....................................................................................................... 1,559 1,559 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NON-TEL) 

18 ITEMS UNDER $5 MILLION (COMM & ELEC) ............................................................ 221,212 221,212 

19 AIR OPERATIONS C2 SYSTEMS .................................................................................... 20,385 20,385 

RADAR + EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

20 GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR (G/ATOR) .................................................... 71,941 71,941 

INTELL/COMM EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

21 ELECTRO MAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS (EMSO) ...................................... 182,465 0 

Marine Corps realignment .................................................................................................... [–182,465] 

22 GCSS-MC .............................................................................................................................. 3,282 3,282 

23 FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM ................................................................................................. 56,710 56,710 

24 INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................... 128,804 128,804 

26 UNMANNED AIR SYSTEMS (INTEL) ............................................................................ 59,077 59,077 

27 DCGS-MC ............................................................................................................................. 81,507 81,507 

28 UAS PAYLOADS ................................................................................................................. 17,232 17,232 

OTHER SUPPORT (NON-TEL) 

31 EXPEDITIONARY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 15,042 15,042 

32 MARINE CORPS ENTERPRISE NETWORK (MCEN) .................................................. 283,983 303,983 

Expansion of secure 5G Open RAN ..................................................................................... [20,000] 

33 COMMON COMPUTER RESOURCES .............................................................................. 25,793 25,793 

34 COMMAND POST SYSTEMS ............................................................................................ 59,113 59,113 

35 RADIO SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................... 258,818 258,818 


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36 COMM SWITCHING & CONTROL SYSTEMS ................................................................ 39,390 39,390 

37 COMM & ELEC INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT ........................................................... 21,015 21,015 

38 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................. 19,245 19,245 

40 UNMANNED EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS ................................................................... 16,305 16,305 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 3,266 3,266 

ADMINISTRATIVE VEHICLES 

42 COMMERCIAL CARGO VEHICLES ................................................................................. 26,800 26,800 

TACTICAL VEHICLES 

43 MOTOR TRANSPORT MODIFICATIONS ....................................................................... 17,304 17,304 

44 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE ............................................................................. 340,542 238,842 

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle reduction ................................................................................. [–101,700] 

45 TRAILERS ........................................................................................................................... 27,440 27,440 

ENGINEER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT 

46 TACTICAL FUEL SYSTEMS ............................................................................................ 29,252 29,252 

47 POWER EQUIPMENT ASSORTED ................................................................................. 23,411 23,411 

48 AMPHIBIOUS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 11,366 11,366 

49 EOD SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................... 30,166 30,166 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

50 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 56,749 56,749 

GENERAL PROPERTY 

51 FIELD MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 23,651 35,651 

Medical Equipment Modernization—USMC UFR ............................................................... [12,000] 

52 TRAINING DEVICES ......................................................................................................... 105,448 105,448 

53 FAMILY OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ................................................................ 29,168 29,168 

54 ULTRA-LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (ULTV) .............................................................. 17,954 17,954 

OTHER SUPPORT 

55 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................... 26,508 26,508 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

56 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ........................................................................................ 28,749 28,749

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS ........................................................ 4,243,863 4,008,848 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE 

1 B–21 RAIDER ..................................................................................................................... 1,956,668 2,158,168 

Program increase .................................................................................................................. [201,500] 

2 B–21 RAIDER ..................................................................................................................... 721,600 721,600 

TACTICAL FORCES 

3 F–35 ..................................................................................................................................... 4,474,156 4,474,156 

4 F–35 ..................................................................................................................................... 482,584 482,584 

5 F–15EX ................................................................................................................................ 1,808,472 2,498,472 

Procure 6 x F–15 EX Aircraft—NGB UFR ....................................................................... [690,000] 

TACTICAL AIRLIFT 

7 KC–46A MDAP .................................................................................................................... 2,854,748 2,854,748 

OTHER AIRLIFT 

8 C–130J ................................................................................................................................. 2,405 292,405 

Additional LC–130J ............................................................................................................. [290,000] 

UPT TRAINERS 

10 ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING T–7A ............................................................................. 235,207 235,207 

HELICOPTERS 

11 MH–139A ............................................................................................................................. 294,095 294,095 

12 COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER .................................................................................. 162,685 372,685 

Additional HH–60W procurement ........................................................................................ [210,000] 

MISSION SUPPORT AIRCRAFT 

13 C–40 FLEET EXPANSION ............................................................................................... 328,689 9,989 

C–40 Fleet Expansion reductions ......................................................................................... [–318,700] 

14 CIVIL AIR PATROL A/C ................................................................................................... 3,086 3,086 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

16 TARGET DRONES ............................................................................................................. 37,581 37,581 

17 ULTRA ................................................................................................................................. 35,274 35,274 

21 RQ–20B PUMA .................................................................................................................... 11,283 11,283 

21 A E–7 ....................................................................................................................................... 0 400,000 

E–7 acceleration ................................................................................................................... [400,000] 

STRATEGIC AIRCRAFT 

22 B–2A ..................................................................................................................................... 63,932 63,932 

23 B–1B ..................................................................................................................................... 13,406 13,406 

24 B–52 ..................................................................................................................................... 194,832 89,332 

B–52 modification to nuclear-capable .................................................................................. [4,500] 

B–52 radar modernization reduction .................................................................................... [–110,000] 

25 LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES ............................................. 52,117 52,117 

TACTICAL AIRCRAFT 

27 E–11 BACN/HAG ................................................................................................................ 82,939 82,939 

28 F–15 ..................................................................................................................................... 45,829 172,127 

Prevent retirement of F–15Es ............................................................................................. [126,298] 

29 F–16 ..................................................................................................................................... 217,235 217,235 

30 F–22A ................................................................................................................................... 861,125 861,125 

31 F–35 MODIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................... 549,657 549,657 

32 F–15 EPAW ......................................................................................................................... 271,970 271,970 


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33 KC–46A MDAP .................................................................................................................... 24,954 24,954 

AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT 

34 C–5 ........................................................................................................................................ 45,445 45,445 

35 C–17A ................................................................................................................................... 103,306 103,306 

36 C–32A ................................................................................................................................... 6,422 6,422 

37 C–37A ................................................................................................................................... 9,146 9,146 

TRAINER AIRCRAFT 

38 GLIDER MODS ................................................................................................................... 2,679 2,679 

39 T–6 ........................................................................................................................................ 130,281 130,281 

40 T–1 ........................................................................................................................................ 2,205 2,205 

41 T–38 ...................................................................................................................................... 115,486 115,486 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

43 U–2 MODS ........................................................................................................................... 69,806 69,806 

47 VC–25A MOD ....................................................................................................................... 11,388 11,388 

48 C–40 ...................................................................................................................................... 7,114 7,114 

49 C–130 .................................................................................................................................... 102,519 102,519 

50 C–130J MODS ..................................................................................................................... 206,904 206,904 

51 C–135 .................................................................................................................................... 146,564 146,564 

52 COMPASS CALL ................................................................................................................. 94,654 94,654 

54 RC–135 ................................................................................................................................. 222,966 222,966 

55 E–3 ....................................................................................................................................... 68,192 68,192 

56 E–4 ....................................................................................................................................... 28,728 28,728 

57 H–1 ....................................................................................................................................... 2,097 2,097 

58 MH–139A MOD ................................................................................................................... 5,010 5,010 

59 H–60 ..................................................................................................................................... 2,035 2,035 

60 HH60W MODIFICATIONS ................................................................................................ 28,911 28,911 

62 HC/MC–130 MODIFICATIONS ......................................................................................... 213,284 213,284 

63 OTHER AIRCRAFT ............................................................................................................ 55,122 55,122 

64 OTHER AIRCRAFT ............................................................................................................ 5,216 5,216 

65 MQ–9 MODS ........................................................................................................................ 12,351 12,351 

66 SENIOR LEADER C3 SYSTEM—AIRCRAFT ................................................................ 25,001 25,001 

67 CV–22 MODS ....................................................................................................................... 42,795 42,795 

AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

68 INITIAL SPARES/REPAIR PARTS .................................................................................. 936,212 1,034,531 

C–40 Fleet Expansion reductions ......................................................................................... [–10,000] 

Fighter Force Re-Optimization (+208 PMAI a/c)—AF UFR ............................................ [108,319] 

COMMON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

69 AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT SUPPORT EQUIP ........................................................... 162,813 198,694 

Fighter Force Re-Optimization (+208 PMAI a/c)—AF UFR ............................................ [35,881] 

POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT 

70 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES .................................................................................. 15,031 15,031 

72 B–2A ..................................................................................................................................... 1,885 1,885 

73 B–2B ..................................................................................................................................... 15,709 15,709 

76 CV–22 POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT .......................................................................... 12,025 12,025 

79 F–16 ..................................................................................................................................... 11,501 11,501 

80 F–16 ..................................................................................................................................... 867 867 

82 HC/MC–130 MODIFICATIONS ......................................................................................... 18,604 18,604 

INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS 

85 INDUSTRIAL RESPONSIVENESS .................................................................................. 20,004 20,004 

WAR CONSUMABLES 

86 WAR CONSUMABLES ....................................................................................................... 25,908 25,908 

OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES 

87 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES .................................................................................. 1,006,272 1,504,872 

Classified adjustment ............................................................................................................ [498,600] 

92 F–15EX ................................................................................................................................ 40,084 40,084 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 16,359 16,359 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE .......................................... 19,835,430 21,961,828 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT—BALLISTIC 

1 MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQ-BALLISTIC ................................................................... 37,333 37,333 

BALLISTIC MISSILES 

3 MK21A REENTRY VEHICLE ........................................................................................... 26,156 26,156

STRATEGIC 

TACTICAL 

4 LONG RANGE STAND-OFF WEAPON ........................................................................... 70,335 70,335 

5 LONG RANGE STAND-OFF WEAPON ........................................................................... 140,000 140,000 

6 REPLAC EQUIP & WAR CONSUMABLES ..................................................................... 6,533 6,533 

7 JOINT AIR-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE ................................................................ 825,051 1,161,451 

JASSM max production (+260) .......................................................................................... [336,400] 

9 JOINT STRIKE MISSILE ................................................................................................. 165,909 259,909 

FY25 JSM max executable production (+34)—INDOPACOM UFR ................................ [94,000] 

10 LRASM0 ............................................................................................................................... 354,100 609,100 

FY25 LRASM/JASSM sub-tier supplier expansion ............................................................. [150,000] 

LRASM max production (+35)—INDOPACOM UFR ....................................................... [105,000] 

12 SIDEWINDER (AIM–9X) ................................................................................................... 107,101 107,101 

13 AMRAAM ............................................................................................................................. 447,373 497,373 


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AIM–120D AMRAAM for D3 DMS .................................................................................... [50,000] 

16 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB .............................................................................................. 42,257 102,257 

SDB I ................................................................................................................................... [60,000] 

17 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB II .......................................................................................... 328,382 431,859 

SDB II—Marine Corps UFR ............................................................................................... [103,477]

18 STAND-IN ATTACK WEAPON (SIAW) ........................................................................... 173,421 173,421 

INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES 

19 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS/POL PREVENTION .................................................. 913 200,913 

JPAC supplier base investments .......................................................................................... [100,000] 

Munitions supplier base program (MCEIP) [SRMs, ball bearings, PCBs, etc] .................. [100,000] 

CLASS IV 

20 ICBM FUZE MOD .............................................................................................................. 104,039 104,039 

21 ICBM FUZE MOD .............................................................................................................. 40,336 40,336 

22 MM III MODIFICATIONS ................................................................................................. 24,212 24,212 

23 AIR LAUNCH CRUISE MISSILE (ALCM) ...................................................................... 34,019 34,019 

MISSILE SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

24 MSL SPRS/REPAIR PARTS (INITIAL) ........................................................................... 6,956 6,956 

25 MSL SPRS/REPAIR PARTS (REPLEN) .......................................................................... 103,543 103,543 

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 

28 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAMS ...................................................................................... 628,436 628,436

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 707,204 707,204 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE .............................................. 4,373,609 5,472,486 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 

CARTRIDGES 

2 CARTRIDGES ..................................................................................................................... 123,034 123,034 

BOMBS 

3 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS ......................................................................................... 144,725 144,725

4 MASSIVE ORDNANCE PENETRATOR (MOP) .............................................................. 8,566 8,566 

5 JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION ............................................................................ 125,268 232,601 

JDAM increase ..................................................................................................................... [107,333] 

7 B61–12 TRAINER ............................................................................................................... 11,665 11,665 

OTHER ITEMS 

8 CAD/PAD ............................................................................................................................. 40,487 40,487 

9 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) ................................................................ 7,076 7,076 

10 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ........................................................................................ 617 617 

11 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................. 2,894 2,894 

12 ITEMS LESS THAN $5,000,000 ....................................................................................... 5,399 5,399

FLARES 

13 EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES .......................................................................... 99,769 99,769 

FUZES 

14 FUZES ................................................................................................................................. 114,664 114,664 

SMALL ARMS 

15 SMALL ARMS ..................................................................................................................... 25,311 25,311 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE ........................... 709,475 816,808 

PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE 

SPACE PROCUREMENT, SF 

1 AF SATELLITE COMM SYSTEM .................................................................................... 65,656 65,656 

3 COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS ............................................................................................ 4,277 4,277 

4 FAMILY OF BEYOND LINE-OF-SIGHT TERMINALS ................................................ 17,264 17,264 

5 FABT FORCE ELEMENT TERMINAL ........................................................................... 234,655 234,655 

6 WIDEBAND GAPFILLER SATELLITES(SPACE) ........................................................ 10,020 10,020 

7 GENERAL INFORMATION TECH—SPACE .................................................................. 2,189 2,189 

8 GPSIII FOLLOW ON ......................................................................................................... 647,165 647,165 

9 GPS III SPACE SEGMENT ............................................................................................... 68,205 68,205 

10 GLOBAL POSTIONING (SPACE) .................................................................................... 835 835 

14 SPACEBORNE EQUIP (COMSEC) ................................................................................... 83,829 83,829 

15 MILSATCOM ....................................................................................................................... 37,684 37,684 

17 SPECIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................... 658,007 658,007 

18 MOBILE USER OBJECTIVE SYSTEM ........................................................................... 51,601 51,601 

19 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH ...................................................................... 1,847,486 1,847,486 

21 PTES HUB .......................................................................................................................... 56,148 56,148 

23 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY LAUNCH ................................................................ 357,178 357,178 

24 SPACE MODS ..................................................................................................................... 48,152 48,152 

25 SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM SPACE ........................................................................... 63,798 63,798 

SPARES 

26 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ........................................................................................ 722 722 

PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES 

27 USSF REPLACEMENT VEHICLES ................................................................................ 4,919 4,919 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

28 POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 3,189 12,576 

UPS Resiliency—Space Force UFR .................................................................................... [9,387] 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE ........................................................... 4,262,979 4,272,366 

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1 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ............................................................................. 6,802 6,802 

CARGO AND UTILITY VEHICLES 

2 MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLE ...................................................................................... 4,526 4,526 

3 CAP VEHICLES .................................................................................................................. 1,151 1,151 

4 CARGO AND UTILITY VEHICLES ................................................................................. 41,605 55,605 

Protection Level One Armored Utility Vehicles for intercontinental ballistic missile security mission ....................................................................................................................... [14,000] 

SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES 

5 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE ............................................................................. 69,546 69,546 

6 SECURITY AND TACTICAL VEHICLES ........................................................................ 438 438 

7 SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES ..................................................................................... 99,057 99,057 

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT 

8 FIRE FIGHTING/CRASH RESCUE VEHICLES ............................................................ 57,234 57,234 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

9 MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES ............................................................................ 22,949 22,949 

BASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT 

10 RUNWAY SNOW REMOV AND CLEANING EQU ......................................................... 7,476 7,476 

11 BASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT VEHICLES ............................................................. 91,001 91,001 

COMM SECURITY EQUIPMENT(COMSEC) 

12 COMSEC EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................................... 63,233 63,233 

13 STRATEGIC MICROELECTRONIC SUPPLY SYSTEM ................................................ 328,667 328,667 

INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS 

14 INTERNATIONAL INTEL TECH & ARCHITECTURES .............................................. 5,616 5,616 

15 INTELLIGENCE TRAINING EQUIPMENT ................................................................... 5,146 5,146 

16 INTELLIGENCE COMM EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 36,449 36,449 

ELECTRONICS PROGRAMS 

17 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL & LANDING SYS .................................................................. 45,820 45,820 

18 NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM ..................................................................................... 13,443 13,443 

19 BATTLE CONTROL SYSTEM—FIXED .......................................................................... 22,764 22,764 

20 THEATER AIR CONTROL SYS IMPROVEMEN ........................................................... 73,412 73,412 

21 3D EXPEDITIONARY LONG-RANGE RADAR .............................................................. 96,022 96,022 

22 WEATHER OBSERVATION FORECAST ........................................................................ 31,056 31,056 

23 STRATEGIC COMMAND AND CONTROL ...................................................................... 49,991 49,991 

24 CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX .............................................................................. 8,897 8,897 

25 MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS ..................................................................................... 18,474 18,474 

27 STRATEGIC MISSION PLANNING & EXECUTION SYSTEM .................................... 7,376 7,376 

SPCL COMM-ELECTRONICS PROJECTS 

28 GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .................................................................. 161,928 161,928 

29 AF GLOBAL COMMAND & CONTROL SYS ................................................................... 1,946 1,946 

30 BATTLEFIELD AIRBORNE CONTROL NODE (BACN) .............................................. 5 5 

31 MOBILITY COMMAND AND CONTROL ........................................................................ 11,435 11,435 

32 AIR FORCE PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEM ............................................................... 254,106 354,106 

Counter uncrewed systems for Africa Command ................................................................. [100,000] 

33 COMBAT TRAINING RANGES ........................................................................................ 290,877 290,877 

34 MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMM N .......................................................... 60,639 60,639 

35 WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE (WAS) ............................................................................ 13,945 13,945 

36 C3 COUNTERMEASURES ................................................................................................ 100,594 100,594 

37 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE ACCOUNTING & MGT SYS ................................................ 1,236 1,236 

39 THEATER BATTLE MGT C2 SYSTEM .......................................................................... 433 433 

40 AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER (AOC) ............................................................... 21,175 21,175 

AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS 

41 BASE INFORMATION TRANSPT INFRAST (BITI) WIRED ....................................... 201,670 201,670 

42 AFNET ................................................................................................................................. 69,807 69,807 

43 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT (JCSE) ........................................ 5,821 5,821 

44 USCENTCOM ...................................................................................................................... 19,498 19,498 

45 USSTRATCOM .................................................................................................................... 4,797 4,797 

46 USSPACECOM .................................................................................................................... 79,783 106,856 

Consolidated Space Operations Facility (CSOF) Procurement—SPACECOM UFR ......... [27,073] 

ORGANIZATION AND BASE 

47 TACTICAL C-E EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 139,153 139,153 

48 COMBAT SURVIVOR EVADER LOCATER .................................................................... 2,222 2,222 

49 RADIO EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................................... 53,568 53,568 

50 BASE COMM INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................. 60,744 60,744 

MODIFICATIONS 

51 COMM ELECT MODS ........................................................................................................ 73,147 73,147 

PERSONAL SAFETY & RESCUE EQUIP 

52 PERSONAL SAFETY AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT ..................................................... 109,562 109,562 

DEPOT PLANT+MTRLS HANDLING EQ 

53 POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 13,443 13,443 

54 MECHANIZED MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIP .......................................................... 20,459 20,459 

BASE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

55 BASE PROCURED EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 79,854 79,854 

56 ENGINEERING AND EOD EQUIPMENT ...................................................................... 203,531 203,531 

57 MOBILITY EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................. 112,280 112,280 

58 FUELS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (FSE) ......................................................................... 24,563 24,563 

59 BASE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................ 54,455 58,205 

Fighter Force Re-Optimization (+208 PMAI a/c)—AF UFR ............................................ [3,750] 

SPECIAL SUPPORT PROJECTS 


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61 DARP RC135 ....................................................................................................................... 29,524 29,524 

62 DCGS-AF ............................................................................................................................. 59,504 59,504 

64 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAM ........................................................................................ 1,269,904 1,397,304 

Classified adjustment ............................................................................................................ [127,400] 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 25,476,312 25,476,312 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

65 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS (CYBER) ....................................................................... 1,056 1,056 

66 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ........................................................................................ 7,637 7,637 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ................................................. 30,298,764 30,570,987 

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DCSA 

25 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................ 2,191 2,191 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DHRA 

38 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................... 3,717 3,717 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DISA 

8 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY ........................................................................... 25,392 25,392 

9 TELEPORT PROGRAM ..................................................................................................... 27,451 27,451 

11 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................... 25,499 25,499 

12 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM NETWORK ......................................................... 68,786 68,786 

13 WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATION AGENCY .............................................................. 116,320 116,320 

14 SENIOR LEADERSHIP ENTERPRISE .......................................................................... 54,278 54,278 

15 JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY STACKS (JRSS) ........................................................... 17,213 17,213 

16 JOINT SERVICE PROVIDER ........................................................................................... 50,462 50,462 

17 FOURTH ESTATE NETWORK OPTIMIZATION (4ENO) ............................................ 24,482 24,482 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DLA 

24 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................ 53,777 53,777 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DMACT 

45 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................ 7,332 7,332 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DODEA 

44 AUTOMATION/EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT & LOGISTICS .......................................... 1,360 1,360 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DPAA 

1 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DPAA ........................................................................................... 518 518 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY 

41 VEHICLES .......................................................................................................................... 2,754 2,754 

42 OTHER MAJOR EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................... 8,783 8,783 

43 DTRA CYBER ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................. 3,429 3,429 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY 

27 THAAD ................................................................................................................................ 246,995 246,995 

28 GROUND BASED MIDCOURSE ....................................................................................... 20,796 20,796 

29 AEGIS BMD ........................................................................................................................ 85,000 85,000 

30 BMDS AN/TPY–2 RADARS ............................................................................................... 57,130 233,230 

AN/TPY–2 Antenna Equipment Unit (AEU)—MDA UFR ................................................ [176,100] 

31 SM–3 IIAS ............................................................................................................................ 406,370 471,370 

Expand SM–3 IIA production capacity to 36/yr .................................................................. [65,000] 

32 ARROW 3 UPPER TIER SYSTEMS ................................................................................. 50,000 50,000 

33 SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE (SRBMD) ..................................... 40,000 40,000 

34 DEFENSE OF GUAM PROCUREMENT ......................................................................... 22,602 23,402 

Guam Defense System (GDS) .............................................................................................. [800] 

36 IRON DOME ........................................................................................................................ 110,000 110,000 

37 AEGIS BMD HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ................................................................ 32,040 32,040 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD 

2 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD .............................................................................................. 184,095 184,095 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS 

26 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS ............................................................................................... 16,345 16,345 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, WHS 

7 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, WHS ............................................................................................. 374 374 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, USCYBERCOM 

46 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS .......................................................................................... 69,066 69,066

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 599,781 599,781 

AVIATION PROGRAMS 

47 ARMED OVERWATCH/TARGETING .............................................................................. 335,487 335,487 

48 MANNED ISR ..................................................................................................................... 2,500 2,500 

49 MC–12 .................................................................................................................................. 400 400 

50 ROTARY WING UPGRADES AND SUSTAINMENT ..................................................... 220,301 243,074 

MH–60M OCONUS aircraft loss mods and MEP—SOCOM UFR .................................... [22,773] 

51 UNMANNED ISR ............................................................................................................... 41,717 41,717 

52 NON-STANDARD AVIATION ........................................................................................... 7,942 7,942 

53 U–28 ..................................................................................................................................... 5,259 5,259 

54 MH–47 CHINOOK .............................................................................................................. 157,413 157,413 

55 CV–22 MODIFICATION ..................................................................................................... 49,403 49,403 

56 MQ–9 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE .......................................................................... 19,123 19,123 

57 PRECISION STRIKE PACKAGE ...................................................................................... 69,917 69,917 

58 AC/MC–130J ........................................................................................................................ 300,892 300,892 

SHIPBUILDING 

60 UNDERWATER SYSTEMS ............................................................................................... 63,850 63,850 


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AMMUNITION PROGRAMS 

61 ORDNANCE ITEMS <$5M ............................................................................................... 139,078 139,078 

OTHER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS 

62 INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS ............................................................................................. 205,814 205,814 

63 DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS ........................................ 3,918 3,918 

64 OTHER ITEMS <$5M ....................................................................................................... 79,015 79,015 

65 COMBATANT CRAFT SYSTEMS ..................................................................................... 66,455 73,455 

Combatant Craft Assault ...................................................................................................... [7,000] 

66 SPECIAL PROGRAMS ....................................................................................................... 20,822 20,822 

67 TACTICAL VEHICLES ...................................................................................................... 53,016 53,016 

68 WARRIOR SYSTEMS <$5M ............................................................................................. 358,257 402,757 

Counter Uncrewed Systems—SOCOM UFR ....................................................................... [44,500] 

69 COMBAT MISSION REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................ 4,988 4,988 

70 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE ................................................. 23,715 23,715 

71 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS ................................................................................ 317,092 327,837 

Loitering Munition Accelerated Fielding and Reliability Testing Acceleration—SOCOM 

UFR .................................................................................................................................. [10,745] 

CBDP 

72 CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ............................................ 215,038 215,038 

73 CB PROTECTION & HAZARD MITIGATION ................................................................. 211,001 211,001 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE ........................................................ 5,406,751 5,733,669 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT ............................................................................................ 166,380,672 176,365,737 

1 TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVEL2 OPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA3 TION 

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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, ARMY 

BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601102A DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES .................................................. 310,191 311,191 

Modeling and simulation environments for weapons system innovation [1,000] 

2 0601103A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ........................................ 78,166 78,166 

3 0601104A UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH CENTERS .............. 109,726 109,726 

4 0601121A CYBER COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ALLIANCE ..................... 5,525 5,525 

5 0601601A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING 

BASIC RESEARCH.

10,309 10,309 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ................................................ 513,917 514,917 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

6 0602002A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT-APPLIED 

RESEARCH.

8,032 8,032 

7 0602134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT ADVANCED STUDIES ........ 6,163 6,163 

8 0602141A LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY ............................................................. 96,094 102,094 

Advanced materials and manufacturing for hypersonic systems ........... [6,000] 

9 0602142A ARMY APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................ 0 0 

10 0602143A SOLDIER LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY .......................................... 102,236 116,736 

Advanced textiles for extreme environments ......................................... [5,000] 

Critical hybrid advanced materials processing ...................................... [2,000] 

Pathfinder Air Assault program ............................................................ [2,500] 

Pathfinder Airborne program ................................................................ [5,000] 

11 0602144A GROUND TECHNOLOGY .................................................................. 66,707 73,707 

Accelerated carbonization soil stabilization ........................................... [5,000] 

Roadway assessment and repair technologies ........................................ [1,000] 

Smart concrete materials ....................................................................... [1,000] 

12 0602145A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ......... 149,108 154,108 

Lightweight autonomous vehicle prototype ............................................ [5,000] 

13 0602146A NETWORK C3I TECHNOLOGY ........................................................ 84,576 84,576 

14 0602147A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES TECHNOLOGY ...................... 32,089 82,089 

Biosynthesizing critical chemicals .......................................................... [50,000] 


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15 0602148A FUTURE VERTICLE LIFT TECHNOLOGY ................................... 52,685 52,685 

16 0602150A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY .............................. 39,188 41,188 

Counter-uncrewed aerial systems research ............................................ [2,000] 

17 0602180A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING 

TECHNOLOGIES.

