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Union Calendar No. 460 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8774 

[Report No. 118–557] 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 17, 2024 

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

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 

purposes. 


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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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, for military func6 tions administered by the Department of Defense and for 

7 other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

10 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

11 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

12 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta13 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza14 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

15 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

16 Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo17 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 

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

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

20 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart21 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

22 $51,485,904,000. 

23 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

24 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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1 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza2 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

3 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

4 Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro5 vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for 

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

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

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

9 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $39,103,278,000. 

10 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

11 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

12 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta13 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza14 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

15 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma16 rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 

17 provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec18 tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

19 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re20 tirement Fund, $16,261,321,000. 

21 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

22 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

23 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta24 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza25 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 


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1 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 

2 Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo3 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 

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

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

6 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart7 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

8 $37,376,591,000. 

9 MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE

10 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

11 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta12 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza13 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

14 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

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

16 the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments 

17 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amend18 ed (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of De19 fense Military Retirement Fund, $1,308,675,000. 

20 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

22 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re23 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 

24 7038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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


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1 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

3 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

4 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au5 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

6 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

7 Retirement Fund, $5,584,691,000. 

8 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

9 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

10 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re11 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 

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

13 section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con14 nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 

15 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re16 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

17 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 

18 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart19 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

20 $2,607,677,000. 

21 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

22 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

23 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 

24 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 

25 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 


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

2 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

3 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under4 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv5 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 

6 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 

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

8 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

9 $948,708,000. 

10 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

11 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

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

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

14 9038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

16 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

18 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

19 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au20 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

21 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

22 Retirement Fund, $2,619,717,000. 

23 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

24 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

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1 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 

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

3 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 

4 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 

5 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

7 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 

8 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 

9 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay10 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 

11 Fund, $9,975,860,000. 

12 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

13 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

14 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na15 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 

16 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 

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

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

19 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

20 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under21 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

22 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

23 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

24 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

25 $5,383,100,000. 


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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, $59,178,129,000: Provided, That not to ex7 ceed $7,000,000 may be used for emergencies and extraor8 dinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval or au9 thority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may 

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

11 confidential military purposes. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

14 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 

15 Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $74,754,688,000: 

16 Provided, That not to exceed $7,000,000 may be used for 

17 emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 

18 upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of the 

19 Navy, and payments may be made upon the Secretary’s 

20 certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes. 

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

23 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 

24 as authorized by law, $10,454,504,000. 


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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

4 authorized by law, $64,560,558,000: Provided, That not 

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

6 extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 

7 or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and pay8 ments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of ne9 cessity for confidential military purposes. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE

11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

13 authorized by law, $5,146,272,000. 

14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

17 for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen18 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

19 departments), as authorized by law, $53,074,990,000: 

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

21 for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 

22 under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Pro23 vided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 may be 

24 used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex25 pended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary 


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1 of Defense, and payments may be made upon the Sec2 retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military 

3 purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

4 under this heading, not less than $22,738,000 shall be 

5 made available for the Procurement Technical Assistance 

6 Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than 

7 $5,000,000 shall be available for centers with eligible enti8 ties defined in 10 U.S.C. 4951(1)(D): Provided further, 

9 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

10 available by this Act may be used to plan or implement 

11 the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison of12 fice of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office 

13 of the Secretary of a military department, or the service 

14 headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative 

15 affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided further, That 

16 of the funds provided under this heading, $3,000,000, to 

17 remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be avail18 able only for expenses relating to certain classified activi19 ties: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 

20 this heading, $26,777,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, shall be available only for expenses relating to cer22 tain classified activities, and may be transferred as nec23 essary by the Secretary of Defense to operation and main24 tenance appropriations or research, development, test and 

25 evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be 


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1 available for the same time period as the appropriations 

2 to which transferred: Provided further, That any ceiling 

3 on the investment item unit cost of items that may be pur4 chased with operation and maintenance funds shall not 

5 apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Pro6 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head7 ing, $2,107,432,000, of which $1,423,630,000, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2026, shall be available to 

9 provide support and assistance to foreign security forces 

10 or other groups or individuals to conduct, support or facili11 tate counterterrorism, crisis response, or other Depart12 ment of Defense security cooperation programs: Provided 

13 further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quar14 terly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Senate on the use and 

16 status of funds made available in this paragraph: Provided 

17 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

18 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro19 vided elsewhere in this Act. 

20 COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

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

22 Train and Equip Fund’’, $528,699,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That such funds 

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1 cluding training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, 

2 and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova3 tion; construction for facility fortification and humane 

4 treatment; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, ir5 regular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre6 paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 

7 State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or associated 

8 groups: Provided further, That amounts made available 

9 under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 

10 only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary 

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

12 as having a security mission to counter the Islamic State 

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

14 congressional defense committees of such designation: 

15 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall en16 sure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any 

17 forces or individuals, such elements or individuals are ap18 propriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such 

19 elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups 

20 associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving 

21 commitments from such elements to promote respect for 

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

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

24 prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 

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1 tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 

2 Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 

3 including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 

4 including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to 

5 carry out assistance authorized under this heading: Pro6 vided further, That contributions of funds for the purposes 

7 provided herein from any foreign government or other en8 tity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until 

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

10 That the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such con11 tributions when providing any assistance for construction 

12 for facility fortification: Provided further, That the United 

13 States may accept equipment procured using funds pro14 vided under this heading that was transferred to security 

15 forces, irregular forces, or groups participating, or pre16 paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 

17 State of Iraq and Syria and returned by such forces or 

18 groups to the United States, and such equipment may be 

19 treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon writ20 ten notification to the congressional defense committees: 

21 Provided further, That equipment procured using funds 

22 provided under this heading and not yet transferred to se23 curity forces, irregular forces, or groups participating, or 

24 preparing to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 

25 State of Iraq and Syria may be treated as stocks of the 


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1 Department of Defense when determined by the Secretary 

2 to no longer be required for transfer to such forces or 

3 groups and upon written notification to the congressional 

4 defense committees: Provided further, That stipend sup5 port for the Kurdish Peshmerga may only be reduced com6 mensurate with support provided from other sources, in7 cluding Iraqi national funds: Provided further, That none 

8 of the funds made available under this heading may be 

9 used to procure or transfer man-portable air defense sys10 tems: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

11 shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional de12 fense committees on the use of funds provided under this 

13 heading, including, but not limited to, the number of indi14 viduals trained, the nature and scope of support and 

15 sustainment provided to each group or individual, the area 

16 of operations for each group, and the contributions of 

17 other countries, groups, or individuals. 

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

19 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

20 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or21 ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re22 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

23 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re24 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip25 ment; and communications, $3,279,177,000. 


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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

3 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or4 ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re5 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

6 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re7 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip8 ment; and communications, $1,333,993,000. 

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

10 RESERVE

11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

12 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or13 ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re14 serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 

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

16 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip17 ment; and communications, $338,080,000. 

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

19 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

20 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or21 ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 

22 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

23 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re24 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip25 ment; and communications, $4,062,711,000. 


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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

2 GUARD

3 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin4 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 

5 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

6 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc7 tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per8 sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex9 penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 

10 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 

11 division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in12 specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 

13 regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na14 tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 

15 National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re16 pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

17 equipment (including aircraft), $8,591,745,000. 

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

19 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin20 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 

21 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

22 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc23 tures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of pas24 senger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 

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


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1 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

2 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 

3 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 

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

5 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 

6 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 

7 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 

8 Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 

9 Chief, National Guard Bureau, $7,270,145,000. 

10 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED

11 FORCES

12 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 

13 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 

14 $21,035,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used 

15 for official representation purposes. 

16 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the Department of the Army, $268,069,000, to 

19 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec20 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 

21 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc22 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

23 buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or 

24 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

25 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 


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

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

3 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

4 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

5 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

6 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

7 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation, 

8 to be merged with and to be available for the same pur9 poses and for the same time period as 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 to be merged with and to be available for the same pur11 poses and for the same time period as this appropriation: 

12 Provided further, That amounts transferred back under 

13 the preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropria14 tions made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) 

15 of title 10, United States Code, are available until trans16 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 

17 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

18 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au19 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

20 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the Department of the Air Force, $320,256,000, 

23 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 

24 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 

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1 duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of un2 safe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air 

3 Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 

4 available by this appropriation to other appropriations 

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

6 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

7 and for the same time period as the appropriations to 

8 which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter9 mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

10 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro11 vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 

12 this appropriation, to be merged with and to be available 

13 for the same purposes and for the same time period as 

14 this appropriation: Provided further, That amounts trans15 ferred back under the preceding proviso, and amounts 

16 credited to appropriations made under this heading pursu17 ant to section 2703(e) of title 10, United States Code, are 

18 available until transferred under conditions set forth in 

19 the preceding provisos: Provided further, That the transfer 

20 authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

21 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

22 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For the Department of Defense, $8,800,000, to re25 main available until transferred: Provided, That the SecVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:09 Jun 18, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8774.RH H8774

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1 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds 

2 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

3 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

4 and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar 

5 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro6 priation to other appropriations made available to the De7 partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail8 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 

9 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur10 ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 

11 funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec12 essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

13 may be transferred back to this appropriation, to be 

14 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

15 and for the same time period as this appropriation: Pro16 vided further, That amounts transferred back under the 

17 preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropriations 

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

19 title 10, United States Code, are available until trans20 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 

21 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

22 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au23 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 


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1 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED

2 DEFENSE SITES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the Department of the Army, $234,475,000, to 

5 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec6 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 

7 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc8 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

9 buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart10 ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this 

11 appropriation to other appropriations made available to 

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

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

14 period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro15 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 

16 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

17 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

18 may be transferred back to this appropriation, to be 

19 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

20 and for the same time period as this appropriation: Pro21 vided further, That amounts transferred back under the 

22 preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropriations 

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

24 title 10, United States Code, are available until trans25 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 


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1 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

2 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au3 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

4 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

5 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 

6 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 

7 Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec8 tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 

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

10 until September 30, 2026. 

