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Calendar No. 450 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4921 

[Report No. 118–204] 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2024 

Mr. TESTER, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

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

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 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 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep6 tember 30, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

4 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

5 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta6 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza7 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

8 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

9 Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo10 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 

11 for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 

12 for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 

13 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart14 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

15 $50,702,367,000: Provided, That of the amounts made 

16 available under this heading, $135,000,000 is designated 

17 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

18 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg19 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

21 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

22 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta23 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza24 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

25 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 
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1 Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro2 vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for 

3 members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for 

4 payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, 

5 as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department 

6 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $38,400,554,000. 

7 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

8 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

9 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta10 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza11 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

12 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma13 rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 

14 provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec15 tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

16 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re17 tirement Fund, $15,771,387,000. 

18 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

19 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

20 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta21 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza22 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

23 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 

24 Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo25 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 
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1 for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 

2 for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 

3 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart4 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

5 $36,782,371,000. 

6 MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE

7 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

8 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta9 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza10 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

11 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

12 Space Force on active duty and cadets; for members of 

13 the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments 

14 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amend15 ed (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of De16 fense Military Retirement Fund, $1,273,037,000. 

17 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

18 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

19 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re20 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 

21 7038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

22 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 

23 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

24 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 

25 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
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1 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au2 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

3 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

4 Retirement Fund, $5,457,830,000. 

5 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

6 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

7 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re8 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 

9 United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 

10 section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con11 nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 

12 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re13 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

14 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 

15 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart16 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

17 $2,544,945,000. 

18 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

19 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

20 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 

21 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 

22 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 

23 under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 

24 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

25 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
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1 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv2 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 

3 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 

4 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 

5 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

6 $936,225,000. 

7 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

8 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

9 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 

10 Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 

11 9038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

12 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 

13 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

14 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 

15 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

16 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au17 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

18 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

19 Retirement Fund, $2,556,924,000. 

20 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

21 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

22 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na23 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 

24 or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United 

25 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 
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1 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 

2 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

3 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 

4 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 

5 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 

6 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay7 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 

8 Fund, $9,909,645,000. 

9 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

10 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

11 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na12 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 

13 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 

14 Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 

15 title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 

16 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

17 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under18 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

19 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

20 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

21 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

22 $5,285,794,000. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

5 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author6 ized by law, $60,023,592,000: Provided, That not to ex7 ceed $12,478,000 may be used for emergencies and ex8 traordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 

9 or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments 

10 may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity 

11 for confidential military purposes: Provided further, That 

12 of the amounts made available under this heading, 

13 $774,338,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

14 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

18 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

19 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 

20 Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $75,941,291,000: 

21 Provided, That not to exceed $15,055,000 may be used 

22 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex23 pended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary 

24 of the Navy, and payments may be made upon the Sec25 retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military 
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1 purposes: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

2 available under this heading, $1,009,082,000 is des3 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re4 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal5 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

7 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

8 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 

9 as authorized by law, $11,215,984,000: Provided, That of 

10 the amounts made available under this heading, 

11 $585,865,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

12 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

16 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

17 for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as 

18 authorized by law, $66,952,360,000: Provided, That not 

19 to exceed $7,699,000 may be used for emergencies and 

20 extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 

21 or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and pay22 ments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of ne23 cessity for confidential military purposes: Provided further, 

24 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

25 $2,441,731,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 
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1 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

2 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE

5 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

6 for the operation and maintenance of the Space Force, as 

7 authorized by law, $5,228,537,000. 

8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

11 for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen12 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

13 departments), as authorized by law, $53,638,689,000: 

14 Provided, That not more than $2,981,000 may be used 

15 for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 

16 under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Pro17 vided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 may be 

18 used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex19 pended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary 

20 of Defense, and payments may be made upon the Sec21 retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military 

22 purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

23 under this heading, not less than $55,000,000 shall be 

24 made available for the APEX Accelerators, of which not 

25 less than $5,000,000 shall be available for centers with 
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1 eligible entities defined in 10 U.S.C. 4951(1)(D): Provided 

2 further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

3 made available by this Act may be used to plan or imple4 ment the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liai5 son office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the 

6 office of the Secretary of a military department, or the 

7 service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a 

8 legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided fur9 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, 

10 $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 

11 shall be available only for expenses relating to certain clas12 sified activities: Provided further, That of the funds pro13 vided under this heading, $26,777,000, to remain avail14 able until expended, shall be available only for expenses 

15 relating to certain classified activities, and may be trans16 ferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to oper17 ation and maintenance appropriations or research, devel18 opment, test and evaluation appropriations, to be merged 

19 with and to be available for the same time period as the 

20 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, 

21 That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost of items 

22 that may be purchased with operation and maintenance 

23 funds shall not apply to the funds described in the pre24 ceding proviso: Provided further, That of the funds pro25 vided under this heading, $2,813,302,000, of which 
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1 $1,352,219,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2026, shall be available to provide support and assistance 

3 to foreign security forces or other groups or individuals 

4 to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis 

5 response, or other Department of Defense security co6 operation programs: Provided further, That the transfer 

7 authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

8 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: 

9 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

10 under this heading, $1,000,000 is designated by the Con11 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

12 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

13 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

15 For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 

16 Train and Equip Fund’’, $528,699,000, to remain avail17 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That such funds 

18 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordina19 tion with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, in20 cluding training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, 

21 and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova22 tion; construction for facility fortification and humane 

23 treatment; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, ir24 regular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre25 paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 
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1 State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or associated 

2 groups: Provided further, That amounts made available 

3 under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 

4 only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary 

5 of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 

6 as having a security mission to counter the Islamic State 

7 of Iraq and Syria, and following written notification to the 

8 congressional defense committees of such designation: 

9 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall en10 sure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any 

11 forces or individuals, such elements or individuals are ap12 propriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such 

13 elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups 

14 associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving 

15 commitments from such elements to promote respect for 

16 human rights and the rule of law: Provided further, That 

17 the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days 

18 prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 

19 the congressional defense committees in writing of the de20 tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 

21 Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 

22 including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 

23 including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to 

24 carry out assistance authorized under this heading: Pro25 vided further, That contributions of funds for the purposes 
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1 provided herein from any foreign government or other en2 tity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until 

3 expended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, 

4 That the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such con5 tributions when providing any assistance for construction 

6 for facility fortification: Provided further, That the Sec7 retary of Defense may waive a provision of law relating 

8 to the acquisition of items and support services or sections 

9 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

10 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that such pro11 vision of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise 

12 limit the provision of such assistance and a notice of and 

13 justification for such waiver is submitted to the congres14 sional defense committees, the Committees on Appropria15 tions and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com16 mittees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the 

17 House of Representatives: Provided further, That the 

18 United States may accept equipment procured using funds 

19 provided under this heading, or under the heading, ‘‘Iraq 

20 Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, that was trans21 ferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups par22 ticipating, or preparing to participate in activities to 

23 counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned 

24 by such forces or groups to the United States, and such 

25 equipment may be treated as stocks of the Department 
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1 of Defense upon written notification to the congressional 

2 defense committees: Provided further, That equipment 

3 procured using funds provided under this heading, or 

4 under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior 

5 Acts, and not yet transferred to security forces, irregular 

6 forces, or groups participating, or preparing to participate 

7 in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 

8 may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense 

9 when determined by the Secretary to no longer be required 

10 for transfer to such forces or groups and upon written 

11 notification to the congressional defense committees: Pro12 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 

13 quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees 

14 on the use of funds provided under this heading, including, 

15 but not limited to, the number of individuals trained, the 

16 nature and scope of support and sustainment provided to 

17 each group or individual, the area of operations for each 

18 group, and the contributions of other countries, groups, 

19 or individuals. 

20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

21 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

22 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or23 ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re24 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

25 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
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1 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip2 ment; and communications, $3,355,777,000. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

5 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or6 ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re7 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

8 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re9 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip10 ment; and communications, $1,335,162,000. 

11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

12 RESERVE

13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

14 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or15 ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re16 serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 

17 motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; 

18 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip19 ment; and communications, $340,580,000. 

20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

21 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

22 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or23 ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 

24 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

25 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
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1 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip2 ment; and communications, $4,120,296,000. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

4 GUARD

5 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin6 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 

7 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

8 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc9 tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per10 sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex11 penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 

12 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 

13 division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in14 specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 

15 regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na16 tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 

17 National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re18 pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

19 equipment (including aircraft), $8,609,258,000. 

20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

21 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin22 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 

23 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

24 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc25 tures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of pas-
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1 senger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 

2 National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, 

3 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

4 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 

5 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 

6 travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as 

7 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 

8 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 

9 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 

10 Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 

11 Chief, National Guard Bureau, $7,401,081,000. 

12 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED

13 FORCES

14 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 

15 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 

16 $21,035,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 

17 for official representation purposes. 

18 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the Department of the Army, $323,069,000, to 

21 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec22 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 

23 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc24 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

25 buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or 
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1 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

2 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

3 to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and 

4 to be available for the same purposes and for the same 

5 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

6 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

7 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

8 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

9 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

10 Provided further, That amounts transferred back under 

11 the preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropria12 tions made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) 

13 of title 10, United States Code, are available until trans14 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 

15 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

16 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au17 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

18 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the Department of the Navy, $343,591,000, to 

21 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec22 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such 

23 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc24 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

25 buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or 
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1 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

2 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

3 to the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and 

4 to be available for the same purposes and for the same 

5 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

6 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

7 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

8 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

9 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

10 Provided further, That amounts transferred back under 

11 the preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropria12 tions made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) 

13 of title 10, United States Code, are available until trans14 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 

15 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

16 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au17 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

18 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the Department of the Air Force, $372,524,000, 

21 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 

22 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 

23 such funds are required for environmental restoration, re24 duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of un25 safe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air 
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1 Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 

2 available by this appropriation to other appropriations 

3 made available to the Department of the Air Force, to be 

4 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

5 and for the same time period as the appropriations to 

6 which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter7 mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

8 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro9 vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 

10 this appropriation: Provided further, That amounts trans11 ferred back under the preceding proviso, and amounts 

12 credited to appropriations made under this heading pursu13 ant to section 2703(e) of title 10, United States Code, are 

14 available until transferred under conditions set forth in 

15 the preceding provisos: Provided further, That the transfer 

16 authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

17 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

18 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the Department of Defense, $9,480,000, to re21 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec22 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds 

23 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

24 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

25 and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar 
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1 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro2 priation to other appropriations made available to the De3 partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail4 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 

5 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur6 ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 

7 funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec8 essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

9 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

10 further, That amounts transferred back under the pre11 ceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropriations 

12 made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) of 

13 title 10, United States Code, are available until trans14 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 

15 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

16 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au17 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

18 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED

19 DEFENSE SITES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For the Department of the Army, $257,207,000, to 

22 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec23 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 

24 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc25 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 
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1 buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart2 ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this 

3 appropriation to other appropriations made available to 

4 the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 

5 be available for the same purposes and for the same time 

6 period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro7 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 

8 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

9 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

10 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

11 further, That amounts transferred back under the pre12 ceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropriations 

13 made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) of 

14 title 10, United States Code, are available until trans15 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 

16 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

17 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au18 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

19 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

20 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 

21 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 

22 Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec23 tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 

24 United States Code), $115,335,000, to remain available 

25 until September 30, 2026. 
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1 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

2 For assistance, including assistance provided by con3 tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the 

4 Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 

5 Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co6 operative Threat Reduction Act, $350,116,000, to remain 

7 available until September 30, 2027. 

