118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8774 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 

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

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, for military func4 tions administered by the Department of Defense and for 

5 other purposes, namely: 

6 TITLE I 

7 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

8 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

9 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

10 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta11 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza12 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

13 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

14 Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo15 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 

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

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

18 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart19 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

20 $51,485,904,000. 

21 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

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 

2 Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro3 vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for 

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

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

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

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

8 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

9 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

10 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta11 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza12 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

13 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma14 rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 

15 provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec16 tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

17 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re18 tirement Fund, $16,261,321,000. 

19 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

20 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

21 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta22 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza23 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

24 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 

25 Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
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1 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 

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

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

4 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart5 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

6 $37,376,591,000. 

7 MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE

8 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

12 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

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

14 the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments 

15 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amend16 ed (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of De17 fense Military Retirement Fund, $1,308,675,000. 

18 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

20 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re21 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 

22 7038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

24 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

25 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
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1 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

2 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au3 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

4 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

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

6 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

7 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

8 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re9 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 

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

11 section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con12 nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 

13 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re14 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

15 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 

16 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart17 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

18 $2,607,677,000. 

19 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

20 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

21 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 

22 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 

23 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 

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

25 in connection with performing duty specified in section 
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1 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under2 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv3 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 

4 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 

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

6 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

7 $948,708,000. 

8 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

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

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

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

12 9038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

14 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

16 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

17 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au18 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

19 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

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

21 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

23 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na24 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 

25 or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United 
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1 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 

2 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 

3 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

5 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 

6 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 

7 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay8 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 

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

10 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

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

12 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na13 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 

14 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 

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

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

17 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

18 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under19 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

20 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

21 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

22 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

23 $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 (increased by $2,000,000) 

7 (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (in8 creased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $9,500,000) (reduced 

9 by $7,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

10 $15,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000): Provided, That 

11 not to exceed $7,000,000 may be used for emergencies and 

12 extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 

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

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

15 for confidential military purposes. 

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

17 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

18 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 

19 Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $74,754,688,000 (in20 creased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (re21 duced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (in22 creased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (in23 creased by $10,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000): Pro24 vided, That not to exceed $7,000,000 may be used for 

25 emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
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1 upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of the 

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

3 certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

5 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

6 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 

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

8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

9 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

11 authorized by law, $64,560,558,000 (increased by 

12 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

13 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

14 $8,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by 

15 $5,000,000): Provided, That not to exceed $7,000,000 

16 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, 

17 to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Sec18 retary of the Air Force, and payments may be made upon 

19 the Secretary’s certificate of necessity for confidential 

20 military purposes. 

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

24 authorized by law, $5,146,272,000 (increased by 

25 $2,500,000). 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

4 for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen5 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

6 departments), as authorized by law, $53,074,990,000 (re7 duced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (in8 creased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (in9 creased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (in10 creased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced 

11 by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

12 $4,500,000) (increased by $4,500,000) (increased by 

13 $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 

14 $37,411,000) (reduced by $37,411,000) (reduced by 

15 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

16 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

17 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

18 $16,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

19 $1,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 

20 $2,500,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

21 $7,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by 

22 $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

23 $4,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

24 $10,000,000) (reduced by $12,000,000) (reduced by 

25 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
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1 $5,000,000) (reduced by $21,000,000) (reduced by 

2 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

3 $7,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by 

4 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

5 $5,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (reduced by 

6 $1,000,000) (reduced by $7,500,000) (reduced by 

7 $6,000,000) (reduced by $90,000,000) (reduced by 

8 $11,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (reduced by 

9 $3,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 

10 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

11 $5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

12 $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

13 $5,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 

14 $5,000,000) (reduced by $9,000,000) (reduced by 

15 $5,000,000) (reduced by $12,500,000) (reduced by 

16 $10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

17 $10,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by 

18 $20,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

19 $10,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by 

20 $6,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

21 $6,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 

22 $3,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000): Provided, That not 

23 more than $2,981,000 may be used for the Combatant 

24 Commander Initiative Fund authorized under section 

25 166a of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, 
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1 That not to exceed $10,000,000 may be used for emer2 gencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon 

3 the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and 

4 payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate 

5 of necessity for confidential military purposes: Provided 

6 further, That of the funds provided under this heading, 

7 not less than $22,738,000 (increased by $32,262,000) 

8 shall be made available for the Procurement Technical As9 sistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not 

10 less than $5,000,000 shall be available for centers with 

11 eligible entities defined in 10 U.S.C. 4951(1)(D): Provided 

12 further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available by this Act may be used to plan or imple14 ment the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liai15 son office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the 

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

17 service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a 

18 legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided fur19 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, 

20 $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 

21 shall be available only for expenses relating to certain clas22 sified activities: Provided further, That of the funds pro23 vided under this heading, $26,777,000, to remain avail24 able until expended, shall be available only for expenses 

25 relating to certain classified activities, and may be trans-
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1 ferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to oper2 ation and maintenance appropriations or research, devel3 opment, test and evaluation appropriations, to be merged 

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

5 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, 

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

7 that may be purchased with operation and maintenance 

8 funds shall not apply to the funds described in the pre9 ceding proviso: Provided further, That of the funds pro10 vided under this heading, $2,107,432,000, of which 

11 $1,423,630,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2026, shall be available to provide support and assistance 

13 to foreign security forces or other groups or individuals 

14 to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis 

15 response, or other Department of Defense security co16 operation programs: Provided further, That the Secretary 

17 of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

19 and the Senate on the use and status of funds made avail20 able in this paragraph: Provided further, That the transfer 

21 authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

22 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

23 COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

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

25 Train and Equip Fund’’, $528,699,000, to remain avail-
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1 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That such funds 

2 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordina3 tion with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, in4 cluding training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, 

5 and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova6 tion; construction for facility fortification and humane 

7 treatment; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, ir8 regular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre9 paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 

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

11 groups: Provided further, That amounts made available 

12 under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 

13 only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary 

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

15 as having a security mission to counter the Islamic State 

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

17 congressional defense committees of such designation: 

18 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall en19 sure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any 

20 forces or individuals, such elements or individuals are ap21 propriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such 

22 elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups 

23 associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving 

24 commitments from such elements to promote respect for 

25 human rights and the rule of law: Provided further, That 
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1 the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days 

2 prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 

3 the congressional defense committees in writing of the de4 tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 

5 Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 

6 including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 

7 including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to 

8 carry out assistance authorized under this heading: Pro9 vided further, That contributions of funds for the purposes 

10 provided herein from any foreign government or other en11 tity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until 

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

13 That the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such con14 tributions when providing any assistance for construction 

15 for facility fortification: Provided further, That the United 

16 States may accept equipment procured using funds pro17 vided under this heading that was transferred to security 

18 forces, irregular forces, or groups participating, or pre19 paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 

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

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

22 treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon writ23 ten notification to the congressional defense committees: 

24 Provided further, That equipment procured using funds 

25 provided under this heading and not yet transferred to se-
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1 curity forces, irregular forces, or groups participating, or 

2 preparing to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 

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

4 Department of Defense when determined by the Secretary 

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

6 groups and upon written notification to the congressional 

7 defense committees: Provided further, That stipend sup8 port for the Kurdish Peshmerga may only be reduced com9 mensurate with support provided from other sources, in10 cluding Iraqi national funds: Provided further, That none 

11 of the funds made available under this heading may be 

12 used to procure or transfer man-portable air defense sys13 tems: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

14 shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional de15 fense committees on the use of funds provided under this 

16 heading, including, but not limited to, the number of indi17 viduals trained, the nature and scope of support and 

18 sustainment provided to each group or individual, the area 

19 of operations for each group, and the contributions of 

20 other countries, groups, or individuals. 

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

23 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or24 ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re25 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
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1 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re2 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip3 ment; and communications, $3,279,177,000. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

5 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

6 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or7 ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re8 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

9 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re10 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip11 ment; and communications, $1,333,993,000. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

13 RESERVE

14 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

15 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or16 ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re17 serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 

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

19 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip20 ment; and communications, $338,080,000. 

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

23 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or24 ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 

25 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
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1 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re2 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip3 ment; and communications, $4,062,711,000. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

5 GUARD

6 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin7 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 

8 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

9 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc10 tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per11 sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex12 penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 

13 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 

14 division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in15 specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 

16 regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na17 tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 

18 National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re19 pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

20 equipment (including aircraft), $8,591,745,000 (reduced 

21 by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000). 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

23 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin24 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 

25 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 
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1 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc2 tures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of pas3 senger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 

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

5 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

6 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 

7 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 

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

9 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 

10 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 

11 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 

12 Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 

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

14 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED

15 FORCES

16 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 

17 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 

18 $21,035,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used 

19 for official representation purposes. 

20 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

23 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec24 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 

25 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
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1 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

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

3 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

4 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

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

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

7 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

8 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

9 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

10 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

11 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation, 

12 to be merged with and to be available for the same pur13 poses and for the same time period as this appropriation: 

14 Provided further, That amounts transferred back under 

15 the preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropria16 tions made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) 

17 of title 10, United States Code, are available until trans18 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 

19 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

20 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au21 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

22 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

25 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
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1 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such 

2 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc3 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

4 buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or 

5 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

6 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

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

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

9 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

10 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

11 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

12 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

13 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation, 

14 to be merged with and to be available for the same pur15 poses and for the same time period as this appropriation: 

16 Provided further, That amounts transferred back under 

17 the preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropria18 tions made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) 

19 of 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, AIR FORCE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

4 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 

5 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 

6 such funds are required for environmental restoration, re7 duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of un8 safe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air 

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

10 available by this appropriation to other appropriations 

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

12 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

13 and for the same time period as the appropriations to 

14 which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter15 mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

16 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro17 vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 

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

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

20 this appropriation: Provided further, That amounts trans21 ferred back under the preceding proviso, and amounts 

22 credited to appropriations made under this heading pursu23 ant to section 2703(e) of title 10, United States Code, are 

24 available until transferred under conditions set forth in 

25 the preceding provisos: Provided further, That the transfer 
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1 authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

2 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

3 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the Department of Defense, $8,800,000, to re6 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec7 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds 

8 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

9 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

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

11 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro12 priation to other appropriations made available to the De13 partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail14 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 

15 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur16 ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 

17 funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec18 essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

19 may be transferred back to this appropriation, to be 

20 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

21 and for the same time period as this appropriation: Pro22 vided further, That amounts transferred back under the 

23 preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropriations 

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

25 title 10, United States Code, are available until trans-
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1 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 

2 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

3 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au4 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

5 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED

6 DEFENSE SITES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

9 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec10 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 

11 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc12 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

13 buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart14 ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this 

15 appropriation to other appropriations made available to 

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

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

18 period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro19 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 

20 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

21 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

22 may be transferred back to this appropriation, to be 

23 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

24 and for the same time period as this appropriation: Pro25 vided further, That amounts transferred back under the 
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1 preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropriations 

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

3 title 10, United States Code, are available until trans4 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 

5 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

6 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au7 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

8 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

9 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 

10 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 

11 Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec12 tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 

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

14 until September 30, 2026. 