20,319 20,319 

18 0602181A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE APPLIED RESEARCH ............... 12,269 12,269 

19 0602182A C3I APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................................ 25,839 25,839 

20 0602183A AIR PLATFORM APPLIED RESEARCH ......................................... 53,206 53,206 

21 0602184A SOLDIER APPLIED RESEARCH ..................................................... 21,069 21,069 

22 0602213A C3I APPLIED CYBER ........................................................................ 28,656 28,656 

23 0602386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS—APPLIED RESEARCH 11,780 11,780 

25 0602785A MANPOWER/PERSONNEL/TRAINING TECHNOLOGY ............... 19,795 19,795 

26 0602787A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ................................................................. 68,481 68,481 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 35,766 35,766 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................... 934,058 1,018,558 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

27 0603002A MEDICAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ........................................... 3,112 3,112 

28 0603007A MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING ADVANCED 

TECHNOLOGY.

16,716 16,716 

29 0603025A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND DEMONSTRATION ................ 14,608 14,608 

30 0603040A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.18,263 28,263 

Distributed AI fusion for attritable uncrewed systems ......................... [10,000] 

31 0603041A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ..... 23,722 23,722 

32 0603042A C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ...................................................... 22,814 22,814 

33 0603043A AIR PLATFORM ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................... 17,076 17,076 

34 0603044A SOLDIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ........................................... 10,133 10,133 

35 0603116A LETHALITY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ...................................... 33,969 33,969 

36 0603117A ARMY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .................. 0 0 

37 0603118A SOLDIER LETHALITY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................... 94,899 94,899 

38 0603119A GROUND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................ 45,880 52,880 

Design and manufacturing of advanced composites .............................. [2,000] 

Renewable electric vehicle charging stations ......................................... [5,000] 

39 0603134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT SIMULATION ........................ 21,398 21,398 

40 0603386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS—ADVANCED RESEARCH.36,360 36,360 

41 0603457A C3I CYBER ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 19,616 19,616 

42 0603461A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.239,597 247,597 

High performance computing modernization program .......................... [8,000] 

43 0603462A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.175,198 177,198 

Silicone anode battery testing ................................................................ [2,000] 

44 0603463A NETWORK C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................. 94,424 94,424 

45 0603464A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 164,943 249,943 

PrSM Inc 4 1yr acceleration long-lead items ........................................ [85,000] 

46 0603465A FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............. 140,578 145,578 

Army aviation cyber and electromagnetic protection ............................. [5,000] 

47 0603466A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ....... 28,333 28,333 

49 0603920A HUMANITARIAN DEMINING ........................................................... 9,272 9,272 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 155,526 155,526 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.1,386,437 1,503,437 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

51 0603305A ARMY MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ................. 13,031 13,031 

52 0603308A ARMY SPACE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ....................................... 19,659 19,659 

53 0603327A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING .......... 0 0 

54 0603619A LANDMINE WARFARE AND BARRIER—ADV DEV .................... 58,617 58,617 

55 0603639A TANK AND MEDIUM CALIBER AMMUNITION ............................ 116,027 118,527 

Large caliber automated ammunition resupply ..................................... [2,500] 

56 0603645A ARMORED SYSTEM MODERNIZATION—ADV DEV .................... 23,235 40,735 

360 Helmet Mounted Display for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle [17,500] 

57 0603747A SOLDIER SUPPORT AND SURVIVABILITY .................................. 4,059 4,059 

58 0603766A TACTICAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM—ADV 

DEV.

90,265 90,265 

59 0603774A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ........... 64,113 64,113 

60 0603779A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY—DEM/VAL ......... 34,091 34,091 

61 0603790A NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 4,184 4,184 

62 0603801A AVIATION—ADV DEV ....................................................................... 6,591 6,591 

63 0603804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT—ADV DEV ............. 12,445 12,445 

64 0603807A MEDICAL SYSTEMS—ADV DEV ..................................................... 582 582 

65 0603827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS—ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ................... 24,284 24,284 

66 0604017A ROBOTICS DEVELOPMENT ............................................................. 3,039 3,039 

67 0604019A EXPANDED MISSION AREA MISSILE (EMAM) ........................... 102,589 102,589 

68 0604020A CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM (CFT) ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING.63,831 63,831 


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69 0604035A LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITE CAPABILITY ............... 21,935 21,935 

70 0604036A MULTI-DOMAIN SENSING SYSTEM (MDSS) ADV DEV ............. 239,135 239,135 

71 0604037A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING ACCESS NODE (TITAN) ADV 

DEV.

4,317 4,317 

72 0604100A ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ...................................................... 11,234 11,234 

73 0604101A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.4) ................ 1,800 1,800 

74 0604103A ELECTRONIC WARFARE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT 

TOOL (EWPMT).

2,004 2,004 

75 0604113A FUTURE TACTICAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM 

(FTUAS).

127,870 127,870 

76 0604114A LOWER TIER AIR MISSILE DEFENSE (LTAMD) SENSOR ....... 149,463 149,463 

77 0604115A TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES ................................ 252,000 262,000 

Short pulse laser directed energy demonstration .................................. [10,000] 

78 0604117A MANEUVER—SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENSE (M-SHORAD) ..... 315,772 315,772 

79 0604119A ARMY ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING.0 0 

80 0604120A ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PNT) .. 24,168 24,168 

81 0604121A SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT REFINEMENT & 

PROTOTYPING.

136,029 136,029 

82 0604134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT DEMONSTRATION, PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING.17,341 17,341 

83 0604135A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE FIRES ..................................................... 0 0 

84 0604182A HYPERSONICS .................................................................................... 0 0 

85 0604386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS—DEM/VAL ....................... 20,862 20,862 

86 0604403A FUTURE INTERCEPTOR .................................................................. 8,058 8,058 

88 0604531A COUNTER—SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT.59,983 79,983 

NGCM R&D acceleration (+1yr) .......................................................... [20,000] 

90 0604541A UNIFIED NETWORK TRANSPORT ................................................. 31,837 31,837 

91 0305251A CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT 2,270 2,270 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 277,181 277,181 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES.2,343,901 2,393,901 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

92 0604201A AIRCRAFT AVIONICS ........................................................................ 7,171 7,171 

93 0604270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT .................................. 35,942 35,942 

94 0604601A INFANTRY SUPPORT WEAPONS ................................................... 52,586 52,586 

95 0604604A MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES ..................................................... 15,088 15,088 

96 0604611A JAVELIN .............................................................................................. 10,405 39,505 

Javelin R&D for fast launch .................................................................. [29,100] 

97 0604622A FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES .................................. 50,011 50,011 

98 0604633A AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL .................................................................. 982 982 

99 0604641A TACTICAL UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE (TUGV) ................ 92,540 92,540 

100 0604642A LIGHT TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES .................................... 100,257 89,983 

Electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle reduction .................................. [–10,274] 

101 0604645A ARMORED SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION (ASM)—ENG DEV ..... 48,097 48,097 

102 0604710A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS—ENG DEV ........................................... 89,259 89,259 

103 0604713A COMBAT FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT .................. 3,286 3,286 

104 0604715A NON-SYSTEM TRAINING DEVICES—ENG DEV .......................... 28,427 28,427 

105 0604741A AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, CONTROL AND INTELLIGENCE— 

ENG DEV.

69,653 79,653 

Family of Counter-sUAS System (FoCUS)—Army UFR .................... [10,000] 

106 0604742A CONSTRUCTIVE SIMULATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ..... 30,097 30,097 

107 0604746A AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT ..................... 12,927 12,927 

108 0604760A DISTRIBUTIVE INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS (DIS)—ENG 

DEV.

8,914 8,914 

109 0604798A BRIGADE ANALYSIS, INTEGRATION AND EVALUATION ........ 26,352 26,352 

110 0604802A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS—ENG DEV ..................................... 242,949 267,949 

FY25 PGK development acceleration .................................................... [25,000] 

111 0604804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT—ENG DEV ............. 41,829 41,829 

112 0604805A COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS—ENG 

DEV.

92,300 92,300 

113 0604807A MEDICAL MATERIEL/MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE 

EQUIPMENT—ENG DEV.

7,143 7,143 

114 0604808A LANDMINE WARFARE/BARRIER—ENG DEV .............................. 19,134 79,134 

Joint All Domain Testing, Evaluation, and Training Center ............... [60,000] 

115 0604818A ARMY TACTICAL COMMAND & CONTROL HARDWARE & 

SOFTWARE.

165,229 165,229 

116 0604820A RADAR DEVELOPMENT ................................................................... 76,090 76,090 

117 0604822A GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEM (GFEBS) 1,995 1,995 

118 0604827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS—WARRIOR DEM/VAL .................................. 29,132 29,132 

119 0604852A SUITE OF SURVIVABILITY ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS— 

EMD.

77,864 77,864 

120 0604854A ARTILLERY SYSTEMS—EMD ......................................................... 50,495 50,495 

121 0605013A INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................ 120,076 120,076 

122 0605018A INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPPSA).126,354 126,354 


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123 0605030A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK CENTER (JTNC) ........................... 20,191 20,191 

124 0605031A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK (JTN) .............................................. 31,214 31,214 

125 0605035A COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM) ............... 11,691 11,691 

126 0605036A COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (CWMD) .... 7,846 7,846 

127 0605038A NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE (NBCRV) SENSOR SUITE.7,886 7,886 

128 0605041A DEFENSIVE CYBER TOOL DEVELOPMENT ............................... 4,176 4,176 

129 0605042A TACTICAL NETWORK RADIO SYSTEMS (LOW-TIER) ............... 4,288 4,288 

130 0605047A CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM ....................................................... 9,276 9,276 

131 0605049A MISSILE WARNING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION (MWSM) ........ 0 0 

132 0605051A AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY DEVELOPMENT ............................. 38,225 38,225 

133 0605052A INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY INC 2—BLOCK 1 167,912 167,912 

134 0605053A GROUND ROBOTICS .......................................................................... 28,378 28,378 

135 0605054A EMERGING TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES ..................................... 164,734 172,734 

Mobile-long range precision strike missile ............................................. [8,000] 

136 0605143A BIOMETRICS ENABLING CAPABILITY (BEC) ............................. 0 0 

137 0605144A NEXT GENERATION LOAD DEVICE—MEDIUM ......................... 2,931 2,931 

138 0605148A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING ACCESS NODE (TITAN) EMD 157,036 157,036 

139 0605203A ARMY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION ............. 0 0 

140 0605205A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.5) ................ 37,876 37,876 

141 0605206A CI AND HUMINT EQUIPMENT PROGRAM-ARMY (CIHEP-A) ... 1,296 1,296 

142 0605216A JOINT TARGETING INTEGRATED COMMAND AND COORDINATION SUITE (JTIC2S).28,553 28,553 

143 0605224A MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE ................................................... 18,913 18,913 

144 0605231A PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM) .......................................... 184,046 184,046 

145 0605232A HYPERSONICS EMD .......................................................................... 538,017 538,017 

146 0605233A ACCESSIONS INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT (AIE) ................. 32,265 32,265 

147 0605235A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE CAPABILITY ......................................... 182,823 182,823 

148 0605236A INTEGRATED TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ............................ 23,363 23,363 

149 0605241A FUTURE LONG RANGE ASSAULT AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT.1,253,637 1,253,637 

150 0605242A THEATER SIGINT SYSTEM (TSIGS) .............................................. 6,660 6,660 

151 0605244A JOINT REDUCED RANGE ROCKET (JR3) .................................... 13,565 13,565 

152 0605247A SPECTRUM SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SYSTEM (S2AS) ....... 9,330 9,330 

153 0605450A JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) ................................... 3,030 3,030 

154 0605457A ARMY INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (AIAMD) .. 602,045 602,045 

155 0605531A COUNTER—SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS SYS 

DEV & DEMONSTRATION.

59,563 64,063 

Roadrunner-M—Army UFR .................................................................. [4,500] 

157 0605625A MANNED GROUND VEHICLE ......................................................... 504,841 504,841 

158 0605766A NATIONAL CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION (MIP) ....................... 16,565 16,565 

159 0605812A JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (JLTV) ENGINEERING 

AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT PHASE (EMD).

27,013 34,513 

JLTV anti-idle systems ......................................................................... [7,500] 

160 0605830A AVIATION GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............................. 979 979 

161 0303032A TROJAN—RH12 .................................................................................. 3,930 3,930 

163 0304270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT .................................. 131,096 163,796 

Terrestrial Layer System Brigade Combat Team realignment ............. [32,700] 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 83,136 83,136 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.6,150,910 6,317,436 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

164 0604256A THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT ........................................ 71,298 71,298 

165 0604258A TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ............................................. 15,788 15,788 

166 0604759A MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT .............................................................. 78,613 78,613 

167 0605103A RAND ARROYO CENTER .................................................................. 38,122 38,122 

168 0605301A ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL .............................................................. 321,755 371,755 

USAG-Kwajalein Atoll Recap ................................................................ [50,000] 

169 0605326A CONCEPTS EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM ............................... 86,645 86,645 

170 0605502A SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH .............................. 0 0 

171 0605601A ARMY TEST RANGES AND FACILITIES ....................................... 461,085 461,085 

172 0605602A ARMY TECHNICAL TEST INSTRUMENTATION AND TARGETS.75,591 75,591 

173 0605604A SURVIVABILITY/LETHALITY ANALYSIS ..................................... 37,604 37,604 

174 0605606A AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION ............................................................ 2,201 2,201 

175 0605702A METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT TO RDT&E ACTIVITIES ............ 0 0 

176 0605706A MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS .................................................... 27,420 27,420 

177 0605709A EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN ITEMS ........................................... 6,245 6,245 

178 0605712A SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL TESTING ....................................... 76,088 76,088 

179 0605716A ARMY EVALUATION CENTER ........................................................ 73,220 73,220 

180 0605718A ARMY MODELING & SIM X-CMD COLLABORATION & INTEG 11,257 11,257 

181 0605801A PROGRAMWIDE ACTIVITIES .......................................................... 91,895 91,895 

182 0605803A TECHNICAL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES .................................... 32,385 32,385 

183 0605805A MUNITIONS STANDARDIZATION, EFFECTIVENESS AND 

SAFETY.

50,766 50,766 

184 0605857A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY MGMT SUPPORT 1,659 1,659 

185 0605898A ARMY DIRECT REPORT HEADQUARTERS—R&D - MHA ......... 59,727 59,727 


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186 0606002A RONALD REAGAN BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST 

SITE.

73,400 73,400 

187 0606003A COUNTERINTEL AND HUMAN INTEL MODERNIZATION ....... 4,574 4,574 

188 0606942A ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS CYBER 

VULNERABILITIES.

10,105 10,105 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ................................. 1,707,443 1,757,443 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

190 0603778A MLRS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .............................. 14,188 14,188 

191 0605024A ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ..................................... 7,489 7,489 

192 0607101A COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (CWMD) 

PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT.

271 271 

193 0607131A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.9,363 15,363 

Agile manufacturing for advanced armament systems .......................... [6,000] 

194 0607136A BLACKHAWK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ................ 25,000 25,000 

195 0607137A CHINOOK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ....................... 4,816 4,816 

196 0607139A IMPROVED TURBINE ENGINE PROGRAM ................................... 67,029 67,029 

197 0607142A AVIATION ROCKET SYSTEM PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT AND 

DEVELOPMENT.

0 0 

198 0607143A UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS ..... 24,539 24,539 

199 0607145A APACHE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 8,243 8,243 

200 0607148A AN/TPQ–53 COUNTERFIRE TARGET ACQUISITION RADAR 

SYSTEM.

53,652 53,652 

201 0607150A INTEL CYBER DEVELOPMENT ..................................................... 9,753 9,753 

202 0607312A ARMY OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ..................... 0 0 

203 0607313A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT .................................. 5,559 5,559 

204 0607315A ENDURING TURBINE ENGINES AND POWER SYSTEMS ........ 2,620 2,620 

206 0607665A FAMILY OF BIOMETRICS ................................................................ 590 590 

207 0607865A PATRIOT PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT ............................................ 168,458 168,458 

208 0203728A JOINT AUTOMATED DEEP OPERATION COORDINATION 

SYSTEM (JADOCS).

27,582 27,582 

209 0203735A COMBAT VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ....................... 272,926 272,926 

210 0203743A 155MM SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER IMPROVEMENTS ........ 55,205 55,205 

211 0203752A AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 142 142 

212 0203758A DIGITIZATION .................................................................................... 1,562 1,562 

213 0203801A MISSILE/AIR DEFENSE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.1,511 1,511 

214 0203802A OTHER MISSILE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ........ 23,708 33,708 

Containerized weapon system ................................................................ [10,000] 

215 0205412A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY—OPERATIONAL 

SYSTEM DEV.

269 269 

216 0205778A GUIDED MULTIPLE-LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM (GMLRS) ..... 20,590 20,590 

217 0208053A JOINT TACTICAL GROUND SYSTEM ............................................ 0 0 

220 0303028A SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ............................ 0 0 

221 0303140A INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ........................ 15,733 15,733 

222 0303141A GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM .......................................... 2,566 2,566 

223 0303142A SATCOM GROUND ENVIRONMENT (SPACE) ............................... 26,643 26,643 

226 0305179A INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE (IBS) ................................ 5,701 5,701 

227 0305204A TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ............................... 0 0 

228 0305206A AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS ................................... 0 0 

229 0305219A MQ–1 GRAY EAGLE UAV .................................................................. 6,681 6,681 

230 0708045A END ITEM INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES .......... 67,187 73,187 

Advanced isostatic pressure armor ........................................................ [6,000] 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 32,518 94,718 

Iron Quest—Army UFR ........................................................................ [12,200] 

Spectre—Army UFR ............................................................................. [50,000] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 962,094 1,046,294 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

231 0608041A DEFENSIVE CYBER—SOFTWARE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT.74,548 74,548 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 

PILOT PROGRAMS.

74,548 74,548 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, 

ARMY.

14,073,308 14,626,534 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, NAVY 

BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601103N UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ........................................ 94,259 99,259 

Digital radar system development ......................................................... [5,000] 

2 0601153N DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES .................................................. 483,914 483,914 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ................................................ 578,173 583,173 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

3 0602114N POWER PROJECTION APPLIED RESEARCH .............................. 23,842 23,842 


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4 0602123N FORCE PROTECTION APPLIED RESEARCH ............................... 120,716 125,716 

Unmanned maritime systems digital manufacturing factory of the future.[5,000] 

5 0602131M MARINE CORPS LANDING FORCE TECHNOLOGY .................... 53,758 53,758 

6 0602235N COMMON PICTURE APPLIED RESEARCH ................................... 51,202 51,202 

7 0602236N WARFIGHTER SUSTAINMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ............... 76,379 82,379 

Research on foreign malign influence operations .................................. [6,000] 

8 0602271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS APPLIED RESEARCH ............. 91,441 91,441 

9 0602435N OCEAN WARFIGHTING ENVIRONMENT APPLIED RESEARCH.78,930 84,430 

Resilient autonomous sensing in the Arctic ........................................... [5,500] 

10 0602651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS APPLIED RESEARCH ............ 7,719 7,719 

11 0602747N UNDERSEA WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH ............................. 57,525 68,525 

Geophysical sensing and characterization of the mine-hunting environment.[1,000] 

Low-cost autonomous sensors for maritime dominance ........................ [10,000] 

12 0602750N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES APPLIED RESEARCH ........... 163,673 163,673 

13 0602782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH.31,460 32,460 

Precision strike loitering munitions ....................................................... [1,000] 

14 0602792N INNOVATIVE NAVAL PROTOTYPES (INP) APPLIED RESEARCH.127,363 127,363 

15 0602861N SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT—ONR FIELD 

ACITIVITIES.

90,939 90,939 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................... 974,947 1,003,447 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

16 0603123N FORCE PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ..................... 31,556 31,556 

17 0603271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ... 8,537 8,537 

18 0603273N SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS.118,624 118,624 

19 0603640M USMC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (ATD) .. 243,247 264,247 

Innovative design and manufacturing for uncrewed systems ................ [8,000] 

Long-range maneuvering projectiles ...................................................... [7,000] 

Marine Corps realignment—Autonomous Low Profile Vessel ............... [6,000] 

20 0603651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.16,188 16,188 

21 0603673N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 

DEVELOPMENT.

262,869 262,869 

22 0603680N MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ............................. 63,084 63,084 

23 0603729N WARFIGHTER PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ........ 5,105 5,105 

24 0603758N NAVY WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS.97,615 97,615 

25 0603782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.2,050 2,050 

26 0603801N INNOVATIVE NAVAL PROTOTYPES (INP) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.131,288 131,288 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.980,163 1,001,163 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

27 0603128N UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM ........................................................ 99,940 99,940 

28 0603178N LARGE UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES (LUSV) ................... 53,964 53,964 

29 0603207N AIR/OCEAN TACTICAL APPLICATIONS ........................................ 41,765 59,765 

Autonomous surface and underwater dual-modality vehicles ................ [18,000] 

30 0603216N AVIATION SURVIVABILITY ............................................................. 23,115 23,115 

31 0603239N NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCES .................................................. 7,866 7,866 

32 0603254N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ..................................................... 20,033 20,033 

33 0603261N TACTICAL AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE .................................. 3,358 3,358 

34 0603382N ADVANCED COMBAT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY ......................... 2,051 2,051 

35 0603502N SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTERMEASURES.29,421 29,421 

36 0603506N SURFACE SHIP TORPEDO DEFENSE ........................................... 4,790 4,790 

37 0603512N CARRIER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ............................................ 5,659 5,659 

38 0603525N PILOT FISH ......................................................................................... 1,007,324 1,007,324 

39 0603527N RETRACT LARCH .............................................................................. 0 0 

40 0603536N RETRACT JUNIPER ........................................................................... 199,172 199,172 

41 0603542N RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL .............................................................. 801 801 

42 0603553N SURFACE ASW .................................................................................... 1,194 1,194 

43 0603561N ADVANCED SUBMARINE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ................. 96,694 106,694 

Advanced submarine hull coatings ......................................................... [10,000] 

44 0603562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEMS ............................ 14,924 14,924 

45 0603563N SHIP CONCEPT ADVANCED DESIGN ........................................... 110,800 110,800 

46 0603564N SHIP PRELIMINARY DESIGN & FEASIBILITY STUDIES ......... 52,586 52,586 

47 0603570N ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS .................................... 368,002 368,002 

48 0603573N ADVANCED SURFACE MACHINERY SYSTEMS ........................... 93,942 93,942 

49 0603576N CHALK EAGLE ................................................................................... 137,372 137,372 


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50 0603581N LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) .................................................... 9,132 9,132 

51 0603582N COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION .................................................. 20,135 50,135 

PAC–3–AEGIS integration ................................................................... [30,000] 

52 0603595N OHIO REPLACEMENT ....................................................................... 189,631 189,631 

53 0603596N LCS MISSION MODULES .................................................................. 28,801 28,801 

54 0603597N AUTOMATED TEST AND RE-TEST (ATRT) ................................. 10,805 10,805 

55 0603599N FRIGATE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................... 107,658 107,658 

56 0603609N CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS ......................................................... 8,950 8,950 

57 0603635M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORT SYSTEM ........... 103,860 103,860 

58 0603654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT .... 47,339 47,339 

59 0603713N OCEAN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .......... 15,587 15,587 

60 0603721N ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION .................................................. 23,258 23,258 

61 0603724N NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM ............................................................... 60,610 60,610 

62 0603725N FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT ........................................................... 9,067 9,067 

63 0603734N CHALK CORAL .................................................................................... 459,791 459,791 

64 0603739N NAVY LOGISTIC PRODUCTIVITY ................................................... 6,059 6,059 

65 0603746N RETRACT MAPLE .............................................................................. 628,958 628,958 

66 0603748N LINK PLUMERIA ................................................................................ 346,553 346,553 

67 0603751N RETRACT ELM ................................................................................... 99,939 99,939 

68 0603764M LINK EVERGREEN ............................................................................ 460,721 460,721 

69 0603790N NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 5,151 5,151 

70 0603795N LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY ....................................................... 1,686 1,686 

71 0603851M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TESTING .................................. 30,263 30,263 

72 0603860N JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEMS— 

DEM/VAL.

4,047 4,047 

73 0603925N DIRECTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC WEAPON SYSTEMS ...... 9,877 9,877 

74 0604014N F/A –18 INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACK (IRST) ...................... 8,630 8,630 

75 0604027N DIGITAL WARFARE OFFICE ........................................................... 128,997 128,997 

76 0604028N SMALL AND MEDIUM UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES ... 52,994 114,294 

Accelerate Subsea and Seabed Warfare (SSW) ROV—Navy UFR ...... [61,300] 

77 0604029N UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE CORE TECHNOLOGIES ... 68,152 68,152 

78 0604030N RAPID PROTOTYPING, EXPERIMENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION..168,855 168,855 

79 0604031N LARGE UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES .............................. 6,874 6,874 

80 0604112N GERALD R. FORD CLASS NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER 

(CVN 78—80).

96,670 96,670 

81 0604126N LITTORAL AIRBORNE MCM ............................................................ 0 0 

82 0604127N SURFACE MINE COUNTERMEASURES ........................................ 15,271 15,271 

83 0604272N TACTICAL AIR DIRECTIONAL INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (TADIRCM).35,030 35,030 

84 0604289M NEXT GENERATION LOGISTICS .................................................... 8,114 63,114 

At-sea VLS reloading development ........................................................ [55,000] 

85 0604292N FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT (MARITIME STRIKE) ........................ 4,796 4,796 

86 0604295M MARINE AVIATION DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION ............... 62,317 62,317 

87 0604320M RAPID TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY PROTOTYPE ...................... 120,392 120,392 

88 0604454N LX (R) ................................................................................................... 12,785 12,785 

89 0604536N ADVANCED UNDERSEA PROTOTYPING ...................................... 21,466 21,466 

90 0604636N COUNTER UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (C-UAS) ............. 14,185 14,185 

91 0604659N PRECISION STRIKE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ... 5,667 257,667 

Nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile ........................................... [252,000] 

92 0604707N SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SEW) ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING SUPPORT.8,896 8,896 

93 0604786N OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE WEAPON DEVELOPMENT.341,907 341,907 

94 0605512N MEDIUM UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES (MUSVS)) ............ 101,838 101,838 

95 0605513N UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE ENABLING CAPABILITIES 92,868 92,868 

96 0605514M GROUND BASED ANTI-SHIP MISSILE .......................................... 50,916 50,916 

97 0605516M LONG RANGE FIRES ......................................................................... 30,092 30,092 

98 0605518N CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE (CPS) .................................... 903,927 903,927 

99 0303354N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT—MIP .......................................... 7,253 7,253 

100 0304240M ADVANCED TACTICAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM ........ 3,504 3,504 

101 0304270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT—MIP ....................... 1,395 1,395 

102 0304797N UNDERSEA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE 

LEARNING (AI/ML).