11 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

12 For assistance, including assistance provided by con13 tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the 

14 Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 

15 Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co16 operative Threat Reduction Act, $246,876,000, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2027. 

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

19 DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT

20 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Work21 force Development Account, $56,176,000: Provided, That 

22 no other amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred 

23 to the Account, or deposited into the Account, in fiscal 

24 year 2025 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 10, United 

25 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, $3,518,727,000, 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, $5,175,541,000, to remain available 

7 for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

8 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

9 VEHICLES, ARMY

10 For construction, procurement, production, and 

11 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 

12 equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces13 sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 

14 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 

15 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

16 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con17 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

18 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

19 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

20 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

21 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 

22 purposes, $3,624,159,000, to remain available for obliga23 tion until September 30, 2027. 


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1 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

2 For construction, procurement, production, and 

3 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe4 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub5 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au6 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

7 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur8 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac9 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap10 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip11 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

12 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor13 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

14 for the foregoing purposes, $2,675,456,000, to remain 

15 available for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

16 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

17 For construction, procurement, production, and 

18 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 

19 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 

20 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 

21 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 

22 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 

23 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

24 private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 

25 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 


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1 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

2 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

3 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

4 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern5 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 

6 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

7 $8,460,305,000, to remain available for obligation until 

8 September 30, 2027. 

9 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

10 For construction, procurement, production, modifica11 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

12 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

13 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ14 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter15 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

16 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

17 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

18 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern19 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

20 $17,073,401,000, to remain available for obligation until 

21 September 30, 2027. 

22 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

23 For construction, procurement, production, modifica24 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap25 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 


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1 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 

2 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 

3 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con4 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

5 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

6 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

7 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

8 layaway, $6,049,095,000, to remain available for obliga9 tion until September 30, 2027. 

10 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

11 CORPS

12 For construction, procurement, production, and 

13 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe14 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub15 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au16 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

17 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur18 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac19 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap20 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip21 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

22 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor23 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

24 for the foregoing purposes, $1,599,221,000, to remain 

25 available for obligation until September 30, 2027. 


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1 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

2 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi3 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ4 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli5 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 

6 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con7 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 

8 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 

9 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 

10 public and private plants, including land necessary there11 for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 

12 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

13 title, as follows: 

14 Columbia Class Submarine, $3,346,235,000; 

15 Columbia Class Submarine (AP), 

16 $6,215,939,000; 

17 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80), 

18 $1,123,124,000; 

19 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–81), 

20 674,930,000; 

21 Virginia Class Submarine, $3,615,904,000; 

22 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 

23 $3,720,303,000; 

24 CVN Refueling Overhauls, $1,061,143,000; 

25 DDG–1000 Program, $61,100,000; 


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1 DDG–51 Destroyer, $6,409,190,000; 

2 DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $41,724,000; 

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

4 LHA Replacement (AP), $61,118,000; 

5 TAO Fleet Oiler (AP), $334,461,000; 

6 Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship, 

7 $60,000,000; 

8 Medium Landing Ship, $29,668,000; 

9 Ship to Shore Connector, $417,000,000; 

10 Service Craft, $41,426,000; 

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

12 LCAC SLEP, $45,087,000; 

13 Auxiliary Vessels, $204,939,000; 

14 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 

15 first destination transportation, $585,967,000; and 

16 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro17 grams, $1,930,024,000. 

18 In all: $31,617,413,000, to remain available for obli19 gation until September 30, 2029: Provided, That addi20 tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 

21 2029, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 

22 other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 

23 final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That 

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1 structed in shipyards in the United States shall be ex2 pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 

3 components of such vessel: Provided further, That none of 

4 the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 

5 the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: 

6 Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 

7 made available by this Act for Columbia Class Submarine 

8 (AP) may be available for the purposes authorized by sub9 sections (f), (g), (h) or (i) of section 2218a of title 10, 

10 United States Code, only in accordance with the provisions 

11 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, $15,510,478,000, to 

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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. 

4 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

5 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu6 facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 

7 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 

8 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 

9 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

10 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve11 hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas12 senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 

13 of public and private plants, including land necessary 

14 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac15 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap16 proval of title, $3,804,948,000, to remain available for ob17 ligation until September 30, 2027. 

18 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

19 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

20 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 

21 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de22 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

23 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov24 ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

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


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1 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

2 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

3 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov4 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 

5 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in6 cluding rents and transportation of things, 

7 $20,842,652,000, to remain available for obligation until 

8 September 30, 2027. 

9 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

10 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

11 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 

12 parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equip13 ment, and training devices; expansion of public and pri14 vate plants, Government-owned equipment and installa15 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac16 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

17 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con18 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re19 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip20 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore21 going purposes including rents and transportation of 

22 things, $4,016,939,000, to remain available for obligation 

23 until September 30, 2027. 


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1 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

2 For construction, procurement, production, and 

3 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe4 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub5 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au6 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

7 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur8 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac9 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap10 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip11 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

12 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor13 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

14 for the foregoing purposes, $629,930,000, to remain avail15 able for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

16 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

17 For procurement and modification of equipment (in18 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 

19 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 

20 and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth21 erwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehi22 cles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehi23 cles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern24 ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

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


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1 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

2 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

3 thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov4 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

5 $29,865,521,000, to remain available for obligation until 

6 September 30, 2027. 

7 PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE

8 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

9 spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 

10 spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 

11 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 

12 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa13 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac14 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

15 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con16 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re17 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip18 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore19 going purposes including rents and transportation of 

20 things, $3,933,719,000, to remain available for obligation 

21 until September 30, 2027. 

22 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

23 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart24 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) 

25 necessary for procurement, production, and modification 


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1 of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there2 for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger 

3 motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 

4 and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 

5 such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land 

6 for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

7 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

8 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov9 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

10 $5,691,355,000, to remain available for obligation until 

11 September 30, 2027. 

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 $446,377,000, to remain available for obligation until ex17 pended, which shall be obligated and expended by the Sec18 retary of Defense as if delegated the necessary authorities 

19 conferred by the Defense Production Act of 1950. 

20 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

21 For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac22 tical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro23 curement items for the reserve components of the Armed 

24 Forces, $800,000,000, to remain available for obligation 

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


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1 National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later 

2 than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually sub3 mit to the congressional defense committees the mod4 ernization priority assessment for their respective Na5 tional Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, 

6 That none of the funds made available by this paragraph 

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

8 procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition. 


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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, $15,335,703,000, to remain avail10 able for obligation until September 30, 2026. 

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

12 NAVY

13 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci14 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ15 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa16 cilities and equipment, $26,668,304,000, to remain avail17 able for obligation until September 30, 2026: Provided, 

18 That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 

19 available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique oper20 ational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. 

21 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

22 AIR FORCE

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1 cilities and equipment, $48,648,586,000, to remain avail2 able for obligation until September 30, 2026. 

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

4 SPACE FORCE

5 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci6 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ7 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa8 cilities and equipment, $18,279,469,000, to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2026. 

10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

11 DEFENSE-WIDE

12 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart13 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 

14 necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel15 opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 

16 as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 

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

18 lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

19 $36,742,144,000, to remain available for obligation until 

20 September 30, 2026. 

21 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

23 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 

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1 ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 

2 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 

3 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 

4 connection therewith, $348,709,000, to remain available 

5 for obligation until September 30, 2026. 

6 TITLE V 

7 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

8 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

9 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 

10 $1,712,921,000. 

11

12 NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND

13 For the National Defense Stockpile Transaction 

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

15 and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et 

16 seq.). 

17 TITLE VI 

18 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

19 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

20 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

21 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 

22 as authorized by law, $41,159,039,000; of which 

23 $38,521,736,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 

24 of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 

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


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1 to $20,299,477,000 may be available for contracts entered 

2 into under the TRICARE program; of which 

3 $398,867,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep4 tember 30, 2027, shall be for procurement; and of which 

5 $2,238,436,000, to remain available for obligation until 

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

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

8 under this heading for research, development, test and 

9 evaluation, not less than $1,164,000,000 shall be made 

10 available to the Defense Health Agency to carry out the 

11 congressionally directed medical research programs: Pro12 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law, of the amount made available under this heading 

14 for research, development, test and evaluation, not less 

15 than $12,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention 

16 educational activities undertaken in connection with 

17 United States military training, exercises, and humani18 tarian assistance activities conducted primarily in African 

19 nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

20 shall submit to the congressional defense committees quar21 terly reports on the current status of the electronic health 

22 record program: Provided further, That the Comptroller 

23 General of the United States shall perform quarterly per24 formance reviews of the electronic health record program. 


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1 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 

2 DEFENSE

3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

4 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 

5 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro6 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au7 thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), $775,507,000, of 

8 which $20,745,000 shall be for operation and maintenance 

9 for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Pro10 gram, consisting of $13,945,000 for activities on military 

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

12 September 30, 2026, to assist State and local govern13 ments; and of which $754,762,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2026, shall be for research, develop15 ment, test and evaluation and shall only be for the Assem16 bled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 

17 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

18 DEFENSE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 

21 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 

22 available to the Department of Defense for military per23 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi24 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper25 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 


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1 development, test and evaluation, $1,143,269,000, of 

2 which $673,702,000 shall be for counter-narcotics sup3 port; $139,567,000 shall be for the drug demand reduc4 tion program; $305,000,000 shall be for the National 

5 Guard counter-drug program; and $25,000,000 shall be 

6 for the National Guard counter-drug schools program: 

7 Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading 

8 shall be available for obligation for the same time period 

9 and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which 

10 transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination 

11 that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro12 priation are not necessary for the purposes provided here13 in, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro14 priation: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro15 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans16 fer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur17 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 

18 used to support a new start program or project only after 

19 written prior notification to the Committees on Appropria20 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

21 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In23 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In24 spector General Act of 1978, $539,769,000, of which 

25 $536,533,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 


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1 which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies 

2 and extraordinary expenses to be expended upon the ap3 proval or authority of the Inspector General, and pay4 ments may be made upon the Inspector General’s certifi5 cate of necessity for confidential military purposes; of 

6 which $1,336,000, to remain available for obligation until 

7 September 30, 2027, shall be for procurement; and of 

8 which $1,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2026, shall be for research, development, test and evalua10 tion. 