15 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

16 For assistance, including assistance provided by con17 tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the 

18 Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 

19 Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co20 operative Threat Reduction Act, $246,876,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2027. 

22 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

23 DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT

24 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Work25 force Development Account, $56,176,000: Provided, That 
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1 no other amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred 

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

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

4 States Code. 

5 TITLE III 

6 PROCUREMENT 

7 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

8 For construction, procurement, production, modifica9 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

10 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

11 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

12 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

13 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

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

15 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

16 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap17 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 

18 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

19 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

20 foregoing purposes, $3,518,727,000 (reduced by 

21 $5,800,000) (increased by $5,800,000), to remain avail22 able for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

23 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

24 For construction, procurement, production, modifica25 tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 
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1 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

2 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

3 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

4 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

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

6 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

7 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap8 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 

9 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

10 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

11 foregoing purposes, $5,175,541,000, to remain available 

12 for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

13 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

14 VEHICLES, ARMY

15 For construction, procurement, production, and 

16 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 

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

19 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 

20 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

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

23 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

24 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

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

2 purposes, $3,624,159,000, to remain available for obliga3 tion until September 30, 2027. 

4 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

5 For construction, procurement, production, and 

6 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe7 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub8 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au9 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

10 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur11 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac12 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap13 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip14 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

15 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor16 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

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

18 available for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

19 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

20 For construction, procurement, production, and 

21 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 

22 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 

23 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 

24 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 

25 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 
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1 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

2 private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 

3 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

4 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

5 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

6 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

7 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern8 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 

9 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

10 $8,460,305,000 (reduced by $25,000,000) (increased by 

11 $25,000,000) (increased by $90,000,000) (reduced by 

12 $2,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), to remain available 

13 for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

14 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

15 For construction, procurement, production, modifica16 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

17 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

18 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ19 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter20 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

21 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

22 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

23 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern24 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 
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1 $17,073,401,000, to remain available for obligation until 

2 September 30, 2027. 

3 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

4 For construction, procurement, production, modifica5 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap6 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 

7 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 

8 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 

9 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con10 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

11 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

12 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

13 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

14 layaway, $6,049,095,000, to remain available for obliga15 tion until September 30, 2027. 

16 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

17 CORPS

18 For construction, procurement, production, and 

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

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

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

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

6 available for obligation until September 30, 2027. 

7 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

8 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi9 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ10 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli11 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 

12 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con13 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 

14 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 

15 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 

16 public and private plants, including land necessary there17 for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 

18 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

19 title, as follows: 

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

21 Columbia Class Submarine (AP), 

22 $6,215,939,000; 

23 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80), 

24 $1,123,124,000; 
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1 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–81), 

2 674,930,000; 

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

4 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 

5 $3,720,303,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased 

6 by $1,000,000); 

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

8 DDG–1000 Program, $61,100,000; 

9 DDG–51 Destroyer, $6,409,190,000; 

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

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

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

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

14 Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship, 

15 $60,000,000; 

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

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

18 Service Craft, $41,426,000; 

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

20 LCAC SLEP, $45,087,000; 

21 Auxiliary Vessels, $204,939,000; 

22 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 

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

24 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro25 grams, $1,930,024,000. 
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1 In all: $31,617,413,000, to remain available for obli2 gation until September 30, 2029: Provided, That addi3 tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 

4 2029, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 

5 other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 

6 final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That 

7 none of the funds provided under this heading for the con8 struction or conversion of any naval vessel to be con9 structed in shipyards in the United States shall be ex10 pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 

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

12 the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 

13 the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: 

14 Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 

15 made available by this Act for Columbia Class Submarine 

16 (AP) may be available for the purposes authorized by sub17 sections (f), (g), (h) or (i) of section 2218a of title 10, 

18 United States Code, only in accordance with the provisions 

19 of the applicable subsection. 

20 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

21 For procurement, production, and modernization of 

22 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 

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

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

25 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan-
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1 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec2 essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 

3 be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 

4 approval of title; and procurement and installation of 

5 equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 

6 private plants; reserve plant and Government and con7 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $15,510,478,000 (in8 creased by $19,440,000) (reduced by $19,440,000), to re9 main available for obligation until September 30, 2027: 

10 Provided, That such funds are also available for the main11 tenance, repair, and modernization of ships under a pilot 

12 program established for such purposes. 

13 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

14 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu15 facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 

16 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 

17 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 

18 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

19 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve20 hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas21 senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 

22 of public and private plants, including land necessary 

23 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac24 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap25 proval of title, $3,804,948,000 (increased by $5,000,000), 
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1 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

2 2027. 

3 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

4 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

5 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 

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

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

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

11 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

12 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

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

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

17 $20,842,652,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by 

18 $2,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep19 tember 30, 2027. 

20 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

21 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

22 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 

23 parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equip24 ment, and training devices; expansion of public and pri25 vate plants, Government-owned equipment and installa-
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1 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac2 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

3 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con4 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re5 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip6 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore7 going purposes including rents and transportation of 

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

9 until September 30, 2027. 

10 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

11 For construction, procurement, production, and 

12 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe13 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub14 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au15 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

16 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur17 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac18 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap19 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip20 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

21 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor22 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

23 for the foregoing purposes, $629,930,000, to remain avail24 able for obligation until September 30, 2027. 
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1 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

2 For procurement and modification of equipment (in3 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 

4 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 

5 and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth6 erwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehi7 cles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehi8 cles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern9 ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

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

11 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

12 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

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

15 $29,865,521,000 (increased by $2,300,000) (reduced by 

16 $2,300,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep17 tember 30, 2027. 

18 PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE

19 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

20 spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 

21 spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 

22 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 

23 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa24 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac25 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
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1 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con2 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re3 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip4 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore5 going purposes including rents and transportation of 

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

7 until September 30, 2027. 

8 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

9 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart10 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) 

11 necessary for procurement, production, and modification 

12 of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there13 for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger 

14 motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 

15 and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 

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

17 for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

18 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

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

21 $5,691,355,000 (reduced by $800,000) (increased by 

22 $800,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

23 $5,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep24 tember 30, 2027. 
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1 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

2 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 

3 to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Produc4 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), 

5 $446,377,000, to remain available for obligation until ex6 pended, which shall be obligated and expended by the Sec7 retary of Defense as if delegated the necessary authorities 

8 conferred by the Defense Production Act of 1950. 

9 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

10 For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac11 tical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro12 curement items for the reserve components of the Armed 

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

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

15 National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later 

16 than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually sub17 mit to the congressional defense committees the mod18 ernization priority assessment for their respective Na19 tional Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, 

20 That none of the funds made available by this paragraph 

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

22 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 (reduced by 

10 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 

11 $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

12 $12,000,000) (increased by $12,000,000) (increased by 

13 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

14 $8,500,000) (increased by $8,500,000) (reduced by 

15 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

16 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

17 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

18 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

19 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

20 $63,000,000) (increased by $63,000,000) (increased by 

21 $15,000,000) (increased by $2,500,000) (reduced by 

22 $2,500,000) (reduced by $9,000,000) (increased by 

23 $9,000,000) (reduced by $11,000,000) (increased by 

24 $11,000,000) (reduced by $25,000,000) (increased by 

25 $25,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
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1 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

2 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

3 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

4 $10,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by 

5 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 

6 $21,000,000) (increased by $7,700,000) (increased by 

7 $6,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

8 $15,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

9 $5,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 

10 $7,500,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by 

11 $2,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by 

12 $10,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (increased by 

13 $5,000,000) (reduced by $9,500,000) (increased by 

14 $20,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

15 $4,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (increased by 

16 $6,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by 

17 $3,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

18 $8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced by 

19 $9,850,000) (increased by $9,850,000) (reduced by 

20 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

21 $5,000,000) (increased by $4,910,000), to remain avail22 able for obligation until September 30, 2026. 
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1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

2 NAVY

3 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci4 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ5 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa6 cilities and equipment, $26,668,304,000 (increased by 

7 $8,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by 

8 $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

9 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

10 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 

11 $5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 

12 $10,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by 

13 $8,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 

14 $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

15 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

16 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

17 $5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 

18 $10,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced by 

19 $8,000,000) (reduced by $12,000,000) (increased by 

20 $12,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

21 $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

22 $2,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

23 $6,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

24 $4,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

25 $5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
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1 $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

2 $9,000,000) (increased by $12,500,000) (increased by 

3 $10,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep4 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That funds appropriated in 

5 this paragraph which are available for the V–22 may be 

6 used to meet unique operational requirements of the Spe7 cial Operations Forces. 

8 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

9 AIR FORCE

10 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci11 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ12 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa13 cilities and equipment, $48,648,586,000 (reduced by 

14 $4,500,000) (increased by $4,500,000) (increased by 

15 $4,500,000) (reduced by $4,500,000) (reduced by 

16 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

17 $19,000,000) (increased by $19,000,000) (increased by 

18 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

19 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

20 $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 

21 $3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by 

22 $16,000,000) (increased by $9,500,000) (increased by 

23 $8,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by 

24 $4,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced by 

25 $4,000,000) (increased by $2,500,000) (increased by 
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1 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

2 $7,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (increased by 

3 $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

4 $10,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 

5 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 

6 $5,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced by 

7 $5,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep8 tember 30, 2026. 

9 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

10 SPACE FORCE

11 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci12 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ13 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa14 cilities and equipment, $18,279,469,000 (increased by 

15 $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 

16 $4,500,000) (reduced by $4,500,000) (reduced by 

17 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

18 $7,500,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

19 $5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 

20 $10,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

21 2026. 

22 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

23 DEFENSE-WIDE

24 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart25 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 
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1 necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel2 opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 

3 as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 

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

5 lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

6 $36,742,144,000 (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by 

7 $8,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by 

8 $8,000,000) (reduced by $26,000,000) (increased by 

9 $26,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

10 $5,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by 

11 $20,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 

12 $10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

13 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

14 $15,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by 

15 $3,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by 

16 $2,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

17 $5,000,000) (reduced by $10,800,000) (increased by 

18 $10,800,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 

19 $10,000,000) (increased by $7,500,000) (increased by 

20 $5,000,000) (increased by $2,500,000) (increased by 

21 $12,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

22 $7,700,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by 

23 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 

24 $5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 

25 $9,500,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
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1 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 

2 $6,000,000) (reduced by $9,500,000) (increased by 

3 $9,500,000) (reduced by $4,910,000), to remain available 

4 for obligation until September 30, 2026. 