28,563 28,563 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES.7,465,005 7,891,305 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

103 0603208N TRAINING SYSTEM AIRCRAFT ...................................................... 26,120 26,120 

104 0604038N MARITIME TARGETING CELL ........................................................ 43,301 43,301 

105 0604212M OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT ...................................................... 0 0 

106 0604212N OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT ...................................................... 0 0 

107 0604214M AV–8B AIRCRAFT—ENG DEV ......................................................... 5,320 5,320 

108 0604215N STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ......................................................... 5,120 5,120 

109 0604216N MULTI-MISSION HELICOPTER UPGRADE DEVELOPMENT ... 60,438 60,438 

110 0604221N P–3 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM .................................................. 0 0 

111 0604230N WARFARE SUPPORT SYSTEM ........................................................ 108,432 108,432 

112 0604231N COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ........................................... 164,391 164,391 


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113 0604234N ADVANCED HAWKEYE ..................................................................... 301,384 301,384 

114 0604245M H–1 UPGRADES .................................................................................. 39,023 39,023 

115 0604261N ACOUSTIC SEARCH SENSORS ........................................................ 53,591 53,591 

116 0604262N V–22A .................................................................................................... 109,431 109,431 

117 0604264N AIR CREW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .......................................... 29,330 29,330 

118 0604269N EA–18 .................................................................................................... 223,266 223,266 

119 0604270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT .................................. 189,750 189,750 

120 0604273M EXECUTIVE HELO DEVELOPMENT ............................................. 51,366 51,366 

121 0604274N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) ............................................ 86,721 86,721 

122 0604280N JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM—NAVY (JTRS-NAVY) ......... 330,559 359,159 

Accelerate Fund NC3 Recapitalization and New Transmission Pathways—Navy UFR.[28,600] 

123 0604282N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) INCREMENT II ............... 209,623 209,623 

124 0604307N SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING .... 528,234 528,234 

125 0604329N SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB) .................................................... 19,744 19,744 

126 0604366N STANDARD MISSILE IMPROVEMENTS ........................................ 468,297 468,297 

127 0604373N AIRBORNE MCM ................................................................................. 11,066 11,066 

128 0604378N NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE CONTROL—COUNTER AIR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING.41,419 41,419 

129 0604419N ADVANCED SENSORS APPLICATION PROGRAM (ASAP) ......... 0 0 

130 0604501N ADVANCED ABOVE WATER SENSORS ......................................... 112,231 112,231 

131 0604503N SSN–688 AND TRIDENT MODERNIZATION ................................. 97,953 97,953 

132 0604504N AIR CONTROL ..................................................................................... 84,458 84,458 

133 0604512N SHIPBOARD AVIATION SYSTEMS ................................................. 10,742 10,742 

134 0604518N COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER CONVERSION ...................... 10,621 10,621 

135 0604522N AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE RADAR (AMDR) SYSTEM ........... 107,924 107,924 

136 0604530N ADVANCED ARRESTING GEAR (AAG) .......................................... 9,142 9,142 

137 0604558N NEW DESIGN SSN ............................................................................. 273,848 273,848 

138 0604562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEM .............................. 71,982 71,982 

139 0604567N SHIP CONTRACT DESIGN/ LIVE FIRE T&E ................................ 13,675 13,675 

140 0604574N NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER RESOURCES ................................. 3,921 3,921 

141 0604601N MINE DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................... 79,411 101,811 

Maritime mine development and fielding acceleration (HHEE Inc 1) [22,400] 

142 0604610N LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO DEVELOPMENT ................................ 137,265 137,265 

143 0604654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT .... 8,810 8,810 

144 0604657M USMC GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS— 

ENG DEV.

33,880 33,880 

145 0604703N PERSONNEL, TRAINING, SIMULATION, AND HUMAN FACTORS.10,011 10,011 

146 0604727N JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON SYSTEMS ........................................ 1,516 1,516 

147 0604755N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (DETECT & CONTROL) ........................... 170,080 170,080 

148 0604756N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: HARD KILL) .......................... 74,214 99,214 

HVP 5–inch cUAS round ...................................................................... [25,000] 

149 0604757N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: SOFT KILL/EW) .................... 165,599 271,599 

Accelerate Long Endurance Electronic Decoy (LEED)—Navy UFR .. [106,000] 

150 0604761N INTELLIGENCE ENGINEERING .................................................... 23,810 23,810 

151 0604771N MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT .............................................................. 8,371 8,371 

152 0604777N NAVIGATION/ID SYSTEM ................................................................. 44,326 44,326 

153 0604800M JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF)—EMD ......................................... 0 0 

154 0604800N JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF)—EMD ......................................... 0 0 

155 0604850N SSN(X) .................................................................................................. 348,788 348,788 

156 0605013M INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................ 15,218 15,218 

157 0605013N INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................ 325,004 325,004 

158 0605024N ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ..................................... 3,317 3,317 

159 0605180N TACAMO MODERNIZATION ............................................................. 775,316 775,316 

160 0605212M CH–53K RDTE ..................................................................................... 86,093 86,093 

161 0605215N MISSION PLANNING ......................................................................... 115,390 115,390 

162 0605217N COMMON AVIONICS .......................................................................... 87,053 87,053 

163 0605220N SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTOR (SSC) ............................................ 5,697 5,697 

164 0605285N NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER ...................................................... 453,828 53,828 

Program decrease ................................................................................... [–400,000] 

165 0605327N T-AO 205 CLASS .................................................................................. 0 0 

166 0605414N UNMANNED CARRIER AVIATION (UCA) ...................................... 214,919 214,919 

167 0605450M JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) ................................... 20,654 20,654 

168 0605500N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME AIRCRAFT (MMA) .......................... 39,096 39,096 

169 0605504N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME (MMA) INCREMENT III ................ 134,366 134,366 

170 0605516N LONG RANGE FIRES ......................................................................... 120,728 120,728 

171 0605611M MARINE CORPS ASSAULT VEHICLES SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION.60,181 60,181 

172 0605813M JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (JLTV) SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION.10,748 10,748 

173 0204202N DDG–1000 ............................................................................................. 243,042 243,042 

174 0301377N COUNTERING ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS 

(CACW).

19,517 19,517 

175 0302315N NON-KINETIC COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT ........................... 8,324 8,324 

179 0304785N ISR & INFO OPERATIONS ................................................................ 188,392 188,392 

180 0306250M CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ............. 7,581 7,581 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.7,942,968 7,724,968 


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MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

181 0604256N THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT ........................................ 25,823 25,823 

182 0604258N TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ............................................. 17,224 17,224 

183 0604759N MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT .............................................................. 65,672 65,672 

184 0605152N STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT—NAVY ............................... 6,216 6,216 

185 0605154N CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES .................................................. 43,648 43,648 

186 0605502N SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH .............................. 0 0 

187 0605804N TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES ....................................... 1,009 1,009 

188 0605853N MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT .. 137,521 137,521 

189 0605856N STRATEGIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT .............................................. 3,536 3,536 

190 0605863N RDT&E SHIP AND AIRCRAFT SUPPORT ...................................... 152,176 152,176 

191 0605864N TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT .............................................. 477,823 477,823 

192 0605865N OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION CAPABILITY ........... 30,603 30,603 

193 0605866N NAVY SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SEW) SUPPORT 23,668 23,668 

194 0605867N SEW SURVEILLANCE/RECONNAISSANCE SUPPORT ................ 6,390 6,390 

195 0605873M MARINE CORPS PROGRAM WIDE SUPPORT ............................... 32,700 32,700 

196 0605898N MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ................................................................ 42,381 42,381 

197 0606295M MARINE AVIATION DEVELOPMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 

SUPPORT.

5,000 5,000 

198 0606355N WARFARE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT ..................................... 50,652 50,652 

199 0305327N INSIDER THREAT ............................................................................. 2,920 2,920 

200 0902498N MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS (DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES).2,234 2,234 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ................................. 1,127,196 1,127,196 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

203 0604840M F–35 C2D2 ............................................................................................ 480,759 480,759 

204 0604840N F–35 C2D2 ............................................................................................ 466,186 466,186 

205 0605520M MARINE CORPS AIR DEFENSE WEAPONS SYSTEMS ............... 74,119 74,119 

206 0607658N COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY (CEC) ................... 142,552 142,552 

207 0101221N STRATEGIC SUB & WEAPONS SYSTEM SUPPORT .................... 403,494 409,494 

High density sonar array ....................................................................... [6,000] 

208 0101224N SSBN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ................................ 61,012 61,012 

209 0101226N SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ................ 96,667 96,667 

210 0101402N NAVY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ......................................... 29,743 29,743 

211 0204136N F/A–18 SQUADRONS .......................................................................... 374,194 374,194 

212 0204228N SURFACE SUPPORT .......................................................................... 8,420 8,420 

213 0204229N TOMAHAWK AND TOMAHAWK MISSION PLANNING CENTER 

(TMPC).

200,739 200,739 

214 0204311N INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ..................................... 72,473 72,473 

215 0204313N SHIP-TOWED ARRAY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS ...................... 1,428 1,428 

216 0204413N AMPHIBIOUS TACTICAL SUPPORT UNITS (DISPLACEMENT 

CRAFT).

2,238 2,238 

217 0204460M GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR (G/ATOR) ..................... 51,346 51,346 

218 0204571N CONSOLIDATED TRAINING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .......... 159,648 159,648 

219 0204575N ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) READINESS SUPPORT ............. 139,164 318,164 

Accelerate COPPERFIELD—Navy UFR ............................................ [60,000] 

Accelerate GRANDSTAND—Navy UFR ............................................. [29,000] 

Navy counterspace cability—SPACECOM UFR .................................. [60,000] 

Navy mobile counterspace capability—SPACECOM UFR ................... [10,000] 

Navy space-enabled indications and warnings capability— 

SPACECOM UFR.

[20,000] 

220 0205601N ANTI-RADIATION MISSILE IMPROVEMENT ............................... 28,682 28,682 

221 0205620N SURFACE ASW COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION ..................... 29,887 29,887 

222 0205632N MK–48 ADCAP ..................................................................................... 164,935 184,935 

NSWC INDIAN HEAD explosive fill ................................................... [20,000] 

223 0205633N AVIATION IMPROVEMENTS ............................................................ 136,276 136,276 

224 0205675N OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS ............................. 167,098 167,098 

225 0206313M MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS .......................... 145,343 161,643 

Marine Corps Electromagnetic Warfare Programs—SPACECOM 

UFR.

[10,300] 

Marine Corps realignment—MEGFOS-M ............................................. [6,000] 

226 0206335M COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM 

(CAC2S).

18,332 18,332 

227 0206623M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS.77,377 77,377 

228 0206624M MARINE CORPS COMBAT SERVICES SUPPORT ......................... 33,641 33,641 

229 0206625M USMC INTELLIGENCE/ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS 

(MIP).

37,372 57,372 

Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP)—USMC 

UFR.

[20,000] 

230 0206629M AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE ................................................. 0 0 

231 0207161N TACTICAL AIM MISSILES ................................................................ 31,359 31,359 

232 0207163N ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE 

(AMRAAM).

29,638 29,638 

233 0208043N PLANNING AND DECISION AID SYSTEM (PDAS) ...................... 3,559 3,559 

237 0303138N AFLOAT NETWORKS ........................................................................ 56,915 69,215 


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Accelerate Fund NC3 Recapitalization and New Transmission Pathways—Navy UFR.[12,300] 

238 0303140N INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ........................ 35,339 35,339 

239 0305192N MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM (MIP) ACTIVITIES ....... 7,239 7,239 

240 0305204N TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ............................... 0 0 

241 0305205N UAS INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY .......................... 0 0 

242 0305208M DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .......... 45,550 45,550 

243 0305220N MQ–4C TRITON ................................................................................... 14,402 14,402 

244 0305231N MQ–8 UAV ............................................................................................ 0 0 

245 0305232M RQ–11 UAV ........................................................................................... 2,016 2,016 

246 0305234N SMALL (LEVEL 0) TACTICAL UAS (STUASL0) ........................... 0 0 

247 0305241N MULTI-INTELLIGENCE SENSOR DEVELOPMENT .................... 40,267 40,267 

248 0305242M UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) PAYLOADS (MIP) ......... 10,917 10,917 

249 0305251N CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT 0 0 

250 0305421N MQ–4C TRITON MODERNIZATION ................................................ 444,042 444,042 

251 0307577N INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA (IMD) ......................................... 793 793 

252 0308601N MODELING AND SIMULATION SUPPORT ................................... 10,927 10,927 

253 0702207N DEPOT MAINTENANCE (NON-IF) .................................................. 28,799 28,799 

254 0708730N MARITIME TECHNOLOGY (MARITECH) ....................................... 4,326 4,326 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 2,235,339 2,652,339 

Classified adjustment ............................................................................. [417,000] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 6,604,552 7,275,152 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

255 0608013N RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION—SOFTWARE PILOT 

PROGRAM.

14,522 14,522 

256 0608231N MARITIME TACTICAL COMMAND AND CONTROL (MTC2)— 

SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.

10,289 10,289 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 

PILOT PROGRAMS.

24,811 24,811 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, 

NAVY.

25,697,815 26,631,215 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AF 

BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601102F DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES .................................................. 361,930 361,930 

2 0601103F UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ........................................ 143,372 143,372 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ................................................ 505,302 505,302 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

3 0602020F FUTURE AF CAPABILITIES APPLIED RESEARCH ................... 85,477 85,477 

4 0602022F UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTER (UARC)— 

TACTICAL AUTONOMY.

8,225 8,225 

5 0602102F MATERIALS ......................................................................................... 142,336 152,336 

Advanced materials science for manufacturing research ....................... [10,000] 

6 0602201F AEROSPACE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES ..................................... 5,235 5,235 

7 0602202F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS APPLIED RESEARCH ...................... 138,204 138,204 

8 0602203F AEROSPACE PROPULSION .............................................................. 339,477 339,477 

9 0602204F AEROSPACE SENSORS ..................................................................... 193,029 193,029 

10 0602212F DEFENSE LABORATORIES R&D PROJECTS (10 U.S.C. SEC 

2358).

0 0 

11 0602298F SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT— MAJOR 

HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES.

9,662 9,662 

12 0602602F CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS ......................................................... 138,497 138,497 

13 0602605F DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ............................................. 114,962 114,962 

14 0602788F DOMINANT INFORMATION SCIENCES AND METHODS .......... 176,333 176,333 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................... 1,351,437 1,361,437 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

15 0603032F FUTURE AF INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DEMOS .................. 248,506 248,506 

16 0603112F ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR WEAPON SYSTEMS .................... 29,661 29,661 

17 0603199F SUSTAINMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) ................ 12,558 12,558 

18 0603203F ADVANCED AEROSPACE SENSORS ............................................... 37,935 37,935 

19 0603211F AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEV/DEMO ...................................... 102,529 102,529 

20 0603216F AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND POWER TECHNOLOGY ......... 0 0 

21 0603270F ELECTRONIC COMBAT TECHNOLOGY ........................................ 36,445 36,445 

22 0603273F SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS.91,885 91,885 

23 0603444F MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSSS) ......................... 0 0 

24 0603456F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.19,568 19,568 

25 0603601F CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ................................ 125,460 125,460 

26 0603605F ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ......................................... 25,050 25,050 

27 0603680F MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ............................. 34,730 37,730 

Affordable composites for hypersonic systems ....................................... [1,000] 

Classified additive manufacturing research ........................................... [2,000] 


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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

28 0603788F BATTLESPACE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.26,172 26,172 

29 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE R&D ............... 27,762 27,762 

30 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTER (CRC) .............................. 2,012 2,012 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.820,273 823,273 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

31 0603036F MODULAR ADVANCED MISSILE .................................................... 0 0 

32 0603260F INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ............................ 3,820 3,820 

33 0603742F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ................................. 24,799 24,799 

34 0603790F NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 4,498 4,498 

35 0603851F INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE—DEM/VAL .......... 119,197 119,197 

36 0604001F NC3 ADVANCED CONCEPTS ........................................................... 10,148 10,148 

37 0604003F ADVANCED BATTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ABMS) ............ 743,842 743,842 

38 0604004F ADVANCED ENGINE DEVELOPMENT .......................................... 562,337 562,337 

39 0604005F NC3 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING ............. 68,124 68,124 

40 0604006F DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE TECH ARCHITECTURE .................. 0 0 

41 0604007F E–7 ......................................................................................................... 418,513 418,513 

42 0604009F AFWERX PRIME ................................................................................. 20,580 20,580 

43 0604015F LONG RANGE STRIKE—BOMBER ................................................. 2,654,073 2,654,073 

44 0604025F RAPID DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE (RDER) ..... 75,051 75,051 

45 0604032F DIRECTED ENERGY PROTOTYPING ............................................ 3,712 3,712 

46 0604033F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING ....................................................... 0 0 

47 0604183F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING—HYPERSONIC ATTACK 

CRUISE MISSILE (HACM).

516,971 516,971 

48 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND IMPROVEMENTS ...................... 0 0 

49 0604257F ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND SENSORS ................................. 24,204 24,204 

50 0604288F SURVIVABLE AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (SAOC) ....... 1,687,500 1,447,500 

Survivable Airborne Operations Center reduction ................................. [–240,000] 

51 0604317F TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER .............................................................. 3,485 3,485 

52 0604327F HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED TARGET DEFEAT SYSTEM 

(HDBTDS) PROGRAM.

154,417 149,917 

Program decrease ................................................................................... [–4,500] 

53 0604414F CYBER RESILIENCY OF WEAPON SYSTEMS-ACS ..................... 59,539 59,539 

54 0604534F ADAPTIVE ENGINE TRANSITION PROGRAM (AETP) ............... 0 0 

55 0604609F REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS & CONCEPT MATURATION ......... 22,667 22,667 

56 0604668F JOINT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (JTMS) ... 174,723 174,723 

57 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE R&D ............... 4,840 4,840 

58 0604858F TECH TRANSITION PROGRAM ....................................................... 234,342 298,842 

Accelerate experimentation and prototyping including for advanced 

low-cost weapons.

[50,000] 

Air Force Research Lab stratospheric balloon experimentation project [14,500] 

59 0604860F OPERATIONAL ENERGY AND INSTALLATION RESILIENCE 63,194 63,194 

60 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR-REFUELING SYSTEM ........................ 7,014 7,014 

61 0605164F AIR REFUELING CAPABILITY MODERNIZATION ..................... 13,661 13,661 

62 0606005F DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OFFICE .......................................... 9,800 9,800 

63 0201184F COUNTER NARCO-TERRORISM PROGRAM OFFICE .................. 0 0 

64 0207110F NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE ........................................ 3,306,355 3,306,355 

65 0207179F AUTONOMOUS COLLABORATIVE PLATFORMS ......................... 51,666 51,666 

66 0207420F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION ............................................................. 1,914 1,914 

67 0207431F COMBAT AIR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM ACTIVITIES ................ 18,733 18,733 

68 0207448F C2ISR TACTICAL DATA LINK ......................................................... 42,371 42,371 

69 0207455F THREE DIMENSIONAL LONG-RANGE RADAR (3DELRR) ........ 8,100 8,100 

70 0207522F AIRBASE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS (ABADS) .............................. 17,273 17,273 

71 0207606F JOINT SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT (JSE) ................................ 191,337 191,337 

72 0208030F WAR RESERVE MATERIEL—AMMUNITION ................................ 5,226 5,226 

73 0305236F COMMON DATA LINK EXECUTIVE AGENT (CDL EA) .............. 33,349 33,349 

74 0305601F MISSION PARTNER ENVIRONMENTS .......................................... 22,028 22,028 

75 0306250F CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ......................... 0 0 

76 0306415F ENABLED CYBER ACTIVITIES ....................................................... 0 0 

77 0708051F RAPID SUSTAINMENT MODERNIZATION (RSM) ....................... 37,044 37,044 

78 0808736F SPECIAL VICTIM ACCOUNTABILITY AND INVESTIGATION ... 3,006 3,006 

79 0808737F INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION ........................................ 5,364 5,364 

80 0901410F CONTRACTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM ......... 28,995 28,995 

81 1206415F U.S. SPACE COMMAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

SUPPORT.

28,392 28,392 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES.11,486,204 11,306,204 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

82 0604200F FUTURE ADVANCED WEAPON ANALYSIS & PROGRAMS ........ 7,205 7,205 

83 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND IMPROVEMENTS ...................... 217,662 217,662 

84 0604222F NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPORT ..................................................... 70,823 70,823 

85 0604270F ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT .................................. 19,264 19,264 

86 0604281F TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS ENTERPRISE ............................... 78,480 78,480 

87 0604287F PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT .............................................. 10,569 10,569 


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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

88 0604336F HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED TARGET DEFEAT SYSTEM 

(HDBTDS) PROTOTYPING.

39,079 39,079 

89 0604602F ARMAMENT/ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ................................... 7,157 7,157 

90 0604604F SUBMUNITIONS ................................................................................. 3,427 3,427 

91 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT .............................................................. 24,178 24,178 

92 0604706F LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ................................................................ 25,502 25,502 

93 0604735F COMBAT TRAINING RANGES .......................................................... 224,783 224,783 

94 0604932F LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON ............................................. 623,491 623,491 

95 0604933F ICBM FUZE MODERNIZATION ....................................................... 10,408 10,408 

96 0605030F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK CENTER (JTNC) ........................... 0 0 

97 0605031F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK (JTN) .............................................. 0 0 

98 0605056F OPEN ARCHITECTURE MANAGEMENT ....................................... 41,223 41,223 

99 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR-REFUELING SYSTEM ........................ 0 0 

100 0605223F ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING ........................................................ 83,985 83,985 

101 0605229F HH–60W ................................................................................................ 0 0 

102 0605238F GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT EMD ..................... 3,721,024 3,721,024 

103 0207171F F–15 EPAWSS ...................................................................................... 0 0 

104 0207279F ISOLATED PERSONNEL SURVIVABILITY AND RECOVERY ... 10,020 10,020 

105 0207328F STAND IN ATTACK WEAPON .......................................................... 375,528 375,528 

106 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION TRAINING ............................................. 7,754 7,754 

107 0208036F MEDICAL C-CBRNE PROGRAMS .................................................... 0 0 

111 0305155F THEATER NUCLEAR WEAPON STORAGE & SECURITY SYSTEM.9,018 9,018 

112 0305205F ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES .......................... 0 0 

113 0401221F KC–46A TANKER SQUADRONS ....................................................... 93,620 93,620 

114 0401319F VC–25B .................................................................................................. 433,943 30,943 

VC–25B reduction ................................................................................. [–403,000] 

115 0701212F AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEMS ........................................................ 26,640 26,640 

116 0804772F TRAINING DEVELOPMENTS ........................................................... 4,960 4,960 

117 1203176F COMBAT SURVIVOR EVADER LOCATOR ..................................... 2,269 2,269 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.6,172,012 5,769,012 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

118 0604256F THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT ........................................ 19,927 19,927 

119 0604759F MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT .............................................................. 74,228 74,228 

120 0605101F RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE ........................................................... 39,720 39,720 

121 0605502F SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH ............................. 0 0 

122 0605712F INITIAL OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION .......................... 14,247 14,247 

123 0605807F TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT .............................................. 936,913 936,913 

124 0605827F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL VIG & COMBAT SYS ...................... 316,924 316,924 

125 0605828F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL REACH ............................................. 496,740 496,740 

126 0605829F ACQ WORKFORCE- CYBER, NETWORK, & BUS SYS .................. 521,987 521,987 

127 0605830F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL BATTLE MGMT ............................. 0 0 

128 0605831F ACQ WORKFORCE- CAPABILITY INTEGRATION ....................... 262,349 262,349 

129 0605832F ACQ WORKFORCE- ADVANCED PRGM TECHNOLOGY ............. 69,319 69,319 

130 0605833F ACQ WORKFORCE- NUCLEAR SYSTEMS ..................................... 343,180 343,180 

131 0605898F MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ................................................................ 6,291 6,291 

132 0605976F FACILITIES RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION—TEST 

AND EVALUATION SUPPORT.

94,828 94,828 

133 0605978F FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT—TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT.63,579 63,579 

134 0606017F REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND MATURATION ....................... 41,550 41,550 

135 0606398F MANAGEMENT HQ—T&E ................................................................. 7,647 7,647 

136 0303166F JOINT INFORMATION OPERATIONS RANGE ............................. 0 0 

137 0303255F COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTERS 

(C4)—STRATCOM.

19,607 27,607 

NC3 network security sensor ................................................................. [5,000] 

NC3 Research Architecture and Collaboration Hub (REACH) ............ [3,000] 

138 0308602F ENTEPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES (EIS) ............................. 104,133 104,133 

139 0702806F ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ............................ 25,216 25,216 

140 0804731F GENERAL SKILL TRAINING ........................................................... 10 6,010 

Cyber workforce training ranges ........................................................... [6,000] 

141 0804776F ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ........................................ 1,652 1,652 

143 1001004F INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ....................................................... 4,590 4,590 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ................................. 3,464,637 3,478,637 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

144 0604233F SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE FLIGHT TRAINING ............ 39,667 39,667 

145 0604281F TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS ENTERPRISE ............................... 22 22 

146 0604283F BATTLE MGMT COM & CTRL SENSOR DEVELOPMENT .......... 100,183 100,183 

147 0604445F WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE .......................................................... 21,443 21,443 

148 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT .............................................................. 0 0 

149 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE R&D ............... 0 0 

150 0604840F F–35 C2D2 ............................................................................................ 1,124,207 1,124,207 

151 0605018F AF INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM (AF-IPPS) 49,739 49,739 

152 0605024F ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE AGENCY ............... 65,792 65,792 

153 0605117F FOREIGN MATERIEL ACQUISITION AND EXPLOITATION ..... 94,188 94,188 


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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

154 0605229F HH–60W ................................................................................................ 52,314 52,314 

155 0605278F HC/MC–130 RECAP RDT&E .............................................................. 24,934 24,934 

156 0606018F NC3 INTEGRATION ........................................................................... 21,864 21,864 

157 0101113F B–52 SQUADRONS ............................................................................. 1,045,570 1,045,570 

158 0101122F AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE (ALCM) .................................. 542 542 

159 0101126F B–1B SQUADRONS ............................................................................. 17,939 17,939 

160 0101127F B–2 SQUADRONS ............................................................................... 41,212 41,212 

161 0101213F MINUTEMAN SQUADRONS .............................................................. 62,550 62,550 

162 0101316F WORLDWIDE JOINT STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ............. 13,690 13,690 

163 0101318F SERVICE SUPPORT TO STRATCOM—GLOBAL STRIKE ........... 7,330 7,330 

164 0101324F INTEGRATED STRATEGIC PLANNING & ANALYSIS NETWORK.0 0 

165 0101328F ICBM REENTRY VEHICLES ............................................................ 629,928 629,928 

167 0102110F MH–139A .............................................................................................. 0 0 

168 0102326F REGION/SECTOR OPERATION CONTROL CENTER MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.852 852 

169 0102412F NORTH WARNING SYSTEM (NWS) ................................................ 103 103 

170 0102417F OVER-THE-HORIZON BACKSCATTER RADAR ............................ 383,575 383,575 

171 0202834F VEHICLES AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT—GENERAL ............... 6,097 6,097 

172 0205219F MQ–9 UAV ............................................................................................ 7,074 7,074 

173 0205671F JOINT COUNTER RCIED ELECTRONIC WARFARE ................... 3,372 3,372 

174 0207040F MULTI-PLATFORM ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT .... 0 0 

175 0207131F A–10 SQUADRONS .............................................................................. 0 0 

176 0207133F F–16 SQUADRONS .............................................................................. 106,952 106,952 

177 0207134F F–15E SQUADRONS ........................................................................... 178,603 234,903 

Prevent retirement of F–15Es ............................................................... [56,300] 

178 0207136F MANNED DESTRUCTIVE SUPPRESSION ..................................... 16,182 16,182 

179 0207138F F–22A SQUADRONS ........................................................................... 768,561 768,561 

180 0207142F F–35 SQUADRONS .............................................................................. 47,132 47,132 

181 0207146F F–15EX ................................................................................................. 56,228 56,228 

182 0207161F TACTICAL AIM MISSILES ................................................................ 34,932 34,932 

183 0207163F ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE 

(AMRAAM).