11 TITLE VII 

12 RELATED AGENCIES 

13 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND

14 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

15 For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re16 tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 

17 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 

18 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 

19 System, $514,000,000. 

20 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

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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 

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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 Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 


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1 the explanatory statement regarding this Act and the ta2 bles contained in the classified annex accompanying this 

3 Act, the obligation and expenditure of amounts appro4 priated or otherwise made available in this Act for those 

5 programs, projects, and activities are hereby required by 

6 law to be carried out in the manner provided by such ta7 bles to the same extent as if the tables were included in 

8 the text of this Act. 

9 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de10 scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi11 sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 

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

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

14 occur between appropriation accounts, subject to the limi15 tation in subsection (c): Provided further, That the trans16 fer amount limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act 

17 shall not apply to transfers of amounts described in sub18 section (a) if such transfers are necessary for the proper 

19 execution of such funds. 

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

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

22 described in subsection (a) may not be transferred pursu23 ant to section 8005 of this Act other than for proper exe24 cution of such amounts, as provided in subsection (b). 


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1 SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense 

3 shall submit a report to the congressional defense commit4 tees to establish the baseline for application of reprogram5 ming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2025: Pro6 vided, That 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 

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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 

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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 by 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 

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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 by 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 for CH-53K 

16 Heavy Lift helicopters, and USS Virginia Class (SSN17 774). 

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: 

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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 the Army that such 

11 action is beneficial for graduate medical education pro12 grams conducted at Army medical facilities located in Ha13 waii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provi14 sion of medical services at such facilities and transpor15 tation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for 

16 civilian patients from American Samoa, the Common17 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Is18 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and 

19 Guam. 

20 SEC. 8012. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

22 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Senate a report on ex24 cessive contractor payments that exceed the thresholds es25 tablished in 10 U.S.C. chapter 271 ‘‘Truthful Cost or 


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1 Pricing Data (Truth in Negotiations)’’ or 41 U.S.C. chap2 ter 35 ‘‘Truthful Cost or Pricing Data’’ and with respect 

3 to which none of the exceptions to certified cost or pricing 

4 data requirements apply. 

5 (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall also 

6 include the following: 

7 (1) The amounts collected, adjusted, or offset 

8 from contractors as a result of providing defective 

9 cost and pricing data; 

10 (2) The mechanisms used to identify violations 

11 of 10 U.S.C. chapter 271 or 41 U.S.C. chapter 35; 

12 (3) Disciplinary actions taken by the Depart13 ment of Defense when violations of 10 U.S.C. chap14 ter 271 or 41 U.S.C. chapter 35 are identified, re15 gardless of whether they are included in the System 

16 for Award Management; and 

17 (4) Any referrals made to the Department of 

18 Justice. 

19 SEC. 8013. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act shall be used in any way, 

21 directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on 

22 any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 

23 the Congress. 

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

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1 made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, 

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

3 prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de4 ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 

5 levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac6 cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au7 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 

8 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

11 Program may be transferred to any other appropriation 

12 contained in this Act solely for the purpose of imple13 menting a Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program developmental assist14 ance agreement pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, 

15 United States Code, under the authority of this provision 

16 or any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 

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

18 budget justification documents in support of the budget 

19 for fiscal year 2026 (as submitted to Congress pursuant 

20 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a descrip21 tion of each transfer under this section that occurred dur22 ing the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such 

23 budget is submitted. 

24 SEC. 8016. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be available for the 


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1 purchase by the Department of Defense (and its depart2 ments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and 

3 mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring chain are 

4 manufactured in the United States from components 

5 which are substantially manufactured in the United 

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

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

8 quality control, and testing of chain and welding (includ9 ing the forging and shot blasting process): Provided fur10 ther, That for the purpose of this section substantially all 

11 of the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be 

12 considered to be produced or manufactured in the United 

13 States if the aggregate cost of the components produced 

14 or manufactured in the United States exceeds the aggre15 gate cost of the components produced or manufactured 

16 outside the United States: Provided further, That when 

17 adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet De18 partment of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the 

19 Secretary of the Service responsible for the procurement 

20 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi21 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 

22 the House of Representatives and the Senate that such 

23 an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability 

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1 SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act shall be used for the sup3 port of any nonappropriated funds activity of the Depart4 ment of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine 

5 with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such al6 coholic beverages sold by the drink) on a military installa7 tion located in the United States unless such malt bev8 erages and wine are procured within that State, or in the 

9 case of the District of Columbia, within the District of 

10 Columbia, in which the military installation is located: 

11 Provided, That, in a case in which the military installation 

12 is located in more than one State, purchases may be made 

13 in any State in which the installation is located: Provided 

14 further, That such local procurement requirements for 

15 malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic bev16 erages only for military installations in States which are 

17 not contiguous with another State: Provided further, That 

18 alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt beverages, 

19 in contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall 

20 be procured from the most competitive source, price and 

21 other factors considered. 

22 SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the De23 partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis24 pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 

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1 to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am2 munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 

3 from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 

4 arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 

5 by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 

6 or unsafe for further use. 

7 SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap8 propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur9 ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga10 nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 

11 Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro12 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re13 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 

14 to the congressional defense committees that such a relo15 cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 

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

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

18 $25,169,000 shall be available only for incentive payments 

19 authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 

20 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 

21 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 

22 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec23 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi24 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 

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1 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 

2 of being allowed additional compensation under section 

3 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 

4 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 

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

6 appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De7 partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro8 vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 

9 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 

10 to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 

11 services, including any contract and any subcontract at 

12 any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 

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

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

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

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

17 of title 25, United States Code. 

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

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

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

21 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da22 kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 

23 Washington relocatable military housing units located at 

24 Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 

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

2 needs of the Air Force. 

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

4 no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub5 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 

6 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 

7 Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 

8 in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da9 kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 

10 such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 

11 housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 

12 of time, as determined by the Secretary. 

13 (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re14 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 

15 housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re16 quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 

17 (b). 

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

19 any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 

20 published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 

21 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 

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

23 SEC. 8022. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart24 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main25 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $19,861,000 may 


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1 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 

2 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 

3 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in4 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de5 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 

6 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re7 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 

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

9 Defense Media Activity may not be used for any national 

10 or international political or psychological activities. 

11 SEC. 8024. (a) Of the funds made available in this 

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

13 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

14 (1) $56,500,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper15 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 

16 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 

17 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 

18 reduction activities involving youth programs; 

19 (2) $15,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air20 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 

21 (3) $2,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 

22 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 

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

2 local government agencies. 

3 SEC. 8025. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

4 otherwise made available by this Act may be used to estab5 lish a new Department of Defense (department) federally 

6 funded research and development center (FFRDC), either 

7 as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by 

8 an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a non9 profit membership corporation consisting of a consortium 

10 of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit entities. 

11 (b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capac12 ity, no member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over13 seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com14 mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, or any 

15 entity that contracts with the Federal government to man16 age or operate one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consult17 ant to a defense FFRDC shall receive funds appropriated 

18 by this Act as compensation for services as a member of 

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

20 shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as author21 ized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when en22 gaged in the performance of membership duties: Provided 

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1 priated by this Act as compensation by more than one 

2 FFRDC in a calendar year. 

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

4 of the funds available to the department from any source 

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

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

7 construction of new buildings not located on a military in8 stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 

9 by Government grants, for absorption of contract over10 runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 

11 employee participation in community service and/or devel12 opment. 

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

14 the funds available to the department during fiscal year 

15 2025, not more than $2,886,300,000 may be funded for 

16 professional technical staff-related costs of the defense 

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

18 than $461,300,000 shall be available for the defense stud19 ies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, That this sub20 section shall not apply to staff years funded in the Na21 tional Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence 

22 Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

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

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1 cated for each defense FFRDC by program during that 

2 fiscal year and the associated budget estimates, by appro3 priation account and program. 

4 SEC. 8026. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

5 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 

6 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 

7 Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub8 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 

9 of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee 

10 on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

11 Senate. 

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

13 ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma14 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

15 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

16 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com17 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

18 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 

19 Appropriations of the Senate. 

20 SEC. 8028. During the current fiscal year, the De21 partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 

22 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 

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1 vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu2 tive of the military department or Defense Agency con3 cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success4 ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in5 direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur6 ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 

7 76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 

8 section. 

9 SEC. 8029. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

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

11 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com12 plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 

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

14 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

15 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per16 son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 

17 bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product 

18 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

19 in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 

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

21 the person should be debarred from contracting with the 

22 Department of Defense. 

23 (c) In the case of any equipment or products pur24 chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 

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1 ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 

2 only American-made equipment and products, provided 

3 that American-made equipment and products are cost4 competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 

5 fashion. 