5 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

6 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

7 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 

8 Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 

9 operational test and evaluation, including initial oper10 ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 

11 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 

12 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 

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

14 for obligation until September 30, 2026. 

15 TITLE V 

16 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

17 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

18 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 

19 $1,712,921,000. 

20 NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND

21 For the National Defense Stockpile Transaction 

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

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

24 seq.). 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

3 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

5 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 

6 as authorized by law, $41,159,039,000 (increased by 

7 $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 

8 $3,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 

9 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 

10 $1,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (increased by 

11 $4,000,000); of which $38,521,736,000 shall be for oper12 ation and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent 

13 shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 

14 2026, and of which up to $20,299,477,000 may be avail15 able for contracts entered into under the TRICARE pro16 gram; of which $398,867,000, to remain available for obli17 gation until September 30, 2027, shall be for procure18 ment; and of which $2,238,436,000 (increased by 

19 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), to remain available 

20 for obligation until September 30, 2026, shall be for re21 search, development, test and evaluation: Provided, That 

22 of the funds provided under this heading for research, de23 velopment, test and evaluation, not less than 

24 $1,164,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

25 $5,000,000) (reduced by $9,000,000) (increased by 
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1 $9,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

2 $5,000,000) shall be made available to the Defense Health 

3 Agency to carry out the congressionally directed medical 

4 research programs: Provided further, That, notwith5 standing any other provision of law, of the amount made 

6 available under this heading for research, development, 

7 test and evaluation, not less than $12,000,000 shall be 

8 available for HIV prevention educational activities under9 taken in connection with United States military training, 

10 exercises, and humanitarian assistance activities con11 ducted primarily in African nations: Provided further, 

12 That the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres13 sional defense committees quarterly reports on the current 

14 status of the electronic health record program: Provided 

15 further, That the Comptroller General of the United States 

16 shall perform quarterly performance reviews of the elec17 tronic health record program. 

18 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 

19 DEFENSE

20 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

21 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 

22 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro23 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au24 thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), $775,507,000, of 

25 which $20,745,000 shall be for operation and maintenance 
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1 for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Pro2 gram, consisting of $13,945,000 for activities on military 

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

4 September 30, 2026, to assist State and local govern5 ments; and of which $754,762,000, to remain available 

6 until September 30, 2026, shall be for research, develop7 ment, test and evaluation and shall only be for the Assem8 bled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 

9 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

10 DEFENSE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 

13 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 

14 available to the Department of Defense for military per15 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi16 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper17 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 

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

19 which $673,702,000 shall be for counter-narcotics sup20 port; $139,567,000 shall be for the drug demand reduc21 tion program; $305,000,000 shall be for the National 

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

23 for the National Guard counter-drug schools program: 

24 Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading 

25 shall be available for obligation for the same time period 
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1 and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which 

2 transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination 

3 that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro4 priation are not necessary for the purposes provided here5 in, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro6 priation: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro7 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans8 fer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur9 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 

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

11 written prior notification to the Committees on Appropria12 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

13 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In15 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In16 spector General Act of 1978, $539,769,000, of which 

17 $536,533,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

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

19 and extraordinary expenses to be expended upon the ap20 proval or authority of the Inspector General, and pay21 ments may be made upon the Inspector General’s certifi22 cate of necessity for confidential military purposes; of 

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

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

25 which $1,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2026, shall be for research, development, test and evalua2 tion. 

3 TITLE VII 

4 RELATED AGENCIES 

5 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND

6 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

7 For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re8 tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 

9 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 

10 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 

11 System, $514,000,000. 

12 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

13 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu14 nity Management Account, $641,585,000. 

15 TITLE VIII 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

17 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 

18 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur19 poses not authorized by the Congress. 

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

21 of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em22 ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 

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

24 Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi25 rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 
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1 Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 

2 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 

3 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 

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

5 United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent6 age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to 

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

8 That this section shall not apply to Department of De9 fense foreign service national employees serving at United 

10 States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart11 ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro12 vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall 

13 not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 

14 of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. 

15 SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 

16 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

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

18 SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appro19 priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur20 ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the 

21 last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this sec22 tion shall not apply to obligations for support of active 

23 duty training of reserve components or summer camp 

24 training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 

3 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter4 est, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Director 

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

6 exceed $6,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the De7 partment of Defense or funds made available in this Act 

8 to the Department of Defense for military functions (ex9 cept military construction) between such appropriations or 

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

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

12 time period, as the appropriation or fund to which trans13 ferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 

14 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore15 seen military requirements, than those for which originally 

16 appropriated and in no case where the item for which 

17 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro18 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 

19 the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to 

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

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

22 available to prepare or present a request to the Commit23 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

24 and the Senate for reprogramming of funds, unless for 

25 higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re-
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1 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 

2 and in no case where the item for which reprogramming 

3 is requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided 

4 further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of 

5 funds using authority provided in this section shall be 

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

7 transfers among military personnel appropriations shall 

8 not be taken into account for purposes of the limitation 

9 on the amount of funds that may be transferred under 

10 this section. 

11 SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro12 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 

13 and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 

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

15 tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 

16 the explanatory statement regarding this Act and the ta17 bles contained in the classified annex accompanying this 

18 Act, the obligation and expenditure of amounts appro19 priated or otherwise made available in this Act for those 

20 programs, projects, and activities are hereby required by 

21 law to be carried out in the manner provided by such ta22 bles to the same extent as if the tables were included in 

23 the text of this Act. 

24 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de25 scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi-
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1 sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 

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

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

4 occur between appropriation accounts, subject to the limi5 tation in subsection (c): Provided further, That the trans6 fer amount limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act 

7 shall not apply to transfers of amounts described in sub8 section (a) if such transfers are necessary for the proper 

9 execution of such funds. 

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

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

12 described in subsection (a) may not be transferred pursu13 ant to section 8005 of this Act other than for proper exe14 cution of such amounts, as provided in subsection (b). 

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

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

17 shall submit a report to the congressional defense commit18 tees to establish the baseline for application of reprogram19 ming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2025: Pro20 vided, That the report shall include— 

21 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa22 rate column to display the President’s budget re23 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

24 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

25 fiscal year enacted level; 
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1 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro2 priation both by budget activity and program, 

3 project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Ap4 pendix; and 

5 (3) an identification of items of special congres6 sional interest. 

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

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

9 reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 

10 subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 

11 committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 

12 writing to the congressional defense committees that such 

13 reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 

14 requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not 

15 apply to transfers from the following appropriations ac16 counts: 

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

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

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

20 (4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense21 Wide’’; 

22 (5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly 

23 Used Defense Sites’’; and 

24 (6) ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Ac25 tivities, Defense’’. 
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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal3 ances in working capital funds of the Department of De4 fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, 

5 United States Code, may be maintained in only such 

6 amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse7 ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans8 fers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 

9 That transfers may be made between working capital 

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

11 appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap12 propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter13 mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 

14 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, ex15 cept that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec16 retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the pro17 posed transfer: Provided further, That except in amounts 

18 equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital 

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

20 working capital fund to procure or increase the value of 

21 war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of 

22 Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such obli23 gation. 

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

25 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 
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1 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres2 sional defense committees. 

3 SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided by this Act 

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

5 employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 

6 $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in7 cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of 

8 $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 

9 leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 

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

11 any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 

12 have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the pro13 posed contract award: Provided, That no part of any ap14 propriation contained in this Act shall be available to ini15 tiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order 

16 quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 

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

18 That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

19 shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement con20 tracts for any systems or component thereof if the value 

21 of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 un22 less specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, 

23 That no multiyear procurement contract can be termi24 nated without 30-day prior notification to the congres25 sional defense committees: Provided further, That the exe-
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1 cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 

2 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 

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

4 the funds provided by this Act may be used for a multiyear 

5 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act unless in the case of any such contract— 

7 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 

8 Congress a budget request for full funding of units 

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

10 of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in11 cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 

12 the contract for which procurement funds are re13 quested in that budget request for production be14 yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 

15 year covered by the budget, full funding of procure16 ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 

17 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 

18 not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 

19 costs of the contractor associated with the produc20 tion of unfunded units to be delivered under the con21 tract; 

22 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 

23 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 

24 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 
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1 (4) the contract does not provide for a price ad2 justment based on a failure to award a follow-on 

3 contract. 

4 Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be 

5 used for multiyear procurement contracts for CH-53K 

6 Heavy Lift helicopters, and USS Virginia Class (SSN7 774). 

8 SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op9 eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 

10 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 

11 United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 

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

13 Provided, That such funds may also be obligated for hu14 manitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to author15 ized operations and pursuant to authority granted in sec16 tion 401 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga17 tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 

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

19 available for operation and maintenance shall be available 

20 for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by 

21 using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the 

22 Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, 

23 pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as author24 ized by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon 

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1 action is beneficial for graduate medical education pro2 grams conducted at Army medical facilities located in Ha3 waii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provi4 sion of medical services at such facilities and transpor5 tation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for 

6 civilian patients from American Samoa, the Common7 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Is8 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and 

9 Guam. 

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

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

12 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Senate a report on ex14 cessive contractor payments that exceed the thresholds es15 tablished in 10 U.S.C. chapter 271 ‘‘Truthful Cost or 

16 Pricing Data (Truth in Negotiations)’’ or 41 U.S.C. chap17 ter 35 ‘‘Truthful Cost or Pricing Data’’ and with respect 

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

19 data requirements apply. 

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

21 include the following: 

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

23 from contractors as a result of providing defective 

24 cost and pricing data; 
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1 (2) The mechanisms used to identify violations 

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

3 (3) Disciplinary actions taken by the Depart4 ment of Defense when violations of 10 U.S.C. chap5 ter 271 or 41 U.S.C. chapter 35 are identified, re6 gardless of whether they are included in the System 

7 for Award Management; and 

8 (4) Any referrals made to the Department of 

9 Justice. 

10 SEC. 8013. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act shall be used in any way, 

12 directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on 

13 any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 

14 the Congress. 

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

16 to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 

17 made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, 

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

19 prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de20 ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 

21 levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac22 cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au23 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 
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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

4 Program may be transferred to any other appropriation 

5 contained in this Act solely for the purpose of imple6 menting a Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program developmental assist7 ance agreement pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, 

8 United States Code, under the authority of this provision 

9 or any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 

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

11 budget justification documents in support of the budget 

12 for fiscal year 2026 (as submitted to Congress pursuant 

13 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a descrip14 tion of each transfer under this section that occurred dur15 ing the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such 

16 budget is submitted. 