8 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

9 DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT

10 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Work11 force Development Account, $115,676,000: Provided, 

12 That no other amounts may be otherwise credited or 

13 transferred to the Account, or deposited into the Account, 

14 in fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 

15 10, United States Code. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 PROCUREMENT 

3 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

4 For construction, procurement, production, modifica5 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

6 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

7 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

8 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

9 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

10 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 

11 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

12 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap13 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 

14 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

15 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

16 foregoing purposes, $3,163,347,000, to remain available 

17 for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

18 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

19 For construction, procurement, production, modifica20 tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 

21 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

22 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

23 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

24 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

25 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
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1 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

2 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap3 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 

4 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

5 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

6 foregoing purposes, $6,316,380,000, to remain available 

7 for obligation until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 

8 of the amounts made available under this heading, 

9 $382,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

10 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

14 VEHICLES, ARMY

15 For construction, procurement, production, and 

16 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 

17 equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces18 sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 

19 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 

20 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

21 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con22 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

23 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

24 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

25 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
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1 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 

2 purposes, $3,664,281,000, to remain available for obliga3 tion until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the 

4 amounts made available under this heading, $199,800,000 

5 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

6 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

8 1985. 

9 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

10 For construction, procurement, production, and 

11 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe12 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub13 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au14 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

15 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur16 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac17 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap18 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip19 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

20 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor21 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

22 for the foregoing purposes, $3,810,333,000, to remain 

23 available for obligation until September 30, 2027: Pro24 vided, That of the amounts made available under this 

25 heading, $960,507,000 is designated by the Congress as 
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1 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

2 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

5 For construction, procurement, production, and 

6 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 

7 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 

8 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 

9 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 

10 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 

11 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

12 private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 

13 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

14 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

15 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

16 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

17 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern18 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 

19 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

20 $8,880,051,000, to remain available for obligation until 

21 September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts made 

22 available under this heading, $165,455,000 is designated 

23 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

24 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg25 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

2 For construction, procurement, production, modifica3 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

4 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

5 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ6 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter7 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

8 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

9 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

10 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern11 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

12 $15,241,216,000, to remain available for obligation until 

13 September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts made 

14 available under this heading, $124,800,000 is designated 

15 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

16 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg17 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

19 For construction, procurement, production, modifica20 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap21 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 

22 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 

23 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 

24 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con25 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
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1 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

2 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

3 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

4 layaway, $6,568,402,000, to remain available for obliga5 tion until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the 

6 amounts made available under this heading, $50,000,000 

7 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

8 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

9 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

10 1985. 

11 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

12 CORPS

13 For construction, procurement, production, and 

14 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe15 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub16 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au17 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

18 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur19 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac20 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap21 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip22 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

23 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor24 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
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1 for the foregoing purposes, $1,643,478,000, to remain 

2 available for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

3 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

4 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi5 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ6 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli7 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 

8 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con9 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 

10 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 

11 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 

12 public and private plants, including land necessary there13 for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 

14 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

15 title, as follows: 

16 Columbia Class Submarine, $3,361,835,000; 

17 Columbia Class Submarine (AP), 

18 $6,215,939,000; 

19 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80), 

20 $1,186,873,000; 

21 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–81), 

22 $721,045,000; 

23 Virginia Class Submarine, $3,972,904,000; 

24 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 

25 $3,720,303,000; 
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1 CVN Refueling Overhauls, $811,143,000; 

2 DDG–1000 Program, $61,100,000; 

3 DDG–51 Destroyer, $7,951,890,000; 

4 DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $83,224,000, of 

5 which $41,500,000 is designated by the Congress as 

6 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec7 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; 

9 FFG–Frigate, $1,270,442,000; 

10 LPD Flight II, $1,561,963,000; 

11 LPD Flight II (AP), $500,000,000, of which 

12 $500,000,000 is designated by the Congress as 

13 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec14 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; 

16 LHA Replacement (AP), $256,118,000, of 

17 which $195,000,000 is designated by the Congress 

18 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

19 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; 

21 Medium Landing Ship, $268,068,000; 

22 Ship to Shore Connector, $417,000,000, of 

23 which $417,000,000 is designated by the Congress 

24 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
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1 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; 

3 Service Craft, $41,426,000; 

4 Auxiliary Personnel Lighter, $76,168,000; 

5 LCAC SLEP, $45,087,000; 

6 Auxiliary Vessels, $204,939,000; 

7 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 

8 first destination transportation, $605,753,000; and 

9 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro10 grams, $3,690,024,000, of which $1,000,000,000 is 

11 designated by the Congress as being for an emer12 gency requirement pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 In all: $37,023,244,000, to remain available for obli16 gation until September 30, 2029, of which $2,153,500,000 

17 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

18 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

19 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

20 1985: Provided, That additional obligations may be in21 curred after September 30, 2029, for engineering services, 

22 tests, evaluations, and other such budgeted work that 

23 must be performed in the final stage of ship construction: 

24 Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 

25 this heading for the construction or conversion of any 
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1 naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United 

2 States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the con3 struction of major components of such vessel: Provided 

4 further, That none of the funds provided under this head5 ing shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel 

6 in foreign shipyards: Provided further, That funds appro7 priated or otherwise made available by this Act for Colum8 bia Class Submarine (AP) may be available for the pur9 poses authorized by subsections (f), (g), (h) or (i) of sec10 tion 2218a of title 10, United States Code, only in accord11 ance with the provisions of the applicable subsection. 

12 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

13 For procurement, production, and modernization of 

14 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 

15 for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new 

16 ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase 

17 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan18 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec19 essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 

20 be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 

21 approval of title; and procurement and installation of 

22 equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 

23 private plants; reserve plant and Government and con24 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $16,482,271,000, to 

25 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2027: 
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1 Provided, That such funds are also available for the main2 tenance, repair, and modernization of ships under a pilot 

3 program established for such purposes: Provided further, 

4 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

5 $597,500,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

6 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

10 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu11 facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 

12 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 

13 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 

14 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

15 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve16 hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas17 senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 

18 of public and private plants, including land necessary 

19 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac20 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap21 proval of title, $4,201,143,000, to remain available for ob22 ligation until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the 

23 amounts made available under this heading, $240,900,000 

24 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

25 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

2 1985. 

3 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

4 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

5 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 

6 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de7 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

8 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov9 ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

10 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 

11 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

12 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

13 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov14 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 

15 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in16 cluding rents and transportation of things, 

17 $21,736,953,000, to remain available for obligation until 

18 September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts made 

19 available under this heading, $2,140,821,000 is des20 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re21 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal22 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

24 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

25 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 
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1 parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equip2 ment, and training devices; expansion of public and pri3 vate plants, Government-owned equipment and installa4 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac5 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

6 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con7 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re8 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip9 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore10 going purposes including rents and transportation of 

11 things, $4,208,262,000, to remain available for obligation 

12 until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts 

13 made available under this heading, $95,700,000 is des14 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re15 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal16 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

18 For construction, procurement, production, and 

19 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe20 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub21 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au22 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

23 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur24 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac25 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
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1 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip2 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

3 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor4 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

5 for the foregoing purposes, $598,855,000, to remain avail6 able for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

7 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

8 For procurement and modification of equipment (in9 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 

10 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 

11 and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth12 erwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehi13 cles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehi14 cles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern15 ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

16 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 

17 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

18 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

19 thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov20 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

21 $29,876,245,000, to remain available for obligation until 

22 September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts made 

23 available under this heading, $344,980,000 is designated 

24 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
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1 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg2 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE

4 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

5 spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 

6 spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 

7 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 

8 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa9 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac10 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

11 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con12 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re13 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip14 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore15 going purposes including rents and transportation of 

16 things, $4,078,521,000, to remain available for obligation 

17 until September 30, 2027. 

18 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

19 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart20 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) 

21 necessary for procurement, production, and modification 

22 of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there23 for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger 

24 motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 

25 and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 
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1 such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land 

2 for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

3 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

4 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov5 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

6 $5,819,954,000, to remain available for obligation until 

7 September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts made 

8 available under this heading, $527,245,000 is designated 

9 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg11 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

13 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 

14 to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Produc15 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), 

16 $909,377,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep17 tember 30, 2029, which shall be obligated and expended 

18 by the Secretary of Defense as if delegated the necessary 

19 authorities conferred by the Defense Production Act of 

20 1950: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

21 this heading, $500,000,000 is designated by the Congress 

22 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec23 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

2 For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac3 tical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro4 curement items for the reserve components of the Armed 

5 Forces, $1,000,000,000, to remain available for obligation 

6 until September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Chiefs of 

7 National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later 

8 than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually sub9 mit to the congressional defense committees the mod10 ernization priority assessment for their respective Na11 tional Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, 

12 That none of the funds made available by this paragraph 

13 may be used to procure manned fixed wing aircraft, or 

14 procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition: 

15 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

16 under this heading, $650,000,000 is designated by the 

17 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

18 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

3 EVALUATION 

4 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

5 ARMY

6 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci7 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ8 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa9 cilities and equipment, $14,495,968,000, to remain avail10 able for obligation until September 30, 2026: Provided, 

11 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

12 $4,500,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an 

13 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

17 NAVY

18 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci19 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ20 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa21 cilities and equipment, $26,221,839,000, to remain avail22 able for obligation until September 30, 2026: Provided, 

23 That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 

24 available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique oper25 ational requirements of the Special Operations Forces: 
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1 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

2 under this heading, $585,000,000 is designated by the 

3 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

4 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

7 AIR FORCE

8 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci9 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ10 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa11 cilities and equipment, $46,829,805,000, to remain avail12 able for obligation until September 30, 2026: Provided, 

13 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

14 $74,394,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

15 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

19 SPACE FORCE

20 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci21 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ22 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa23 cilities and equipment, $19,773,158,000, to remain avail24 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the 

25 amounts made available under this heading, 
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1 $1,030,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

2 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

3 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

4 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

6 DEFENSE-WIDE

7 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart8 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 

9 necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel10 opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 

11 as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 

12 of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, 

13 lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

14 $36,946,466,000, to remain available for obligation until 

15 September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the amounts made 

16 available under this heading, $1,223,825,000 is des17 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re18 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal19 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

21 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

22 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 

23 Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 

24 operational test and evaluation, including initial oper25 ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 
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1 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 

2 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 

3 connection therewith, $850,809,000, to remain available 

4 for obligation until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 

5 of the amounts made available under this heading, 

6 $500,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

7 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

9 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

3 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

4 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 

5 $1,832,921,000. 