6 SEC. 8030. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

8 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa9 cility or property under the control of the Department of 

10 Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 

11 States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re12 strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 

13 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

14 or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 

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

16 That the Secretary of the military department responsible 

17 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case18 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

19 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 

21 to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 

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

23 to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro24 vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 


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1 contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact2 ment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 8031. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 

4 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 

5 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 

6 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 

7 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 

8 types of products produced in the United States that are 

9 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 

10 rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer11 ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 

12 in that foreign country. 

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

14 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under15 standing, between the United States and a foreign country 

16 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec17 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 

18 in that country. 

19 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con20 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 

21 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2025. Such 

22 report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 

23 for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 

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

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1 international agreement to which the United States is a 

2 party. 

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

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

5 States Code. 

6 SEC. 8032. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

8 bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 

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

10 the military department responsible for such procurement 

11 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi12 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 

13 the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade14 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart15 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 

16 such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca17 pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 

18 That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 

19 ‘‘commercial products’’, as defined by section 103 of title 

20 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 

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

22 SEC. 8033. None of the funds in this Act may be 

23 used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu24 factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De25 fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 


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1 that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 

2 capability for national security purposes that is not avail3 able from United States manufacturers. 

4 SEC. 8034. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 

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

6 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 

7 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 

8 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 

9 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 

10 into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 

11 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 

12 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 

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

14 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 

15 defense items produced in the United States for that coun16 try. 

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

18 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 

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

20 (2) options for the procurement of items that 

21 are exercised after such date under contracts that 

22 are entered into before such date if the option prices 

23 are adjusted for any reason other than the applica24 tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 


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1 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re2 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear3 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 

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

5 Schedule of the United States and products classified 

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

7 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 

8 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 

9 8211, 8215, and 9404. 

10 SEC. 8035. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be used for the pur12 chase or manufacture of a flag of the United States unless 

13 such flags are treated as covered items under section 

14 4862(b) of title 10, United States Code. 

15 SEC. 8036. During the current fiscal year, amounts 

16 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 

17 Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available 

18 until expended for the payments specified by section 

19 2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 

20 SEC. 8037. During the current fiscal year, appropria21 tions which are available to the Department of Defense 

22 for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 

23 items having an investment item unit cost of not more 

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

25 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet 


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1 the operational requirements of a Commander of a Com2 batant Command engaged in a named contingency oper3 ation overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 

4 having an investment item unit cost of not more than 

5 $500,000. 

6 SEC. 8038. Up to $8,132,000 of the funds appro7 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

8 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re9 gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 

10 United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater 

11 Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian as12 sistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs 

13 of training and exercising with foreign security forces: 

14 Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may 

15 be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for 

16 humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined 

17 exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may not 

18 be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country 

19 that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of 

20 assistance under any other provision of law. 

21 SEC. 8039. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg22 ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco23 related products in military resale outlets in the United 

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

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1 That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to2 bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re3 tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 

4 for military retail system stores located in the United 

5 States. 

6 SEC. 8040. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 

7 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 

8 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 

9 purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir10 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur11 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 

12 customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 

13 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 

14 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 

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

16 investment item would be chargeable during the current 

17 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 

18 Defense for procurement. 

19 (b) The fiscal year 2026 budget request for the De20 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

21 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2026 

22 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub23 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 

24 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro25 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 


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1 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2026 procurement 

2 appropriation and not in the supply management business 

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

4 Defense Working Capital Funds. 

5 SEC. 8041. None of the funds appropriated by this 

6 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 

7 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 

8 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 

9 Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That funds appropriated, 

11 transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel12 ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 

13 during this or any prior fiscal year shall remain available 

14 until expended: Provided further, That any funds appro15 priated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency 

16 for advanced research and development acquisition, for 

17 agent operations, and for covert action programs author18 ized by the President under section 503 of the National 

19 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain avail20 able until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That any 

21 funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel22 ligence Agency for the construction, improvement, or al23 teration of facilities, including leased facilities, to be used 

24 primarily by personnel of the intelligence community, shall 

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1 SEC. 8042. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 

2 and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 

3 be used— 

4 (1) to establish a field operating agency; or 

5 (2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the 

6 Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Depart7 ment of Defense who is transferred or reassigned 

8 from a headquarters activity if the member or em9 ployee’s place of duty remains at the location of that 

10 headquarters. 

11 (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili12 tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 

13 (a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, 

14 and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant16 ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 

17 or the financial requirements of the department. 

18 (c) This section does not apply to— 

19 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 

20 National Intelligence Program; 

21 (2) an Army field operating agency established 

22 to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im23 provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 

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1 (3) an Army field operating agency established 

2 to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio3 metric activities and to integrate common biometric 

4 technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 

5 or 

6 (4) an Air Force field operating agency estab7 lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 

8 Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart9 ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 

10 SEC. 8043. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

11 otherwise made available by this Act shall be available to 

12 convert to contractor performance an activity or function 

13 of the Department of Defense that, on or after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, is performed by Department 

15 of Defense civilian employees unless— 

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

17 public-private competition that includes a most effi18 cient and cost effective organization plan developed 

19 by such activity or function; 

20 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter21 mines that, over all performance periods stated in 

22 the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac23 tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac24 tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 


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1 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 

2 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

3 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi4 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 

5 of that activity or function by Federal employ6 ees; or 

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

8 (3) the contractor does not receive an advan9 tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 

10 Department of Defense by— 

11 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 

12 health insurance plan available to the workers 

13 who are to be employed in the performance of 

14 that activity or function under the contract; or 

15 (B) offering to such workers an employer16 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 

17 employer to contribute less towards the pre18 mium or subscription share than the amount 

19 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 

20 health benefits for civilian employees under 

21 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

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

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

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1 ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 

2 to enter into a contract for the performance of any com3 mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 

4 Defense that— 

5 (A) is included on the procurement list estab6 lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner7 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 

8 Code); 

9 (B) is planned to be converted to performance 

10 by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 

11 a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi12 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 

13 (C) is planned to be converted to performance 

14 by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner15 ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 

16 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As17 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha18 waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 

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

20 (2) This section shall not apply to depot con21 tracts or contracts for depot maintenance as pro22 vided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United 

23 States Code. 

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

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1 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 

2 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es3 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 

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

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

6 States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com7 mercial activities. 

8 (RESCISSIONS)

9 SEC. 8044. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

10 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

11 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro12 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 

13 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des14 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

15 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

16 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

17 1985: 

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

19 $49,963,000; 

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

21 $201,420,000; 

22 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 

23 2024/2025, $50,000,000; 

24 ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’, 2024/ 

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1 ‘‘Cooperative Threat Reduction Account’’, 

2 2024/2026, $91,000,000; 

3 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2024/2026, 

4 $17,468,000; 

5 ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 2024/2026, 

6 $22,872,000 

7 ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 2024/2026, 

8 $71,257,000; 

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

10 $90,000,000; 

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

12 $532,994,000; 

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

14 $6,077,000; and 

15 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

16 Navy’’, 2024/2025, $25,000,000. 

17 SEC. 8045. None of the funds available in this Act 

18 may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili19 tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 

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

21 Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 

22 imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 

23 military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 

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1 SEC. 8046. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex3 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 

4 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: 

5 Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac6 tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 

7 Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of 

8 United States Armed Forces personnel from the Demo9 cratic People’s Republic of Korea. 

10 SEC. 8047. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year 

11 thereafter, funds appropriated for operation and mainte12 nance of the Military Departments, Combatant Com13 mands and Defense Agencies shall be available for reim14 bursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which 

15 would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the 

16 National Guard and Reserve when members of the Na17 tional Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or counter18 intelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 

19 Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 

20 activities and programs included within the National Intel21 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 

22 Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 

23 from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 

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

2 Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter3 diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 

4 any other department or agency of the United States ex5 cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 

6 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel7 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 

8 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de9 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi10 cally provided in an appropriations law. 

11 SEC. 8049. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

12 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

13 $49,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

14 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 

15 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter16 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci17 fied as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organi18 zations and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross. 

19 SEC. 8050. Notwithstanding any other provision in 

20 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 

21 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set22 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 

23 projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the 

24 extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart25 ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head 


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1 of each other relevant component of the Department of 

2 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit3 tees, concurrent with submission of the budget justifica4 tion documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 

5 title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed ac6 counting of the Small Business Innovation Research pro7 gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer pro8 gram set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activi9 ties within such department, agency, or component during 

10 the most recently completed fiscal year. 

11 SEC. 8051. None of the funds available to the De12 partment of Defense under this Act may be obligated or 

13 expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 

14 Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 

15 the contractor to an employee when— 

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

17 excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 

18 to the employee; and 

19 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as20 sociated with a business combination. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

23 than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act 

24 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense25 Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 


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

2 be available for the same time period as the appropriations 

3 to which transferred, to be used in support of such per4 sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 

5 organizations and activities outside the Department of De6 fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 

7 Code. 

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

9 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per10 mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 

11 Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail12 able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 

13 Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 

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

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

16 credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis17 tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 

18 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 

19 that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 

20 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 

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

22 otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli23 gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 

24 storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 

8 certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is 

9 due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte10 nance, repairs, or other reasons. 

11 (d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact12 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

13 to the congressional defense committees a report on the 

14 necessary steps taken by the Department of Defense to 

15 meet the travel requirements for official or representa16 tional duties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in 

17 fiscal years 2025 and 2026. 