17 SEC. 8016. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this Act may be available for the 

19 purchase by the Department of Defense (and its depart20 ments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and 

21 mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring chain are 

22 manufactured in the United States from components 

23 which are substantially manufactured in the United 

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

25 term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, 
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1 quality control, and testing of chain and welding (includ2 ing the forging and shot blasting process): Provided fur3 ther, That for the purpose of this section substantially all 

4 of the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be 

5 considered to be produced or manufactured in the United 

6 States if the aggregate cost of the components produced 

7 or manufactured in the United States exceeds the aggre8 gate cost of the components produced or manufactured 

9 outside the United States: Provided further, That when 

10 adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet De11 partment of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the 

12 Secretary of the Service responsible for the procurement 

13 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi14 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 

15 the House of Representatives and the Senate that such 

16 an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability 

17 for national security purposes. 

18 SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act shall be used for the sup20 port of any nonappropriated funds activity of the Depart21 ment of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine 

22 with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such al23 coholic beverages sold by the drink) on a military installa24 tion located in the United States unless such malt bev25 erages and wine are procured within that State, or in the 
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1 case of the District of Columbia, within the District of 

2 Columbia, in which the military installation is located: 

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

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

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

6 further, That such local procurement requirements for 

7 malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic bev8 erages only for military installations in States which are 

9 not contiguous with another State: Provided further, That 

10 alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt beverages, 

11 in contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall 

12 be procured from the most competitive source, price and 

13 other factors considered. 

14 SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the De15 partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis16 pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 

17 .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 

18 to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am19 munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 

20 from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 

21 arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 

22 by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 

23 or unsafe for further use. 

24 SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap25 propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur-
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1 ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga2 nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 

3 Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro4 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re5 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 

6 to the congressional defense committees that such a relo7 cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 

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

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

10 $25,169,000 shall be available only for incentive payments 

11 authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 

12 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 

13 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 

14 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec15 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi16 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 

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

18 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 

19 of being allowed additional compensation under section 

20 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 

21 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 

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

23 appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De24 partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro25 vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 
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1 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 

2 to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 

3 services, including any contract and any subcontract at 

4 any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 

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

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

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

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

9 of title 25, United States Code. 

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

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

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

13 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da14 kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 

15 Washington relocatable military housing units located at 

16 Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 

17 Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 

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

19 needs of the Air Force. 

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

21 no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub22 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 

23 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 

24 Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 

25 in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da-
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1 kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 

2 such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 

3 housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 

4 of time, as determined by the Secretary. 

5 (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re6 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 

7 housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re8 quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 

9 (b). 

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

11 any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 

12 published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 

13 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 

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

15 SEC. 8022. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart16 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main17 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $19,861,000 may 

18 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 

19 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 

20 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in21 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de22 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 

23 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re24 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 
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1 SEC. 8023. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 

2 Defense Media Activity may not be used for any national 

3 or international political or psychological activities. 

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

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

6 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

7 (1) $56,500,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper8 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 

9 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 

10 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 

11 reduction activities involving youth programs; 

12 (2) $15,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air13 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 

14 (3) $2,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 

15 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 

16 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim17 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 

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

19 local government agencies. 

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

21 otherwise made available by this Act may be used to estab22 lish a new Department of Defense (department) federally 

23 funded research and development center (FFRDC), either 

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

25 an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a non-
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1 profit membership corporation consisting of a consortium 

2 of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit entities. 

3 (b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capac4 ity, no member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over5 seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com6 mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, or any 

7 entity that contracts with the Federal government to man8 age or operate one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consult9 ant to a defense FFRDC shall receive funds appropriated 

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

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

12 shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as author13 ized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when en14 gaged in the performance of membership duties: Provided 

15 further, That except when acting in a technical advisory 

16 capacity, no paid consultant shall receive funds appro17 priated by this Act as compensation by more than one 

18 FFRDC in a calendar year. 

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

20 of the funds available to the department from any source 

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

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

23 construction of new buildings not located on a military in24 stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 

25 by Government grants, for absorption of contract over-
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1 runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 

2 employee participation in community service and/or devel3 opment. 

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

5 the funds available to the department during fiscal year 

6 2025, not more than $2,886,300,000 may be funded for 

7 professional technical staff-related costs of the defense 

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

9 than $461,300,000 shall be available for the defense stud10 ies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, That this sub11 section shall not apply to staff years funded in the Na12 tional Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence 

13 Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

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

15 2026 budget request, submit a report presenting the spe16 cific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allo17 cated for each defense FFRDC by program during that 

18 fiscal year and the associated budget estimates, by appro19 priation account and program. 

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

21 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 

22 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 

23 Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub24 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 

25 of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee 
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1 on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 Senate. 

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

4 ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma5 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

6 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

7 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com8 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

9 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 

10 Appropriations of the Senate. 

11 SEC. 8028. During the current fiscal year, the De12 partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 

13 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 

14 as well as the production of components and other De15 fense-related articles, through competition between De16 partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri17 vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu18 tive of the military department or Defense Agency con19 cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success20 ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in21 direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur22 ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 

23 76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 

24 section. 
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1 SEC. 8029. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

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

3 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com4 plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 

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

6 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

7 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per8 son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 

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

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

11 in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 

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

13 the person should be debarred from contracting with the 

14 Department of Defense. 

15 (c) In the case of any equipment or products pur16 chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 

17 the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart18 ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 

19 only American-made equipment and products, provided 

20 that American-made equipment and products are cost21 competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 

22 fashion. 

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

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

25 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa-
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1 cility or property under the control of the Department of 

2 Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 

3 States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re4 strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 

5 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

6 or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 

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

8 That the Secretary of the military department responsible 

9 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case10 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

11 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

12 Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 

13 to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 

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

15 to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro16 vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 

17 contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact18 ment of this Act. 

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

20 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 

21 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 

22 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 

23 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 

24 types of products produced in the United States that are 

25 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 
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1 rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer2 ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 

3 in that foreign country. 

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

5 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under6 standing, between the United States and a foreign country 

7 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec8 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 

9 in that country. 

10 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con11 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 

12 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2025. Such 

13 report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 

14 for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 

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

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

17 international agreement to which the United States is a 

18 party. 

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

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

21 States Code. 

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

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

24 bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 

25 and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of 
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1 the military department responsible for such procurement 

2 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi3 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 

4 the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade5 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart6 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 

7 such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca8 pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 

9 That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 

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

11 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 

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

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

14 used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu15 factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De16 fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 

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

18 capability for national security purposes that is not avail19 able from United States manufacturers. 

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

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

22 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 

23 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 

24 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 

25 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 
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1 into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 

2 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 

3 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 

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

5 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 

6 defense items produced in the United States for that coun7 try. 

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

9 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 

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

11 (2) options for the procurement of items that 

12 are exercised after such date under contracts that 

13 are entered into before such date if the option prices 

14 are adjusted for any reason other than the applica15 tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 

16 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re17 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear18 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 

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

20 Schedule of the United States and products classified 

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

22 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 

23 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 

24 8211, 8215, and 9404. 
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1 SEC. 8035. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used for the pur3 chase or manufacture of a flag of the United States unless 

4 such flags are treated as covered items under section 

5 4862(b) of title 10, United States Code. 

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

7 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 

8 Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available 

9 until expended for the payments specified by section 

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

11 SEC. 8037. During the current fiscal year, appropria12 tions which are available to the Department of Defense 

13 for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 

14 items having an investment item unit cost of not more 

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

16 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet 

17 the operational requirements of a Commander of a Com18 batant Command engaged in a named contingency oper19 ation overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 

20 having an investment item unit cost of not more than 

21 $500,000. 

22 SEC. 8038. Up to $8,132,000 of the funds appro23 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

24 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re25 gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 
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1 United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater 

2 Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian as3 sistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs 

4 of training and exercising with foreign security forces: 

5 Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may 

6 be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for 

7 humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined 

8 exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may not 

9 be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country 

10 that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of 

11 assistance under any other provision of law. 

12 SEC. 8039. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg13 ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco14 related products in military resale outlets in the United 

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

16 most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 

17 That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to18 bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re19 tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 

20 for military retail system stores located in the United 

21 States. 

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

23 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 

24 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 

25 purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir-
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1 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur2 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 

3 customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 

4 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 

5 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 

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

7 investment item would be chargeable during the current 

8 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 

9 Defense for procurement. 

10 (b) The fiscal year 2026 budget request for the De11 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

12 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2026 

13 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub14 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 

15 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro16 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 

17 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2026 procurement 

18 appropriation and not in the supply management business 

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

20 Defense Working Capital Funds. 

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

22 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 

23 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 

24 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 

25 Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That funds appropriated, 

2 transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel3 ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 

4 during this or any prior fiscal year shall remain available 

5 until expended: Provided further, That any funds appro6 priated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency 

7 for advanced research and development acquisition, for 

8 agent operations, and for covert action programs author9 ized by the President under section 503 of the National 

10 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain avail11 able until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That any 

12 funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel13 ligence Agency for the construction, improvement, or al14 teration of facilities, including leased facilities, to be used 

15 primarily by personnel of the intelligence community, shall 

16 remain available until September 30, 2027. 

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

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

19 be used— 

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

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

22 Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Depart23 ment of Defense who is transferred or reassigned 

24 from a headquarters activity if the member or em-
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1 ployee’s place of duty remains at the location of that 

2 headquarters. 

3 (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili4 tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 

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

6 and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant8 ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 

9 or the financial requirements of the department. 

10 (c) This section does not apply to— 

11 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 

12 National Intelligence Program; 

13 (2) an Army field operating agency established 

14 to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im15 provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 

16 Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 

17 (3) an Army field operating agency established 

18 to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio19 metric activities and to integrate common biometric 

20 technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 

21 or 

22 (4) an Air Force field operating agency estab23 lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 

24 Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart25 ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 
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1 SEC. 8043. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

2 otherwise made available by this Act shall be available to 

3 convert to contractor performance an activity or function 

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

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

6 of Defense civilian employees unless— 

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

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

10 by such activity or function; 

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

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

16 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 

17 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

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

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

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

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

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

2 health insurance plan available to the workers 

3 who are to be employed in the performance of 

4 that activity or function under the contract; or 

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

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

9 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 

10 health benefits for civilian employees under 

11 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

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

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

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

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

19 Defense that— 

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

23 Code); 

24 (B) is planned to be converted to performance 

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

3 (C) is planned to be converted to performance 

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

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

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

10 (2) This section shall not apply to depot con11 tracts or contracts for depot maintenance as pro12 vided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United 

13 States Code. 

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

15 Department of Defense under the authority provided by 

16 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 

17 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es18 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 

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

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

21 States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com22 mercial activities. 

23 (RESCISSIONS)

24 SEC. 8044. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

25 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
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1 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro2 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 

3 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des4 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

5 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

6 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

7 1985: 

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

9 $49,963,000; 

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

11 $201,420,000; 

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

13 2024/2025, $50,000,000; 

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

15 2025, $50,000,000; 

16 ‘‘Cooperative Threat Reduction Account’’, 

17 2024/2026, $91,000,000; 

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

19 $17,468,000; 

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

21 $22,872,000; 

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

23 $71,257,000; 

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

25 $90,000,000; 
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1 ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2024/2026, 

2 $532,994,000; 

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

4 $6,077,000; and 

5 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

6 Navy’’, 2024/2025, $25,000,000. 

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

8 may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili9 tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 

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

11 Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 

12 imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 

13 military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 

14 are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc15 ture. 