6 NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND

7 For the National Defense Stockpile Transaction 

8 Fund, $7,629,000, for activities pursuant to the Strategic 

9 and Critical Material Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et 

10 seq.). 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

3 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

5 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 

6 as authorized by law, $40,608,860,000; of which 

7 $38,241,057,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 

8 of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 

9 for obligation until September 30, 2026, and of which up 

10 to $20,199,128,000 may be available for contracts entered 

11 into under the TRICARE program; of which 

12 $398,867,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep13 tember 30, 2027, shall be for procurement; and of which 

14 $1,968,936,000, to remain available for obligation until 

15 September 30, 2026, shall be for research, development, 

16 test and evaluation: Provided, That of the funds provided 

17 under this heading for research, development, test and 

18 evaluation, not less than $882,000,000 shall be made 

19 available to the Defense Health Agency to carry out the 

20 congressionally directed medical research programs. 

21 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 

22 DEFENSE

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

24 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 

25 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro-
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1 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au2 thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), $775,507,000, of 

3 which $20,745,000 shall be for operation and mainte4 nance, of which not less than $20,745,000 shall be for 

5 the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Pro6 gram, consisting of $13,945,000 for activities on military 

7 installations and $6,800,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2026, to assist State and local govern9 ments; and $754,762,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2026, shall be for research, development, test 

11 and evaluation, of which $754,762,000 shall only be for 

12 the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 

13 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

14 DEFENSE

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 

17 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 

18 available to the Department of Defense for military per19 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi20 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper21 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 

22 development, test and evaluation, $1,091,479,000, of 

23 which $653,702,000 shall be for counter-narcotics sup24 port; $135,567,000 shall be for the drug demand reduc25 tion program; $276,043,000 shall be for the National 
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1 Guard counter-drug program; and $26,167,000 shall be 

2 for the National Guard counter-drug schools program: 

3 Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading 

4 shall be available for obligation for the same time period 

5 and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which 

6 transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination 

7 that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro8 priation are not necessary for the purposes provided here9 in, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro10 priation: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro11 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans12 fer authority contained elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur13 ther, That of the amounts made available under this head14 ing, $70,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being 

15 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In20 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In21 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $557,331,000, 

22 of which $554,095,000 shall be for operation and mainte23 nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 

24 emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended 

25 upon the approval or authority of the Inspector General, 
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1 and payments may be made upon the Inspector General’s 

2 certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; 

3 of which $1,336,000, to remain available for obligation 

4 until September 30, 2027, shall be for procurement; and 

5 of which $1,900,000, to remain available until September 

6 30, 2026, shall be for research, development, test and eval7 uation: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

8 under this heading, $10,000,000 is designated by the Con9 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

10 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND

4 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

5 For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re6 tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 

7 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 

8 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 

9 System, $514,000,000. 

10 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

11 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu12 nity Management Account, $615,507,000. 
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1 TITLE VIII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 

4 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur5 poses not authorized by the Congress. 

6 SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions 

7 of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em8 ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 

9 shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: 

10 Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi11 rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 

12 Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 

13 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 

14 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 

15 computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, 

16 United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent17 age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to 

18 its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further, 

19 That this section shall not apply to Department of De20 fense foreign service national employees serving at United 

21 States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart22 ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro23 vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall 

24 not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 

25 of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. 
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1 SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 

2 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

3 the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 

4 SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appro5 priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur6 ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the 

7 last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this sec8 tion shall not apply to obligations for support of active 

9 duty training of reserve components or summer camp 

10 training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 

11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 

13 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter14 est, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Director 

15 of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 

16 exceed $6,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the De17 partment of Defense or funds made available in this Act 

18 to the Department of Defense for military functions (ex19 cept military construction) between such appropriations or 

20 funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with and 

21 to be available for the same purposes, and for the same 

22 time period, as the appropriation or fund to which trans23 ferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 

24 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore25 seen military requirements, than those for which originally 
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1 appropriated and in no case where the item for which 

2 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro3 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 

4 the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to 

5 this authority or any other authority in this Act: Provided 

6 further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall be 

7 available to prepare or present a request to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

9 and the Senate for reprogramming of funds, unless for 

10 higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re11 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 

12 and in no case where the item for which reprogramming 

13 is requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided 

14 further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of 

15 funds using authority provided in this section shall be 

16 made prior to June 30, 2025: Provided further, That 

17 transfers among military personnel appropriations shall 

18 not be taken into account for purposes of the limitation 

19 on the amount of funds that may be transferred under 

20 this section. 

21 SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro22 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 

23 and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 

24 such programs, projects, and activities) contained in the 

25 tables titled ‘‘Committee Recommended Adjustments’’ in 
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1 the report accompanying this Act and the tables contained 

2 in the classified annex accompanying this Act, the obliga3 tion and expenditure of amounts appropriated or other4 wise made available in this Act for those programs, 

5 projects, and activities for which the amounts appro6 priated exceed the amounts requested are hereby required 

7 by law to be carried out in the manner provided by such 

8 tables to the same extent as if the tables were included 

9 in the text of this Act. 

10 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de11 scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi12 sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 

13 Act: Provided, That section 8005 of this Act shall apply 

14 when transfers of the amounts described in subsection (a) 

15 occur between appropriation accounts, subject to the limi16 tation in subsection (c): Provided further, That the trans17 fer amount limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act 

18 shall not apply to transfers of amounts described in sub19 section (a) if such transfers are necessary for the proper 

20 execution of such funds. 

21 (c) During the current fiscal year, amounts specified 

22 in the referenced tables in titles III and IV of this Act 

23 described in subsection (a) may not be transferred pursu24 ant to section 8005 of this Act other than for proper exe25 cution of such amounts, as provided in subsection (b). 
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1 SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enact2 ment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit 

3 a report to the congressional defense committees to estab4 lish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 

5 transfer authorities for fiscal year 2025: Provided, That 

6 the report shall include— 

7 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa8 rate column to display the President’s budget re9 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

10 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

11 fiscal year enacted level; 

12 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro13 priation both by budget activity and program, 

14 project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Ap15 pendix; and 

16 (3) an identification of items of special congres17 sional interest. 

18 (b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none 

19 of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 

20 reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 

21 subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 

22 committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 

23 writing to the congressional defense committees that such 

24 reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 

25 requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not 
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1 apply to transfers from the following appropriations ac2 counts: 

3 (1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’; 

4 (2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’; 

5 (3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 

6 (4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense7 Wide’’; 

8 (5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly 

9 Used Defense Sites’’; and 

10 (6) ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Ac11 tivities, Defense’’. 

12 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal14 ances in working capital funds of the Department of De15 fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, 

16 United States Code, may be maintained in only such 

17 amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse18 ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans19 fers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 

20 That transfers may be made between working capital 

21 funds and the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ 

22 appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap23 propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter24 mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 

25 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, ex-
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1 cept that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec2 retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the pro3 posed transfer: Provided further, That except in amounts 

4 equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital 

5 funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a 

6 working capital fund to procure or increase the value of 

7 war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of 

8 Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such obli9 gation. 

10 SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 

11 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 

12 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres13 sional defense committees. 

14 SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act 

15 shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that 

16 employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 

17 $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in18 cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of 

19 $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 

20 leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 

21 order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in 

22 any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 

23 have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the pro24 posed contract award: Provided, That no part of any ap25 propriation contained in this Act shall be available to ini-
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1 tiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order 

2 quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 

3 the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, 

4 That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

5 shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement con6 tracts for any systems or component thereof if the value 

7 of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 un8 less specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, 

9 That no multiyear procurement contract can be termi10 nated without 30-day prior notification to the congres11 sional defense committees: Provided further, That the exe12 cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 

13 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 

14 to an annual procurement: Provided further, That none of 

15 the funds provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear 

16 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act unless in the case of any such contract— 

18 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 

19 Congress a budget request for full funding of units 

20 to be procured through the contract and, in the case 

21 of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in22 cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 

23 the contract for which procurement funds are re24 quested in that budget request for production be25 yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 
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1 year covered by the budget, full funding of procure2 ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 

3 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 

4 not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 

5 costs of the contractor associated with the produc6 tion of unfunded units to be delivered under the con7 tract; 

8 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 

9 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 

10 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 

11 (4) the contract does not provide for a price ad12 justment based on a failure to award a follow-on 

13 contract. 

14 Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be 

15 used for multiyear procurement contracts of not more 

16 than 350 T408 engines and 37 CH–53K heavy lift heli17 copters. 

18 SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op19 eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 

20 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 

21 United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 

22 costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code: 

23 Provided, That such funds may also be obligated for hu24 manitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to author25 ized operations and pursuant to authority granted in sec-
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1 tion 401 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga2 tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 

3 title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That funds 

4 available for operation and maintenance shall be available 

5 for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by 

6 using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the 

7 Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, 

8 pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as author9 ized by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon 

10 a determination by the Secretary of Defense that such ac11 tion is beneficial for graduate medical education programs 

12 conducted at Defense Health Agency medical facilities lo13 cated in Hawaii, the Secretary of Defense may authorize 

14 the provision of medical services at such facilities and 

15 transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable 

16 basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, the 

17 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Mar18 shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, 

19 and Guam. 