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

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

20 delivery to military forces for operational training, oper21 ational use, or inventory requirements: Provided, That this 

22 restriction does not apply to end-items used in develop23 ment, prototyping in accordance with an approved test 

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

2 appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number 

3 required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 

4 of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under 

5 Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in 

6 coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Ex7 ecutive, shall certify in writing to the congressional de8 fense committees that there is a bonafide need for the ad9 ditional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress 

10 of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2026 pursu11 ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Pro12 vided, That this restriction does not apply to programs 

13 funded within the National Intelligence Program. 

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

15 submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 

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

17 United States Code, submit to the congressional defense 

18 committees a report detailing the use of funds requested 

19 in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for 

20 end-items used in development, prototyping and test ac21 tivities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational 

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

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

24 of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the 

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

2 the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of 

3 the President for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section 

4 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the con5 gressional defense committees a certification that funds 

6 requested for fiscal year 2026 in research, development, 

7 test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this 

8 section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

9 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi10 fying in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent12 atives and the Senate that it is in the national security 

13 interest to do so. 

14 SEC. 8056. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this or other Department of De16 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 

17 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 

18 military family housing units of the Department of De19 fense, including areas in such military family housing 

20 units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi21 cial Department of Defense business. 

22 SEC. 8057. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 

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1 or rapid prototyping program demonstration project with 

2 a value of more than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 

3 15 days after a report, including a description of the 

4 project, the planned acquisition and transition strategy 

5 and its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided 

6 in writing to the congressional defense committees: Pro7 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re8 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the con9 gressional defense committees that it is in the national in10 terest to do so. 

11 SEC. 8058. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 

12 to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees 

13 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

14 Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 

15 directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 

16 SEC. 8059. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 

17 10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member 

18 of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 

19 duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 

20 may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele21 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 

22 SEC. 8060. None of the funds provided in this Act 

23 may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 

24 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 

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1 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 

2 piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or 

3 ‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an 

4 entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart5 ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 

6 to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 

7 Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren8 dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 

9 or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con10 tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 

11 of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per12 manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 

13 the Department of State. 

14 SEC. 8061. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des16 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider17 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 

18 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 

19 personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 

20 any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 

21 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra22 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 

23 Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, 

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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8062. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

3 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

4 $194,452,598 shall remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 

7 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 

9 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 

10 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper11 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 

12 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 

13 under the authority of this section may provide for such 

14 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec15 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 

16 section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 

17 local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na18 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 

19 SEC. 8063. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

20 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod21 ify— 

22 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 

23 National Intelligence Program budget, including 

24 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 

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1 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 

2 budget request is presented in the unclassified P–1, 

3 R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart4 ment of Defense budget request; 

5 (3) the process by which the National Intel6 ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 

7 the executing agencies; or 

8 (4) the process by which the National Intel9 ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli10 gated and disbursed. 

11 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 

12 prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the Na13 tional Intelligence Program budget at or below the Ex14 penditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise 

15 in accordance with paragraphs (1)–(3) of subsection (a). 

16 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec17 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 

18 achieving auditable financial statements and improving 

19 fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 

20 alternative financial management processes. Such study 

21 shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as22 sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 

23 will adversely affect counterintelligence. 


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1 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de2 fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel3 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 

4 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af5 fected agencies; 

6 (2) receive certification from all affected agen7 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 

8 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 

9 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 

10 (3) not later than 30 days after receiving all 

11 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 

12 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 

13 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 8064. During the current fiscal year, not to ex16 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 

17 in title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

18 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper19 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 

20 the military department concerned to its central fund es21 tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec22 tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 8065. In addition to amounts provided else25 where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 


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1 the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga2 tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

3 other provision of law, that upon the determination of the 

4 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter5 est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 

6 Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 

7 and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 

8 needs of military family members when confronted with 

9 the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene10 ficiary. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 8066. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper13 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 

14 available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for 

15 Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 

16 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv17 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 

18 SEC. 8067. None of the funds available to the De19 partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 

20 and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 

21 operational and administrative control of United States 

22 Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That 

23 the command and control relationships which existed on 

24 October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 

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1 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen2 ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 

3 be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an 

4 objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap5 propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro6 posed modification shall not preclude the ability of the 

7 commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 

8 meet operational requirements. 

9 SEC. 8068. Any notice that is required to be sub10 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

11 of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 

12 title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) 

13 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

14 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to 

15 that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on 

16 Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

18 SEC. 8069. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

19 under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and 

20 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense21 Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 

22 Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $110,000,000 

23 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov24 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 

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1 ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree2 ment, as amended; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short 

3 Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in4 cluding cruise missile defense research and development 

5 under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000 shall be for co6 production activities of SRBMD systems in the United 

7 States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 

8 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce9 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 

10 for SRBMD, as amended; $50,000,000 shall be for an 

11 upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Archi12 tecture, of which $50,000,000 shall be for co-production 

13 activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 

14 States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 

15 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce16 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 

17 for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and $173,000,000 

18 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program in19 cluding development of a long range, ground and airborne, 

20 detection suite. 

21 SEC. 8070. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

22 under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 

23 $1,930,024,000 shall be available until September 30, 

24 2025, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for 

25 the following programs: 


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1 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2013/2025: Carrier Replacement 

3 Program, $236,000,000; 

4 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2016/2025 DDG 51 Program, 

6 $10,509,000; 

7 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025 Virginia Class Sub9 marine Program, $219,370,000; 

10 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025 DDG 51 Program, 

12 $115,600,000; 

13 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025 Littoral Combat Ship 

15 Program, $8,100,000; 

16 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025 LHA Replacement Pro18 gram, $115,397,000; 

19 (7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 Virginia Class Sub21 marine Program, $73,634,000; 

22 (8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con23 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 DDG 51 Program, 

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1 (9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 Littoral Combat Ship 

3 Program, $12,000,000; 

4 (10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 LPD17 (Flight II) Am6 phibious Transport Dock Program, $19,158,000; 

7 (11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 Oceanographic Ships 

9 Program, $18,000,000; 

10 (12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 Ship to Shore Connector 

12 Program, $14,694,000; 

13 (13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2019/2025 Littoral Combat Ship 

15 Program, $27,900,000; 

16 (14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2019/2025 T-AO Fleet Oiler Pro18 gram, $49,995,000; 

19 (15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2019/2025 Ship to Shore Connector 

21 Program, $33,345,000; 

22 (16) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con23 version, Navy’’, 2020/2025 CVN Refueling Over24 hauls, $669,171,000; 


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1 (17) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2020/2025 T-AO Fleet Oiler Pro3 gram, $151,837,000; 

4 (18) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2020/2025 Towing, Salvage, and 

6 Rescue Ship Program, $978,000; 

7 (19) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2021/2025 Towing, Salvage, and 

9 Rescue Ship Program, $17,375,000; 

10 (20) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2022/2025 T-AO Fleet Oiler Pro12 gram, $13,222,000; 

13 (21) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2022/2025 Towing, Salvage, and 

15 Rescue Ship Program, $4,234,000; and 

16 (22) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2023/2025 T-AO Fleet Oiler Pro18 gram, $12,100,000. 

19 SEC. 8071. Funds appropriated by this Act for intel20 ligence and intelligence-related activities are deemed to be 

21 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec22 tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

23 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)) until the enactment of the Intelligence 

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1 SEC. 8072. None of the funds provided in this Act 

2 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

3 reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 

4 program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 

5 or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 

6 of national security and only after written prior notifica7 tion to the congressional defense committees. 

8 SEC. 8073. None of the funds in this Act may be 

9 used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure10 ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 

11 missile defense system. 

12 SEC. 8074. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex14 pended for the purpose of decommissioning any Littoral 

15 Combat Ship or the U.S.S. Lake Erie. 

16 SEC. 8075. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 

17 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 

18 made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 

19 Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 

20 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship21 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 

22 prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 

23 to the total amount of the appropriation. 

24 SEC. 8076. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act shall be used to reduce 


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1 or disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather Recon2 naissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such ac3 tion would reduce the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance 

4 mission below the levels funded in this Act: Provided, That 

5 the Air Force shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnais6 sance Squadron to perform other missions in support of 

7 national defense requirements during the non-hurricane 

8 season. 

9 SEC. 8077. None of the funds provided in this Act 

10 shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in11 formation unless the information has been lawfully col12 lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for13 eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 

14 pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 

15 in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 

16 Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple17 mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 

18 SEC. 8078. None of the funds appropriated by this 

19 Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National 

20 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 

21 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 

22 research and technology, which shall remain available until 

23 September 30, 2026. 

24 SEC. 8079. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 

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1 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel2 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 

3 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 

4 2025: Provided, That the report shall include— 

5 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa6 rate column to display the President’s budget re7 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

8 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

9 fiscal year enacted level; 

10 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro11 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 

12 (3) an identification of items of special congres13 sional interest. 

14 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel15 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re16 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub17 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 

18 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 

19 certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com20 mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 

21 as an emergency requirement. 

22 SEC. 8080. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to 

23 the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Devel24 opment Account in or for fiscal year 2025 to a military 

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1 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be cov2 ered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 8081. (a) None of the funds provided for the 

4 National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro5 priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi6 ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac7 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 

8 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 

9 (1) creates a new start effort; 

10 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 

11 funding of $10,000,000 or more; 

12 (3) transfers funding into or out of the Na13 tional Intelligence Program; or 

14 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 

15 unless the congressional intelligence committees are 

16 notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 

17 of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 

18 urgent national security requirements. 

19 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel20 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 

21 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

22 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 

23 section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

24 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 

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1 companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 

2 committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re3 programming of funds; this notification period may be re4 duced for urgent national security requirements. 