53,593 53,593 

184 0207227F COMBAT RESCUE—PARARESCUE ................................................ 743 743 

185 0207238F E–11A .................................................................................................... 64,127 64,127 

186 0207247F AF TENCAP ......................................................................................... 50,263 50,263 

187 0207249F PRECISION ATTACK SYSTEMS PROCUREMENT ....................... 12,723 12,723 

188 0207253F COMPASS CALL .................................................................................. 132,475 132,475 

189 0207268F AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 68,743 68,743 

190 0207325F JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE (JASSM) .......... 183,532 183,532 

191 0207327F SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB) .................................................... 29,910 29,910 

192 0207410F AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER (AOC) ................................ 71,442 71,442 

193 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTER (CRC) .............................. 18,473 18,473 

194 0207417F AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM (AWACS) ........ 0 0 

195 0207418F AFSPECWAR—TACP .......................................................................... 2,206 2,206 

197 0207431F COMBAT AIR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM ACTIVITIES ................ 46,702 46,702 

198 0207438F THEATER BATTLE MANAGEMENT (TBM) C4I ........................... 4,873 4,873 

199 0207439F ELECTRONIC WARFARE INTEGRATED REPROGRAMMING 

(EWIR).

17,149 17,149 

200 0207444F TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY-MOD ........................................ 12,171 12,171 

201 0207452F DCAPES ................................................................................................ 8,431 8,431 

202 0207521F AIR FORCE CALIBRATION PROGRAMS ........................................ 2,223 2,223 

203 0207573F NATIONAL TECHNICAL NUCLEAR FORENSICS ........................ 2,060 2,060 

204 0207590F SEEK EAGLE ...................................................................................... 34,985 34,985 

205 0207601F USAF MODELING AND SIMULATION ........................................... 0 0 

206 0207605F WARGAMING AND SIMULATION CENTERS ................................ 0 0 

207 0207697F DISTRIBUTED TRAINING AND EXERCISES ............................... 4,847 4,847 

208 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION TRAINING ............................................. 7,048 7,048 

209 0208006F MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS ...................................................... 92,566 92,566 

210 0208007F TACTICAL DECEPTION .................................................................... 539 539 

211 0208064F OPERATIONAL HQ—CYBER ........................................................... 0 0 

212 0208087F DISTRIBUTED CYBER WARFARE OPERATIONS ....................... 29,996 29,996 

213 0208088F AF DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ............................. 113,218 113,218 

214 0208097F JOINT CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL (JCC2) ..................... 0 0 

215 0208099F UNIFIED PLATFORM (UP) .............................................................. 0 0 

219 0208288F INTEL DATA APPLICATIONS ......................................................... 988 988 

220 0301025F GEOBASE ............................................................................................. 1,002 1,002 

221 0301112F NUCLEAR PLANNING AND EXECUTION SYSTEM (NPES) ...... 0 0 

222 0301113F CYBER SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT ........................... 18,141 18,141 

228 0301377F COUNTERING ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS 

(CACW).

1,668 1,668 

230 0301401F AF MULTI-DOMAIN NON-TRADITIONAL ISR BATTLESPACE 

AWARENESS.

3,436 3,936 

United States Cyber Command cooperation with Jordan ..................... [500] 

231 0302015F E–4B NATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (NAOC) 40,441 40,441 

232 0302315F NON-KINETIC COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT ........................... 15,180 15,180 

233 0303004F EIT CONNECT .................................................................................... 32,960 32,960 

234 0303089F CYBERSPACE AND DODIN OPERATIONS .................................... 9,776 9,776 


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235 0303131F MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS 

NETWORK (MEECN).

25,500 25,500 

236 0303133F HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO SYSTEMS ........................................... 8,667 8,667 

237 0303140F INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ........................ 94,424 94,424 

238 0303248F ALL DOMAIN COMMON PLATFORM .............................................. 82,927 82,927 

239 0303260F JOINT MILITARY DECEPTION INITIATIVE ................................ 7,324 7,324 

240 0304100F STRATEGIC MISSION PLANNING & EXECUTION SYSTEM 

(SMPES).

69,441 69,441 

243 0304260F AIRBORNE SIGINT ENTERPRISE .................................................. 85,284 85,284 

244 0304310F COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ........................................... 4,719 4,719 

247 0305015F C2 AIR OPERATIONS SUITE—C2 INFO SERVICES .................... 13,524 13,524 

248 0305020F CCMD INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ............ 1,836 1,836 

249 0305022F ISR MODERNIZATION & AUTOMATION DVMT (IMAD) ............. 22,909 22,909 

250 0305099F GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (GATM) ......................... 5,151 5,151 

251 0305103F CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE ...................................................... 304 304 

252 0305111F WEATHER SERVICE ......................................................................... 31,372 36,372 

Air Force commercial weather data acquisition .................................... [5,000] 

253 0305114F AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, APPROACH, AND LANDING SYSTEM (ATCALS).15,143 15,143 

254 0305116F AERIAL TARGETS ............................................................................. 7,685 7,685 

257 0305128F SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES ........................... 481 481 

258 0305146F DEFENSE JOINT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ...... 6,387 6,387 

259 0305158F TACTICAL TERMINAL ...................................................................... 1,002 1,002 

260 0305179F INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE (IBS) ................................ 16,006 16,006 

261 0305202F DRAGON U–2 ....................................................................................... 0 0 

262 0305206F AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS ................................... 84,363 109,051 

Long Endurance Airborne ISR—AFRICOM ........................................ [24,688] 

263 0305207F MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS ...................................... 16,323 16,323 

264 0305208F DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .......... 86,476 86,476 

265 0305220F RQ–4 UAV ............................................................................................. 9,516 9,516 

266 0305221F NETWORK-CENTRIC COLLABORATIVE TARGETING ............... 8,952 8,952 

267 0305238F NATO AGS ............................................................................................ 865 865 

268 0305240F SUPPORT TO DCGS ENTERPRISE ................................................. 30,932 30,932 

269 0305600F INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURES.18,670 18,670 

270 0305881F RAPID CYBER ACQUISITION .......................................................... 0 0 

271 0305984F PERSONNEL RECOVERY COMMAND & CTRL (PRC2) ............... 2,831 2,831 

272 0307577F INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA (IMD) ......................................... 3,658 3,658 

273 0401115F C–130 AIRLIFT SQUADRON ............................................................. 0 0 

274 0401119F C–5 AIRLIFT SQUADRONS (IF) ...................................................... 33,003 33,003 

275 0401130F C–17 AIRCRAFT (IF) .......................................................................... 17,395 17,395 

276 0401132F C–130J PROGRAM .............................................................................. 34,423 34,423 

277 0401134F LARGE AIRCRAFT IR COUNTERMEASURES (LAIRCM) ............ 7,768 7,768 

278 0401218F KC–135S ................................................................................................ 31,977 31,977 

279 0401318F CV–22 .................................................................................................... 26,249 26,249 

280 0408011F SPECIAL TACTICS / COMBAT CONTROL ..................................... 9,421 9,421 

281 0708055F MAINTENANCE, REPAIR & OVERHAUL SYSTEM ...................... 0 0 

282 0708610F LOGISTICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (LOGIT) .................. 11,895 11,895 

283 0801380F AF LVC OPERATIONAL TRAINING (LVC-OT) .............................. 29,815 29,815 

284 0804743F OTHER FLIGHT TRAINING ............................................................. 2,319 2,319 

285 0901202F JOINT PERSONNEL RECOVERY AGENCY ................................... 2,320 2,320 

286 0901218F CIVILIAN COMPENSATION PROGRAM ......................................... 4,267 4,267 

287 0901220F PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION .................................................... 3,163 3,163 

288 0901226F AIR FORCE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS AGENCY ......................... 18,937 18,937 

289 0901538F FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.5,634 5,634 

290 0901554F DEFENSE ENTERPRISE ACNTNG AND MGT SYS (DEAMS) .... 57,689 57,689 

291 1202140F SERVICE SUPPORT TO SPACECOM ACTIVITIES ....................... 0 0 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 18,038,552 18,153,552 

Classified adjustment A ......................................................................... [15,000] 

Classified adjustment B ......................................................................... [100,000] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 25,308,906 25,510,394 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, 

AF.

49,108,771 48,754,259 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, SF 

BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601102SF DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES .................................................. 21,349 21,349 

2 0601103SF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ........................................ 14,731 14,731 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ................................................ 36,080 36,080 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

3 1202212SF DEFENSE LABORATORIES R&D PROJECTS ............................... 0 0 

4 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................... 244,964 330,964 

SCO classified program advance procurement ...................................... [68,000] 

SCO classified program FY25 shortfall ................................................ [13,000] 

Space Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Hub .................................... [5,000] 


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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................... 244,964 330,964 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

5 1206310SF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.425,166 467,682 

TxDES—Space Force UFR .................................................................. [42,516] 

6 1206616SF SPACE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT/DEMO .... 138,270 138,270 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.563,436 605,952 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

7 0604002SF SPACE FORCE WEATHER SERVICES RESEARCH ..................... 867 867 

8 1203010SF SPACE FORCE IT, DATA ANALYTICS, DIGITAL SOLUTIONS 88,610 88,610 

9 1203164SF NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (USER EQUIPMENT) (SPACE).300,025 300,025 

10 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS ................................................. 121,409 121,409 

11 1203710SF EO/IR WEATHER SYSTEMS ............................................................. 76,391 76,391 

12 1203955SF SPACE ACCESS, MOBILITY & LOGISTICS (SAML) ..................... 20,000 20,000 

13 1206410SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING 1,701,685 1,709,685 

Low-latency high availability VHF payloads ......................................... [8,000] 

14 1206425SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEMS ................................ 0 0 

15 1206427SF SPACE SYSTEMS PROTOTYPE TRANSITIONS (SSPT) .............. 133,739 133,739 

16 1206438SF SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ................................................... 62,195 62,195 

17 1206458SF TECH TRANSITION (SPACE) ........................................................... 228,547 228,547 

18 1206730SF SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM ............................ 53,199 53,199 

19 1206760SF PROTECTED TACTICAL ENTERPRISE SERVICE (PTES) ......... 79,709 82,709 

Cloud-based beam forming technologies ................................................ [3,000] 

20 1206761SF PROTECTED TACTICAL SERVICE (PTS) ...................................... 596,996 596,996 

21 1206855SF EVOLVED STRATEGIC SATCOM (ESS) ......................................... 1,046,161 1,046,161 

22 1206857SF SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES OFFICE ......................................... 11,361 11,361 

23 1206862SF TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE ............................................... 30,052 30,052 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES.4,550,946 4,561,946 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

24 1203269SF GPS III FOLLOW-ON (GPS IIIF) ...................................................... 244,752 244,752 

25 1203940SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS OPERATIONS ......................... 0 0 

26 1206421SF COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS ............................................................. 37,078 37,078 

27 1206422SF WEATHER SYSTEM FOLLOW-ON .................................................. 49,207 49,207 

28 1206425SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEMS ................................ 483,605 483,605 

29 1206431SF ADVANCED EHF MILSATCOM (SPACE) ....................................... 1,020 1,020 

30 1206432SF POLAR MILSATCOM (SPACE) .......................................................... 0 0 

31 1206433SF WIDEBAND GLOBAL SATCOM (SPACE) ....................................... 0 0 

32 1206440SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—GROUND ............................................................ 558,013 558,013 

33 1206442SF NEXT GENERATION OPIR ............................................................... 202,951 202,951 

34 1206443SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—GEO .................................................................... 510,806 510,806 

35 1206444SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—POLAR ............................................................... 828,878 828,878 

36 1206445SF COMMERCIAL SATCOM (COMSATCOM) INTEGRATION ............ 134,487 134,487 

37 1206446SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—LOW 

EARTH ORBIT (LEO).

1,730,821 1,730,821 

38 1206447SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT (MEO).846,349 846,349 

39 1206448SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—INTEGRATED GROUND SEGMENT.0 0 

40 1206853SF NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE)— 

EMD.

23,392 23,392 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.5,651,359 5,651,359 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

43 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS ................................................. 0 0 

44 1205502SF SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH ............................. 0 0 

45 1206116SF SPACE TEST AND TRAINING RANGE DEVELOPMENT ........... 0 0 

46 1206392SF ACQ WORKFORCE—SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS ..................... 274,424 274,424 

47 1206398SF SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER—MHA ............................. 12,867 12,867 

48 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................... 0 0 

49 1206759SF MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT—SPACE .............................................. 229,665 248,765 

NSTTC—Space Force UFR ................................................................. [19,100] 

50 1206860SF ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE) ...................... 20,134 25,134 

Advanced modular solid rocket motor ................................................... [5,000] 

51 1206862SF TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE ............................................... 0 0 

52 1206864SF SPACE TEST PROGRAM (STP) ........................................................ 30,279 30,279 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ................................. 567,369 591,469 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

54 1201017SF GLOBAL SENSOR INTEGRATED ON NETWORK (GSIN) ........... 0 0 

55 1203001SF FAMILY OF ADVANCED BLOS TERMINALS (FAB-T) ................ 2,607 2,607 


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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

56 1203040SF DCO-SPACE ......................................................................................... 104,088 104,088 

57 1203109SF NARROWBAND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS ....................... 228,435 228,435 

58 1203110SF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK (SPACE) ................................ 98,572 98,572 

59 1203154SF LONG RANGE KILL CHAINS ........................................................... 244,121 244,121 

60 1203165SF NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (SPACE AND 

CONTROL SEGMENTS).

0 0 

61 1203173SF SPACE AND MISSILE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTER ....... 20,844 20,844 

62 1203174SF SPACE INNOVATION, INTEGRATION AND RAPID TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.48,900 48,900 

63 1203182SF SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM (SPACE) .......................................... 55,906 55,906 

64 1203265SF GPS III SPACE SEGMENT ................................................................ 0 0 

65 1203330SF SPACE SUPERIORITY ISR ............................................................... 28,227 28,227 

66 1203620SF NATIONAL SPACE DEFENSE CENTER ........................................ 0 0 

67 1203873SF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE RADARS ..................................... 12,024 17,024 

Modernization of the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System.[5,000] 

68 1203906SF NCMC—TW/AA SYSTEM ................................................................... 25,656 25,656 

69 1203913SF NUDET DETECTION SYSTEM (SPACE) ........................................ 83,426 83,426 

70 1203940SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS OPERATIONS ......................... 120,160 146,160 

Joint Commercial Operations (JCO) Cell—SPACECOM UFR ........... [26,000] 

71 1206423SF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM III—OPERATIONAL CONTROL SEGMENT.217,224 217,224 

75 1206770SF ENTERPRISE GROUND SERVICES ................................................ 111,284 111,284 

76 1208053SF JOINT TACTICAL GROUND SYSTEM ............................................ 6,937 6,937 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 5,520,323 5,629,623 

Classified program A—Space Force UFR ............................................ [59,500] 

Classified program B—Space Force UFR ............................................ [66,000] 

Classified program B—SPACECOM UFR ........................................... [166,400] 

Classified program C—Space Force UFR ............................................ [150,000] 

Classified program C—SPACECOM UFR ........................................... [60,000] 

Partial restoral of program decrease ..................................................... [507,400] 

Program decrease ................................................................................... [–900,000] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 6,928,734 7,069,034 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

77 1208248SF SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS/PLANNING/TASKING SW .......... 157,265 157,265 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 

PILOT PROGRAMS.

157,265 157,265 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, 

SF.

18,700,153 19,004,069 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DW 

BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601000BR DTRA BASIC RESEARCH ................................................................. 15,311 15,311 

2 0601101E DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES .................................................. 303,830 303,830 

3 0601108D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH INITIATIVES ...................... 16,518 16,518 

4 0601110D8Z BASIC RESEARCH INITIATIVES .................................................... 77,132 97,132 

Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research ....... [20,000] 

5 0601117E BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH SCIENCE ........... 99,048 99,048 

6 0601120D8Z NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM .......................... 169,986 169,986 

7 0601228D8Z HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES/MINORITY INSTITUTIONS.99,792 99,792 

8 0601384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ................ 37,812 37,812 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ................................................ 819,429 839,429 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

9 0602000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY ................................................ 19,373 19,373 

10 0602115E BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY .......................................................... 169,198 169,198 

11 0602128D8Z PROMOTION AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES .......................... 3,191 3,191 

12 0602230D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ...................................... 38,515 38,515 

13 0602234D8Z LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM ........................ 47,528 47,528 

14 0602251D8Z APPLIED RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF S&T 

PRIORITIES.

51,555 51,555 

15 0602303E INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ............... 397,266 497,266 

Expansion of Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing.[100,000] 

16 0602383E BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE ............................................... 0 0 

17 0602384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ................ 224,777 224,777 

18 0602668D8Z CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH ....................................................... 17,652 52,652 

Program increase ................................................................................... [15,000] 

University Consortium for Cybersecurity .............................................. [20,000] 

19 0602669D8Z MICROELECTRONICS COMMONS—APPLIED RESEARCH ....... 0 0 

20 0602675D8Z SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY ........... 5,456 5,456 

21 0602702E TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY ................................................................ 117,935 117,935 

22 0602715E MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY .......................... 337,772 337,772 

23 0602716E ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY ........................................................ 573,265 578,265 


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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Scaling technology for microelectronics ................................................. [5,000] 

24 0602718BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION APPLIED RESEARCH.174,955 174,955 

25 0602751D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (SEI) APPLIED RESEARCH.11,310 11,310 

26 0602890D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH ............................................... 48,640 48,640 

27 0602891D8Z FSRM MODELLING ............................................................................ 1,897 1,897 

28 1160401BB SOF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ............................................ 50,183 50,183 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................... 2,290,468 2,430,468 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

29 0603000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ......................... 41,072 41,072 

30 0603021D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION CAPITAL .......................... 14,983 19,983 

Enhanced payload and satellite bus development .................................. [5,000] 

31 0603121D8Z SO/LIC ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ............................................. 5,176 5,176 

32 0603122D8Z COMBATING TERRORISM TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ................ 76,639 134,139 

Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate ................................. [–20,000] 

United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation ......................................... [30,000] 

United States-Israel defense collaboration on emerging technologies ... [47,500] 

33 0603133D8Z FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TESTING .............................................. 30,007 45,007 

FCT increase (AUKUS) ........................................................................ [15,000] 

34 0603142D8Z MISSION ENGINEERING & INTEGRATION (ME&I) .................... 110,628 110,628 

35 0603160BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ADVANCED 

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.

418,044 418,044 

36 0603176BR ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT 0 0 

37 0603176C ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT 17,920 17,920 

38 0603180C ADVANCED RESEARCH ................................................................... 19,354 52,854 

Disruptive Technologies versus Advanced Threats—MDA UFR .......... [33,500] 

39 0603183D8Z JOINT HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

&TRANSITION.

51,941 51,941 

40 0603225D8Z JOINT DOD-DOE MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.19,826 19,826 

41 0603260BR INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ............................ 0 0 

42 0603286E ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS .............................................. 269,700 269,700 

43 0603287E SPACE PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY ....................................... 225,457 225,457 

44 0603288D8Z ANALYTIC ASSESSMENTS ............................................................... 30,594 30,594 

45 0603289D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS ............. 56,390 56,390 

46 0603330D8Z QUANTUM APPLICATION ................................................................ 69,290 69,290 

47 0603342D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT (DIU) ............................................ 109,614 119,614 

OnRamp Hubs ....................................................................................... [5,000] 

Research, design, testing, and evaluation to benefit foreign partners .. [5,000] 

48 0603375D8Z TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION .......................................................... 74,549 74,549 

49 0603379D8Z ADVANCED TECHNICAL INTEGRATION ..................................... 26,053 26,053 

50 0603384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT.230,051 230,051 

51 0603527D8Z RETRACT LARCH .............................................................................. 0 0 

52 0603618D8Z JOINT ELECTRONIC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ...................... 20,188 20,188 

53 0603662D8Z NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES .................... 5,234 5,234 

54 0603669D8Z MICROELECTRONICS COMMONS—ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (ATD).

0 0 

55 0603680D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.190,557 190,557 

56 0603680S MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ............................. 55,366 55,366 

57 0603712S GENERIC LOGISTICS R&D TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS.18,543 18,543 

58 0603716D8Z STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM ........... 58,838 58,838 

59 0603720S MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND 

SUPPORT.

137,246 137,246 

60 0603727D8Z JOINT WARFIGHTING PROGRAM .................................................. 2,684 2,684 

61 0603739E ADVANCED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES ............................. 257,844 257,844 

62 0603760E COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ..... 336,542 336,542 

63 0603766E NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY ......................... 886,511 886,511 

64 0603767E SENSOR TECHNOLOGY .................................................................... 267,961 267,961 

65 0603769D8Z DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.0 0 

66 0603781D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE ...................................... 16,982 16,982 

67 0603838D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION ACCELERATION (DIA) ........................ 165,798 165,798 

68 0603924D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 110,367 110,367 

69 0603941D8Z TEST & EVALUATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ..................... 268,722 268,722 

70 0603945D8Z INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION INITIATIVES ............................ 125,680 125,680 

71 0603950D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION NETWORK ....................... 21,322 21,322 

72 0604055D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT ........... 167,279 167,279 

73 0303367D8Z SPECTRUM ACCESS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ........... 0 0 

74 1160402BB SOF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ...................... 197,767 197,767 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.5,208,719 5,329,719 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 


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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

75 0603161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY 

EQUIPMENT RDT&E ADC&P.

63,162 63,162 

76 0603600D8Z WALKOFF ............................................................................................ 149,704 149,704 

77 0603851D8Z ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION 

PROGRAM.

136,513 142,513 

Environmental Security Technical Certification Program .................... [6,000] 

78 0603881C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT.367,279 367,279 

79 0603882C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SEGMENT.768,227 768,227 

80 0603884BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—DEM/ 

VAL.

304,374 304,374 

81 0603884C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSORS .................................. 209,002 224,502 

Sensors Modeling & Simulation—MDA UFR ....................................... [15,500] 

82 0603890C BMD ENABLING PROGRAMS .......................................................... 609,406 609,406 

83 0603891C SPECIAL PROGRAMS—MDA ............................................................ 495,570 615,570 

Classified A Left to Right Integration—MDA UFR ............................ [28,000] 

Classified B Fire Control Sensor Netting—MDA UFR ....................... [46,000] 

Classified C Nonkinetic Prototype Demo—MDA UFR ........................ [46,000] 

84 0603892C AEGIS BMD ......................................................................................... 649,255 738,455 

Guam Defense System (GDS) ............................................................... [89,200] 

85 0603896C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND AND CONTROL, 

BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS (C2BMC).

569,662 583,162 

Infrastructure Modernization Initiative—MDA UFR ........................... [13,500] 

86 0603898C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE JOINT WARFIGHTER SUPPORT.

47,723 47,723 

87 0603904C MISSILE DEFENSE INTEGRATION & OPERATIONS CENTER 

(MDIOC).

54,525 54,525 

88 0603906C REGARDING TRENCH ...................................................................... 27,900 27,900 

89 0603907C SEA BASED X-BAND RADAR (SBX) ............................................... 197,339 197,339 

90 0603913C ISRAELI COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS ............................................ 300,000 300,000 

91 0603914C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST .......................................... 367,491 367,491 

92 0603915C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TARGETS .................................. 604,708 624,108 

Advanced reactive target simulation development ................................. [5,000] 

Guam Defense System (GDS) ............................................................... [14,400] 

93 0603923D8Z COALITION WARFARE ..................................................................... 9,890 9,890 

94 0604011D8Z NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS 

TECHNOLOGY (5G).

139,427 149,427 

5G for Department of Defense base operations .................................... [10,000] 

95 0604016D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CORROSION PROGRAM ............. 2,637 2,637 

96 0604102C GUAM DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT ................................................. 415,794 492,294 

Guam Defense System (GDS) ............................................................... [76,500] 

97 0604115C TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES ................................ 0 0 

98 0604124D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 

(CDAO)—MIP.

0 0 

99 0604125D8Z ADVANCED MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS AND PROTOTYPES.16,776 16,776 

100 0604181C HYPERSONIC DEFENSE .................................................................. 182,283 575,283 

GPI development acceleration ................................................................ [393,000] 

101 0604250D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES ................................ 994,226 994,226 

102 0604294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED MICROELECTRONICS ............................ 593,609 593,609 

103 0604331D8Z RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM .................................................. 152,126 168,616 

Longshot—R&E UFR ........................................................................... [10,000] 

Multi-Domain Unmanned Secure Integrated Communications 

(MUSIC)—R&E UFR.

[6,490] 

104 0604331J RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM .................................................. 7,710 7,710 

105 0604341D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT (DIU) PROTOTYPING ............... 0 0 

106 0604400D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) UNMANNED SYSTEM 

COMMON DEVELOPMENT.

2,527 2,527 

107 0604551BR CATAPULT INFORMATION SYSTEM ............................................. 7,475 7,475 

108 0604555D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT—NON 

S&T.

53,705 53,705 

109 0604669D8Z MICROELECTRONICS COMMONS—ADVANCED COMPONENT 

DEVELOPMENT (ACD).

0 0 

110 0604682D8Z WARGAMING AND SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIC ANALYSIS 

(SSA).

3,559 3,559 

111 0604775D8Z DEFENSE RAPID INNOVATION PROGRAM ................................. 10,020 10,020 

112 0604790D8Z RAPID DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE (RDER) ..... 53,149 53,149 

113 0604791D8Z MULTI-DOMAIN JOINT OPERATIONS (MDJO) ........................... 11,383 11,383 

114 0604826J JOINT C5 CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND 

INTEROPERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.