20 SEC. 8012. None of the funds appropriated by this 

21 or any prior Department of Defense Appropriations Act 

22 may be used to obligate and expend funds made available 

23 in accordance with subsection (c) of section 3136 of title 

24 10, United States Code, except for the purposes described 

25 in paragraphs (d)(1) through (d)(4). 
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1 SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in3 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro4 priation matters pending before the Congress. 

5 SEC. 8014. None of the funds available in this Act 

6 to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 

7 made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, 

8 or maintenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to 

9 prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de10 ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 

11 levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac12 cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au13 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 

14 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 8015. (a) Funds appropriated in title III of this 

16 Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote ́ge ́

17 Program may be transferred to any other appropriation 

18 contained in this Act solely for the purpose of imple19 menting a Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program developmental assist20 ance agreement pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, 

21 United States Code, under the authority of this provision 

22 or any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 

23 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall include with the 

24 budget justification documents in support of the budget 

25 for fiscal year 2026 (as submitted to Congress pursuant 
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1 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a descrip2 tion of each transfer under this section that occurred dur3 ing the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such 

4 budget is submitted. 

5 SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be 

6 available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 

7 (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 

8 anchor and mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring 

9 chain are manufactured in the United States from compo10 nents which are substantially manufactured in the United 

11 States: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, the 

12 term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, 

13 quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the 

14 forging and shot blasting process): Provided further, That 

15 for the purpose of this section substantially all of the com16 ponents of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered 

17 to be produced or manufactured in the United States if 

18 the aggregate cost of the components produced or manu19 factured in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost 

20 of the components produced or manufactured outside the 

21 United States: Provided further, That when adequate do22 mestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 

23 Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of 

24 the Service responsible for the procurement may waive this 

25 restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate that such an acquisition must 

3 be made in order to acquire capability for national security 

4 purposes. 

5 SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this 

6 Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 

7 funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 

8 malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 

9 resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 

10 drink) on a military installation located in the United 

11 States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured 

12 within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum13 bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 

14 installation is located: Provided, That, in a case in which 

15 the military installation is located in more than one State, 

16 purchases may be made in any State in which the installa17 tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure18 ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 

19 apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa20 tions in States which are not contiguous with another 

21 State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 

22 than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 

23 the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 

24 competitive source, price and other factors considered. 
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1 SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the De2 partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis3 pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 

4 .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 

5 to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am6 munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 

7 from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 

8 arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 

9 by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 

10 or unsafe for further use. 

11 SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap12 propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur13 ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga14 nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 

15 Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro16 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re17 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 

18 to the congressional defense committees that such a relo19 cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 

20 SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act 

21 under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 

22 $24,950,000 shall be available only for incentive payments 

23 authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 

24 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 

25 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 
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1 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec2 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi3 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 

4 defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States 

5 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 

6 of being allowed additional compensation under section 

7 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 

8 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 

9 is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds 

10 appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De11 partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro12 vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 

13 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 

14 to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 

15 services, including any contract and any subcontract at 

16 any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 

17 manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor 

18 or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 

19 States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by 

20 an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) 

21 of title 25, United States Code. 

22 SEC. 8021. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

23 of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 

24 cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 

25 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da-
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1 kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 

2 Washington relocatable military housing units located at 

3 Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 

4 Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 

5 Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the 

6 needs of the Air Force. 

7 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at 

8 no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub9 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 

10 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 

11 Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 

12 in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da13 kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 

14 such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 

15 housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 

16 of time, as determined by the Secretary. 

17 (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re18 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 

19 housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re20 quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 

21 (b). 

22 (d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means 

23 any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 

24 published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 
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1 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 

2 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131). 

3 SEC. 8022. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart4 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main5 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 may 

6 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 

7 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 

8 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in9 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de10 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 

11 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re12 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 

13 SEC. 8023. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 

14 Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 

15 or international political or psychological activities. 

16 SEC. 8024. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Work17 ing Capital Fund, Army’’, $120,000,000 shall be available 

18 to maintain competitive rates at the arsenals. 

19 SEC. 8025. (a) Of the funds made available in this 

20 Act, not less than $73,500,000 shall be available for the 

21 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

22 (1) $56,500,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper23 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 

24 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 
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1 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 

2 reduction activities involving youth programs; 

3 (2) $15,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air4 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 

5 (3) $2,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 

6 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 

7 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim8 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 

9 counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 

10 local government agencies. 

11 SEC. 8026. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

12 Act are available to establish a new Department of De13 fense (department) federally funded research and develop14 ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 

15 separate entity administrated by an organization man16 aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor17 poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 

18 other nonprofit entities. 

19 (b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capac20 ity, no member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over21 seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com22 mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, or any 

23 entity that contracts with the Federal government to man24 age or operate one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consult25 ant to a defense FFRDC shall receive funds appropriated 
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1 by this Act as compensation for services as a member of 

2 such entity: Provided, That a member of any such entity 

3 shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as author4 ized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when en5 gaged in the performance of membership duties: Provided 

6 further, That except when acting in a technical advisory 

7 capacity, no paid consultant shall receive funds appro8 priated by this Act as compensation by more than one 

9 FFRDC in a calendar year. 

10 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

11 of the funds available to the department from any source 

12 during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense 

13 FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for 

14 construction of new buildings not located on a military in15 stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 

16 by Government grants, for absorption of contract over17 runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 

18 employee participation in community service and/or devel19 opment. 

20 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 

21 the funds available to the department during fiscal year 

22 2025, not more than $2,886,300,000 may be funded for 

23 professional technical staff-related costs of the defense 

24 FFRDCs: Provided, That within such funds, not more 

25 than $461,300,000 shall be available for the defense stud-
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1 ies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, That this sub2 section shall not apply to staff years funded in the Na3 tional Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence 

4 Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

5 shall, with the submission of the department’s fiscal year 

6 2026 budget request, submit a report presenting the spe7 cific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allo8 cated for each defense FFRDC by program during that 

9 fiscal year and the associated budget estimates, by appro10 priation account and program. 

11 SEC. 8027. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

12 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 

13 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 

14 Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub15 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 

16 of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee 

17 on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

18 Senate. 

19 SEC. 8028. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

20 ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma21 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

22 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

23 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com24 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
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1 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 

2 Appropriations of the Senate. 

3 SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, the De4 partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 

5 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 

6 as well as the production of components and other De7 fense-related articles, through competition between De8 partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri9 vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu10 tive of the military department or Defense Agency con11 cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success12 ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in13 direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur14 ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 

15 76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 

16 section. 

17 SEC. 8030. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

18 Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of 

19 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com20 plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 

21 subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 

22 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

23 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per24 son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 

25 bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product 
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1 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

2 in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 

3 with section 4658 of title 10, United States Code, whether 

4 the person should be debarred from contracting with the 

5 Department of Defense. 

6 (c) In the case of any equipment or products pur7 chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 

8 the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart9 ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 

10 only American-made equipment and products, provided 

11 that American-made equipment and products are cost12 competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 

13 fashion. 

14 SEC. 8031. None of the funds appropriated or made 

15 available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 

16 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa17 cility or property under the control of the Department of 

18 Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 

19 States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re20 strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 

21 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

22 or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 

23 of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, 

24 That the Secretary of the military department responsible 

25 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case- 
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1 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 

4 to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 

5 basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order 

6 to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro7 vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 

8 contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact9 ment of this Act. 

10 SEC. 8032. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 

11 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 

12 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 

13 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 

14 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 

15 types of products produced in the United States that are 

16 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 

17 rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer18 ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 

19 in that foreign country. 

20 (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 

21 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under22 standing, between the United States and a foreign country 

23 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec24 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 

25 in that country. 
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1 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con2 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 

3 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2025. Such 

4 report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 

5 for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 

6 any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade 

7 Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any 

8 international agreement to which the United States is a 

9 party. 

10 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy 

11 American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 

12 States Code. 

13 SEC. 8033. None of the funds appropriated by this 

14 Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller 

15 bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 

16 and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of 

17 the military department responsible for such procurement 

18 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi19 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 

20 the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade21 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart22 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 

23 such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca24 pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 

25 That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 
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1 ‘‘commercial products’’, as defined by section 103 of title 

2 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 

3 apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 

4 SEC. 8034. In addition to any other funds made 

5 available for such purposes, there is appropriated 

6 $600,000,000, for an additional amount for the ‘‘National 

7 Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund’’, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2027, for activities pursuant to the 

9 Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 

10 U.S.C. 98 et seq.): Provided, That none of the funds pro11 vided under this section may be obligated or expended 

12 until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense provides the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent14 atives and the Senate a detailed execution plan for such 

15 funds: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail16 able under this heading, $500,000,000 is designated by 

17 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur18 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

19 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 SEC. 8035. None of the funds in this Act may be 

21 used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu22 factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De23 fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 

24 that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
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1 capability for national security purposes that is not avail2 able from United States manufacturers. 

3 SEC. 8036. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 

4 case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 

5 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 

6 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 

7 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 

8 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 

9 into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 

10 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 

11 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 

12 section 4851 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

13 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 

14 defense items produced in the United States for that coun15 try. 

16 (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 

17 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 

18 or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

19 (2) options for the procurement of items that 

20 are exercised after such date under contracts that 

21 are entered into before such date if the option prices 

22 are adjusted for any reason other than the applica23 tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 

24 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re25 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear-
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1 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 

2 section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 

3 Schedule of the United States and products classified 

4 under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 

5 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 

6 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 

7 8211, 8215, and 9404. 

8 SEC. 8037. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act, or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the 

10 Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or 

11 manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such 

12 flags are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) 

13 of title 10, United States Code. 

14 SEC. 8038. During the current fiscal year, amounts 

15 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 

16 Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available 

17 until expended for the payments specified by section 

18 2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 

19 SEC. 8039. During the current fiscal year, appropria20 tions which are available to the Department of Defense 

21 for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 

22 items having an investment item unit cost of not more 

23 than $350,000: Provided, That upon determination by the 

24 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet 

25 the operational requirements of a Commander of a Com-
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1 batant Command engaged in a named contingency oper2 ation overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 

3 having an investment item unit cost of not more than 

4 $500,000. 

5 SEC. 8040. Up to $8,132,000 of the funds appro6 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

7 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re8 gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 

9 United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater 

10 Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian as11 sistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs 

12 of training and exercising with foreign security forces: 

13 Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may 

14 be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for 

15 humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined 

16 exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may not 

17 be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country 

18 that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of 

19 assistance under any other provision of law. 