16 SEC. 8046. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex18 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 

19 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: 

20 Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac21 tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 

22 Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of 

23 United States Armed Forces personnel from the Demo24 cratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
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1 SEC. 8047. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year 

2 thereafter, funds appropriated for operation and mainte3 nance of the Military Departments, Combatant Com4 mands and Defense Agencies shall be available for reim5 bursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which 

6 would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the 

7 National Guard and Reserve when members of the Na8 tional Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or counter9 intelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 

10 Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 

11 activities and programs included within the National Intel12 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 

13 Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 

14 from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 

15 and training procedures. 

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

17 Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter18 diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 

19 any other department or agency of the United States ex20 cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 

21 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel22 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 

23 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de24 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi25 cally provided in an appropriations law. 
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1 SEC. 8049. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

2 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

3 $49,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

4 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 

5 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter6 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci7 fied as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organi8 zations and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross. 

9 SEC. 8050. Notwithstanding any other provision in 

10 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 

11 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set12 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 

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

14 extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart15 ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head 

16 of each other relevant component of the Department of 

17 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit18 tees, concurrent with submission of the budget justifica19 tion documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 

20 title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed ac21 counting of the Small Business Innovation Research pro22 gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer pro23 gram set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activi24 ties within such department, agency, or component during 

25 the most recently completed fiscal year. 
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1 SEC. 8051. None of the funds available to the De2 partment of Defense under this Act may be obligated or 

3 expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 

4 Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 

5 the contractor to an employee when— 

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

7 excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 

8 to the employee; and 

9 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as10 sociated with a business combination. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

14 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense15 Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 

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

17 be available for the same time period as the appropriations 

18 to which transferred, to be used in support of such per19 sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 

20 organizations and activities outside the Department of De21 fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 

22 Code. 

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

24 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per25 mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 
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1 Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail2 able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 

3 Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 

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

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

6 credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis7 tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 

8 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 

9 that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 

10 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 

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

12 otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli13 gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 

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

15 aircraft. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 

23 certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is 

24 due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte25 nance, repairs, or other reasons. 
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1 (d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact2 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

3 to the congressional defense committees a report on the 

4 necessary steps taken by the Department of Defense to 

5 meet the travel requirements for official or representa6 tional duties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in 

7 fiscal years 2025 and 2026. 

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

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

10 delivery to military forces for operational training, oper11 ational use, or inventory requirements: Provided, That this 

12 restriction does not apply to end-items used in develop13 ment, prototyping in accordance with an approved test 

14 strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to ac15 ceptance for operational use. 

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

17 appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number 

18 required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 

19 of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under 

20 Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in 

21 coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Ex22 ecutive, shall certify in writing to the congressional de23 fense committees that there is a bonafide need for the ad24 ditional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress 

25 of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2026 pursu-
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1 ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Pro2 vided, That this restriction does not apply to programs 

3 funded within the National Intelligence Program. 

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

5 submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 

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

7 United States Code, submit to the congressional defense 

8 committees a report detailing the use of funds requested 

9 in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for 

10 end-items used in development, prototyping and test ac11 tivities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational 

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

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

14 of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the 

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

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

17 the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of 

18 the President for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section 

19 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the con20 gressional defense committees a certification that funds 

21 requested for fiscal year 2026 in research, development, 

22 test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this 

23 section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

24 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi25 fying in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent2 atives and the Senate that it is in the national security 

3 interest to do so. 

4 SEC. 8056. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this or other Department of De6 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 

7 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 

8 military family housing units of the Department of De9 fense, including areas in such military family housing 

10 units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi11 cial Department of Defense business. 

12 SEC. 8057. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 

14 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense15 Wide’’ for any new start defense innovation acceleration 

16 or rapid prototyping program demonstration project with 

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

18 15 days after a report, including a description of the 

19 project, the planned acquisition and transition strategy 

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

21 in writing to the congressional defense committees: Pro22 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re23 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the con24 gressional defense committees that it is in the national in25 terest to do so. 
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1 SEC. 8058. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 

2 to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees 

3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 

5 directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 

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

7 10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member 

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

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

10 may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele11 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 

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

13 may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 

14 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 

15 a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no16 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 

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

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

19 entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart20 ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 

21 to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 

22 Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren23 dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 

24 or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con25 tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 
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1 of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per2 manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 

3 the Department of State. 

4 SEC. 8061. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des6 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider7 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 

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

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

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

11 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra12 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 

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

14 on a case-by-case basis. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

18 $194,452,598 shall remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 

21 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro22 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 

23 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 

24 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper25 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 
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1 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 

2 under the authority of this section may provide for such 

3 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec4 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 

5 section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 

6 local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na7 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 

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

9 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod10 ify— 

11 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 

12 National Intelligence Program budget, including 

13 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 

14 appropriation account; 

15 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 

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

17 R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart18 ment of Defense budget request; 

19 (3) the process by which the National Intel20 ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 

21 the executing agencies; or 

22 (4) the process by which the National Intel23 ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli24 gated and disbursed. 
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1 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 

2 prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the Na3 tional Intelligence Program budget at or below the Ex4 penditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise 

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

6 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec7 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 

8 achieving auditable financial statements and improving 

9 fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 

10 alternative financial management processes. Such study 

11 shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as12 sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 

13 will adversely affect counterintelligence. 

14 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de15 fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel16 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 

17 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af18 fected agencies; 

19 (2) receive certification from all affected agen20 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 

21 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 

22 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 

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

24 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 
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1 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 

2 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8064. During the current fiscal year, not to ex5 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 

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

7 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper8 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 

9 the military department concerned to its central fund es10 tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec11 tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 8065. In addition to amounts provided else14 where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 

15 the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga16 tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

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

18 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter19 est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 

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

21 and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 

22 needs of military family members when confronted with 

23 the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene24 ficiary. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8066. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper3 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 

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

5 Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 

6 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv7 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 

8 SEC. 8067. None of the funds available to the De9 partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 

10 and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 

11 operational and administrative control of United States 

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

13 the command and control relationships which existed on 

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

15 modification has been proposed to the Committees on Ap16 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen17 ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 

18 be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an 

19 objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap20 propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro21 posed modification shall not preclude the ability of the 

22 commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 

23 meet operational requirements. 

24 SEC. 8068. Any notice that is required to be sub25 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
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1 of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 

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

3 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

4 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to 

5 that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on 

6 Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

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

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

10 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense11 Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 

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

13 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov14 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 

15 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub16 ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree17 ment, as amended; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short 

18 Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in19 cluding cruise missile defense research and development 

20 under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000 shall be for co21 production activities of SRBMD systems in the United 

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

23 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce24 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 

25 for SRBMD, as amended; $50,000,000 shall be for an 
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1 upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Archi2 tecture, of which $50,000,000 shall be for co-production 

3 activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 

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

5 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce6 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 

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

8 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program in9 cluding development of a long range, ground and airborne, 

10 detection suite. 

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

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

13 $1,930,024,000 shall be available until September 30, 

14 2025, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for 

15 the following programs: 

16 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2013/2025: Carrier Replacement 

18 Program, $236,000,000; 

19 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2016/2025 DDG 51 Program, 

21 $10,509,000; 

22 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con23 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025 Virginia Class Sub24 marine Program, $219,370,000; 
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1 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025 DDG 51 Program, 

3 $115,600,000; 

4 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025 Littoral Combat Ship 

6 Program, $8,100,000; 

7 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2017/2025 LHA Replacement Pro9 gram, $115,397,000; 

10 (7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 Virginia Class Sub12 marine Program, $73,634,000; 

13 (8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 DDG 51 Program, 

15 $107,405,000; 

16 (9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 Littoral Combat Ship 

18 Program, $12,000,000; 

19 (10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 LPD17 (Flight II) Am21 phibious Transport Dock Program, $19,158,000; 

22 (11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con23 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 Oceanographic Ships 

24 Program, $18,000,000; 
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1 (12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2018/2025 Ship to Shore Connector 

3 Program, $14,694,000; 

4 (13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2019/2025 Littoral Combat Ship 

6 Program, $27,900,000; 

7 (14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2019/2025 T-AO Fleet Oiler Pro9 gram, $49,995,000; 

10 (15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2019/2025 Ship to Shore Connector 

12 Program, $33,345,000; 

13 (16) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2020/2025 CVN Refueling Over15 hauls, $669,171,000; 

16 (17) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2020/2025 T-AO Fleet Oiler Pro18 gram, $151,837,000; 

19 (18) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2020/2025 Towing, Salvage, and 

21 Rescue Ship Program, $978,000; 

22 (19) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con23 version, Navy’’, 2021/2025 Towing, Salvage, and 

24 Rescue Ship Program, $17,375,000; 
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1 (20) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2022/2025 T-AO Fleet Oiler Pro3 gram, $13,222,000; 

4 (21) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2022/2025 Towing, Salvage, and 

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

7 (22) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2023/2025 T-AO Fleet Oiler Pro9 gram, $12,100,000. 

10 SEC. 8071. Funds appropriated by this Act for intel11 ligence and intelligence-related activities are deemed to be 

12 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec13 tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

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

15 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. 

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

17 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

18 reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 

19 program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 

20 or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 

21 of national security and only after written prior notifica22 tion to the congressional defense committees. 

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

24 used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure-
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1 ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 

2 missile defense system. 

3 SEC. 8074. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex5 pended for the purpose of decommissioning any Littoral 

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

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

8 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 

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

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

11 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship12 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 

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

14 to the total amount of the appropriation. 