29,706 29,706 

115 0604873C LONG RANGE DISCRIMINATION RADAR (LRDR) ...................... 100,882 100,882 

116 0604874C IMPROVED HOMELAND DEFENSE INTERCEPTORS ............... 1,697,121 1,697,121 

117 0604876C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT TEST.25,673 25,673 

118 0604878C AEGIS BMD TEST .............................................................................. 135,019 136,219 

Guam Defense System (GDS) ............................................................... [1,200] 

119 0604879C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSOR TEST ......................... 96,864 96,864 


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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

120 0604880C LAND-BASED SM–3 (LBSM3) ........................................................... 22,220 22,220 

121 0604887C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MIDCOURSE SEGMENT 

TEST.

40,006 40,006 

122 0604924D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPE.2,931 67,931 

DE Testing and Experimentation—R&E UFR .................................... [65,000] 

123 0202057C SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ............................................... 1,771 1,771 

124 0208059JCY CYBERCOM ACTIVITIES .................................................................. 35,700 65,700 

Program increase ................................................................................... [30,000] 

125 0208085JCY ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS ................................. 0 0 

126 0208086JCY CYBER TRAINING ENVIRONMENT (CTE) ................................... 158,345 163,345 

Pacific Intelligence and Innovation Initiative ........................................ [5,000] 

127 0300206R ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS .......... 2,162 2,162 

128 0305103C CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE ...................................................... 1,831 1,831 

129 0305245D8Z INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES AND INNOVATION INVESTMENTS.51,784 76,784 

Classified adjustment ............................................................................. [25,000] 

130 0305251JCY CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT 0 50,000 

Program increase ................................................................................... [50,000] 

131 0306250JCY CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ......................... 52,715 52,715 

132 0901579D8Z OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL (OSC) ..................................... 132,640 132,640 

133 1206895C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM SPACE PROGRAMS 119,561 119,561 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES.11,285,067 12,220,857 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

134 0604123D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 

(CDAO)—DEM/VAL ACTIVITIES.

371,833 406,833 

Artificial intelligence pilot programs ..................................................... [35,000] 

135 0604133D8Z ALPHA–1 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ........................................ 53,307 53,307 

136 0604161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY 

EQUIPMENT RDT&E SDD.

13,549 13,549 

137 0604384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—EMD ... 270,265 270,265 

138 0604771D8Z JOINT TACTICAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 

(JTIDS).

12,893 12,893 

139 0605000BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SYSTEMS 

DEVELOPMENT.

14,841 14,841 

140 0605013BL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................ 4,709 4,709 

141 0605021SE HOMELAND PERSONNEL SECURITY INITIATIVE .................... 9,526 9,526 

142 0605022D8Z DEFENSE EXPORTABILITY PROGRAM ....................................... 15,779 15,779 

143 0605027D8Z OUSD(C) IT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES .................................. 7,564 7,564 

144 0605080S DEFENSE AGENCY INITIATIVES (DAI)—FINANCIAL SYSTEM.31,916 31,916 

145 0605141BR MISSION ASSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 

(MARMS).

9,440 9,440 

146 0605210D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT CAPABILITIES.9,485 9,485 

147 0605294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED MICROELECTRONICS ............................ 150,436 150,436 

148 0605649D8Z ACQUISITION INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY 

(AI2).

12,804 12,804 

149 0605755D8Z RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR DEFENSE MODERNIZATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.3,575 3,575 

150 0605772D8Z NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, & COMMUNICATIONS ......... 3,849 3,849 

151 0305304D8Z DOD ENTERPRISE ENERGY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 

(EEIM).

7,152 7,152 

152 0305310D8Z COUNTERPROLIFERATION ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ....... 13,151 13,151 

153 0505167D8Z RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR DEFENSE MODERNIZATION.0 0 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.1,016,074 1,051,074 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

154 0603829J JOINT CAPABILITY EXPERIMENTATION ................................... 12,385 12,385 

155 0604122D8Z JADC2 DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION ACTIVITIES.222,945 345,645 

Joint Fires Network .............................................................................. [122,700] 

156 0604774D8Z DEFENSE READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM (DRRS) ............. 11,415 11,415 

157 0604875D8Z JOINT SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT ................. 9,690 9,690 

158 0604940D8Z CENTRAL TEST AND EVALUATION INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT (CTEIP).782,643 782,643 

159 0604942D8Z ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS ............................................. 1,503 1,503 

160 0604944D8Z ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS, DOD .................................. 4,253 4,253 

161 0605001E MISSION SUPPORT ............................................................................ 113,007 113,007 

162 0605100D8Z JOINT MISSION ENVIRONMENT TEST CAPABILITY (JMETC) 209,008 209,008 

163 0605126J JOINT INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION (JIAMDO).72,005 72,005 

164 0605128D8Z CLASSIFIED PROGRAM USD(P) ..................................................... 0 0 

165 0605142D8Z SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ................................................................ 24,669 24,669 


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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

166 0605151D8Z STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT—OSD ................................. 6,289 6,289 

167 0605161D8Z NUCLEAR MATTERS-PHYSICAL SECURITY ............................... 19,871 19,871 

168 0605170D8Z SUPPORT TO NETWORKS AND INFORMATION INTEGRATION.8,580 8,580 

169 0605200D8Z GENERAL SUPPORT TO OUSD(INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY).3,155 3,155 

170 0605384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ................ 79,263 79,263 

171 0605502BP SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH—CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL DEF.0 0 

172 0605502BR SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH ............................. 0 0 

173 0605502C SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH—MDA ................. 0 0 

174 0605502D8Z SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH .............................. 0 0 

175 0605502E SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH .............................. 0 0 

176 0605502S SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH .............................. 0 0 

177 0605711D8Z CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS ............................................. 11,422 11,422 

178 0605790D8Z SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR)/ SMALL 

BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) ADMINISTRATION.

5,346 5,346 

179 0605797D8Z MAINTAINING TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE ............................... 31,629 31,629 

180 0605798D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS ............................................ 45,370 45,370 

181 0605801KA DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC) ......... 66,247 66,247 

182 0605803SE R&D IN SUPPORT OF DOD ENLISTMENT, TESTING AND 

EVALUATION.

26,935 26,935 

183 0605804D8Z DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION .................................. 37,233 37,233 

184 0605898E MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ................................................................ 14,577 14,577 

185 0605998KA MANAGEMENT HQ—DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION 

CENTER (DTIC).

3,505 3,505 

186 0606005D8Z SPECIAL ACTIVITIES ....................................................................... 18,263 18,263 

187 0606100D8Z BUDGET AND PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS .................................... 14,272 14,272 

188 0606114D8Z ANALYSIS WORKING GROUP (AWG) SUPPORT .......................... 2,814 2,814 

189 0606135D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 

(CDAO) ACTIVITIES.

9,262 9,262 

190 0606225D8Z ODNA TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE ANALYSIS .................... 3,403 3,403 

191 0606300D8Z DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD ........................................................... 6,536 6,536 

192 0606301D8Z AVIATION SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES ............................................ 1,885 1,885 

193 0606771D8Z CYBER RESILIENCY AND CYBERSECURITY POLICY .............. 40,401 40,401 

194 0606774D8Z DEFENSE CIVILIAN TRAINING CORPS ....................................... 27,054 27,054 

195 0606775D8Z JOINT PRODUCTION ACCELERATOR CELL (JPAC) ................. 5,010 5,010 

196 0606853BR MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT .. 12,115 12,115 

197 0203345D8Z DEFENSE OPERATIONS SECURITY INITIATIVE (DOSI) ......... 3,151 3,151 

198 0204571J JOINT STAFF ANALYTICAL SUPPORT ........................................ 7,433 7,433 

199 0208045K C4I INTEROPERABILITY ................................................................. 65,144 65,144 

202 0305172K COMBINED ADVANCED APPLICATIONS ...................................... 23,311 23,311 

204 0305208K DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .......... 2,988 2,988 

205 0305248J JOINT STAFF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF DATA OFFICER 

(OCDO) ACTIVITIES.

12,700 12,700 

206 0804768J COCOM EXERCISE ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING TRANSFORMATION (CE2T2)—NON-MHA.166,021 166,021 

207 0808709SE DEFENSE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (DEOMI).

315 315 

208 0808737SE INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION ........................................ 5,096 5,096 

209 0901598C MANAGEMENT HQ—MDA ................................................................ 29,033 29,033 

210 0903235K JOINT SERVICE PROVIDER (JSP) ................................................. 2,244 2,244 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 37,738 37,738 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ................................. 2,319,134 2,441,834 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

211 0604011D8Z NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS 

TECHNOLOGY (5G).

12,424 12,424 

212 0604130V ENTERPRISE SECURITY SYSTEM (ESS) ..................................... 0 0 

213 0607162D8Z CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ELIMINATION 

TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT.

4,254 4,254 

214 0607210D8Z INDUSTRIAL BASE ANALYSIS AND SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT.1,099,243 1,102,243 

Corrosion resistant coatings for aircraft parts ...................................... [3,000] 

215 0607310D8Z COUNTERPROLIFERATION MODERNIZATION .......................... 11,309 11,309 

216 0607327T GLOBAL THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (G-TSCMIS).8,654 8,654 

217 0607384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (OPERATIONAL 

SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT).

84,098 84,098 

218 0607757D8Z RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR DEFENSE MODERNIZATION OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.1,668 1,668 

219 0208085JCY ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS ................................. 154,375 154,375 

220 0208097JCY CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL (CYBER C2) ......................... 96,932 96,932 

221 0208099JCY DATA AND UNIFIED PLATFORM (D&UP) .................................... 106,053 106,053 

225 0302019K DEFENSE INFO INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION.12,843 12,843 

226 0302609V COUNTERING THREATS AUTOMATED PLATFORM ................. 6,057 6,057 


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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

227 0303126K LONG-HAUL COMMUNICATIONS—DCS ........................................ 51,214 51,214 

228 0303131K MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS 

NETWORK (MEECN).

4,985 4,985 

230 0303140D8Z INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ........................ 31,127 31,127 

232 0303140K INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ........................ 31,414 31,414 

233 0303150K GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM ............................ 0 0 

234 0303153K DEFENSE SPECTRUM ORGANIZATION ....................................... 24,991 24,991 

235 0303171K JOINT PLANNING AND EXECUTION SERVICES ....................... 3,304 3,304 

236 0303228K JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY STACKS (JRSS) ............................ 2,371 2,371 

238 0303430V FEDERAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.0 0 

242 0305104D8Z DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE (DIB) CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE.15,524 15,524 

245 0305133V INDUSTRIAL SECURITY ACTIVITIES ........................................... 0 0 

248 0305146V DEFENSE JOINT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ...... 1,800 1,800 

249 0305172D8Z COMBINED ADVANCED APPLICATIONS ...................................... 42,355 42,355 

252 0305186D8Z POLICY R&D PROGRAMS ................................................................. 6,220 6,220 

253 0305199D8Z NET CENTRICITY .............................................................................. 20,620 20,620 

255 0305208BB DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .......... 5,854 5,854 

260 0305245D8Z INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES AND INNOVATION INVESTMENTS.0 0 

261 0305251K CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT 0 0 

262 0305327V INSIDER THREAT ............................................................................. 0 0 

263 0305387D8Z HOMELAND DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM 1,867 1,867 

270 0306250JCY CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ......................... 479,672 479,672 

271 0307609V NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (NISS) ............. 38,761 38,761 

274 0505167D8Z RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR DEFENSE MODERNIZATION.0 0 

275 0708012K LOGISTICS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ................................................ 1,406 1,406 

276 0708012S PACIFIC DISASTER CENTERS ........................................................ 1,861 1,861 

277 0708047S DEFENSE PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM .................. 3,004 3,004 

279 1105219BB MQ–9 UAV ............................................................................................ 34,851 34,851

280 1160279BB SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH/SMALL BUS 

TECH TRANSFER PILOT PROG.

0 0 

281 1160403BB AVIATION SYSTEMS ......................................................................... 263,712 252,212 

MC–130J Amphibious Capability .......................................................... [–11,500] 

282 1160405BB INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ............................... 81,648 81,648 

283 1160408BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS ................................................. 206,307 206,307 

284 1160431BB WARRIOR SYSTEMS .......................................................................... 245,882 280,507 

Counter Uncrewed Systems—SOCOM UFR ......................................... [34,625] 

285 1160432BB SPECIAL PROGRAMS ........................................................................ 539 539 

286 1160434BB UNMANNED ISR ................................................................................. 31,578 31,578 

287 1160480BB SOF TACTICAL VEHICLES .............................................................. 9,025 9,025 

288 1160483BB MARITIME SYSTEMS ........................................................................ 210,787 210,787 

289 1160490BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE .................. 17,233 27,433 

Loitering Munition Accelerated Fielding and Reliability Testing Acceleration—SOCOM UFR.[10,200] 

290 1203610K TELEPORT PROGRAM ...................................................................... 0 0 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 8,686,427 8,686,427 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 12,154,249 12,190,574 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

291 0608197V NATIONAL BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION SERVICES— 

SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.

0 0 

292 0608648D8Z ACQUISITION VISIBILITY—SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM ..... 17,907 17,907 

293 0303150K GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM ............................ 31,619 31,619 

294 0306250JCY CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ......................... 85,168 95,168 

Cyber Operations for Base Resilient Architecture expansion ................ [10,000] 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................. 0 0 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 

PILOT PROGRAMS.

134,694 144,694 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, 

DW.

35,227,834 36,648,649 

OPERATIONAL TEST & EVAL, DEFENSE 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

1 0605118OTE OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION .................................... 136,226 136,226 

2 0605131OTE LIVE FIRE TEST AND EVALUATION ............................................ 109,561 109,561 

3 0605814OTE OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSES .................. 102,922 102,922 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ................................. 348,709 348,709 

TOTAL OPERATIONAL TEST & EVAL, DEFENSE ........... 348,709 348,709 

TOTAL RDT&E ................................................................................ 143,156,590 146,013,435 


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2 MAINTENANCE 

3 SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 

SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MANEUVER UNITS ....................................................................... 3,536,069 3,952,269 

Campaigning—U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) - INDOPACOM 

UFR .............................................................................................. [391,200 ] 

Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) Uncrewed Aerial System 

(sUAS)—Army UFR .................................................................... [25,000 ] 

020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES .............................................. 216,575 216,575 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ................................................... 829,985 829,985 

040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ......................................................... 2,570,467 2,570,467 

050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ................................. 1,185,211 1,185,211 

060 AVIATION ASSETS ........................................................................ 1,955,482 1,955,482 

070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT ........................ 7,150,264 7,194,264 

2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB)—AFRICOM ........ [4,000 ] 

BUCKEYE support to AFRICOM ................................................... [40,000 ] 

080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS .................................... 533,892 533,892 

090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE .................................. 1,220,407 1,250,707 

Army missile repair—Army UFR .................................................... [30,300 ] 

100 MEDICAL READINESS ................................................................. 931,137 931,137 

110 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT .................................................. 10,482,544 10,482,544 

120 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .............................................................................. 5,231,918 5,976,918 

Army 95% executable FSRM ........................................................... [670,000 ] 

Force Protection Equipment Sustainment—CENTCOM UFR ....... [75,000 ] 

130 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ...... 309,674 309,674 

140 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES .......................................................... 303,660 303,660 

150 RESET ............................................................................................. 319,873 319,873 

160 US AFRICA COMMAND ................................................................ 430,724 446,206 

Commander’s Data Integration Team (CDIT)—AFRICOM ........... [13,268 ] 

Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) Twinity (TNT) and Hardened 

GPS Antennas—AFRICOM ......................................................... [2,214 ] 

170 US EUROPEAN COMMAND ......................................................... 326,399 340,199 

USEUCOM Multilateral Network .................................................... [13,800 ] 

180 US SOUTHERN COMMAND ......................................................... 255,639 283,229 

Joint Department of Defense Information Network Operations 

Center ............................................................................................ [22,700 ] 

Mission Partner Environment (MPE)—SOUTHCOM .................... [4,890 ] 

190 US FORCES KOREA ...................................................................... 71,826 71,826 

200 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS .. 422,561 422,561 

210 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSECURITY ..................... 597,021 597,021 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 38,881,328 40,173,700 

MOBILIZATION 

230 STRATEGIC MOBILITY ................................................................ 567,351 567,351 

240 ARMY PREPOSITIONED STOCKS .............................................. 405,747 405,747 

250 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ................................................. 4,298 4,298 

SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION ................................................. 977,396 977,396 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

260 OFFICER ACQUISITION .............................................................. 200,754 200,754 

270 RECRUIT TRAINING .................................................................... 72,829 72,829 

280 ONE STATION UNIT TRAINING ................................................ 92,762 92,762 

290 SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS ................. 557,478 557,478 

300 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ............................................... 1,064,113 1,064,113 

310 FLIGHT TRAINING ....................................................................... 1,418,987 1,418,987 

320 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ..................... 214,497 215,497 

Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject Matter Exchange Program .................................................... [1,000 ] 

330 TRAINING SUPPORT .................................................................... 633,316 633,316 

340 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ............................................ 785,440 785,440 

350 EXAMINING ................................................................................... 205,072 205,072 

360 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ........................... 245,880 245,880 


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Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

370 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING .................................. 246,460 246,460 

380 JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS ................... 206,700 206,700 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ................... 5,944,288 5,945,288 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

400 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .......................................... 785,233 785,233 

410 CENTRAL SUPPLY ACTIVITIES ................................................ 926,136 926,136 

420 LOGISTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ............................................. 738,637 738,637 

430 AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT ................................................... 411,213 411,213 

440 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 515,501 515,501 

450 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS .......................................... 2,167,183 2,167,183 

460 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ...................................................... 375,963 375,963 

470 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ................................................ 943,764 943,764 

480 OTHER SERVICE SUPPORT ....................................................... 2,402,405 2,402,405 

490 ARMY CLAIMS ACTIVITIES ........................................................ 204,652 204,652 

500 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT .................................................. 305,340 305,340 

510 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT READINESS ......... 487,742 487,742 

520 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT ......................................................................................... 41,068 41,068 

530 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY HEADQUARTERS .................... 633,982 633,982 

540 MISC. SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS .................................... 34,429 34,429 

999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................ 2,376,219 2,407,510 

DOD High-Risk ISR—AFRICOM UFR ......................................... [29,791 ] 

Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) Twinity (TNT) and Hardened 

GPS Antennas—AFRICOM ......................................................... [1,500 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 13,349,467 13,380,758 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –124,430 

Foreign Currency Fluctuations ........................................................ [–5,230 ] 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–119,200 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –124,430 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY ..... 59,152,479 60,352,712 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES .............................................. 14,098 14,098 

020 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ................................................... 655,868 655,868 

030 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ......................................................... 136,625 136,625 

040 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ................................. 696,146 696,146 

050 AVIATION ASSETS ........................................................................ 129,581 129,581 

060 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT ........................ 404,585 404,585 

070 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS .................................... 42,942 42,942 

080 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE .................................. 49,973 49,973 

090 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT .................................................. 578,327 578,327 

100 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .............................................................................. 474,365 474,365 

110 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ...... 26,680 26,680 

120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS .. 2,241 2,241 

130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSECURITY ..................... 18,598 18,598 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 3,230,029 3,230,029 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

140 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .......................................... 17,092 17,092 

150 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 19,106 19,106 

160 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS .......................................... 6,727 6,727 

170 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ...................................................... 7,477 7,477 

180 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ................................................ 80,346 80,346 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 130,748 130,748 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –1,500 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–1,500 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –1,500 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES 3,360,777 3,359,277 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG 

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Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

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Authorized 

010 MANEUVER UNITS ....................................................................... 886,229 886,229 

020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES .............................................. 200,417 200,417 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ................................................... 861,685 861,685 

040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ......................................................... 86,356 86,356 

050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ................................. 345,720 345,720 

060 AVIATION ASSETS ........................................................................ 1,150,777 1,150,777 

070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT ........................ 737,884 737,884 

080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS .................................... 34,262 34,262 

090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE .................................. 221,401 221,401 

100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT .................................................. 1,247,797 1,247,642 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–155 ] 

110 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .............................................................................. 1,147,554 1,147,554 

120 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ...... 1,322,621 1,322,621 

130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS .. 5,287 5,287 

140 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSECURITY ..................... 20,869 20,869 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 8,268,859 8,268,704 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

150 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .......................................... 7,849 7,849 

160 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 49,304 49,944 

Increase for 7 new State Partnership Program partners—NGB 

UFR .............................................................................................. [640 ] 

170 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS .......................................... 18,585 18,585 

190 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ................................................ 297,594 297,594 

200 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT .................................................. 3,954 3,954 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 377,286 377,926 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –36,200 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–36,200 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –36,200 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG ........... 8,646,145 8,610,430 

COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA 

TRAIN AND EQUIP 

COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF) 

010 IRAQ ................................................................................................. 380,758 380,758 

020 SYRIA ............................................................................................... 147,941 147,941 

SUBTOTAL COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP 

FUND (CTEF) .......................................................................... 528,699 528,699 

TOTAL COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND 

SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP ................................................ 528,699 528,699 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ....................... 6,876,414 6,906,414 

Maritime/Littoral Domain ISR—CENTCOM UFR ........................ [30,000 ] 

020 FLEET AIR TRAINING ................................................................. 2,980,271 2,980,271 

050 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT ............................................................. 1,444,564 1,444,564 

060 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE .......................................... 1,747,475 1,747,475 

080 AVIATION LOGISTICS .................................................................. 2,020,926 2,020,926 

090 MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS ............................ 7,561,665 7,561,665 

100 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT & TRAINING ........................... 1,576,167 1,576,167 

110 SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE .................................................... 12,121,320 12,186,320 

Prevent retirement of ESD .............................................................. [65,000 ] 

120 SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ..................................... 2,722,849 2,722,849 

130 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE ............................................................................................ 1,845,351 1,847,317 

Accelerate Long Endurance Electronic Decoy (LEED)—Navy 

UFR .............................................................................................. [2,300 ] 

Counter Uncrewed Systems (C-UxS) / Integrated Air and Missile 

Defense (IAMD)—AFRICOM ...................................................... [375 ] 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–709 ] 

140 SPACE SYSTEMS AND SURVEILLANCE .................................. 429,851 429,851 

150 WARFARE TACTICS ..................................................................... 1,030,531 1,030,531 

160 OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY ..... 462,111 462,111 

170 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES ...................................................... 2,430,990 2,438,190 


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USEUCOM+NATO Maritime Command and Control (C2) ........... [7,200 ] 

180 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND DEPOT OPERATIONS 

SUPPORT .................................................................................... 49,520 49,520 

200 COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS ............... 93,949 93,949 

210 COMBATANT COMMANDERS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT 395,278 610,618 

AI-Enabled Planning & Wargaming (STORMBREAKER) ............. [18,000 ] 

Campaigning—Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC) ... [53,000 ] 

Joint lnteragency Task Force—West (JIATF-W) ........................... [4,260 ] 

Joint Task Force Micronesia (JTF-M) ............................................ [40,080 ] 

Joint Training Team (JTT) ............................................................. [100,000 ] 

220 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................... 577,882 578,882 

Accelerate GRANDSTAND—Navy UFR ........................................ [1,000 ] 

230 FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE ...................................................... 1,866,966 1,866,966 

240 WEAPONS MAINTENANCE ......................................................... 1,596,682 1,722,282 

Accelerate Mk–48 Heavy Weight Torpedo (HWT) Procurement 

(+41)—Navy UFR ....................................................................... [9,200 ] 

Accelerate Subsea and Seabed Warfare (SSW) ROV—Navy UFR [2,100 ] 

Accelerate Weapons Combat Expenditure Replacement for SM– 

2—Navy UFR ............................................................................... [93,000 ] 

Longbow Hellfire integration ............................................................ [21,300 ] 

250 OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS SUPPORT .................................... 785,511 785,511 

260 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION .................................................... 1,824,127 1,824,127 

270 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION .... 4,654,449 5,694,449 

Guam disaster recovery and resilient rebuild FSRM ....................... [70,000 ] 

Guam Glass Breakwater ................................................................... [300,000 ] 

Navy 95% executable FSRM ............................................................ [670,000 ] 

280 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ..................................................... 6,324,454 6,324,454 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 63,419,303 64,905,409 

MOBILIZATION 

290 SHIP PREPOSITIONING AND SURGE ...................................... 463,722 463,722 

300 READY RESERVE FORCE ........................................................... 780,558 780,558 

310 SHIP ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS ...................................... 1,030,030 1,030,030 

320 EXPEDITIONARY HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS ................. 173,200 173,200 

330 COAST GUARD SUPPORT ........................................................... 21,800 21,800 

SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION ................................................. 2,469,310 2,469,310 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

340 OFFICER ACQUISITION .............................................................. 206,282 205,836 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–446 ] 

350 RECRUIT TRAINING .................................................................... 18,748 18,748 

360 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS ................................. 169,044 169,044 

370 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ............................................... 1,236,735 1,236,735 

380 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ..................... 357,317 358,317 

Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject Matter Exchange Program .................................................... [1,000 ] 

390 TRAINING SUPPORT .................................................................... 434,173 432,506 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–1,667 ] 

400 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ............................................ 281,107 281,107 

410 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ........................... 77,223 77,223 

420 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING .................................. 73,510 73,510 

430 JUNIOR ROTC ................................................................................ 59,649 59,649 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ................... 2,913,788 2,912,675 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

440 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 1,453,465 1,453,465 

450 CIVILIAN MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 252,723 251,086 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–1,637 ] 

460 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 729,351 728,641 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–710 ] 

470 MEDICAL ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 324,055 324,055 

480 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT ......................................................................................... 69,348 69,348 

490 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .......................................... 275,379 275,379 

510 PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND PROGRAM SUPPORT ...... 609,648 609,648 

520 ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS, AND OVERSIGHT ........................ 869,350 869,350 

530 INVESTIGATIVE AND SECURITY SERVICES ......................... 980,857 980,857 

999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................ 656,005 656,005 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 6,220,181 6,217,834 


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Request 

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UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –84,570 

Foreign Currency Fluctuations ........................................................ [–5,270 ] 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–79,300 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –84,570 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY ..... 75,022,582 76,420,658 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 OPERATIONAL FORCES .............................................................. 1,848,218 1,909,618 

Campaigning—U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) [47,000 ] 

Marine Corps realignment—high cut enhanced combat helmet ....... [14,400 ] 

020 FIELD LOGISTICS ........................................................................ 1,990,769 1,990,769 

030 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................................... 241,350 241,350 

040 MARITIME PREPOSITIONING .................................................... 176,356 176,356 

060 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................... 271,819 271,819 

070 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .......... 1,304,957 1,932,287 

Marine Corps 95% executable FSRM .............................................. [100,000 ] 

Marine Corps realignment—Barracks 2030 ..................................... [379,330 ] 

USMC Enterprise-Wide Facilities Modernization—USMC UFR .... [148,000 ] 

080 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ..................................................... 3,035,867 3,229,867 

Barracks base operating support ...................................................... [194,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 8,869,336 9,752,066 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

090 RECRUIT TRAINING .................................................................... 26,610 26,610 

100 OFFICER ACQUISITION .............................................................. 1,418 1,418 

110 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ............................................... 128,502 128,502 

120 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ..................... 63,208 64,208 

Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject Matter Exchange Program .................................................... [1,000 ] 