20 SEC. 8041. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg21 ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco22 related products in military resale outlets in the United 

23 States, its territories and possessions at a price below the 

24 most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 

25 That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to-
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1 bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re2 tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 

3 for military retail system stores located in the United 

4 States. 

5 SEC. 8042. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 

6 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 

7 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 

8 purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir9 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur10 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 

11 customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 

12 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 

13 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 

14 during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an 

15 investment item would be chargeable during the current 

16 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 

17 Defense for procurement. 

18 (b) The fiscal year 2026 budget request for the De19 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

20 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2026 

21 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub22 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 

23 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro24 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 

25 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2026 procurement 
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1 appropriation and not in the supply management business 

2 area or any other area or category of the Department of 

3 Defense Working Capital Funds. 

4 SEC. 8043. None of the funds appropriated by this 

5 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 

6 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 

7 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 

8 Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That funds appropriated, 

10 transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel11 ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 

12 during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall 

13 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

14 any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel15 ligence Agency for advanced research and development ac16 quisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro17 grams authorized by the President under section 503 of 

18 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall 

19 remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided fur20 ther, That any funds appropriated or transferred to the 

21 Central Intelligence Agency for the construction, improve22 ment, or alteration of facilities, including leased facilities, 

23 to be used primarily by personnel of the intelligence com24 munity, shall remain available until September 30, 2027. 
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1 SEC. 8044. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

2 this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per3 formance an activity or function of the Department of De4 fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 

5 Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em6 ployees unless— 

7 (1) the conversion is based on the result of a 

8 public-private competition that includes a most effi9 cient and cost effective organization plan developed 

10 by such activity or function; 

11 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter12 mines that, over all performance periods stated in 

13 the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac14 tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac15 tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 

16 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 

17 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

18 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi19 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 

20 of that activity or function by Federal employ21 ees; or 

22 (B) $10,000,000; and 

23 (3) the contractor does not receive an advan24 tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 

25 Department of Defense by— 
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1 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 

2 health insurance plan available to the workers 

3 who are to be employed in the performance of 

4 that activity or function under the contract; or 

5 (B) offering to such workers an employer6 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 

7 employer to contribute less towards the pre8 mium or subscription share than the amount 

9 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 

10 health benefits for civilian employees under 

11 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

12 (b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard 

13 to subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or 

14 (c) of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and 

15 notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require16 ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 

17 to enter into a contract for the performance of any com18 mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 

19 Defense that— 

20 (A) is included on the procurement list estab21 lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner22 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 

23 Code); 

24 (B) is planned to be converted to performance 

25 by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 
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1 a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi2 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 

3 (C) is planned to be converted to performance 

4 by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner5 ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 

6 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As7 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha8 waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 

9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 

10 (2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts 

11 or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 

12 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 

13 (c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 

14 Department of Defense under the authority provided by 

15 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 

16 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es17 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 

18 to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance 

19 with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 

20 States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com21 mercial activities. 

22 (RESCISSIONS)

23 SEC. 8045. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

24 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

25 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro-
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1 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 

2 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des3 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

4 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

6 1985: 

7 ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 2022/ 

8 2025, $80,000,000; 

9 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2023/2025, 

10 $25,000,000; 

11 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2023/2025, 

12 $3,700,000; 

13 ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 2023/2025, 

14 $50,000,000; 

15 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2023/2025, 

16 $115,204,000; 

17 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force’’, 

18 2023/2025, $23,000,000; 

19 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2024/2026, 

20 $75,000,000; 

21 ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2024/2026, 

22 $48,000,000; 

23 ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 2024/2026, 

24 $14,821,000; 
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1 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

2 Navy’’, 2024/2025, $16,395,000; 

3 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

4 Air Force’’, 2024/2025, $13,151,000; 

5 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

6 Space Force’’, 2024/2025, $111,665,000; and 

7 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

8 Defense-Wide’’, 2024/2025, $17,800,000. 

9 SEC. 8046. None of the funds available in this Act 

10 may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili11 tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 

12 Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force 

13 Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 

14 imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 

15 military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 

16 are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc17 ture. 

18 SEC. 8047. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex20 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 

21 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: 

22 Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac23 tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 

24 Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of 
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1 United States Armed Forces personnel from the Demo2 cratic People’s Republic of Korea. 

3 SEC. 8048. (a) None of the funds available to the 

4 Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter5 diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 

6 any other department or agency of the United States ex7 cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 

8 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel9 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 

10 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de11 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi12 cally provided in an appropriations law. 

13 SEC. 8049. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

14 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

15 $24,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

16 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 

17 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter18 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci19 fied as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organi20 zations. 

21 SEC. 8050. Notwithstanding any other provision in 

22 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 

23 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set24 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 

25 projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the 
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1 extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart2 ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head 

3 of each other relevant component of the Department of 

4 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit5 tees, concurrent with submission of the budget justifica6 tion documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 

7 title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed ac8 counting of the Small Business Innovation Research pro9 gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer pro10 gram set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activi11 ties within such department, agency, or component during 

12 the most recently completed fiscal year. 

13 SEC. 8051. None of the funds available to the De14 partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 

15 expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 

16 Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 

17 the contractor to an employee when— 

18 (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in 

19 excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 

20 to the employee; and 

21 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as22 sociated with a business combination. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 8052. During the current fiscal year, no more 

25 than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act 
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1 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense2 Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 

3 the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to 

4 be available for the same time period as the appropriations 

5 to which transferred, to be used in support of such per6 sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 

7 organizations and activities outside the Department of De8 fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 

9 Code. 

10 SEC. 8053. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

11 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per12 mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 

13 Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail14 able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 

15 Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 

16 such use on a case-by-case basis. 

17 (b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 

18 credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis19 tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 

20 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 

21 that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 

22 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 

23 SEC. 8054. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

24 otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli25 gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 
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1 storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 

2 aircraft. 

3 (b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 

4 apply to an individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary 

5 of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to 

6 be no longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap. 

7 (c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) 

8 that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary 

9 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 

10 certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is 

11 due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte12 nance, repairs, or other reasons. 

13 SEC. 8055. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 

14 title IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for 

15 delivery to military forces for operational training, oper16 ational use, or inventory requirements: Provided, That this 

17 restriction does not apply to end-items used in develop18 ment, prototyping in accordance with an approved test 

19 strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to ac20 ceptance for operational use. 

21 (b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds 

22 appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number 

23 required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 

24 of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under 

25 Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in 
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1 coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Ex2 ecutive, shall certify in writing to the congressional de3 fense committees that there is a bonafide need for the ad4 ditional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress 

5 of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2026 pursu6 ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Pro7 vided, That this restriction does not apply to programs 

8 funded within the National Intelligence Program. 

9 (c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the 

10 submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 

11 fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 

12 United States Code, submit to the congressional defense 

13 committees a report detailing the use of funds requested 

14 in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for 

15 end-items used in development, prototyping and test ac16 tivities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational 

17 use: Provided, That the report shall set forth, for each 

18 end item covered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list 

19 of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the 

20 accounts described in that proviso were used for such item: 

21 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, at 

22 the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of 

23 the President for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section 

24 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the con25 gressional defense committees a certification that funds 
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1 requested for fiscal year 2026 in research, development, 

2 test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this 

3 section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

4 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi5 fying in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 

6 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent7 atives and the Senate that it is in the national security 

8 interest to do so. 

9 SEC. 8056. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this or other Department of De11 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 

12 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 

13 military family housing units of the Department of De14 fense, including areas in such military family housing 

15 units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi16 cial Department of Defense business. 

17 SEC. 8057. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 

19 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense20 Wide’’ for any new start Defense Innovation Acceleration 

21 (PE 0603838D8Z) or Rapid Prototyping Program (PE 

22 0604331D8Z) demonstration project with a value of more 

23 than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 15 days after a 

24 report, including a description of the project, the planned 

25 acquisition and transition strategy and its estimated an-
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1 nual and total cost, has been provided in writing to the 

2 congressional defense committees: Provided, That the Sec3 retary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case4 by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense 

5 committees that it is in the national interest to do so. 

6 SEC. 8058. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 

7 to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees 

8 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 

10 directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 

11 SEC. 8059. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 

12 10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member 

13 of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 

14 duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 

15 may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele16 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 

17 SEC. 8060. None of the funds provided in this Act 

18 may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 

19 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 

20 a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no21 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 

22 piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, 

23 ‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, ‘‘general 

24 purpose (GP)’’, ‘‘special purpose (SP)’’ except 9mm, or 

25 ‘‘enhanced performance round (EPR)’’, except to an entity 
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1 performing demilitarization services for the Department of 

2 Defense under a contract that requires the entity to dem3 onstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of Defense 

4 that the above listed projectiles are either: (1) rendered 

5 incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) 

6 used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a contract 

7 with the Department of Defense or the manufacture of 

8 ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Perma9 nent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the 

10 Department of State. 

11 SEC. 8061. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des13 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider14 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 

15 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 

16 personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 

17 any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 

18 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra19 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 

20 Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, 

21 on a case-by-case basis. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 8062. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

24 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

25 $194,452,598 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 

3 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro4 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 

5 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 

6 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper7 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 

8 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 

9 under the authority of this section may provide for such 

10 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec11 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 

12 section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 

13 local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na14 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 

15 SEC. 8063. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

16 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod17 ify— 

18 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 

19 National Intelligence Program budget, including 

20 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 

21 appropriation account; 

22 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 

23 budget request is presented in the unclassified P–1, 

24 R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart25 ment of Defense budget request; 
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1 (3) the process by which the National Intel2 ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 

3 the executing agencies; or 

4 (4) the process by which the National Intel5 ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli6 gated and disbursed. 

7 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 

8 prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the Na9 tional Intelligence Program budget at or below the Ex10 penditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise 

11 in accordance with paragraphs (1)–(3) of subsection (a). 

12 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec13 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 

14 achieving auditable financial statements and improving 

15 fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 

16 alternative financial management processes. Such study 

17 shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as18 sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 

19 will adversely affect counterintelligence. 