5 SEC. 8082. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 

6 available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 

7 (c), post on the public website of that agency any report 

8 required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

9 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen10 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

11 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

12 (1) the public posting of the report com13 promises national security; or 

14 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

15 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

16 do so only after such report has been made available to 

17 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

18 no less than 45 days. 

19 SEC. 8083. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

20 otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 

21 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 

22 $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 

23 (1) enter into any agreement with any of its 

24 employees or independent contractors that requires, 

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1 independent contractor agree to resolve through ar2 bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 

3 Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 

4 out of sexual assault or harassment, including as5 sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 

6 distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su7 pervision, or retention; or 

8 (2) take any action to enforce any provision of 

9 an existing agreement with an employee or inde10 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 

11 or independent contractor resolve through arbitra12 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

13 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex14 ual assault or harassment, including assault and 

15 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 

16 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 

17 or retention. 

18 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

19 made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed20 eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 

21 each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 

22 not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 

23 agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub24 section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 

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1 For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon2 tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 

3 $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 

4 (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 

5 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 

6 with employees or independent contractors that may not 

7 be enforced in a court of the United States. 

8 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica9 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 

10 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 

11 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per12 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 

13 harm to national security interests of the United States, 

14 and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 

15 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina16 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 

17 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 

18 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 

19 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 

20 avoid harm to national security interests of the United 

21 States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con22 gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 

23 under this subsection not less than 15 business days be24 fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter25 mination may be awarded. 


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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8084. From within the funds appropriated for 

3 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro4 gram in this Act, up to $162,500,000, shall be available 

5 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart6 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

7 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 

8 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

9 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 

10 of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper11 ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 

12 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet13 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 

14 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 

15 Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 

16 Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 

17 funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op18 eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 

19 to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet20 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 

21 written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent23 atives and the Senate. 

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1 partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven2 tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 

3 States Code. 

4 SEC. 8086. Notwithstanding price or other limita5 tions applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying ve6 hicles, appropriations available to the Department of De7 fense may be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light 

8 armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 

9 for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 

10 per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 

11 of $75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian em12 ployees of the Department of Defense in the United States 

13 Central Command area of responsibility. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 8087. Upon a determination by the Director of 

16 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 

17 the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 

18 of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

19 transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 

20 available in this Act for the National Intelligence Pro21 gram: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 

22 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore23 seen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi24 nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 

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1 vided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings 

2 of funds using authority provided in this section shall be 

3 made prior to June 30, 2025. 

4 SEC. 8088. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

5 for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $204,939,000, 

6 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

7 2029, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift 

8 vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 

9 under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 

10 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 

11 available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 

12 Maritime Administration account of the United States De13 partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi14 ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 

15 Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

16 2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 

17 shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 

18 for execution. 

19 SEC. 8089. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 

20 awards on a public website in a searchable format. 

21 SEC. 8090. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 

23 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 

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1 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 

2 person; or 

3 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 

4 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 

5 United States Code) of any electronic communica6 tion of a United States person from a provider of 

7 electronic communication services to the public pur8 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur9 veillance Act of 1978. 

10 SEC. 8091. None of the funds made available in this 

11 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 

12 officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 

13 approves or implements the transfer of administrative re14 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 

15 project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 

16 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with17 out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 

18 this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex19 pressly provided for in Department of Defense Appropria20 tions Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental 

21 appropriations for the Department of Defense. 

22 SEC. 8092. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

23 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $769,047,000, 

24 to remain available until expended, may be used for any 

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1 established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 

2 Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such 

3 amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 

4 Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 

5 United States Department of Transportation for pro6 grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na7 tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 

8 SEC. 8093. (a) None of the funds provided in this 

9 Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 

10 award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 

11 the following components unless those components are 

12 manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 

13 (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 

14 equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel15 lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 

16 and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse17 quent ships of the fleet. 

18 (b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the 

19 FFG(X) Frigate program shall be used to award a new 

20 contract that provides for the acquisition of the following 

21 components unless those components are manufactured in 

22 the United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; 

23 electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; 

24 pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; totally 

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1 cranes; auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion pro2 pellers: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall in3 corporate United States manufactured propulsion engines 

4 and propulsion reduction gears into the FFG(X) Frigate 

5 program beginning not later than with the eleventh ship 

6 of the program. 

7 SEC. 8094. None of the funds provided in this Act 

8 for requirements development, performance specification 

9 development, concept design and development, ship con10 figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi11 tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 

12 industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 

13 Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 

14 solicitation package, or related activities for the T– 

15 ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T– 

16 AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 

17 to award a new contract for such activities unless these 

18 contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip19 ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu20 factured in the United States. 

21 SEC. 8095. No amounts credited or otherwise made 

22 available in this or any other Act to the Department of 

23 Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 

24 be transferred to: 


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1 (1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 

2 under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au3 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 

4 2302 note); or 

5 (2) credited to a military-department specific 

6 fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na7 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

8 2016 (as amended by section 897 of the National 

9 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). 

10 SEC. 8096. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex12 penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 

13 of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 

14 topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 

15 by Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo16 sures 3 and 14b). 

17 SEC. 8097. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

18 otherwise made available by this Act may be used to main19 tain or establish a computer network unless such network 

20 is designed to block access to pornography websites. 

21 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

22 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

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1 or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in2 cluding intelligence activities. 

3 SEC. 8098. None of the funds provided for, or other4 wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli5 gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 

6 motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 

7 than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 

8 ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper9 ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 

10 providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un11 dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip12 ment. 

13 SEC. 8099. (a) None of the funds made available by 

14 this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

15 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

16 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

17 to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil18 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad19 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

20 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 

21 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col22 lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed23 eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 

24 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 

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1 of the corporation described in such subsection and has 

2 made a determination that such suspension or debarment 

3 is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 

4 Government. 

5 SEC. 8100. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 

6 of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the ta7 bles titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 

8 the explanatory statement regarding this Act, may be used 

9 for expenses for the agile research, development, test and 

10 evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and op11 eration and maintenance, only for the following Software 

12 and Digital Technology Pilot programs— 

13 (1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A); 

14 (2) Risk Management Information (PE 

15 0608013N); 

16 (3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 

17 (PE 0608231N); 

18 (4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking 

19 SW (PE 1208248SF); 

20 (5) Global Command and Control System (PE 

21 0303150K); 

22 (6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z); 

23 and 

24 (7) Cyber Operations Technology Support (PE 

25 0306250JCY). 


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1 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 

2 Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli3 gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig4 ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2025. 

5 SEC. 8101. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 

7 the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: 

8 Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to 

9 limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordina10 tion between the National Reconnaissance Office and the 

11 Space Force or any other elements of the Department of 

12 Defense. 

13 SEC. 8102. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 

15 any Federal mission, covered member of the National 

16 Guard (as defined in section 1733(g) of the National De17 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 

18 118-31)), or covered space function of the National Guard 

19 (as defined in section 924(e) of the National Defense Au20 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118- 

21 31)), from the National Guard to the United States Space 

22 Force in contravention of section 104 of title 32, United 

23 States Code, or section 18238 of title 10, United States 

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1 SEC. 8103. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 

3 enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 

4 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 

5 Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

6 (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 

7 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 

8 Code. 

9 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 

10 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 

11 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 

12 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 

13 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed14 eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 

15 Federal Regulations. 

16 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 

17 of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 

18 to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 

19 Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 

20 148). 

21 SEC. 8104. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

23 arms, training, intelligence, or other assistance to the Azov 

24 Battalion, the Third Separate Assault Brigade, or any 

25 successor organization. 


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1 SEC. 8105. During the current fiscal year, the De2 partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 

3 not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec4 tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa5 tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 

6 of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con7 tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria8 tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 

9 SEC. 8106. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

10 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense11 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

12 $1,423,630,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2026, shall be available for International Security Co14 operation Programs and other programs to provide sup15 port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 

16 groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 

17 counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca18 pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 

19 shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 

20 available in this section, notify the congressional defense 

21 committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga22 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 

23 provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria24 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 

25 the use and status of funds made available in this section. 


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1 SEC. 8107. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

2 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense3 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

4 $61,406,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2026, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 

6 nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ7 ing access, provided to United States military and stability 

8 operations to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: 

9 Provided, That such reimbursement payments may be 

10 made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with 

11 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consulta12 tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 

13 Budget, may determine, based on documentation deter14 mined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account 

15 for the support provided, and such determination is final 

16 and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United 

17 States, and 15 days following written notification to the 

18 appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, 

19 That these funds may be used for the purpose of providing 

20 specialized training and procuring supplies and specialized 

21 equipment and providing such supplies and loaning such 

22 equipment on a non-reimbursable basis to coalition forces 

23 supporting United States military and stability operations 

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1 gressional committees: Provided further, That the Sec2 retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 

3 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent4 atives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made 

5 available in this section. 

6 SEC. 8108. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

7 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense8 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

9 $380,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2026, shall be available for support authorized by sub11 paragraphs (A) through (E) of section 1226(a)(1) of the 

12 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 

13 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note), of which not less than 

14 $150,000,000 shall be for support authorized by subpara15 graph (A) of such section: Provided, That the Secretary 

16 of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating 

17 funds made available in this section, notify the congres18 sional defense committees in writing of the details of any 

19 planned obligation and the nature of the expenses in20 curred: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

21 shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Ap22 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen23 ate on the use and status of funds made available in this 

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1 SEC. 8109. The Secretary of Defense shall, not less 

2 than 15 days prior to taking any action to pause, suspend, 

3 or eliminate assistance to a country made available by this 

4 Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart5 ment of Defense, notify the Committees on Appropriations 

6 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

7 SEC. 8110. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven9 tion of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et 

10 seq.). 