130 TRAINING SUPPORT .................................................................... 553,166 553,166 

140 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ............................................ 237,077 309,927 

Advertising—USMC UFR ................................................................ [72,850 ] 

150 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ........................... 50,000 50,000 

160 JUNIOR ROTC ................................................................................ 30,276 30,276 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ................... 1,090,257 1,164,107 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

180 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .......................................... 96,528 96,528 

190 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 442,037 440,037 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–2,000 ] 

999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................ 64,646 64,646 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 603,211 601,211 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –17,030 

Foreign Currency Fluctuations ........................................................ [–3,930 ] 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–13,100 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –17,030 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE 

CORPS ....................................................................................... 10,562,804 11,500,354 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ....................... 708,701 708,701 

030 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT ............................................................. 10,250 10,250 

040 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE .......................................... 148,292 148,292 

060 AVIATION LOGISTICS .................................................................. 33,200 33,200 

070 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................... 21,211 21,211 

080 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES ...................................................... 199,551 199,551 

090 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................... 291 291 

100 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION .................................................... 33,027 33,027 

110 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION .... 50,200 50,200 

120 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ..................................................... 119,124 119,124 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 1,323,847 1,323,847 

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130 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 2,067 2,067 

140 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 13,575 13,575 

150 ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ...................... 2,173 2,173 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 17,815 17,815 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –2,900 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–2,900 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –2,900 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES 1,341,662 1,338,762 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 OPERATING FORCES ................................................................... 132,907 132,907 

020 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................................... 22,073 22,073 

030 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION .... 47,677 47,677 

040 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ..................................................... 122,734 122,734 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 325,391 325,391 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

050 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 12,689 12,689 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 12,689 12,689 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –1,800 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–1,800 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –1,800 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE ........................................................................................ 338,080 336,280 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES ...................................................... 910,849 1,060,388 

Campaigning—Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) - INDOPACOM UFR [48,000 ] 

Fighter Force Re-Optimization (+208 PMAI a/c)—AF UFR ........ [1,981 ] 

Prevent retirement of F–15Es .......................................................... [98,144 ] 

Prevent retirement of F–22s ............................................................ [1,414 ] 

020 COMBAT ENHANCEMENT FORCES ......................................... 2,631,887 2,687,887 

Campaigning—Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) - INDOPACOM UFR [20,000 ] 

C-UAS Electronic Support—CENTCOM UFR ............................... [36,000 ] 

030 AIR OPERATIONS TRAINING (OJT, MAINTAIN SKILLS) .... 1,526,855 1,793,155 

PACAF biennial ACE exercises—AF UFR ..................................... [266,300 ] 

040 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ............... 4,862,731 4,875,974 

Prevent retirement of F–22s ............................................................ [13,243 ] 

050 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .............................................................................. 4,413,268 6,253,268 

Air Force 95% executable FSRM ..................................................... [1,150,000 ] 

Guam disaster recovery and resilient rebuild FSRM ....................... [680,000 ] 

Increases to unfunded requirements for PFAS ................................ [10,000 ] 

060 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT ................................................... 245,330 245,330 

070 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ............................................................................................ 10,100,030 10,406,232 

Campaigning—Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) - INDOPACOM UFR [21,500 ] 

Fighter Force Re-Optimization (+208 PMAI a/c)—AF UFR ........ [3,156 ] 

Prevent retirement of F–22s ............................................................ [281,546 ] 

080 FLYING HOUR PROGRAM ........................................................... 7,010,770 7,828,786 

Prevent retirement of F–22s ............................................................ [65,017 ] 

USAF one-time spares increase—AF UFR ..................................... [752,999 ] 

090 BASE SUPPORT ............................................................................. 11,449,394 11,449,394 

100 GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING ....................................... 1,294,815 1,294,815 

110 OTHER COMBAT OPS SPT PROGRAMS ................................... 1,840,433 1,857,032 

Counter Uncrewed Systems (C-UxS) / Integrated Air and Missile 

Defense (IAMD)—AFRICOM ...................................................... [16,599 ] 

120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................... 874,283 874,283 

140 MEDICAL READINESS ................................................................. 567,561 567,561 

160 US NORTHCOM/NORAD ............................................................... 212,311 272,011 

Expand JTF North .......................................................................... [25,000 ] 

Foundational information technology ............................................... [34,700 ] 


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Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

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170 US STRATCOM ............................................................................... 524,159 524,659 

Expeditionary Shelter Protection System ......................................... [500 ] 

190 US CENTCOM ................................................................................. 333,250 421,250 

Cloud Computing Environment / Cloud Transition—CENTCOM 

UFR .............................................................................................. [20,000 ] 

Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative— 

CENTCOM UFR .......................................................................... [8,000 ] 

Mission Data Platform Enterprise Licenses—CENTCOM UFR .... [16,000 ] 

MSS Licenses and AI Enhancements—CENTCOM UFR .............. [44,000 ] 

200 US SOCOM ...................................................................................... 28,431 28,431 

210 US TRANSCOM .............................................................................. 681 681 

220 CENTCOM CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT ............................... 1,466 1,466 

230 USSPACECOM ................................................................................ 418,153 418,153 

999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................ 1,848,981 1,848,981 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 51,095,638 56,558,718 

MOBILIZATION 

250 AIRLIFT OPERATIONS ................................................................ 3,502,648 3,502,648 

260 MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS ............................................. 260,168 260,168 

SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION ................................................. 3,762,816 3,762,816 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

270 OFFICER ACQUISITION .............................................................. 219,822 219,581 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–241 ] 

280 RECRUIT TRAINING .................................................................... 28,133 28,133 

290 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) .................. 129,859 124,132 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–5,727 ] 

300 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ............................................... 624,525 624,525 

310 FLIGHT TRAINING ....................................................................... 882,998 882,998 

320 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ..................... 322,278 323,278 

Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject Matter Exchange Program .................................................... [1,000 ] 

330 TRAINING SUPPORT .................................................................... 192,028 192,028 

340 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ............................................ 216,939 216,939 

350 EXAMINING ................................................................................... 7,913 7,913 

360 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ........................... 255,673 255,673 

370 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING .................................. 361,897 361,897 

380 JUNIOR ROTC ................................................................................ 74,682 74,682 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ................... 3,316,747 3,311,779 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

390 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS ........................................................... 1,212,268 1,212,268 

400 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ......................................... 175,511 175,511 

410 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 1,381,555 1,368,358 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–13,197 ] 

420 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS .......................................... 34,913 34,913 

430 OTHER SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ......................................... 1,933,264 1,933,264 

440 CIVIL AIR PATROL ....................................................................... 31,520 31,520 

460 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT ......................................................................................... 51,756 51,756 

480 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ...................................................... 93,490 93,490 

999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................ 1,528,256 1,528,256 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 6,442,533 7,957,592 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –153,350 

Foreign Currency Fluctuations ........................................................ [–3,650 ] 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–149,700 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –153,350 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 

FORCE ....................................................................................... 64,617,734 68,060,318 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 GLOBAL C3I & EARLY WARNING ............................................. 694,469 694,469 

020 SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS .................................................. 373,584 373,584 

030 SPACE OPERATIONS ................................................................... 936,956 936,956 

040 EDUCATION & TRAINING ........................................................... 235,459 235,459 

060 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................................... 80,571 80,571 


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Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

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Authorized 

070 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .............................................................................. 488,709 500,709 

STARCOM Facility—Space Force UFR ......................................... [12,000 ] 

080 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ............. 1,346,611 1,346,611 

090 SPACE OPERATIONS -BOS ......................................................... 238,717 238,717 

100 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................... 139,983 139,983 

999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................ 537,908 537,908 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 5,072,967 5,084,967 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

110 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS ........................................................... 35,313 35,313 

120 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 183,992 183,992 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 219,305 219,305 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –32,050 

Foreign Currency Fluctuations ........................................................ [–50 ] 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–32,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –32,050 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE 

FORCE ....................................................................................... 5,292,272 5,272,222 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES ...................................................... 1,958,968 1,958,968 

020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS ............................................ 177,080 177,080 

030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ............... 597,172 597,172 

040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .............................................................................. 123,394 123,394 

050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ............................................................................................ 601,302 601,302 

060 BASE SUPPORT ............................................................................. 585,943 585,943 

070 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................... 2,331 2,331 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 4,046,190 4,046,190 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

080 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 92,732 92,647 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–85 ] 

090 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ............................................ 10,855 10,855 

100 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERS MGMT (ARPC) ............... 17,188 17,188 

110 OTHER PERS SUPPORT (DISABILITY COMP) ....................... 6,304 6,304 

120 AUDIOVISUAL ............................................................................... 527 527 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 127,606 127,521 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –33,300 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–33,300 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –33,300 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE ........................................................................................ 4,173,796 4,140,411 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ............................................................ 2,626,498 2,626,498 

020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS ............................................ 649,621 649,621 

030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ............... 1,004,771 1,004,771 

040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .............................................................................. 458,917 458,917 

050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ............................................................................................ 1,353,383 1,353,383 

060 BASE SUPPORT ............................................................................. 1,119,429 1,119,243 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–186 ] 

070 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT ................................................... 14,291 14,291 

080 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................... 57,162 57,162 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 7,284,072 7,283,886 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

090 ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................ 71,454 71,964 


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Increase for 7 new State Partnership Program partners—NGB 

UFR .............................................................................................. [510 ] 

100 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ............................................ 48,245 48,245 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 119,699 120,209 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 –8,600 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–8,600 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 –8,600 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG .............. 7,403,771 7,395,495 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF .......................................................... 461,772 460,272 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–1,500 ] 

020 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF—JTEEP .......................................... 696,446 696,446 

030 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF—CYBER ......................................... 9,100 9,100 

040 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE—MISO ........... 253,176 267,176 

Military Information Support Operations (MISO)—AFRICOM ..... [14,000 ] 

050 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND COMBAT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES .................................................................... 2,082,777 2,082,777 

060 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MAINTENANCE ............ 1,197,289 1,198,289 

Counter Uncrewed Systems—SOCOM UFR ................................... [1,000 ] 

070 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS .................................................... 203,622 203,622 

080 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND THEATER FORCES ...... 3,410,271 3,410,271 

090 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................. 51,263 51,263 

100 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND INTELLIGENCE ........... 1,266,217 1,266,217 

110 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT ............................................................................................ 1,453,809 1,453,809 

120 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ...................................................... 1,361,360 1,396,360 

Department of Defense-Wide Internet Operations Management Capability .......................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

Program increase .............................................................................. [25,000 ] 

130 USCYBERCOM HEADQUARTERS .............................................. 344,376 344,376 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .................................... 12,791,478 12,839,978 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

140 DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY ................................... 184,963 184,963 

150 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF .......................................................... 132,101 133,101 

Key Partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject Matter Exchange Program .................................................... [1,000 ] 

160 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ...................................................... 31,806 31,806 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ................... 348,870 349,870 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

170 CIVIL MILITARY PROGRAMS ..................................................... 140,375 140,375 

180 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY—CYBER .................. 4,961 4,961 

190 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY ................................... 673,621 667,521 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–6,100 ] 

200 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY ................... 1,543,134 1,542,134 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–1,000 ] 

210 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY—CYBER .. 42,541 42,541 

220 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY 

AGENCY ...................................................................................... 952,464 952,464 

240 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY 

AGENCY—CYBER ...................................................................... 9,794 9,794 

250 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY—CYBER ........... 39,781 39,781 

260 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY ............................ 1,104,152 1,112,152 

Re-establishment of Troops-to-Teachers program ............................ [8,000 ] 

290 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY ...................... 2,614,041 2,610,641 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–3,400 ] 

300 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY—CYBER ..... 504,896 504,896 

310 DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY .................................... 207,918 197,118 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–10,800 ] 

320 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY ................................................. 412,257 400,572 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–10,085 ] 


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Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Unobligated balances ........................................................................ [–1,600 ] 

330 DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY ...................................................... 244,689 244,689 

340 DEFENSE POW/MIA OFFICE ..................................................... 188,022 188,022 

350 DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY .................... 2,889,957 3,333,657 

Full replenishment funding for Taiwan drawdowns ......................... [400,000 ] 

Irregular Warfare Center ................................................................. [5,000 ] 

JPAC, IBP analytical expansion ...................................................... [5,000 ] 

Near Coastal Patrol Vessel—SOUTHCOM ..................................... [12,500 ] 

Theater Maintenance Partnership Initiative (TMPI)— 

SOUTHCOM ................................................................................ [21,200 ] 

360 DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ... 42,380 42,380 

370 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY ............................ 858,476 858,476 

390 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY—CYBER ............ 72,952 72,952 

400 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY ......... 3,559,288 3,639,288 

Impact aid for children with severe disabilities ................................ [30,000 ] 

Impact aid for schools with military dependent students ................. [50,000 ] 

410 MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY ..................................................... 605,766 605,766 

420 OFFICE OF THE LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY COOPERATION ................................................................................ 117,081 117,081 

460 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE—CYBER ........ 99,583 99,583 

470 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ........................ 2,980,715 3,025,279 

Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup ................................................................... [30,000 ] 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nation-wide human 

health assessment .......................................................................... [5,000 ] 

Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation .............. [15,000 ] 

Diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................... [–15,436 ] 

Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program ....... [10,000 ] 

480 WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES .......................... 496,512 496,512 

999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................ 20,630,146 20,655,146 

SD-WAN classified network expansion ............................................ [25,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................... 41,035,502 41,603,781 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ......................................................................... 0 1,330,090 

Foreign Currency Fluctuations ........................................................ [–580 ] 

FY25 bulk fuel bill ........................................................................... [1,330,670 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ............................................. 0 1,330,090 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE ........................................................................... 54,175,850 56,123,719 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 

ARMED FORCES 

010 US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, DEFENSE ......................................................................................... 21,035 21,035 

SUBTOTAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE ARMED FORCES .............................................. 21,035 21,035 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............ 21,035 21,035 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS 

OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND 

CIVIC AID 

010 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER AND CIVIC AID ... 115,335 115,335 

SUBTOTAL OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID ..................................................... 115,335 115,335 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............ 115,335 115,335 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS 

COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 

010 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ..................................... 350,116 350,116 

SUBTOTAL COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 

ACCOUNT ................................................................................. 350,116 350,116 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............ 350,116 350,116 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS 

ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 


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Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

010 ACQ WORKFORCE DEV FD ........................................................ 56,176 56,176 

SUBTOTAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................... 56,176 56,176 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............ 56,176 56,176 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 

060 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY .............................. 268,069 338,069 

Increases to unfunded requirements for PFAS ................................ [70,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, 

ARMY .......................................................................................... 268,069 338,069 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............ 268,069 338,069 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 

120 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE ...................... 8,800 8,800 

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, 

ARMY .......................................................................................... 8,800 8,800 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............ 8,800 8,800 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE 

100 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE .................... 320,256 330,256 

Increases to unfunded requirements for PFAS ................................ [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE ........................................................................................ 320,256 330,256 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............ 320,256 330,256 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE 

080 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY .............................. 343,591 343,591 

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE ........................................................................................ 343,591 343,591 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............ 343,591 343,591 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY 

USED DEFENSE SITES 

140 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED 

SITES ........................................................................................... 234,475 234,475 

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, 

FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES ............................. 234,475 234,475 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............ 234,475 234,475 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE .......................... 296,334,504 305,237,190 

1 TITLE XLIV—MILITARY 

2 PERSONNEL 

3 SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

MILITARY PERSONNEL 

MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS 

MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS ..................... 170,834,234 171,254,888 


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Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Air Force Reserve—diversity and inclusion programs reduction [–75 ] 

Air National Guard—diversity and inclusion programs reduction .......................................................................................... [–546 ] 

Air National Guard AGR end strength increase ........................ 30,000 

Air National Guard increase for 7 new State Partnership Program partners—NGB UFR .................................................... 1,350 

Army National Guard—diversity and inclusion programs reduction ..................................................................................... [–83 ] 

Army National Guard increase for 7 new State Partnership 

Program partners—NGB UFR .............................................. 1,800 

Foreign currency fluctuation ...................................................... [–8,600 ] 

FY25 topline increase for junior enlisted pay increase .............. 1,000,000 

Increase to junior enlisted pay ................................................... 57,000 

Prevent retirement of F–15Es .................................................... 19,258 

Prevent retirement of F–22s ...................................................... 57,910 

Unobligated balances .................................................................. [–737,360 ] 

SUBTOTAL MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS ........................................................................ 170,834,234 171,254,888 

MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH CARE 

FUND CONTRIBUTIONS 

MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUND 

CONTRIBUTIONS ................................................................ 11,046,305 11,046,305 

SUBTOTAL MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE 

HEALTH CARE FUND CONTRIBUTIONS ............. 11,046,305 11,046,305 

TOTAL MILITARY PERSONNEL .................................. 181,880,539 182,301,193 

1 TITLE XLV—OTHER 

2 AUTHORIZATIONS 

3 SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS. 

SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY 

010 INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS .................................................................. 21,776 21,776 

030 SUPPLY MANAGEMENT—ARMY ......................................................... 1,828 1,828 

SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY ..................... 23,604 23,604 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, NAVY 

020 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTERS ............................................ 30,000 30,000 

SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, NAVY ...................... 30,000 30,000 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE 

020 SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS ................................................................ 86,874 246,674 

Enterprise Space Activity Group Working Capital Fund Cash Corpus— 

Space Force UFR ................................................................................... [159,800] 

SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE ......... 86,874 246,674 

NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND 

010 DEFENSE STOCKPILE .......................................................................... 7,629 207,629 

Program increase for National Defense Stockpile ...................................... [200,000] 

SUBTOTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND .................................................................................. 7,629 207,629 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE 

010 DEFENSE AUTOMATION & PRODUCTION SERVICES ................... 03 03 


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Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

020 ENERGY MANAGEMENT—DEF ........................................................... 2,253 2,253 

SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE 2,256 2,256 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA 

010 WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA ...................................................... 1,570,187 1,570,187 

SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA ..................... 1,570,187 1,570,187 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND ............................................. 1,720,550 2,080,350 

CHEM AGENTS & MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 

1 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION—O&M ..................................................... 20,745 20,745 

SUBTOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ........................... 20,745 20,745 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

2 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION—RDT&E ................................................ 754,762 754,762 

SUBTOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 

EVALUATION ................................................................................... 754,762 754,762 

TOTAL CHEM AGENTS & MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION .... 775,507 775,507 

DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEF 

DRUG INTRDCTN 

010 COUNTER-NARCOTICS SUPPORT ....................................................... 339,292 392,277 

Prioritizing counter-drug ............................................................................ [52,985] 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ...................................................................... 314,410 314,410 

SUBTOTAL DRUG INTRDCTN ...................................................... 653,702 706,687 

DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM 

020 DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM .......................................... 135,567 135,567 

SUBTOTAL DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM ....... 135,567 135,567 

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM 

030 NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM ............................ 106,043 106,043 

SUBTOTAL NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM ................................................................................................... 106,043 106,043 

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS 

040 NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS ............................. 6,167 6,167 

SUBTOTAL NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG 

SCHOOLS ........................................................................................... 6,167 6,167 

TOTAL DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEF ........................................................................................... 901,479 954,464 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 

010 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ...................................................... 542,107 542,107 

020 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ...................................................... 1,988 1,988 

030 RDT&E ....................................................................................................... 1,900 1,900 

040 PROCUREMENT ...................................................................................... 1,336 1,336 

SUBTOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ........ 544,095 544,095 

SUBTOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ........ 1,900 1,900 

SUBTOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ........ 1,336 1,336 

TOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ................. 547,331 547,331 

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 

010 IN-HOUSE CARE ..................................................................................... 10,766,432 10,766,432 

020 PRIVATE SECTOR CARE ....................................................................... 20,599,128 20,603,128 

Brain health and trauma demonstration program ..................................... [4,000] 

040 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ........................................................... 2,469,204 2,469,204 

050 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 341,254 341,254 

060 EDUCATION AND TRAINING ............................................................... 371,817 371,817 

070 BASE OPERATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS ........................................... 2,306,692 2,306,692 

30 CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT ................................................ 2,048,030 2,048,030 

SUBTOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ........................... 38,902,557 38,906,557 

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Line Item FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

080 R&D RESEARCH ...................................................................................... 41,476 41,476 

090 R&D EXPLORATRY DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 188,564 188,564 

100 R&D ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ...................................................... 328,825 328,825 

110 R&D DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION ................................................ 175,518 175,518 

120 R&D ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT ................................................ 130,931 130,931 

130 R&D MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT .................................................. 88,425 88,425 

140 R&D CAPABILITIES ENHANCEMENT ................................................ 18,697 18,697 

SUBTOTAL RDT&E ............................................................................ 972,436 972,436 

PROCUREMENT 

150 PROC INITIAL OUTFITTING ................................................................ 23,449 23,449 

160 PROC REPLACEMENT & MODERNIZATION ..................................... 243,184 243,184 

170 PROC JOINT OPERATIONAL MEDICINE INFORMATION SYSTEM ........................................................................................................ 30,129 30,129 

180 PROC MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM—DESKTOP TO 

DATACENTER ...................................................................................... 75,536 75,536 

190 PROC DOD HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................ 26,569 26,569 

SUBTOTAL PROCUREMENT ......................................................... 398,867 398,867 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

190 UNDISTRIBUTED ................................................................................... 0 –186,800 

Foreign Currency Fluctuations .................................................................. [–900] 

Unobligated balances .................................................................................. [–185,900] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................... 0 –186,800 

TOTAL DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM .................................... 40,273,860 40,091,060 

TOTAL OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS ............................................ 44,218,727 44,448,712 

1 TITLE XLVI—MILITARY 

2 CONSTRUCTION 

3 SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION. 

SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

ARMY 

Alaska 

Army Fort Wainwright AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE GUN RANGE 23,000 23,000 

Army Fort Wainwright UNACCOMPANIED ENLISTED PERSONNEL HOUSING 0 15,000 

Arizona 

Army Libby Army Airfield AIRFIELD CONTROL TOWER (DESIGN) 0 1,500 

Army Libby Army Airfield FIRE & RESCUE STATION (DESIGN) 0 4,000 

Army Yuma Proving Ground POLE LINE ROAD (DESIGN) 0 1,000 

Belgium 

Army Shape Headquarters YOUTH CENTER 45,000 45,000 

California 

Army Fort Irwin TRAINING SUPPORT CENTER 44,000 44,000 

Army Military Ocean Terminal Concord AMMUNITION HOLDING FACILITY 68,000 68,000 

Florida 

Army Naval Air Station Key 

West 

JOINT INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCESOUTH COMMAND AND CONTROL FACILITY 

0 90,000 

Georgia 

Army Fort Eisenhower CYBER FACULTY OPERATIONS AND 

AUDITORIUM FACILITY (DESIGN) 

0 6,100 

Army Fort Moore DEXTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (DESIGN) 0 14,000 

Army Fort Stewart UNACCOMPANIED PERSONNEL BARRACKS (DESIGN) 0 5,600 


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Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Germany 

Army Smith Barracks BARRACKS 61,000 61,000 

Army U.S. Army Garrison 

Ansbach 

BARRACKS 100,000 100,000 

Army U.S. Army Garrison 

Ansbach 

BARRACKS 91,000 91,000 

Army U.S. Army Garrison 

Bavaria 

COST TO COMPLETE—SIMULATIONS 

CENTER 

35,000 35,000 

Army U.S. Army Garrison 

Bavaria 

OPERATIONAL READINESS TRAINING 

COMPLEX (ORTC) UNDERGROUND 

ELECTRIC LINE 

0 12,856 

Army U.S. Army Garrison 

Wiesbaden 

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 44,000 44,000 

Guam 

Army Joint Region Marianas GDS BATTALION HEADQUARTERS 0 47,000 

Army Joint Region Marianas GDS ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION 0 23,000 

Army Joint Region Marianas GDS FORWARD OPERATING SITES 0 75,000 

Hawaii 

Army Bradshaw Army Airfield AIRFIELD OPERATIONS BUILDING 0 20,000 

Army Wheeler Army Airfield AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR 231,000 36,000 

Illinois 

Army Rock Island Arsenal CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 1,320 

Kentucky 

Army Campbell Army Airfield AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (DESIGN) 0 3,000 

Army Fort Campbell AUTOMATED RECORD FIRE PLUS 

RANGE 

11,800 11,800 

Army Fort Campbell CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 3,000 

Army Fort Campbell HANGAR (DESIGN) 0 6,000 

Army Fort Campbell MODERNIZED HANGAR (DESIGN) 0 11,000 

Army Fort Knox SOLDIER SERVICES CENTER (DESIGN) 0 4,200 

Louisiana 

Army Fort Johnson BARRACKS 117,000 0 

Army Fort Johnson ROTATIONAL UNIT BILLETING AREA 

(DESIGN) 

0 6,300 

Maryland 

Army Fort Meade CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 46,000 46,000 

Michigan 

Army Detroit Arsenal MANNED/UNMANNED TACTICAL VEHICLE LAB 37,000 37,000 

Missouri 

Army Fort Leonard Wood ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING 

BARRACKS COMPLEX, PHASE 2 

144,000 120,000 

New York 

Army Fort Drum AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR ADDITION, WASH RACK AND PAINT 

BOOTH (DESIGN) 

0 9,800 

Army Fort Drum ARMY COMBAT FITNESS TESTING FACILITY FIELD HOUSE (DESIGN) 0 8,300 

Army Fort Drum FIELD ARTILLERY VEHICLE STORAGE 

SHEDS (DESIGN) 

0 830 

Army Fort Drum ORTC PHASE II, ENLISTED TRANSIENT 

TRAINING BARRACKS (DESIGN) 

0 6,100 

Army Fort Drum RANGE 41C, AUTOMATED RECORD 

FIRE MODIFICATION FOR NEXT 

GENERATION SQUAD WEAPON (DESIGN) 

0 2,300 

Army Watervliet Arsenal FIRE STATION 53,000 53,000 

Army Wheeler-Sack Army 

Airfield 

FIRE STATION 3 (DESIGN) 0 2,900 

North Carolina 

Army Fort Liberty CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 39,000 0 

Pennsylvania 

Army Letterkenny Army 

Depot 

COMPONENT REBUILD SHOP (INC 1) 90,000 45,000 

Army Letterkenny Army 

Depot 

MISSILE/MUNITIONS DISTRIBUTION 

FACILITY 

62,000 62,000 

Puerto Rico 

Army Fort Buchanan POTABLE WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM 0 20,100 

South Carolina 

Army Fort Jackson CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 4,915 

Texas 

Army Fort Bliss COST TO COMPLETE—RAIL YARD 44,000 44,000 


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Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Army Fort Cavazos MOTOR POOL #70 0 69,000 

Army Fort Cavazos MOTOR POOL #71 0 78,000 

Army Red River Army Depot VEHICLE PAINT SHOP 34,000 34,000 

Virginia 

Army Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall BARRACKS 180,000 180,000 

Army Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall HORSE FARM LAND ACQUISITION 8,500 0 

Washington 

Army Joint Base LewisMcChord BARRACKS 161,000 37,000 

Army Joint Base LewisMcChord FIRE AND RESCUE STATION (DESIGN) 0 2,900 

Army Joint Base LewisMcChord SUPPLY SUPPORT ACTIVITY 31,000 31,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN 273,727 273,727 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (BARRACKS) 0 47,650 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EDI: MINOR CONSTRUCTION 14,519 14,519 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