20 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de21 fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel22 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 

23 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af24 fected agencies; 
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1 (2) receive certification from all affected agen2 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 

3 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 

4 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 

5 (3) not later than 30 days after receiving all 

6 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 

7 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 

8 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 8064. In addition to amounts made available 

11 elsewhere in this Act, $400,000,000 is hereby appro12 priated to the Department of Defense and made available 

13 for transfer to operation and maintenance accounts, pro14 curement accounts, and research, development, test and 

15 evaluation accounts only for those efforts by the Com16 mander, United States Africa Command or Commander, 

17 United States Southern Command to expand cooperation, 

18 share operational information, advance interoperability, or 

19 improve the capabilities of our allies and partners in their 

20 areas of operation: Provided, That none of the funds pro21 vided under this section may be obligated or expended 

22 until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense provides to 

23 the congressional defense committees an execution plan: 

24 Provided further, That not less than 15 days prior to any 

25 transfer of funds, the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
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1 the congressional defense committees of the details of any 

2 such transfer: Provided further, That upon transfer, the 

3 funds shall be merged with and available for the same pur4 poses, and for the same time period, as the appropriation 

5 to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer 

6 authority provided under this section is in addition to any 

7 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 8065. During the current fiscal year, not to ex10 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 

11 in title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

12 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper13 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 

14 the military department concerned to its central fund es15 tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec16 tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 8066. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper19 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 

20 available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for 

21 Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 

22 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv23 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 

24 SEC. 8067. None of the funds available to the De25 partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 
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1 and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 

2 operational and administrative control of United States 

3 Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That 

4 the command and control relationships which existed on 

5 October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 

6 modification has been proposed to the Committees on Ap7 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen8 ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 

9 be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an 

10 objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap11 propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro12 posed modification shall not preclude the ability of the 

13 commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 

14 meet operational requirements. 

15 SEC. 8068. Any notice that is required to be sub16 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

17 of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 

18 title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) 

19 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

20 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to 

21 that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on 

22 Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

24 SEC. 8069. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

25 under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and 
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1 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense2 Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 

3 Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $110,000,000 

4 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov5 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 

6 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub7 ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree8 ment, as amended; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short 

9 Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in10 cluding cruise missile defense research and development 

11 under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000 shall be for co12 production activities of SRBMD systems in the United 

13 States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 

14 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce15 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 

16 for SRBMD, as amended; $50,000,000 shall be for an 

17 upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Archi18 tecture, of which $50,000,000 shall be for co-production 

19 activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 

20 States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 

21 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce22 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 

23 for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and $173,000,000 

24 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program in-
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1 cluding development of a long range, ground and airborne, 

2 detection suite. 

3 SEC. 8070. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

4 under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 

5 $3,690,024,000 shall be available until September 30, 

6 2025, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for 

7 the following programs (of which $1,000,000,000 is from 

8 amounts that are designated by the Congress as being for 

9 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985 under such heading): 

12 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con13 version, Navy’’, 2013/2025: Carrier Replacement 

14 Program, $236,000,000; 

15 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con16 version, Navy’’, 2016/2025: DDG 51 Program, 

17 $10,509,000; 

18 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con19 version, Navy’’, 2016/2025: Towing, Salvage, and 

20 Rescue Ship Program, $60,000,000; 

21 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con22 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025: Virginia Class Sub23 marine Program, $219,370,000; 
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1 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025: DDG 51 Program, 

3 $115,600,000; 

4 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025: Littoral Combat Ship 

6 Program, $8,100,000; 

7 (7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025: LHA Replacement Pro9 gram, $115,397,000; 

10 (8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025: Virginia Class Sub12 marine Program, $73,634,000; 

13 (9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025: DDG 51 Program, 

15 $107,405,000; 

16 (10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025: Littoral Combat Ship 

18 Program, $12,000,000; 

19 (11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025: LPD 17 (Flight II) Am21 phibious Transport Dock Program, $19,158,000; 

22 (12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con23 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025: Oceanographic Ships 

24 Program, $18,000,000; 
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1 (13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025: Ship to Shore Connector 

3 Program, $14,694,000; 

4 (14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2019/2025: Littoral Combat Ship 

6 Program, $27,900,000; 

7 (15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2019/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro9 gram, $49,995,000; 

10 (16) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2019/2025: Ship to Shore Connector 

12 Program, $33,345,000; 

13 (17) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2020/2025: CVN Refueling Over15 hauls, $669,171,000; 

16 (18) Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and 

17 Conversion, Navy’’, 2020/2025: FFG–Frigate Pro18 gram, $184,473,000; 

19 (19) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2020/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro21 gram, $151,837,000; 

22 (20) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con23 version, Navy’’, 2020/2025: Towing, Salvage, and 

24 Rescue Ship Program, $978,000; 
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1 (21) Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and 

2 Conversion, Navy’’, 2021/2025: FFG–Frigate Pro3 gram, $134,015,000; 

4 (22) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2021/2025: Towing, Salvage, and 

6 Rescue Ship Program, $17,375,000; 

7 (23) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2022/2025: FFG–Frigate Program, 

9 $113,645,000; 

10 (24) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2022/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro12 gram, $13,222,000; 

13 (25) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2022/2025: Towing, Salvage, and 

15 Rescue Ship Program, $4,234,000; 

16 (26) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2023/2025: FFG–Frigate Program, 

18 $95,039,000; 

19 (27) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2023/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro21 gram, $12,100,000; 

22 (28) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con23 version, Navy’’, 2024/2025: Virginia Class Sub24 marine Program, $1,000,000,000 (of which 

25 $1,000,000,000 is from amounts that are designated 
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1 by the Congress as being for an emergency require2 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

4 1985 under such heading); and 

5 (29) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con6 version, Navy’’, 2024/2025: FFG–Frigate Program, 

7 $172,828,000. 

8 SEC. 8071. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

9 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel10 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 

11 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na12 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal 

13 year 2025 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author14 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. 

15 SEC. 8072. None of the funds provided in this Act 

16 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

17 reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 

18 program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 

19 or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 

20 of national security and only after written prior notifica21 tion to the congressional defense committees. 

22 SEC. 8073. None of the funds in this Act may be 

23 used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure24 ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 

25 missile defense system. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8074. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 

3 funds from any available Department of the Navy appro4 priation to any available Navy ship construction appro5 priation for the purpose of liquidating necessary changes 

6 resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate ad7 justments for any ship construction program appropriated 

8 in law: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to 

9 exceed $20,000,000 under the authority provided by this 

10 section: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 

11 transfer any funds until 30 days after the proposed trans12 fer has been reported to the Committees on Appropria13 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, un14 less a response from the Committees is received sooner: 

15 Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to 

16 this section shall retain the same period of availability as 

17 when originally appropriated: Provided further, That the 

18 transfer authority provided under this section is in addi19 tion to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere 

20 in this Act: Provided further, That the transfer authority 

21 provided by this section expires on September 30, 2029. 

22 SEC. 8075. None of the funds appropriated or made 

23 available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 

24 the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad25 ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 
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1 the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 

2 levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force 

3 shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 

4 perform other missions in support of national defense re5 quirements during the non-hurricane season. 

6 SEC. 8076. None of the funds provided in this Act 

7 shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in8 formation unless the information has been lawfully col9 lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for10 eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 

11 pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 

12 in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 

13 Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple14 mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 

15 SEC. 8077. None of the funds appropriated by this 

16 Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National 

17 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 

18 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 

19 research and technology, which shall remain available until 

20 September 30, 2026. 

21 SEC. 8078. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 

22 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 

23 made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 

24 Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 

25 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship-
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1 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 

2 prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 

3 to the total amount of the appropriation. 

4 SEC. 8079. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 

5 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel6 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel7 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 

8 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 

9 2025: Provided, That the report shall include— 

10 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa11 rate column to display the President’s budget re12 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

13 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

14 fiscal year enacted level; 

15 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro16 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 

17 (3) an identification of items of special congres18 sional interest. 

19 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel20 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re21 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub22 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 

23 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 

24 certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com-
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1 mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 

2 as an emergency requirement. 

3 SEC. 8080. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to 

4 the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Devel5 opment Account in or for fiscal year 2025 to a military 

6 department or Defense Agency pursuant to section 

7 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be cov8 ered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act. 

9 SEC. 8081. (a) None of the funds provided for the 

10 National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro11 priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi12 ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac13 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 

14 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 

15 (1) creates a new start effort; 

16 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 

17 funding of $10,000,000 or more; 

18 (3) transfers funding into or out of the Na19 tional Intelligence Program; or 

20 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 

21 unless the congressional intelligence committees are 

22 notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 

23 of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 

24 urgent national security requirements. 
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1 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel2 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 

3 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

4 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 

5 section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

6 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 

7 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac8 companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 

9 committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re10 programming of funds; this notification period may be re11 duced for urgent national security requirements. 

12 SEC. 8082. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 

13 available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 

14 (c), post on the public website of that agency any report 

15 required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

16 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen17 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

18 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

19 (1) the public posting of the report com20 promises national security; or 

21 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

22 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

23 do so only after such report has been made available to 

24 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

25 no less than 45 days. 
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1 SEC. 8083. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

2 otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 

3 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 

4 $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 

5 (1) enter into any agreement with any of its 

6 employees or independent contractors that requires, 

7 as a condition of employment, that the employee or 

8 independent contractor agree to resolve through ar9 bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 

10 Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 

11 out of sexual assault or harassment, including as12 sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 

13 distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su14 pervision, or retention; or 

15 (2) take any action to enforce any provision of 

16 an existing agreement with an employee or inde17 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 

18 or independent contractor resolve through arbitra19 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

20 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex21 ual assault or harassment, including assault and 

22 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 

23 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 

24 or retention. 
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1 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed3 eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 

4 each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 

5 not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 

6 agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub7 section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 

8 contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 

9 For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon10 tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 

11 $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 

12 (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 

13 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 

14 with employees or independent contractors that may not 

15 be enforced in a court of the United States. 

16 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica17 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 

18 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 

19 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per20 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 

21 harm to national security interests of the United States, 

22 and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 

23 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina24 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 

25 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 
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1 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 

2 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 

3 avoid harm to national security interests of the United 

4 States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con5 gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 

6 under this subsection not less than 15 business days be7 fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter8 mination may be awarded. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 8084. From within the funds appropriated for 

11 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro12 gram in this Act, up to $162,500,000, shall be available 

13 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart14 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

15 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 

16 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

17 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 

18 of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper19 ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 

20 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet21 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 

22 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 

23 Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 

24 Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 

25 funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op-
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1 eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 

2 to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Vet3 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 

4 written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent6 atives and the Senate. 

7 SEC. 8085. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De9 partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven10 tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 

11 States Code. 

12 SEC. 8086. Notwithstanding price or other limita13 tions applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying ve14 hicles, appropriations available to the Department of De15 fense may be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light 

16 armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 

17 for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 

18 per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 

19 of $75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian em20 ployees of the Department of Defense in the United States 

21 Central Command area of responsibility. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 8087. Upon a determination by the Director of 

24 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 

25 the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 
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1 of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

2 transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 

3 available in this Act for the National Intelligence Pro4 gram: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 

5 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore6 seen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi7 nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 

8 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro9 vided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings 

10 of funds using authority provided in this section shall be 

11 made prior to June 30, 2025. 