15 SEC. 8076. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act shall be used to reduce 

17 or disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather Recon18 naissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such ac19 tion would reduce the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance 

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

21 the Air Force shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnais22 sance Squadron to perform other missions in support of 

23 national defense requirements during the non-hurricane 

24 season. 
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1 SEC. 8077. None of the funds provided in this Act 

2 shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in3 formation unless the information has been lawfully col4 lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for5 eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 

6 pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 

7 in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 

8 Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple9 mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 

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

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

12 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 

13 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 

14 research and technology, which shall remain available until 

15 September 30, 2026. 

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

17 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel18 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel19 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 

20 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 

21 2025: Provided, That the report shall include— 

22 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa23 rate column to display the President’s budget re24 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
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1 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

2 fiscal year enacted level; 

3 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro4 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 

5 (3) an identification of items of special congres6 sional interest. 

7 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel8 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re9 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub10 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 

11 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 

12 certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com13 mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 

14 as an emergency requirement. 

15 SEC. 8080. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to 

16 the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Devel17 opment Account in or for fiscal year 2025 to a military 

18 department or Defense Agency pursuant to section 

19 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be cov20 ered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act. 

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

22 National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro23 priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi24 ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac-
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1 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 

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

3 (1) creates a new start effort; 

4 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 

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

6 (3) transfers funding into or out of the Na7 tional Intelligence Program; or 

8 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 

9 unless the congressional intelligence committees are 

10 notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 

11 of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 

12 urgent national security requirements. 

13 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel14 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 

15 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

16 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 

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

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

19 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac20 companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 

21 committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re22 programming of funds; this notification period may be re23 duced for urgent national security requirements. 

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

25 available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 
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1 (c), post on the public website of that agency any report 

2 required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

3 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen4 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

5 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

6 (1) the public posting of the report com7 promises national security; or 

8 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

9 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

10 do so only after such report has been made available to 

11 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

12 no less than 45 days. 

13 SEC. 8083. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

14 otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 

15 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 

16 $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 

17 (1) enter into any agreement with any of its 

18 employees or independent contractors that requires, 

19 as a condition of employment, that the employee or 

20 independent contractor agree to resolve through ar21 bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 

22 Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 

23 out of sexual assault or harassment, including as24 sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 
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1 distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su2 pervision, or retention; or 

3 (2) take any action to enforce any provision of 

4 an existing agreement with an employee or inde5 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 

6 or independent contractor resolve through arbitra7 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

8 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex9 ual assault or harassment, including assault and 

10 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 

11 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 

12 or retention. 

13 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

14 made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed15 eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 

16 each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 

17 not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 

18 agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub19 section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 

20 contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 

21 For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon22 tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 

23 $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 

24 (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 

25 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 
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1 with employees or independent contractors that may not 

2 be enforced in a court of the United States. 

3 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica4 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 

5 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 

6 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per7 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 

8 harm to national security interests of the United States, 

9 and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 

10 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina11 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 

12 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 

13 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 

14 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 

15 avoid harm to national security interests of the United 

16 States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con17 gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 

18 under this subsection not less than 15 business days be19 fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter20 mination may be awarded. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 8084. From within the funds appropriated for 

23 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro24 gram in this Act, up to $162,500,000, shall be available 

25 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart-
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1 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

2 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 

3 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

4 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 

5 of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper6 ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 

7 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet8 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 

9 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 

10 Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 

11 Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 

12 funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op13 eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 

14 to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet15 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 

16 written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent18 atives and the Senate. 

19 SEC. 8085. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De21 partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven22 tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 

23 States Code. 

24 SEC. 8086. Notwithstanding price or other limita25 tions applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying ve-
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1 hicles, appropriations available to the Department of De2 fense may be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light 

3 armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 

4 for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 

5 per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 

6 of $75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian em7 ployees of the Department of Defense in the United States 

8 Central Command area of responsibility. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 8087. Upon a determination by the Director of 

11 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 

12 the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 

13 of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

14 transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 

15 available in this Act for the National Intelligence Pro16 gram: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 

17 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore18 seen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi19 nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 

20 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro21 vided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings 

22 of funds using authority provided in this section shall be 

23 made prior to June 30, 2025. 

24 SEC. 8088. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

25 for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $204,939,000, 
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1 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

2 2029, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift 

3 vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 

4 under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 

5 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 

6 available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 

7 Maritime Administration account of the United States De8 partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi9 ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 

10 Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

11 2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 

12 shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 

13 for execution. 

14 SEC. 8089. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 

15 awards on a public website in a searchable format. 

16 SEC. 8090. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 

18 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 

19 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 

20 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 

21 person; or 

22 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 

23 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 

24 United States Code) of any electronic communica25 tion of a United States person from a provider of 
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1 electronic communication services to the public pur2 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur3 veillance Act of 1978. 

4 SEC. 8091. None of the funds made available in this 

5 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 

6 officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 

7 approves or implements the transfer of administrative re8 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 

9 project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 

10 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with11 out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 

12 this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex13 pressly provided for in Department of Defense Appropria14 tions Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental 

15 appropriations for the Department of Defense. 

16 SEC. 8092. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

17 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $769,047,000, 

18 to remain available until expended, may be used for any 

19 purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 

20 established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 

21 Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such 

22 amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 

23 Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 

24 United States Department of Transportation for pro-
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1 grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na2 tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 

3 SEC. 8093. (a) None of the funds provided in this 

4 Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 

5 award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 

6 the following components unless those components are 

7 manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 

8 (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 

9 equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel10 lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 

11 and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse12 quent ships of the fleet. 

13 (b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the 

14 FFG(X) Frigate program shall be used to award a new 

15 contract that provides for the acquisition of the following 

16 components unless those components are manufactured in 

17 the United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; 

18 electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; 

19 pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; totally 

20 enclosed lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard 

21 cranes; auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion pro22 pellers: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall in23 corporate United States manufactured propulsion engines 

24 and propulsion reduction gears into the FFG(X) Frigate 
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1 program beginning not later than with the eleventh ship 

2 of the program. 

3 SEC. 8094. None of the funds provided in this Act 

4 for requirements development, performance specification 

5 development, concept design and development, ship con6 figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi7 tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 

8 industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 

9 Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 

10 solicitation package, or related activities for the T– 

11 ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T– 

12 AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 

13 to award a new contract for such activities unless these 

14 contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip15 ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu16 factured in the United States. 

17 SEC. 8095. No amounts credited or otherwise made 

18 available in this or any other Act to the Department of 

19 Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 

20 be transferred to: 

21 (1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 

22 under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au23 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 

24 2302 note); or 
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1 (2) credited to a military-department specific 

2 fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na3 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

4 2016 (as amended by section 897 of the National 

5 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). 

6 SEC. 8096. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex8 penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 

9 of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 

10 topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 

11 by Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo12 sures 3 and 14b). 

13 SEC. 8097. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

14 otherwise made available by this Act may be used to main15 tain or establish a computer network unless such network 

16 is designed to block access to pornography websites. 

17 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

18 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

19 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi20 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 

21 or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in22 cluding intelligence activities. 

23 SEC. 8098. None of the funds provided for, or other24 wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli25 gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 
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1 motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 

2 than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 

3 ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper4 ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 

5 providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un6 dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip7 ment. 

8 SEC. 8099. (a) None of the funds made available by 

9 this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

10 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

11 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

12 to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil13 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad14 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

15 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 

16 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col17 lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed18 eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 

19 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 

20 Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment 

21 of the corporation described in such subsection and has 

22 made a determination that such suspension or debarment 

23 is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 

24 Government. 
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1 SEC. 8100. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 

2 of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the ta3 bles titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 

4 the explanatory statement regarding this Act, may be used 

5 for expenses for the agile research, development, test and 

6 evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and op7 eration and maintenance, only for the following Software 

8 and Digital Technology Pilot programs— 

9 (1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A); 

10 (2) Risk Management Information (PE 

11 0608013N); 

12 (3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 

13 (PE 0608231N); 

14 (4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking 

15 SW (PE 1208248SF); 

16 (5) Global Command and Control System (PE 

17 0303150K); 

18 (6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z); 

19 and 

20 (7) Cyber Operations Technology Support (PE 

21 0306250JCY). 

22 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 

23 Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli24 gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig25 ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2025. 
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1 SEC. 8101. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 

3 the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: 

4 Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to 

5 limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordina6 tion between the National Reconnaissance Office and the 

7 Space Force or any other elements of the Department of 

8 Defense. 

9 SEC. 8102. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 

11 any Federal mission, covered member of the National 

12 Guard (as defined in section 1733(g) of the National De13 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 

14 118-31)), or covered space function of the National Guard 

15 (as defined in section 924(e) of the National Defense Au16 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118- 

17 31)), from the National Guard to the United States Space 

18 Force in contravention of section 104 of title 32, United 

19 States Code, or section 18238 of title 10, United States 

20 Code. 

21 SEC. 8103. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 

23 enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 

24 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 
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1 Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

2 (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 

3 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 

4 Code. 

5 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 

6 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 

7 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 

8 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 

9 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed10 eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 

11 Federal Regulations. 

12 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 

13 of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 

14 to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 

15 Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 

16 148). 

17 SEC. 8104. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

19 arms, training, intelligence, or other assistance to the Azov 

20 Battalion, the Third Separate Assault Brigade, or any 

21 successor organization. 

22 SEC. 8105. During the current fiscal year, the De23 partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 

24 not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec25 tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa-
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1 tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 

2 of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con3 tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria4 tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 

5 SEC. 8106. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

6 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense7 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

8 $1,423,630,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 

9 $1,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

10 2026, shall be available for International Security Co11 operation Programs and other programs to provide sup12 port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 

13 groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 

14 counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca15 pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 

16 shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 

17 available in this section, notify the congressional defense 

18 committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga19 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 

20 provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria21 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 

22 the use and status of funds made available in this section. 

23 SEC. 8107. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

24 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense25 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
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1 $61,406,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2026, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 

3 nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ4 ing access, provided to United States military and stability 

5 operations to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: 

6 Provided, That such reimbursement payments may be 

7 made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with 

8 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consulta9 tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 

10 Budget, may determine, based on documentation deter11 mined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account 

12 for the support provided, and such determination is final 

13 and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United 

14 States, and 15 days following written notification to the 

15 appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, 

16 That these funds may be used for the purpose of providing 

17 specialized training and procuring supplies and specialized 

18 equipment and providing such supplies and loaning such 

19 equipment on a non-reimbursable basis to coalition forces 

20 supporting United States military and stability operations 

21 to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and 15 

22 days following written notification to the appropriate con23 gressional committees: Provided further, That the Sec24 retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 

25 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
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1 atives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made 

2 available in this section. 