11 SEC. 8111. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act for excess defense articles, 

13 assistance under section 333 of title 10, United States 

14 Code, or peacekeeping operations for the countries des15 ignated annually to be in violation of the standards of the 

16 Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

17 457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may be used to support any mili18 tary training or operation that includes child soldiers, as 

19 defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, un20 less such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 

21 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 

22 SEC. 8112. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

24 for any member of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, or the 

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1 SEC. 8113. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

3 for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. 

4 SEC. 8114. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 

6 available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun7 tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 

8 the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 

9 331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 

10 accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 

11 SEC. 8115. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

12 otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 

13 be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 

14 or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 

15 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

16 agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 

17 or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 

18 of Rosoboronexport. 

19 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita20 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

21 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel22 ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 

23 interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ24 ing to the congressional defense committees that— 


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1 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 

2 lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 

3 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern4 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 

5 (2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 

6 have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 

7 (3) agents of the Russian Federation have 

8 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con9 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 

10 Ukraine. 

11 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of De12 fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 

13 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 

14 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 

15 later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 

16 is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen17 eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

18 a report containing the results of the review conducted 

19 with respect to such waiver. 

20 SEC. 8116. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 

21 congressional defense committees in writing not more than 

22 30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re23 ceived from the government of a foreign country for any 

24 purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the 

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1 cation shall include the amount of the contribution; the 

2 purpose for which such contribution was made; and the 

3 authority under which such contribution was accepted by 

4 the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer 

5 than 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary 

6 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com7 mittees in writing a notification of the planned use of such 

8 contributions, including whether such contributions would 

9 support existing or new stationing or operations of the 

10 United States Armed Forces. 

11 SEC. 8117. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 

12 in coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart13 ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit 

14 to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 

15 days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, 

16 a report on the use of operation and maintenance funds 

17 for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have 

18 been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned 

19 activities for fiscal year 2025. 

20 (b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also 

21 include— 

22 (1) the title, date, and location, of each activity 

23 and exercise covered by the report; 

24 (2) an identification of the military department 

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1 exercise (including an estimate of the number of 

2 participants); 

3 (3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by 

4 budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element 

5 such as transportation); and 

6 (4) a short explanation of the objective of the 

7 activity or exercise. 

8 (c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be 

9 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi10 fied annex. 

11 SEC. 8118. Concurrent with any exercise of the draw12 down authority provided by Section 506 of the Foreign 

13 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318), the Secretary 

14 of Defense shall submit a written report to the Commit15 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

16 and the Senate that contains a description of the defense 

17 articles and defense services to be furnished, including the 

18 quantity, approximate value, and a timeline for the deliv19 ery of such defense articles and defense services, as well 

20 as an estimate of the cost to replace such article or an 

21 equivalent capability. 

22 SEC. 8119. Not later than 15 days after the date on 

23 which any foreign base that involves the stationing or op24 erations of the United States Armed Forces, including a 

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1 ated by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Sec2 retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 

3 committees in writing of the opening or closing of such 

4 base: Provided, That such notification shall also include 

5 information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings 

6 associated with the opening or closing of such base. 

7 SEC. 8120. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli9 gated or expended by the United States Government for 

10 any of the following purposes: 

11 (1) To establish any military installation or 

12 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 

13 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 

14 (2) To exercise United States control over any 

15 oil resource of Iraq or Syria. 

16 SEC. 8121. Up to $500,000,000 of the funds appro17 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and 

18 Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for the Defense Security Co19 operation Agency may be used to support the armed forces 

20 of Jordan. 

21 SEC. 8122. Not later than 180 days after the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, United States Southern 

23 Command shall assume combatant command responsi24 bility for activities related to Mexico. 


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1 SEC. 8123. The total amount appropriated or other2 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 

3 by $500,000,000 to limit excessive growth in the procure4 ment of advisory and assistance services, as follows: 

5 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

6 $138,000,000; 

7 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 

8 $68,000,000; 

9 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 

10 $52,000,000; 

11 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 

12 $77,000,000; 

13 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 

14 $9,500,000; 

15 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 

16 $143,000,000; and 

17 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National 

18 Guard’’, $12,500,000: 

19 Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria20 tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military 

21 Intelligence Program. 

22 SEC. 8124. The total amount appropriated or other23 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 

24 by $100,000,000 to reflect savings attributable to effi25 ciencies and management improvements in the funding of 


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1 miscellaneous or other contracts in the military depart2 ments, as follows: 

3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

4 $21,000,000; 

5 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 

6 $25,000,000; 

7 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 

8 $3,500,000; 

9 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 

10 $22,000,000; 

11 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 

12 $1,700,000; and 

13 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 

14 $26,800,000: 

15 Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria16 tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military 

17 Intelligence Program. 

18 SEC. 8125. The amounts appropriated in title II of 

19 this Act are hereby reduced by $300,000,000 to reflect 

20 excess cash balances in Department of Defense Working 

21 Capital Funds, as follows: 

22 (1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

23 $150,000,000; and 

24 (2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 

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1 SEC. 8126. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign ex3 change rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act 

4 is hereby reduced by $250,000,000. 

5 SEC. 8127. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

6 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 

7 available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 

8 Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 

9 fiscal year 2025 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec10 tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 

11 Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 

12 amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec13 ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca14 tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2025’’ 

15 in the explanatory statement regarding this Act. 

16 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo17 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 

18 year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 

19 if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro20 priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 

21 Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre22 ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, appor23 tionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing adminis24 tration of programs allocated using funds transferred from 

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1 cated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 

2 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that 

3 are no more than the allocation for such purposes in sub4 section (a) of this section. 

5 (c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds 

6 allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the 

7 terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section 

8 8005 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallo9 cated pursuant to this subsection only for those require10 ments necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the Wil11 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza12 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 

13 (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 

14 the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of De15 fense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

16 of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed 

17 allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, 

18 with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 

19 under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for 

20 fiscal year 2026. 

21 (e) The Department of Defense shall provide the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent23 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal24 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 

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1 subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, 

2 committed, and unobligated funds. 

3 SEC. 8128. In carrying out the program described in 

4 the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted 

5 Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Se6 verely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 

7 Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

8 for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance 

9 issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of 

10 Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except 

11 that— 

12 (1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 

13 cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 

14 and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 

15 apply; and 

16 (2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 

17 shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 

18 without limitation on the duration of such 

19 cryopreservation and storage. 

20 SEC. 8129. The Secretary of Defense may obligate 

21 funds made available in this Act for procurement or for 

22 research, development, test and evaluation for the F–35 

23 Joint Strike Fighter to modify up to six F–35 aircraft, 

24 including up to two F–35 aircraft of each variant, to a 

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1 fense shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the 

2 Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, notify the con3 gressional defense committees not fewer than 30 days 

4 prior to obligating funds under this section: Provided fur5 ther, That any transfer of funds pursuant to the authority 

6 provided in this section shall be made in accordance with 

7 section 8005 of this Act. 

8 SEC. 8130. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli10 gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air11 craft. 

12 SEC. 8131. 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 

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1 of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit2 tees promptly of all uses of this authority. 

3 SEC. 8132. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Depart4 ment of Defense Credit Program Account’’ established 

5 pursuant to section 903(b)(5) of the National Defense Au6 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118– 

7 31), $89,049,000, to remain available until expended, for 

8 the cost of loans and loan guarantees pursuant to section 

9 903(b) of such Act for a pilot program on capital assist10 ance to support defense investment in the industrial base, 

11 of which up to $7,900,000 may be used for administrative 

12 expenses to carry out the capital assistance and technical 

13 assistance programs authorized by such section: Provided, 

14 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

15 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 

17 amounts are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

18 the principal amount of direct loans, and total loan prin19 cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

20 $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

21 Defense may assess administrative fees to recover all, or 

22 a portion, of the costs to administer loan and loan guaran23 tees authorized under such section 903(b), and may credit 

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1 penses: Provided further, That, for the purposes of car2 rying out the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Di3 rector of the Congressional Budget Office may request, 

4 and the Secretary shall promptly provide, documentation 

5 and information relating to a project identified by the De6 partment of Defense pursuant to a Notice of Funding 

7 Availability for applications for credit assistance under 

8 such section 903(b). 

9 SEC. 8133. Notwithstanding section 8055 of this Act, 

10 amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, De11 velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this 

12 Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled 

13 Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the explana14 tory statement regarding this Act for ‘‘Defense Innovation 

15 Unit (DIU) Fielding’’ line 294A, that exceed the amounts 

16 requested may be used for expenses for agile research, de17 velopment, test and evaluation, procurement, production, 

18 modification, and operation and maintenance require19 ments, including the initial acquisition of end-items for 

20 operational use: Provided, That none of these funds may 

21 be obligated or expended until 15 days after the Secretary 

22 of Defense provides the Committees on Appropriations of 

23 the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 

24 execution plan for such funds. 


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1 SEC. 8134. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used to support, 

3 directly or indirectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or 

4 any laboratory owned or controlled by the governments of 

5 the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the 

6 Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Repub7 lic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Re8 public of Venezuela under the Maduro regime, or any 

9 other country determined by the Secretary of Defense, 

10 with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to be a 

11 foreign adversary. 

12 SEC. 8135. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act may be used to fund any 

14 work to be performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. 

15 SEC. 8136. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

17 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

18 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

19 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

20 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

21 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

22 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

23 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

24 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 


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1 SEC. 8137. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 

3 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 

4 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 

5 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 

6 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec7 tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

8 Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 

9 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

10 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 

11 SEC. 8138. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

12 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 

13 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 

14 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 

15 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 

16 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef17 fective control of the Department of Defense. 