12 SEC. 8088. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

13 for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $204,939,000, 

14 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

15 2029, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift 

16 vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 

17 under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 

18 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 

19 available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 

20 Maritime Administration account of the United States De21 partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi22 ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 

23 Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

24 2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 
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1 shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 

2 for execution. 

3 SEC. 8089. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 

4 awards on a public website in a searchable format. 

5 SEC. 8090. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 

7 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 

8 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 

9 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 

10 person; or 

11 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 

12 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 

13 United States Code) of any electronic communica14 tion of a United States person from a provider of 

15 electronic communication services to the public pur16 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur17 veillance Act of 1978. 

18 SEC. 8091. None of the funds made available in this 

19 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 

20 officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 

21 approves or implements the transfer of administrative re22 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 

23 project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 

24 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with25 out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
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1 this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex2 pressly provided for in Department of Defense Appropria3 tions Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental 

4 appropriations for the Department of Defense. 

5 SEC. 8092. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

6 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $769,047,000, 

7 to remain available until expended, may be used for any 

8 purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 

9 established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 

10 Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such 

11 amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 

12 Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 

13 United States Department of Transportation for pro14 grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na15 tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 

16 SEC. 8093. (a) None of the funds provided in this 

17 Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 

18 award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 

19 the following components unless those components are 

20 manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 

21 (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 

22 equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel23 lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 

24 and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse25 quent ships of the fleet. 
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1 (b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the 

2 FFG(X) Frigate program shall be used to award a new 

3 contract that provides for the acquisition of the following 

4 components unless those components are manufactured in 

5 the United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; 

6 electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; 

7 pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; totally 

8 enclosed lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard 

9 cranes; auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion pro10 pellers: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall in11 corporate United States manufactured propulsion engines 

12 and propulsion reduction gears into the FFG(X) Frigate 

13 program beginning not later than with the eleventh ship 

14 of the program. 

15 SEC. 8094. None of the funds provided in this Act 

16 for requirements development, performance specification 

17 development, concept design and development, ship con18 figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi19 tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 

20 industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 

21 Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 

22 solicitation package, or related activities for the T– 

23 ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T– 

24 AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 

25 to award a new contract for such activities unless these 
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1 contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip2 ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu3 factured in the United States. 

4 SEC. 8095. No amounts credited or otherwise made 

5 available in this or any other Act to the Department of 

6 Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 

7 be transferred to: 

8 (1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 

9 under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au10 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 

11 2302 note); or 

12 (2) credited to a military-department specific 

13 fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na14 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

15 2016 (as amended by section 897 of the National 

16 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). 

17 SEC. 8096. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex19 penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 

20 of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 

21 topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 

22 by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 

23 and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo24 sure 3, 14a and 14b). 
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1 SEC. 8097. (a) None of the funds made available in 

2 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

3 network unless such network is designed to block access 

4 to pornography websites. 

5 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

6 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

7 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi8 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 

9 or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in10 cluding intelligence activities. 

11 SEC. 8098. None of the funds provided for, or other12 wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli13 gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 

14 motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 

15 than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 

16 ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper17 ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 

18 providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un19 dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip20 ment. 

21 SEC. 8099. (a) None of the funds made available by 

22 this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

23 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

24 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

25 to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
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1 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad2 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

3 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 

4 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col5 lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed6 eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 

7 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 

8 Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment 

9 of the corporation described in such subsection and has 

10 made a determination that such suspension or debarment 

11 is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 

12 Government. 

13 SEC. 8100. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 

14 of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight of the ta15 bles of ‘‘Committee Recommended Adjustments’’ in the re16 port accompanying this Act, may be used for expenses for 

17 the agile research, development, test and evaluation, pro18 curement, production, modification, and operation and 

19 maintenance, only for the following Software and Digital 

20 Technology Pilot programs— 

21 (1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A); 

22 (2) Risk Management Information (PE 

23 0608013N); 

24 (3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 

25 (PE 0608231N); 
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1 (4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking 

2 SW (PE 1208248SF); 

3 (5) Global Command and Control System (PE 

4 0303150K); 

5 (6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z); 

6 and 

7 (7) Advancing Analytics (PE 06XXXXXD8Z). 

8 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 

9 Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli10 gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig11 ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2025. 

12 SEC. 8101. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 

14 enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 

15 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 

16 Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

17 (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 

18 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 

19 Code. 

20 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 

21 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 

22 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 

23 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 

24 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed-
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1 eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 

2 Federal Regulations. 

3 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 

4 of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 

5 to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 

6 Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 

7 148). 

8 SEC. 8102. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

9 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense10 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

11 $300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2026, shall be for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initia13 tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

14 Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec15 retary of State, to provide assistance, including training; 

16 equipment; lethal assistance; logistics support, supplies 

17 and services; salaries and stipends; sustainment; and intel18 ligence support to the military and national security forces 

19 of Ukraine, and to other forces or groups recognized by 

20 and under the authority of the Government of Ukraine, 

21 including governmental entities within Ukraine, engaged 

22 in resisting Russian aggression against Ukraine, for re23 placement of any weapons or articles provided to the Gov24 ernment of Ukraine from the inventory of the United 

25 States, and to recover or dispose of equipment procured 
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1 using funds made available in this section in this or prior 

2 Acts: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

3 shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 

4 available in this section, notify the congressional defense 

5 committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: 

6 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 

7 more than 60 days after such notification is made, inform 

8 such committees if such funds have not been obligated and 

9 the reasons therefor: Provided further, That the Secretary 

10 of Defense shall consult with such committees in advance 

11 of the provision of support provided to other forces or 

12 groups recognized by and under the authority of the Gov13 ernment of Ukraine: Provided further, That the United 

14 States may accept equipment procured using funds made 

15 available in this section in this or prior Acts transferred 

16 to the security forces of Ukraine and returned by such 

17 forces to the United States: Provided further, That equip18 ment procured using funds made available in this section 

19 in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the mili20 tary or national security forces of Ukraine or to other as21 sisted entities, or returned by such forces or other assisted 

22 entities to the United States, may be treated as stocks 

23 of the Department of Defense upon written notification 

24 to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 

25 That the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain con-
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1 tributions, including money, personal property, and serv2 ices, from foreign governments and other entities, to carry 

3 out assistance authorized for the Ukraine Security Assist4 ance Initiative in this section: Provided further, That the 

5 Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 

6 committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obli7 gation of any contribution, delineating the sources and 

8 amounts of the funds received and the specific use of such 

9 contributions: Provided further, That contributions of 

10 money for the purposes provided herein from any foreign 

11 government or other entity may be credited to this ac12 count, to remain available until September 30, 2026, and 

13 used for such purposes: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 

15 congressional defense committees on the use and status 

16 of funds made available in this section. 

17 SEC. 8103. During the current fiscal year, the De18 partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 

19 not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec20 tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa21 tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 

22 of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con23 tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria24 tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 
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1 SEC. 8104. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

2 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense3 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

4 $1,352,219,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2026, shall be available for International Security Co6 operation Programs and other programs to provide sup7 port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 

8 groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 

9 counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca10 pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 

11 shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 

12 available in this section, notify the congressional defense 

13 committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga14 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 

15 provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria16 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 

17 the use and status of funds made available in this section. 

18 SEC. 8105. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

19 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense20 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

21 $350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2026, shall be available for support authorized by sub23 paragraphs (A) through (E) of section 1226(a)(1) of the 

24 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 

25 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note): Provided, That the Secretary of 
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1 Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating 

2 funds provided under this section, notify the congressional 

3 defense committees in writing of the details of any planned 

4 obligation and the nature of the expenses incurred: Pro5 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 

6 quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of 

7 the House of Representatives and the Senate on the use 

8 and status of funds made available in this section. 

9 SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res11 olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 8107. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 

14 333 of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping oper15 ations for the countries designated annually to be in viola16 tion of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 

17 of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may 

18 be used to support any military training or operation that 

19 includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers 

20 Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is other21 wise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 

22 Prevention Act of 2008. 

23 SEC. 8108. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be made available for any member of the Taliban. 
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1 SEC. 8109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 

3 available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun4 tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 

5 the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 

6 331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 

7 accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 

8 SEC. 8110. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

9 otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 

10 be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 

11 or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 

12 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

13 agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 

14 or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 

15 of Rosoboronexport. 

16 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita17 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

18 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel19 ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 

20 interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ21 ing to the congressional defense committees that— 

22 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 

23 lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 

24 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern25 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 
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1 (2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 

2 have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 

3 (3) agents of the Russian Federation have 

4 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con5 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 

6 Ukraine. 

7 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of De8 fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 

9 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 

10 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 

11 later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 

12 is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen13 eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

14 a report containing the results of the review conducted 

15 with respect to such waiver. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 8111. In addition to amounts appropriated in 

18 title II or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

19 $2,000,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 

20 of Defense and made available for transfer to the oper21 ation and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Ma22 rine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force (including Na23 tional Guard and Reserve) for purposes of improving mili24 tary readiness: Provided, That the transfer authority pro25 vided under this section is in addition to any other trans-
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1 fer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur2 ther, That none of the funds provided under this section 

3 may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Sec4 retary of Defense provides the Committees on Appropria5 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 

6 detailed execution plan for such funds. 

7 SEC. 8112. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

8 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense9 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

10 $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2026, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 

12 nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ13 ing access, provided to United States military and stability 

14 operations to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: 

15 Provided, That such reimbursement payments may be 

16 made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with 

17 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consulta18 tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 

19 Budget, may determine, based on documentation deter20 mined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account 

21 for the support provided, and such determination is final 

22 and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United 

23 States, and 15 days following written notification to the 

24 appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, 

25 That these funds may be used for the purpose of providing 
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1 specialized training and procuring supplies and specialized 

2 equipment and providing such supplies and loaning such 

3 equipment on a non-reimbursable basis to coalition forces 

4 supporting United States military and stability operations 

5 to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and 15 

6 days following written notification to the appropriate con7 gressional committees: Provided further, That the Sec8 retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent10 atives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made 

11 available in this section. 

12 SEC. 8113. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

13 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 

14 available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 

15 Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 

16 fiscal year 2025 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec17 tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 

18 Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 

19 amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec20 ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca21 tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2025’’ 

22 in the report accompanying this Act. 