3 SEC. 8108. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

4 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense5 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

6 $380,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2026, shall be available for support authorized by sub8 paragraphs (A) through (E) of section 1226(a)(1) of the 

9 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 

10 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note), of which not less than 

11 $150,000,000 shall be for support authorized by subpara12 graph (A) of such section: Provided, That the Secretary 

13 of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating 

14 funds made available in this section, notify the congres15 sional defense committees in writing of the details of any 

16 planned obligation and the nature of the expenses in17 curred: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

18 shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Ap19 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen20 ate on the use and status of funds made available in this 

21 section. 

22 SEC. 8109. The Secretary of Defense shall, not less 

23 than 15 days prior to taking any action to pause, suspend, 

24 or eliminate assistance to a country made available by this 

25 Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
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1 ment of Defense, notify the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

3 SEC. 8110. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven5 tion of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et 

6 seq.). 

7 SEC. 8111. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act for excess defense articles, 

9 assistance under section 333 of title 10, United States 

10 Code, or peacekeeping operations for the countries des11 ignated annually to be in violation of the standards of the 

12 Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

13 457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may be used to support any mili14 tary training or operation that includes child soldiers, as 

15 defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, un16 less such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 

17 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 

18 SEC. 8112. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

20 for any member of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, or the 

21 Taliban. 

22 SEC. 8113. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

24 for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. 
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1 SEC. 8114. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 

3 available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun4 tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 

5 the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 

6 331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 

7 accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 

8 SEC. 8115. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

9 otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 

10 be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 

11 or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 

12 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

13 agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 

14 or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 

15 of Rosoboronexport. 

16 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita17 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

18 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel19 ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 

20 interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ21 ing to the congressional defense committees that— 

22 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 

23 lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 

24 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern25 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 
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1 (2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 

2 have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 

3 (3) agents of the Russian Federation have 

4 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con5 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 

6 Ukraine. 

7 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of De8 fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 

9 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 

10 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 

11 later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 

12 is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen13 eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

14 a report containing the results of the review conducted 

15 with respect to such waiver. 

16 SEC. 8116. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 

17 congressional defense committees in writing not more than 

18 30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re19 ceived from the government of a foreign country for any 

20 purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the 

21 United States Armed Forces: Provided, That such notifi22 cation shall include the amount of the contribution; the 

23 purpose for which such contribution was made; and the 

24 authority under which such contribution was accepted by 

25 the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer 
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1 than 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary 

2 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com3 mittees in writing a notification of the planned use of such 

4 contributions, including whether such contributions would 

5 support existing or new stationing or operations of the 

6 United States Armed Forces. 

7 SEC. 8117. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 

8 in coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart9 ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit 

10 to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 

11 days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, 

12 a report on the use of operation and maintenance funds 

13 for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have 

14 been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned 

15 activities for fiscal year 2025. 

16 (b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also 

17 include— 

18 (1) the title, date, and location, of each activity 

19 and exercise covered by the report; 

20 (2) an identification of the military department 

21 and units that participated in each such activity or 

22 exercise (including an estimate of the number of 

23 participants); 
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1 (3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by 

2 budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element 

3 such as transportation); and 

4 (4) a short explanation of the objective of the 

5 activity or exercise. 

6 (c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be 

7 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi8 fied annex. 

9 SEC. 8118. Concurrent with any exercise of the draw10 down authority provided by Section 506 of the Foreign 

11 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318), the Secretary 

12 of Defense shall submit a written report to the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Senate that contains a description of the defense 

15 articles and defense services to be furnished, including the 

16 quantity, approximate value, and a timeline for the deliv17 ery of such defense articles and defense services, as well 

18 as an estimate of the cost to replace such article or an 

19 equivalent capability. 

20 SEC. 8119. Not later than 15 days after the date on 

21 which any foreign base that involves the stationing or op22 erations of the United States Armed Forces, including a 

23 temporary base, permanent base, or base owned and oper24 ated by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Sec25 retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
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1 committees in writing of the opening or closing of such 

2 base: Provided, That such notification shall also include 

3 information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings 

4 associated with the opening or closing of such base. 

5 SEC. 8120. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli7 gated or expended by the United States Government for 

8 any of the following purposes: 

9 (1) To establish any military installation or 

10 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 

11 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 

12 (2) To exercise United States control over any 

13 oil resource of Iraq or Syria. 

14 SEC. 8121. Up to $500,000,000 of the funds appro15 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and 

16 Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for the Defense Security Co17 operation Agency may be used to support the armed forces 

18 of Jordan. 

19 SEC. 8122. Not later than 180 days after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, United States Southern 

21 Command shall assume combatant command responsi22 bility for activities related to Mexico. 

23 SEC. 8123. The total amount appropriated or other24 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 
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1 by $500,000,000 to limit excessive growth in the procure2 ment of advisory and assistance services, as follows: 

3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

4 $138,000,000; 

5 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 

6 $68,000,000; 

7 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 

8 $52,000,000; 

9 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 

10 $77,000,000; 

11 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 

12 $9,500,000; 

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

14 $143,000,000; and 

15 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National 

16 Guard’’, $12,500,000: 

17 Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria18 tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military 

19 Intelligence Program. 

20 SEC. 8124. The total amount appropriated or other21 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 

22 by $100,000,000 to reflect savings attributable to effi23 ciencies and management improvements in the funding of 

24 miscellaneous or other contracts in the military depart25 ments, as follows: 
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1 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

2 $21,000,000; 

3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 

4 $25,000,000; 

5 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 

6 $3,500,000; 

7 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 

8 $22,000,000; 

9 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 

10 $1,700,000; and 

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

12 $26,800,000: 

13 Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria14 tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military 

15 Intelligence Program. 

16 SEC. 8125. The amounts appropriated in title II of 

17 this Act are hereby reduced by $300,000,000 to reflect 

18 excess cash balances in Department of Defense Working 

19 Capital Funds, as follows: 

20 (1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

21 $150,000,000; and 

22 (2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 

23 $150,000,000. 

24 SEC. 8126. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign ex-
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1 change rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act 

2 is hereby reduced by $250,000,000. 

3 SEC. 8127. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

4 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 

5 available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 

6 Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 

7 fiscal year 2025 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec8 tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 

9 Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 

10 amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec11 ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca12 tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2025’’ 

13 in the explanatory statement regarding this Act. 

14 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo15 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 

16 year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 

17 if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro18 priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 

19 Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre20 ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, appor21 tionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing adminis22 tration of programs allocated using funds transferred from 

23 the CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allo24 cated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 

25 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that 
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1 are no more than the allocation for such purposes in sub2 section (a) of this section. 

3 (c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds 

4 allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the 

5 terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section 

6 8005 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallo7 cated pursuant to this subsection only for those require8 ments necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the Wil9 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza10 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 

11 (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 

12 the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of De13 fense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed 

15 allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, 

16 with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 

17 under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for 

18 fiscal year 2026. 

19 (e) The Department of Defense shall provide the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent21 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal22 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 

23 America Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 

24 subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, 

25 committed, and unobligated funds. 
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1 SEC. 8128. In carrying out the program described in 

2 the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted 

3 Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Se4 verely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 

5 Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

6 for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance 

7 issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of 

8 Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except 

9 that— 

10 (1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 

11 cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 

12 and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 

13 apply; and 

14 (2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 

15 shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 

16 without limitation on the duration of such 

17 cryopreservation and storage. 

18 SEC. 8129. The Secretary of Defense may obligate 

19 funds made available in this Act for procurement or for 

20 research, development, test and evaluation for the F–35 

21 Joint Strike Fighter to modify up to six F–35 aircraft, 

22 including up to two F–35 aircraft of each variant, to a 

23 test configuration: Provided, That the Secretary of De24 fense shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the 

25 Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, notify the con-
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1 gressional defense committees not fewer than 30 days 

2 prior to obligating funds under this section: Provided fur3 ther, That any transfer of funds pursuant to the authority 

4 provided in this section shall be made in accordance with 

5 section 8005 of this Act. 

6 SEC. 8130. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli8 gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air9 craft. 

10 SEC. 8131. The Secretary of Defense may use up to 

11 $650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 

12 made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

13 for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and 

14 associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of 

15 title 10, United States Code, but only for the purposes 

16 specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection 

17 (c)(3)(B) of such section and subject to the applicable lim18 its specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection 

19 and, in the case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject 

20 to a limit of $50,000,000, or for the purposes specified 

21 in section 229 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

22 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) and subject 

23 to a limit of $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 

24 of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit25 tees promptly of all uses of this authority. 
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1 SEC. 8132. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Depart2 ment of Defense Credit Program Account’’ established 

3 pursuant to section 903(b)(5) of the National Defense Au4 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118– 

5 31), $89,049,000, to remain available until expended, for 

6 the cost of loans and loan guarantees pursuant to section 

7 903(b) of such Act for a pilot program on capital assist8 ance to support defense investment in the industrial base, 

9 of which up to $7,900,000 may be used for administrative 

10 expenses to carry out the capital assistance and technical 

11 assistance programs authorized by such section: Provided, 

12 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

13 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 

15 amounts are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

16 the principal amount of direct loans, and total loan prin17 cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

18 $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

19 Defense may assess administrative fees to recover all, or 

20 a portion, of the costs to administer loan and loan guaran21 tees authorized under such section 903(b), and may credit 

22 fee receipts to the Department of Defense Credit Program 

23 Account, to be available until expended to cover such ex24 penses: Provided further, That, for the purposes of car25 rying out the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Di-
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1 rector of the Congressional Budget Office may request, 

2 and the Secretary shall promptly provide, documentation 

3 and information relating to a project identified by the De4 partment of Defense pursuant to a Notice of Funding 

5 Availability for applications for credit assistance under 

6 such section 903(b). 

7 SEC. 8133. Notwithstanding section 8055 of this Act, 

8 amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, De9 velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this 

10 Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled 

11 Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the explana12 tory statement regarding this Act for ‘‘Defense Innovation 

13 Unit (DIU) Fielding’’ line 294A, that exceed the amounts 

14 requested may be used for expenses for agile research, de15 velopment, test and evaluation, procurement, production, 

16 modification, and operation and maintenance require17 ments, including the initial acquisition of end-items for 

18 operational use: Provided, That none of these funds may 

19 be obligated or expended until 15 days after the Secretary 

20 of Defense provides the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 

22 execution plan for such funds. 

23 SEC. 8134. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be used to support, 

25 directly or indirectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or 
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1 any laboratory owned or controlled by the governments of 

2 the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the 

3 Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Repub4 lic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Re5 public of Venezuela under the Maduro regime, or any 

6 other country determined by the Secretary of Defense, 

7 with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to be a 

8 foreign adversary. 

9 SEC. 8135. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be used to fund any 

11 work to be performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. 

12 SEC. 8136. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

14 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

15 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

16 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

17 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

18 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

19 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

20 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

21 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

22 SEC. 8137. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 

24 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 

25 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 
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1 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 

2 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec3 tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

4 Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 

5 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 

7 SEC. 8138. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

8 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 

9 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 

10 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 

11 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 

12 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef13 fective control of the Department of Defense. 