18 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

19 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

20 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

21 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

22 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

23 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 


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1 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

2 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

3 and 

4 (2) is— 

5 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

6 control of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

9 SEC. 8139. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

11 of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

12 Cuba. 

13 SEC. 8140. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

15 to remove a Chinese military company from the list re16 quired by section 1260H of the National Defense Author17 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 

18 except in accordance with subsection (b)(3) of such section 

19 and 15 days following written notification to the congres20 sional defense committees. 

21 SEC. 8141. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act may be used to enforce 

23 any COVID-19 mask mandates. 

24 SEC. 8142. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be used to require 


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1 a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of 

2 the Department of Defense to receive a vaccination 

3 against COVID-19. 

4 SEC. 8143. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act may be used to require 

6 vaccination against COVID-19 as a prerequisite for stu7 dent attendance at a Department of Defense Education 

8 Activity school. 

9 SEC. 8144. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be used, with regards 

11 to a member of the Armed Forces with a minor dependent 

12 child enrolled in an Exceptional Family Member Program 

13 (EFMP)— 

14 (1) to provide gender transition procedures, in15 cluding surgery or medication, to such child through 

16 such EFMP; 

17 (2) to provide a referral for a procedure de18 scribed in paragraph (1) to such child through such 

19 EFMP; or 

20 (3) to approve a change of duty station for such 

21 member through such EFMP for the purpose of pro22 viding such child with access to procedures described 

23 in paragraph (1). 

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1 title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 

2 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro3 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

4 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par5 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

6 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 

7 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

8 a union of one man and one woman. 

9 (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in 

10 subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 

11 taken by the Federal Government to— 

12 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 

13 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as14 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp15 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter16 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 

17 in subsection (a); 

18 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur19 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 

20 such person; 

21 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 

22 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 

23 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co24 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li25 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 


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1 other similar position or status from or to such per2 son; 

3 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth4 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 

5 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 

6 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 

7 degree from an educational program, from or to 

8 such person; or 

9 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth10 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle11 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in12 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 

13 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam14 paigns from or to such person. 

15 (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 

16 The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li17 censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 

18 that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec19 tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 

20 such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per21 son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 

22 religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 

23 (a). 

24 SEC. 8146. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be used to grant, 


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1 renew, or maintain a security clearance for any individual 

2 listed as a signatory in the statement titled ‘‘Public State3 ment on the Hunter Biden Emails’’ dated October 19, 

4 2020. 

5 SEC. 8147. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act may be used to— 

7 (1) classify or facilitate the classification of any 

8 communications by a United States person as mis9 , dis-, or mal- information; or 

10 (2) partner with or fund nonprofit or other or11 ganizations that pressure or recommend private 

12 companies to censor lawful and constitutionally pro13 tected speech of United States persons, including 

14 recommending the censoring or removal of content 

15 on social media platforms. 

16 SEC. 8148. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 

18 any program, project, or activity that promotes or ad19 vances Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with 

20 Critical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea 

21 or concept that condones an individual being discriminated 

22 against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 

23 on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom24 fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis25 tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 


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1 as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 

2 superior to another race, the United States or its institu3 tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 

4 as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 

5 of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char6 acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 

7 individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 

8 in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 

9 or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 

10 by a particular race to oppress another race. 

11 SEC. 8149. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act may be used to finalize, 

13 promulgate, or implement the rule proposed by the De14 partment of Defense titled ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regula15 tion: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Cli16 mate-Related Financial Risk’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 68312; No17 vember 14, 2022), or to propose, promulgate, or imple18 ment any substantially similar rule or policy. 

19 SEC. 8150. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act shall be used to imple21 ment, administer, or otherwise carry out the Department 

22 of Defense memorandum dated October 20, 2022, or any 

23 successor to such memorandum, or to propose, promul24 gate, or implement any substantially similar rule or policy. 


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1 SEC. 8151. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used or transferred 

3 to another Federal agency, board, or commission to re4 cruit, hire, or promote any person who has been convicted 

5 of a Federal or State child pornography charge, has been 

6 convicted of any other Federal or State sexual assault 

7 charge, or has been formally disciplined for using Federal 

8 resources to access, use, or sell child pornography. 

9 SEC. 8152. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be used to promote, 

11 host, facilitate, or support events on United States mili12 tary installations or as part of military recruiting pro13 grams that violate the Department of Defense Joint Eth14 ics Regulation or bring discredit upon the military, such 

15 as a drag queen story hour for children or the use of drag 

16 queens as military recruiters. 

17 SEC. 8153. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this Act may be used for surgical 

19 procedures or hormone therapies for the purposes of gen20 der affirming care. 

21 SEC. 8154. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 

23 section 147 of title 10, United States Code, and sections 

24 554(a) and 913(b) of the National Defense Authorization 

25 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283). 


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1 SEC. 8155. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used to implement, 

3 administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the Diversity, Eq4 uity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Strategic Plan of the De5 partment of Defense, or Executive Order 13985 of Janu6 ary 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing 

7 racial equity and support for under-served communities 

8 through the Federal Government), Executive Order 14035 

9 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diver10 sity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal 

11 workforce), Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 

12 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further advancing racial 

13 equity and support for underserved communities through 

14 the Federal government), or shall be used to execute ac15 tivities that promote or perpetuate divisive concepts re16 lated to race or sex, such as the concepts that one race 

17 or sex is inherently superior to another, or that an individ18 ual’s moral character or worth is determined by their race 

19 or sex. 

20 SEC. 8156. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay for 

22 the costs of teleworking or remote working for any em23 ployee or contractor of the Department of Defense on a 

24 regular and recurring basis. 


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1 SEC. 8157. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

3 assistance to the Department of Homeland Security to 

4 house persons on a military installation located in the 

5 United States. 

6 SEC. 8158. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this Act may be used for any office 

8 of diversity, equity, or inclusion. 

9 SEC. 8159. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

11 to NewsGuard Technologies Inc. 

12 SEC. 8160. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act may be used to implement 

14 any of the following executive orders: 

15 (1) Executive Order No. 13990, relating to 

16 Protecting Public Health and the Environment and 

17 Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis. 

18 (2) Executive Order No. 14008, relating to 

19 Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. 

20 (3) Section 6 of Executive Order No. 14013, re21 lating to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To 

22 Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of 

23 Climate Change on Migration. 

24 (4) Executive Order No. 14030, relating to Cli25 mate-Related Financial Risk. 


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1 (5) Executive Order No. 14057, relating to 

2 Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs 

3 Through Federal Sustainability. 

4 (6) Executive Order No. 14082, relating to Im5 plementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Pro6 visions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. 

7 (7) Executive Order No. 14096, relating to Re8 vitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environ9 mental Justice for All. 

10 SEC. 8161. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven12 tion of Department of Defense Instruction 3216.01, ‘‘Use 

13 of Animals in DoD Conducted and Supported Research 

14 and Training’’, dated March 20, 2019. 

15 SEC. 8162. From amounts appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available by title II of this Act under the heading 

17 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, the Secretary 

18 of Defense may reimburse the Federated States of Micro19 nesia in an amount not to exceed $34,000,000 for land 

20 acquisition costs for defense sites in Yap: Provided, That 

21 the Secretary shall, not less than 15 days prior to making 

22 such reimbursement, notify the Committees on Appropria23 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 

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1 SEC. 8163. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 

3 prepare to divest any U-2 aircraft. 

4 SEC. 8164. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 

6 prepare to divest any F-15 aircraft unless the Secretary 

7 of Defense certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that such 

9 aircraft will be replaced in a manner that maintains the 

10 current total aircraft assigned at a given unit and the 

11 readiness of such unit. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 8165. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 

14 funds from any available Department of the Navy appro15 priation (except military construction) to any available 

16 Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of 

17 liquidating necessary changes resulting from inflation, 

18 market fluctuations, or rate adjustments for any ship con19 struction program appropriated in law: Provided, That the 

20 Secretary may transfer not to exceed $20,000,000 under 

21 the authority provided by this section: Provided further, 

22 That the Secretary shall, not less than 30 days prior to 

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1 vided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to this 

2 section shall retain the same period of availability as when 

3 originally appropriated: Provided further, That the trans4 fer authority provided under this section is in addition to 

5 any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this 

6 Act. 

7 SEC. 8166. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

8 otherwise made available by this Act may be made avail9 able to withhold, halt, reverse, or cancel the delivery of 

10 defense articles or defense services from the United States 

11 to Israel. 

12 (b) Any defense article and defense service withheld 

13 from delivery to Israel by the Department of Defense as 

14 of the date of the enactment of this Act shall be delivered 

15 to Israel not later than 15 days after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act. 

17 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

18 Secretary of Defense shall obligate any remaining unobli19 gated balances of funds appropriated or otherwise made 

20 available before the date of the enactment of this Act for 

21 the Department of Defense for assistance for Israel not 

22 later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 

23 Act. 

24 SEC. 8167. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 (1) The Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capabili2 ties in the vicinity of Gaza; or 

3 (2) The construction, assembly, maintenance, or 

4 operation, of any pier, dock, landing, wharf, or any 

5 other structure in the vicinity of Gaza. 

6 SEC. 8168. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act or any other Act may be used for hiring practices 

8 based on gender, religion, political affiliation, or race. 

9 SEC. 8169. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven11 tion of section 1052 of the National Defense Authorization 

12 Act for Fiscal Year 2024. 

13 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

14 SEC. 8170. $0. 

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

16 Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 460 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8774 

[Report No. 118–557] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of De2025, and for other purposes. fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

JUNE 17, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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