HOST NATION SUPPORT 25,000 25,000 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MINOR CONSTRUCTION 97,000 97,000 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PDI: DESIGN 26,011 26,011 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PDI: INDOPACOM MINOR CONSTRUCTION PILOT 66,600 66,600 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PDI: MINOR CONSTRUCTION 8,000 8,000 

Subtotal Military Construction, Army ........................................................................ 2,311,157 2,361,328 

NAVY & MARINE CORPS 

Arizona 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corps Air Station Yuma IAP RUNWAY EXTENSION (DESIGN) 0 10,237 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corps Air Station Yuma WATER TREATMENT PLANT 0 50,000 

Australia 

Navy & Marine Corps Royal Australian Air 

Force Base Darwin 

PDI: AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR 117,380 32,380 

Navy & Marine Corps Royal Australian Air 

Force Base Darwin 

PDI: MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FACILITY 62,320 62,320 

Federated States of Micronesia 

Navy & Marine Corps Yap International Airport AIRFIELD PAVEMENT UPGRADES 0 50,000 

Navy & Marine Corps Yap International Airport PORT & HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS 0 709,086 

Florida 

Navy & Marine Corps Cape Canaveral Space 

Force Station 

ENGINEERING TEST FACILITY 221,060 72,060 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Air Station Whiting Field CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 3,043 

Georgia 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Submarine Base 

Kings Bay 

TRIDENT REFIT FACILITY EXPANSION 

(INC) 

115,000 115,000 

Guam 

Navy & Marine Corps Andersen Air Force 

Base 

HSC–25 HANGAR REPLACEMENT FACILITY 2641 0 125,000 

Navy & Marine Corps Andersen Air Force 

Base 

PDI: YOUTH CENTER 78,730 78,730 

Navy & Marine Corps Joint Region Marianas JOINT COMMUNICATION UPGRADE 0 166,170 

Navy & Marine Corps Joint Region Marianas JOINT CONSOLIDATED COMM CENTER 0 196,400 

Navy & Marine Corps Joint Region Marianas SATELLITE COMM CENTER 0 307,000 

Navy & Marine Corps Joint Region Marianas PDI: EARTH COVERED MAGAZINES 107,439 42,439 

Hawaii 

Navy & Marine Corps Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam DRY DOCK 3 REPLACEMENT (INC) 1,199,000 1,271,000 

Navy & Marine Corps Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam 

WATER TREATMENT PLANT 0 75,000 

Navy & Marine Corps Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam WATERFRONT PRODUCTION FACILITY 0 105,000 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corps Base 

Kaneohe Bay 

AIRCRAFT HANGAR & PARKING APRON 203,520 33,520 


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Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corps Base 

Kaneohe Bay 

AIRCRAFT REFUEL PIT 0 17,000 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corps Base 

Kaneohe Bay 

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION MODERNIZATION 0 94,250 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corps Base 

Kaneohe Bay 

MAIN GATE ENTRY CONTROL FACILITY 0 64,100 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Ammunition 

Depot West Loch 

HIGH EXPLOSIVE MAGAZINES 0 104,870 

Japan 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corops Base 

Camp Butler 

MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 86,180 

Maine 

Navy & Marine Corps Portsmouth Naval 

Shipyard 

MULTI-MISSION DRY DOCK #1 EXTENSION (INC) 400,578 335,578 

Maryland 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Surface Warfare 

Center Indian Head 

CONTAINED BURN FACILITY 0 50,000 

Nevada 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Air Station 

Fallon 

RANGE TRAINING COMPLEX IMPROVEMENTS 0 45,000 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Air Station 

Fallon 

TRAINING RANGE LAND ACQUISITION, 

PHASE 2 

48,300 48,300 

North Carolina 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR 213,520 65,520 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point COMPOSITE REPAIR FACILITY 114,020 20,020 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point F–35 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINMENT CENTER (INC) 50,000 50,000 

Palau 

Navy & Marine Corps Koror, Port of Malakal HARBOR WHARF IMPROVEMENTS 0 583,137 

Virginia 

Navy & Marine Corps Marine Corps Base 

Quantico 

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 5,681 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Air Station 

Oceana 

UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING (DESIGN) 0 7,323 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Station Norfolk CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 0 1,200 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Weapons Station 

Yorktown 

CONTAINERIZED LONG WEAPONS 

STORAGE MAGAZINE 

52,610 52,610 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Weapons Station 

Yorktown 

CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE TEST 

FACILITY 

47,130 47,130 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Weapons Station 

Yorktown 

CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE 

WEAPONS MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS & STORAGE FACILITY 

52,110 52,110 

Navy & Marine Corps Norfolk Naval Shipyard DRY DOCK 3 MODERNIZATION (INC) 54,366 54,366 

Washington 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Base Kitsap LAUNCHER EQUIPMENT PROCESSING 

BUILDING 

200,550 35,550 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Base Kitsap MICROGRID 0 77,270 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Magazine Indian 

Island 

MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 37,770 

Navy & Marine Corps Puget Sound Naval 

Shipyard 

CVN 78 AIRCRAFT CARRIER ELECTRIC 

UPGRADES 

182,200 26,200 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Navy & Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN 797,446 797,446 

Navy & Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (BARRACKS) 0 61,000 

Navy & Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DPRI UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 21,302 21,302 

Navy & Marine Corps Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 202,318 202,318 

Subtotal Military Construction, Navy & Marine Corps ........................................ 4,540,899 6,547,616 

AIR FORCE 

Alaska 

Air Force Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS COMPLEX 

(DESIGN) 

0 16,000 

Air Force Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson JOINT INTEGRATED TEST AND TRAINING CTR (INC) 126,000 126,000 

Arkansas 

Air Force Ebbing Air National 

Guard Base 

ACADEMIC TRAINING CENTER, FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING 0 74,000 

California 

Air Force Beale Air Force Base MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATIONS COMPLEX 0 148,000 


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Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

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Authorized 

Air Force Vandenberg Space 

Force Base 

GBSD RE-ENTRY VEHICLE FACILITY 110,000 45,000 

Air Force Vandenberg Space 

Force Base 

SENTINEL AETC FORMAL TRAINING 

UNIT 

167,000 90,000 

Colorado 

Air Force Buckley Space Force 

Base 

POWER INDEPENDENCE 0 60,000 

Air Force United States Air Force 

Academy 

AERONAUTICS LABORATORY (DESIGN) 0 1,850 

Delaware 

Air Force Dover Air Force Base 512TH OPERATIONS GROUP FACILITY 

(DESIGN) 

0 4,200 

Denmark 

Air Force Royal Danish Air Force 

Base Karup 

EDI: DABS-FEV STORAGE 110,000 25,000 

District of Columbia 

Air Force Joint Base AnacostiaBolling LARGE VEHICLE INSPECTION STATION 0 50,000 

Federated States of Micronesia 

Air Force Yap International Airport IAP RUNWAY EXTENSION 0 50,000 

Air Force Yap International Airport PDI: RUNWAY EXTENSION (INC) 96,000 96,000 

Florida 

Air Force Eglin Air Force Base ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS SUPERIORITY COMPLEX (DESIGN) 

0 10,000 

Air Force Eglin Air Force Base LRSO HARDWARE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEST FACILITY 8,400 8,400 

Air Force Tyndall Air Force Base FIRE/CRASH RESCUE STATION 0 48,000 

Georgia 

Air Force Robins Air Force Base BATTLE MANAGEMENT COMBINED 

OPS COMPLEX (INC) 

64,000 64,000 

Germany 

Air Force Ramstein Air Base AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION COMPOUND 0 22,000 

Idaho 

Air Force Mountain Home Air 

Force Base 

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 40,000 40,000 

Japan 

Air Force Kadena Air Base PDI: THEATER A/C CORROSION CONTROL CTR (INC 3) 132,700 57,700 

Louisiana 

Air Force Barksdale Air Force 

Base 

ADAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 0 22,000 

Massachusetts 

Air Force Hanscom Air Force 

Base 

MIT-LL/ENGINEERING AND PROTOTYPE FACILITY (INC) 76,000 76,000 

Mississippi 

Air Force Keesler Air Force Base AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER 0 25,000 

Montana 

Air Force Malmstrom Air Force 

Base 

GBSD COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE CONTROL FACILITY 20,000 20,000 

Air Force Malmstrom Air Force 

Base 

WEAPONS STORAGE & MAINTENANCE 

FACILITY (INC) 

238,000 238,000 

Nebraska 

Air Force Offutt Air Force Base CONSOLIDATED TRAINING COMPLEX/ 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER (DESIGN) 

0 6,000 

North Carolina 

Air Force Seymour Johnson Air 

Force Base 

COMBAT ARMS TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE COMPLEX 0 41,000 

North Dakota 

Air Force Grand Forks Air Force 

Base 

RUNWAY (DESIGN) 0 1,900 

Ohio 

Air Force Wright-Patterson Air 

Force Base 

RUNWAY (DESIGN) 0 15,000 

Air Force Wright-Patterson Air 

Force Base 

SPACE FORCE INTELLIGENCE CENTER 

(DESIGN) 

0 1,900 

Oregon 

Air Force Mountain Home Air 

Force Base 

HOMELAND DEFENSE OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR (INC) 198,000 198,000 

South Dakota 

Air Force Ellsworth Air Force 

Base 

B–21 ADAL SQUADRON OPERATIONS 44,000 44,000 

Air Force Ellsworth Air Force 

Base 

B–21 EAST ALERT APRON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SHELTERS 79,000 79,000 


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Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

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Authorized 

Air Force Ellsworth Air Force 

Base 

B–21 NORTH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SHELTERS (60 ROW) 54,000 54,000 

Air Force Ellsworth Air Force 

Base 

B–21 WEAPONS GENERATION FACILITY 

(INC) 

105,000 105,000 

Spain 

Air Force Naval Station Rota NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT HANGAR 15,200 15,200 

Texas 

Air Force Dyess Air Force Base B–21 LRS FUELS ADMINISTRATIVE 

LABORATORY 

12,800 12,800 

Air Force Dyess Air Force Base B–21 REFUELER TRUCK YARD 18,500 18,500 

Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland BMT – CLASSROOM/DINING FACILITY 4 0 215,000 

Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Sam Houston METC—BARRACKS/SHIPS/DORMS #1 

(INC) 

77,000 77,000 

Air Force Laughlin Air Force 

Base 

T–7A GROUND BASED TRAINING SYSTEM FACILITY 38,000 38,000 

Air Force Laughlin Air Force 

Base 

T–7A UNITY MAINTENANCE TRAINING 

FACILITY 

18,000 18,000 

United Kingdom 

Air Force Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath 

SURETY: BARRIER SYSTEMS 185,000 5,000 

Air Force Royal Air Force 

Mildenhall 

SOW CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE 51,000 51,000 

Unspecified 

Air Force Unspecified SAOC (DESIGN) 0 158,200 

Utah 

Air Force Hill Air Force Base T–7A DEPOT MAINTENANCE COMPLEX 

(INC) 

50,000 50,000 

Virginia 

Air Force Joint Base LangleyEustis DORMITORY 81,000 81,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Air Force Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN 439,926 439,926 

Air Force Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

INDOPACOM DESIGN 0 117,590 

Air Force Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 129,600 129,600 

Wyoming 

Air Force F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

GBSD CONSOLIDATED MAINTENANCE 

FACILITY 

194,000 50,000 

Air Force F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

GBSD LAND ACQUISITION, PHASE 2 139,000 59,000 

Air Force F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

GBSD UTILITY CORRIDOR (INC) 70,000 70,000 

Subtotal Military Construction, Air Force ................................................................ 3,187,126 3,568,766 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

Alabama 

Defense-Wide Anniston Army Depot POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 56,450 

Defense-Wide Redstone Arsenal GROUND TEST FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE (INC) 80,000 80,000 

Alaska 

Defense-Wide Eielson Air Force Base FUELS OPERATIONS & LAB FACILITY 14,000 14,000 

Defense-Wide Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson FUEL FACILITIES 55,000 55,000 

Arizona 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Air Station Yuma SOF MILITARY FREE FALL ADVANCED 

TRAIN COMPLEX 

62,000 62,000 

Bahrain 

Defense-Wide Naval Support Bahrain GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM 0 15,330 

California 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Base 

Camp Pendleton 

AMBULATORY CARE CENTER ADD/ALT 

(AREA 53) 

26,440 26,440 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Base 

Camp Pendleton 

AMBULATORY CARE CENTER ADD/ALT 

(AREA 62) 

24,930 24,930 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Base 

Camp Pendleton 

AMBULATORY CARE CENTER REPLACEMENT (AREA 22) 45,040 45,040 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Mountain 

Warfare Training 

Center 

FUEL FACILITIES 19,300 19,300 

Defense-Wide Naval Base Coronado SOF OPERATIONS SUPPORT FACILITY, 

PHASE 2 

51,000 0 

Colorado 

Defense-Wide Fort Carson AMBULATORY CARE CENTER REPLACEMENT 41,000 41,000 


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Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Cuba 

Defense-Wide Naval Station Guantanamo Bay AMBULATORY CARE CENTER REPLACEMENT (INC 2) 

96,829 96,829 

Delaware 

Defense-Wide Major Joseph R. 

‘‘beau’’ Biden III 

National Guard/Reserve Center 

MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 22,050 

Florida 

Defense-Wide Hurlburt Field SOF AFSOC OPERATIONS FACILITY 14,000 14,000 

Georgia 

Defense-Wide Hunter Army Airfield SOF CONSOLIDATED RIGGING FACILITY 47,000 47,000 

Defense-Wide Hunter Army Airfield SOF MILITARY WORKING DOG KENNEL 

FACILITY 

16,800 16,800 

Germany 

Defense-Wide Spangdahlem Air Base COST TO COMPLETE—SPANGDAHLEM 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT 

6,500 6,500 

Greece 

Defense-Wide Naval Support Activity 

Souda Bay 

ADVANCED MICROGRID 0 42,500 

Guam 

Defense-Wide Joint Region Marianas GUAM HIGH SCHOOL TEMPORARY FACILITIES 26,000 26,000 

Defense-Wide Joint Region Marianas PDI: GDS, COMMAND CENTER (INC) 187,212 187,212 

Defense-Wide Joint Region Marianas PDI: GDS, EIAMD, PHASE 1 (INC) 278,267 278,267 

Hawaii 

Defense-Wide Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam FY20 500 KW PV COVERED PARKING EV 

CHARGING STATION 

0 12,813 

Illinois 

Defense-Wide Rock Island Arsenal POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 70,480 

Indiana 

Defense-Wide Camp AtterburyMuscatatuck POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 39,180 

Italy 

Defense-Wide Naval Air Station 

Sigonella 

MICROGRID CONTROL SYSTEMS 0 13,470 

Japan 

Defense-Wide Camp Fuji MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 45,870 

Defense-Wide Fleet Activities 

Yokosuka 

KINNICK HIGH SCHOOL (INC) 40,386 40,386 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER, 

NATURAL GAS PLANT 

0 48,570 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER, 

SOLAR PV AND BESS 

0 40,830 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Base 

Camp Smedley D. 

Butler 

KUBASAKI HIGH SCHOOL 160,000 147,000 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Base 

Camp Smedley D. 

Butler 

MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER, 

CAMP COURTNEY 

0 57,570 

Korea 

Defense-Wide Kunsan Air Base AMBULATORY CARE CENTER REPLACEMENT 64,942 64,942 

Maine 

Defense-Wide Portsmouth Naval 

Shipyard 

POWER PLANT RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS 0 28,700 

Maryland 

Defense-Wide Aberdeen Proving 

Ground 

POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 30,730 

Defense-Wide Fort Meade NSAW EAST CAMPUS BUILDING #5 

(INC 2) 

265,000 265,000 

Defense-Wide Joint Base Andrews AMBULATORY CARE CENTER (INC) 15,040 15,040 

Defense-Wide Joint Base Andrews MICROGRID WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLE 

CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE 

0 17,920 

Defense-Wide Walter Reed National 

Military Medical Center 

MEDCEN ADDITION/ALTERATION (INC 

8) 

77,651 77,651 

Missouri 

Defense-Wide Whiteman Air Force 

Base 

FLIGHTLINE FUELING FACILITIES 19,500 19,500 

New Jersey 

Defense-Wide Joint Base McGuireDix-Lakehurst MICROGRID WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLE 

CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE 

0 17,730 

North Carolina 

Defense-Wide Fort Liberty SOF ARMS ROOM ADDITION 11,800 11,800 


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Authorized 

Defense-Wide Fort Liberty SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER AND 

SCHOOL COMPANY OPERATIONS FACILITY 

0 30,000 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Base 

Camp Lejeune 

SOF ARMORY 25,400 25,400 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Base 

Camp Lejeune 

SOF INFORMATION MANEUVER FACILITY 0 57,000 

Ohio 

Defense-Wide Wright-Patterson Air 

Force Base 

DISTRICT COOLING PLANT 0 53,000 

South Carolina 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort FUEL PIER 31,500 31,500 

Defense-Wide Marine Corps Recruit 

Depot Parris Island 

AMBULATORY CARE CLINIC REPLACEMENT (DENTAL) 72,050 72,050 

Texas 

Defense-Wide Naval Air Station Corpus Christi GENERAL PURPOSE WAREHOUSE 79,300 79,300 

Defense-Wide NSA Texas CRYPTOLOGIC CENTER (INC) 152,000 152,000 

United Kingdom 

Defense-Wide Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath 

LAKENHEATH HIGH SCHOOL 153,000 8,000 

Virginia 

Defense-Wide Fort Belvoir DEFENSE HEALTH HEADQUARTERS 225,000 225,000 

Defense-Wide Joint Expeditionary 

Base Little CreekFort Story 

SOF HUMAN PERFORMANCE TRAINING 

CENTER 

32,000 32,000 

Defense-Wide Pentagon METRO ENTRANCE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS CONTROL POINT 36,800 36,800 

Washington 

Defense-Wide Joint Base LewisMcChord—Gray 

Army Airfield 

POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 40,000 

Defense-Wide Naval Air Station 

Whidbey Island 

HYDRANT FUELING SYSTEM 54,000 54,000 

Defense-Wide Naval Magazine Indian 

Island 

BACKUP POWER AND MICROGRID 0 39,490 

Defense-Wide Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport SOF COLDWATER TRAINING/AUSTERE 

ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 

35,000 0 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

COST TO COMPLETE—ERCIP 0 103,100 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (DEFENSE-WIDE) 26,081 26,081 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (DHA) 46,751 46,751 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (DLA) 105,000 105,000 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (DODEA) 7,501 7,501 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (MDA) 4,745 4,745 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (NSA) 41,928 41,928 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (SOCOM) 35,495 35,495 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (TJS) 1,964 1,964 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN (WHS) 1,508 1,508 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ENERGY RESILIENCE AND CONSERVATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM 636,000 0 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ERCIP DESIGN 96,238 96,238 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EXERCISE RELATED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 11,146 11,146 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 

(DEFENSE-WIDE) 

3,000 3,000 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 

(DHA) 

18,000 18,000 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 

(DLA) 

13,333 13,333 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 

(DODEA) 

7,400 7,400 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 

(NSA) 

6,000 6,000 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 

(SOCOM) 

24,109 24,109 


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Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

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Authorized 

Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

WORLDWIDE UNSPECIFIED MINOR 

CONSTRUCTION 

5,277 5,277 

Subtotal Military Construction, Defense-Wide ........................................................ 3,733,163 3,735,946 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

Alaska 

Army National Guard Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 67,000 67,000 

Georgia 

Army National Guard Fort Eisenhower NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER (DESIGN) 0 3,264 

Iowa 

Army National Guard Sioux City Armory NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 13,800 13,800 

Kentucky 

Army National Guard Fort Campbell READINESS CENTER 0 18,000 

Louisiana 

Army National Guard Abbeville NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER (DESIGN) 0 2,275 

Army National Guard Lafayette Readiness 

Center 

NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 33,000 33,000 

Maine 

Army National Guard Saco SOUTHERN MAINE READINESS CENTER (DESIGN) 0 1,000 

Mississippi 

Army National Guard Southaven Readiness 

Center 

NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 33,000 33,000 

Montana 

Army National Guard Malta Readiness Center NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 14,800 14,800 

Nevada 

Army National Guard Hawthorne Army Depot AUTOMATED QUALIFICATION/TRAINING RANGE 18,000 18,000 

New Jersey 

Army National Guard National Guard Training Center Sea Girt UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 0 25,300 

Army National Guard Vineland NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 23,000 23,000 

Ohio 

Army National Guard Lima READINESS CENTER 0 26,000 

Oklahoma 

Army National Guard Shawnee Readiness 

Center 

NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 29,000 29,000 

Pennsylvania 

Army National Guard Danville VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP (DESIGN) 0 3,400 

Rhode Island 

Army National Guard Quonset State Airport COST TO COMPLETE—ARMY AVIATION 

READINESS CENTER 

0 3,000 

Tennessee 

Army National Guard Fort Campbell NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER (DESIGN) 0 1,980 

Utah 

Army National Guard Nephi Readiness Center NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 20,000 20,000 

Washington 

Army National Guard Camp Murray NATIONAL GUARD/RESERVE CENTER 

BUILDING 

40,000 40,000 

Wisconsin 

Army National Guard Rapids NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER (DESIGN) 0 3,800 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army National Guard Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN 25,529 83,129 

Army National Guard Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 45,000 92,433 

Subtotal Military Construction, Army National Guard ........................................ 362,129 555,181 

ARMY RESERVE 

California 

Army Reserve Camp Parks ADVANCED SKILLS TRAINING BARRACKS 42,000 42,000 

Georgia 

Army Reserve Dobbins Air Reserve 

Base 

ARMY RESERVE CENTER 78,000 78,000 


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Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

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Kentucky 

Army Reserve Fort Knox AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITY 0 57,000 

Massachusetts 

Army Reserve Devens Reserve Forces 

Training Area 

COLLECTIVE TRAINING ENLISTED 

BARRACKS 

0 39,000 

New Jersey 

Army Reserve Joint Base McGuireDix-Lakehurst VERTICAL SKILLS FACILITY 16,000 16,000 

Pennsylvania 

Army Reserve Wilkes-Barre AREA MAINTENANCE SUPPORT ACTIVITY EQUIPMENT 22,000 22,000 

Puerto Rico 

Army Reserve Fort Buchanan ADVANCED SKILLS TRAINING BARRACKS 39,000 39,000 

Virginia 

Army Reserve Richmond AREA MAINTENANCE SUPPORT ACTIVITY/VMS 23,000 23,000 

Wisconsin 

Army Reserve Andrew Miller Army 

Reserve Center 

VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP (DESIGN) 0 1,600 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army Reserve Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN 31,508 31,508 

Army Reserve Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 3,524 3,524 

Subtotal Military Construction, Army Reserve ....................................................... 255,032 352,632 

NAVY RESERVE & MARINE CORPS RESERVE 

Texas 

Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve Naval Air Station Joint 

Reserve Base Fort 

Worth 

WHOLE HANGAR REPAIR 0 75,000 

Washington 

Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve Joint Base LewisMcChord PARACHUTE SURVIVAL TRAINING FACILITY 26,610 26,610 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MCNR DESIGN 663 663 

Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

USMCR DESIGN 2,556 2,556 

Subtotal Military Construction, Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve ..... 29,829 104,829 

AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

Alaska 

Air National Guard Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson BASE SUPPLY COMPLEX 0 44,000 

Air National Guard Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER SIMULATOR 19,300 19,300 

California 

Air National Guard Moffett Airfield COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER SIMULATOR 12,600 12,600 

Florida 

Air National Guard Jacksonville International Airport F–35 CONSOLIDATED WEAPONS TRAINING 26,200 26,200 

Hawaii 

Air National Guard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam SPACE CONTROL CENTER 36,600 36,600 

Kentucky 

Air National Guard Louisville Muhammad 

Ali International Airport 

RESPONSE FORCE WAREHOUSE (DESIGN) 0 2,100 

Maine 

Air National Guard Bangor International 

Airport 

FUEL CELL HANGAR 0 48,000 

Mississippi 

Air National Guard Key Field ADAL MAINTENANCE HANGAR & CONSTRUCT AMU COMPLEX (DESIGN) 0 5,600 

Air National Guard Key Field BASE SUPPLY WAREHOUSE (DESIGN) 0 1,900 

Air National Guard Key Field CORROSION CONTROL HANGAR (DESIGN) 0 6,700 

Air National Guard Key Field UPGRADED FUEL HYDRANT SYSTEM 

(DESIGN) 

0 1,000 

New Jersey 

Air National Guard Atlantic City International Airport F–16 MISSION TRAINING CENTER 18,000 18,000 


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Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

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New York 

Air National Guard Francis S. Gabreski 

Airport 

COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER SIMULATOR 14,000 14,000 

North Carolina 

Air National Guard Salisbury FLIGHT FACILITY (DESIGN) 0 6,300 

Pennsylvania 

Air National Guard Pittsburgh International Airport ENTRY CONTROL FACILITY (DESIGN) 0 4,600 

Texas 

Air National Guard Fort Worth C–130J ADAL FUEL CELL BUILDING 

1674 

13,100 13,100 

West Virginia 

Air National Guard Mclaughlin Air National Guard Base SQUADRON OPERATIONS FACILITY 

(DESIGN) 

0 3,200 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Air National Guard Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN 10,792 10,792 

Air National Guard Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 40,200 40,200 

Subtotal Military Construction, Air National Guard ............................................ 190,792 314,192 

AIR FORCE RESERVE 

Arizona 

Air Force Reserve Luke Air Force Base ADMINISTRATIVE AND STORAGE 

BUILDING (DESIGN) 

0 420 

Georgia 

Air Force Reserve Dobbins Air Reserve 

Base 

SECURITY FORCES FACILITY 22,000 0 

Indiana 

Air Force Reserve Grissom Air Reserve 

Base 

INDOOR SMALL ARMS RANGE 21,000 21,000 

New York 

Air Force Reserve Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station TAXIWAY/RUNWAY (DESIGN) 0 6,600 

Ohio 

Air Force Reserve Youngstown Air Reserve Station FIRE STATION 25,000 25,000 

South Carolina 

Air Force Reserve Joint Base Charleston AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION FACILITY 0 33,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Air Force Reserve Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN 562 9,562 

Air Force Reserve Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 701 701 

Subtotal Military Construction, Air Force Reserve ............................................... 69,263 96,283 

NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 

Worldwide Unspecified 

NATO NATO Security Investment Program NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 433,864 463,864 

Subtotal NATO Security Investment Program ........................................................ 433,864 463,864 

INDOPACIFIC COMBATANT COMMAND 

Worldwide Unspecified 

MILCON, 

INDOPACOM 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

INDOPACOM MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

PILOT PROGRAM 

0 150,000 

Subtotal INDOPACOM MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PILOT PROGRAM ..... 0 150,000 

TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION .......................................................................... 15,113,254 18,250,637 

FAMILY HOUSING 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 

Belgium 

Fam Hsg Con, Army Chie`vres Air Base FAMILY HOUSING NEW CONSTRUCTION (84 UNITS) 100,954 82,954 

Georgia 

Fam Hsg Con, Army Fort Eisenhower MHPI RESTRUCTURE—FORT EISENHOWER 50,000 50,000 

Germany 

Fam Hsg Con, Army U.S. Army Garrison 

Rheinland-Pfalz 

FAMILY HOUSING REPLACEMENT CONSTRUCTION (54 UNITS) 63,246 63,246 


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Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Japan 

Fam Hsg Con, Army Sagamihara Family 

Housing Area 

FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS 

CONSTRUCTION (35 UNITS) 

31,114 31,114 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Fam Hsg Con, Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

FAMILY HOUSING DESIGN 31,333 31,333 

Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Army ......................................................... 276,647 258,647 

FAMILY HOUSING O&M, ARMY 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

FURNISHINGS 18,065 18,065 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

LEASED HOUSING 129,703 129,703 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY 

FACILITIES 

127,097 127,097 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 62,060 62,060 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MILITARY HOUSING PRIVATIZATION 

INITIATIVE 

69,579 69,579 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MISCELLANEOUS 357 357 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

SERVICES 8,273 8,273 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UTILITIES 60,477 60,477 

Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Army .......................... 475,611 475,611 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY & MARINE CORPS 

Guam 

Fam Hsg Con, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Andersen Air Force 

Base 

REPLACE ANDERSEN HOUSING, PHASE 

10 (42 UNITS) 

93,112 93,112 

Fam Hsg Con, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Joint Region Marianas REPLACE ANDERSEN HOUSING, PHASE 

9 (136 UNITS) 

103,863 103,863 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Fam Hsg Con, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS (64 

UNITS) 

35,438 35,438 

Fam Hsg Con, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN 13,329 13,329 

Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Navy & Marine Corps ........................ 245,742 245,742 

FAMILY HOUSING O&M, NAVY & MARINE CORPS 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

FURNISHINGS 16,839 16,839 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

HOUSING PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT 60,283 60,283 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

LEASING 67,412 67,412 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MAINTENANCE 109,504 109,504 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MANAGEMENT 61,240 61,240 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MISCELLANEOUS 427 427 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

SERVICES 17,332 17,332 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UTILITIES 44,180 44,180 

Subtotal Family Housing Operation & Maintenance, Navy & Marine 

Corps.