14 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

15 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

16 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

17 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

18 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

19 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

20 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

21 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

22 and 

23 (2) is— 

24 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

25 control of the Department of Defense; or 
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1 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

2 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

3 SEC. 8139. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

5 of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

6 Cuba. 

7 SEC. 8140. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

9 to remove a Chinese military company from the list re10 quired by section 1260H of the National Defense Author11 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 

12 except in accordance with subsection (b)(3) of such section 

13 and 15 days following written notification to the congres14 sional defense committees. 

15 SEC. 8141. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act may be used to enforce 

17 any COVID-19 mask mandates. 

18 SEC. 8142. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be used to require 

20 a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of 

21 the Department of Defense to receive a vaccination 

22 against COVID-19. 

23 SEC. 8143. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be used to require 

25 vaccination against COVID-19 as a prerequisite for stu-
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1 dent attendance at a Department of Defense Education 

2 Activity school. 

3 SEC. 8144. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be used, with regards 

5 to a member of the Armed Forces with a minor dependent 

6 child enrolled in an Exceptional Family Member Program 

7 (EFMP)— 

8 (1) to provide gender transition procedures, in9 cluding surgery or medication, to such child through 

10 such EFMP; 

11 (2) to provide a referral for a procedure de12 scribed in paragraph (1) to such child through such 

13 EFMP; or 

14 (3) to approve a change of duty station for such 

15 member through such EFMP for the purpose of pro16 viding such child with access to procedures described 

17 in paragraph (1). 

18 SEC. 8145. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec19 tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 

20 title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 

21 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro22 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

23 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par24 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

25 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
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1 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

2 a union of one man and one woman. 

3 (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in 

4 subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 

5 taken by the Federal Government to— 

6 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 

7 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as8 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp9 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter10 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 

11 in subsection (a); 

12 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur13 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 

14 such person; 

15 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 

16 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 

17 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co18 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li19 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 

20 other similar position or status from or to such per21 son; 

22 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth23 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 

24 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 

25 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
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1 degree from an educational program, from or to 

2 such person; or 

3 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth4 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle5 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in6 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 

7 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam8 paigns from or to such person. 

9 (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 

10 The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li11 censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 

12 that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec13 tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 

14 such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per15 son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 

16 religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 

17 (a). 

18 SEC. 8146. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be used to grant, 

20 renew, or maintain a security clearance for any individual 

21 listed as a signatory in the statement titled ‘‘Public State22 ment on the Hunter Biden Emails’’ dated October 19, 

23 2020. 

24 SEC. 8147. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be used to— 
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1 (1) classify or facilitate the classification of any 

2 communications by a United States person as mis3 , dis-, or mal- information; or 

4 (2) partner with or fund nonprofit or other or5 ganizations that pressure or recommend private 

6 companies to censor lawful and constitutionally pro7 tected speech of United States persons, including 

8 recommending the censoring or removal of content 

9 on social media platforms. 

10 SEC. 8148. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 

12 any program, project, or activity that promotes or ad13 vances Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with 

14 Critical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea 

15 or concept that condones an individual being discriminated 

16 against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 

17 on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom18 fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis19 tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 

20 as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 

21 superior to another race, the United States or its institu22 tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 

23 as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 

24 of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char25 acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 
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1 individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 

2 in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 

3 or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 

4 by a particular race to oppress another race. 

5 SEC. 8149. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act may be used to finalize, 

7 promulgate, or implement the rule proposed by the De8 partment of Defense titled ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regula9 tion: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Cli10 mate-Related Financial Risk’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 68312; No11 vember 14, 2022), or to propose, promulgate, or imple12 ment any substantially similar rule or policy. 

13 SEC. 8150. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act shall be used to imple15 ment, administer, or otherwise carry out the Department 

16 of Defense memorandum dated October 20, 2022, or any 

17 successor to such memorandum, or to propose, promul18 gate, or implement any substantially similar rule or policy. 

19 SEC. 8151. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act may be used or transferred 

21 to another Federal agency, board, or commission to re22 cruit, hire, or promote any person who has been convicted 

23 of a Federal or State child pornography charge, has been 

24 convicted of any other Federal or State sexual assault 
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1 charge, or has been formally disciplined for using Federal 

2 resources to access, use, or sell child pornography. 

3 SEC. 8152. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be used to promote, 

5 host, facilitate, or support events on United States mili6 tary installations or as part of military recruiting pro7 grams that violate the Department of Defense Joint Eth8 ics Regulation or bring discredit upon the military, such 

9 as a drag queen story hour for children or the use of drag 

10 queens as military recruiters. 

11 SEC. 8153. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act may be used for surgical 

13 procedures or hormone therapies for the purposes of gen14 der affirming care. 

15 SEC. 8154. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 

17 section 147 of title 10, United States Code, and sections 

18 554(a) and 913(b) of the National Defense Authorization 

19 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283). 

20 SEC. 8155. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this Act may be used to implement, 

22 administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the Diversity, Eq23 uity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Strategic Plan of the De24 partment of Defense, or Executive Order 13985 of Janu25 ary 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing 
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1 racial equity and support for under-served communities 

2 through the Federal Government), Executive Order 14035 

3 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diver4 sity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal 

5 workforce), Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 

6 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further advancing racial 

7 equity and support for underserved communities through 

8 the Federal government), or shall be used to execute ac9 tivities that promote or perpetuate divisive concepts re10 lated to race or sex, such as the concepts that one race 

11 or sex is inherently superior to another, or that an individ12 ual’s moral character or worth is determined by their race 

13 or sex. 

14 SEC. 8156. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay for 

16 the costs of teleworking or remote working for any em17 ployee or contractor of the Department of Defense on a 

18 regular and recurring basis. 

19 SEC. 8157. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

21 assistance to the Department of Homeland Security to 

22 house persons on a military installation located in the 

23 United States. 
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1 SEC. 8158. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used for any office 

3 of diversity, equity, or inclusion. 

4 SEC. 8159. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

6 to NewsGuard Technologies Inc. 

7 SEC. 8160. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act may be used to implement 

9 any of the following executive orders: 

10 (1) Executive Order No. 13990, relating to 

11 Protecting Public Health and the Environment and 

12 Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis. 

13 (2) Executive Order No. 14008, relating to 

14 Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. 

15 (3) Section 6 of Executive Order No. 14013, re16 lating to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To 

17 Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of 

18 Climate Change on Migration. 

19 (4) Executive Order No. 14030, relating to Cli20 mate-Related Financial Risk. 

21 (5) Executive Order No. 14057, relating to 

22 Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs 

23 Through Federal Sustainability. 
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1 (6) Executive Order No. 14082, relating to Im2 plementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Pro3 visions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. 

4 (7) Executive Order No. 14096, relating to Re5 vitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environ6 mental Justice for All. 

7 SEC. 8161. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven9 tion of Department of Defense Instruction 3216.01, ‘‘Use 

10 of Animals in DoD Conducted and Supported Research 

11 and Training’’, dated March 20, 2019. 

12 SEC. 8162. From amounts appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available by title II of this Act under the heading 

14 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, the Secretary 

15 of Defense may reimburse the Federated States of Micro16 nesia in an amount not to exceed $34,000,000 for land 

17 acquisition costs for defense sites in Yap: Provided, That 

18 the Secretary shall, not less than 15 days prior to making 

19 such reimbursement, notify the Committees on Appropria20 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 

21 writing of the details of any proposed reimbursement. 

22 SEC. 8163. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 

24 prepare to divest any U-2 aircraft. 
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1 SEC. 8164. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 

3 prepare to divest any F-15 aircraft unless the Secretary 

4 of Defense certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 

5 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that such 

6 aircraft will be replaced in a manner that maintains the 

7 current total aircraft assigned at a given unit and the 

8 readiness of such unit. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 8165. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 

11 funds from any available Department of the Navy appro12 priation (except military construction) to any available 

13 Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of 

14 liquidating necessary changes resulting from inflation, 

15 market fluctuations, or rate adjustments for any ship con16 struction program appropriated in law: Provided, That the 

17 Secretary may transfer not to exceed $20,000,000 under 

18 the authority provided by this section: Provided further, 

19 That the Secretary shall, not less than 30 days prior to 

20 the transfer of any funds, notify the Committees on Ap21 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen22 ate in writing of the details of any proposed transfer: Pro23 vided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to this 

24 section shall retain the same period of availability as when 

25 originally appropriated: Provided further, That the trans-
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1 fer authority provided under this section is in addition to 

2 any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this 

3 Act. 

4 SEC. 8166. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

5 otherwise made available by this Act may be made avail6 able to withhold, halt, reverse, or cancel the delivery of 

7 defense articles or defense services from the United States 

8 to Israel. 

9 (b) Any defense article and defense service withheld 

10 from delivery to Israel by the Department of Defense as 

11 of the date of the enactment of this Act shall be delivered 

12 to Israel not later than 15 days after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act. 

14 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

15 Secretary of Defense shall obligate any remaining unobli16 gated balances of funds appropriated or otherwise made 

17 available before the date of the enactment of this Act for 

18 the Department of Defense for assistance for Israel not 

19 later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 

20 Act. 

21 SEC. 8167. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act or any other Act may be made available for— 

23 (1) The Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capabili24 ties in the vicinity of Gaza; or 
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1 (2) The construction, assembly, maintenance, or 

2 operation, of any pier, dock, landing, wharf, or any 

3 other structure in the vicinity of Gaza. 

4 SEC. 8168. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act or any other Act may be used for hiring practices 

6 based on gender, religion, political affiliation, or race. 

7 SEC. 8169. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven9 tion of section 1052 of the National Defense Authorization 

10 Act for Fiscal Year 2024. 

11 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

12 SEC. 8170. $0. 

13 SEC. 8171. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used for classified teleworking or remote work15 ing for any employee of the Department of Defense. 

16 SEC. 8172. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

18 to remove a Chinese military company from the list re19 quired by section 1260H of the National Defense Author20 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. 

21 SEC. 8173. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be made available to enforce subsection (b) of 

23 section 1259 of the John S. McCain National Defense Au24 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. 
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1 SEC. 8174. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to carry out Executive Order 14019 (86 

3 Fed. Reg. 13623; relating to promoting access to voting), 

4 except for sections 7, 8, and 10 of such Executive Order. 

5 SEC. 8175. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro7 posed rule of the Department of Defense, General Services 

8 Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Ad9 ministration titled ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regulation: Dis10 closure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related 

11 Financial Risk’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 68312; published Novem12 ber 14, 2022). 

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

14 Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 28, 2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8774 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Department of De2025, and for other purposes. fense for the fiscal year ending September 30,