23 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo24 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 

25 year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
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1 if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro2 priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 

3 Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre4 ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, appor5 tionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing adminis6 tration of programs allocated using funds transferred from 

7 the CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allo8 cated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 

9 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that 

10 are no more than the allocation for such purposes in sub11 section (a) of this section. 

12 (c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds 

13 allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the 

14 terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section 

15 8005 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallo16 cated pursuant to this subsection only for those require17 ments necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the Wil18 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza19 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 

20 (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 

21 the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of De22 fense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed 

24 allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, 

25 with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 
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1 under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for 

2 fiscal year 2026. 

3 (e) The Department of Defense shall provide the 

4 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent5 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal6 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 

7 America Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 

8 subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, 

9 committed, and unobligated funds. 

10 SEC. 8114. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

11 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense12 Wide’’, $47,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 

13 and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ 

14 Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds are made 

15 available for transfer to the Department of the Army, the 

16 Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

17 Force: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 

18 merged with and available for the same purposes and for 

19 the same time period as the appropriations to which the 

20 funds are transferred: Provided further, That this transfer 

21 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

22 provided in this Act. 

23 SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to support any activity conducted by, 

25 or associated with, the Wuhan Institute of Virology. 
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1 SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to fund any work to be performed by 

3 EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported 

4 by the government of China unless the Secretary of De5 fense determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in 

6 the national security interests of the United States and, 

7 not later than 14 days after granting such a waiver, sub8 mits to the congressional defense committees a detailed 

9 justification for the waiver, including— 

10 (1) an identification of the Department of De11 fense entity obligating or expending the funds; 

12 (2) an identification of the amount of such 

13 funds; 

14 (3) an identification of the intended purpose of 

15 such funds; 

16 (4) an identification of the recipient or prospec17 tive recipient of such funds (including any third18 party entity recipient, as applicable); 

19 (5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the 

20 national security interests of the United States; and 

21 (6) any other information the Secretary deter22 mines appropriate. 

23 SEC. 8117. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

25 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
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1 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

2 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

3 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

4 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

5 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

6 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

7 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

8 SEC. 8118. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 

10 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 

11 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 

12 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 

13 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec14 tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

15 Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 

16 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

17 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 

18 SEC. 8119. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

19 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 

20 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 

21 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 

22 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 

23 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef24 fective control of the Department of Defense. 
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1 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

2 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

3 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

4 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

5 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

6 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

7 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

8 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

9 and 

10 (2) is— 

11 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

12 control of the Department of Defense; or 

13 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

14 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

15 SEC. 8120. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

17 of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

18 Cuba. 

19 SEC. 8121. In addition to amounts made available 

20 elsewhere in this Act, $80,000,000 is hereby appropriated 

21 only for payments pursuant to section 124 of the Con22 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public 

23 Law 117–180), to remain available until September 30, 

24 2027: Provided, That during their period of availability, 

25 such amounts may be charged for any proper expense pur-
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1 suant to section 1553(b)(1) of title 31, United States 

2 Code, notwithstanding the limitation in section 1553(b)(2) 

3 of such title. 

4 SEC. 8122. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli6 gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air7 craft. 

8 SEC. 8123. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Depart9 ment of Defense Credit Program Account’’ established 

10 pursuant to section 903(b)(5) of the National Defense Au11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118– 

12 31), $24,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2027, for the cost of loans and loan guarantees pursuant 

14 to section 903(b) of such Act for a pilot program on cap15 ital assistance to support defense investment in the indus16 trial base: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 

17 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

18 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur19 ther, That such amounts are available to subsidize gross 

20 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, and 

21 total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

22 not to exceed $492,000,000: Provided further, That the 

23 use of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this 

24 section for direct loans or commitments to guarantee loans 

25 for any project shall be in accordance with the criteria that 
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1 are developed and certified pursuant to the third and 

2 fourth provisos of section 8140 in division A of the Fur3 ther Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 

4 118–47): Provided further, That none of the direct loans 

5 or loan guarantee authority made available under this sec6 tion shall be available for any project unless the Secretary 

7 of Defense (Secretary) and the Director of the Office of 

8 Management and Budget, or their respective designees, 

9 have each individually certified in advance in writing to 

10 the Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Ap11 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen12 ate that the direct loan or loan guarantee, as applicable, 

13 and the project comply with the criteria referenced in the 

14 previous proviso: Provided further, That the report re15 quired by the fourth proviso of section 8140 in division 

16 A of Public Law 118–47 shall include information on any 

17 statutory improvements to section 149 of title 10, United 

18 States Code, as added by section 903 of the National De19 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 

20 118–31), and section 903(b) of such Act, that would fur21 ther align such sections with the budgetary treatment and 

22 recommendations referred to in the third proviso under 

23 such section 8140, including statutory improvements nec24 essary to ensure that no further reference to the criteria 

25 or the certifications will be required in appropriations Acts 
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1 in future fiscal years: Provided further, That, for the pur2 poses of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 

3 1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 

4 may request, and the Secretary shall promptly provide, 

5 documentation and information relating to a project iden6 tified by the Department of Defense pursuant to a Notice 

7 of Funding Availability for applications for credit assist8 ance under section 903(b) of the National Defense Au9 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118– 

10 31), including with respect to a project that was initiated 

11 or completed before the date of enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 8124. The Secretary of Defense may use up to 

13 $650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 

14 made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

15 for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and 

16 associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of 

17 title 10, United States Code, but only for the purposes 

18 specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection 

19 (c)(3)(B) of such section and subject to the applicable lim20 its specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection 

21 and, in the case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject 

22 to a limit of $50,000,000, or for the purposes specified 

23 in section 229 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

24 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) and subject 

25 to a limit of $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 
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1 of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit2 tees promptly of all uses of this authority. 

3 SEC. 8125. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

4 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense5 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

6 $500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2026, shall be for the Indo-Pacific Security Assistance Ini8 tiative: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

9 Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec10 retary of State, to provide assistance, including new pro11 curement of defense articles, services, and military edu12 cation and training to Taiwan: Provided further, That 

13 equipment procured using funds made available in this 

14 section, and not yet transferred to Taiwan, or returned 

15 by Taiwan to the United States, may be treated as stocks 

16 of the Department of Defense upon written notification 

17 to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 

18 That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days 

19 prior to obligating funds made available in this section, 

20 notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 

21 the details of any such obligation: Provided further, That 

22 the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports 

23 to the congressional defense committees on the use and 

24 status of funds made available in this section. 
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1 SEC. 8126. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by title II of this Act under the heading 

3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, the Secretary 

4 of Defense may reimburse the Federated States of Micro5 nesia in an amount not to exceed $34,000,000 for land 

6 acquisition costs for defense sites in Yap. 

7 SEC. 8127. The amounts appropriated in title II of 

8 this Act are hereby reduced by $650,000,000 to reflect 

9 excess cash balances in Department of Defense Working 

10 Capital Funds, as follows: 

11 (1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

12 $400,000,000; and 

13 (2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 

14 $250,000,000. 

15 SEC. 8128. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign ex17 change rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act 

18 is hereby reduced by $28,236,000. 

19 SEC. 8129. The total amount appropriated or other20 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 

21 by $50,000,000, to limit expenses for the travel and trans22 portation of persons. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 8130. For an additional amount for the Depart25 ment of Defense, $800,000,000, to remain available until 
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1 September 30, 2025, for transfer to military personnel ac2 counts, operation and maintenance accounts, procurement 

3 accounts, research, development, test and evaluation ac4 counts, and the Defense Working Capital Funds, in addi5 tion to amounts otherwise made available for such pur6 pose, only for U.S. operations, force protection, deter7 rence, and the replacement of combat expenditures in the 

8 United States Central Command area of operations: Pro9 vided, That none of the funds provided under this section 

10 may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Sec11 retary of Defense provides to the congressional defense 

12 committees an execution plan: Provided further, That not 

13 less than 15 days prior to any transfer of funds, the Sec14 retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 

15 committees of the details of any such transfer: Provided 

16 further, That upon transfer, the funds shall be merged 

17 with and available for the same purposes, and for the same 

18 time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: 

19 Provided further, That any transfer authority provided 

20 herein is in addition to any other transfer authority pro21 vided by law: Provided further, That such amount is des22 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re23 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal24 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8131. For an additional amount for the Depart3 ment of Defense, $250,000,000, to remain available until 

4 September 30, 2025, for transfer to military personnel ac5 counts, operation and maintenance accounts, procurement 

6 accounts, research, development, test and evaluation ac7 counts, and the Defense Working Capital Funds, in addi8 tion to amounts otherwise made available for such pur9 pose, only for global U.S. counter-terrorism activities and 

10 force protection requirements, to include in the United 

11 States European Command area of operations: Provided, 

12 That none of the funds provided under this section may 

13 be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Secretary 

14 of Defense provides to the congressional defense commit15 tees an execution plan: Provided further, That not less 

16 than 15 days prior to any transfer of funds, the Secretary 

17 of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit18 tees of the details of any such transfer: Provided further, 

19 That upon transfer, the funds shall be merged with and 

20 available for the same purposes, and for the same time 

21 period, as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro22 vided further, That any transfer authority provided herein 

23 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

24 law: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 

25 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
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1 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

2 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8132. For an additional amount for the Depart5 ment of Defense, $500,000,000, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2025, for transfer to the operation and 

7 maintenance accounts and research, development, test and 

8 evaluation accounts of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air 

9 Force, Space Force, and Office of the Secretary of De10 fense, for purposes of improving tactical artificial intel11 ligence at the Combatant Commands: Provided, That none 

12 of the funds provided under this section may be obligated 

13 or expended until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense 

14 provides to the congressional defense committees an execu15 tion plan: Provided further, That not less than 15 days 

16 prior to any transfer of funds, the Secretary of Defense 

17 shall notify the congressional defense committees of the 

18 details of any such transfer: Provided further, That upon 

19 transfer, the funds shall be merged with and available for 

20 the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the 

21 appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 

22 any transfer authority provided herein is in addition to 

23 any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided fur24 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 

25 being for an emergency requirement 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. 

3 SEC. 8133. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, to reflect higher than anticipated fuel costs, the 

5 total amount appropriated in title II of this Act is hereby 

6 increased by $1,172,057,000: Provided, That the amounts 

7 made available under this section are designated by the 

8 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

9 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 SEC. 8134. Each amount designated in this Act by 

12 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

13 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available 

15 (or repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) 

16 only if the President subsequently so designates all such 

17 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

19 Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
Calendar No. 450 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4921 

[Report No. 118–204] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of De2025, and for other purposes. fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

AUGUST 1, 2024 

Read twice and placed on the calendar