377,217 377,217 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 

Alaska 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson MHPI RESTRUCTURE—JBER PHASE III 120,000 120,000 

Germany 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Ramstein Air Base CONSTRUCT 2 GOQ UNITS 4,350 4,350 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Ramstein Air Base KMC 02—CONSTRUCT TWO CAR GARAGES (5 UNITS) 1,400 1,400 

Japan 


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Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Yokota Air Base FAMILY HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS 8B 

WEST (19 UNITS) 

26,242 26,242 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Yokota Air Base FAMILY HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS 9, 

PHASE 2 (32 UNITS) 

39,000 39,000 

Texas 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Lackland Air Force 

Base 

MHPI RESTRUCTURE—LACKLAND 24,000 24,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN 6,557 6,557 

Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Air Force ................................................. 221,549 221,549 

FAMILY HOUSING O&M, AIR FORCE 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

FURNISHINGS 24,230 24,230 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

HOUSING PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT 32,508 32,508 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

LEASING 6,278 6,278 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MAINTENANCE 127,023 127,023 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MANAGEMENT 71,384 71,384 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MISCELLANEOUS 2,426 2,426 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

SERVICES 12,446 12,446 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UTILITIES 49,955 49,955 

Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Air Force .................. 326,250 326,250 

FAMILY HOUSING O&M, DEFENSE-WIDE 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

FURNISHINGS 687 687 

Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

FURNISHINGS 91 91 

Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

LEASING 32,983 32,983 

Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

LEASING 13,986 13,986 

Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MAINTENANCE 36 36 

Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UTILITIES 4,358 4,358 

Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UTILITIES 15 15 

Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Defense-Wide .......... 52,156 52,156 

FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Family Housing Improvement Fund Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES—FHIF 8,195 8,195 

Subtotal Family Housing Improvement Fund ......................................................... 8,195 8,195 

UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Unaccompanied 

Housing Improvement Fund 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES—UHIF 497 497 

Subtotal Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund ....................................... 497 497 

TOTAL FAMILY HOUSING .............................................................................................. 1,983,864 1,965,864 

DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, ARMY 

Worldwide Unspecified 

BRAC, Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 212,556 212,556 


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Authorized 

Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Army ..................................................... 212,556 212,556 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, NAVY 

Worldwide Unspecified 

BRAC, Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 111,697 111,697 

Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Navy ...................................................... 111,697 111,697 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, AIR FORCE 

Worldwide Unspecified 

BRAC, Air Force Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 121,952 121,952 

Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Air Force ............................................. 121,952 121,952 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, DEFENSE-WIDE 

Worldwide Unspecified 

BRAC, Defense-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

INT–4: DLA ACTIVITIES 1,756 1,756 

Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Defense-Wide ..................................... 1,756 1,756 

TOTAL DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ................................ 447,961 447,961 

TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, FAMILY HOUSING, AND BRAC ........ 17,545,079 20,664,462 

1 SEC. 4602. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY. 

SEC. 4602. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY 

NAVY & MARINE CORPS 

Guam 

Navy & Marine Corps Joint Region Marianas 28 HOMES ON AAFB H–366/283/375 CONTRACT 0 145,990 

Navy & Marine Corps Joint Region Marianas REPAIR BY REPLACEMENT OF HSC–25 

HANGAR AND COMPOUND 

0 580,490 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Base Guam JRM HOUSING RESILIENCY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT #1—BEQ 17 & 6 RECONVERSION 

0 63,805 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Base Guam JRM HOUSING RESILIENCY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT #2—APRA PALMS 

CONVERSION/RENOVATION 

0 128,000 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Base Guam POWER GENERATION AT POLARIS 0 626,120 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Base Guam RECOVER BONA SPRINGS (CONTAMINANT TREATMENT) 0 40,640 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Base Guam RECOVER NAVAL HOSPITAL WATER 

WELLS (CONTAMINANT TREATMENT) 

0 58,300 

Navy & Marine Corps Naval Base Guam REPAIR AND HARDEN CRITICAL ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (NBG, 

POLARIS PT, DFSP AND NAVMAG) 

0 2,923,595 

Subtotal Military Construction, Navy & Marine Corps Disaster Recovery ...... 0 4,566,940 

AIR FORCE 

Guam 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

4 CUT AND COVER 5.25 MG JP–8 TANKS 0 246,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER / BASE 

OPS 

0 163,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

AIRFIELD REDEVELOPMENT FOR 

OPERATIONAL RESILIENCY 

0 271,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

ALTERNATE LIGHTING VAULT 0 99,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

ALTERNATE NETWORK CONTROL CENTER & DATABANK 0 99,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

ALTERNATE TECHNICAL CONTROL FACILITY 0 99,000 


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Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

BASE PERIMETER FENCE AND ACCESS 

ROAD 

0 50,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

CARGO HAUL ROUTE APOD LOOP 0 20,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

DIESEL STORAGE NORTHWEST FIELD & 

MAIN BASE 

0 20,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

DISBURSED WAR RESERVE MATERIAL 

WAREHOUSING (FOUR) 

0 391,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

DISBURSED WAR RESERVE MATERIAL 

WAREHOUSING (TWO) 

0 190,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

DISBURSED WAR RESERVE 

WAREHOUSING (TWELVE) 

0 1,170,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

EXPLOSIVE SAFE EGRESS FACILITY 0 41,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

FLIGHTLINE EXPANSION / CIVIL ENGINEER COMPLEX 0 195,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

HARDENED AIRCRAFT SHELTERS (HAS) 0 289,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

LFM & OPS FAC NORTH RAMP 0 58,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

LRS POL WRM STORAGE WAREHOUSE 0 23,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

MAWAR TYPHOON RECOVERY (DESIGN) 0 723,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

MOBILITY PROCESSING CENTER-PAX 0 120,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

MSA FUEL STAND 0 119,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

MSA SECURITY GATE 0 41,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

MUNS ADMIN MSA 0 101,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

MUNS HAUL ROUTE ALT 0 8,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

MUNS HAUL ROUTE NORTHWEST 

FIELD-MSA 

0 102,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

MUNS PRODUCTION UTILITY CONNECTIONS 0 41,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

NORTHWEST FIELD AIRFIELD FENCE 0 40,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

NORTHWEST FIELD BYPASS ROAD 0 33,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

NORTHWEST FIELD ELECTRICAL UPGRADE 0 102,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

NORTHWEST FIELD FUEL STORAGE, 

RECEIPT, AND HYDRANT SYSTEM 

0 267,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

NORTHWEST FIELD FUEL TRANSFER 

LINE 

0 180,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

NORTHWEST FIELD WATER WELLS 0 33,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

NORTHWEST FUEL BYPASS 0 297,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

OVERHEAD TO UNDERGROUND TRANSMISSION LINES (GPA) 0 81,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

PERIMETER FENCE AT MSA–1 0 38,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

POWER RESILIENCY—MICROGRID 0 1,305,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

SIX 1M GAL POTABLE WATER STORAGE 

TANKS. NWF FIRE PROTECTION 270K 

WATER TANK STORAGE 

0 94,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

SOLAR ARRAY COVERED PARKING 0 254,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

SOLAR BATTERY STORAGE 0 223,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

UPGRADE ENTRY CONTROL POINT FOR 

NORTHWEST FIELD GATE 

0 57,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

UPGRADE ENTRY CONTROL POINT 

SANTA ROSA GATE 

0 47,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

UPGRADE MAIN ECP GATE (ARC LIGHT) 0 66,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

WAR RESERVE MATERIAL STORAGE 

WAREHOUSE 

0 109,000 

Air Force Andersen Air Force 

Base 

WATER DISTRIBUTION CONNECTION 

GWA 

0 33,000 

Subtotal Military Construction, Air Force Disaster Recovery .............................. 0 7,938,000 


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Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2025 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DISASTER RECOVERY .............................. 0 12,504,940 

1 TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

5 PROGRAMS. 

SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Discretionary Summary by Appropriation 

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 

Appropriation Summary: 

Energy Programs 

Nuclear Energy ................................................................................... 150,000 150,000 

Atomic Energy Defense Activities 

National Nuclear Security Administration: 

Weapons Activities ....................................................................... 19,848,644 19,899,844 

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ............................................... 2,465,108 2,451,208 

Naval Reactors ............................................................................ 2,118,773 2,099,873 

Federal Salaries and Expenses .................................................... 564,475 567,175 

Total, National Nuclear Security Administration .......................... 24,997,000 25,018,100 

Defense Environmental Cleanup ......................................................... 7,059,695 7,036,295 

Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D ................................................... 384,957 0 

Other Defense Activities ...................................................................... 1,140,023 1,140,023 

Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities ........................................... 33,581,675 33,194,418 

Total, Discretionary Funding ................................................................. 33,731,675 33,344,418 

Nuclear Energy 

Safeguards and security ..................................................................................... 150,000 150,000 

Total, Nuclear Energy ............................................................................... 150,000 150,000 

National Nuclear Security Administration 

Weapons Activities 

Stockpile management 

Stockpile major modernization 

B61–12 Life Extension Program ........................................................ 27,500 27,500 

W88 Alteration program ..................................................................... 78,700 78,700 

W80–4 Life extension program ........................................................... 1,164,750 1,164,750 

W80-X ALT SLCM ............................................................................ 0 70,000 

Program increase ......................................................................... (70,000) 

W87–1 Modification Program ............................................................. 1,096,033 1,096,033 

W93 ..................................................................................................... 455,776 455,776 

B61–13 ................................................................................................ 16,000 16,000 

Subtotal, Stockpile major modernization .......................................... 2,838,759 2,892,759 

Stockpile sustainment ................................................................................................. 1,356,260 1,354,060 

B83 gravity bomb sustainment excess to need ................................................... (–2,200) 

Weapons dismantlement and disposition .................................................................... 54,100 54,100 

Production operations ................................................................................................. 816,567 816,567 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Nuclear enterprise assurance ..................................................................................... 75,002 75,002 

Total, Stockpile management ................................................................. 5,140,688 5,208,488 

Production Modernization 

Primary Capability Modernization 

Plutonium Modernization 

Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization 

Los Alamos Plutonium Operations ...................................... 984,611 984,611 

21–D–512 Plutonium Pit Production Project, LANL ........ 470,000 470,000 

15–D–302 TA–55 Reinvestments Project, Phase 3, LANL 39,475 39,475 

04–D–125 Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Project, LANL ........................................................ 0 0 

Subtotal, Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization ............................ 1,494,086 1,494,086 

Savannah River Plutonium Modernization 

Savannah River Plutonium Operations ............................... 75,332 75,332 

21–D–511 Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, 

SRS .................................................................................. 1,200,000 1,200,000 

Subtotal, Savannah River Plutonium Modernization ................... 1,275,332 1,275,332 

Enterprise Plutonium Support ................................................................... 121,964 121,964 

Total, Plutonium Modernization ........................................................... 2,891,382 2,891,382 

High Explosives & Energetics 

High Explosives & Energetics .............................................. 115,675 115,675 

21–D–510 HE Synthesis, Formulation, and Production, 

PX .................................................................................... 0 0 

15–D–301 HE Science & Engineering Facility, PX ........... 15,000 15,000 

Subtotal, High Explosives & Energetics ............................................. 130,675 130,675 

Total, Primary Capability Modernization ......................................... 3,022,057 3,022,057 

Secondary Capability Modernization 

Secondary Capability Modernization .................................................................. 755,353 755,353 

18–D–690 Lithium Processing Facility, Y–12 ................................................... 260,000 260,000 

06–D–141 Uranium Processing Facility, Y–12 ................................................. 800,000 800,000 

Total, Secondary Capability Modernization ..................................... 1,815,353 1,815,353 

Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment 

Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment ..................................................... 661,738 661,738 

18–D–650 Tritium Finishing Facility, SRS ...................................................... 0 0 

Total, Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment ...................... 661,738 661,738 

Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization ...................................................................... 141,300 141,300 

22–D–513 Power Sources Capability, SNL ....................................................... 50,000 50,000 

Total, Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization ................................. 191,300 191,300 

Capability Based Investments .................................................................................... 153,244 153,244

Warhead Assembly Modernization ............................................................................. 34,000 34,000 

Total, Production Modernization .......................................................... 5,877,692 5,877,692 

Stockpile research, technology, and engineering 

Assessment Science 

Assessment Science ............................................................................. 834,250 825,250 

Unjustified growth ....................................................................... (–9,000) 

14–D–640 U1a Complex Enhancements Project, NNSS ................... 73,083 73,083 

Total, Assessment Science ....................................................................... 907,333 898,333 

Engineering and integrated assessments .................................................... 418,000 418,000 

Inertial confinement fusion ......................................................................... 682,830 692,830 

Program increase ................................................................................ (10,000) 

Advanced simulation and computing .......................................................... 879,500 884,500 

Program increase ................................................................................ (5,000) 

Weapons technology and manufacturing maturation ................................. 286,489 286,489 

Academic programs ..................................................................................... 128,188 120,188 

Unjustified growth .............................................................................. (–8,000) 

Total, Stockpile research, technology, and engineering .............. 3,302,340 3,300,340 

Infrastructure and operations 

Operating 

Operations of facilities ........................................................................ 1,305,000 1,305,000 

Safety and Environmental Operations ................................................ 191,958 181,958 

Unjustified growth ....................................................................... (–10,000) 

Maintenance and Repair of Facilities ................................................. 881,000 884,000 

Program increase for Y–12 maintenance backlog ....................... (3,000) 

Recapitalization ................................................................................... 778,408 778,408 

Total, Operating ........................................................................................... 3,156,366 3,149,366 

Mission enabling construction 

22–D–514 Digital Infrastructure Capability Expansion, LLNL ....... 0 0 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

23–D–517 Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade, LANL ..................... 70,000 70,000 

23–D–518 Plutonium Modernization Ops & Waste Mngmt Office 

Bldg, LANL .................................................................................... 0 0 

23–D–519 Special Material Facility, Y–12 ........................................ 0 0 

25–D–510 Plutonium Mission Safety & Quality Building, LANL ..... 48,500 48,500 

25–D–511 PULSE New Access, NNSS ............................................. 25,000 25,000 

Total, Mission enabling construction .................................................. 143,500 143,500 

Total, Infrastructure and operations .................................................. 3,299,866 3,292,866 

Secure transportation asset 

Operations and equipment .......................................................................... 236,160 236,160 

Program direction ....................................................................................... 135,264 135,264 

Total, Secure transportation asset ....................................................... 371,424 371,424 

Defense nuclear security 

Operations and maintenance ....................................................................... 1,126,000 1,126,000 

Construction: 

17–D–710 West End Protected Area Reduction Project, Y–12 ......... 54,000 54,000 

Subtotal, Construction .............................................................................. 54,000 54,000 

Total, Defense nuclear security ............................................................. 1,180,000 1,180,000 

Information technology and cybersecurity .................................................................. 646,000 638,400 

Unjustified growth .............................................................................................. (–7,600) 

Legacy contractor pensions ........................................................................................ 30,634 30,634

Total, Weapons Activities ......................................................................... 19,848,644 19,899,844 

Adjustments 

Use of prior year balances .......................................................................... 0 0 

Total, Adjustments ...................................................................................... 0 0 

Total, Weapons Activities ......................................................................... 19,848,644 19,899,844 

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 

Material Management and Minimization 

Conversion ................................................................................................... 0 0 

Reactor conversion and uranium supply ..................................................... 145,227 145,227 

Nuclear material removal and elimination .................................................. 38,825 38,825 

Material disposition ..................................................................................... 0 0 

Plutonium disposition ................................................................................. 193,045 193,045 

Total, Material Management and Minimization .............................. 377,097 377,097 

Global Material Security 

International nuclear security ..................................................................... 87,768 84,768 

Unjustified growth .............................................................................. (–3,000) 

Radiological security ................................................................................... 260,000 260,000 

Nuclear smuggling detection and deterrence .............................................. 196,096 196,096 

Total, Global Material Security ............................................................. 543,864 540,864 

Nonproliferation and Arms Control .................................................................... 224,980 214,080 

Nonproliferation policy unjustified growth ................................................. (–10,900) 

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D 

Proliferation detection ................................................................................. 317,158 317,158 

Nonproliferation stewardship program ....................................................... 124,875 124,875 

Nuclear detonation detection ...................................................................... 323,058 323,058 

Forensics R&D ............................................................................................ 37,759 37,759 

Nonproliferation fuels development ............................................................ 0 0 

Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D ................................ 802,850 802,850 

Nonproliferation Construction: 

18–D–150 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project, SRS ........................... 40,000 40,000 

Total, Nonproliferation Construction ................................................. 40,000 40,000 

NNSA Bioassurance Program ............................................................................ 0 0 

Legacy contractor pensions ................................................................................ 7,128 7,128 

Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response Program 

Emergency Management ............................................................................. 23,847 23,847 

Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation ................................................ 512,342 512,342 

Total, Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response Program .............................................................................................................. 536,189 536,189 

Subtotal, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation .................................... 2,532,108 2,518,208 

Adjustments 

Use of prior year balances .......................................................................... –67,000 –67,000 

Total, Adjustments ...................................................................................... –67,000 –67,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ........................................... 2,465,108 2,451,208 

Naval Reactors 

Naval reactors development ................................................................................ 868,380 868,380 

Columbia-Class reactor systems development ..................................................... 45,610 45,610 

S8G Prototype refueling ..................................................................................... 0 0 

Naval reactors operations and infrastructure ..................................................... 763,263 757,063 

Unjustified growth ...................................................................................... (–6,200) 

Program direction ............................................................................................... 62,848 62,848 

Construction: 

14–D–901 Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project, NRF .............. 292,002 279,302 

Unjustified growth .............................................................................. (–12,700) 

21–D–530 KL Steam and Condensate Upgrades ...................................... 0 0 

22–D–531 KL Chemistry & Radiological Health Building ........................ 0 0 

22–D–532 KL Security Upgrades .............................................................. 41,670 41,670 

23–D–533 BL Component Test Complex ................................................... 0 0 

24–D–530 NRF Medical Science Complex ................................................. 0 0 

25–D–530 Naval Examination Acquisition Project .................................... 45,000 45,000 

Total, Construction ..................................................................................... 378,672 365,972 

Total, Naval Reactors ................................................................................ 2,118,773 2,099,873 

Federal Salaries and Expenses 

Program direction ............................................................................................... 564,475 567,175

Additional 10 FTE ..................................................................................... (2,700) 

Use of prior year balances .................................................................................. 0 0 

Total, Federal Salaries and Expenses ................................................. 564,475 567,175 

TOTAL, National Nuclear Security Administration ...................... 24,997,000 25,018,100 

Defense Environmental Cleanup 

Closure sites administration ........................................................................ 1,350 1,350 

Richland 

River corridor and other cleanup operations .............................................. 133,000 133,000 

Central plateau remediation ........................................................................ 773,030 773,030 

Richland community and regulatory support ............................................. 11,130 11,130 

18–D–404 Modification of Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility ..... 0 0 

22–D–401 L–888 Eastern Plateau Fire Station ........................................ 13,500 13,500 

22–D–402 L–897 200 Area Water Treatment Facility ............................. 7,800 7,800 

23–D–404 181D Export Water System Reconfiguration and Upgrade ..... 18,886 18,886 

23–D–405 181B Export Water System Reconfiguration and Upgrade ..... 1,168 1,168 

24–D–401 Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility Supercell 11 

Expans Proj ............................................................................................ 25,000 25,000 

Total, Richland ............................................................................................. 983,514 983,514 

Office of River Protection: 

Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning ............................ 466,000 450,000 

Unjustified growth ....................................................................... (–16,000) 

Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition ................................... 832,065 832,065 

Construction: 

23–D–403 Hanford 200 West Area Tank Farms Risk Management Project ............................................................................ 37,500 37,500 

15–D–409 Low Activity Waste Pretreatment System ................ 37,500 37,500 

18–D–16 Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant—LBL/ 

Direct feed LAW ..................................................................... 0 0 

01–D–16D High-Level Waste Facility ........................................ 608,100 608,100 

01–D–16E Pretreatment Facility ............................................... 20,000 20,000 

Subtotal, Construction .............................................................................. 703,100 703,100 

Total, Office of River Protection ........................................................... 2,001,165 1,985,165 

Idaho National Laboratory: 

Idaho cleanup and waste disposition .......................................................... 430,678 430,678 

Idaho community and regulatory support .................................................. 3,315 3,315 

Construction: 

22–D–403 Idaho Spent Nuclear Fuel Staging Facility .............. 0 0 

22–D–404 Addl ICDF Landfill Disposal Cell and Evaporation 

Ponds Project .......................................................................... 25,250 25,250 

22–D–402 Calcine Construction .................................................. 0 0 


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Program FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Subtotal, Construction .............................................................................. 25,250 25,250 

Total, Idaho National Laboratory ......................................................... 459,243 459,243 

NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites 

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ................................................. 1,917 1,917 

LLNL Excess Facilities D&D .................................................................... 0 0 

Separations Processing Research Unit ....................................................... 845 845 

Nevada Test Site ......................................................................................... 63,377 63,377 

Sandia National Laboratory ....................................................................... 1,816 1,816 

Los Alamos National Laboratory ............................................................... 273,610 273,610 

Los Alamos Excess Facilities D&D ............................................................ 1,622 1,622 

Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites .............................................. 343,187 343,187 

Oak Ridge Reservation: 

OR Nuclear Facility D&D .......................................................................... 342,705 342,705 

U233 Disposition Program ......................................................................... 60,000 60,000 

OR cleanup and waste disposition .............................................................. 72,000 72,000 

Construction: 

14–D–403 Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility .................. 30,000 30,000 

17–D–401 On-site Waste Disposal Facility ................................ 40,000 40,000 

Subtotal, Construction .............................................................................. 70,000 70,000 

OR community & regulatory support .......................................................... 5,700 5,700 

OR technology development and deployment .............................................. 3,300 3,300 

Total, Oak Ridge Reservation ................................................................ 553,705 553,705 

Savannah River Site: 

Savannah River risk management operations ............................................. 400,538 400,538 

Savannah River legacy pensions ................................................................. 0 0 

Savannah River community and regulatory support .................................. 5,198 10,198 

Payment in lieu of taxes ..................................................................... (5,000) 

Savannah River National Laboratory O&M ............................................... 90,000 90,000 

Construction: 

20-D–401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #10, 11, 12 ......................... 82,500 82,500 

19–D–701 SR Security Systems Replacement ............................ 6,000 6,000 

18–D–401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #8, 9 .................................. 0 0 

18–D–402 Emergency Operations Center Replacement, SR ...... 0 0 

Subtotal, Construction .............................................................................. 88,500 88,500 

Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition ....................... 971,235 971,235 

Total, Savannah River Site ...................................................................... 1,555,471 1,560,471 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ......................................................................... 413,874 413,874 

Construction: 

15–D–411 Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System, 

WIPP ....................................................................................... 10,346 10,346 

15–D–412 Utility Shaft, WIPP .................................................. 1,200 1,200 

Total, Construction ..................................................................................... 11,546 11,546 

Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ......................................................... 425,420 425,420 

Program direction—Defense Environmental Cleanup ....................................... 334,958 334,958 

Program support—Defense Environmental Cleanup ......................................... 105,885 93,485 

Unjustified growth ...................................................................................... (–12,400) 

Safeguards and Security—Defense Environmental Cleanup ............................. 265,197 265,197 

Technology development and deployment ........................................................... 30,600 30,600 

Subtotal, Defense Environmental Cleanup ....................................... 7,059,695 7,036,295 

TOTAL, Defense Environmental Cleanup ......................................... 7,059,695 7,036,295 

Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D .......................................................................... 384,957 0 

Program reduction .............................................................................................. (–384,957) 

Other Defense Activities 

Environment, health, safety and security 

Environment, health, safety and security mission support ......................... 141,908 141,908 

Program direction ....................................................................................... 90,555 90,555 

Total, Environment, health, safety and security ............................ 232,463 232,463 

Office of Enterprise Assessments 

Enterprise assessments ............................................................................... 30,022 30,022 

Program direction ....................................................................................... 64,132 64,132 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2025 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Total, Office of Enterprise Assessments ............................................. 94,154 94,154 

Specialized security activities .............................................................................. 390,000 390,000 

Legacy Management 

Legacy Management Activities—Defense ................................................... 181,289 181,289 

Program Direction ...................................................................................... 23,969 23,969 

Total, Legacy Management ...................................................................... 205,258 205,258 

Defense-Related Administrative Support ........................................................... 213,649 213,649 

Office of Hearings and Appeals .......................................................................... 4,499 4,499 

Subtotal, Other Defense Activities ....................................................... 1,140,023 1,140,023 

Use of prior year balances .................................................................................. 0 0 

Total, Other Defense Activities .............................................................. 1,140,023 1,140,023 


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Calendar No. 433 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4638 

[Report No. 118–188] 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for 

and for other purposes. military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, ties of the Department of Energy, to prescribe for military construction, and for defense activimilitary activities of the Department of Defense, 

JULY 8, 2024 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 


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